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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
HARRIsoN,s LOG CABIN
Columbus Dispatch.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
 The home of Gen. William Henry Harri- son, at North Bend, which he maintained all through the years of his public serv- ices, and to which he retired when in pri- vate life, was really in part log cabin. One who was a guest there in s1S46 de- scribes it as long, rambling structure, part two stories in height, but mostly but one story, with the wide front facing the Ohio river, from which it stood back about 300 yards.
 There were nine rooms in all on the ground floor, and one of these-a large one-was the log portion. it evidently having been originally a log cabin stand Ing by itself, but the owner had built ad- ditions to 1t as need was felt and means permitted until he had quite pretentious country residence. The whole of the ex- terior had been covered with clapboards sawed boards being too expensive in those days-and the clapboards were bend, it is said to have presented a very beautiful aspect, the white building in it's setting of green in summer being par ticularly striking.
 In this log cabin portion of his resi- dence General Harrison often entertained companies of friends, and cider was the beverage used at these dinners. This hospitality was famous just prior to the presidential campaign in which he led the whigs, and the contest became known in political history as the log cabin and hard cider campaign.
 After the death of President Harrison, Mrs. Harrison returned to the old home at North Bend and there spent the rest of her life. General Harrison owned a large farm and it was managed by his son-in- law, Col. w. H. H. Taylor.
 Mrs. Harrison, who was a daughter of Judge J. c. Symmes and was born in New Jersey, lived to be S9 years old, her death occurring in 1864 near the close of the civil war. Her body lies beside that of her distinguished husband in the soil of the old farm, where in all probability a suitable monument will soon be erected by the joint efforts of the nation and the state of Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
From the Montgomery Advertiser.


 sha ss unD1sM0oD ls i. oeys4 "sss saz, O to heckle him to ascertain his views on matters of public policy. He never equivocates. Asked by a friend for an expression from the senator on a matter which concerns not alone the peo- pie of Alabama as citizens, but which concerns the national democracy itself, the senator responds in way as to leave no doubt as to his own views, but with characteristic vigor which must carry conviction to the thinking Alabamian. s'It is clear to me that the Anti-Saloon league is attempting to capture the na- tional committeeman of the democratic Iarty," says the senator T believe they intend to make the effort to make the democratic party nationwide prohibit ton party, which could mean nothing in my judgment, but national defeat"-in 1920
 And why Is there a danger to the party if the Anti-Saloon league captures the party machinery? It is not alone ques- ton of mere party expediency. 1t re- solves itself into this simple, yet ominous question: Shall the democratic party cease to be a democratic party? Shall the democratic party lose It's identity? Says Senator Underwood:
 "As long as the prohibition question is confined within the territorial limits of the state of Alabama, it Is local issue on which we may differ as to what is the best course to pursue for the good of the people of the state, without trenching on the fundamental principles of democ- racy hut when the question is carried beyond the state lines and the federal government Is asked to establish nation wide prohibition you do so in violation i of. every principle of local self-govern- ment in which our democratic fathers believed More than that. you throw a | fire brand into the temple of democracy" | If the democratic party does not stand ] for the greatest measure of self-govern- ment; if it does not plead for the right l of the smaller units of our whole coun- | try to settle their own affairs in their own way, with due regard to the we,.are of the whole people of the country, then it is not a democratic party, and is not worth maintaining as political entity. | e~- v the two great issues on which the re- publican party and the democratic party have divided in the past, but of the two local self-government means more to an American even than the tariff.
 So much for the eternal principle on which the party is built. What of party cxpediency? Can there be any doubt Tn the minds of informed people of the cor rectness of Senator Underwood's political judgment when he says:
 1 "No matter what may be the position of the south in reference to prohibition, there can be no dispute about the fact that the doubtful states of the north are not for prohibition; that the democratic party has never carried. since the civil
 war, states like New York. New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, or Illinois except when the liberal element in those
 states were voting the democratic ticket. To stand for nationwide prohibition N ould sound the death knell of democ- racy in those states so far as carrying them for democratic President is con
 cerned."
 That is truth which must be clear te
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
SOMETHING LACKING

FTUm IIL-BltS.
 A certain drill sergeant. whose sever ity had made him unpopular with his troops was putting a party of recruits through the funeral service. Opening the ranks so as to admit the passage of the supposed cortege between them, the instructor, by way of practical exp,ana- tion, walked slowly down the lane formed by the two ranks, saying as he did so:.
 Now, I'm the corpse. Pay attention 7
 Having reached the end of the path. he turned round, regarded them steadily with scrutinizing eye for moment or two, then explained:
 Your 'ands is right, and your eads is right, but you 'aven't got that look of regret you ought to ave"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
Military Preparedness

