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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 Thsre is no more vigorous opponent or lynching than the Houston Post. To that splendid American newspaper, every lynching is a disgrace-not a. pastime-re- gardless of the complexion of the victim. Toledo Blade
 @ UoTING the foregoing the Houston u Post hastens to remind the Blade @ that there is nothing extraordi- nary in the fact that a southern newspa- per condemns lynching as vigorously and as persistently as it can. The Post names tho most important dailies of Texas which are as vigilant as newspapers can be ex- pected to be-
 '.The New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Mobile Register, the Montgomery Adver- tiser. The Age-Herald and the News of Birmingham, the Atlanta Constitution, the Macon Telegraph, the Savannah News, the Columbia State, the Chatta- nooga Times, the Knoxville Journal and Tribune, the Memphis Commercial-Ap- peal, the Nashville American, the Nash vile Banner, the Florida Times Union, the Charleston News and Courier, the Charlotte Observer, the Raleigh News and Observer, make up a galaxy of great and influential southern journals that have never remained silent in the pres- ence of mob law" says the Post
 And, furthermore" remarks the Texas paper, these newspapers accurately re- fleet the sentiment of the best white peo- pie of the south"
 The Post might have added that the same proportion of smaller dailies and weekly papers make war on the mob spirit as aggressively as the larger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
LIKH FATHER, LIKE SON

science has reached the conclusion that badness is hereditary"
 "so hear,''
 '.rhere must be something in that theory. Observation has taught me that the habit of sitting in the front row at theatres is also hereditary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
BY COMPARISON

BY CONFARI5ON You may not believe me, num- said the tramp at the door. 'but once had a fortune"
 'Indeed2 And how long ago was thatr-' About three years ago, mum. had s1oO I earned on a freight steamer" why that isn't much money" You don't understand mum. I was knocking about in China after me voy- age, an s1OO looks like million to them chinks over there.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
FATHER EXPLAINS

Dad" said the gilded youth, T lost a little money in poker game last night and gave check for it."
 ''Go on, son.
 "As don't happen to have quite enough money in the bank to meet that check, why-er-I naturally expected you would help me to make it good.''
 What more natural, son?'
 'so you will let me have, say, s3o0?''
 'Oh, no, son. Not penny. What l meant to imply was that you have gotten money from me in this way so often be- fore that 1t has become a habit and nothing Is more natural for a boy like you than to expect his father to continue get ting him out of the hole indefinitely
 THE AVERAGE CITIZEN
 ''who is that fellow talking about the politics of Europe as if he knew all about the situation there is to know?"
 ''oh, he's chap who never reads any thing but newspapers and never reads anything in newspapers but the head lines"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19

ltinct show attractions. But after
 Atlanta has had it's "fill' of opera,
 music is at a standstin. Birmingham,
 on the other hand, has symphonic con-
 certs-the highest in music-and art
 ist recitals in profusion during each season. But the biennial convention will eclipse anything of the kind ever staged for the south.
 It is not too soon for Birmingham to become aroused and learn some thing of the bienniaps scope and it's drawing power" The ladies of the Music Study club, who will arrange the principal details, should, without delay, begin the distribution of the convention Literature"
 * *
 Arrmy AviaG0rs
 Not Yet E@Wmd
 1T IEUT. COL. HARRY c. BISHOP ll and Lieut.. W. A. Robertson, army aviators, have been missing since January 10, when they att tempted flight in their machines from San Diego, Cal, to Calexico, Cal. If these men are still alive and are rescued by searching parties, they will doubtless have thrilling story to tell of their experience in the desert where they are believed to be lost.
 A modern touch is given to the ad- venture by the fact that the wander CTS are aviators who tried to cross dreary expanse of country by flying through the air, a feat scarcely dreamed of in the days of the western pioneer. Something happened and they are now believed to be facing exactly the same situation which con- fronted the "forty-niner" who lost his way in the arid regions of the west and countless other prospectors who have died of thirst and hunger on the pitiless deserts of America.
 The region where the aviators came to grief is singularly wild and forbid ding, but probably not more so than many other stretches of territory in the southwest, where the sterility of nature has not yet been redeemed by vast irrigation projects. Waste lands have been transformed by irrigation from deserts to garden sports, but there is still vast area where the wanderer must struggle against primitive conditions in a l primitive way.
 It is possible that the army flyers are still alive. They have been missing less than two weeks, but unless they have found water and food, they must have perished after suffering great agony. Numerous searchers, using aeroplanes, automobiles and horses, are trying to find the missing men. If they come out of the desert alive their story will not only be worth hearing, but they may have some thing to say about defective aero planes used by the army. However, their machines may have been caught in the treacherous air currents preva- lent in that part of the country and wrecked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
Irraporsant Musical
 Event I'm April

