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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-04
BIC POSSIBILITIES | FOR ANNEXATION ON WARRIOR RIVER Future of Birmingham As a Distributing Center De-
 bends on the Use of
 the River

"The real possibilities of transporta- tion on the Warrior river have never been realized" said J. l.. Brierton, of New Orleans. manager of the Alabama New Orleans Transportation company, who was at the Tutwiler last night "The tremendous amount of money which could be saved by the proper use of the river between Birmingh and New Orleans is so great as to be almost unbelievable. With New Orleans at one end of the line. the largest of the gulf ports and possessing water facilities connecting with the great grain, meat and flour markets of the nation and Birmingham on the other With it's coal. iron and steel, the fu- ture of the Warrior river as an ar tery of navigation can hardly be over estir7ated.
 'In spite of the unfavorable condi- tions under which transportation has been conducted on the river, it has been clearly demonstrated that the possi- bilities for using the river are un- limited. When Birmingham secures ad- equate arrangements by which freight can be cheaply and easily transport ed from the river to the city, there will be a great volume of business from this district going to and from Mobile and New Orleans.
 ''The future of Birmingham as a distributing center depends in large measure upon the use of the river. The matter of a few cents per barrel on flour or similar commodities means the making or destruction of city as a jobbing point. Up to the present time, Birmingham haS been greatly outstrippcd by other cities of the same size as a wholesale point due largely to the better freight rates possessed by the other cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-04
TODAYS EVENTS
At the Theatres

sam Davis photo drama at Jeffer- son theatre.
 Lyric-Vaudeville. Matinee at 2:3O D. m. Evening at 7:30 and 9 p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-04
REvERTs, TO SURVEY ARTICLE

''Reverting to the Survey article, Birmingham has not dispensed with its health officer, its city physician, or it's market inspector. They are all doing business usual, and accomplishing fine results.
 Tt has not extinguished one-half of it's street lights, although it cut out some few and shifted others around to better locations. There are about as many lights in the city of Birmingham today as ever before.
 Tt has not discontinued one-third of it's police department, nor put 1t on a 12-hour shift. It reorganized this de- partment with some removals, and left it on an eight-hour shift. The reduced force has proven more effective than ever. to the astonishment of the pub lie
 Not a single fire station has been closed, although some men were dropped from the fire department as a matter of economy. The result for the past year shows that this reduced depart ment has responded to this burden and produced one of the most wonderful records in the history of the United States. The fire losses were $416,0O0 this past year, as against $1,252,O00 for the preceding year. Owing to this wonder ful record, the insurance companies have practically agreed to reduce rates in the city 15 per cent in the near fu- ture
 Tn addition to pervertng the Survey article, the liquor people stultify them selves by adding
 that in Birmingham social disorder
 prevails; that the city is seething with
 crime; that the city is infested with
 criminal crooks, etc.; that crime is
 rampant and drunkenness more
 prevalent than ever before in the
 citys history; that the worst Kind of
 alcoholic poisons are being sold in
 enormous quantities to coloro@ people,
 and that the use of deadly dru"e =
 growing daily"
 Not a word of which is +rue Just the reverse is true.
 '"The use of deadly drugs has practi-
 (Continued on Page Sevcn)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-04
FOR TEMPORARY RELIEF

Commissioner Hornady is of the opinion that the liquor tax is merely temporary measure for the relief of the city, and that it imposes no hardship, as those who drink liquors should contribute to the welfare of the city. Commissioner Hor- nady wants money to operate the schools
 Commissioner Weatherly feels that the proposed tax will be further curb on bringing liquors in Birmingham and on a purely moral ground is earnestly support ing the ordinance.
 Commissioner Barber assumes the same position as MT Weatherly, and will with vigor enforce the ordinance if it is passed
 Commissioner Ward. who drew up the ordinance at the suggestion of a citizen feels that it will add very little to the cost of liquors and that this tax should be paid into the city coffers without any fuss or hullaballoo about it.
 In the days of saloons, according to the majority of the commissioners, thousands of citizens would step up to the bar and pay 15 cents for a few tablespoonsful of whisky, and now. including the city tax. liquors can still be purchased at a cheap- rate. It is felt that the tax is not con f1scatory and unless shown to be clearly unconstitutional at the hearing this aft ernoon, the ,iquor inspection ordinance will be passed at next Tuesdays meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-04
TIGHT AGAINST ASSAULTS

