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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Irwin Cobb Tells Something About Crowds at Big
 New York Meeting
MUSIC A FEATURE
 IN STAGE SETTING
Sundays Organization Is So Perfect It Could Make Any Business
 Pay Big Dividends
By IRWIN S. COBB

New York, April H.-(SpeciaL) Next to Billy Sunday himself. the most inter esting things about a Billy Sunday meet ing is Billy Sunday scrowd I'm not sure but what the crowdi is the more interesting thing of the two.
 It is vastly interesting to see twenty odd thousand people swayed by one mind, which is so persuasive. after a fashion, so thoroughly in earnest, after all fashions, so intent upon doing the job in hand after any old fashion at all. that those 20 and more thousands are moved and governed by a common will and a common impulse until they be- come great harmonious instrument to be played on by this master musician of emotionalism, this harpist of the heart strings, this arch performer upon human nature.
 For, all exaggeration aside, the Rev. William Sunday is, beyond peradven- ture all of these things. If I am one to say, he has in a very considerable de- gree the gift which Martin Luther must have had and which William Jennings Bryan used to have and which meaning no disrespect to anyone, P. T. Barnum had too.
 It is the instinctive gift of kneading and molding the psychology of the null
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

isms he is as elemental as a new laid egg In the choice of his words, he is as raw as raw beef He pours out sentence as long as a freight train-a sentence made up of blaring adjectives with the verb pumping along away, away back at the tail-end, like a very small caboose
 Nouns are for those who deal in logic, but adjectives are the eXhorter's meat He grimaces until his face is twisted into a jigsaw puzzle. He leaps from floor to chair and from chair to pulpit top and then, quick as a cat leaps back again to the floor. He dances from side to side of the wide, green covered plat form, which is empty except for him and the pulpit and the chaiI and Rodeheav- CTS trombone lying across the pulpit top with it's shining gullet aimed at the au- dience like the bell-mouth of a loaded blunderbuss. holding the crowd in sub jection. He dances on his toes like ballet master. He whirls and prrouettes like a trick pony. He makes a wind mill of his arms and bow springs of his bent and quivering legs. He says the things which hundred other evangelists have said before him and he doesn't say them half so well as they said those things.
 And, presently turning from the speak CT to study the countenances of his au- ditors, you cease from wondering about This methods, for now it is a fact which confronts you instead of a theory or surmise-a great, incontrovertibe fact reflected back at you from all those rows of faces.
 And you realize that Sunday has got
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
WOMEN OF CALHOUN WILL BE PLACED ON THE SCHOOL BOARDS

Anniston, April 21. - (Special.l There will be woman trustee on every school board in Calhoun county" There are 66 school districts in the county and at least 66 women will have the opportunity to take an ac- tive official interest in the educational affairs of the county" This was the statement made by James Keith, IT., Saturday, following a conference with some ladies who are making a cam paign in the county for the passage of the proposed 2-mill tax, to be voted on May S.
 It is the intention of the county board of education to appoint at least one woman on every board of trus- tees in the county as fast as vacan- cies occur.
 Mir Keith, who is president of the county school board. says there is no doubt that tIIe efficiency of the trus- tees will be increased by the appoint ment of women.
 "The male members of the boards of trustee, while capable and earnest workers for the welfare of the schools, cannot take the close personal inter est in the children that woman will naturally show A mother understands the needs of young child and has closer sympathies with them than a man does" said Mr. Keith. "and for this reason it has been decided to have woman on every board of trustees
 The campaign for 2-mill school tax in Calhoun county received added impetus Friday, when a number of ladies, representing the Federated Women's clubs. agreed to work in the interest of the measure.
 The ladies have agreed to divide Anniston into districts for the purpose of making a house-to house canvass among the voters for the purpose of inducing the men to vote for the 2-mill school tax.
 The necessity for increased school funds is said to be imperative in this county by reason of the fact that the compulsory education law will force 2J per cent more children into schools next fall than are at present enrolled although the present enrolment is toe great for the present capacity of the schools
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

