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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
WILL CLOSE EARLY
 !. ON SATURDAY NIGHT
Movement Among the Mer- chants to Have Stores
 Close at 7::30

A movement is under way among merchants of Birmingham looking to early Saturday closing during the warm season. Three concerns signed up yesterday to close at 7:30 D. m Sat urday during July and August, and it is expected that still others will sign later. The three who have already agreed are Porter Clothing company, Drennen company, the Yeatman- Baugh company, the memorandum be- ing as follows:
 Birmingham, Ala, June 24. 1915.
 ''We, the undersigned merchants, realizing the strain and hard work i'm posed on our employees by the long hours of Saturday work in our stores, especially during the heated term, and further realizing these long hours of Saturday absolutely unfit our employees for the enjoyment of the day of rest the Sabbath-and further realizing that early Saturday closing Is the logi- cal way to shorten the hours of labor we hereby agree to close our stores every Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock during the months of July and August. PORTER CLOTHING CO,
 By H. J. Porter, President.
 'pRENNEN co. DEPT. STORES,
 By F. M. Drennen.
 THE YEATMAN-B -BAUGH CO,
 By John T. Yeatman. Pres"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
BLAMES SUN SPOTS
 FOR THE WAR FEVER

Paris. June 12.-(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)--Sun spots acting upon the nervous system develops belligerent instincts and are responsible for war, &C., cording to the theory of the Abbe Mor- eaux of the Burgess observatory The war of 1870. he points out, followed a period when solar activity, begun in 1857, had reached is maximum. and the war of 1914 was also preceded by electric con- vulsions in recent years.
 Every s years" he recalls. ''an ardent &0g0r breaks out in the depths of the suns atmosphere. The heat, carried to it's extreme, evaporates our oceans, re- sulting in redoubled falls of rain and floods in every direction. Climates seem to be revolutionized for a time. all of which is the periodic effect of solar &C., tion revealed to us in the form of sun spots
 Abbe Moreaux declares that he has often noticed that many persons chill dren particularly, are more irritable and quarrelsome during certain phases of ex- cessive solar activity. This action of the sun upon the nervous system also brings about physical effects such as excessive manifestations of gout and rheumatism.
 Pushing his deductions farther, Abbe Moreaux considers it natural to see in the exasperation of the forces in action upon the sun the cause of nervous ten- sion which pushes peoples against each other in bloody and savage warfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
YOUNG ROSTAND
 AT THE REVISION

Paris, June 26.-(Special)-In the liter ary salons of Paris the story which has the success of the moment is that of how young Maurice Rostand came to pass his revision. The revision is the medical examination which each Frenchman has to undergo before he takes his place in the army.
 Maurice Rostand is the son of the fam ous author of "L'Aiglon," and is himself a poet.
 To the revision all must come fat and lean. old and young, in Eden-lilte naked ness.
 This in itself must have been a sad blow to Maurice, whose clothes are themselves poem. However, he resolved to make an ode of what was left to him. So he pre- sented himself to the inspecting officer with eyes blackened with knoll lips rouged, cheeks tinted. his toes pedicured and a shining rose held delicately in limp hand
 The medecin- gave a gasp of as- tonishment at the apparition ran his eye from face to feet. took in the rose then with a wave of disgust growled out re formei" which means unfit"
 Maurise went out shifting his rose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Water Rate Competition

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 The most important question before the people of Jefferson county is provision for utilizing the "open- Warrior" navigation.
 It will be necessary to construct a paved highway by the best route from some point convenient to Bessemer and Birmingham. with extensions into those places.
 Tn making plans for. such a highway due regard for the needs of double track railroad should be had, for ultimately 1t will be required. After the route for the highway is selected and construction Is begun, increased values will make a right of way for a railroad very much more costly than if provided for in the original survey and purchased, by condemnation where necessary If 1t be said there is no constitutional provision allowing a city and county to own a railroad, why, let's amend the already patched-up, make shift. written with one eye to clean the electorate, while the corporations were duly safeguarded by their representatives, who largely dominated the convention.
 AS an evidence of what may be done by water competition In freight matters, 1 will relate business experience of my own. In 1883 I was a member of the firm of Clark & Lewis. engaged in the cotton buying and exporting business with of fees here and in Huntsville. We exported direct from here to Liverpool the first shipment abroad. Having sold from the Huntsville office 1000 bales to Cunningham & Hansham, Liverpool, on a very narrow margin of profit and there being a mis- understanding with the Memphis and Charleston railroads general freight agent T. S. Davant, as to the '1ocal' ate to Chattanooga. my firm contracted with the steamboats on the Tennessee river to haul the 1000 bales from Whites burg to Chattanooga for 50 cents per bale
 Whitesburg Is some 12 miles from Hunts vile and reached by a macadam pike). We hired farmers wagons to haul the cotton, and I remember the first wagon train was lined up in the public scquare with large canvas placard: Hay Water Rail Route-1000 Bales to Liverpool" and photographed. After the first day the rail- road people made all sorts of proposi- tions to induce us to break the contract with the steamboats but we kept faith and the 1000 bales went by the route as originally contracted for.
 This experience was the inspiration of the phrase I furnished Senator Cullum in the interstate commerce bill debate
 "Navigable streams of water are the police powers of nature to be used over traffic corporations.''
 This was one of the questions of water rates competition" and the Hong and short hau1'' clause.
 Respectfully. JERRY CLARK.
 Birmingham, June A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
SHORTRIDGE PLANS. ID EXTEND LINE ID. WARRIOR AND JASPER
Says He and His Associates Will Establish Park Facili- ties Where Interurban
 Crosses the River

