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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
SUPPLY OF SEED
 IS NOW PLENTIFUL
City Supplies Lots for Culti- vation to Many Applicants.
 Government Gives Advice

The seed committee of the Birmingham Garden association reports that the city is well stocked with all kinds of garden seed at fair prices now, and that in the event of local shortage in the supply there will be no trouble about getting seed from the big seed houses through out the United States.
 They continue to recommend that peo- pie make a drive on nonperishable vege- tables, such as Irish and sweet potatoes, peas, corn, collards, onions and pumpkins which will keep for a long time or which may be conserved in some form for fu- ture use.
 The United States government throws out the following suggestion:
 Tt is of vital importance that as much food as possible should be conserved, not only to avoid waste and provide economi- cal food for next year, but 10 provide the necessary food for the army and navy in the event of prolonged war;
 The city has received offers for the use of a large number of lots and vacant property for gardening purposes. Tn ad- dition, the city has supplied lots for gar dening to large number of local citi- zens. The employees of a number of stores, corporations and business firms will cultivate gardens and tracts of land jointly to aid in the food campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
ANNOUNCEMENTS

pr. Rountrees class in first aid will meet this afternoon at o'clock at Red Cross headquarters. ground floor Hill man hotel, instead of at the civic asso- ciation.
 The Council of Mothers clubs will meet with the members of the Woman's Chris tian Temeprance union at their head quarters this morning at Il o'clock to make plans for baby week.
 The Sahala club will meet this after noon with Mrs. R, l.. Cross, 1922 Glen Iris avenue.
 The Edgewood club will meet this after noon at o'clock with Mrs. A. F. Hilleke at Shadyside.
 The Clionian club will meet this after noon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Gilbert at the home of MT. and Mrs. J. F. Graham on South Twenty
 Miss Rosa Strickland will make an ad- dress to the members of Mrs. G. G. Fields class Sunday at 10 a. m at the First Methodist church in Bessemer. All members are urged to be present and any young people who desire to hear Miss Strickland will be welcome.
 The Twentieth Century club will meet this afternoon at 2:30 p. m with Mrs. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
TALLADEGA COUNTY
 GOES INTO FIELDS
Business Men of Towns Visit Farmers at Work
AID FROM THE PULPIT
Press and People Alert in Food Cam paign-Sylacauga and Talladega Both Are Especially Active
 in the Project
By HARRY NJ. AYERS

Sylacauga, April 1S.-(Special.)-The press and the pulpit have joined hands, as in the days of the revolutionary and the civil wars in this country in the mat ter of agricultural preparedness as a means of aiding President Wilson and the federal administration in the war with Germany and her allies.
 Will S. Moody editor of the Advance, and Victor May editor of the News the two papers published at Sylacauga, are preaching diversification in every issue, and in every church in the city last Sun day the food question was discussed from the rostrum by Syiacauga ministers.
 At a meeting held last week strong organization was perfected here to fur ther the food campaign. Mayor w. l.. Howard presided at the meeting, and was elected permanent chairman. The other officers are Victor May, secretary; P. H. DeBardeleben, a druggist, treas urer; s. P. McDavid, H. D. Brown and E. J. Smith, bankers, together with J, H. Lane and E. o. Batson, wholesalers, ex- ecutive committeeman.
 These gentlemen will be assisted in their campaign by w. T. Coker, the county demonstrator, and Miss Anne Davis, who has charge of the canning club work in the county. Their plan of work was perfected at a meeting held Monday afternoon Circulars will be mailed to every farmer in the county and personal work will be done to impress on the people generally the necessity for greater diversfication of crops.
 In addition to the towns interest in agriculture, Sylacauga has just voted bond issue for the erection of a $35, GOO school building and the marble quarries flourishing business
 Awakened by John c. Williams and F. l.. C. Ward Talladegas two alert editors, the capital of slis progressive county was among the first towns in Ala bama to awake to the necessity for the mer, and as soon as they were awakened they went to work.
 The women of Talladega joined with the men in this campaign. Automobile parties were organized and trips were made to every part of the county, the women visiting the homes while the men went into the fields to talk food crops to the planters, who have been busy blow ing for several days.
 Talladega figured that the farmers are too far behind with their work to come
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
TT1HE luncheon yesterday at the
 Southern club, given for the visit

