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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
LEST WE FORGET

John A. Slelcher, ln Leslie s.
 g What a forgetful world it is. What mean creatures begot by a kind provi- dence we are, that we must be reminded orce a year that we should be grateful for all the blessings we receive and all the privileges we enjoy.
 Thanksgiving Day is past. It was cele- brated in the usual way-with a few prayers by the devoutly grateful, assem- bled in scanty congregations in scattered places of divine worship, and with feast ing, dancing and revelry by the great majority. God is good, but soon forgot ten.
 Yet no people in the world should be more grateful than those of our own land. Blessings have multiplied upon us in wonderful profusion.
 We have been spared the horrors of the worlds fiercest, most destructive and saddest war.
 to us. temperate climate prolongs hu- man life, diversifies our crops, gives the husbandman the best reward and the in- dustral worker the minimum of hard ship and the maximum of pay.
 The richness of our plains and hills, the wealth of mineral resources. of silver gold copper, lead. oil. clay and coal are still untold, unmeasufed and unmatched
 The investors faith in his country and the workers zeal in his labor are revealed by our amazing growth With aspopulation of over 100000 900, the larges, railroad mileage of any country on the globe, the producers of the worlds sup. ply of cotton and by far the greatest pro- ducers of corn and wheat, we clothe and feed countless millions, after abundantlS supplying our own wants
 To this new world of opportunity came not so long ago that their footprints can. not be traced. those who sought religious freedom. After them. more recently came vast horde made up of every ma tionality. These sought home and 8 livelihood among our people. They have filled the meting-pot to overflowng Some of these are the best of citizens and some the worst.
 The beneficient providence that gave u! al abundance of good gifts has given u
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
Has Fine Business

Dave Letaw of the City Hall drug store stated yesterday that he realized the magnetic power of newspaper ad- vertising after placing @ substantial amount of copy in The Age-Herald:
 "I placed quite a good-sized advertise ment in The Age-Herald," said MT. Le- taw, "at the solicitation of friend and was agreeably surprised at the results. Buyers kept coming in the store to buy Christmas things and many of them mentioned the advertisement directly in making their purchases. Of course in the regular sale of drugs the advertising could have aided little in such a short time, but in the special Christmas gifts that we are carrying this year I have discovered that the quickest way to dis pose of them to satisfied buyers is by ad- vertising''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

You claim that you are following your convictions. But, aren't they merely your prejudices?
 The man who doesn't expect too much from his friends saves himself a lot of disappointment
 Women are so contrary that about the only sure way to keep cook is to try to fire her. Then she will stay for spite.
 When a guilty mans attorney man. ages to hang the jury. the guilty man likes to give out interviews to the ef- feet that the right has triumphed.
 You may have noticed that the man with dirty teeth doesn't keep his mouth shut any more than other men.
 There are two kinds of advertising. The man whose patronage you can se- cure for a -1-cent stamp usually has about that much patronage to give you.
 A lot of American girls would like to be duchesses If it wasn't for the fact that they would have to marry dukes.
 A woman always has a perfectly good reason for marrying a man until after she has married him.
 A woman thinks it and doesn't say 1t. A man says it and doesn't think it. Any man who marries a second time toOo some of his money to buy monument for her first husband Before marriage he can hold his 150- pound girl for five hours. After marriage he can't hold his 10-pound boy for five minutes.
 If the price continues to increase, the women may wear eggs and potatoes on their hats next spring. A high brow magazine announces that what the bachelor apartment lacks is the personal touch" You bet it does. It takes wife to keep that personal touch" thing on the job every time she needs coin.
 When man laughs at joke on him self he never really means it. l Any time you don't believe that truth is stranger than fiction, just let an anna
 teur photographer take 2 picture of
 you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
Gets Results Here

