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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

Of course 1t isn't very sentimental But a case of cramps will soon make a girl forget broken heart.
 While we know that we are an icono- clast and a brute, we still insist that most of this higher thought stuff is flap doodle and slush-mush-gush. The women are hunting a lotion that will not produce a downy growth of hair when used. And the bald-headed men are hunting one that will. We'll bet that the moon imagines that the sun misses a good deal, and that the sun has the same idea about the moon. Many a man who is good fellow when he is with the gang Is fellow who slaps the kids if they ask him for a penny when he gets home. The only opportunity some men seek is one to get along without having to work.
 | Ever notice that the telephone girls | sweet voice doesn't sound so sweet when she says: Line is bus-e-." The world is growing better. woman | no longer considers it necessary to have ! to wad her hair into little knot on the | back of her head in order to be good hCusekeeper
 | Railroad men have to have the correct time. But if the average mans watch
 is within 10 minutes of the right time 1 he is satisfied.
 1 When some women get to heaven they 1 will always be wanting new halo, be- cause the old one isn't fit to wear. l It doesn't hurt to tell the truth once | in while. If a man is financial! sue cess we always manage to overlook the
 means that made him so
 Few men and no politicians die of over work. ssA
 Did you ever stop to think thatS<yol l probably annoy the people who anno, you when you meet them?
 Considering the amount of time he hal
 and .where he is going we don't under,
 stand why tramp is so anxious to ge
 there that he will ride the rods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
HIGHLY EDUCATED.

"old MT. Cobbles thought his boy would be great company for him when he fin- ished college"
 was the old gentleman disappointed?" "Yes." Young Cobbles came home with such an extensive vocabulary of slang that his father can't understand half he says"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
DOM JOHN
DOM From Golfers.

From COIIlerS.
 They've given a gold medal to John Burroughs A good many folks through out this land will get little thrill of pleasure out of this act of recognition on the part of the National Institute. or ASts and Letters. John Bur roughs has followed no fashion. His style has changed, but only as his nature has broadened and his philosophy deepened, not because of a shift in the taste of editors or publishers. Thus it is that his fame is broadly based and his influence vital. His comments on men and books have had wholesome effect for the reason that he is so sound in his Judgments and so unbiased by a desire to please the crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
Good Roads in caIifornta

''E. J. Henning of San Diego, Cal, was visitor at the law library today said Librarian Charles F. White, "and gave roads of California. He said that from San Diego to San Francisco, distance Of 100 miles. the road for automobiles, on which horse was seldom seen, was paved nearly all the way Beyond San Francisco there was road good except in few places on to Seattle, Wash Good roads is our long suit,'' said MT. Henning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
STRANGE.

The man who talks upon his feet With readiness and ease, Will go a damsels hand to seek
 With sadly quaking knees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13

BEGINNING THE DAY-My God, may this morning be as vivid to me and as wonderful the first morn ing to the first man. May I see in 1t Gods earth awaking to do Gods will. May the garments of the dawn speak to me of the robes Thou wilt Five to my soul for new duties and new shining. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. K.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
Yarrowdale Prisoners
Starved and Abused

