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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Ring Out the False

Suppose young mddaged than ordinary disappears valley it's head the hills Here Comfortabe Oh isn't it the very es whisng outside? comfortable shant re- fuse to face the facts-shal we?
 thn been only fairly successful the last slipping not doing what doing Many, who started ae nave passed
 We'll pull and the others nave You have o have pull o get these days
 comforting trouble about it that it false cheating very The pull spet pu-sh The real men who miles above and who are really making world which crawl around men Just Ike except sit down and whine for pulls They got The only real pull the pull of big incentive of detnte a and of a steadfast determination.
 world No, right bigger there of them The has system looking for if with the scarcity of My man! the magnates are shout ing day.
 They dscrmlnaed agast They haven't given a chance.
 the foolish of all les The little cold at times but he or It ce selfhness would We and when crushed the business degree put and another
 Anyway the men either scoundrel bootckr around their on achs to advancement.
 One more old laziness and guilty ought fiendthe dreers
 hitting the mark The drags increasingly heavy handicap
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Railroad Presidents
 Must Meet the Issue

A CCORDING to a Washington A dispatch, some of the heads ot American railroads are not co-operat- mo whole-heartedly with Mr. McAdoo in his efforts to solve the nations traf- fic problems.
 The president of large railroad IS an important person. He is accus- toned to giving orders, not receiving them. In ordinary times it would be natural for him to resent wbak 'aH might regard as e1s s Wafs his preroq iv@s s5 some ot the railruad e2s ai reHcrtaa 70 DC suley honestly believe that the gov
 erf will hs unable to operate all ssa counsgy's lines without bringing fiisas ter on these properties.
 At a time like this, however, they cannot afford to appear unpatriotic. It is gratifying to know that most of the railway presidents are heartily supporting the government and be- cause of their knowledge and experi- ence will be able to give valuable as- sistance. Those who do not agree with such men as President Fairfax Harrison of the Southern, President Holden of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, and others, will soon learn that their position is untenable. Furthermore, MT. McAdoos authority is absolute and he has the power to remove officials whose disaffection may retard the plans of the govern ment for handling the traffic situa- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
ALESS ABOUT WILLIAM GIBBS
 M'ADOOHTEIE MAN OF THE HOUR

idea that the government of the United States should take over the railroads of this country and operate them during the pendency of this world war, in which these United States have assumed the great burden.
 It was McAdoos idea that the gov erument should get full service from railroad operations. He suggested such to the President He thought how sim pie could be made transportation from one point to another, which had been made mystery by the high salaricd railroad cTicials with high sounding ti ties. fiis dea was simple one. It was tnA yhs gsn New York to Birlning- ham. flr sSans should be sent by the most dirale ause end that the trans portation og eiaa Ind their supplies should be mes Steel and the fabrications thef io be sent by the quickest rou' aipessaing plants to construct it into sesse.a sammerce as well as naval craf
 McAdoo saw how the gadlras4s ere distributing the commerce o1 tha caar.frF by various and indirect routes to FHfc4 business for the lines acting together
 This man of genius saw what eonld bs done in a practical way, and he aeg gested it and outlined his plans.
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 There is really no more genius re- quired in operating the railroads of this country than there is in operat- ing several large department stores, or chain of grocery stores. It is a matter of common business sense. It merely takes nerve to operate such things on a large scale.
 McAdoo has the nerve and McAdoo will choose the heads of the various departments who know how to oper- ate, rather than to obscure in mys- tery the simple matter of making so many trains carry so many passen- gers and so much freight over so many miles of track in a given period.
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 That the people of this country well
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Alabama's Next Senator

the time draws near for the people of Alabama to con- G sder the election of United States senator the voters should approach the campaign with past secs and present ability as the uppeost qualities to be demanded of any as pirant for this great honor @s~
 The present term of Senator John Bankhead will expire in 919 so that his must be named n the primaries of 1918.
 Senator Bankhead is entitled not only to reelection but he should be sent back the Senate from this state without oppo son During period of 20 years representative Congress and Senator Bankhead has rendered stant and able service Alabama and Chairman of the committee postoces and post roads his service to the nation has been conspicuously constructive.
 This is time to be making change in the states sensation in the Senate Te great problems of the the closest and most expressing attention Senator Rankheads attentveness to the work in which he oaeed should be distracted by those who might wish to
 py his place Alabama has kept him in Washington for 30 gears This tried him and found him true He will be
 fitting representative during the trying times resulting from and he is entitled to round out his notable in the ghest office which Alabama confer upon him.
 With Bankheads ability practical representa- tive of the peopea who gets the things which his state Senator Underwoods eminent ability the nation greatest statesmen, Alabama has United States Senate of which any state in the union would justly proud.
 Let's give Senator Bankhead another term unanimously
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Subjects Discussed
 By Music Teachers

