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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-31
crock OF CH1cKAMAUGA"

George Henry Thomas. the distin-
guished American: soldier, was born
on July 81. 1915, in Southampton
County, Virginia. He was graduated
from West Point in 1910 and served
with distinction in the Mexican war.
On the outbreak Of the Civil War
Thomas, true to his oath as a soldier
of the United States, adhered to the
Union cause. He commanded bri-
gade in the first Shenandoah cam
paign and, on January 10, 1862, won
the battle of Mill Springs, KY. In the
battle of Chickamauga, on Septem-
Der 10 and 20, 1868, Thomas stood
firm and resisted the concentrated
attack of the victorious Confederates
and it was here that he gained the
title Rock of Chickamauga." After
the battle Of Nashville. in which he
was victorious, he was appointed a
major general and Congress rendered
him a vote of thanks He died on
March %, 1870, as commander OF
the Military Division of the Pacific
Philadelphia reported SO degrees
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-31
THEATRICAL MAN DIES.

Rochester, n. Y, July 31-Dellon
N. Dewey, 81, for many years manager
of the Bostonians light opera COM
pany and friend of most of the
great actors and singers Of the last
third of century, died last night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-31
NEW CORPORATION.

A certificate of incorporation Of the
Sa1tman- Dick Company Of
Bridgeport, for wholesale trade in
groceries, was filed in the office of
the secretary of the state. yesterday
afternoon. The amount of capital
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-31
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

A special Red Cross benefit will be
held Thursday afternoon at the Tea
Tavern at which Mrs Jonathan Grout
and Mrs. Frank C. Hunt will be the
hostesses. All the funds will go
towards the work Of the Red Cross.
An orchestra will furnish music
throughout the afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-31
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION MAKE
STATEMENT PLAYING WARRENlTE
DENOUNC|NC ITS USE IN CITY

Refers Wilfu and Malicious Untruth" Spread I'm
known Persons to the Effect That the Association Has
Endorsed Warrenite- Compares Bridgeport to New
Haven and Says Latter Has Best Pavement and it
Was Laid at Less Cost.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-31

association are planning serious
program of study and constructive
work with lectures by persons outside
of the city for the coming year. Mrs
H. L. Smith, president, has already
procured some very notable speakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10

the work of raising armies and in mobihzing the country's resources. American troops are now being trained in sight of the French trenches, and shortly huge armies will begin drilling in concentration camps in the United States.
 Germany has been noting the en- ergy with which America is prepar- ing for battle. And it has noted, too, many other things this country is do- ing to compass the downfall of Prus- sian autocracy. The United States is supplying all the allies with war funds. It has checkmated German in- trigue in Russia; and it has heartened lovers of liberty everywhere.
 Germany will go on fighting It will hope against hope, until it is crushed; but with the air full of pessimism where heroic confidence had pre- vailed a continuance of the war will be a terribly gloomy proceeding for Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10

New York, July 1o.-(Special) )-Many have been the surmises of the predictions that before the end of 1917 the common stock of the United States corporation would, very likely, command as much as $50 a, share. But since the Senate has perfected the war revenue tax bill, no longer are there any forecasts or as high a market price of steel common as $50 share. Yet it is presumed that the corporation Is now earning and may con- tinue to earn for months, net prof1ts equivalent to s100 share. So also other corporations which are known to have earned unprecedented profits and whose shares were presumably steadily to in- crease in market value will be more likely to discover that there has been some depreciation in the market value, although the net profits, which reach high in the millions, will continue.
 This is one of the features associated with the pending war revenue bill which causes a great deal of comment in dnan- cial circles and among business men. It is one of many comments that are now made indicating that business and finance are still somewhat in doubt re- specting the operation and effect of that part of the new revenue tax law which fixes the tax to be paid to the govern ment upon so-ealled excess profits.
 It Is commonly said that the immediate effect of this bill, as soon as it shall be- come a law, will put an end to any spec ulative transaction in the stocks of the corporations of the United States. For if the government limits to a certain relatively small figure the percentage of net profits which any corporation may keep and disburse in diviends or put into surplus account, then all temptation to make speculative ventures in the stock of industrial companies will be eliminated from present-day conditions. Therefore, no imitation in the security markets of the kind which reflects specu- slation is likely to take place as long as this section of the war revenue bill is enforced.
 Another comment which is frequently made refers to the attitude of the gov ernment with respect to price fixing. The government presumably will buy within the next 12 or IS months commodities produced by American manufacturers and furnished by American harvests involving an expenditure of perhaps $10,000,000. The Secretary of the Treasury, MT. McAdoo, Is quoted as having said that the gov ernment must spend s1o,OoO,OOo within the next F months, eight-tenths of which will be secured by marketing loans of the American people and two-tenths by war revenue taxation.
 Will the government so fix prices as to allow a larger percentage of profit than the minimum upon which is to be based the computations which will fix excess profits? Should the government allow prices to be fixed in excess of this minimum then 1t would immediately, through its revenue collection depart ment, take back a portion of these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
Rirminchnn snirI.