of violation of the prohibition law have also been made out against Can non. The moonshiners had made 40 gal Ions of what the raiding officers de- clared to be excellent wildcat whisky, which together with 500 gallons of beer was poured out.
 The Daughters of the Confectionery n,1t on a minstrel show at the Elks' theatre last night for the purpose of raising funds for furnishing uniforms to Confederate veterans who desire to attend the reunion at Washington, and if was unidue because the entire show u,as made llp of girls A large number, of them took part in the performance and tbe audience, which was apprecia- five. filled almost the whole house.
 Judge O. Kyle of the circuit court has directed the postponement or the term of court which would have con vened bere May 14. In letter to Cir cuit Clerk Rice Judge Kyle says this action is taken at the request Of the entire Huntsville bar so as not to post pone the planting of crops.
 Two thousand children of the city and county paraded through he ousi- ness section of Huntsville today Tn or der tdsadvertise an election which will be heH here Monday to vote on the B mill school tax. An active campaign Tn favor of the tax has been in progress during the last six weeks under the direction of Superintendent Butler and the county board of education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Woman Once Said to Be Most Beautiful in Colorado
 Dies in Pauper Hospital

Denver, Col, April H-Mrs. John Springer, divorced wife of 8 Denver cap- itaIist, once a society leader and called 'the most beautiful woman in Colorado" died last night in a pauper's hospital in Blackwells Island, New York, according to advices received here today.
 Because of Mrs. Springer two men are dead and one is serving 8 life sentence in the Colorado penitentiary. In 1911 Syl- vester Won Puhl and George E. Cope land were killed by Harold F. Henwood in a Denver hotel in a discussion of Mrs. Springer. MT. Springer sued for divorce. Mrs. Springer was granted $5000 and went to New York. Since then she had posed occasionally for motion picture concerns Her funds exhausted when she became i'll a short time ago, she was forced to go to the hospital on Blackwelfs Island
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

The Colombian government will estab- fish meteorological laboratories on the coast and in the interior cattle raising districts to study regional diseases Of cattle and prepare remedies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
ANOTHER HONEST
 CIVIL ENGINEER
 IS TAKEN FOR SPY

Huntsville. April Special Re German spy who was said to have been caught taking photographs of bridges and trestles on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway, caused some excitement here late yes terday The report was wired to United States Marshal Sl1eggs, who caused an immediate investigation. A deputy mar found that the man suspected of be- ing a spy was a civil engineer em- pIoyed by the railroad who was in- specting the bridges in order to make @ report to Division Superintendent Gordon Hicks.
 Deputy Marshal H. M. Colbert and party of special officers made suc- cessful moonshine raid in the north ern part of Madison county yesterday and captured 100- gallon still in full operation at point six miles from Ell wood. Two men were found busy at the still and the officers watched them for considerable time before they approached. Mack Cannon was captured but the other man who was at work with him escaped. Cannon was brought to Jail in Huntsville and plead guilty to the charge of illicit distilling when arraigned before Com missioner Greenleaf He was bound over to the next federal grand jury and bond fixed at $500. State charges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

titude and out of that mass-psychology to distill sympathy and enthusiasm. It is the gift of putting one's own personality to leavening the whole great group, one pinch of powerful human yeast working in one vast batch of human dough. And, for all his crudity of expression, his gro- tesqueness of manner, his lack of intel 1ectual background, his dsdain for real logic and real augmentation, and greatest handicap of alI-his strained and discordant speaking voice, the Rev. Sun day most surely has that gift to an ex- tent which only a flow men out of each generati of men ever have it. If you have genius. you don't need grammar.
 SUNDAY SUPREME EVANGELIST
 If he were a salesman, Billy Sunday could sell spinning wheels in a New Eng land factory town or flint-lock muskets to the German army. If he were a gen. eral he Could hold last ditch to a fare you-wel and turn forlorn hopes into vic tories. If he were a snowman, he could pack his tents while the opposition starved If he were a politician, he could always hold office. and cigars and steam boats would be named for him. Being none of these. but some of at least three of them. epart a salesman, part a leader. part a snowman. he is the supreme pop ular evangelist of his day and revival ist whose revivals always live up to their name
 After my first visit to the vast piteh- pine tabernacle which the rich men who are behind his New York campaign built for his up wonder in Harlem where the American league ball park used to be
 decided that Sunday was a wonder and said so. After my second visit one week later I decided he was wizard, and I now say so. During that week he had transformed his audience, for plainly 1t was the original audience, the one which he has had from the start and the one which he will have through to the end of his meetings two months and two weeks hence, the same in individual per sonnel largely, and assuredly the same in type and in temperament
 On the second trip I recognized the same faces the same ministerial collars, the same white lawn ties, the same SO beriy dressed women. from the moderate priced apartment houses that saw on the first trip.
 If Mir Sunday makes any dents in the consciousness of the Broadway and Fifth avenue folks. he will do it. think by indirection-not by personal contact. So far as one may judge. he has not hurt the patronage of any lob ster palace or cut down the attendance on any steam heated roof garden. For one thing he is too far uptown to at tract and enlist the interest, let alone the presence of those who believe that nothing of consequence ever happens north of Seventy second streeet; and, ! in the second place. his slang is too 1 old fashioned to excite the admiration of those educated in the smart school of S2 vaudeville
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

