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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25

Ardalusia Star: Won Hindenburg says
the decisive battle Of the war will oc-
cur in the Balkans. The decisive battle
of the war was fought at the Marine.
Ashville Southern Aegis: Too poor to
take the home paper? Wen. that is
distressful condition. Buy hen' feed
her crumbs and waste from the Kitchen
and she will lay eggs to pay for a years
subscription; then work her into pot pie
and she will pay her first cost; so the
paper will be clear profit. Repeat this
process year after year, meanwhile, learn
wisdom and cease to be poor.
Montgomery Advertiser: The Blrming-
ham Ledger, the Mobile Register and sew
eral other respected contemporaries in
the state are directing the attention OF
the people to the question Of the next gov
ernor of Alabama. That's an important
matter, to be sure, one in which we hope
to be properly interested in due course,
but for the moment we confess that we
are more interested in the character and
capacity of the next crop in Alabama
Do we get second to that motion?
Albany Decatur Daily; The Jackson
highway has been routed. 1t does not
touch Athens. Decatur, Albany, Hart
selle, Cullman. Birmingham. Montgom-
cry, Mobile or any of the other interest
ing cities in the heart of Alabama. 1t
is now proposed that branch highway
be routed either by the once proposed
Huntsville line of the Jackson highway
or the Decatur line. The matter will be
decided at Birmingham in 80 days. When
Athens, Decatur, Albany, Hartselle and
other north Alabama cities send delegates
to this meeting, let us route this high
way through these cities, but not as a
branch of the Jackson highway. Why
not call it the Woodrow Wilson high
way? Let's make it the best highway
from Nashville to the gulf.
. Mobile Register: 1t is interesting to
note that at the twenty-second anniver-
sary of the Fairhope single tax colony
which was celebrated last week at Fair
hope Baldwin county, Alabama, only
one male colonist of the Is who landed
there to found the colony has an active
interest therein today, namely, Ernest
B. CASTOR, editor of the Courier, whose
light has never failed. What Of the
others? 1t would be an interesting his
tory to tell, if 1t could be known, how
Jared those devoted Iowans and others
who conceived the project of giving Mr..
Georges single tax theory a try-out in
Alabama; what they severally accom-
plished; and why they made place, which
others have taken and held with so great
success as to give grounds for much re-
joicing upon the anniversary occasion.
Whatever happened. however, they
sowed the seed; and performed good serv-
ice. Over the land they cultivated, the
colony project has moved on to its pres
ent state of an assured future.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25

BEGINNING THE DAY--O Lord,
bring to the light this day some or
the shining things which Thou hast
hidden in me. Surprise me with my
own power. Let me tell to Thee this
secret of my new capacity for gem
tIeness, for courage, for achieve
ment. And may 1 be quiet; but ready
for Thy miracles. For Chrtsfs sake
Amen.---H. NJ. K.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
Brags on Home Town

Birmingham is still making prog
ress," Judge Louis Herzberg remarked
last night, "but it hasn't got a thing
on little 0adsden. L noticed an ar
ticle in The Age-Herald boosting our
home town and the reporter who
wrote it did a very good job.
Just give us the same number of
years it took you people here to grow
and we will outdistance you. I know
you people don't believe it. but just
the same it's So"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
THE REAL THING.

Care much for adventure stories?"
NO" replied the man in motor toys.
II used to enjoy reading fiction of that
sort, but since I've been learning how to
drive an automobile the imaginary perils
of an imaginary hero seem rather tame
and commonplace"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
Will Seek TO Make
Service Universal

