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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
Praise for Traffic sqund

T want to congratulate the traffic squad of the Birmingham police force said F. w. Barrett last evening.
 The men at the street crossings dur ing the rush hours of traffic are neith- CT noisy nor disagreeable. They are big, fine fellows, everyone of whom con ducts himself in good taste and keeps the traffic moving without jams, jars or accidents. They are as fine a set of officers as one will find anywhere and deserve praise for the splendid manner in which they are regulating the traffic in the crowded centers of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

of touring parties from all sections of the United States that will pass through the state-many of them will stop over for while-must be taken into consideration. The better our highways the more surely will the pleasure seekers repeat their visits.
 Let no one who appreciates the ben eft the Alabama Good Roads asso- citation has brought to us, fail to at tend this weeks convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
The Football Classic

'"rhe football classic of the south is scheduled to come off here next Sat urday," said Courtney Henley, well known real estate man, yesterday. "The Auburn Vanderbilt game is always the most interesting and exciting football event of the south.
 "It seems that these two teams had rather win from the other than any opponents of the season. The defeat of Vanderbilt by the strong University of Tennessee team last Saturday has caused many of the football enthusiasts to wonder more than ever about the result here Saturday, While Auburn has a good team she had not shown exceptional strength this year. The de- feat of the Mississippi Agsies by a lone touchdown tended to place Au- burn in the light of being trifle weak.
 Thus far it looks as if the cham pionship of the south will be a hard fought out title this year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
HOTEL LOBBIEs
Rest Room Great He1n

No feature of the recent Alabama State Fair was of greater service to the visitors than the rest room conducted by the Y. w. c. A. said Harry Jones yes terday. Hundreds of people, many of them old and tired, were given quiet place to rest from the strenuous exercise of taking in the fair. Quite a number of these people were really i'll and were provided with the proper medical treat ment and given every attention until they could be removed to their homes. The rest room, which was arranged by Miss Elva Brakeman, general secretary of the Y. W. c. A., should be maintained each year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
Number of Fairs Crows

State, county and district fairs are constantly growing in importance and in- creasing in numbers said Joseph Spa nier, racing secretary of the Alabama State Fair, who was in the city Sunday on his way to New Orleans. New Or leans is the latest of the southern cities to have a fair this being her first year. In addition to the races, which will be leading feature, the chief atten- ton has been given to the live stock and agricultural department"
 MT Spanier is the secretary in charge of the races at New Orleans. For the past 10 weeks he has been engaged in conducting races for the various fairs throughout the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
Velvet Beans Good Food

T ate a regular velvet bean dinner in Montgomery Saturday night" said T. P. Hay, Jr., field secretary for the Alabama Chamber of Commerce While velvet beans have always been con- sidered good food for cattle, they are really delicious for man. The only trou- ble is that they must be cooked long time before they become tender enough to eat.
 "The velvet bean dinner came as a result of an argument with some buy CTS from New York, who did not be- lieve the beans could be eaten. We had them cooked at the GayTeague hotel, and they were fine. We had baked beans with pork and bean soup. They are richer than other beans and the flavor is delicious. The New Workers were convinced that the beans were a suitable food for man as well as beast, and to try out an experiment car- load was bought. It is thought that these beans contain a large amount of starch, suitable for making candy, and this car will be experimented with"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
THE TWO SHIPS

By Bret Harte. AS I stand by the cross on the lt
 mountain crest, Looking over the ultimate sea, In the gloom of the mountain ship
 at rest, e And one sails away from the lea. One spreads it's white wings on f
 reaching track, With pennant and sheet flowing free One hides in the shadow with sails
 aback--- The ship that is waiting for me! But lo in the distance the clouds br,
 away
 The Gates glowing portals l see; And I hear from the outgoing ship in
 bay
 The song of the sailors in glee. So I think of the luminous footpri
 that bore The comfort OCT dark Galilee, And wait for the signal to go to
 shore,
 To the ship that is waiting for me,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

