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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

coal mines, the building of new manu- featuring plants, the increased output of every iron and steel working mill in this district and a general increase in wages here should make for us a most prosperous year. This period should be the best in the history of Birmingham.
 The story comes from both London and Paris that the department stores did the best business in their history during the past t2 months. The big stores of New York, Chicago, Boston and Pittsburg report business booming.
 And so it is among the stores of Birmingham. The merchants here tell me that, regardless of the very hot weather. business is very much better than last year and they all look for tremendous increase this fall.
 The theatres and the moving pie ture shows have done >better and are more crowded daily than at any time within two years past. At the wrest- ling match at the Jefferson last Mon day night. the theatre was packed re- gardless of the fact that seats sold from s25O to s5 each and gallery ad mission was $1. None but prosperous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

61HAr the majority of the miners
 of this district are practical,
 sensible men is demonstrated by their action on last Friday
 The miners of the Birmingham dis trict are deserving of the greatest credit They did not get what they wanted when Secretary Wilson came to arbitrate differences. Many of them were disappointed. But for the good of the whole and because of the pa triotism which exists among the lead CTS, they decided to do notldng rash but to continue at work. Those who don't want to work here were advised to go elsewhere; and others were in- vited to come here
 As it is. all will go well among the coal mines of the Birmingham dis trict Most of the old men will be at work in their old places on Monday morning and the output of ali the mines will be increased. The old men will work harder, and make more money, and new miners from all oyer the country will come into this dis- trict where the prices paid per ton for mining coal are now higher than they have ever been in the history of coal mining.
 The resumption of operations in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Alabama South's
 Banner Corn State

NNF all the southern states of the NJ cotton group Alabama leads this year in corn production. It raised poor crop last year because of the excessive rains, but it has made . new high record this year-S9, ,014,- GOO bushels, according to the govern ment's latest estimate.
 Last year Alabama harvested only about 47,000,0 900 bushels. In 1915 it produced 69,918,0o0 bushels-the largest crop up to that time. While the south's corn crop totals more than in any former year, several prolific corn states fell off owing to drouth conditions, notably Texas and Okla homa. In 1915 the Texas crop was nearly 176,0O0,000 bushels. This year the estimate is for only 81 ,S06, ,000 busheIs-less than Alabama's.
 In the recent estimate Mississippi comes next to Alabama with S6,333,- 900 bushels. Georgia shows an il- crease over its corn crops of 1915 and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Women have no sense of humor. If they had, a dame who is wearing a sec more light in church on a hot Sunday wouldn't join so heartily in singing Let Little Sunshine In
 A college can tack degree on the end of mans name. But that doesn't keep him from being a poor speller.
 Never attempt to explain the cause of black eye. Every one knows how you got it and your explanation will merely gain you reputation as a liar
 What has become of the girl who used to wear the old-fashioned round kind? The world regards it as a terrible thing for girl to marry for money. But it | is perfectly proper for her to marry for love and take in washing. ! We are all towards. We would rather ] buy useless remedy for toothache and fool around with it than go and have
 the tooth pulled
 l One way to curb the divorce evil would ] be to compel the male member of the l sketch to marry the fenala correspondent 1 in the case and begin taking his medicine | right away.
 l There was no such animal as the high
 cost of living in the old days when that portion of the brides trousseau known as lingerie was made out of red flannel.
 And the bride usually made good wife | anu a good mother even If she didn't wear silk combination.
 When you don't like a man you won-
 der why your friends do not boycott him
 and refuse to have anything to do with l him,
 l Don't knock the prevailing feminine l styies, Be glad that they are not wear ing what they wore in the sos and the Sos l 4 girl who is built like a bed slat has | a chance to bring her skirt forward wher l 1t wears slick behind. But corn fed
 Aas to stand pat
 The world is growing better, The pug dog is almost extinct and the canary has taken the place of the parrot as . naLsehold pet
 l The difference between a princess and | q 4iaeuteu woman is that the princess would rather have man who uses per l fumery than one who uses tobacco. Maybe you wonder why you and tht
 old lady do not get along as well as you might. How long has 1t been since
 talk like you used to when you were frs
 married? It is too bad that a husband | does not know how a wife cherishe. words of commendation from him.
 We'll, well, We have found one re former who is a man after our owl heart and We agree with him. He an inounces that rather than see womel ""ar the nrasent styles in dress he would
 prefer to see them wear nothing at all. When q man is hog about his eating and sleeping he will proudly attribute i
 to his good conscience.
 The reason why some women look s funny on the street Is because they be
 llese that if it IS stylish 1t is becoming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

