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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
Hogs and Packing Houses

The business men of Andalusia have displayed commendable enterprise in building a hundred thousand dollar packing house of concrete construction and in subscribing $25,00O to the working capital of the packing con- pany.
 Some counties of Alabama are noted for their fine beef cattle. In other counties the farmers have specialized in hogs. Covington, of which Anda- lusia is the capital, has raised enough hogs this year to supply that and neighboring counties with bacon, and cattle growing on large scale is now beginning to receive attention. It will not be many years before An dalusia will be known as the meat center of southern Alabama.
 What Andalus,a is doing, other prosperous towns can do. The big packing house should be duplicated in dozen or more counties. There is profit i'll raising corn for the market. but the greatest profit comes, of course, from turning it into the fin lshed product, so to speak. Let the farmer feed his corn to hogs and cat tie and then dispose of his stock to the nearest packer.
 Covlngton county is certainly lead Ing the way and it's example will be worth no telling how much to the state of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

Washington in yesterdays Age-Her- aid said that the proceeds of sales of Red Cross seals which are devoted to the study of prevention of tubercu- losis in this country promises this year to exceed all records. The supply -225, 100000 seals-is 80 per cent greater than last years supply, and should net $2,250, ,O0O. And every dol- lar will be needed.
 If the people of Jefferson county bestir themselves the local association will make not only it's best record in seal sales but a record that will sur- prise even the most hopeful member of the organization.
 Begin to buy now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
THE PROVINCES OF JOY

From Phi Beta Kappa Poem, Harvard, 1914, by Bliss Carman.
  Our world and all it holds of good for us Our fathers and unselfish mothers made With noble passion and enduring toll, Strenuous, frugal reverent, and elate, Caring above all else to guard and save The ampler life of the intelligence And the fine honor of scrupulous code Ideals of manhood touched with the di-
 vine.
 For this they founded these great schools
 we serve, Harvard. Columbia, Princeton. Dart
 mouth, Yale, Amherst and Williams, trusting to our
 hands
 The heritage of all they held most high, Possessions of the spirit and the mind Investments in the provinces of joy Vast provinces are these! And fortunate
 they Who at their will may go adventuring there, Exploring all the boundaries of Truth Learning the roads that run through Beauty's realm. Sighting the pinnacles where good meets God,
 Encompassed by the eternal unknown sea Even for little to o'erlook those lands, The kingdoms of Religion, Science, Art, Is to be made forever happier With the blameless memories that shall bring content And inspiration for all after days, And fortunate they whom destiny allows To rest within those provinces and serve The dominion of ideals al. their lives. For whoso will. putting dull greed aside, And holding fond allegiance to the best, May dwell there and find fortitude and joy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
Birming ham Fire Record

T wish to compliment Chief Middleton of the fire department" said Allen Ben ners yestel day. '"rhe fire record of Bir- mngham since he assumed his position has been good, and the Southeastern Tariff association will in all probability decrease the premiums at present ex- acted of residents of Birmingham.
 ''The chief. very properly, is continu- ally endeavoring to increase the efficiency of his department, and at the same time to prevent fires. Sometime ago, as is re- membered. he asked for additional fire in spectors. The city, I am glad to note, granted the petition. Two men were named, I;. B. Holtam, an electrician, and Frank Powell a steam filter. Men tech nical:y trained for peculiar functions were named in accordance with the request of the chief, an6 this was proper.
 'Chief Middleton is following in the wake of physicians who practice preven- tive rather than curative medicine. The people are being educated. When the people exert themselves a fire will be the exception to the routine rule. And the time will come, feel sure, when Bir- mingham's fire record will be no more alarming than that of other cities of sim Ear size
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
JAPAN IN INDIA

From the New York World.
 1 In case of serious need, Great Britain | is assured of Japan's aid in dealing with native disorders in India. Both by reas- ons of their treaty obligations and their actual relations as ally of the British l in the war, the Japanese could not re-
 main indifferent or idle. There have been sound objections on both sides to the | Japanese sending forces to fight in the European sphere of the war. Since they wrested Kiaochow from Germany's hands they have bent all their efforts to in- creasing Russia's supply of munitions Undoubtedly Germanys plans have in-
 cluded the fomenting of discomfort with British rule in the overseas possessions of it's enemy. Through it's agents efforts have been made to SUIT up the Mussul-
 man Orient. Among the papers seized in the possession of James F. J. Archi- bald, the American correspondent, was a secret German report on the political con-
 ditions in India, which the British gov
 ernment saw fit to suppress. From both India and Egypt reports have leaked out of the severe measures adopted to fore stall local outbreaks.
 An Indian mutiny, if it were possible, would be an appalling disaster to British prestige. There is no leader in India capable of uniting the discordant native masses in a general revolt against their rulers, but even occasional incidents like the Singapore mutiny must count in Ger many's favor by dlverting Great Britains attention from it's main"task in Europe. To be compelled to call in Japan's army to police the empire would be numilia- tlon the British have not had to face in all the years of their occupation of India.
 It has not yet come to the worst and it
 may never happen that Germany will succeed in melting the natives to rise.
 But the white mans burden in India never before weighed so heavily in half century, and that Japan should be ready to share it in time of peril may serve to comfort the British, but it cannot fail to humiiate them. M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
Football Season Ends

