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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
SALVAGE OF GOLF BALLS

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
 The rapid advance in the cost of all materials used in making munitions of war has, according to the Engineering and Mining Journal. led to the estab- Ilishing of a new method of recovering lost lead. Judicial notice is taken of the fact that large quantities of this metal are used on the grounds of sporting clubs. It is now proposed, seriously, it la process of superficial mining of the ground upon which the spent shot must fall. It is stated that the ground of the DuPont Gun club was mined in this fashion three years ago and that lead to the amount of 23 tons was recivered. grounds of a gun club at Columbus, o., melted 26 tons of lead.
 The Engineering and Mining Journal writer seems to have overlooked an- other and possibly more lucrative ap- plication of the principle of salvage from sporting grounds Any casual ob- server of the highly beneficial and more peaceful game of golf must have re- alized the enormous waste invoyled in the loss of the pellets used in the game. This loss is of course. nose serious in the case of amateur links, particular lily in the popular free golf courses maintained at public expense in mu- nicipal parks. In this instance the re- cevery would not entail any costly
 mining process as the golf balls, from their very buoyant nature remain on the surface of the ground. The only ap- pliance necessary would be an ordinary garden rake, with especially fine teeth. The recovery of the spent golf balls would be fully as advantageous. if not moro so, as tho mining of birdshot. Un- der efficient inspection. practically all of the balls which vanish from the anna teur's vision could be recovered. If judiciously marketed, the proceeds
 would go far to recoup the expense of
 maintaining and upkeeping these fa-
 vorite and well patronized free golf | links.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
Modern Wonders That
Seerm Commonplace


 GETTING at the bottom of the sea .0 not at it's greatest depth, of course "a photographer calmly cranks his motion picture camera, while outside of the small chamber in which he is working actors in diving suits perform a submarine photoplay. The other day the government of Australia was reported to be ex- Iceedingly vexed with shippers of American ships in South Sea waters for using their wireless apparatus Tn exchanging trivial gossip, sometimes at a distance of two thousand miles, and interfering with the official mes sages sent out from Australian sta tions. The humorous side of such a complaint is obvious, and newspaper readers laughed over the garrulity of the shippers.
 So accustomed have we grown to the achievements of modern science, that we are no longer impressed by marvels of everyday occurrence. We regard the submarine as rather com monplace. Wireless telegraphy, be- cause far more people have seen a wireless station than a submarine, is even more so, and we will soon take wireless telephony as matter of course.
 For ages thinkers have speculated about the realities of today, but they never dreamed in their widest flights of fancy that men would ever fly through space with the swiftness at tributed to Mercury, that they would talk across continents, exchange wire less repartee on the ocean and travel safely beneath it.
 Inventions crowd upon modern man in such numbers that he no longer asks, "What next?" No matter what the latest achievement of science may be, it no longer surprises him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

Fate plays some queer tricks, A des- perate man blew himself to pieces with dynamite on train coming into Bir- mmgham and one of the victims of the explosion was cripple with two stumps for legs who peddled pencils and chewing gum on the streets of the city. * * A street car conductor died in Chicago worth s5Oo,OOO. Instead of buying a | lomiusine and guaranteeing his wealth for gasoline he stuck to a trolley car and collected fares until the day of his death.
 
 The Age -Herald's Washington corre- spondent estimates that the "Get Villa bill will amount to $1oO,OooOOo. That will make Rancho" the most expensive ban dit ever born into this world of sin. * * * Bernhardt play Camille" says all he remembers of the lines is "pourauoi?' That's more French than most people remember, except on menu card. * A shrub in the yard of a residence near The Age-Herald building is putting out new crop of blooms. Another reason why bob-sled is practically unknown in this part of the country. * !. # General Hajg is believed to have more than 100000 men under him now, but they are not as far under him as the same number of troops would be under the Kaiser When you stor to consider the vast multitude who laugh at Charlie Chaplin s antics every aay, the size of his salary does not seem disproportionate to his services.
 The exodus of wealthy Philadelphians, following the mysterious murder of a model, indicated that they had something or other on their consciences.
 
