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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
Christianity and War

There believed Christianity and absolutely Quakers religious denomination have held this Tolsto believed the only Christian individual naon Bernard Shaw told the English people that all right to fight supdy inconsistent preach Christianity the tme~
 There which ndputably unchrisan War for for the sake the sake of liberty the columns of such He will assuredly march.
 another interpreter Romans If it be sible much leh live peaceably with all men, forbade selfish forbid unsesh He bring but nhering earth himself; neither he the the depedatons the 
 Christians ought forgive times things 0
 establish freedom they and children might free attain the demands they fought this light all nations
  with ideals much it's behalf Christian hell, injustice oppression heUs deeper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
MVOODOoIsM,

Julian Street in Golfers.
 Voudouism, which was brought by the early slaves from the Congo, is witch craft of the maddest kind involving the most hideous performances It is said that hoodoo is something of which a French negro is very much afraid, and that his fear is justifiable for the reason that the throwing of a ''wanga," or curse, may also involve the administering of subtle poisons made from herbs.
 A friend of mine who has seen several Voudou seances says that they are un- believably weird and horrible. The Vou- dous will make a gumbo, put a snake in it, and then devour it, and they will wiring a cats neck and drink it's blood. And. of course, along with these loath- some ceremonies go incantations, chants, dances and frenzies, sometimes ending in catalepsy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
HOTEL LOBBIES
Should stand Together

''The approaching visit of Secretaries Baker, Houston, Lane and other officials afford the people of Birmingham an op- portunity to demonstrate their faithful ness to Muscle Shoals" said James H. Finder
 in their zeal advocated a nitrate plant at Lock r. They did not intend that their suggestion should operate against Muscle Shoals, but nevertheless it is doing so. The citizens of the great Ten nessee valley have resented the sugges- tion and regard it as inimical to the de- velopment of the Tennessee river project.
 Now Birmingham does not want to sacrifice the friendship of those whose friendship in return has been rightly earned Birmingham is a unit for Muscle Shoals, regardless of Lock r. Let us show this on March 10 by wearing some appropriate badge and by attendance at the hearing.
 Announcement of the location of the nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals would stimulate all Alabama and Birmingham is the very heart of Alabama. We have more than a sentimental interest We have a practical business interest. Let's stand shoulder to shoulder with our north Alabama friends for the develop ment whose benefits we will share in com mon with them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04

6dHE exposure of the plots of Ger
 many against this country, and
 her dastardly acts with her sub marines have forced us into practical state of war
 We must protect American citizens and our shipping on the high seas; and whether or not there be any declaration of war, such condition practically exists.
 President Wilson has proven himself an executive of real ability. He has handled the embarrassing situation well. He has been conservative; yet courageous and wise. He feels the responsibility of his position and is prepared for any act necessary to protect the dignity and the rights of this country. He realizes that we are almost at war and is making preparations to go to the extreme limit. The pacifsts in Congress have sought cover and the executive has the neces- sary powers to act for the government up to the point of an actual declaratio of war.
 President Wilson has shown in his every act, both as an individual and as an executive, that he is real man.
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 While we all regret war, or prospects, of war, the present situation means most extreme business activity in this Bir- mingham iron and steel district Every plant in it. capable of converting iron and steel into finished material, is get ting every order from the government which it can possibly fill, and plants for the making of war material will spring up in every section of this iron district There should be period of phenomenal activity within this section, and those who want to be prosperous can be.
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 I spent last week in Washington, and was amazed at the activity in the war and navy departments. This country is preparing with as much energy as was England immediately after the declara- ton of war more than two years ago. I was told in Washington, that while England and France will desire addi- tional loans from this country, and will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04

General Won Ludendorf may or may not have said that the United States army made him laugh, but he's the cock of the walk in Germany and laughs at anything he pleases.
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 Years from now the American mem be giving out interviews to the news papers based on their experiences in Germany.
 Jewellers are rejoicing because short skirts have increased the sale of ankle watches. The ankle watch is not worn primarily to tell the time O day by
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 It is gratifying to know that Thomas W. Lawson has once more retired to comparatively private life
 It's wonder some enterprising band of thieves hasn't stolen the steel frame of the Roden building.
 * * * A gerat many students of seed cat a1ogues merely take an academic inter- est in gardening.
 It is now said that Villa is a negligi- ble factor in Mexico, but you never can tell about Villa.
 The Cuban revolution shows signs of being unable to survive the frown of Uncle Sam.
 It is taken for granted that the Hon. Tom Marshall is standing behind the President. s5 In a great national crisis Uncle Joe" Cannon still retains his sense of humor
 x * * The high price of onions is not caus- ing consternation in gasoline circles Monday, March 5, will be a great day for silk hats in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
Farm Products to
 Bring High Prices