Col. w. w. Shortridge and associates announce that their proposed interurban electric railroad will be extended from Birmingham to Jasper. An important feature in connection with the announce ment is the fact that at the point where the road crosses the Warrior river suit able wharves and appliances for handling freight will be provided, together with suitable parks and pleasure grounds, with boating, bathing and fishing facilities. The formal statement issued yesterday by Colonel Shortridge reads:
 Since making the proposition to the board of revenue we have adopted more definite plans for the proposed interurban electric railroad, and expect to extend it to Jasper in Walker county, distance of S4 miles from Birmingham. It will touch tho various centers of population in the western part of Jefferson county and the southern portion of Walker county, thus giving the people of those sections easy and quick service into Birmingham.
 The population contiguous to our line will be near 150O00, exclusive of the city of Birmingham, and the development of that section will be rapid and continu ous, thus affording increased business for our road.
 No other interurban railroad In the south can compare with this in point of population and freight.
 We intend to secure rights of way 100 feet wide and offer 50 feet of the same to the authorities of Jefferson and Walker counties to be used for the purpose of building a highway along said railroad line. and if they will cooperate with us the railroad and highway can be built for one-third less cost to each
 At the point of intersection with the Warrior river we will erect suitable wharves and modern appliances for hand ling freight easily and cheaply Parks ana pleasure grounds, boating, fishing and bathing facilities will be provided for the sweltering thousands of our city and suburbs. In order to accomplish thsee results we intend to ask the cooperation and support of the cities mentioned, as well people along the proposed line This road should be owned and controlled by the citizens of Jefferson and Walker counties, and later such opportunity will be offered them. and with their co-opera- ton the proposition can be made a suc- cess and lasting benefits accrue to all Respectfully, W. w. SHORTRIDGE,
 For Himself and Associates"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

Proba bly, every creature that has lived has dreamed of an ideal lfe-has pictured success, on whirlwnd scheme, and they have paid the price of sentimental planning and are reaping disappointment.
 Sometimes this rebuff stagnates, but to the real character it should develop de- termination, that will to overcome, to win at the cost of labor for he who la bors will win some day. This is no time for the loafer, and to those who ''are going to do," there is a demand 10 act now. Delays are dangerous; every day wasted Is just that much taken from the period of your life. When we feel we have made a bad bargain-sometimes we all do-we calculate on the loss of money. Yet we know every time every day, all of us do We do not figure the price we pay on this item Yet every minute is precious. is valuable. Added together, these atoms of time sum up many wasted lives who would give the world to begin over again.
 The great stumbling block on the jour ney of life Is that the experience of oth- CTS is of no value. Each individual must have their own and thus their lives are so long at the experimental stage before they overcome the obstacles on the way to success. Many value that success only according to the gold they have in bank. They do not figure on the stock of char acter of good and growth they have ac- quired to help make the latter half of the way better and bigger and brighter.
 The boy plays marbles or ball with all of his vim; he wants to win the game; he plays for fun. but when he starts on his job, too often he is there to meet pay days. They come and go. Sometimes he does. too. without learning any one thing we'll and thus he never gets beyond the mediocre man. He only holds on to a job by thread or perhaps by influence, and he grows in stature, but is always a value less mana man whose place can be filled by anybody and perhaps better than he ever did.
 Whenever we hear of the boy who stuck to his job. 10 years building himself big ger by doing his best, we feel like show ing him to the world as a product to be proud of, not because he has succeeded but because he fought for the game, be- gan in the charter class, among the odds and ends. doing something of everything about the business, and doing the very things that were dstasteful to others, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

who is named by the North Mississippi conference Mrs ". L. Duren of this city is the present secretary.
 Thomas Casey, brother of Mrs. Mary Runciman, one of the wealthiest ladies in Columbus died at the home of his sister, 1924 College street, last night AIh Casey was a native of Ireland, and was about 65 years old. He came to America when lad and had been living in Colum- bug nearly half century. The funeral oc- cured at the Runciman home at O clock this afternoon, having been conducted by Father F. s. Yoerg, priest in charge of St. Mary's Catholic church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
COLUMBUS, MISS.
Working for Carnegie Li- brnry-WOman's Mission Society Ad- journs-Thomns Casey Dead.

