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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26
THE BIRD LIT LOOSE

By Thomas Moore.
 The bird. let loose in eastern skies,
 When hastening fondiy home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor fife Where idle warblera roam: But high she shoots through air an
 light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flighl Nor shadow aims her way. So grant me, God, from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft, through virtues purer air, To hold my course to thee! No sin to cloud-no lure to stay
 My soul. as home she springs: Thy sunshine on her joyful way.
 Thy freedom in her wingsl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26


 great prize compositions. In 1915, when the National Fed eration was invited to hold it's biennial here this year it was understood that greatly needed auditorium would be built and ready for occupancy before now. The people responded with en- thusiasm to the demand and voted by an overwhelming majority for an au- ditorium bond issue. The story of why the bonds were not issued is fla miliar to the local public. But some way must be found before long for supplying Birmingham's greatest need. In the meantime the great mu- sical convention will be held in limited quarters-churches theatres and clubs.
 The committees in charge of the convention details have worked dili- gently and in spite of the lack of an adequate assembly hall the affair will doubtless be marked success in its social and esthetic aspects. Season tickets to the various entertainments are being purchased at rate that
  would indicate "all sold" before the end of the present week
 New York correspondent says Ray mend Hitchcock has mounted the water wagon and expects to remain seated thereon for about IS years. Mr. Hitch cock evidently doesn't believe in doing things by halves.
 Holland has incurred the displeasure of Germany by allowing an armed British steamer to clear from one of her ports. Holland probably prefers the enmity of Germany to that of England. sst e * The copper trust has agreed to sell the government copper for about half price Yet there are people who scoff at the idea of a trust being patriotic.
 < * ;: While it is true that Mr Taft and Col onel Roosevelt are both standing behind the President, their personal relations continue at the freezing point.
 * 4: *
 A student at the University of Chicago thought Lloyd George was King of Eng lard. Maybe that student devotes most O. his time to athletics
 ,. * !.
 There was a time when people wept over Darling Nellie Cray Nowadays it takes a Hawaiian song to make them feel sentimental
 The German plan of falling back to victory will hardly prove as popular among the German people as pushing on to victory
 * * *
 The Kaiser is not thinking of retiring to private life and cultivating flowers At least. he is not thinking of doing so voluntarily.
 The New York man who spanked his wife for smoking cigarettes needn't flat ter himself that he cured her of the habit
 Nebraska doesn't believe in peace at any price. There is sadness in his heart when the Commoner thinks of Nebraska. A magazine writer says South America needs Christianity. What South America seems to be getting is "kultur."
 * * *
 This country will not suffer if it never hears that great speech" Mr. LaFollette was unable to deliver. and is believed to be putting more pep" into the foxtrot
 There ought to be United States flag flying from every tall building in Bir- mingham.
 * * l: In the meantime the woes of Belgium continue to accumulate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26
Will Reiraer@dg1ce
His Milieary Bill


 His MiliGary Bill
 ID REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES UA P. CALDWELL of the Second district of New York, who introduced the universal training bill in the House, which Senator Chamberlain introduced in the Senate in the last session of the Sixty-fourth Congress, says he will reintroduce it on the first day of the extra session of the Sixty fifth Congress.
 Had this measure come to vote in the closing days of Congress it would have been defeated. In the first place public sentiment had not been sufficiently aroused. There had been no campaign of education. Notwith- standing the fact that the army staff and practically all the officers of the army were earnestly in favor of com pulsory training and service with the colors for at least a year, a great many patriotic citizens who had no leaning to pacificism, as that term has come to be understood, were afraid that the Chamberlain measure might lead to militarism.
 But the more the proposition for universal training is discussed the better it is thought of and the more likely it is to be adopted. When the United States gets into war with a strong military power it cannot have too many trained men. We haven't got them now.
 The sooner the people of this coun- try take in the situation the better for the national defense.
 Busimess Activity
 Now Prevailing
 TT HE record breaking pay rolls in 1 the steel industry brought a large measure of prosperity to the Birmingham district last year, and with continued high pressure opera tions at the industrial plants, and an almost unprecedented demand for coal and iron at big prices it is easy to see that the year 1917 will witness the best of good times hereabouts.
 The one weak spot six months ago was the coal market. Few of the mines were being operated on anything like full time. Prices were extremely low and the outlook for substantial im- provement in the situation was far from encouraging. But the change came suddenly. There are practically no idle miners in the Birmingham district now. Operations are being pushed to full capacity and coal is moving in immense volume.
 Now that prosperity is in full swing here new capital is coming this way and the indications are that Jefferson county's population will increase with phenomenal rapidity right up to the time of the next federal census.
 If the United States Steel corpora tion gets a favorable decision from the supreme court in the dissolution suit vast development work on the part of the Tennessee company, long held up, would be undertaken at once. A mighty boom would follow. Should the courts decision be adverse | little while would be required to re- adjust relations of the subsidiary companies, but eventually all the corporations properties here would be developed on a larger scale than in the past, large though that has been. The only difference, as far as the public would know, no matter how the suit goes, would be measured by . few months of time. The su- preme court will soon announce it's decision. Then will begin a new era
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26

