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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
HoIding Cotton for Advnnce

Cotton is being held at many places In Alabama for better prices, and it may be that the holders are going to get their price yet, judging from to- days market" said Emmett A Jones, who left Birmingham yesterday for Montgomery.
 "At Lincoln I found one merchant, Senator R. B. Burton, holding 165 bales, and the market was over 21 cents. He has this cotton in the Lincoln ware house, and is not at all anxious to dis pose of it, stating that he thought that he would hold it for a while longer though 1t would be worth, even at 20 cents $16,5oo, a nice little fortune. find many merchants and prosperous planters doing the. same thing, every where I go over the state."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
Cotton Acreage Decreased

The cotton acreage in Walker county Will be about half that of last year, said Horace P. Gibson, business man of Jasper, who Is at the Hillman hotel. Reports which have come from all beats in the county, tend to encourage the business men, and plans have been made to create markets for all the food which Is being produced instead of cotton.
 T have also found that Alabama farmers are wide-awake and are taking the advice of food preparedness advo- ates''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
|The Negro Denied
 a Chance to Work

HD ACE riots in East St. Louis have ~ been the subject of widespread mment in American newspapers. lose disorders, and others which ave not received so much publicity, ave set squarely before the country |the problem created in the north by |the exodus of negroes from the south. They are also having a wholesome eff <ecr on members of the race who were Contemplating going north, in quest of Better jobs and better living condi- ions.
 When the foreign laborer clashes with the negro an economic war is Inc result and colored people are going ko find that race prejudice, even where ft is known to exist, is apt to be far hess harmful to them than the effects of direct competition Tn the labor mar kets with an element which thinks the roiored man is trying to take away it's means of livelihood.
 In recent editorial the New York {orld says:
 Race riots in the north will be kphilosophically borne in the south. Hhat section does not permit the G1Rck man to use the white mans <l0nt door. but it has no objec- I16n to seeing him at work. Not &ho slightest; in fact. it has great X6I13 of cotton and of corn to
 fhich his attention is urged. and IT mobs. many of whose members
 &A not even citizens of the Uni- <o4 States. were to attack negroes 16f Attacking those fields, the Illi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02

attention to canning. Other crops may fail, but blackberries rarely ever fail, and few fruits canned are so popular. Lunch-counter statistics show that blackberry pie is in almost as great demand as apple and peach.
 The commissioner of agriculture cannot stress too much the economic value of the blackberry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02

BEGINNING THE DAY - My Father, save me from the sins of seIf-indulgence. Rescue me from my flesh. Give to my soul vision and wings, and q quick command over my body. Straighten me, o Lord Give me to choose a clean path and to seek a sar goal. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
Fly Am TtaIiam
Flag Next Tuesday

Flag Next Tuesday
 IELY an Italian flag June 5. The A Prince of Udine, cousin to the King of Italy, and other distinguished Italians, members of the commission now in America, will be the guests of Birmingham on Registration Day. Italian flags decorating our streets, public buildings and residences will warm the hearts of our distinguished visitors and make them feel that they are doubly welcome. It is courtesy due them and enc that will not be ex- pensive to individuals.
 People who .-1ave never left their native lssnd to travel abroad can hard 1y aNJreciate the thrill of seeing the
 of one's country flying over for
 soil. It awakens emotions too
 or words, for a small piece of
 2 may mean many things to
 people-home and fireside,
 ones and the scenes where the
 of life have been granted in full
 asure. To stranger in a strange land his flag, when flown for cour- |tesy's sake, is like message from home. He feels that it is not only a --aceful compliment to him, but hon.
 his country as well.
 By all means buy an Italian flag land show it next Tuesday. A small one will do. Birmingham merchants who have not already done so, should order Ia supply of flags. They should be seen everywhere in profusion.
 The French envoys and the British Ihave passed by the south. The Italian commission should be given a memor- able illustration of what southern Hospitality really means. America and Italy are allies now in the greatest war that has ever been fought-and for the loftiest purpose. In fitly hon. bring her representatives we honor the land from which they come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
Plans for Marketing

