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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08

and scratching a living out of the lean, sandy plains that slope down to the Baltic. that Texas alone has some of the largest blocks of fertile land known to the world. I would like to take them over the great prairie iii which Dallas lies and show them the black, waxy soil, which is as rich as the valley of the Mesopotamia they covet and bring them down here along the Mexican gulf where there Is enough rice land to keep fat the masses of soldiers they now have III the war.
 They would open their eyes at the extent of good land which has not yet been p1owed. In the whole state there are in round numbers about 16S, 900 900 acres, and of this 120,000,000 can be used for raising of crops. The Ger mans are cultivating the sides of their roads, and they long ago turned their lawns and flower beds to the growing of foodstuffs. Three-fourths of the good land in Texas is just as it was when Columbus discovered America, but the other fourth. with slipshod methods of cultivation, has been rais- ing about s6O0,0o0,00O worth of crops every year. I take the figures from the Texas Almanac" That is enough to give $50 worth to every family in Germany, or almost S1 week all the year through. IT the country were farmed like Germany and the fertile land all brought under the blow, it could feed the greater part of Eu- rope and have grain for export.
 As it is now, Texas has grown as much as 20,000 900 bushels of wheat in one year, and more than 50,000,000 bushels of corn. The average yield Nof the wheat has been something like IS bushels per acre, which could easily be doubled. Besides. a vast deal more wheat can be planted and this crop multiplied many fold. Texas is producing about 150,000,000 bushels of corn, but she has only one-sixth of her corn land in crop, and she could plant 50,000,000 acres and not disturb the farming now going on. A recent re- port gives her average yield of corn as only 21 bushels per acre. This is so notwithstand nding 4000 farmers who have been working under the direction of the industrial congress have aver aged corn crops of 51 bushels per acre and the boys of the corn clubs have run their crops up to 100 bushels per acre. At 50 bushels per acre the corn crop of Texas would be more than 350,- 100000 bushels. and if all the available corn land were used 1t would be more than 2,000, 100000 bushels, or two- thirds as much as all that Is raised in the United States when we have a big crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
ROANOKE

Roanoke, July 7.-(SpeciaL)-A pro- tracted meeting is in progress at the First Baptist church. this city, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. w. Tucker Much interest is being manifested.
 A very successful ministers and lay mems institute for the Roanoke District Methodist church, was held in Wadley the 9th inst. It was decided to hold another institute the second Thursday in September at Five Points.
 The Roanoke District Epworth League Conference was. held in Roanoke Friday with an interesting programme. The local league served luncheon on the church ground. Among the visitors in attend ance was Rev. B. B. Glasgow. president of Athens College. accompanied by Mrs. Glasgow.
 Willard Whitten, young man who re- sides In the manufacturing section of Roanoke. was drowned in Ussery lake Thursday afternoon. He could not swim and got beyond his depth. MT. Webb was almost drowned in trying to rescue him.
 Extensive improvements are being made on the primary school building in Roanoke. The house will be renovated and the front remodeled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08

Recently a white man in the Six teenth Street Baptis. church told an audience of colored people that they would have to help themselves more and then they could depend upon the white people for more help. As big and as important as that man is, ne does not know anything about how much the negroes do for themselves. The best way to gauge their doing Is to say that the negroes do for them selves all that the white people, the city and the state fall to do for them. That will be a considerable item. Those leaders have mapped out a plan, campaign by which they hope to se- cure this money. One hundred men have been asked to pledge $10 by the 18th of July. One hundred women have been asked to give or raise $10 by October 1. The various associations and conventions have been assessed sums that will bring the total up to the desired amount
 The building and land at Powderly are worth approximately $50,000. The leaders in the movement consist of the following members of the board of trustees Rev. A. c. Morris, J. H. Pear son, K. H. Robinson. S. M. Hall, J. E. Maddox. s. L. Belser. J. D. Kent, F. W. DeYampert, J. J. Willis A. flaw kins T. w. Walker. G. s. Smith, w. L. Boyd, John w. Goodgame, presi- dent; and W. c. Owens. secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08

