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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

county. For mere than 50 years he had 1 lived the life Of a. hermit and his place of abode was in the barrens of Limestone
 county, some miles east of Athens Just why John Hunt chose the life of
 hermit is unknown. Some say it was on account of disappointment in love- But | Wha atever the cause may have been, John 1 Hunt appeared in the north Alabama barrens one day and commenced the es- tablishment of his home, which had been his place Of abode for 50 years or there about.
 His home was dug out" It was dug several feet beneath the ground and on top of the ground were built walls some four feet high with a split board roof cov- ering. The house was so arranged that it was cool in summer and warm in winter. John Hunt was man of considerable education and was Bible student of
 more than ordinary note. He was also an inventor. One Of his inventions was
 stringed harp, In the winter evenings he loved to sit alone before his great log fire and play this hand made harp and
 sing the songs of his boyhood days Hunt was an excellent rifle shot and had an old-fashioned cap and ball rifle.
 With this rifle he had killed many a
 chicken and had his home decorated
 with hawk wings.
 It was reported that Hunt had hidden
 about his place a considerable amount of
 money. But if he did no one knows
 where he got it. He seldom ever went to
 town, and, it is. said never received any
 mail There are some who are of the opinion that John Hunt was murdered for his money and his home burned. But the truth of the matter will perhaps never be known.
 Ihe story of John Hunts life before he became a hermit remains a sealed book, whose pages were burned when his life went out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

To be good fellow" without hav- ing to be little bad to do it-that was David's problem at the political clambake he had to attend as member of Rourke's political organization.
 Some of the 'boys may be a little rough" Rourke had told him, "but they don't mean any harm. It's all on the outside. Inside they're all right" he wound up vaguely.
 There was no mistaking their roughness on the outside, David found. It ranged from good-natured paths that made David look appre- hensively toward Cora to breaking beer bottles on each others skulls. It was not the outward details, however. that troubled him most about his fel- flow picnickers. It was what they were inside" as Rourke put it.
 The stench of waste beer, whisky and rank tobacco; the red-faced, per spring, guzzling, swearing fighting glass-smashing "boys"-the rank and file of henchmen important only as a, crowd of voters-these David found easier to bear than their leaders. He shrugged his shoulders in democratic tolerance at the former. But he drowned deep down in his heart at what the latter stood for.
 There was the suave, well-dressed- Steve Manx, who at this moment was making himself agreeable to Cora. David knew him to be the most sim ister figure in politics. He had tre- mendous political influence and used it for tremendously widespread tra- fife in evil.
 David had found no difficulty in drinking just one' with a good natured, loud-mouthed street cleaner the moment before. He had every difficulty in restraining himself from taking Cora away from Manx with an insult to cap the climax. He did take Cora away from him on some pretext, however
 David was not undemocratic. He simply did not like the worst ills of democracy The oaths, the fights, the crass vulgarity of the rank and file at the picnic were only the skin-deep evils. The ManXes and the like were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22
Why Not Give Some of Your Friends Really Appropriate Christmas Gifts?
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

1 NIX HHY not give your self-centered 1 WNW friend a directory" so that he may be convinced that there are other people in the world beside him self?
 Why not give your bragging friend a ladder so that something may be the means of taking him down" now and then?
 Why not give your friend who Is the editor of the Mothers page" a pipe instead of wrist watch? Much as you may think it, he's not perfect lady.
 Why not give your friend who insists upon talking about the war piece of lead pipe to knock himself in the head with instead of bottle of chloroform? It's cheaper and does more Tasting good
 Why not give your listless friend a spoon, so that he may stir up things oc- casionally?
 Why not give your tight wad' friend a sea voyage so that he may be forced to give up something?
 Why not give your narrow-minded have no trouble in looking at things from every point of view?
 Why not give your Respondent friend a pair of opera glasses so that he may see something ahead of him?
 Why not give your evil-minded friend an arithmetic, so that he may know that day of reckoning will come to him?
 Why not give your untidy friend cake of soap instead of a box of writing paper done up in 8 holly box? It is so much more useful.
 Why not give your overworked friend a 50-cent clock, so that he may have little time on his hands to speak of?
 Why not give your friends with the brand-new baby little Ford runabout, so the kid'll have a nice toy to play with?
 Why not give your suffragist friend book entitled, Are Our Boys Being Properly Trained to Become Husband cites and Father-ettes?"
 Why not give your divorcee friend prettily bound copy of Husbands Who Have Played Santa Claus for Me?"
 Why not give your artistic friend one of those homemade Christmas things,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