sea food at seacoast ports, the fish com missions had emulated certain European countries and devised means for quick distribution of the product, with reason able trade profits, the people of interior towns would gladly join in the celeora- tion. When even salted codfish has been placed upon the plane of table luxuries, and strictly fresh sea fish are novelties, it will be difficult to advance the na- tional fisheries day to tho status of a state or national legal holiday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

son only once, although we had ex changed messages through Henley.
 knew that his health was frail and un certain and that he rarely revisited tn club, and I doubted whether I migh ever stand face to face with him. The on the afternoon of August 3, 1886, h dropped into the Savile quite unexpect edly. For most of the two hours that h stayed the talk was general and I ca recapture few fragments of it. As tn afternoon wore on, the other dropped ou until Stevenson and I were left alone ii the smoking room. What I remembe most vividly was the high appreciation of 'Huckleberry Finn that he expressed calling it far finer book artisticalII than From Sawyer" partly because was richer book morally, and he wounI up by declaring it to be the most imporl tant addition to the fiction of our lar'' guage that had been made for 10 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
str TO WORK.

The S. arsrsiau .er's had his day
 And adf fasnies the sordid round Of toi l keep he wolf away
 Fror g dosr Much simple Joy he Tn list m fa tl ? candidates Whose praises filled his heart with cheer, Iris something that quite oft inflates
 A lowly mortaTs chest, we fear. A little while he seemed to be
 Of vast importance to the cause" His patriotism: good to see,
 Still urged him on without a pause.
 He gladly lost some sleep to fight,
 A sturdy private in the ranks. And his reward? 'Tls rather slight
 No more than just his party's thanks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
QUALIFICATION OF SEA FOOD

From the Rochester Democrat and New
 York Chronicle.
 President Swepson Earle of the Ma tonal Association of Fisheries Commits sioners, has designated Friday, November 24, as national fisheries day. It is the announced desire of the association that the day shall be observed by the con sumption of shellfish and other sea
 food. "in every conceivable way" The cooperation of the press. educational in- stitutions and public schools throughout the country is asked, to the end of mak-
 ing the day one of education on the sub'
 ject of national fisheries.
 This appeal is issued from Baltimore, Md, a city in which shellfish and other sea food are plentiful. There is. though, bit of probably unintentional sarcasm in calling upon residents of inland cities to celebrate a national fish day by in- dulging freely in sea food.
 It is doubtless true, as broad proposi- ton, that fish commissions, both federal and state, have done good service in in- creasing the value of fisheries. But if they have accomplished anything of value in the direction of enabling the people of cities not adjacent to the sea to obtain fish of desirable quality at req sonable prices, they have not given that fact wide advertisement. Even the most plentiful varieties of salt water fish can not be obtained in many cities in the state of New York except at prices which are practically prohibitory. When fish which are sold at from to cents per pound on the docks cost the consumer from F to 25 cents per pound. it is futile to exhort the people to join in celebrating a fish day.
 If, in addition to lowering ~he price of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
Good Roads Meet
 of Vital Concern

01THE annual convention of the Ala 0 bama Good Roads association to be held here tomorrow and Thursday promises to bring together an excep- tionally large number of highway en- thusiasts. President John Craft of Mobile has been urging all county commissioners and all civic bodies, in- cluding Chambers of Commerce and Rotary clubs, to send representatives to the meeting, for the greater the at tendance the more directly will the associations influence be felt
 The legislature will be called upon to build and maintain permanent high ways, and as United States govern ment aid, provided for in the Bank head law, is now forthcoming it only remains for the state to do its part.
 The good roads movement through cut the country was of far-reaching interest even fifteen or twenty years before the days of the automobile and overland touring Every mile of mac adam road built enhanced the value of adjacent farm lands, and marked the stride of rural betterment. If the good road was an important factor then it is vastly greater factor now. There are, according to President Craft, twenty-six thousand automo- piles and auto trucks owned by Ala bamians today, representing large business investment; and in view of the demands of this modern transpor- tation, the roads must be built out of hard material with mind to perma- hence. This point should be stressed mere this week.
 "For an auto car that travels over a bad road, the wear and tear is $200 a year more than if it travelled over a good road" says President Craft, land the consumption of oils 50 per cent greater" This shows that the auto car and auto truck owners will have ground for demanding of the legislature the enactment of a mod ern law for financing permanent highways. The coming convention will agitate this question and make it one of the live issues.
 In addition to the large number of automobiles owned in Alabama, mak- ing the building of permanent high ways of vital concern, the vast number
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
HARD TO DEFINE.

