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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
VOICES OF THE LEAVES

countless millions of their fellows over wander We can hear them rejoicing In inc refreshment of great change when their soft notes join with those Of the winds, the driven rains and the deeper and more fearsome sounds making lne grand chorus of the storm.
 They will continue many weeks to give us their grateful shade and whisper or their friendliness, but summers heat ana autumn's breath must bring the inevit- able sadness of their departure But In that hour we may imagine them, as shoulder to shoulder they make their soft, fluttering descent to earth, telling of a life to come in other years when their loam shall have produced aulckenins for other leaves, and again they shall delight us with their solace of greenery and shade. They may not reappear in their present form of oak, buckel, syca- more or the smaller families, but surely, they say, they will revisit us to again en- rich our earth
 Some leaves, possessed of the vanity or beauty, might tell us they would rather yield their present life to the sharp tooth of frost than to the slower processes of whitening, for then their latest colorings would be more vivid and possibly senti- ment might incline, as in former timess to the preservation of their luster be- tween pages of poetry. Sooner that per- haps, with some than the speediers de- cay and resurrection in touch with mother earth.
 Perhaps the most pathetic of the scenes presented by the trees when they are stripped for the winter is that of some dead yet lingering leaf caught in a tenacious grip that holds it fluttering to the tree, unable to join it's comrades below It suggests the thought of some unfortunate human being, long surviving relationships and friendships, doomed to finger here in the misery of utter loneli- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
To Fight for Peace

'I have just received a letter from Leighton Wood, at Santo Domingo city" said Ralph Barrow, high school friend of MT. Wood, "and he tells me that he has been ashore several days commanding a detachment of 100 'Jackies' from his ship. Also that To- cally it was very warm down there, but that Uncle Sam was going to have peace there if he had to fight for 1t.
 'So many things have caught the public that Santo Domingo and the attempted revolution there has been quite eclipsed The press dispatches tell us that among the casualties was that of Captain Hirshinger, U. S. M. corps, who died June 12. 1t seems that some hot bloods have determined on a revolution and that the United States has said, No;' and intend to make good. Ensign Wood is a son of our townsman, Sterling A. Wood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
DURING A THUNDERSTORM


 Do not use the telephone. The tele- phone wires may receive heavy charge.
 Keep away from stoves, radiators and the like, They are large metallic masses likely to become heavily charged
 Avoid screen doors or other metal lie bodies connecting with the exterior of the building.
 Keep away from chimneys and open screened windows.
 Out of doors the most dangerous places are under isolated trees and near wire fences in open fields.
 Small sheds and other shelters are dangerous if isolated from larger buildings
 Thick timber is undoubtedly the safest place to seek out of doors, since a single tree in forest is not SC likely to receive stroke as a single person or an object in an open space of equal area.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
TIME FOR COOPERATION

From the Decaturs Daily.
 Passage by Congress of bills au- thorizing a s11,O0O,O00 armor plate plant and a s20,O00,Oo0 nitrate plant affords Birmingham and north Ala bama an opportunity to cooperate in mutual development.
 The nitrate plant, the site for which is to be selected by President Wilson, should. be located at Muscle Shoals for the very reason that none of the con- peting sites are equally as available. On the other hand, the armor plate plant could not be quite so appropriate ly domiciled elsewhere as in the Bir- mingham district.
 Alabama, with it's boundless re- sources, it's geographic isolation from the seaboard, and it's all-year climate, is the proper place for the location of these two gigantic federal industries. It has the raw material, the labor and the natural facilities.
 President Bush of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce is quoted as saying:
 "The Chamber of Commerce is also interested in the nitrate plant which the government will build. If the plant is to be built somewhere, naturally we want it to come to Alabama and as close to Birmingham as possible. We will work on that, too, if the plant is to be built"
 This friendly spirit shown by Bir- mingham will naturally place north Alabama in reciprocal attitude, and this section will just as cheerfully aid Birmingham to get the armor plate plant, as Birmingham will work for the location of the nitrate plant al Muscle Shoals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
Bond Issues Carry

