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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
.HORNADY URGES FARMER ID VOTE FOR
 TAX AMENDMENT
Children Given Better Ad- vantage Through Educa- ti0n in All Walks of Life
 States the Speaker

Commissioner J. R. Hornady made the first of a series of speeches he will de- liver in various parts of the county in favor of the school tax amendment yes | terday, when he addressed the Farmers institute at Huffman.
 The state election, at which time the voters of the different counties will have
 an opportunity to amend the constitution l so that higher school tax may be inn
 posed will take place in November. At the present time a school tax of 112 mills is charged. In the event the amendment carries the counties voting that way will have a right to raise the present school tax to mills.
 | MT. Hornady made strong appeal to the voters of Huffman yesterday urging | them to vote for the amendment. If the amendment is carried, the commissioners | hope to be able to have a law passed for l the city of Birmingham for the raising | of an additional school tax.
 | There is nothing in the world valu- able as an education,'' MT. Hornady told
 the farmers. "A man may make numer- GUS fortunes in his lifetime and lose each | ono of them in one-tenth the time 1t | took him to make it. When a man has | an education it is impossible for anyone
 to take that away from him. It can-
 not be lost. It can't be stolen. One can l hot forget that which he learned well.
 and the result is that the man with an
 education has the most priceless gift that | can be bestowed upon him. l q want every citizen within the hear ing of my voice this afternoon to vote l for the school tax amendment and work
 for it. Tell your neighbors about it and
 help us provide means to place your | Co all equipped as any child in any other state
 in the union. With education one can 1 farm better one can raise poultry better. | till the soil better, and do many things l that are much more difficult, if not inn l possible without an education. The state | of Alabama is among the lowest in
 the United States when it comes to illit-
 eracy. Vt must blct this out, and you are the men to help accomplish this-'
 Mr. Hornady pointed out that the pro-
 posed amendment would not work 8 hardship on anyone and cited a practical
 example to bear out his theory. If you
 have a piece of land which is assessed
 at 5000 and your present tax is raised to
 3 mills, it will only cost you $1.50 year
 to help defray the means of an educa-
 tion for your children. Most of you men
 throw away that much every few days
 or at least every year. With the tax
 sufficient to give your children better advantage through education you are
 paying a very cheap price for the best
 facilities possible for teaching the chill I dren of this county all that will be of /, value to them"
 | Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of schools. followed MT. Hornady, and also
 made an appeal for the amendment. Mr. ] Hornady stated yesterday that in the fu- | ture he would speak at some point in the county each Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
CONCORDIA SOCIETY
 TO GIVE EXCURSION

The Concordia Beneficial society will give excursion to Cullman on next Thursday. August 24 Special cars will be attached to the regular train leaving over the Louisville and Nashville at o'clock a. m. The excursion occurs annually and is always well attended. varied pro- gramme is being outlined in Cullman. con- sisting of barbecue, dancing, and sing Ing. The day is the anniversary of the Cullman quartet club. All those attend ing are assured of a good time. Any in- formation can be had from the commit tee which consists of the following Frank F. Harms, Her Hentschel. Henry BehrenS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
DIR AUSTIN CROUCH
 TO SPEAK TO B. Y. P. U.
District Meeting to Be Held at the
 Ruhama Baptist Church

The Birmingham district Baptist Young Peoples union holds it's regular meeting with the Ruhama Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev Austin Crouch, D. D.. of Murfreesbqro, Tenn
 has been invited to speak. Dr. Crouch is one of the best orators and deepest thinkers in the Southern Baptist conven. ton. and is a. great lover and leader pl young people. Dr. Crouch was pastor al the Woodlawn church for several year: and many of his old friends will be glad of the opportunity to again hear hin speak. C
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
Light Docket

According to Solicitor Hugo L. Black,
 who returned yesterday from Scale, where he has been conducting the prosecution
 of the Girard liquor cases, there will be a very light criminal docket this fall. Yesterday the clerk of the criminal court
 Announced that the criminal docket for September had been set The printed bar docket will be ready for distribution about the middle of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
Little Girl Injured

Elizabeth Taylor. aged years. daugh- ter of Mir and Mrs. H. M. Taylor 5229 Austin avenue, Woodlawn, was painfully injured at 3:sO o'clock yesterday after noon when she was struck by a motor cycle ridden by l.. Cook. and owned by the Birmingham Waterworks company, at Twenty sixth street and Fifth avenue north The child was removed home by her parents Cook was lodged in the Northside city jail by Officer Hickman on a charge of reckless driving of a motorcycle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday from the office of the probate clerk:
 John Olmutz and Miss Hattie Roberts. Claude Tate and Miss Floe Cunningham Richard Winstead and Miss Zula Car gle.
 P. K Collins and Miss Ernestine Stine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
Taylor Smith Released

