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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
AWAKENING IN BARBOUR

ouptIlDlcIlQ0Ht GdSlll IeIldl , concerning Barbour county are inter- esting in that they give promise of a great awakening on the part of the people. And that there is an imper ative necessity for this awakening is indicated by reference to some statis- tics on the county obtainable in sew eral of the departments of state
 In area Barbour county is larger than any of the neighboring counties and being strictly an agricultural county is on a par with the adjacent coun- ties in fertility of soil. Yet the total valuation of all real and personal prop erty in Barbour county is only S6,233, 936. The assessed value per acre, ac- cording to the 1914 report of the state tax commission, is only S3.7S. This as- sessment per acre is considerably low CT than the assessment in everyone of the counties contiguous to Barbour notwithstanding the fact that Barbour is on a parity with these counties.
 In the opinion of Superintendent Fea gin, the awakening in Barbour county has been delayed owing to the great excess of the negro population. In fact, there are nearly twice as many ne- groes in Barbour county as white peo- rIe and the white people, in conform ity with the idea heretofore held by all southern counties in which a high class of intelligent white people lived have been content to allow the negroes to work their farms along ante bellum lines.
 NOT FRUSTRATING
 Barbour county last year received from the state treasury $10,797.76 more than was paid into the treasury. On the other hand, Bullock county, to the west of Barbour, and possessing prac- tically the same advantages, was self Q n q county paid into the treasury about $700 more than was received back from the state. While these latter figures should not be construed as an indica- tion that Bullock county has yet reached that state of development to which 1t is entitled they nevertheless show a greater evidence of prosperity and assessed wealth than Barbour.
 Barbour county takes rank as the twentieth county in the state in the percentage of illiteracy, statistics showing that S.3 per cent of it's white male population is illiterate. By re- sorting to comparison again. it is as certained that Bullock county ranks as sixth county in the percentage ot illiteracy, only 3.5 per cent of the white population of that county being unable to read or write.
 Superintendent Feagin, again re- ferring to Barbour county. was most complimentary in speaking of the in- terest which the county is displaying in road building. He pointed out the fact that work had practically been com pleted on road extending all the way from Eufaula to ozark, distance of about 90 miles, a highway which he declared to be credit to that section of the state.
 TO ADVANCE IN FUTURE
 In conclusion Mir. Feagin said: Bar bour county is determined to go for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
TO ADVANCE IN FUTURE

In conclusion, Mir. Feagin said Bar bour county is determined to go for
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town now and then for the opera n
canoes.
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will give one on December 20 at her
artistic home in Washington, d. c.,
for debutantes from this city, Pht,a-
delphia and Washington. and many OF
her friends In New York and Tuxedo
will go on for the entertainment, which
will be one OF the most important OF
the season In Washington Mrs. Her
bert Shipman is Mrs. Erldley's
daughter.
Miss Margaret Carnegie, ,rly caNd
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, will
be introduced to society at a dance 10
he given on the night Of Decerlber at
the home OF her parents. . East Ninety
first street. and on the same nisht
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
are giving a dance at their home. 81
Fifth avenue. for their daughter. Mrs
Flora Payne Whitney, who came nj
at Newport during the summer.
One Of the early dance OF the new
year will be given by Mrs. Vincent
Aston at her homo at Fifth avenue
and S!xty-ffth street for her sister,
Miss Alice Ford Huntington. second
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert p.
Huntington Of Hopeland House,
S~taatsburg on Hudson. Naturally
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soClErY's CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.

