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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15

61HAT this is an up-and-doing town
 is evidenced by the cordial recep-
 ton of my suggestion last Sunday of municipal golf links
 Without an exception everyone favors it. All five of the city commissioners are enthusiastic on the subject And in few weeks the grass grown fields and woodlands of the Green Springs section will be an ideal city park with golf course, baseball fields. tennis courts and recreation grounds. There will be play grounds for the children and fields for the sports of the older ones
 Engineer Nicholson and Golf Expert Hall went, over the grounds with Com missioner Barber and several members of The Age-Herald staff Thursday, and pronounced them ideal for golf course. They are now working on a map and laying out the holes and putting greens. The City Commissioners are to put the street forces on clearing up the under brush and making the land presentable this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15
MORAL SICKNESS.

Heres pathetic letter from a shut in"
 "Ah One of those unfortunates doomed to spend a lifetime in bed or an invalid chair?"
 ''Um. Let me read further. It seems he's shut in for 10 years. with time of for good behavior"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15
ALABAMA PRESS

Guntersville Democrat: It is perfectly
 proper to drop the word damn" from the
 prayer book, but it Is liable to bob up
 elsewhere.
 Greensboro Watchman: At one time we
 thought we would vote for Woodrow Will
 son for President on principle-that IS,
 because he is the democratic nominee. But since making careful review Of ms administration we have changed our
 mind, and will vote for him premeditated- ly and on purpose, as well as on prin- ciple.
 Roanoke Leader: And now it is an- nounced that the government has almost perfected preparation that will put to rout the boil weevil. This belongs to that class of things that are Interesting if true"
 Florence Herald: Alabama products are moving out to different parts of the
 world. We are shipping iron across the waters and the price paid for 1t gives the shippers a big profit. Chicago has re- gently given an Anniston foundry an order for 1S.OOO ornamental lamp posts The resources of our mines are source of untold wealth for Alabama. They are inexhaustible and Alabama has many other natural resources of wealth that have not yet been touched upon. Union Springs Herald: According to one of the best known negroes in the Fort Davis neighborhood, a labor agent who was collecting negroes to leave from Fort Davis a few days ago. stated that the reason that his employers were in such hurry to get the negroes now was because they wanted to get two months of good work out of them before cold weather set in. According to the agent, experience has shown that after Decem- Der 1 it Is too cold for the negro in Penn. sylvania, and hence they want to get him there early so that he can work
 enough to pay his transportation. The question then arises, what is the negro to do after his employers get through with him? Those who are contemplating go- ing to the north should consider this. 
 PLUMBING AND COLLEGE COURSES From the New York World.
 Among the incentives to student ambi- ton at Harvard this year is a prize of | s2O0 for the best paper on plumbing. What plumbing has to do with scholarship and | it's bearing on proficiency in Latin or 1 football is not quite clear. Yet in a sense plumbing is classical theme; the
 pipes by which the water was conducted l through the Roman baths were early ex- amples of the plumbers art. and no 1 doubt comprehensive academic disser- ! tation( on the subject would trace their
 relation to the modern bathtub. After all, plumbing is fully as impor-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15
Prosp srity Keeps
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kSGDUIDllC@IlS w W0TF4SQ RAT R. HUGHES, who jumped from NVU the supreme court bench when summoned by Penrose, Crane, Barnes, Wall Street and the German vote" to accept the republican nomi- nation for the presidency, makes light
 of good times and tells his audiences that the prosperity which is now in
 evidence is built upon sand. Nothing could better illustrate the desperation
 of the old guard and the old guards representative.
 | The workmen of this country, both skilled and unskilled, are getting higher wages now than ever before. Prosperity has been in full swing all this year and captains of industry, like Schwab, who is republican, and Farrell, accepted as the best authority on export trade and trade conditions generally, and dozen or more other we'll known leaders in the manufactur- ing world tell us that industrial ac- tivity will continue throughout next year. MT. Schwab is committed to the proposition that this era of pros perity is here to stay for long time. While the war has stimulating effect on business in the United States, as a matter of course, pros- perity started up in 1914, before hos tilities began, as Senator Underwood reminds the public in his campaign speeches. If the war were to stop to- morrow prosperity on this side of the
 Atlantic would go on. Had depression, originating in the
 panic of 1907, when Roosevelt was
 President, been prevailing when Hughes was nominated, hard times
 might have proved an effective argu-
 ment for making a change in admin
 tration, no matter how spacious the
 reasoning. Hughes would have said: Eject me and business recovery will
 speedily follow" But in the midst of
 the greatest prosperity the United States has ever known-with pros Iperity bursting it's jacket, as Wilson put it; with the full dinner pail seen
 everywhere; with the prosperity train
 not even slowing down to help the G. o. P.-Hughes goes through the
 campaign with his chariot wheels
 chained That is one of the reasons
 why the HOO per cent candidates"
 speeches fall so flat.
 x
 Increasing Interest
 In School Music
 7T7 HERE has been a steady improve | U ment in musical conditions in
 the public schools of large cities, and
 in this respect Birmingham is keep | ing well abreast with the populous
 centers of the north.
 In very few cities of approximately
 Birminghams size, north or south, is music receiving so much serious atten- ltion as here. There has been marked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15
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ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES
CoRNERED.
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CORNERED.
 Henry, what time was it when you got home last night?" asked Mrs. Duffersby. ''The clock had stopped"
 "oh. about Il, think" answered MT. Duffersby.
 That's strange. The Jibways next door always retire punctually at mid night and their house had been dark long time before you came" Maybe they had headache or some- thing"
 T hadn't thought of that. I'll ask Mrs. Jibway this morning."
 Woman" exclaimed Mir. Duffersby, in desperation, "cease pestering mel It was 2 G. M, when got home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15

