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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-30

ment will perfect the gun to the high est degree of efficiency and adopt it for use by the American army.
 The gun is fired by gasoline explo sion. the force which drives motor cars. It has been thoroughly tested by its inventors and 200 shots per min ute have been accurately fired a dis tance of 200 yards. MT. Quick stated that the gun can be made to fire be- tween 800 to 1000 shots per minute.
 The invention will represent a re- markable saving in that it requires no powder. no cartridge and no she'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-30

years. This accounts for the fact that certain warrants have not been paid recently. If the state had disregarded warrants of other years and had paid all warrants issued this year 1t would now have s116.11S.41 in the treasury
 While the state lived within its in- come this year, it still faces serious problem in caring for the obligations contracted in the past. If the state ran ahead each year s1o0,0O0 it would be 25 years before the deficit would he removed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-30
FAIRFIELD CAR LINE WILL BE EXTENDED Ensley Sunday Schools Will Observe Rally Day.
 MasOns to Meet

The new plant of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company now being built west of Fairfield will be bound closer to the city proper by the proposed extension of the Tidewater car line three-quarters of mile beyond the American Steel and Wire plant. The Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power com pany already has a right of way on the Possum Valley road toward Bessemer, but should this not prove as convenient to the new plant as more direct route, the T. c. I company has indicated it's willingness to provide such route. The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company and the Tennessee Coal and Iron company have not closed their ne gotiations, but it Is propable that all will be settled in few days and work begun
 At present the large number of em- ployes working on the construction of the new plant are conveyed to their work in busses operated by the company.
 All Sunday schools of the Ensley dis trict will join in the city-wide observ- ance of Rally Day today Each church has planned an individual programme and most schools will make their promo tions at which time diplomas and cer- tifieates will be awarded in different departments.
 Ensley wants a record breaking attend ance and all members of the past or pres ent are urged to attend.
 This Rally Day is the climax to a months campaigning and superintend- ents and teachers of the respective schools are expecting big results.
 The Ensley Presbyterian mission will be showered "Wednesday morning from 10 to 12 o'clock by the ladies of the auxiliaries of the Presbyterian churches of the Birmingham district.
 Miss Lillian Edwards. a missionary of wide experience. has recently come to the Ensley mission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-30

The Fairfield School Improvement association will meet at the school house Monday afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-30

The Young Women's Missionary so- ciety of the Ensley Presbyterian church will meet Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock with Mrs. c. G. Goodwin, 610 Twenty y-third street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-30
FEAGIN RETIRES

William F. Feagin, state superin- tendent of education since 1913, re- tired Saturday afternoon and succeed : ed George W. Covington of Montgom cry as superintendent of education of Montgomery county, MT. Feagin will be succeeded Monday by Spright Dowell of Birmingham. state director of teachers institutes Governor Herl derson will appoint MT. Dowell, ac- cording to his announcement of sev eral months ago
 w, F. Tidwell of Birmingham will be appointed director of teachers in stitutes by MT. Dowcll and will take up his work at once. Several other appointments are expected next week.
 J.tT. German, state examiner of pub lie accounts. checked MT. Feagin out of his new state office and his pre- decessor Mir Covington. out of his county office Saturday
 RESPITE IS GRANTED
 Lige Skipper, negro. charged with the murder of a white boy in Henry county, will not be hanged October ?. Governor Henderson granted a 30- day respite Saturday afternoon in or der that he may investigate the case. Several persons have requested that the sentence be commuted to life inn prisonment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-30

Ensley chaper No 12o Royal Arch Masons. will hold a special meeting at the Masonic hall Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. The Royal Arch degree will be conferred on several candi- dates and light refreshments served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-30

The School Improvement association of the high school will hold It's first regular meeting at the high school building Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock All former members are re- quested to come and new members will be welcomed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-30
COSMOS CLUB

The Cosmos club will meet with Mrs l.. E. Brubaker, 2631 Ensley ave-
 nue, Friday afternoon. This will be the initial meeting of the club year.
The Arvada enterprise., 1917-04-05

eggs. l wish l might see them" said
one child, and another answered, II
think it must have been the little hare
that sprang out of the juniper bush
when l wanted to build my nest there"
The other children laughed and re
peated the saying, and when the duke
came back unframed from the war
and took away his wife and children
TO their palace on the upper Rhine
his wife set apart Il fund to be expend.
ed every year In giving the children
of the village which had sheltered the
royal children during the war feast
of eggs at Easter. The custom was
spread in the duchess own domains
and by degrees 1t spread over the
whole country, the eggs being consid
cred n symbol of deliverance from sin
The Arvada enterprise., 1917-04-05
HOW UNBELIEVER SAW LIGHT
Recognized Work Of God in the eeaut.
and Fragrance Of Flowers In
Church.