L1C1HE luncheon yesterday at the
 Southern club. given for the visit
 ing artists and the delegates to the biennial convention was one of the most elaborate and largest affairs of the kind ever given in Birmingham. The Tudor room was most attractively arranged and splendidly decorated with hundreds of spring blossoms, combined with ferns and palms. The speakers table was adorned with a tiny Baby Grand piano and hand some cut flowers suspended from over- head were many handsome placques filled with blossoms of bright hues.
 The tables were arranged according 10 states, and flowers and foliage of each state was used in the adornment. On the Alabama table tiny cotton bowls were at each place, and on the Illinois table sheaths of wheat.
 Miss Lena McCauley acted as toastmis- tress and the programme was as follows;
 Has It Been Worth While?' Mrs. Vic tor H. Hanson, Alabama.
 "State Organization" Mrs. John F. Ly- ons, Tex.
 The Greatest Club Need,p Mrs. w. D. Steele, Missouri.
 More Music Less Police" Mrs. John R. Macarthur, New York.
 ''Who Killed Cock Robin?" Mrs. W. A Hinckle, Illinois.
 "A State Orchestra" J. Lawrence Erb, Illinois.
 The Junior Club" Mrs. Anna Heuer- mann Hamilton, Missouri.
 "Community Music" Anne McDon- ough. Pennsylvania.
 "Why an Endowment Fund" Mrs. A. J. Ochsner, Illinois.
 Music in New Hampshire" Mrs. Ed ward Mcdowell.
 "Opera in English" Reginald de Koven New York.
 "service-Its True Meaning" Mrs. Frances Clark, Pennsylvania.
 MUSIC EXTENSION" Ray Edwards, Florida.
 r LEST WE FORGET,'' Mrs. John Lev erett, Illinois.
 What I Would Like to See in the Pub lie Schools" Henry Purmort Flames, Illinois.
 When Dreams Come True" Mrs. Will liam J. Gillian, Tennessee
 The picture section of the New York Times of last Sunday contained a very interesting group of notable women who compose the executive committee of the Stage Womens War Relief board just organized. This attractive group in- cluded Miss Mary Kirkpatrick Miss Jes- sic Bonstelle, Miss Rachel Brothers, na- tional chairman Miss Elizabeth Tyree Metcalfe, Miss Eleanor Gates, Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
To Aid Farmers

Bay NIinette, April 19.-(Special)-A very enthusiastic meeting of the busi- ness men of this town and the farmers of this community was held last night in the directors room of the Baldwin County bank al which time plans were formu- lated and an organization perfected to assist the farmers in this county in maS- ing larger crops this year than ever before The association is to be known as the Baldwin County Cooperative as- sociation and it will be financed by business men of the various towns throughout the county who will probably make tip a fund or arrange to estab- fish credit whereby seeds and fertilizer can be secured by the farmer for the additional acreage, where such help is necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
RANDOM NOTES

1 Mir and Mrs Joseph R. Estes left yes terday for Washington. Mrs Estes goes as a delegate from Yancey chapter tf i the D. A. R. convention They will gc | to Baltimore to visit Bishop and Mrs | John G. Murray before returning to Bir' mingham
 !
 Friends of Mr. Edwin Parish will re. gret to learn that he is ill at his home on Cullom street, South Highlands.
 Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mosely are spend 1 ing few days in Selma as the guests oi Mr. John D. Mosely They will leave shortly for Denver, where they will re- side in the future.
 Miss Margaret Cameron of Selma is spending a few days in the city this week as the guest of friends. Miss Annalee Fitts and Miss Lutie Stringfellow of Tuscaloosa are spending few days. in the city with friends.
  Mrs. J. E. Frazier, who is recuperatins from her recent critical illness in north Alabama, will be greatly missed dur ing the biennial Mrs. Frazier is a char ter member of the Music Study club. For two years she conducted the Sun day afternoon rectals at the Tutwiler. One of the biennial artist, Thuel Burman, appeared in her series, and the Spaulding- Gunster concert will long be remembered as one of the most perfect rectals ever given in Birmingham. The friends of Mrs William Mayes will miss her during the biennial, for she is one of the most capable active members of the Music Study club Mrs. Mays has recently returned from Arkansas, where she has visited her sister since MT. Mayes' death.
 Mrs. B. M. Stamps will spend the day in the city en route to Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Homer Starks of Tennessee, who is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Foster Hamilton and Mrs. J. l.. Smith, will leave this evening with Mrs. B. M. Starks for a short visit to Louisville She will re- turn to Birmingham early next week to visit before going to Cincinnati, where she will join MT. Starks in their new home.
 Mir and Mrs Frank NIilteer of Fort Myers, Fla, have named their little daughter Frances Fair. Mrs. Milteer will be pleasantly remembered as Miss Lillie Fair Smith
 Miss Marie Laughey of Philadelphia who recently won the voice contest of the biennial will sing this evening at o'clock at Temple Emanu-El.
 
