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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11
Jackson County Taxes
 Are Being Paid Briskly

Scottsboro, January -(Special.)-The large barn of Joe McCrary, prominent farmer of this county, was burned Mon day, together with a quantity of corn and farming implements, supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Blood hounds were wired for, and on arrival trailed to the house of tenant on the place.
 There has been $7S.0O0 state and county taxes paid in to the tax collector up to
 te in this county and poll tax receipts issued to date, 1920
 Mrs. Bulah Harper wife of MT. Fur man Harper a prominent farmer of this county, died at their home Monday last. She was the mother of 13 children, Il of whom survive her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11
FOR SOUTHERN CONSUMPTION

Washington, January 10-(Special) For southern consumption, the National American Woman Suffrage association circulates an article beginning: The grant of suffrage to women in the south ern states will clinch the political su- premacy of the white race"
 The above will be the battle cry of suffragettes in IA southern states when urging the legislatures to enfranchise the women to the extent of permitting them to vote in municipal and presden- tial elections. That white supremacy will be clinched through the enfranchisement of women is based on the suffragette de- duction that there are more white than negro women in the south. and that the former are more successful in reproduc- ing their kind.
 In list of southern women represented as adhering to the belief that white su- premacy will be clinched in the south when women are given the right to vote, and cited as leaders who will ask for presidential enfranchisement, the names of three Alabamians appear They are: Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs of Birming- ham, Mrs. c. H. Collier of Selma, and Mrs. Julian B. Parke of Selma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11
NEWS OF ENSLEY

Two classes to teach the American lan- guage, ideals and government will be or ganized at the Ensley High school, ac- cording to an announcement made yes- terday. The classes will be held every Tuesday and Thursday night at the Ems ley High school. They will be held from 7:9O o'clock until s:3O o'clock.
 G. K. Wampler and Harry Delarue have been named as teachers of the classes, which are being held under the auspices of the government They are being held the Ensley high.
 MT. Wanpler stated yesterday that all foreigners who wished to become Amer ican citizens would do we'll to join the school. No tuition will be charged
 Officers for the Ladies Aid society of the Ensley Baptist church were selected at recent meeting. They will serve for six months. Mrs. S. A. Franklin was elected president; Mrs. Henry B. Allen, vice president; Mrs J. c. Milton, record ing secretary; Mrs. R. E. Stephens, cor responding secretary; Mrs. D. S. Mccain, personal worker secretary; Mrs. Kyle Lawson, treasurer; Mrs. D. W. Baird, organist.
 The Areme club, Order of Eastern Star, will be entertained this afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. R. Mays, 1905 Park ave- nue, at 2:30 o'clock.
 
 The Needlecraft circle will meet this afternoon with Mrs. Neal Dugger,
 The Afternoon Card club will meet this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. A. J. Rimmons in Pratt City.
 The banner won by the Vivian Pres- byterian young people at the conference held Tuesday night at the Third Pres byterian church was displayed in Ensley and Wylam yesterday. The conference was held under the auspices of the com mittee of young peoples work of the Presbytery of north Alabama.
 Effty-one societies are members of the conference. with total of 1900 members. The Ensley society won the banner for having the best attendance at the con- ference.
 Few arrests were made by the Ensley police yesterday. All were for trivial offenses. Seven arrests were made for gaming. The fire department answered several calls. None of the fires caused serious damage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11
"SUFFso MAY TEsTIFy

Washington, January 10-(Specal) Boss suffragettes may be summoned as witnesses in the probe into the leak of the Presidents peace note.
 If the suffragettes through their or gan speak truthfuly, they are aware of another leak" For, as is remembered by Age-Herald readers, the Suffragist suffragette publication, last September printed a story to the effect that the President, speaking of the threatened railroad strike, exclaimed over his pri- vate telephone: 'If the strike Is or- dered. I'm a ruined man.
 In this connection, the Providence Jour nal carries a sensational story to the effect that the President is so hemmed in by spies that he cannot use his private telephone, and that he is compelled, when addressing letters to Colonel House, to resort to the humiliating subterfuge of addressing them to his physician. Dr. Grayson.
 Suffragettes might be able to tell of one leak" and their explanation may give the probe committee an invaluable clue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11
Harvester Company Exonerated

tional Harvester company and other American manufacturers of binder twine have been exonerated of responsibility for it's increased price in the report of the Senate special committee which inveati- gated the Yucatan sisal monopoly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11
Convention Bureau Elects