I Starved and Abused ,A T is not pleasing story told by VI the fifty-nine Yarrowdale prison 5 who arrived at Zurich, Switzer- i'd, yesterday, weak and emaciated. In view of the fact that Germany is suffering acutely from a shortage of food, there is some excuse for the slender fare given these men-a bowl of soup daily-but Americans will not relish the statement that hardly one { had escaped the fist of German guard. According to their story, they
 were not only subjected to malicious \ buse in camp, but a squad of five )ldiers who brought them to the wiss border mistreated them "up to ' Ae last possible moment"
 \ It appears that the American sail Jrs were singled out for harsh treat ment solely because of their nation ality, and it is remarkable that they survived rigorous winter weather, without sufficient food, clothing or fuel
 When these men get home they will have more to say about their experi- ences in German prison camps. Their Information will have an authenticity that many press dispatches lack. The preliminary account of their suffer- ings is enough to make the blood of American citizens boil. When the full details are known the feeling aroused in this country against Germany will be more violent than ever Fall of Bagdad Has Great Significance e1T7 HE capture of Bagdad by British 4 troops stands out as one of the signal achievements of the war. So far as the allies are concerned, it Emeans more than anything that has IEhappened since the battle of Jutland. X That the Turks abandoned practically without struggle the former capital E&of the Caliphs, so ancient and re- @nowned, city that is second only to Mecca in the hearts of Mohammedans, s pdicates that they are thoroughly \ s' oralized.
 taught between the British and ". |. 1sian advance, the opposition of the KTurks in Asia Minor is rapidly melt lng away. It is not believed that they Wili again be able to check the British xsnd Russian armies. Regardless of RBagdad's strategical value, the Turks
 vould have. held it, had they been eble.. because of the tremendous moral nffect that would result from its loss.
 
 Not only has British prestige been re- S&ored. but the spirit of the Turks has kesn correspondingly cast down. They II Gll have the recollection of the gal EN mt defense at Gallipoli to sustain 3 hem, but in Mesopotamia they have 1T ka,, dealt a hard blow, from which
 bey may not recover.
 ! Another dream of Germany has
 hnished by the fall of Bagdad and
 &fsees her hopes of dominating the
 east rudely shattered. The Ber-
 3aRdad railway will probably new
 { be realized, unless it comes in re-
 Adjustment of European and Asiatic
 1ffairs.
 While the Turks are retreating be-
 pre the British and Russians in Meso-
 atamia, Germany's own troops are
 ing slowly but surely pushed back the British and French along the 8 stern front. ! Her submarine cam *d Ign has proved disappointment #j | it is not believed that she will 8 be able to subdue England by this
 nod of war, unless the new Ger
 riU-boats are far more destructive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
THE TRUTH AT LAST.

'You are destined to accomplish great things" said the fortune teller.
 Hal" exclaimed the young man with a toothbrush mustache and a sloping brow. Then I look like a winner?
 Pausing long enough to receive and pocket her fee, the seeress felt at liberty to speak the truth "No." she answered, glancing once more at her client, You don't look like a winner. Heaven help you!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
Booming Days For
 Birrmimghann District
to swallow

10 USINESS in Birmingham and ~ through mineral Alabama is prospering and if the large enter prises now in the balance turn in favor of this district everything hereabouts will soon be on an unprecedented boom. The location of the $11 ,000, ,000 armor plate plant will be decided by April 1. This is the logical place for it, and it is hard to imagine it being built anywhere else.
 The governments S20.000,000 ni- trate fixation plant is almost cer- tain to be located at Muscle Shoals. Either one of these enormous proj- ects coming to Alabama would prove mighty advertisement for this part of the country. But the chances are that we will get both of them.
 The governments dissolution suit against the United States Steel cor poration, now being argued before the supreme court, will soon be desided. A great mass of evidence was taken at the various hearings and the bulk of it seemed clearly in favor of the corporations contention that it was not a trust in the meaning of the Sherman antitrust law. The United States circuit court at Trenton, which first tried the suit, decided in favor of the defendant. But an appeal was taken and when the supreme court hands down it's decision that will be final.
 No matter how the suit may come out the Tennessee company will con- tinue to be operated and developed along large lines. If the corporation wins, millions of new capital will pour into the Birmingham district at once for expansion. If it is decreed that the Tennessee company must be de- tached, new capital will still be forth coming. The raw material is here and nothing can long halt the prog ress of the Tennessee company.
 Various small industries are being started here and everything indicates that this will be Birmingham's ban ner year.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
Good Time on "Blke,

