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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
Vegetable Plants

The freezes have killed all vegetable plants from South Carolina to South Florida and the people of Birmingham can now plant seeds in boxes, hotbeds and cold frames and raise plants large enough to set out as soon as South Carolina and Florida can supply us again.
 With a 6-cent package of seed. one can raise enough plants to furnish the ordi- nary family with vegetables. Now is the time to start most spring vegetables, such as .cabbages, peppers egg plants. toma- toes and lettuce and all vegetables which should be transplanted.
 Mustard. spinach and turnips can be sown in the open now, and will afford early spring greens in about four to five weeks time from date of sowing seed. Dwarf Essex rape Is a. splendid thing to plant for early greens. It Is really per petual in growth, and will keep on pro ducing an abundance of large collard- like leaves of splendid flavor, if the leaves are kept pinched off and the main stalk left standing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
RANDOM NOTES

The many friends of Dr. and Mrs. John Edmundson will regret to learn that he is i'll at his home on South Thirteenth avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. Felton wimberly are in Florida.
 Mrs. Horace Miller. who has been the guest of the parents, MT. and Mrs. Houser, in Anniston, has returned home
 
 MT. Lotion Horton, who was one of the out-of-town guests at the wedding of his son, MT. J. Loton Horton, and Miss Mary Streit Thursday evening, has returned to his home in New York.
 
 Miss Grace Hardie of Alexandria is the guest of Miss Florence Ballard. Mrs. Frank Glass left Thursday for Chicago, where she will join her daugh- and will go to Milwaukee, where they will attend the Thomas-Boorse wedding on February 2s.
 Mrs Howard Douglas of Atlanta is the guest of her son, MT. Ben Morgan and Mrs Morgan.
 Mrs. William McMurry of Springfield, Tenn, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs, J. c. Millen.
 Mrs Oscar Hundley is the geust of Mrs. Shaler Houser in Tuscaloosa. Mrs. T. V. Boardman, who has spent the winter in Knoxville, is in the city en route to Greensboro. where she will be the guest of relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
IT'S A LONG, LONG
 WAY TO AUGUST

To the Editor of The Age-HeraM:
 On November B, last, I sent mes- sage through the columns of your valu- able paper to the good people of Ala bama asking for any old thing in the way of shoes and clothing for the flood sufferers of this section. And to my pleas ant surprise, barrels. boxes and pack ages came by freight and parcels post from all over the state, which was given out to those that needed it, and many were made comfortable and happy. And to these big-hearted people I want to thank them one and all. s
 The winter has been an awful ono. aa VIC made nothing to eat last year for ourselves, to say nothing of live stock Many here died for want of food during tho bad weather. But with all this, the heart has never been taken out of us. It is an old saying that where there Is a will there is a way. We have the will, but the way looks dark to many. with spring approaching and nothing, abso- lutely nothing. No food for man or beast not even seed to plant and no money tc buy them.
 ! The tenant is ready and willing to roll up his sleeves and try again. But the poor landlord with three years of finan' cisl strain is the man who shoulders this
 heavy burden. With the crops of lsl. and 1915 destroyed by the weevil and last year by the floods. 1t is a pttiful sight
 to see him stand. upon his naortgaged
 farm with no money and nothing to starr
 a crop with, and no way to get it. l But to my down-hearted brothers. le | me say to you that it is an i'll wind tha'
 blows no good, and each dark cloud ha.
 a silver lining. The darkest hours is jus
 before dawn. Keep your head level anc
 trust to Almighty God and somehow .somewhere, the way will be opened untt
 you, and when August comes and vol
 look around and see what great crop' ] have be6n made and wonder how vol and others did 1t, you will say in tho Ian
 guage of the apostle Paul: T fought
 Food fight finished my course and kep the faith" B. W. PDI1T.
 Panola, February n, 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
Butler County School Fair
 Promises to Be Success

Greenville, February 8.-(SpeciaL) Decorators have begun decorating the principal streets of the city for the But Ter County School fair, which will be held in Greenville on Saturday, Febru- ary a.
 Greenville expects over 5000 visitors on that date. It promises to be the biggest boom for education along all lines than anything ever attempted in the county. Exhibits from the schools of the county are arriving daily. and are being placed in tho exhibit hall at the Greenville High school building.
 kinds of work done by the pupils. literary and athletic contests, number of ad- dresses will be made along educational lines. The principle speaker for the day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
Marion Navy Class Passes