To-day marked the end of the football season. said Sam Friedman, one of the best known residents of Tuscaloosa, who spent yesterday in Birm,ngnam.
 ''The season in the south has been. not a brilliant one. but a satisfactory one. Vanderbilt by defeating Auburn and Se- vance is justily entitled to the champion ship
 We had good team representing the University of Alabama. Unfortunately, Coach Kelly was stricken in the midst of the season, but the university won it's share of the games. Had the coach been well, we might have startled the south by winning both from Georgia Tech and Texas Our most notable triumph was over Sewanee.
 "VandeGraaff was the star of our team, and he deserves position on the All Americans He is the best punter ever produced by a southern state. But Van deGraaff was not the whole team. There vera others deserving a great deal of credit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
Files in TuscaIoosa

"The condition of Tuscaloosa in respect to typhoid fever is traceable. in my opin- ion, to the pestilence of flies with which during the summer we were afflicted
 Dr. Sid Leach, prominent physician Of the Druid City, football visitor Of yesterday, thus expressed himself.
 'rhe water and the milk, subjected to examination. have not been held respon- sible. It is generally believed flies are to be blamed. The fly season was un- usually fierce in Tuscaloosa, and it was almost impossible to keep them out of houses even when the homes were well protected ty screens.
 Conditions are rapidly improving, how ever Nearly everybody has been treated by inoculation, and the oncoming win ter season has helped. We have not had an epidemic. but the situation has been serious. The people have been taught a great lesson, however, and before another summer fly-breeding places will be elimi- nated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
WOMEN AFTER THE WAR

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 Before the outbreak of the war, &C., cording to Katherine Anthony, in her book, just published, "Feminism in Ger many and Scandinavia" there were in Germany So0,0O0 more women than men, and in Austria Hungary, women outnum- bered men by 6O0,0OO, making a total of 1, 600 "superfuous women," as the au- thor styles them.
 Of course, the tremendous increase in male fatalities due to the greatest war of al' time will make this disparity in the sexes in the central empires much more pronounced. And already there is a de- mand that the state shall take steps to increase the birth rate, which, even be- fore the war, was falling in these coun- tries somewhat alarmingly. One result of that demand will undoubtedly be to put power into the hands of the women and add impetus to the Feminist movement According to the writer of this book, Germany, before the war; contrary to the understanding of outsiders. had a power- full and growing new woman movement. She gives long list of feminist organiza- tions and of periodicals published in the interest of the movement
 One of the principal aims of the feminist movement in Germany is the protection and care of illegitimate children, of whom 1S0,000 are born annually in that country, And the women in that movement insist that such children could properly be the wards of the state and entitled to it's SUD- port.
 The probable effect of this ideal and of the impetus 1t will undoubtedly receive by the war upon the family as we now know it, will alarm those who have never studied the problem. There is every indi- cation that, in Germany at least, the family ideal is rapidly giving way before that devourer of old-time concepts-state necessity. And the feminists seem to be doing their best to bring this about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
Diversified Industries

When the booklet setting forth the Birmingham districts diversified in dustries, compiled under the super vision of the industrial bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, was published few months ago the public was doubtless surprised to find that fully five hundred different wares were produced here. It was a valuable publication, we'll classified and thor oughly indexed. It was, in fact, the best thing of its kind ever issued m the name of the Chamber of Con- merce.
 There had been so much said about Birmingham's need of more small in- dustries that many people had an idea that we had few manufacturing con- cerns outside of the big iron and steel plants; but as large as the list proved to be several important industries were unintentionally omitted. This was but natural and entirely excusa- ble in first attempt.
 But now that the Chamber of Con- merce has been reorganized with largely increased revenue to carry on it's work, it should publish a revised industrial booklet. When a complete list of products turned out hereabouts appears it will include probably twen- ty or twenty-five not found in the original publication. >'
 While Birmingham has reason to be proud of the progress that has been made in recent years in the building up of small mills and factories, there is room for many more, and the Cham Der of Commerce will be in much better position than ever before to promote, in a practical way, the small industries enterprise. Here is certain ly great opportunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
The Anti-Tuberculosis Cause

