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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

Barton w. Currie says
 "A century or so hence some distn- guished scientist will go off by himself, in an isolated bungalow or igloo, ana write comprehensive history of the boil ,r eevil."
 His idea Is he may take 10 years at it, or he may never quite finish the 1on' leaving only million or so words m manuscript form to his heirs and assigns; and by the time they get 1t into print and ready for public consumption the boil weevil may be as defunct an issue in cotton production as was the tarlH III the last presidential campaign
 I knew the Egyptians would get Into the cotton game in some way. Just ler anybody start something and think it's new and up comes some one saying, put YOU overlooked those Egyptians" Now comes a writer saying: Cotton growers in Egypt and India tell you that If the ho,l weevil is 50 per cent efficient as a dastrover tha mink bollworm Is POO per cent efficient.
 "This terrible pink 'un is new pest He first appeared in Egypt as destroyer eight years ago.
 C,,rrte says: Unlike the boil weevil, the pink worm does not make long aerial tournevs. It develops eventually into a moth, but makes only feeble and snort flights. It deposits its larvae in the cot ton seed, and in this way the pest may he transported to the ends of the earth
 unless extreme precautions are taken " prevent it."
 l I saw map in the Country Gentleman l showing the march of the boil weeVh III
 25 years. Starting on the banks or the | Rio Grande, he has made his way across country to Georgia. It took him hVe
 years to cross Alabama.
 I never took the pestering bug seriously until a few years back, when he got to l piercing the bolls of Alabama cotton.
 wasn't long before letters from rarihers 1 in the stricken districts began to pou' ,nto my office. I then sat up and begar to take notice.
 I A friend of mine big planter Whs Hives in Montgomery and runs big pianta l tions across the Alabama river, said t' me. "A few years back some Misslsspp planters visited Montgomery and mad' a talk on the ravages of the boil weevi' lThey told us that we were no roing to believe them. Sure enough, WI didn't said he but fresh from his cot ltonless fields he sadly said: They neve told it half as bad as 1t is"
 But I never realized just what the mis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
TINED BRACE SAYS ALABAMGIANS DO NOT APPRECIATE GRAVITY OF SITUATION

nate if the wrath of the people went no further
 "A man may be honest and yet be dangerous to the country. He has no right to deny, set aside, and seek to defeat the military plans of his gov ernment no matter how conscientious he may be. The chairman of com mittee in Congress holds place of trust. It is not created for the pur- pose of giving extra weight to his trust when he employs his place to substitute his personal plan for the plan of the commander-in-ch and the people.
 What did the declaration of war mean when 1t directed the President to employ the entire naval and mili- tary forces of the United States and pledged all of the resources of the country to bring the conflict to suc- cessful termination?
 Did it mean that this was subject to the revision of S. Hubert Dent and the House committed? Did it mean that experiments should be made first with a system that has already been proved to be failure, and that only eventually, after the volunteers have been killed, the en- tire military strength shall be used?"
 
 I quote all the above merely to show the feeling of the government on these matters. There be no politics in Wash lngton now. The whole people are to- gether for the nation. Alabama's people and the south's people do not appreciate the gravity of the situation.
 For Gods sake, men, women and chll- dren at home wire and write your con- to stand with the powers that They know the details of what the allies have confronted and they know the dan- gers that confront America and the north and the east and the south and the west today. The detail cannot be printed, but the reader may full well believe that there is not desire to be sensational on the part of
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
COTTON-By Frank Willis Barnett