 AIr. and Mrs. Lewis Underwood, who were among the ut-of-town guests at the UnderwoodP Pratt wedding in Prattvile on Wednesday evening, have returned home
 
 Miss Gladys Crews of Goodwater is the guest of Miss Irma Sturkey.
 Maj. and Mrs. G. A. OConnell have named their little son Thomas Locke O'Connell.
 Miss Marie Laughey of Philadelphia is the guest of NIr. and Mrs. E. c. Chandler for the remainder of the week.
 Many friends of Mrs. Charles Senn who was recently operated upon at St. Vincent's hospital for appendicitis, will be glad to learn that she is improving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20

to town to attend meetings at present, and that personal work among them would be more effective than oratory.
 Probate Judge Hammit of Taladesa IS lending every encouragement to the food campaign and is fostering in every way the good roads work begun by the late Judge Camp and continued by his sue cessor under appointment by the gover- nor.
 Taladega is growing in other ways. The organization of a company here re- gently for the manufacture of pipe was forward step along industrial lines, and now the people of the county seat are much encouraged over the proposed resumption of the old furnace which has been idle for many years. Work in re- lining the furnace is progressing rapidly, and it will be ready to blow in very soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20

L. Rosamond, 1221 Thirty-hrst street, north.
 The Red Cross chapter of WoodlawD, which is being organized by the Astraea Literary club, will meet at 3 o'clock Sat urday afternoon at the city hall. All women who are willing to work. whether they become members or otherwise, are urged to be present for organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
fRECkLES
Don't Hide Them With a We'll; Remove Them With the Othine Prescription

Don't Hide Them With a Yell; Remove
 Them With the Othine Prescription
 This prescription for the removal of freckles was written by a prominent physician and is usually so successful in removing freckles and giving a clear, beautiful complexion that it Is sold by any druggist under guarantee to refund the money if it fails.
 Don't hide your freckles under a veil; get an ounce of othine and remove them. Even the, first few applications should show a wonderful improvement, some of the lighter freekles vanishing en- tirely.
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength othine; it is this that is sold on the money back guarantee.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-05

J. Bassett. Hammond; Rev. f. 0, Fraley-
Greencastle. Ind. endowment secretary
of the Northwest Indiana Conference.
and Rev. J. r b. Smith. of Chicago.
editor of publication Board Of Confer
ence Claimants Methodist Episcopal
church. This conference inaugurates a
campaign in the South Bend district to
secure its share in the 100000 fund for
the retired conference has a permanent
fund of $4,000 and is now seeking an
additional 100000
At the recent conference at Valpa-
raise Ind. the following plan was ap-
proved to raise 5000, 600 to be added to
the permanent fund for permanent
claimants: that each minister Of the
conference shall pay 1--WE per cent of his
cash salary into the fund in FIVE equal
annual payments. Each pastoral charge
is asked to give an equal amount of the
cash salary paid to the pastor. The
big drive for South Bends portion will
begin on Oct IA in all the churches in
South Bend and district. This is called
announcement Sunday and a letter will
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-05
HURTY
ENDORSES
SCHRAGE

