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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-26

Mrs. Charles P. Peters, OF Keyser. IL
visiting hoT sister. Mrs. II. R. Egbert
Of $40 Parrill court.
". a. Thompson. OF Partsrsburg.
Ia hero on y buEtnsSs mission.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-26

:. A, King i here from parkars,
NbufE
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-26
BRIGADE WILL LEAVE
CAMP TUESDAY NIGHT

sy Assee'GTEs sassa
HARRISBURG. Pa. June 2G.-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-26
THE CIRCULATION

or tho Telegram Is more than double
the net paid circulation OF tho
other Clarksburg paper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09

A LIGHT-HEARTED MAYOR
Burton ]. Hendrick in the Worlds Work
for September.
Mr.. Mitchell is tall, thin, wiry, long
legged. long-armed. with a long. sharp
face-a face which is clean-shaven and
bears no traces of the powerful jaw"
and confident chin" that are popularity
regarded as marks Of determination and
pugnacity. He walks around with one
hand in his pocket. sometimes whistles
ence a not unbearable process. His fond.
ness for fox trotting has inspired unfa-
vorable comment from Methodist preach.
ers crusading for municipal reform. In
deed, that modern school which seeks In
every man the outward spirit Would strike
a snag in Mayor Mitchell. He is the most
serious man who has occupied the New
York City hall In the present generation
yet he IL the least serious looking of the
lot No New York mayor within pres-
age yet externally he does not suggest
the martyr who goes smilingly to the
stake. No mayor has ever possessed his
pugnacity. yet. from cursory view. one
would select Mr.. Mitchell as the life OF q
house party rather than the man who has
carried the municipal battle to the point
that, in the opinion Of his well wishers,
probably means his own political extinc-
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09

siderable confusion. but he never made
a bobble. Two or three times he called
the positions of all the men on each
board to be sure he had them in his
mind correctly, and he was always
right.
The tournament was the first time
I had ever seen checkers experts at
work. There were all types among them
from the rough mountaineer to the most
evident city type and the ages ranged
from 81 to 65. Fisherman is about 40.
can amateur can scarcely follow
their games Time and again 1 heard
players say, You've got me- when there
were eight men still on the board with
no victory apparent to me for either
player.
"One day was devoted to state cham
pionships and the following day to the
ll-southern championship. Fisherman
told me there were normally about
seven men in the United States who
could beat him, but that he was out OF
form now and there are IL in the coun-
try who can beat him."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
HOTEL LOBBIES
Want. Ward for Governor

President of the City Commission
George B. Ward would make an ex-
cellent governor, according to Thomas
II. Abernethy, the well known motion
picture man, who stated yesterday
that he would gladly support any
movement to induce Mr.. Ward to get
into the race.
Il know that George Ward is not
thinking about getting into the race for
the governorship," said Mr. Abernethy
yesterday. but there's not another
man in Alabama more capable of
handling the finances of the state, in
my opinion, than the president of the
city commission. He is an expert finan-
cier, an able executive and of pro-
gressive and forceful personality. He
would be the ideal candidate for all
factions to unite on, and If he can
be persuaded to enter the guberna-
torial race 1 believe he would be win
ner"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
THE BELEAGUERED CITY

BY Longfellow.r
| have read, in some old. marvellous tale
Some legend strange and vague,
That a midnight host OF specters pale
Beleaguered the walls Of Prague.
Beside the Moldau's rushing stream,
With the wan moon overhead,
There stood, as In awful dream.
The army of the dead.
White as the sea fog, landward bound.
The spectral camp was seen,
And, with a sorrowful. deep sound.
The river flowed between.
No other voice nor sound was there.
No drum, nor sentry's pace;
The mist like hampers clasped the air.
AS clouds with clouds embrace.
But when the old cathedral bell
Proclaimed the morning prayer.
The white pavilions rose and fell
On the alarmed air.
Down the broad valley fast and far
The troubled army fled:
Up rose the glorious morning star,
The CHASTITY host was dead.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
Get In Touch With a Farmer

