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The Spectator., 1916-02-29
I our teacher,
 J. c. Fleming.

Jesse and Zenn Fuller came down from Fort Smith Tuesday to attend the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Ernest Rose.
The Spectator., 1916-02-29
Berry's s Chapel School.

The following are the ones who maintained an average of so or more, in a thorough eXami- nation given during the closing week of a three months term of school.
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For Sale-Frost Proof Cab- bage. Plants home grown, 15c per hundred. Joe Lewis, Mulberry, Ark, R. 1. adv.
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Fresh line of garden and flow CT seeds at Mackey's, (W. C Bills old stand). adv.
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Announcements
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The Spectator is authorized to an- nounce the following persons, candl- dates for the offices mentioned, subject to the Democratic primaries March 29:
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Red Seal Flour, $2. 90 per hun dred at Edgin Bros. adv
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Bliss Irish Seed Potatoes at Edgin Bros. adv
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LOST Black leather bill book, bearing the inscription Com pliments of Times Record. :" and containing one S5 bill and two $1 bills. Finder bring to Spec tator office and receive suitable reward. 9 At.
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All notices of church entertainments lodge affairs. pie suppers, bazaars, dinners. oyster suppers box sup pers and all announcements where in those inserting such items charge an admission fee, offer something for sale or take up a collection for the purpose of defraying expenses will be charged for at the above rates.
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Get your garden seed at adv. The Variety Store.
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2 bars good laundry soap for , cts. at Edgin Bros. adv.
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Money to loan on improved farms. Easy terms. adv. L. M. Guthrie.
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Good Roasted Coffee, l5 cents per pound at Edgin Bros. adv.
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REPRESENTATIVE
COUNTY JUDGE

COUNTY JUDGE JAMES C. DAVIS,
 of Hogan Township ]. M. RACHELS,
 of Hogan Township. D. l.. FORD
 White Oak Tow nship GEO. w. BARHAM, of White Oak Township. w. c. STOCKTON,
 of White Oak Township. JOHN BRANCH,
 If Donald Township,
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Fresh Garden Seed at the Va riety Store. adv.
The Spectator., 1916-02-29

Bay Prince Albert sOsryvhsrs to- bocco is soid' in foppy red boss. Sc; tidy red fins. Toe; hondsons pound and hoH- pound tin hanidovs and in shaf cisvsr pound cTysfai- sioss hunai- dor sDifh Gs-usoisfener fop that kssps fhs fobacco in such fine shane.
The Spectator., 1916-02-29

Lots of people are planting gar den and getting ready to plant onrr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
The Power of God

In the mighty passages He creator of all things that the earth And Goo He made the creatures or the created in His own mag 70 excellent Thy in all the earh appealed the ancient people of also sustaining and governing power He appointed the for sea After enumeration of the ami Thee that Thou mayest give them opened Thine hand and they are die and return rembleth He toucheth the they full of Above The voice of the Lord is out The light His garment the lightning ministers the earthquake the tread of His feet the evolcan he nosils
 His The of the angels His and the o
 He the and slayer with the Jacob is strength" shield and buc wall Who this King of gory Jehovah strong and mighty, mighty battle"
 the New Testa men physical in the New spiritual In the redemption cannot draw absolutely sharp Old persist in the the Old
 The expression power faithful until the end; but frequently uings and death thing The and what it stands for is the power them with them with of the everlasting Covenant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
HOTEL LOBBIES
Power of Public sentiment
By Richard F. Lussier