Interest in the nationwide anti tuberculosis movement increases, for in every community where an organ ization exists the results have more than justified the efforts of the un- selfish men and women who labor in this noble cause.
 If the ravages of the white plague were minimized only in a small de- gree the work should have the ready support of all good citizens. But the fight against tuberculosis Shows won- derful achievements. The spread of the white plague is being checked, and with local associations adequately 1 financed the disease will in time be stamped out altogether.
 The Jefferson county association, with limited means, has accomplished much, and now that the public re- alizes the situation this appeal of hu- manity should meet with all the more generous response.
 While the association is moved by charity. it's activities have a far wider reach than mere benevolence. Wherever tuberculosis prevails the life of every man, woman and child is Ein jeopardy.
 The association, then, is carrying on great protective work, and self interest, to say nothing of the prompt ings of the heart, should cause a gen. eral rally to the movement. Various humane institutions homes for caring for the orphans and the destitute-have their friends who give time and money for the main- tenance of such charities, but every dollar contributed to the anti-tuber- culcsis fund means that much toward the health defense of our entire popu- lation. What the fire department does to protect property the Anti -Tubercu- losis association does to protect hu- man life.
 One of the sources of revenue for the association throughout the land is the Red Cross Christmas seal. More
 seals than usual are now being dis tributed for sale, not only here in Greater Birmingham but in all the cities and towns of the United States; and it is hoped that when Christmas Day comes not one of these little | tokens will be left unsold.
 An Associated Press dispatch from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
Interest Centering tn Congress

'The Sxty-fourth Congress will not have so large a number of party measures to consider as did the Sixty-third, but there will be plenty of work for it this winter" said N. D. Bedford of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Chief interest will cen- ter, of course, in the administrations na- tional defense proposals. As far as my information goes, there will be an expan- sion of the army and the navy, but will be surprised if Congress agrees to the in creases the President asks for; not but what the administration is right, but the great cost will stand in the way.
 T have heard men in close touch with official life, and three members of the House of Representatives, say that the proposals for the fve-year navy pro- gramme would probably be cut half from holf billion dollars to quarter of billion-and that the regular,army would be increased up to 120,0o0 enlisted men. in- stead of to 14O,O0O. AS for the continental army-a very excellent proposition, no doubt-it will, I predict, be shunted and remain in abeyance until the Sixty-fifth Congress comes into being. But as there are sure to be some compromises between the White House and the capitol, it may be that a continental army of say 100000 will be agreed to, with the understand ing that it will be enlarged two years hence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
Bryan and His Lectures

"As long as MT. Bryan can draw crowds to his lectures-and there seems to be no dminution of his drawing power some of his friends will be misled as to his political strength" said Isaac II. Dillon of Chicago.
 II have been democrat all my life and have been a voter since 1884; voted for MT. Bryan each time he ran, but like thousands of other party men now wipe my hands of the self-seeking candi- date. The way the ex-Secretary of State has acted toward the administration since he left the cabinet should be enough to lose him all the followers he ever had.
 "He is rightly regarded as a marplot. But while he is now politically weak, he may have to be reckoned with in the democratic convention in 1916; and that Is the distressing part of it.
 '.The Nebraskan has fine voice for oratory. have heard him when I really enjoyed him, but after all one can seldom recall anything he has said At any rate his dove-of-peace preaching cannot be called convincing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
HOTEL LOBRIES
Promise of Big Hol,dav Trade


 Merchants in all sections of the coun- try are predicting a record breaking vol- urne or holiday trade next month," said Amos J. McKenny of Philadelphia.
 Last years holiday business was very light, owing to the general depres- sion then prevailing, but the country Is prosperous row-in the east we are having wonderful prosperity-and the Christmas shopping in the great cities has already started and started with a rush. The trade this holiday season will fully make up for last years small totals.
 Most of the southern cities I have visited recently seem to have recovered from the dullness of 1914. Birmingham has prosperity written all over 1t. It is easily the businest city have seen in the southeastern group of states''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
FROSTBITTEN.

When autumn winds are wailing
 And all the world is drear, Complaints are unavailing,
 We know that winters near. And yet, we can't help thinking, With something of sigh And not little shrinking,
 Of summer days gone by. We found the heat depressing,
 We often used to fret, Our weariness confessing
 To everyone we met. But now we feel a yearning
 Almost akin to pain That we might see returning
 Those summer days agarn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
Preparedness for Peace