erable cotton eating buy had done until I took a trip out l5 miles from Marion and saw scores of white men and hun dreds of negroes at work on the public roads who were receiving federal aid.
 This may not be cheerful story. It wasn't meant to be. It merely seeks to tell the truth. I agree with Mir Currie that it would be utter foolishness to at- tempt to discount the menace of the boil weevil, and the enormous economic dam age this pest has accomplished. on the pleasant theory that it has been a bless ing In disguise. Relatively here and there 1t may have proved a blessing in disguise. On the other hand, throughout broad areas 1t has swept away in few months what cannot be replaced for dec- ades. The weevil has brought ruin to tens of thousands, 1t has caused money losses that must aggregate hundreds of millions. The days of dreading it's ap- proach are now almost over. Compara- lively there is but a strip of the cotton belt left for 1t to invade. Possibly in two or three years 1t will have made a grand slam of its invasion The problem for the future will then be. how to raise cotton where the weevil is?'
 While Mrs. Mathis Is preaching the gospel of diversification, know some big planters who hold that cotton is the only crop the negro tenant is capable of making.
 Somehow In the dozen or more talks I have heard her make she has convinced me that the agricultural salvation of Alabama will come only as our farmers man and beast. At this hour 1t Is not only the wise but patriotic thing to do.
 Now comes President Wilson saying: Upon the farmers of this country, therefore in large measure, rests the fate of the war and the fate of the na- tions. May the nation not count upon them to omit no step that will increase the production of their land or that will bring about the most effectual co-opera- ton In the sale and distribution of their products?"
 I spent the night in & farmers home. Next morning negro on mule
 rode up to the front gate and handed his landlord a note. I got to talking to him.
 Said he, for he was an old time darky:
 Young Master, if you wants to keep boil tweevils from eating up your cotton, just
 plant you patch near de house and de
 chickens will eat em up." If this be true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Czar and Kaiser
 Both the Same

N LTHOUGH they differ in spell A ing and pronunciation, Czar and Kaiser are the same. They show how the word Caesar has changed it's form during nearly two thousand years.
 As every schoolboy knows, or should know, the Roman emperors took the name of the first emperor, Julius Caesar, who in addition to being general of parts, was the foremost war correspondent of his time, whose 'copy' was so good that it has been a textbook for centuries. When the Holy Roman empire was founded by Charlemagne he was crowned Caesar, of which the Frankish form was Kali ser. Following the establishment of the modern German empire, the Elm peror William I, grandfather of the 
 present ruler, assumed the title of Kaiser.
 The rulers of the eastern empire, which succeeded the old Roman em- pire, with Constantinople as it's capi- tai, also called themselves Caesar. The same practice was followed by petty chieftains and princes in the terri tories surrounding the eastern empire, who called themselves Caesar, or Czar. The Czar of Muscovy eventual ly conquered all the others and be- came practically the only surviving Car, although the King of Bulgaria took the title when he had himself crowned some years ago.
 To the average person the Czar was the autocrat of all the Russias Nicholas Romanoff, the last of tn, Romanoffs to hold the title, is now { private citizen, a forlorn prisoner II one of his palaces, and reports iron Germany indicate that the Raise may also be retired to private life be fore many more moons. There ar still quite number of kings in tn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

let's combine chickens and cotton and reduce the cost of eggs
 CTS hope that many farmers will try out the old negros theory of destroying the boil weevil If they don't, here Is one Baptist preacher who does A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

.NNT AsHINeroN April sl.-(spe-
 wv cial)-The patriotism and
 the enthusiasm round about Washington is exhilarting.
 Every man. woman and child here is for his country There is no criti- cism or comment except about the halls of Congress, where few con- gressmen are awaiting to hear from home. Some of them have both ears to the ground listening for home opin- ions. rather than to lead the folks at home.
 Most of the Alabama congressman are holding back on the administration conscription bill and are inclined against the President and the war de- partment in their army plans acquired from the mistakes of the English and based upon common sense. Most of the Alabama congressman want volunteers with squirrel rifles to go into modern warfare. They don't discriminate be- tween the machine fighting of the present day and the volunteer courage of the past.
 Because George Ward is a good rifle shot they want him to volunteer and let him go to the front with his truaty rifle, when they know a trained army officer would turn him down and put him to work in a machine shop and send a mechanic to the front to oper- Gordon Crawford and H. c. Ryding of the Tennessee company volunteer to go to the front with their shotguns because they are good clay pigeon shooters and have full physical cour- age, rather than stay at home and make shot and shell and explosives for modern mechanical warfare.
 They would let Ross Smith take that slaughter quail to the front rather than keep him at home to furnish the railroads with coal to operate trains to transport troops to the coast.
 These good old Alabama congress- men with their jim swinger coats, their physical courage, sweet manners and gentle consideration of the moth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
ETIQUETTE OF THE KANSAS LID

