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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18
GENERAL NEWS

The local fire department answered a call this morning at HOY o'clock to
 1917 Fourteenth avenue, where there was small blaze on the roof of a
 house occupied by Albert Mitchell. The
 damage was estimated at about $3.
 At 11:50 o'clock, another alarm came
 in from 1505 Nineteenth stree, where
 the house owned and occupied by W.
 l.. Pitts was on fire. The blaze was
 extinguished with chemicals and the
 damage will amount to S5. Another run
 was made at 2:10 o'clock to 5006 Dart
 mouth avenue, where there was another
 fire. The blaze was of the roof variety
 and $2 will cover the damage. While
 No. truck was out another call came in from 1719 Tenth alley, where q
 house owned by Mrs. Bush of Brighton and occupied by negroes was on fire. It was extinguished and the damag ge will amount to about $10.
 The jury in the case of M M Gwin, deceased, with J. c. B. Gwin as adminis- trator, vs. G. H. Smith, ct als, brought
 in verdict in the amount of s36S.08. This case has been on trial in the city court for the past three days and much in- terest has been unaffected in the outcome of same. consent judgment III the
 amount of s100 in the case of Charles Williams vs. T. H. Millsap and P. E. Mllsap. In the case of C.. w. Wilkerson vs. the Birmingham Railway, Light and
 Power company. consent judgment for $40 was reached today. In the case of George Littleton pro ami vs. the Ten nessee Coal Iron and Railroad company and consent judgment was agreed on in | the amount of $35.
 Mrs. Lee Moody and Miss Grace Judson l have postponed the party, which was to | have been given by them on Friday aft erEoon in compliment to Mrs. Howard | McEniry, a recent bride until Friday I May 26, on account of the serious illness of Claudia Mae Smith, the little daughter | of Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Smith on Thlrd avenue.
 | A quiet wedding which was solemnized | last night was that of Miss Flora Col | lins and Mir, Reuben Bearden, which took I place at the home of the brides parents l in Jonesboro in the presence of a few 1 relatives and intimate friends. Both of | the young people are well known in this | city and very popular. MT. and Mrs. | Bearden left immediately after the cere- mony for the home of the groom at
 Sparks Gap.
 l The public schools of this city will be i given a holiday Thursday for the plr- i pose of giving the children and teachers an opportunity of attending the reunion
 parade in Birmingham.
 | All members of the degree tealn of | the Woodmen of the World are requested | to meet Thursday morning at S.-~~, clock l to catch the car leaving Bessemer at that time for Birmingham, where they will participate in the parade.
 1 The Ladies Aid society of the Lipscomo
 Baptist church held an interesting meet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18
CUT THIS oUT-lT IS WORTH NONE,

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, enclose with Sc and mail it to Foley & Co.,, Chicago H., writing your name and address clearly. You will receive in return trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for bronchial coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney Pills, for lame back, weak kidneys, rheumatism, bladder troubles and Foley Cathartic Tablets, whole some and thoroughly cleansing ca thartic for constipation, biliousness headache and sluggish bowels. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18
ATTENTION. VETERANS,

The AEe-Herald offers to all old soI- diers, their relatives friends dur ing reunion week the greatest prOpO- sition ever offered by southern pulp IicatiOn. The Weekly Age-Herald will be sent to any address for 25 cents for the next year. Call and see us, day or night. 21O9-11 Fifth avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18
Lack of Preparedness

From Judge.
 Pop, what is free speech?"
 Ere speech, my son. is merely say ing what we please to fellows we know we can lick"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18
CooI-no mosquitos. Grove Park Inn
 Sunset Mountain, AshevilIe, NC.

NOOI-lO IiiOS~7OISVSs OIOVN usN NHi Sunset Mountain, AshevilIe, N. C. the finest Resort Hotel in the World It is absolutely fireproof and open all the year.
 The 12O-acre, 18-hole, golf course is the finest in the Soulful is blue grass course. All the water used at the Inn comes from the slopes of Mount Mitchell, the highest mountain east of the Rockies, nearly seven thousand feet altitude. The milk and cream come from Biltmore Dairy on the estate of the late Geo. w. Vanderbilt
 It is the cleanest, most sanitary hotel ever built Every floor is tile. Every bedroom has Mosaic tile covered with French rugs made at Aubusson, France. The foods are the finest money can buy The kitchen is spotless white tile to the roof and pure white Mosaic tile floors. The buildings are built of great mountain boulders some of the walls are five feet thick.
 We are three and half miles from the railroad The street cars are not allowed to come near enough to be heard. We burn coke-not soft coal. Automobiles not allowed near the building during the night Thus we have no smoke, no dust, no train noise. We have pure air, common sense, digestible food, quiet in the bed rooms at night, the finest Orchestra outside of New York and Boston, great organ, and an atmosphere where refined people and busy business men with their families find great comfort and good time.
 Information and photographs at all Southern Railway offices or write to Grove Park Inn, ASheville, N. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18
WATER