By Richard F. Lussier Walter Brewer, former assistant SO i licitor and now member of the firm of London, F'itts. Yancey Brewer, evolved a theory yesterday in discussing the forthcoming vverton trial at Hunts vile
 T know absolutely nothing of the over ton case" said MT. Brewer, other than what I have read in the newspapers. From this source gather that 1t will be the most important murder trial ever staged in OUT state courts, and in my opinion it will be won or lost on public sentiment If the prosecution conducts it's case in such manner as to attract the widest publicity in may go hard on Overton. If on the other hand the de- 1 fense is intelligent enough to anticipate events by engaging the services Of the best known writer they can get hold or, they have a gooo chance to win. Pub lcity in this modern day is a very im- portant factor in criminal trials. A big case like that of Overton can be won or defeated weeks ahead of the actual trial by the amount and quality of publicity il receives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
Dyestuffs Are Rare


 The arrival of the Deutschland in New York seems to have impressed the fact upon people in Birmingham that the country is flooded with dyestuffs, said Alfred Porter of Porter Clothing com pany. During the course of business we often explain the advance of fabrics and other articles, by citing the fact that dyes are rare and bring enormous prices. Tt has been surprising how many times the persons have said, "I thought the Deutschland remedied this dearth when it crossed the Atlantic with cargo Of dyes The Deutschland brought nearly 110 tons of dyes. In the United States in one year, over 5000 tons of dyestun is consumed. The cargo of the subma- rine would supply the country for only one day, when the import was distributed. "The rise in the price of dyes has been phenomenal Before the outbreak of war, a piece of worsted weighing 14 ounces could be dyed for 9 cents. It costs over seven times as much to dye the same fabric now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
TIME FOR MOVIES TO IMPROVE
From the Los Angeles Times.


 Since the first beginning of movies there has been a wonderful advance in the mechanical part; great strides have been made in the purely pictorial fea- lures; but the literature of the movies has not advanced as it should. The plays are not as good as they ought to be The movies are still vamping around with vampires and crooking with the crooks.
 There was a time. several years ago, when novelists and playwrights had a few sucisspasms. They told stories about dope fiends and crooked detectives and tough women blackmailers and other un- lovely characters. But they soon gave up these subjects.
 In real life we do not care for dives and we do not care for the championship of those who inhabit dives. If the liter ary portrayal is faithful representa- ton of the real thing then the crook story is quite as unpleasant as the crook. If it is not true to life then it has no reason at all for being.
 What applies to the printed page ap- plies with greater force to the screen. Tkere is really nothing interesting about the eternal triangle" about tough de- tectives or infamous burglars. The chief reason why these characters continue to inhabit and afflict the screen is the uneasy suspicion of the movie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08

hanson has a certain air about it. For one thing, it is an eminently sociable conveyance, underlining very emphatical- ly indeed the proverbial wisdom that two is company-for three constitutes an un- common crowd in a hanson. True, those two are less withdrawn from pubic gaze than in the back of a taxi but there is a great deal to be said for seeing wlsere one is going, with nothing be- tween ones gaze and the distance save the ears of an active hack and the reins descending, it might be from the sky, With love himhelf guiding the passenger to ends and adventures quite beyond the reach of petrol. There was a famous novel which once dealt with the mystery of hanson cab, and the ride which Henley and his lady took through "the still, delicious night"-with 'the marked and cheerful tramp of the horse break ing into it's violated silence'-has fixed for us, in the second of the London Voluntaries," as much of it's romance as any admirer could demand. In those days, when hansoms were a matter of course, probably it needed a poet to dis cover their poetry; but there will be no excuse now for any one who can climb into one without little appreciative thrill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08