Every military company in the state is making an effort to recruit it's mem bership to full strength, and Is meeting with a fair measure of success" said Capt. J. T. Evans. We are especially oesirous of re-enlisting ex-members of the National Guard and the regular army, because on account of their previous mili- tary training, we can expect to obtain a greater degree of proficiency than if we enlist new recruits.
 Every company commander in the district will be glad to meet all ex- members of the National Guard at their respective armories, and a:so any young men who desire to enter military serv- ice Personally l will be glad to have any one interested in military affairs at- tend our regular drill, and whether they soin the company or not I will be glad to drill them in the manual of arms and ether military evolutions.
 II relieve in preparedness in every sense of the word and in my opinion IT any of our young men will be glad of this opportunity to show that they also believe in preparedness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
HOTEL LOBBIES
As to Historic Hixb,yay.

| There seems to be quite d stir among
 the highway promoters" said Miss Alma 1 kittenberry, who has been one of the
 most enthusiastic indorsers of the Jack son highway, the lakes-to-gulf road
 that traverses the middle section of the country There is a called meeting for the Dixie highway and the Jackson high
 way people in Huntsville on the 29th to
 decide the Dixie highway from Winches-
 ter to Chattanooga. MT. A. E. Batchel-
 der, chairman of the executive board of
 the American Automobile association, said
 when the Dixie highway was divided
 into an eastern and western loop that
 the west loop would have to be relocated 1 through some Of the states. MT. Carl 1 Fisher of Indianapolis was the one who advocated the loop. He did it to settle the contest that was so bitterly waged at their meeting in Chattanooga last fall.
 The logical route of the Dixie highway is from Detroit to Cincinnati, through eastern Kentucky to Knoxville. down to Chattanooga, over to Atlanta, down through Florida; but Illinois put in a claim and then western Indiana with the influence of MT. Taggart brought the west branch of the Dixie around by French Lick Springs. It is hard to keep selfish interest out of even highways. The Forrest highway, which originated
 in Rome, Ga. some six years ago, took Ia new start about year ago to come to Birmingham, is now trying to absorb portion of the logical route of the Jackson highway. It seems that the log ical route of the Forrest highway would be from Rome to Birmingham, through northern Mississippi to Memphis.
 General Forrest was born in Bedford county, Tennessee, and was during the war in northern Mississippi and Arkan- sas and after the war made his home in Memphis. Memphis no doubt would gladly cooperate with Birmingham in fur thering the interest of the Forrest high way. Besides a good road from Birming- ham to Memphis would bring a good deal of tourist travel from the west that would go from Memphis up to Nashville, over to Bristol, on to New York. The Greenville Brewton, Ala, people were asked in 1911 to cooperate with the Jack son highway, but they showed no in- SS' III eHe "ofh. IL seems that II they want name for their road from Montgomery to Mobile that they have Father Ryan and Admiral Semmes, two names quite prominent in Confederate history. Even in naming highways there should be some consistency in naming the highway as well as logic in routing It. There is to be a meeting in Mont gOmery on the 24th to further the inter- est of the Forrest highway"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
UNDERWOOD'S WARNING

all who are familiar with political condi- tions in this country
 These are the reasons which move Sen ator Underwood to declare himself in favor of the candidacy of Ed D. Smith of Birmingham, for national democratic committeeman from Alabama. Ordinarily there is no serious contest for this place; usually the committeeship is bestowed as mark of recognition upon some man who has given faithful service to the party. But this year there is a great principle involved. There are two men running for the place; the position of each on the great principle at stake Is well known. Mr. Borden Burr of Bir- mingham is for nationwide prohibition; he. as an earnest advocate of that ques- tion, would exercise his influence to con- init the democratic party to the policy of national prohibition-even at the cost of party success he would do 1t; even at the cost of party disintegration he would do It.
 MT. Smith of Birmingham is opposed to nation wide prohibition. He is a sound. clean democrat who holds that the dem ocratic party is not flippant creature; he holds that the prime articles of its faith once regarded as eternal principles should still be regarded as eternal prin- ciples; he believes that if the democratic party does not stand for local self-gov- ernment it does not stand for anything. and he is sagacious enough to see that as we deviate from that ancient path we weaken our claims to the support of dem- ocrats everywhere.
 MT. Underwood is undoubtedly correctly informed when he says the Anti-Saloon league of America Is trying to Capture the national committeeman of the demo- not only trying to capture the party ma chinery, but is spending it's money and exercising it's agents to the end that Con- gressmen favorable to national prohibi- ton are elected this year. Two years ago the Anti Saloon league appropriated vast sum of money to be used for that avowed purpose. The Anti-Saloon league has ticket in all supposedly friendly ter ritory in Alabama, as well as the most of the other southern states. It has candi- dates not only for the congressional posts, but for seats in the St. Louis convention
 