On the other hand, City Attorney M. M. Ullnnan heedful of the hue and cry of un- constitutionality is busy night and day fixing up all loop holes against which grounds might be found for offensive litigation. The commission has also in structed Attorney Ullman that the meas ure that will be reported for discussion this afternoon must be proof against judicial doubts, as the city has no idea of going to great expense collecting a va rious amount of the public's half dollars, only to start a refund on the mandate of the supreme court few months hence. In fact it can be certain that whatever measure is passed by the city will be ironclad and proof against all injunc- tions of recalcitrant consignees of liquors who refuse to support the munich palty with -four bits'' on every package.
 The commission attitude on the meas Ire is that some means must be found to secure money and the liquor tax seems just and proper.
 Commissioner Truss feels that it is a holdup and is frank in the statement that he will oppose the measure just as he is opposed to having men going out in the streets robbing people at the point of pistol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-04
TREMENDOUS BLUNDER

"It will doubtless occur to the liquor people in very short time that they have made a tremendous blunder in citing Birmingham as an example of the disastrous effects of prohibition. This is going to be clear case of He laughs best who laughs last
 "The article in the Survey has been exaggerated and .garbled.
 Although there was d large reduc- tion in expenses of the city of Birming- ham last August, it was not due to pro- hibition, but to the large floating debt that had been accommodating for some years. This debt was funded by a bond issue, with the understanding that in the future the city of Birmingham would be kept within it's legitimate in- come Hence the drastic cut in OK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-04

am proud to be able to help in this cam paign."
 The Rev. w. A. McDonegal was the next speaker and said: q love that religion which we are beginning to call Americanism, where men are able to see need and respond to that need when they see it."
 Dr. Henry M Edmonds spoke briefly. and said he had attended the lunch for the purpose of working for the fund.
 Dr. R. M. Cunningham was the last speaker on the programme. There is no such thing as species in humanity" said he. Tt is without sex, occupation or race. If any people have done little to bring about war, the Jewish people have done even less. But once war is brought on, no people have been found more loyal to the flag of the country of their adoption than the Jews. We should help
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-04
Opportunity Given For Any one to Speak For or Op-
 pose the Measure
EFFORTS TO MAKE
 TT IMPROBABLE
City Will Not Act Unless Sure That the Proposed Law Will Not Be Overturned by the Supreme
 Court In Future
By RICHARD F. LESSER

With decks cleared for action the city commission awaits with some degree of trepidation the onslaught of the pro testors against the proposed liquor in spection ordinance this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the council chamber of the city hall.
 An extraordinary gathering of inter ested persons is expected due to the an- tagonism the measure has aroused ever since it was projected from the sugges- ton of a citizen in Avondale short time ago.
 It will be an open hearing this after neon for full and free discussion of the merits and demerits of the proposed tax. The commission desires to be enlightened and will with it's accustomed pNtience listen to all orators and near orators on the vital question of whether the use of liquor shall be further hampered by an additional fee of 50 cents for shipment to be paid in the coffers of the city.
 In addition to certain liquor adher- ents some of the prohibitionists are ex- pected to make a determined stand this afternoon against the proposed tax. The prohibitionists, it is averred fear the ef- feet of the tax on the public mind in that it would tend to increase the aver sion against prohibition and thereby hurt the cause at the next election. As to the constitutionality of the measure the prohbitionists find, comfort in the claim that the preponderance of legal opinion in the city Is to the effect that the liquor inspection tax will not hold before the scrutiny of the state supreme cnllrt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-04
RECEPTION OF COMMITTEES