From the Wichita Beacon.
 In reply to the question: "Pleace tell when and whero are. or is. the correct time for gentleman to lift or remove his hat" we reply. without consulting authorities on estiquette. in fact. giving. 1t to you ofr-hand, so to speak. we should say at the following times and on the following occasions: Respectively. the hat should be removed as circumstances Indicate; when mopping the brow, when taking bath. when eating, when going to bed, when taking up a collection. when having the hair trimmed, when having a shampoo. when standing on the head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
CHANGE FOR INVENTORS

From the Rochester Democrat and
 Chronicle,
 There is a demand in the dry states, so the Birmingham Age-Herald says, for suitcase that will not leak. The move ment for nation-wide prohibition ought to stimulate inventive genius in this direc- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
HOTEL LOBBIES
Talk of &6O Iron

There are all sorts of rumors abroad as to the future of the pig iron and steel industry, and while there is apparently no uncertainty regarding the fact that prices are going up, there does seem to be some speculation as to just how hign they will go,' says Rogers, Brown X Co. S weekly statement. Many iron mas ters are predicting $50 iron at Birming- ham in the very near future. Glancing backward, we find that a year ago to- day southern No. 2 foundry iron was being quoted at from $15.25 to sls.
 This price looked very attractive to the producers and anyone at that time suggesting that before a year rolled around southern No. ? iron would be selling at s37 to $40 would have had diff ficulty in discovering any optimistic enough to believe such a prediction. In view of the continued advances in all districts and to the comfortable looking order books of the southern producers, $50 pig iron for shipment during some DOT ton of the balance of this year does not seem so improbable.
 "Foundry irons have claimed consider able attention during the past week. Many orders were placed and inquiries are still out for this grade of iron in lots varying from 100 or 200 to 15,ooO tons. Most of the buying has been done for shipment during the first six months of next year. Spot shipment iron is quite scarce and those furnaces which are not completely sold up have for the most part withdrawn from the market tempo rarily, expecting higher values Price advances have been registered in practi- cally every district and it is difficult to ascertain the market on any brand, for each transaction has to be taken up in- dividually."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

Good Roads association is now pledged to "agitate" for legislation along that line. It may be two or three years before Congress acts, but the $75,- 100000 appropriation is proving so helpful that the annual commitment is sure to follow, Every governor in this country is an ardent advocate of the proposition. When next years meeting of the association is held at Little Rock public sentiment will have crystallized for the proposed continu- ing appropriation of $5O,000,000. This rich and populous country can not go too fast in building great high ways.
 A demented young man-demented or intoxicated-tried to take Billy Sundays place while the evangelist was preaching in New York. Cops hit the sawdust trail and he was elected.
 A patent medicine company publishes a testimonial ostensibly written by child years old. Infants in arms will soon be speaking a good word for their favorite nostrum.
 The bride of war groom says her man is not afraid, but she was afraid for him; so they got married. There Is noth- ing like having your fear in your wffe's name.
 Gaby Deslys is once more setting Lon don chappies by the ears, but it is not claimed that she is receiving any bou- quets from former King Manuel. * * * Maybe the scribe who wrote that Men del and Sons wedding march was played at wedding had been circulating too freely around the punch bowl. *
 that bone -dry' prohibition won't make any difference to them There are all kinds of optimists in this world. 1 * * * 1 Birmingham has been crammed full of oratory and parades for a week and the average small boy has found school a greater bore than ever.
 Maybe one reason why the lounge liz to war is because they know they ought to be shot.
 There must be something wrong with the kind of efficiency that will permit of af strike in the Krupp works. | The poets are mobilizing to write new national anthem That means more work for down-trodden editors. j: * * l The captain of battleship dimes alone. but why should he care, when he gets the best the market affords? * * *
 If the Germans discover that von Hin denburg is not a superman after all, they may be willing to quit. * <. !;
 The more one sees of latter-day clowns, the more one laments the untimely end of "Slivers" Oakley l * * <
 Time was when the Kaiser expressed contempt for the British army. That's ancinet history now. | * s l Cape Cod is going to keep on hearing reports of naval battles until one ma terializes.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
A SPRING THOUGHT.

