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States are loyal and brave. Ut
timorous young men there should be
none. And yet they seem to be multi
plying. Let's be rid of mollycoddles
and slackers, and that right soon.
In the spring and early summer all
wide-awake cities were having their
patriotic parades and flag raisings
and mass meetings. The people were
fired up. They were made to under
stand what the war meant to this
country and how it would ultimately
effect every individual interest.
Have they so soon forgot? Look at
the draft exemption lists and answer.
If another propaganda of patriotism
is needed, let's lose no time in launch
ing it. The entente allies, with the AID
of America, will win the war. The
world must be "made safe for democ-
racy." But the more united we are IN
spirit and military purpose the sooner
will victory come.
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Guess who Is here? None other than
Hugh Latimer CORDOBA.
And who is this man whose front
name is that of bishop, and whose
last smacks of a Spanish grandee or
suggests that of and Italian tenor.
After looking him over carefully his
curly locks, twinkling eyes, expressive
mouth give no sign whatsoever that ne
is in any way kin to the famous bishop
who was burned at the stake for heresy-
He looks more like gay troupa-
dour who might have stepped out OF a
sixteenth century castle after having
pleased We ladies and knights with his
minstrelsy.
No doubt as his parents looked into his
mischevious little face they said unto
themselves we will play joke on him
and give him the name OF a famous
English ecclesiastic, far-awAy reia-
tive. and who knows but when he ar
riyes at manhood it may be the means
OF turning him toward the church? SC
thought his parents and they named him
after his eat-great-great-grand-
or cousin, or something in the kinnery
line after Hugh Latimer, who must moi
| have been a bad fellow after all. fol-
he gave Henry VIII a clean bill OF
health and allowed a divorce, and Their
became chaplain to Anne Boleyn, ane
later died at the stake.
| His grandmother Alice Latimer, wnt
| married John Byrd Norris, like the deal
| old saint that she was prayed that hel
grandson would become bishop, ant
| this getting abroad the boys at schoo
with the perverseness of their race nick
named him THE Bishop" But if it wal
vain wish, for the CORDOBA name hat
within it all of the condensed romanti
cism Of the middle ages. and the las
| grew UP with leaning away from ca
thedrals toward the opera house.
Now, you may think that am takini
up too much space in telling about THU
new man, who has SO quietly and mod
estly pumped down in our midst, ant
that nobody cares what his name is o
1 how he got it. I'll admit. If his name wa
all there is to him I would be dub TO
4 wasting space on him. but he has I
further claim to our notice, yes, to GU
i gratitude and affection. for a brillian
New Orleans editor, Joe Laveque, mad
the discovery that while Hugh is Vir
gilman, curiously enough he is that rar
brand Of virginian that doesn't g
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him to withdraw his announcement
that he would not be a candidate to
succeed himself as chairman of the
city commission.
couple of weeks ago Mr.. Ward an
nounced he would not be candidate
for reelection. He gave very good
reasons.
AS a matter of fact, Mr.. Ward has
met with toll and turmoil in his in
cumbencyA of the craftsmanship of the
city commission. He has found the
five commission form of government
a matter of difficulty to steer through
the mined zone of municipal warfare.
The ambitions and jealousies of the
commissioners have been so noisy and
nagging that the city government, to
say the least. has not been conducted
in an orderly, dignified and business
like manner.
II Is HOL pIODdDlo lHdl NIL w LII WIZ
re-enter the race, having announced
that he had made arrangements to en-
ter. the business life of the Commune
nifty. 1t was, however, quite a compli-
ment to him. to be called upon by so
many to again become candidate.
u II
Besides Mr.. Arlie Barber. there are
other candidates for president of the city
commission. There are good mon among
them. But the time has come for Biz
mingham to elect a man experienced in
financial affairs-a man so we'll expert
enced and so well balanced and of such
firmness as to preside with dignity and
to handle thu city's affairs as bank
president would handle the affairs of
his bank
The people of Birmingham must get
together and select a man of this type.
They must select a man upon whom they
can agree and a man who is certain
to be elected at the polls
In selecting such a man, other candi-
dates who are ambitious to be chairman
OF the city commission should retire from
the race for the Craftsmanship and should
be magnani,nous enough to become can
d.dates for regular membership on the
commission.
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IT am having a busy time" said Major
Stevenson, whose business 1t is to put a
value on the growing crops on the lands
upon which Camp Mcclellan is being
built. IT have some local men assisting
who know values, and yet 1 find it right
hard to convince some Of the owners that
the government wants to treat every one
fair and square.
1.-THE trouble comes when one neighbor
gets more than another one. 1t is hard
to convince them that each crop must
be taken by itself and appraised for its
worth l live in Vermont. and going In
and out among the cotton and the corn
during the past few days has been rather
trying.
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LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