'em where he wants them. He always does get 'em
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
MADE UP OF CHURCHGOERS

Tn great measure, the people who are flocking to his services are the peo- pie who have the church going habit anyhow-people who come from towns where Wednesday night is for prayer meeting and Saturday night is for talk ing a bath. They live in the biggest city on earth but they do not live big city lives, according to the common understanding of the term. A great many of those he will convert were converted before now and will merely be undergoing the process all over again for the good of their spiritual we'll being. They won't have to get religion; they've had it all along. There were fewer automobiles parked outside the tabernacle last Sunday aft ernoon than there were lined up out side of any one of three big down.
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
LIQUOR ELEMENT FEARS
DRASTIC ANTI-RUM PLAN
MEASURE Provides That No Com
mon Carrier Shall Deliver Liquor
Packages In City.

The Town of Millville, ~ j., just
across the Delaware Bay from Mil
ford, will control the liquor question
effectively. The action taken there
is possible for Milford, Delaware, or
any other town to take. Since the
United States Court decided the Webb
Kenyon Liquor Law constitutional
The action at Millville is the result
of the determined opinion of law
abiding people to break up drunken
ness, and it is the result OF a demand
of the organized Bible classes and
brotherhoods of Millville.
week ago. when the churchmen
demanded such action, it was propos-
ed that the entire question be sub
mitted to the vote of the people. and
this feature was included in the pro-
posed ordinance. The "drys." how
ever. i'm unmistakable terms. made a
demand that the commission act and
act Immediately. and the referendum
clause was therefore stricken out
The ordinance provides that no per-
son by himself or associating with
others shall in any manner aid, assist
or abet any clubhouse. lOdgeroom, etc.
in which booze is kept, or conduct
what is known as the locker sys-
tenn or any other system or device
for evading the act, or shall use. bar |
ter. sell or give intoxicating liquors |
within the city limits.
II further provides that no railroad |
)r other common carrier or express 4
company, messengers. porters, hack
men or jitneys shall deliver any pack
lge of alcoholic liquor in the city. The
penalty for the first Offense will be
100 or ten days in Jail, and for the
econd offense it is mandatory with
he justice or magistrate to impose
10Th 500 fine and ten days in jail.
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
BIG TOMATO ACREAGE FOR JERSEY

Reports state there promises to be
an immense acreage of tomatoes the
coming season in South Jersey, if all
the farmers plant in accordance with
their present intentions. A good mar
ket is in prospect, as big canning
firms are endeavoring to make con-
tracts this far in advance. These
canneries must prepare in order not
only to get tomatoes. but to contract
for help to operate the factories. The
growers do not seem to be anxious to
make contracts, as they prefer to take
the chances of obtaining a market.
even though they have been offered
more per ton this year than ever be-
fore. As the situation now stands.
many of the packers will not be able
to book large acreage. 1t was the
grower, last year, who did not con
tract for his crop, who made the big
gest money. The Courts have decid-
ed that when such contracts are made
farmers must deliver the goods. and
since this decision. canneries have
been greatly handicapped.
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
MILFORD RED CROSS SOCIETY