MT. Jemison in a statement yesterday afternoon stressed the importance of the committees work, The people of Birm- ingham should realiZe' he said, that the men who are working for this move- ment are busy men hose who are called upon ought to know that the com mittCes are deVoting their time to the matter and that their time is valuable. If a man feels that he cannot give any money to the fund, he at least can be courteous in telling the committees so It would be of great help in this work if business men would realize that those who call upon them also are business men, and that they are giving not only of their means but of their time.''
 After the luncheon yesterday Geo. D. Johnson. head waiter at the Tutwiler sought out Dr. Newfired and told him that the walters at the Tutwiler had heard the speeches and that they wanted to subscribe $50 to the cause.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17
Japan's Factory Law.

Operation under the new factory
law in Japan, which was to have
gone into effect on June 1, has been
postponed for two months by order
of the privy council in order that the
regulations may be revised. These,
1t Is pointed out, did not sufficiently
guard the interests of the workers
and would result in confusion If at
once enforced. To the working
people of the United States the
hours of labor permitted under the
new law will meen extraordinary long,
but it must be remembered that fac
tory work is young in Japan and that
the working hours are founded on
the hours voluntarily devoted to
work by the people on the farms or in
their own workshops-twelve to six
teen hours a day. The most import
ant thing is the forbidding of child
work under TO years and limiting the
hours of girls under Is. 1t is, on the
whole, an advance on conditions as
they have been and will open the way
to further concessions to labor.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17

to be snugly assembled in a house all
to themselves, where they may almost
forget that such a thing as a stair
exists.
To the small town or village resi-
dent the bungalow offers it's advan-
tages at their best. This type Of con-
struction is never so well exhibited as
where the prices of land are inducive
to the purchase Of large piece of
land on which to build. Here the
bungalow may be designed to carry
out the low, broad lines which are so
attractive in this type of construction,
and with well-laid-out lawn the re-
sulting home is one which anyone may
be proud to exhibit to his friends.
The design shown here is intended
to incorporate as much of the truly
bungalow style as may be placed in a
house of this size. Incidentally the
cozy simplicity, size and arrangement
of all Of the rooms, the large and con-
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17
A Plea.

would make plea against the one
sidedness of our present endeavor, lean
ing over to the external world; would
make plea for a deeper culture; for
more widespread study Of the humani-
ties; for more determined use, in our
colleges and our schools, of the ideal
lists opportunity in world drunk with
sense Of physical fact. A plea for
the study of history; for the pure In
tellectual discipline Of philosophy !;
and, because of our special need, for
literature as necessary discipline in
all school work and college work
wheresoever. The work with the clas-
sizes is steadily decreasing !. alas for
the dimming Of the torch thar has
guided our way! Since ancient litera-
ture, with its superb power of shaping
young civilization, has been largely
driven out-with what incalsulable
loss let us study and teach our own,
still permitted and, in places, evea en-
couraged; let us have our English lit
erature taught in the wisest and pro-
foundest way as-.ertainable, wherever
anything is taught.-Margaret Sher-
wood, in the Atls ntic.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17
PUBLIC TROUGH is
MENACE TO HORSES
Quite Certain That This Is Most
Common Means of Spreading
Disease to Animals.

By H. S. EAKINS Colorado Agricul-
tural Station, Fort Collins, Colo.)
The public watering trough is a
nuisance that should be abolished. 1t
is easy to comprehend the necessity
which compels the doing away with
the public roller-towel, the bar of soap
and public drinking cup and the same
arguments for abolishing the public
watering trough are applicable, save
that they apply to horse and not man.
1t is common knowledge that some
of the worst diseases of horses, such
as CHAMBERS and strangles, are trans
mitted in this way. Some Of the
transportation companies place notices
in their establishments to the effect
that teamsters are not to water at
public watering troughs, under pen
atty of dismissal. 1t is quite certain
that this is the most common means
of spreading strangles (distemper)
among horses and the public water
ing trough should be legally abolished.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17

