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Fine Warehouse

"Sylacauga can boast of one OF the
best warehouses of any town its size,
or city much larger. in the state Of Ala
bama,'' said Emmett A. Jones.
This warehouse is systematized. They
store any kind of product at a rea-
sonable rate and with their warehouse
receipts any farmer can borrow 70 per
cent of the market value of his product.
And should the farmer or holder OF
the receipt desire to sell reliable buyer
is at hand to pay the market price
Adequate provisions have been made
to care for corn. velvet beans and sweet
potatoes, as we'll az ali other crops and
if all of the communities were as well
equipped to assist in marketing farm
products as Sylacauga. there would be
no use of food conservation or prepared
ness campaigns.
"Talladega county has the distinction
of maintaining a county marketing asso-
citation. The officers Of this institution
are live wires and they are doing a
great work for the county" concluded
Mr. Jones.
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Financial End of
Community Music

r1HHE first of the community con-
u certs indoors will take place at
the Bijou theatre next Sunday after
noon, and as the seating capacity is
limited to about 22O0 the house, as a
matter of course, will be filled to
Overlooking. Prof. Robert Lawrence,
who, as the organizer and leader of
the Sings" has put his whole soul
into the work and the result has been
. revelation.
From an educational point of view
few things have been of more far
reaching effect than the patriotic and
religious programmes presented Sum-
day after Sunday in Capitol park
The familiar hymns and American
melodies, in which everybody was in
vited to join, were inspirational, and
the numbers rendered by the Philhar-
monte orchestra added greatly to the
charm of each occasion. Since the
crowds that gathered at the park were
well up into the thousands-usually
seven or eight thousand--the question
Is how will the overflow" be &C.
commodated during the fall and winter
season? BY beginning At 8 p. m. the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-20
LUCE M,LUKE SAYS

Do the average man favor and he
will act as If he is doing you a favor
in letting you do 1t.
Some men can't keep UP with the pro-
cession. And some are so far ahead
of it that no one knows they are in 1T.
AS a rule, a mans respect for the law
depends on whether he wins or loses
his suit.
Never hurt anyone who likes you.
You Will discover later on that those
who like you are mighty few and far
between.
Why doesn't some genius invent non
skid chains that man can wear when
he is zigzagging homeward after the
kaifs close?
Always figure on a smaller crowd
than you anticipated, and you will never
be disappointed.
There are splinters in the ladder OF
fame. But you never notice them I'm
til you begin to slide down.
Some women are operated on so often
that you wonder why the surgeons didn't
equip them with a set OF hooks and
eyes the first time they opened them.
This is mean old world in which
the man with the least coin has the
most places to put 1t.
After a man has slept on a chear
mattress in a cheap country hotel he car
realize how straw could break cam
els back.
Once in awhile you will see two
legged man who has to shuttle aloni
slowly while the one-legged man will
him can do a hop, skip and jump.
What has become Of the oldfash
toned ring champion who fought will
his fists and not with a force of stenog
raphers.
Any boob can make a woman talk
But it takes a wonderful man to max
her shut up.
Never try to guess mans name from
the initials that are carved on the UNI
brella he is carrying.
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HOW RED CROSS HAS GROWN

From Farm and Firestde.
Two years ago, in 1915, there were rs,
900 members in the Red Cross and the
resources were comparatively small. To
day there are 100000 members. and the
cash capital of this vast organization is
500, 100000. within two more years we
expect the membership to increase to
100000 and the money we receive Will
be tripled.
II you can imagine a piece of work
bigger than that Of an express COM
pany, a telegraph company or a tele-
phone company which grew to 10 times
its original size in the space Of three
months, you will know the kind OF a jot
that is facing the Red Cross Up until
March of this year the Red Cross had
40 workers in the new headquarters al
washington; now there are $50. Mai
streams into the offices every day from
all over the world, and none Of the let.
| ters can be dismissed with brief note
They all require pages of Thoughtful
advice in response The demands from
| the front are increasing daily, and the,
must be met somehow.
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE


Judge Dan A. Greene has great sue
cess with his method of preserving eggs,
10 which reference was made in this col
ufnn recently. So much interest was
SHOWN In the matter that Judge Greene
was asked for further details,g which he
gives as follows:
Inc receipt for preserving eggs is very
simple. The sine qua non is to have
absolutely fresh eggs, and by this is not
meant fresh eggs in the country sense,
but eggs not over "a hours old. Get one
half gallon of water glass the techni-
cal name Of which 1 believe is sodium
sllicate, which can be purchased at any
drug store. - Put this in an ordinary
five-gallon stone jar and add to 1t about
three gallons of distilled or rain water,
stirring it in so as to mix the two as
thoroughly as possible. Then all that Is
necessary to do is to drop the fresh eggs
In this jar as they are gathered. No
other care is necessary and the jar need
have no other covering except some loose
top, kept in a cool place and the eggs
dropped in as they are gathered.
The theory of this is that the eggs
are preserved for an indefinite length
Of time so long as germs cannot get on
the inside All air carries germs. When
the eggs are laid there is no air on the
inside of the shell, but the shell being
porous, air carrying germs gradually
percolates in the Shell and after time
the egg becomes stale and then decays.
The water glass creates an alright COW
ering and by this means the egg is pre-
served from decay. From this you will
observe the absolute prerequisite OF plac-
ing the eggs in the mixture as early
after being laid as is possible before the
air reaches the inside of the she'll
Raising my own eggs 1 have been
able to do this, and during last winter
had practically fresh eggs which were
laid in May and June, and expect to be
Independent along the same line during
this winter"
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Germany Must Be
Brought to Judgment

m R. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS,
~ the widely known pastor of
Plymouth church, Brooklyn, has re-
turned from tour of the European
battle fronts with the records Of more
than 1000 German atrocities. Last
Sunday he delivered the first of a
series of six sermons on "The Grimes
and Atrocities of Germany"
The testimony Of DIR. Hills sub
stimulates the stories Of German OUT
RACES already familiar to newspaper
readers, who have been loath to be-
ieve that any so-called civilized ma
ton could be guilty of the crimes
charged against it. The evidence is
too overwhelming-to irrefutable to
leave any further room for doubt.
German soldiers in France, under tie
leadership of their. barbarous Prus-
sian officers, have committed atroci-
ties which are sickening to think
about and justify four-fifths of the
world in holding the German govern
ment in adherence. In his palmy
days Attila was not more inhuman
and cruel-more uthless in his treat
ment of helpless people.
DR.. Hills tells Of Is old men lined
up and shot at Gerbeville, because
there were no young men to murder.
He heard from her own lips the story
of a mother whose 14-year-old boy
was hung to pear tree in their gar
den. When she cut the rope German
soldiers poured petrol on him and set
| it afire and "shrieked with laughter"
as the unfortunate lad staged about,
a human torch.
The Germans shut 275 women and
children in church and placed ma
chine gun in the tower, king that
| if the building were attacked by the
French they wo lid kill their own kins-
people. After everal days it is re-
lated that the neleagured French sent
word to their countrymen that death
was preferable to the indignities they
were undergoing and urged that the
church be attack ID. Twenty women
and children were killed when the
church was captured.
A letter taken from the body OF q
German soldier tells of all the in
habitants of Vendre being shot with
out exception as they knc;t in prayer
"At Haecht," he wrote, Il saw the
dead body Of young girl nailed te
the outside door of a cottage by hel
hands. She was about IA or 16 years
old"
William Smell, negro cook on the
Belgian Prince, and one of the thret
/ members of her crew who survived
after being taken on board U-boat
stripped of their life preservers ane
| left to their fate on the deck Of the
vessel as it submerged beneath the
waves, has returned to this country
| He managed to recover his lifebelt ant
kept it concealed under his coat. H
swan until picked up by British de
stroyer. Smell says he saw the youth
| full captain Of the submarine gazing
through the bull's-eye of the coming
tower with sheer on his face as tn
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war. Certain military tactics were nee
essary but these were strategical and
| defensive. They were planned in order
| to keep the Austrians in check, while
| Italy was perfecting her military prep
arations of all kinds.
Early in the spring of this year the
| Italian government was satisfied that
! adequate preparation which was really
upon colossal scale, had been made so
| that the commander of the italian armies
| were justified in beginning his long con-
! templated offensive against Austria.
That offensive involved means whereby
artillery OF the most powerful kind could
! be brought to bear upon the mountains
and could. as progress was made. he
| lifted from lower levels even to the surY
| mits OF the mountains.
| When the history of the war is written
/ not the least important and instructive
/, chapter will be that one which tells of
the long maintained patience and the
highly concentrated industry and energy
of Italy when making such preparations
as would justify her armies in undertake
/ ing very great offensive against Aus
! tria. Had Italy possessed the natural
might have been fully prepared a year
/ earlier. But she needed assistance from
the United States represented by her
| purchasing in this country of various
commodities and she also needed finan-
cal assistance which was easily OBJ
tanned both in England and in the Unit
ed States. Thee Italian offensive of this
spring and summer has played far
more important part in the great STRAIT
egg Of the war than is commonly recog-
4 nized 1t has been of unreasonable
service to the armies of Great Britain
and France, There is some wonder
whether the Italian offensive does not
| ultimately have the capture of Vienna In
view, but it will be sufficient aid in the
great struggle the allies are carrying on
If the italian armies surmount the great
mountains and take back Trieste, for
merly wrested from her by Austria.
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Gives Hay a Vito