Prior to his leaving Birmingham for Canton, O., where he went to become edi- tor-in-chtef of the Canton Daily News, J. B. Babb made remark at a dinner given in his honor at the Motion hotel, which might be well considered by Bir- minghamers, especially those who are always anxious to apply the knife to Bir- minghafn's civic organizations. said Frank Butler.
 MT Babb said: It makes me tired to hear Birmingham men talking about the Atlanta spirit. That is all bosh. If one travels west of Birmingham he immedi- ately hears about the Birmingham spirit It is just the old bunk a fellow uses when he's hard put for a hammer to make rap on Birmingham with There is no better spirit in the world than in Birmingham, and I point you to the meeting at the Civic association on Thursday night when the membership campaign of the Civic association closed D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
Government RenuIntinn

Business is more or less perp1exed by the intrusion of innumerabe new gov ernment activities" says Henry Clews of New York. Government regulation has come with a rush in all directions; in the office, in the shop and in the home. There is scarcely any sphere, public or private, into which the long arm of the government does not go, or shortly will go, and this movement has far exceeded the expectations of it's most enthusiastic devotees. Much of this new legislation is accepted as a necessary patriotic sac rifice. Little thought is given as to it's permanence after the war Some of it will undoubtedly be repealed, while con- siderable will remain. For sometime past industry has been mobilized for war purposes, and this week two very impor- tant measures are about to pass-the war tax bill and the food bill Capital and labor alike are feeling the pressure from this new legislation. and in the vast ma jority of cases both periodically submit without question:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
Note of Pessimnisra

Thr0ughout Germany II T was not until the United States 1 entered the world-conflict on the side of the entente allies that loyal Germans began to lose faith m their ability to triumph ultimately. Even after our Congress declared war the people of Berlin thought it was only bluff. The imperial chancellor knew better, but he kept the public keyed up to a high pitch of hope.
 Sentiment among the masses has been changing. A note of pessimism is heard throughout the empire. The Kaiser's soldiers are underfed and the people in general are feeling the pinch of hunger. Leather has become so scarce that the army probably will have to go without shoes this winter.
 The United States kept out of the struggle as long as possible. But the national honor was at stake; more over, humanity called. There was nothing left for the government to do but get ready for war.
 Rapid progress has been made ir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
LUKE NpLuKE SAYS

