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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
NEWS IF ENSl.EY

A well attended meeting of the Sons of United Confederate Veterans was held yesterday afternoon in the Ensley inferior courtroom. Preparations were
 made for the reorganization of Camp Robert E. Lee, Sons of United Con- federate Veterans, which will be perfect ed at meeting to be held on Thursday night. At this meeting the officers will
 be elected and the bylaws and the con stitution will be adopted At the meeting yesterday afternoon a committee com- posed of J. H. Perkins, Judge F. o. Har- ris and G. V. Gettys was appointed to
 make arrangements for tag day to be | held in this city at an early date for | the purpose of helping to entertain the old soldiers during their reunion in May. This committee was given full power to act and to also select design for the tag day. They will make their report at the
 meeting Thursday night A publicity committee of which R. E. Chadwick is chairman, was appointed to notify all for
 mer members to be present at the nex. meeting.
 The members of the Steel City lodge, No. 156 Woodmen of the World, through their past consul commander. George H. Younger, granted the Sons permission to use their hall during the reunion for an emergency home The members of the local camp will furnish the hall with a number of beds and as many old soldiers as possible will be taken care Of The local camp is making preparations to take 1nO
 also planning to give them a trip over the industrial part of this district. Tt was also decided to ask the Ensley Boy
 Scouts to assist in taking care of the
 old soldiers during their stay in this city A special service for the Confed- crate veterans will be held at the Ensley Methodist church on Sunday. May IA.
 The Rev. B. T. Waits will occupy the pull pit All old soldiers are invited to be present.
 Lightning struck the residence of w. H. Booth yesterday morning about 11:1o
 during the heavy rain and set the build
 ing on fire. The Ensley and Fairview fire depa rtments were called and the fire was quickly extinguished with loss of about
 $5 The lightning struck a wire which ran into the house. No one was injured. The EnSley Hlgh School baseball team
 and the Central High school baseball team are scheduled for game or the T. c. I. grounds this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
 provided the weather Is favorable. The
 local team has been practicing daily for
 the contest, and they are going into the
 game with the determination of coming out with the big end of the score. En-
 thusiasm has run high during the past
 week at the local High school. and a
 very large crowd is expected to witness
 the game.
 The regular meeting of the Steel City
 lodge, No. 156, Woodmen of the World
 will be held tonight in their hall on Ave-
 nue E. Although the furniture and fix
 lures for their hall have not arrived
 temporary arrangements have been com
 pleted for the meeting. Several matters
 of importance will be taken up and all
 members are requested to be present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
,PERATIONi

@O-oPERATIoNi \ There is magic in the word; ) world of expression and the key note of success of any organization, commercial or fraternal.
 Great things have been accomplished out of seeming impossibilities. Big un- dertakings have gone through without a hitch; cities and railroads have been built; commercial organizations and big businesses have been built up to success through that magic word-co- operation.
 Close cooperation between different departments; between manufacturing and selling end; between selling and the credit departments has meant har- mony and intensified interest, which spells nothing else but success for any firm.
 Woe be unto the man who fails to CO., operate with his department manager. It means friction, discord and lack of interest and sooner than he eX- poets it such man passes on to in- nocuous desuetude-lost.
 Typifying a fine spirit of co-opera- tion. I will quote a few extracts from replies made to sales manager in asnwer to his request of his salesmen for new record in March
 You may expect s5000 from me in March, which will be 50 per cent bet tetr than March last"
 "Your telegram received. I assure you l will make my best efforts.
 Believe me, I am for you. You will have no cause to say l did not do my share to put the business over in a big heap"
 twill strain every effort to assist"
 'I will do my best to make it rec ord month.''
 T wish to assure you of my heart1- est cooperation, not only in March. but the other months as we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
TO STOP BAD COUCH
sOOTH DRY, IRRITATED THROAT WITH PARMINT SYRUP. SAYS THIS OLD FASHIONED COUGH
 REMEDY IS BEST