Birmingham Is a fine distributing point" said F. H. Headley of the Martha Washington Candy company. T have de- cided to make my headquarters here in place of Atlanta. l believe l can get better results from being located here than I could in the Georgia city. This is a more central location, and besides, it is fine town. There's lot of pep here. and business Is opening up wonder fully. Since we opened our store here several months ago, we have made name for ourselves throughout the dis trict, and as our business has grown each day we expect to stay here.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
HOTEL LOBBTES
Rnnkruptcr Court Quiet

Tn striking contrast to t6e situation existing with all tho business houses and commercial establishments of the city, which are rushed to the limit with busi- ness, affairs in the bankruptcy court are quieter now than at any season of the year." said Kirkman ONeal, chief clerk in the referees office yesterday
 ''It is extremely rare for any business firm of any size or for individuals to go into bankruptcy for sometime before Christmas. No matter how critical may be the financial condition of firms dur ing December, they generally manage to hold off their creditors until after the holiday rush is over.
 There Is usually a big increase in the business of this court after the first of each year. When the dull season begins, many firms go into voluntary bankruptcy and others, which are unable to pay after the big Christmas business, are forced into bankruptcy by their credit ors'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20

also an abundance of parplexing prob lems. If we fall to solve these problems our blessings may prove a curse. Their best solution will be found in obedience to the laws of God, crystallized in 10 liv- ing commandments, the first of which reads: Thou shalt have no other gods before me-"
 Luxurious. easy, going, money-spending, pleasure-loving as we are, must we be reminded on one day of the year of our obligation to Him who gives?
 Then let US not forget during the re- mainder of the year that He who gives can also take away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
"HYMN TO INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY,

"HYNIN TO INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY, By Shelley
 vowna that I would dedicate my pow To thee and thine-have I not kept the
 VOW?
 With beating heart and streaming eyes.
 even new
 I call the phantoms of sthousand hours
 in visioned bcwwes
 Of studlous zeal or loves delight Outwatcht with me the envious night They know that never joy illumed my
 brow
 Unlinkt with hope that thou wouldstl
 free This world from it's dark slavery, That thou-O awful loveliness, Wouldst give whate'er these words can
 not express. The day becomes more solemn and se-I
 rene When noon is past--there is harmony In autumn, and a lustre in it's sky. Which thrc' the summer is not heard ol
 seen, As if it could rot be. as if 1t had mol
 been. Thus let thy power. which like thu
 truth Of nature on my passive youth Descended to my onward life supply It's caln--to one who worships thee, 4 And every form containing thee. kW. Whom, spirit fair, thy spells did binA To fear himself, and love all human
 kind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
Ready for Business

After spending the last six months in completing it's organization, the State Chamber of Commerce is now ready to do constructive work" said T. P. Hay And by the way, my title which has been field secretary, has been changed to that of industrial commissioner With and get out over the state, and live up to it. The State Chamber of Commerce is in position to do some big work, and we expect much of it during the coming year. Interest In the organization is thriving in every county in the state, and we expect to have the cooperation of all of Alabama in every movement we undertake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
PRIME REQUISITES

PRIME REQUISITES Let poets sing the mistletoe And kisses boldly taken; Perchance some dreams of long ago Their sonnets may awaken. A pretty custom 'tis, in truth, Of brighter times and freer; But less the maid has looks and youth, Nobody seems to see her. 
 WELL CARED FOR "The Grabcoin children are being given an international education" What do you mean by that?" They have two French nurses, Ger man tutor, an Italian music teacher, Russian dancing master and the repre- sentative of an impoverished. but old and aristocratic family. as governess."
 COLD RECEPTION 'Did you have any luck when you asked Dr. PnIer's consent to marry his daughter"
 'None whatever. In fact, he assumed a professional air and prescribed a change of scene in some spot distant not less than 1000 miles from his domicile."
 PERHAPS Lovers quarrels are recorded Iris the Christmas season; Costly gifts can't be afforded Maybe that's the reason.
 PRESENTS WORTH WHILE ''The artist who drew this picture Of | Santa Claus on his rounds is evidently not up-to-date.
 .Why not?' q "He shows the old gentleman carrying -s pack that contains nothing but toys. Everybody knows that Santa Claus will distribute a great many automobile &C.,
  cessories this year.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
PRISON HAS AIDED LITERATURE

