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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
TOWN OF SIPSEY IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE IN SOCIAL
 SERVICE IN ITS TRUEST SENSE
SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT
 By MRS. SIDNEY M. ULLMAN

yard. and keeping COW and pigs and chick ems in their own domain and unmolested their gardens grew.
 Prizes were offered for the best gar dening results. The lovely home of the manager, whose attractive garden and flowers were ever before them, made the miners families ambitious to obtain sim liar results.
 Garbage cans were furnished and clean liness and beauty of the village was a joy to the community
 Amusements Furnished for the Town
 often the objection to country life is the lack of amusement. The humdrum ex- istence after work hours are over causes dissatisfaction; the men congregate on the streets or at the village store and with drinking and smoking, comes crime and awful results so rampant in some of the Alabama rural districts.
 In Sipsey this evil has been offset, like many others. by a method of education. An airdome has been erected, for a nov ing picture theatre Here the best films are shown for nominal price.
 A playground movement Is being con- sidered and by fall the best equipment of swings. acting poles, sand piles, etc., will be ready.
 The school grounds have already re- ceived attention and by the opening of school the place will be prettily planted with grass and shrubbery, a school gar den will be made, tomato and pig clubs will be started and a canning equipment installed.
 Compulsory Education
 Walker county illlteracy sub-commlssion will have an able ally in the sipsey com munity. The slogan for better literacy standing of Alabama has gone forth. Classes are now being formed and Sipsey hopes to be the first camp to strike illiteraey entirely out. A census Of the village was made sometime ago
 Education will be compulsory next sea- son, no man will be employed who does not send his children to school.
 A woman has been put on the trustee board sf the school showing the advanced and cooperative spirit in the town in every branch of civic life.
 School Improvement Association
 When you stop to consider that prac- tically only few months back the little town was still asleep, a workable and interested School improvement associa- ton, raising S3Oo for civic purposes. is almost a miracle, but this is true; and the fact of its general good work should put to shame some of our city mothers, who do so little for the school better ment in this way.
 Through the domestic science depart ment, the sale of jellies and marmalades many dollars have been raised. The boys. too, are adding their shaye of proceeds from the manufacture of hat trees, flower stands, etc.. the manual arts department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

how the boat was steered The writer always thought that the man at the wheel actually grasped the spokes and twirled 1t around in that way but it Is different on the Hennen. The steer ing is done by electricity and the pilot has only to turn two little levers to go to the right or left The spectators never tired of watching him swing the boat around a big bend in the river. always keeping in the middle of the channel no matter how narrow the turn appeared to be. There are some mighty close places in the river where the stream is divided and where shall low water is indicated by giant trees just showing out of the water as if stretching to the utmost to keep up
 This is a phenomenon frequently oo- served along the stream where the width has been greatly increased by the giant dam at the locks. In many places the trees have already succumbed to the water and stand bare of leaves and devoid of life. Occasionally there is a tiny log cabin sitting out from shore, deserted and rotting. These touches ac- centuate the solitude of the stream and add to the impression created by the mighty volume of water rushing along so silently with only a murmur here and there where it is fretted by some submerged tree. In the distance the towering mountains covered With the light green of the oak leaves here and there darkened by the richer hue of the pine needle while the sun. low In the west, casts a sheet of gold over all combines to make picture the writer has seen often on canvas but never be- fore in nature.
 One more bit and then enough of scenery. Probably the most impressive spot on the river save the lock itself Is the junction of the two forks, each in itself more than an ordinary stream The point where the streams join Is clearly marked as the Mulberry fork is slightly lighter In hue than the water of Locust fork. One can see up either fork for perhaps a mile where both streams lie in narrow valleys with hug h mountains on either side As the Hen nen. on the return trip. came in view of the junction steamer from Cordova padded rapidly out of the opposite fork, band playing and flags flying. The two talked with one another by means of the sirens and the last we heard of the Cordova boat was the almost in audible strains of the omnipresent "Tp- perary."
 ~Dar She Ia"
 Suddenly one of the negro stewards standing in the bow of the barge stretched out his arm with the exclama- tion "Dar she is." A score of eyes fol-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

