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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
The Story of the Alamo

From "The Old Texan Capital-San An tonio," by Ernest Pexiotto, in the July Scribner.
 Since 1922. when Mexico threw off
 the yoke of Spain. the few American colonists in Texas had endured much at the hands If the new government. A climax was reached when Santa Anna seized Mexico City, overthrow the con- stitutionalists, and made himself dic- , tator. He was the particular enemy of the Americans. and ordered the arrest of some of the most prominent among them This brought clashes between them and the Mexican soldiers Friends came from Missouri and Louisiana to help until finally they organized lit- tie army and, with Ben Milan at their head, marched upon San Antonio. After a stubborn house. to house fight they took the town on December :, 1855. Crockett and others. and here they
 awaited the coming of the enraged dic- tator fortifying themselves as best they might in the old mission church and its outbuildings.
 When Santa Anna arrived, at the 1 head of his 5000 men. he summoned the 200 Americans shut up in the AL .amo to surrender. Their only reply was
 shot fired from the cannon that Will
 liam Travis commanded. The Mexicans immediately laid siege to the old church
 and for 10 days pressed it with vigor.
 Its defenders, hopelessly outnumbered
 and with no chance of reinforcement,
 prepared to fight to the death On
 March 6. to the sound of the "deguillo"
 Ono quarter) the Mexicans advanced
 for the final assault
 Their ammunition exhausted. but
 fighting with their clubbed muskets
 or anything else that they could find,
 the heroic band of Americans fought
 on until, little by little. they were
 killed to a man. Travis athwart his
 canno. Crockett upon heap of Mexi-
 can soldiers in front of the main church
 door, Bowie, sick upon his cot, 1efend-
 ing himself with his famous knife. So,
 Remember the Alamo" became the
 WatchWord of Texan freadnm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
HOW TO REDUCE
 YOUR WEIGHT
A SIMPLE. SAFE. RELIABLE WAY

People who are over -burdened with superfluous fat, know only too well the discomfort and ridicule that over-stout people have to bear.
 If you are carrying around five or ten pounds of unhealthy fat you are unnecessarily weakening your vital or gans and are carrying a burden which destroys the beauty of your figure.
 There is no need of anyone suffering from superfluous fat If, you want to reduce your weight, in simple. safe and reliable way. without starvation diet or tiresome exercise. here is a test worth trying. Spend as much time as you can in the open air, breathe deeply and get from Eugene Jacobs Drug Store or any good druggist a box of oil of korein capsules; take one after each meal and one before retiring at night.
 Weigh yourself once week so as to know just how fast you are losing weight and don't leave off the treat ment or even skip single dose until you are down to normal.
 oil of korein is absolutely harmless, is pleasant to take, and helps digestion. Even few days treatment has been reported to show noticeable reduction in weight, footsteps become lighter, your work seem easier and a lighter and more buoyant feeling takes pos session of your whole being.
 Every person who suffers from super fluous fat should give this treatment a trial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
Only Three Kinds of Feet?

From the Popular Science Monthly.
 A recent meeting of foot doctors brought forth the information that all feet are divided into three classes, namely, inflared, outflared and straight-the first two classes being scientific divisions for the common afflictions known as pigeon toes and bow-legs. One doctor said Shoes are proverbially made to fit the eye and the pocketbook. but not the feet"
 The ordinary classification of boots, shoes and slippers does not fit with the inflared, outflared and straight classes of feet, stated the doctors, as was proved by the fact that most manufacturers ride in automobiles. To remedy the situation 1t is proposed that all shoes conform with the three general classes of feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
Trench Fighting With Bombs