From the London Chronicle.
 Prison literature has many fine pro auctions to its credit in prose as well as poetry. In his prisGe at Athens, Socrates completed his>great argument for immortality; in a Roman dungeon Calico made some of his greatest dis coveries. In his prison In the Wartburg Castle Luther translated the New Testa- ment into the German language. During his F years in Bedford gaol Bunyan dreamed his immortal dream of the "Pil- grims Progress" Sir Walter Raleigh wrote his fraginentary histofy-@of the world to beguile the long years of his imprisonment in the Tower of London Much of the New Testament also is prison literature. Some of the finest Of the epistles of St. Paul were written dur ing his imprisonment at Rome, and the book of the Revelation of St. John was written while he was an exile in the island prison of Patmos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20

indefinite period and bring added suffering and sorrow to the world, but better that, whatever its frightful cost, than a temporary truce with the continuing menace of the greatest fighting machine ever known waiting for the hour or ''the day" when am- bition sends it out again on its path of destruction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20

BEGINNING THE DAA--show ne the mystery, o Lord, of how gam by giving. Teach me the lessons oI the flowers and streams, which i've fin the riot of beauty and Joy oe- cause they give themselves away Teach me the lessons of all this riyinr world and of Thy great giv- in. heart. In Christ's name. Amen H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
SALONIKl'S PRESENT AND PAST

bard nobles by a Byzantine prince Of Epirus. The ensuing 200 years were the most unhappy in the troubled history Of the Tsessalonians, who were fought over and banded about by Greeks, Bulgars, Serbs, Galatians, Venetians and Turks.
 The Turks first appeared upon the scene in 19S0 They did not definitely take possession, however. until 143o. Then Sultan Mourad II, father of thesscon- queror of Constantinople, captured the town from the Venetians. gave it over to sack and massacre, carried off 1000 Of the inhabitants into slavery, and changed many of the churches Into mosques or tore them down for use in his own con struction. Some of the marbles of Sa- loniki were carried as far away as Adrianople.
 For nearly 500 years, the Turks re- mained in undisturbed possession. Yet It is perhaps not quite accurate to de- scribe their possession as undisturbed; for during the latter part of that pe- riod the frontiers of the empire drew steadily nearer. while toward the end of it Macedonia became the scene of incessant revolutionary outbreaks.
 Tn 1904 the European powers at, tempted to solve the situation by making Galoniki the seat of an international board that administered the finances of Macedonia and organized we'll drilled and well equipped gendarmerie. This foreign surveillance. which threatened to become closer after the historic Reyal conference of 1898, precipitated the Tur- kish revolution of the same year.
 The revolution was organized in sa- lonilxi and proclaimed there, the official ringleaders of the movement being Nyazt Bey and Enver Bey, now Enver Pasha. minister of war and guiding spirit of the young Turks. In 1909 the progress of the revolution brought about the de- thronement of Abdul Hamid II, who was thereupon exiled to Saloniki. Nowhere else in the empire would it have been more difficult for him to corrupt his keepers or to escape, and he spent tbree and half years as prisoner in the suburb of Kalamaria.
 "The outbreak of the Balkan war in the autumn of 1912, made it advisabye For the ex-Sultan to be removed to Con stantinople. He was most unwilling to return, however. and was only persuaded to do so by an emissary of the German ambassador, who took him through inc Greek blockade in the dispatch boat os the embassy
 "A few weeks later the Greek army entered the city, followed closely by a 1 smaller detachment of Bulgarians. The final treaty of peace. signed at Bucharest in 1913. adjudicated Saloniki. with the remainder of the Chalcidice. and their strategic hinterland, to Greece.
 But it is apparently written that sa- N loniId shall never long enjoy the bless \ ings of peace. At all events, an army ! of the allies, as we know. is now en- \ trenched there. And he is bold prophet \ who will foretell what may yet lie in store for the people of this historic I city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
Detroit Has
 Wormen's Court

