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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
SAYS BIRMINGHAM
GROWS SELFISH
Judge KeltOn Writes ON Dis
tribution of Educational
Funds of the State

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
Under the headline. "City Schools Lost
$sS.27b in Sundays issue of your ex-
cellent paper the writer thereof UNDER
takes to show that there has been an
unequal distribution of school FUNDS in
the past; that the city child has lost a
portion of its money and that the rural
child has been the beneficiary thereof
has IL occurred to you that the proper
basis for the distribution of school
| funds is the length of term and not per
child as basis. No doubt the city child
receives as much real teaching for the
1919 as the rural child receives for tho
1857 it receives.
1t Is reasonable to suppose that the
schools in Birmingham are so arranged
that each teacher has Just that number
or pupils that he can successfully teach.
while in the rural schools 1t will often
occur that school must be maintained
In sparcely settled neighborhoud
where the average attendance is very
small. Where this occurs the teacher is
Justly entitled to his monthly wage just
the same as If he had schoolhouse full
of children.
and every child in Jefferson county, in
Alabama, as to that matter. is of as
much Importance to the city of Biz
mipgham as those who have been for
tufate enough to be situated In Bir-
mingham. For Birmingham cannot live
to itself. Birmingham is receiving sone
of It's very best talent from the rural
districts in the state. She is receiving
trade from every town and hamlet in
the state, in fact, Birmingham is the
hub of the state and this selfish spirit
that would cut Birmingham loose from
the balance of the state and make of it
separate taxing district and the self
same spirit that would withdraw its
aid from the rural schools should BIZ
forgotten.
| do not live In Jefferson county, bur
am citizen of Alabama and as proud
OF Birmingham as any citizen of that
town can be, hence this mild protest
against the selfish spirit so manifest in
few of Birminghams good people.
Yours truly, JOHN f. KELTON.
Oneonta, August 23, 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
CHANGE IN PARCEL
POST INSURANCE

Official announcement has been re-
oeived by Postmaster 4. II. Aldrich
from the department at Washington
that parcel post packages can be in
sured up to the value of 800. Hereto
fore the limit of insurance was $50 and
cents was the minimum fee for in
surfing any parcel. Under the new scale
OF insurance the rates are from cents
to rs cents. Those who do not care to
insure the parcel can get it receipted
for by the payment of one cent. The
new insurance rates are as follows:
Packages worth up to So can be in
sured for cents; packages up to SIS
can be insured for 8 cents; packages up
to $50 can be insured for 10 cents. and
packages up to 800 can be insured for
% cents
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Notable Increase In
Postal Receipts Here

A notable increase in the receipts of
every department of the Birming ham
postoffice, is evidenced by the weekly
and monthly reports submitted by the
heads of the various departments. 1t is
stated. however, that the most nota-
BILE increase is in the money order de-
partment, which is increasing each
week by leaps and bounds. On last week
there were issued from the main of
fee and the several substations In the
suburbs 1854 money orders as against
1921 for the corresponding week a year
ago. For the third week in July, 1915,
the number of money orders issued was
2225. showing last weeks increase over
the corresponding week in the previous
month to be 500.
The statement is made that political
economists contend that postoffice re-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24

ceipts are the surest barometer of the
business activity and material prosperi-
ty of any community, and the postoffice
officials point out the phenomenal in
crease of over 1000 money orders in
business of one week as compared with
the same week year ago. These money
orders represent thousands of dollars.
While it is undoubtedly true that a
large increase of money orders has been
the result of the prohibition laws now
In force in this state. the postoffice au-
thorities point to the fact that there Is
a material increase in the receipts of
every other department which shows
they contend an undisputable evidence
of returning prosperity to this district.
While the figures were not obtainable
last night, 1t Is stated that yester-
day all records In the number of money
orders for one day were broken, es-
pecially at the main office where the
clerks were kept busy the entire day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
DATES ANNOUNCED
FOR INSTITUTES IN
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Four Meetings for Farmers
to Be Held in Next Few
Days by the Chamber
of Commerce

