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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
Will Plant For
 Great Corn Crop

q
 M LTHOUGH spring is yet several &A weeks off the farmers of Ala bama have blocked out the acreage for the principal crops to be planted, and shortly they will be busy with prepar- ations for seeding.
 That there will be a reduced cot ton acreage goes without saying. But the cotton to be grown should be cul- tivated so intensively as to bring a yield fully as large as when vast fields were planted. If the practice of six or seven acres to the blow is fol- lowed the crop may be forced to ma- ture early enough to beat the boil weevil.
 But the great future of farming in this state will depend chiefly upon crop diversification. Not until Ala :. hama produces enough to feed her self will the state be on the road to absolute independence. A great step in that direction was made two years aro. but the unfavorable weather con- ditions last season checked the new movement and postponed until anoth- 1r year large demonstration of what could be done.
 Corn production is of the highest i concern. While cotton is the one great money crop, it will fall below it's for mer akingship" until it is supple lnented by various food products; and course corn ranks first among the eEain crops.
 Alabama's biggest corn record was | in 1915 when the yield was about sev. onty million bushels. On account of a,he floods last summer a great many
 eIds were ruined and the states to-
 production was about fifty million
 els. Several cotton states made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03

Mir. Hughes is willing to stand behind the President. T. R. might be willing to compromse by standing at his side.
 * * Unhappy peach blooms have learned to their cost that spring. gentle spring, is not yet in our midst.
 < Wall streets notoriously weak heart is being subjected to a tremendous, strain these days.
 * * * These are dark and dreary days for H. Ford and other renowned pacifists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
DIVERSION.

The shows for weary business men Producers put before us, Could never take those fellows in Without beauty chorus"
 Birmingham Age-Herald. The weary business man, we ind, Demands all sorts of prancers; So we see the acts that shine, Show those hula-hula dancers.
 Savannah Press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
PERHAPS.

"This magazine writer says Palm Beach is blaze of color"
 well! We'll Maybe that's because 'ilo- body can have good time there unless he shows the walters and bellhops the color of his money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
HOW "BUFFALO BILL, MET NOSE,

hOW AAO uLI MUSE From the Washington Post.
 Tt is very probable that Buffalo Bilp' was the most widely known man in the world, but just a few years ago there was one man in the United States who was almost as well known as Colonel Cody and whom the colonel had never met" remarked George Keyser of Cham bersburg, Pa. That man was the late Colonel Mosby, celebrated Confederate raider. It was my privilege to make these I met here, and asked him if he knew Mosby. He said he had never had the honor It happened that Colonel Mosby at that time was in the hotel and Finn mediately, called upon him and asked if he would like to meet Buffalo Bill He was delighted. I made an appointment and introduced the two men-perhaps the two most noted scouts the United States has ever known, the one from the south and the other from the north. They had a delightful interview, recalling many in cidents in which both had participated.
 T believe, with Major Burke, that Buff falo Bill has been the most widely known man in the world, perhaps the best known man in the last 100 years. I recall that when was boy the most delightful sen sation ever had was seeing Buffalo Bill riding wildly about the show ring pune turing glass balls and clay pigeons, and presume I am only one of several mill lion boys who had the same experience"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
RIG FEET IN KANSAS

From the Eldorado (Kan.) Republican
 A pair of lady's No. overshoes left at the opera house. Owner pay for this ad and can have them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
EASILY EXPLAINED.


 You say he is a munitions million aire?"
 "Yes"
 An! One who has capitalized the slaughter of human beings?"
 That's what some people say"
 But his conscience doesn't seem to hurt him?"
 No. You see, nobody Is being killed that he is personally acquainted with"
 COMMON EXPERIENCE. "No man knoweth what the morrow will bring forth" said the melancholy person.
 "Stufr and nonsense!, replied the im- pecunious citizen Have you never raced all over town trying to borrow money to meet a note that falls due on the follow ing day?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
He Even Admits 1t

Maybe everybody doesn't know it, but I'm something of an author, as well as being postmaster" said R. B. Smyer. "In my young life I have written one whole novel. No; 1t was never published. I didn't even try to have it published, be- cause I didn't want to. But sufficient to say that wrote it and it was a
 corker.'
 ''It happened like this: A number of people at my house, including my wife, were discussing one of the six best sell CTS. It didn't sound like much to me, and I told them that couldn't agree with their enthusiastic criticism in favor of the book. Why, I could write a bet ter book than that, myself I told them. and we got up a bet And I won. Tt was murder story, based on the Cooper Carmack killing up in Tennessee, and believe me, it made the hair to rise on end. Maybe I might have been a famous author if I'd tried to have it published, but didn't try
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
SAFER.

