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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-29
SOME MEAT PRICES
 OF 27 YEARS AGO

An interesting contrast with prices of today is a bill for shipment of meat dated October z, 1890, which was brought to The Age-Herald yesterday.
 Ire shipment was from the Jacob pold Packing company of Kansas City. was to Captain Waters in Birmingham and was shipped via the old Fort Scott and Memphis railroad. The items were billed as follows:
 One steer, dressed 6Oe pounds, at Az cents. S27.27 One crate pork Joins, 100 pounds, at 5 cents, 70 cents. Totai $3497
 Furthermore the freight was prepaid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-29
Service Flag Has TOP Stars

The local branch of the National Bis- cult company on Eighteenth street and Avenue B has displayed in its window a handsome service flag with TOP stars, representing the eoppany's contribution thus far to Uncle Sam's fighting men, nearly per cent of it's male employees. More than third of the companys em- ployes are women. A similar flag Is dis
 played at every one of the companys POO odd branches throughout the country. Every state in the union is represented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-29
BABY JIM" SIMMONS DIES
Freight Car Necessary to Transport Body of Worlds Heaviest Man
 to Home Town

Philadelphia, December 2S.-"Baby Jim Simmons, negro. said to be the heaviest man in the world. died hero today He weighed 800 pounds and for years had been one of the sidelights of circus sideshows. He was S7 years old The body will be taken to the former home of Simmons In Texas for burial. For it's transportation 1t was necessary to charter an entire freight cav
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-29

started from under the house. The structure was not burned completely down. but was badly damaged.
 "The little town of Kimberly is deeply stirred by the tragedy and should the assailants be captured fear they will be roughly handlcd."
 Deputy Hartsfeld stated he hurried to Birmingham with Barnes for safe. keeping,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-29
PRICE FIXING BOARD

The following is a copy of the letter received by Paul H. Earle, chairman of the local price fixing board from the food administrator:
 "Following our letter of December il in reference to hoarding. the retail distribution division of the food ad- ministration suggests that 1t would be advisable for you to inform the re- tail grocers of your state respecting sales of certain commodities as fol- lows:
 Sugar: Sugar should be sold in towns and cities to consumers in two to five-pound quantities; to farm and rural customers in five to ten-pound quantities.
 Flour: Flour in towns or cities should be sold in eighth to garter barrel quantities Gone to two 24-pound sacks); in rural and farm districts in quarters to half-barrel quantities( two to four 24-pound sacks.)
 ADVERTISEMENTS
 Advertising: Any advertisements, tending to induce customers to in crease their purchases of flour or sugar during the present national crisis, are decidedly against public policy. This information has already been sent you with the suggestion that the press of your state censor their advertisement. We request that you please convey this information to the retail grocers.
 GUARANTEES
 Wholesale quantities of sugar: Wholesale grocers should not sell sugar in quantities to the excess Of 1000 pounds at time to the retailer. Sugar should not be shipped on back orders, nor without a positive order of the buyer. Wholesale grocers should use every precaution at their com- mand to prevent duplication of sales which may give to retailer the op- portunity to have more sugar than is necessary for conservative distribu- tion as outlined in the second para for other reasons.
 WILL SET PRICES
 Another meeting of the local board was held in the store of Earle Broth CTS yesterday morning. It was entirely unofficial, nothing, but few plans be- ing discussed, and was held more for the purpose of getting set purpose in the minds of all the committee than fo rother reasons.
 The first official meeting of the committee will be held January 2, aft CT the merchants have finished taking the inventory of their stocks. as re quired by the government, on the pre- ceding day. The prices for several Of the articles of foodstuff for sale on January will probably be set at this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Vandy and Plainsmen Lone Major Southern Elevens
 in Action Today
CHIC HARLEY NAMED
 IN OHIO'S LINEUP
Both Teams Reach Montgomery Pre- pared for Hard Tussle-Vandy Meets Soldier Outfit-y. P.
 I. Meets Roanoke College