Marion, February 23.-tSpecial 1.-The
 February navy class of Marion institute,
 representing 13 states. has today com pleted the annual entrance examinations to the Naval academy. The examinations covered three days. The members of the class were Cadets Alvey of Illinois, Allen of Louisiana, Carroll of South Carolina, corrigan of Pennsylvania, David of Ohio
 Eimers of Idaho, Evans of Mississippi,
 Hopkins of Oklahoma. Kenyon of Okla
 homa, Leonard of Washington state Longshore of Ohio, Root of Nebraska1 Schultz of Nebraska. Smith of Wyoming WilllSie of Indiana, Duggan of Georgia, Gardner of Florida This is the largest
 class in the history of the college to take the February examinations. Later in the spring the large army and navy class of 50 members will stand the gov. ernment examinations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24

L7T1HERE will be silver tea and mu-
 sicale given at the home of Mrs.
 Borden Burr this afternoon under the auspices of one of the bands of the South Highlands Presbyterian church.
 Those who will assist Mrs. Burr in re- ceiving are Mrs. Albert Sidney Johnson, Mrs James Bowron, Mrs. John Weak ley. Mrs. M. J. Gregg, Mrs. Sidney Lee Mrs. Charles Motion, Mrs. J. L. Daniel Mrs. James McLester. Mrs. c. M. Nice, Mrs. Horace Miller, Mrs. L c, Herren, Mrs. George Hutchinson, Mrs. Grover Tilden Davis, Mrs. H. J. Porter, Jr, Mrs. W. R. Gum. Mrs. S. D. weakley. Mrs. Charles Calhoun, Mrs. T. H. Spen- cer
 Among those who will contribute to the musical programme are: MT. and Mrs. Leon Cole, Mrs. Wynings Miss Lowela Hanlin, piano; Miss Charlotte Mailer. violin.
 MT. Lotion Horton of New York city, who was in the city to attend the mar riage of his son, MT. Jerome Horton, to Miss Mary Streit, Thursday afternoon, was host at lovely dinner party Thurs day evening at the Tutwiier.
 The table was adorned to represent a miniature rose garden. Covers were laid for 15, Including the immediate family of the bride and the out-of-town guests who were in the city to attend the we'd ding
 Mrs Phares Coleman. Jr., entertained the Friday Brdige club yesterday after noon at her home on Highland avenue. Auction was played and the score prize was a bottle of smelling salts. After the games 3. delightful plate course was served. The guests included Mrs. Coleman's mother, Mrs. Howard Douglas of Nash vile, Mrs. Frank Glass. Jr., Mrs. Petter- sen Marzoni, Mrs. Ed Norment, Mrs. Sid-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
Dolly Wants to Know If You we Got Spring Gardening Bee in Your Bonnet
By DOLLY pALRYMrLE

1NURING the past few days when the
 balmy. sunshiny, warm, spring e= days the first of the season beamed upon us, did the gardening bee get busy in your bonnet?
 Of course it did. if you are a woman. and maybe 1t did if you are man; any way, the first harbingers of spring speel to womankind the wide world over just one thing a home and a garden.
 It is in the spring of the year that a woman's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of flowers and shrubs and daffodils wicker furniture and cretonne draperies ana all the pretty little homelike things that make life worth the living
 Of course. if you are lucky enough to have home and garden spot. then the scenic effect of your spring work is all ready planned; the plot must be devel- oped, and that isn't difficult; but if you must not only arrange your scenic eff fects but plot and plan and scheme to beat the band.
 Everybody is busy gardening nowa- days; you pass along the city's fashion able residential streets and avenues and there you see great piles of rich dirt heaped up and Uncle Jim' or Uncle sam," the faithful old gardener, with rake and hoe ready to begin the seasons work.
 You drive along the country roads and you see tho mother of the little house. hold, with all her little tin cans filled with geraniums and heliotrope and ferns and palms, out in the yard and she's spad- ing and digging for dear life around and about these little flowers which she has saved during the cold winter weather, and Is now ready to make use of for spring garden.
 I heard of wonderfully clever scheme which g. woman has evolved so that she can have & garden thls spring. just like other women; she lives in the tiniest little suburban place and all the back yard must be used for vegetable gar den, and loving flowers as she does, she just must have them about her, so this Is what she told me she had planned;
 Any woman who can get a barrel full of earth can have 8 garden and the time is now at hand to plant it." she said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
Pickens County Live Stock
 Men to Hold Big Meeting