C7TJHE KNOXVILLE JOURNAL gives
 the following list of out-of-town
 guests for the wedding of MT, AL fred Shook and Miss Cunningham, which will take place on January 1:
 MT. and Mrs. Paschal Shook of Bir- mingham will be the house guests of Mir. and Mrs. A. F. Sanford; Mrs. Florence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22
Move Headquarters Here

The southeastern headquarters of the Worthington Pump and Machinery com pany has been moved to Birmingham and will be opened at an early date, &C., cording to announcement received by the Chamber of Commerce.
 The offices were formerly located in Atlanta, and the entire southeastern territdry covered from the Atlanta of- flee will be covered from the headquar- ters here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22
Noted North Alabama
 Hermit Burned in Home

Decatur December 21.-(Special )-John Hunt the noted hermit of north Ala bama, is dead.
 of his quaint dug out" which was burned to the foundation a few days ago.
 Whether the fire was accidental or whether Hunt was murdered and his hut burned over his body is unknown
 John Hunt was one of the most peculiar characters of this entire section of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22
Ole Miss, de Onliest thing dat sum Wimmin folks gives dey Husbands fer Christ mas is de Devil" Yassum.


 done with your own fingers, say one of those wonderful rugs woven of worn-out paper money, or a lamp shade, made of beef bones and tomato cans?
 Why not give your bride and groom friends a pamphlet on Points on Cor rect Behavior in Public?'
 Why not give one of your bachelor friends one of those combination effects of tobacco jar, photograph horn and necktie rack made from section of drain pipe?
 Why not give your "gay married lady friend book concerning What the French Maid Told Reggie?'
 Why not give your dressy gentleman friend one of those fancy waistcoats made from last years Panama hat?
 Why not give your scandal monger friend an automobile so she can keep on running people down?"
 Why not give me the devil q know you'd like to) for writing such lot of rot as this?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

ley, Elizabeth Riley, Mrs. J. w What ley and Mrs. Rosa Lee Bell.
 Mrs. Louis Gelders entertained inform ally at an afternoon tea on Wednesday in compliment to Miss Sadie Newfield of New York, who is the guest of Rabbi Newfield and Mrs Newfield, at their home on South Sixteenth avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

Miss Virginia Hassinger arrived Wednesday, evening from Ogontz to spend the holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. W. IT. Hassinger, on Highland ave me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

Miss Rachel London arrived yesterday from Smith college to spend the holidays with her mother, Irs. Alexandci London on Highland avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

Miss Mabel Dowling of Jasper is spend ing Christmas with her parents, MT and Mrs. 2. A. Bowling, at Fountain Heights
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

Mrs J. Clark Wood of Athens Is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. B. Eliot for the hol idays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

Among the boys from the University of Alabamha who arrived yesterday t( spend the holidays at home are William
 Moore, Marvin Mccullough, Charlie Webb, Marcus Mcclellan, George O'Neal Joseph Smith, Fucker Agee, Leslie Full enwiGer, Gordon Palmer, Donald Thorn bury, Asa Rountree Jr.. George Eustis Irwin McCrossin, William Wilkerson, J R. Aird Jr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

Miss Annie Su Darby of Tulsa, Okla, is spending the Christmas holidays with her mother, Mrs. Darby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22

Miss Edge,l Adams and her mother Mrs. Adams, expect to leave Saturday for Lamar, Mo, where they will spend 2 week with relatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-16
Name of Wilson Is Presented
To the Convention at St. EOui.
achievement So Vast Ambitious Men Are
Blind to Its Reality" Says John w.
Wesc0H in Nominating Speech.

