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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15

send Fer Desrrfptisa les1e8 Acre stock
farm, must sell In body: S,ieo acres
in cultivation. Fifty tenant housed,
artesian water: $50 aore, no trading.
w. II. GRAHAM. Cuero. Texas.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
In This Paper
LOST AND FOUND.
HELP WANTED-MALE.

1Overnment Positions Arc Easy to Get
Ny free booklet, BY30a tells how.
WRITE today Now. EARL HOPKINS
Warrington. p. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
Should Be the Greatest Fair

Blrmingham's annual State Fair is always a great event and the at- tendance usually measures up to ex- pectations. There was falling off in gate receipts last year owing to the fact that depression was in evidence both in the agricultural sections and in the mineral district.
 But now that prosperity has re- turned there can be no question about the attendance at the fair in October. The exhibits last year were large and varied, but President R. A. Brown and his executive committee are en- deavoring to increase this years dis plays and assemble exhibits more varied and educational than ever. More live stock and better breeds will be seen here in October than were ever shown before at any fair in the south with possibly one exception.
 The success of the crop diversified ton movement, will be reflected a. the fair. If the railroads and the farmers in every part of the state will cooperate enthusiastically with the fair association management the agricultural exhibit will be indeed revelation to the people of Alabama and to the visitors who come here from the north. Such a demonstra- ton will prove the best sort of ad- vertisement for this state and will have the effect of attracting desirable settlers from other states.
 While Alabama has made marked progress in agriculture within the past five years it is only since diversl- fication has been practiced on wide scale that the wonderful potentialities of the state from an agricultural point of view have been fully appre- ciated.
 Let's have not only high record fair in every respect, but such an ex- hibit of the states rich resources as will prove a mighty incentive for even greater achievement in the years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
Permanent Prosperity

After the steel industry became ac- tive the pig iron trade and the coal trade remained dull, but when the iron market began to revive few weeks ago it gained strength rapidly, and it is now in better condition than at any time within the past eighteen months. With prices slowly but surely advancing the outlook for an active market next year is exception ally bright.
 The sharp falling off in railroad traffic in the south a year ago as the result of depression caused by the European war accounted in measure for the stagnant iron business and in a greater measure for the dullness in the Alabama coal market. But the railroads are now reporting large im- provement and as a consequence min ing operations are at last increasing.
 Industrial conditions in this district will soon be normal and with the ap- proach of the holidays Birmingham will witness the greatest boom in all its history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
Stay-at-H Home Day

A New York statistician, inspired by the announcement of suffragist leaders that all women will be called upon to strike one day, has compiled some interesting statistics.
 The plan of the suffragists to have all women remain away from the place of employment and stay at home for one day, is intended as an answer to the argument of anti suffragists that "the place for women is in the home."
 The extent to which the labor of women has been removed from the home to the factory becomes apparent when one glances at the figures of the New York statistician.
 If the strike were, to be nation wide eight million women would be re- moved from the downtown places of employment, one-siXth of the manu- featuring would cease, most of the clothing factories would close, the production of shoes for that day would be reduced 32 per cent; textiles, AS per cent; electrical supplies, A per cent; and even the printing and iron and steel trades would be handi- capped. There would be no telephone service that day, for 90 per cent of the telephone employees are women; only eleven out of every seventy telegrams would be sent, and eight out of every ten schoolrooms would be closed.
 Indeed the figures pile up so amaz- ingly that mere man is inclined to humbly admit that if women decided to observe the stay-at-home-a-da day strike, he might as well abandon busi- ness also, and go fishing.
 But, just think of it-what force In the, universe could avail to keep every woman at home for one whole dayi
 Maybe it can be done, but it will take an actual demonstration to con- vince the average man.
 Possibly the suffragists can bring about this phenomenon and, if they can, there will be many an erstwhile scoffer who will yield the sidewalk and lift his hat as the yellow banner passes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
AMERICAN-GERMAN LOYALTY