66HIS will be a good year for crop N diversification. Everything the farmer raises will be in demand at high prices. Ordinarily the marketing problem has to be considered, but, like cotton, all kinds of foodstuffs and all kinds of live stock will be sought this year at top quotations.
 In view of the active conditions tillers of the soil are being urged by the United States department of ag ricuiture and state commissioners of agriculture to plant a large variety of things to eat. Not foot of tillable ground should be allowed to lie idle.
 Tn normal years the industrious farmer in this part of the country can make money if he plants wisely. With the next harvesting he should simply be rolling in wealth, for the demand for every product will be exceptional.
 Alabama should make a record corn crop and record hay crop. It should increase it's dairy output and it's poul- try production. A special effort should be made to raise large crop of Irish potatoes. In fact, all the minor crops should receive brisk at tention. Everything that comes out of the ground will not only pay abundantly this year, but high-class farming will advertise Alabama as never. before and greatly enhance land values. Certainly this should be a busy spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
Military Service
 Gains I'm Favor

THE universal military training 4 and service measure is gaining in favor and will continue to gain un- til some such proposition as IS now before the Senate military committee is adopted. It is not militarist move ment, although the pacifists insist that it Is. A year of intensive training with the colors would be a wholesome experience for any youth of l9 or 20. It would stimulate his manly in stincts and brace his feeling of patriotism. Some boys have a predi- lection for soldier life; but universal training, which means compulsory, is the only democratic way, for it puts every young man on an equal footing, so far as serving his country goes.
 The pending measure will come prominently before the Sixty-fifth Congress. The administration is un- derstood to be committed to the principle of universal training. De- tails will. be considered later. As to whether Congress will adopt the bill drawn by committee from the war college and indorsed by the general staff of the army will depend largely upon public sentiment.
 Only vigorous campaign of educa- tion caused the Presidents prepared ness programme to become popular. When the time comes similar cam paign will be launched for universal training and service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04

want provisions and war material, that they will insist that no Amrican troops te sent to the war zone. The British ambassador claims that the allies have every man necessary for the fighting zone They only need war material and food stuff. With ammunition and sup plies, the British officials will be satis- fled, and the best opinion in Washing ton is that this government will not find it necessary to go further than to pro- tect American shipping in delivering American goods to England, France. Italy and Russia.
 Our navy will be active, but the army, except for coast defense, and possibly on the Mexican border, will probably not be needed.
 The chances are, however, that there may be an hundred thousand or more enthusiastic belligerent Americans who will go to England and FranNe to offer their services as have a number of Ameri- can aviators
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 Regardless of submarine activity, Amer jeans continue to travel back and forth to Europe. A cable in the New York Herald announces that two hundred American buyers were in Paris during the past week purchasing dresses, and that many of them are returning home by the regular French liners and some are re- turning by way of Spain and Cuba Among them are a large percentage of women buying for the big department stores and modistes in New York. The women, it seems from the cable, are more concerned over their merchandise reach ing the market safely than they are in their personal safety.
 It seems that they have purchased a quantity of dress models in what is known as the new pegtop draped short skirts and long evening dresses, to be launched on the American public at the March fashion displays in New York.
 War or no war, the American women are to be provided with the latest Paris models, and 1t S, ems that the American
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

You can't please woman. If her hus- be nd hangs around the house every night she wishes he would go out once in awhile like other husbands. And if he goes out every night she wishes he would stay around the house like other husbands.
 Another fairy tale: Once upon a time a woman made a date to meet her hus- band at o'clock and was there at 5 o'clock.
 A single man realizes that~he is home less So he gets married and is home less than he should be.
 What has become of the old ashioned girl who always carried fan when she went to a party or a dance. and who knew the code of signals used in fan flirtati
 The reason a man goes around yelp- ing that he didn't get a wink of sleep last night is because he means that he didn't get to pound his ear more than five or six hours.
 When a girl is small enough to wear knee-length dresses she wants long ones. And when she is big enough to wear long ones she wants the knee length kind.
 No wonder the stork Is discouraged. Nowadays young married couples try to shoot him because a garage is more inn portant than nursery, and there would
 be no coin left for certified milk and paregoric after the gasoline Is paid for. You may get single man to believe that figures don't lie, but it is differ ent with the married man who discoy- CTS that the perfect 36 he thought he was getting is nothing but an imper- feet 23.
 One reason why a man expects his girl to have lot of business sense after he marries her is because he knew she didn't | have any before he married her. Even if woman did weigh her words she wouldn't gain anything. She would always throw in a lot for good measure | married man is a blame sight more afraid of his wife than he is of his con- science.
 | Two married men can be friendly enough to share other secrets. But neither will ever admit to the other that he helps his wife wash the supper dishe. at night
 | Any busy man can tell you that if mos, people would only remember the answers ! to half the questions they ask, most peo | pie would have good educations. A corn fed girl would do more walk | ing to reduce her circumference only sht
 knows that the exercise would merely add to the development of her props ant
 hips
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04