principles of American freedom and
justice. 'Watchful waiting repudi-
ated the brutal dictum of science
that the weak must go down be-
fore the strong. Help Mexico lest
over her bloody grave are sown the
dragons teeth of our own destruc-
tion.
War with any European nation
would have set the world aflame
and stopped the march Of progress,
for century. Would any one have
had It so in order to af1rm -virile
Amerfcanfsm'? Is a virile Ameri-
canism' bloodshed. destruction, the
horrors Of war and Its uncertain
ties? The substance of civilization
lie the arts. the sciences. literature,
philosophy, industry. the domestic
virtues. freedom. religion and peace.
But this is the substance of Ameri.
can nationalism.
This Is the virility of American
ism. 1t knows no national bounda-
ries. 1t yet lives in the trenches
and broken homes Of Europe and
'oNSS ASS NSIy thrones. Inere-
fore America lives in the trenches
and broken homes of Europe and
its thrones. The stupendous con-
Migration Is consuming the errors
OF statesmen and dynasties; 1t is not
consuming the substance of civtliza-
ton.
Civilization is a unity. War with
Enrnna would hoy
moral forces that bind the nations
and left an age Of darkness, an
archy and despair
Schoolmaster a Skilled Pilot.
Standing on the immutable
foundations of such Americanism.
the schoolmaster and statesman.
with consummate skill, skill that
commands the admiration of the
world. direct the forces of civiliza-
ton, not with arms, but with rea-.
son and moral pressure against the
excesses of a belligerent world.
With preternatural poise and clear
ness of vision. he is plotting Amer
lea through the rushing storm. Who
Sdh dcHy INC cAiStcICe OF a moral
design in the universe? Who now
can question its fulfillment? Who
now can close his eyes to the des-
tiny of democracy to make the prin-
ciples of civilization dominant, to
bring the warning nations of the
earth together in lasting peace?
The passions Of men die. The truth
lives. America has called to Eu-
rope; Europe is responding in terms
of revitalized civiliza ton.
The sublimest picture in civil
history Is that of plain American
citizen maneuvering with the weap-
ons of reason and humanity against
the navies and armies of the con-
tending nations. and bringing them
in accord with the principles of in
ternational law. The American
standard of peace and justice now
floats on tho sea. 1t Is unfurling
over the trenches of the struggling
nations. From the vantage ground
of imperishable Americanism the
matchiess craft Of a real pacifist
has not only avoided all war, but
is leading the world into the ways
of peace. What is peace but the as
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the sacred shrine Of peace, through
whose portals will yet pass arm in
arm the crowned head and the hum
BILE peasant in silent worship of
God. s---
A Temple for Justice.
"out of the ruins and sufferings
Of the present conflict will arise a
temple Of justice whose dome will
be the blue vault Of heaven: its
illuminants the eternal stars; its pill
lars the everlasting hills; its orna-
ments the woods and 1ountiful fields:
it's music the ripping rills. the song
of birds, the laughter of happy child
hood: its diapason the roar of mills
and the hum of industry; its votaries
the peoples of the earth: its creed,
on which hangs. all the law and the
prophets. Love thy neighbor as thy
self Above its affairs in inefface-
able color will live eternally the Wis
ion of its artificer.
Therefore, my fellow countrymen.
not l, but his deeds and achieve
ments: not l. but the spirit and pur-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-16
LOSE AWARDS IN APPEAL.
Jury in Two $40 900 Damage Suits
Reverse Former judgments.

A verdict IN favor of the Warren F.
Brenizer Company was returned late
yesterday afternoon by a jury in Cir
cult Division 2 before Justice Stafford
In the two cases for $4,000 damages
each hled by Clara 3. Masterson and
Lula Boxley for the death of their hus-
bands in an explosion in a tunnel in
Rock Creek Park July 8. 1914, while
working for the company.
At a former trial of the case in
March Jury rendered verdicts for the
PLAINTIFF. allowing one $1,000 and the
other $500. Counsel for the women
thought the amounts inadequate and
asked the court for a new trial, which
was granted, and resulted disastrously
to their claims.
The company. in its defense, claimed
that II had used all reasonable care
and should not be held accountable for
the death of the men
Attorneys Maddox & Galley and
W. H. Price. 1r. appeared for the com
pany. while the plaintiffs were repre-
scented by Attorneys Rhodes & Crome.
lin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-16

