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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17

ing among his troops. This is the
message he has sent through the New
York Bible society:
To the American Soldier:
Aroused against nation waglns
var In violation of all Christian prtn-
c,nles. our people are fighting in the
cause of liberty
Hardship will be your lot, but trust
In God will give you comfort; temp
tation will befall you, but the teach
ings of our Savior will give you
strength.
Let your valor as a soldier ana
your conduct as a man be an IN
spiration to your comrades and an
honor to your country.
PERSHING, Commanding.
August 10, 1917.
These are plain-spoken words.
There is no attempt at rhetoric. But
his message is heartfelt and will have
stimulating effect upon those to
whom it is addressed. Well it is that
our army in the field is commanded
by a Christian of General Pershing's
type.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
LUKE NI'LUKE SAYS

What has become of the old-fash-
toned wife who used to fix her hus-
band big dose of asafetida when he
came home feeling badly?
1t Is hard to get man to believe
that he could earn $40 with half the
energy he uses up trying to borrow S..
1t takes more courage toaadmit that
you are wrong than it does to insist
that you are right.
One way to become as popular as
smallpox is to take more interest in
other peoples affairs than they dc
themselves.
A woman wants plenty of closets in
a house so she can spend lot of time
looking in them for burglars.
! The man who says he profits by his
mistakes is as big liar as the mar
who says he never makes any.
! how wise she looks. But 1t keeps {
nocent.
1T is easy to gain mans friendship
Find out what his hobby is and ther
act as though you wanted to know
all about it.
| You may have noticed that the maj
who always plays them as if he ha'
them is always buying chips.
A man with fine head of hair take
his hat off to a woman as If he en-
joyed the process. But a bald-heade
man tips his lid slowly and grudingly
i 1t certainly makes a woman happ
when she discovers that her husban
lis jealous of her
The reason why we like to see
man pushing a baby buggy containin
his baby along Sthe street is becaus
we know that he isn't acting as nurse
maid to his wife's poodle.
This is a queer world We all urg
the practice of economy, and we a
hate stingy man.
4 man sees SO many vnecked waist
that you would think he would gt
tired of what they reveal. But h
doesn't.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
AN ExPERT CRIMINAL


Melville D. Post in the Saturday Evening
Post.
In the underworld the yegg was an ex-
pert. Old Bob, king Of yeggs, invented
1t is said, the pocket piece method OF
carrying saws. 1t was clever trick
when he first brought it into existence.
When the authorities at a local prison,
a country Jail or station house searched
the prisoner they would find an old trade
dollar or worn 5-franc piece in his pos
session. The criminal would ask the au-
thorities to permit him to KEEP 1T because
1t belonged to some member of his FAMILY
his mother, his father or some imagl-
| nary child that had cut its teeth on the
| metal edge in some imaginary former
| happy home 1t was line of what the
underworld calls soft stuff, and the pris-
oner was usually able to put It over AZ
| the country jail. He was allowed 70 take
| the coin into the cell with him; what
| danger could there be In worn pocket
| piece treasured for it's memories?
There were all kinds of dangers In It.
| The faces Of the coin screwed together
IN delicate threads. and the interior was
| filled with tiny saws of the best material
For a long time through this device the
1 clever criminal was able to get about
with a fair equipment of saws always N
his possession.
n was for no slight accomplishments
that this man was known to the supter'
ranean world as the king of the yeggs
II was Old Bob, we are told, who In
vented the system of planting saws apou
in the various prisons that he Nigh
again be unfortunate enough to enter
His method was clever and ingenious
Kindly religious people endeavor to re-
form criminals by sending tracts and III
erature to the local prison. The yegg in
augurated the habit Of pasting thes
moral dissertations on the wall OF IN
! cell The custom pleased the well mean
; ing people and 1t could not be very vel
, objected to by the prison authorities. l
J was also useful to the yeggmen!
The little sermons were glued to tn
wall with syrup, usually a staple Of tn
prisoners diet. A thin saw Of the hes
. quality was thereby held in place TO
r the bnefit of the yeggman If he shout
ever by chance return that way, or TO
: the benefit of any member of the gan
\ who might happen to be picked up b
/ the police. 1t was a long time before tn
: authorities discovered this trick, an
then they found the local prisons of tn
country to be cached with the handy bun
. i glar tool.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
THE RUSSIAN PEASANT

the trees In your woods just like the
poor, and he is foul-mouthed brute,
and his children are foul-mouthed, and
when he is drunk he falls flat in the
mud and goes to sleep.
A very different type, surely, from
either the American Of the colonies at
the time of the revolution or the French
peasant when the French republic was
astabli she'd Away different mars-f=f-s'a-
the frugal, absteminous peon of Mexico
and other Latino american countries. But
after all, says Tchekoff--writing before
the revolution in Russia and not writing
Of revolution or of politics-there is
nothing the matter with the peasant at
the core. His faults are merely the
stain upon the glass" The intelligent
| STA of the towns are worse.
| 1t looks as If the uplifters Of the wide
world will have plenty to do in Russia
after the war, even assuming that when
the war is over Russia will be out OF
| it with undiminished territory and stable
| government, but possibly the mood Of a
writer of fiction and the license which
literature allows itself when dealing
with matters OF fact exaggerate the
faults OF the Russian of real life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
PATRIOTISM

