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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
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 ID RESIDENT FAIRFAX HARRI- SON of the Southern railway system does helpful work in keep ing tab on industrial statistics and in presenting facts bearing on agricul- tural and commercial progress of an encouraging and stimulating kind. He takes large view of the south ern business situation and when he analyses statistical data his deduc- tions are always illuminating and constructive.
 "Each months report from the cen- sus bureau adds a chapter to the story of the passing of supremacy in cotton manufacturing to the south," said MT. Harrison in a report issued yesterday.
 Cotton mills of the United States during the month of December, 1916, consumed 307,617 bales, an increase of 12,089 bales or 4.O9 per cent over December, 1915. MT. Harrison states that consumption in all other states in December amounted to 22S,970 bales, decrease of 30,507 bales, or 11.76 per cent below December, 1915.
 "In the five-month period ended December 31," said MT. Harrison, consumption in southern mills amounted to 1,583,58 bales, an in- crease of 2O7,218 bales, or 15.O5 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Consumption in all other states during the period amounted to 1,180,381 bales, an increase of 23, ,1O4 bales, or only 2 per cent. During the month of December consumption in southern mills exceeded that in the mills of all other states by 7S,647 bales, or 34.35 per cent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
HAGAR

Dorothy Paul, in Century Magazine. Again the spring shall come across the
 late groves of Fl Jerid, With slender feet a-tinlle with her
 anklet bells Of hillside rain.
 With lips that laugh beneath veil of
 mist, and eyes above it
 Deep with pain;
 And all the wild, sweet gladness of her
 coming,
 That thrills the brooks of Jordan into
 flood,
 And sends along the twisted olive The old glad pain of sap and leaf and bud, Is mine. And To! The estasy of pomegranates aglow. The secret the wild almond boughs have kept My heart shall know; And I shall go across the hills to greet The woman spring Not with the yelled eyes. nor forehead barred To touch her feet, But heart to heart. as women who have shared Some wondrous thing. Again the night shall come across the wilderness of Paran- | The desert night as purple as a lotus bud, | And dusky-fair As an Egyptian dancing girl, with lan- gorous, wooing arms l And jeweled hair. And I shall see the nrelight leap and redden
 Against the dusk among her serving 1 maidens. Dumb and bitter eyed and uncontent, l While T. the bond maid. know Si haFo Al | glow.
 Of evening fires with empty arms, the runeS 1 That women know; | For I have shared with Earth the com 1 mon pain | That makes me part
 Of her great womanhood-akin to Spring l And to the Sun ] Upon my lips the songs that women
 sing.
 And on my heart
 The Kiss of Life; for we are onA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
AARON BURR

I unreconciled. Burr was able to take in the whole situation and to see something big in this section of the country. He collected about him a large body of ad- venturers who were eager for excite ment and to make new conquests. 1 Burrs plan was to sweep down upon ] this section and induce the people to leave the union and to carve out huge southern and western empire, and make New Orleans the headquarters, with him. self the ruler From documents and tes- timony it seems certain that Burr suc- ceeded in interesting a portion of the army, and more than one famous states man, in as much of his conspiracy as he dared to reveal.
 l The conspirator was able to raise a large sum of money, and seemed to be ] succeeding in the raising of an army that would be sufficiently large to carry out his project. The plan was nearly ripe and the first blow was about to be struck when General Wilkinson, who was an ac- cornpiice of Burrs became alarmed and sent secret word of the whole project to President Jefferson.
 | The President lost no time in an at- tempt to- crush the insurrection. He ap- prehended Burr and brought him up for trial on the charge of high treason in May, 1SO7 Burr fought the charges, and aided by Andrew Jackson and some of the best legal talent in America, he sue ceeded in having himself acquitted. But ! he was forced to leave America at once and was directed not to return.
 ] Burr, without friends and fortune, be- came an exile in England, where he lived l in extreme penury and was everywhere
 stunned as felon and an outlaw. He was peremptorily ordered by that govern ment to quit the realm, and going to France, he was there kept under the | closest surveillance.
 1 After some years Burr returned to America and resumed the profession. of 1 the law, but the ban of society rested
 upon him, and he was as he himself ex- lpressed it, severed from the rest of man
 kind. Finally, having become old, ir.- firm and poor, Burr became an object of icharity, and he died on Staten Island cn iSeptember II, 1886.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
GEORGE AIDE LOOKS BACK