Peoria, H., January 10.-Fred Houser, Atlanta, was elecsted secretary and W. J. Atlanta, was elected secretary and W. J. tional Association of Convention bureaus at the closing session of the convention here today J. Lee Barrett of Detroit was chosen president and Buffalo will be the next meeting place in 191S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11
Colonel Chamberlain Nominated

Washington, January 10.-Col. John L.. Chamberlain was nominated today by President Wilson as inspector general of the army with rank of brigadier general
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11

The Afternoon Card club will meet this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. A. J Rimmons in Pratt City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11

The Needlecraft circle will meet this afternoon with Mrs. Neal Dugger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-11

The Areme club, Order of Eastern Star will be entertained this afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. R. Mays 1905 Park ave nue, at 2:30 o'clock.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-01-18
THE VANISHING SHAKERS.

From Kentucky comes the story of
three aged survivors Of a once large
colony of Shakers making arrange
ments to have their lands valued at
more than $1,000 900 revert TO the
State. Thus is passing one more of
the picturesque little Shaker COM
munities that dotted the. East and
Middle West aftS the coming of
Mother Ann Lee. the elect LADY,
from England in IVA. There are
only few of them left.
Probably the total number of Shak-
ers in the country is far below the
1000 that they mustered when the last
enumeration was taken half dozen
years ago. Forty years ago they num-
bered 4 1000.
Most of the colonies in passing
have left riches in land and buildings.
for the Shakers have been thrifty and
Industrious. History will probably
place their religion on the long list of
freak isms and ologies that have risen
| and fallen, but there has been much in
the simplicity and purity of the Shaker
life to make the thoughtful ponder.
Shakerism has been defined as spiritu-
alsm grated to Quaker theology. with
cehbacy and communism thrown in; but
that hardly does it justice The quaint
drab life of the celibate communities
has won few converts in this generation
and the adoption of children has no,
kept pace with the passing of the aged
The last Shaker community will hardly
linger more than few years longer. -
Boston Herald.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-01-18
COMMISSIONERS
SALE OF LAND.
GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT.

GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT.
Eliza Hume. ct al. Plaintiffs
VS..
David Bolton, ct al, Defendants
Pursuant to judgment rendered at
the November Term, 1916, the under
signed Commissioner will sell at public
auction to the highest and best bidder.
before the Court House door in Lancas-
ter. Ky, at III O'Clock A. NJ. or there
abOuts, on
MONDAY, JANUARY 22nd, 1917.
it being the first day OF the Garrard
| County Court Term, the real estate
mentioned in the pleadings and describ-
ed as follows:
In Garrard County. Kentucky, on the
waters of Long Branch and bounded AS
follows: Beginning at stake in said
branch: thence up the same 90 w %
poles to stake; thence leaving said
branch S 500 f poles to stake;
thence n 80 + % poles to stake;
thence n soy w 3 poles to the begin
ming. containing IA acres.
2nd. Tract: In the same County and
State and adjoins the above tract and
bounded as follows; Beginning at a
stake on the East bank of said Long
! Branch: thence s 500 f. 9 poles to
stake; thence n 81 We poles TO said
I Long Branch; thence $ 3IA + Il $40
poles to stake on said Long Branch:
| thence new line "a + 25 4-l0 poles
to beech: thence S - + % $40 poles
to a locust; thence So T. II 5-lO poles
to stake on Charles Hume line: thence
5 l0t 33 poles 10 a stone, corner TO said
Taylor; thence 5 80 w IS poles to a
stake in the head of a hollow. with the
meanders. s 80 w 10 poles $ 75B W s
poles s "a W II poles n SO1 w - poles
to "A stone on the West bank of said
Long Branch and corner to said Sam
Taylor: thence down said Branch N "a
T. 5-l0 poles to the beginning. con
tanning 10 acres and 3 roods.
The purpose Of said sale is to divide
the proceeds among the plaintiffs and
defendants herein as their rights may
appear.
TERMS:
The property win be sold ON credit
of six and twelve months and the pur-
chaser will be required to execute bonds
with approved security for the pur-
chase price. due in six and twelve
months. respectively, and bearing in.
terest at the rate of six per cent per
annum from date until paid, having the
force and effect of a Judgment upon
which execution may issue, payable 10
W. III. Brown. Master Commissioner of
the Garrard Circuit Court. and lien
will be reserved upon the property sold
until all the purchase money Is paid.
W. II. BROWN, M. c. G. C. C.
h. II. Tomlinson. Atty for Plffs.
Capt. A. NJ. Bourne. Auctioneer.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-01-18
Rocks Decay From Heat.