I the shirkers, for they are wet blankets
 to patriotism.
 This Is no time for neutrals. Even when the Germans spoke of Ian armed neu- trality' 1t meant that she was armed to the teeth and sinking American ships at will. A good definition of this inge- nious phrase Is furnished by Captain
 Marryatt, who knew something about it. Pray" said the Pasha, what Is the
 meaning of an armed neutralityT Tt varies according to the circumstances, your highness," replied Huckaback but generally speaking 1t means charge of bayonets" I am willing for any Ameri-
 ready to go after the Germans with bay onets,
 | The country for awhile was in a fever l of patriotism, but now it seems to be dying out. I feel sure that every one
 who loves his native land ought to speak
 and act like patriot and thereby put l to shame those who are still asking in
 whispers Why are we at war;" I have been surprised ana SHaIleu ht tHe dtll- tude of some of our people. I hate war,
 and prayed for peace and still pray for
 an honorable. but not a patched-up peace
 that means a breathing spell in which tc 1 get ready for a still greater war.
 never have been peace-at-any- price
 man.
 l We have got to get it deep down into
 the hearts and consciousness of every cit izen in America that the war is a peoples
 war-a war for popular liberty-and thai if Germany wins the Stars and Stripes
 that have stood so long for freedom will be trailed in the dust. Let it be said over and over again that this + not rich mans war, that riches can. not buy exemptions and that the King
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE STRIKE SETTLEMENT AND THE OUTLOOK HEREABOUTS

Birmingham is so busy with busi- ness that doubt seriously whether the candidates for city commissioners can stir up any intense feeling. The people are looking upon the contests for city officials in serious and bus inesslike' way They will pick out the men who they believe can best con duct the affairs of this city. and elect them They will pick men who ara sure to encourage the prosperity of Birmingham. The men who try to ride hobbies will be cast aside.
 The City of Birmingham, like this entire country, is in a serious mood. It's people realize the tremendous crisis which the American government, the American people and the American army are facing. We are in worlds war-a war which we must win to maintain the independence and the success of the United States of Amer ica. Every city and every section of this country must do its part. Bir- mingham is preparing to do its full share and it's people will elect a city government which will see to it that Birmingham furnishes every particle of material and every man necessary to the success of this government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Germans Make War
 on French Children

1T T is hard to believe that the Ger 0 mans are guilty of all the atroci- ties charged against them, yet evil dence accumulates, and the report that they have deliberately tried to poison French children is given addi- tional confirmation by dispatch from Mont Bellard, France, which states that German aviators continue to drop poisoned candy in that vicinity.
 In view of the wanton slaughter of women and children countenanced by the German government in the past, even the most skeptical are forced to believe that the policy of "frightful- ness" inaugurated on land and sea will stop at nothing. The bombardment of hospitals by Teuton airmen has become an old story and the sinking of the Lusitania still remains as an object lesson to the American people of what Prussianism will do to further it's own ends.
 No wonder President Wilson de- clines to barley with government which sanctions the poisoning of wells, the shooting of helpless non combatants and countless violations of all laws of humanity which have been charged, and substantiated against the German government.
 In the death struggle of autocracy against democracy there is, apparent ly, no crime too atrocious to commit. provided it is directed against the enemies of that Prussianism which seeks to dominate the world.
 Fortunately, the American people have not yet had to suffer at first hand the unspeakable barbarities of a 1 German invasion, but when we con- slider what has happened to Belgi1m and France every -hlooded Ameri- can burns to put down the power which has been proved guilty of such outrages. These acts offer proof of the desperation with which Prussian- ism is now battling for it's life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
THE UBIouITous MoroR.