and 1t should be used to supply the man ufacturing establishments of the state.
 I do not know how much fuel the factories of Texas consume, but the mo- blzation of our industries may give us the figures. It will surprise many people In the north to know that there Is much manufacturing here, but the state is making considerably more than sL00O,- Oo worth of manufactured products every day. The factories of Houston alone have 5000 horsepower created by fuel oil, and Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth and Galveston are all burning this fuel in their mills of one kind or an- other. There are something like coco man. ufacturing establishments in Texas and the total number of men employed in them is about 100000. Dallas and Hous- ton lead as industrial centers. Fort Worth does more in packing meat than all the rest of the state.
 As to the future of Texas industrially. her iron mines and forests have to be taken into account. She could do much right now to help the country in ship building, and she has shipyards which were making wooden ships before the national shipping board was organized. She has forests which contain COCOON 000 feet of standing timber, and 5000 square miles of this are composed of long-leaf pine, which is excellent for marine construction. Some of the logs are three or four feet in diameter and 50 feet long.
 Texas now has 800 factories which are working In lumber of one kind or an other. There are 25,O00 people employed in them and in addition the state has 2, 600 carpenters. The two latter items shauld form a big industrial asset In our solution of the submarine problem
 There is no state In the union that can be more easily mobilized than Texas. Two-thrds of the people are native whites born of American parents, and about three-fourths are native white Ann ericans. Of the remainder r per cent are negroes, the most of whom were born in Texas and are enthusiastic Americans. The whole state is intensely patriotic, and in proportion to It's population it probably will furnish as many soldiers and work CTS for the war as any other part of the union. Only per cent of the people were born in Europe, and the sprinSling of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
T HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ID EQUAL II, 7 SAYS THOMAS
Gains 30 Pounds on Tanlac and Says He Now Feels
 Like Brand New Man

I've never seen anything to equal the way this Tanlac. drove my troubles out, ,'' said l.. Thomas, residing at 3036 St. Elmo avenue, St. Elmo, Tenn, few days ago.
 Yes, sir, it's fact, I feel like a brand new man all over since taking it and I've gained all of 30 pounds continued MT. Thomas. I was puny and frail looking and weak as kitten from years of suffering from stomach trouble, before I began taking 1t. I had indiges- tion terribly bad and couldn't eat any thing without paying for it in misery afterward I was as nervous as I could be and kept going down until I got to where I didn't weigh but 155 pounds and I felt so tired and -for-noth- ing all the time I just had to force my self to do the least little thing. I tried many different medicines but didn't get any relief to speak of and I began to get afraid I'd never get we'll.
 T had heard so much about Tanlac I finally made up my mind it would help me and it's the honest truth after the first bottle or two l began to feel like my old self again and now all my trou- bles are gone and I enjoy my meals without any suffering and feel strong and fit for any kind of work. I now weigh 1855 pounds, and all my neighbors who know what a fix was in will tell you AoW AiuSl hcdithici looh. Wudl Tanlac has done for me has got to be the talk of everybody who knows me and you can bet I tell them all what a great medicine it Is. It's the only thing that ever did me any good and think everybody who is suffering like I was will get rid of their troubles like did if they will give Tanlac a trial"
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclu- sively by Eugene Jacobs drug store and Patton-Pope Drug company; in Ensley by D. w. Morris Drug company in Bes- semer by Pegram-Patton Drug company; in Pratt City by Gale Drug company, and in North Birmingham by Walker Drug company.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08

The scare which has gore over the country as to a scanty food supply Is binding the people as to the impor- tural department has been urging the farmers to diversity their crops by raising more corn and less cotton. Diversification is a good thing. but the cotton crop Is very important to our war in Europe. We need the lint 70 make munitions of war and we must have 1t to clothe our armies. The cot ton seed also has become the founda- tion of our dairy industry and 1t IS fast growing to be one of our chief foodstuffs as we'll. Cotton seed is now worth $40 a ton. A few years ago it was plowed under as a fertilizer or burned as a nuisance. There are now 220 cotton seed oil mills in Texas and they are crushing about million and half tons of seed every year, the refuse of which is used for the feed ing of cattle They make more than 5000e000 gallons of cotton seed oil year. This oil is a valuable foodstun. It is used largely in place of olive oil and for the making of artificial butter of various kinds.
 I have already written of the oil fields of Texas. They will furnish a vast deal of fuel oil and gasoline which will go off to Europe. More than 200000,000 bar rels have been taken out of Texas since the discovery at Spindle Top, and they are still prospecting in many parts of the state. They are finding new fields and by boring deeper, getting more oil out of the old fields. There are 15O0 pro- ducing oil wells on the gulf coast, 800 around Corsicana and 1000 in the Wich- ita-Clay field In addition to oil, the Clay county field has vast quantity of natural gas, which the new processes can turn into gasoline. The capacity of that field alone is estimated at 200,0O0, GOO cubic feet per day.
 The gulf oils make an excellent fuel. Three barrels of them are said to be equal to a ton of soft coal and they are taking the place of coal on the railroads of Texas. This state also has workable coal fields, the area of which is-as big as Massachusetts. It has Ignite fielGs, which cover more ground than the state of Illinois. But neither has been much developed. The stuff is here, however,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08