From the Washington Star. Yesterday at Elizabeth, N. J.. an organization styling itself the Ger
 man. American alliance met and adopt ed resolutions as follows: Whereas. the continued sale by America of arms and munitions of wal to the enemies of Germany is direct ly responsible for thousands of deaths and the wounding of thousands more and,
 Whereas, protests against such sales by a neutral country have been un. needed,
 American Alliance of Elizabeth de-
 clare the sinking of the Arabic as jus. tifiable and deserved. "Be it resolved, That the alliance in dorse Germany's submarine policy and extend to her marine commanders the unstinted praise to which they are en. titled
 Be It further resolved, That the jeans, ito escape the dangers of the war zone. be urged to make use of the ships of neutral countries. "eB 1t further resolved, That the sympathy of the alliance be extended
 to Germany in her hour of trouble" Which in view of the notes of thi. government to Austria on the ques. ton of munitions export and to Ger.
 many on the subject of the Lusitanis sinking, may without impropriety bt ciassed among the unfortunate result, of the organized German propaganda in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
The Fear of Death
Let no man be afraid to die.

Let no man be afraid to die.
 As is the case with many things, the thought of death is worse than death itself.
 There is a fear of death, which grows out of the expectation of pain. Somehow it has become lodged in many minds that the pain itself kills, or at least that the pain accompanying the illness, or the injury which kills, must, of necessity, be greater than any suffered heretofore. On the con- trary, physicians and others who ought to know say that practically all deaths are without pain. There seems to be nearly always, if not always, peaceful preparation, a quiet, en- barking, and an easy slipping away upon the retreating tide.
 There is a fear of death, which grows out of the instinctive shrink ing from the separation of body and soul. This has doubtless been made into a part of us through the slow ages to prevent our being too reckless with our lives. This, too, seems to disappear when it has played it's part. When the conqueror finally enters the fallen fortress, he finds no panic. One of the magnificences of humanity is the way in which it meets it's mighty emergencies. "As thy day so shall thy strength be-"
 But I suppose that the greatest fear of death grows out of the teach ing we have had that it ends oppor- tunity, that it seals our final destiny, and that in some way we may have neglected same technical condition of everlasting salvation.
 We make too much of death. It is only the end of the beginning. It is a turn in the road. We pass out of sight of those watching, but the journey goes on. The same laws prevail, be- cause the same God presides. If He has not been an angry or a tech- nical God here, He will not be on the other side of The Divide. The condi- tions of happiness here are the con- ditions of happiness just beyond that mysterious curtain. Righteousness is its own heaven always and every where.
 Let man, then, gird his Joins for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
A Cincinnati Booster

Cincinnati is a great town" remarked Irwin Taylor, who halls from the Queen City.
 "Yes, I am a booster. In fact almost every one coming from my home town is an enthusiastic pusher of the Ohio valley metropolis. We have a great man. ufacturing center and it leads the world in several respects. But I will not at- tempt here to enumerate them Pros perity is in full swing around Cincinnati at this time, and from what I can hear there are few men, indeed, remaining idle at the present time Wages are good, but laborers are required to work strenuously. Cincinnati is certainly a hustling center, and as We say if man cannot make good there he mas a poor chance of achieving success any where else.
 "All this talk about the greatness of Cincinnati, however, does not mean that do not appreciate Birmingham with it's marvellous growth and commercial de- velopment within the past few years and the prestige which it now enjoys among the cities of the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
WHY SHOULD LAWYERS HESITATE