The farmers of Alabama deserve encouragement from
the people of the cities This state buys entirely too much
duce and too vegetables from other states The system
of the contrbutoy of the high cost of living
in Birmingham Alabama has the products; why shouldn't
the people of Birmingham them?
Why should 1000 barrels of apples be allowed to rot in De-
Kab county orchard when the people of Birmingham clam
orng for apples and paying good prices for them Why should
Birmingham pay 80 and 40 cents dozen for eggs when thou
sands Of farmers glad 10 cents dozen for them Why
should Birmingham eat many New Jersey potatoes and
much California fruit and Missouri poultry when Alabama s
farms producing just as fine articles of food?
The Alabama farmer believes it is all right for Birmingham
to agitae trade in Birmingham but he thinks it will help
Birmingham and help the farmer to agitae also ea Alabama
products
The difficulty be largely question of marketing
The city and the farm producer not acquainted
They need to be brought touch with each other Every head
of household in Bming it to himself and to his
family get in touch with Alabama farmer 1t will be
good business for both
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09

have read. in the marvellous heart Of
man,
That strange and mystic scroll,
That an army of Phantoms vast and wan
Beleaguered' the human soul.
Encamped beside life's rushing stream.
In fancy's misty light,
Gigantic shapes and shadows CLEAN
Portentous through the night.
Upon its midnight battle-ground
The spectral camp 10 seen,
And. with sorrowful, deep sound.
Flows the river Of life between.
No other voice nor sound Is there,
In the army of the grave;
No other challenge breaks the air.
But the rushing of lifes wave.
And when the solemn and deep church
bell
Entreats the soul to pray,
The midnight phantoms feel the spell. -
The shadows sweep away.
Down the broad vale Of tears afar
The spectral camp is fled:
Faith shineth as a morning star.
Our chastity fears are. dead
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09

Copyright, 1916, by the Cincinnati En-
quirer).
The reason why a man hollers so much
when his wife asks him to tie her shoe
lace for her Is because he would fall all
over the street to do 1t for strange girl.
AS rule. the man who Is stingy with
everything else Is just as liberal with
his advice as other people.
One reason why we like to see woman
with few fine children is because we
know that the children keep her so busy
that she hasn't time to join Society
for the Suppression of Something
And when you locate a man who does
only the things he can afford to do
you'll find that he doesn't do much.
Any old time a man returns a bor-
rowed umbrella to you always open 1t
before he gets away. You'll discover that
it is either torn or broken. That's the
reason he's returning 1t.
The happiest man isn't the fellow who
has millions. He is usually colored
man who hasn't jitney to his name, but
who has just filled up on pork chops and
who is playing a guitar in the kitchen
after supper.
After a woman has been married for
awhile she begins to realize that 1t Is
more important that her husband be a
good provider than that he be a model
husband.
Why shouldn't men make better chap
erons than women? They are used to
looking after girls.
Most Of us are so busy looking for little
faults in other people that we overlook
the big faults in ourselves,
We don't suppose woman would
know what to do with vote II she had
one. But some of the lads who sit
around and argue against woman suf-
frage have wives who are supporting
them.
Why is 1t that a man who will run 10
squares to do favor for some other
woman won't walk across room to do a
favor for his wife?
Her own husband may not get much Of
her sympathy. but every married woman
feels sorry for some other woman's hus-
band.
Some men would like to have life all
beer and skittles. But we are not that
hoggish. What the heck are skittles.
anyway?
A many may imagine that he ID smart
guy. But 1t takes q woman to sharpen
lead pencil with her teeth
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
MARK TWAIN WAS WELL PAID


From the Boston Transcript.
We are learning, out OF the articles
written for tho young readers Of St.
Nicholas by Mark Twain's friend and
biographer and literary executor. Alberk
Bigelow Paine a good deal more than
ever came out before of the financial
and business successes Of the great
American humorist. His methodical en-
deavor to pay off the debt he brought
upon his publishing house made him the
best paid author in America. perhaps In
the world. His final arrangement with
his regular publishers. Harper Brothers.
was that they should print whatever he
wrote. the payment being 20 Cater ao)'
cents a word.
But he had been offered before that .
dollar a word for his writings and de-
clined It. He also declined an offer for
10 lectures at $1,000 night. He also de-
clined an offer of $4,000 a year to lend
his name as editor without doing the
editing of funny paper; again he de-
clined $4,000 offered him to say that .
certain tobacco. which he liked we'll
enough, was the best ever. and he re-
fused many offers of money that did not
agree with his literary conscience
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
DRESS AND HERoIsM