Columbus. Miss, June 26-(Special)-A called meeting of the Chamber of Com merce directors was held last night and several important matters were discussed, among them the movement which is on foot to secure a Carnegie library for Co., lumbus. The Carnegie library commission has practically agreed to establish a H. brary here if Columbus will comply with the usual conditions. which provide that the city must furnish a site and the mu- nicipal council agrees to subscribe an an- nual donation equal to 10 per cent of the cost of the building for its support and The city already owns a lot which Is well located and by purchas- ing small piece of adjoining property can secure an ideal site for the library at comparatively small cost A committee was appointed to go before the council and request that body to provide a site for the library and pledge sufficient sum to meet the annual expenses of the 
 After having been in session here two days the Woman's Missionary society of the Columbus district of the North Missis- sipp: Methodist conference adjourned at noon today. The society selected West Point as its next meeting place, but elect ed no officers, IS the organization is un- der the leadership of a district secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

he did them and the best he could, and he is the self-made man.
 These are the men who have done the world big thngs-they realized they had to work or die-and life had more charms for them. For the boys who are waiting. We have borrowed these lines:
 Opportunity Is like unto perpetually moving atom; 1t never hesitates; if you wish to investigate, you must follow it.
 Patience may bring it to you. but it 8 lots quicker to go after It.
 Don't value your work by the time you spend on it, but how you have spent the time.
 What you attain by chance you soon tire of. but what you gain by work you appreciate.
 '"rhe moral code of life is what We our selves make It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
CHURCH NOTICES

This morning at Il o'clock at the Nor wood Methodist church. Dr. l.. c. Brans- comb, presiding elder, will preach. The pastor, the Rev. S. T. Slaton, will occupy the pulpit this evening at o'clock. Sun 9:30 o'clock. Junior Epworth league meets this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Senior Ep- worth league meets at p. m. The Work CTS meeting will be held Wednesday evening at o'clock.
 Dr. Preston Blake, pastor, will occupy the pulpit this morning at Il o'clock, his subject being, What Is Christ to Your" In the evening there will be an organ re- cital and song service, the entire evening being given over to this programme. Sun day school meets this morning at 9:30 o'clock. B. Y. P. U. meets at ' D. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at s o'clock. Workers meeting Friday even ing at 6:30.
 The Rev. H. H, Hibbs pastor, will preach this morning and this evening at the Ruhama Baptist church in East Lake His subject in the morning will be, ''The Victory of the Spirit in the Body" and that of the evening. How Shall We Re- turn Unto the Lord?" Sunday school be- gins at 9:3O o'clock. B. Y. P. U. meets at ' o'clock.
 Evangelist P. O. Sayars will begin series of meetings at the West Woodlawn Baptist church tomorrow night. Services will be held daily at 10 a. m.. except Mon day, and at D. m.
 The Rev. Harold E. Dickens, pastor, will occupy the pulpit this morning at Il o'clock, and this evening at o'clock at the Woodlawn Christian church. His sub ject in the morning will be "The Wages of Sin Is Death" and that for the even ing. Peace Be Unto You" In the morn ing there will be special programme, con- sisting of short talks by laymen, signing of pleat ',s, etc Sunday school begins at
 
 LIS ne tent meeting of the Church of God ..f the corner of Sarah avenue and Green street off Miller station, on the North Bessemer and South Ensley car lines, will be continued throughout the coming week. The Rev. J. l.. Mitchell, pastor, Is being assisted in the work by the Rev. D. O. Teasil, of Bessemer. Services will be held too / at Il a. m., D. m. and s p. m.
 missionary, will preach at an open air meeting this afternoon at o'clock at the corner of Eighth avenue and Sixteenth street. north. Good music will be pro- vided, 1t is announced, and the general public is invited to attend the services
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
SELLS LUMBER TO g
 THE GOVERNMENT

Rogersville, June 26-(Special.) )-Abner Rose prominent lumber man of this place, has a contract with the United States government to deliver at Lambs Ferry on the Tennessee river four miles south of here, 250000 feet of lumber Most of this is white oak timber and the cuts range in length from F to 50 feet These are to furnish material for barges and structural work around the Mussle Shoals development.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
JAMES SANATORIUM 935 S.BELLEVUE BLVD..
 MEMPHIS, TENN.
A Private Sanatorium for the Treat- ment of Drug Addictions, Alco- holisn, Nervous Diseases, To-
 baccO and Cigarettes.
Cured of Drug Habit