BEGINNING THE DAY-He hath sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat He is sitting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat. Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him, be jubiiant my feet! Our God is marching on.
 Julia Ward Howe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26
Childrem Miss
 Ag@=IHIeraldl Gn1unic

N1lllQESM WIlSS
 Age-EIesald Connie IMWING to the shortage of white " paper number of The Age Herald's juvenile readers missed their comic section yesterday. Doc Yak, Mammals Angel Child, Hans and Fritz and Bobby Make-Be- lieve are regular friends whom they do not like to miss. Arrangements have been made whereby every boy and girl whose parents get the Sun day Age-Herald will see their comic friends regularly in future.
 ]: * *
 Unhappy Plight
 of Kaiser WilhelEn THE Associated Press dispatches
 J recently carried remarkable interview with the former German magistrate who wrote "JAccuse," a book that created much discussion when it was published in this country last year.
 The author describes in graphic manner the wretchedness of the Kaiser, confronted with suffering and unrest at home and facing defeat abroad. The Kaiser, it is said, is not only blaming himself for the war, but feels that he is menaced by three great dangers-the Crown Prince, who is generally believed to have started the war with the aid of few ambitious Prussian leaders; the Pan Germanists' and the great mass of the German people who are starving and are beginning to hate those whom they hold responsible for their suffer- ing
 It may be true that the Kaiser him. self did not want war and permitted himself to be overruled by those about him. He is credited with opposing the unrestricted submarine campaign, with making the offer of peace which was scornfully rejected by the en- tente powers and is reported to have tried to avoid diplomatic break with the United States.
 There is no denying that the Kaiser was at one time the most popular monarch in Europe and while he has had to bear the blame for starting the war, denounced as monster whose overweening ambition drenched half the world with blood, it is probable that no one outside of the court cir cles in Germany really knows all the events leading up to the European cataclysm. However, the story has come from so many sources that the Kaiser was not personally responsible that it has gained wide credence. When all the facts are brought out history may vindicate Emperor Will liam, but the intrigue of which he , seems to have been made the victim is apt to cost him his crown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26

Birmingham has recently been favored with number of notable visitors but none have made happier or. deeper irn- pression than the great man whose chuckle set all Birmingham a laughing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26
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F. s.-"Laugh and the world laughs with you, etc"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26

Thomas w. Marshall, . democratic vice president, man of small stature. may be able to visit our city and be hid away in one of the Tutwiler's bedrooms by an obliging clerk: but I'm here to tell you that if Mir. DeJarnette had tried the same dodge with tho visiting repub- lican ex-President he would have been compelled to call the ballroom into requi- sition, for Mir. Taft is sone man. in more ways than one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26

A New York correspondent says Ray wagon and expects to remain seated thereon for about IS years. Mr. Hitch cock evidently doesn't believe in doing things by halves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26

After seeing and hearing him it is hard t, find out why he is 90 popular on every day except lecture day Possibly while he used the word ''progresslve" in the dictionary sense, there were too many who used 1t against him on election day in it's political sense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-26
"HELPw aUoTH THE RAVEN

continue to accumulate.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15
Death OF Miss Sallie Johpstone.