Carrollton, February 2s.-(special)-A meeting of tho Pickens County live Stock association was held at Gordo Friday. A number of gentlemen from over the state who arc conversant with stock growing addressed the meeting. The gem eraI subjects discussed were feedstuffs, hog cholera. and cooperative shipping.
 County farm demonstrator has an- nouneed that during the next two months a diversification campaign will be con- ducted in this county. At these meetings emphasis will be given to the growing of peanuts, velvet beans, soll improve noant corn and hogs. All farmers of the county have been requested to meet on March 3, and organize for better farming in Pickens county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24

is pr. Denney of the University of Ala bama-
 A brass band has been employed, and the parade of school children will be headed by this band. Concerts will be given on the campus of the Greenville High school both morning and afternoon
 The Henderson Packing company oi Greenville recently sold to Morris & Co 10000 pounds of pork. The meat was pro- duced in Butler county by Butler county farmers. They received cash for this meat, whereas before the boil weevil in vasion they paid Morris & Co. and ether packers for meat produced In other states. Butler county is feeding herself and playing an important part in feeding other peoples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
As you meks youh Garden bed, Ole Miss, so you mus Lie about hit! Yassum.

"A barrel Of any size, which is strong
 and iron bound will do, if 1t has not been
 used for sauerkraut or pickles. Did you
 happen to know that growing things re-
 fuse to flourish in a barrel which has
 been used for either, no matter how
 thoroughly it has been washed and scalded?"
 I'm going to make my flower garden this spring in barrels she continued I've got four big. strong barrels, and these I am arranging so that I can have dozens of different kinds of flowers in them. Good soil Is, of course, the first step and then a drainage system, which is arranged by means of boring holes al the bottom of the barrel. The barrel thus equipped is then place on an elevation say four bricks-so that free drainage may be permitted. once saw the barrel garden scheme worked out by & woman who had the barrels put on little plat forms with wheels so they could be rolled in or out of the sun as it was necessary. However, that is more expen-
 sive and there are those who wouldn't care to put out that much money" T once saw a little home in the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24

the city Is growing greater and better every day. So let us do away with this hurtful obstacle in the path of progress and substitute therefor the positive state ment or suggestion, There is nothing the matter with Birmingham; it's all right"
 As MT. Bum suggests, let us keep our family troubles to ourselves and go about mending them quietly. Birmingham has some troubles, but what growing, pro- gressive city will you find without them? Let US all get together and hold up the hands of MT. Bum, who has come among
 us to help us. He has the right civic philosophy and I believe is a good civic doctor. JOSEPH T. COLLINS, JR-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24

is to any neighborhood can scarcely be estimated, hence women who understand the necessity of having beautiful home surroundings naturally turn to garoens when the first breath of spring yarns us that now Is the time to commence our city beautiful work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24

held in which Miss Mara Burrus won the prize. The refreshments carried out the color scheme of red and white. Enter taining talks from the members of the other clubs were heard
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-13
NEW PRESIDENT Be
CHOSEN WEDNESDAY

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 13.-The
next president of the United States
will be elected tomorrow.
It probably will be Presiden tWilson.
But no law of the land says so; and,
indeed, if the intent of the constitu-
ton prevailed, the world tonight
would be hanging breathless on the
voice of 531 presidential electors,
whose whose vetes are to be officially
counted tomorrow.
Before the house and senate assem-
bled, and in the presence of the nine
tCbed justices of the United States su-
preme court, the official votes, under
he. seals of the secretaries of state of
The various states, will be opened by
The clerk of the house and counted.
Members of congress from each pol
itical party, will be told off as tellers
to confirm the count November Z
old the tale. or at least November 8;
Put the official election comes to-
morrow.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-13
AMERICANS CLAD
To ESCAPE FOOD
TRIAL IN BERLIN