The aviator leads a life
 From peril seldom free; As member of a flying corps,
 He never knows when we Will be the target for a shell
 And tumble to the ground, Where later on his mangled form Is likely to be found. The sailors on a submarine
 Takes many chances great; A secret net or deadly mine
 May shortly seal his fate. Submerged or on the oceans wave, Disasters ever near, And oftentimes without clue
 His craft will disappear And yet, sometimes I try to cross A busy thoroughfare When motor cars are Hitting past And "honking'' fills the air, And as I take my life in hand,
 The thought occurs to me, I'd rather guide an aeroplane,
 Or cruise beneath the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
Merited Praise For
 Spleradid NeWspaper

TN HE AGE-HERALD notes with
 J pleasure the new life and vigor infused into it's contemporary, the Ledger. This excellent newspaper has recently shown marked improve ment and is credit to the city of Birmingham. Its news features, both local and foreign, have attracted much favorable comment, as the Led ger has established new record for covering the afternoon field and giv- ing it's readers important items first.
 Always popular paper, with a strong following whose faith has nevered wavered, the Ledger has added no little to it's prestige by show ing a spirit of fairness, by consistent ly upholding it's principles in spite of adverse criticism, and by laboring in a broad-minded way for the upbuild- ing Of Birmingham. The Ledger mas never ,condoned petty pickering and has tried to discourage an unfortun- ate tendency in that direction which has lately been much in evidence here.
 A remarkable proof of the Ledger's popularity and "pullings power" was shown by the enormous crowd, one of the largest that ever assembled in Birmingham, which thronged the streets in the vicinity of the Empire building to see a daredevil, styling himself "The Human Fly" climb the side of skyscraper. The exhibition was given under the auspices of the Ledger and was tremendous suc- cess.
 To clean, high-toned family news paper that is getting better every day The Age-Herald extends congratula- tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
A coNDEscENsIoN.

q hear you have taken your son into the firm"
 "Yes," answered MT. Grabcoin, grimly. "He has consented to spend a few hours a day with us."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
Wonderful Development

"After an absence of Just 15 years returned to Birmingham to find in- deed the Magic City," said c. B. Tull of Chicago, sales manager for the Bls sck stone institute. "On my last visit to this city the Hillman hotel was the tallest structure here. The con- struction on the Woodward building was just beginning. Now I find that Birmingham has the largest, the tall est and the finest skyscrapers in the south, and few of the northern cities can equal her.
 "The Tutwiler hotel is as fine a hostelry as any in the United States It should result in bringing many tourists here and will do so in the future, when its merit becomes known generally throughout the country
 T have kept up with Birmingham in a general way for the 15 years have been away and knew it was fine city. But you may rest assured thai I hardly believed this was Birmingham when I stepped from the Terminal sta ton and came. down into the business part of the city. Birmingham people should feel proud over their home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
THANK YOU

THANK YOU From the Montgomery Times. The editorial page of the Birmingham Age-Herald is now one of the livest and most entertaining in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
~way. That Are Dark

While Bret Harte may have thought that For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain the heather Chinee is peculiar the Celestial aforesaid, in my opinion, has nothing on the average Ala bama negro" said John McCarty, the coal dealer. Nearly every day some one of the many negro coal peddlers who pur- chase coal at our yard will try to put one over to beat the scales. For in- stance, an old negro drove in the yard yesterday with an apparently empty wagon.
 "The vehicle was weighed and just as it was approaching the coal chute mo- ticed large dog jump from the wagon. I went toward the wagon and Just as l was about to speak to the old darlSy an- other good sized dog jumped out. I saw through the scheme instantly. ''The old negro had the dogs trained to lie quietly in the wagon until he gave them the signal to jump out. As they weighed in the neighborhood of 100 pounds, he was beating the coal yard out of that much coal each trip, for the dogs would lie as still as a mouse while the supposedly empty wagon was being weighed, and would tighten 1t by Jumping off before the wagon was loaded.' faf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03
SATISFIED

SATISFIED. I'm told Hawaiian music Is on the wane," Said Henry Arthur Busick- q shan't complain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-03

TELEPHONE Beli (private exchange connecting all Aepartments) Main 49OO.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04