Trench Fighting With Bombs
 From "A Bomb Thrower in the Trenches"
 by Lieutenant z, of the British Army,
 in Scribner
 way, crouching and running and crawling got to where I could see our men throw ing bombs into the Germans. You could hear nothing for the noise for it seemed as if every German rifle, maxim, and big gun was turned on that spot; their shrap- mel was going "Brrangg'' over head and their shells going "Whangg'' all about I took few shots at the devils with my rifle. by way of resting and getting my breath, and then 1 got hold of a box of bombs and started to crawl and drag 1t up there. The box was heavy and, to my delight, another young chap Strath- coma, came and helped me. We dragged and bumped it along, over bumps and across shell holes and over our dead, until we got to the extreme point where the Germans were retreating up their trench and being bombed by our men unmerci- fully. There I found my own sergeant Of our own bomb throwing squad to my great relief.
 had never thrown live bomb in my life but soon found out, as it is quite a simple affair and they were lovely bombs for working. You could see a cump of German bayonets huddled like sheep, over their parapet top. and you chucked a bomb into it and prayed for the explosion. When it came the bayo- nets wavered and wobbled and then dis appeared. If the bomb did not explode you waited and backed up because those plucky Germans lighted it again and threw it back, And so on and so on. l know I got three bombs into them fairly and squarely and heard them explode and saw the bayonets flop down. We finally got to a place at turn in the trench an angle, and our own men, the - some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
LITTLE NEW YORK STORIES
 BY A BIRMINGHAM MAN
By ALLEN GRIFFIN JOHNSON

less T. R. organizes an army and usurps he throne.
 The movies lend an additional charm to going to war now. The boys get into the pictures easily that way, and each is cast for the role of hero.
 Coney and it's many attractions are now using a lot of space in the dailies. Many new features are advertised at the fla nous resort this year.
 The theatrical season may be said to have closed in New York last Friday night, a number of attractions having wound up long runs that evening, but there are summer shows galore which will run right through all the humidity. And new ones coming. Hammerstein s Goat Tails" will open soon, for instance.
 Seats on Riverside Drive are at a premium these evenings, and the Jersey mosquito sails over the Hudson and reaps a rich harvest.
 The public schools closed here Friday, but infantile paralysis opened up about the same time.
 New York has sent a troop or so of "horseless cavalry to the border.
 The Fifth avenue traffic cop has lost much of his impressiveness since the "Stop-Go" signs have been in use. No longer his white-gloved hand rises in com polling majesty-it merely goes out, about even with his waist, and turns handle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
ALABAMA s CENSUS OF MANUF LECTURERS Decrease Shown in Number
 of Establishments WAGES SHOW A GAIN The Amount of Capital Invested Shows a Handsome Increase
 Over Previous Govern
 ment Census

Washington, July 3.-(SpeciaL)-A pre- liminary statement of the general results of the census of manufactures for Ala bama has been issued by Director Sam L. Rogers of the bureau of the census, department of commerce. It consists of a summary comparing the figures of 1909 and 1914, by totals, prepared under the direction of MT. William M. Steuart, chief statistician for manufactures.
 The figures are preliminary and subject to such change and correction as may be found necessary from a further examina- tion of the original reports.
 The census of 1914, like that of 1909, with reference to manufactures, excluded the hand trades, the building trades and the neghborhood industries and took account only of establishments conducted under the factory system In the last census, also as in that for 1909, statistics were ont collected for establishments hav- ing less than $500, except that reports ere not collected for establishments hav- ing products for the census year valued at less than $500, except that reports were taken for establishments idle during gan operation during that year, and whose products for such reason were valued at less than $500
 The word establishment" as used in the census reports may mean more than one mill or plant, provided they are owned or controlled and operated by a single individual, partnership, corpora tion or other owner or operator. and are located in the same town or city
 The reports were taken for the calendar year ending December 31, 1914 wherever the system of bookkeeping permitted fig ures for that period to be secured, but when the fiscal year of an stablishment differed from the calendar year a report was obtained for the operations of that establishment for it's fiscal year falline most largely within the calendar year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS
Birmingham, Ala. Jacksonville, Fla.