Chick Springs water is theory, fad-it is natures natural method of reaping natural re- suits It is one of the worlds very best waters for keeping the stomach and kidneys in the best working condition. You know that keeping your stomach and kidneys normal, keeps your wel-and you know one must have strong and vital manhood in order to reach clearcut decision to get along and be happy in this old world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18
AMUSEMENT

There will be all kinds of clean, wholesome amuse ment for children well as for the grown-ups. We have secured storyteer who will amuse the children and the old ladies two hours day. In fact we shall do everything in power for your folks and they shall be made to feel home and enjoy their stay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18
THE FARE

You will have to eat at Chick Springs-and you will want to eat. For Chicks water will certainly give you appetite The cooking will be American and of the very best Vegetables all grown in own garden. The very best of certified milk from farm Our superintendent of the culinary department is grad uate of of the best domestic science schools and knows food value we'll as how good things to eat should be prepared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18
CLIMATE

The climate is ideal. Cool breezes enjoyed day and night The days not too warm, while all dur ing the the nights cool enough to require the use of cover Guests should bring wraps even in summer. No mosquitoes or malaria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18

The Ensley and Fairview fire depart ments were called to the residence of Mrs. Fannie Chiles at 1912 Avenue II, yesterday evening about 710 o'clock. A
 spark from the chimney had set the roof on fire and about B damages were done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18

Chick Springs is in Greenvile county, South Caro- lina which joins western North Carolina right in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains One mile off the grand trunk line of the SOUTHERN RAILWAY that runs between Atlanta, Ga and Washington, D. C. Directly the Piedmont and Northern Electric rail way between Greenvlle and Spartanburg depot with in 50 yards of the new hotel; Is trains daily
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
stRES AID SONS.

Mr.. |. fisherman in Hawaii, has the
shortest name IN the world. He wins
over General o Of Mexico by valid
technicality. as headline writer's can
attest.
Admiral Albert G. WHITEWATER, the
new commander of the Asiatic fleet.
succeeds Admiral Walter c. COwles at
his new post. For some time past Adj
miral Winterhalter has served in the
navy department at Washington as
aid of the secretary for material.
DR.. Louis Remon. who has created a
stir in medical circles by his announce
ment that he is able 10 prove. after
long research. that tuberculosis must
be treated by chemical means and not
by serum. is member of the medical
faculty of the University of Paris.
Frank L. Polk. who has just been
appointed counselor for the state de-
partment. received his \. b. from Yale
in 1891 and his Ii. 3. from the law
department of Columbia university in
1897. He was appointed corporation
counsel Of New York by Mayor Mitchell
on Jan. "a, 1914.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
Daddy sBedtine
q, What Happened
.DfOTV- To the Faithful
Chinese Lovers

ago daddy told the children
a
$
whole province OF China
He everybody has to
obey
daughter obey hm?" asked Evelyn
wonderful with
quaint old
willow all the
hat is a pagodaT
where the old mandarin
daddy explained Well
that nightly beautiful
maiden
the terrible called his
telling him She could not live without
intelligent not well born as was
found
gard
The
"Goodyg oodyr The children clapped their hands
Chinese
pagoa spreading
above
night kiss
You beautiful stories, daddy cried Evelyn
Pm Kiss again." said daddy
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
Crop Statistics.

In the past five years the corn crop
of the United States has averaged
about 2.TOS.OGO.COO bushels annually
oats. 1.131 100000 bushels; barley. 1872
100000 bushels. and cultivated hay,
GG,0O0,O0O tons.
The year 1914 saw the largest apple
crop ever produced in this country.
Government estimates placed it at
259,OOO.OOO bushels, or more than dou-
BILE the crop of 1913. New York, Penn
sylvania and Michigan ranked.
The largest cotton producing county
in the United States, Ellis county, Tex,
yielded 1874 bales last year This
is more than six times the amount pro-
duced in the whole state of Virginia
and more than was raised in either
Missouri or Florida.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
Three Reels.