"The war has given birth to great many new words"
 "So it has, and it has also caused many weird and wonderful interpretations to be given a word that was already in use" And what word is that?"
 Neutrality"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
Kaiser Is Not

Supreme I'm St. Louis
 CT. LOUIS, considered before the g recent presidential election a hotbed of "hyphenated Americanism, ? has shown exclusively that the utter ances of a few rabid, pro- o-German newspapers in this country do not rep resent the true sentiment of our citi- zens of German birth. Despite the attacks made upon him by these publications and the attempts to ''line up" the German American vote for Hughes, the Wilson vote in the German-American wards of St. Louis increased 31 per cent in four years, while Hughes gained but 26 per cent over the combined vote cast for Taft and Roosevelt in 1912. The Taft Roosevelt vote was 19,766 in the Eight, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Thir- teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards, where there is the largest per centage of German blood. Wilson got 13, ,299, although this was republi- can stronghold. Last Tuesday the same wards gave Hughes 24,987 and Wilson 17,957.
 The St. Louis Republic, demo- cratic newspaper, believes that these figures successfully refute the charge made against the patriotism of the city's Gegman- Americans. The Repub- lie planes the tirades of the Westliche Post and the incorporate utterances of few German leaders in St. Louis for the unfavorable notoriety the city has suffered as supposed center of kaiserism in the United States
 A great many German-American newspapers published in this country have found it profitable to adopt a belligeren5 attitude and have increased the number of their subscribers by vil- lifying the American government, but they did not represent the majority of German-American citizens. They have misled great many people who exaggerated the strength of the Thy penated" vote.
 A great injustice has been done Ger man-Americans. The hyphen was not an issue. Most of those who voted the republican ticket had always been re- publicans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
opepine Stag at Athletic Club

Tomorrow night there will be treat in store for members of the Birming- ham Athletic club remarked D.. Beavin, secretary.
 "At S:30 in the evening of the day men toned the opening stag Of the season will begin, and a very large number of members have indicated their intention of being on hand. Members Of long standing will, of course, gather by the hundreds, as is customary. The newly enlisted members are naturally expected to do likewise, that they may receive the cordial greetings of officers aud oicer clubmen The enrolment of the club has increased fully one-third within the past two months, and still applications pour in.
 "An excellent schedule of entertainment has been arranged, and number of new stunts will be pulled off"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
BALKED.

There was some talk during the late campaign about 'red-blooded men" "
 "So there was, but such a close watch was kept on the ballot boxes during the election that these red blooded individ- uals didn't get a chance to show what they were capable of doing'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
RIFT WITH THE TIN4l..9
THE H. c. OF L

THE H. c. OF L. The high cost of living This lesson doth teach; A turk for Thanksgiving Is out of my reach.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Over this coming meal In worry I'll toss; How empty I'll feel Without cranberry sauce.
 Peoria Journal And two plunks a bush For spuds. Oh, gee whiz! Won't somebody tell us Why Thanksgiving is?
 Houston Post. And, oh, we're regretting With prices so high, To know we'll be getting No spicy mince pie. Memphis Commercial-Appea The high cost of living We know is no bluffing, But the joke columns giving The chestnuts for stuffing. Lebanon (Tenn.) Democrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
A DEAD LOSS.