sertion of moral progress? What Is
the assertion of moral progress but
the indestructible civilization of Eu-
rope and America? From the
smoldering ruins of a thousand
-cities, over the graves of millions
of brave men. out of the bIackness
of the battle smoke, arising from
the obscurities of national passions,
already the peoples of the earth
recognize the dim outlines. growing
ever more distinct, of the composite
soul of America in the patient and
y humane wisdom of the worlds real
pacif1cator.
Vastness of Achievement.
of what avail all the wealth Of
our beloved land If it had been con-
sumed in the destructiveness of
war? What avail the travail of hu-
man progress for 10000 years had
not the schoolmaster and statesman
been pacifcator? His achievement
is so vast that ambitious men are
blind to its reality. But the plain
millions, of all creeds and nationaN-
ties, recognize in it the imperishab BILE
glories of a Christian civilization.
1t glorifies\ the peasant and king
alike. The schoolmaster is states
man. the statesman is fnancier, the
fnancier is emancipator. the eman-
cipator is the pacificator of the
world.
Thus is the nation accomplishing
the destiny of democracy. The COM
handing fact of the modern age is
the spread of Intelligence. The
schoolhouse. has conquered igno-
rance The printing press has trans
formed the purposes and capacities
of man. Education has qualified him
for a better existence. The Bible
has made him a moralist. Men know
that the world is big enough to sup
port the human family in peace and
comfort. Men know that the great
problem of peace and comfort Is not
yet solved. They know that it can
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poses Of America; not !. but the
prayers Of just men; not I. but civil
lization itself, dominates to succeed
himself to the presidency of the
United States, to the presidency of
in impregnable union, the scholar.
the statesman. the fnancier, the
emancipator, the pacilcator. the
moral leader of democracy. Wood
row Wilson"
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not be solved by the savagery Of
war. They know that its solution
is obtainable only in conditions of
peace. reason and a practical mo-
rality. This state Of knowledge is
the crowning achievement of prog
ress.
The American experiment Of SELF
government has stood the test The
achievements of the American sys-
tenn are known of all men and felt
throughout the world. The United
States is. the worlds asylum Here
all races. all conditions, all creeds
are assimilated. helped. elevated. and
men are made into self-governing
men. In America justice has made
its greatest progress, because 1T is
progress in which all men have a
part.
A Government Universal.
That form Of government which
affords the fullest opportunity for
happiness and comfort is destined to
be the universal form Such is the
resistless syllogism of progress. War
cannot stop it's inevitable march.
The opinion of all men is more po-
tential than the opinion Of one man.
The best opinion of the best men,
tuality of interest. becomes the opin-
ion of all men. American opinion is
embodied in man of peace. Ameri-
can opinion is marching through the
world.
When the imperialism of Europe.
cast the iron dice of destiny, Ameri-
ca threw the moral dice of destiny.
America staked the principles Of
her justice. There they stand in un-
furnished integrity in the gaze of
stricken world. The intelligence of
men grasps the meaning Of America.
Her example will readjust the rela-
tions of men everywhere. The as
Men and women can and should rule
themselves. The day when they rule
themselves war will disappear. The
hand of Divinity has so written it in
the needs and necessities Of human
ity made in Its image.
America, prosperous, peaceful,
blessed, is so because the inscruta-
The contrast between Europe in
flames and suffering and the United
States peaceful and prosperous is
the divine contrast. By saving the
American system civilization is
saved. The peace of America dem
onstrates the folly of war. The
principles of democracy furnish the
means of avoiding and preventing
war The universal intelligence of
men DEGREES that the war now dew
astating Europe shall be the last
war. 1t will end in a world league
of peace.
Sons of America. keep unsullied
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To Talk of Foundational Training

The Value of Foundational Train
ing is TO be the subject of a lecture
by A X Virgil OF New York Nondav
night at st. Johns College Hall
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22