Seventy-fve per cent of all American
motion picture films are made in Los
Angeles county, Cal, and So per cent
within 100 miles thereof.
One of the big motion picture studios
in New Jersey is using a stage mount
ed on a turntable, so that it can face
the sun at all hours and eliminate I'M
desirable shadows.
OF G.2S2 kinematOgraph films. with a
total measurement of 6.SSl.G14 feet,
submitted last year to the British board
of film censors objection was lodged
on various grounds of public morality
to AS. After alterations 1870 of these
were passed.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
State Lines.

Indiana's state charges number
i3.20S.
Wisconsin is able to send outside OF
the state a trainload of cheese every
day in the year.
Florida is the leading producer in
this country of fuller's earth, and last
year the average price paid for its
earth was S10.O7 a ton.
Ohio leads the world in the produc-
ton of maple strip. The value of maple
strip and sugar produced in Ohio is
more than three times the value of
these products of New England. if the
single state of Vermont is excluded.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
Wireless Whispers.

Warships can talk TO submarines at
sea by wireless.
United States army officers are test
ing a wireless transmitting outfit that
has sent messages as far as twenty
miles without the use of antennae.
Time signals sent out by wireless
from the Eiffel tower, in Paris, are re
ceived at one point go miles away. by
a strip of wire netting supported only
about twenty inches from the ground
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
WAS He one z

Mr.. Meeks-I understand not mi
crobe exists in mountain air about the
height of 1000 feet.
Mrs. Meeks-Of course. Why, you
couldn't exist at that altitude, john
Yonkers Statesman.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
Taken With Group.

"A few nights ago one of my pat.
rons had a child taken with Group"
writes M. 7. Davis, merchant, Bears
vile, w. Va. "About midnight he
came to my store and bought bottle
OF Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
Before morning the child was entirely
recovered" Many such letters have
been written. Haley & Miles.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06

Father" said the small boy. what
Is hypochondriac
"A hypochondriac. my son. is per-
son whose constitution is so strong that
he can stand any amount of worry
about his health" Washington Star.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06

The more money man has the more
he is abused. and the less he cares.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06

So live that your creditors won't
have to bother to lind out when your
pay day comes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06

A stitch in time will often save one
from embarrassment.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06

If winter shows no more winter than
summer did summer what sort of a
winter will it be?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06

Scatter sunshine and you will also
enjoy its rays.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
Color and Description

(19593 by Brilliant Ill 11l16 (2919) by Fenelon 1858
(38), by Brilliant 1911 (755) by Brilliant 1899 (756 by
Coco H. t714, by Veux Chasin 713) by Coco (712), by
Mignon (715) by Jean LIE Blanc (739).
Second Dam-Fauvette 1888 (15172) by Bismark 5529
$685. by Sutton 395), by Vgoureux 1892 by Coco IL
(71Q by Vieux Chasin (713) by Coco (712) by Mgnon
(715), by Jean LIE Blanc (739).
Third Dam-Rosette C183D, by Valiant (6752) by Bay
ard (675D by Nina, belonging the Societe Hppique of
Eure ct Lor.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06

FELIX the Percheron Stallion is recorded by the Per-
cheron Society of America, and his number is 52823.
Color and Descfpon-Black; white face, left hind foot
white.
j. Risser Onaga, Illinois.
Sres-Monarch $685. Cormorn 22873 (44246) by Giron
42519), by Resgue 96O2), by Brilliant Ill 11116 (299)
by Feneon 1852 1857, by Brilliant 1871 C55) by Brilliant
1899 G96), by Coco II. 71, by Veux Chasin (713), by
Coco (712), by Mgnon (715), by Jean LIE Blanc (739)
Dam-Feice 1889 by Picador 23248, by Random 1926
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
BRIGHT BRIEFS.

Scatter sunshine and you will also
enjoy its rays.
A stitch in time will often save one
from embarrassment
The more money a man has the more
he is abused. and the less he cares.
So live that your creditors won't
have to bother to find out when your
pay day comes.
If winter shows no more winter than
summer did summer what sort of
winter will it be?
Cotton experts foresee an enormous
demand when the war is over. 1t
seems long time TO wait.
No trouble to find a man who is will
ing to stop his own work to tell some
other man how to keep busy.
Stefansson has heroic task before
him when he starts in to read up on
what's happened since be lost himself.
Much as man would like to show
his appreciation. he's SO constituted
that he can't pat his best friend on the
back.
Opening the Dardanelles is an enter
prise whose consumption of time and
capital would discourage any engineer
in time of peace.
4 sneaker can always get the glad
hand by declaring for good roads, but
the enthusiasm wanes when he dis
cusses ways and means.
Only one person in every $4,000
thinks. according TO one professor.
while another says the ratio should be
two in every 25.0O0, And each proba-
bly, thinks he is thinking.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06

Cotton experts foresee an enormous
demand when the war is over. 1t
seems long time to wait.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06

No trouble to find a man who is will
ing to stop his own work to tell some
other man how to keep busy.
The sun., 1916-10-19
WILSON'S HAND TORN
BY ROUGH SHAKING
President Forced to Greet
Rest Of Albanians With
His Left.