After surgical operation the sponges are carefully counted"
 q suppose there is some excitement if one is missing?'
 "Yes, indeed. But the hospital authori- ties are very considerate. No additional charge is made if the sponge happens to be inside the patient"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

BEGINNING THE DAY-I praise Thee, my God, for the place or peace, which Thou hast for Thy children. Thou giyest, to Thine own, freedom from fear, the experience of forgiven sins. and the wondrous' glad sense of achieving their desti- nies. Thou art a great and gracious God. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
SEVERELY CRITICAL.

What is your favorite season?"
 T have none," replied the pessimist. never yet met anybody who could make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
PURELY ACCIDENTAL.

Congressman Twobble says the demon stration lasted 45 minutes when he reached home"
 Yes Something got the matter with the waterworks whistle and the engineer couldn't stop it from blowing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
HUMAN AFTER ALL.

HUMAN AFTER ALL. Do you find inspiration in reading the biographies of great men?' ''Yes, but find more comfort in read ing their love letters published after they are dead"
 ''Why so?'
 Because 1t Is consoling to know that great men have been at times as foolish who don't amount to hill of beans.''
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14
Christmas and the
 Red Cross Seals

A s the Christmas season draws GS near, the attention of those ac lively at work for the promotion of the anti-tuberculosis movement in Alabama is turned to the distribution and sale of Red Cross seals. The Anti Tuberculosis league in this state is organized in many counties, but not in all. Every one of the sixty-seven counties should have an association; for no county is immune from the white plague.
 Last Christmas nearly million seals were sold in Alabama The price is only 1 cent and few persons indeed are so poor as not to be able to pur- chase ten or more. The receipts from the last seal sale helped very material ly; but in order to carry out the work as it is mapped out and as it should be carried on the sale should reach ten million. The state secretary says five seals per capita would not be too much to expect. Alabama's population is upwards of two million; and with the sale of ten million seals the league would be in position to do great things during the coming year.
 The safeguarding of healthy indi- viduals and communities from one of the most insidious of diseases and the most widespread should be of prime importance in every county. The public must become thoroughly aroused. When this is so the anti-tuberculosis work will make the progress that has been hoped for. No humanitarian cause has stronger appeal.
 Comsuls Seek
 Finamcial Relief
 N MEXICAN consuls in Europe GA have petitioned the government through the state department for fi- nancial relief. On account of the war they have had to incur extraordinary expenses and total of $150,000 to meet the situation is now asked for. The cost of living in foreign countries is less under ordinary conditions than in the United States, and consular pay has been deemed adequate. No in crease in salaries is sought or ex- pected, but if Congress finds that the claims based on recent standards are reasonable an appropriation to cover particular cases will doubtless be made.
 One class of men in the government service, however, is underpaid, name fly, the technically educated. The New York section of the American Chem |ical society has been looking into this matter so far as it affects members
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

To whom God will, there he the vic- tory. Henry VI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress. March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

paid an election bet by dressing up in women's clothes and parading the streets. There's no use crowding the insane asy- lums with people like that. They couldn't be cured, anyhow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-14

A Chicago man who lost a freak cleo ton bet famed a statue of Venus for her marble ear. Still, that's more es- thetic than rolling a peanut.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
Stuffed In Germany.
From Golfers Weekly.


An American newspaper man named
Gustav c. Roeder has been scouting
through Kaiserdom for the New York
World and his interviews with eminent
personages have been numerous. He was
especially interested in Germany's eco
nomic problem, and his Teutonic inform
ers never dropped a stitch. They told him
that German industry is free of debt; that
the food shortage Is a mere corrective of
overeating, and as war triumphs OF Ger
man technical resourcefulness described
the new process OF extracting nitrogen
from the air (which was in operation in
Norway a few years before the war; and
the substitute rubber tires for autos (gome
of our motor trucks have had 'em for some
time). They told him further how the
Germans hate and detest the United
States, and are planning to trade with US
after the war. Mr.. Roeder swallowed and
printed everything, just as Prof. George
b. Mcclellan. of Princeton university. act
ed as medium for a lot of their official
misinformation about Belgium last sum-
mer. Teutonic efficiency Is versatile and
stuffs sausage, a professor or jour
ualist with equal neatness and dispatch.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
Too Many Such Customers"