eUNDAY-Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer,, iS4 East Ninety-htsn
street, afternoon at home for Miss Sylvia van Kensseiae.
NONDAY-Mrs. John d. Barrett, luncheon for Mis-. Beatrice fXrncnon'
debutante, Sherrys. Mr.. and Mrs. Ormsby Macknignt T'
dinner at the Gotham, followed by Q party u n EMU ea''e
for Miss Agnes Mitchell and John w. Hanes.
TUESDAY--Miss Madge Lesher, luncheon at Shcrry,s for MISS atn
arine HoIister. Wedding of Hiss Agnes Mitchell, daughter Of
MI. and Mrs. Ormsby MacKnight Mitchell, to john W: names Y
Winston-Salem, N. c., ballroom Of the Gotham, D FIN
wEDNESDAY-Mrs Edward w. Packard. luncheon . Sherrys Tor
her daughter, Miss Muriel Oakes.
THURSDAY-Weddin Of Miss Sarah Elliott Marshall, daughter Of
S. Duncan Marshall, to Charles Van Zandt Didrichsen: Church o
the Trans6guration, 4 p. M. Wedding Of Miss Lucy ken, dsugh-
ter Of Mr.: and Ms. William !. Rev. TO =: l. D.,ns'rn'a As"''
FRTDAY-Mr. and Mrs. p. Chauncey Andsrsen. dance 1essy@
Csergs 7. DreAsw, daneA BhsuyA -
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also an abundance Of costumes FASH
Toned from metal tissues which gave
rather a regal appearance to the gath
erlng.
The who a In the orchestra
stalls added quite as much to the brill
liant appearance Of the audience ms
those In the boxes. and II Is often said
that they have far less trouble with
their two or three stalls than those
who possess boxes that nave to be
nllcd with friends on 80 many occa-
sions. Those persons not possessing
boxes who are much in demand for the
opera have &c be secured weeks In ad-
vance. and an a rule they are chosen
Tor their good looks and their hand
some gowns.
The a OF great dinners has not
begun, nor will II be under way before
the holidays are over and most OF the
dsbutante dances have been given. Not
until next week will the first Of these
dances take place. the Junior Assem-
bly, Of November 20. II win find all the
dsoutantes In town as we'll as the un-
d~srGraduates. who will be here for the
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100 Mems $3.50 Black Vici Kid
Shoes at S3.95 pr.
Third floor, Mems Shop, East bldg.
SIPS All-Silk Chiffon Cloth,
soc. yd.
Street A.. center. Central Bldg.
j. s. Brown Shamrock Linen
Napkins. 22-inch. S5.49 doz.
street H.. Livingston st East Bldg.
Women's Fine Ribbed Merino
Combinations. Sl.5O.
street floor. Fulton st Central Bldg.
Mems Four-in-H Hand Scarfs in
Rich Weaves, 69c.
Strsct floor. Fulton st. East Bldg.
S24.Ss Silver Chain Bags, $3.50.
Street floor, Central Bldg.
Pearl Necklaces, Regularly here
Sl.69 and Sl.S3. at Csc.
street floor, Central Bldg.
2sc. Fast Black Mercerized Sat-
cen Innings IS inches wide, Ice. yd.
street IL, Livingston st. Central Bldg.
s2.25 Sterling Silver Photograph
Frames, Sl.S5.
Street ioor. center. Central Bldg.
Flannel Robe Cloth in Indian
Designs and C0lors, SOC. and 34c. yd.
subway floor. West Bldg.
Mems Fine Winter Overcoats,
$l6.75.
Mems shop. Second noor. Hoyt at.
Boys Overcoats al S5.49.
Second floor, East Bldg.
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town now and then for the opera ar
Cences.
While not for dcbutantc-, Of the
rfost distinguished dances Of the new
year will bc that on January II to be
given by Mr.. and Mrs. ElhridGe L.
Crst street. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry NJ.
Tilford's dance on January . at Shcr-
rvs will DO for young married people.
but no doubt there will be some debu-
tantes present. as will also DO the cnsc
a: Mr.. and Mrs. Cerry's.
il debutante recently added to the
list Is Miss Cccily McTfim, daughter
OF MIR. and Mrs. William a. J. McItifn
OF Short Hills. n. J. She IN related
to tho Stewart family OF this city, and
her mother has recently eco:n one
of the subscribers to the Junior As
seinbiies.
Invitations were sent out last week
By DR.. eud Mrs.. Hermann Bigss for a
reception to b held In their home on
West Ffty-sevcnth street for their
daughter. Mis-, Katharine Digss, for
whom they arc giving a dance at the
Colony Club on the n!ght of December
81. Mrs. Harold G. Henderson Is civ
ing a reception 0l the afternoon OF De-
cNmber s at her home, s2 IRVING place,
one OF the few dwellings yet remaining
In that section. to introduce her n'cces,
the Misses Agnes and Eosarne Roude-
bush. who have been educated mainly
In Europe. They arc the daughters OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Haywood Rou5e-
bush. who have come from their homs
In Easth0mpton, l.. l.. to be nj 70 East
Eleventh street for the winter.
Mrs. William N. Dudgcon will give a
luncheon at Sherry. on November Fl
for her Iaugh,cv, Miss Helen l..
Dudgeon. who will bo introduced TO SO
ciety on December ] Mt eGo rark ave.
nue.. Announcement has already been
made Of the dinner and dance to be
given at Sherry's IN the night OF De-
cember I for the Misses Barbara and
Joan Allen. daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick II. Allen of Bolton Priory
In Psihsa Aases..
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much interest will attach to this dance,
as 1t will he the first entertainment OF
note given by Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent
Aston at the house into the possession
OF which they came recently owing to
the remarriage OF the former Mrs. John
Jacob Astor to william X. Dick. The
Aston residence Is not yet regularly
opened. MIR. aid Mrs. Asto- intend TO
remain for a time yet at their country
place in Rh!nebeck and will not be N
their Fifth avenue residence until
after the holidays. but will come into
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Another engagement recently an
nOuncel OF interest here was that o.
Miss Laura steele Stantack. daughter
Of Mr.. and SIrs. Presley Stanbac!; Of
Byhalia. Miss, TO Alexander Bayard
Clark OF Wadesboro. n. g. Miss Stan
back Is n member OF a prominent
Southern family. being related on her
fathers side to tho E,!me and Little
families OF North Carolina. She was
educated AZ the University OF Utah,
and AT the last convention Of the
DAUGHTERS o: the C~onfederacy. held at
Iii mingham. che acted az sponsor for
the State o. North Carolina
Mr.. Clark is a OF tho late Col.
J. ). Henry Clark Of Newark. ". j.,
ard ~ a brother Of samuel Adams
Clar,i OF this city. He was graduated
from Cornell In 1904 and IL a men,
her Of tho Society Of Colonial Wars,
Sons OF tho Revolution and Phi Cana
Delta Club Of this city. He was for
meriy a n+inter of the Essex Troop Of
New Jersey, but II now on the staff OF
the Adjutant General OF North Caro-
lima as aide de camp.
The wedding will take place on De-
cember 20.
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Notable Additions to the List of Coming Dances--Enter
talnments for the Debutantes Occupy Society's
Attention. Weddings and Engagements
.-Plans to Help Charities