You may talk about your motorcycles, but give me my bicycle for real sport" said Jerome Cohen yesterday. Cohen is an Associated Press operator at The Age Herald office and does a good deal of his work at night and uses his bicycle to get exercise along with the enjoyment of riding.
 "I left The Age-Herald office Sunday morning on my wheel" he said, "and arrived at Oneonta, in Blount county, at 5:S0 Sunday afternoon. The distance was 3Sh miles, and though I was on the road six hours my actual riding time was five hours, so that I averaged abou. 71a miles an hour
 Coming back Monday morning the wind was against me all the way, so did not make quite such good time.
 The road from Village Springs to Oneonta is great, but the stretch from Birmingham to Village Springs is not in as good condition as when I went over it last year. The Blount county route has beautiful scenery. and every minute of the trip was thoroughly enjoyable"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
HOTEL LOBB1Es
Dig Runs for sIntoIernncer

 "The Birth of Nation set the pace for art and the largest audiences ever known to the moving picture world" /" said Brown Parks yesterday, and Bir- mingham is going to be lucky enough to have the opportunity of seeing Mir Grif- fith's new masterpiece, Intolerance' soon at the Jefferson. There is no doubt but that MT. Griffith has put the best of his splendid talent into this greatest of all moving pictures, for when you stop to think that the picture ran for 12 weeks in Los Angeles, IS weeks in San Francisco and is now in its fifteenth week in Chi cago, not to speak of New York's phe- nomenal run it must be acknowledged that the production is wonderful Intol- erance' will be in Birmingham with superb orchestra and everything to make It the greatest event of the kind ever seen here, and 1 have no doubt but that capacity audiences will greet this mag nllcent photoplay when it appears here. :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13

35,000 or 10000 Confederate soldiers yet alive, and, of course, only com paratively small percentage of those are strong enough to undergo the fa- tigue of long trip. But the valiant old patriots who do take their place in line will all the more distinguish themselves. It will be time of good cheer and of cheering and reunion ever to be remembered.
 * * *
 Tirme for Makimg
 the Home Garden @ PRING is here, and while we will " probably have little touch of winter before all danger of freezing is past, the enterprising home gardener will lose no time in planting early vegetables. There has already been some seeding but most of it will be done this week and the next.
 In yesterdays Age-Herald Mrs. James H. Hard, writing under the head of "The City Beautiful" advised against planting flower seeds early because freezing weather would de- stroy them. "For two seasons now," she said, "our sweet peas, sown in November, have been killed in Feb ruary, after making a most promising growth" She called attention to the importance of deep spading and to the fact that when the soil warns up the growth of young plants will be twice as rapid as if they were planted ahead of time.
 Greater risk can be taken with veg etable seed than with flower seed and no matter how it might be with the flowers it is now reasonably safe to plant peas, beans and silver skin onions.
 But what is most urged is for everybody with little garden space to cultivate it, and do it intensively. Not foot of it should be neglected. The back yard when made productive will mean a very distinct economic gain to the family and will in a marked degree help to keep down the high cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
UNTHINKABLE.

UNTHINKABLE "The Gadsbys are already making elab- crate plans for the summer" That's fashionable family" "Yes, indeed, Why, if they were caught
 in town after June 1 they would never
 get over it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
DIFFERENT.

"our new cook says she has worked for some of the best people in town" You must have misunderstood her" why sop
 I'm sure she meant that she had worked some of the best people in town"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13

no maCCer now It mlSnC pc WlLn Iue flowers it is now reasonably safe to plant peas, beans and silver skin onions.
 But what is most urged is for everybody with little garden space to cultivate it, and do it intensively. Not a foot of it should be neglected. The back yard when made productive will mean a very distinct economic gain to the family and will in marked degree help to keep down the high cost of living.
 Special Edition of
 the Ammist0m Star
 A s evidence of the prosperity GA Anniston is enjoying, the Star recently issued an industrial and ag- ricultural edition which contained a great deal of interesting information about Anniston and Calhoun county. The volume of business carried must have been highly gratifying to the management.
 Editor Harry M. Ayers is recog- nized as one of the most prominent newspaper men in Alabama and his excellent paper has played an impor- tant part in the upbuilding of Annis- ton. The Star has preached co-opera- tion in matters of public interest with much success. As result Anniston has not only strengthened her claims to be known as the Model City, but has had a substantial industrial growth.
 A German sympathizer says the whole world wants Germany destroyed. Noth- ing of the sort The whole world thinks an end should be put to the pernicious influences that are destroying Germany Maryland citizens are afraid that Uncle Sam won't be able to protect them from a foreign foe People living out in Kan sas and Nebraska can't understand that attitude Holland Is afraid that Germany has designs on her food supply. There is nothing like hunger to blunt the moral sensibiities of men and nations.
 The German military authorities are probably drawing on their imaginatons these days to provide encouraging news for the civilian population.
 The pen of cleverness is often observed in the columns of the Bessemer Weekly. Whether one indorses or not, cleverness Is always recognized.
 