NOVELTIES OUT OF THE QUESTION.
 "The manager advertises that this movie is different"
 What does he mean by that?"
 q can't imagine. The movie stars have already run the gamut of human emotions. There's nothing left to do but reverse and run the gamut all over again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15

BEGINNING THE DAY-May the sacrifice of Jesus have hold of me all this day. Give Inc to see nay sin in the light of His cross, and pour contempt on all my pride. Give me to go humbIy before my God, as one who has received life by the death of his Lord. In His name. Amen. H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15
so 'TWOULD.

How would you like to take trip in a submarine?'' 4
 T shouldn't e..e for that" replied the society bud.
 "why notf-'
 "oh. deahi Must I really tell you? An ocean voyage would be frightfully bor- ing' you know, if there were no place ta dawnce"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15
New Peril of the

AAQ@lU &UBUGUUN U UQN1s9@ ld08S
 M LMOST any pulpit orator will G2 tell you that the temptations of a great city are legion. While Satan occasionally makes excursions into the small towns and rural districts, his favorite habitat and stamping ground is the "maelstrom of sin," such as New York and Chicago, perpetually rediscovered by vice crusaders.
 Among the evils which the Rev. "Billy" Sunday may be called on to combat when he starts his campaign in New York is the prevalence of gambling among married women. The modus operadi, as described by the New York correspondent of the Pitts burg Dispatch, is simplicity itself. The proprietor of each establishment is a woman, of the sort who looks the per feet lady. She leases an apartment in some high-class apartment house and furnishes it in a quiet, but elegant manner, providing home-like atmos- phere which is part of the lure.
 The newcomer forms acquaintances among other women in that particular neighborhood. They are invited to a luncheon and bridge party. Before long the game has become an estab- lished custom, each of the players be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15

The Community club, an organization of nearly 100 young business men, all of whom are under thirty years of age, have taken hold of the movement with vim and energy and yesterday appointed a committee consisting of Vernon Bad ham, J. P Mudd, Evans Dunn. Jr., and Webb Crawford, Jr, to go actively to work All the old golf experts of the Country Club and the Roebuck Club, led by that veteran J. D. Kirkpatrick. have rendered their services. The different fertilizer manufacturers have offered the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15
UNFAIR.

She romped upon the beach with me, Beneath the summer sun; By love, l simply could not see
 Of girls another one. But now she trips along the street
 And heartless as can be, Intent to make my woe complete,
 Sees every man but me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15
ATMOSPHERE OF GLOOM.