From the Portland (Ore) Telegram
 Acting upon the application of a woman lawyer for membership in the National Bar association the general council of that organization was dis posed favorably. Then as, it appears, there was second thought; motion to reconsider carried; and now the ques- tion of whether or not the woman law yer will be admitted Is in doubt.
 If the successful woman lawyer were any longer a rarity 1t would not be difficult to understand this hesitancy. But that is not the case; and indeed there seems to be no other reason urged against this particular applicant save that no woman has ever before been admitted to membership It Is a capable gentlemen of the law are stag gered
 Perhaps 1t Is only the best lawyers who became members of the National Bar association. and perhaps the ap- plicant under consideration does not measure up to that standard. If that be fact gallantly has 1t been con cealed in anything given out by the general council. We have no occasion to believe that the question of com potency enters into the case at all Precedent and the dignity of the pro- fession apparently comprise all that's at stake. It would be wholesome for the profession if. in its national ca- pacity, 1t should thus give precedent a good stiff jolt, and as to the dignity phase of it the woman lawyer has won her spurs long ago and does mol Jeopardize that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
THE COssACK's PLAN
he Knoxville Sentinel.

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
 It is stated that after the great Turkish defeat at Sarikamysh a Rus sian officer met a party of 500 cap tured Turks being brought in by Is smiling Cossacks. There was some thing obviously the matter with the prisoners their hands were all mys- tcriously occupied and they walked delIcately.
 The officer hailed the Cossack in charge and asked:
 Hello. have you got a dancing class there or what?" The Cossacks grinned yet more broadly and replied:
 Well, you see. excellency, there's more than 800 of them and only 15 of us, so there was a chance they might be up to something If we weren't careful. So before we started we went round and cut off all their hooks. belts and trouser buttons. Now they've got their hands full and it's no use their trying to boltl'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE HARDING
 SPEECH AND PROBABLE RESULTS TF1EREFROr1

has placed this Birmingham man in the limelight of national politics. When his term expires as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, if he does not accept re- appointment, he can probably be gov ernor of Alabama or United States sena- tor from Alabama.
 I have heard it said that Senator Bank head would like to be the next governor of Alabama-desirng to taper off his political career in this office. By virtue of this state and for the state of Ala bama generally, Senator Bankhead can practically have what he wants from the he will probably be. Otherwise, Mir. Harding can be governor if he wants 1t.
 In the event that Bankhcad wants the gcvernorship, Harding can probably suc- ceed him in the senate.
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 And Harding would make a great senator. He is student of great learning, practical man, and he would have the vote of the farmer the country merchant and the practical business men of the state behind him. He has shown that he is for this class of people and they are naturally for him. The only men who would be against him would be the non producer and the mouthy politician.
 The selection of another governor and another senator is some two or three years off. But it is we'll that Alabama has developed man who Is worthy of and would be a credit to either office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29

the great adventure. Let him bosom up his soul and meet it with the eyes of his spirit wide open. What new sights, what new sensations-oh, who can tell? What sudden rerobing with old powers, and with powers never known beforel What new vision! What new intelligencel What new companionships, and what old com partnerships found again.
 Let man await his death, as one who sits quietly amid lengthening shadows, watching the west. Beyond the night lies the day.
 HENRY M. EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
JUSTICE HUGHES
From the Augusta Chronicle.

From the Augusta Chronicle.
 Voters of every section and every party will probably agree that Justice Hughes of the United States supreme court is a biggel and abler man than most of
 our presidents have been Nevertheless,
 most citizens are well satisfied with his deelaraton that he will under no condi- tions be a candidate for the presidential nomination.
 The reason he gives is sufficient. He re- gards it as improper for a member of the supreme bench to participate in poli- tics ir any way The supreme court is
 necessarily above parties and independent O. them, as the sovereign is in consti- trtional monarchy. While there would of | course be no immediate harm done in a
 man of such unquestioned disinterested-
 ness and integrity as Justice Hughes ac- cepting a nomination thrust upon him. the
 precedent established might open the way to dangerous abuses.
 l It would be a perilous thing for the nations future if the people ever came to believe or suspect that members of the
 supreme court were aiming at the presi- dency. For such ambition would be thought, rightly or wrongly, to exert un-
 due influence in coloring court decisions, especially where partisan interests were 1 involved.
 l Our supreme court is perhaps our great est contribution to the machinery of gov
 ernment. Its sanctity and integrity, and
 the unquestioning acauiescence in Its de-
 cisions, are the chief glory of our political
 system. Regardless of whether Justice Hughes could be nominated and elected. or of how excellent President he would
 make, he is doing his country servVe 1 in refusing the presidential bait
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
A Popular Movement