CooI-no mosquitos. Grove Park Inn Sunset Mountain, Asheville, NC. the finest Resort Hotel in the World. It is absolutely yfireproof and open all the year.
 The 12O-acre, 18-hole, golf course is the finest in the South-it is blue grass course. All the water used at the Inn comes from the slopes of Mount Mitchell, the highest mountain east of the Rockies, nearly seven thousand feet altitude. The milk and cream come from Biltmore Dairy on the estate of the late Geo. W. Vanderbilt.
 Itis the ceanest, most sanitary hotel ever built. Every floor is tile. Every bedroom has Mosaic tile covered with French rugs made at Aubusson, France. The foods are the finest money can buy. The kitchen is spotless white tile to the roof and pure white Mosaic tile floors. The buildings are built of great mountain boulders- some of the walls are five feet thick
 We are three and half miles from the railroad The street cars are not allowed to come near enough to be heard. We burn coke-not soft coal Automobiles not allowed near the building during the night. Thuswe have no smoke, no dust, no train noise. We have pure air, common sense, digestible food, quiet in the bed- rooms at night, the finest Orchestra outside of New York and Boston, great organ, and an atmosphere where refined people and busy business men with their families find great comfort and good time, Information and photographs at all Q. & c. offices, or write to Grove Park Inn, ASheville, IN. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
A Fine Record
or, +h. New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 A peaceable looking Irishman had been brought into a suburban pollce station on some petty charge He pleaded innocence.
 "Is there anybody here who can vouch for your respectability" said the examining officer.
 Patrick singled out the head of the small police force.
 ''He can.'' he said
 "Me?" exclaimed the policeman. "Why, don't know the man."
 Exactly" said the accused. q have lived in this place 20 years and the police don't even know me, so I can't be such bat lot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
PERCENTAGES OF INCREASE

The population of Alabama at the cen sus of 1910 was 2,13S,O93 and it is esti- mated that it was 2,270,0OO on July l. 1914.
 The summary shows an increase at the census of 1914 as compared with that for 1909, with the exception of number of establishments and proprietors and fir" members, which show decreases. The de- oreases are due primarily to the fact that at the census of 1909 a large number of reports were received from small lumber mills. Mills engaged exclusively in cus- tom saving for consumption in the imme- diate neighborhood should not be in- cluded in the census, but it is not always possible to conduct the enumeration in regard to these establishments on uni form lines at different censuses. The de- creases under the conditions are no indi- cation of a decrease in the manufactur- ing activities of the state.
 Tn the order of their importance, from percentage standpoint. the increases for the several items rank as follows: Mate rials, 26.6 per cent; salaries, 264 per cent; capital, 23 per cent; wages. 21.7 per cent; value of products, 20.5 per cent; primary horsepower, 1s.7 per cent; salaried em- ployes, IA per cent; value added by manufacture, 12.4 per cent; and wage earners, IT per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
ADDED MANUFACTURED VALUE

The value added by manufacture rep resents the difference between the cost of materials used and the value of the prod ucts manufacturd from them. The value added by manufacture was $0,265,O00 in 1914, and $62, 900 in 1909, the increase being s7,74s0OO, or PA per cent The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
CAPITAL INVESTED

The capital invested, as reported in 1914. was $213062,0O0, a gain of $39, SS200O, or 23 per cent, over $173,1S0,0oO in 1909 The average capital per estab- lishment was approximately $66,000 in 1914, and s51 GOO in 1909 In this connec- ton 1t should be stated taht the inquiry contained in the census schedule calls for the total amount of capital, both owned and borrowed invested in the business, but exludes the value of rented prop erty, plant or equipment which was em- ployed in the conduct of manufacturing enterprises. In the final bulletins and reports the rental paid for such property will ba cIown Separate1V
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04

one of the many remarkable condolences, or features associated with the European war and it's influence upon the United States, that in the second year of that war the United States should have made a new and unexpected record of gold production. This record matches the ex traordnary one made by the farmers of the United States in 1914 and 1915, for in those years they harvested larger crops than were ever before garnered in the United States, or, in fact, anywhere in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
WHAT CAUSED THE INCREASE

Sometime ago, information came from California that new and wonderfully per fected methods taught by science and by the mining engineers were making avail able gold which lay far beneath the sur face and which until recently was pre- stunned to be inaccessible. Some ventured to predict that these new methods would make it possible for California, gradually but surely to match in her yearly out put of gold the figures that were reported in the early days of gold mining there. It may be that the result of these meth ods in part explains the new record made of gold production in the United States Now this country stands sec ond to Africa in gold production.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04