All have been made to realize dur
ing the past years, more acutely than
ever before. that unexpected and ter
rible calamities may happen at any
moment in any section of our coun-
try, and the Red Cross Society should
be prepared to do its part, both ma
.tional and local. You are asked to
become a member of the Milford Chap
ter of the National Red Cross Society
by paying one dollar a year to the pres
ident, Mrs. G. W. Marshall, or the
secretary, Miss Fannie Holmes. The
close affiliation of the Red Cross with
the government assures harmony and
co-opt ration between the two.
Our president Of the United States is
an honorary member of the National
Red Cross, while the Secretary OF
War is its active president. The
chairman and five members of the
Central Committee are appointed by
the president of the United States, and
besides these. six are elected by dele
gates from the state branches at the
annual meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
SUSSEX LEVY COURT

The Sussex County Levy Court met
on Tuesday and transacted business
as follows:
The bonds of John R. White. James
Walter Anderson. George E. Jones
and Elijah John Hearn, newly elect
ed trustees of the poor. were approx
ed.
The county road engineer was au-
thorized to make a survey of the
county road leading from Wards
Store to Morris Mill Dam in Little
Creek hundred, through lands of JOS
eph Locates. and report his recon-
mendations to the Levy Court.
The following resolution was adopt-
ed, Whereas. a petition signed by E
Thomas Hastings and others. resi-
dents of Little Creek hundred. has
been presented to the Levy Court OF
Sussex County, with a list of names.
with the contribution or each amount
ing to S3461.25. toward the cost of i'm
proving the public road leading from
the farm of Ernest F Horsey to the
farm OF Herbert Ryder, via Mount
Pleasant NJ. p. Church; Therefore.
be it resolved by the Levy Court of
Sussex County. that the road engineer
be instructed to make a survey OF said
road with recommendations as to the
nature and cost of the improvements
needed "
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
PRIZES OFFERED TO BOYS
Who GROW BEST CROPS
The Milford Trust Co. Offers Nine
Prizes For Winners In Contest
To Be Held This Year.

The Milford Trust Company Satur-
day afternoon last announced that il
would give a series of prizes to the
boys in Milford and Cedar Creek bnn-
dreds sixteen years old or under. who
would enter contests this spring The
announcement was made at the Farm
ers Institute held in the Grange Hall.
ana was well received by the big gath
ering present. Prizes will be award
ed for the following:
best Yield OF LIST End 3rd
Corn, acre ....... sl5 Sto e.
Iomatoes' = acre ..........Si5 $40 IS
sweet Potatoes, z acre ....S15 $40 S.
All of the boys who enter the con-
test and who complete the seasons
work viii be given a medal il they do
not win prize. All of those who
wish to enter the contest will be re
quired TO file applications and register
at the Milford Trust Company. and the
necessary blanks can be secured from
either the bank or from the Master of
the Milford Grange
After they have entered the CON
test, the land will be measured and
approved, and the crops will be iudg-
ed by a committee of three or their
representative. The Committee will
be named as follows: one by the Mil !
ord Grange; one by the Milford Trust |
company, and these two will select |
ne third member of the committee. |
Ihe territory of this contest is limited |
o Milford and Cedar Creek hundreds. |
Each applicant will be expected to
write brief letter telling how his
particular crop or crops were grown,
md he will exhibit samples of corn
nd sweet potatoes at the Milford
irange Bazaar next fall. At that
ime the names of the winners will
e announced and the prizes awarded.
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
CAMP MEETING BILL AROUSES INTEREST

Another measure of interest to come
before the present session of the gen
eral assembly is that introduced by
Speaker Hall. of the house of repre-
sentatives, that of regulating the hold
ing of camp meetings in this state
The bill is particularly aimed at col
ored camp meetings" which are not
only being condemned by white peo-
pie. but by the negroes as we'll. For
several years past in Kent County
there have been before the courts, af-
ter the summer camp meetings, case
after case of shooting and murder
The grand jury of Kent County par
ticularly have advised against the
camp meeting, and the present bill has
been introduced mainly on the recon-
of the grand jury that some
steps be taken to break up or regu-
late in some manner the colored
camp meeting. The bill gives the
authority to the sheriff. the clerk of
the peace and the president of the
levy court. as a commission to investi-
gate all applications for a camp meet
ing and issue or refuse permits as
hey decide
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
HOUSTON.

