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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

From the New York Post.
 A good many interesting sidelights on post-bellum Georgia Journalism are, of course, to be found in Julia c. Harris Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Har- ris" Houghton Mifflin; S350 net. Har- ris worked as printer or general helper on various publicatons-the Macon Tele- graph, Monroe (Ga.) Advertiser, the Cres- cent Monthly, of New Orleans and so on His first ambitious work was done for the Savannah Morning News, in 1870, the leading daily in the state, which paid the youth $40 week as a paragrapher. Apparently his. humorous paragraphs were signed, at least with initials for his iden- tity soon became known all over Georgia. The fashion of clipping with comment enabled any bright journalist to make more than a local name. Newspaper fun evaporates quickly, and it is hard to see much wit ill the specimens of Harris We find him commenting upon cele- bration by the colored people of Lincoln S birthday7for the third time since last October;" on man who married farm CTS daughter and then amorously eloped with the farmers horse and buggy on a negro who, pursued by a policeman, fell Into an old well and declared that he knocked the bottom out of it; and so on. But by the time QS75) he went to the Atlanta Constitution to assist the young Henry w. Grady, who had just been made it's editor by Evan Howell. the controlling proprietor, he was figure O. some note. How within four years he had made a national reputation with tho Uncle Remus'' sketches, stories and poems is an old story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Ernest House Believes This


 For the first time in two years l went fishing" said E. W. House. My friends told me the water was muddy; also wet, and that would get nothing more interesting than fisherman luck but I decided to brave the dismal rainy day and set myself forth, but on second thought I'll keep the spot for fu- ture reference. Anyhow, they struck so fast that actually got tired of hunting for reaches, and I completely used up l0O>roaches, the majority of which were so small that when threaded onto the hook they hardly made the hook look any larger. However, the bream met me more than half way.
 Actually, as was pulling one out or the water, another jumped up after him and tried to take his roach away from him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01

| Penrose.
 He looked at me and replied: Il Will tell you. We are humane and Chris tian nation. It is against these unspeak- able atrocities of which you speak. and the spirit that is responsible for them. that we civilized western nations are fighting. If we act as badly as they do. we shall be as bad as they are. We signed an agreement. as Germany did. to treat our prisoners of war humanely- We are doing our best to keep the letter orable manner Our agreements are not scraps of paper. Anyway, we are human beings, and couldn't do such things.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
Great Opportunity
 for Stock Raisers

NHH HE distressed cattle of Texas
 U cattle all but starved on ac- count of long continued drouth-are selling at such low prices as to tempt every farmer in Alabama who has grazing land. They are graded cattle and when fattened bring top figures.
 The government, in the interest of food conservation, is assisting the Texas breeders in disposing of their stock and is urging the farmers of states east of the Mississippi to buy these prospective beeves on as ex- tensive scale as possible.
 In order to promote the business a government agent detailed from the bureau of animal industry in the de- partment of agriculture has been sta |tioned at the Fort Worth stock yards, who will act as buyer and attend to the shipping. In this way our farm CTS save the expense of going to Texas or sending a representative there to make selections and load the cattle on the cars. The government agent is especially qualified for his duties, and his, services are performed with out cost to seller or buyer.
 Furthermore the government grants buyers of Texas cattle transporta- ton rate 25 per cent below the regu- lar rate and gives the stock cars preference so that the cattle may reach their destination with as little delay as possible.
 During the last few weeks several thousand Texas cattle have been pur- chased by Alabama breeders at prices ranging from $25 to $35 head, but thousands more should be brought to this state.
 Here is a great opportunity for farmers to make money and at the same time help toeonserve the coun- trys meat supply Husbandmen who are not prepared to acquire Texas cattle in carload lots should form lneighborhood clubs. By the co-opera- ton of small buyers cars could be filled which would materially reduce the shipping cost.
 Alabama is advancing steadily as beef and dairy state. It has rich grazing and the more high grade cat tie we get from Texas the faster will be the states stride.
 A plump sailor was seen on the streets of Birmingham the other day who looked as if he had been poured into his uni-
 form. Material and workmanship must have been first-class, otherwise when he stopped over there would have been a tragedy.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest.
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BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, may I look on men with Thine eyes, seeing in them not what is, hut what may become. May ! remember shut miracles Thou hast wrought with the world, and with me. Help me then to inquire not what men can do. but what Thou canst do with them. For Christ's sake. Amen. Ii. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
Coal in This Last
 Quarter of 1918