Miss Sallie Johnstone died carry
Sunday morning at the home of het
brother, DR.. Theodore Johnstole. FoI
some time she had been in failing
health, due to heart trouble, but had
not recently been confined to her bed,
and on Saturday she was up chatting
with her friends. About 7 O'Clock
Sunday morning, when it was noticed
that she seemed to be sleeping later
than usual, it was found that she had
passed away. The calm, serene face
and composed form indicated that the
end had come while she was sleep
ing. The pure spirit at the call Of
the silent messenger had in the early
hours of the Sabbath morning scared
to the shining heights.
Miss Johnstone was the daughter
of the late Silas Johnstone, a former
prominent and useful citizen of New
berry. She is survived by four
brothers, as follows: DR.. A. F.
ycbnsione Gf anderson, Prof. B. Fl.
tombstone Of Clemson college, Nj.
Paul Johnstone and DR.. Theo Jonn-
stone of Newberry.
The funeral service will be held at
the house this morning at 10 o'clock,
service to be conducted by her pastor
the Rev. E. D. Kerr Interment at
the Johnstone family burying ground.
The following will be the pallbear-
ers. Messrs. Alan Johnstone, W. A.
McSwain, Henry Boozer, w. F. Ewarr,
]. N. Mclaughlin, R. D. Smith, Has
kell Wright and W. E. Pelham.
The following relatives are among
those present: Dr. Albert P. john
stone of Anderson, Prof and Mrs. s..
H. JDhnstone of Clemson and Mr..
Johnstone Coppock of Atlanta.
The deceased was a devoted mem
Der of Aveleigh Presbyterian church
and was a sincere Christian, loveu
by her friends, who join with her
loved ones in mourning her going.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15
FETE TO ORGANIZE
RED CROSS IN NEWBERRY

A fete will be held at the pars
grounds on May Is for the enroll
ment of members to organize REQ
Cross chapter for Newberry AND
county. Those who call this meeting
esk all who can to attend as 1t Is i'm
perative to meet the needs OF the
army and to care for the men VINO
enter for the term of the war as well
as for those who are left at home.
No admission will be charged, sim
ply enroll for the fee of s1.O0. The
following program will be observed
Saluting the flag by cadets.
National anthem to be sung.
Old Confederate song by school
children.
Sham battle between college and
high school cadets.
Refreshments to oe sold by hlgn
school girls dressed as Red Cross
nurses.
Patriotic song.
Address on Red Cross work.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15
MOVING TRAINS AND BULLETS
What would Happen if the Rifle
Were Fired From Back Platform Is
Explained.

A correspondent sends these two
questions to the Scientific American:
Il. If a train was running at a
sped of 60 miles an hour and a man
is sitting on the back end OF this
train with gun that would shoot al
the rate of 60 miles an hour and ne
shoots from the back end Of this
train in opposite direction, what ef-
feet would this condition have On the
bullet?
20. If the man with the gun was
on the front end Of this train and
was to shoot back at a man on the
back end of the train, and the train
to be going so miles per hour and
the gun would shoot at the rate OF
SO miles an hour, what would be the
result?"
To which the editor replies:
81. In the case you propose. the
bullet, after it left the gun, would
still move forward with the speed OF
the train and backward with the
speed given it by the revolver. Since
these two speeds are equal and oppo-
site in direction, the bullet would
drop to the ground directly under
the point where it left the gun.
"2. In this case the, man at whom
the bullet was shot would be killed
ii the aim was good. This may be
made clear, perhaps, by asking II
you could not throw a ball on a train
to a man to the rear of the place
where you are standing? Could you
not toss a biscuit to a person in the
front or rear? It, you could toss a
biscuit, you could IRE bullet In
either direction and with the result
when a bullet is fired. This matter
seems very simple to US. We do not
know why it causes so much discus
Scientific American
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15
The May American Magazine.