 Considering the pile he is alleged to have made out of that raid on Wall street, wasn't it rather unhandsome for Tom Lawson to "squeal?"
 * 5. H:
 Frank G. Carpenter praises Eskimo babies, but as they are usually en- crusted with dirt they are safe from the kisses of traveller
 David Lloyd George is practically dic- tator of England. If he were to strike" probably get it.
 Meanwhile the expectant public waits to see the next beautiful face that will appear on the front page under flaring headlines.
 Now that the railroads are barring liouor from their trains, the scenery along some lines is really quite common place.
 The eclipse at the moon last night was but temporary. In politics an eclipse is usually permanent.
 The Kaiser makes a few more friends for the allies every time he projects his ego into a speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

increased about 7,0o0,oo0 net tons, the coal mines used 5OO,000 tons more for steam and heat, and the increase in con sumption, mainly by the manufactur ing industries, was 21.ooo,ooo tons.
 The increased consumption of bitumi- nous coal by the railroads and indus trial interests of the country during tho which the demand for coal was greater than the ability of the railroads to de- liver it. and in some localities greater than the ability of the mines to pro- duce 1t, because of scarcity of labor. There is no lack of coal in the ground, or of mines from which it can be ob- tained. The soft coal mines, however, are not equipped to store coal that has been mined and the coal must be load ed into railroad cars as soon as it is dug-in fact, the miners as a general rule do not go into mine unless the cars are on hand to take the days out put.
 The greater part of the bituminous coal produced in 1916 was sold on con tracts at prices (agreed upon during the early part of the year) that rep resented increases little if any more than the increases in wages granted the miners. The high prices at which the small quantity of coal not contracted for was sold during the last three months of the year were the result of excess of demand over supply. The buyers bid the price up, and as happens in the marketing of any
 commodity under like COZ
 was doubtless some speS
 and trading that tende
 This factor and tho
 middleman and retail
 profits are not bella
 any greater as regard
 gards other neceSsitW
 have risen during the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
New Spanish Class

"A new class for beginners in Spanish is to be organized at the public library by MT. Y. A. Neal, head of the Spanish department of the Central High school, if there is a demand for it. said Mrs. c. P. Engstfeld of the public library. Persons wishing to enter this class may leave their names with me. The library committee room will be the class room, and the hours will be arranged to suit the convenience of the members"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
Joimtist and Bootlegger
 Defined by Kansas Coun

DeElmed by Kansas Court. THE supreme court of Kansas
 4 draws nice distinction be- tween "bootlegger" and "jointist." :" It should have been done sooner. Much confusion in the prohibition belt would have been avoided.
 A "bootlegger," states the court, is "a person who sells intoxicating liquors on the sly, not from any par ticular business location, but carrying his wares in his bootleg, his pocket, or in some fitting hole-in-the wall"
 To quote the Kansas judge fur ther: "But when a person establishes himself in definite place of business, where, by skillful legerdemain, he can sell or pretend to sell the innocent juice of the apple as we'll as beer both near and 'far'-and other in- toxicants, the niceties of the Kansas language designate him as 'jointist' and no longer in the plebeian class of 'bootleggers.
 The "jointist" may rank higher in the social scale than the humble 
 ''bootleggers" but it would require a hair-trigger conscience to guage their relative degrees of moral turpitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
ALABAMA PRESS