 | in June.
 Captain Hobson and former Governor Glenn of North Carolina have recently made speeches in many parts of Alabama l in the interest of the cause. In these speeches the people were urged to elect. at their first opportunity. senators and congressmen favorable to national prohi- bition. More recently Captain Hobson. who is himself a candiuate for Congress. ! rushed over to Texas to fill a few speak | ing engagements. The captain has been speaking all over the United States for national prohibition whose leader he is. | With him in other states, as well as in Alabama, was Rev. MT. Stearnes, one of the field agents and lecturers of the Ma tional Anti-Saloon league.
 And there is nothing ahead for the party but annihilation if the Anti-Saloon league succeeds in blowing up the pillara of the temple of democracy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
THE LAND OF NOD

By Robert Louis Stevenson, from a
 Child's Garden of Verses.
 From breakfast on through all the day At home among my friends stay, But every night I go abroad
 Afar into the land of Nod.
 All by myself I have to go,
 With none to tell me what to dO-- All alone beside the streams
 And up the mountains sides of dreams The strangest things are there for me- Both things to eat and things to see, And many frightening sights abroad Till morning in the land of Nod. Try as I like to find the way. IT never can get back by day, ! Nor can remember plain and clear
 The curious music that I hear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
LUXURY OF SICKNESS

From the Pittsburgh Sun.
 This war has been the means of open
 ing the eyes of the United States to a good many things, and one of them is the helplessness of it's scientific and med ica men without the output of the labor atories of Germany and England at their disposal For a short time after the con flict began there was no particularly not able increase in prices and the impress sion was general that nothing would hap pen to interfere with noncontraband trade between this country and those of Europe. Then along came England's or ders-in-council and goods ordered from Germany, and in some instances paid for by American dealers, were held up in Rotterdam and other neutral ports, or if shipped were seized and taken to one of the northern Scotch ports. Then prices started skyward and have been on the upward tendency ever since.
 Whether the great increase is justified is a question, but there is hardly a thing that comes under the head of medicinal preparations and chemicals that has not gone up in price until in many instances the cost is almost prohibitive. There are any number of remedies, made only in Germany, which experience has proved to be necessary in treating certain ail- ments, that cannot be procured and the stocks held by wholesale houses have been doled out to hospitals only or to specialists of known character, and even
 in such instances the cost has been ex- cess1ve.
 The natural result of this condition has made sickness luxury indeed In or dinary circumstances illness is not a money making venture, but now it is a luxury in financial sense. The poor es- pecially feel the heaviness of the ex- pense and the indigent cannot but look upon such institutions as the free dis pensary with every feeling of grateful ness That association is maintained by private contributions and has even per- ! mtted the city to occupy part of it's building rent free,- and last year 24,336 prescriptions were made up for poor peo- pie and 1l,46 had been treated. With {, the increased price of medicines the de-
 mand on the members will be much ! heavier than heretofore. Such an insti- l tuition as the free dispensary performs a good service for the poor and deserves
 the contributions of those able to give.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
Most Interesting for Farmers

Il saw copy of The Weekly Age
 Herald today, and it is the most interest
 ing weekly newspaper for the farmers |
 have ever read,' said Mir. l.. Sevier yes terday.
 This paper ought to be In the hanus of every farmer in the state of Alabama and in the south. I am glad to see The Age-Herald is pushing its weekly among the farmers, and is backing up the splen- did work for farm diversification which is being done in this state by Mrs Mathis. She Is wheelhorse and the newspapers which circulate among the farmers should | tell of everything she is doing. It is a fine thing that The Weekly Age-Herald
 IS telling in detail of her work. It takes | her long time to travel over the state and talk to the reople. Those who can't | see her should be told of what she is doing. The Weekly Age Herald is doing 1 this splendidly.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
MUCH MORE REFINED.

Do you mean to say the finger of sus- picion Is pointed at Mrs. Gadder?"
 ''Oh, dear, mol That is never done in our set. But when she appears there is a perceptible lifting of eyebrows"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
GIVING HIM CREDIT

From the Dallas News.
 Mrs. Peavish says that, although she can never depend on MT. Peavish to bring home dimes worth of liver from the market, she will say this for him-he knows exactly how General Funston ought to go and get Villa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
LEAVE IT TO THE DIPLOMATS

From the Portland Telegram.
 How vessel carrying rapid fire guns can be "unarmed,' is as Lord Dun- dreary used to say, "one of those things which no fellow can find out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
A SPRING THOUGHT.