l once heard story about n mar
who was confirmed unbelievcr. His
wife. an earnest Christian, tried to
get him to attend church services, but
he stubbornly refused to enter re-
Iigious meeting of any kind. And so
it went for many years, until one
Easter morning his wife with tears
in her eyes begged him to so to church
with her.
Robert" she said. II know that you
do not bclIeve-in anything. l know
that you do not want to believe In
anything. But won't you come &c
church this morning-just to give me
plcasuref"
And the man promised to so; prom.
iscd reluctantly. and though he wat
nm unbellevcr he did not break prom.
iscs, so he went.
The church was very beautiful thai
Easter morning. The air was filled
with the perfume Of many flowers, and
ferns and palms nodded checrlly &c
cnch other. A great bouquet OF lilies
bloomed fragrnntly ut the mans very
elbow, and jar OF golden.hcarted
daisies smiled up ut him. Everywhere
he looked there We're flowers; simple
field flowers, and rarcr. cultivated
ones. And the man, leaning back In
his seat. felt great peace steal over
him.
All through the service he sat there
| QUIET. And at the closing hymn he
took his wifc's arm, and guided her
| gently down the ilowcr.dccornted
aisle. when they were walking homo
| alone. under the brightness OF the
sprIngtImc sky, he suddenly spoke:
"My dear" he said, this Easter
morning has done n great thing foi
me. have seen the light believe =
His wife cried out in JOY, "Whni
was It that made you believer she
/ questioned: "was II the music, or the
sermon, orr
ut was the flowers" said the mar
softly. when ! saw them, all mnsscc
together In their beauty and puritJ
and fragrance, | suddenly knew thai
only n great and wonderful God cor'<
have made acknowledgement Il. Sa I:
s,cr Jr., In tho Christian Herald.
The Arvada enterprise., 1917-04-05
EASTER IN GERMANY
Children Have First Place in the
Seasons Celebrations in
TyroI Region.

10 ona of the most ,,norstitious
Il coun+ries IN tho war zone On
t,o o,on,p, h.foro Eoster comnonias
nf musicians in queer garments still
M ohort tho country SINGING Castor
brpnS IN occomnoniment to mellow.
roic.d gu;tors On beorinp the music
NJ III. door avarvone comes out and
Joins in tho cborus all rejoicing TO-
yo,b.r in tho bonnv d,v
7, tho most remote districts the
..E,stor RIDING" &c vet customary The
,rocossion S,orts from tbe tiny town
Eos,ar uor,ino with tho ne,r,a walk.
IN, hobinJ nr;asts and crosShnor.rs IN
hor,oho,l, and ,,os crosS-country
,hro,ch ,ho aolas hoc,;ny tho hIess.
ings Of bo,vop unon tho b,vests and
ell. ro,rrns 70 tho r,,lo cburcb with
,ho oross ohoro n for , hri.f sorvico
coror,, 10 , pro,oS,or, NATHAN and
,.s p,ash,,.r,ons and Iu,herons do nor
,o,ohro,a EoS,or IN realistic c.romo.
Mol a., tho Co,boI,c countries hut ,s
,ho cormons, christmas ordinations
nv, 6rst In tho Chris,,on world becorse
~ choir clos. association with chill.
dr,n ca IN castor II Is the children
vho h,va first nIoce in the ohseryonces
NJ tba resurrec,ion Innumeroble toys
md trIpkets ore sold TO friends and
relatives of the children. Every old
woman in the market place offers for
sale nil kinds of eggs in NIL colors. of
candy porcclaIn. glass. chocolate and
even wood
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Faster 6ladness

Across the windy slopes sweet bells
we're ringing;
A skylark's song came downward,
clear and gay,
And my full heart broke forth in Joy
and singing.
This Easter day.
My risen Lord, felt thy strong pro.
lection!
saw thee stand among the graves
today;
II am the Way. the Life. the Resur.
rection,"
heard thee say.
And all the burdens l had carried
sadly
Grew light as blossoms on an April
spray;
My cross became staff; journeyed
gladly
This Easter day.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09

Senatorial fight with the result that
Senator Woodard was elected with
about 800 plurality. The people OF
the district learned what united action
would accomplish.
In an attempt to carry the District
headquarters down the liquor forces
used their heaviest guns. Murphys-
boro, eight miles away with abundant
service between, is wet. A lot of booze
stopped over and it was far from the
case with Carbonate that if you let
it alone it will let you alone"
The election came at time when
the roads were impossible for We
hicles and on rainy day. But the
work was we'll in hand and before the
sun broke through at noon men be-
gan coming in on horseback. From
seemingly sure victory the liquor
forces were driven back and the peo-
pie saw that if they work even a
rainy day can be made a dry day.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09
RICRICAS'S CRIMINAL RECORD
INCREASED BY DRINKING MEN
Of the 47,si6 Convictions 14,s17 Were
for Drunkenness; No Account of
Large Percentage Where Booze
Was Predisposing Cause.

