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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES
REBUKED.

REBUKED.
"You claim exemption
Yes, sir
ION what grounds
Il have wife with cork leg"
rs she dependent on you for support?"
Not entirely. The cork leg helps
some"
sir, this is no place for pleasantly"
ADVICE.
We care not if this rhyme offends,
Don't be a foolish pup;
Sometime you'll find out that fast friendA
Will make man slow up.
And stiil. you know, it all depends
Perhaps twill make you frown,
B1It we are fain to state loose friends
May make a man slow down.
Newark Advocate
We care not if this rhyme offends,
Truth lies deep in the cup
some day you'll find out that tigh~
friends
Will make you loosen up.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
There is a fate that shapes our ends
We may get gall to sup
If we look down upon cur friends
When they have pushed us UP.
Dayton Daily News
The right way is: go slow sit tight,
The country has no use
For any one who the great game
OF life plays fast and loose
Houston Post
fast friend sticks around until
Your moneys running low
And when your bank account IS NIL
He feels compelled to go.
MORE LIKELY.
'You never can tell what mans
thinking about"
Mop
THAT pompous millionaire who just
now passed us in his motor car may have
been wishing that he was boy again.
splashing around in the old swimming
hole
Maybe so, but there was such wof-
ried look on his face, 1 suspect he was
wondering how in the dickens he's going
to dodge war taxes" e
PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

No communication will be published
without its authors name. Rejected
manuscript will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

Entered at the Birmingham, Aid,
postoffice as second-class matter I'M
der act of Congress. March S, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

Remittances can be made at current
rate of exchange. The Age-Herald WILL
not be responsible for money sent
through the mails. Address,
THE AGE-HBRALD,
Birmin CHAM, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

The Age-Herald is the only morning
and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham
carrying the Associated Press dis
patches.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

There's not one wise man among
20 that will praise himself.
Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08
Keep Alleys Clean


know the city is badly in debt, and
that the street cleaning department is
put to it to adequately cope with the sit
uation," said Joe Slaughter, but l do
hope some way can be found to keep the
alleys in the downtown district cleaner
The one between my store and the old
Saks corner needs attention. 1 am not
kicking but merely trying to call the
attention of the department as well as
the public to the true situation.
Summer is now upon us, and every
thing possible ought to be done by in
dividuals as well as the city to keep
Birmingham as sanitary as possible. We
would be in a still worse fix were it not
for the hard rains that come along
every now and then to clean the alleys
and Streets
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08
HOTEL LOBBIES
Going to Winston County

I am on my way up to Winston
county" said Rev. NJ. w Lanier, ito
assist Rev ]. F. Love of Double Springs
in meeting. / met him at the preach
ers meeting at Pelham last year, and
he made an engagement with me to visit
his church this summer This is pro-
tracted meeting season for most of the
country and village churches"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

1 happened to be there on a day when
an expert was giving a demonstration out
under the great oaks of the new way of
drying out and putting up vegetables. 1t
was all Dutch to me. but the demonstra-
tor was pretty and kept up a stream of
pleasant talk, and SO L looked on for
quite bit There was all about me
group of interested teachers and large
sprinkling of townspeople. 1t made a
pretty tableau.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

The state normal at Jacksonville differs
from the others in the larger per cent
of MEN who attend. | don't blame them
for so doing, for there were everywhere
signs of the good feeling existing be-
tween them and the young women.
couldn't see a bit of harm in their ming
ling. They sat together in classes and
at table in the dining hall. 1t all seemed
natural. 1t might not work at some
places, but Daugette has the situation
well in hand and has never had any
trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

I have recently been over to Jackson
vile to see the Normal school and to talk
with DR.. Daugette.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

I went all through the buildings.
Daugette is justly proud of the hand
some new womans dormitory, and took
me through the kitchen, and the pan
tries, and showed me how they not only
made things in the garden, but how they
put them up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

King Nicholas of Montenegro whites
away his time by playing poker. And
he's probably in a position where a pot
looks as good to him as to anybody
else
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

If you have never been to Jacksonville.
you have a treat in store. 1 do not see
how school could have a more beauti-
full setting than has the Normal for it is
situated on hill and has an elevation
of 80 feet above the sea-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-08

Another result of drastic prohibition is
that bibulous persons who used to be
quite fussy about their favorite brands,
are now drinking anything they can get.
4
General Korniloff evidently believes
that cowardly officer is entitled to
no more consideration than a private
soldier with the same yellow streak.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-16
answer on this.
A Modest Man.
I remain as yet
BURLEsoUE INVESTIGATIONS.

