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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27

ILL YUAN HUNG" headline. But he
wasn't hanged That's simply the name
of the new president Of the Chinese
republic.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27

The Fountain Inn Tribune last week
had an editorial on DRY Rot. = ltwas.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27
MANY near relatives are very distant.

A SQUARE man is pretty good fellow
to have round.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27

Telephone service between this city
and PicHens has been interrupted. But
who wants to talk to Pickens, anyhow?
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27
Picking at Pickens

Spavtanburg Journal
We can't help but wonder if traffic is
tied up on the Pickens Doodle. -
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27

DON'T go security for the man who
3ets his gate hang on one hinge
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27

OUR WEEKLY RIDDLE. Why does a
miller wear a white hat?
TO cover his head. .;v.s
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27
GARY HIoTT. Manager.

Obituary notices and tributes of respect Of
not over one hund red words Will be printed free
nf chargc. An over that number must be paid
Tor at The rate of one cent word. Cash TO
iiSbed for one half cent word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
Summer Work at MontevalIo

This is to be an important week at the Girls Technical institute at Montevallo for the short course for the Alabama Girls Canning clubs, be- ginning tomorrow under the auspices of the experts from Auburn experi- ment station.
 The undertakings of the Montevallo summer school are much more am- bilious this year than ever before and one of the strikingly practical fea- lures is the course for home makers. Among the subjects offered for study ln this course are: Food principles, combining foods into menus, family dietaries, sanitation in the home, some means of eliminating drudgeryss furniture and furnishings, color in the home, the influence of simple but beautiful surroundings and the prin- ciples of agriculture.
 At the close of the first week of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
HOTEL LOBBIES
Secures Gold Medal

Herbert J. Baum and Robert Lee were the recipients of two handsome gold medals yesterday from the management of the insurance company they represent as a reward for their prowess in secur- ing business. With the medals also came an invitation to attend the annual meet Ing of the company at the Waldorf-As- toria in New York on June 2S and 2S.
 We are going to New York" said MT. Baum, "as we have accepted the invita- tion. We are also very proud of our medals, and work hard in the midst of strong competition. and just did manage to win the coveted prize for this terri tory. Business on the whole Is improving in all lines, and while the lot of the insurance agent is still far from a bed of roses we manage to secure interviews with ease as compared with year or so ago when money was tight. Now busi- ness is improving rapidly and confidence is restored"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
The Spirituality of Right Business

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intimated that some of the more naughty lords are beginning to object to Robertson being made a peer, even though the state needs his services and a patent of nobility would help the cause along. But fortunately for Great Britain the supercilious people of the titled class are no longer able to control. King George is, from all accounts, at once democratic and well poised. When the prime minister rec ommends that Robertson be made a peer that will settle it. The King will be only too glad to act and act promptly.
 Titles of nobility are no longer coveted by statesmen or soldiers; and since Parliament, backed by the masses, reformed the House of Lords few years ago there is less distinc- ton than formerly in being a mem Der of that erstwhile august body; but if any man in the United Kingdom is entitled to be created a peer that man is General Sir Robertson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11


 realize that they were in the presence of king. Therefore he arranged long gray curtains, which hung in straight lines and extended higher than the eye could see. Few artists and fewer scene- makers utilize to the full the imaginative value of the straight line which has no visible ending. At the rear between the curtains could be seen a deep blue drop. Just shallow place was in front of the curtain and a man standing there, with two or three other men around him.. but the illusion was perfect. He did nat need to speak. The long straight lines stretching into ininity. the deep blue background. had done their work. and the audience felt the atmosphere of vast. high, noble things. They were In the presence of the majesty of Scotland. It was a thousand times more real than if they had seen the detailed representa- tion of the way in which early Scottish kings may or may not have constructed their tents. The tent scene is one of the finest examples of the value of imagi- native simplicity which the new stage craft has given us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11

policies indorsed unanimously, the St. Louis convention will be to all intents and purposes ratification meeting and love feast in one.
 There will be no heart-burnings. Party leaders possessing the gift of oratory will have an opportunity of keeping themselves in practice, but there will be no wrangling or heated debate; nothing to disturb democratic harmony.
 The republicans and progressives have had nerve-racking strain, and it will be several days before the lead CTS who worked all day and worked all night feel normal again.
 But many politicians enjoy turmoil and revel in uncertainty. Those built that way will always count themselves fortunate in being able to participate in conventions where nothing is cer- tain until it is an accomplished fact But the delegates to Chicago, no mat. ter what their preferences or what their temperament, now need rest and they are well entitled to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
THE NEW STAGECRAFT