SYRACUSE. y. =. Oct. ls.-President
Wilson'S hand was shaken so vigorously
and so often when his train stopped at
Albany to-day for "a few minutes that
the skin was torn on one finger on his
right hand and the blood began to
trickle over MS other fingers. For some
time he stood with his right hand BAN
daged with his handkerchief, while he
shook hands wit his left.
IT'S good. red blood anyway" called
out one man. and the President laughed.
DR.. Cary Grayson. the White House
phys clan. bound UP the injured hand
tonight n the President used his left
hand exclusively.
The President was greeted by cheer
ing crowds at ten New York cities to-
day during brief stops In the afternoon
and evening rs he passed through the
State on hts way 10 Chicago. where he
Is to make three campa gn speeches to-
morrow. He made no extended speech,s
to-day. merely talking conversationally
to some of the persons who addressed
him as he stood on the observation plat
form.
At Syracuse the biggest demonstra-
ton was staged. members Of a Demo-
cratic club marching by the train as II
steamed slowly through the city. The
President will arrive in Chicago at II 80
TO morrow morning.
The sun., 1916-10-19

from his earliest public experience we
ind records Of Mr.. Seabury's active as
ISOLATION with the single tax movement
In September. 1899, he was president
of the Manhattan Single Tax Club.
IndOrsed Tom watson.
Next Mr.. Prendergast cited Mr.. Sea-
bury's denunciation of the Democratic
and Republican parties In 1904. and his
irdorsement of Tom Watson Of Georgia,
candidate for President of the Peoples
party. Watson. he commented, then was
a statesman OF the widest type. who
has since become the chief propaganda
Of all forms Of religious bigotry and the
eading figure In the agitation which
finally resulted in the murder OF Leo
Frank"
MIR. Prendergast quoted Mr.. Seabury's
speech. saying the independence League
was the party which offered the best
opportunity to help the American people
and that he would be true to 1t as long
nc II was under its present leadership.
The league, Mr.. Prendergast remarked.
retains its same old intrepid leader.
who put Mr.. Seabury on the bench. but
he has deserted the leader for Mr..
.iurphy. and is now masuuerading as
The candidate Of one of the parties that
wen more recently than 1907 he de-
nounced as corrupt and inefficient
A letter from Mr.. Seabury to the
Erentn1 Post in 1913 in which he said.
referring to Charles +. Murphy II have
The sun., 1916-10-19
RIDICULES
WILSON DRIFT TALK
Confident Hughes Will Win
and Points to Maine and
Jersey Victories.

with his hand on tho Republican
throttle. George w. Perkins announced
yesterday that the Republican cam
paign VA going along all right. that
personally ne had more confidence than
ever OF the election OF Charles r.
Hughes and that reports spread OF Re-
publican gloom and OF a steady drift TO
Wilson were ridiculous. with facts to
back them.
rive been through a rood many cam
about politics. said Mr.. Perkins. II
say to you truthfully that I am moro
confident than ever that Mr.. Hughes
will win.
This election vas over sixty days
ago. when the returns from Maine came
In. The whole issue was fought out
there. The Wilson forces threw their
entire strength into the State they
tried TO elect johnson and they didn't
elect a doscatcher. And a are the
signs since then? 10 they point to
Wilson? Take the New Jersey primaries
and the nomination OF MARITIME. Take
the registration In New York and New
Jersey last week. Whenever there IL n
chance TO gauge sentiment the indica-
tons favor Mr.. Hurhes.
And here Is another indication. The
Hughes Alliance has Just been making
a tabulation OF the enrolment slips
which men have signel and sent in
from every State. This shows for the
entire forty-e!ght States hat III per
cent. OF the signers were men who voted
four years & for Wilson. The highest
percentage II In California. where 20
per cent. voted -four years ago for VII
son. Does this Indicate a drift TO vii
SON.
"Thcy talk about Ohio. There has
yet been a campaign In which Ohio
was not lost two weeks before election. I
have been talking with some OF the Ohio
people to-day. Ohio Is not in bad shape
at ALL"
The Hughes College League gave out
Yesterday a summary OF its enrolment.
OF the total Of 10000 graduates enrolled
for Hughes Harvard leads with 1880
Cornell has 2ss; Yale. ?,s5e; Princeton
1909, and Brown. Mr.. Hughes's alma
mater. l.462.
The sun., 1916-10-19
STATE EMPLOYEES WARNED.
whitman Points to Law Forbid
ding Political Assessments.