BY Scott.
Breathes there man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
"This is my own-my native land"
whose heart hath ne'er within him
burned
AS home his footsteps he hath turned,
From wandering on foreign strand?
If such there breathe, go. mark him
we'll!
For him no minstrel's raptures swell,
High though his titles, proud his name.
Boundless his wealth as wish can
claim
Despite those titles power and pelf,.
The wretch, concentered all in self
Living shall forfeit fair renown.
And, doubly dying shall go down
TO the vile dust from whence he
sprung.
I. Unwepts p4honorsd, and unsung
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
Boards COMING BACK
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
This war may revive the beard and
also the habit of wearing the hair long
simply through a dearth of BARRIERS;
but in our last great war the beard
became fashionable from another cause
Officers and men alike remained un-
shaver in the trenches before Sebas-
topol owing to the severe cold.
When they returned to England many
of them still retained their boards
which were so admired by the oppo-
site sex that civilians abjured theil
razors and waited impatiently for sh'
hair to grow on their faces which
would make them resemble the heroes
of the battlefield.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
-nducernents to Take
the First American

a MERICANS are just a bit skep-
SA tical of the diaries alleged to
be found from time to time In the
nockets Of German soldiers, but the
information CLEANED from this source
that a price of 400 marks has been
offered for the first American soldier,
dead or alive, brought into the lines of
the general commanding the Eleventh
preserve division, seems credible.
According tosthis diary, taken from
q Prussian sergeant of the Twenty
third reserve infantry regiment, Ger
man troops believed at the time the
entry was made-at the end Of July
that they had been opposed by Amerl-
can troops 'for sometime now"
While there may be disposition on
the surface to ridicule Americas mil
itary power, the Germans are evident
ly keenly interested in the appear
ance of American soldiers on the fir
ing line. 1t may be that they want to
test for themselves the mettle OF
these new fighters, hitherto untrled
on European battlefields, but it is
more. likely that they are anxious to
learn how decisive factor American
troops will prove in the struggle on
the western front.
In addition to that 400 marks
little more than $500 in American
rnoney-we are told that the Teutor
who captures the first American sol
der will also. be given the iron cross
of the first class and fourteen days
leave.
In Fritz's eyes that reward is wei
worth having, but he will dlscove
that the American soldier is not i
the habit of holding up his hands an
CRYING "Comrade!" on the slightes
provocation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
The School Year
to Be Prosperous

6HHE school term that begins today
u promises to mark an advance
over the opening sessions of other
years. In Birmingham the organi-
cation has attained a high standard
and this standard will be maintained
in many districts of the state.
The 3-mill special school tax has
been voted in about half the counties
of Alabama, and before the end of
the year it is believed that few coun-
ties will be without adequate school
revenues. Marshall county, that voted
/ against the 3-mill tax last spring,
tried it again several weeks ago and
gave decisive vote for the tax. The
3-mill tax is popular, and even an adj
ditional district tax will be deemed
worth while later on.
In Lauderdale county tax had
been voted and several weeks ago in
two districts an additional tax of 3
mills was levied.
The educators of the state feel
elated over the small tax. There will
be well organized effort throughout
the state to stamp out illiteracy. Sew
eral years of good speech will make &
big difference in the matter of gram
mar among the populace.
The scarcity" OF leather is ex
planned by the statement that Their
are millions of hides being held il
storage for a higher price. Would tn
ultimate consumer be guilty of les
majestic if he asked why this situation
is allowed to continue?
1t is stated that Teuton airmen don
lombard Paris often because they hav
to pass over too much hostile territory
Besides, there isn't half as much sat
isfaction in bombing Paris as there
in raiding the capital of 'perfidiou
n Albion
Queen Victoria of Sweden may hav
: been credited with more influence tina
2 she actually yields in Swedish polite
d but it is safe to assume that what sh
e says in the family circle carries cor
e siderable weight
" The new war governor of Belgium
declared more brutal than Won Bissin
g If that's the case he must sit up prett
/ late at night deyising new atrocities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17

For the benefit of my many friends
who are kind enough to make inquiry
about my doughter, willard. who was
operated on for appendicitis on last
Tuesday morning, please say that she
is doing nicely, but will have to re-
main at the Robinson infirmary for q
couple of weeks before she can ex-
poet to come home" said DR.. L. F,
Written, pastor Of Saint Johns Method
list church.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17

II think the University of Alabama
is to be congratulated on its fine open
ing in spite of war conditions" said
L. T. Reeves of Tuscaloosa
81 was out there recently and was
really astonished to find that so many
of the old students had returned. OF
course the higher classes may not be
as full as usual but the lower ones
are well filled, and then the young
women are beginning moro and more
to attend. Dr. Denny is very happy
over the situation
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
STATE OF BOMB WARFARE
m Everybody's.