M I the annual meeting of the, A Music Teachers National asso- citation held in New Orleans last week, support was given to Representative Henry Bruchner's bill now pending in Congress, providing for a national conservatory of music, and a large part of Fridays session was taken up with discussion of public school music Those two subjects were of practical interest
 All musicians, and especially or ganized bodies, should back the con- servatory project. Congressman Bruchner has drawn his bill in great detail and the measure as whole should commend itself to the educa- tional world It may not be enacted into law by the Sixty-fifth Congress. TA Wal Solil,lSoo 10 IIOI lihSly tO SlNC serious consideration to any legisla- tion not demanded by present condi- tions, but as the conservatory bill has high merit it will be adopted some day.
 Dr. Giuseppe Ferrati of New Or leans, one of the leaders in the teach ersa association, read an exhaustive paper in which he urged a govern ment opera house, government music publishing house and a govern ment symphony orchestra. Uncle Sam has way of finding money for vari- ous sorts of things, but it would be asking entirely too much of him to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

leaders in Holland, relative to closer cooperation with the evangelical forces in that country, and various messages of fraternal nature from Great Britain. France, China and other parts of the world. Correspondence from Australia reported the organization of a federal council in that country
 Reporting for the commission on evan-i gelism, Dr. Charles l.. Goodell said Ut is the purpose of the commission to ems phasize the importance of sane evan gelism among our federated churches. While sympathetic to every approved method, it desires to put the chief em- phasis upon the pastoral and personal evangelism which is the work of the in- dividual pastor and the individual church, federating themselves with all others of kindred purpose. To this your commission will give itself with earnest purpose during the coming year"
 
 The business committee of the execu- tive committee especially emphasized and commended the closing words of the
  us not forget that in this hour the church of Jesus Christ has a task all it's own. Most of the things we have been doing are but the preparation for our task, which is yet before us, to bring the nation to the sense of the i'm finite and the eternal, to bring the church herself to the profound conscious ness of her impotence to heal the na- ton with the virtue that goes out from her. as she stands in the plain, With ner Master, unless with him she las con tinued in the mountain during the night and entered into the consciousness of his unceasing prayer. Let us not for- Set the nations soul.'
 
 Taken as whole, the progress recorded during the year, especially in the mat ter of the important developments in connection with the war, is probably greater than in any other year of thel councils history. l pray that the result of the commissions work in the future} would give both church and public a greater vision of what the church as al whole is doing, and so prepare the way for the better and more efficient church which must face the task of reconstruct tion after the war.
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 The call for, week of prayer for the churches. Decenb CT 30. 1917, to January 5. 191s concludes with the following preg- nant paragraph:
 Did ever year open with more clamant need for wha. is represented by the Worlds Evangelical Alliance? The alliance mobilizes the faith of the world for common prayer, Chrstianunitv. and cooperation. These are preludes to ing sight and vision. revival and new slx itual life, in preparation fn.' the sf fulfilnaent of the prom 'se of lis comiN Whose Kingdom is an ev sriasting Ri dom. and Whose domain is from gen ton to generat!ol JA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Co-operation |. Desired

'The safety zone signals which were presented to the city by the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs in appreciation of the generous response made by the citizens in the Red Cross campaign is one of the most useful an dacceptable gifts that could have been made, and the people of Birmingham should show their appreciation by their co-opera- tion, and thereby get the full benefit" said Commissioner H. F.. Burruss.
 Cars should not be parked in front of the safety zones, as the space be- tween the curb and the safety zones should be kept open to allow traffic to pass. Persons using the street cars should walk out to the safety zones and wait there. Autoists should pass in close to the curb and should not stop in the safety zones, but slow down at the street crossing. An observance of these rules will be of great healp to the pedestrians as well as the auto ists."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

come the operation of the railroads by one head is evidenced by the action of the New York stock exchange.
 Railroad stocks were yesterday worth more than they haie been worth in many months.
 And industrial stocks-the stocks of the steel and the iron companies of this country, and of the cotton mills. and of all other industrial concerns, are worth lots more. This is due to the fact that the people Of ths coun- try have confidence in their govern ment and ill the men who are. conduct- ing it.
 The President of this iatrg mas professor. He made gc M ast pro- fession. He has made 8 Pres ident.. He has chosen selaa p who were once criticised and SAged in- competents. But theis fs oy no ap- pofntee of his who las enathed with him who has not r s soca
 That this man N6t4so id have assumed to remain < og the Treasury and the operator of fEe 4il- r0asds means that he has c5GfsaeFsse n h'mself and in the care of his eepns Fy
 aa na undertaken a big so the gFsatest contract any liv "a has eva5 uaa rtaken.
 Faon monetary standpoil Ao monarea Y ai.y ation has ever sumed spch tion.
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 This man va lyefn and raised 8n the mountainea setoa of North Georgia, almost bordering apon the lines of Tennessee an8 Aa6auia. He was educated in a eeaatry aooi in his teens and lived an e3tdocl Afs his boyhood. He is nuscuisr manly and he is of the sort WHO not, but is worthy of being sssssf
 That McAdoo will make good is inc prediction of
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
NED BRACE