A girl likes to be called an angel But
the betting Is that she would rather
have a new hat than halo.
A woman begins to pack her trunk
three weeks ahead when she Is gong
on vacation. But she won't finish the
job until it is time to catch the tram.
1t may be a mean thing to say. But
1t Is a fact that when fellow falls IN
love the girl helps him out by marrying
him.
The sort of woman who is sorry she
! didn't marry some other man instead ol
| her husband would be sorry she dion I
marry her husband If she had married
| some other man.
| All men are buffers. The big fellow
who takes up four hours Dragging that
| he isn't afraid Of anything on earth.
and who would like OF see someone tell
him that he couldn't do anything that
he wants to do, will spend whole hour
apologizing to his wife for being our
! late after ne gets home.
| The girl who wears pockets In her
skirt likes to keep her hands in them
when she is walking. But a man has 70
keep his hands out of his pockets be-
cause his tailor tells him that the habit
! stretches his pants out of shape.
J If a man has a pet grievance he will
| exhibit it after he has had his tenth
| drink.
1 OF course you won't admit it. But the
/ fact Is that it is the thing that Is none
| of your business that works up your
curiosity.
We don't see why single men should
DO selected over married men for draft
ing purposes. Married men are used tc
being under fire,
When father gets home about 2 a. m
with snoot full and tries to sneak te
bed in the dark and begins to trip ovel
4 things, he wonders how the HEX thu
| moving men ever got all those chairs
into two moving vans.
j A girl might be able to wear hill
pads with one of this summers trans
parent skirts and get away with it. Blu
there is no chance of her wearing bus
forms with one of this summers In
visible waists
II women had "a sense of humor,
fat woman who has a rear elevation
resembling the back of touring ca
wouldn't wear a knee-length sport Skin
and then get mad because people laugl
at her. "A
II takes an old-fashioned man a lon
time to get out of the habit of reach
ing for the whip when he climbs int
his automobile.
A man will deliberately force his nam
into a police court docket And the
he'll get mad If his name isn't kept GU
eli a newspaper.
ii woman is wealthy and in society
she is either slender or plump. But
she is poor and nobody, she is eithe
skinny or fat
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~ EVERAL weeks ago, in this col
~ umn. suggested Robert A.
Brown as a type of the man
Birmingham needed on its city COM
mission.
1 suggested Buster Brown because
he had made a success of his own
business; because he had made a sue
cess of the State Fair, and because
he had made a splendid success of
the Confederate Veterans Reunion held
in Birmingham something over year
ago.
In these undertakings Mr.. Brown
proved himself an organizer.
1t is indeed regretable that Mr..
Brown will not become a candidate
for either the Craftsmanship of the city
commission. or member thereof.
In a letter to the writer sent sew
eral days ago, Mr.. Brown said:
Sometime ago you suggested
that 1 would make an acceptable
commissioner of the City of Bir-
mingham, and as a result have
been urged to enter the race.
I'm order to do so it would be
necessary for me to surrender the
presidency of the Alabama State
Fair; the presidency of the Bust
ness Mems League; my interest in
the operation of Loew's Bijou
Theatre, and in addition. discon-
tinue my activities in the firm of
r. A. Brown & Co.
81 have decided to abandon the
idea of offering for any political
position.
II am not unmindful of the high
compliment paid me by you and
others who expressed a desire to
support me, and l take this occa-
sion and this method OF tnanklnS
you for your suggestion and to
thank each and every one for the
interest manifested and the con-
fidence imposed"
y X
Yesterday some two hundred citi-
zane IF Rirr,in chan, cal1ed on MayOr
Commissioner George b. Ward, asking
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influence of music, especially choral,
in every nation where it has been de-
veloped, has shown a marked prog
ress in helping the people to higher
understanding of the brotherhood of
man, through the joy and the larger
thrill of love for the beautiful that
comes from active participation"
A movie producer claims that he has a
beauty in his collection who could sur
pass the sirens of old in Turing sailors
to destruction. Judging from the dam
sells picture in one-piece bathing suit,
that's no idle boast
II y
Frenchmen profess their inability to
understand Big Bill Thompson of Chi
political toboggan is already creased for
the descent of big Bill into oblivion.
Hark to the croaking of old Clip. Cas-
tro: After this great war the United
States will be very weak" Another case
of the wish being father to the thought.
The mercury is still up in the clouds,
but merchants are slashing the prices
of Palm Beach suits and the man who
reads knows that autumn is not far away
The militant 'suffs" may call him
Kaiser Wilson to their hearts con-
tent. That doesn't get them anywhere
and doesn't hurt Mr.. Wilson.
X 4
The richest little girl is said to have
an income of $500 day. The chances
are that whenever she wants an ice
cream soda she gets it.
AS long as the American troops abroad
suffer from nothing worse than mumps,
measles and colds they are doing as we'll
as could be expected.
Socialist Russell is not the only person
in this country who thinks the socialist
party, as constituted at present, has out
| lived it's usefulness.
=
while Chicago's board of education tore
\ the Kaiser's picture out of 10000 spoilers.
| There is a tremendous accumulation OF
| cold-storage food and the justly famed
cold-storage egg is prominent in the list
| According to headline, the food situa-
| ton in Germany is serious Is there a
spot on the globe where 1t isn't serious
| At any rate, the food pirates have
enough to live on comfortably if they
never engineer another corner
An unwashed poodle is about the leas,
ornamental thing that can be found or
doorstep.
Hats Off to Tuscaloosa county! Oni,
| one Stacker has been found there.
| y
1t now behooves all patriotic citizens t.
| "Hoove" together
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Il came to Birmingham in 1881 said
Louis Schwarz, "and in the "a years have
seen many changes in the city. 1 remem-
Der when part of First avenue used to
be dumping ground. The only buildings
between Twentieth and Nineteenth
streets on the southside were Schulte's
picture gallery and Recklings saddle and
harness shop, and when Mr.. Allen built
his two-story brick store it looked bigger
to us in those days than the Brown
Marx does now.
Il worked % years for Louis saks,
and 10 years for the somner Tailoring
company, but am now in business for
myself. doing the work of an auditor"
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around talking about 1t. or thinking about
it. If this isn't enough to make the fame
of man. what more could you ask?
Like many another young American, he
got tired of school and set out to make
his fortune. His first job in Richmond,
his home town, was as one of the trans
fer agents of the street railway. Who
knows but the handling of prosaic trans
fers at crossings fired his imagination to
get into the theatrical game, where get
ting folks to buy them would give scope
for his ability.
But, like many another fellow, he got
into the spotlight of the ''perfesh" by
way of journalism, and SO he worked on
various newspapers and gathered wisdom
and dispensed 1t from the point of view
Of reporter. While in the newspaper
game he worked with the lamented
Jaque Futrelle, Jack Morose, Bob Hiden
and other bright particular purveyors Of
daily truth diluted and colored, however.
to suit the fancy Of depraved public.
Bud Fisher and Goldberg favored him
with personal cartoons
This young man, for he was born in
1873, has a lot of trophies-presents and
things, from folks who liked him, but he
prizes greatest the carving set presented
him by the men in the United States
prison at Atlanta, for he 1t was who orig
mated and then put into execution the
liz ,rc
from the Atlanta theatres out to the big
prison on holiday mornings and giving
the enforced shut-ins little bit of out
side happiness, and they showed their
appreciation by remembering him with a
loving gift.
Before enlisting with the Marcus
Loew enterprises, the fascinating Mr.
CORDOBA was Identified with corpora
tons directing the operations OF
theatrical interests in the south and
came to Birmingham and chose between
the old O'Brien opera house and the au-
ditorium for the home Of a new popular
price theatre in Birmingham. That was
in 1902, the year I came back here tc
live, but somehow Hugh and I only
met recently. although he has been =
frequent visitor to Birmingham during
the past Is years. I reckon 1t was be-
cause / didn't go to theatres and hi
didE't go to church.
| Hugh Latimer CORDOBA Is no novice II
the show game. for he has been con
nected with southern theatricais In
prominent way for nearly all the year,
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Tined BRACE TALKS ABOUT BIRMGNGHAN'S
: DUTY I'm SELECTING CITY COMMISSIONERS