The United states department Of
agriculture nnys our food bill for
insects alone Is about 81 900 900. 600
Il year.
Every good citizen owes II 10 his
country I'm this hour OF food need
20 Kill every plant eating insect or
worm And by the same token you
should not KIN or annoy insectcat.
Ing birds or toada.
The butterfly should be shot al
sight" also the grasshopper. katy.
did and cricket
The cabbage butterfly lays an egg
That's why IL should be killed
From the egg matches Il tiny worm
or larva. which changes 20 n pupa
then into n butterfly The larva or
worm. as No call Il. eats cabbage.
fattens on Il. and will destroy the
best head OF cabbage IN your gar
den n Il gets start.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04

One peat which must be
watched TO Insure a big potato
crop next fall 10 the Colorado
potato beetle, or "potato bug"
The potato bug hibernateB until
warm weather draws II TO tho sur
face OF the ground. Then II finds
potato plans already up. and begins
It's annual gorge on the leaves. Oi
course, when the potato plant loses
It's leaves II cannot carry the need
cd food from the air 20 the tubers
growing under the surface.
The bug lays yellow eggs upon
the under side Of the leaf. and
from those hatch worm-llke larvae.
commonly called grubs
These grubs are the heavy eaters.
They viii strip a potato stem Of It's
leaves In short order. When they
have Toasted of your potato leaves
they drop 20 the ground and 10
thru n resting period. burrowed In
the soil From this pupa stage
they emerge az adult beetles, or po
tato bugs Then they go thru an.
other dayinK season. n they
haven't killed all your potato plants
by midsummer. tho greatgrcat
grandchildren OF thu first corners
viii finish Il for you.
In my next article ! will tell how
10 prevent the coming OF these
pests and how 10 meet them II they
attack your garden.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04
Contagious Ward
Scene of Wedding

OMAHA. Ncb.. May 4.-Ore F..
Ray. seaman aboard the United
States monitor Tallahassee. sta
toned at Pensacola. Fla. and Miss
Mary Miley OF Creston. la. his
fiancee. were married here in the
contagious ward of the City Emery
ency hospital the other day. Tho
bridegroom. minister and two wit
nesses. both convalescent patients.
wore antiseptic robes. Miss Miley.
critically ill with scarlet fever. was
propped up in bed for the cere-
mony.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04
do Il. girls. The risk Is too great
o-pIea.e corree, the following

o.-please correct the following;
~Of all the girls In all the world,
there arc (s) none quite like you;
There are (isl none who have
(has) so sweet a sr,lle. or wonder
eyes Of blue" T. 7.
A-The sentence dramatically
complete would read: of all the
girls in all the world. there is no
girl quite like you.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04

Owe arc two girls, IS and IS
We are good looking and have mic,
clothes. and are attractive, and oul
families are we'll known In town
and We have good regulations.
We also have common sense and
know enough 20 take care OF our
selves and not do anything foolish,
like you read about silly girls do.
ing. We are not going TO 90 Joy.
riding with some fellows, or any.
thing like that: but here 10 an In.
eIdent. not the only one OF its kind.
that We would like your advice
about.
We were returning from the
show one night. about $50, and
We passed two nice looking boys.
They Sriled and said. "Hello." and
we said. Hello" They started 10
walk with us. We Just talked about
corsnor-sense subjects, and told
them about the town. and when we
reached home we said. "This is
where we live, goodbye" They
said. I'VE are very glad TO have
met you, and We enjoyed your com.
psny. Goodbye"
Now. Miss Grcy. will you please
tell US N there 10 anything wrong
In this. and N so. what 10 III
&. AND A.
A.-"All's well that ends well. $
runs the old adage. But girls. sup
posing your chance acquaintances
hadn't turned out to be perfect
gentlemen 10 you think YOU
would then have written as you
did? None OF us are such perfect
judges OF human nature that We
may sire up "A person In n fleet.
ing glance. ! repeat, as | have
many times before. that girls
especially young ones. who permit
strange young men 10 escort them
after dark, not only cheaper their
womanhcod. but place IL in actual
danger OF being destroyed. Don''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04

o' america arc
fed TO Insects,
Not willingly
OF course. for
tho average far.
mer and garden
or continually Ia
fighting tn Q q G
garden and farm
pests.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04

o.--Ho~ long should a widow de-
cline the attentions OF eligible men 7
| am only %. I have one child. I
have been alone In the world two
years. loved my husband dearly.
but know that he would not wish
me 10 remain alone always. People
seen, TO look askanee a. mo N even
speak TO an unmarried man. VIVA,
do you Think LONELY.
Al think you hAv. perfect
right 10 accept the attentions OF un.
married men n you have been IA
widow two Year,. there isn't any
special reason why you should re
main a r.clufe any longer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04