lowed his pointing finger and there was a chorus of exclamations of T don't see anything" which was exactly the case. Approaching the lock from ID the river nothing out of the ordinary is to be seen. On each side of the river there is what looks to be a small tower of cement. while stretching up the stream is a cement wall
 It is not until the boat has tied up to the bank and one has crossed over to stand on the lock walls that one real
 zes the immensity of what has been done. The boat tied up on the wrong side of a small creek the sole means of crossing which is narrow footlog. This caused consternation to the ladies and older members of the party who back ed and sawed and hummed and hawed over walking the log.
 Finally number were induced to risk the hazard and crossed over. When the tune came to reeross to the boat, how ever, the approach to the footlog was dif- fcult and number baked. They hunted up several negroes and induced them, by the payment of quarter each, to ferry them across the creek, which was about lO feet wide, in row boat. The ne- groes were very efficient and it railed sil- Yer for a few minutes. To such an ex- tent that one of the duclSy oarsmen ex- claimed to his companion, "Niggah, jus watch meh in dat craps gams ternite"
 As l said before approaching the lock from upstream one sees nothing and 1t Is not until one has crossed over to stand on the massive pile of cement where the dam is hitched to the shore that one can realize what has been done For Ealf a mile across the river there is nothing but solid sheet of dazzling white foam where the water plunges over the dam to the bed of the river 80 feet below. The locks themselves are massive af fairs and looking up at them from the below seem to tower into the sky
 Provide for Fish
 An engineer who happened to be on the scene explained the workings of the lock and showed the party over what was tc be seen. One thing which puzzled everybody was flumelike arrangement up the side of the locks, down which poured current of water at consId- eraby easier angle than the dam. If was explained that this was a fish wier. that the fish could not get up the dam and that in order to provide for them so that they could get into the upper reaches of the river the wier had been con structed.
 After an hour of sightseeing and pjc- ture taking the enormous siren on the Hennen boomed forth and there was a rush for the footiog and the steamer. On the return trip 1t was much cooler and more enjoyable. The scenery was. if possible. even more beautiful than on the trip down s the haze of evening was on the land and the sinking sun bathed everything In its mellow glow. The re- turn to Salter's bluff was made in good time and the excursionists, somewhat tired by this time. but happy withal lost no time in boarding the waiting special which soon had them at the Terminal station after day of unalloyed plea sure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

having given instruction in this branch of work
 First Aid Taught
 Special classes for both white and ne- groes are held in first aid work. and arc making fine progress.
 Several lectures with screen pictures have been given during the season The county physician, assisted by the camp ooctor. gave talks on laws for health and sanitation. One special lecture was giv- en on the fly and it's dangers another on the hookworm. How to obtain treat ment from the county free dispensary for hookworm was especially helpful. These lectures are well attended.
 Many Automobiles in the Village
 An Item of special interest in the growth of the town is the fact that now the village boasts of 10 automobiles. when in the past OK teams were the most used method of transportation.
 Walker county Is to be congratulated upon the advance and growth of Slpsey. and Sipsey is to be congratulated upon the possession of its henefactors in civio Improvement and social botterment
 Down the shady lanes of the village or cutting through the still silent woods to the river one dreams of the big future of this little town. Giant pines, that shook their heads for years at the ignorance, supersttition and inertia of these village fhk. stand wondering now how much more will yet be done to educate and aid the town in making it pride to the state
 With a desire for efficiency has come the practical working of social service The hope of the future is not the city but the enlightened hillside and tho awakened valley. Education in the high ways and hyways. Ca the old and the young, in social hygiene and civic in- provement. will bring contentment and plenty. With simple wholesome living and decent invironment the hope of the future is singing a peon of thanks
 With many such agencies as are at work in this little town, working in the state, Alabama need not be for long one of the black states on the map
 Here we rest after work must be the slogan of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