Yesterday was good day for bond issues.
 In Birmingham's bond election three propositions were submitted-$2, ,00O,- 900 for school buildings, $500, ,000 for an electric light plant and $50O,0OO for an auditorium, city hall and llibrary-and all three carried, but by varying majorities.
 Birmingham acquitted itself with high credit by rolling up an over whelming majority for the school bonds. As much as an auditorium is needed, school buildings are even more urgently needed, and it would have been a terrible slam on this commu- nity had the $2,O00,O00 proposition gone by default.
 A defeat of the auditorium proposi- ton would have been serious reflec- ton on Birminghams civic life, but the people were alive to the import ance of the matter and voted accord ingly. The city has been long handi- capped as a convention center by the lack of an auditorium; and it is hoped the commission will lose no time in providing this great public improve ment.
 The board of education will have the spending of the $2,000,000 and they can be entrusted to distribute the new school buildings judiciously and to construct them with due economy. There will be at least two new high schools and many other additional school buildings.
 J. R. Hornady, city commissioner of education and health, who con- ducted vigorous campaign of educa- ton for the school bonds, has outlined the general plans that will be carried out by the board of education, and the public may feel assured that Birming- ham will now take great stride for ward in it's school system and its edu- cational activities.
 The fact that S2,500,000 will be ex- pended presently in public buildings will give a decided impetus to the building trades in this town, but best of all it shows that the people of Bir- mingham can be depended upon to take a liberal view of large public spirited questions.
 The municipal light project being regarded by many business men as of doubtful expediency at this time was supported with less enthusiasm than Municipal Ownership leaguers had ex- pected. But now that it is to be tried out" the operation will be ob served with keen interest from an economical point of view, especially in relation to Birmingham's future mu- nicipal ownership policy.
 Since Birmingham will have $3,000,- 900 of bonds to sell brokers and deal CTS in municipal securities will get busy figuring on bids. The bonds will be in brisk demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
Progress in Road Building

The annual report of the state high vay department recently compiled by Assistant Highway Engineer R. P. Boyd is markedly encouraging. It shows that Alabama expended in 1915 more for road improvement than in any other year-for roads and bridges, 34, ,337, ,1S8.44.
 Of this amount $2s9, ,S0S,Ss came out of the state treasury, while the bal ance was spent by the counties.
 Since the highway department was created in 1911, there has been a steady increase in road building, and 1t is believed that 1919 will make as much better showing than 1915 as 1915 made in comparison with 1914. Among the counties Jefferson in 1915 led in expenditures for roads and bridges-in round numbers total of nearly a half million dollars. Mont gomery county came second, with an expenditure of $1S4,5O2 on roads, and $28, ,560 on bridges. Mobile county was third and Tuscaloosa fourth in road work. Most of the counties made cred itable showings, and this year not a few will go far ahead of the 1915 record.
 As the total mileage of public road way in Alabama is 55,746, with only S613 miles improved, it is seen that a great deal is yet to be done; but 1t has not been very many years since the state had only about one thousand miles of improved highway. The de- partment's statistics for 1915, there fore, are cheering as we'll as informa- tive.
 The value of good road building is now thoroughly appreciated by every progressive citizen of the state. No expenditure for public improvements
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
THE ETERNAL MOTHER

By James Stevens.
 Gayety is good to look upon and an innocent face is delightful to our souls, but no woman can resist sad ness or weakness, and ugliness she dare not resist. Her nature leaps to be the comforter It is her reason. It exacts her to an ecstacy wherein noth- ing but the sacrifice of herself has any proportion. Men are not fathers by instinct but by chance, but women are mothers beyond thought, beyond instinct, which is the father of thought. Motherliness. pity, self-sacrifice-thes are the charges of her primal cell. and not even the discovery that men are comedians, liars and egotists will wean her from this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
BABoON