From the New York Globe
Heroism always deserves praise, and
when the performer of an act of personal
bravery in behalf of others is woman
the praise should not be stinted. And yet
undoubtedly there will be some who will
say it was not so difficult for that Penn
sylvania woman who rescued another
from the Delaware to jump in wearing
all her clothes" AS Father remarked to
Julie in Pops justly famous cartoons on
the back page the other day when the
girl appeared in her newest and most
fetching costume: IT'S fine bathing
suit
Fashions come and go. operating In
very mysterious ways. Now the skirts
are hooped, now thinned out. At one time
il was the fashion to wear petticoats. One
recalls that scene in Tolstoy's Anna Ka-
renina" where Dolly and the English
governess go bathing in the country, and,
on emerging, find some one-skirted peas
ant women standing by. After the gov
erness puts on the third petticoat the
peasant women can no longer Withstand
this excruciatingly humorous situation
ana cry lduSnlnSlys why, SHo Aios
dressed YETI
mo wonder" remarks some one that
there were no feminine heroes when
women dressed like that. This athletic
costume of today is the stuff"
But heroism in women does not depend
on dress. They cringe to fashion, but not
to, fear. Neither let any one sheer at
the hoop skirt of yesterday and remark
that it's wearer could be nothing but
doll. - There is that authenticated incl
dent of the north country lass to whose
door stumbled her lover for hiding when
his lord, Bonnie Prince Charlie. had
been beaten and when the hounds Of
Claverhouse were at his heels. She
heard the baying and the onrush OF
horsemen, and when there was no time
to waste. Get under" she said, and
sitting in rocker, lifted up her HOOP
skirts, disposed him beneath, and took ur
her knitting demurely. The pursuers
came and went, but the hidden man was
not discovered.
Hoop skirt or athletic skirt-after an
heroism in women does not depend on
fashion. Had this rescuer Of today worn
a hoop skirt probably she'd have leapeo
into the river just the same-and been
sure to keep afloat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
Back from Illinois

have just returned from a visit
to my old home county up around
Quincy, Ill., said DR.. Arnold Masburg,
land was delighted to hear A. o. Lind
sey spoken of so highly.
Lindsey was formerly with the Biz
mingham Ledger, but bought the
Quincy Whig, and his infectious energy
and enthusiasm have impressed the
whole community The Whig is carry
ing a larger volume of advertising
than ever in its history.
THE Illinois farming sections are
highly prosperous. My old home was
Nauvoo, Ill. The last census gave Maui
VOC 1900 population and when 1 came
out of church Sunday morning I count
ed Al automobiles lined up in front of
the church and most of them were big,
high-priced cars"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09

Dothan Eagle The Advertiser says
eggs are only IS cents a dozen in Mont1
gomery Which is most too high to use
| in decorating shirt fronts.
Admission Star: Brooks Lawrence is now
| in Atlanta on the job again. Here's hop
| ing he registered from Alabama" and
| not from Ohio"
| Troy Messenger: The woman's suffrage
convention at present is figuring on ''po-
litical neutrality" About the safest
ground right now for them!
| Selma Times: ]. Tom Heflin says the
republicans should pull down Hughes and
| nominate Uncle Joe Cannon. But If
Hughes is beat man" what more could
we ask?
Decaturs Daily: The head Of q farmers
union in Texas denounces Wilson and
Congress for favoring the eight-hour law.
Let's see. is the normal democratic ma
jority in Texas 175,0OO or. 200, 900?
Talladega Home: Birmingham lost sew
eral visitors from Talladega this week
to it's merchants convention by not Sc
curing reduced rates on the railways,
which it has done in the past. number
of residents of this city, taking reduced
rates FOR granted, had planned to go over.
but on investigation found the regular
fare obtained, and decided to stay at
home. Reduced railway fare is wonder
fully attractive, even when it is a very
small part of the expense of a trip. 1t
is an excuse to get away from home,
to take trips that you really cannot af-
ford, ito attend to that little matter that
could be handled by mail. but as the
rates are so cheap. Ill just run over.
Birmingham, usually wide-awake, was
found asleep at the switch" this time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
Red Cross Seals