The May American Magazine con-
tains q number of excellent and stlm-
ulating articles.
Among them are Looking Both
Ways from Forty" by Irwin S. Cobb
"A Great Business Man With Vol
derful Memory" an account OF James
A. Farrell, president OF the U. S
Steel corporation, by B. C. Forbes,
Golden Rules of Hotel Keeping" BY
E. M. Statler, one OF Americas big
gest hotel men; "Are You Caretak-
or or Promoter; Times Are
Good-But Plays Are Bad" by i"sa-
ter Prichard Eaton; "In Cid Virgin
ia" by Henry Sydnor Harrison; "Ul
Through the Garden" by David
Grayson and a personal story OF a
$4,000 a year woman who tells hoV
she won her success from a CAPITA
of $500.
The fiction is equally good. Fan
ny Herself in continued by Edna
Ferber and cinderella Jane" in con
cluded by Majorie Benton Cooke. The
SQOTI Sl0TleS luClUUO Oh eln'SA y.
Olive Higgins Prouty; 'Cutey aso
the Beast by H. c. Witwer; Dad
by John A. Morosco and WASTED E'
fort by Ellis Parker Butler.
"Sid" says: Some Mighty Good
Salaries Go to Men Who Would Al
most as Soon Work For Nothing
Thrilling experiences are told in the
prize winning letters chosen from the
contest entitled "The Most Thrilling
Thing I Ever Saw or Heard" and
worthwhile material appears In the
regular departments, Interesting
People" and "The Family Money.
This is one Of the best issues of The
American Magazine that has been
published in months.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15
SPECIAL NOTIFIES

Don't Sell lumber to any one until
you first write US for prices on both
long and short leaf pine. We al
ways pay highest prices the mar
ket affords. Shipments to auem-
bargoed points ana advance pay
ments when stock is loaded Attrac-
tive orders always to place. Old
established business. Phone, wire
or write us. Will also make good
contract. pronositlon. Leroy S.
Davidson & Co., Box 266, Camden,
S. C..
5-l5-3t.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15

covered this source OF Hy eXtermlna-
ton. Mr.. P. B. Asbill, whose place OF
business is in the same store, says
be and Mr.. Livingston also have IN
vented a good sparrow exterminatos'
It doesn't pay to pc too fresh with
the college boys. They are we'll or
ganized and act as a unit IN every
thing. When they act in concert, as
thew always do, their efforts count
and when they withdraw their sup
port the effect is noticeable. 1t pays
to keep on the good side of the col
lege boys in Newberry. They are all
right when rubbed the right way.
Hannah, the wife of Marshall Wal
lace. died at her home in Gravel
town Thursday afternoon about 3
o'clock and was baried Friday after
noon at 4. She had been sick with
pneumonia 13 weeks. Wallace, VINO
Is a we'll known and respectable COL
ored citizen, has the sympathy OF MS
white friends in the loss of his good
wife.
Lists of those leaving for the train
ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga,
were published by the Greenville
News. Among the names were the
following from Newberry city and
county: Messrs. Clyde L. Walker, j.
G. Driver, L. L. Houck, w. ]. Proctor,
E. P. Dickert, E. E. Stuck. H. r.
Paysinger, B. M. Scurry, E. W. Long
and L. E. Singley.
Mention has been made in some pa
pers of the killing OF worthless dogs
In various parts of the State. Cniet
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15
NOTICE.

City council will receive sealed
bids for Sc bushels corn, so busne'.
feed oats, one-half ton molasses feeo,
two sacks shorts, for delivery Tues
day, IS. to city as needed. Bids to be
in by y o'clock Tuesday, May -,
1917.
J. w. Chapman.
5-15-1t. Clerh.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

Boys are advised against stealing
green apples from anybody's trees.
They are liable to get In trouble.
Probate Judge Ewart had issued 30
iiouor permits in all up to Saturday
night. ;,
There will be wife of Proxy at
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15

For Sale-Long staple cotton seed.
Weber No. 80, $500 per bushel;
guaranteed pure. R. MeC. Holmes.
5-15-4t
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15
NEW MAXWELLs CHEAP

We have on hand one new 1916
Maxwell touring and one brand new
1917 Maxwell touring, never been run
for sale at bargain.
MOWERS GARAGE,
Lower Main st.
Phone 300.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15