THAT is said to be the only
 WV court in the United States es- clusiyely for women, recently con- vened in Detroit, Judge Connolly pre- siding. About one hundred cases were on the docket against women charged with violating city ordinances. Here after the court will be in session every Saturday afternoon.
 "Many of the these women are guilty only of indiscretion or care lessness," said Judge Connolly. 10th CTS aren't guilty at all. It is a shame to cause them the embarrassment of appearing in crowded courtroom filled with criminals, where they are compelled to wait for hours before the cases against them are heard"
 Most humanly spoken. But what will stern advocates of equal rights think of such pampering by the law as an exclusive women's court" im- plies? That it is presided over by a man assures the tempering of justice with mercy. A woman on the bench would be short, sharp and severe with the erring members of her sex and a saucy hat worn by defendant would be apt to bring down on her head ad- ditional punishment.
 A court for women only should be a success, but strange as it may seem, they may not take kindly to the idea. A crowded courtroom" does not al- ways frighten them as much as the solicitous judge supposes. Q
 A trial where there are only few women present, and possibly lawyer or two, is as tame as a tea party more so. Ones beauty is almost thrown away and as for ones pre- tiest clothes, why wear them?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
NOT ACCEPTABLE


 What's the trouble here?" "One belligerent person is threatening to give another belligerent person Christmas souvenir That's nothing to fight about'' What he means is a black eye.'
 THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE Prof. Diggs is an authority on orien- tai lore.'
 He's just the man want to see." Are you interested in subjects of that sort2"
 "oh, yes. For years I have wanted somebody to explain to me those weird oriental drawings that are used to adver- tise Egyptian and Turkish cigarettes made in New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
Board of Revenue
 and Public HealGh

and lPLIbllc ElGaaGM
 7F the board of revenue ever had
 l any doubt as to how the public viewed the question of health service and Jefferson county's duty in the premises it can have none now. Com mittees representing civic organiza- tions and many individuals distin- guished for their disinterested activ- itv in welfare endeavor have ap- peared before the board to stress the importance of the $15,0O0 appropria- tion asked for to carry on the sar1i- tary work under the direction of the government expert, Dr. F. E. Har- rington. This money would be ex- pended according to the recommends tions of Dr. Carroll Fox, after he had made survey of conditions resulting from the prevalence of typhoid fever here last summer.
 It used to be that officialdom at Washington was anything but busi- ness-like. The departments were run by politicians, for politicians. But that day has gone. Efficiency comes first. The various branches of the government are thoroughly organized and especially valuable are the achievements of all bureaus where laboratory experiments are applied and tested.
 The public health service furnishes a fine example of efficiency. Sani- tation has been reduced to an exact science, and when the government undertakes cleanup" campaign it may be set down as certainty that success will crown it's efforts.
 Dr. Harrington is not only one of the ablest sanitarians connected with the government, but he has large and successful experience in cleaning up Walker county and Tuscaloosa county. The situation here in Jefferson is more complex, but Dr. Harrington will make of Birmingham and the county healthy community, provided he has the proper financial support. The salary which the board of revenue has agreed to pay him is all right as far as it goes, but unless the health officer has the equipment to work with it stands to reason that he can accomplish little. He should have $50, ,000 at his disposal, but he will make out with half that amount. Here is a fact that should not be Host sight of: The United States pub lie health service will be right at Dr. Harrington's back and will aid in every possible manner without any cost to the county.
 Let's start the new year with the Carroll Fox plan in operation. To do otherwise would be to invite a return of typhoid. As the old year is almost spent it is hoped the board of reve- nue will act without moments un- necessary delay. Culeure Through
 Music I'm Schools
 I'D PRISONS who have taken an in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20

A scar nObly gOt, Or a noble scar, is a good livery oA honour.
 ATS Well That Ends We'll
 M * k
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
If the Allies Fight
 For a Great Primiple