 A hard-hearted eastern contemporary are beginning to appear. Boy. serve the sarsaparilla!/
 General Carranza has been elected President of Mexico. That was one pres idential election nobody cared to bet on. Russia is said to have lost more than {, s,OO0,OOO men in the war, but the Czar has plenty of cannon fodder left.
 When Ambassador Gerard does begin to talk there is reason for believing that he will have something to say.
 The Germans have found a substitute for nearly everything but gasoline and good old-fashioned dinner.
 Without firing shot, except in a de- sultory way, Greece is experiencing most os the horrors of war.
 
 Pipngs of spring poets are lightly re- garded in the north where people are still shoveling snow.
 The esteemed Bulgarians show a dispo- sition to rest on their laurels. The Bull garians are no fools.
 
 Wet Baltimore promises to come to the relief of dry" Washington when the need arises.
 Capturing Bagdad was comparatively easy, but the British had to get there figst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
STARK REALITIES.

A poet with a fountain pen
 A sonnet wrote to shring, Foretold the joyous moment when The little birds would sing And balmy breezes gin to blow And lovely blossoms bloom, Then stirred the fire that flickered low, To warm his chilly room. Although his tattered dressing gown Could not keep out the cold, Adversity can never down A spirit blithe and bold Der dingy roofs his fancy sped
 To scenes of splendid hue; Then came the landlord, creature dread, To say the rent was due.
 HARD TO SAY.
 Just what is mean by peace at any price'?" zled citizen. Every pacifst you meet seems to have a different idea about what constitutes the rock-bottom price"
 HOPEFUL.
 ."The true altrusist is the man who knows when not to give unsolicited ad- vice"
 q guess you are right about that. By the way, have you ever met a person whom you regarded as 6 true altruist?" NO, but I'm an optimistic ecuss hope
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13

Knavery cannot, sure, hide itself in such reverence. Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
Washington City
and the Reunion

1T1HE national capital is making
 0 rapid progress on the plans for the annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans to be held in June. As this will be the first reunion held north of the Potomac it will be not only notable event in the history of the veterans organization. but a great national event making for new bracing of American patriotism and a more hearty fraternalism between north and south.
 Sectionalism has been dead for many years, but when the old Con- federates march down Pennsylvania avenue the bond of friendship between those who wore the blue and those who wore the gray will be more strongly welded than ever.
 The citizens of Washington are practically unit in their enthusiasm over the forthcoming gathering. The committee in charge of arrangements has an immense entertainment fund at their disposal and they will be lav- ish in expending it.
 The railroads have always been liberal in the rates they make for the Confederate reunions. One cent mile for the round trip is all they charge. No other convention rates are so low. It was matter of sentiment with the transportation lines traversing the south when they announced years ago that one cent mile would be the rule as long as reunions were held not only for the "vets" themselves, but for their sons and daughters and all others who wished to attend Rail- roads seek to make money for the stockholders as well as serve the pub lie, and the generous consideration of the survivors of the "Lost Cause and the section they represented is therefore appreciated all the more by those living south of the Mason and Dixon line.
 This years reunion may be the last. It will certainly be the last big one. Many a man living in the remote south will visit Washington for the first time, and the committee is not exaggerating when it estimates that the crowd will number not less than 15O,0O0. One account said Sthat | 3O,OO0 veterans were expected. Those figures were evidently intended to in- Iclude the Sons and the Daughters of the Confectionery; and their name is legion.
 There are probably not more than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13