C.., =,
c,a, aon,n.,.4 eni oi the spe-
-, ..-4....s " me farm
fa.so,, e'eu III 'ei'
- 'Ae auspioes Oh the
ad,o,.,o., -, - .'y poaro u
+oras,- a,s 9Na'' ohs' yes
ars ana IT, - =, SPEAK.
rae+ips any p'aees ol
7. - e4
.,;t,,.. ~ ieiu Tue IN
we peiiou oi month"; put
owing 10 the 1act that the time for
the beginning of the fall school term
Is so close, it was decided to have only
mart of tho naet;nps no ~
.a;,a. -. anu .ne re-
Inc committee consisted of p. M. Nc
Neill, chairman; John T. Morgan C. M.
Mauldin, w. ]. Yielding and Josenh
Simpson. The announcement ~ 49,.
.,. e1,, u 1"'es
anu speaners Is as ioiio"s:
Inc farmers institutes will be held
at the following places on the dates
named below;
"corner sob,o1 A,gs+ OF o.,o
.ost OUT oo o'o d. M
wi OiiVer' August ~ s:So a. m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Real Estate Transfers

The following transfers of real estate
were yesterday recorded in the office of
the probate judge
$4o0O-Henry Key Miner and wife to
Bess Fem Tyson, part of lot "a. block g..
survey Of Miner Land company.
$4500-A. o. Lindsay to Una ID. Webster.
part OF lots 10 and II. block 1856, Cliff road
and Whitaker street.
$1100-S. r. w. Glasgow and wife to D.
A. Coyle. A. B. Summer and II. f.
Borough, part of lots l and 2. block 8.
$1200-Grand Park Land company to
Elsa May Miller. lots 10, 16, II and Is,
block 2. survey of Grand Park Land COM
pany.
$2500-O. e. Cowden to ]. C. Lysle Mill
ing company. q lot in the northeast quar-
ter Of section q. township II. range 2
west
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Rose Hearing Postponed

Hearing of the amended petition o.
the Rose Liquor company of Chatta-
nooga against the Southern Express
company set for hearing yesterday be-
fore Judge w. |. Grub was postponed
at the request of the petitioners. No
date for the further hearing was set
The petitioners are seeking to compel
the express company to receive ship
ments of liquor wine and beer in guar
titles allowed by the state at one and
the same time. Under the construction
of the law placed by the express COM
pany each of the above articles have to
be shipped separately
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Suits Filled

The following were among the suits
filed yesterday in the city and circuit
courts:
Samuel Rogers VS.. Sloss-Sheffield Stee;
and Iron company. The plaintiff claims
s2ss9 damages for alleged personal in
juries.
j. NJ. Finn VS.. w. c. McCarty; 5000
damages claimed for alleged wrongful ar
rest
N. c. Nolan vs.. H. c. Wright. The
plaintiff claims $4,000 damages for al
legged wrongful arrest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
First Cotton Bale Received

Huntsville. August 23.-(Special.)
North Alabama's first bale of cotton
Of the 1915 season was brought in to-
day, 10 days later than last year. The
first bale was reported by John A. An
derson, whose first was closely fol-
lowed by one from the farm OF Luke
Matthews. near Whitesburg, and w. H.
Norris. near Madison.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
At Photoplay Houses

Princess-"A Perilous Chance with
Helen Howes and Rex Downs.
Odeon One-"Farewell to Thee with
Bert Hadley and Bessie Burkik
Odeon Two-"The Marriage of Kitty
with Fanny Ward
Trianon-''A Texas Steer" with Tyrene
Powers.
Vaudette-Gopher feature with Anna
Little and Herbert Rawinson
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
T0DAY'S EVENTS

City commission meets at o'clock
Barbecue at East Lake at noon for
members of Alabama Merchants associa-
etion.
Regular weekly luncheon of Birming-
nam Ad club at Tutwiler hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
McClanahan Bound Over

Fred Mechanism was bound over To
the grand jury yesterday afternoon by
Judge H. B. Abernethy of the municipal
court on a charge Of grand larceny. His
bail was set at 5000. He is connected with
q series of robberies in Ensley.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
yesterday recorded in the office of the
probate judge:
H. M. Gibson, Washington, to Miss
Mary Beathea.
E. M. Allread, Dora. to Annie Carver.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
BARGAIN FOR SALE

5000 will buy . corner home In Nor
wood. Only $500 cash required. Orig
inal cost $1,000. he quick. w. u. Leedy
Real Estate = lns. Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
At The Theatres