THE biennial convention Of the National Federation of Music clubs, which will be held in Birming- ham in April-15th to 22d, inclusive will not only rank high musically, but it will be a splendid civic affair. It will bring a vast concourse of visitors to the city-a crowd probably equal in numbers to those which have at tended our memorable Confederate re- unions.
 The railroads will offer special rate round trip tickets for the southeastern and the southwestern territories" ]" It is hoped they will do even better than that. Delegates from New York, New England, the northwest and the Pacific slope will attend, and if the convention is properly advertised the visitors will come in throngs from every part of the country.
 No cultural force in the United States has developed so rapidly as the art of music. The older music lovers can remember when the Wor- cester festival and the oratorio per formances of the Handel & Haydn society of Boston were the only great institutions for the promotion of classic works. Later came the saen- 1erfests of the North American Saen- rerbund. These "fests" were held only in large cities with large Ger Z man colonies. They gave mighty impulse to musical activities and out of them grew the now famous Cincin- nati festival.
 The music clubs biennial, while not IS old as some of the other high-class Institutions, is old enough to be firm N established and be classed with the potent educational influences of America.
 The. festivals held in Cincinnati ane < Worcester are severely classlcal. The symphonic performances to be heard I It the forthcoming biennial conven tion will be classical enough, but thu programmes will be featured by z large proportion of American music Including prize compositions in tht larger form.
 Atlanta and New Orleans have made much of grand opera. Atlanta opera festival every spring is char octsristic of the Georgia citx's prodi gipus enterprise along lines of dig
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
INGRATITuDE

INGRArITUDE The gratitude of humankind Is very often lacking; @ Assist man his way to find, And then he'll send you packing. By indifference lets 1t be known He's not at all your debtor, But could have gone along alone And even fared much better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
MORE PRESSING MATTERS

My friend" said the moralist, "ars you preparing yourself for mansion in the slies?"
 T haven't gotten around to that yet" replied the impecunious toiler. q have all can do to meet the monthly pay ments on bungalow in the suburbs
 AN ASSET Be affable, where'er you go, You'll find it worth your while. Why, even bunco steerers know The value of a smile
 Birmingham Age-Herald. You bet they do, and inasmuch As so few towns are wet, The soaring prices now are such That smiles are hard to get.
 Newark Advocate.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
ARTIsrE WANTS woRIx

From the Billboard.
 Good looking young siFl. 1s' can shed real tears atsr6ll desires position in pie tures." sz
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
TECHNICAL HUMOR

That was asrattling good poker story Jimpson told, but you didn't even smile"
 That wasn't my fault entirely"
 "why not?'
 "As I don't know one card from an other and can't play golf miss the point of great many good stories that are going the rounds these days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
THE MARRIED MAN

Let poets weave their sonnetsS About the birth of spring. Who thinks of Easter bonnets Is in no mood to sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
LESSONS LEARNED

The "suffs'' have learned thing or two
 Bout politics and poodle; They also know twill never do To campaign with a poodle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
Great Value of
 Farm Products