Atlanta, November 23.-Auburn's meeting with Ohio State, western conference champions, in Montgomery features the football card in the south today. practically all of the other major elevens having open dates preceding their big games on Thanksgiving Day Vanderbilt, however. meets team or soldiers at Nashville V. P. l. and Roanoke college clash at Blacksburg and South Carolina plays Presbyterian college at Columbia.
 Ohio comes out of the west with 8 clean slate for two seasons and by virtue of this record is favored to win from the southerners. The Busckeye eleven has defeated such teams as In diana. Illinois, Northwestern and Per due, in the Big Ten,' while their in ter-sectional opponents have come fast in recent weeks, springing some thing of 8 surprise last Saturday in taking VanderbiIts measure by a cred- itable score.
 Chic Harley, aclassed by many experts as all-American player, will no doubt be in the Ohioans' lineup tomorrow to match his ability against Ducote, one of the Plainsmens star backfield men, who has been conspicuous in Au- burns ground gaining this season.
 The result of the Montgomery meet ing will be watched with considerable interest in this section because of the Plainsmen's engagement with Georgia Tech on Thanksgiving for titular hon. OfS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
EASTERN COLLEGES
 ID STAGE ANNUAL
 CHAMPIONSHIP RUN

New York, November 2S-Eastern college cross country teams will com pete in the annual intercollegiate A. A. championship run over the Van Cort- landt park course here tomorrow aft ernoon. Both individual and team titles will be at stake in the junior and varsity races, which will be started at and 5 D. m respectively.
 Cornell university. which has won this event 15 times since its inception Is years ago, is not considered to have as strong a team as in other years. and that the contest this year is ex- pected to be more open than usual. Other institutions to be represented in clude Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, Co., lumbia, Massachusetts Tech, College of the City of New York and Yale.
 Last year the race was run at New Haven, but tomorrow the competitors will run twice over the regular three mile cross country course at Van Cortlandt Pennsylvania defeated Co., lumbia over this course last Saturday in dual run and Coach Moakley of Cornell sent his Ithaca entrants over the circuit today in order that they might be familiar with the hill and dale going.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
SPORTS

the starters signal. The majority of the men have been in strenuous train ing for the past month, and as a re suit. are in perfect trim. and primed for a grueiing contest.
 Usually q favorite reigns prior to the start of the event. but such will not be the case today. The men will start. practically all unfamiliar to local road racing followers. Only a few of the entries have previously con tested for honors in q local event.
 The officials are as follows: F.. L. Lang. starter; R. F. Mitchell, refree finish judges. Coach Thomas. F E.. Robbins, Dr. Crippen, J. (. Hodges, A. M. Bruce: clerks, waltersdo and Will Hams; timer. w. W. AbeH.
 Entries: Corners, Light, Kott Beat ty, Walker. Deas, Peeler, Roberts. Hosleins. R. Fuqua. M Fuaua, Hamii- ton. Harrington. Graham. Harreli, Kir- by, Papandrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
CRIMSON WARRIORS
 GETTING STRENUOUS REGULAR WORKOUTS
Coach Kelly Hopes to Have Team in Best Condition of Season to Send Against
 Soldiers

University November .-(Special)
 The Alabama football team is learning
 the meaning of heally hard work this
 week, as Coach Kelly is driving his
 men strenuously to prepare them for
 the game with Camp Gordon in Bir
 mingham Thanksgiving Day. With the
 exception of ,H5lair and Johnson,
 who were all put out for the season in
 the Vanderbilt game, the men are in the
 best of condition.
 The Alabama supporters are genuine
 ly scared over the reports of enormous
 strength that have come to their camp
 concerning the soldier team. Rumor has
 if that the soldiers have one of the very strongest aggregations of foot ballers in all Dixie. and their previous irecord this year seems to verify this rumor Any team that has the old col ilege stars on the roster that Camp Gordon has, must have formidable team and the decisive way in which they have defeated all their opponents thus far this year has greatly raised their stock for victory Thanksgiving. The lineup that will start the game l for Alabama will be just about the I same that defeated Kentucky State 1 last Saturday. Emmett will be run at 1 left halfback in the place of Blair, who 1 is still in the hospital as result of 1 his broken leg. Jones or Noland will ] go in in the place of Johnson, whose ankle was so severely twisted that he will be out the rest of this year. Low man will continue to fill the gap left 1 when Boone received a blow in the l mouth that knocked all his teeth out.
 Hastings or Shaw will be at the other l end.
 1 The team played together in great i ia shion against Kentucky, and if they do as we'll Turkey Day, Alabama Is l confident that she will cop another victory. victory by large score over the soldiers would still make the
 season very successful one, and that victory is what the Crimson machine Is out after.
 1 Alabama is known as the hardest i luck team in the south, as every year, 1 esveral of her best men are put out
 by injuries. but if the old jinx will just 1 stay off until next year. if not forever, 1 the Alabama followers believe that they stand a good chance for a vic 1 tory.
 l The dazzling open formations which have proved so effective so far this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
IMPORTANT GAMES FEW ON EASTERN
 GR|D|RON TODAY
Brown and Dartmouth Are Slated for Heated Battle. Washington and Jeffer- son Meets NOtreDame