BAbOON Charles Hsnson Towne, in the Christian Science Monitor. At eight o'clock in the evening. And at two in the afternoon The monster curtains open,
 The f1ddles creak and choon; And then bow to the people
 A numbering baboon. l. wonder why I do it? so
 Why do the humans stare From even rows of shadow
 Behind the footlights' glare? Why do go through my weary tricks On a table and a chair? They laugh and clap and giggle, { They never seem to tire. For i am quite amusing
 As I dance SlTpn a wire, Or leap, at my masters signal.
 Through golden hoops of fire. I cannot smile. like the people.
 I cannot speak at all; I pirouette insanely
 In the foolish carnival; fs Yet could I laugh, oh, would laugh
 When the velvet curtains fall! For I wonder why those people
 Sit in Such even rows And smile at my useless knowledge,
 Laugh at my Slincing toes, And dream that they have wisdom!- a How lit.l. a human knows! And why do they always gather
 In houses bright and hot, Wher they might be out in the open
 In place I've never forgot? Why do they live in shell like this, And bid me share their lot? And why is my life schedule.
 Run by rote and rule? Fl was not meant for theatres,
 was not made for school; z. was not meant to capcr here, ~ & / A thing of ridicule! But at eight o'clock each evening,
 And at two in the afternoon 2 The monster curtains open,
 The fiddles creak and crQon; And I bow to the senseless people
 7f sensible babooni ;s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
Woman,s Director

There will soon be ready for the press a directory of Alabama's most prominent women, women who are making the history of the state and whose lives are being spent in va rious kinds of useful and uplifting service," said w. Blanks Everett, as- sistant general manager of the Cham Der of Commerce. This book will be published by four well known Bir- mingham women, Mrs. John B. Reid, Mrs. John D. Elliott, Mrs. H. Scudder Ryall and Miss Jennie Mae Rosser. It will include data which will be d source of valuable information to the public as book for historical refer ences and will be splendid for use in various branches of organization work. So far as l know, this is the only book of the kind. ever published in Alabama" "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
Glad Elections Are over

According to John Calman, the public is weary of the frequent elections on va rious subjects in Birmingham, and there is great relief at the fact the bond issue campaigns are over with.
 Its too hot" said MT. Calman, ito bother about politics, and now that the bond issues are settled, let us turn our attention to business and the making of prosperity for the folks in this district.
 However, in this part of the country it is hard to forget the subject of politics and undoubtedly some smart Aleck will break into the newspapers within the next few days on some issue or other that will call for an election. Still. I am optimistic enough to believe that politics will have a rest for the remainder of the summer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
No GERMANS IN WEST AFRICA
From the London Telegraph

The last of the German prisoners who surrendered at Mora, in the north of Cameron. after being besieged for 12 months, have now reached England, and with their departure from West Africa not a single German remains in what was Germanys West African empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

BEGINNING THE DAY-Give me gratitude, 0 Lord, for my friends. Show me how they have poured their lives into mine, when they have given me sympathy and en- couragement and believed in me even when I doubted myself. Make me worthy of my friends and worthy of Thee, o Thou who hast loved me best of all. For Christ's sake. Amen. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
HOTEL LOBBIES
Fine Tribute to Archie Miller

FIne Tribute to Archie Mlller
 ''The beautiful funeral service over the body of Archibald w Miller on Saturday last was a most fitting trib ute to the memory of one of the finest characters I ever knew" said Frank V. Evans. "The Knights Temp lar rites, the words of his Presby- terian pastor and the reading by Rec tor Barnwell of the Episcopal church blended beautifully with the broad spirit the, Christian graces, the gen erous and charitable heart of my de- ceased friend.
 T have known Archie Miller for 40 years and learned to love and admire him in his early manhood when he first came from his northern birthplace to cast his lot in that typical little southern city, Albany, Ga. Genial and sociable in disposition, he quickly af- fiiiated with the people of the south politically and socially and promptly imbibed the spirit of his new environ ments. His was master mind and heart for friend making and those who knew him best loved him most. Un- ostentatious in manner, generous to fault, filled with energy and action, he won his way to success. After a residence of several years in Georgia MT. Miller came to Birmingham 30 years ago and joined hands. soul and spirit with the people of this aspiring young city, winning his way here to social and business success. In church work, in fraterna1 orders and among the masses MT. Miller was shining mark.
 "As of Abou Ben Ahdem, it may be truthfully written of Archibald w. Mill lire-'He loved his fellow man. Peace to his ashes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

