The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05


 views are right, and all modern econ omists are now taking that side.
 MT. Straus thought the time would soon come when the greater thrift would be taught in all the schools and especially in the normal schools. "You cannot" he said, "teach boy to be a money maker-that is a knack. But you can teach him to live a sensible life, to spend his earnings wisely, to save judiciously."
 m HE efforts of certain "war l correspondents" now "at the front" near Montgomery to poke fun at Battery c of Birmingham will not impair the battery's fighting effici- ency. It is worth noting that those young soldiers passed the physical eX- animation and were mustered into the
 United States army Battery c Can without delay. This Care for Itself fine showing indi-
 cates that they will manage to worry along without tal- cum powder and various other lux uries for which they are alleged to be pining.
 Nobody believes-not even the more or less rankly facetious newspaper boys-that Battery c will be found lacking if put to the test. In point of efficiency they have already shown themselves considerably ahead of other militia at the state mobilization camp. They are taking military life seriously and are not relying on social standing or wealth to shield them from hardship.
 If there is war with Mexico they will show their comrades in arms that they are no mollycoddles. "Silk stock ings" figure prominently in the annals of heroism and it may yet require a second Richard Harding Davis to re- count the exploits of Batter c. Ger tainly, the little leg reporters, with out the ability to either get or write real news, could not do them justice.
 Newspapers usually uphold re- porters, but in this case newspaper men generally would applaud the boys of Battery c for throwing this class of reporters into actual mud puddles, where they rightfully belong.
 A MOTHER old and honored citi- A zen has gone from among us. A. B. Loveman, the founder of a great house, and one of Bir- most public-spirited pion- eers, died yesterday, and although failing health during recent years had caused him to withdraw from the ac-
 tivities of life, he Honored will be sorely Citizen Is Gone missed by those
 who had been as- sociated with him and by his neigh bors. Another class will miss him the people who manage humane insti- tutions. MT. Loveman was a philan- thropist. Very quiet in his manner he was always among the first to respond to a public call for relief to any stricken community. He loved to give to worthy causes, but was al- ways so modest about his benefactions that few people realized how much he was doing for charity's sake.
 When MT. Loveman came to Bir- thirty years ago to make this his home he felt then that the city had a great future; and through out all his residence here he was a consistent optimist and an ardent prophet of Birmingham's growth.
 Such men as MT. Loveman- in all their dealings with their fellows-give tone and character to a city's commercial life, but when they have heart as well as integrity their impress on the com- munity is all the deeper and their in- fluence the more far-reaching.
 MT. Loveman's relatives have right to feel proud of his business achievements, but the most fitting tribute to his memory might be told in a few simple words: "A friend of humanity and glad helper of those who tried to help themselves"
 MORE than ordinary interest is MI attaching to Birmingham's school census now being taken under the state law which requires an enumeration of the children of school a Ua every two wears OwinU to the