Let us not have three or four-cor-
proper business type. who can make a
straight out race for the craftsmanship
Der. Then the people of Birmingham will
decide whether or not they are for a
strictly business government for Birrning-
ham and whether or not they are with
the President Of the United States in his
conduct of the war which we are engaged
in for the preservation of the democracy
of the world. They will decide whether
they are for intelligent government, prac-
teal government and the peaceful govern
ment of the world under a system where
our children and grandchildren shall live
in an enlightened democracy rather than
continued turmoil and warfare.
Birmingham has had too much interf
nal warfare. We have been through
three years OIL turIloii poti " a H1St-
ness and of a political nature. AS sem
sible people, we are entitled to a life of
business harmony for the next three or
four years. New industries are being
built here and new businesses estAb-
lished The merchants and the smaller
industries are getting on their feet. Those
that have been mismanaged are acqulr-
ing good management.
The city of Birmingham needs an ex-
ecutive head and a board of directors
who will manage its affairs with the
same compentency and executive and
financial ability as is the biggest corpora
ton in this district.
1t is the duty of the people to think
well and wisely and to select men who
will govern this city competently
II the property holders of this city
permit a continuation of .derelict man
agement it will be their own fault.
I would not be critical of anyone sug-
gested, but there should be a big, broad
gagged business man selected who can.
craftsmanship Of the city commission of
Birmingham.
I,eS d3,ue2
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THE HOPE OF HUMANITY