BURLESQUE INVESTIGATIONS.
In your news article about the bur
lesque show investigation, you refer
to the mature men who are patrons
of the burlesque." You also refer to
the Investigators in somewhat iron
zeal language.
AS friend of The Day Book, per-
NIT me to call your attention to the
fact that. if there were no curb on
the burlesque houses and upon those
who make their money by appealing
to the animal instincts of humanity,
they would know no limit.
The people who investigate these
places are to be commended; they
certainly show public spirit. It i'll
becomes The Day Book to sneer at
them. Have you ever attended these
performances? If so, you have seen
not only mature men," but also
youths Of II and Is. These shows
are certainly not insplrauional to bet
ter things, but are Of a demoralizing
character.
AS I understand, these investiga-
lions were made to gather data to
present at Springfield in support of
Senate Bill $50, which is designed to
give the people relief from immoral
shows.
Let me give you an Illustration Of
the evil which these places cause.
About a year ago I attended one Of
these burIesqUe shows. In the audi
ence was a negro about Is or 20
years old. After the performance he
exhibited many symptoms of uneasi-
ness. He was emOtionaIly wrought
up to a pretty high state of feeling.
What consequences might not follow
this condition?
A good way to test whether or not
the reformers should keep away
from these places is to ask yourself:
do I want my boy to attend these
performances, or my daughter to ap-
pear on one of their stages?" AS a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-16
WHO'S GOT A JOB FOR MAN WHO
WANTS TO COME BACK?

A convict is a man for a. that"
If you viii just bear that in mind,
perhaps you can locate a job for Mar
tin G. Hawkins, lately released from
Joliet pen and now on the state hon
or farm waiting for a chance to
come back"
Since his commitment to Joliet,
May, 1914, his record has been o. K,
according to Warden thinner. HaW-
kins wants to get a job that will earn
him enough money to carry him to
Denver where his brother, a watch
maker; will give him steady employ
ment. He's a painter by trade. Who's
got a job for him?
1000
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-16
have these places placed under closer
regulation Single Taxer.
70 MODEST QlRL,"-You

~ "mODESl GlRLs you are
credit to your set and the fact that
you are one of the minority does not
make your views wrong. From per-
sOnal experience and keen ObseTva-
ton I can tTuthfully tell you that the
more dignified and modest you will
be the more you viii be thought Of
by moral young men.
Really, there is not much harm OF
good in a kiss, but it serves as a
stepping stone toward more deiber-
ate action and less considerate
thoughts.
The young man who expects to be
recOmpensed by hug or kiss, when
he takes you out, would most nat
uraIly as the time goes on expect
greater sacrifices to satisfy his SEN
suality. Keep up your dignity and
do not allow any of those mice"
young men to kiss you Their friend
ship would not be beneficial to you.
Surely with a population Of almost
100000 there can be found enough
young gentlemen who would seek
and enjoy your friendship for the
qualities and virtues you possess, the
greatest of which is mOdesty.-I. w.
n
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-16

A new novel heralds the WON
ans age" Prediction or discOveEY3
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04
or A JOURNALIST

In speaking of Maximilian Harden, of
Germany, Editor Koester, of the Green
vile Piedmont, says: "He has the
proper conception Of the function of a
journalist. of his duty to say that which
he believes in his heart. no matter how
unpleasant the saying may be to the
powers that be- -
We had always thought that was the
proper function of journalist and we
are glad to have our opinion confirmed
by Mr.. Koester. A newspaper which
allows it's news columns to be coored
and editorial expressions made to cx-
press other than what is in the editors
heart is little more than a handbiIl.
Still, we do not believe it is correct to
criticize and find fault with the powers
that be OF anybody else simply to show
that you do your own thinking and
arc independent
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

1t you are in the market for
a moving machine be sure and
see the Walter A. Wood ma
chine before you buy. We have
some of the machines on hand
that we can save you money on.
Pickens Hardware x Grocery Go.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

1.-THE following center shot, SOCK
doioger, or whatever you call it, is
from the .Greenyille Piedmont: "And
the man who reddens his nose with
rye makes fun Of the woman who
riddles her cheek with rouge
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

Those food-saving advisers are now
telling us to have at least one meat
less day and one wheatless day each
week. We will soon have hea tless
days and we reckon the next thing
will be eatless days.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

We don't mind a fellow borrowing
our tobacco and we don't mind him
smelling of it, but doggone if it
doesn't make us mad when he wipes
his nose with it.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

Then there is the fellow who can
borrow a dollar from you and make
you think he is doing you favor by
accepting it.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

If the Kaiser wants to talk peace
now is the time for him to enjoy
himself, for when peace terms are
decided upon he will not be at the
meeting.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

What has become Of the old time
travelling show that used to play
Over the River Charlie?"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

Congressman Webb wants the gov
ernment to coin one-half cent pieces.
If prices advance much more there
will be no use of a coin less than Il
ulIarter
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

Sometimes we feel like we have
done about everything bad there is
to do and never done any good at all,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