Taylor smith, a white man who was extradited from Texas in order to find out what he knew of the murder of Probate Judge Lawler at Huntsville some months ago, has been released from the county jail. This action fol- lowed the recommendation of Circuit SraiGitor Joseph Tat~
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Street Tax Defaulters

w. M. Farmer Ford Farmer. Richard Allen, Henderson Daserford and Columbus Miller, negroes. were arrested yesterday by Officers Langley, Malone and Craw- ford on charges of not paying their street tax, after having been warn They will be given a hearing in pol court tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Photoplay Houses

Strand-'Little Lady Eileen,' with Marguerite Clark.
 Belle Theatre, Ensley-"The Eye of the Night" featuring William H. Thompson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
Little Children in Art

From the Field of Art" by Mrs Schuyler van Rensselaer,, in Scrib- ner's.
 The many children portrayed by the
 mild and domestically minded Egyp- tians include few infants Almost all are able to stand on their own two legs. And even in the fine group of Sanmaout, the steward of Queen Hatshepsut, holding an infant princess,
 she is several months of age. Nat
 urally, we cannot expect to find chil- dren of any age among the soldiers,
 hunters and courtiers of the warlike
 Babylonians and Assyrians, where even woman's figure is a rarity. In Greek art they often appear, especially in its later periods, but seldom rendered with the triumphant truth and charm achieved in the figures of adults. Strangely enough, tho l most striking example of this dispar- ity is one of the very few originals from great Creek chisel that have been preserved for us-Praxiteles group where the Hermes is so mar velously beautiful. the little Dionysus so unsatisfactory. Praxiteles did bet ter than this. if the various groups we
 have of Silenus holding the infant Dionysus, are rightly thought to be copies of an original by his hand. But often, although not always, in other Greek works, as in the statuettes pro- lifically produced by minor artists, we see instead of real child a dimin- utive or even a dwarfish adult. It all most seems as though the Greeks, adoring more than any other race the physical perfection for which they | found the basis in adult human forms, could not perceive. as we do, dis | similar kind of beauty in the dissm- | liar proportions of immature bodies with their relatively larger heads. l Moreover. almost all Greek examples are children large or small, not in- fants. On the grave-steles of women we do find infants bound in swad- ding clothes. But the one that is best preserved on any of the well known l steles is a mere accessory figure in the background. seemingly of less inn portance to the mother than the jewel l box on her lap; it is hooded as well
 as swaddled. so that only the face ap- pears, and the face is an adults in 1 miniature.
 It was in Christian iconography that
 the child grew important: not by any means at once (for centuries Christ was always portrayed as man), but
 as a necessary feature in that cult of
 the Virgin Mother which. sanctioned by the church but born of the popular
 heart, did not begin to play great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
PMsburg Awarded Title by
 Majority of Eastern Critics
Wanners Team Generally Rated Best in Entire Country Brown Loses Chance When Annhilated by Colgate
 Pitt Eleven Had But One Off Day