Few movements affecting Birming. ham's retail merchants or their em ployes have been so popular as the 3 o'clock Saturday night closing sched ule, which becomes operative next Sat urday.
 The good ladies of this city have long conducted quiet campaign to bring about this reform for the sake of the saleswomen and the salesmen, and nearly every merchant has not only signed the new closing hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
THE nARBoR OF THE SUN

By C. F. Markell. Speak not of vine-clad Rhineland hills, Nor glow-wrapped Alpine snows; Nor castellated gories which
 Only the Danube knows. The feirest gem God ever wrought
 Or set His seal upon s, Is San Diego Bay; yclept
 The Harbor~of the Sun. I've coursed the deserts turing sands And Russias virgin snows, T The sun-kissed vale of Chamounix,
 Where life as laughter flows. I've wandered through fair Already,
 Ceylon, spice-censered isle, Sailed Coromandel's gold-lined coast
 And watched the glinting tile. And minaret and gilded thole
 In oriental lands. Gazed on the alabaster mosques
 Of India's lavish hands; I've heard the wind-wooed temple bells
 Of dainty dear Japan, The Hitting of the bayaderes
 In ravishing Iran I've viewed the Bay of Naples soft, Robed in its purple shroud, And old Mount Aetna's towering peak. Rimmed with its fre-glt cloud But all the gories of the earth,
 Be they of sea land Bend knee to San Diego Bay, The Hollow of Gods hand. Majestically Point Loma bids
 Pacific cease to fret And Gorietta, precious gem,
 Bestuds the coronet Imperial Beach. San Miguel,
 Adorn a hand that's gloved, e And graciously God smiles upon
 The spot Ramona loved. An When the stars from vault above
 Bedeck eternal night; Ah When the golden bar at last
 Hoves softly into sight; An! When the sail of life is furled, Its weary voyage done, May my worn barque drop anchor in
 The Harbor of the Sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
agreement. but has done it whole

agreement. but has done it whole Iheartedly.
 Heretofore the stores have been
 kept open, some of them until 10 o'clock, most of them until 11:30 o'clock In order for the experiment to succeed permanently, cooperation on the part of Saturday night shop pers will be sought Housekeepers and others who have found Saturday night the most convenient time to make their purchases, are urged to practice a little sacrifice if necessary and shop early in the evening, so as to prevent congestion as o'clock comes on. There is no reason to think that any merchant will lose trade by closing earlier than formerly. He certainly will not be a loser if shoppers have mind to the situation and do their part toward affording tired salespeople an opportunity of getting home before midnight.
 In most of the churches today min isters will stress the humane side of the early closing arrangement and it is safe to assume that public sentiment will be so strongly in favor of the plan that no merchant who has agreed to try it will ever go back to late hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29

l"HAT speech of w. P. G. Harding in Birmingham Wednesday night has established confidence, aroused enthusiasm and put the cotton farmer and the small merchant of the south in class recognized as fully by our na- tional government as any other business aggregation in America
 The southern cotton farmer and the country merchant are today of this gov ernment, with its full protection and with its financial resources behind them.
 Regardless of the European war the government has defined itself as thor oughly in favor of the protection of the cotton grower as it ever was in favor of the protegtion of the American '.ln- fant Industry"
 Harding's speech gave stability to the cotton market and has caused the prices In all markets to remain steady and firm.
 The President. the Secretary of the Treasury and Mr Harding. representing the federal reserve banking system, have laid down the law, so to speak, to the southern banker. a.ld there will be no more loans to the farmer and country merchant at ten, twelve and other per cents, soaring up in some instances as they have been in the past to twenty and thirty per cent. The farmer will now be able to hold his cotton indefinite ly and feed it out to the consumer at a profitable price
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 And, by the way, MT. Harding's speech here and his recognition as the cotton authority of the government by all of its departments, from the President down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29