Any resident of Birmingham who has Tailed to take advantage of the recent series of Sunday excursions to Lock 1T via the Southern railway to Sal ter's Bluff, thence to the lock on the steamer Martha Hennen has missed a treat
 The scenery between Birmingham and the lock is equaled only by some of the, wonder spots in the west, &C., cording to men who have seen both places with whom the writer talked on his trip down the river. Not one man in 50 in Birmingham realizes that there Is a body of water of the magni- tude of the Black Warrior anywhere near the city, and a trip down the stream will be a revelation to all
 While 1t requires from 8 o'clock in the morning until at night to make the round trip, not moment of the day drags. It requires about three hours to go from Birmingham to Sal ster's on account of the nature of the country. From Salter's 1t is about three hours to the lock and the crowd Is allowed an hour to view the immense works which have opened such i'm mense possibilities to the Birmingham district.
 Leaving the Terminal station at S o'clock on a special train of seven coaches, the party Is taken to North Birmingham, then turning west going through the plants at Ensley to pick up a big crowd there. In few min utes Fairfield. with a passing glimpse of the wire mill, is left behind and the train plunges into virgin country
 The track winds In and around steep mountains and the greater part of the distance to Salter's Is spent in going cautiously around curves with bluffs towering 30 and 40 feet on each side of the coaches or with the train creep ing over high trestles.
 Scenery Indescribably Beautiful
 The scenery along the route is in- discribably beautiful. The undergrowth is hardly thick enough to obstruct the view and one can catch glimpses of cool forest vistas undisturbed by living presence In the valleys there was usually a small stream babbling over the pebbles with its banks fringed with dogwood and the ground yellow with great daisies
 The approach to the river Is surpris- ing as there is no hint that it is near The train passes through a gap in a small mountain and suddenly the wa ter gleams through the trees to the right and stretches away to the north. About two miles further the train halts on the crest of a high bluff and be- low. resting at anchor at an impro- vised wharf, is the steamer
 | Many of those who were on the ex- cursion had never been on a steamer before nor seen barge, and there were many exclamations of wonder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
Tutwiler Music Tonight

The Wiegand quartet will render this programme at the Tutwiler this evening from 630 to 9 o'clock:
 Overture to Stradella' .......4.. F1otow Song Without Words ...... Tschail<owsky Excerpts from Maid in America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
First Aid Taught

having given instruction in this branch of work
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-13
MANY SPECTATORS At
TRAINING QUARTERS

The boxers who are to appear at
hoxing carnival at the Airdome
Thursday evening, October IA, have
heen doing their training at the Big
cosino before unusually large crowds
Iorh White. Bert Wagner and Gus
painier have been doing some lively
Filling there every day and have
Dhown the fans who have been watch
no them that they mean to be in the
nnst Of condition in order to put up
~ Aeht of their lives. All of the box
ors IN This next card are in the game
70 make good and they can be depend
"a mon to give the fight fans run
Gov their money Herb White Is heav-
lar and stronger than he has been
since he landed in Tonopah and claims
~ he feeling better than he has ever
tor If that is true we can rest as.
,nrod that we viii see some real mill.
inc Thursday evening as Herb is "a
wiling performer when he is right
If stories received from Goldfeld are
true Paul Pollock. who is Whites op.
moment. and Speck Duffy, who boxes
Bert wagner, will not be without back
ers at the ringside, as they have many
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-13
CHARITABLE WORKERS
FOR WAR VICTIMS