A SPRlNG IE1OO0fdI- Somewhere a breeze Signs through the trees Above rippling stream; A placid pool, Rock-girt and cool,
 Has caught the sunlight's gleam Somewhere doth dwell The subtle spell
 Of April's changing mood Some tranquil spot Where cares forgot
 And life dissensions rude. Somewhere a heart Grown sick of mart
 And toll and strife, might be Attuned to notes From feathered throats In vernal ecstasy.
 OVERHEAD CHARGES. What did that new hat cost?' Five dollars That's the initial cost "Yes?" q expect to spend three times that much checking it this summer
 PRIDE OF POSSESSION. I will little garden make And do my civic duty; I've lately bought a hoe and rake, And each one is a beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Many Veterans
9EilI I4o@Ik HaIe

WILL the Confederate reunion to WV be held in Washington In June be the last? There is some talk that it will be, but why not continue these gatherings several years yet? Just before Birfningham's 1916 re- union many prominent veterans were in favor of making this the last, on the ground that large proportion of the survivors were too feeble to travel long distances or to participate in a parade. But the majority of those attending took a different point of view and gladly accepted the national capitals invitation.
 There is no accurate roster of the veterans. A recent estimate calls for 3O,O00 to 10000. It would be worth while-certainly of decided interest," if, at the forthcoming reunion, steps were taken to have a complete list made of the old soldiers who were alive at some given date of the pres ent year. Whether the total number of survivors be 30,000 or more, it is gratifying to learn that very many of them look as hale as when they fought gallantly for the Lost Cause. Several thousand such marched here a year ago, and several thousand can be counted on to report for parade in Washington June 4; not all of them as strong and "fit" as some of our Ala bama "boys"-Gen. George P. Harri- son, Gen. John c. Smith, Senator John H. Bankhead, ex-Senator Frank s. White, Col. W. B. Leedy, Maj. E. T. Taliaferro and hundreds of others but still active enough and eager enough to do their "bit" in the pres ent war is necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
CRUEL FATE

From the Kansas City Times.
 What a joke 1t must be on some of those Chicago war grooms'' to learn soon after they are married that they have flat feet and couldn't have served anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

BEGINNING THE DAY-My son. he that endeavoreth to withdraw" himself from obedience withdraw eth himself from grace; and he who seeketh for himself private bcne- fits, Ioseth those which are com eon.--A'K empis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
WELL PROVIDED.

E1~h T IlO FI1ED How was the camping party? Enjoyable" T presume you ate fish every day?" "Yes. We were thoughtful enough to bring some sardines, canned herring and salmon from town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Birmingham Has Up steam

'If there is any opposition in Bir- mingham to the food preparedness movement 1t has yet to come under my observation" said P. M. Smith, chairman of the special publicity com mittee of the Community club, which has in charge the placarding of Jeffer- son county.
 Everywhere my committee has called. whether it was in the office of the biggest corporation In the city or the humblest dealer in any line, we have been accorded every courtesy, and the cooperation was practically spontaneous.
 "The people are in line and as Mrs. Mathis said. the whole district is on fire with the idea of plant a garden, plant foodstuffs and make Alabama feed herself. I honestly believe if oth- CT cities and towns in Alabama get up the steam that Birmingham has put on Alabama will export instead of import food this fall.' said MT. Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
MouRNFUL CALLING.
2,es)d3,aeQ

Did you ever meet travelling sales man who didn't tell funny stories to his customers?'
 "Only one"
 What business was he in?"
 He was selling tombstones to desolate widows. His speciality was shedding tears on short notice."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
DETAINED.