Let's go into this restaurant A sign in the window reads, Tipping not per mitted'
 "No. I'd rather go where tipping is allowed"
 But why?"
 II like to see bright and cheerful faces, even among walters. The walters in a tipless restaurant look as if they had nothing to live ror.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15
A HELPFUL SPIRIT.

A gay, light hearted citizen,
 Who ne'er views with alarm, Regardless if the weather is
 Severely cold or warm; Who sheds good cheer where'er he goes
 And precious little gloom, And still contends with all who come
 The town is on a boom That is the type of citizen
 Who's worth his weight in gold, F en though he never works because Too lazy or too old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15
War Is Blamed for
Increase I'm Crime

A PRISON expert says crime is on EA the increase in this country be- cause of the war in Europe. According to his view, dozen nations of the earth busily destroying life and prop erty set a bad example to the crlml- nally inclined. The result is that there is less respect for law and little re- gard for the sacredness of human life.
 This authority has advanceed the ory that is rather far-fetched. AL though he has made study of the subject, he seems to have overlooked onsyital fact, and that is the migra- tion of criminals to America, follow ing the outbreak of the war. It is not 50 easy for persons of that character to enter now, chiefly because of the difficulty of getting out of Europe, but it is believed that great many European crooks are in the United States.
 With huge fortunes being piled up almost overnight and the tremendous prosperity which the country enjoys, the temptations offered to criminals are manifold. The crook sees luxury on all sides and the newly-rich spend sng money with a lavish hand. He wants to share in this plethora of riches.
 The war may be indirectly to blame for the increase of crime, but the shocking behavior of the belligerent nations has little or nothing to do with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15

DOESN'T HAVE TO. "I never dodge a motor car," Said William Henry Pelf; The explanations simple quite He rides in one himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15

Guntersville Democrat: It is perfectly proper to drop the word damn" from the prayer book. but it Is liable to bob up elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-15

Roanoke Leader: And now it is an-
 nounced that the government has almost
 perfected preparation that will put to rout the boil weevil. This belongs to that class of things that are Interesting II true."
Evening journal., 1916-05-15

WOULD be anOIntr bIlsIcr|
and then they would be all
over his body. He had
them mostly in his hair
and around his mouth and
eyes. They would break
and then there would be a
dreadful sore eruption. with
an itching and burning and
loss Of sleep. The hlisters
Evening journal., 1916-05-15
fire sweep CAUSES
CRISFIELD $4,000 Loss

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
CRISFIELD. Md. May 10. - Fire
broke out in the large plant OF the
Chesapeake Lime and Shell Company,
in this place. at 11.3O o'clock Friday
night and for a while the entire sec
tion seemed threatened.
A light wind was blowing across
the harhor. driving the flames and
sparks into the AnnemesseX river,
however. and spreading Of the flames
was thus prevented. The fire burned
until about o'clock and destroyed all
the building. causing a loss Of $4,000
which is partly covered by insurance
A stock OF lime valued at $4,000 wa'
destroyed The building was con.
structed OF brick and galvanized iron
The oyster packing plant Of w. l.
Tull a Co. and that Of b. +. Gibson
Bro. caught fire several times. but
we're saved. The making Of oyster
shell lime is new industry In Girls
field. having been in operation for
Evening journal., 1916-05-15

about two months. The plant was
constructed on the most modern and
complete lines. Il Is reported that
it will be rebuilt The origin Of the
fire is unknown.
Evening journal., 1916-05-15
CRIDLETREE School HAS
LARGE CLASS OF GRADUATES