Three hundred million Red Cross
Christmas seals are being printed now
for the annual holiday campaign con-
Quoted Jointly by the American Red
Cross and the American Society for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculo sis, ;"
said DR.. George Eaves, secretary of the
county anti-tuberculosis society.
In this state last year the Alabama
organization used nearly 1000, 900 seals
which was an increase of so per cent
over any previous year. The plans for
the coming campaign are already be-
ing formulated and it is believed that
the constant increase of knowledge re-
garding the spread of the disease and
the growing interest of the people in
this matter will aid us in making the
sale a great success"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
INCOME AND ouTGo

How much do you suppose it costs
Gadspur to liver
What's his income7"
About 5000 year"
LAS Gadspur is the average type Of
wel1-to-do citizen. should say 1t costs
him between $500 and $4,000 a year to
live"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
sPoILs HIS DISPOSITION

From the Houston Post.
A Philadelphia man signs commune
cation in the Inquirer: "A Disguised
Taxpayer" Tax-paying is probably the
least pleasing pastime the citizen ever
engages in, and If he returns home imme-
diately after obtaining his receipts the
chances are he will kick the dog.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09

Huntsville is thriving despite the dam
age suffered in the rains and floods a
few weeks ago. said Quincy B. Love,
owner OF the Hotel Twickenham at that
place. I'VE seem to get along very we'll
year in and year out. The farm lands
in our vicinity have advanced In price
a great deal lately. This Is caused by
the fact that immigrants who first settled
in the middle west and northwest have
come to realize the value of farm lands
in Alabama.
Il noticed in an interview published
in The Age-Herald few days ago that
Col. w. H. Kettig made the statement
that Alabama had as fine lands as any
other state in the union regardless of
price. I agree with him, as do most
people who have travelled over Alabama
and seen conditions as they are. 1t will
only be a matter Of a short time until
all of us will reap the benefit of our
great agricultural resources which eclipse
the mineral resources for which we are
famous
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Lord,
let all we do be we'll done, ft for
Trims eye to see. Give us strength
to do, patience to bearj let our
courage never fail. When we cannot
love our work. let us think OF 1T as
Thy task and by our love to Thee'
make unIovely things shine In the
light of Thy love. Amen'-Geor&e
Dawson. n W. H'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
NOT FOR TOURIST

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal
II Crocker Land does not exist As ar
CUES Ensign Green. why Croker Land
will not be missed. the climate was 10
mean.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
THE DIRECT METHOD

What Is a strikebreakerf" asked Mira
Dubwaite, who was glancing over the
morning paper.
"A strikebreaker. my dear" answered
Mr.. Dubwaite, is husky individual who
helps to settle economic problems with
his fists
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
PREHIsToR1c MoILYcoDDr.F

PREHISTORIC MOLLYCODDLE
whats Scribson so upset about?'
Tie wrote story in which the hero
was a cave man.
"Yesr'
THE artist who illustrated It save the
cave man a shaggy coat Of hair and then
finished him of with carefully manicursd
nails"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
HEARTLEss MAN


Henry" said Mrs. Flatsome. there's
an agent at the door. selling a device
to keep children from falling downstairs"
'rWell?" replied Mr.. Flatstone.
HE wants to demonstrate it."
I'm willing. If you'll borrow the baby
across the hail.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
PHILANTHROPY

PHILANTHROPY
Sing a song of sixpence,
Pocket full Of rye;
Seldom does 1t last long,
Everybody's dry.
When the pint Ia opened
And it's passed around.
Chaps you'll hear expressing
Gratitude profound.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
ON THE OTHER HAND