TTHERE is growing sentiment in
= this country in favor of univer-
sal military training and service, and
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the
Senate committee on military affairs,
is one of the most earnest advocates
of such policy. He desired to have it
included in the preparedness legisla-
ton adopted last summer, but found
the time was not sufficient to de-
velop the measure, in view of the more
urgent things demanded.
The senator now announces that he
will introduce a bill at the short
session providing for the military
training in question and will do his
best to push it through.
The probability is, however, that
no matter how much support the
bill may have it will not reach
the statute books of the Sixty
fourth Congress, whose Legislative life
has barely three months to run. Presi-
dent Wilson has quite programme of
his own and he will be taxed to the
utmost to have all his measures en-
acted into law.
This military problem is much more
important than the wcrkaday world
imagines. Not until President Wilson
was half through his first term was
there any serious concern about ma
tional security. The European war was
teaching us a lesson, but it was not
until there was a general public awak-
ening on the necessity of strengthen
ing our defense against possible in
vasion that Congress stood ready to
act.
The administration was keyed up
to the highest pitch and when the
President did begin his drive for pre-
achievement was soon in
sight. No Congress ever did as much
for the national defense as the Sixty
fourth; but it was not to be expected
that all it did for the military branch
in limited space Of time would stand
the test Of experience. There will be
no doubt, affecting the
National Guard. The army reorgani-
cation plan as whole will need some
revision, but what is worrying the war
more than anything right
now, perhaps, is the slow recruiting.
The very fact that it is impossible to
keep the ranks of the comparatively
small army filled up in time of peace
will be presented as a strong reason
why this country must come, sooner or
later, to the idea of universal military
training and service-not three-year
service, but a short term of actual
military duty; maybe only a few
months. Details have not been worked
out. But the principle will be urged
on the line of patriotism and whole
some national discipline.
The pacifists will rise up in frantic
protest when Senator Chamberlain
his bill, but an educational
campaign will make it popular meas
ure in the end.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
WILL

By Tennyson.
0 well for him whose will is strong!
He suffers, but he will not suffer long;
He suffers, but he cannot suffer wrong;
For him nor moves the loud worlds ran
dom mock
Nor all calamlty's hugest waves con-
found
Who seems promontory of rock
That, compass'd round with turbulent
sound,
In middle ocean meets the surging shock,
Tempest citadel-crown'd.
II.
But i'll for him who, lettering not with
time,
Corrupts the strength of heaven-de-
scended will,
And ever weaker grows thro' acted crime,
Or seeming-genial venial fault,
Recurring and suggesting still!
He seems as one whose footsteps
Toiling in immeasurable sand,
And DER a weary, sultry land,
Far beneath a blazing vault.
Sewn in wrinkle of the monstrous hill.
The city sparkles like grain of salt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
A PROLONGED CLUTCH.

Were there any gripping moments in
the problem play you saw last night?''
'I should say SO! The two principal
characters gripped each other early in
the first act and kept 1t up, with few
interruptions, until the final curtain FELL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
WRONG IMPRESSION.

Football is great game" said the
enthusiast.
mo doubt about that" answered the
elderly gentleman. but it sometimes puts
false notions in young mans mind
How is thatY'
He's apt to think after he has made
a phenominally long run for a touchdown
or kicked goaF from the field. that there
is nothing else in life really worth do
ing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
HENCE THIS EFFORT.

Fair Ermintrude's a lovely lass
And no one will deny that,
For necks are craned when she dotR pass
She hath sparkling eye that
Bewitehes many a hapless swain,
A voice like sweet bells Ginning.
They see her through the windowpane
And bardlets fall to rhymng.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
A RELATED TRIBUTE.

Uplifters are many,
They toll night and day
To save weak mortals
From going astray.
Not often rewarded
By speeches Of thanks,
Or lavish donations,
They're looked on as cranks.
By scoffers denying
That all men are brothers
And saying it's foolish
To labor for others.
And while some, we'll grant you,
Are vexatious very
And when they are present
Ills hard to be merry,
And while their true purpose
We can't always see,
Without the uplifters
Where would this world be?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
PURELY ACCIDENTAL

PURELY ACCIDENTAL
"Did 1 understand you to say that
young Dubwaite went out west and rose
rapidly?'
Eyes. Some men who were blasting
warned him away. but he didn't pay any
attention to them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
CYNICAL COMPARISON.

This self-made man SCOTS at col
lege education, you say?'
Eyes. To hear him talk, you'd think
"a diploma was of no more practical use
to the man who possesses it than low
ing cup"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
CONFUSING.

