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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26

I am writing this in the office of the camp and the road is still in my eyes, ears and nose, and covers my clothes. There is a gang of convicts putting down some tar preparation on the road from Anniston to Camp Mcclellan, but as yet they are well within the city linn It's, and as they are scattering gravel over it as fast as 1t is put down, the automobilists stick to the side which has not yet been treated.
 A German airman, flying high above the road running to the camp. might we'll report that Anniston was on the move as there is a continuous process sior of vehicles of every class and age rushing towards Camp Mcclellan. It will be remembered that the Prussians got the wrong tip about the evacuation of
 Paris The long line of moving vans turned out to be soldiers hurring to the front to stem the tide of invasion.
  l | before reaching camp, for on the side | of the road was a dead horse, silent | reminder of the fearful toll that war takes of mules and horses. do not know why. but the carcass beside the roadside brought war closer to me than the sight of the machine gun camp and the many guns unlimbered for prac- l tice.
 1 All around the camp temporary shacks ] are springing up. There Is only one rest | full looking refreshment place between | the city and the camp, and 1t is situated | in the corner of the yard of an at- | tractve country home under the shade
 of the friendly trees. It is veritable l oasis In a desert of roughly boarded 1 up stands set in fields under the glar- 1 ing sun
 i A Birmingham man is the first on the field just across from headquar-
 ters Hustling Charley Pantaze has leased a big frontage and is covering il
 with an ediflce that looks like an ex- l pOSlLlOn puiiuinS. IiO SA~NSSN SSNAA
 porary shack a week ago, a little big
 ger than boxcar, but I understand he 1 took in $25o in 1t one day on soft drinks, hot dogs and "sch like" and they dc
 say that he was at it all day, with coat
 off and shirtsleeves rolled up.
 Birmingham merchants are opening branch stores. Louis Pizitz will have a
 handsome new place; R. D. Burnett has leased a store in the Alabama hote l and will show Annistonians his taste 1T fitting up a swell place for cigars and 1 tobacco; Rubenstein. the jeweler, has
 bought central piece of property ane ! is erecting a two-story building. These i are some who have already got busy I while many others are prospecting.
 There has been mighty little tall talk ing among the Anniston real estat'
 nen but a Birminghamer. one who has been in the real estate game from th' founding of this city. tells how an en thusiastic but noncommittsl Realtor. Il
 the Model City. taking hs~ t~- esrs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
HIGH GLASS MAN.

'Im looking for work, sir
 What can you do?"
 .I'n be perfectly frank with you, sir. I've had technical training in one of the best equipped prisons in the country"
 I'm willing to give you chance, but you musn't boast in public of the advan- tages you have enjoyed. There are still a few ld-fashioned people in this world who are prejudiced against prison edu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
EITEL AND ATTILA
From the Dundee Advertiser.

From the Dundee Advertiser.
 Prince Eitei, the Kaiser's second sdn who is being prosecuted in the Frfnch courts, bears a name which is the modern German form of Attila.
 The old German spelling of the lname of the King of the Huns is Etze1, and under this name Attila plays prominent part in the "Niebelungen." having been transformed from barbarian ravager to a hero king with a touch of the chiv- alrous somewhat resembling the Charle- magne of the "Chansons de Geste."
 Attila Is even more of popular hero in Hungary. naturally enough, seeing that the Hungarians are descendants of the Huns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
Good Work Dome
 By Printers Union