Advocates of more food in Alabama, especially the small towns, have thus far made no plans whereby the large pro- duction of corn and other foodstuff will be sold" said Josephus A. Rosen Tt has come to the attention of Birmingham food preparedness advocates that the farmers in all the counties are planting more corn, and yet am informed no definite plans have been worked out for selling 1t.
 'In order to sell the products the mer- chants and business men must cooperate, and without this cooperation the small farmer will be unable to dispose of the increased production. The most serious situation will result when the farmer is unable to dispose of his corn, beans and other products and the proper thing to do at this time Is to prepare marketing places for everything"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
Curb Speed Maniacs

Something should be done to rigidIy enforce the city ordinances against speeding" said c. F. Wilder yesterday
 Scarcely a day passes that someone is not injured by the speed maniacs who seem to think that when they get in an automobile pedestrians have no rights, and the fact that more of the injuries are not serious or fatal is not due to any consideration on their part Some of the best paved streets of the city are used almost as race tracks by these needless people and a Jail sentence in a few of these cases would go far to- ward breaking up this practice
 The police are doubtless doing.as well as they can with the small number of men now on the force but some means should be found to impress upon those who are reckless In their use of auto mobiles that the rights of citizens on foot to the use of the street are equal to their. and If nothing but a term or Imprisonment will impress this fact upon them then that step, drastic as it may seem, should be resorted to-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
HOTEL LOBBIES
Liberty Loan Bonds Demanded

v 14UHH DVIEUH ID IJVllIt7I-E-E7-
 Birmingham citizens are as anxious 10 purchase liberty loan bonds as the country people are to buy red lemonade at Fourth of July picnic" said Al c. Garber at the headquarters of the liberty loan bond committee. Publicity Is responsible for the demand for the bonds and as the days pass it seems there will be no end to the lineup at the desks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
A WONDER.

A girl who makes a hit with me Is little Sallie Green; Who has no great desire to be
 A motion picture queen, But thinks a cozy bungalow
 And married life serene Brings more contentment here below Than starring on the screen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02

Strike now, or else the iron cOols.
 Henry VI. * *
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MANHANDLING THE MUSE.

MANHANDLING THE MUSE. Filled with patriotic zeal,
 Poets smite the sounding Tyre. Could they voice one-half they feel, Sooth, no editor would tire As he reads their flaming verse,
 Breathing death unto the foe. Yet, profane his thoughts, or worse, And he wears look of woe. Halting feet and faulty rhyme, Though the writer's motives be Blameless, constitute a crime
 In the realm of poesy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02

Daily and Sunday Age Herald year $500 Daily without Sunday - 600 Daily and Sunday, per month. 70 Daily and Sunday. three months. 2-UO Sunday Age-Herald, per annum.. zoo Weekly Age Herald, per annum.. .25
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02

The Age Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
LAME EXCUSE.

LAME EXCUSE MT. Glithers. am surprised to see you going fishing on Sunday morning and taking along your little boy, too. Don't you think you are setting him bad ex- ample?"
 ''Why-er-maybe so parson. But after he had dug the bait didn't have the heart to refuse him.
 CALLING HIS BLUFF. I'm not afraid of that Kaiser Will helm," said the boastful man. Good for you"
 "I'd like to tell a few of those Prussian war lords, man to man, just what l think of them"
 Then the thing for you to do is to en- list The fellows who go to France will have a better chance to give the Prussian war lords a piece of their mind than those who stay at home"
 BADLY BEFUDDLED. None of those joy riders could explain how the accident happened?" Not one'
 That's strange"
 "I don't think so. They couldn't even remember where they stopped to get their last round of drinks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02