From the American Magazine.
 George Ade is 50 years old, and the famous humorist says in an article:
 '"rhe first lessons learned were those of political hatred We studied our Mast cartoons before we tackled the primer. know now that Samuel J. Til den was courtly old gentleman, who lived in Gramercy Park, but in '76 he was a snorting demon with eyeballs like coals of fire.
 How our elders held to the old grudge against copperheads and Knights of the Golden Circle! The traitors attended church and travelled the straight and narrow, but they could not cover the blackness of their souls with boiled shirts.
 We believed that if the democrats won, the blacks would be returned to slavery, the rebels would be pensioned, the earth would slip on it's axis and the whole solar system would be disar- ranged.
 What has become of the partisan who wore the oilcloth uniform and car ried the smoky torch? He is circulating a subscription list and trying to get the chautauqua back next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A POSSIBLE HEROINE.

Horrendous war uprears it's head, The whole world seems to wobble; And though much blood is bravely shed, Miss Asphodelia Twobble 2 Still keeps her mind on dress and beaux, Theatres, parties, dances; At headlines stating Europe's woes She very seldom glances. But don't misJudge this maiden fair, Her pretty arts rehearsing; If we send soldiers over there She'll take her turn at nursing
 ENCOURAGING EXAMPLE. When you begin to think this country Is not democratic, stop a moment and study the average traffic policeman" But why?"
 "You will discover that the dusky George Washington Jones, driving a dray. gets exactly the same treatment from him that Is received by million aire reclining in his limousine"
 EVIDENTLY SERIOUS. Charley Grabcoin is going with Miss Calder a great deal these days 'So he is Do you suppose he is seri- ous?"
 "He must be. He's had his car done over to match her haid and eyes"
 MORE POWER.
 How would you like to be negg king?"
 "The egg business is too uncertain. When the hens get busy the egg king 8 power wanes I'd much rather be an oil king. He can regulate the demand by cutting off the supply"
 WE WOT NOT. Lives there a star upon the stage, Or idol of the movie screen, Who's never yet been photographed In touring car or limousine?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07

From the Pittsburg Post.
 SN0UT for an uncomfortable ambition lSN that he seems to have been power ~ less to curb Aaron Burr might have risen to the highest position in the gift of the country. Burr was one of the most unusual men the country ever produced but his impatience led to
 his downfall. Few men possessed greater mind, but force of circumstances
 had brought other men into prominence that the country felt must be honored for services rendered, and then would come Burr's time but ambition slew him. when he almost had the great object of his desires in hand.
 Burr's ambition led him to stoop to the most dlsreputable acts to which any honorable man could descend-that of treason to his country. He tried to de- fend his actions, his friends took up the cudgel for him; he was tried and &C., quilted, but in spite of all this his name has gone down in history as scoun- drel whose chief aim in life was his own glorification.
 When Aaron Budd, during the revolu- tionary war, tried to attain military honors he had his first setback. The
 result was that he turned to politics, hop ing to be more successful. He was about to have his ambitions gratified when he tied Thomas Jefferson in the electoral
 college for President of the United States.
 | The stumbling block in Burrs way was Alexander Hamilton, who, like Burr, | was also one of the most brilliant of Americans. Hamilton espoused the cause | of Jefferson, and instead of Burr quietly waiting his chance, he took time by the l forelock and challenged Hamilton to a
 duel and killed him. He was at the time | vice president of the United States. The
 result of the duel staggered the nation
 and a popular resentment against Burr spread all over the country. He had played the political game and lost. But
 he was not entirely subdued.
 His next move was an attempt to es- tablish an empire of his own in the west
 ern part of the United States Louisiana
 had just been purchased from France,
 and a great part of it's inhabitants were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07

paradoxical as that may appear. Ger many appreciates friendship unbroken through many years and we are to be- lieve that she did not forfeit it lightly.
 President Wilson has upheld the na- tion's honor. A declaration of war may be avoided, but at present it is a hope few people venture to enter tain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