12 y 44 Il A60SS01 1 NS8A4~0b ITFHERE is probably not another in- O stitution of it's kind in the coun- try more attractive in it's surround ings and better managed than the Union Printers home at Colorado Springs. Here aged and dependent printers may retire and end their days in comfort, without being subjected to the distressing features which some- times make resorts for old people any thing but desirable to the unfortunates who have nowhere else to go. It is in every sense of the word home where the inmates are treated, not as charity patients or paupers, but as men and women who have earned shelter in their old age.
 There are now about 250 persons in the home. A finely equipped tubercu- losis hospital is operated as an an- nex. The twenty-fifth anniversary was held August IS, when delegates to the annual convention of the Inter- national Typographical union and many visitors were present.
 It is interesting to learn, from fold CTS sent out in honor of this occasion, something about the part printers are playing in the war. The Typographi- cal union has paid $12,225 to the widows and relatives of AZ union printers who were members of the Canadian expeditionary force. The union has also announced that the dues of all members who go to war will be paid for them during their absence.
 During the year ending May 31, 1917, the gross earnings of union printers totaled $66, 6,652,431, an in- crease of nearly $4,OO0,0O0 over the previous year. The average yearly earnings per member amounted to S1,0S643. The expenditure for strikes and lockouts during the year was but $46S4.50, a creditable showing which indicates that the union has been practically free from labor troubles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
. FINE spirit, indeed, has been that \ exhibited by Alabama's young
army officers.

tlAltlJ .ClAASCA D.
 Birmingham has been filled with them during the past week. They have come families before entering permanent train ing camps and taking transports to France.
 The scenes at the dances and balls held in the various clubs during the past week remind one forcibly of those presented on the screen in the Birth of Nation
 The young men of this country who have entered the army and navy realize full well what is before them. Not a sin gle one who has donned the uniform and who has taken the training, wears long face They are enjoying themselves, smiling upon their sweethearts and bid ding them a merry adieu when they take their departure These young men real ize that they owe a duty to their country and 1t is a privilege to them to tender their services to the maintenance of the world s democracy. They go to the bat tlefields with the same cheerfulness that the men of the south exhibited in the sos, when they were called to arms.
 No state in the union has contributed more full quota than Alabama, and no city has been more responsive to the call of this government than has Bir mingham.
 During the past week young men re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
Does the Bread
 Raise or Rise?

 1E FROM Fossil, Ore, comes this 4 question to "The Lexicograph- er's Easy Chair," now a feature of Literary Digest:
 Does good usage require us to use
 the word rise in the sentence, "The
 bread rises" or should we use the
 term raises" as domestic science ex-
 perts so frequently do?
 The answer given, quoting the New Standard Dictionary as autho- rity, readeth thus: Definition 4, of the verb rise-To swe'. upward, as by in- crease of quantity or ertent, as a ricer rises; bread rises. Therefore, "the bread rises" is correct.
 While many things hinging on Eng fish grammar are puzzling, there should be no difficulty in keeping clear in the mind the differences be- tween the transitive verb Ito rise," and the intransitiye verb Ito raise," and yet few mistakes in polite society are more frequent than in the con- fusion of these two verbs. "Lay" and Sic" get mixed frequently. In educated circles there is no excuse for this. The rules are plain enough, but there is a little more to carry in the head than in the case of "rise" and raise"
 In these days of good English, taught in the public schools as we'll as in the colleges, everyone who gets through the elementary grades would speak correctly if care were taken not to drop into the speech of illit- crate persons with whom one comes in contact.
 In years gone by the "best people" an Ohio river towns all the way from Pittsburg to Cairo, and along the upper Mississippi, spoke of the river raising" never rising Mark Twain, who started life as steam boat pilot, came to be, in his mature years, master of English, but when he began to write it never seemed to occur to him that "raise," referring to the river, was not as good as "rise."
 They are more careful of their grammar these days, and in Cincin- natl, Louisville end other esteemed cities that were brought up on the boat "laying at the wharf" instead of flying" and the river "raised last night" instead of "rose," one may hear only grammatical English. The bad grammar of earlier times came from the steamboat crews; and the passing of the river vessels in favor of the railroad trains accounts, doubt less, to some extent, for the use ol certain verbs.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
HOTEL LOBBIES
DadevIlIe pattlng one rhousand

I just ran up for the day." said G. J.. Sorrell, who was at the Tutwiler but just let the people know that my little home town of DadeviIle batted 1000 in Uncle Sans training camp game.
 We sent six young fellows to Fort Me- Pherson and every one of them got a commission. When they wrote back that each one had been made a second lieu tenant we felt as if thev had about eorrered that branch of the service. We are mighty proud n them. We feel that for a town with only about 1000 that it's an honor to have made such a showing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
A CLAIM D1sALLowED.