But thinks cOZy bungalow And married life serene Brings more contentment here below Than starring on the screen.
 EXTERNAL PHILOSOPHY. Son, you must start out now and lay the corner stone of your fortune.'' "But, dad, was hoping that you would lay the corner stone and leave me to erect the superstructure." 'No, son. You lay the corner stone first. and after that, if you are worth your salt, you will finish the job"
 NO COAL BILLS.
 The high price of food
 Is causing alarm,
 But while the sun shines
 We're bound to keep warm.
 A CUTTING REMARK. Don't talk to me that way" said MT. Jipson, severely I'm home guard now and I must be treated with respect" "Umph" sneered Mrs. Jipson, whose boarding house is famous. 'T don't see how you can pose as the guard for some- thing you have never been able to pro- vide"
 STILL CAUTIOUS. Does your new car give complete sat isfaction29
 NO" replied MT. Gadspur. There are a great many things I would like to do with that car, but haven't yet reached the point where am willing to take the risk.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-02
EXTERNAL PHILOSOPHY.

The high price of food Is causing alarm, But while the sun shines We're bound to keep warm.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
The African Marriage System.

You cannot fancy how deeply COM
plicated the African marriage system
Is or how many ramificatiOns there
may be to a "woman's palaver." One
day Mr.. Heminger was sitting in a
hut talking with two members of his
congregation, wives of one husband.
He was talking to them about their
sins, which were of an obvious charac-
ter. The younger woman had been &C.
cused Of stealing food. Then he turned
to the elder, Wawa, she Of. the ten
children, five Of them dead and five Of
them cruel.
"Wawa," he said, why cannot you
live at peace with this wife Of your
husband? Why are you always quar-
relingT (They are notorious scrap
pers.) "Well," said Wawa, "she was
bought with one of my children, and 1
cannot forget it."-Jean Kenyon Mac
kenzie In Atlantic.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Arsenic Absorbed by Hair.

New light has been thrown on the
legal side of arsenic poisoning, says
the Scientific American. 1t has been
found that arsenic compounds are abb
sorbed by the hair Of living persons,
though not absorbed after death. In
the hair of man arsenic has been
known to reach a concentration Of one
to five parts in 100000. The deposit
takes place in the hair after it has
been absorbed by the abdominal or
gans. liver and kidneys in particular.
Therefore in cases of acute. quick
poisoning a chemical analysis of the
hair would show no arsenic, while it
would be found in the liver and kid
neys. On the other hand, if slow ar
seDic poisoning were suspected anal
ysis would show arsenic in the hair,
but not in the liver and kidneys, and
it could safely be assumed that the
poisoning was not recent. The legal
value of such evidence is apparent.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06

The Great ExpGSosr.


In 1884, after an exciting debate OF
several weeks, congress passed res
olutiDa cenSuring President Andrew
JACKSON for removing the public de-
posts from the old National bank.
The resolution as passed by congress
declared that the president in the
late executive proceedings in relation
TO the public revenue has assumed
upo.I himself authority and power not
con ICrred by the constitution and laws.
but in derogation of both" The &C
ton of congress made jackson and his
friends very angry, and Senator Thorn
as Benton Of Missouri gave notice that
he would bring forward every year a
resolution 10 eXpunge the resolution of
cenSure. After struggle of three years
BentUn'S resolution was finally PASSED.
and black lines were drawn around
the resolution of censure. with the in
scriptiOn, "EXpunged by the order Of
the senate this 10Th day of January,
1881. Senator Benton was nicknamed
the great eXpunger." His service to
Jackson on this matter was considered
the more remarkable because many
years before he and Jackson had a
pistol fight in hotel at Nashville. in
which Jackson was wounded and Ben
ton was pitched headlong downstairs.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Selhshness.