Hence the idea the public gained was that his campaign was tame. Ills itinerary had been widely heraided and "ovations" had been provided for well in advance, but even when large crowds gathered to hear the HOO per cent a candidate" there was an ab- sence of anything like real ardor. Hughes talked and talked but said llt- tie or nothing worth remembering. Wilson. on the other hand, had merely to stand and let men and women see him to stir them to widest shouting. Wilson's trip to the midwest has set new pace for the campaign. The diff ference between the reception the
 President met with and the way that Nominee Hughes was received, IS sure to have it's effect on the electorate in the so-called close or debatable states of the east.
 According to straw votes tabuiated by various publications last week Will son has been gaining over his op- ponent. He will gain from now on at rapid rate. The betting in New York has been in favor of Hughes. That will change.
 The election is four weeks from next Tuesday, but it looks now as ii the democratic ticket would not only be a winner, but that the victory would be overwhelming, as it should be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Before she gets him she imaglnes that he is the strongest man in the world. But after she gets him she discovers that | there is nothing strong about him except his breath. A brides teeth may look perfect. But l it is wonderful the amount of dental work she has to have done after she Is | married and has a husband to pay for it. | It is too chilly to wear transparent skirts, but they have arranged things so us mere men won't be able to forget the fact that they have legs.
 Nearly every man has pet barber He cultivates this pet barber acquaint- ance so that every time he gets shave he won't have a new brand of horse lin iment tried out on his hair.
 You can knock the living all you please and still be respected citizen But II you say mean word about the dead you are an ornery skunk l The only way to keep some men in the straight and narrow path would be te put barbed wire fence on eacn side | of it.
 Every married man is held up in his home lot oftener than he is uphelc | in it.
 Somehow or other, a married woman description of ideal man doesn't re- semble her husband in the least.
 The meanest man we know of, outside of the man who keeps a trained mouse in his panes pocket it Is the lad who Ter a counterfeit silver dollar in his pocke
 where he knew his wife would get 1t She got 1t, and she hasn't frisked hin since.
 Funny how the styles change. It i'
 now considered better form for friens wife to undergo the ordeal of waiting for a divorce than it is for her to shoo friend husband and have it over with.
 Love may be blind. But don't evel imagine that lovey will overlook thu fact that hubby is dollar short in hi
 pay envelope.
 A mans idea of an ideal wife woult be one who would believe that what sh' doesn't know won't hurt her.
 fat woman may imagine that she Il fooling some one by wearing straigh l front But the straight front doosn' prevent nature from asserting itself II the rear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
THE EAGLE THAT IS FORGOTTEN

By Nicholas Vachel Lindsay. Sleep softly-eagle forgotten--under the
 stone. Time has it's way with you there. and the
 clay has its own. We have buried him now" thought your
 foes. and in secret rejoiced. They made a brave show of their mourn-
 ing, their hatred unvoiced. They had snarled at you, parked at you.
 loaned at you. day after day, Now you were ended. They praised you
 and laid you away. The others that mourned you in silence
 and terror and truth. The widow bereft of her crust and the
 boy without youth, The mocked and the scorned and the
 wounded, the lame and the poor, That should have remembered forever,
 remember no more. Where are those lovers of yours, on
 what name do they call, The lost. that in armies weep over your
 funeral pail? They call on the names of hundred
 high valiant ones. hundred white eagles have risen, the
 sons of your sons. The zeal in their wings is a zeal that
 your dreaming began, The valor that wore out your soul in the
 service of man. Sleep softIy-eagle forgotten-urdcr the
 stone. Time has it's way with you there. and the
 clay has its own. Sleep on, brave hearted, o wise man
 that lxindled the flame To live In mankind is far more than 10 live in name To live in mankind, far, far more. than
 to live in 8 name!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
GREELY,s POOR pENMANsHIp

From the Christian Science Monitor.
 We fail to notice, among recent col lection of stories relating to Horace Greeley's wondrous hieroglyphics, that illuminating one about his letter refus- ing to deliver. in a distant town, free lecture for the benefit of certain or ganization. 50 you think I have noth- ing to do but run around the country talking for this, that and the other thing?" he wrote. T want you to know I have all I can do at my desk in the Tribune office" This, as the tale runs, was signed I'll. Greeley" and was turned in and honored by the cashier of the Tribune as an order in favor of the organization which he was unable to as- sist otherwise, for. s100. to De charged to his personal account.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
Wilsom' s Popularity I'm
 Midwest Significant