The annual report OF Alex. ].
Groesbeck, Attorney General OF the
state OF Michigan, has just been
published. 1t shows that of the 47,5l6
convictions, 14,517 were for drunk
enness. These figures take no ao-
count OF the large percentage OF
cases in which drinking was un-
doubtedly a predisposing cause.
Some men are so constituted as TO
be better able to carry their jag than
others who imbibc less frequently
and in decidedly smaller quantities.
The effect of indulgence is seen not
in the staggering gait or maudlin ut
terance, but in unwise or criminal
deeds, for which they are duly ar
raigned and punished, no mention
being made OF the melting cause OF
the offense.
Wayne county leads in the num-
Der OF convictions with 24,52S cases.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09

greater need OF revenue than the
older and more settled communities
The saloon element has PLAYED the
revenue game with all its allurements.
but without success. What is more
remarkable in many of these cities ;s
the vets could not, if they tried. get
sufficient number of names to sinh
NIT the question.
Vets Fail to Reclaim Centralia
Last spring the vets tried to re-
claim Centralia but failed. Under
date of October 10, 1917, a leading
citizen writes:
While there may be little boot
Logging in Ccntralia, we have prac-
hcally no trouble in this respect. In
my opinion there will never be an
other fight on this question; but if
there is, Centralia will go dry by an
overwhelming majority"
The Lid Put on in Cairo
Cairo is border city with a large
negro population. In consequence of
this unusual situation the saloons of
CAIRO were open day and night. and
Sunday without any pretensc of COM
plying with the state law, but Sunday
closing was enforced last November.
Some of the leading business men
say their Mondays trade has greatly
improved since the lid was put on.
This was master stroke. Boat
loads and trainloads of drinkers from
Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and
Illinois were thus prevented from
spending Sunday in Cairo. In con-
sequence the saloons have been Grip
pied in their profits and many have
discontinued.
Ten years ago Murphysboro with
a population Of some 1000 had 80 sa-
looms. Today with a population of
over 10000 the number of saloons
have shrunk to 81.
Among Murphysboro's numerous
industries is brewery. Out Of re-
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Mov,ng the Office
to Carbonate
By ]. w. Perry, Formerly Superin-
tendent Southern District

The Outstanding feature of the first
SUPPLEMENTARY of the Southern dis
trict carbohydrates at Carbonate
was the establishment of down town
Office for the district headquarters.
This seemed to instill in the minds of
the people the fact that the fight
against the liquor traffic was real bust
ness.
The largest result in a legislative
way was the election of Senator
Woodland in the Fiftieth District. The
district was normally 1000 to 1,40O
Republican. There were two other
dry candidates in the field for other
political parties. This left DR.. Wood
ard--the Democratic candidate-with
a mighty heavy handicap.
A most intensive campaign was
carried on in a practical way in this
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09
An Effective Weapon

In our opinion one Of the most ef-
fective weapons to use against the
bootlegger is the nuisance statute.
The laws of Illinois provide that
any place where liquor is sold in vio-
lation of the law, becomes nuisance
and may be abated as such. The per-
sistent violator of the law may be
enjoined from maintaining a nuis-
ance, under this provision of the law,
That is, where it is shown to the
court that nuisance is being main
tanned, the keeper thereof may be en-
joined from operating the same, and
his place of business closed as such.
By this means the will of the people,
as expressed at the polls, may be
made effective and the defer of the
law brought to terms.
Eternal vigilance is the price OF
liberty" from the yoke of the saloon
power. By eternal vigilance upon
their part the liquor power has often
broken down the effort of the people
to free themselves from its blighting
curse.
While we have no sympathy with
the so-called argument above referred
to that the voting out of the saloon
will bring in the bottlegger," yet it
does and has led many good people
astray and because of the fact that
the laws arc violated some we'll mean
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09

A wet advertisement in the Quincy
Labor Advocate, contains this SEN
tencc; at (Prohibition) will mean
that many Of DIR best citizens will
leave the city the same as has hap
pened in other Prohibition cities
a news report in the Chicago Trib-
une telling OF Washington, D. c, go
ing dry, contains this sentence: I'm
mediately after the saloons close there
will be a great exodus OF dive habitues
to Baltimore and New York"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09
PROHIBITION GOOD FOR CITIES
By E. E. M cLauglllin