Grand-"A Mistake in Society,"" bur-
lesque, 3, 7:35 and 9 o'clock p m.
Orpheum-"At Cripple Creek" melo-
drama, 2:5o and $50 o'clock D. m.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10

Pepper Talks
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS
Our Teachers

From whOmsoever or whatsoever
we learn, we are indebted as Our
Teachers. All around us, from our
waking hour until We disappear in
sleep, we are followed by Our
Teachers.
But great and wonderful as are our
OUTSIDE Teachers, much more
marvellous in value are our INSIDE
teachers-those who first learn
from the OUTSIDE Teachers. For
are not our Mistakes. our Successes,
our vast accumulating Experiences,
Teachers whose lessons count for
far more than any others?
And to think how rarely we
THANK our BEST Teachers!
Self Praise-has it become a Lost
Art? The sort Of Self Praise that
says: well. my Good Fellow, you
did that because you KNEW you had
it IN you to do it,"
Let one thing always be true of
you-that if other people can't seem
to learn much from you, you can
learn from yourself. And that is
quite enough.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10
Pocket Essays
B CHI ELO X S
BY GEORGE FITCH

A BACHELOR IS man who
~ comes home late on cold,
4 - dark night and gets a warm
and effusiYe welcome from the hat
rack
When a man has arrived at the
age of thirty without evincing the
slightest interest in the cost of liv-
ing, at the increasing outrageousness
Of millinery, he may properly be
called bachelor. Bachelors are of
two kinds-self-made and girl-made
The first kind is a man who is too
foolish to marry. The second kind is
produced by women who are too
wise to marry. Owing to the incon-
ceivable tender -heartedness and
headedness Of women, the first var
iety is by far the more numerous.
Bachelors live alone as a rule, but
are kept in passable state of repair
by their landladies. They are very
hardy and will eat almost anything.
If you are in doubt as to whether a
man is a bachelor or not, invite him
to dinner. If he accepts with a
hungry look in his eyes, he is either
a bachelor or man with a peripa-
tetic wife. Then set before him a
piece of fried shoe upper. If he eats
it without remark and grabs his
coffee cup about the waist instead of
by the handle, you can safely bet
that he is a bachelor from the light
ming lunch belt
Bachelors are most attractive be-
tween the ages Of thirty and forty,
during which time they are in an OK
cellent state of preservation and are
able to dodge heiresses and chorus
girls, matrimonially speaking, with
ease and skill. Between forty and
fifty, the bachelor becomes more pen
sive and cannot imagine why young
girls of eighteen are so unanimously
elsewhere when he calls From fifty
onward bachelors are objects of pity
who live alone, pursued by many ter
rors 1t is sad sight to see a trem-
bling old bachelor holding ferocious
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10

A current matrimonial advertise
ment reads: "Wculd you marry Il
suted?"
Come to think it over, we don't
believe we would.
Why should we?
People get married because they
are not suited with the circum-
stances as they are.
If one is suited with singleness,
he's a goose to tie up to some wom-
an, thus taaing the usual terrific
chance of being unsuite2 or insult.
able.
While If he's suited with a wife
gosh, that would be bigamy!
No, we wouldn't marry if suited.
In fact, in burst of confidence,
we are suited with wife, and we
don't intend marrying.
It would be just the same, though,
IL we weren suited at all.
Our Wife wouldn't let US.
Cruelty To Prevent 1t
They say, Don't tell your troubles"
Man,
You ought to see what JOY it is
To Uncle Bill and Aunt Liam
To talk about their rheumatfzi
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10
THE BILL FOR PREPAREDNESS