What want to know" said the puz-
zled student of politics, lis whether or
not the women voters defeated Mr..
Hughes"
Don't ask me-" answered Mr.. Twobble.
my wife is a suffragist and her analysis
of the vote is so complicated that I some
times forget who really won"
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25

what's more miserable than discOn-
tents Henry W.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25
ALABAMA PRESS

Ardalusia Star: Won Hindenburg says
the decisive battle of the war will oc-
cur in the Balkans. The decisive battle
Of the war was fought at the Marine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25

Entered al me ga mlnSnain, AID,
postoffice as second class matter un-
der act of Congress. March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-25

TELEPHONE
Bell (private exchange connecting AA'
departmentsb Main 1900.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28
HAMILTON CHOSEN
NORMAL MANAGER
Captain of Team Will Be Sc.
lected Before Chenille
Game.

The football organization at the nor.
NAL school assumed an official exis.
tence yesterday afternoon with the
election Of Brownie" Hamilton as
manager Of the 1916 eleven. A captain
for the team will be chosen just before
the game with Chenille Normal Sat.
uriay afternoon.
Several Of the strongest men that
will be found in the lineup this season
have so far been unable to enter
schcci. They ar etAEeCiing. however,
tn De- hard 1T &ork aud well condition.
ri by the time for tile second c,r.
test. As the mixup with Chenille Is
not looked on by locals as particularly
hard. Il is not believed that these alb.
sences will result in disaster.
Cheering. the only athletics indulg-
cd in by majority Of the students at
the school will be conducted more en-
ergetically this season than ever be-
fcrc. Arrangements are being made
today 70. the election of a cheer
leader and under his leadership the
rooters for the Normal boys will be
head :cr miles Some new wells and
many new songs are being devised by
members of the school and will posi-.
bly, be sprung at the game Saturday
afternoon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28
slgnal Shipping Helps Brooklyn Win Way to World Series
Writer Who Sat on Teams Bench TO Get Inside Facts

they render their own decisions on
balls and strikes, designating whether
they're too close or too far away.
They're an eagle-eyed bunch. these
Robins. They can tell a curve from
a straight one from their position
on the bench, many feet removed from
either side Of the plate just as easily
as they can always tell when pitch.
er uses the spitball.
And they're critical bunch. Faulty
form displayed for the veriest fraction
Of a second by any player on the field;
an awkward motion. an incorrect po-
sition when taking a ball, or putting
1t on a runner. will be detected In
the twinkling Of an eye by these all
seeing inmates Of the dugout.
One Of the unwritten laws OF the
bench Is strict adherence to truth.
Often batters who have been called
out on strikes. and who. in turn. have
created a scene by arguing with the
umpire. have retired to the bench
and admitted to teammates that the ball
was "darby-waist high, and over
the middle"
By the same token these Robins
may be heard confessing to one an.
other that they missed plays on run.
ners, after they had threatened TO
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28
WINFIELD.

The Winfield Sunday school held n
picnic near the church Wednesday OF
last week. Alb forty pupils of the
school were present. The school clos.
cd Sunday.
Several people of near here attend.
cd the gathering at Mt. Zion Sunday.
Miss Gladys Baker. OF Little Falls,
is now staying with her grandmother
Mrs. Rachel Baker Mrs. Baker has
been Ill FIR some time.
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Swisher were
visiting friends at Winfield recently
Mrs. Harry Nuzum and two children
are spending few days at Mr.. vii.
liam Vincents this week.
Miss Maggie Gruff. OF near Winfield,
has been i'll for the past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Layman were
at Mr.. Villa Tattcrson's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Hawkins were
visiting at Scott Bakers Sunday.
Mrs. Margaret McElfresh. who has
been Ill for some time, is though to
be improving.
Miss Ruth Hall, of Fairmont. spent
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28
TO PLAY FOR SOCCER CUP.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Sept. 2S.-As no
advice to the contrary has been re.
ceived from the national governing
body. the Western Pennsylvania Foot.
ball Association has again decided to
allow the soccer clubs of Eastern Ohio
and West Virginia TO take part in the
championship cup competition.
The membership fee to the associa.
ton Is two dollars (s2.00) for individ.
ual clubs. and one dollar ($1.00) for
clubs belonging to affiliated leagues,
the entry fee for the cup competition
being one dollar (s1.00) additional in
each case.
Entries will be received by the Sec.
rotary, II. ]. McClung. 51S1 Stanton
avenue, Pittsburg. until Friday, Sep.
TENDER 20, and the first round draw
will be made that evening, the first
round being played not later than DC.
tober Is.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28