Houston, Tex. 97 WANT to tell you what this state
 can do for the war We are now ~ taking an account of our assets. We want to get down to brass tacks, and learn just what we have and what we can do for the future. For the past month or so I have been looking into the possibilities of the southwest and preach the gospel of hope. The skeleton of famine which now hovers over us IS only a ghost which little hard work will dispel Every state of the union is full of undeveloped foodstuffs and of war .,Srpises Of one kind or another. All snat is needed is to mobilize our ener- gies and cultivate the acres of dia- snonds that lie under our feet
 Texas is a good place to begin. l wish I could take 1t up like blanket and flap it in the face of our enemies l would like to show them just how big it is. It is bigger than the whole Ger man empire with England added thereto. It is more than twice the size of Aus tr:a, and as for little Bulgaria, you could cut Texas into six slices and each of them would more than cover that kingdom. I would like to show them that Texas Is larger than England and France, that 1t is more than twice the size of Great Britain and Ireland, and three times as big as Italy proper. would like to tell General Hindenburg that we have here one state which, if crowded into square, would have sides each of which would be as long as the distance from Berlin to the line of trenches behind which he is fighting in France
 If he knew anything about the United States I could tell him that Texas is bigger than New England with New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Della ware Maryland, Ohio and Kentucky thrown in. It is so big that if you could tip 1t up on end and let it flap down to the north it would knock over the sky Scrapers of St. Paul. If you turned it up with the Rio Grande as a base and let it fall toward the south it would smother Villa and Carranza and blot out the most of the republic of Mexico. If it was tipped to the east the western part of it would fall into the Atlantic ocean and Ei Paso might drown a fleet of the submarines now lying in wait for our wooden vessels en routs to Europe.
 who are mobilizing their foodstuffs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08

Texas has raised 4o,0Oo,000 bushels of oats in year. It grows something like 13,000,000 bushels of Kaffir corn and sorghum, and it has about 300,000 acres in rice. It's rice crop Is worth $1O,OO0,000 and upward, and it can cas- fly be doubled. The state Is now go- ing in for peanuts. I will write in the future of this as food crop. It prom fses to be one of the most profitable products of the south. There Is a girl here who grew 11,000 pounds of these nuts on one acre, and in addition she has over two tons of peanut hay which Is as good as alfalfa.
 The whole United States Is going into gardening this year. Texas can raise almost any fruit and vegetable under the sun and she will put up enough canned stuff in 1917 to fill a railroad train from Dallas to New Or leans. It will surprise many to know that she is to a large extent becom ing the winter garden for the cities of the north. She has been shipping TO-, 900 carloads of fruits and vegetables per annum, and last year these were worth more than s40,000,000 She IS growing cabbages at the rate of six or eight tons to the acre. and she sends tons of cabbages and tomatoes
 
 onions and watermelons and has be- gun to raise figs, oranges and other tropical fruits. The great winter gar- den tract is along the gulf coast run ming from the Mexican boundary to the north. Sugar cane is grown in the bottom lands of the Brazos and other rivers and some millions of pounds of sugar are now manufactured. Iii the valley of the Rio Grande there is said to be an area of 100000 acres of the best sugar land of the world. The state could make double the crop of Louisiana. and still have room to grow.
 By the time this letter is published the packing houses of Texas will be putting up meat for our allies in Flu rope The state Is one of the chief meat supplies of the union. It has one packing center where almost 2,- 100000 head of live stock are killed every year. This is Fort Worth. Texas has almost twice as many cattle as any other state .i in the union It has more than 6,000,0o0 and 5,000,000 of these are raised for their meat
 The live stock industry Is passing from an era of big ranches to one of stock farms. There are still ranches of hundreds of thousands of acres and several which contain million acres and upward. but number of these are being cut down into large and small farms. The pastures are being
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
Two Troy Physicians
 Get Army Commissions