Montague Glass, the creator Of Pot
ash and Perlmutter, says an acquaint-
ance of his, a clothing manufacturer
on the East side of New York, re-
ceived call from a city salesman
representing a notions, trimming and
button house. The visitor began to
spread out his samples.
Put 'em up! Put 'em up" said
the manufacturer in a tired business
man tone. Il wouldn't care to look at
nothing what you got"
But, Mr.. Cohen"
IS 'nough! l won't look. Please.
go away"
The salesman gazed at him admir-
ingly.
Mr.. Cohen" he said, II only wish,
one thing-I wish had only fifty GUS
toners like you"
Il told you l didn't wish to see MOTH
ing what you got"
Sure you did; and that's why says
wish l had only fifty customers like
you. Instead, l got two hundred!"-
Saturday Evening Post.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
; SUCCESS IN FARMING
DEPENDS ON THE MAN

From the Breeders' Gazette.


"Nine-tenths OF the success in farming
comes from the man: possibly one-tenth
comes from the land
This is the confident assertion made the
other day by landlord who has watched
the work of his 50 tenants for 40 years.
One or another Of the farms was cited
which yielded only meager rental in the
hands OF one tenant and had given salts
factory returns when tenants were
changed Some other farms that had been
profitable dropped to small returns when
the first tenants bought farms Of their
own and moved away.
One of the best and blacklist farms on
the estate was a dreary wilderness of
weeds while one tenant made excuses
year after year for crop failures. During
the same year other farms OF poorer land
paid well, and so did this farm pay hand
somely after the inefficient tenant moved
off and an enterprising man took up the
task of growing crops instead Of weeds.
The accounts of these so farms for 40
years are an instructive revelation Of
mans Importance on the farm. They
show how readily any man can correct
his own system of management IL he keeps
accounts and practices what they teach
him. The man who has difficulty in max
ing ends meet on level black corn belt
from his neighbor a few miles away put
ting money in the bank from sand ridges
or clay knobs.
Is It any wonder that almost anywhere
one goes he will find some local farmers
who assert that right there Is the best
place in the world TO make money? One
can also find some OF the neighbors dis
satisfied and bent on moving away. The
man has more to do with 1t than business
conditions or the land.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-17
The Local Farm Show.

from the country Gentlemen.
In an Iowa town, q few years ago. the
men and boys were Dragging about their
colts. A wide difference OF opinion existed
among the sidewalk judges. The hat was
passed, few dollars raised for premiums
and a neighborhood colt show was held
Many considered 1t joke, and all sorts
OF colts were brought for exhibition. But
q young fellow from the agricultural coll
lege did the judging, and he explained his
reasons for commencing or condemning so
clearly, point by point, that everybody
was keenly interested.
The next year the show was repeated,
with a bigger crowd, fewer coltsoand bet
ter animals. Now the colt show Is an i'm
portant event, with classes for mule colts
teams and jacks, and the whole tone of
breeding has been elevated with better
sires.
Another town in Iowa, with maybe 500
population, Is known as 'the little town
with the big horse show" because It has
developed neighborhood resources in the
same way. .... .
The average farmer is sEdllful In using
his eyes, but very often he lacks things
upon which to use them-things like good
standards In crops and live stock for ex-
ample. He can see what the neighbors
have, and compare with that, and con-
graduate himself on standing up toward
the head or the home procession. But he
does not see the high standards assembled
at great national shows, and so does not
know where he stands in the bigger pro-
cesston.
County agents are beginning to realize
mat the mass OF farD'ars can not visit the