We are told that the old time remedies are best and invariably contain less harmful yet better medicine than those which are in use today. This being so. undoubtedly the following old fashioned recipe which is quick acting will be welcomed by many as there seems to be present time. Secure from your drug gist l ounce Parmtnt (double strength), pint of hot water and ounces of gran ulated sugar, stir until dissolved. Take 1 tablespoonful four times a day. No more racking your whole body with a cough. Clogged nostrils should open, air passages of your head should clear and your breathing become easy. Parmint pare and costs little. Every person who has a stubborn cough hard cold or ca tarrh in any form should give this pre- scription a trial There is nothing bet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Dr. Whitten Replies

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
 In the good Book it is written: "A
 soft answer turneth away wrath"
 Please give me space to say with ref
 erence to MT. Bowie's charges against
 me, that for the sake of former rela-
 tions which drew me very closely to some of the members of MT. Bowie's family and them to me, I cannot re- sent very much those severe charges
 he brings against me in your issue Of
 March 20. That is an honorable and
 historic family of the Presbyterian
 faith, which denomination has forever
 stood for the Holy Sabbath or, the
 Lords Day." as some of my good
 friends say I should call it. But I
 must ask Mr. Bowie to answed one
 question, if he pleases. He says: Orig
 inally, when men differed from one an-
 other on religious matters, the stronger put the weaker to the sword, they
 burnt them at the stake and for minor
 offenses, they put them in the stocks
 My desire is for MT. Bowie to state
 who were these men? What religion
 was represented by these men of the
 sword" the stake" and the stocks? 2"
 He then charges us with having the
 same spirit. These are serious charges
 and it may be possible that the ma
 jority of people who support the tuber-
 culosis fund, may not relish classifi-
 cation of that kind, and it is due them
 that he be specific-explicit-a to my
 question. Kindly, l ask that he should be. Once more:
 Dr. Eaves published: 'The decalogue was not for the Germans or the Egyp- tians, or English or Greeks, but for the Hebrews" In the sweetest spirit and kindest way possible for me, l plead with him mot to further lend his
 influence to the enemies of the Sab
 bath" For two reasons I so plead. First, his relation to the ministry, and second. his relation to poor suffering patients, for whose relief he is com pelled to appeal to the men who be- lieve in fundamentals about which they are honest and determined. l have yet to see why Dr. Eaves should antagon- ize these men whose support he must have. yet I know he has, and he will
 know it, too, some of these times.
 | The people who don't believe in the fundamentals are those, as a rule. who in heather lands, have no charitable
 institutions or hospitals. But in The Age Herald of March 30, the doctor shifts his anxiety about me, and is con cerned about the attitude of ministers
 of the gospel of this city. May I say that to convert "the ministers of this city to his way of thinking, is the most gigantic task he has yet assumed since his recent arrival in this southern country. The support of the tubercu- losis unfortunates is mere childs play
 when compared to this self-imposed task As to my attitude toward suf- ferers and poor people, l will not write. My record in these matters is known to few of the people in north Ala bama, where l have worked for seven years. Respectfully,
 L. F. WRITTEN. Birmingham, March 3, 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
COPPER AND FOREIGN TRADE

Some who have been studying the cop- per industry and who regard it's recent development as one of the great phe- nomena of our industrial life created since the outbreak of the European war are persuaded that those who are inclined to believe that immediately after the war our markets will be flooded with commod- ities sent here by other nations do not take into account the relation which our copper industry is to have to our export trade.
 The increase in the production of copper is so great and so suddenly achieved that some of the best qualified experts are con- vinced that the United States will produce this year 2,0O0, 100000 pounds of copper. One of those who are in high authority re- specting the copper situation is now on his way to .the copper-producing states and to the Pacific coast, having presum- ably business of large importance asso- ciated with the copper industry A few days before he started, he called atten- ton to the magnitude of the copper pro- duction of Arizona in 1915, approximately 450 100000 pounds, and stated that these figures would be exceeded in 1916. He ventured to predict that Alaska would produce in 1916 at least '75,000O00 pounds of copper, or from 10,00O0OO to 12,O00, OGO pounds more than the territory produced in 1915.
 