Philadelphia, December 10.-Under the present system of haphazard schedule making in the east the awarding of the football championship is largely mat ter of opinion But this year there is bound to be strongly unanimous senti- rnent that Pittsburg deserves to be ranked at the top of the gridiron ladder. And this statement is made in spite of the fact that Pittsburg did not play Har- ward, Yale. Princeton and Cornell.
 It is quite impossible to dodge the con clusion that Pittsburg deserves the honor. Until Thursdays games it looked as though Brown would at least divide hon. ors with Pittsburg. This was because Brown had gone through the season un- defeated until its final game, and had beaten both Yale and Harvard. But the Colgate team simply smothered Brown by a score of 2S to O.. thereby putting the Providence collegians completely out of further consideration.
 In the meantime Pittsburg eliminated the possibility of serious competition by burying Pennsylvania State college under a score of q to 0. Thus did Pittsburg so through the season without being de- feated. And barring the first game with the Navy. in which loose playing made the contest appear close, the Pittsburgers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, December 9.-(Special.) During the first half hour this morn ing the local traders bought heavily, trying to stem the selling by outside holders, but they were swept off their feet by the volume of the offerings, which caused a decline of over 50 points before the turn came. Large houses bought heavily on the belief that the market would have a sharp advance on the bureau estimate of the crop on Monday. There has been prac- tically no short interest in cotton, ex- cepting the hedged cotton, so that the decline would only be arrested by this buying, with the idea of reselling on the expected advance. One reason for this sharp decline is to be found in an article published in the New York Times and the Journal of Commerce from the National Retail Dry Goods as- sociation, advising it's members that they held more goods than a year ago at very high prices and advising them that unless there was very definite cc~- tailment of future commitments re- tail merchants were liable next fall to find themselves in a very uncomfor- table position.
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rode roughshod over all teams, and strong ones at that. It is true that West Point
 went through the season undefeated, but the Army men did not play a schedule that compared with that of Pittsburg. What made Pittsburgs work the more remarkable was the fact that this team played the same kind of high-class foot ball throughout the year after the Navy game Most teams have their off-days in which they barely escape defeat. But with the exception noted, Pittsburg never slumped. Warmers men beat the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, 200; Syracuse, 2O-0 and ran up correspondingly big scores against Washington and Jeffer- son and Penn State. Any team that can do that certainly deserves championship horors.
 The style of play which made Pittsburg famous has been analysed often enough. It smacked peculiarly of Glenn Warner. This coach has always emphasized shift plans and interference for end runs, with the drop kicking and forward passing game for variation Pittsburg executed the Warner system better than any team Warner ever coached. And other things being equal it is practically impossible to beat team that can run the ends, forward pass. buck the line and drop kick. And, although Hastings, De Hart, McLaren and Heron starred among the individuals, it was team play developed to it's highest degree that made Pitts burg stand out so prominently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
NASHVILLE PREDICTS
 FAUCETS DEFEAT AT THE LEAGUE SESSION
Magnates Will Want to Re-
 pay Nashville for Good Time and Will Elect Clyde

Nashville, December 10.-This little mat ter of electing a president of the Southern league at the annual meeting of the board of directors, which will be held at the Hotel Hermitage in Nashville December 15, is bothering Birmingham scribes and President Robert Baugh very much. They are figuring that President Clyde Shropshire of the Vols is only bluffing when he says he will not be a candidate for the presidency of the league and that he will be sitting back with four aces when the directors gather around the big round table at the Hermitage.
 The fact in the business is. President Shropshire will be far away from the scene of action when the election of president takes place.. and his mysterious influence, which is considered by Presi dent Bob Baugh to have the same effect as when Aladdin rubbed his lamp, will not assert itself as much as it might should he be here. MT. Baugh enter tains the same feeling for President Shropshire as Kaiser Bill has for John Bull, and every year, when the time comes for the election of a president. there emanates from Birmingham an abundance of vitriol against the Nashville
 
 in days gone by sought the presidency of the league.
 There is no ill-feeling in the heart of Clyde Shropshire for Bob. Baugh But this is a free country, and if MT. Shrop- shire wants to run for the presidency of anything. it is his privilege. It is survival of the Attest, and the man who gets the most votes wins. There should be no hostility on the part of MT. Baugh for Mr. Shropshire because he has sought to be elected president of the league. Its an honor that anyone might envy, and 1t is not surprising that MT. Shropshire has sought it, even if he has been as un- successful as one w. Jennings Bryan.
 When the magnates gather here they will be wined and dined in great style. and it is while enjoying the wonderful and gracious hospitality of Nashville that MT. Baugh fears his votes will take wings and flop over into that Stetson of President Shropshire. The directors will feel so good in Nashville that they will want to do something for the Oppor- tunity City, and just may force Clyde Shropshire to accept the presidency. In such case MT. Shropshire would accept, and who wouldn't?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
Jess Willard Blocking
 Bout With CQrpentier

New York. December 10.-The proposed rd-Carpentier battle is very much up in the ozone. It appears to be so far from certainty that there isn't chance to lamp it with the naked eye, ana a field glass would not bring it much closer today.
 The reason is Jack Curley.
 The talkative Jacques arrived here from Chicago as full of conversation as torpedo is full of trouble, and all hope passed out after yard after yard of chat ter The main idea is that if Tex Rick ard ever hopes to get Willard into the ring the price will be exorbitant
 Curley hasn't said that Willard wants to stick any one up, but his remark to the effect that the contract Willard eventually accepts will have to be satis-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
ROBINS RESIGNS