al received a pretty Off from
a boy friend last October. Some
friends ~ talk OF him caused me
to hesitate In thanking him. Since
then, have found them 20 be In the
wrong. and I am sorry. NY only
relative. a brother. Gays this boy 10
a gentleman. 10 u too late 20 thank
him no~7 Y. u.
Alt Is never too late 10 do right
II you did not feel that you cared
TO thank the young man for tho gift.
you should not have accepted ~. but
returned Il Immediately Now. ]
fear. IL will be rather difficult to
explain ! think the absolut. truth
In such matters is always the beat
explanation. so you should write q
little note TO him Mt once. thanking
him. aud begging his pardon for the
delay.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04
GROWING A GARDEN
Expert Says Insects Get ITO of Our Food

II has eboen stlmsted that one
tenth OF all agricultural products
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04

men friends come to dinner and play
games, or enjoy a musical hour.
Some Of our friends think thls 10
improper, and that w, should not
entertain In our apartment unlesa
we have an Older person there.
What should we oo7
THREE GIRLS.
A-This Is a difficult question 10
decide fairly and wisely. II In an
old saying that there Is safety in
number In this day and age Of
bachelor girls. who 40 frequently
are quite capable OF taking care OF
themselves. and who are captains
OF Industry ~ some years standing,
II IL difficult TO draw the line with
regard IN chaperonage.
Strictly speaking. believe that
the world was better when stricier.
But In former days girls did not
work A. they do now. In such mum.
bers. and home was place Of shell
ter 10 them until they married.
] could not Justly draw any hard
and fast line in a case such as you
cite. In some instances II would be
perfectly proper In others, Il
might DO anything but wise. IA In
many cases ~hers tho propric,ies
are In question. e. would 10 matter
OF the persons concerned.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04
vi ftUt:s Ts &11thiD> G0x

or course. IL is true. the world
over. that a widow In the exposure
Of all eyer She In believed 10 be a
flirt. whether she be or no. But
don't worry about what people say.
20 long as you know you are not do
ing wrong BE guided by your own
conscience.
Hispano América., 1917-09-02
; dc septiembre de 1917
LOS AFICIONADOS AL TEATRO
ESTAN DE PLACEMES

FL circulo comico-dramatico de a.
ficionados, prepare dos grandes fun
clones teatrales para los dias lunes 10
y microbes II de septiembre, res
pectivamente, en- ell teatro Liberty.
Las obras elegidas son; para ell 1u-
mes, la divertida comedia de los Sc
nores Blasco y Ramos Carbon, THU
lada "Levantar Muertos'', I'm acto de
variedades en- que la notable a~rtista
La Serranita" p|resentara una nue-
va serie de c%anciones y bales y, por
ultimo, ell juguete comico de Jose
Estremera titulado La Cuerda Flo
ja."
Hispano América., 1917-09-02
HISPANO AMERICA.

FL microbes pr~esentaran por vez
primera en- San Francisco Ell magnifi-
co drama del insigne Dicenta. "El
senior Feudal', finalizando esta We
lada con la jocosisima pieza comica
titulada LA OCCASION la pintan calva''
Damos nuestra enhorabuena a los
organizadores de estas veladas, las
que deseamos tengan Ell exito mas IL
sonJero. Que continuen en- tan sim
pat1ca tarea, va que nuestra florecien-
te Juventud actual, obsecada con los
bales y otras f~iestas similares, olvi-
da por complete estas diversiones
cultas y sanas, que son las que ape
tece nuestra colonia.
I'm otro lugar de nuestro period
co, daremos a Ell programa.
Hispano América., 1917-09-02
UN NUEvo DESCUBRlMIENTo
MARAvILOSO DE UN FAMOSO
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Entire los multIples descubrImlentos mo-
dernos hechos en- beneflcIo de la humanI-
dad, Sc ha anunclado uno de grande I'M
portancia en- Ell mundo de a Medlclna y
que esta destInado a producer un sentI-
mlento de consueIo al publlco en- general y
en- particular a una numerosa clase dc
pacientes.
gT fs htF
Muchos Infellces que, no de ahora, han
lvIdo en- continue ansledad por Ell tenor
e no poder curarse y de ser una carga pa
a los amigos y para la propIa famIiIa, ter
nlnaran por conslderar ell nuevo descubrI-
mlento como un verdadero don del cIeio.
Hispano América., 1917-09-02
LA PROSPERIDAD DE LA BA-
ia CALIFORNIA