A man always forgets the letter his wife gave him to mail when he left the house. But he never forgets the quar- ter he gave her for spending money when he left the house.
 A week in hell is about the only thing that could scare some men into behaving themselves.
 Even if Congress does prevent us from getting a cool glass of beer 1t is re- lief to know that the drug stores are we'll stocked with Bunks Booze Bitters and other kinds of nose paint.
 Isn't it strange how quickly We take advantage of opportunities to do, the thing we shouldn't? It doesn't matter how hot it may be,
 an old-fashiored mother spends a lot dren will take cold. The graveyards are filled with people who are not susceptible to flattery. Give any boy half dozen bosses and the result is going to be bad boy. When they are first married she ofter worries for fear something might hap per to him when he is downtown. But later on she sometimes worries for feai something won't happen to him. There may be brighter people in the world than you are. But, somehow ol other, you never meet them | Some men have been caught up 1T 1 lies so often that even when they dc | tell the truth their wives won't believe them.
 l A fast young man is seldom ahead i of the time when he keeps an appoint
 ment.
 l A man can't help wearing red hair
 But it is his own fault if he let's hi 1 whiskers grow. | When a corn fed girl sits down any where just watch how she glances dowr
 at each hip to see if she is all in. l Lots of men are quiet and have littl Ito say until you get them started ol
 their pet hobby, and then you can
 shut them up.
 No man who has his eyesight shoul' ever grumble about anything. If a bIin' man can smile and be cheerful wher
 does your kick come in2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10

From "Recruiting," by Nelson Lloyd, In
 the July Scribner.
 S7F 100000 men did not spring to arms
 II between sunset and sunrise, it would S seem that 100000 women went out next day to find them, and they have been at it unrelentingly ever since. over the entire country an organized effort was begun to bring home to the men Of fighting age realization of the coun- try's danger and sense of their per
 sonal obligation. The fact that such a campaign was needed, even though the pending army legislation, is in itself evil dence of the vitalness of universal serv- ice We have disregarded Washington's s warning to prepare for war in time of peace, and now we are paying for 1t.
 Tn every city park the recruiting tents have sprung up; through every city street roll the motors bearing huge posters tell Ing you the country needs you; through the day everywhere are seen little crowds
 listening to the calls to patriotism. In
 such a campaign there seem to be two
 great factors of appeal. One is the little brown tent, with before 1t the
 outstanding, clear-eyed. clear-skinned soldier or sailor in his natty uniform.
 They are real men, these of our army
 and navy and they have a fine con tempt or pity for the pasty-faced young civilians who question them; they treat them as missionaries would who would
 lead them from the Gehenna of the shop to the Promised Land. where all men have bold chests and on their sleeves the stripes of honorable service.
 The second factor is woman. Such a campaign is no place for man unless he is in uniform or long past the fight ing age. When you are wandering along street and stop in little crowd gath- cred by recruiting motor, if you are conscious that your chast measures up to requirements. that your weight and height are in right proportion. that you are sound in wind and limb. that you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
Proud of College

T feel very much at home in Birming- ham,, said Dr. J. D. Simpson, former presiding elder of the Birmingham dis trict, and for several years president of Birmingham college, but I want to say that have in Athens one of the most delightful pastorates of my life. It is thrifty, growing town that believes in education. The Methodists of Alabama are proud of their female college at Ath- ems, which has had a remarkable history. Its success under Miss Mary Moore. now Mrs. James H. Mccoy, put it in the first rank amongIthe colleges for women in the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
FROM ATALANTA IN CALYDo.

CINVM A kA HAN n IN N<A1 A AS S~~~ By Algernon Charles Swinburne. Before the beginning of years
 There came to the making of man Time, with a gift of tears;
 Grief. with a glass that ran; Pleasure, with pain for leaven;
 Summer, with flowers that fell; Remembrance fallen from heaven, And madness risen from he'll Strength without hands to smite; Love that endures for a breath; Night, the shadow of light,
 And life, the shadow of death. And the high gods took in hand
 Fire, and the falling of tears, And a measure of sliding sand
 From under the feet of the years: x And froth and drift of the sea: And dust of the laboring earth; And bodies of things to be
 In the houses of death and of birth; And wrought with weeping and laughter. And fashioned with loathing and love. With life before and after
 And death beneath and above, For day and night and a morrow, That his strength might endure for .
 span
 With travail and heavy sorrow.
 The holy spirit of man. From the winds of the north and the
 south
 They gathered as unto strife; They breathed upon his mouth,
 They filled his body with life; Eyesght and speech they wrought
 For the veils of the soul therein. A time for labor and thought,
 A time to serve and to sin: They gave him light in his ways,
 and love, and space for delight, And beauty and length of days
 And night, and sleep in the night. His speech is burning fire;
 With his lips he travaileth: Tn his eyes forelxnowledge of death He weaves. and is clothed with derisions Sows. and he shall not reap; His life is watch or vision
 Between 2 sleep and sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
ADR RIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE NEW RUSSIANS

