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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
"Mr. Roll Weexilo

Diversified farming is great" said H. Lee Brown, a farmer of Fort Payne, who is in Birmingham representing the farmers in the northeastern part of the state at the federal farm loan bank hear ing today. Cotton, however, continues to remain king, in my opinion. I was born right in the midst of a cotton field almost, and was brought up to work negroes in raising the staple. I love to raise cotton, and think it is the greatest thing in the world, but old MT. Boil Wee vii has come, and there Is nothing left but to diversity.
 While our section of the state is not hit hard by the pest, 1t has done con siderable damage, and, together with the heavy rains, the crop has been materially damaged. However, I am not discouraged and will try cotton another year. With 2O-cent cotton already reality, things look encoura ging to the farmer who has headed the boil weevil off and made a crop anyway"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
Dairymen's Salvation

1T see the dairymen in the Bessemer district have organized to secure benefits to be derived from buying feed in large quantities. said John Herman of Huff man. This seems to be the dairyrnen's 8 only salvation, as feed and hay has gradually kept climbing upward, and it is either work together or raise prices of milk. I am glad they have chosen the former course. This will keep the con- sumer from paying more and give the producer a little more margin of profit by getting cheap feedstuffs.
 The farmers of Concord, a settlement on the Warrior and Bessemer road, have also combined to sell their crops CO., operatively. They have 2500 bushels of sweet potatoes and seek the best market for the crop in a bulk. When all our Ala bama farmers take this course and work together money will come easier, and the day of the middle man getting the lions share will be over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28

the infant prodigy that the dispatch asserts, nobody will wonder at such islanders, for as rule infant prodigies are so unbalanced in brain as we'll as in character that they are very apt to re- veal symptoms of degeneration when op- portunity offers.
 For this reason, we are rather inclinedI to blame the Philadelphia Record forl publishing matter of this kind, and aret forced to the conclusion that it's copyl handler is afflicted with something likeE the same idiotic tendencies that the dis patch in question would indicate SidisI to possess, if it be true. ~ ! The young women of Rice institute need no defense against the vile implica- tions of the Boston dispatch. nor do the young women of Houston. and we fancy that they will not suffer in the regard of those who know them or of the peo- pie of this community by any frivolous estimate which an infant prodigy makes of their conduct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
RICH MANS SON MADE GOOD
B. c. Forbes in Leslie's.

B. c. Forbes in Leslie's.
 1T OGDEN ARMOUR is at heart as
 II democratic as his father and has Armour died, IS years ago, Armour & Co. did 6 business of s100,0OO,OOO a year; now they do S50o, 0,000 And the brains, the active, directing head, the planner and architect and developer of Armour & Co.,, is J. Ogden Armour. He is not an a rich father, but one of Americass ablest, most forceful creative business men.
 Since "J. o." as his colleagues call him, took hold, auxiliary enterprises have been built up doing in the aggregate more business than is done by the packing house-the Armour Grain company han dles more grain than any other concern on the face of the earth; Armour has the second largest leather business in the world; he ranks among the foremost manuf acturers of fertilizers; he controls more refrigerator and other special cars than any railroad system in the country.
 J. Ogden Armour Is the largest mer- chant In Chritsendom or heathendom.
 Also, he is the largest individual em- ployer of workers-some 10000 of them for Armour & Co. have no stockholders; it is purely family concern.
 T have no social ambitions,' he said My ambition is to run Armour & Co. successfully and to give great many young men a chance to make their way in the world. My associates in the busi- ness are my closest friends, my chums. If 1t weren't for the fun there is in work ing with them and being with them I wouldn't-I couldn't-stay in business. Without sentiment, the work would be too hard"
 Years ago Mir. Armour was offered $780,, 100000 for his company, but unhesitat- ingly declined it
 What could I do with $13000o.oOO?" he remarked when I asked him about this incident, now revealed for the first time.
 ITO get the right kind of nren we begin early. We are more particular about the hiring of office boys than about any other thing connected with Armour & Co.,, for the office boys of today will become our department managers tomorrow. We se- lect men with that in view. We practi- cally never go outside for a high-priced man. Just as the fellow who startes with the Pennsylvania railroad as & brake man may one day become president, so young men who start with us at the bot tom can hope to rise to the top."
 Here let me dlgress MT. Armour hap pened to remark one day, in the hearing of a bright youth, that one of his greater pleasures in life was developing young men.
 MT. Armour" spoke up the youth, you need not look any further. You can start right here" pointing to himself.
 MT. Armour did start right there. To- day the youth is vice president of Arr mour & Co.,, MT. Armour's right-hand man and most trusted associate, Robert J. Durham. director in Chicago banking
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
A Circus Star
 of Yesterday