Above the shock of battle and the thun-
der of the guns,
The bloody strife, the senseless strife
that bathes a world in tears,
Above the shattered cottage and the
heaps of mould'ring dead
A swiftly growing radiance, the dawn
of peace appears.
There'll be an end to slaughter, then, 2
binding up of wounds,
And sights that sicken every heart ere
long will be forgot.
But never will the gallant souls who set
the nations free,
Nor yet the hosts of fighting men who
died and faltered not!
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OF his life since 1899, and has handled
high class high price lone night thea
tres, melodramatic and musical comedy
theatres at popular prices, high priced
and popular priced vaudeville theatres.
stock and permanent travelling organiza-
tions. feature motion pictures, motion
deville and pictures, and any other kind
If there are any, for 1 have set down
all the varieties that l can think Of
and a lot more than any preacher ought
to know about. This very versatile
young manager knows the front of the
house. as well as the stage, can tell
when the music is right or wrong, fits
or is out of place. 1t is superfluous to
add that his old reportorial instincts
help him to create advertising ideas, and
makes it easy for him to work his news
paper friends, but to be perfectly fair
to him I sought him out on this occa-
sion and not he me- 1t was as hard to
get him to talk as If he was prima
donna.
1t is needless to say that he is hail
fellow we'll met with the vaudeville ar
tstes class by themselves, and some
of whom are funnier off the stage than
on it. herewith give what the French
call a bit of plague" to show how the
vaudevillian mind works when not doing
public stunt. CORDOBA had a letter
the other day from Charlie Murray Of
the famous old team of Murray and
| Mack. Irish comedians Murray is one
Of the big men in the film game comedy
department these days. Here is a para
graph written by him to Hugh between
| CONTINUED to Page Ffyel
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HOTEL LOBBIES
Feel. verr Much at Homo