with its cupboard and refrigerator.
which is iced from the rear porch. AL
though this kitchen is large enough to
be well ventilated and far from stuffy,
the arrangement gives it all of the adj
vantages of the small kitchen.
The front porch is very cleverly
placed back under the main roof with
fancy exposed rafters and two neat
posts. The broad steps blend well
with the other parts of the house and
have an inviting appearance from the
thoroughfare.
A few well-placed trees and shrubs
and a carefully graded lawn would
surround this house with an atmos-
phere as homelike as anyone could
wish for.
If you have never experienced the
pleasure of arising early on a sum-
mer's morning to go out into your own
garden to work for an hour or two in
the refreshing air, or if you have
never been able to- come home, tired
from the days labor, to be welcomed
into snug little home surrounded by
the products of your cooperation with
nature, then you have not found all
the pleasure there is in life. A home
such as the one discussed here is not
extremely expensive, and it furnishes
satisfaction which cannot be esti-
mated in terms of the money cost
which it involves.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17

Der Of windows, with their white
frames and sashes, there are no broad
expanses of wall surface to present
monotonous appearance.
Following the type of construction
used in the cooler parts of this coun-
try this house is built well above the
ground, which not only allows large
basement space but also protects the
house against the cold and dampness
of the ground, which may be a very
desirable feature in some climates. 1t
furnace room so that the heating APP
paratus may be easily installed.
In a one-story house the Importance
of the basement is considerable, and
on account of the nearly square design
of this bungalow and its generous pro-
portions the basement may be divided
off in manner which will render 1t of
maximum value. Not only is there
room for the usual eold-storage room,
furnace room, and laundry, but very
handy little workroom may be fitted up
with bench and other useful equip
ment. Such little workshop is not
only of value in repairing and building
articles for the home, but it offers the
younger generation a means of spend
ing time at something which will later
prove to be of considerable value in
the training which it gives.
The interior arrangement of this
bungalow shows the results Of careful
thought on the part of the designer.
The entrance Is into the reception hall,
which continues back through the
house, leading off into the various
rooms. A cased opening on one side
of the reception hall leads into the
living room, while similar opening on
the other side leads into the dining
room.
The living room offers an exceeding
ly pleasant gathering place for the
family, with its six windows to assure
room which will be bright and cheer
full. There is plenty of room for some
attractive rugs, wall decorations and
furniture.
The dining room is well lighted and
with its well-placed buffet and gener-
GUS floor and wall space, could be
made into very attractive room by
careful selection of finish and furni-
ture.
The kitchen contains many features
which should be of interest to the
housewife. 1t is hard to overestimate
the convenience of the little pantry,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17

practical purposes as useful as full
blood herd; but when a cross of an
other breed is introduced, further i'm
provement becomes uncertain. 1t op-
poses an established law of heredity
and that breeder is doomed to disap-
pointment who runs counter to this
law.
1t is unfortunate that this practice
has been more or less frequent. Yet,
experience teaches that the breeder Of
grade herds who expects to make prog
ress has only one practical course open
and that is the use of sires of one
breed and of meritorious ancestry and
individuality. Remarkable results have
been obtained in the British isles
where many high-grade herds of Short
horns are maintained both for dairy
and beef purposes that compare ia
vorably in individual excellence with
the standard of the registered herds.
This has been accomplished by the
careful and continuous selection of
Shorthorn sires and the gradual elm
nation of the undesirable blood.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17
FEED SPRING PIGS
GOOD FORAGE CROPS
Make Five Times Greater Profit
Than Those Fed in Dry Lots
Alfalfa Favored.
(By R. A. GATEWooD, Kansas Expert
ment Station.l