 copper market of the United States, at least so far as copper securities are con- cerned. it has been observed since Jan uary 1 that there is more interest and excitement in New York over the phenom- enal development of the copper industry and the stupendous production of copper than has been the case at any time since copper assumed important relation to our industries. It was on everybody's tongue a few days ago that the reasons are good for suspectng that France is in the market for something like 10000 tons of copper in the hope that it will be deliv- cred in May or June. Of itself this would not be regarded as a very important feat ure of our foreign trade but it is re- garded as pointing to continued demands from the nations across the sea for Amer ican copper, and this will be continued whether the war ends speedily or is pro- longed. For copper will be very impor- tant factor in the rebuilding of industrial plants across the sea.
 SOME COPPER PHENOMENA
 One of the copper companies carries a name which is more familiar now to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
Many Believe That America Can Maintain Her Trade
 Balances
ENORMOUS DEMAND
 MADE BY EUROPE
Products and Copper Alone Will do Much to Make the United States
 Creditor Nation
Ry HOLLAND

New York April 2.-(Special. )-Paul Warburg, member of the federal reserve board at Washington, spoke for himself and for his fellow memb CTS when he said in an address delivered some weeks ago that it was deemed highly important that the United States be so situated that it will be possible to keep in this country the gold which has been received since the European war broke out and such ccnsignments of gold as may come while the war lasts.
 Within a day or two, intimations have come from Washington that, the federal reserve board is still anxious that meas ures be taken whereby we can protect of these measures will be consequent upon the entrance into membership of the federal reserve system of state-chartered banks and trust companies.
 The persistence with which the adop- tion of protective measures is urged is re- garded as showing that the federal re- serve board does not differ from those who are leaders in finance or industries who have intimated that as soon as the European war is ended the United States will be flooded with commodities manu- factured in England or in Europe and put upon our market at such low prices as will be certain to command sale.
 However, others do not take the view that the danger of dumping of this kind is very great. They say that if we con- tiEue to export American commodities ex- elusive of war munitons-for instance, cotton, wheat, meats, copper and manu- factures-it is hard to see where such an adverse balance of trade can be es- tablished would make it possible to demand gold in settlement of balances. In addition to that, the United States is certain to become a creditor, although perhaps not for a long term of years, of England France and Russia, very likely Italy, these creditor obligations rep resenting loans made by the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
Mothers Conference Ends

Columbus, Miss, April 2,-(Speciai. .)-An address by Mrs. James P. Mumford, member of the editorial board of the Child Welfare Magazine, and round table dis cussion led by Mrs Frederic Schoff, president of the National Mothers Con- gress and nt-Teachers' association featured the final days programme of the state auxiliary association, which closed it's seventh annual meeting here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
Bond Issue for Mississippi

Jackson, Miss, April 2.-An omnibus bill, which would provide for bond is sue of $956,0O0, was passed by the Misss- sippi senate late tonight. The measure would provide for rehabilitation of the old capitol, an appropriation for the Mis- sissippi centennial exposition and num- Der of permanent improvements. The bill now goes to the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
Aviation Report Before Baker

Washington, April 1.-The report of the special army commission appointed to investigate the aviation service was laid before Secretary Baker today by General Scott, chief of staff Secretary Baker said he probably would act next week, after a thorough study of the boards findings, which have not been made public
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
Dr, Eaves and Mir. Bowie

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 I would like to ask for few inches of your valuable space to mention few facts in the "Eaves- Bowie-W Whtten" controversy.
 It does seem strangely inconsistent with clerical ''preparedness for a minister of the gospel to be so profoundly grateful to a lay member of the church for timely assistance. as pr. Eaves expressed to Mr. Bowie, in Thursdays Age-Herald, for throwing himself into the breach and rescuing the doctor from perilous posi- ton.
 Dr. Eaves seems to take the position that the decalogue was given for the gov&rnment of the Hebrews only and is rot binding on anyone else. but I would like to call his attention to Mat thew 19; l6; Mark 10 17; Luke 1925 and IS: IS, wherein the Savior brings forward the Ten Commandments from the Mosaic dispensation and implants them firmly in the gospel dispensation, for the guid- ance of all who would obtain e4~--9' life.
 It does not matter whether these laws were written in Hebrew, Greek, Ger man or Chinese, just SC they were written by the finger of God, and then indorsed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
COOPERATION
Mcn'sp n ling