Il have had quite number of write
ups since l have been secretary of the
food conservation committee" said T.
p. Hay but it was left to Norris
town paper to give me a wife. / stopped
ing invited to speak at meeting OF
women, 1 did So Imagine my shock
when got a marked copy of q local
paper saying that Mrs. 7. P. Hay, Jr.,
had made an interesting address on
what Alabama women were doing to con-
serve food
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WANTED. IN ARKANSAS

Mount Pleasant Correspondence Heber
Springs Headlight.
be affectionate and cheerful and capable
OF shaving tough whiskers with dull
razor. Also good cook md general
housekeeper. See Larry Giles.
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Enjoy political News

Il enjoy reading the political news In
the local papers, and the tilts between
the local politicians remind me Of my
first and last try-out for political hon
ors," said H. E. Hutchens, chairman
of the local subcommittee Of the Amer
lean Railway Board to Increase Car Ell.
ficiency.
II was living at Waycross, Ca, and
was agent for the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad company I was very young
man, but my friends wanted me to be-
come member of the board Of alder
men and against my wishes put my
name on the ticket / lined up my crowd
among the railroad men at the polls just
about an hour before the polls closed,
so that 1 could block the other railroad
men who were opposed to me, and went
to the polls to vote against me at the
same hour. 1t worked fine, but about
eight of my men had not voted and
were stating in line when the polls
closed and while came close they beat
me by three votes at that"
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NATURALLY

NATURALLY
"There's no use trying to beat the
high cost of living"
"Why so pessimistic?"
'You remember. short while ago,
whale meat was suggested as sub
stitute for beef?"
"oh. yes. It was found to be quite
palatable."
Exactly and as result whale
steaks have gone up"
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BEGINNING THE DAY--I thank
Thee, O Lord. for the abiding fresh
ness Of Iife--f0r the young and tnc
new that come up every day with
morning faces as If the world had
inst been born. Give me heart,
o God, to abide with Thee i'm a
youth which shall last and rejoice
forever. For Christ's sake. Amen.
III. M. e.
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unfortunate men were swept into the
water.
After hearing only a small part
of the charges against Germany
charges which have been substan-
tiated-can any American citizen
worthy of the name ask why we are
at war with this outlaw among civil
lied nations?
Speaking Of good publicity work, just
about the time Bessie Mccoy announced
that she would return to the stage love
letters written to her by Richard Hard
ing Davis during their married life, be-
gan to appear In prominent magazine.
Representative Dupre of Louisiana
claims that 81 a year men," doing their
bit for the government, don't keep regu-
lar office hours Surely he wouldn't deny
them the privilege of relaxing OCCASION
ally?
That Alabama soldier, member of the
Rainbow DIVISION" who defied an en-
tire regiment, was badly battered, but
he nevertheless showed the spirit that's
xretzn 80 bao% fba
Peoria boasts of woman who once
slapped the Kaiser's face. But the Kaiser
was small boy then. STILL that must
be comforting thing to think about
now.
Kerensky's marriage to an actress Is
denied. However, there should be no OBJ
jections to his marrying, provided he
didn't try to marry into the Romanoff
family.
1t is all very well to cry Down with
the Hohenzollerns!" but 1t should be re-
membered that we still have the profit
Ger in our midst.
A ST. Louis scientist who is trying to
prove new theory of gravitation is evil
IDENTIFY not devoting all OF his time and
attention to the war.
q
| said, Onward with God" he didn't an
| nounce that he would eat his Christmas
dinner In Petrograd.
Sylvia Pankhurst denies that she Bit
| a man in London. Sylvia would have us
believe that she limits herself to biting
remarks
! If the italians keep up their winning
streak they will be entitled to lengthy
hearing when peace terms are discussed
Il
| How can man be master of his fate
when he hasn't the remotest idea what
| he will have to pay for his winter coal?
~
| Germany is getting to be about as I'M
| popular in Austra-Hungary as it is
| nearly everywhere else on the map.
" 3
Woman, lovely woman. now manicures
locomotives in overalls and gets grease
all other her lily-white fingers.
II "Pompadour Bob's" pro-German ac-
tivities make the pompadour unpopular,
he will not have lived in vain.
\
! An ability to digest anything seems to
be one of the first requirements of sue
cessful polar exploration.
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Just look at that bag that woman is
carrying on her ARM, said William IL.
Propst, one of the citys well known
sieuths. They call it a knitting bag,
but to me 1t is one of the best bags for
a shoplifter that L ever saw. l hope,
however, that they will be used for q
good purpose and be the means of keep
ing the soldier boys in comfort, but l
can't help thinking how much loot they
are capable Of holding"
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A MORAL