I wish to thank you for the great bene- fit your remedy has been to me. 1 have gained IS pounds in weight since taking your treatment for the drug habit, and never felt better In my life. I have no desire for either drugs or alcohol since taking your treatment, and feel fully 10 years younger than did before beginning treatment. Hoping that this testimonial may lead some one else to try your won- derful remedy. c. H. CLIBURN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
A Cabby Come Back

From Tlt-Bit
 Elderly Gentleman-Hi. conductor. Firing the bus here. Dye think I'm go- irg to walk thru all this mud?
 Conductor-Sutt'nly not, sir. Tiff you wait 'arf mint I'll lay down the car pet an herect the hawning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
Never Wants a Drink

James Sanatorium, Memphis, Tenn. Gentlemen: am sending you my boy. w. c. Farley. Take him and treat him just as you did the other one. I am also sending you check. If there are any other expense I will pay them. The other boy I sent you has not drank a drop since the treatment, and Is now att tending strictly to business. The other patient I sent you is also clothed in his right mind and does not drink a drop, You can publish this letter, or any part of It, if you see fit. Yours truly,
 G. W. FARLEY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
James Home Remedies

Cost of specially prepared treatment for alcoholism tobacco habit and nervous ness is dependent upon age and physical condition, kind and quantity of drug used, etc Address 935 S. Bellevue, Memphis, ; Tenn Correspondence confidential
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
Mayfield. Ky, June g, 1e15

To reach sanatorium take Linden ave- nue car, get off at Bellevue and walk three blocks north, or take a taxicab and come direct to the sanatorium.
 For further information and booklet containing testimonials in regard to sana- torium treatment. address Charles B. James Sanatorium, 935 s. Bellevue Blvd, Memphis, Tenn. Correspondence confi- dentfaI
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-13
Special Days Announced.

Special days this year will be as
| follows:
Monday, Sept. 13th-Children' 9
Day. All school children in the state
are invited. Tickets will be sent upon
application, either by teachers, chill
dren themselves, or by their parents.
Tuesday, Sept 14.-Interurban
Day. This special day has been ar
ranged for cities, towns and villages
In the interurban territory tributary
to Milwaukee. Each will send dele
cations.
Wednesday, Sept. 15th-state and
Governors Day. Gov. Philip and
oil living ex-governors will be guests.
Thursday, Sept. 16th--Milwauke
and Labor Day. This is the day upon
which Milwaukee will show it's loyaI-
ty to the fair.
Friday, Sept withdrawing
Mems Day The travelling men Of
the state, of whom there are thou
sands, never have been honored with
o special day. This day has been set
aside at their request.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-13

If you meet a man who is down
in the mouth who thinks his town
is all wrong; just take him aside
or give him a ride and hand him
this quaint little song. There are
fancier towns than our own little
town. there are towns that are big
ger than this; and the people who
| live in the timer towns all the city
excitement will miss. There are
things you can see in the weather.
town that you can't in the town that
is small and yet up and down there
is no other town like our little
town after all. 1t may be that the
street through the heart of our town
isn't long, isn't wide, isn't straight;
but the neighbOrs you know in our
own little town with a welcome your
coming will wait In the glittering
streets of the glittering town with
with it's palace and pavement and
thrall; in the midst of the throng
you'll frequently long for our own
little town after all If you live and
work and trade in our town in spite
of the fact that it's small, you'll
find that the tOWn-Our own little
towns the best kind of a town
after all
--AuXVasSe, Mo, Review.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-13
Plenty of Music and Color.

Every day there will be at least
three bands on the grounds, and on
State and Milwaukee Day there will
be four, and perhaps five. The IA
nous Sheboygan Band of sixty-five
pieces will play in front Of the grand
stand during the entire week.
In addition to the bands, there will
be an orchestra in the cattle Judging
pavilion, another in the Dairy Build
ing and two in the Machinery Hall
for the Auto Show.
Arrangements have been maCs3 for
elaborate decoration of all buildings
and the grounds.
The aim of those IN charge Of TIL
years State Fair is to serd every ="
ron back home saying:
THE greatest State F2'r :" .s"'.nS
ever conducted"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-13
DARkEA GRAY HAIR,
LOOK YOUNG, PRETTY
Grassdr1a's recipe Of Sage Tea and
Sulphur darkens SO naturally
that nobody can tell

Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea
and Sulphur, properly compounded
brings back the natural color and lustre
70 the hair when faded, streaked or gray
also ends daIslruff, itching scalp and
stops falling hair. Years ago the only
way to get this mixture VISA TO make it
ct home, which is mussy and trouble
some. Nowadays, by asking at any drug
store for ''Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound" you will get a large bot
Tie of this famous old recipe for about
so cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened your
hair, ae it does it 80 naturally ana
evenly. You dampon a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through your
hair, taking one small strand at time;
by morning the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick and
glossy.