WMHEN the young men who are
 w today laying the corner stone of their fortunes were barefooted boys and frequented the old swimming hole, there was famous bareback rider who drilled them to the core whenever the circus with which she happened to be travelling at the time paid visit to the small towns and cities of the south. Katie LaPearl was this bare back rider, whose skill and daring, grace, beauty and youthful charm were proclaimed over the countryside in letters a foot high, wherever the bright-hued circus poster was stuck on the side of barn or pasted on the more strictly utilitarian billboards of that day.
 Katie LaPearl retired from the cir GUS life some years ago. The other day she was struck and killed by a street car in Indianapolis, where she and her husband had been living frugally in single room. The former "queen Of the sawdust arena" was about 50 years old and it seems like long time, so fast is the world moving nowadays, since she pirouetted on the broad Back of a circus horse, while thousands of small boys lost their hearts to her and their elders applauded the graceful rider in spangles and tights. Even the clown in the ring where she performed under the solicitous eye of the silk halted ringmaster, seemed electrified by her dazzling presence, leaping and tumbling with reckless disregard for his own safety.
 It is said that Katie LaPearl-who was, incidentally, Mrs. Pearl Jones had some money, but it was probably not much. Like so many stars of the circus world and of the stage, her lat ter days were spent, if not in actual want, at least in comparative poverty. And it was the irony of fate that one who had risked life and limb hun dreds of times for the circus crowds should have met a shocking and prosaic end beneath trolley car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
WE HAVE
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 R. J. S. wants to know If we have ever met the people who never go to bed, but retire; who never sleep. but slum- Der; who never get up, but arise; who never eat but dine; who never drink. but indulge; who never talk. but converse; who never read, but peruse; who never buy, but purchase, and who never get sick. but become i'll?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28

and business enterprises and having the income of a prince-aIl at 40!
 I walked through every department at Armour's and I believe the average age of the executive heads Is under rather than over 40. When men grow old enough to enjoy life of leisure they retire on pension. Fn
 MT. Armour is 62-past. called him 5S, as he was born in 1863, but he objected
 Don't make me worse than I am," he protested, smiling. T never realized I was anything but a young fellow until one day was late, for some reason or other, in reaching the stockyard. I used to get there by eight, but this morning it was half-past. One office boy, who didn't see me, looking up at the clock as I was passing, said to another: wonder what's become Of the old man this morning. The old man! It stabbed me-"
 Unlike some rich mems sons J. Ogden Armour is a worker. For many years he was at the packing house by o'clock every business morning. He began at the bottom; pay, s week. He learned the business in the stern school of experience his intrepid father saw to that And as J. O." says in his well-written book, The Packers and the People," the slaughtering, dressing and packing Of swine, cattle and sheep is no parlor game.
 Later, when he became the directing head, he used to receive at his home. by o'clock every morning, detailed reports of the live stock receipts at all the princi- pal centers in the country and, after care fully analysing the whole national and international situation, decide upon the general buying programme for the day.
 I thought I was the most fortunate young man in the world when I in-. herited huge business and a goods name, said MT. Armour to me reminis- gently. But 1t was not long before II changed my views, for I had nothing but trouble, especially when the United States government brought all sorts of gravel charges against me and other packers. felt that I had tried to run Armour & Co honestly and fairly--and certainly Il did not need to do dishonest things to | make money. The indictments, never-o } theless, caused me terrible humiliatio
 
 my fathers name and record ana hadr tried sincerely to maintain both unsullied. ' The courts gave us a clean bill of health, but not before the American packing in !, dustry had been so vilified that country l after country shut it's doors against 1 American-made products.''
 MT. Armour added: "The experienced taught me that the rich man who chooses I to enjoy his riches without taking the 4 responsibilities that ought to go alongi with them Is not much of chap Armour & Co. have handsomely made y up the ground lost by the governmental attack upon the packing business. Thef firms sales are fivefold what they wereF 15 years ago and innumerable side lines[ have been successfully established
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28