OF working is Just as restful as the
JOY Of aying-pa-ticularly when II
is working al something other than
your reguiar daily task.
Relaxation lies not necessarily in
resting. but more often in merely do
inG something different
And IL the girl who thinks she wants
to be a writer really did want it
want II more Shan TO have a good
time--she proba,y would be a writer.
But she isn't quite capable OF sin
gle hearted purpose or OF a firm de-
termination
She excuses her desire for a little
dissipation and enjoyment in terms OF
needing the change and rest" 4 per-
fectly good excuse. and one she and
her friends accept And since what
she really wants is a good time, that
is what she gets
People are too easily sorry fo-
themselves Too easily do they ex-
cuse their own weaknesses and feel
very sympathetic for themselves be-
cause life Is not made smooth and
easy for them
Il is opposition which increases the
strong mans determination 10 succeed
He finds the very fight worth making.
But the Weakling excuses himself for
failure because success would have
meant a fight.
The most desperate i'll health was
not on insurmOuntable barrier to
Robert Louis Stevenson; blindness did
not hamper Milton. To none OF the
big souls in the world is any physical
handicap q barrier TO success
Any human being who wants any
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22

- RINCE RUPERT. B C, Jan IL
have come from Alaska, where
= fishermen use lines so miles long,
TO British Columbia to write OF an IN
ternationai complication regarding the
placing of Alaskan haIibut and salmon
on the breakfast tables OF the people
Of the United States. This business
has been rapidly growing. The fish
have been caught in Alaskan waters,
put upon ice and brought TO Ketchi-
Seattle. At Seattle they were put In
cold storage cars and sent over the
American railroads TO the markets
Canada HISS New Port.
Now the Canadians have established
a new fishing port at Prince Rupert
b c This port is the terminus OF the
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It Is
500 miles nearer the fishing grounds
that fish from the Alaskan waters can
be landed there and be transported
through Canada TO our cities two days
sooner than when shipped via Seattle
rThis means that, If other conditions
are equal, most Of the fresh fisn
caught in Alaskan waters for shipment
10 the east will be shipped from Prince
Rupert, and that II viii become the
headouarters of the Alaskan fishing
industry. Our fishermen VIII come here
to live and they will buy their fishing
supplies from the Canadian stores In
other words the Canadians rather
than the Alaskan Americans will get
the chief profits OF the business
Duty is Taken Off.
In order to bring this about the Ca
madam parliament has recently passed
laws enabling American fishermen
and American vessels to land their
cargoes at Prince Rupert free Of al
duties. and TO send them in bond over
their railroad through Canada on the
way TO our markets AS a result the
people OF southeastern Alaska are
greatly excited The town council Of
Ketchikan and its commercial club
have requested secretary Redfield to
give them protection, and bills to that
end viii probably be introduced into
Congress this session The Alaskans
demand that all fish caught IN Alaskan
waters, II shipped free Of duty to the
United States markets, shall be sent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22

of the station work through them
Exactly. But 1 imagine that YOU
realize now why such measures are
necessary
a month ago that any government had
produced the machines and equipment
that I have found herc..I should have
advised a commission in lunacy for
YOU The machine ] have been flying
TODAY is 20 years ahead Of anything
outside. yet here you consider it an
old type and use it for experimental
work"
Joiine nodded
THAT is why We have to be so
strict he said. ANY government in
Europe would pay man a million
dollars for a complete set Of our
drawings and computations You may
not know il. but our agents turned
your whole life inside out before we
asked you to join in our development
work here II was not your life as
an aviator. understand. The DEVILS
Darning Needle was already too well
known TO require investigation on that
score II was your admitted skill with
ali types Of planes coupled to your
own researches and inventions that
made usrWant you here to help US. But
we have TO be so careful that charac-
ter counts even more than ability, and
yours was put under the severest kind
Of test"
He rose and walked to the foot OF
the stairway
Soh. oakfordr' he called
A muffled ~Yes. sir" answered him.
Mr.. Warner is here to relieve you.
You will report TO your quarters and
await orders"
He returned to the table and re-
sumed his seat opposite Sayville-
-T have all the confidence in the
world in Oskford." he explained. but
only a commissioned officer is permit
ted to handle messages In a case like
this It lessons the danger and mar
rows the responsibilities Here is
Warner"
The three men went at once to the
room upstairs where the instruments
were housed. Five minutes later War
ner took off his phones and shook his
head.
Capt. Craigmore is not at the
hotel" he repeated. He left fifteen
minutes ago in a motor ear. saying he