The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-11

of our shots tore into his chest and he dropped dead"
 The Mexican pointed out the spot where Adair fell to o. J. Wilson, an undertaken of Fl Paso, who helped to exhume the bodies of the American troopers. The ground, he says, was thickly strewn with dead Mexicans and horses shot by the brave young off cer. It is further related that Adair single-handed stopped cavalry charge by flaming his automatic from side to side.
 If the story is true-and it is the tribute of foe to an Americans gal lantry- Adair died death which has never been surpassed in ut ter bravery by any American soldier or sailor. America will never cease to be great so long as she produces such men.
 THE republicans, in blaming for ! their campaign, intimate that MT. Hughes speech-making tour will include not only the northern fringe of the southern states" but Tennessee and North Carolina. West Virginia
 and Maryland may MT. Hughes and be d b a b e the Solid South ground, but Ken
 lucky, which gave Wilson clear majority over Roose- welt and Taft, is thought to be even more solidly democratic this year than it was in 1912.
 Tennessee, in spite of its factional fights and it's lapse to the republican party in state elections in 1910 and 1912, can always be counted upon for a decisive majority for the democratic presidential ticket. Regarding North Carolina, MT. Hughes might as we'll try to capture South Carolina, Georgia or Alabama as the Tar Heel common wealth.
 In the eighties, and even in 1892, there was enough democratic defec- tion in North Carolina to give the party leaders scare, but since the reconstru. tion period that state has never failed to go democratic. Virginia was the only one of the states which had belonged to the Southern Confed- eracy that came near defaulting on a democratic presidential ticket. In 1884 the Old Dominion had a republican governor, and Cleveland would have lost the state to Blaine if the demo- crats had not become aroused to the situation two weeks before the cleo ton and put forth extraordinary ef- forts. As it was Cleveland received of less than seven thousand. But since that time Virginia has been rock-ribbed.
 After the campaign is in progress MT. Hughes and the republican chair man will be kept so busy looking after the supposedly doubtful states that they will hardly give attention to the "solid south." An active canvass in Tennessee or North Carolina would certainly be waste of time, to say nothing of the drain on the party ex- chequer.
 Chicago newspaper took a pathetic farewell of the colonel when he declined the progressive nomination for the presi- dency. However, the colonel isn't going anywhere-at least, not far enough to mo- tice.
 The ragtime composers are turning out war songs just as fast as they can throw the tunes together. That's probably why the supply is about 10 times greater than the demand.
 The arrival of the Deutschland has created more excitement in staid old Bal timore than the town has experienced since Billy Sunday came, saw and con- quered.
 According to the latest reports, Villa is suffering from rheumatism and can't walk without crutches. If that's the case, it's surprising how he manages to get over ground.
 Apparently the Austrians are unable tc give good account of themselves unless they are bo,stered firmly by the Germans