BERNE, Switzerland, Feb. 13.-
Although former Ambassador James
". Gerard continued today to talk of
conditions in Germany until he reports
directly to President Wilson at Wash
ington, Americans accompanying the
embassy staff from Berlin, are con-
graduating themselves upon their es-
cape from the German food situation.
which is described as more acute than
at any time since the beginning of the
war.
Meat is so scarce in Berlin at this
time, one of the Americans said to an
Associated Press correspondent, that
thousands of would-be customers keep
in constant touch with the butchers so
as to know quickly when the next
meagre supply will be placed on sale,
Prices charged whenever meat is OBJ
tainable at all are ridiculously high,
and altogether out of reach of the
poorer class of civilians and disabled
soldiers invalided home from the va
rious war fronts.
While the rich Germans are able to
get along uncomfortably with pork and
nutton selling at from fifty to seventy
cents a pound when available, and
poultry extremely scarce at $1.6O
pound the poor are undoubtedly suf-
fering keenly from a lack of proper
foodstuffs All the poorer classes are
able to secure now is bread, turnips
and lowgrade marmalade, diet al
together unsuited to the manual la
Dor many of these are required to per
form daily, and physicians at Berlin
say the children are evidently under
nourished.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-13
ORDINATION Be At
FURLOW CHURCH

The ordination services at the Fur
low Lawn Baptist church will be held
Wednesday evening at which Brother
Z. Y. Andrews and Brother Joseph
Perkins will be ordained at deasons.
1t will begin at 7:15 o'clock.
The following program has been ar
ranged for the occasion:
The ordination talk will be made by
Rev. Alexis D. Kendrick, of the First
Baptist church.
Ordination prayer by Rev. Robert l..
Bivins.
Ordination charge. by Rev. Lansing
Burrows.
Monday evening Of this week, the
Manual class of the B. Y. P. U. met
and decided to have four meetings
each week, these to be on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
nights. Immediately after the ordina-
tion services on Wednesday night, the
Manaual class will meet with Rev.
George F. Brown. pastor of Furlow
Lawn Baptist church, in charge.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-13
DR. WH|TT[E IS
ELECTED As THE
HEALTH OFFICER

Dr. C. c. Whittle, of Tiff county,
was elected as county health commits
sioner today by the county board of
health under the terms of the Ellis
public health bill, which recently be-
came effective here through the as
sent of two successive grand juries.
Dr. Whittle is a physician Of much
experience, graduated from Jefferson
Medical college, and will not be al
lowed to practice generally, all of
his time being given up to his new
duties. The salary was placed at
$1,000, with $500 allowed for travel
ing expenses.
The board organized this morning
with County Commissioner Arthur
Rylander, County School Commits
sioner E. ]. McMath and DR.. ]. Wade
Chambliss forming the board. DR..
Chambliss was elected chairman, and
Prof. McMath named secretary.
The expenses of the work comes
cut of the county treasury. 1t has
been generally commended through
cut the state, and the law is the pro-
duct of Representative r. C. Ellis. Of
Tiff county, who has worked for sew
eral years on the measure.
The womens clubs of the state, to-
gether with the Georgia Chamber OF
Commerce, have taken an active in
terest. A full outline of the work
ard its purposes will be carried by
the Times-Recorder at an early date,
as Mr.. Ellis, author of the bill, has
a statement of its purposes and work
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-13
Conditfons in Germany Bad.

ROTTERDAM, Feb. 1.-TWO Ameri-
cans who arrived here since the break
in diplomatic relations between the
United States and Germany, after
residence of a year in that country,
had each lost thirty pounds in weight.
the result of privations endured, and
the scarcity of food, especially meat
One of the refugees is Theodore Wur-
lin, an engineer. whose home is at Ja-
maica, New York. He states that Ger
man workmen are heartily tired Of the
war and its attendant suffering, but
that they are determined to hold out.
nevertheless. Many Germans now earn
good wages, he said, but are forced to
spend all they earn for food, without
securing sufficient to maintain them
and their families in good health and
full bodily strength.
The other refugee is a New York
business man, who had been in Frank
fort some time when news of the
break with Washington reached Ger
many. He says food conditions there
are extremely bad, and told a harrow
ing story of sufferings endured alike
by Germans and foreigners. The break
in relations, he said, created little ex-
-
citement in Frankfort, where Ameri-
cans continue to be we'll treated by
German authorities.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-13
BOOKED ON A
BOAT WITH SAFETY