were calling on Mrs. christy one eve
ming last week.
Mrs. VIII Harris was calling on Mrs
Sira Harris Sunday.
Madge Harris is staying at Hay
wood.
Thelma Smith was calling on hel
sister.in.law Sunday.
An enjoyable party was given q,
Mrs. Matthew's Monday night.
Mrs. Fred Wilson was calling or
D. A. Harris Tuesday.
The new preacher preached here
Sunday.
A few people from here attended
Mrs. Jesse Harris baby's funeral.
Gertrude Harris has been staying al
Mrs. Christy.
Jesse Barnes. from Ellington. at
tended the party Monday night.
Garnet Summers, OF Catawba, was
calling on VIII Smith last week.
Herschel Annette was calling on
Mrs. Christy Friday night.
Jim Smith had big dance Friday
night.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28
SPECIAL NOTICES
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA:

A Proclamation: BY the Governor.
l. Henry D. Hatfield, Governor Of the
State OF West Virginia, pursuant TO
the Constitution OF the United States.
do hereby issue this my proclamation.
announcing to the voters Of the state
OF West Virginia. that on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday In Novem.
her. in the year one thousand nine hun.
dred and sixteen. an election will be
had. held and conducted throughout
the State OF West Virginia, at the vari.
Gus voting precincts thereof, for the
purpose of choosing eight electors OF
the President and Vice President OF
the United States.
Given under my hand and
the Great Seal Of the State
at the City OF Charleston, on
(SEAL) the first day OF September
one thousand nine hundred
and sixteen. and OF the State
the fifty.fourth.
HENRY D. HATFIELD.
Governor.
BY the Governor:
STUART F. REED,
Secretary OF State.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28

National league champions and prin-
cfpals in the world series.
In Jack Coombs, Chief Bender and
"Stuffy" McInnis. the old Athletics
'boasted OF three master minds in the
black art Of getting the signals OF
an opposing team.
Coombs, in addition 10 being one
OF the mainstays of the slab staff, is
the man who calls the turn now for
Brooklyn. He reads the brain Of the
enemy pitcher with uncanny accur.
acy and his findings are impaired to
the other Brooklynites. The Dodgers
don't rely on swiping signals, but 1t
helps.
To the fan. it's a weird. mysterious
Code that flashes from Robinson to his
athletes in their mad pennant dash.
You, in the stand, may hear a batter
query: "Shall put him DOWN." and
wonder what it's all about. In the
code this means the batter Is asking
IL he shall attempt to sacrifice-hit a
runner to the next base.
The order to "hit clean" as flashed
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28

by the Brooklyn boss means the nat.
ter may suit himself. He is not duty
bound 10 sacrifice. nor Is he requir-
ed to play the "hit-and.run." In this
case. as rule. the batter Is hitting
behind a poor baserunner or Robbie
may regard him as such heavy wal
loper that he will let him choose his
own methods.
Work with him." is another order
bawled out by Robbie when he wants
the hit.and.run play made. In this
case, the batter is duty bound to wal
lop the ball and protect the runner
who has started for the next bag the
instant the ball is pitched.
AS the battle progressed. ] heard
athletes about ME on the bench NUT
tering, inside" or outside" Thus
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28

manhandIe an umpire for some alleg.
ed mistake in Judgment.
You can never diagnose the inner
side of ballplayer. For instance, the
batter who strikes out returns to the
bench fussing and beefing that the
pitcher hasn't a thing except his glove
and a prayer. On the other hand.
let the average batter get hit off
the same pitcher and he'll say the
pitcher has everything in the world.
Hes sure got hop on his fast
one, today. Gosh! don't know how
I nver saw it," usually is his com.
ment.
(Another story telling of the inside
workings of the Brooklyn Robins in
their rush for the pennant will ap.
pear in the West Virginian tomorrow).
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28
ASEBALL :: FOOTBALL :: BOXING :: OTHER SPORTS 4

a few days last week at Mr.. and Mrs.
Enos Halls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fay McDousai were
visiting at Mr.. Oron Satterheld's Sat.
urday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Morgan were Wis.
iting J. NJ. Ross Sunday afternoon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28

Deputy Sheriff R. K. Petty. OF Wood
county. compilation of the number
of juries drawn in felony cases at
Criminal Court of that county during
the past four years. There were fifty.
one felony cases tried. At the Jauu.
airy, term. 1914, no jury was drawn
In a felony case and at the May term
the same year there were only two
felony cases tried. The list OF course.
does not include the number Of cases
wherein pleas of guilty were made
and in which a jury was unnecessary
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28
PARKER RUN.