 ID ICHARD H. EDMoNDS, dis uN tinguished editor of the Manu- facturers' Record, who is now visi- tor in Birmingham, stated yesterday that he did not think the European war would end soon.
 MT. Edmonds based his opinion on the belief that the allies are fighting for a principle and that principle has not yet been established. Peace on Germany's terms is out of the ques- ton, he thinks, and the attitude of Great Britain, as we'll as the press dispatches from Russia, France and Italy, support his views announced befere Lloyd-George made his address yesterday before the English House of Commons.
 The spiritual side of the great war may be obscured somewhat by eco- homie problems and selfish interests, but if the allies are fighting for civil lization, for the freedom of humanity from military oppression and in par ticular the safeguarding of smaller nations from the ruthless aggression of their more powerful neighbors, then, indeed, the struggle has not yet been won.
 Germany's pride in her armies is greater than ever, her arrogance is still the dominating note of Europe. She feels herself invincible, or pre- tends to that belief. Solemn treaties in the past have proved Scraps of pa- per-" What assurance for the future lies in such agreements, so long as Prussian militarism takes the attitude
 an irresistible conqueror?
 Perhaps the war will go on for an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD

CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD "Asphodelia Twobble says she Is think ing of writing a book"
 "she must be serious, too" Well! werY'
 "In order to concentrate her mind on more than N or 15 telephone calls day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
A POOR SAILOR

A trip upon the ocean wave
 Appeals to Arthur Boiling, But, strange to say. he cant be brave
 So longs the ship is rolling. Ills features turn a sickly green,
 He smiles no longer brightly And doth contribute to the scene
 A vision most unsightly. This nal de mer," says Arthur B.,
 Is truly most annoying; It has a way of making me
 Too feeble for enjoying The freshness of the salt sea air
 The ocean vast and splendid; The sight of food I cannot bear
 Until the journeys ended"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-20
Culeure 1rhrough
 Music I'm Schools

ID PRISONS who have taken an in
 U terest in musical art have ob- served with deep satisfaction the steadily increasing love for the better class of music. Appreciation of sym phony orchestras and recital artists is no longer confined to concertgoers in cities of metropolitan rank. There is
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
CEDAR ROUTE NO. 1.

George S. Ward was a caller in Os
kaloosa Monday.
Miss Viola Ross visited at the home
of her cousin, Mrs. +. J. Newell, OF
Kirkville, Wednesday afternoon OF
last week.
Mrs. Myrtle Chick is spending a few
days at the home of her mother, Mrs.
NJ. Il. Allison.
Mrs. John Ross visited at the Jas.
Ross home in Kirkville recently.
Mrs. Charles Allison, who has been
seriously ill for some time, is still In
a serious condition.
F. F. Moore and c. w. Moore were
business callers in this vicinity on
Monday.
Miss Margaret Newell of Kirkville
expects to enter the hospital in March
to be trained nurse.
George Ward was a business caller
in Ottumwa Wednesday.
Chester Funk delivered hogs to OF
tumwa last week.
Mrs. NJ. E. Allison visited at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Fuhs, recently.
Oct. 27. Snowdrop.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
URGED BAKERS STATEMENT
Secretary Of State Declares He
Prompted War Head to Announce
Mexican Plot.

Washington, Oct. 2S.-Complete de-
nial that any Americans were implicat-
ed in the alleged plot to embarrass the
Wilson administration by engineering
IN attack, either upon American civil
Ians or American border towns, be-
tween now and election day, was made
by Secretary Of War Baker. He de-
clared emDhatically that there was no
thought Of political expediency In max
ing public his charges. On the con-
trary he said his action was taken
with the intention Of showing how the
nnti-Carranzista Mexican politicians in
this country are endeavorIng to com
plicate Mexican affairs.
AT the same time Secretary of State
Lansing announced that the Baker
statement was made public at his
uansing's) suggestion after all of the
facts In the case as developed by the
department of justice had been COM
municated TO him by Secretary Baker.