1T was not manS years ago that Will liam C. &cAdoo came to Birming- ham and looked over the field here abouts for buiHing a new rs:lroad into Birmingham.
 It was his purpose to select the hest route into this city and to provide access both to the manufacturing plants and to the city proper with what is known as terminal facilities.
 McAdoo selected wisely and well; and the seaboard Air Line Railroad was butt into Birmingham.
 John Skelton Williams was the then president of the Seaboard Air Line. Like Milton H. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville he had the foresight to believe in Birmingham's future.
 Williams was natural railroad man. He knew the territory which would eventually produce passengers, freight and profits.
 But like most ambitious men, and men of foresight, Williams extended himself bit too far, and the Seaboard Air Line went into the hands of a receiver. The wolves of Wall street took it over.
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 After McAdoo came into Birmingham and aided in building the Seaboard into Birmingham, he returned to New York and bored the McAdoo tunnels under the Hudson river from Courtland street to Hobcken. The boring of these tunnels was the stroke of a genius. and this system bored under the Hud- son river to Thrty-fourth street in New York, building it's great terminal sta ton right in the heart of the great city
 The Pennsylvania Railroad did a bit more than McAdoo had done. It carried it's train loads of people from the south and the west into New York city proper. McAdoo merely had suburban and local traffic.
 But McAdoo set pace then.
 He is setting pace now. It was his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

At the recent meeting of the eXecu- tive committee of the Federal Churches of Christ in America, held at Cincin- nati representatives of the United Pro- testant forces discussed the activities of the church during war times.
 Now this meeting which was so far reaching in it's effect took a forWaru look to a closer utilization and co-opera- tion among the differing faiths, and we take pleasure in selecting some of the noteworthy accomplishments in the past and plans for the future, for the Eed- eral Council of the Churches of Christ in America seeks to mobilize the pro- testant forces so that they may be ei- ficient and effective.
 The keynote of the meeting of the committed which was attended by about 75 of the leaders of the various denomi- nations represented in the federal coun- cil, was struck by Dr. Charles S Mac farland, the general secretary, in say.ns at the outset 'let us not forget the nations soul"
 Tt is not the business of the church
  church's business is the same as it has always been," said one of the speakers It will be recalled that President Wilson said to one of the wartime commissions representing one of the leading denomi- nations. when the commission waited upon him asking what they might best do: "Go back and strengthen the churches, so that they may prepare the people to respond to the call of the na- tion.''
 And here is the challenge which the executive committee sends out to the churches from the Cincinnati meeting: This is a time of heart-searching and revaluation of present forces and or ganizations, a realignment of churches in the interest of economy, efficiency, unity, the glory of God and the greater good of mankind. The Christian churches of America, with the nation, face world problems today. To meet these problems there must be thrift, co- operation, nationwide and worldwide ticn."
 pr. William Adams Brown reported for the general war time commission or the churches
 Among the things accomplished he re- ferred to the survey of religious condi- tions in the camps and cantonments, which was being furnished to different agencies at work; to the buildings that were being put up comparatively in the neighborhoods of some great cantonments by the different denomnational boards of home missions; to the work that has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
WINTER. A DIRGE

By Robert Burns. The winter west extends his blast And hail and rain does blaw; Or the stormy north sends driving
 forth
 The binding sleet and snaw; While, tumbling down, the burn comes
 down,
 And roars frae bank to brae; And bird and beast in covert rest, And pass the heartless day. "The weeping blast. the sky oercast," The joyless winter day, Let others fear-to me more dear Than all the pride of May Tho tempests howl it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join: The leafless trees my fancies please. Their fate resembles mine! Thou Power Supreme, whost mighty
 scheme
 These woes of mine fulfill, Here, firm, l rest-they must be best, Because they are thy will, Then all I want Ooh, do thou grant This one request of mine.) Since to enjoy thou dost deny, Assist me to resign!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