T have just had an addition to my fam fly, sir, and I thought maybe you would be willing to give me raise in salary"
 Hem. Is it a boy or a girl?'
 "A boy. sir
 q can't do anything for you. Don't yc remember the 3ld saying that boy is asset and girl is liability?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26

BEGINNING THE DAY My Father, \ thank Thee for my daily bread. I thank Thee that I have 1t, and that it came without crime. | thank Thee that | can eat it--that my body is willing to take 1t and able to use it. I thank Thee that I ear 1t in peace-that persecution or war does not begrudge 1t. I thank Thee that it brings me q thought of God Amen.-H. NJ. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
Do Not Ask Questions

"The men in the secret service for Uncle Sam do not ask questions of anyone" said J. T. Moser, city detec- tive. "On a great public occasion in Washington, when the President was to make an address, I was with sev- eral of the detectives who were seeing to 1t that good order be kept. We observed a suspicious looking man who seemed to try to get as close to the President as possible. One of the men suggested that we see if he was armed and we went to him, felt in all his pockets and all about him, and finding that he was not dangerous, we left him. The crowd was dense and he never knew what we were doing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
THE FAMILY.

Brothers in the army now,
 Dads bought bonds for liberty; Sisters doing Red Cross work
 And is busy as can be. Mothers joined a canning club,
 Toiling morning, noon and night Yet the others seem to think
 Mothers work is rather light Father struts around and smokes
 Fiercely big fat cigar, Looks and acts as if he thought
 But for him there'd be no war. Brother wears new shoulder bars
 With a truly martial air, Sister vows her hands are full-
 Neer a moment has to spare. Mother hasn't much to say,
 Each day in the kitchen slaves; Food and dimes and dollars, too,
 By her prudent labor saves. Brother'll be the hero bold,
 Father'll be the patriot; Sister'l win no end of praise
 For the work she does, but what Will there be for mother when
 Honors crowd their little flat? Nothing much, but then, you know. Mothers gotten used to that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
A READY WRITER.

"Jibway once wrote an article that was published in newspapers from one end of the country to the other
 You surprise me. I had no idea Jib- way could write Was it a piece of fic- tion?"
 "Yes-a patent medicine testimonial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
Two-TH1RDs AT LEAST.
>7aee}63rueQ-

Il " N- Il 1i1Ati|lo A t|l1<ADA Mary had a little frock, The latest style, no doubt, And when she got inside it, she Was over halfway out"
 Detroit Free Press If Mary was but half-way out Wed be right if we guessed, The way the girls now go about She was greatly overdressed.
 Savannah Presa If Mary were but halfway out, 'Twere easy to refute The story that she walked the stregt Clad in a bathing suit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
Member of the Associated Press

WEFEIUFE 1kssUNL1tEa
 The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birminghaln carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
CAN'T BE DRIVE,

"Gadspur has plenty of backbone
 "A courageous chap, eh?'
 That's just what he is. He says he's going to look over the new dances and if he doesn't like them he's simply not go ing to learn them.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
QUICK THINKING.

"Jibbles is the kind of fellow who never
 makes a move without first asking him {: self whether or not it will be good for his. health" q saw him jump six feet in the air yes-l terday to dodge an automobile. Instinct i4 sly told him what was good for hisl
 ithout his stopping to debate thei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26

By penitence the Eternaps wrath's appeas'd.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona. x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
A REMINDER.

why does this pugilist claim exemp- ton2''A
 .sHe says he's the sole support of his poor old mother" T dare say he hadn't thought of her irs years.'
 Maybe not The draft law probably logged his memory" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
Camp Sermoms
 Touch the Heart