The salaries and wages amounted to S41, ,500OOO in 1914, and $S3,s49,OOo in 1909, the increase being s7651,Oo0, or 22.6 per cent.
 The number of salaried employees was e904 in 1914, as compared with 6o55 in 1909 making an increase of Si9, or IA per cent.
 The average number of wage earners was 77,7O2 in 1914, and 72,14S in 1909, the increase being 554, or IT per cent. The maximum number of wage earners s2,o4O for 1914 were employed during March. while the maximum number C1H- S54 for 1909 were employed during No vember The minimum number of wage earners C1 ,9S0 for 1914 were employed durinf December, and the minimum num- Der (67,56D for 1909 were employed dur inf June. SUMMARY FOR THE STATE A comparative summary for the state for 1909 and 1914 follows:
 Per
 cent
 of in-
 Census crease,
 1914 1909 1909-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
ANOTHER COINCIDENCE

Another of the condolences, so strik- ing as to call forth comment, is found in the report which shows what the recent imports of gold to the United States have been, measured in dollars Two or three days ago, it was stated that we had re- eeived from Canada and England, since the movement began early in the winter, about $110, ,0O0,0 coo, but day later new inn ports of gold increased the amount to about $115,O00,000 When, then, the mines of the United States in 1915 were giving an output somewhat in excess of SlOl, ,0o0,- O0O Canada and London were sending to the United States in the last six months of the past fiscal year approximately $115, 100000 of gold. There is no reason to suspect that the gold production in the United States in 1916 will be less than that of 1915, and it is certain that there will be continued imports of gold. Grad ually but surely conditions are shaping which will enable the federal reserve board to feel that the United States IS abundantly supplied with gold resources so that when the time comes we will be able to assist other nations in the work of recunera ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
SALARIES AND WAGES

value added by manufacture formed 39 per cent of the total value of products in 1914 and 42S per cent in 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04

New York July 3.-(Special )-War doesn't seem to be interfering materially with the pleasure of Manhattantes. The summer season has really just begun here; all the Day Lineboats up the Hud- son, the Coney Island boats, those to Sandy Hook, Glen Islands, Asbury Park, and those which take us out for a day on the ocean, are packed at every sailing. Trains to the various nearby resorts are beaches are thronged and the roofs are ringing with alcoholic merriment.
 And in the meantime subscriptions have been started for families already destitute as a result of the departure of their men for Mexico.
 Now that Frank Munsey has bought the Sun and the Evening Sun, and the Sun has bought the New York Press, and at 1 cent the copy, everybody seems per fectly satisfied
 Don't believe there is a saloon in Man haitian which has not a special entrance and room for women, and the door opens just as easily on Sunday as on any oth- CT day.
 One way to get line on the presi- dential situation is to live in New York and read southern newspapers. One soon becomes convinced that Wilson and Hughes will be our next Presidents, un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
COST OF MATERIALS

The cost of materials used was $1O5- 6S2 0O0 in 1914 as against $s3 443,0oO in 1909, an increase of $22, ,1S9,0OO. or 26.6 per cent. The average cost of materials per estab- lish1rent was approximately $3300O in 1914. and s25 900 in 1909. In addition to the com ponent materials which enter into the products Of the tablishment for the census year there are included the cost of fuel. mill supplies. and rent of power and heat. The cost of materials, how ever, does not include unused materials and supplies bought either for speculation or for use during subsequent period.
 The census inquiry does not include amounts paid for miscellaneous expenses, such as rent of offices, royalties, insur- ance, ordinary repairs, advertising, trav- cling expenses, or allowances for depre- ciatiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
VALUE OF PRODUCTS

The value of products was sl75.S97,O0 in 1914 and $145, 962,0 ,0O0 in 1909, the increase being s29, ,935, ,0O0, or 205 per cent. The av- craze per establishment was approximate ly S54OOO in 1914, and $43000 in 1909
 The value of products represents their selling value or price at the plants as actually turned out by the factories dur ing the census year and does not neces- sarily have any relation to the amount of sales for that year. The values under this head also include amounts received for work done on materials furnished by
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-11
NorE: You've all undoubtedly heard