Sweet are the ways of idleness
 When golden fancies throng, When the world is fair and everywhere The groves are filled with song. The murmurous voice of streams invites The wanderer to rest And the greening hills a peace instills In every human breast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

A large number of Birmingham suffra- gettes have one or more children, a fact that disproves the claim of the anti-suf- fragists that a married suffragst never pecked husband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
STILL SMASHING pRECEDENTs

From the Richmond Dispatch.
 Martinique, claw-hammered and low cut, lined up at daybreak to welcome Colonel Roosevelt. What a moving pie ture for the Chicago conventions! Wha manner of man is this who can uproot all social customs?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
struggle.

The fellow who used to dream about bow now tries to imagine how it would feel to own a block of Bethlehem Steel stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

A magazine writer says it's foolish to blame the war on musicians. It's fool sh to try to place the blame for the war on anybody just at this stage of the struggle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

Imposing a jail sentence on Birmingham speeders will have tendency to make them think twice before chasing pedes- trians to the curb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

Despite the rigid censorship along the border enough news percolates through from day to day to fill three or four col umns in the newspapers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

Recent pictures of baseball manage published in newspapers show uniformly thoughtful cast of countenance which be- tokens serious work ahead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

The Prince of Wales has gone to Egypt, but that doesn't necessarily mean that all eyes will henceforth be turned toward Egypt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

It begins to look as if Congress will not be able to participate to any extent in the festivities at Atlantic City this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
CALLS FOR 4 GABFEsT

From the Washington Star.
 Edison thinks it possible to turn out a completed submarine every other week. But this estimate does not include ths time that might be assumed in debate on the needful appropriations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
ALABAMA PRESS

Annston Star: The reason Anniston s button-selling campaign was such a sue cess is that Anniston has so many pret- could sell sun-dials in Pittsburgh or ice at the north pole.
 Mobile Register: The Birmingham Age Herald's Tuscaloosa letter brings the sur prising information that the people of Tuscaloosa are talking more of water transportation than of politics, and that shows state approaching revolution. The fact is that Tuscaloosa has hopes of being a big spot on the commercial map.
 Huntsville Times: We farmers are not unmindful of the fact that our friends are anxious for us to steer clear of all mistakes and to that end we shall em- ploy all of our wits to make the 1916 diversiication efforts the largest and best yet The nine north Alabama counties modestly claim the lead in this respect and shall even make Mobile with her rich Satsuma orange fields get a hustle on to keep up with us
 Tuscaloosa News: The efforts of Bir- mingham to levy a special inspection fee of 50 cents on shipments of liquor into that city will not stop with the decision of Judge Sharpe. who recently held that the fee was unjustifiable. The city has appealed it's case and the legal questions involved will be fought out to a finish. The progress of this cause will be watched with great interest in other towns, including Tuscaloosa, which are looking towards such an inspection fee to supplement their funds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

For geographical reasons Brazil finds it possible to maintain her neutrality with out losing a minutes sleep over the mat ter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

Roumania is reported to be again pre- pairing for war. Roumania evidently be- lieves in preparedness long drawn out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

Won Tirpitz had the misfortune of being born a Prussian, which probably accounts for some of his acts in later life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

Villa may be laughing at the efforts of United States troops to catch him. but he's more apt to be out of breath from running.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21
Pleased With sneedwax

Bun Roberts. who is looked on as one Of the most capable automobile sales men in the city, is always behind any, thing that makes for Birmingham a greater town.
 T am a great booster for this speed way that is going to be built in Birming- ham, said MT Roberts. Tt will not only help all of those in the automobile business but it will be means of ad- yertising this city extensively.
 There are few cities in the United States that has a greater number of sport enthusiasts. The figures for the at tendance of the Southern league cities for the past few years shows that Bir- mlngham has been consistent winner Of the trophy offered at the conclusion of each season More automobiles are sold in Birmingham than any other city Tn Alabama. There are more Hive ones' here than any other town in the south When the motor speedway is built, thou sands of people from all sections of the United States will flock here to see the sport It is a cinch I will be there sit ting up, ready to see the speed demons smash records, and from what I can hear the possibility of smashing records on the local course are very brightn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

The serene and receptive mood of Tom Marshall is able to withstand the direst political prophecies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, grant that I may not hurt my soul today by harboring hate. May | use myself for larger things. May l n- yite the quest that will contribute to life, not death. Help me to shake loose nay wings. Free me. fof Christ,s sake.-H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

Objection has been made to MT. Opper's s conception of the common people. However. most of us agree with Mr. Op- Fer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-21

Wonder what sporting editors did for a synonym before they started to calling a wrestler a "grappler?''