THE opera dominated society last
week and had the most brill
liant opening in years. The
women who graced the double horse
shoe, which adds 80 much to the gen.
eral effect of the Metropolitan Opera
House, seemed to vie with one another
In the display Of precious gems. which
as a rule are worn at the opera only
on the night OF a great private ball.
Tiaras were plentiful and there was
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Thanksgiving recess. Therefore there
Will be plenty Of partners for each
dance. A good many Of the dances OF
the winter will be held on Friday
nights. which will make 1t possible for
undergraduates to get to New York,
and 1t must be admitted that without
them a dance would be n sorry thing.
New dates for dances are constantly
being added to the already long list,
and some Of these are to be given In
distant cities. Mrs. Edison Bradley
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Fine Lot of
81 Storm Serqe
Sic Yd.

Good serses are getting scarce.
These. our regular si.00 quality, are
reliable. All wool. finely woven
in black. light. medium and dark
navy blue ard other good c%olorings.
$3.50 Striped Suiting, Sl.l9 Yd.
A 6ne 54-inch French serge weave
wool.
Sl.A9 Chev!ot Serge CSC. I'd.
Medium weight. 54-inch. all wool;
blat X. navy blu and other colors.
Dress Goods, Special, 9Sc. I'd.
A hne lot at reduced prices, including
Henrietta. POplin. storm Serge. Ilaids.
etc. In wanted Fall colorin.s.
Sl.25 Navy Blue Storm Serge, 800
I'd.
And anothe. excellent lot Of all wool
storm Serge. in navy blue and black.
At sec. a yard.
$2.9S Black Chiffon BroadcIoth, $3.50
I'd.
5S-inch. IN q fast. deep BLACK, Also
a fine HraGe Of Black Chiffon Bcoadcloth
ut 3i.Ss yard.
Sl.i9 Black French Serge, sI.l9 I'd.
Street floor. West Building.
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BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS.