pays so well; and at the present rate of progress the mileage of improved roadway should be doubled within the next five or six years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

A European scientist is specializing in making false faces for soldiers horribly disfigured in battle. A face of that sort has one advantage. It doesn't call for freuuent trips to the barber shop or the daily use of a safety razor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
NAUGHTY JULIET

From the Cincinnati Times-Star
 Romeo and Juliet film has been censored by western state. because of "Juliet's" shocking behavior. Why is it that censorship has ever been synonym for stupidity?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
WHITES FLAG BURNING

eralism, it is often pitifully illiberal. Looking to the future, it becomes in- famed at the present, and loses the spirit of progress. Moreover, its springs of ac- tion are commonly those of vanity and of love for notoriety and trouble making, a trouble making and anti-social spirit that rever yet pushed mankind forward and never will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

It is rumored that the war will cause rise in the price of oysters. The ul- innate consumer should insist on being shown the why and the wherefore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

The college graduate who starts in to conquer the world the day after he gets a diploma stands a better chance of winning success than the chap who takes a year or two ago to think the matter over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

The Canadians continue to give good account of themselves under fire. How ever, great many of those Canadians" are American soldiers of fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

doctor comments on the fact that white people in tropical countries drink a surprising amount of liquor. They probab bly, feel that they must do some- thing to help them forget the climate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

With Berlin and London both claiming a victory in the North sea, the strictly neutral newspaper reader will have to await the verdict of history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
ADRIF7T WITH THE TIMES
prvoN1 urD,

BEYOND HIM. The man of lofty intellect
 Is sometimes forced his head to hang And even forfeits self-resrect When baffled by the latest slang.
 AN OVERWORKED PHRASE. Anything wrong with that story ?" asked the youthful reporter.
 "oh, it will do, I guess" answered the city editor. "but there is one thing I wish you would remember" What is that?"
 "The intelligent newspaper reader takes it for granted that suicide is a rash act"
 ANXIOUS WAITING. "so you've been trying your luck in , Wall street?" "Yes," answered the timorous investor. with what result?' q don't know. My broker hasn't brought in the verdict yet"
 ACTUALLY ANNOYED. q fear Gadson lacks poise.' "why, I've always thought him rather self-possessed." Perhaps he is, under ordinary cir cumstances, but I notice that when an insistent young woman stops him on 8 street corner and forces him to buy a flag. or a tag or button, he betrays slight irritation, instead of smiling III . beatifc manner suitable to the occa- sion.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

A Birmingham motorist has excuse rear of his car. It would be wise for the traffic cops to keep an eye on that fel- low
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

The presumably thin and emaciated bull moose turned up in Chicago as frisky as yearling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

The modern warship is an effective fighter as long as it stays afloat, but il sinks like a stone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

The Fourth of July will be celebrated with becoming modesty this year. Two years of warfare in Europe have disillu- stoned Uncle Sam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

Sanctuary Wood is about the poorest place in the world just now in which to seek, sanctuary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

The colonel will remain at Oyster Bay, but he will have fairly accurate knowl- edge of what is going on in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

It begins to look as if General Funston will be compelled to spend a more or less uncomfortable summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
FOR FIRE JOY.