B. C. Forbes in Leslies.
 @ NE day a youth raised on back Il il woods farm of New Hampshire S walked into the greatest store in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter up- der act of Congress, March 8, 1879.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-05-04
Winthrop College
SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION

The examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col
)ege and for the admission of new stu
dents will be held at the County Court
House on Friday, July 6, at A. NJ.
Applicants must not be less than 16
years of age. When Scholarships are
vacant after July Is they will be award
cd to those making the highest aver
age at this examination, provided they
meet the conditions governing the
award. Applicants for Scholarships
should write to President Johnson for
Scholarship examination blanks. These
blanks, properly filled out by the ap-
plicant, should be filed with President
Johnson by July 1st.
Scholarships are worth $100 and
free tuition. The next session will
open September II, 1917. For further
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-05-04
Girls Have Pretty Face
And Beautiful Complexion

An Atlanta man makes new discov-
cry that makes an old face look years
younger. If your skin is dark, brown,
or covered with freckles or blemishes,
just use a little Coco-tone Skin White
ner; it's made with cocoanut oil and is
perfectly harmless. A few days use
will improve your looks 1907. The
wornout skin comes off evenly, leav-
ing no evidence of the treatment, the
new healthy under-skin appearing as
a lovely new complexion.
Just ask your druggist for an ounce
Of Cocotone Skin Whitener, and if he
will not supply you send twenty FIVE
cents to The Cocotone Co., Atlanta.
Ca, and they will send you box by
return mail
IF your hair is hard to comb, is
kinky, nappy and will never stay
straight, just use Cocotone Hair Dress
ing and it will become straight, long,
soft, glossy and beautiful in few
days mail orders filled 25c for large
box.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-05-04
IN HAWAII.

The moonlight falls the softest, In
Hawaii,
The summer days come oftest, In Ha-
waii,
Friendship is the strongest,
Loves light glows the longest,
Yet wrong is always wrongest, In
Hawaii.
Life's burdens are the lightest, In
Hawaii,
The home fires burn the brightest, In
Hawaii,
While players are the keenest,
Cards come out the meanest,
Pockets empties cleanest, In Hawaii.
The sun shines ever brightest, In
Hawaii,
The breezes whisper lightest, In Ha-
waii.
The kanaka girls are fewest,
Their little hearts are truest.
Maiden eyes the bluest, In Hawaii.
Orators are the grandest, In Hawaii,
Officials the blandest, In Hawaii,
Philippines are the fiiest,
Danger ever highest,
Taxes are the highest, In Hawaii.
The guavas wave the bluest, In Ha-
waii,
Royal bloods are the fewest, In Ha-
waii,
Maui wine is the clearest,
By no means the dearest,
Va IL
The song birds are the sweetest, In
Hawaii,
The Outrigers are the feetest, In
Hawaii,
Mountains tower the proudest
Thunder peals the loudest,
The landscape is the grandest,
And politics the damdest, In Hawaii.
-Yancey w. Bobo.
Schofield Bks,, H. T., April 7.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-05-04
Consider the Lilies of the Field, How
They Grow"

The life of the lily is but a few
weeks or months. The life of man is
three score years and ten" But to
live ones life in it's fullness, women
like the lily, must be nourished by
those same rival elements which na-
ture provides fer nourishing every lv-
ing thing; and these include the val
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the usual food we eat today. Argo-
Phosphate is rich in these wonderful
elements. 1t contains them in concen-
trated tablet form which is easy to
take and quickly assimulated and abb
sorbed into the system, and from youth
to old age, builds and rebuds body and
brain in beautiful harmony with Ma
ture's perfect plan. "That's why"
Argo-Phosphate makes good solid flesh
and muscles.
SPECIAL NOTICE.: Argo-Phos-
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will send you a two weeks treatment
by return mail.