Just how much more is the admin
istrations preparedness policy gong
TO cost us in the coming fiscal year?
About $3.50 head Last year the
army and navy cost about $40 per
capita. This year, with the new pro
gram, it will run UP to $3.G3. This
will be more than one-third of the
total cost of running the government,
which is put at 81 head.
There Will be an increase OF S2l,-
100000 for the first years work on
the two new battleships, two battle
cruisers. three scout cruisers and 10
destroyers. There will be $4,000, 600
more for submarines, and $l2,OOOOoO
more for armor and armament. About
$4,000 600 more will be spent for the
development OF aviation, twofifths
for the navy and three-tifths for the
army. There will be an increase OF
about $4,000,000 for the organized mi
litia.
The lessons of the war will be not
ed in the million for submarine bases
the appropriation for armored motor
trucks. $3000,000 more Tor small
arms ammunition, half that for gren-
AIDES. a couple of millions for suDma-
rine mines and radio-dynamic tor
pedoes, and other millions for large
reserves of ammunition for both the
army and navy. Not least important
is the renewed attention given to the
needs of coast defense, an increase
of about S21000,000 being estimated
for that purpose, Notifications ana
works.
Besides these items there are OF
course, allowances for the enlarged
regular army and the increased naval
force pay, clothing arms, subsistence
and a host of smaller appropriations
for necessary incidentals to any COM
prehensive scheme for real prepared
ness. The details will he fought out
in congress. but for the first time con
sideration of our military and naval
efficiency is being approached with
a general appreciation Of what we
should have il we are to keep abreast
OF the rest Of the world for our own
selfdefense. The war has added
many items to the bill for prepared
ness items that two years ago seemed
remote from our interest as remote
indeed as the possibility OF the cat
asclysm in Europe.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10

If the fire bell should ring would
you run and stop it or go and help
put out the fire? 1t is much the same
way with a cough. A cough is u
danger signal as much as a fire bell
You should no more try to suppress it
than to stop fire bell when it is
ringing, hut should cure the disease
that causes the coughing. This can
nearly always be done by taking
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. Many
have used it with the most beneficial
results. It is especially valuable for
the persistent cough that so often fol-
lows a bad cold or an attack of tho
grin. Mrs. Thomas Beeching. An
drows, Ind, writes; "Drri1g the win
ter my husband takes cold easily and
coughs and coughs. Chamberlain
Cough Remedy is the best medicine
for breaking up these attacks and
you cannot get him to take any 9TH
er" Obtainable everywhere.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10
Views OF The Press
4 Woman On Women

trines of frank speaking My gen
GRAFTON cannot feel that leveling all
the outer fortihcations Of reserve is
going to help defend the citadel OF
virtue, nor that trying to know as
much as possible about vice and
tolling all we know is going to make
us purer and purer. No nation can
be great if It's women are not noble
and high-minded, as well as pure A
small pattern Of a woman is like
little barking dog, always under the
wheels. All the devotion, all the
sclf-sacriice in the world cannot
make good mother out of o fool
This is, in effect, of course, plea
to women to use their emotions less
and their brains more Whether il
is 4 needed admonition or timely it
Is for lie women themselves to say
Miss French, however has no doubt
about il. Sentiment is a beauti
fu and precious thing" says
She Sentimentality is neither
beautiful nor precious, although al
ways posing as both, and there Is
hardly any vice so dangerous. We,
in our sentimentality. accuse society
of every injury which is done to it.
We cringe at the thought Of hang
ing the most abominable murderer.
Our pity concerns itself
with almost every class of suffering
human being, except the taxpayer,
who really seems to need it most"
There is common sense in this state
ment-enOugh to make a good many
nf rr .-f ~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10
Current Poetry
An Autograph With A Sentiment

The following lines, so apt to-day,
are preserved in one of the glass
cases, in the Grand Army of the Re-
public Hail. Public Library Building,
Chicago. They were written in Bos-
ton, January 8, 1875, by William
Lloyd Garrison, and have already ap-
peared in an early issue of The In.
dependent, from which we copy
them
Though woman never can be man,
BY change of sex, and a that.
To social rights. 'gainst class and
clan
Her claim Is just, for a. that.
For a that, and a that,
Her Eden slip, and a that,
In all that makes a living soul
She matches man, for a. that
The editor of this department,
however is bound to admit that the
lines do not properly classify them.
selves under its heading, unless they
be allowed to creep in as recurrent
poetry!
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10