DETAINED. Haven't seen bluebird yet, Haven't caught fish; Haven't sought the river's brim, There to dream and wish. Fairy craft might bear me on To the boundless sea, But this blooming job still keeps A strangle-hold on me!
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

The sands are number'd that make up my life. -AenrS VIZ
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter up- der act of Congress, March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

No communication will be published without it's authors name. ReJecteu manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed Tor that purpose
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-06-26
MENDON
MENT|oN|NcS

Mendon, June '25.-On Saturday
evening, large and enthusiastic
meeting was held in the town hall to
settle the question Of city water
master.
Mrs. Claud Jensen and children
OF Brigham City are the guests Of
Mrs. Rebecca Hughes.
Mrs. William Bartlett delightfully."-
entertained on Friday afternoon,
complimentary to her mother, Mrs.
Martha Hughes. It being her seventy
third birthday. The ladies sewed
and in the evening a delicious lunch
con was served.
A money order window has been
installed in our postoffice.
On Sunday, June II, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Kidman entertained at a
trout dinner.
Mrs. Smythe and daughter, Louise,
Of Logan were the guests of Mrs.
IL. y. Bassett last week.
Miss Helen Cherry and Miss Es-
tella Colby attended the children g
day exercises at the Presbyterian
church at Logan on Sunday.
Miss Jennie Richards is attending
summer school at the U. of U. at Salt
Lake.
Miss Sadie Baker is home after q
pleasant visit among friends and rela-
tives at Salt Lake City.
Elmer Paul and Jess Walker have
left US for the army.
mes Duist Of Pocatello is visit
ing his mother, Mrs. Agnes Buist.
On Sunday, Mrs. William Cunning
ham entertained at a family dinner.
the occasion being her sixty-fifth
birthday.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-06-26
AccOmplices Being Sought.

AccOmplices Being Sought.
New York, June 23.-Simultane
ously with the news from Rome to-
day that Alfredo Cocchi had confess
ed the murder of Ruth Cruger, /,
was reported on high authority thai
at least a dozen more motorcycle po
licemen would be suspended as ar
outgrowth Of the case.
The investigation begun by Inspec'
tor Faurot at the direction of Police
Commissioner Woods. 1t was said
tonight. already had disclosed GER
tain alleged irregular practices by
motorcycle policemen, which sub
stimulates q belief that motorist,
have been victims Of petty graf
through falsified records Of sum,
monses and arrests for speeding and
other traffic violations. Cocchi IL
believed to have been a goo-betweer
for the patrolmen in many Of these
transactions.
Cocchi had many friends among
the police, 1t has been brought out
and his confession, II is believed, may
be followed by other disclosures. such
as the naming OF accomplices oil
those who helped him to flee to Italy
| Police Commissioner Woods said he
is particularly eager to find II Cocchi
had accomplices and II he had con-
fessed about his dealings with po-
/, licemen.
After Mrs. Cocchi had been ques-
toned in the district attorneys Of
flee for more than two hours. It was
announced she had given material
help" to the authorities. She told
the district attorney. 1t was stated
that twice since her husbands dis
appearance the street door leading
to the cellar had been found open
after she had locked 1t,
Henry d. Cruger, father OF the
murdered girl. and Mrs. Grace Hum
fston. who found the body. will he
witnesses Monday when the public
hearing 10 resumed.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-06-26
MISCELLANEOUS

SHEEP FOR SALE-Phone r. l..
Allen, Preston Exchange. II.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-06-26
UTAH CROPS na'
AWAY ABOVE
The AVERAGE

Utah leads the United States in ths
condition of her crops this spring.
according to information that has
reached the Utah Agricultural es1-
lege from the Bureau Of Crop Estf-.
mates, United States department Of
agriculture. Using the number 100
to represent the average Of crop CON-
ditions for the past ten years. Il II
found that the conditions Of irops
in Utah is represented by the number
1915. Nevada follows Utah cicsely
with 1912. The lowest state IN
Florida, with 70.S. Crop conditions
in the entire country are represented
by the number 94.2. This is So per
cent below the average for the past
ten years and 2.3 per cent below crUp
conditions for the same date Last
year.
The above figures reflect the en-
cellent agricultural organization pos-
sessed by Utah. Acting under the
leadership of the states agricultural
school. farmers Of Utah have been
able to so improve farming conditions
in the state that a crop much above
the average can be expected this fall
while the country as whole Is har-
vesting only 94,2 per cent OF its ave.
age crop,