M RMY chaplains have unusual op- 1A portunities for reaching the hearts of men. They address eager listeners every Sunday while the sol diers are in camp and many fellow who was known as needless and ir- religious before he joined the colors becomes serious and humanized upon his first attendance on divine service conducted by the regimental clergy man. Even if the sermon is not par- ticularly Illuminating, as Illuminating discourses go, the message the min- ister brings rarely fails to make a lasting impression.
 As result of the chaplain's preach ing, soldiers of hitherto loose morals resolve to mend their ways. Coarse language is no longer the rule, even among the goddess. The whole at mosphere of the camp is changed.
 At times like these, when the flow CT of American chivalry is soon to stand on the firing line, the heart- strings of the young men in training are easily played upon. Many con versions will be reported before the forces now being mobilized sail for France. A large percentage of sol diers in every war profess religion while in camp. Many survivors of our Civil war known today for theil consistent Christian living were first aroused to the quickening truths oi l the gospel while listening to the chaplain.
 l On this blessed Sunday, with pen sive shadows, autumn-like, beginning to fall, good seed will be sown in ever.
 camp. May it all bear good fruit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
own steam George

T went over to Atlanta recently on my vacation" said George Griffin, and the first thing that greeted me was Own Steam George, and so many people called me that until I believe that The Birmingham Age Herald is about as widely read as the Atlanta papers in Atlanta.
 You know it is funny how a story like that which appeared in The Age Herald about me, nicknaming me Own Steam George, travels. I have had several letters from fellows scattered all over the country kidding me about it. l believe it certainly pays to ad- veftise in The Age Herald judging from the inquiries had on that story"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
Trainmen,s Picnic

'"The picnic for the Red Cross that the four railroad brotherhoods will hold in September will be a big event. said John R. T. RfveS secretary of the trainmen's brotherhood. "We are rapidly completing our preliminary preparations and already have the tickets out ready for sale The fun will last all day and there will oe plenty of amusement for all. For the more sober-minded. there will be a number of addresses and some promi- nent men will come to Birmingham specially for the occasion. During the afternoon there will be music and dancing for the young folks. There will be barbecue. races and some novelty events that will be really great"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
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ing.
 European bureau. 6 Henrietta street. Covent Garden. London.
 Eastern business office. Rooms AS 10 50, inclusive, Tribune Building, New York city; western business office, Tribune Building, Chicago. The s. c. Beckwitb Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
A Confederate Monument

q was in South Carolina town re- gently and saw Confederate monu- ment that was something out of the usual" said Col. N. F. Thompson.
 The monument Is the only one in the town and was erected in front of the county courthoVse, in the center of the main street of the place, and is fine piece of work, and the cit izens of the town seemed very proud of 1t. The monument was erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy and is sdrmounted by full-sized soldier, as on picket or sentry, duty, but it seemingly had not appealed to the good women who had accepted the de- sign, or any of the citizens, how in congruous was that sentinel with his limbs encased in pair of modern leg gins. Who ever saw a Confederate soldier wearing leggins?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffiee as second class matter un- der act of Congress, March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26

Daily and Sunday Age Herald. year $500 Daily without Sunday .......... soc Daily and Sunday, per month. 10 Daily ana Sunday three months, 2O3 Sunday Age-Herald. per annum. 2.90 Weekly Age-Herald. per annum.. z5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
FurtE1er Increase In
 Food Crops Urged

1FHIS years food crops in the
 4 United States, taken as whole, are the largest ever produced, but not withstanding that fact Uncle Sam in sists, through Food Administrator Hoover, that we do still better in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26

Russian Music In
 Major Key
 MM oDEsT Altsohuler, conductor 4VA of the Russian symphony orchestra of New York, has taken strongly optimistic view of the new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The AgeHerald will not be responsible for money sent through the malls. Address
 THE E-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26
SMITH CENTER HAS "ooMpANy,

made safe for democracy.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-18
j Cypress SHINGI ES Y 80
for sale. For prices phone ltta Bena
Exchange 14-5, o write
Hga n}auC. G., NICHOLS.
.riaf rxHsswift"wn. Miss.
q EN- URGENCY. MONEY.
Circulating in Large Quantities in o.
cupied Northern France. IA.