The rocks in the desert are said TO
waste away even more rapidly than
these exposed to continuous water ero-
sion, an example being Southwestern
deserts, where the change of tempera-
ture from 125 degrees at noon to 10
or so at night causes stone to crumble
rapidly under the extremes of expan-
sion and contraction. - Indianapolis
News.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-01-18

Dismantled lies the Christmas tree. n
Its duty done;
OF all its baubles. Times decree
Preserves not one.
The gifts Of late arraved below
Its boughs IN state
Those rapture-giving playthings oh,
We mourn their fate.
The precious dolls respondent hair,
Alack. is shorn!
The plcture-book of pages rare
Is rudely torn.
Three DAYS the battered ball hath lain
In cold neglect;
The motor car and railway train
Are wholly wrecked.
And Nosh's ark across the tide
No more can sail.
The rocking-hors hath lost his pride -
In fact his tail.
Yet wherefore should We sadly cling
To waning joys,
When the Christmasses shall bring
Unbroken toys?
Then, tho small hands must wreak
their will.
As in our day.
Give thanks, above the wreck, that
still
Gods lambs will play. Life
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-01-18
Concentrated Cider.

Concentrated cider which keeps bet
ter and is much less bulky than the or
binary product, can be made by freez-
ing and centrifugalizing. which elimi-
nate water and leave behind sugar and
flavor.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-01-18
Emphasizs FrIendlInesa

The Arabs show their friendliness
when meeting by shaking hands six or
eight times. Arabs of distinction go
beyond this-they embrace each other
several times.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-01-18
No, That's Safety First.

A practical philauthropist is a man
who can play the flute and won't
Anaconda Standard.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
KATE o'HARE FOUND GUILTY
Convicted BY Bismarck Jury In Thirty
Minutes,

Bismarck, N. D., Dec. S.-After de.
liberating 80 minutes, a jury in the
United States district court found Mrs.
Kate Richards O'Hare, a Socialist lee
turer and author, guilty of interfering
and attempting to obstruct the recruit
ing and enlisting services in the Unit
ed States army.
Mrs. O'Hare was brought to trial un-
der an Indictment returned by a fed
eral grand jury at Fargo last July un-
der the espionage act. The charges
grew out of a lecture delivered by Mrs.
O'Hare at Bowman on July II, 1917.
1t was charged in the Indictment
that Mrs. O'Hare in this lecture said
American mothers who gave their boys
to the army were no better than brood
sows and that the best use that could
be made of the blood of American boys
who enlisted was to fertilize the fields
of France.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
CLAIMS DRAFT LAW is VALID
Government Asks Supreme Court to
Dismiss Case.