Attala Herald: The Greek King ought
 to sympathize with that country dog
 that went to town.
 Green County Democrat: According to
 not allowed to geh the one quart per
 mitted to married men. We have heard
 that sometimes men are driven to drink
 by marriage, but Virginia wants to drive
 men to marriage by drink Funny law
 Greenvlle Advocate: Prices of automo-
 bile tires have gone up. That's one ad-
 vance that doesn't worry the country
 editor.
 Talladega Reporter: There are some
 of those negroes who left Alabama who
 did not get back for Christmas. Those
 who did say the others will meet the
 Alabama watermelon.
 MoundviIle News: The difference be- tween the Danes and Alabamians is that
 while they call their legislature the
 folkething, we call ours the damthing. Folly Onlooker: Now that real oil has
 been discovered at Cordova. it is possible
 that some efforts will be made in the To-
 cal field. There are several places near here where the surface indications are good.
 West Alabama Breeze Jefferson county will vote on the question of levying the 3 mills tax for schools January 30. If the county votes to levy the tax it will add to the school fund of imperial Jefferson about s460,0O0 Great Jefferson will be
 anxously watched by the other counties of the state as she votes on this big edu- sational question. The Breeze believes she will vote for the school tax Centreville Press: Over 800 weekly pa- pers have suspended publication through out the country on account of the high price of paper. It is about time the newspapers were erecting a paper mill or two for self protection. Union Springs Herald: Alabamians do not want to be president of the farm lOdH pdHh SlHCe IL HdS Deel lOCdteu Out- side of Alabama. They feel that it would be sacrificing too much to forfeit their citizenship in this state Choctaw Advocate: Birmingham and Montgomery came near falling out over the farm loan bank situation, but can now make up and be friends again.  Huntsville Mercury: MT. Bryan in an interview in Memphis says he hopes to see universal suffrage for women before he dies and thinks prohibition will come next. The Hon. William had better watch his step and put prohibition first
 or Hobson will beat him to it.
 ment has captured Villa he will be the
 most expensive asset Uncle Sam has acquired.
 out more than 5000, 900 cigars last year.
 and still we wonder why cabbage is so high.
 when the supreme court hands down a few scores of decisions there's tempta- ton to wish that legislatures could rush along their work in the same fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
Appropriation for
 Free Garden Seed

EOR years past the jokesmiths have U had much fun over Uncle Sam's distribution of free garden seeds through the regular channel, that is to say, the congressman.
 Many recipient of seed package has found it difficult to make the government variety sprout, and some men receive packages who never had a garden; but every fellow in rural district looks forward with keen in- terest to the annual seed donation under the frank of his congressman. Christmas cards are appreciated by most people, but the garden package is even more esteemed by the man in the country It is great vote-getter. The very fact that the farmer or the townsman with back yard big enough for the cultivation of vege- tables, is remembered by the Honora- ble So and So is pleasure enough.
 In the early days, before the enter prising seedsman was pushing his business, Uncle Sam's packages were really valued for their intrinsic worth. On some farms there would have been little horticultural activity but for the thoughtfulness of con- gressmen in sending seeds to their constituents.
 Today, however, with choice seeds for sale in every large town, at com paratively low prices, the government distribution is supposed to be valued chiefly as a matter of sentiment. But be that as it may, representatives and senators with agricultural constitu- encies continue to "set store" by it. This years appropriation is $223.000, only bagatelle when the end is con- sidered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
Q miscief! thou art swift
 Tn enter in the thoughts of desperate ,, -RomeO and Juliet

BEGINNING THE DAY-o Great God. make ms one in the commo" life. which we draw from Ihee' Thou art Father to us, and 1T we "e true children, one blood IS ours Tear down the walls, burn out tne enmities, slay the spites. Make us blush for the petty, mean ditier- .nces which divide us. May the love of Jesus, which sought us even unto death. constrain us to love one an other. Amen.-H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

story that seemed at all plausible was that which originated in Richmond, and it was because the eloquent clergyman and the histrion looked enough alike to be twin brothers. Dr. Armstrong was a native of Ireland and was graduate of Trinity college, Dublin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
IN THE NIGHT

Louis Untermeyer, in Everybody's Mag azine. He struggled down the twisting road Lost in the black, barbaric night: Stumbling beneath a bitter goao, Crying Alas! There is no light~ His strength was gone; his spirit
 quelled.
 He stopped, and in desperate mood. He raised his eyes To, he be-
 held
 The starsa conquering multitude!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
Last of a Family
Of Great Actors