Fred homeland was calling on p. ].
Christy Sunday.
Fred Matheny was visiting his par.
ents Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Annette and
son. James Herschel and Gertrude
Harris were at the reunion at Ope.
ska Sunday afternoon.
Douglas Smith, Harley Hayhurst,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28
Daily Thouuht.

A soul occupied with great ideas,
best performs small duties: the divin-
est views Of life penetrate most clear
" Into the meanest enterprises-Mar-
tineau.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28

(rhe third Of four articles telling
AoW the Brooklyn Robins are winning
khelr way Into world series, written
~ Harold Johnson, West vlrsInian's
speclal sport writer, who sat on the
Brooklyn bench during several days
20 get the real Inside dope on how they
iefe doing Il johnson got Into a Brook.
Jyn uniform and, disguised as player,
eluded tho numplres, who are under
strict orders to keep "outsiders" off
She grounds during sames-Editor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-28
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Boston 3. New York (ten innings):
Washington 13. Philadelphia 3. Other
clubs not scheduled.
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Baseball in Nutshell
NATIONAL LEAGUE
YesterdaY,s ResuIta

Boston /, Pittsburgh 0: Brooklyn
2, Chicago o.; New York 3, st. Louis
2. Philadelphia Cicinnati, not sched.
uled.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS

Today's Schedule
Philadelphia at Brooklyn
Boston at New York
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Under the decidedly startling head.
lines, "Man Bitten by Dog; Animal
Goes Mad" the Sistersville Review
prints the following: ~. B. Baker,
an employee OF the Hope Gas Co., was
severely bitten Friday by dog he
NQnging to Alex Colvin. who lives back
: Oh the glass plant and Saturday the
ANNUAL developed a bad case OF ra-
bies.g
The Weston Free Press recalls that
1t was at the time of county fair,
probably In 1882. that jesse Woofter.
then clerk OF the county court OF Lew.
10 county. and a candidate for re.elec.
ton, was killed In very much the
same way in which DR.. A. ]. Woofter
lost his life last week. He was walk.
ing on the track of the old narrow.
guage railway, at a point near Hale.
ytlle, when train which was run.
ming between Weston and stop op.
I. posite the old fairgrounds where
Shadybrook now Is. struck him and
50 injured him that death resulted. It
10 strange turn of events that, after
the lapse Of "a years. another man,
Of the same family name. and a rela.
tive, should lose his life in a manner
almost identical.
Robert S. Noll and son, Lee, living
ut Canon Hill. Back Creek Valley.
:. while hunting squirrels Saturday
morning, killed a big chicken hawk,
says the Martfnsburg Journal. They
shot It a flying and when the bird
: fell In the middle of the creek he
made the water fly. The hawk mea.
sured 2 feet inches across his wings
from tip to tip. His claws were 3
inches long and his bill inches long.
The bird weighed eight pounds. Mr..
3 Noll. says he would think the hawk
was 10 or IL years old. and imagines
he has eaten hundred dollars worth
Of chickens, rabbits, fish. quail, birds
and such things. Some hawk.
Probably tho Oldest person to an.
ply for marriage license in Cabell
county put in an appearance Wednes.
day morning at the county clerks Of
ice says the Huntington Advertiser.
He was Joseph C. Forbin, aged eighty
one, and was granted q permit to wed
Mrs. Mary Ann Bowman, who has
seen ffty.four summers. Mr.. Forbin
{ was born in South America, and af.
ter coming to this country entered the
: gospel ministry. He, says that during
his active ministerial labors he Joined
thousands In the holy bonds. offmatri.
mony.
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BY HAROLD JOHNSON

y BROOKLYN Sept. 27.-Alrs fair
in war. love and baseball!
!, i never realized. though the impor-
Hance signal stealing played in base.
fball until Manager Wilbert Robinson
consented for me to sit on the bench
With his Brooklyn Robins, prospective