A LABAMA'S coal production in A 1917 reached it's highest record upwards of twenty million tons, and this without any special urging.
 In the present year the demand for increased output is imperative. Not only have the fuel administration and the director of conservation made earnest appeals for maximum effort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
HEAVEN

From the Westminster Gazette. (Found in the pocket of Capt. T. r. C
 Wilson, killed in action.) Suddenly one day The last ill shall fall away. The last little beastliness that is in our
 blood Shall drop from us as the sheath drops
 from the bud, And the great spirit of man shall strug-
 gle through And spread huge branches underneath the
 blue. In any mirror. be it bright or dim. Mar will see God, staring back at him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
BOLsHEvIKIsNI AT ITS MEANEsT From the Atlanta Journal

Shag-haired disciples of Lenine and Trotzky, whom certain superinteIlectuals in this country were once so apt to pity if not embrace, have given fresh have seized and destroyed the manu- scripts of Count Tolstoy at Isnaya Poly ana. Even the widest revolutionist torch in hand, might be expected to spare memorial of that noble prophet of human brotherhood. But the bol- sheviki, true to the temper, and pursed by the gold, of their German employers. went ruthlessly on. And these are the new statesmen whom our superintel- lectuals bade us indulge if not admire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
Major Akers Good Commander

"I think we have mighty fine con- manding officer in Maj. Tom Akers," said U. D." Sellers, one of the young print CTS who is trying to get fit for service.
 ''He is strict, but we need just all the discipline we can get. for few in the class have ever had to obey, and it's the first thing a soldier has to learn. I for ono I sometimes feel that he is too strict, and yet I know he is licking us in shape so that when we get into the camps we will be better fitted to undergo the gruelling work before us''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
EXCEPT THE COSTUME

Y TUIH CtdTS dfIu StrIpcS, TdIICG. TI7l7-
 Scotty-kilt and all-was getting an eyeful of the big movement that goes on every Sunday at a certain great French railroad station
 Hello. Scotty,' said big, smiling doughboy, as he gripped the plaid ones hand; you from the Highlands?"
 Yes" said Scotty. Highland Park, Detroit n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
Negroes Commended

T think it most creditable that the ne- gro Baptists are trying to have Bir- mingham Baptist college said P. C. Ratliff, one of the Howard college trus- tees.
 "The opening programme for the sec ond session set for today shows that the negroes are not lacking in speakers or ability of their owr race. On it are doc- tors, lawyers preachers, and teachers Professor Baker county superintendent of education, is down for the principal address. Dr. J. H. Eason, the hard work ing president. is to be commended for his efforts to uplift his people,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
A LABoRIOUs JOB

From the Washington Star
 The search for gleams of comfort from the American press makes the exchange editor of Berlin newspaper an exceed ingly hard worked man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
THIS ONE WILL

From the Nashville Tennessean.
 The crown prince of Bulgaria prefers his bride to a throne. because the latter In these times is so uncertain. Do wives In Bulgaria stay hitched?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
Can't Be Lazy

For months I have been thinking Of coming to Birmingham to have my physi- elan, Dr. J. D. Heacock, look me over" said pr. w. B. Crumpton, president ot the Anti-Saloon league, who is now at the McAdory infirmary.
 T have been put to bed to rest. have been at work all my life and I do not know how to be iele. My heart is weak and my blood pressure is low, but am going to get up and go back to my desk, for feel just as good sitting at it work ing as I do here in bed trying to be lazy. l have greatly appreciated the calls made by my friends. I expect to leave for Montgomery Thursday or Friday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
 Rumania Will Be Restored to Allies

~ ALLANT Rumania may soon be NJ able to get back into the wal with her allies. Her fate was singu- lar among the smaller nations which aligned themselves with the entente against Germany. Isolated by the sudden defection of Russia, Rumania was compelled to bow to the leu. tonic yoke. With what bitterness ot spirit she did so may be surmised from the defiant attitude of the Rumanian Queen and her supporters.
 The hungry German people were led to believe that the downfall of Rumania would in large measure solve their urgent food problem, but these hopes, as in the case of the Ukraine, were disappointed.
 With Bulgaria eliminated anc forced to accept the allies terms, witt the redemption of Serbia being speed fly accomplished, in short while Rumania may also be delivered iron the oppressor. The task should bs comparatively easy, since the opposi sition to Germany has been growing for months and great unrest was re ported in the small kingdom, even be fore the successful allied drive wa. launched in the near east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
SHOULD HOPE NOT