I feel very much at home in Birming-
ham, said N. B. Creagh, the division
passenger agent of the Southern, who
was recently transferred from Selma to
Admission, to try and take care of the
great and growing passenger traffic Incl
dent to the camp.
Il like Selma very much, but railroad
man is like soldier he mas to obey or
ders and is shifted here and there at
will. find that Admission is live place
just at present, and it is certainly a
beautiful little city. 1 am expecting to
see lot of Birminghamers in Admission"
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Ducked an Assignment

'I used to be a newspaper man." said
Captain Stickney. who is now at Camp
Mcclellan, land. like all people in the
great northwest, 1 was curious to see
the negro as he is in the south. I have
to own up that 1 ducked an assignment
was to report it. l kept my nerve until
the sheriff came by and said: We'll, It's
about time to hang that niger, SO come
along with me- excused myself for a
minute and packed my grip and got out
on the first train
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Continued to Page Five,
WHO COUNSELS PEACE

BY Robert Southey
Who counsels peace at this momentous
hour
When God hath given deliverance to the
opprest
And to the injured power?
Who counsels peace when vengeance like
a flood
Rolls on, no longer now to be represt--
When innocent blood
From the four corners of the world cries
out
For justice upon. one accursed head?
Woe. Woe to all. both woe and endless
shame
If this heroic land,
False to her feelings and unspotted
fame
Holds out the olive to the tyrant's hand. !,
Down with the tyrant; with the murderer
down.
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Music Frightening
Our National Life

a N intelligent interest in music OF
N the higher order is everywhere
increasing. Well rounded educators
have long since recognized the far-
reaching cultural value of musical art
There is no complete education With
ont music. That is an outstanding
fact in the most enlightened countries
of Europe. Music is now coming to
be appreciated by all individuals
identified with school or college work
in America.
Birminghams public schools have
an aesthetic atmosphere developed
largely from the musical activities OF
the high school. Something OF this
condition should be found before many
wears in all the smaller cities and
towns of Alabama.
Like all spiritual things, harmony
has it's psychology. More, it has Its
grammar and it's rules of analysis
and construction. Melody that stlrs
the emotions is the unadorned Ian
guaee of the soul. Harmony is intel
llectual to the last degree, but melody
and harmony united contribute to the
true and the beautiful as no other
| educational force does. Hence it is
that all institutions of learning are
giving so much attention to the serl-
Gus study of music, especially theory
and composition. Some of the choicest
literature published in recent years
has been on musical topics. The uni
yersities are making feature of lee
lures on music more than ever.
One of the most illuminating arti-
cles that has appeared this year is
that which Music News Of Chicago
reproduces from the st. Louis Star.
"Music Study Urged as Help in
Business life" is the theme, and it is
from the pen of William John Hall.
He shows how music brightens our
national life. He quotes the United
States commission of education
"There is nothing quite so important
as right music-teaching in the prac-
teal life of the people," and then goes
on to stress the Importance Of musi.
cal instruction in the public schools
He discusses very fully the high place
that the symphony orchestra has II
education and, in concluding nj
paper, says this, which should be gen
orally pondered:
"A mans success in business llf'
depends very much upon his peace o
J mind, his courage, hopefulness AM
activity, and singing, that is, the 10.
} of singing is helpful in all these
necessary features, filling him will
joy and cheer and making him forge
his troubles. With mans business
training should go the study and en-
joyment of music from childhood VI
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RECKLESS STATEMENT


IT see where everybody who can play
a ukulele is invited to bring 1t along
and take part in a public concert"
do you suppose there is anything sim
lister behind thati nvitation?"
mo, but a crusty old gentleman who
heard about it said it would offer a.
fine opportunity for a few long suffer-
ing individuals to seize the city's Wis
ible supply of ukuleles and start bon
fire."
EXPRESSING HER FEELINGS @
Does 1t do you any good to get up
and look at the thermometer 10 or Is
times day."
well. no. replied the irritable citi-
zen, but it does me a lot of good to
shake my fist at it occasionally"
PAUL COOK.
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HARD TO DO

speaking of remarkable memories,
there goes a man who has one.
what can he do that Is so extraordi-
nary?"
He can name all the statesmen who
were members of the principal European
cabinets six months ago"