:::''"''' i i:s's ). y. q. !
The A. & S.
| Standard of
Values
1t is nothing new or
revolutionary on our
~part-merely the con-
| tinuance OF q custom
established here over
fifty years.
But now OF special in
terest because il makes
a very important con-
| tribution to the lower
cost-of-living in these
high-cost days, by MAX
ing two splendid and
diverse attributes work
| powerfully together as
one for your benefit:
| QUALITY
Of merchandise, which
goes above and beyond
every other consideration.
LOW PRICE
That is contrived by
% Buying in enormous solune
10 keep pace uhk our ae-
mendous distribution.
(D Taking odrantdse Of a cash
basis Of purchase. with
esery possible discount of.
() Doing business outside the
hish-,ental rome. and BY
cunning our property at iop
first cost.
20 Gerry xnodera.s scale Of
marking profits.
Now the steadily rising
tide OF prices is constantly
cutting down the margin Of
safety between the cost OF
necessities and the fixed
income.
1t becomes OF highest i'm
portsnce to keep this mar
gin-which means buying
power for comforts, even
luxuries-as ample as pos
Sible without resOrting TO
lessened quality.
This The Store Accom-
modating helps You 10 do,
by maintaining its high quail
ity standards at the lowest
prices possible.
Its stocks are by far the
largest in its history-new.
fresh, desirable goods, pro-
vided deliberately in gener-
Gus quantities, bought right,
az the lowest prices, and
priced the same way. with
the express intention Of
maintaining the A. & 5.
Standard of Values.
The assortment Of these
goods is so rich that it will
satisfy every good taste
and every pocketbook.
Avail yourself now OF
this safe, protective stand
ard, 10 make your money
bring you the utmost in
value, just when you have to
meet the greatest demands
upon il.
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rho wedding OF Miss Agnes Mitchell.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ormsby Mac
knight Mitchell, to John Wesley Hanes
OF Winston-Salcm. N. c.. will take
place on Tuesday evening In tho ball
room OF the Gotham. 1t will be wit
ncss cd by many relatives and friends
and following Immediately after the
wedding ceremony there will he a large
reception.
Tho bride will have ~ her attend
ants her sister. Miss Priscilla Mitchell,
and Miss Lucy Hanes. sister Of the
bridegroom. There will DO four little
ilows}t S1y.s. 1iss Priscilla Kennedy,
i7a~n - nnnn nnaN
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-11-24

He reflected that across the Atlantic millions
of human beings were at that very moment en-
gagged in the dreadful task of killing other human
beings with every invention which ingenuity and
skill could bring forth from the laboratories OF
science and the workshops Of industry.
In other lands at that very moment tens OF
thousands upon tens of thousands of helpless
folk-feeble, aged men and women, mothers with
babes %cinging convulsively to their breasts, little
children sobbing in terror, a vast army of the In
nOcent and the anguished-were enduring the eX-
tremities of exposure, of hunger, and of despair
as they fed from their wasted farmsteads and
burning villages, escaping from the pitiless cruelty
of savage men only to lie down to suffer and die
under the pitiless skies of God in the winter and
the bitter storms.
AT that very moment most dreadful war hid
half the world in the blackness of its darkness
and from that hOrrid cloud rained destruction
upon unhappy EurOpe-upon her ancient capitals,
upon her pleasant cities, upon her villages, her
fields, her temples, her treasures of art, upon all
the accommodations of a thousand years OF genius,
of learning, of industry, Of skill and of patient
advancement of the happiness and the civilization
of the race of man. ,
So he that considered all this wiCkedneSs that
was being done under the sun, this drunken dance
of death and hell above the fetid cOrpses and the
multitudinous graves. this awful nightmare OF In
describable woe and wrath. said In the bitterness
of his heart that no God ruled over such a maniac
world and there was no thanksgiving due TO the
Giver of Gifts that were not good, but everyone
altogether evil.
And when the man had made an end OF his
thinking, he went and stood in a window and
looked out upon the evening. because 1t was fair
to see.
He saw in vision at that instant the vastness
of the republic and the multitude Of the good and
happy folk who live under the shelter of Its
strength. He reflected how brief a time had thvs
magnifed the works of our pioneer fathers and
our pioneer mothers, those brave and simple men
md women whose names should never be men
toned with anything but profound gratitude.
And to this American. glad with a great pride
in the deeds of his people and the story Of his
country, and grateful to the Goodness which has
guided and sheltered his fathers and his folk.
lifted up his eyes to the night. to the quiet stars,
TO the brOoding immensely above, and said In his
heart:
Thank God that I am an Americana"
And, citizens, that is the one outstanding.
splendid fact for which each one Of us should
soberly and most gratefully thank God on Thanks
giving day this year.
The finest thing you possess or ever can pos
sess is Just your American citizenship. 1t Is
neither necessary nor becoming, on this day or
on any other d..y, to cheaper this birthright OF
ours BY brag or spreadeagle defamation.
But 1t is highly becoming on this Thanksgiving
day to feel n deep gratitude and a manly pride
in this heritage.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-11-24
And so we firmly believe you do feel.