Informes recientemente suminls-
trados por personals honorables de la
frontera nos hacen saber Ell desarro-
llo notable que han adquirido los ne
gocios en- el Distrito Norte de la Ba-
ia California, bajo ell gobierno del
coronel Cantu.
Los algodoneros en- su gran mayo
ria exportan su algodon a los merca-
dos americanos. FL ano pasado, de di-
ciembre a enero de 1910, la municipal
lidad de Mexicali, Distrito Norte de
la Baia California importo a los Is
tados Unidos 24,3S0 pacas por valor de
1928. $500 de dolares y 22,550,l5O
de libras de semilla de algodon con
un valor de 451 ,003.00 dolares. rs de-
cir que las siembras de algodon del
ano pasado p~rodujeron la suma de
$4.559,076.00 orc nacional.
Los forrajes producer grandes IL
tilidades en- esa region y siempre cs
a la demanda que la production.
Ademas, la vid, la higuera, el olive,
Ell datil, el nogal, las plantas textiles,
Y toda clase de arboles frutaies y de
ornate, sc producer acknowledgements
en- toda la region. Fl melon llamado
"Canteloupe' ha tornado grandes
f%ortunas en- csc vale. FL costo de l.
rrigar una hectarea de terreno, varia
de ocho a nueve dolares, segun la
siembra, la naturaleza del terreno y
Ell cuidado que Sc tenga para irrigar.
FL formal minimo es de an dollar por
dia, Y los alimentos armenian contor-
me avanza la estacion de verano. Ac-
tualmente los jornaleros ganan de
dos y medic a tres dolares diarios,
Y alimentos. FL china es extremoso
en- invierno y en- verano, pero sopor-
y sano. Los %productos agricolas
tienen facil y buen mercado, siendo
por 10 tanto el distrito Norte de la
Baja California una region prone
fedora de halagadoras utilidades pa
"a la immigration de capitales, agri-
cultores y jornaleros mexicanos.
Hispano América., 1917-09-02

No ha faItado QUEEN maya
querldo InvestIgar las ven-
taJas de tan gran descunrl-
mlento, avocandose con ell
descubrIdor, ell QuImiso y
FarmaceutIco kronDeryer
(943 kearny St., San Fran
cisco, CALI cullen ha sIdo
condecorado en- las mas &C.
lebradas UnIversldajes de
Europa.
Hispano América., 1917-09-02
Gel INDEPENDENTS"

""
Es un semanario que Sc publica en-
Las Vegas, N. Mexico, y uno de los
mas i~nteresantes periodicos de GUAM
tos en- habla castellana sc refieren d
asuntos de politica americana, cultu-
ra.. n~ovedades. Tambien es este pc
riodico uno de los mas amenos e ms
tructivos.
FL precio de subscription es de $500
por Tin ano; $1.00 por scis meses.
Por tempo limitado solamente o.
frecemos Gel INDEPENDENTS"
que vale $500 iunto con "HISPANO-
AMERICA" que tambien vale $500,
por e1 precio de $500 al ano.
Aproveche listed esta o%portunidad
y haga sus pedidos inmediatamente
de las dos suscripciones por la suma
de TRES DOLARES, a "HISPA-
NOAMERICA"
$40 Sansome St. San Francisco. Cal
Hispano América., 1917-09-02
Ell Sr. ADOLFO L. VERDUGO-

Tuvimos Ell gusto de saludar EN- es-
ia ciudad al caballero de este nombre,
quien regreso va a Yuma, Arizona, "a
companado de su estimable familia.
Ell senior Verdugo es un conocido CO.
merciante de aquella poblacion from
teriza del Estado de California donde
tiene a su cargo la gerencia del al
macen conocido con ell nombre de
"The Toggery" del que es propietario
Ell senior Z. f. Sanguinetti.
Hispano América., 1917-09-02
POR INGLES

Deseo %cncontrar caballero que quie-
"a zanzibar conversation en- espanol
por conversation en- ingles.
Dirigirse a Vivtor Reiter,
1867 Hyde Street.-San Francisco.
Joven oficinista aleman desea Guar
to, con o sin asistencia (desayuno y
cena) o familia espanola. No i'm
porta que haya ninos. Favor de dar
precios y detalles a visa cargo de
"Hispanoameric'a'-340 Sansome St.