Troy, Ala. July 7.-(Special) )-Dr. Wiley Beard and Dr. Gillis Sanders, two prom inent young physicians of this city have received their commissions as First Lieu tenants in the medical reserve of the United States army. Their uniforms have arrived and they are now in readiness for orders to report to the army, which are expected at any time.
 The city council has accepted the resig- nation of MT. w. c. Windham, as coun- cilman of ward one. His resignation was given several days ago, in which he stated that he was not in accord with movements fostered by the city govern ment and thus deemed it his duty to resign. His successor has not yet been appointed.
 Former Mayor w. B. Folnar, one of the most progressive and public-spirited citizens of Troy has offered to buy the eggs of English sparrows at five cents per dozen. MT. Folmar intends destroy ing the eggs and hopes to encourage others to do so, as he considers the spar row one of our greatest pests.
 The city administration has been doing much improvement in the watr system of the city. On North Three Notch and Montgomery treets larger mains have been laid. on Park and Thompson new mains and better connections made. 9th CT streets are also being given better fire protection. The fire truck, bought by the city some time ago, will soon be here and with this new equipment Thoy will be in much better shape for fire fighting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
Killing at Phoenix City

Columbus, Ga. July 7.-lSpecial) While on his way to work at an early hour this morning, Lem Lawrence, 50 years old of Phoenix City, was shot and instantly killed by Rube Nelson, neigh Dor. The shooting Is said to have been caused by some trouble about COW of Nelson.
La rassegna. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-23

abbiamo alcun interesse a farlo;
fCrse 10 faranno altri moi ci a.
spettinno di veder ehiarita sem.
pllcemente la cosa per altra w.
Ad ogni modo, siccome siamo a.
.bituati a parlar chiaro, dobbiamo
dire che owe mel compilare la liz
sta-inviti vi fosse state precon.
cetto per qualche riguardo, 81 sa-
rebbe fatto semplicemente male
ad agire cosi.
Un'altra cosa poi dobbiamo ri
levare ed osservare: al giornali
italiani non sono stati mandati
inviti; qualche giornalista ando
al banchettO solo perche racco-
mandate da Tizio da Caio; ma
ufficialmente la nostra stampa
non intervene. Perche?-.-. Sono
solamente buoni / nostri fogli a
servire di sfogatoia allie voglie
ambiziose di questo o di quel pa
pavero coloniaIe a fare sempre
da umilissimi servitorelli ogni
qualvolta We da scrivere intorno
a qualche buona o.. cattiva causa
coloniale. Quando poi trattasi di
un avvenimento coloniale intor-
no al quale troppo lavorarono
perche riuscisse bene, sono ad es-
sere trascurati per primi in una
maniera che sa sempre piu di in
sulso che di colposo. Cost 81 meri-
tanO i nostri giornali, cosi cioe 81
mel1tano nostri giornalisti.
Quando qualcuno incomincera
comprendere che, owe non fosse
altro, per la sola dignita e prote-
zione della classe la necessita di
un' n'associazione della stampa in
-oenainnia a farsi ~santiro in =naeZ-
20 a moi? Staremo a vedere chi ci
rispondera; scommettiamo: nes-
sumo e non ce ne faremmo me-
raviglia perche i nostri ineffabili
colleghi Ii conosciamo troppo
bene per aver saputo sempre
pensare a tuttaltro anziche al
nostri veri Interest," di classe.
Don PrOcOpiO
La rassegna. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-23
PitOcchi
GriIIi
e ZaDZare