PARIS, Oct 13.-There are now in
the district forming the entrenched
camp Of Paris l44S charitable organi-
cations working for the relief of vic
Tins of the war and more than 400 hos
pitfalls. which afford accommodations
for about 10000 wounded.
The four regular military hospitals,
the most important, have now forty an
nexes The Red Cross hospitals num-
Der about 300 and there are 20 conval-
escent establishments, and five indie
pendent hospitals, American, English,
japanese and Russian
The workrooms for unemployed
women have multiplied to a greater
extent than the hospitals, now number
ing $50.
There are 22S different societies
looking after the needs of refugees,
50 employment Offices, Is free dispen-
saries and 1876 various organizations
for the distribution of clothing and
1 for lodging and feeding the needy.
/ Besides these organizations for ma
terial relief there are numerous
groups. not registered. whose purpose
is to provide cheer and comfort to sol
diers at the front
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-13
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
TONOPAH GYPSY QUEEN MINING
COMPANY

Location of principal place OF bus.
mess and location OF works, Tonophh,
Nye County. Nevada,
Notice Is hereby given that at
meeting of the board OF directors held
ON the card day Of September, 1915, an
assessment (No, - of one tD cent per
share was levied upon the capital stock
o. me corporation. payable immediately
~ United States gold coin, to the Sec
,etary at the Office OF the Company.
hoom s65 Russ Building. san Fran ;
cisco, California
Any stock upon which this assess
neht shall remain unpaid on the 2sth
NHs OF october, 1915. viii be delinquent
shu advertised for sale at public auc-
sioh, and unless payment " made be-
,"re, Win be sold on Monday. the 9TH
10y OF December. 1918, TO pay the de-
nnluehl assessment, together with the
sale
ny order ~ the BOARD OF Directors.
CHARLES p. OI.NEy Secretary.
onles, Ra0m aea Russ building. sai
francisco. California ss0tos'
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-13

admirers in Goldfield who think they
can win over any men of their weight.
Both OF these boys will arrive in To-
nopah Thursday morning as they are
to weigh in at the Cobweb bar at s
p m.
Joe Murphy and Gus Rainier, who
hoN one OF the six-round bouts, are
both aggressive boys and they are
both out to win in hurry so they
can be depended upon to give the fans
everything that is in them.
The show will be put on at $3.50 p. m.
and there will be very little waiting
between bouts. The seat prices are
81 for the bleachers and So for ring.
side and reserved seats.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-13
HES HIMSELF AWAY FOR
LITTLE 8A6BLING BROOKS

A. r. Brooke assistant smasher in
the baggage department at the local
depot of the Tonopah & Goldfeld Rail
way company, after having unsuccess-
fully endeavored to get out OF town
on many occasions during the past
nine years. finally tore himself loose
this morning and hot wheeled il for
California. Before departing he en-
gagged three-room furnished house
TO be all in readiness upon his return.
He will build additions to it from year
to year as occasion demands
Subscribe for the Bonanza.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-13
DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE
CASH hoy CONSOLIDATED MINING
COMPANY.

Location of Principal Place OF busi-
ness. Carson city, Nevada. Locetlon "i
works Tonopah, Nye County, NrNaua'
NoTIcE.--There are DELINQUENT upon
the following described STOCK ~ ~
ennnt ~ Assessment No. 4, levied on
the e6th day OF August lSle' Ihe
amount set opposite the name OF the
respective shareholder
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-12
GERMAN AWATORS
UNUSUALLY ACTIVE

Berlin. Jan. HERMAN aviators
have renewed activities all along the
western battle line and have caused
much damage to the enemy.
Half a dozen aircraft have success
fully bombarded the military depots
in S~trazelle and Hazebrouck, dropping
bombs on them and setting them on
fire.
Just as their work was completed
a detachment of British aviators on
biplanes, mounting rapid fire guns,
went In pursuit.
1t is believed a battle was fought,
but the outcome is not known yet.
German airmen also successfully
dropped bombs on the railway at Ar
%mentieres, setting IL on fire.
Ii Is reported many soldiers were
killed there.
Three a%viators also bombarded Fort
Bosburg at Verdun. The result there
is unknown.
German aviators are also active in
Alsace, where observations have en-
abled the German commander to
Illustrate organized French attempts
to take strategic points by surprise
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-12
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from The Daily
Leader Files