Among the experiences that Jeffery
Farnol lived through, while inspect
ing the British lines in France, none
are most interesting than his first IN
PRODUCTION to the use OF bombs. ds-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17

BEGINNING THE DAY. thank
Thee, O Lord, that all is well: that
Thou hOldest in leash the unkind
forces to move only at Thy Will;
that failure and disease and death
can work me no lasting harms since
/ am Thine and they touch me only
at Thy pleasure. Help nae to rest in
nay Fathers house. For Christ's
sake. Amen.--E. III. e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
KICKED!

From the New York World.
Count Luxburg by now has learned
that even a notorious ass has heels.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
American Soldiers
and the Bible

HHHE distribution of copies of Holy
Ii Scripture to American soldiers
now in France or in the training
camps in this country should make
q profound impression. Many man
who is ready to die for his country
has been a Bible reader since youth,
but a large percentage of those VINO
came from Christian homes had be-
come Indifferent to their early teach
ing and neglected to practice their
religion.
The New York Bible society of the
American Bible society are more ac-
tive now than ever. They are pre-
pared to supply Bibles to all the sol
diers. President Wilson wrote his per-
sonal appreciation of the Bible and
had it inserted next to the fly leaf in
every copy that was presented to the
boys in arms. 1t was gem Of English
competition and if it fell into the
hands Of any young man who has
neglected to read the Bible daily, he
would be touched and quickened by the
note of sincerity and turn over new
leaf.
Nowa General Pershing is lending
his influence to promote Bible read
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
Football season


II am looking forward with great
interest to the coming football sea-
son." said DR.. James e. Dedman. "The
talk that the war would put the popu-
lar sport out of commission proved
only to be the work Of the pessimist.
and 1 really think the southern col
leges are slated for most prosperous
year.
Il Cunningham has secured several
excellent games. The contests may mol
be of the same caliber as In previous
seasons In some respects, but ! car
see no reason why they should not bs
equally as interesting.
"Birmingham's first big game viii
be October II, when Mississippi A. & M
meets Auburn. From then, that is every
succeeding Saturday, lockwood Ffelt
will be the scene Of some mighty bat
| Ties"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
sand Mountain Prosperous

"I spent my vacation most pleasant
ly on Lookout and Sand mountains"
said DR.. j. r. Hendricks, professor of
history and economics at Howard col
lege.
TT Is really wonderful how the lands
on Sand mountain have been cultivated.
sections in the state. The people, as the
old saying goes. live at home They
are about as Independent lot OF
farmers as I know of any where in
the south. They are not only up-to-
date farmers, but are taking more and
more. interest in education"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17

Pleasure, and revenge,
Have ears more deaf than ndders to
the voice
OF any true decision.
-Troilus and Cresssida.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
Bibb Votes school Tax

at was certainly pleased in the over
whelming way in which Bib county
voted for the 3-mill tax said Prof.
Daniel Harmon, the principal of the
Blocton schools. 1T carried three to
one, showing that our people are really
waking up to the need of better
schools. 1 have great hopes for my
county
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17

Admission is certainly enjoying pros
perity," said w. D. Hardin. The con-
tinual arrival of soldiers keeps the city
in a stir.
Business is excellent. Last Satur-
day every store in the city sold out
their entire stock Of foodstuffs. The
soldier boys were especially fond OF
hot dogs and the supply fell short
1.-THE boys. as a rule, are we'll be-
haved. Admission really has something
to be proud of in the fine lot of Sam
mics gathered there"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17
small Merchants Have Hard Time

Sma1I MerChantB HIVE 1Idfu HHinc
II am sorry that the merchants in the
towns have not been able to adjust
themselves to the changed conditions
as have the farmers" said A. w. Bris-
coe of Camp Hill.
"The farmers are more independent
as they are not buying much that they
used to buy from the merchant, and
then the advancing business is not
what it used to be since so many ne
groes have left the country. Give them
time and they will find way out, but
Just at present they are living hard"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-17

The new war governor of Belgium is
declared more brutal than Won Kissing.
If that's the case he must sit up pretty
late at night deyising new atrocities.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-12-13

claiming interest in said estate OF
Patrick F. Courtney, deceased; and
Daniel J. Courtney, Eugene Courtney
Michael Courtney, Margaret Courtney
John Courtney, and three other per
sons having been named and mentioned
in proceedings In the matter Of said
estate as claiming interests in said
estate; now, therefore, You, the said
Daniel ]. Courtney, Eugene Courtney,
Michael Courtney, Margaret Courtney,
John Courtney. and all persons having
or claiming any interest in the estate
Of said Patrick f. Courtney, deceased.
are hereby notified that this court has
ordered that January IA, 1918, at ten
o'clock A. NJ at. the court room of this
Court in Grangeville, Idaho County,
Idaho, be fixed as the time and place
for you to appear and show cause
why the court should not declare and
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-12-13
Money to loan. II W. Carrots.
SUMMONS.