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 m HE enormous value of last years 0 crops-$13, ,449, ,000,OO0 gross made 1916 the banner year, but with favoring seasons that record will be exceeded, if not in 1917, then in some other year. War prices will not ob- tain much longer, perhaps, but the immense areas of grain in the west will be extended and, instead of three |billion-bushel corn crops and one bil- lion-bushel wheat crops, they will be doubled inside of the next few wears. Last years corn production brought $2, 296, ,0O0,000; cotton, $1,406 ,OOO ,O00; hay, $1,162,o0O,OOO, and wheat, |$1, ,o26, 1000, ,oOO,
 The Irish potato crop was short, but prices scared and the value of the crop was $417OOO,OO0. The tobacco output was something like normal and the price struck high average. The total value of tobacco was S169,- OOO,OOO.
 The minor crops are increasing slowly but surely, and especially ap- preciable is the increase in the south all the way from Virginia to Texas. Alabama will resume it's place as the third cotton state as soon as the boil weevil moves on, but the farmers hav- ing learned the advantage of diversi- fication the minor crops should be all the more cultivated.
 | The nations ice cream bill last year was sao0, 100000. There is such big demand for ice cream that the price is naturally going up. A pouplar slogan in this coun. try is, Swat the consumer" *
 Maybe MT Hughes wouldn't enjoy con ducting Teak" investigation tha would bring discredit on the democrats party? Don't be nasty in judging tn man. Maybe he wouldn't.
 *
 The war expert who predicted that tn European struggle could only be ende' by a victory of the allies is walkin, around these days looking like a man wh has been vindicated.
 The Teuts are judged by the compan. they keep and all the world knows ths' are fraternizing with the Turk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
washburn Praises .Faustn


 I'm sure everybody remembers Charles c. Washburn of Nashville, now dean of Belmont college at that place. said R. E. Long, representa- Five of the Boston National Grand Opera company, yesterday. For when I saw him few days ago in Nash vile he spoke with warm regard for his many friends in his old home here in Birmingham. I was talking with him about the appearance of the Bos ton National Grand Opera in Nash vile, which is this evening, by the way, when Mascagnis opera, Iris will be sung with Tamaki Miura in the title role.
 MT Washburn said that while he was glad that the Japanese opera would be presented in Nashville at the same time he regretted that Faust was not to be given there by the Bos- ton opera with Maggie Teyte, Ricardo Martin, Graham Marr, Jose Mardonnes and Dorothy F'ollies, as he had seen it last week in Louisville.
 T told MT. Washburn that we were presenting it in Birmingham at our matinee performance Saturday, F'ebru- ary 8, and he said that in advance he wanted to congratulate Birmingham on it's good forsune, as, in his opinion, it was faultlessly sung and faultless- ly produced work of art"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
THE TOUGH oBLIouE

I like to hear funny yarn, esa But listen to my sorrow When he who tells it says: Please lend Me fifty till tomorrow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-19
HOTEL LOBBTEs
FertiIIner Day at Land shO,r

Tt has been decided to make fer tilizer day February at the South eastern Land show in Atlanta, a big event in point of interest and in it's relation to future prosperity" said Louis N, Geldert, publicity. manager The programme is not ready to an- nounce, but it will be in charge of the soil resource committee of the Southern Fertilizers assocation and will include addresses and discussions by the leading soil and plant food ex- perts of the country. Moving picture slides will also be used to illustrate important facts stated by |, the lec- turers.
 "As many of the exhibits in the fed eral agricultural department section at the land show relate to soil prepar- ation and soil building, the special day set apart for instructive discourses on the subject will bring together an un- usual gathering of farmers from all over the southeast. It"will also be as- sembly day for soil chemists and fer tilizer manufacturers and agents"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
WORKING RANKS OF
v. S. ARE INVADED BY
THE CALL TO ARMS

The call to arms has invaded the
dreds of men in every department
have gene to training camps. Resig-
nations have come thick and fast.
The United States government is ad-
yertising for 10000 stenographers,
male or female to begin on SIS per
month. Railroads are begging for of
flee help. From all parts of the ma
tion the same plea comes up. There
is the same call for help from every
quarter. There have never been so
many vacancies calling for clerical
help as at present. II the young people
of this country let this opportunity
pass, when do they expect better?
Positions are easy to secure Ex-
pert stenographers, typists and book
keepers were never in as great de
mand. ,. ,.,
Our local business college is receiv-
ing more, calls for young lady stenog-
raphers as,,well as young men who are
competent to hold places as. bookkeep-
ers and stenographers than the school
has ever received before. The iron is
hot. Now is the time to strike. There
is no reason under these conditions
why any young person should be out
OF profitable employment. A few
months spent In the Mt. Vernon Busi-
ness college is the best investment any
girl or boy could make at this time.
Thousands and tens of thousands of
bOokkeepers, stenographers and typ
lists will be wanted next year. Will
you be ready to accept the call? Now
is the time to get ready. A position
will be ready for you as soon as you
are ready for it. II you do not get a
place il is because you are not pre-
pared.
II you want something that floods
cannot reach, drouhts cannot scorch
and changing markets cannot destroy
YOU will find 1t in BUSINESS EDUCA
TION at the MT. VERNON BUSINESS
COLLEGE. 1t is always in demand
Call, write or phone
MT. VERNON BUSINESS COLLEGE
Citizens 210 Green
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
1hars Are Mono.