Last of a F SlIT1lAy
 Os Great Actors
 51HE burial of John Wilkes Booth
 at Leadville, Col, week ago marked the passing of the last ot a family of great actors. He was a son of Junius Brutus, Jr., and a grandson of the ''Elder" Booth, who came to this country from England Tn 1921 and appeared that year m Petersburg, Va; then in Richmond In the succeeding year the elder booth began an engagement Tn New York. where he was immediately pop ular.
 Junius Brutus Booth had two sons besides Junius Brutus, Jr.-Edwin and Wilkes-and two daughters, and all were distinguished for their histriomc talent. With the exception of Wilkes the miserable madman who assas- sinated President Lincoln, the Booths were esteemed for their sterl- ing traits of character and thelr straightforward Americanism; but the foul tragedy committed in Fords theatre, Washington, on April IA, 1865, which plunged the country into unutterable grief, so affected Edwin that he could never afterwards be in- duced to visit the national capital. He had been of jovial, rollicking dis nosition. but after his brothers bloody deed he was never known to smile.
 Whether the Booth who died re- gently resembled his uncle, the as- sassin, was not stated in the brief press dispatch that came from Lead vile, but the very mention of the name recalls newspaper stories ot years gone by concerning the fate ot the man who shot Lincoln and then escaped from Washington. He fled to Virginia, where he was fatally shot by his pursuers in a barn in Caroline county. His body was identified, but to this day there are some persons who believe it was not Booth, But a man who looked like him that was killed.
 Early in the eighties the late Rev Dr. J G. Armstrong, an Episcopal clergyman, accepted call to a large church in Richmond. Wilkes Booth once lived in the Virginia capital, where he belonged to stock com pany. His old acquaintances remarked the startling resemblance of Dr. Arm strong to the actor, and society was soon agog with the story that the minister was none other than Wilkes Booth. In his jump from the box tc the stage on that Hateful night ir Ford's theatre Booth broke his right leg. Dr. Armstrong limped in his right leg, which, of course, heightened 1.-the effect of the double" Booth Had raven locks and piercing eyes ano A had Dr. Armstrong. But even more .Smarkable was the fact that Arm | ztong's voice was that of Booth. He
 intensely dramatic in his style o1 reading and preaching and after every service old citizens who heard him said he was enough like the actor, al any rate, to suggest a mystery. From Richmond Dr. Armstrong accepted 2 rectorship in Atlanta and there tht Booth story broke out afresh.
 Now and then the report would bt started that Wilkes Booth had beer seen in Australia or some other far off place.
 The assassin was shot. There could be no reasonable doubt about it. The rumors that the actor had been seen in the flesh years afterwards were merely idle fabrications. The only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
The Spirits the Thing

There's one thing about Indiana" said A R. Dearborn, who is in Birmingham after having spent several months in In- dianapolis, those people there manage to
 make the people think that that state is the state that keeps the United States in balance l have never seen as much enthusiasm and civic pride in one city in my life as there is in Indianapolis. It is no wonder that the state is so rich. The farmers in the Indianapolis section are certainly hustlers Statistics show that farmers there has an average crop of five times that of farmers in other states, and that there are five times as
 many farmers to a given area. If Ala
 bama could get some of the spirit that is running riot up there, her farmers
 would not register such a low average"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
NEWS TO GERALDINE

From the Fall River (Mass.) News. Lou-Telegen, the man who married beautiful Norma Talmadge few weeks ago. appears in the feature Paramount release, "victoria Cross" It is won- derful story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08
W Everybody Reads Age-HeraId.

"If you want to let anybody know any, thing about yourself just put it in The Age-Herald," said Sol Caheen. 'For in stance, the other day, there was a little story in the morning paper about a card I had received from the White House. Well, if one person came in my store to see that card, I guess 100 did They started coming in before I got down in the morning and kept it up all day. The sad part of it was that l couldn't show it to them, as I had let the reporter on the paper have it to write story about
 But told them all to come back later, and now that I have it back I shall be glad to show it around. It's remarkable how much interest and attention little story like that will create, and it shows that The Age-Eerald is certainly read '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

versal military training will
 sooner or later. but the recruitl
 army to it's authorized strength is
 ent necessity, and there is ample
 dence that when the advantages nos offered to the enlisted men become
 known there will be no lack of recruits, in spite of the present brisk competition of the private industries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