New York, November 23.--The approach
 ing close of the 1917 football season is heralded by the absence of a number
 of the college elevens from the weekend
 schedule. Less than a score of import ant contests feature the eastern card for
 tomorrow and another week will witness the wind-up of the sport Tor the year.
 Aside from the Brown-Dartmouth and
 the Washington and Jefferson -Notre
 Dame games, Saturdays struggles are chiefly interesting owing to the inter- college rivalry involved.
 Ybe meeting of the two New England institution teams at Boston marks the resumption of athletic relations between Dartmouth and Brown and promises a struggle which will be in keeping with
 those which were staged previous to 1907 Judge by their play this fall there does not appear to be much advantage one way or the other.
 The contest between Washington and
 Jefferson and Notre Dame at Washing ton, Pa. is expected to develop, in addl-
 ton to the keenest kind of all-round foot
 ball play, an exhibition of forward pass
 ing unequalled this season. Tn defeat ing the Army the Indiana team used but few overhead plays, but the constant
 threat of the aerial attack made line plunging and end runs productive of big gains The list of the other principal games follows: At West Point: Army vs. Boston col lege.
 At Meadville, Pa: Allegheny vs. Uni- versity of Akron At Carlisle, Pa: Dickinson vs. Buck nell.
 At Baltimore: Johns Hopkins vs. St. Johns. At South Bethlehem, Pa: Columbia vs. New York university. At Middlebury, Vt: Middlebury vs. Uni versity of Vermont. At Swathmore, Pa: Swathmore vs Haverford. At Philadelphia: University of Pennsyl- vania vs. Carlisle Indians. At Clarksburg, w. Va. Virginia Wesleyan vs West Virginia university. At New Haven: Yale freshmen vs. Princeton freshmen. At New York: Camp Upton vs. Camp Devens. At New York: Rutgers vs Newport Naval reserve. At New York; Fordham vs. Pelham Bay
 Naval reserve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Drafted Men Are Seeking
 Release by Habeas Corpus

Waco Tex, November 2S.-Mai. Gen. William C. Haan. commander at Camp McArthur here has been served with vrits of habeas corpus seeking the I elease from military service of five drafted men now at the camp All claim to be aliens. one an Austrian. aud the others Russians. and not sub ieot to draft The men were residents of Michigan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24

season will be used to offset the su- perior weight of the soldiers. Speed and fight must be relied on to check any offensive that the soldiers develop.
 It is the last game of the season, and everything that Alabama has on tap will be let out. Those that see the game will realize that they have seen a great football game, and that there has never been an Alabama team that had more fight and grit than the one that will appear at Rickwoods next Thusrday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
OHIO STATE AND AUBURN
 ARRIVE FOR BIG BATTLE

Montgomery, November 23.-The arr rival here tonight of the Auburn foot ball team placed everything in readi- ness for the intersectional battle here tomorrow between the Plainsmen and Ohio States university team, champions of the western conference.
 Ohio States team arrived earlier in the day and tonight attended a big rally at Camp Sheridan, where the di- vision is encamped.
 Arrangements have been made for the accommodation of the largest crowd that ever witnessed a game in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Fight Your Rheumatism
 With the Right Ammunition