Prohibition good for country folks
is also good for city folks. This is
one OF the revelations of recent years.
According to the L. s. census OF
1910 the Southern District of the
Anti-Saloon League had II cities
with a population of over 5000. They
are: Cairo, Centralia, Murphysboro,
Mt. Vernon, Marion, Mt. Carmel,
Herrin, DuQuoin, Carbonate, Har-
risburg and Olney. Of these cities
only four are wet, viz: Cairo,
Murphysboro, Herrin, and DuQuoin.
In 1915 the U. S. Census Bureau
estimated the population of 45 cities
in Illinois. OF this number only
three are in the Southern District of
the Anti-Saloon League: Cairo, Cen
tralia and Mt. Vernon.
Watch Dry Cities Grow
Cairo (wet) population 1888, an
increase of per cent over the 1910
census.
Centralia dry population 1928,
an increase of 10 per cent.
Mt. Vernon dry population 9,477,
an increase of Is per cent.
Problem in percentage; How long
will it take Centrala to overtake
Cairo?
Phenomenal Growth of Seven More
Cities
Since the census of 1910 the rapid
growth OF cities in the coal and oil
fields of the Southern District has
brought a number of other cities to
the front. West Frankfort, Johnston
City, Christopher, Benton, Eldorado,
Lawrenceville, and Robinson are to be
classed with the group of II men
toned above.
We now have Is cities of 5000 pop
ulation and over. Four arc wet and
IA are dry.
This population advance has come
about Under most trying conditions.
Cities undergoing rapid growth have
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09

Coal operators in the Pittsburgh
district, meeting at Pittsburgh to
discuss the fuel situation declared that
the professional agiiator should be
eliminated from the mining districts,
and that liquor selling within five
miles OF mine should be prohibited
by presidential decree.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09

located
Washington This building second Capitol itself ah
width of ESQ feet
the Minerva Athen and the north
similar The
enduring soiy security fitting
while of the building
activities, the Treasury first of financial nst
ton, ard s that it has nrest,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09
AFTER THE ELECTION
By w. o. Edwards of Pinckneyville

ing people are induced to give up the
fight and surrender to the law VIC
lators. 1t has always been difficult
for me to recognize any reason for ap-
plying different rule to the liquor
traffic than to other business.
Why Not License Theft
Why not license men 10 steal horses
and to gamble? 1t is just as reason
able to argue that the law against
horse stealing and gambling should
be wiped off the statute books because
these laws are violated, as it is that
the law against the open saloon
should not become effective because
there are some men with so little prin-
ciple as to violate the law by selling
booze"
I am unable to recognize in the
bootlegger any reason at all why the
good law abiding citizen, who favors
doing away with the saloon for the
betterment of the community, should
change lis views on the moral issue
and go ever to the bootlegger.
There is no argument in the conten-
ton and it is anarchistic and utterly
subversive of all good government in
it's last analysis.
Saloon Worst Evil
But aside from all that may be said
about the unfavorablc conditions Gre
ated by the bott1egger and the blind
tiger, [ desire to say here, "give me
the Blind Tiger, rather than the sa-
loon, if we must have either"
When the nefarious business is
driven to the dark end of some alley
or an obscure cellar way, or is oper-
ated under lock and key, under the
name of 1.-THE Owls" as in some
places, the evils attendant upon it are
reduced to the minimum. 1t has then
lost all semblancc OF responsibility
that the law threw around it, and men
who would otherwise feel free to en-
ter the open saloon and spend their
money for booze, have too much pride
to patronize blind tiger" and thus
be party to an Illegal act.
The day is soon coming when our
Good Uncle Samuel will put his pond
erous foot on the whole business and
then it will end. Let us fight on.
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gard for this business" some of the
leading citizens have acquiesced to
conditions through Discrimination TO
start a fight. But the scales are off
the eyes of the best people whose
minds are above bricks and bust
ness"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09

In Herrin the saloons were re-
turned by fraudulent vote in 1916
Several years ago DuQuoin was
voted dry, but the indifference OF dry
voters permitted wet administrations
to annul the law.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09

$1,000 DER MAN PER couNTY-strangc
invention startles world-agents amazed. Ten
inexperienced men divide $4,000. Korstad
farmer. did $4,000 in IA days. Schieicher
minister, $195 FIST IL hours $1,000 cold
cash made, paid. banked by Stoneman in 80
lays; SIS 900 to date. A hot or cold running
$3.50. Self-hcating. No plumbing or water
wosks required. Investigate. Exclusive sale.
Credit gixen. Send no money. Write letter
or postaW today. ALLEN MFG. CO.. 509
Allen Bldg. Toledo. Ohio
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-11-09

The Philadelphia Ministerial Asso-
citation has sent protests to Secretary
OF Wa Baker against any relaxation
oil the ban on Intoxicating liquors in
the United States army in France.