Government Asks Supreme Court to
Dismiss Case.
Washington, Dec. lin a brief
just made public asking the supreme
court to dismiss cases attacking the
constitutionality of the selective
draft law, the government asserts
that power conferred upon Congress
to declare war carries with it author
ity to compel military service either
at home or abroad. Compulsory drart
is declared to have been a normal
method OF raising armies ever since
this government was established the
legality of which has been repeatedly
upheld by the courts. The situation
in Russia is pointed too without men,
tloning the name, as a demonstration
that there can with safety be no alb
solute freedom in civilized societies.
"lf the argument against this law
upon constitutional grounds be not
Frivolous" says the brief, then the.
adjective has lost it's legal signifi-
cance."
The cases now before the court
include nine appeals from Minnesota,
Georgia and Ohio, in which persons
were convicted Of. either falling to-
register on June S, or Of attempting,
to block operations of the act by
urging others of draft age not to
comply with it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
" AR DECLARED
ON TEUTON ALLY
War Declaration Against Austria
Comes When President Signs
joirt Resolution.
HOUSES ACT QUICKLY
Both Branches Pass Measure With But
Little De- ate-Vote Is Practic-
ally Unanimous In House
and Senate.

Washington, Dec. 10.-War between
the United States and Austria-Hul-
gary has been formally declared.
Congress, with one dissenting vote
in the House, adopted and President
Wilson approved a resolution declar.
ing existence of a state OF war be-
tween the Imperial and Royal Aus
tro-Hungarian government and the
government of the United States, au-
tEorizing the President to employ the
nations armed forces and pledgirg
its resources to victory.
Text of Resolution.
The resolution follows:
Joint resolution. Declaring that
a state of war exists between the i'm
perial and royal Austro-Hungarian
government and the government and
the people of the United States and
making provision to prosecute the
same.
Whereas, the imperial and royal
Austro-Hungarian government has
committed repeated acts of war
against the government and the peo-
pie of the United States of America;
therefore be it
Resolved, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled, that a state of war is here
by declared to exist between the
United States of America and the
Imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian
government, and that the President be
and he is hereby authorized and di-
rected to employ the entire naval and
military forces of the United States
and the resources of the government
to carry on-war against the impe-
rial and royal Austro-Hungarian gov,
eminent and to bring the conflict to a
successful termination all the re-
sources OF the country are hereby
pledged by the Congress of the, Unit.
ed States.
"CHAMP CLARK,
Speaker of the House OF
Representatives.
THOMAS R. MARSHALL,
"Vice President of the u. S.
and President of the Senate
Approved this 7th day Of Deem
/, Der, 1917.
WOODROW WILSON"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
SANK IN II MINUTES
Destroyer Jones Went Down
Quickly After Being Hit.
New Estimate Places Death List at
Sixty-eight as Result of Tor
pedoing of U. S. Ship.

Washington, Dec. 10.-The loss Of
a large part of the crew is announced
by the navy department by the sink
ing IN the War zone, of the American
destroyer Jacob Jones.
Only "A Of ITO or more officers and
rssn aboard are known to have sur.
v1ved, including one unidentified mar
picked up and carried off by the. sub.
marine that struck the blow.
More Details Received,
Secretary Daniels issued this state
ment:
additional information received
from Vice Admiral Sims reveals the
fact that the Jacob Jones was torpe.
doe1 at 4:l2 p. m. December 6. She
began to settle aft and finally sank at
4,29. The submarine was not seen
until some time after the ship sank.
The submarine then picked up one
survivor, whose identity is not known.
The destroyer was not so far from the
European coast as was indicated by
first dispatches.
"TWenty-seyen additional names of
survivors have been received, bringing
the total number saved UP to A, in.
elusive of the man taken prisoner by
the submarine"
Officials entertain little hope that
more survivors will be found The bit.
ter cold makes it improbable that 9TH
ers who may have escaped and 1oated
about on RATS or wreckage through
the night could have survived ex-
DOsura
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
DEATH TOLL GROWING
1000 Killed In Halifax Blast By
Latest Estimates.
Snowdrifts Three Feet Deep Add to
Difficulty of Relief Work-City
Still EaZed.