Rheumatism is caused by millions of tiny germs. which are entrenched in the blood where they cannot be reached by locally applied liniments. They must be literally routed and forced out of the blood by remedy which searches them out and puts them to flight.
 For more than 50 years &. s. S.. has been recognized as the most re- liable blood remedy made. It goes deep down into the blood cells, and .purifies and cleanses the circulation of every trace of impurity. It is the right ammunition for Rheumatism and has been used in thousands of cases with gratifying results.
 You can obtain s. s. s. at any drug store. Take no substitute. Write to our medical director. regarding your own case. Address Swift Specific Co.,. ID, Swift Laboratory. Atlanta, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Take Every Advantage of This
 Relentless Enemy

Fighting disease Is the most important warfare known to mankind, because we are all subject to it's attack.
 One of the most common foes is Rheumatism. which attackswith relent- less violence, and often leaves its vic- tim entirely helpless. Rheumatism Is so often successful against it's victim be- cause the wrong ammunition is used against it.
 Too many people make the mistake of treating only the symptoms and en- tirely overlooking it's source. They are so anxious to find relief from it's tortur- Ing pains that they expect local ap- plications of liniments and lotions to accomplish what is impossible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
|ND|ANA'S VARSITY WANTED ID STRIKE Action of Big Ten" Arouses Opposition of Entire
 Team

Bloomington, Ind, November 2S.-A tell egram from President William Lowe Bryan, who is in New York, and argu- ment by coaches today averted a strike of Indiana's S varsity eleven on the eve of the annual Indiana -Perdue game sched- uled for Saturday.
 With the exception of Captain Hath. away every man on the team had agreed to quit because of the action of the Big Ten eligibility committee in de- ciding FullbacS Lynn J. Towards in- eligibility Ewart, star right guard, al- ready had been declared ineligible.
 At meeting called by Coach Stiehm the men agreed to continue practice and play Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
CLOSE FIGHT FOR FIRST HONORS IN
 RACE IS EXPECTED

With the majority of entries unex. perienced runners, the first annual Young Mems Christian association road race will be held this afternoon at o'clock. starting at sixth avenue and Nineteenth street, north. The course, which has already been announced. covers two miles. The finish will be at Sixth avenue and Twentieth street, north
 A field of % athletes are ready for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24

The range of the Birmingham Athletic club is open for practice to members from o'clock in the morning until g o'clock every night of the week. Instruc- ton gladly given new shooters Wednes- day nights. Before purchasing guns and ammunition, new shooters should see or telephone some of the old shooters and ascertain what is proper equipment to bring to the range.
 A special handicap match will be shot the last shooting night before Christmas. All shooters will have an equal chance. as handicap committee will award suit able handicaps to place the new shooters on an equal footing with the best ones. Suitable trophy will be awarded as prize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
War Charity Promoter
 Indicted by Grand Jury

New York. November 23.-The grand jury inquiry into the financial opera tions of the recent army and navy ba- gar here, which netted profits of only s75O out of receipts of about $71,000 re- suited in the indictment today on the charge of forgery and larceny of C.. Donald Fox, described as chief promo ter of the war charity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
GOOD ATTENDANCE
 AT B. A. |. SHOOT

A good attendance was recorded at Wednesday nights Revolver club shoot on the range of the Birmingham Athletic club. Some of the new shooters are showing much improvement. Following scores were made:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24

From the steaming jungles of Senegal the fertile plains of the Argentine the temple shades of Japan: Hawaii, the blue-gum groves of Australia, and the far-Aune acres of Saskatchewan. single mail re. gently brought to the editors of THE LITERARY DIGEST sheaf of letters telling. of the writers gratitude for the opportunity afforded by this most comprehensive of news-recorders of keeping posted on all the great events of the day. Other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Digest" Readers Acclaim Its Worth from All Quartt

letters tell how it keeps the prospectors in a far-western miningcamp in touch with the worlds to hand by the "Tommes" and "Sammies in the trenches on the Somme Wherever men gather together it is read from cover to for its crisp, condensed. and wholly impartial sum- mares of current happenings It is cosmopolitan in its scope and universal in its sympathies. To read it is to become citizen of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24