THE NEW RUSSIANS The rehabilitated Russ
 Is coming to the fore And showing pertinacity
 He lacked in days of yore. He's fighting for his country now And not the hated Czar; A soldier with that kind of zeal Is bound to carry far.
 SLIGHT RESEMBLANCE That tall, thin fellow, with a small head was warned not to go too far out in the water" Were the life guards afraid he might drown?'
 NO. They were afraid some of the more timorous bathers might mistake him for periscope."
 NOTHING NEW This poet sings, I dwell in shadow. '" That doesn't make me feel sorry for him."
 "Ne?" "Everybody these hot days is trying to stay on the shady side of the street."
 PARADOxICAL You say Glithersby was disappointed in love?"
 "yes."
 '.But>he has wife and 10 children" "so he has. Maybe he was disap- pointed in love because it declared too many dividends"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
Rut EeM Are Chosen

T didn't know it was so hard to get into the aviation corps" said E. N. Gull lom, the well known capitalist, sbut I understand that out of 326 applicants at Fort McPherson only 10 passed, and that, taking the camps at Fort Meyer and Fort Oglethorpe together with Fort McPherson. only 34 stood the try-outs. My son Charley is one of the boys at Fort McPherson seeking to get into the game, but have not yet heard whether he was successful"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
Artistic Temperament

Has Another ImEling
 r7HURNING aside a moment from
 U the war and the high cost of living, let us consider the artistic temperament as it flourishes in the neighborhood of South Norwalk, Conn, home of the late lamented "Phoenix" and it's brilliant editor, Michael Monahan, who is reported to have gone into the crass theatrical business-the commercial end.
 Highly dramatic proceedings in court resulted in a fine of $5 being assessed against Charles Hoag, Dutch sculptor, who is alleged to have thrown a pebble, stone or boulder at F. T. Hutchens, artist. At the hour of going to press Sculptor Hoag was still indignant and threatened to ap- peal his case, although not caring a stiver for the paltry sum of S5.
 It appears from the evidence that Artist Hutchens had wandered into the pelucid Silvermine river, a stream rich in poetic fancy, which wanders through that vicinity. He was gathering pebbles from the rivers bed, for what reason is not known. Sculptor Hoag regarded that particular part of the Silvermine as his own domain and hurled at the artist the aforesaid missile, to warn him that he was intruding.
 A distinguished company was in court and everybody seems to have had pleasant time except perhaps the plaintiff and the defendant. What a blessing 1t would be to humanity if all this worlds fighting were limited to the temperamental outbursts of esthetic souls, whose quarrels are idyllic and bloodless!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10

struction which was the dream of Count Zeppelin.
 The British must bestir themselves. While America is able and willing to supply an unlimited number of planes and pilots, the British should not wait for American help, lest it come too late. Germany may be planning for the immediate future raid which will make all others seem tame in comparison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
Money on Deposit

q was down at Luverne recently" said Harry Shorter, land was told by lead ing banker that his bank had more money on deposit than ever before in it's history. It seemed hard for him to real ize that in spite of the boil Eeevifs depredatons on cotton, the exodus of the negroes, and the war, that money was piling up in greater amounts than it used to do after the crops were mar keted."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
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SMALL TOWN STUFF

From the Sequachee (Tenn.) News.
 Walter Mason and best girl looked cute Sunday, while out walking.
 Miss Gladys Jordan was all smiles Sum- day.
 Miss Lillian Smith and Floyd Tate sure did look sweet Sunday
 Miss Ella Morrison sure did look like doll Sunday night.
 If you want to see J. H. Morrison blush. just name the little girl on the hill, and he will smile week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
WOMEN IN RECRUITING WORK

really would make a proper soldier or sailor. then you do not like to be told by an anaemic young man in spectacles it. But when a woman, motherly look ing woman of 50, suddenly reaches out shepherds crook and takes possession of you-that is different.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
Roof Garden ponu,.