Vacation joys are many,
But home is sweeter still
There one may loaf in comfort
And eat and drink his fill,
And wear outlandish slippers,
A tattered dressing gown,
And smoke a pipe that's smelly
And never dread the frown
OF naughty DANES and damsels
Who'd simply faint away,
Should he appear among them
In such a neglige.
STRONGLY DISAPPRovED
we won't stand for suggestive motion
pictures in this town"
Nor"
Yesterday. just as a kiss began on the
SCREEN something went wrong with the
projecting machine and it lasted for
nearly three minutes"
We'll! well!'
But in the meantime "a indignant ma
irons got up and left the place
GENIUS REBUFFED
IT you'll cut some wood I'll give you
your breakfast"
Madam" replied the tattered wan
derer, during my last term in prison
which shall be nameless / was a cele-
brated intramural poet. III write you a
sonnet for my breakfast"
mo. you won't either I might be able
to start fire with your sonnet. but it
wouldn't keep fire going"
ROUGH STUFF
We pity Henry Swartz.
Who thinks Dame Fortunes tickle;
He has so many warts
That he looks like a pickle.
-Postmarks In Pittsburg Post
And Henrys sister Sue.
Her looks are most amazin;
She's wrinkled until you
Would think she was a raisin.
Judd Lewis in Houston Post
And Henry's sister Kate
Is such freckled lass,
You'd think that she would hate
To see looking glass.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
Merchants Pleased

Il have talked to numerous merchants
who attended the state convention here
this week" said Leonard Hobart land
without exception they agreed that this
years meeting was the most successful
yet held by the association. These con-
ventions are a great thing for any city.
The people who attend them always have
a good time and they leave with the
satisfaction that everything Tor their
benefit was done for them while on their
visit.
with our ample hotel facilities It Is
easy to handle a crowd of people at a
convention. An auditorium would be a
benefit to the city, and I suppose one
will be built here some day
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09

When the minds free the body's deli
eats king Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
Southern Checkers Champion

SOUTHERN Sneckeru Onomp1O0
II saw that man Fisherman OF Co.
lumbia, S. C.. win the southern states
checkers championship up at Chick
Springs the other day. said c. M. Stan
ley.
Fisherman is a conductor on the Sea-
board. and in appearance resembles A.
w. B. Johnson of Birmingham. He
wears Palm Beaches, chews gum while
he plays and doesn't seem to work
hard at all. I saw him sit of in cor
ner of the hotel lobby in a rocking
chair and play two other men at once
by calling the moves from a distance
without seeing the boards. OF course
he won both games. The remarkable
feature about this exhibition to me
was the fact that the lobby was full
of people and children were running
backward and forward causing con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
Kilby Strong Candidate

The announcement of Lieut. Gov.
Thomas E. Kilby for governor in
yesterdays Age-Herald makes one COM
mence to sit up and take notice OF the
men who may enter the race" said
George Estes. II suppose quite a few
hopeful candidates will announce within
the next four months. Rumor has 1t
John Wallace, Judge William w. Bran
don, Charles Mcdowell and probably
Judge N. D. benson may be among those
who will make the race.
"Out of this crowd of men there ID
quite bit of good material. The gov
ernor's job is not an easy one. 1t takes
strong man to preside over the states
destinies, although many seek this power.
Mr.. Kilbys announcement will be read
with interest all over the state. He is
an able candidate and will make a
strong race for the honor Of being Ala
bama's chief executive"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09

Dothan Eagle: The Advertiser says
eggs are only IS cents a dozen in Monh
gomery. Which is most too high to use
in decorating shirt fronts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
reservations for Fair


Hundreds of applications are coming
in for space reservation for the Ala
bama State Fair" said Sam H. Fowlkes
yesterday. Present indications are that
we will have the greatest fair Birming-
ham has ever had.
Ono of the features Of the free at
fractions for this year will be the splen-
did fireworks display that will be given
each night. There has been a consider
able improvement planned over last year,
and we are expecting them to be up to
the notch.
THE amusements for the midway will
be of the highest class Special care IL
being taken in selecting these amuse.
ments, as the association wishes to inn
prove this class of entertainment each
year"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09

FRENCH officers do not stand on thar
uish'ty as much as British officers do
Probably another reason why, man for
man. the French officers are miles ahead
OF the British.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
STRONGLY DIsAPPRovED
GENIUS REBUFFED

irons got up and left the place"