E7THE spontaneous demonstrations H accorded the President in the middle west were as remarkable as they were heartening to the masses who believe implicitly in the demo- cratic standard bearer.
 If MT. Wilson's trip to Omaha had been planned as a campaign enter prise, it would have been natural to expect a great outpouring of the de- mocracy. But the object of his visit to Nebraska was civic rather than polit- ical. He had accepted an invitation to participate in semi-centennial cele- bration held under nonpolitical au- spices and his three speeches deliv- erd in Omaha fit happily into the programme.
 In discussing the momentous prob- lems facing this country MT. Wilson reviewed some of the salient acts of his administration, interpreted changed conditions in the worlds af- fairs and explained his attitude to- ward large international questions.
 But only incidentally did the Pres ident speak as politician or can didate for reelection. MT. Wilson is distinguished for his power of ex- pression. Few orators or rhetoricians ever phrased such convincing English as his. But the tumultuous ovations the President received were not the result of his eloquence.
 It was Woodrow Wilson's presence and what Woodrow Wilson stands foi that moved the throngs to cheer ano made the heavens ring with mighty acclaim. Along the route of travel wherever it was known when the Presidents special would be due, crowds assembled to hurrah and let MT. Wilson understand they were fol him.
 Outside of Omaha the President made no set speeches, and his infor- maj remarks and pleasantries spoken to the multitude required, it was esti' mated, not more than three hundred words all told. Yet the people split their throats in voicing their enthusi. asm for the man who had helped to usher in the new era of prosperity ant had kept the nation out of war.
 Compare the demonstrations over Wilson and the demonstrations over Hughes. To begin with, the Associated Press, always painstaking and impar- tial. made as much of Hughes west ern tour as the facts warranted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
HANSON CABS COME BACK From the Manchester Guardian.


 Some two or three years ago the Lon don museum solemnly acquired satisfac- tory specimen of the hanson cab and presumably placed it among their relics of a superseded civilization. Even at the time the acquisition seemed rather indecently in advance of the clock; and now the clock has been put back so suddenly by the new petrol licenses that from every large town comes the news that the horse-drawn cab is about to challenge it's petrol-driven rival on more than equal terms. It is the taxicab, 1t seems. which will shortly be- driven into the museums for the duration of the war-where it can sit and wiring hands. or wall on its hooter with habeas corpus. freedom of speech and one or two other even more ancient but recently uprooted landmarks. Meanwhile, if the hansoni cab is to appear in our streets again no one will be very much the loser. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08

@ INLY a short while ago we peo- IN y pie of Birmingham were brag-
 ging that we had g steel plant at Ensley which, if run at full capacity would produce one thousand tons of steel day.
 Friday the steel plant at Ensley turned out 4,Oa2 tons, or four times what we were bragging about It's doing.
 While the suit to dissolve the steel cor poration on account of it's requirement Of the Tennessee Company has prevented the building of new plants here, it has not prevented the local officers from making additions and increasing the out put of two years ago some three or four times.
 4fThe former little old rolling mill at Bessemer has been enlarged three times over, and is producing four or five times the rolled steel product it was turning out short while ago.
 *
 The fact of the matter is, that the off, ficers and employees of the Tennessee Company are vieng with each other as to how much they can produce There is a rivalry between the manufacturing plants and between the different mines and the capacity of everything is thereby being increased every day.
 I only heard yesterday that the welfare workers of the company are to put on 8 tremendous open air pageant sometime in November out at one of their model mining towns in which representation of the Indian tribes. after witch Ishkooda and the various other mines are named, will be made The actors and actresses will be Tennessee. Company people. in costumes made by themselves, assisted of course, by professional designers and professionals skilled in the art of pro- ducing open air pageants. More than a thousand people will take part in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT INCREASED STEEL
 PRODUCTION AND THE GO-AHEAD SPIRIT HERE