The best way to be happy, though mar
 ried, is to pay the freight and let your
 wife run the home.
 We laugh at the ostrich. Then we
 close our eyes to our own faults ana TIT. agine that other people are equally blind
 Women, Chinese laundry tickets and
 doctors prescriptions are three things
 that a man can't fathom.
 One thing we like about fat man is
 that when he is in a dining room he
 wears his napkin the same way he years 1t in barber shop. Don't imagine that it is generosity that
 makes the average man give himself away.
 Some men would rather spend theil
 time hunting for jobs than go to work One-half the world doesn't seem to un- derstand that it is none of it's business
 how the other half lives. Consider the postage stamp. It know, that the way to get there is to stick on the job.
 Many a man who brags about his won. derful command of language doesn't know how to say "No' at the right time When a man can't make statement without wanting to bet on it, 1t Is sigr that he is a liar. What has become of the old-fashione6 mother who hoped that her son would be minister when he grew up? The only time some men make a noise In the world is when they are sound asleep.
 If it had been the prodigal husband who returned instead of the prodlgal sor he would have received a roast instead of fatted calf.
 There is the making of future finan cier in the small boy who sells bit. from his apple for two 'immies' ant then turns the worm hole in the appl, for the purchaser to bite from. 1 And what has become of the old-fash ionend man who used to go to the bar | Der shop for bath every Saturda. night? VI | We are all unselfsh enough to let tn other fellow have anything that we hav' no use for.
 1 lot of these suffs who go to hear lee lures on '.The Influence of Women al Applied to Practical Government" shoul'
 be at home demonstrating the Influene
 of Broom as Applied to the Floor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
Loves the Game

Although it has been many years since was in active newspaper work, can't get
 away from my love of it." said Joseph Babb. ''The work that am In at present, of course, throws me in contact with the newspaper people, and that is one
 reason I like 1t so well. During the weeks that I have been in Birmingham, 1t has been most pleasant for me to re-
 new my acquaintance with the newspaper men that I knew when I was here years ago. Of course many of them are not here. Some of them have gained fame in larger cities, and others have drifted into politics and other vacations But don't believe man who has once been in newspaper work ever gets away from the call of printers ink Even now I can hear it myself, and it's quite a struggle for me sometimes to keep out of the game, and keep at the work which IT have made a profession for num- Der of years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
HousaGomic Crew
 Given Protection

A CCORDING to the story told by EA the master of the American merchantmen Housatonic, the German submarine which sank his vessel in spite of his protests complied with all the requirements of international law.
 It is true that the Housatonic was neutral ship, but she was loaded with contraband destined for an enemy port. In fact, the crew were treated with more consideration than they had any reason to expect and in all fairness to the Germans, it must be conceded that they behaved well un- der the circumstances.
 "You are carrying foodstuffs to an enemy of my country, and though I am sorry, it is my duty to sink you," said the submarines captain. He at first refused to comply with the re- quest that the open boats of the Housatonic be towned toward the land, but changed Ais mind. Not only were the seamen on board given ann pie time to escape, but a rope was thrown overheard from the submarine and they were lowed for an hour and a half, until British patrol boat was approached.
 The submarine then warned the British vessel with shot and de- parted. This act of humanity was per formed not without danger to the Germans. Considering the desperate plight in which their nation finds her self and the bitterness aroused against England, as we'll as the United States for shipping foodstuffs to the powers who are trying to starve out Germany, the officers of the submarine did all that could rea- sonably be expected of them to safe guard the lives of the Housatonic's crew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
Nguestiom of War
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 AHamgs i'm the Balance
RESIDENT WILSON has a h,