been done in community organization for the local church; to the activities for increasing the number of chaplains and improving their status, and defining the functions of camp pastors, bringing them into relation one to another and to the other forces that are at work in the community; to the preparation made for the religious care of interned aliens, for the welfare of negro troops and for improving the moral conditions of cut soldiers here and abroad.
 One of the chief items of the report of the commission on temperance was the reference to the work of the united committee on war temperance activities in the army and navy, which was launched at the Washington meeting of the federal council, held last May. Twcn- ty-one of the leading temperance organ izations have become affiliated with this united movement, all but four of which have assumed some definite responsibility for the programme. The committee is installing stereomotorgraphs in the more important training camps, placing at tractive posters in the Y. M. c. A. huts and issuing millions of specially prepared pamphlets for soldiers and sailors. The committee is also sending temperance speakers to the camps. Motion picture films have been made especially for the committees work. The committee is also operating in France.
 Dr. Mcfarland in his report said that largely owing to war conditions, vari ous committees of the council have en- tered into cooperation with committees of denominations not included in the councils constituency, notably the Southern Baptist convention, and the Lutheran bodies. The special commit tees appointed from time to time during the year included one on the Interest of the negro churches and people, the committee on the anniversary of the Protestant reformation and a a special committee for religious work i'll the canal zone. The American Huguenot committee has had reasonable success in securing funds for the French and Belgian home mission work, and the work of Rev. Henri Anet of the Fran co-Belgian evangelzation committee is highly commended.
 
 The section of the report..a ar -s,In- ternational Relationships, "S,sheri - un- usual importance and a new committee was reported to take up the question of cooperation between all the religious or ua riyattopS doinu evangaIical u,orl- in France and Belgium. The report con tained interesting correspondence with French Protestant bodies. with religious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Help Kiwanis Fill Boxes

"The boxes presented by the Kiwanis club to the city as receptacles for magazines and books for the soldiers should be liberally patronized," said w. N. Driver, manager of the Hillman hotel.
 ''In every home there are magazines and books which the family have read and these should be brought down and placed in the boxes which are then sent off to the Alabama soldiers. This is a little thing to ask. but yet it will amount to a great thing in the aggre- gate, for having been at Camp Pike, I know what it means to the soldier boys
 Look around your home and the next time you come to town drop magazine in one of these boxes for the soldiers This is duty, and it should be a pleasant one. Talk to your friends about it. and get them to bring theirs down. With the cooperation of local citizens this can be made a grand success. It is little thing to ask any one to do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
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Some Trading In spring

T can't say that real estate has yet begun to feel the pact of the good times which has come to the merchants and manufacturers" said Jerome Tucker, but I believe there will be some trading this spring. I am glad to know that the rental men are finding their busi- ness picking up. This no doubt is but the forerunner of home buying.
 While I am not in the farm land bus mess, yet I have occasional demands back to the country. The high price of everything makes farming very attractive to those who know the agricultural game"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

do all that Dr. Ferrati asks until we first have the national conservatory of music.
 The American army, both al nome anu abroad. is developing liberty feet. I7rcle sam won't mind the cost of extra large shoes Let em spread, just so +hev don't get too wide to march with comfortably.
 Rejoice with Nat c. Goodwin. He has ae last found a play that is suited to his obilities and is destined for long run. Nat once said he was tired of being an aasv mark for budding American dra- matists
 The married man who IS freduehtiy Nis- tied by his wife's relatives heartily in- dorses the suggestion that people quit travelling on railroads unless they have urgent business to transact.
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 A Chicago miss called Charley Chaplin in Los Angeles over the long distance telephone to ask Charley for job in the movies. Charley was out and so was her uncle-to the tune of s16.
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 It won't do for an officer to snub private says a man who knows. Some dav that particular officer may have need of the private to carry him back to a dressing station. s. x # It is estimated that Germany has only about 15o submarines and but 20 at time are in active service. Yet those pestiferous U-boats seem to be every where at once. It is probable that a square meal in Hungary is even harder to get now than it was the last time the subject was mentioned in this column. $. a $. If the halSer Hdu Hot peen poFn Hohenzollern, the chances are he would have operated a shell game as a private citizen.
 Lloyd George speaks French with a Pittsburg accent. The average French man doesn't know what he's talking about.
 | The Madison club has bounced La Fol- Iette for disloyalty. That's in the nature of suggestion for the United States Senate.
 offer of peace made in Germany"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
raxlor,s Address Friday

"The visit of Alexander F. Taylor, the prominent Cleveland real estate dealer, and his speech to Birmingham Realtors may mean that a new and profitable line of business may be developed said A. c. Montgomery, president of the Bir- mingham Real Estate Exchange.
 MT Taylor is the greatest authority in America on the 99-year lease, and it was surprising to hear how Cleveland had profited by utilizing leaseholds. l was not only struck with his elucidation of the intricate problem of handling long term leases, but by the straight forward way in which he urged us to not to try and overdevelop or work up fictitious boom. He is high type or the realtor and the local exchange was fortunate in having him address them.