FOR PURE JOY. Now come the days when cooling drinks Are greatly iii demand, In Dryburg, when fellow winks, His comrades understand And follow to the secret lair Where bottles cold are kept. Full many a man has visioned there Milwaukee's brew-and wept.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

The moving picture magnates declare salaries movie starts are reputed to get. If that's bid for sympathy. it falls flat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

The citizen who didn't vote for bet ter schools and an auditorium yesterday failed to do his duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

And it's also long, long way to the Tipperary which now reposes at the bot tom of the North sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06
JUST HALF ENOUGH.

JUST HALF ENOUGH. My boy" said the man of millions, why is it that you can't pay your bills on an allowance of s1oOOO year?" Well, dad," replied the gilded youth, T presume that's because a year con tains 12 months, instead of six"
 SOME FORGE REQUIRED. I'm sorry to see you back here again" " said the judge prisoner, q did my best, but luck was agin me-"
 You mean you struggled against temp tation?"
 "Er-no, your honor, but it took six cops to bring me here.''
 HAPPY THOUGHT. 'At the last moment Mrs. Gadders dis covered that there were only 13 guests for dinner"
 My! That would never do." Certainly not, but that woman has head on her shoulders!'
 "How did she solve the difficulty? "She placed her poodle in the char or the absent guest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

Vice President Tom Marshall is looking forward to four more years of speech making.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

How many fond fools serve mad Jeai- ousy! Comedy Of Errors'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-06

BEYOND HIM. The man of lofty intellect Is sometimes forced his head to hang And even forfeits self-resrect When baffled by the latest slang
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-26
NO WONDER.

Says Luke McLuke":: ::-"The old fashioned woman who used to wear hole in the front of her apron while baking whole washpan full oi cookies for the children now has a marr,ed daughter who wears a hole In the rear of her .kimona while she leeds candy to poodle and reads the last installlment Of ''rhat Passionate Pup i'll 'Mucks magazine. And yet we wonder how all the divorce lawyers make living"
 To certain extent this may he true in Cincinnati, Chicago or New Yorx City, but in Pine Bluff we are unde :, -fhe impression that poodles do not to the divorce record here aoouts, unless they arc male poodles en two legs and wearing pants.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-26
. MUNICIPAL FLAGS.

Not every state Tn the union has 2 state flag. Some of them haven't thought it worth while.
 In late years large number oi cities have adopted slogans" Recent ly. however, they have gone further The have adopted municipal flags The colors. stripes, etc., are usually symbclical of the early history of such cities.
 Every college has flag Or ensign even high schools have them. They serve as useful purpose in awakening athletic enthusiasm.
 As for municipal flags, there is this to say in their favor-they can't harm the municipality, any more than slogans can.
 Besides. they're quite cheap, and everybody will want to own one. The trouble is. some of the cities with the handspmest municipal flags have the greatest municipal ills.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-26
INSURANCE FEDERATION
Plan to Organize State Organization
 at Little Rock in May.

Lttle Rock, May 25.-A call will be issued in few days for meeting to be held in Little Rock the latter par. of MW;,y for the purpose of organ:z- ing an insurance federation of Ar kansas. ,.tre.
 This was decided upon at a large ly attended conference held on Fri day to meet Mark T. Mckee, of De- trcit, Mich, secretary of, the National Counc' of Insurance federation. MT. Mckee, one of the worlds best known men in this line, was passing through Little Rock en route from New Orleans to Nashville and Pittsburgh. He was met here by about forty insurance leaders of the state, at luncheon. He addressed the meeting, and told of the formation of the federation in 8 of the states.
 The following committee, repre-. senting lll lines, fire, l'fe. casualty ard fraternal, was appointed to. make the arrangements and issue the call for the convention: H. l.. Remmel, Chairman: Chas. Miller, M. w. Hardy. , G. Leigh. J. R. Frazer, c. P. Perrie, C. G. Price. Robt. w. Newell, w. Ross MoCaln, D. E. Bradshaw, R. e. Bright, and Gordon H. Campbell.