Am certainly hoping I can break my past record and will do my part.'
 q am moving them down.
 Shall do my best to help break the record"
 Am in favor of keeping March in line by working every day and some nights
 You have my heartiest co-opera- tion. Will strain every nerve"
 q am for you"
 With the above kind of cooperation, boys, anyone can put it over and make any month the biggest in the history of any firm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
None Missing

FFOW Judge.
 such a vicious temper! Where did the child ever get it from-not from me, I'm sure' grumbIed Mrs. Perkins.
 "No my dear" replied MT. Perkins, sadly, you certainly haven't lost any of yours"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03
By ELLIS c. HOLLUMs

next Saturday night, as the contest for the offices promises to be lively and, of course, everybody wants to go to that convention. The Gadsden post has made elaborate plans for the convention, and the Gadsden Chamber of Commerce is co o-operating fully to the end that the stay of the T. r. As in that city be made memorable. It is possible that a boat ride on the Coosa will be one or the features of the entertainment
 
 Speaking of the Travellers Protective association, the members of Post have done some tall hustling" in the way of getting new members The list of application writers is long, and several of them have gone above the 25 mark The application writers are: H. B. Campbell, 6.
 R. l.. Fuller, 28.
 s. G. Fullerton, 4.
 w. R. Mabry, p.
 R. V. Mabry 9.
 o. P. Fontaine, 19.
 R. Schembs, 3.
 J E. Robinson, 20. M. J. Robinson, 1.
 Dan Williams, 2.
 F. o. Harvey, 5.
 J. M. Williams, 5.
 Frank Means, F.
 R. B. Rogers, ?.
 w. P. McNeill, 1.
 A. T. Baugh, Jr., l. w. l.. Weeks, l.
 A. T. Speights, 1. H. S. Brumbach, L John Damson, 1. M. D. Benton, g. J. P DeJarnett, 1. J. M. Anderson, 1. H. E. Shropshire, 1. J. w. Staples, l. J. D. Porter, l.
 R. H. Pogue, 1.
 A. D. Holmes, ?.
 E. R. Avery, 1.
 J. K Manse, 1.
 F. l.. Buchanan, l. Joseph Orizine, 1. Now, please understand that these ap- plications were not for some other post in the state, but all were written for Post B and those who signed them now are members of Post B. These fellows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-03

Now, please understand that these ap- plications were not for some other post in the state, but all were written for Post B and those who signed them now are members of Post B. These fellows
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-21
PER CAPITA Street
TAX PAID IN Cash
Demand for Labor Causes Even the
Negroes to Pay the So in U. S.
Currency.

Collections of city taxes of the vari-
Gus kinds are said to be progressing
at a satisfactory rate, City Collector
VIII v. HUT stating yesterday that
collections are good"
An unusual-even unprecedented
feature-of the financial situation in
Pine Bluff, and one which indicates
plainly that conditions here are much
better than they were at this same
time last year, is the fact that with
very few exceptions, the city is re-
ceiving So in actual cash money from
all the men who are being served with
street tax notices.
Last year, the white men paid cash,
but a very great number of negroes
put in the labor instead. This year,
even the negroes are paying the So,
rather than put in the three days
work. AS result, the city is getting
the money, but it is not getting the
laborers to do the street work, and the
street commissioner is being handi-
capped to certain extent on this ac-
count
The negroes are all at work now, in
city and country, in this section. AS
common laborers they get $3.50 or
more day, hence their willingness to
work for private concerns at $15O,
rather than work on the streets at 81
per day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-21
COTTON CROP OF
1915 SMALLEST
IN SIX YEARS