expert at such work and under his supervision Birmingham will be as- sured of most excellent golf course.
 Speaking of the City Commission, President Pevear of the Electric Light company, has offered the commission CTS to furnish them with current for street lights. and for light and power for the municipal buildings at rate, of two cents a kilowatt hour-a price cheaper than the city has been able to make 1t at its North Birmingham plant He offers either to make a con tract or supply current at this price for an indeterminate period.
 In other words. President Pevear Is determined to make friends with the city commissioners and to stop the continual scrapping between the street railway and electric light company and the city commissioners which has been going on for years.
 Pevear wants to be a part of the growth and development of Birming- ham and he shows the spirit of want ing to do the right thing and to make friends both for his company and him. self
 It strikes me that President Ward and his associates will be wise in &C., cepting the offer-at least until the city can get itself in shape to handle it's own system of lighting.
 The wave of prosperity which has been sweeping over the north and west, is now flowing into the south and we people of Birmingham should take ad-T vantage of it.
 Let us now do everything on prac- tical lines-get together, work togeth- CT and pull out of that nasty old at- inosphere which has pervaded this sec tion for the past eighteen months.
 7,ejR,ueQ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08

performance, and it promises to be the greatest thing of it's kind ever produced in the south
 It will bring the thousands of em- ployes of the Tennessee Company, from their different mines and plants, together, and all of those who have histrionic abil- ity, musical talent or dancing propensi- ties have been invited to take part.
 I may be making a premature an- nouncement but am told that the thou sands of men and their families con- nected with the Tensessee Company here are intensely Interested and propose to put on one of the biggest shows ever pro- duced in the world.
 The Tennessee Company is doing won- derful things to make it's employees happy and contented in their home lives and to build up community spirit both in an educational and amusement way.
 Why shouldn't Birmingham as city do something in like manner for its citizens.
 All the world is now either playing golf or desires to play the game, but only a limited number can stand the expense of membership in either of the two golf and country clubs here.
 Birmingham owns most beautiful site for public golf links in it's unde- veloped Green Springs park
 The city convicts and street depart ment coul1 within two or three weeks make this park into an attractive golf course
 Tho idea vas suggested to me yes- terday by a man who wants to play golf but who says he can't afford the monthly dues of the Country Club or the Roehuck Club. It is a good sug- gestion and I hope the City Commits sion will take it up at once I am sure Golf Instructor Hall at the Country Club will be glad to lay off the links for the scity free of charge He is an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
PAUL COOK.

magnates that they "bring people to the box office" Of course, the exact oppo- site is the case. The financial prob- lem of the movies is to bring into tha film house that part of the public which does not now attend such performances They will always be able to hold the de- voted movie fan" This new traffic is not to be induced by crude plays about the gutter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
SUCH RowDYIsM.
ALABAMA PRESS

Huntsville Mercury: It is suggested that the commission that arranged the peace compact between Taft and Roose- world wars final act.
 Roanoke Leader To solve the white scribers and abolish the premrscuous circulation of the Congressional Record.
 Albany Decatur. Daily: A little town down near Demopolis has changed its name to Alfalfa" Now look out for a crop of statesmen. The first man to grab the sobriquet Alfalfa Bill'' is sure of seat in Congress.
 Mobile Item: The F federal reserve banks have added their testimony to the statements from various sections that business throughout the United States is good. Prosperity seems to have taken a firm hold everywhere, even in those spots that were slow in feeling the busi. ness revival.
 Jasper Mountain Eagle: Good health abounds in old Walker. Even a cat lived to be 20 years old over here-and that was only one of its lives.
 Attalla Herald The papers of the state are raising great cry about the negroes leaving and going north. Don't worry. | They will come back. The negroes know who their friends are and they won't be slow returning. Some who went to l Pennsylvania in the summer are wanting | to come back already
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
THE MAIN THING

To live this life and never fret Is rather hard to do, But men who're wise will bravely set Their hearts on pulling through
 Birmingham Age-Herald. While some are pulling through" lik'
 this
 With that old rule of try" Some other men are quite content If they can just "get by
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