FOR SALE-Registered Duroc Jer-
sey Pigs. Weight IL lbs. at 8 weeks
old. Prices reasonable. Buy the best
stock, they are cheap in the long
run. T. M. Sanders,
Phones 110 and 13y
5-11-2t.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-27

may and he is hereby empowered to reduce the mil
laSe authorized to be assessed and collected under
'1le provisions of this Act, when, in his judgment,
'le amount SO assessed will be more than the amount
required to pay the pensioners authorized by this
Sec TO- All laws and parts of laws in conflict
WIN the provisions of this Act be- and the same are
hereby repealed
sec. Y. This Act shall take effect on August :,
1917. .
Approved June 7, 1917.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-27
CHAPTER z26I-(No. ~.

AN ACT Regulating the Charges by Persons in
hiding or Procuring Pension for Persons Apply
ing Therefor Under the Laws of This State.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature Of the State OF
Florida:
Section l. That it shall be unlawful for any
person to demand charge any Soldier or the Wild
ow of any Soldier applying for pension under the
Laws of this State, than Five Dollars for all
services rendered the person applying for such pen
sion when no fee or contract has been agreed upon
between the parties before such service has been
tered or performed.
Sec 2 That it shall be unlawful for any person
TO charge any Soldier or the Widow of any Soldier
applying for pension under the Laws of this State
fee of more than Fifteen Dollars for all services
rendered in connection with the obtaining of such
pension where such charge for such service has been
agreed upon.
Sec. g. Any Person charging, accepting or col
Letting more than the fees stipulated in foregoing
sections shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more
than Eve Hundred Dollars or be imprisoned for not
more than one year or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment
Sec d. That this Act shall take effect immediate
" upon its passage and approval by the Governor.
Approved June 5, 1917.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-27
CHAPTER z26O-(N0 2l.

AN .\O to Provide for Monthly Payments of Pen
SONS; to Make Regulations Therefor, and to Pre-
scribe Penalties in Connection Herewith
Be Ii Enacted by the Legislature of the State Of
FIorda:
Section 1. That from and after the quarter end
ing June goth, 1917, payments Of pensions hereto
tore or hereafter granted to persons in this State
shall be made monthly instead of quarterly, as now
provided by law, and the Comptroller shall issue his
warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of each pen
s1oner granted pension under the laws of this
State for sum equal to one-twelth of the amount
annually granted to such person and mail the same
out on the last secular day of each month hereafter
beginning with the month of July next ensuing.
Sec ,. That the Comptroller shall have printed
on the back of each pension warrant drawn and
sent out in accordance with the provisions of the
foregoing Section, a statement to be made by each
penSloner under oath which shall be substantially as
follows:
do Solemnly swear that | am bona fde citizen
of County, Florida; that this claim is lust and
correct.
And where the pensOner is widow it shall fur
ther state that she is still, or was the widow of
Confederate soldier, and such statement shall be &C
companed by the certificate of an officer using an
official seal or stamp that pensoner is bona fide
citizen of----County Florida, and is the individual
to whom the pension was granted and where such
pensoner is widow, it shall further certify the fact
that she has not remarked since being granted the
said pension. Provided, that where such affidavit
and certificate is not made as herein provided, such
warrant shall not be paid by the State Treasurer
until it has been made.
Sec. 3. That the affidavit provided for in the
foregoing Section may be made before any State or
county official using seal who is hereby required to
take such affidavit and seal the same free of charge
Provided however, that such affidavit may be made
before any postmaster or mail carrier, authentcat-
ing the same with his official seal or stamp, or any
me authorized to administer an oath.
Sec 4. That the Pension Board may make such
additional rules and regulations not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act as may be deemed
necessary to safeguard the pension fund and to bet
Ter carry out the objects and purposes of this Act.
Sec. 5. That any person who shall unlawfully
ash any such warrant swear falsely to any state
nent made in connection with the provisions of this
Act or any officer who shall make false certificate
mder the provisions of same, shall be deemed guilty
# misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof. be
punished by fine of not more than Five Hundred
Dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year
Sec. E. That all laws and parts of laws in con-
1ict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect July first, 1917
Approved May 18th, 1917.