Dorothea Lawrence Mann, in the Crafts
 man. h ENRY IRVING once described the seventeenth century as the period A A of great play writing; the eight eenth, as the century of great play act ing and the nineteenth as the century of great play mounting. While such statement is too epigrammatic to be wholly accurate 1t is true that the nine teenth century and the early twentieth have been marked by a noticeable ten dency on the part of theatrical pro- ducers to use extravagantly splendid stage scenery. ~
 Money has been lavished in an effort toward reality, which has been at once futile as realism and hindarnce to act ing. No matter what the diligence of di- rectors in erecting real buildings, set ting out actual gardens and all the other paraphernalia of the realistic school, the fact remains that it is the illusion of reality rather than reality which they produce. They never can overcome the obstacle of their houses and gardens stopping abruptly at the line of the back drop, and they are seriously at loss to create sky.
 The new stagecraft works upon the theory that, as it is impossible to pro- duce reality, they will try rather for the most stimulating illusion. In any stage craft the spectator must cooperate with the producer. lending his imagination in greater or less degree to the illusion of the setting. The bare Elizabethan stage with it's placard, This is Elsinore," stands on the one extreme of imaginative effort, while the over ornate settings of numberless modern plays represent the farthest opposite. Both require more spontaneous imagination; than the aver age theatregoer of the present day de- sires to furnish.
 Opposed to both is the art of men like Josef Urban, who have seriously studied the psychology of the audience, and come to recognize that it is more impor- tant to offer the audience, something which will lead them to imagine the set ting, than to erect upon the stage build- ings which are historically accurate. l<
 No one who looks at Josef Urban's 8 scenery for the Macbeth of the James K. Hackett production can fail to realize how happily he has succeeded in creat- ing stimulating illusion. In the tent scene, where King Duncan awaits news of the battle we have veritable tri- umhs of the art of suggestion. It was the tent of the King of Scotland. Scot land at the period of the play was a |rude kingdom, of whose actual customs |U is possible to learn little For an an- tlquarian there is interest in knowing the presumable shape of the tent and the method of it's construction. MT. Urban paid no attention to this possibility of historical detail. He recognized that the vital problem was to make the audience
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
Kitchener's Hateful Journey

The meager details of the loss ot the Hampshire, carrying Earl .Kitche- ner and his staff to Russia, evidence either the inscrutable designs of fate or a rare coup on ihe part of the Germans. It is more probable that the tragedy was one of those unforeseen disasters which could not be pre- vented. The British have been crltl- cized for allowing a man of such tremendous importance as the war minister to proceed on journey with out conveys. Whether or not the Hampshire was alone, it apears that the utmost precautions were taken to safeguard Kitchener and to prevent the plans of his trip from becoming known. He embarked at the extreme north of Scotland and only few peo- ple knew that he had left England. The news of his death was therefore all the more unexpectei and at first the crowds in London could not believe that the idol of the empire had been lost. The sad news was soon substan tiated, however.
 The Hampshire is said to have gone s1ssNn only one hour after Earl Kitch- ener~and his suite went aboard, and this Ter lds color to the belief that the vessel Struck mine. Had the Ger mans beenswaiting for an opportunity to sink the ship, one of their subma- rines could hardly have dealt mortal blow so quickly after the voyage be- gan. The storm that was raging sealed the fate of Kitchener and his staff. Had it not been for the heavy seas, they would doubtless have escaped after being placed in an open boat.
 That Kitchener's death is the great est blow the British have yet suffered is universally conceded and it may all
 
 ways be one of the inexplicable mys- teries of the war. Floating mines have taken a heavy toll of vessels in Eu- ropean waters and this is one peril that the utmost vigilance cannot fore stall, although British trawlers have constantly swept the North sea for mines since they were first dis tributed. Whether floating mine or a torpedo did the work, or whether an internal explosion sank the Hamp- shire, which was hardly probable, it was an unlucky day for Great Britain when Earl Kitchener set out on his ill-fated journey to Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
THE GRADUATE.