II HERE is not, it is said, very
good market just now for the
products Of the fiction writer 8
products of the fiction writer's pen,
pen. The demand is not materially
reduced, but prices are. The author
receives less This may or may not
account for The fact that many fic-
ton writers are now writing criti-
cism-criticism of everything, from
fiction itself TO coast defense by rum
about submorsibes. The change
may be mere coincidence. with
the two facts wholly unrelated. But.
in any event, the public at large $
losing little and, no doubt, gaining
little 1t is earning. at least, what
and how some Of its popular writer's
think
Octave Tlanet, otherwise Miss
Alice French for instance, turns
from short story writing long
enough to tel, her public something
about her opinion of the wider life
for women. ln the NctO York Times
she says, in distance that there i3
a disposition on vomens part-tO
mistake scutimentalism for senti-
ment She deplores that, and she
observes
Are the women in the clubs OF
TO day as good women as their
mothers? They think they are bet
ter-but are they? In their ad
vanced views some are educating
radical changes in the institutions of
home and marriage While the great
majority Of our women are opposed
to such havoc making doctrines. the
majority is less to-day than it was
yesterday. and even among the most
conservative We find the new doc
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10
Of4QinOnAgil1i
cSTRlCEdANDaWfGILutaNa

0uIlt DhN
Some day II this here war lasts
long enough,
And If nobody calls somebody's
blum,
There's one big England is
her name
May get stirred up and started at
the game!
She's done q lot Of talking, of an
on,
And some folks from that nelghbor-
hood have gone
And help dig trenches between foe
and foe
Some day those English may get up
and go'
Back in tho quiet county seats OF
her
Somebody may wake up and make a
stir;
But that, OF course. will be long
while yet,
When Allied strength is running
short, you bet!
Her colonies were "sicked on" long
ago.
They answered loudly, and they
were not slow
But right in England, where the
dangers worst,
They're still asleep-you'd think
they'd stir up first.
But il the war hangs on for ten
years more.
And danger keeps on pounding at
her door,
John Bull himself may get to act
ing rough
That is, if this war keeps up long
enough.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10

and our reason for opposing cell
bacy among school teachers is this:
We find that, no matter how docile
and tractable a woman may be dur
ing maidenhood, she soon develops
mind of her own after marriage,
and if there is one thing we hate
more than we hate a travelling
quack 1t is spineless teacher.
Come, teachers, all together, let's
make the air of tho schoolroom as
nearly wholesome as possible and
keep the little ones confined in 1t the
very shortest hours the law will al
low. Keeping children after school
hours is a very bad sign.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10
Health Talks
To Teach The Young Teachers To Teach
BY WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

NUR friends the teachers have
| taken us to task for writing
as we do about the school,
ROOM They agree with our prin-
ciples, of courso-who wouldn't?--
but they insist that they are bound
down by rules and regulations from
above.
Well, when II comes to first aid in
the matter of fresh air teacher
should be right there with her
hands. She should open a window
when she feels like it, and If any
body offers any objections she can
faint or threaten to faint. Surely,
not even the board member would
deny teacher the right to open a
window if she we're about TO faint
for want Of a breath of air.
1t is very easy to tell teachers
how to run the schoolroom, we ad-
nit that. But a Doctors purpose is
to tell folks how to live, eat, work,
play and keep well. The teachers
are our first lieutenants in the ad-
vanced trenches. They get the first
shot at the oncoming race. II is up
to the teachers to instill III the
minds of the children a wholesome
regard for fresh air, clean teeth,
straight shoulders and the golden
rule.
One young teacher stood the 80
degrees and the deadly atmosphere
of the schoolroom until her lungs
panied and her heart ached at the
drowsiness of the children. Then
she up with her rule and smashed
out window-oh, but she was a
teacher! and the board didn't fire
her either. She broke the boards
rule with one of her own, so to
speak, and the board didn't dare to
punish her.
We are strong for married teach
that we have any particu-
lar aversion to the unmarried ones
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Change Is As Good As A Rest

7 do hard mental cork all day
figures and accounts. / suffer NTH
insomnia. one Of yoRr articles,
"ToO Tired TO Sleep" suggested
brisk muscular crercise as a hUp-
motto for the mindtoedry and mental
exercise for the muScle-t0edry. /
q0dnt to read evenings to keep pace
a0tth the times. Is ii l0rong9
Ansioer-Certainly not. 1t is re-
taxation. It exercises a part of the
brain which gets little work all day.
Read-but take some physical cul-
ture too.
G. W. T. writes;-T am man
aged forty-three. Ny father died tour
gears dGOfrom cancer Of the stomach.
! am afraid of it. I am thinking Of
marrying. The young lady states
that her mother died Of breast cancer
SeDerdl gears ago. What do gOW
think Of the ddUiSability OF marry
ing Rnder these conditions?
AnSUer-Get married if you are
both well.