WHITING. IND. Oct. 5.-Dr. Hurry
at Whiting last evening in a public talk
IN the high school auditorium unquali
fiedly endorsed alteration Of the city's
water supply. He condemned deep wells.
not only from the standpoint of danger
of pollution but also explained the in
furious effect on the human system Of
drinking continuously water charged
with sulphur and minerals
Sulphur water he says may be medi-
cine but medicine is highly injurious as
regular diet He demonstrated the
effect of liberation. Says sanitary en-
gineers arc unanimous in endorsing it
and that 1t has been so Thoroughly test
ed as TO be no experiment.
You will eventually come TO it,
though you may waste first much
money in deep wells" His advice as
the states sanitarian was an unquali-
fed endorsement Of Mayor Schrage's
policy in installing the filtration plant
for which places are now being pre-
lpared.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-05

quires that it be printed on the first
Friday after the first Monday of each
month. which has been done by Comp
troller Patterson.
howl was put up by some of the
steel company aldermen aiding Hodges
candidacy and who sought to discredit
the mayor. But the mayor has nothing
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-05

be read by the pastor from Bishop
Thames Nicholson. of Chicago. Oct. q
will be pastors Sunday when each pas
tor breaches in his own pulpit on What
the Church owes Its Veteran Preach
ers." Oct. rs is Layman Sunday and
Nov. 4. exchange Sunday Nov. IL is
subscription Sunday
The big drive will be under the direc-
ton of Bishop T. Nicholson. resident
bishop of Chicago area, Rev. DIR. Apple
by. South Bend; Rev, Mr.. Fraley. Green
castle. and expert speakers from out
side. including Rev. DIR. Joseph b. Hing
ley. Chicago: Rev. J. r. b. Smith, Chi
cago; Rev. J. F. Poucher, of the board
of conference claimants, Chicago. and
others.
Practically all the Protestant
churches are making strenuous efforts
10 provide pensions for the worn out
preachers and the widows and depend
ent orphans of deceased ministers, said
Rev. Mr.. Smith in an interview today.
The average salary of the Protestant
preachers is barely $1,000 and the aver
age salary of the Methodist Episcopal
clergyman is s741. The Methodist
church is seeking s2o.O00.000 in justice
TO those veterans of the cross and South
Bend district IS being mobillzed Tor
big drive beginning, Oct. IA. The Pro-
testant Methodist Episcopal churches
%iII spend S1oO. 600 in advertising in the
daily press dispersion idea. At present
the Methodist Episcopal church pays its
old preachers a little over half what 1t
promises. South Bend district does bet
ter and pays about rs Of its apportion-
ment. This campaign in South Bend
district is to pay 100 cents on the dollar
promised to the aged preacher.
Among the Iaymen. who will assist in
the campaign are w. c. Belman and NJ.
NJ. Towle.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-05

to hide. the city records are open to any
one. whether they are aldermen who
draw their pay from the steel trust or
whether they are private citizens The
ordinance became effective as to publi-
cation today. and officially reached Mr.
Patterson for the first time on last Fri
day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-05
CARY PAY ROLL
IN THIS ISSUE

Pursuant TO the ordinance OF the Gary
council requiring monthly publication of
the city payroll that document is print
ed as an official document in this issue
of THE TINES.
The ordinance became effective on last
Friday and the law Of the council re-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-05

FORPENS|ON
CAMPAIGN

A conference was held yesterday
morning by Methodist leaders in Ham
mond regarding a big drive for pensions
for preachers.
Among those present were Rev. DR.. T.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-05

a new lady in town. Miss Helen.
10-5- ct
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-16
Money in Coconuts.

The discovery has been made at Co
lombo that coconut water, better
known, perhaps, as coconut milk"
which has always been considered
useless waste product, is an excellent
rubber coagulant. Millions of gallons
of coconut water allowed to run to
waste on estates can now be made use
of at good profit
The coconut water is allowed to fer
ment for four or five days, after which
it can be used without further delay
as cOagulating latex. This is said to
produce a fine rubber. superior to that
procured with the use of crude acetic
acid. The color of the rubber with
acetic acid fermentation is decidedly in
ferior to the coconut water fermenta-
ton. Coconut water is now made up
in bulk and shipped in large quantities
from cocount plantations to rubber es-
tates.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-16
WHEN IGNORANCE WAS BLISS
How Elderly German Came 10 Pick the
Winning Number in
Lottery.