During his visit to the United States
General Joffre was hurled through sub
ways, jerked into skyscrapers, flung
from New York to Chicago on a fast
train and In general taken care OF
with the breathless assiduity which
characterizes American hospitality.
On the eve of his departure for Mont
real he was asked by reporter tc
state freely and frankly which one OF
our national characteristics had mos'
impressed him during his stay.
"well, since you put it that way"
replied Joffre, Il have been chiefly I'M
pressed by your blunt outspokenness
and, II Itmay venture to say so, your
lack of respect to your superiors."
"Our superiors!" exclaimed the re-
porter in blank amazement. "But we
haven't any!"
"And," remarked Joffre in telling the
story, after making acquaintance with
their wonderful country and its still
more wonderful inhabitants 1 have
come to the conclusion that what that
reporter said was about right"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
AW'SEVERS FINGERS;
NEW CASTLE FARMER
IS PAINFULLY INJURED
Charles Clark's Right Hand
Mutilated; May Lose
Three Fingers

While attempting to fix a buzz-saw
which he was using to cut some wood
preparatory to threshing, Charles L..
Clark lost the third finger of his right
hand and may lose the. middle. and in
dex fingers of the same hand as rer
suit of his hand. coming in contact
with the saw Wednesday afternoon at
his farm near New Castle. p'' 9'a a
Clark hurried to this city and was
taken to the office of DR.. S. e. Dee1ey.
The third finger of his right hand had
not been entired severed In the saw
and the amputation was colnplsted by
DR.. ,peeley The index and I, middle tin1 !
gers may possibly be saved, bpts sit is
feared that it may be necessary to am
putate them also p e.s as.c c2s!A
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24

| presume that many here will try
for positions with the company upon
its location in Mt. Vernon and those
who have this idea in mind are now
naturally wondering what qualinca.
tions are necessary to make success
on the screen.
First and foremost perhaps is nat
ural talent and love for acting and a
yearning to make believe you are
somebody else. Even marked talent
can accomplish little without good
health, which is an important attri-
butte to success in any undertaking.
Genius has been employed in the ere.
alton of some of the wonderful char
acters which have been unfolded to us,
both on the stage and on the screen.
Originality and depth in a character
iZation are the products of mental
force as we'll as feeling and no true
artist is lacking in that capacity.
Those who succeed must be normal
mentally A wonderful education is
not necessary. No circumstances,
however, make it necessary for anyone
to be ignorant.
A very important detail, of course,
is personal appearance. Generally
speaking, large facial features make
a much better impression in screen
work This does not mean abnormally
| large, but rather more than mere doll
features. 1t is quite apparent that
large features have more strength or
carrying power. Large expressive
eyes are special asset The win
dows of the soul are the strongest
medium of expression within the con
troll of the photoplayer Attractive
features are an asset of course, but dc
not be obsessed with the idea that
beauty is essential or necessary.
Without ambition and average men
tality, one has not the bubbling enthus
iasm of an alluring personality. 1t il
personality that wins popularity.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
Summer Complaint

During the hot weather of the sum
mer months some member of almost
every family is likely to be troubled
with an unnatural looseness of the
bowels, and it is of the greatest i'm
portance that this be treated promptly,
which can only be done when the med
icine is kept at hand. Mrs. F. F.
Scott, Scottsville, N. Y, states; u
first used Chamberlain's Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy as much as five
years ago. At that time had severe
attack of summer complaint and was
suffering intense pain. One dose re
lieved me. Other members of my fam
lily have since used it with like re
Suits
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
Coveted Feathers.