NorE: You've all undoubtedly heard
of the famous DR.. Pierce and his we'll
known medicines. Well, this prescrip-
ton is one that has been successfully
used for many years by the physicians
and specialists at DR.. Pierce's Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo,
N. Y, for kidney complaints, and dis
eases arising from disorders of the kid
neys and bladder, such as backache,
weak back, rheumatism, dropsy, conges-
ton of the kidneys, Inflammation of the
bladder, scalding urine, and urinary
troubles.
Up to this time, cAnuric" has not
been on sale to the public, but by the
persuasion of many patients and the
increased demand for this wonderful
healing Tablet, Doctor Pierce has finally
decided to put it into the drug stores OF
this country within immediate reach OF
all sufferers.
Simply ask for Doctor Pierce's Anuric
Tablets. There can be no imitation.
Every package Of cAnuric" is sure to be
DIR. Pierce's. You will find the signature
on the package Just as you do on DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, the ever.
famous friend to ailing women, and
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
proven by years to be the greatest gem
eral tonic and reconstructor for any
one, besides being the best blood-maker
known
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-11
MIR. Thorne viii Be Defeated.

Burlington Post: The entrance of
Mr.. Clifford Thorne into the congress
sional race is not going to change re-
suits at the June primary. AS a
mem Der of the state railroad commits
sion, and in other functions political
and economic, Mr.. Thorne has render
ed valuable service to the public. II
is hard to understand why he does
not continue in the line Of work
which he has marked out for himself
and to which he is peculiarly well
adapted There is not the opportun-
ity in congress for service by charac-
tiers of the Thorne type. In congress
he would be as conspicuous1y a fail
ure as he is conspicuously success
as a railroad commissioner and rate
dissector. From the viewpoint OF a
spectator of events, it looks as though
Mr.. Thorne might be taking the pre-
liminary steps looking to the period
in his public career. The feature
about the affair which the people will
resent is his disposition to abandon
place for which he is fitted, and
where his service is salutary and
beneficial and desired by all-and I'M
dertake to crowd out another man in
another place whose services in con-
gress are just as satisfactory to the
people as those of Mr.. Thorne's have
been in the railroad controversy. No
doubt Mr.. Thorne's supporters al
ready repent his erratic course of
action, seeing what the end will be,
and would remedy it If they could.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-11
Circumstances are the rulers Of the weak;
they are but the instruments OF the wise
Lover.
WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT?

Harold Richard Clements, aged nineteen,
working as a clerk in Seattle department
store. suddenly and unexpectedly has come in
to an inheritance of 100000 by the death Of
his grandmother Stories like this not in
frequent They appeal strongly to human in
terest When we read Of such sudden coming
into great riches, even though may have no
acquaintance whatever with the parties con-
cerned. we begin turning over in our minds
speculation as to what the heir or heiress will
do with the great wealth. And if we be of linn
tied means, we may loose the pinions of our day
dreams and let them where they will, see
ing enchanting visions of what would do
We're we suddenly to inherit above the dreams
of avarice.
Shall congratulate this Seattle boy, OF
commserate him? 1t depends upon the quality
of the boy. If he has the right stuff in his
makeup his inheritance may not be calamitous
to him BUTT would be the utter ruin Of many a
youth and might lead to the ruin of other
youths Mix dash of folly with dash of
animal spirits and weak will and submerge
these in easily acquired and vast quantities OF
gold-then goodbye, boy He is headed
straight for the devil. A mothers prayers the
grace of God or the strong arm Of the law may
save him, but chances are against it.
Young Clements, of Seattle, may not be this
kind of boy. We hope not. Nevertheless
we have already assumed the Missouri attitude
We shall be on the lookout for the Seattle date
line in the news, to learn whether this money
fell into hands worthy the inheritance wheth
er 'sthe great white way is to have another re
cruit and the devil another laugh at the weak
ness of human nature.