Who fain would lead the simple life And dwell amid bucolic scenes, Afar from worldliness and strife
 And roaring streets and fell machines, Methings will have to travel far
 Before he finds the thing he seeks, A spot where no swift motors are
 And where the air no longer reeks With gasoline. The countryside
 Has learned of late the city's ways; Sweet solitude the souls denied
 And he who absent-minded strays Adown a rustic lane must leap
 To save himself from whirling wheels, And VOWS time -honored paths so cheap
 They can't express one-half he feels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

hold words in Malaysia. But hand to hand encounters with race of Zeppelin CTS and baby killers are another matter.
 Amok understands well that in the event of going to France he would have to fight with men employing ways and weapons outside all the rules of uncivl- lized warfare which he is (constructively or otherwise) accustomed to respect. The idea revolts him. Such opponents are not worthy of his metal. His reputa- ton would be irretrievably damaged, his honor soiled, his record stained
 Must Amok be drafted? Shall 1.-the, clesr-eyed young head hunter be put into martial contact with the Huns?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

1916, but this years yield is still sev- eral million bushels less than Ala bama's.
 One way to account for this states bumper crop is the intelligent and per- sistent work of Mrs. G. H. Mathis, who, as a representative of the Bank ers' association, led well organized diversification campaigns. She urged the farmers to plant less cotton and more of everything good for food. She stressed the importance of in- creasing the acreage in corn. The United States agricultural depart ment conducted vigorous food cam paign, too. The result of these efforts is seen in an 89,0o0, ,Ooo-bushel corn crop.
 Alabama should not be satisfied with less than crop of 100000 bushels in 1918. It can be done easily, season permitting, and not crowd out other important crops. ] Our new high record in food crops this year is worth celebrating. The State Fair management would do well to have special programme in honor of the prodigious harvest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
STRONG DEFENSE.
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SIRONG DEF of1.
 What plea will your client maker Insanity"
 "But isn't 1t rather unusuai for a man to plead insanity who is Charged with embezzlement?"
 "Oh, yes. But in this case it will have considerable weight with the jury. He invested the money in a scheme to ex- tract gold from sea water.
 SEEMS PROBABLE. Mrs. Heftun says her soul Is starved.' 'The idea of a woman who weighs at least 200 pounds talking that way!' Maybe she is mistaken in her diagno- sis. Do souls ever suffer from fatty de- generation?" REFLECTING ON NATURE. Son, nature has many lessons to teach you, Go out in the back yard and chop some weeds.''
 But, pa. how will that teach me any thing?"
 Tt will at least show you that nature occasionally makes mistakes and pro- duces something there is no earthly use for" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
WHERE ARE THE FISH TO EATf

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Let us all eat more fish But let us have the fish to eat at a price we can
 pay So many fishing vessels have been
 seized by the government for war pur- poses, as MT. Collins tells us in his in- teresting analysis of the situation in the
 Public Ledger yesterday, that there is serious shortage in the fleet. "A typi-
 cal complexity of war" he adds. The eff
 feet upon the cost is clear. The apos-
 tolic occupation of trafficking in fish,"
 as Sydney Smith calls 1t, must be encour- aged. More than this, perhaps, the public taste for fish needs stimulating. It Is gratifying indeed to learn that there are many varieties of fish which can be sold good deal cheaper than those mainly in favor. Their cheapness is against them in one way, for the householder is apt tc value things by the price. Or disguise may be necessary to make them palata- ble. Schrod which is popular in Boston is only young cod~ Boston Bluefish" is pollock, which many would disdain under it's own name. There are local prejudices 1 in these matters Why. for example, is not swordfish eaten in Philadelphia? Il 1 is caught in great abundancee off the New England coast. and it has flavor 1 that commends it to the palate.
 If you swear, you'll catch no fish says the old English proverb. Do tit Captains Courageous the Gloucester fish ermen, observe this warning? Angling
 we all know, is contemplative occupa 1 tion Most of the fish so esteemed bS
 sportsmen are decidedly temperamenta
 witness tlie salmon and the trout. Ths genuine bluefish is the gamiest kind Q
 creature. But the commercial fisherms
 who haul in cod. halibut and macker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