Ten days ago he rose and spoke
 Before a great, admiring throng And when he finished with a bow,
 Rang out the plaudits, loud and long. He left the stately college halls.
 A crisp diploma in his hand; All marked his rare self-confdence-
 'Tis something youth can understand. Before a magnate now appears,
 With purpose in his dauntless eyes, But who hath language to portray
 The disappointment-pa surprise With which he hears the great man say
 To him who came job to seek, T know your father we'll. My boy,
 We'll start you off at $10 per week"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
Successor to Kitchener

There seems to have been no ques- tion in Great Britain as to the suc- cessor of the late Lord Kitchener, who, at the time of his untimely end, was not only secretary of state for war but England's greatest soldier.
 Gen. Sir William Robertson, who was associated with Kitchener in the administration of the war office and who held the responsible position of commander-in n-chief of the army, has naturally stepped into Kitchener's shoes.
 While Robertson is Great Britain's foremost military dependence, he can not, however, qualify at present as secretary of war, because only mem Der of Parliament can hold cabinet office. The quickest and easiest way for the government to remove his disabilities" to to speak, would be to ask the King to raise him to the peerage.
 That Robertson will be made peer sooner or later goes without saying, and members of the government say it should be done now. Unless Robert son gets into Parliament through the House of Lords, some mediocre mem- Der of the House of Commons might be requested to resign in favor of General Robertson. In the meantime Robertson is acting secretary of war, although not member of Parliament. Lord Kitchener's career was the most romantic in all the modern an- nals of England. He was well bred, but was without fortune and had to work his way up from a lieutenancy on his merits. Robertson is like Kitchener, self-made man, but he was of humble origin, starting life as he did as footman to gentleman of quality" Of course, he deserves all the greater credit for attaining the eminent rank he holds today.
 He acquired an education by ex- traordinary application, but few men in the army or in the peerage are more accomplished than he It has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
The Railroads and the Trainmen

The contest between the four large organizations of trainmen and the as- sociation of railways over a demand for what has been termed "the eight hour day." with threatened strike if the carriers did not accede to the de- mand, has now reached crisis.
 A week ago the situation looked gloomy, but the conference of repre- sentatives of the railroads and the en- ployes adjourned Thursday until Mon- day, at which time definite agree ment may be reached.
 When the trainmen first made their demand the railroads announced their intention of resisting it absolutely, but it is now expected that the transpor- tation companies will offer compro- mise schedules, with view of avert ing strike.
 While the employees protested at the start that their contention was not for increased wages, but only for an adjustment of the wor'>-time agree ment, the railroads roin; out that if the demand should be granted the re- suit would be an increase of pay total ing approximately $100,000,000 a year. This, it was insisted, would be wholly unjust to the railroads.
 Wages are higher than they have ever been. When the railroads were seriously affected by business depres- sion they did not reduce wages, not withstanding the fact that many of the companies, if not majority. of them, operated at an actual loss. They are now able to show net earnings but claim that they should have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
LOSSES IN MEXICO

From the Army and Navy Journal.
 Up to May 20 the expedition into Mex ico has cost 359 lives, according to figures that were published on that date, in- c,uding those lost in the Columbus, N. M., raid, which precipitated the pursuit of Villa and his bandits. The total cas- ualties to May 20 show the following fig ures: Killed-United States soldiers, 30; civilians. 24 Mexican soldier, SO1 Wounded-United States officers, 6; SOL diers, 76; civilians, 7; Mexican soldiers, 97. Of the American soldiers wounded. four who died of their wounds are car ried in the wounded column thereby in- creasing the list of killed or died from wounds to 34 Two are also carried in the wounded list, including one civilian who disappeared in the Glen Springs raid and one soldier at Parral, neither of whom has since been heard from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
Will Be Fair to Taxpayers

We are not anticipating the least Dit of trouble" said John B. Rosenstihl, member of the county board of tax equalization, when the board sits for a hearing of complaints from property own CTS. There is no reason for any trouble If everyone will present his claims prop erly. we will go into the matter carefully and investigate his claims thoroughly. If we find we have made mistake 1t will be gladly corrected.
 'The board is looking for no trouble whatever, and If the property owners are after trouble they will have to go else where to find it. We will sit for a fair, square hearing, and will do the right thing by all. We have about completed everything else in connection with the equalization, and only have the matter of hearing complaints to attend to-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
rroubles of Shoe Merchants

q am going up to Boston this month to get new line on the shoe and leather business" said Dave Rich, "for I assure you a man has to move live ly to keep up with it these days. The war has certainly played havoc with prices. although we have been pretty fortunate in laying in our supplies ahead of the heavy advances in prices
 "One of the chief troubles of the shoe merchants has been in getting goods. A lot of us foresaw what was coming and began. to place orders ac- cordingly long ago. But placing or ders is not all that is necessary. It is a piece of rare good luck or good 'pull' if any of those orders were filled The manufacturers did not know what to expect themselves and in many cases they simply could not get the leather to make the shoes In other words it has been case of not being able to get certain classes of goods at any price. White leather especially, has had some phenomenal bounds since the war began, and 1t is hard to know just what to expect.
 DuI dHi SoiAS to De d pAlloSopiler and make the best of 1t. One thing is certain; I always have fine time in New England. Those fellows up there are princes and they kuOw how to en- certain in great style. Then, too there is so much to see, so many places to go, and so much to do. My heart, of course is in Birmingham, but tell you I al- ways have a mighty warm spot for the New England country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
Deputy As a Gardener