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
GEORGETOWN. Del. May 15.-The
funeral Of Mrs. Elizabeth Lingo
widow OF William H. Lingo. who died
at the home Of her daughter. Mrs.
Elisha Conover. at Newark. Del. on
Wednesday. at the age OF so years,
was held in Wesley NJ. T.. Church.
this town. on Saturday with interment
in the p. y. Church cemetery Mrs.
Lingo was an aunt OF Judge David T..
Marvel and Of the Hon. Josiah Mar
vel. OF Wilmington. and sister Of
Charles T. Pepper and former Repre-
sentative Eli Pepper. of this town.
Professor Alexander l.. Harrington,
OF seaford. will deliver the address to
the graduating class Of the Girdletree
High School. on Friday night, May
26. There are eight in the class-the
largest for years.
The graduating class OF the Milton
High School consists Of the follow
ing: Misses Mildred jefferson. Ella
Mustard, Laura Moore. Bertha Glen
daniel. Mary Dickerson: Messrs
Ralph Short, Harmon Davidson. The
commencement exercises will be held
in the school hall on Wednesday
night, May 81. Or. Charles II. Cord
inier will deliver the address.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the barn and stables on the Robert
Bryan farm. tenanted by Jesse vii
son. in Eroadkiln Two pigs and about
250 baskets OF corn were burned.
Evening journal., 1916-05-15
Throw Away Your
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DO YOU wear glassosi Are you a victim
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fu free prescription. One man says. after
trying Il; II was almost blindi could not
SEQ 20 read az all. Now / can read every
ihinr without any glasses and my eyes do
not water any more. AZ night they would
pain dreadfuly; now they feel fine all the
time. It was like q miracle 60 me-
lady who used 10 says. 'lho atmosphere
seemed hnEy with or without glasses, hut
after using this prescription for fifteen
days everything seems clear. I can even
read fine print without glasses" 10 is be.
licvcd that thousands who woar glasses can
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multitudes more will bo able 90 strengthen
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Evening journal., 1916-05-15
open House PROGRAM
By eureka JUNIORS

On Tuesday evening Eureka Coun-
Gil. No. /. Jr, o. {. A. NJ. will hold
an open house in celebration OF its
twenty-seventh anniversary for the
members and their friends. A musical
program. including a minstrel show,
has been arranged. AS has been the
custom for several years. the present
ing of veteran badges will be made to
those who have retained their mem
bership in the order for twenty-five
consecutive years.
The council. which is the largest in
the order in the State. IS striving to
attain this place in the order in gem
eral. and TO this end has assembled
class OF fifteen candidates. who will
receive the degrees on Tuesday. May
23. The degree team has also accept
&c the invitation to confer the de-
grees for John r. Marlin Council. of
Philadelphia. on a class OF fifty can
didates on May 27.
Evening journal., 1916-05-15

warded to Germany"
"What made England think that the
neutral countries would buy goods from
us and then send them on TO Ger
many!' asked Jimmy.
First. Germany would be willing TO
pay big prices for their goods, and the
neutrals could make big profits sec-
ond. for some reason the neutral ma
tions. after the war began, commenced
TO buy goods from the United States in
far greater quantities than ever before.
For instance, our exports TO Holland,
Denmark, Norway aud Sweden in 1918
were valued at S07 100000, in 1915 az
35.O00,OOO OF course. il is not rea-
sonable to think that these peoples have
suddenly developed a need Tor two and
half times as much of our goods as
usual.
These nations say that they have
TO buy from us now all the goods they
formerly bought from England, France
and Germany and that this accounts
for the increase in their imports from
the United States But Great Britain
I'AhAo NAA AhaN AAoAAf many VI NA'"'
shipments are made TO people who
never bought goods at all before the
war began and that thousands OF tons
of material have been sent TO persons
who could not possibly use them them
selves. such as dock hands, hotel keep
ers, bankers and soforth.
ldidtheinhDCp.B Btzf?
80. you see, boys, II Is an intricate
problem. Some day we'll know more
about IL. then I'll explain IL all to you
more fully"
Editors NOte-Incle Harry will be
glad 10 answer Inquiries. either In this
column or by mail. provided letters
are signed with the full name and ad-
dress OF the persons writing. The cor.
respondents names will not appear In
the articles.
Copyright 1916 by The NC Syndicate
Evening journal., 1916-05-15
Our Sweet Home Beyond
Written for EVENING JOURNAL
By JAMES 7. CROZIER