Non pOteva mancare! - In
occasione della venuta a Phila-
delphia della Missione Italiana,
non poteva, non doveva assolu-
tamente mancare la nota scor-
dante, leterna nota scordante in
mezzo a moi. Essa We stata, gra-
zie allattivita del soliti numi tu-
telari che vegliano yigilmente
per le nostre discordie' per guam
to e significato gl'inviti fatti di
ramare per il banchetto che ebbe
luogo la sera del 20 corr. al Bel
Ievue Stratford, in onore della
Missione istessa.
II banchetto veniva offerto
dalla citta, e 81 vede bene che a
qualcuno dovette, da parte del
Comitato festeggiamenti, venir
conferito Pincarico di compilare
una lista di connazionali da esse-
re invitati. Infatti sui giornale
'L'Opinione" comparve, la mat
tina del 18 una lista che, ge-
neralmente, fece non buona i'm
pressione in Colonia, giacche
mentre comprendeva motif nomi,
dlciamo cosi, di alcun valore CO.
loniale, ne escludeva moltissimi
al quail 81 sarebbe dovuto, per
tantissime ragioni, pensare a
preferenza.
Flu fatto a posta oppure fu u
ma mera casualita occorsa allie
persone che ebbero Pincarico
di compilare la lista? MOI non vo-
ghamo discuterlo, giacche non
La rassegna. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-23
Riceviamo e PubbIichiamo
Don PrOcOpiO

noscono me la nego; quando 10
sotto Timpulso di un risentimen-
to che anche contrario allie leggi
delPOrdine e semplicemente u
mano, gil feel notare che dial mo-
mento che eccezioni erano state
fatte mel concedere la parola agli
uonini Sc ne poteva fare un'altra
.anche per me, egli, il Degnissimo
-(D Grande Venerable, gonfian-
dosi come un tacchino, credette
bene d'impormi di uscire dalla
sala.
10, ossequente finalmente non
ALA sua persona, ma ALA sua
qualifica, abbandonai la sala as
sicurandogli che avrei fatto vale
re in sede piu opportuna lie mie
ragioni.
Mentre scendevo la scalinata
sentii uno scalpitio animate nella
sala poi vidi il Grande Vene-
rabile sui Pianerottolo che sbrai-
tanto per quattro e facendosi
reggere da una dozzina di perso-
me, brandiva cola mano agitata
Pemblema del commando Gil mar
tello) faceva alto di raggiun-
germi apostrofandom con gil E.
Ipiteti di mascalzone, vagabondo
peggio.
Seppi piu tardi che lie donne
che erano nella sala dinanzi a
quella scena violenta, furono cob
te da svenimenti.
Fro in attesa della notifica .di
provvedimenti disciplinari che il
Grande Venerable avesse voluto
adottare verso di me, quando in
data 10 andante mi pervenne u
ma cartolina della Loggia di cui
erO curatore invitandomi a par
tecipare ALA parata fatta in Fila
delfia il giorno 20 in onore della
commissions Itahana.
La rassegna. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-06-23
pA CHESTER
Egregio sig. Direttore,

Egregio sig. Direttore,
OotJopongO al suoi COMMENT
oDDlettlW e sereni seguenti
tatCI, che rivelano ancora una
volta / sIstemi autocratici del
Grande Venerable delPOrdine
del Figi d'ltalia di Pennsylva-
MIA.
Domenica, II andante, 81 ini-
2io qui in Chester una loggia
lemmlnile dial nome "Cornelia
del GracchiS. ALA cerimonia par
teclparono la loggia femminile di
cost Principessa Iolanda ed il
Grande Venerable, che diresse la
cerimouia.
Questi, non so con quale asco-
Isl intendimenti, dichiaro esplici-
tamente che in quella occasione
non avrebbe concesso la parola
che allie donne; ma piu tardi ri.
Imangiando anche questo suo e.
$3.50 provvedimento dava la pa
rola a due uomini, e precisamen-
te ad Alfonso Papa ed Antonio
/ Viglione entrambi di Filadelfia.
IL primo, nella sua sbalorditi-
va ignoranza, 81 permetteva di
fare POGO benevoli apprezzamen-
ii della colonia di Chester in ge-
mere e dele due logge maschili
delPOrdine stesso in ispecie.
10, pur disposto a tollerare Ia
Iparzialita che manifestamente
commetteva il Grande Venerabi.
le in danno dele logge di qui d
una dele quail 10 erO membro
non seppi frenarmi dinanzi alla-
Ibuso indegno di ospitalita che
commetteva il Papa, e DOMAIN.
dai, allo stesso 'Grande Venera
bile che presiedeva, anche guam
do lie nuove ufficialesse eranC
state istallate vestivano lie in