Circulating in5Large Quantities in DC.
cupied Northern France, u.
" ,raa .(Associated aPress) tae .5..a.
I Amsterdam, Netherlands, August
l7AEmergeney money has long been
circulating inolArge quantities in &C.
cupied northern France. 1t is all of
paper similar material, varying from
stiff card board to parchment. Here 1t
lis printed III highly artistic, ,bbrrn,amntein-
tai style;' there II merely bears the
communal stamp with the mayors
signature. General Quartermaster
Hahndorff Is now %endeavoring to In
troduce some order into the situation,
according to a frontier correspondent,
and publishes a list II the approved
notes. All; paper. money below rs
,centimes'sR sAsmrican ~cents) is in
valid. Non-approved notes must be
exchanged beforsiths announced date.
Notes of the towns of Bapaurne,
Ham and.Noyon, taken by the EMten-
te armies, naturally fall in the cate
cory of those which must be with
drawn. A penalty Of from six months
to two years. Imprisonment lis pre-
for the ceunterfeitinis, circulat-
tioa and use of forged notes or the
alienation sof the saenuine notes.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-18
TRUSTEES SALE.

On August 2tst, 1917, within legal
hours L will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, at the
South door Of the court house of Le-
fore County, Mississippi, in the City
of Greenwood, under and for the pur-
pose of paying the, indebtedness Sc
cured by the deed Of trust executed by
Linnie Louise Cox, on September 2sth,
1916, to the undersigned R. G, De-
Loach as trustees for the' benefit 81 H.
F. 4McShane, recorded in book 10, at
page z, of the records Of mortgages
and deeds Of trust on land Of said
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-18
BEST SINGLE ADVERTISEMENT
GREENWOOD HAS.

BEST SINGLE ADVERTISEMENT
GREENWOOD HAS.
Mr.. J.. l.. Gillespie, Editor and Pub
Usher Commonwealth, Greenwood,
Miss:
Dear Sir:-I want to congratulate
you and the people of Greenwood on the
general character and success Of The
Daily Commonwealth. When it was
announced that a Daily for Green
wood was to be launched, in common
with many others, an ambitious ex-
cuse from a proud little city wal look
ed for, more than ANYTHING else. Few
believed that the town, Is ambitious;
prosperous, md solid as it is, could
or would really support rs solid md
substantial a daily paper ~ you are
publishing. geographically, editor.
tally, in local and general news. md
in high class, interesting advertising,
it ranks right Alone with the dal1:es |
Of cities numbering thirty and forty
sthousand inhabitants. One Is Sbls I
to subscribe for It for what Il is w9Fth3
not merely or V e partially III
Feeling u iocxl pride ~ dutysaitissthe
best single advertisement the city Of
- ssss.sazN IN nyrf1sNuHmERUtS.s
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-18
E JAFFAiIN RUINS.
Wss, Formerly the Port for Jerusa-
lem-Once Had 40, 1000 Population r

Was Formerly the Port for Jerusa.
lem-Once Had 10000 Population d
,43StlByi Associated Press.) Ta.r
New York, August l7,-The town of
Jaffa in Palestine, formerly the port
for Jerusalem virtually is in ruins, &C.
cording to information received from
Carlo Egypt, by the American, Com
mittee for Armenian and Syrian relief.
Jaffa was set on fire by the Turks, and
burned, after many buildings were dy-
nansited, sayshthe' message received by
the committee, which adds that of the
villages and hamlets within twelve
miles of Jaffa nothing remains but
heaps of ruins and ashes. "rt 1t
, "From q line extending three miles
north of fJaffa'ito the Judean noun
tains, not an iHhabitant remains nor
a dwelling" says the message. "All
government records have been taken
to Damacue and Nablus. The people
who were spared from massacre were
exiled to Hebron" trg@t , u gn@t
Jaffa formerly had population es-
timated at between 10000 and 49,
900. 1t contained several mosques,
churches, and converts, a bazaar, hos
pitfalls, hotels and fine gardens 1t is
connected with Jerusalem by a rail
way line fifty-four miles long. aa5a'sn