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 General Allenby is a handsome fellow real fighter doesn't have to be as ugly as Hindenburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
JIM HAsrs WAR TROPHY

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 So Senator Jim Ham Lewis returns with a new cream-colored tile that a London natter found only he was hand- some or dignified enough to wear. This tribute to the beauty of American man. hood will thrill his fellow citizens from Maine to Florida, from Washington. D. C., to San Francisco. Cal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
OCCUPYING A BACK SEAT rom the Washington Star.

Kerensky has attained sae obscurts of the man whose only chance of be- ing noticed at meeting is to second motion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

EASY MARK FOR U-BoATs. Of course you know an ocean lane Is Just route across the sea; And if a ship belongs to Spain, lis not the safest place to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01

THE IDEA! You live we'll I'm glad to see it." Thank you"
 Don't thank me. What I'm driving at is that you ought to be able to pay me what you owe me-" "But If I paid you couldn't live well. My dear sir. don't be so inconsistent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01

AFFLUENCE IN THE RANKS. T just bought a package of cigarettes for that soldier. A man who's making only sso a month is in no position to buy luxuries.''
 Probably not. but the fact that this private thanked you courteously for your gift and kept straight face while dos ing 1t proves that he is a gentleman s'What do you mean7'
 '"The poor devil isn't worth more than $2o, ,o0o,0 900 in his own right"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
MORE To RN DoNn.

MORE TO BE DONE. T can sing "The star-spangled Ban ner' from beginning to end without mak. ing 8 mistake"
 Good for you, my friend You are one American in thousand, but don't get the idea that because you have memorized The Star-Spangled Banner you are ab- solved from investing in bonds of the fourth Liberty Loan.''
 FRANK CONFESSION. What are you reading there?" "A magazine article written by a man who tells how he started with a dollar earned by selling newspapers and made millions
 "Oh, that's an old story
 "But this fellow is astonishingly frank. He admits that his legal advisers pulled him out of some pretty tight places"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01
HELPFUL VISITOR.

2 1T don't have much sympathy for the man who goes about looking for trou- ble," remarked MT. Gadspur. ~ Neither have I, as rule," said Mir. Dubwaite, 'but if he happens to be sent by the gas company I show him dis tinguished consideration
 THE CABARET CAPER. She's golf widow" What do you mean by that?'' Her husband neglects her for the links"
 "she might fare worse. Golf isn't half as demoralizing as pair of bright eyes and a jazz band'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01

A plump sailor was seen on the streets of Birmingham the other day who looked as if he had been poured into his uni- form. Material and workmanship must have been first-class. otherwise when he stopped over there would have been a fra pedy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01

Spanish influenza is not form oi retribution for what we did to Spain in 1898.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-01

IMPRACTICAL. That farmerette
 Gives me the blues, Who goes to work In high-heeled shoes.
The Ordway new era., 1918-02-01
Impor.an. to Mothers
QUESTION ALL MUST ANSWER
Time Comes When Every Man Will
Be Asked as to the Harvest He
Has Reaped.

Earth shows her harvest In pride of
fullness or regret of bitter poverty;
what is ours-we who also have had
our year? As the old phrase has IT,
What fruits have we brought fOrthf
Man is not bound to the seasons as
titled land is and needs no barn to
gather his soul in when autumn comes;
but, with the same plalnness, he
either does not yield the values by
which mankind truly lives. When fall
closes down on summers parting the
greatest and the least of us have
either helped or hindered the perma-
nent welfare of our race. Mans own
business Is to increase Justice and
kindness; to make more of patience,
humility and courage; to see to it that
evil loses and that good is strength
ened in the unending conflict of those
forces. For the souls harvest home
1t is either tares or wheat; there is no
fallow ground. The sowing is unseen
of others, and the reaper, also, but the
care and thought that go to the grow
Ing of the crop are much the same
But mans own harvest Is infinity and
eternally more important than that
which he wrests from the field.-Col-
Hers
The Ordway new era., 1918-02-01
ABOUT THE WAR