(By r. A. GATEWOOD Kansas Expert
ment Station)
Spring pigs fed on good forage crops
will make five times as much profit
as those fed on dry lots.
The cost of 100 pounds of gain on
young pigs with corn at so cents a
bushel and such forage crops as al
falfa, rape and clover, runs from S2.S6
to 1886; with older hogs from $4.23
to $5.31.
The accredited gain in pork to an
acre of forage varies, depending upon
the crop, age of the hog and the
amount of grain fed. An acre of sweet
clover with corn at so cents and hogs
Nat So hundred pounds netted $52.O7;
rape, $3.50; alfalfa, $65.9O, and a
combination of oa.s, peas and rape,
$64.6O.
OF all forage crops, alfalfa is the
great permanent crop, while rape is
the emergency crop, and green rye the
fall and early spring crop. The ideal
forage crop should show adaptability
to soil and climate, permanency, pala-
liability, reasonable cost of planting
and good pasture at any time during
the growing season. Alfalfa, clover
and rape have most of these qualities.
There is no better opportunity for the
Kansas farmer to make cheap pork
production than by fattening spring
pigs on forage crops.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17
(By FRANK D. rHoMsoN.)

(By FRANK D. TIIOMSON.)
1t is surprising to observe how many
stock farmers have been inclined, after
having bred grade cattle for a con-
siderable number of years, usually of
ShorthOrn blood, to use upon these
females a cross of some other breed.
The writer has known a number of in
stances of herds having been graded up
in Shorthorn blood for a period of
10 to 25 years, and then all of these
years effort abandoned by the intro
duction of a sire of another breed.
In some cases, the first cross on such
foundation appears entirely satisfac-
tory, but the later crosses are less
reliable and in large percentage of
cases prove a disappointment.
1t takes years to grade up q herd,
and when this is done by the continu-
GUS use Of registered sires of any breed
the results show a steady improve
ment, assuming the sires used to be
of higher standard than the founda-
ton females. After few such crosses
are made, the herd becomes for all
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17
PLEA FOR BED AS 1T WAS
Modern Things That Masquerade as
Such Are Properly Condemned by
Chicago Newspaper.

Modern life, having succeeded In
eliminating economy frQm the list of
virtues, is now. apparently, conducting
drive against sleep, which the old
er authorities numbered among man
kinds blessings. People, city people
in particular, seem to be ashamed of
the fact that they must sleep. Tired
natures sweet restorer sore labOrs
bath, that which knits up the raveled
sleeve of care-the inventor of which
was so praised by Sancho Panza.
prince of squires, is in disrepute.
This tendency to conceal the fact
that sleep still falls upon mankind is
strikingly illustrated by modern furni-
ture. The bed that was frankly bed
is being thrust into the background
as something to be ashamed of. Its
place is taken by various kinds of
monstrosities that masquerade as 9TH
er articles of furniture in the day
time, and, indeed, far into the night,
confessing that they can be made to
serve as beds only when frivolity can
no longer stand or sit, but must. per-
force, become recumbent.
The bookcase, the piano, the bath
tub, the mirror, the closet door. the
Morris chair-these may at any mo-
ment, by the pulling of strap or the
pressing of spring, be revealed as
sleeping utensils-beds one cannot
fairly call them. And they function
as beds in a diffident half-hearted way,
as If ashamed of the office. Jacks of
many trades, they are masters of
none.
Until sleep itself becomes obsolete
the human race must have beds of
some sort, and the more comfortable
they are the better. No sleeping Inn
plement disguised as photograph, a
bird cage or cook stove can take
the place of the old-fashioned piece Of
furniture that was bed and nothing
else.-Chicago News.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-17
ARGUMENT FOR LIVE
STOCK AND ALFALFA
Contained in the Farm Survey
Made by the Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent Station.

A strong argument for live stock
and alfalfa is contained in the farm
profit survey made by the Wisconsin
experiment station.
1t brought out that A farmers, who
were keeping double the number of
live stock and twice the average acre
age of alfalfa were making practically
double the profits Of the avera,re farm.
The growing and feeding of Alfalfa
is increasing in popularity throughout
the United States every year The
crop can be grown profitably when the
soil is well drained, firm seeded
prepared, the soil sweetened with lime,
when necessary, and fertilizers and
manures used to give the crop a quick
start and enable it to make a strong
growth.