Tennyson, in "The Day Dreams."ss
So. Lady Flora, take my lay,
And II you find no moral there,
60, look in any glass and say,
what moral il in being fair?
o, to what uses shall we put
The wildwood flower that sim
blows?
And is there any moral shut
But any man that walks the meadt
In bud or blade or bloom, may find
According as his humors lead,
A meaning suited to his mind.
And liberal applications lie
In art, like nature. dearest frien<|
I. So ,twsres To cra|rng ~ we if n
Should hook y to some useful senQ
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coming to Emorx uniyersitx

Il am glad that my son -in-law, Pro
lessor Hamff, who for several years has
been teaching in the University of CAL
ifornia, has accepted the chair in Ger
man at the Emory university in Allan
ta," said w. A. Harvey. MIR. Hamff,
while born in America, has studied in
Germany and speaks and reads the Ian
guage with ease. He was at one time
connected with the Birmingham college"
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CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
now till the soil,

The Romanoffs now till the soil,
And cultivate the fruitful vine,
And study scientific lore
And weighty memoirs write--in tine,
The parasitic Romanoffs
Conduct themselves like useful men,
And stead Of 1oafing all the while,
Just take day off now and then.
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brother Takes First Flight

II got letter from brother Louis,
said Brown Parkes, telling me of his
first flight in an aeroplane. He is
member of the Goth aero squad. Keliey's
Field, San Antonio, Tex"
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Wanted Pole of Cane

II was very much amused at my little
daughter" said C. c.. Kendig, a well
known engineer. las 1 started out on
my run the other morning she said:
Daddy, bring me a pole of cane She
had seen a field Of growing sorghum
and suppose it looked like fishing pores
to her. There is world of cane along
my run"
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what the dickens does she mean
MOST UNUSUAL

Rather queer fish. that fellow"
"In what way?"
"He spent six months in California
without being introduced to single
motion picture star"
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THEY'LL BE MISSED

THEY'LL BE MISSED
1T is predicted that the man-servant
will disappear after the war
Imagine seeing modern society
drama without a footman in itr'
s,"And how tame play of that sort
will be without an impeccable butler
to arch his eyebrows at the nouveau
richesp' PAUL COOK.
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CHOICE OF EVILS

CHOICE OF EVILS
whats the matter with Jobbles?"
Hes had an unfortunate love af-
fair. The poor fellow is drinking TO
drown the memory of a beautiful
face"
Il see. He'd rather have an aching
head than an aching heart"
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'rYes?"
"Too much competition in khaki
THIS IS THE END
However fair this world to me-
one fact there's no denying'
Close contact with a bumolenee
Is very very trying.
And vet the bumblebee. my friend
I give you my assurance.
was likely made for some good eno'
And his end is endurance.
Newark Advocate.
The good end Of the bumblebee
Has naught to do with cumming;
It is the end. it seems to me,
With which he does his humming.
youngstown Telegram.
And not endurance is his end,
From here plum to Alaska,
Most everybody knows. my friend,
That his end is tabasco.
Houston Post.
All things come to an ending some
Fair day, as you will see,
But the end to which we'd hate to
come
Is the end of an irate bee.
Memphis Commercial Appeal
And when you come to that sad end
The end Of the bumblebee,
You feel like lightning's struck you,
friend.
While you squirm in agony.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
If a bumblebee should see.
Or even hear his humning-
I'd simply let his humble be
And let him go on cumming.
Dalton Citizen.
oh, umblebee. It looks to me,
The times are out Of Joint,
You have it on this poetry,
Which seems without point.
Savannah Press.
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KEPT DRY

"This married life is not a joke"
Remarked Erasmus links;
"Since I assumed its heavy yoke
I've had just seven drinks"
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ELIMINATED

II don't see you out with Miss
Peacher very often these days
"1ts the same old story"
'rYes?"
400 much competition in khaki"
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am glad that the candidates are re-
lying less on committees and assuming
personally the responsibility of carrying
their Message to Garcia" l have
never desired or advocated mud singing
but have wanted to see little pep"
injected into the campaign. Now that
things are beginning to liven up we
will have chance to see sure enough
political show in which the leading ac-
tors are taking part. Let the com
mittees stay in the background where
they belong.
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THIS is THE END

"roo much competition In khaki