George Kirby has returned from
Wilmington. where he has been work
/ ing all winter.
Joseph Cordrey Marvel arrived on
February LIST, 1917, to brighten the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Mar
vel.
Ernest Simpson has had some diff
Guilty in packing potatoes on account
OF the stormy weather.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burris has been
very ill., but is slightly improved at
this writing.
E. J. Coverdale has helped the far
mers in the neighbOring vicinity to
enjoy the stormy weather by getting
their wood piles in good condition.
Miss Lulu Emory is frequently seen
riding about in her new auto. which
she has learned to run with perfect
ease.
1t seems as if the people of Houston
were losing interest in the Parent
Teacher Association meetings, as no
one attends. This is not the fault OF
the teachers, who ave doing all they
can to encourage the meetings.
Heber Scott is improving his home
by having some new furniture made
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
ination for the county of Sussex, Del
aware, to be held at Seaford, on March
10th, 1917, to fill the position of rural
carrier at Bridgeville. and vacancies
that may later occur on rural routes
from other pOstofices in the above
mentioned county. The examination
will be open only to male citizens
who are actually domiciled in the ter
ritory of postoffice in the county and
who meet the other requirements set
forth in form No. 1877. This form and
application blanks may De obtained
from the Offices mentioned above or
from the United States Civil Service
Commission at Washington, D. C.
Applications should be forwarded to
the Commission at Washington, d C.
at the earliest possible practicable
date.
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
RECEIVED TWO CARS OF AUTOMOBILES

Wilson NJ. Vinyard. local agent for
the Ford automobiles. received two
carloads Of Fords this week. The
machines have all been sold in ad-
vance and just as soon as they are as
sembled will be delivered to the pur-
chasers. The demand for automo-
biles this spring is already large, and
1t is more than likely that before the
end Of the season many persons who
put OF too long in making their ord
ers will be KEEP. waiting for weeks.
All Of the local agents report a good
demand for cars.
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
THIS MAN MADE sweet
POTATOES PAY WELL
Frank Sapp OF Houston Clears
About S 900 From Three And
Half Acres In Four Years.

-Four years ago Frank Sapp, a farm
Fer residing near Houston, purchased
small lot of land containing three
and a half acres, in the town of Hous-
ton. He paid $500 for the land when
he purchased il. and at that time his
friends laughed, saying that the price
was much too high He is now enjoy
ing the laugh, however, for the land
has well paid him for his investment
and labors. He has kept a record Of
the amounts received from the crops
each year, together with the expenses
for the same time. and the figures
given the Chronicle by him are inter-
esting. This goes to show that a
small piece of land well managed will
pay well.
Starting in 1913 and continuing for
the four following seasons his record
made follows:
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
BURNING MARSHES ALONG BAY

3During the present week the heav-
ems have been Illuminated almost
nightly in the districts along the Del
aware bayshore, these illuminations
being caused by the owners of marsh
land burning the dry grass. The dis
play near Milford was beautiful on
Tuesday evening, but before it was
dehnltely known just what was caus-
ing the bright light many were pre-
uLcting ulre Inlngs. Two long streaks
OF light, showing straight up above
the glare Of the blaze. were especially
beautiful. It was later ascertained
that these were the reflections Of two
powerful searchlights thrown from
steamers passing up the bay. These
boats had evidently seen the glare and
were trying to learn the source of It.
Milford chronicle., 1917-02-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY

The fifty-eighth anniversary of the
Presbyterian S. S. will be held
on Thursday evening, February 22nd,
Washington's birthday The exercis-
es will be held in the church auditor
ium, beginning promptly at o'clock,
and will consist Of drills. carols. reci-
tations by the Primary and Intermed-
late grades, reports by the officers OF
the school and an illustrated lantern
lecture entitled, Christ and the Chill
dren." After the exercises are over
the school will retire to the Sunday
School room where the annual treat
will be given.