Mamo is the name of beautiful bird
Of the Hawaiian Islands, now believed
to be extinct, having been destroyed
for the sake Of Ats golden yellow feath-
ers, used in former days to decorate
the state robes Of chiefs.
The coveted feathers Of the mamo
bird were q small tuft about an inch
long beneath each wing. The royal
cloak of the Hawaiian King Kane
hameha l., made of these rare feathers
was four feet long and eleven and q
half feet wide at the bottom. This
cloak of mamo tufts is said to have
been buried with one Of the later Ha
waiian kings. The plumage Of the
namo was generally black, excepting
the lower back and parts OF the wings
which were yellow.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
FARMERS
KNOW THAT PRESENT PRICES AZ
FORD THEM THEIR oPPoRTUN.
iTY TO SAVE MONEY.

/. Their crops are good.
2, They are selling and either paying
debts and stopping interest
3. Or depositing their money
4. So as to get five per cent
b. From the Buckeye State Building
and Loan Company,
s. Rankin Building. 20 West Gay St.
Columbus, Ohio.
T. Assets $4,000, 600 Write for
booklets. ..
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
Alleges Mortgages Due On
Property Involved
In Suit
BENNINGTON SUED BY
SALES BOOK COMP ANY
Husband Charges Wife With
Gross Neglect; Court
House News

The Citizens Building, Loan and
Savings Association has filed an an.
sWer and cross-petition in the common
pleas court in the matter of Mary Ann
Anderson against Walter Engelhardt
and others, denying the material allie
cations of the plaintiffs petition and
asking for judgment for 81 ,O64.26 and
foreclosure of mortgages alleged held
against the property involved in the
litigation
Mrs. Anderson originally filed suit
claiming that she had decided the prop
erty to her daughter, Elizabeth Engel-
hardt, with the understanding that the
deed would not be delivered or record
ed until her death, and that later the
defendants stole the deed and had 1t
recorded without her knowledge, thus
depriving her of her title to the prop
erty.
In the answer filed by the loan as-
sociation it is alleged that there is a
mortgage against the property given
by Mrs. Anderson to secure loan of
$500 Of which there is still due $583. 43,
and that later Elizabeth and William
Engelhardt, then holding the legal IT,
tie to the property, secured loan of
$500, of which there is now $1S5.91
due, and following the death of Mrs
Engelhardt the defendant, Walter En-
gelhardt, and William Engelhardt were
loaned $500, of which there is now
due $294.92. The answering defend
ant alleges that each of these loans
was secured by mortgage against the
property and asks for judgment for the
full amounts now due with interest
and that the mortgage be foreclosed
w. A. Hosack is the attorney for the
building, loan and savings associa
ton. ~"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
Asks Divorce

Alleging that his wife refuses and
neglects to perform her household
duties and spends her time in reading
idle literature" while she forces her
children to do the work, Thompson
Dowds has filed a suit for divorce
against Maude NJ Dowds in the COM
mon pleas court. The plaintiff also al
leges that his wife has been guilty OF
contracting large bills without his
knowledge and that he has been forced
to pay them.
He asks for a divorce and the GUS
tody of their three children. The
Dowds were married on Dec "a, 1901
Charles l.. Bermont is the attorney for
the plaintiff.
Files Petition
Paul NJ. Ashbaugh, assignee OF Eiiz'
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
Chronic Constipation

It is by no means an easy matter 10
cure this disease, but ii can be done III
most instances by taking Chamber
lain's Tablets and complying with the
plain printed directions that accom-
pany each package.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
TROPICAL Rains.

tropical rains are OF relatively short
A,ration by reason OF the small num-
ber of cyclOnic storms in the tropics
and this duration is fairly uniform
throughout the year.
The heaviest general rainfalis III
Porto Rico are associated with West
Indian hurricanes. The historic hur-
rieane Of Aug. 8. 1899, precipitated
rainfall equivalent to l113 tons per
acre.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-24
MAKING GOOD IN
MOTION PICTURES
BY VIOLA HOLMES

Editors Note--A series Of articles
on how to act in the movies has been
prepared by Viola Holmes, known in
private life as Mrs Carlyle Sherlock.
and will be presented at intervals In
The Banner)