In the District Court of the Tenth Ju-
dicial District Of the State of Idaho,
In and for the County of Idaho.
Ona DeFord, plaintiff, VS.. Clarence
DeFord, defendant.
The State Of Idaho Sends Greetings
to Clarence DeFord, the above named
defendant.
You are hereby notified that q COM
plant has been filed against you In the
District Court of the Tenth judicial
District of the State of Idaho In and
for the County Of Idaho, by the above
named PLAINTIFF, and you are hereby
directed to appear and answer the said
complaint within twenty days of the
service of this summons upon you If
served within said Judicial District,
and within forty days If served else
where; and you are further notified
that unless you so appear and answer
said complaint within the time herein
specified, the plaintiff will take judg-
ment against you as prayed in said
complaint.
This action is brought to obtain
decree of said court dissolving the
bonds of matrimony between the plain
tiff and defendant, and to have award
ed to the plaintiff the care and Gus
tody of the minor child of said mar
rage, Bertha DeFord, daughter, aged
ten years, upon the grounds Of deser-
ton and voluntary separation of the
defendant from the plaintiff.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
District Court this 14th day of Novem-
Der, 1917.
JOHN P. EIMERS,
(SEAL) Clerk.
By HAROLD HARRIS, Deputy.
B. Anger, attorney for plaintiff, resi-
dence and postoffice address: Grange
vile, Idaho. SIG
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NOTICE TO APPEAR AND SHOW
CAUSE.

In the Probate Court Of Idaho County,
State of Idaho.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Patrick
v. Courtney, Deceased.
Patrick f. Courtney having died
seized and possessed of the West 81
feet of Lots 3 and Is in Block Ii North
of Main Street in the Original Town
of Grangeville, and also Lots 1, 2, y
and 10 in Block in Schmadeka's
Fifth Addition to the City Of Grange
vile. all in Idaho County, State OF
Idaho, as well as personal property and
the estate of said Patrick f. Courtney
deceased being now administered In
this court; and Daniel J. Courtney
having been appointed and now acting
administrators Of said estate; and
Brita Lisa Nelson having appeared
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-12-13
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

IN the Probate Court, County Of Idaho,
State of Idaho
In the matter OF the estate of John
Norwood, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the estate of John
Norwood, deceased, were granted to the
undersigned on the 10Th day OF DC
tober, 1917, by the probate court OF
Idaho county.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance at the ONCE
of B. Anger ir Grangeville, Idaho,
hereby designated as the place Tor
transaction Of business by me In SAID
estate, within four months after the
date of the first publication OF this
notice, or they shall be forever barred:
Dated this 10Th day Of October. 1917.
ANNIE c. NORWOOD,
Aa-tf Executor.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-12-13

the rights Of all persons to
said estate and all interests therein
and to whom distribution Of said es-
tate should be made; and you are
hereby required at said time and place
so fixed to appear and exhibit, as
provided by the statutes of Idaho,
your respective claims of heirship
ownership or interest to this Court.
Dated October %, 1917.
WILBUR l.. CAMPBELL
Probate Judge of Idaho County, State
of Idaho. 49-Ot
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-12-13
COUNTY WARRANTS REDEEMED.

Notice is hereby given, that the fol-
lowing County Warrants will be paid
on presentation to the County Treasu:-
err at his Office in Grangeville, Idaho,
and that interest on said warrants will
cease on the 18th day of December,
1917.
Current Expense Fund, Nos. 22O67 to
22657, inclusive.
Dated Dec 8, 1917.
J. A. BRADBURY,
2-2t County Treasurer.
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There 70
only one way to cure catarrhal aeafneeo.
and that il by a constitutional remedy.
famed condition of the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube 70
inhamed you have a rumbling sound or i'm.
perfect hearing. and when It 10 entirely
closed, Deafness 10 the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced6and this TUBE
restored to its normal condition. hearing
will be destroyed forever Many cases 81
deafness are caused by catarrh. which ID
an infamed condition OF the mucous sur.
facea Halle Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF the
system
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cAnn0e
be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. CIR.
culars free. All Druggists. 16c.
n. J. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo. O