NEW YORK, Feb. 13-About twelve
hundred passengers have booked pas
sage on the Scandinavian trans-At-
lantic liner Frederick VII, which sails
tomorrow from this port direct to CO.
penhagen.
The vessel has been granted safe
conduct by the Entente Nations, and
an arrangement entered into provides
the ship is to be taken into Canad
ian port for examination of its cargo
and papers, instead of proceeding to
Kirkwall where the British patrol
feet usually conveys neutral liners.
Among the passengers booked are
former Ambassador Won Bernstorff,
who is returning to Germany from
Washington, and the members of his
site, together with practically every
former German consul in the United
States. The presence Of these Ger
man officials on board the Frederick
VII and the immunity from submarine
attacks guaranteed by the Teutons,
caused numbers OF neutrals to take
passage aboard the liner.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-13
MOVIE MAN WILL
PUT CIRCUS AND.
CITY IN FILMS
The movie man. with his camera is

The movie man with his camera is
here.
During today and tomorrow L. j,
Darmour, of the Gaumont Film Co.,
will take pictures of John Robinson's g
circus in winter quarters for the pur-
pose of using the pictures in Reel
Life" a feature of the Mutual Weekly
film. Mr.. Darmour went out to the
fair grounds where the circus is
quartered, and was given free run of
the place by General Agent George
Meyer.
The pictures secured by Mr.. Dar-
mour for Reel Life" will advertise
Robinson's circus in every nook and
corner of the land while Americas
the winter home of the circus, will
follow the film around the earth and
back, if it goes that far.
The circus has been a mecca during
the winter months for hundreds of
visitors. The show folks are begin
ming to arrive in preparation for the
early training to take the road. The
circus will make its debut ON the road
with Savannah as the first place of
showing. The mayor and city council
Of that place have rescinded the IL
cense Of $500 imposed there. In favor
the coming of Robinson's circus.
From now on there will be hustle
and hurry of life in Americus with the
show folks. They are painting. over
hauling, arranging new attractions
everything that goes with the first
weeks before they take tfe road.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-13
NEGRO FOLLOWS WIFE
TO CRAVE IN NORTH

Peter Walker received q telegram
last night telling him of the death of
Ofie Mitchell, a well known Americas
negro, which occurred at Hartford,
Connecticut, Monday evening at 1880
o'clock. Mitchell, 1t is learned, had
been i'll in hospital at Hartford dur
ing some time, death resulting from
pneumonia. He was about AZ years
old.
A sad circumstance In connection
with the death of this former Ameri-
Gus negro in a distant state is found in
the fact that only a few months ago
lis wife died at Hartford and was
buried thers, far from home and
friends, who Mitchell and his family
left behind only a few months ago to
go to work in the bitter climate which
it is believed here hastened the de-
mise of both. Surviving Mitchell and
his wife are several young children,
the Oldest of these being about twelve
years of age. and their plight is de-
scribed as most pitiable. They are be-
ing cared for in an institution in Con-
necticut at present.
Before leaving Americus Offie Nit
chell and his wife ran small res
taurant on West Lamar street, the for .
mer also driving a hack at odd times.
Both were well liked among their
friends here, and many white people
expressed regret when they detrmin-
Ell accept as true the alluring prom
ises of emigration agents and go to
Connecticut. Their experience as here
is only one OF many to
Southern negroes who are unable to
Withstand the rigors of the intense
Connecticut cold. and, doubtless, will
act as sufficient deterrent to others
who may contemplate leaving Georgia
a this time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-13
CONGRESS- SEEMS IN NO HURRY
TO BULB NEW BRIDGES

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Repre-
sentatives of bridge concerns are wor-
ried because congress seems in no hur>
ry to authorize construction of several
million dollars worth of proposed
bridges across government streams.
Among the important bridges, con-
struction of which is held Up for other
legislation are:
Railroad bridge across Mississippi at
Bemidji Mimi. Combination bridge
across Mahoning at Lowellville. Ohio.
Wagon bridge across Red River of
North between Pork county, MINI,
Grand Forks, county. N. Oak. Rail-
road bridge reconstructed across ALLIE.
geheny, N. Y. Wagon bridge across
Red Lake river, Pennington county,
MINI. Wagon bridge across Cumber-
lard Montgomery county. Tenn.