want to talk to Jesus. as the days
are going by.
To any one that's far away from
Him;
And my prayer goes up for strength
that l may daily try,
To win some soul that's living now
in sin.
For life is quite uncertain. we're re-
minded DER and DER,
The day will come when we shall
have to go,
By the hearse upon the street. or the
crepe upon the door;
That Death to every creature is
foe.
My Brother. Sister, hear me. 'tis best
that we prepare.
While health and opportunity shall
last;
Eternity is coming. you will never
spend il where
Are those unless His blood has
cleansed your past.
If Christ is in your heart. In faith
you're trusting Him.
And own Him as Redeemer. Savior
Friend.
His precious blood will cleanse you
from every stain OF sin.
And will bring you home when life
with you shall end
The woman or the man who fully
trusts in God
Their needs He will supply from
day TO day;
And His loving hand will lead them in
every pathway trod.
For He cares and watches each
while on the way.
In that sweet home Of rest, no night
shall ever come;
No good-byes. No more parting, we
are told
We shall be with Christ working for
ever in that home,
AND the Good Book says, we never
shall grow old.
Oh. give us. Lord. that child-like faitf
to love Thee more and more.
And to feel Thy blessed presence
ever near.
Then, when we shall cross The Sea
and reach the other Shore.
Wen see Thy Face-And blessed
Welcome, hear.
Evening journal., 1916-05-15
Says spent A
SMALL FORTUNE
With NO RESULTS
Mr.. VIM. Hamilton Says
That Lax-a-T Tone Relieved
His Wife After Many Dol
lars Spent in Vain.

Here is another case. said Mr..
Smith, of Herbal Lax-a-TOne getting
results when all other remedies had
been tried. Mr.. Hamilton says.
Evening journal., 1916-05-15
DL|STERS ALL OVER
LITTLE BOYS BODY
Sore Eruption With Itching, Burn
ing and Loss Of Sleep.
Hair Came Out.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

MY little boys trouble began when a
watery blister would raise up. and then
break and where the water touched there
Evening journal., 1916-05-15
Uncle Harry Explains British Trade interference"

Uncle Harry strobe up the walk with
a springing step. Jimmy saw him
first and called to Joe. who was inside
the house tinkering with an electric
motor. Both boys raced to meet him.
Here, here" cried out Uncle Harry,
as the boys grabbed him. whats up?'
The boys continued to jostle and
push, so Uncle Harry quickly took hold
of them by their coat collars and held
them at arms length.
Before the meeting proceeds" he
continued with mock gravity, eve will
first learn its subject for discussion"
Jimmy and Joe paused, winded and
putting. I'VE want"-gasp-"to know"
British trade interference" finished
Joe.
The three chums had not reached
the steps, so Uncle Harry laid his hat
and cane on the porch and they seated
themselves under the open sky, where
they could watch the stars come out"
one by one.
British trade interference" said
Uncle Harry. That's rather broad
subject You see our manufacturers
arc accustomed to selling their goods
whenever they like. Many of our best
customers are in Europe and before
the great war began we shipped goods
to them freely.
Nov, however. the great nations OF
Europe are at war and, according tC
| international law. a warning nation
may prevent an enemy from receiving
goods from neutral countries, If il car
do so impartially-tha is. prevent that
enemy from receiving goods from al
neutral countries alike. When a ma
ton succeeds in doing that. It has es.
tablished what is called an effective
blockade"
Suppose a nation at war can stoI
shipments from some countries anC
not from others, is 1t effective then?"
"No," said Uncle Harry, "and ac
cording to international law. IL is no
legal. That is one point on which W.
based our protest to Great Britain
The mighty British feet patrolling IN,
North Sea. can prevent ships from car
rying goods from America to Germany
but as It is excluded from the Baltic
Sea by the German fleet, it canno
stop ships from carrying goods from
Norway, Denmark and Sweden, als'
neutral countries. to Germany.
so the United States holds that /
is being Disseminated against. tina
the British fleet is not uniformly efec
tive and that therefore the blockad
is not legal"
Joe was leaning back. looking at tn
North Star and the constellation of tn
Great Bear.
Il thought" said he. without NOV
ing. that we also objected to Grea
Britain's interfering with our con
imerce with neutral countries, too. "
and so we have done. In Maw
I 1913, England said that her fleet woul
stop all shipments Of goods 10 the nei
trail countries of Northern Europe. to-
until she had an opportunity to nvei
: tigate and make sure that such shiT
ments were not intended To be fol
Evening journal., 1916-05-15

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