The government has put down the
pf,ce of wheat, but the ultimate con-
sumer is still paying ten and fifteen
cents for loaf. of bread.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

The Situations Wanted" columns
havc about disappeared from the
daily papers.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

The main difference between pho
nographs and some women is that you
nave to wind the monographs up to
keep them talking.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

What has become Of the old fash
!oncd red kerosene our fathers used
10 buy?
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

We see that Glover, S. c., is to
nave a newspaper. Well, we never
saw newspaper man in clover, but
wc are glad to hear of one.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

some people hate the Kaiser so
nuch they would like to see him ex-
iled in Anderson for the balance of
his natural days.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

Pair o dice and paradise mean
ABOUT the same thing to real negro.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04
Notice Of Final Settlement and Discbare,

Notice is hereby given that will
make application to j. B. Newberv.
ESD, Judge of Probate for Pickens
county, in the state of South Carolina,
on the 18th day of October, 1917, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon. or as soon
thereafter as said application can be
heard, for leave to make final settle
ment with my ward, Pearl Craig, and
obtain discharge as guardian Of said
minor. JOHN B. CRAIG,
23 Guardian.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04
The Human Factors
Urn Good Service

There are three parties to every tee-
phone conversation-the party calling,
the trained operator, and the party who
answers. All three share alike the respon-
sbility for quick and accurate telephone
service.
The calling party should give the cor
rect number in a distinct voice, speak
ing directly into the transntter, and
wait at the telephone until the party an
swers Or the operator reports. The called
party should answer promptly.
Patience on the part Of the telephone
user and the telephone operator is also es-
sential to good service.
Wbeu >ou 7e'sbhone- Smile
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE, M11eaA1sS
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY MSSsA j
SSHSzSSw% 2S2HxSsz5w
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04
GARY HIoTT. Manager.

Obituary notices h.,N t.i,,utes OF rn.rr,t of
not over one hundred wo,,!E w'ii be printed roe
Of charge. All over that number must he pnid
for at the rate OF one cent word Cash to
accompany manuSGrtpt. Cards of thanks pub.
iighed for One.h half cent Il word
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

Prices are soaring, and the ulti-
r0atc consumer is also up in the air.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

If the spectators keep on they are
song to take the eat out of meat.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

The Kaiser may be wild and woody,
but we know who can curry him.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

The less q man has in his head the
rA1rc he puts in his stomach
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

II you want to sec the best line of
Furniture in the county, go to j: j.
Gantt's. Liberty
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04
"My Country 'Tis of Thce,N Sweet Land
of Liberty"

Let's see, is Turkey still in this war?
Evidently Uncle Sam has some
,leuths hired
No, Reader, all modified men are
not from Mobile.
There is no work in the man who
isn't working now
The people are becoming bored
with so many boards.
The less man has in his head the
yAorc he puts in his stomach.
The Kaiser may be wild and woody,
but we know who can curry him.
Prices are soaring, and the ulti-
nate consumer is also up in the air.
If the spectators keep on they are
cong to take the eat out Of meat
Pair o dice and paradise mean
about the same thing to a real negro.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

The people are becoming bored
with SO many boards.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

There is no work in the man who
isn't working now
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-04

No, Reader, all modified men are
not from Mobile.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-09-28
FARMERS UNIONS IN RUSSIA
co.oPs -arivc societies First Estab-
iisred - Siberia in 1894 Have
Proved Successful.

In Siberia the su, sess of COOP
erative butter-making, which started
in lS94-95, is attributed entirely TO
the formation Of butter workers mu-
tual guaranty societies or "artels,"
and the movement spread suisse
quently to the Volog a and Arch
angel governments in L ,ropean Rus
STA.
The sroIping Of the various CO.
Operative 81 cites into unions was
for a long tine opposed by the gov
e-pmert-tae fTst union having
bceI sano red in 1901. But it
was not until 1911 that these unions
received powers to carry out their
natural financial operations. In that
year the Moscow Peoples bank was
forme NTH 1927 credit societies as
shareholders This banl has since
become the most important organi-
"a IN tor financing agricultural ma
chlnery purchases, for the sale Of
agricultural produce and { the cot
taSe and kustarny manufa lures.
In other branches coop rative So
cieties have been formed for the
rnrchase and distribution 0. sgricul-
trral machinery and Implements. At
tempts have also been mad to or
game the collection, transportation
and sale Of Iruit vegetables and
eggs IN a co-cperative banis. In
south Russia there are several CO.
operative -four mills, and a number
of aocicties have BEEN formed for the
construction Of country grain eleva-
tors; the larges' Elevators ars being
provided by the government.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-09-28
PHILOSOPHY CT THE POILU
Everything Might BE Worse Than u
Is" Forms Bass Of French SOL
die's Iitany.