 It would be surprising to know just how many men in Birmingham are in- terested in gardens and gardening. Like old-time quilting or sewing par ties, when the chief topic of the good farm wives was centered around their gardens-what they had planted and how it was growing and whether the dry weather was damaging 1t or not, men of Birmingham talk "thusly among" themselves. There are great many garden enthusiasts in Birming- ham, but none have an edge on Deputy Sheriff J. c. Jordan. who finds more interest in discussing gardens than he does crime and law offenders.
 T have one of the finest gardens I ever saw" said Deputy Jordan the oth- 'er. day. "You just ought to see that stuff grow. I have a little of every thing planted that generally grows in gardens, and while it looks good out there on this lot there is something doing right when it gets on the table. Gardens are no great deal of trouble They afford a man a chance to get some good exercise that he would not get otherwise and best of all they af- ford his table some nice, fresh. exqui- site eatables that he could hardly get any other w1y. Besides, he is in a good deal in the shape of dollars and cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
Strong for Brandon

Tuscaloosa is strong for Judge w. w. Brandon for governor" said Charles w.. Weatherford, well known citizen of Tuscaloosa. Judge Brandon has been recently elected probate judge, and he is very strong with the people in TuscaE loosa county. Judge Brandon was elected by large plurality and he Is exception ally popular. Judge Brandon was elected to several state offices, and he has shown by his metal as a state campaigner that he is competent for any office"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11

~H1cAGo, June 1a.-(specialo 'k "If you insist upon an imme-
 dfate acceptance I must decline"
 After four days of waiting and cheering and enthusing for Roosevelt the colonel bespattered the political floor with the progressive party in the above language.
 The vascillating game of the ex- President destroyed him as 9 polit- teal figure in American progress, crushed the progressive party and may lead to democratic defeat in Novem- Der.
 While there was no enthusiasm for Hughes here. while he was nominated for expediency and because the old guard was determined to unhorse Roosevelt no one can deny that from the political form sheet he can carry New York and New England and demo- cratic hope must come from the west.
 # x x
 Hughes and Fairbanks means the democrats must renominate Marshall with Wilson at St. Louis. It means close fight in Indiana In Illinois, Hughes is strong and the fight will be close one. though the feeling that Wilson has kept us out of war, will mean many votes for the democratic ticket in the middle west.
 The November election will be hard fought one and one of the closest in the history of this country though the betting already seems to be favorable to Hughes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11

the summer school 1855 students had been enrolled. Ninety girls of the can ming clubs are expected this week and not less than 25 are expected to enroll for each of the home makers courses.
 Alabama takes great pride in the practical character of the work being done at the states largest school for young women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11

allowed time to "catch up" before a fresh demand was made upon them.
 A general "tie-up" of all the freight traffic in the country, such as was would be nothing short of a disaster. But if both sides to the controversy can get together on compromise basis, prosperity will con- tinue and the public will have cause for great rejoicing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
PARTIAL SURRENDER.

You say Jagsby Is supporting the prohibition ticket?'
 Yes. He's a theoretical prohibi- tionist."
 "Just what do you mean by that?"
 ''If you should ask him why he be- came a prohibitionist he would answer, Let's take 8 drink and I'll explain !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
THE CARTOON

From the Montevallo Advertiser.
 We hereby return thanks to The Age- Herald for. that cartoon in its issue of yesterday depicting a vulgar and lasciv- ious wretch standing on a street corner. gazing with bufging eyes at the pretty girls as they walked along the streets Tuesday, the wind blowing their short skirts as the wind knows how. It has ever been a wonder to us how any in- Etelligent girl could think she made her self attractive to any honorable man by any dressing to show the beauty of her person. If. man worth 5 cents cannot be. attracted by the beauty of a girls face or the brightness of her intellect, all other feminine schemes. are .quite un- availing-or repulsives sThe schemes may
 win his closest attention-but not his friendship.
 That, cartoon ought to be an educator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
CHAPPELLE AT MARION
From the Marion Times.

Keener A. Chappelle is in Marion repre- senting The Birmingham Age-Herald. MT. Chappelle is compiling matters for a special educational and diversification is- sue of The Age-Herald. which will deal principally with the black belt. MT. Chappelle is an old Marion boy, and his many friends are gratified at the success with which he is meeting in newspaper work. For several years he has made a speciality of special editions for the dailies, and his work has won many com plimentS