BEGINNING THE DAY Grant me, Lord, to know that my field overIaps no other mans. Teach me how distinct are our 1abors. And may | rejoice in the success of m. fellow since we work tcgrfacr In the common cause of hght. Teach me how this glory adds to my own. For Jesus' sake. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
Buy a Tag to
 Help the Syriams

M N effort will be made throughout HA the United States today to raise funds for Syrian relief. The movement has the indorsement and cooperation of President Wilson, who obtained through diplomatic channels the con- sent of the Turkish government for Americans to superintend the distri- button of provisions among the Chris tian war sufferers of the Turkish em- pire.
 Dr. Elkourie, the we'll known Syrian physician and leader in Birmingham, has been working hard to make the day a success locally. He has requested all those who are interested in this worthy and humane cause to report to his offices in the Woodward build ing, which will be headquarters for the distribution of tags.
 Relief work on a gigantic scale has been done for the Belgians and the Jews in various war zones and large sums have been contributed to war victims in all parts of Europe, where help was needed. Because of their iso- lation, the Syrians and Armenians, many of whom have been subjected to frightful barbarities by the Turks, and among whom the suffering is appall- ing, have been given little or no as- sistance.
 The Turkish government may at any time revoke it's permission to allow Americans to help the Christians un- der Turkish control. It is necessary that this work of relief be done as quickly as possible.
 It is to be hoped that the response throughout the country today will be generous. Birmingham citizens must not fail to do their part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
HOTEL LoBBHEs
Face Powder Missinr

"The members of Battery c seem to be enjoying their sojourn in the vest said Ward Fitzpatrick, who returned today from three months trip through Texas and Louisiana. T saw the boys first as they went through Shreveport, and l hardly knew them, as the face powder was all missing and most of them had taken to wearing bandanna handkerchiefs around their necks to keep out the sand and cinders.
 T never made as much money in my life as l did on this trip, owing to the fine condition of crops generally. almost hated to come back and you know l like Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMES

THOSE BRIGHTER MOMENTS However gloomy life may be, From small vacations seldom free, Forsooth, there's no denying, Some moments are brimful of joy When petty ills cannot annoy
 And sad hearts cease from signing. We won't attempt to tell just when A change like this comes over men And they forget their troubles, Nor would we say to any friend That he might reach this happy end By sipping champagne bubbles.
 GRATITUDE My friend, I fear you are slightly in error"
 Permit me to shake your hand, sir'' But why?'e
 You are the first man ever argued with who didn't tell me was all wrong"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
Farm Loan Bank

"The farm loan bank hearing this morn ing is matter of vital interest to every citizen in this community" said W. B.. Everett, acting general manager of the Chamber of Commerce. MT. Oscar Wells, chairman of the local committee, has been very active in obtaining data for the federal board regarding the advan- tages of Birmingham as location for the bank In this district.
 Every farmer in this district is in- vited to appear before the board and tell what he knows of conditions regard ing tho money situation when 1t comes to borrowing. The meeting promises to be replete with interest and some interest ing facts will be brought to the atten- tion of the board. It is to be hoped Bir- mingham will be successful in landing this great project. It means much to the people and much to the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
Varying Views of
 Cannpaigm Issues