ALBANY, Oct. ls,-The following no.
tice. signed by Governor Whitman, was
sent TO all State Department heads to-
day to be prominently posted In all
offices:
To all public officers and employees:
II desire to call your attention to Sec
tion 90 OF the Civil Service law. which
prohibits the use Of authority or Official
influence by any officer or employee un-
der the Government of the State of New
York, FOR the purpose OF securing politi-
cal assessments. subscriptions or contri-
buttons.
THE meaning Of the provision OF the
statute cannot be misinterprcted and
distinctly forbids any form OF activity
on the par. Of an employee OF the State,
in connection with said political assess
mcnts."
The sun., 1916-10-19
HUGHES ODDS 10 TO z;
BETTORS ARE HEDGING
Between $4,000 and $4,000
Placed in Wall st. and More
Said to Be Offering.

Between I 5000 and 02o,o 900 val bet
In wall street yesterday at odds OF 10 TO
8 and 10 to 7 that Charles r. Hughes
will be the e. President. The total
was made up OF a number OF small
wagers and these were tho odds quoted
for all Of them. The largest single bet
OF the day was Of $4,000 to s2,l0O. equiv
alent 10 10 to 7. that Hughes will win.
This bet was made by Edward McQuade.
n curb commissioners He said he had
$1,000 more to place at 10 to I. at which
figure the betting closed last evening.
II is reported by the commissioner
that a part OF the bets now being placed
are hedges by persons who placed money
earlier a. 2 70 |. There IL considerable
money being offered on Whitman at 10
to 7.
An uptown bookmaker was reported
on his way 10 Wall street with $40, 900
20 place on Hughes at 10 to 8. but no
bets out OF this bundle OF money we're
rpDorted.
The sun., 1916-10-19

-. -
we State by Chsries r.. warren .ne ma
~ Mes AT 4:l0 =. NJ. speaking from
Hughes talked TO 1000 persons. His
topics were economy and efficiency In
government, peace TO be insured through,
IA firm foreign policy, protection Ia
American industry To meet post-bcllum
conditions. and his own detestation of
Invisible government.
At Dowsgiac. which sounds like n
bass lure but In merely a considerable
town between Niles and Kalamazoo. Mr..
hughes showed himself 'ii,pn the rear
platform 10 900 cheering Michigdndcrs
and rolled his whole programme INTO a
concise paragraph.
Eve hours late. after Il short run az
the rate OF sixty miles an hour. Mr..
Hughes arrived at Kalamazoo. where
he was met by a colmun OF marching
clubs and escorted to the armory. More
thrn 1000 persons had been waiting foi
two hours and a half, n 1t was said
that not one had left the hall despite
The tedious delay at the supper hour.
senator Charles e. Townsend pre-
sided. presenting to Mr.. Hughes q
cane. which was made from a walnut
rAn split by Abraham Lincoln. MT.
Lincoln made the cane. carried IL Tor
years II then gave 1t TO ID. >. wal
bridge OF Kalamazoo In 1855.
LtncOln's support Needed.
v, ctnou,,odvu., NJ tho elf, Mr.
Itr gbes soid.
~ ,hero evcr v,as , ,,,e who, we
,.o,,.d ,ho sunnor, ., Lincoln in Amor.
r,r ife iba, lime is now. VI, ,esI the
ren,leness' tho nerccp,ion. The armncss
49, ~ m.,,t.
The sun., 1916-10-19
BROOKLYN WANTS SUNDAY.
Committee VIII Rrnew Invitation
to h Evangelist.

Members OF the Brooklyn Billy Sum
day Committee met Yesterday Mt the
home OF the Rev. Or. S, Edward Young,
chairman. and decided to renew the In
~vitation to the evangelist signed by 400
preachers and layInen and asking him
to conduct n campaign I'm that borough
lie viii he asked to go to brooklyn
when he II through his work In Man
haitian, or IL the Manhattan dates
are POSTPONED. to go TO the other hos
ough INST.