Washington, June 20.-Fina1 sta
tistics of the 1915 cotton crop of the
United States, issued by the census
bureau today, place the production at
11,191,S20 equivalent 500pound bales,
the smallest crop since 1909. Pro-
duction in every state showed de-
crease, the greatest proportionately
being in Oklahoma, where the crop
was only a trifle more than half as
large as that of 1914.
Production of Inter cotton reached
record, Notwithstanding the small
er crop. In all SS0,7S0 bales were
ginned, exceeding the 1914 output by
nearly $4,000 bales.
The increase was due in part to the
high prices obtained. for the fibre,
which is used extensively in the man
ufa'cture of guncotton and smokeless
powder.
Texas. Georgia. South Carolina and
Alabama produced almost two-thirds
of the fetal crop. Ellis county,, Tex
as. was the leading cotton county.
with 1887 bales ginned. Bolivar
county, Mississippi, was the onl. 9TH
err county ginning more than 100000
bales its total being 1O2.S3S bales.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-21
MAID OF ORLEANS
NEARER SAINTHOOD

Rome, June 20.--Today the Blessed
Joan of Arc was advanced another
step nearer sainthood when the Con-
gregation of Rites held preparatory
session to investigate the miracles
said to have heen performed the
Maid of Orleans, who is mystically
supposed to have won the great bat
tie of the Marine in 1914. though that
is certainly not one of the miracles
proposed.
The various STAGES leading up to
canonizalion sometimes extend over
centuries. In the case of Joan of
Arc the preliminary steps already
have occupied many years. A condi-
ton precedent to canonization is
Identification. This consists of four
teen distinct steps, The candidate
must be one who is alleged to have
prs'ctised in life in a heroic degree
faith, hope and charity. The first
step is the bishops inquiry. which is
made as exhaustive as possible to
ascertain whether the person was
eminent in the exercise of those vir-
tues. The investigation in the case OF
Joan OF Arc was begun more than
~ yCdIo dSO ny EioICp OupdulOuD VI
Orleans and carried to conclusion
by his successor, the late Cardinal
Couille of Lyons.
The solemn ceremonies in the beati-
fication of Joan of Arc were carried
out in st. Peters on April 10, 1909,
in the presence of 10000 French pill
grims, practically all the bishops of
France and many cardinals. Accord
ing to the rubric, the pope does not
attend Qualifications in person, but
ais a mark of special devotion Leo
Kill assisted on this occasion at "a
solemn benedidtion which replaced
the ceremony of the veneration OF
relics, none existing in the case OF
Joan Of Arc.
Before the beatifed can be canon
:zeS st least two miracles ~:vst save
been performed. The -2me OF TIE
beatifed one is then presented to
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-21
TICKS ARE COSTLY.

Little Rock, June 19.-According to
United States government reports, the
average value of cattle in tick-infest-
ed states, of which Arkansas is one.
was only $3.50 on the first day of
last January, as compared with an
average of $48.47 for the rest Of the
country. This is the condition which
the liberalization campaign now in
progress over the greater part of the
state is endeavoring to overcome.
Ticky cattle weight less and are worth
less per pound, and cannot be sold
on the open market, but must be dis
posed of in quarantine pens for i'm
mediate slaughter only. Experience
has shown that almost invariably the
disappearance of the tick is accom-
panied by an improvement in the
quality, and an increase in the guam
tity Of the country's live stock. The
opposition that has been shown in
some sections of Arkansas is rapidly
disappearing, and in a short time the
whole state will be included in the
eradication district.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-21
JOLTED OFF AUTO;
LEE VAUGINE HURT

Lee Vaugine, popular youth of the
Sheriff. vicinity, suffered painful
abrasions and bruises a.bout 1926
O'clock last night. when he fell off
an automobile at Sixth and Main.
The machine, a two-passenger car
was carrying four passengers. two
in the seats and two, Vaugine and
Miss Helen. Jenkins, sitting in the
rear, on the tank. Turning the cor
ner, the machine struck the curb a
glancing blow, throwing Vaugine to
the ground. He was bit dazed, and
suffered abrasions on the arms, but
no serious injuries were found when
he was examined and given treatment
at the Clark sanitarium.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-21
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.

w. T. Wick, who has been conduct
ing al grocery near the free bridge
was stricken with paralysis Friday
afternoon, and is in serious condition
at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs
l. J. Wick, 24O9 Olive street, to which
he was brought that he may receive
proper attention. Mr.. Wick is 70
years of age, and his friends are ap-
prehensive over his chances for re-
covery. He has one daughter. Miss
Lexie Wick, of Belle, Tenn.