RESIDENT WILSON has hap
 py faculty-not so considered,
 wever, by some of his critics--for smashing precedents. While breaking off diplomatic relations in the past history of the world has led to war, the astonishing good fortune which has attended so many of MT. Wilson's undertakings may yet prevent the United States from being drawn into war with Germany.
 Although the situation is admitted sly grave, there is time enough for Germany to come to her senses and it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that when the influence of neutral na- tions is exerted against her policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, she will modify her plans.
 So far, it is true, the determination of the war party in Berlin seems un- shaken. A break with the United States was anticipated and prepara- lions for it were made in advance. However, the nations not yet involved nrc voicing their sentiments in no un- kertain tones and in few days more, whom all have had an opportunity to npeak, Germany may realize the folly " turning the world against her. She my consider that her present plight 6ould not be much worse, but she has 1he future to think about. The wounds < 6ansed by the war will be long time ea1Ing.
 Judeing from the news dispatches
 GorIpan origin, the feeling against kS unlted States is even less hostile, E Sxu Ii t diplomatic relations have , j jrred thaA it was before < a. }
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07

of appeal to the supreme court and su- persedeas bond was set at $1OO.
 Judge Sharpe in his ruling held that the county health officer is county of ficial and that Dr. Harrington, not being a qualified elector, is ineligible.
 | There will be no further discussion of public health matters in the meetings of the Jefferson County Medical society un-
 til after the supreme court hands down
 its decision on the questions at issue re-
 garding the county health officer A vote of confidence was extended the committee
 of health of the medical society Monday
 mi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
Loyal to President

Tt is certainly very gratifying to mo- tice that regardless of what former opin- ions may have been in reference to Presi- dent Wilson and his foreign policy, the American people. regardless of political utilization, or whether native born of nat uralized citizens, are standing square behind the government in the present rlomentous crisis" said Hardy Burt of the Florence hotel. 'Tt seems to be America first with all our citizens, no matter what may happen. I was much impressed last night at the Lyric when, as the orchestra struck up the Star Spangled Banner at the opening of the performance, the entire audience, men and women, hose to their feet and made the place ring with their cheers. Among the first to stand up when the soul inspiring strains rang out was Morris Bush of the Chamber of Commerce, and Walker Percy who were quickly followed by the entire audience. It was a signifi- cant demonstration and tends to show the unanimtty of all the American peo- pie when Americas honor Is at stake"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07

There will be no freight rate problem and no other problem to bother about. And as for the demand for the prod uct, it is known to be already large and steady. Build a big mill in Bir- mingham and the plant would soon expand to vast proportions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
A pEEvIsH pEDAGoGuE

From London Tit-Bits.
 There are some surnames which jar on the susceptibilities of purists. A story Is told of an Oxford don who after hear ing the viva voce of an undergraduate named Littler, thus addressed him:
 MT Littler, your Greek prose is dis gusting. your Latin prose Is disgusting, your translation is disgusting and your name is ungrammatical."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
HE DOESN'T COUNT

New York Correspondence. Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 One of the candidates for the presi- dercy of the city Federation of Women's clubs is featured as ''the 100 per cent mother of siy children.v They have a father.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
An Imdusery That
 Would Pay We'll