1t is curious how little selflshness Is
understood. 1t is generally assumed
to be an intense regard for oneself,
when In reality it Is supreme disre-
gard.
Unselfshness, on the other hand. Is
a higher regard for oneself.
Selfshness is only form of destruc-
ton. 1t is produced by soul avarice.
What we put into ourselves draws no
interest. 1t is constantly deteriorating
In value. Self1shness is an ingrowing
shortsightedness. 'Selfshness is also a
form Of sincerity. Selfish people de-
ceive nobody. They wear their selfish
ness on their sleeves. Their sincerity
about it is something so apparent as
almost to cause a sense of admiration
for its genuineness.-Life.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06

and acting. We know they were bad
thinkers because they were, to our way
of thinking, what we call bad actors.
They had more disease which must fol-
low bad thinking and bad acting. They
did what they thought was right, but
they did what we would now call
wrong. We know better than they; we
have more common sense education in
the school of experience. We sleep bet
ter because we know the value of sleep
ing with the windows wide open. We
eat better because we know the value
of proper food. We drink better be-
cause we drink more and better water.
We are freer than were our men and
women of we olden time, but we are
not up to the standard of the people of
the future. The ancient people smoked
opium and tobacco probably and paid
the awful price. Our contemporaries
smoke no opium by laws of the land.
They smoke tobacco by governmental
encouragement. The superman and
woman of the future will probably not
smoke anything. They will not have to
pay the price of smoking. They will at
least dread the fire if not the nicotine.
Fire is a great sterilizer and some evil
dence of its power to produce race sui
eide is suspected when we contemplate
the American Indian of the United
States-the most consistent smoker of
them all. Smoking was a part of his
religious service.
Think well, act well, to keep well.
To get well, use tue same rule that
must be followed to keep well. The
rule is the rule of success in life's
journey. 1t is the rule of common
sense. If you are sick, common sense
will tell you to get under the care of
physician and follow his advice until
you get well, and then continue to use
common sense by living a clean, sensi-
BILE, thoughtful life.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Dawn and the Darkest Hour.

''The darkest hour is just before
dawn" is an old English proverb which
expresses more POLITICALLY the homelier
adages, when things are at their
worst they soonest mend" when gale
is highest boat is highest" THE long
est day will have an end" after a
storm comes a calm" and finds an
equivalent in other languages, as in
French. "By dint of going wrong all
will come right" in Italian, I'LL is the
eve of WE'LL" In Persian, 1T is at the
narrowest part Of the defile that the
valley begins to open," and in Hebrew,
when the tale of bricks is doubled
Moses comes"
That the nights, as a rule, are dark
est just before dawn is doubtless true,
for the moon has then reached far on
to the western horizon, while the sun
Is still below the eastern horizon.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
First FEEDING Bottle.


Possibly hollow gourd constituted
the first baby's feeding bottle. Torn
from Its parent tree, its edible interior
would have found its way to the stom-
ach OF its adult plucker. after which
the hollow shell would be filed with
milk or other liquid refreshment for
the satisfaction of the infant. In
tropical countries, again, the cocoanut
would constitute natural feeding bot
tie, already filed with the necessary
nourishment.
Without, however, indulging in spec
ulation Of this kind it may be noted
that the archaic vase room at the Brit
ish museum contains specimens of
feeding bottles-tetinoe, archaeologists
call them-dating back to between 600
and 700 years before Christ. These
very early babies bottles are usually
globular in shape, are deliberately dec
grated and are covered with small
knobs which, 1t is conjectured, were
used to hang tiny bells upon. In short,
the feeding bottle Of those days was
also a rattle and a picture book COM
bined
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Hot Cross Bun In History.

The hot cross bun has both antiquity
and tradition in its favor. Its history
traces back not only to the time of
Cecrops and Astarte, but also to the
Jewish passover cakes and the cross
marked wafer OF eucharistic bread
adopted by the early Christians and
mentioned in st. ChrysostOm's liturgy.
The substitution of the cross mark for
the horn mark on the surface Of the
bun by the Greeks is supposed to have
been done for the purpose of dividing
more easily the bun into four equal
parts, Similar cross marked buns were
found I'm the ruins of Herculaneum.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
How They Are SaIuted.