A girl arrived at the home OF
Harry Meyers this morning.
Geo. Winter returned from his
Cripple Creek jaunt last evening.
The official registration of the
mercury at its lowest point last night
shows 15 degrees below zero.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strong of Spring
Valley, Mimi, parents of Mrs. c. III.
Smith, arrived by last evenings
train.
Bert Berther of Badus departed
today for a place ear Mankato,
Mimi, where he will work at his
trade Of harness making.
The report of the Madison public
schools for the month ending Janu-
airy IL shows a total enrolment OF
453, number entered during the
month 20, highest per cent of at
tendance 9S.5 per cent in the high
school; second highest, 97.9 per cent
in Miss Regan's room. Glasses in
chemistry, bookkeeping and civil
government have been formed in the
high school.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-12

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease hat science has
been able to cure In all its stages. and
that IL Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
q constitutional disease. requires a con
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood n mucous surfaces of
the system. thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building UP the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that It fails to cure. Send for list
& Co.. Toledo. o. Sold by all druggists,
76c. Take Halls Family Pills for con-
ottpatton.-Aov.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-12
STATE NEWS.

Hitehcock-Work has commenced
here on the construction of a new
hotel. which is being erected by ID.
Il. Chaplin. a local capitalist. The
new hotel will be one of the finest in
this part of the state.
Chamberlain-The three Masonic
orders Of this place held 4 bond
burning celebration last night in
their temple. Prominent Masons
from all parts of the state were pres
ent. as well as visiting brothers nom
the neighboring lodges. The services
were under the direction of Or. fred
Treon. grand commander OF the
state. Chamberlain blue lodge was
constituted i'm February, 1884, and
the charter granted in June of the
same year.
Aberdeen-Plans are under way
which IL Is thought will make the
Northern Normal and Industrial
school at Aberdeen, eventually, an
all-the-year-round institution. 1t has
been arranged to have the summer
school conducted by the institution,
which is usually a six weeks affair,
to be held twelve weeks next sum-
mer. Ii is believed this will result
in the school being kept running
twelve months In the year thereaft-
er, in order to enable country school
teachers TO avail themselves of their
vacation period to attend the normal
and perfect themselves in their WORT.
Pierre=Melvin Swenson, aged IA.
twenty miles north of Camp Crook,
was found dead under circumstances
which would indicate he met a tragic
death. The cause of death is a mvs-
terry. He either was kicked to death
by one of the horses he had been
driving after the team ran away and
threw him to the ground. or he was
killed by the accidental discharge of
a shotgun. The wrecked buggy and
one of the horses was found in a
ditch. with the body of the boy lying
between the heels of the horse and
the front wheels of the buggy.
Huron-Rev. Reorse Pinch. for
more than five years pastor of the
Congregational church of this city.
has rendered his resignation TO the
church officers, with the assurance
that his decision to resign is final and
that he cannot be induced to remain.
Mr.. Pinch goes on to explain that it
has been his experience during many
years of service that a minister's best
work can be done in about five years,
and that for his own good and that
of the parish there should then be a
change. The church has as yet taken
no action on the matter.
Sioux Falls-What will be known
as Jonas Lein camp of Spanish war
veterans has been organized as the
result of a meeting held by the Span
ish wal veterans of Sioux Falls and
vicinity. The new camp starts out
with a charter membership of nearly
thirty. The following officers were
elected: Commander. A. b. SEES
sions; senior vice commander. u. A,
Hazard; junior vice commander, Ii
nus h. Miller; treasurer, III. w. Ber-
shon. Trustees also were elected,
Jonas Lien, after whom the camp
was named, was killed in action In
the Philippine islands while an ad-
jutant of the First regiment, South
Dakota volunteers, which made a
brilliant record in the campaign
against the Filipino insurgents.