D,d vou know that Birmingham was q ,aader in the Sunday school work? That the Sunday school people or thls district were pioneers in number or twentieth century Sunday school meth ods?
 haven't the time to tell the full story, but will call attention to the Birmingham Graded union. which meets every Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the First Methodist church.
 Beginning February 14 to May 28 Is the second semester for the training courses in each of the six departments. Teachers taking notes on the lectures will receive a certificate for attending 12 out of the 15.
 Rocks for all departments of Sunday school work may be obtained from the library Of the Birmingham Graded union. and also from the branch li- brary of the Alabama Sunday School as sociation. I'll Title Guarantee building.
 . looked recently in on the pody or consec rated and enthusiastic teachers and was really surprised to find so many of the various churches repre- sented by prominent workers.
 The list of officers shows that some of the leading religious women of Bir- minsham are alert to the importance of Bible study. Here Is list: President-Mrs. s. P. Moore. First Vice President-Mrs. von l. Thompson.
 Taylor.
 Hattie Weakley.
 Treasurer-Mrs 0. J. Conwell. Musical Director-Miss Annie Will Hams. Assistant-Miss Ruth Fort Librarian--Miss Pearl Moore. To show that they are doing higf grade work. will give some of tht activities of the union The leaders are all experts. and many of the teach
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04

CTS are widely known in their churches as well informed Biblical scholars.
 Beginners Department-Topic. 1925 o'clock. Problems" Miss Batchelder.
 i. The management of the depart ment.
 8 The worker training herself for her work. 8. Environment. (. Teaching reverence in elementary grades B. The substitute teacher problem. 6. The planned programme work. 2. Tho planned programme correlated work. 8. Home cooperation. 9. Eye teaching. 10. Handwork. | II. Mothers meetings. | 12. Department day. 1a The departmental workers coun- cil. IA Broadening our vision. | 15. The workers reward.
  Primary-Topio, 1925 o'clock, "The Child's Religious Life" Mrs. s. P. Moore. l. Individual differences. 2. Inter-relations between mind and body. 8. Wise use of memory. Teen-Age Department-Topic, Il o'clock Religious Education" Mrs. s. P. Moore. l Mrs. Moore Is giving this training course to the primary and teen-age de- partments at separate hours and so planned as to meet the needs of teach CTS of these grades. Adult Department-Topic, 1925. ''Re- 1igious Pedagogy" Mrs. Oscar Rein hart. | 1. Inspirationa1 teaching.
 g. The inspirational teacher. B. The Sunday school teacher. l The Bible school-it's purpose l and methods. 5. Elements of inspirational teach- | ing.
 6. Gods truth--a related wfole-the l teachers truth.
 2. The Holy Spirit, the teachers con. scious inspiration.
 s. The teacher-her fourfold relation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE SITUATION
 AS REGARDS WAR AND OTHER MATTERS

women buyers have the nerve to risk their lives in their business.
 The cable story from Paris would indi- cate that there are four or five women buyers to every man buyer risking their lives to go to Paris for American con- cerns
 Speaking about the war situation, 1t nav not he amiss to call attention to the fact that all the important news is printed these days in the morning newspapers.
 The Age-Herald is driven each day to the necessity of large display headlines and big news type because of the impor- tance of its news
 The Age-Herald is fortunately possessed of a staff of young men who know news and know how to handle it and comment upon 1t as 1t comes fresh from the wires. The Age-Herald not only has the exclu- sive Associated Press service in the morn ing field, including its great Sunday morn- ing edition, but it has a special Washing ton office in charge of Hugh Roberts. %1, 1~,.; act nd a of American newspaper men.
 No newspaper in the south, and few in this country, are to be compared with 1t in it's news service and as & newspaper throwing bouquets at home. but the facts warrant it.
 Although this newspaper is paying almost a fabulous price for whites paper today, the demand for 1t every morning is 50 great that 1t is using nearly double the quantity of paper daily over that used  two months ago, and that in fa,ce of the fact that its subscription price has been increased and every subscribereis required to pay in advance.
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 All this merely means thatsthe Birming- ham District and Alabama lis on the qui vive; that 1t is up to date sand Is active in the doings of the world today.
 That this section Is in the swim with the speediest and best and most prosperous of America is the firm belief of
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
RncheIors Must Pay

T have been debating this marriage proposition a long time" said Sol Ca heen. q always figured that there was quite a bit of falacy connected with that little theory that two can live more cheaply than-one. However, l have about changed my mind, and moreover, l have about decided to get married before next January. The other day when l went to pay my income tax, I found that had to pay $20 more than Ferd. And when l wanted to know why, l found it was be- cause I have no wife. Of course, l told them I couldn't help it, but that does not go with the government. And next January, you know, we have to pay in come tax again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
THE RUSSIAN CIVILIAN RETREAT From Arthur RuhIs ''Volga Refugees, in Golfers Weekly.