When the old Louisiana lottery was
still running full blast, the barber
shops and cigar stores in most parts Of
the country dealt in the tickets for the
monthly drawings, and men, women
and children played.
One morning early an elderly Ger
man with a strong accent appeared in
the central part of New Orleans seek
ing ticket No. 43. He put in several
hours hunting through the numerous
agencies of the lottery before he final
ly found "43" and bought it. When
the drawing was held, couple of
weeks later, the old Germans number
drew the capital prize. The next morn
ing he appeared in the barber shop
where he had bought the number TO
claim his reward.
The owner of the shop, asked the old
man how he had happened to select
"43."
Well" said the old man, Il vas
dreaming Won sefen ind six the night
before. Und seven times six ISIS for
ty-tree. SO l get dot number"
ITS forty-two; you made a mis-
take!" exclaimed a bystander.
Yes" said the boss barber ruefully,
'any time you beat that game it's a
mistake"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-16
"EARLY TO BED" OBSOLETE
Benjamin Franklin's Motto Does Not
Apply to Modern Life in Bust
ness World.

Early rising hours for students with
classes at 8 a. M. are recommended in
the annual report of the dean of Co
lumbia.
A sound and time-saving reform,
maybe, for the academic world. But
it reminds us that business of recent
years has tended to begin the day
later and later without, so far as can
. be seen, any loss of volume or eff
cheney, remarks the New York Eve
u ing World. Time was when city
81 ores and offices opened their doors
n,aver later than eight in the morning,
but today visitor in this city would
fint1 it hard work to transact much
business before nine or even ten. We
venture to say the number of New
York professional men who are at
their tlesks before ten o'clock in the
morni1eg is not half what it was a gen
Grafton ago. Yet nobody would assert
that less work Is done or that brain
workers are lazier than they used to
be.
The Obvious explanation is, of
course, That labor-saving devices, like
dictophones, typewriters, index sys-
tens, etc, enable the modern business
or professional man to use the time his
father passed. in pushing a pen or
studying ledgars in concentrated, rap
id-tire attacks upon the days work
which dispOSes of it in half the time
Correspondence, the modern way is
Ear more firing. The tendency is to
begin the days task later and leave
it earlier.
Benjamin Franklin, whom we have
70 thank for familiar sayings that, hit
. us hardest on the score of our late
habits, rose at five, went to bed at ten
and worked from seven TO six. Today
there would be little trouble in pre-
pairing Il goodly list of citizens as capa-
, Bile and successful eS Franklin, many
/ of whom rarely show up ut their of
! fees before eleven and leave for the
/ golf links soon after three.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-16
Producing Vegetables.

This is a period of business efficien-
cy ana no one thing has greater in
fuence on the efficiency of one s bust
ness than the way III which accounts
are kept. Farmers and market gar
deners are rapidly realizing the impor-
lance of this and it is suggested that
market gardeners this year take great
er pains in keeping cost accounts on
their different crops. One very good
grower last year said that he felt it
was not necessary to keep cost ac-
counts any longer as he knew pretty
nearly what it was costing him. Most
growers, however, do not know this
and should keep their own records.
Standards have changed entirely from
what they were two years ago. Seeds
cost more; fertilizers, much more. and
some types of fertilizer it is impos
sihle to obtain; labor has advanced
materially these items along with
other materials necessary to use in
producing and marketing vegetables
mean big increase. 1t is not pos
slble now to market crops proftably
for anywhere near what they could
have been sold for two years ago
Because Of this fact, there are many
people IN the country who are produc
ing some crops at a loss They should
discover this and discontinue so doing
The only way Of doing this is by keep
ing accounts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-16
Riqht Spirit Counts.

Let us keep a right spirit for it is
the spirit that counts. Let us pre-
tend to nothing that we do not feel,
but feel everything that we ought to
feel. Let US dedicate few moments
now and then to seeking wisdom for
our trying moments, and then when
the moments come let us apply it as
successfully as we can. If we fail
many times we shall succeed at last,
and then part of the unpleasantness
will be conquered. In time we will
conquer it all. The self-training we
thus give our hearts and minds is the
purchase price of love, appreciation
and success.-Unity.