1 am told that the Birmingham whole sale merchants through the Chamber of thousand dollars last week in entertain- ing the visiting merchants of Alabama
 This Is the best money Birmingham ( has ever spent. It will have telling eff feet towards making Birmingham wholesale mercantile market
 Our wholesalers have stood back be- hind the scenes too long already and allowed Nashville, Memphis and Atlanta to gobble up the business they were na- turally entitled to. Now that the Bir- mingham merchant has appeared be- !. fore the footlights and shown the buyer of the surrounding towns and cities what we have, the wholesale business will come to us and stay with
 Birmingham, as an industrial cen ter, is the greatest in the south and is now developing every day Our in- dustrial pay rolls last week were very large. But about the 18th of September there will be a pay roll in this dis trict which will be the largest it has f' ever known and therefore money will A be as easy here as it was in the boom days.
 could tell of many things which are slated for Birmingham, but they will develop themselves in the news columns of The Age Herald during the next few | weeks
 Things are indeed slated to hum here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
A SERIOUS MATTER.

q wouldn't mind people talking So much. if they would only wait until they had something worth while to say" remarked the fretful person.
 My friend said the philosopher. would you keep nine-tenths of the worlds population silent from the cradle to the grave?" seemed almost as if series of accidentsy or one railroad might be described as disease affecting the railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
Opera and Music

''The immense crowd that assembled in Capitol park last Sunday afternoon on the occa sion of the T. c. I. bands compli- mentary concert, shows how much Bir- mingham needs open air music during the summer" said John A. Bate. "The T. c. l. band was highly complimented for the good style in which the programme was rendered.
 We usually have beautiful weather in September, and it is hoped that some way will be found to have MT. Memoli al.d his band give us two or three Sunday con- certs between now and the State Fair dates in October. Memolis band of 90 pieces will be a feature at the fair"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
2le5o3,ueQ
A POOR LOSER.

zA OOis I1O6EIt.
 Good morning, Dodswaite," said the first commuter, after he had settled him. self in seat and partly regained his breath.
 Morning, Gadson,' said the second commuter, somewhat shortly
 You don't seemed pleased to see me-"
 q should say not. When I saw you running just now made bet with the gentleman on my left that you I've lost $5"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
THE ARABIC INCIDENT

''The sinking of the White Star liner Arabic can now I believe, be regarded as virtually a closed incident" remarked George P. Prescott of Memphis.
 'The imperial German government has expressed it's desire to make ample amends for any loss of American life both in the case of the Arabic and the Lusitania. and has signified it's intention to make full reparation. This, to my mind, is sufficient to justify any one in the opinion that open rupture between the United States and Germany is out of the question. AS every one knows, President Wilson has demonstrated his desires to maintain peace on any honorable terms possible; and nov that Germany will more than meet America half way in efforts to adjust mattersA satisfactorily there is scarcely a doubt as to an ultimate out come which will be thoroughly pacific in results"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
HOTEL LOBRIES
Great Labor Day Celebration

Monday. September 6. which will be observed as Labor Day. will be more enthusiastically celebrated in industrial centers than usual. by way of accentuat- ing the return of prosperity" said w. C. -Dwightman of Philadelphia. connected with a manufacturing concern of that city.
 "A year ago industrial conditions were the opposite of heartening. Industrial plants were being shut down and wage workers were facing very hard times But now the country is almost as pros- porous as I ever knew it to be. There is an increasing demand for labor, and on the forthcoming Labor Day the great masses should be in the best of humor."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
M1sTREATING HIS WIFE.

MISTREATING HIS WIFE. q understand Mrs. Daubson posed for a number of Daubson's paintings" Yes There never was a more strik- ing case of wifely sacrifice"
 Surely, you exaggerate her services '' Not at all. I've seen the pictures"