Campaign Issues
 TIT is interesting, and sometimes 0 amusing, to follow the reasons given by republican orators and re- publican newspapers why President Wilson should be defeated and MT. Hughes elected as his successor. The republican nominee has no clean-cut issue. He started out in his campaign by declaring that the Wilson admin istration was a failure; that it was inefficient in Operating" the govern ment. But he presented no concrete argument based on facts to prove his proposition. Mir. Hughes was fault finding in his first speech-making tour; fault finding and nothing more. There was not a single constructive idea in anything he said in those early campaign speeches; and there is noth ing constructive in anything he says today.
 Those who are aiding MT. Hughes by their oratory are harping on this or that contention. The ablest repub- lican of all, MT. Root, is singularly weak in his discussion, and it IS be- .ause his cause is weak. The sub stance of what he says is that the democratic party lacks character. Lacks character! The republican old guard is notoriously to the front i'll this campaign. Is it the reactionary clique that is strong on character! Is Roosevelt, the progressive stand ard bearer of 1912-the champion of social justice and the bitter foe of Root, Penrose and Shoot four years ago, but now in the spotlight as the man who betrayed his loyal following last June-is he the exponent of pa- triotism or political virtue? Yet MT. Root stresses this matter of char acter and cannot trust the democratic party because it lacks sincerity.
 The people of this country must be given credit for having common sense, md if there is one thing the demo- cratic party has and the republican party has not, it is character.
 There was time when the repub- lican party was esteemed by many people for it's intentions and it's large achievements. But that time has long since passed. The old guard and re- actionaries are now one.
 There are a few newspapers sup porting Hughes that ring the charges on a single track issue and insist that there is but one issue, namely, the tariff. The New York Herald is the leader of that republican section. It assails the Underwood tariff, but gives no reaSon-no reason that IS It has only a notion. It imagines that after the European war this country will be swamped with cheap European wares. But the Her aids vision is narrow and it's pro- tective tariff appeal is not going to help MT. Hughes.
 The democratic party has a great slogan in Peace and Prosperity and it should be heard loudly throughout the land until November z.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28

How sharper than a serpent's toOtl, it is To have B thankless child.
 king Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
COMING TO HIM

COMING 1O HIM The rnile-a- minute motor fend Doth treat pedestrians with scorn, Yet they who dodge his flying car Will gather at the morgue some morn And as they view his battered frame Methinks they will be heard to say. Alas, propelled by gasoline, How many men throw life away! .T1xAGGERATED SENSE OF POSSES 'eThe airs some people put on!'' "Yes?" . There's Dubwaite. "What about him? O 'He has only g deposited in $S0,oOo,- 900 institution, yet he speaks of the pres- ident as my banker"
 BXPEDIENCY Your honor, don't need a lawyer" You'd better have one. You may be convicted, you know" What I mean, your honor, is that 1 Cdn De COuVlCleu Just dS WcA WAthOut one.'
 A REAL INNOVATION You can get almost anything in one of these big department stores." "Yes. They are wonderful places. wouldn't be surprised if they were to add matrimonial bureaus and furnish mates for single persons" That would be fine scheme. pro- vided they also had an exchange depart ment with competent divorce lawyer in charge.
 FIRST AID
 Of ups and downs
 There seems no end;
 But three-ball shops
 Are quick to lend
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28

FOR POLICIES SAKE the nations manifold blessngs?" asked the assistant Sunday editor. How long is it?" asked the Sunday editor. too''
 That's too long. As we are publish ing republican newspaper, we can't af- while the democrats are in power"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
THE HAPPY LIFE

THE HAPPY LIFE Mrs. Calder never seems to have any servant problem" Do you know why?" "No."
 She's never at home long enough to find out whether she has or not"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28

Albany Advertiser: Billy Sunday will come to Birmingham in 1918 If in the meantime another earthquake does not take off the head of the other owl at the entrance of The Age-Herald building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28

Selma Times: Col. Marcus Well, Bir- mingham's major prophet, picks Hughes and a republican Congress. But Col. Well considerably qualified his prediction with the assurance that he Is not infalli
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28

Entersu tne DlInIIlS nam, ola, postofrice as second class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28

Dothan Eagle: All the Jonahs were not swallowed by the whale; some of them often Insist on occupying 8 third of the porch swing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28

TELEPHONE He'll (private exchange connecting all departmentsD Main 4OOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-28
GRATITUDE
FOR POLICIES SAKE

with who didn't tell me I was all wrong"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-15
CROSS country
TO BE STAGED
next SATURDAY
Cornell Distance Events to Be
Closely Contested This
Year