Oxford. December 10. -- (Special.) Fred Robins, for two seasons coach of the University of Mississippi foot ball, basketball and baseball teams, today rendered his resignation to Chancellor Powers, to take effect Jan uary 1. The resignation was accepted. The step, though not surprising, comes as climax to the most dis astrous two years of athletics the university has seen in decade. Rob- ins came here from Mercer university at the beginning of the 1915 football year. Since that time he has not coached a team which won any of it's important games. No successor has been named and just who will suc- ceed Robins remains problematical.
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factory to Tom Jones and himself means that in order to get the cowboy champion into the ring it will be necessary to hang up a plum equally as big as the one that was hung up for the Moran fight, per- haps much bigger.
 Tex Rickard says he is not worried. He ayers that he will do no business with Curley, but will deal with Willard and Jones. He says he feels sure Carpenter will accept his offer to box Willard or some one else in New York, and although he has not secured the signed agree ments of either man, he is sitting steady in the boat with confident smile. Rick ards trump card will be Madison Square Garden if he can secure it. The trump of Curley and Jones is the gigantic Willard. Some ones going to name the trump sooner or later, but there will be squab- bles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
CLAY COUNTY FIVE
 TAKES ANOTHER GAME

Ashland, December 10-(Special) 1.-The Clay county High school basketball team added another mark of superiority to it's series of victories when it defeated the N. F. A. A. and I. T. on the Lineville grounds Saturday by the score of 20 to 15.
 Both teams were in good condition and every phase of the game was a violent struggle. The high school has entered three important contests this season and has to it's credit three undisputed victories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

The French coin known as the louis dor was first struck in 1641 under Louis XIII. While it has not been coined since 1795, since the execution of Louis XVII the name is often given to the 20-franc piece or gold Napol- con- While the value of the louis flue- tuated, it may be roughly estimated at about s5 of United States money.
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A large number of Irish rebel prisoners have been sent to internment camps In France. They are to be used for road making and for other useful work in the rear of the lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
WANTS COMPROMISE

The Chattanooga club, according to President Fred Shepherd is probably for a compromise between the present limit and the proposed one of 16 men and S350O. The chief executive of the Look outs considers it advisable to increase the player limit to 15 men. but is of the opinion that the salary maximum should not exceed $3000 This is virtually nc increase in the salary limit whatever, a. the $200 added to the present limit is simply to take care of the added player.
 Secondly. but not least, it is not at all certain that President R. IT. Baugh will be reelected at Nashville without stubborn opposition, although the rank and file of Southern league supporters are unanimous in their assertion that he should remain at the helm. Nashville, New Orleans and Little Rock have never favored the sterling Birmingham sports man, and the Chattanooga club, with O. B. Andrews no longer at it's head, is, to say the least, neutral. President Shepherd has stated that he will not commit himself either way prior to the meeting, He considers President Baugh sportsman and gentleman above re- proach and one of the ablest baseball executives in the country. On the other hand, he is closely associated in politics at least with President Shropshire of the Nashville club, and this official while he has announced that he is not a can- didate for the league presidency, will un- doubtedly throw his hat in the ring if he is certain that he can secure the votes needed to elect him.
 With Chattanooga asking for admit tance into the ranks of the Sunday baseball' towns. the battle for appoint ment on the schedule committee is cer- tain to be as warmly contested as the other important matters mentioned That the Chattanooga club will want repre- sentation on this body goes without say ing, and that Chattanooga would expect such from whenever it supports for league president can also be taken fo1 granted.
 Yes, after taking all things into con sideration, it seems likely to say the coming league meeting in Nashville may supply enough Fireworks" to enliver the entire "stove league season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
 RECORDS FOR YEAR
Alphabetical List of Teams and What They Accom-
 plished on the Gridir0n

The following college football records were made during the gridiron season which recently closed:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

role in religious faith and practice until the middle of the twelfth cen tury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
Don't Sell Your Old Horse

A Writer in the Farm and Ffreside makes a plea for the old, worked-out horses. She says:
 Perhaps to the average farmer, senti- ment and success are not synonymous, yet am often amazed at the indiffer- ence displayed when it comes to dispos- ing of the surplus members of the barn yard family-especially the faithful horse that has become too old and feeble to be of active service.
 'Dobbin has been mighty good horse in his time says the farmer It he were 10 years younger I wouldn't sell him at any price, but he is beginning to play out. A. has been wanting him for sometime. and I think the wisest thing to do is to let him go now while he will bring reasonably fair price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

Military telegraphers and telephone operators with the French soldiers in the trences are issuing newspaper along the lines of those circulated by their colleagues, the regular soldiers of the French army. The Paris Figaro quotes this amusing joke ss-om the Journalistic newcomer: "A man and woman are contemplating a big Ger man shell which has fallen from a Zeppelin. yet has failed to explode. He TO think that it fell all that way without breaking! And yet they say the Germans manufacture nothing but worthless rubbish!' 9e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

Colorado uses more than 2,oOO, ,ooo electrical horse power every day to run its industries