 home to the American people the ne- cessity of making one of the most tremendous decisions in the history of this country. Shall we emulate the example and share the fate of helpless China, or shall we strengthen our army and navy, particularly our navy' not for future wars of conquest, not to play the bully among the nations of the earth, but to conserve peace, to maintain our self-respect and to remove forever the possibility of be- ing brought to our knees by few swift blows delivered against our principal seaports by an enemy equipped with every device of modern warfare? The majority of patriotic Americans have already decided that the United States cannot afford to pemain at the mercy of any one of the leading European powers, if they choose to attack us, by retaining microscopical army and navy which, though great, is yet inferior to the principal navies of Europe.
 Congress, which will soon assemble, will be asked to devise practical plan for carrying out President Will son's programme of preparedness. One of the favorite arguments ad- vanced by the pacifists is that the movement for larger army and navy is fostered by certain captains of in- dustry" who hope to prosper by gov ernment orders for steel and munl- tions of war. They also cry out on the extravaganza of spending $500, 100000 for preparedness which might be spent, as MT. Bryan suggests, Tor building good roads, over which the efficient Germans or some other ef- ficient nation might dispatch armies with facility and ease. As for the munitions manufacturers, Congress should, and doubtless will, take ample precautions to prevent them from mulcting the government. The expen- diture of so great sum should be accomplished in the most economical manner by the government building its own ships and manufacturing its own munitions wherever possible in plants built for that purpose and by exercising due care in letting con- tracts to private corporations on a sharp competitive basis. That would easily dispose of the self-seeking ''captains of industry"
 The claim that $5O0,000,00O is an extravagant sum to spend for preparedness may be answered by pointing out that it is but . trifle, compared to the losses this country might sustain in a few weeks if we were attacked by a superior force. Hilary A. Herbert, a native of Alabama and Secretary of ! the Navy in President Cleveland's cabinet, contributed an article to the New York Times of last Sunday, in which he ably met and refuted the arguments offered by Mir. Bryan and the pacifists. Some excerpts from MT. Herhert's article are reprinted on the editorial page of this mornings Age Herald.
 Referring to the rich and populous cities of the United States on the At lantic seacoast, which have been cap tured before and might be captured again, if we were not amply prepared to defend them, MT. Herbert says that an enemy dominating New York . city alone could levy tribute as Ger many has done in Belgium, and collect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

The mother of Field Marshall Wow 4uachehsen, commanding the Austro-Ger. man armies in Servia and one Of Ger many's military idols, recently celebrated her eighty-ninth birthday on the fa n,it,, estate at Geglenfeld, near Hammerstein
 West Prussia. Despite her advanced aea she IS in personal charge of all work on the estate, which she began to supervise on the death of her husband 25 years ago. Her eyesight and hearing are some what impaired, but she is still remarkably actlve and naturally takes gerat pride in her famous son. Frau Mackensen gladly relates incidents of the Field MarshaI,s ooyhood and says that when he played soldiers with other boys he always in- sisted on being the commander. Until the war broke out she would not have q telephone in her house, but since her son went to the front she has been so anx- ious to hear about him that a telephone has been installed. One of the letters Frau Mackensen prizes greatly was writ ten to the field marshal by the daughter of gardener, with whom he used to plav when he was little boy, reminding him of their childhood friendship and congrat- ulating him on his rise to fame. Frau Mackensen is described as tall and noble in appearance. She still carries herself erect and her features bear marked re- cemblance to those of her son. He apnar- ently inherited his energy from her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

large and fiourishing "still was re- gently destroyed in Jefferson county an indication that a number of disappointed patrons will have to order their Christ mas supply of liquor by express
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
MIGHT TRY BREAKFAsT FOOD

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 Prince Troubletskoy says that meat eat ing caused the war. Perhaps. then, forced vegetarian diet for Germany will cause the Kaiser to sue for peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
MOLAssEs FOR FUEL

From Farm and Preside. A big Hawaiian sugar company is ship ping fuel molasses to the Pacific coast. This is waste product and will compete
 with California fuel oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

Think of young gentleman as famous as MT. Bully" VandeGraaff quitting the gridiron to be a mere business or profess sional man!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

republican editor says President Will son doesn't know how to accept the hom- age of the common people. Has the Presidents hand ever been withheld from the grimiest paw presented to him?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

Anniston Star. The daughters of the indicators of great wealth seem to have stopped buying foreign titles since the war broke out. It is difficult to get title guaranteed to last nowadays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

It takes all kinds of people to make a world. including the man named Smith. who recently paid $lo7 for lock of Napo- Icons hair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

were a small boy and ventured into the seldom-used parlor where most of the family Urea sures were kept?'
 "Oh, yes" replied the impecunious man. I have now when I ste pinto sumptuous automobile salesroom with about 30 cents in my pocket"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

The crack in the Liberty bell has been considerably heightened, but no iconoclas st has suggested that it be scrapped and a new one cast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

Hearing prima donna sing is, of course a pleasure, but just now when 'possums are ripe there is great deal of music in the baying of hound dog
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

Judging from some of the latest efforts. it is almost as hard to write a good Thanksgiving poem as it is to carve a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-26

king a capital in which to transact busi- ness while the enemy occupies his own capital. King Peter of Servia should feel obliged to King Nicholas of Monte negro.