new contingent OF Portuguese
troops landed In France.
Sir Edward Carson. minister with
out portfolio In the British War eae'
net. has resigned,
Tho mine field responsible for the
sinking OF the German destroyers
AIS and A.Ia was OF German origin,
Turkeys navy has been practically
wiped out by tho loss OF the biE cruis'
crs Sultan Selim and Midullu,
The Russian delegates TO the ercst'
litovsk peace conference have doesa'
ed unanimously TO reject the terms of.
tered by the Germans
ny the sinking OF two steamers by
the enemy in the Mediterranean about
three weeks aso, TlS lives were lost.
II was announced in London
The weekly report OF Italian ship,
pins losses gives the sinking et only
enc small sailing vessel one steam
ship was unsaceesss0lly attacked.
british casualties reported in the
week ending Jan. ~ were lf,0l4. DIT
Nided as tollowss Killed or died ot
wounds: Officers, 10. men. s.S5I,
Wounded or missing; ogueers. sis;
men. i&,sT5,
One hundred and sixty thousand
Turkish treops-morc than 50 per cen,
OF General EsiSenhayn's rVoygsni=ed
Turkish array--deserted durins the rs
cent Journey sSom Constsniaeple Il
Palestine, official dispatches stated.
pGrins TWO days las, week sever
tons os eor,os were dropped On ans
Sroend the former GermNn eruisel
Gceeca. stranded in the pArNsaaslles
and UpoR the Galsta Airaronse. IL VA;
officially announced in LonGoa Sew
eral aireet hits were obtained.
Two hundred and twenty naea,ber'
Of the crew % the British raealto
Raglan. one u the vessels enSSseG II
the recent action with the revkssl
cruisers MidUlla ana SaltSa Selic. =
the eatrsnee to the parsSnellsS. yes
ishe1 according 70 the casualty lis
Ns announced in LonaoR Eourtesl
men were wounded
Russia must give va COariSnd an
all the Fssltie proNinces, " the Gcl
mans wiis resume military ePerstton
ard eeoaRy Sevsl Wt,ssa = NeeS. n
German delegation At BFestlltovs
negotiations iascrrsea the Russia
Representatives at the lass sesstos c
n. e,oatevs~s, An adjournment ws
tAkes sasil Jan. 80 70 perrai, the Rus
slams 10 consider tsS Germsa tsrGa,
The Ordway new era., 1918-02-01
NEWS OF COLORADO POINTS

Z A. L. Luce. who recently gave up a
position In n drug store at Sterling
and Joined the United States Marines.
was fired upon by an unidentified
man when ON his way home. The bul.
let passed through his cap.
Lieut.. Daniel ]. Mahoney, formerly
in charge of locomobile agency In
Denver and a graduate OF the first Of
ficers' training camp at Fort Riley.
married Miss Helen Cox. daughter OF
Gov. James Cox OF Ohio In Dayton.
The Colorado Metal Mining Confer
ence. in its final sessions in Denver
completed plans for advancing legis-
lation against the wildcatter. for dol
lar silver. for modifying the excess
profits law and for stimulating the oil
and mining industries.
In the annual report of Van II. Man
ming. director OF the bureau of mines,
issued. the government makes the
statement that lit is commercially
feasible to work selected deposits OF
shale in competition with oil from oil
wells. and that the oil-shale reserves
can be considered of immediate i'm
portance to the oil industry"
Harrison L. Goldsmith the hearing
of whose annulment suit against Eva
Alice Dutton. l9-yearold daughter Of
Samuel Dutton. Denver hotel man.
revealed that their marriage. appar-
entity had been one of Convenience
for the young wife. who wished to es-
cape marriage TO man selected by
her parcnts-dismissed his action be-
fore District Judge Butler.
The Colorado Editorial Association
before sdioarning at Denver. voted
protest against establishing postal
rates on newspapers and periodicals
according to zones, II also author
izsd its executive committee to curb
IS much As il can the activity OF num-
erous publicity agents At the state
house and 20 take steps TO concen-
trate such activity under one bureau
TO reduce the bulk of mau sent daily
II the editors
Because % an order in the form OF
: reQaoSt tro-a Washington concern
ing the conservation Of fuel. pastors
Of Pueblo churches are making vigor-
oGS protest and insist that the
churches are being Disseminated
against in favor Of moving picture
houses
\ large delegation Of Montana
stoeSnen visited Denver in further
aace Of campaign 10 put Billings on
the show csrorif with Chicago, Port
land, Lewiston and Denver, They are
backing the proposed fat stock show
to be held in Billings in January.
1919.
The Ordway new era., 1918-02-01
VALUE OF LIVE STOCK
FOR ssMENT PuRPo E S
WILL De INCREASED.
Number Of Raises Recommended by
Committee Al Conference Held
AZ state House.