have no time to consider these things too subtly. They must make a living. There Is scant reason for suspecting that the high price of fish is due in any marked degree to them, though there has been talk of a trust. But some one is to blame when two soft shell crabs sell at a resta urant for 75 cents. The hotels must do their share in persuading us to eat more fish. Under their present policy the cheaper kinds mentioned by MT. Collins would offer no temptation to the modest pocketbook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Noted Musician
 Commits Suicide

~ ONCERTGOERS of fifty years " ago and more will recall Alex ander Heindl, the violoncello virtuoso,
 who, as member of the Mendels- sohn quintet, appeared in every large town in the south. No chamber band was ever more popular than the old Mendelssohn when Listermann, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
LITTLE BOY BLUE

By Eugene Field. The little toy dog Is covered with dust, But sturdy and stanch he stands; And the little toy soldier Is red With rust And his muslet moulds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was
 new,S
 And the soldier was passing fair; And that was the time when our Little
 Boy Blue
 Kissed them and put them there. ~Now. don't you go till come," he
 said, So, toddling off to his trundle-bed, He dreamt of the pretty toys And, as he was dreaming an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue Oh! the years are many. the years are
 long,
 But the little toy friends are true. Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they
 stand,
 Each in the same old place. Awaiting the touch of a litle hand. The smile of little face: And they wonder, as waiting the long
 years through In the dust of that little chair. What has become of our Little Boy Blue. Since he kissed them and put them
 there. M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

BEGINNING THE DAY--I thank Thee, O Lord, for this multitude of people by whom I am surrounded from those at my side whom I love as myself, unto those afar whom l do but see. Their songs and their sighs are mine. 0 make my heart tender and large to beat in all these lives. For Christ's sake. Amen.--H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
NO MORE IN SIGHT.

NO MORE IN SIGHT. "Is somebody dead?"
 Not exactly. This Is an invitation from friend of mine to join him in con- suming his last quart of Scotch whisky. He used mourning card to indicate that the occasion would be in the nature of final obsequies.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Takes Long Automobile Trip

T recently returned from the longest automobile trip I ever took in my life, said Frank V. Evans. T first drove to Atlanta by Gadsden and Rome, about 205 miles, and found the Gate City full of soldiers; then I drove 126 miles over a great road to Chattanooga, and it was jammed with troops. and then back home, 156 miles over mighty bad roads.
 T am sure sorry Birmingham failed to get cantonment."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Hugh Brown TrYnsferred


 The many friends of Hugh Brown re- gret to learn that his house has trans ferred him to another .field,' said D. B. Grace. For years MT. Brown has rep factory, with Birmingham as his head quarters But few men can boast of so many friends and such wide circle of acquaintance.
 "An accomplished man of the world, an example of the sartorial art, an ad- mirer of the fair sex, of pleasing per- member of the Southern club, generous to a fault, he Is the prince of good fell lows, and wholesome addition to social circles.
 His house recognized his worth by giv- ing him a larger field In the west His line consisted of fine ladies shoes, ex- clusively. As peculiarity of the shoe trade it may be mentioned that MT. Brown carries in his sample trunk only the left shoe of a pair, another travelling man for the same house carrying the right shoe This custom of the trade serves all needful purposes and reduces expense. The friends of MT. Brown hope and doubtless he will, for he has real es- tate interests here that will demand his attention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
AN ANCIENT TRADE.

What business is Monsieur Henri in?'' "The camouflage business"
 T don't quite understand"
 "oh, he sells wigs. toupees switches, transformations and the iike."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
OPPOSED TO FLIGHT.