Everything might be worse than
it is" says the poihl, and so he has
composed litany. Every regiment
has a different verfion, but always
with the same BASH. One version
reads:
"Of two things nne is certain ;
either you are mobiiized OF you're
not modified. If you are not mobil-
lied, there is no need to worry; if
you are modified, OF two things one
is certain, either you are behind the
lines or you are on the front. If you
are behind the lines there is no need
to worry. If you're on the front, Of
two things one is certain, either
you're resting in gafe place or
you're exposed to danger. If you're
resting in safe plae, there is no
need to worry; if you're exposed to
danger, of two things one is certain,
either you are wounded or you're not
wounded. If you're Let wounded
there is no need to wOrrS. II you're
Wounded enc of two things is GER
tain, either you're wounded seriously
or you're wounded slightly. II you're
wounded slightly there is no need to
worry. If you're wounded seriously,
Of two things one is c ain, either
you recover or you die. II you re-
cover there is no need to worry, il
YOU die you can't worry"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-09-28
srAckERs NOT WANTED.

Flir'stIously mciined men had bet
ter give the comptroller's Office a
si1a berth unless they are prepared
to enlist in their country's service.
Cards have been printed and hung
over the desks If the telephone OPP
orator and Of tie various woma, ste
uographers reading as follows: mo
Stacker need apply. We're thr ,ugh
with all Irritation. We're going to
sove the nation; there's but one to
whom we're true soldier, a sailor,
q bero in bluep' Other hello girls
and typewriter ticklers have also
adopted the card-NsX York Tines.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-09-28
FISH STORY 100 YEARS OLD
Incident ~ Described In Old Newspa-
per 10 Iharitabiy Termed . "sin-
pular Circumstance"

Under the heading, singular Cir
cumstances,r il is demonstrated in
the Goshen Independent Republican
Of October Is, 1920, copy of which
is in a local election in Goshen, N.
", that the ablest fish story Of to-
day is scarcel meritorious compared
with the pise'.torial tale Of the time
only little shy Of 100 years ago.
"Mr. Wakely Sears, who is en-
ployeJ IN the tan works here" says
this ancient Goshen chronicle, "has
be,l a seafariug man and has many
wonders to relate, among them the
following singular circumstance
which took place on board the
sc,iocner Brilliant, on the passage
from Fortune islands.
1on the 1914 Of August a large
fish was seen alongside the schooner,
supposed to be a dolphin. One Of
he crew being anxious to catch it
and probably for want'of some other
bait, drilled a hole through a dollar
and fastened it TO his hook, which he
threw over the bows of the schooner,
brt u was soon discovered that both
T., bait and hook were missing.
''Th' secopd hook was then baited
II, the same marner, which shared
tn same fate.
"C.n the 2Ist o. August the third
4stemp. was ma te with the same
Kind of valuable bait, which also
Jared the fate of The others.
go days after, it being calm
and the schooner having run about
300 mills for Unfortunate island
glopnd a shark vas caught with a
bcvhne which coz .ained two of the
hooks balted win tSo of the dollars.
''ln about ffteer minutes a dol
phin was caught, phich contained
the ot4ler h,ck and dollar. As Mr..
Sears. comments tie chronicler, ''is
d geutl mar Of Der, violence and So
briefly, we regard tbs as a very sin
gplar circumstance. indeed"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-09-28
War Costs Germany.

A prtdiction that the business
men OF Germany will force a peace
in the near future is made by Clar-
ence w. BarrtD. publisher of a
financial journal in Boston.
Mr.. Barron declares that he has
private information from Germany
that business men OF all classes are
demanding peace, even if the terms
must be the same that might be ex.
pected after German defeat, because
defeat. they realize, is inevitable
and to proloue the war simply
means further loss of man. power
and heavier war debt to carry. If
peace were to come tomorrow, Ger
many would be staggering under a
war debt Of many billions of dollars.
Germany was great in chemistry,
potash dyes. fabricated steel and
merchant marine Now her ships
are forfeited, at home they rust in
hsrbOrs: vast dye and chemistry
works have been set up in other
countries; the world outside has
doubled its production of steel and
Germany is iDdustrially isolated.
The big men Of Germany see today,
that all Germany has heen building
for a generation in the trade of the
world. is absolutely lost if she fights
much longer. There is no longer
hope Of a victorious Germany.
America puts financial backbone
into the Allies. England's food
supply is secure for another year.
The whole world is building ships.
German shipping will be outclass-
ed. Mortgseed by war for more
than one-third of her value Ger
many faces financial bankruptcy.
Another year OF war would make
Germany's loss Of manpower so
great that she would be counted out
of the financial and industrial race
of the modern economic world She
must give up. and the sooner the
better.
All Of which will be bad news
to the pro-Germsn pacifsts in
America