MM( UGH is heard these days of SVS diversified industries as we'll as diversified crops, but multiplying small factories is more easily done on paper than in practical experience. Enthusiastic upbuilders often dream of new mills and talk as if they could be established by mere resolving" Of course, every town, small and large, needs industries in order to de- velop thrifty population. But the first thing to consider is the economic conditions that enter into all prob lems of manufacturing endeavor. What would pay in New York, Phila- delphia or Chicago might not be profitable here; and vice versa. But there are several industries in addition to those we have that would pay here, or wherever else agriculture thrives. A mill for grinding velvet beans, peanuts and corn should be one of Birmingham's industries. Such a plant would be a dividend earner from the start. A mill on a large scale could be built for $100,000. The machinery for such an industry is not expensive and it could be operated at comparatively small expense.
 The crushing of corn for live stock food has developed into a very im- portant industry, while the manufac- ture of bean meal, one of the newest of enterprises, is proving to be one of the most money-making.
 The crop diversification movement in this part of the country is making headway, but it can never reach the highest notch until market conditions are altogether favorable. Alabama soil is especially adapted to the cul- tivation of peanuts and velvet and soy beans. And these crops are fer tilizers and land restorers as well as live stock fatteners. A grinding mill would make the desired market.
 If time is wasted by industrial committees" in looking into non- practical projects, it would not be SC in taking up the feed mill question A dozen or more such industries should soon be established throughou, the state.
 The demand for velvet bean meal and other modern foodstuffs is now SO great as to cause a rapidly widen ing commercial activity. The diversi. fled product of the Alabama farmer is being shipped in enormous bulk tc Peoria, H.; there ground to mea and then shipped back to Alabama for stock food. If nothern concerr can buy the raw material in the soutl and make the business pay, why coule not an Alabama concern make it pay even better?
 l Let our men of capital wake up ant do the grinding for the local trade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
PREsCIENCE
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From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Ut is war comments Charlemagne Tower, a former American ambassador surprising us with the penetrating fore sight that gets into mans system after serving a term in the diplomatic service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
SERVING NOTICE.

'Norah," said the mistress of the house, to the awkward maid. you must never commit faux pas like that again."
 Yes ma'am. But there ain't no use of you givin' 1t a foreign name, ma'am. I simply ripped on a rug an spilled the soup. I never was talked to that way before ma'am. an if you do it again. I'll quit"
 LECTURE ON JOURNALISM.
 "see here," snapped the city editor to the cub reporter, you've crammed this obituary notice full of flowery compl- ments."
 ''But l thought"
 This man didn't die in jail. did he?"
 "No sir"
 'He was not killed while trying to rob a safe?'
 "No, sir"
 And he wasn't shot down in run ming battle with the police?"
 "Of course not, sir"
 Well when a citizen dies natural death in bed, surrounded by his weeping relatives, the public takes it for granted that he had his good points"
 AN ExACTING CRITIC.
 "A great many people in this world are unconscious humorists." <
 That's probably true" replica the crusty individual .but you never see ary persons of that sort in screen comedy. At times the actors are so conscious of being humorous that I assure you it is quite painful" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
War Either Way

q hear there's rumor afloat that all the unmarried men in the United States are to be drafted into service by Uncle Sam in case of war;" said James Smith, clerk in the office of the United States district attorney. "If such Is really true, guess there will be a rush for mar riage licenses around here. However, cannot figure where a man would gain much by getting married to keep from going to the front. From all I can hear, it's war either way round. Of course like the girls and all that but my friends tell me that it's serious proposi- tion to take unto oneself a wife In these days of high living prices. If it came to a show down between going to war and getting married, I hardly know which course I would take.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07
TRULY SPOKEN

From the New York Telegram. We are impressed with the frankness of the testimony of MT. Edward F. Hut ton in the leak case. MT. Hutton said:
 "The dear public always pays.'
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WE wOT NOT.
 Lives there a star upon the stage, 1 Or idol of the movie screen, Who's never yet been photographed In touring car or limousine?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting aii .partments) Main 430O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07

Fayette county had the smallest death
 rate. Jefferson, owing to size and per- haps from other causes, leads with 394
 Fayettes percentage of population was IA
 while that of Jefferson was 14.4 It's rate was lower than that of Talladega, 2O.3 Perry, 15.2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-07

Great Britain is called the vampire of the continent by g. German writer. Ac- cording to her pictures, Britannia doesn't t bear the slightest resemblance to any of our movie vampires"