Halifax, N. S., Dec. ia new es-
innate by the superintendent of
hio-gues, whose duty it is to assemble
and expose for Identification, if pos
sible, the bodies Of those who persisted
by shock or fire when the ammunition
ship Mont Blanc blew up in the har-
Dor here, places the number of dead
at 1900.
1000 Bodies Recovered
His estimate that startled even
those who had lived through the last
few days Of horror was based upon
the records of his district assistants,
who reported a total of 1000 bodies
recovered. They have figured on a
certain number for a prescribed area.
There appears to be no other way Of
determining the loss. Hundreds, per-
haps thousands, of bodies have been
consumed by the flames and in scores
OF cases not only whole families but
Whole neighborhoods have been wiped
out and the names of all these dead
may never be known.
Dredging parties working under di-
rection of naval authorities dragged
ashore 200 bodies of sailors, soldiers
and laborers recovered from the bot
tom of the harbor. Another searching
squad-reported having found 40 bodies
in the hulk of the Norwegian steamer
limo which collided with the Mont
Blanc.
10000 Persons Destitute.
But the outstanding fact that has
been faced blythe local authorities
with a courage that challenges the ad-
miration of their kinsmen from south
Of the border, is that 10000 persons
are destitute and Of the number per-
haps one out of seven is suffering
from injuries, which in many cases
are bound to prove fatal.
Through roads three feet deep in
snow, a correspondent of the Asso.
ciated Press yesterday went over a
strip of Halifax more utterly demol-
ished than any of Belgium or France.
The ruin is complete.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
With Help Of British, and French
Allies They Stem Tide Of !
Enemy 0nsIaughts.
FOE HORDE HELD BACK
Austrian and German Guns In Heavv
Bombardment Are Answered Gun
for Gun-German Thrust At
Verdun Held.

London, Dec. 1.-THE brilliant
stand the italians have made il
keeping back the rush of Austro.
German forces from the Asiago MA.
teau region to the plains of Northern
Italy, is of equal interest with the
new revolt in Russia.
Although the enemy had bent back
the line of the defenders to a point
where it seemed that it must give
way, the Italians reinforced bv Brit.
ish and French troops, have stemmed
the tide of onslaughts.
Austrian and Germans guns are still
heavily bombarding various points
along the front between the<Piaye and
Brenta rivers but they are being
answered almost shot for shot. From
the sides of the passes they are hold.
ing the Italians have rolled down
stones upon the enemy on many oc.
casions as they tried to make their
way southwark toward the plain.
In the Verdun sector the Germans
have made another attempt to pierce
the French line in the region of Be.
zonveaux, but were repulsed and suf.
fered considerable casualties.
Great Drive Blocked.
Italian Army Headquarters in North.
ern Italy, Dec. 1.-THE battle of Asia.
go is virtually suspended. with the
enemy checked, if not defeated n
his main design of breaking through
to the Brenta valley and the plain a
few miles below, although he sue
ceeded in advancing his lines a short
distance when the Italians fell back
to new positions.
These positions, guarding the Fran
celia and Gadena passes, have success
fully resisted all enemy efforts, and
the Italians Oh the steep heights on
each side of the passes rain down ar
tillery and rifle fire and release huge
boulders every time the enemy forces
try to get through. :,
This has continued until the Ital-
ians seem reasonably assured of hold
ing the passes and compelling the en-
envy to look for another line of ap-
proach.
verdun Thrust RepuIsed.
Paris, Dec. 10.-A German thrust
in the direction of BezonvauX, in the
Verdun region, was met in it's early
stages by the French, who repulsed
the enemy after brisk fighting, the
war office announces.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
War Supplies and Food First,

Washington, Dec. 10.-A general pri-
ortty order giving preferential ship
ment to food, fuel and government
supplies has been issued by Robert 8.
Loyett, government director OF priority
transportation. The order iegalizes
action already taken by the Eastern
operating committee OF railroads Civ.
Ing 10 these commodities preference In
movement. Officials believe II win 80
far towerd relieving the Eastern
freight congestion. which has threat.
ened TO elose war Industries ana pub
nc utilities