The annual Cornell cross-country
race will be run off at 1880 p. M. sat
urday, February IS. This race Is
counted as one event OF the annual
Cornell relay races, TO be held this
year on March 4. The William Orr
Hidgate Trophy offered two years
ago by the Cornell Club, has been
won twice by Kamehameha. As II Is
only necessary to win 1t three times
to hold 1t permanently, 1t is expected
that Kamehameha will endeavor to
annex IL this year. A good race is
anticipated. for all the teams are
working hard.
The list OF officials for the meet
has been selected. They are as fol-
lows:
Referee, DIR. A. L. Andrews; clerk
of course, H. A. r. Austin; starter, F.
#. Ohrt; linesmen. A. l.. Marks, c.
T. Bailey, r. c. Rice; judges of the
finish, w. j. MacNeill, ]. B. s. Pratt,
Jr., DR.. l.. E. Case and A. H. Case.
The race will be held on Punahou
campus, but the course will not be
announced until day before the race.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-15
Winged 0 FIVE
OPPOSE Tigers
TONIGHT At Y

Basketball holds an important place
on the Honolulu athletic stage TINS
week. The Olympic Club men Will
play the Y. NJ. C. A. Tigers tonight In
the association games hall. The Ho.
nolulu Y. M. C. Al. first team arrived
IN San Francisco safely and will open
their campaign against the Stockton
Y. M. G. a. Friday evening, playing
in Petaluma the following night
Otto Wallfisch will lead hts Olym-
pics against the Tigers this evening.
Wallfisch Is q veteran of the basket
ball court and wrestling mat and Is
delighted at the opportunity to IN
dulge in the great indoor sport to-
night. Speed Martin showed real
class as forward in practise and both
Schammel and Barker are basketball
stars.
Martin. and Schammek Or Rioraan
VIII probably open as forwards tonight
with Wallfisch at center and Barker
at one of the guard positions. Benn
or Andrade will be the other guard.
Elmer. Howedge and possibly one or
two other Olympics will be In the club
uniform for emergency work.
Good OFFICIALS.
Lieut.. Green and Glenn Jackson
have been selected as officials. Capt
Meinecke has his Tiger team well
groomed for the occasion and the
Honolulans will doubtless make q
fine showing. An athletic exhibition
will be staked between halves.
Bowling will be on tap from 6 until.
10 this evening for all guests OF the
ladies' night open house, of which the
basketball game is a feature. The
entire three alleys will be for the
use of ladies' and their gentlemen
friends throughout the evening.
Lineup for the basketball game:
Olympic Club-Forwards, Martin,
Schammel and Riordan; center, Wall
fisch; guards, Barker, Benn, Elmer,
Andrade and Howedge.
". M. C. A. Tigers-Forwards, Mott,
Goebig and Dreier; center. Cannon
and Harrison: guards, Meinecke,
Doty and Whitcomb.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-15
MULE SOLDIERS I'M
DIAMOND GAME SHOW
HEELS TO EYE TEAM

Especial Star-Bunettn Corresponoencel
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Feb. Il.
The hitherto despised mule soldiers
Of the Machine Gun Company, who
have been assiduously holding down
the cellar position in the First lnfan-
try Regimental league, came from be
hind today and by walloping Company
by the decisive score of 8 to 8
crawled from last place to third from
last. The Machine Gun Company has
never been represented In the league
before this year and 1t got off to q
poor start, but their quality of play has
beer, steadily improving and In an
other year 1t will be team that has
to be considered In working the pre-
season dope. The game was quite
swatfest, total of 16 hits being re-
corded, three of them for extra bases.
r. H. E.
M. G. Coo 0 s0o2S1s-s 10 8
Co. i ...2 0 A 0 o O O o o. 6 6 Z
Batteries: NJ. G. Company-Hast-
ings and Eckstein; Company Pas.
sons, Crooks. Johnson and Mccall.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-15
zsYszko AND sTEckER
SIGN MAT ARTICLES

NEW YORK, n. Y, Jan. 21.-Wla.
dek Zbyszko and Joe Stecker yester-
day signed articles for finish catch
as-catch-can bout in Madison Square
Garden on January %.