China Objects to Our Japan Pact The Dawn of Order in Russia The Jews to Rule in Zion Volcanic Ireland Near Eruption Wine for the French Soldiers The Microphone in the Trenches Shakespeare Has Chance in London Varieties of Anti Germanism The "Poilu's" Protest Against Unclean Plays
 Mcny Striking Illustrations, Lncludinl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-17
STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
FACES DUTY OF RAISING
MORE MONEY.
TAXES MUST MEET
HEAVY APPROPRIATIONS
ncrcase Of at Least 2 and 90 Mills
Neesssary--War Appropriations Elk.
tra-sum Of 100000 to Be Raised
in 1917 and $4,000, 900 in 1s1s-Where
Money viii Be Spent.
ial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 1.-THE state ex-
ecutive council will face the task next
July of increasing the tax levy of the
state in order to provide for the APP
preparations and expenditures auth
orized by the Thirty seventh general
assembly.
The Legislature just before adjourn
ment Saturday night passed the state
revenue bill authorizing the state ex-
ecutive council to raise $1,000 900 for
state purposes in 1917 and $6,000.O00
in 1918. This will necessitate at least
an increase in the state tax levy Of
9 % mills. which will make the total
state levy mills. Or at least the levy
will have to be increased about 261
mills for the first year of this coming
biennial period and 1867 for the second
year.
The state levy now is i.33 mills and
on the present valuation Of property in
iowa including the moneys and cred
its the revenue produced is $4,24c,0O0
a year. This will have to be brought
up to s7,O00,000 for the period from
July /, 1917, to June 80. 1918, and
$6,O00.000 from July |, 1918, TO June
80, 1919
The war appropriations of course
are extra this year and they amount to
$1.500,000. The legislature made no
provision to take care of the alleged
deficit in the state treasury which was
so widely advertised early in the ses
sion. When this was called to the at
tention of the appropriations commit
tee i was explained that whatever Of
the war appropriation which was not
used could be applied to meet this de-
ticit.
Appropriations Authorized.
Among the appropriations authoriz I'd
by the assembly for the two-year pc
riod are the following: Fire proofin2
old capitol building at Iowa City. $50
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-17

600; for special agents under attorney
general\and governor, $4,000: add
tional building, soldiers home. Mar
shalltown, $4,000: pension survivors
Northern Iowa brigade, $4,000; state
educational institutions, s1,67s,700;
state institutions under board Of con-
troll, $1.32S,S30; buildings at state ed
vocational institutions, 100000; in
crease in support fund OF institutions
under state board of control. s1S2, 900: :
support of industrial reformatory for
women, $lS2,000; child welfare re-
search station, $4,000; additional APP
preparation, state historical society,
$4,000; land and buildings. Iowa state
fair. s12,50O: national guard, $500, 900;
state aid to dairy. beef and grain
growing associations, $4,000; chill
dren's hospital at Iowa City, $3.50, 900;
armories at Ames and Iowa City
$3.50, 900: valuation Of railroads by gov
ernor. $4,000; military census sl5,-
900; district judges, increase In salaries
not including expenses. $4,000; to as
sist in celebration of fifty fourth an
niversary at Vicksburg, $4,000; for
war purposes. $l,00000o.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-17
MARRIED FIFTY YEARS.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hoffman, Of Oeni
son, Celeb rate Golden Wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, OF Oeni-
son, Celebrate Golden Wedding.
Special to Times Republican.
Denison, April 17.-John Hoffman and
wife, Of this city, celebrated their gol-
den wedding anniversary on Friday last.
They were married at Dewitt, Clinton
County. iowa, April 10, 1867. The fam
lily came to Crawford. county In 1882,
settling on a farm in Soldier township.
On retiring home was made at Rick
etts, Iowa, for a time, hut some ten
years ago a move was made to Deni )
son.
The occasion was participated In by
some forty relatives and descendants.
A brother Frank Hoffman, and wife. of
Martele, Iowa, were present. and also
the following sons and daughters: An
drew H., of Onawa; Mrs. w. B. Brazell,
of Otto; Frank, of Denison; Samuel F.,
of Hudson, S. d.: Mrs. l. b. Goodrich,
of Gushing; Mrs III. r. Timm, Of High
more S. D.; Mrs. j.. G. Goodrich. of
Kiron: Earl, of Randolph, Neb., and
Miss Nellie, of Denison
The groom Is now rs and the bride
g.. Mr.. Hoffman is a native of Swift
Zerland. He fought for the union cause
in Company a." Fourteenth Iowa in
-fantry, going out from Davenport.