Western Newspaper union News Service
Dcnvor--According to resolution
adopted at the conference OF state as
assessed valuation on automobiles Will
be made on the same basis this year
Rs last.
Harry c. Bishop of Park county
chairman OF the livestock committee,
made n report On livestock assoss'
ments which contained several
changes over last year. The follow
Ing are the recommendations OF the
committee; Chickens will be in
steers from an average of 500 to $50
to M average OF $7b to 100. maximum
value OF dairy cows from $50 to $50
hcad: range cattle raised on an av-
sraxe OF ss,IS head: In some classes
sheep are raised IS per cent. stands
OF bees from 81 to S.
NJ. A. Carey OF Pueblo county,
chairman OF the merchandise commit
tee. recommended that merchandise
be valued on the inventory OF tho
stock after the invoice has been
chcckeu up.
John II, Harper OF Las Animas.
chairman OF the committee ON tho
classification OF coal lands. made the
following recommendations; Produe'
ing coal lands. which oonsiat OF all
coal lands within slight OF the deyel-
opmont OF the mine. nonproducing
coal lands, which consist OF lands
that are known To have veins OF coal
under thom. and coal lands which
have not hccn developed which should
bs called coal reserves and SO elassh
fled, The valuation OF these coal
lands was left to the tax commission
FOR suggestions.
Tho action to restrict the $500 per.
sonal exemption OF taxpayer to
strictly household goods was re-
soinded. as Il was thought there would
be hardship worked upon farmers,
hoiues,eadcrs and townspeoplc who
have little besides farm Implements
and few pieces Of furniture,
The Ordway new era., 1918-02-01
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

All New York newspapers ws-s sE-
on a scent an issue basis, Iac-aas.
Of materials and labor Was sivsz Es
the reason
The Wyoming board of eousiiats,u
has doubled the former assessment o.
sheen. raised cattle IS per head All
horses SIS per head.
FOREIGN
The proposal to close the pors O.
London TO merchant shipping has ere
sted strong opposition from London
commercial interests
Great Britain calls upon the United
States for Es.ofAa.e-Oo bushels more
wheat This was one Of the most ina-
porrAnS statements which Lord Rhoad-
dA, the British focd controller, made
in an interview.
Reports received in Cope1hSssl
trorn VSean.. as forwarded by the Ex-
change Telegraph correspondent, indi-
cate that siaa.00e men there are still
On strike. and that the strike contin-
ues in Budapest
Little news hS< come from Germany
o. the political situation there. but ii
IS Indicated that the Austrian salpsr.
o. is not Dzufndfal that the trouble in
his o~a land u,Sy force Emperor VIII
li~-n 10 change his atsitrde toward tho
peace negotiations
Comments II the French press on
the speeches OF Count Crsrain. the
Austrian foreign minister. and Count
Soa Hs-tllzs. the German chancellor.
vSry. Some Of the newspapers CON
slider the speeches aere huff or
~e-sia-sguffing.~ while others see In
the stStsGeats = genuine advance
toward Ps2se,
4 Chancellor Won Eertlins's speech
MAS characterized in London BY Lori
Robert Cseil. minister OF blockade. as
very ~sriise- certainly not peace
sPeSch-~ He added that the speech
hSG beea dictated by Hineeneurg and
LcGsreorif. and contained no deciAr
Atsoa Ct policy regarding Belgium
waaeA he had always looked 10 as =
test cf the reality o. any proposals
trNa-a the ether side.
Vtseount Notono. the Japanese for
eisa minister. in his speech to both
houses u Parliament AT Toxic. an
Eo1aes1 that the members OF the Jap
SHess mission recently sent 20 Amer
ses- had after frank exchange q
views established fal mutual sc
cord between Japan Snd the United
States N regard 10 military co-opera
tioc in the war. The toreigu ntnis
ter sSids The great war which ha,
eatsed Europe in blood continues and
|, ~oald seen, difficult to predic, tn,
| sns