Our roof garden is certainly popular these hot days" said J. B. Hollingsworth, secretary at the Birmingham Civic as- sociation. There is always good cool breeze blowing and the sun does not seem as hot as It is down on the pavement below. Nearly any afternoon a crowd of perspiring members can be seen in their coat sleeves and sitting back in their chairs seeking relief from the torrid heat of the July sum-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
Concert Orchestras
 Affected By War

Concert Orchestras Affected By War
 | 1T T is reasonable to suppose that the N dozen or more first-class concert orchestras in the United States will be affected by the army draft. Many of the best instramentalists are under thirty-one years of age. The places of those musicians who have to turn soldier can be filled, but not by play CTS of as high quality as the men who now have the choice positions.
 It is probably easier to find good violinists than good wood-wind or good brass artists. This is because the number of violin students is all ways large, while only compara- lively few study reed instruments and fewer still trumpets or French horns.
 St. Louis has one of the best of the symphony orchestras, but it has a struggling existencea and there is some talk of it taking "year off on account of the war" It is to be hoped it will do nothing of the sort. No orchestra is self-supporting, no mat ter if it plays to full houses season after season. These fine symphony organizations, for which the United States is now noted, are made possi- ble only by endowments or liberal guarantors.
 For several years San Francisco had maintained a concert orchestra of the second class, but two years ago pub lic-spirited citizens decided they would have something in class with Chicago, Cincinnati, New York and Boston. They raised the money and engaged as conductor Alfred Hertz, one of the most celebrated musicians in this country. Hertz had been one of the conductors of the Metropolitan opera house and when he accepted the San Francisco position he did it on the condition that the orchestra should number not less than eighty men and that the pay should be suf- ficient to command high talent.
 The concerts did we'll last season, but there was heavy deficit. The committee charged with the duty of getting up the guarantee fund for the season of 1917-18 is finding the work difficult. It was proposed to re- duce the size of the orchestra, but MT. Hertz wouldn't agree to that. It was next proposed to reduce the number of concerts, but that would result in a deterioration of the quality of per- formance. The oftener the men play together the more finished the en- semble. The wealthy people of. San Francisco may bestir themselves at the last minute and make their sub scriptions generous enough to save the orchestra.
 The older generation of concert goers can remember when such famous orchestras as Theodore Thomas conducted toured the coun- try with forty-five men and appeared in New York with only fifty-five or sixty men. Of course the larger the body of strings the greater the sorority; and sorority is what all leaders now strive for. But if San Francisco is not strong enough to maintain an orchestra of eighty, MT. Hertz should "come down" bit to meet the situation. Hertz is disposed to be autocratic, but even an artist of his rank cannot afford to be too dictatorial. He could make an orches- tra of sixty sound mighty well. When he directed "Parsifal" in Birmingham few years ago he had an orchestra of fifty-nine.
 Note of Pessinmisna
 Thr@ughouG Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
PUTTING IT OFF

Ere long a quart of liquor
 will bring a fancy price, And he who starts to buy one Will think about it twice, And tumble with his money
 And wrestle with his thirst And then conclude by saying, 'Tll do without 1t first"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR pRuNKs

From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
 Sioux City, Ia.-An electric chair which will convey just enough Juice" to make the person sitting in it think he is on needles, has been built at the police sta ton for use of drunken prisoners who are obstreperous. An annoying voltage is the way the builders describe the current that will be used
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-10
SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT
From the Talladega Home.

From the TaIladega Home.
 Let Birmingham crow over it's pur- chase of -mar bonds. it's contributions to the <Red Cross. and it's large regis traticx percentage. Alabamas metropolis ha. &ot something to crow over there, as y/6Il as many other things. where it is 4cock of the walk" in this part of the national domain.