You seem to have all kinds of classes here," remarked visitor at model penitentiary.
 That's true" replied the warden. Some of our boys wanted us to start new class, but we had to refuse : what did they want to study?"
 "Aviatlon.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Good Word for Penpermnn

T want to most heartily commend Bozeman Pepperman for the splendid and systematic way in which he has handled the routine affairs of the various draft and exemption boards" said Col. T. O. Smith.
 T hardly know how we could have got ten along without him. He kept every thing up to date and moving. It took world of hard work, but he and his staff worked wonders''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Bibb to Vote on school Tax

I am looking forward with great in- terest to the election in Bibb county which takes place on Monday" said Dan Tel Harmon, one of the leading educators in the county, who has worked faithfully for the mill tax
 T do hope our people will see need and then supply it. I con- sider that the very life of the school system depends upon the voters following in the wake of the other progressive Ala bama counties which have voted to tax themselves in order to keep the schools open from seven to nine months during the year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

don Gould incident shows this better
 than book of talk.
 The war must bring home to the peo-
 pie that its theirs to win. The whole strength must go into it-the strength
 of every man, woman and child able to help. There must be an aggregate of effort and sacrifice. The cause is the peoples and the power that carries 1t
 must be the peoples.
 If the shirkers had their way, the
 Prussian Idea would have been ere this dominant in Europe and ready to cross to free America. If they had their way
 now, Kaiserism would emerge unscathed and be acclaimed by the Germans IS l their salvation. but as the doom of de- mocracy throughout the world. Some of the peace mongers are craven
 and servile, other have merely lost their way in the nists of confused thinking. What they do not see is that the Amer- can belief in liberty has been put to
 the test of the sword by the master of Prussia, in which there is only one will and that is mine
 l President Wilson after two years study
 of the situation and undN provocation after provoeation. without malice or
 hate, but to safeguard democracy at
 home and help It abroad, solemnly de-
 cided that it was absolutely necessary
 to throw the strength of America into
 the conflict and help crush autocracy or stand, by and see democracy made plaything and derision.
 l I end where began, the self seeker
 and the shirker must be eliminated-there should be no place for either in free
 democracy like ours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
oRNITHoLoGICAL.

ORNITHOLOGICAL Fine feathers do not make fine birds, I've often heard folks say; But now and then a fellows clothes Make him look like jay.
 Luke MeLuke. And many girls we've seen wear what For clothes is an excuse; Fine feathers, sure-but do they not Make her look like a goose?
 Newark Advocate. Your girls may look so, friend, but ours Have vastly better luck; Ours has a gown all prinked with flow CTS
 She looks a perfect duck!
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. Since bird comparisons for girls You chaps are busy pickin'- Our best girl, when she's all dresed up My! Isn't she a chickenl
 Memphis Commercial- Appeal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
prohibitton in Rusnen County

You can say that Sheriff Dick Lind sey of Russell is doing everything in his power to enforce the prohibition laws" said R. s. Boykin of Scale. Russell county is not bone dry, but it is not his fault. He and his deputies are on the job, day and night. There are conditions which make it hard to stop the sale in the river towns, and then there is some wild eating. but on the whole the status Is as good as could be hoped for"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
Fumes of Liauoy

Secretary Sharp, in the office of the commissioner of public safety, tells this one, and tells it well; following the de- struction of several hundred gallons of booze" at the city hall recently. by order of the court. An old negro hap pened to be passing through the build ing as the fumes of all kinds and colors of liquor were being waited through the building.
 'Lawd CT mussy, ain't dat jest de finest smelling stuff you ever smelt, and jest to thing, all dat good Ticker being poured out on de ground and no chance fer any body to git CT sip. Anyhow dis here city hall sho do smell good, and hits CT smell- ing now jest like I would like to smell it all de time. Yassar, hits de truth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

A plague upon't, when thieves cam not be true to one another!
 Henry W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

TELEPHONE Bell Inrivate exchange connecting a1l departmental Main 49OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09

The resumption of operations in tn