Albertville Banner: When this govern ment has captured Villa he will be the most expensive asset Uncle Sam has acquired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

Colbert County Reporter: On a day when the supreme court hands down a few scores of decisions there's tempta- ton to wish that legislatures could rush along their work in the same fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting ai departments) Main 4SOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

Guntersville Democrat: Tampa turned out more than s,ooO,OOO cigars last year. and still we wonder why cabbage is SC high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

Choctaw Advocate: Birmingham and Montgomery came near falling out" over the farm loan bank situation, but can now make up and be friends again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress, March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

Attalla Herald: The Greek King ought to sympathize with that country dog that went to town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-08

Huntsville Mercury: MT. Bryan in an interview in Memphis says he hopes to see universal suffrage for women before he dies and thinks prohibition will come next. The Hon. William had better watch his step and put prohibition first or Hobson will beat him to it.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28
sT NOTTINGHAM.

The principal of West Nottingham
Academy gave party to his school
on Christmas eve. A goodly number
were present and jolly time had.
Mrs. George H. Thompson enter
tanned her neighbor, Mrs. Rose
woodrow, at dinner on Xmas day.
Two graves were opened this week
in West Nottingham cemetery, one
for Joseph Jackson, Of Aiken, the
other for Mrs. Jennie Barrett Nc
Dowell, of Philadelphia, formerly of
this neighborhood. She was daugh-
ter of the late Samuel Barrett.
Miss Mary Belle Glacken was
home from Baltimore Christmas, and
the family of H. L. Glacken enjoyed
a reunion that day.
The family of Eli Coulson held a
reunion on Christmas.
Frank Orr and family were enter
tanned at dinner on Christmas at the
home of Henry Gather.
The Davis family reunion was held
on Christmas at the home of Cecil
Kirk. The members of the family
present were the parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles J. Davis, Warren Davis
and family, Philada.; Harvey Davis
and family, Colora; Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Aiken, Mt. Pleasant.
The New Years eve social will be
held at the dormitory on Monday
night and the old year watched out.
All are invited to come out.
Mr.. John Sebold entertained at
home this year and took half day
off to husk corn. He says it is the
first time he ever husked corn on
Xmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Jenness had
as their Christmas guests the Nc
Cardell family. Mrs. Jenness' maid
en- name was McCardelI.
Mrs. Mary Bechtel and daughter,
Miss Mary, entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. B. Bechtel at dinner on Christ
mas.
Mr.. Samuel Wiley and daughter,
Miss Mabel, entertained the Wiley
family ON Christmas, in honor of his
son Maurice Wiley and bride, who
was Miss Emily Mason, of Far Rock
away, N. Y. The ceremony took
place Dec. 20. The groom is man
ager OF the gas department OF the
Greenborough Gas & Electric Co. at
Far Rockaway.
The midland journal., 1917-12-28

In the dreamy, tawny dusk of
former days, when the scions Of old
brought forth the skeleton to the
feast to paint imprisoned light i'll
brains of mankind Herewith is q
remarkable letter worth its weight
in gold, which throws an interesting
sidelight on the character Of New
England divine and reads as follows:
September ye 10, 1852 g
ITO ye Aged and Beloved Mr.. John
Higginson
'"There is now at sea a ship called
the Welcome, which has on board an
hundred or more Of the heretics and
maglignants called Quakers, with W..
Penn, who is the chief scamp, at the
head of them.
"The general court has accordingly
given secret orders to Master Mala-
chi Huscott, of the brig Porpoise, to
waylay the said Welcome, slyly, as
near the Cape of Cod as may be, and
make captive the said Penn and his
ungodly crew, so that the Lord may
be glorifed, and not Knocked on the
soil OF this new country with the
heather worship of these people.
Much spoil can be made by selling
the whole lot to Barbados. where
slaves fetch good prices in rum and
sugar, and we shall not only do the
wicked, but we shall make great the
Lord great service by Furnishing
good for his minister and people.
Master Huscott feels hopeful,
and / will set down the news when
the ship comes back.
"Yours in ye bowels OF Christ,
Cotton Mather."