Salute to the national flag, the presi-
dent and ex-president of the United
States and the presidents or sovereigns
Of foreign states. twenty-one guns;
vice president of the United States and
foreign ambassadors. nineteen guns;
the president of the senate, speaker Of
the house of Representatives. cabinet
officers. chief justice. governors within
their respective states or territories.
governors general of foreign states,
civil governors of the Philippine Is
lands, general of the army. admiral of
the navy and same ranks in foreign ar
mics and navies, seventeen guns; Unit
ed States and foreign ministers pleni-
potentiary. vice governor of the Philip
pine Islands. assistant secretaries Of
war or navy, lieutenant general or ma
jor general commanding the army and
corresponding ranks in the navies, if
teen guns; ministers resident, major
generals, rear admirals and correspond
ing ranks in foreign armies and navies.
thirteen guns; charge d'affaires, briga-
der generals and corresponding ranks
In foreign armies and navies. eleven
guns; consuls general, nine guns.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Oriqin of "FusiIier."

Fusilier was originally the name of
a soldier armed with a light fiintlock
musket called the fusil. At the time
Of the English civil war Q642-52) the
term "firelock" was usually employed
to distinguish these weapons from the
more common matchbox muskets. Out
Of these companies of "firelocks" grew
the "fusiliers." In the latter part of
the Thirty Year war Q643) fusiliers
were simply mounted troops with the
fusil, as carbiniers were with the car
bine. The senior fusilier regiment in
the British service, the Seventh Royal
fusiliers, City of London regiment, was
formed on the French model in 1858.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Fixing the c.rps,>s,:sspsr.


The revolving brush of the ordinary
carpet sweeper is driven by the fric-
ton Of the wheels on which the sweep
er runs against driving wheels on Ell
ther end Of the brush axle. To insure
good friction the peripheries of all OF
these wheels are covered with tightly
fitting rubber rings. In time these
rings wear out or the rubber becomes
hardened and loses its grip. An eff
cient method of repairing a sweeper
having imperfect or worn rubber rings
Is to cover the wheels with common
electricians tape, such as is employed
for covering joints in wire The tape
should first be wound around the
periphery of the wheel until a covering
nearly equal to the thickness of the
original ring is attained This should
then be secured in place by passing the
tape around the ring and between the
spokes of the wheels. The gripping
power Of the tape Is fully equal to that
of the original rubber rings, and the
sweeper will be good for service until
other parts wear out.
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Louis, Commitment to Condo.

One need not overlook the enormous
shortcomings of Louis NV. as a man
and as king to admit that in some i'm
portant respects he tried to do his
duty" He was hard working sover-
eign both in the sphere of administra-
ton and in that social sphere which
was to his mind no less important. So
courteous that he never passed the
poorest woman about the palace with
out lifting his hat, he carried polite
consideration to the level of fine art.
In the way of courteous speech there
are few things nobler than his remark
to the great Condo as the old hero
was slowly ascending the great marble
staircase at Versailles. Condo apollo
gized for being so long in mounting the
steps, at the top of which the king
stood waiting. "Ah, COUSIN" Louis re-
piled, lone moves slowly when one is
laden with laurels."
The broad ax., 1917-01-06
Government crop Estimates.

Nearly 100000 schedules are ham
died each year in the bureau of crop
estimates of the United States depart
ment of agriculture in making up the
government monthly crop reports, ac-
cording to the annual report of the
chief of the bureau Of crop estimates.
Nearly 100000 names are on the vol
untary crop reporting lists; forty-four
paid agents are constantly making per-
sonal Investigations, one agent cover
ing a state, and a force of 105 clerks
is employed In Washington to handle
the large number of reports from the
voluntary crop reporters and to keep
records of crop information Of this and
foreign countries. The work of crop
reporting has been so improved and
systematized that estimates Of produc-
ton of important products can be made
with a close degree of accuracy. The
most complete record in existence is
kept in the bureau of the estimates
and statistics relating to the worlds
crops and live stock.