THE RUSSIAN CIVILIAN RtEihDAA From Arthur Ruhls ''volga Refugees"
 in Golfers Weekly.
 The trains, damned with people, already weakened by weeks of tramping in winter, dropping handfuls along the way. Fifty would be assigned to this station, a hundred to that. Doors were opened, the number counted off. the train started again. Sometimes families kept together. sometimes not. There were all sorts of illnesses on these trains, para lyzed old women lying in the cold for days, unable to move. Hands and feet were frozen: people died where they lay These things happened, not becauaa any body willed it or wished it, but because there was no plan, no means to carry out a plan if there had been one-no other way.
 There were relief stations. but they were drop in the bucket-a pail Of milk sometimes for a regiment of hungry babies. The fugitives. sleeping on the ground, where they sometimes scorched their bare feet overnight with their own fires, drinking any sort of water, living on half cooked vegetables. came down with all sorts of diseases. There were typhoid, rheumatism, dysentery. among the children scarlatina- Tn a sort of panic fear of being lost the people from different neighborhoods tried to keep to- gether, yet continually were separated. man went to wait in bread line and his friends forgot him. A mother got off the train to fill her teakettle from the hot water tank. which is a fixture al every Russian station, and the train went off without her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04

ment to visitors from "wet" cities, will soon be seen no more.
 The express companies could well afford to laugh at the inroads made on their business by the parcel post, so long as they were transporting thousands of packages of liquor into prohibition states. This business brought them in an enormous revenue, which is now to be cut off, and at present it doesn't look as if the ex- press companies will ever again act as common carriers of liquor to thirsty mortals.
 Birmingham has bought most of it's whisky from Tennessee since the prohibition law went into effect in this state. Just how many packages were shipped in every week is largely matter of conjecture, but they ran into the thousands. The activity at the Terminal station was sufficient indication that large quantity of whisky was being consumed.
 Hereafter the person who wants drink and "has to have it" will be compelled to journey to the nearest "wet" city. It is hard to see how the new law can be evaded, since the only way liquor can be transported into this or any other prohibition state is by automobile or in boats.
 It has been suggested that enter prising "bootleggers" may try air ships and airplanes for supplying their "trade" with intoxicants, but if they use this method they will have to fly high and land on dark night to avoid being caught.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
Alabanna Faces
 Prolonged Dr0utE

NHYHEN President Wilson signed wv the postoffice appropriations LII yesterday, containing the Reed dry amendment, the new law went into effect. Frantic efforts were he,nr made in Congress last night to 1nnke July the date for it's operation. Tic waiting lines at the local express \ .ffnces, which were an offense to
 sl citizens and source of amuse-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
Help Labor Situation

While I do believe that the industrial men of Birmingham are sincere in their belief that the location of the armor plate plant would not help the labor situation here, similar condition has worked well in Illinois," said J. H. Doughty, general agent for the Frisco railroad, yesterday
 At Rock Island, the government has big plant for the manufacture of wagons and many other war supplies. The eight hour law has been in force for number of years. But despite this condition, there are automobile factories, industrial plants and other businesses there and in towns nearby which have not been affected by the government plant, it's wages and hours
 "These industries have not suffered for labor, although they operate on 1o-hour- day plan.
 q sincerely trust that the armor plate plant comes to Birmingham for it would be a splendid addition for the city,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04
CHANGED

While looking back, how long it seems Since H. Ford cherished splendid dreams Of steaming OCT and bringing peace To Europe making warfare cease Like magic, by single word, It's pleasing import gladly heard. From out each trench the boys would
 climb, Convinced that fighting was crime. But Henry's had change of heart, Pacificism's played it's part With him and with some others, too, Whose patriotism's broken through The snug, pacifical veneer, Which many think akin to fear, And dauntlessly they'll face the foe, If need be, dealing blow for blow.
 LATE IN THE EVENING
 "Who are these noisy persons?"
 "A political leader and party of his satellites"
 "A satellite is moon, is it not?"
 T believe SOL
 Most of these moons seem to be half full"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-04

BEGINNING THE DAY-Abdui Baha said: sF'reedom is not mat ter of place. It is a condition. was thankful for the prison, and the lack of liberty was pleasing to me- for l was i'm the path of service. Unless one accepts vicissitudes he will not attain. To me prison IS freedom: troubles rest me; incarce- ration Is an open court; death ia life. and to be despised is honor"