And so we firmly believe you do feel.
We all hear it repeated that patriotism is a
thing. of the past that our people have become
commercialiZed that the masses have no deep
rooted loyalty to the country that our rich men
put dollars above the obligations of their citizen
ship; that our poor folk care little for the ideals
of free government; that we Americans are de-
cadent in the virtues and valor which marked
our fathers.
That is not true.
If there be any power in the world which plots
war against us Americans and promises itself vic
tory over us on the assumption of our decadence
in loyalty, that power will find how terrible was
it's mistake when our country calls her sons to
battle in her defense.
We have, 1t is true, in our capacity MS a col
lective people, left undOne things that should
have been done and done things which should
have been left undone; and there is more truth
than there should be in much that Is jeeringly.
said by those who hate us.
We acknowledge that much Of our politics Of
tends common d%ecency.
We see, here and there, painful evidence Of cor
ruptiOn among lawmakers and even among the
Judges, who should know only justice and in
tegrity.
We see rich men who do betray their country
and foul their hands and soil their souls with
most infamous dealings and most shameful
profits.
We see Americans who do put the dollar above
every consideration of right and duty, above the
claims of our common humanity.
But while these things are true, 1t Is true also
that the heart and conscience Of the American
people, take them as a nation, are sound and
sane and wholesome.
The blood of our fathers still runs in the veins
of their sons. The spirit of the nation may in
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-11-24

men turned out In a body to wish him good luck.
"God bless you, Charlie! Here's good luck to
you, Charlie! they shouted.
"Do l know him wellT said one grizzled en-
plOyee at Homestead. Is it Charlie Schwab you
mean? Shure, don't I mind the first day he came
here? An didn't 1 work wild him for years1 Wild
him., mind you Not for him. Shure. l helped cut
the first piece of steel that ever went out Of this
mill. There isn't a man here that don't give his
good will to Charlie Schwab. There'd be no strikes
in Ameriky IL ivry boss was like him. The first
day he come I says to him, says !, Have you a
match" II have four" says he, "an' you're well
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-11-24

deed seem to Siumber in the soft bed Of long
enjoyed peace and security. But let war come
against the land and no man need doubt that that
spirit will spring up instantly awake.
We can r~ightfully be grateful that it has fallen
to our happy lot to live in this most wonderful
of all ages and to be citizens of this most won
derful of all the nations.
Let your hearts swell with just pride as you
contemplate your country, so august, so splendid,
so renowned in the earth.
Look upon your flag as it streams Its bright
folds yonder above your heads with proud and
happy eyes. Remember how honorable Is Its
story, and forget not how many thousands Of
brave and good men died that 1t might wave yon-
der, the ensign of a free people.
Tell to your children the story of their fore
bears, of those men and women who, amid the
wilderness and forests that stood where now
stand mighty cities and stretch cultivated farms.
erected, with hardships and endurance and most
heroic faith and valor, the noble edifce of our
epublican liberties.
Speak to them of Bunker Hill and Valley Forge
and Saratoga and Yorktown, and Of the great
Declaration-that most famous Charter of HUI
man Freedom.
Tell them to thank God for their fathers and
mothers hardihood and courage, for the wars
they fought, for the victories they won.
Tell them to salute their flag with high and
proud hearts.
Tell them to thank God this Thanksgiving day
that they are Americans.
And then do you soberly, gratefully, proudly
thank God yourself that you are an American.
Oh, dear and mighty motherland. what better
gift or more to be desired could God give than to
be born and to die. strong Daughter of Liberty.
between thy shining feet!-From the Chicago
American.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-11-24

In the pursuit of Villa and his bandits through
the arid regions of northern Mexico the United
States troops traversed a region whose only vege-
tation Is the barbed and fOrbidding cactus. To
any but n cowboy or a trained plainsman of the
Southwest, inhabitants themselves of the cactus
belt" this plant seemingly has no more value than
the veriest weed, but 1t may well be that it may
prove Of great value to the troops in the absence
of water, fodder, or even food for human beings.
In the punitive expedition there are many COW
punchers of the 'cactus belt" serving as scouts,
and in the cowboy and the Indian of the South
west the lOwly cactus has its greatest admirer, for
they know what a game struggle for life this plant
has to make against an unlaved desert soil. Even
their ponies and cattle and the poor beasts Of the
desert know of these uses Of the cactus for water
and fodder, says the New York Herald.
There are ONE thousand varieties Of this mon
strous vegetable family, not counting the 300 va
rieties of the agave, or century plant-incorrectly
included by many-in northern Mexico. The va
rieties of the yucca palm and all other forms Of
vegetation known to the arid region have the same
faculty of sucking up from the soil every drop Of
the all too little moisture In 1t and storing it up in
their tough and leathery leaves and roots.
OF the many varieties perhaps the most remark
able is that member Of the family known to those
schooled in desert craft Us the water barrel" This
plant Is shaped somewhat like a beer keg and Is
about the same size. Through all the years Of its
growth it has been sopping up what moisture the
famished earth contained and retaining 1t. 1t is the
sole reliance of desert jewellers in time of drought,
and the troops, far from water holes and with wa
ter scarce, may yet be obliged to drink from It
The water barrel" is tapped by slicing of the
top with a sword or machete and pounding the
pulp until the water contained in 1t wells up into