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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

From the Washington Star.
! m RAPHITE is one of the war miner
| TX 81 ais about which the average man
knows but little, yet its uses are
numerous and important. 1t is employed
in the manufacture of crucibles for the
production of brass and other valuable
alloys and high-speed steels in the maxi
ing of paint and lubricants and in a vide
variety of other industries. Lead PEN
ellis are not truly what their name sig
mites; they are graphite pencils-that is,
the bore in the cedar, poplar, locust, or
whatever other wood the slender GYM
der may be, is filled with graphite
The largest graphite mines in the world
and those producing the best grades or
graphite are in Ceylon, and there are
also important deposits in Mexico and
Chosen. In the making of crucibles
graphite is combined with clay, and be-
fore the war the best clay for this pur-
pose was obtained in Bavaria, in which
country are also graphite mines, but
producing grades distinctly inferior to
those that are mined in Ceylon. When
Germany's supply of Ceylon graphite was
cut off that country, of course turned
to the utilization of Bavarian graphite.
The crucibe makers in the United States.
cut off from their usual supply of Ia
varian crucible clay. turned to the work
of locating and developing the deposits
of crlcihle clay in the United States
and their efforts in this direction have
been very successful
In pamphlet prepared sometime ago
by Henry G. Ferguson of the United
States geological survey and unfinished
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A GENTLE REBUkE
the Philadelphia Telegra ph.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
The conversation at a social gathering
turned to the gentleness of some people
in rebuking offenders, when Congress-
man Thomas Gallagher of Illinois re-
called little anecdote along that line
For sometime certain good dominic
had not been pleased with the quality Of
milk that his dairyman was serving
Finally he decided that it was time &c
offer a remonstrance.
.Just moment, Mr. Jones. said the
parson, going to the door one morning
when the milkman came around. II want
to speak to you about the quality OF
milk you are giving me-"
Eyes, sir responded Mr.. Jones, be-
traying some uneasiness
Il merely want to say returned ths
dominic, that I use the milk for die
Itary purposes exclusively and not fol
christening.
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Buy Another Bond
Is Today's Slogan

57T1H HE Third Liberty Loan slogan
y today and the rest of the week
will be: "Buy another bond!" Presi-
dent Wilson was, as a matter of
course, one of the early subscribers
to the Liberty Loan, but for the sake
of example he heads the ''home
stretch" procession by buying fifty
dollar bond-five dollars down and
five dollars month.
There are thousands of people in
the Birmingham district who can af-
ford to increase their Liberty Loan
holdings by investing in an additional
bond today Jefferson county has
made splendid record already. 1t
has gone over it's quota by more than
three million dollars, but Chairman
Coffin has reason to expect that it
will reach the ten million-dollar mark,
which would mean nearly 100 per cent
more than the official allotment.
Every canvasser, including the
women and the Boy Scouts, will work
as hard as ever as the campaign nears
it's end, and everybody should help in
the drive. The three billion dollars as
the Third Liberty Loan minimum will
not only be reached, but from
present indications it is safe to
assume that the total subscribed
will be considerably over that
amount. Uncle Sam needs the
money for the winning of the war and
the larger the oversubscription the
greater the effect on the morale of
the general public as well as the SOL
diers. 1t is gratifying to see the Sixth
federal reserve district making rapid
gains. Outside of Birmingham, New
Orleans and few other cities in the
Sixth district the campaign was
somewhat slow in getting a good
start. 1t is in full swing now and
will probably reach it's quota of ninety
million dollars.
Remember the slogan, Buy an
other bond'
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Kaiser Wilhelm Visits
Cologne Cathedral

a ssocIATED PRESS correspond
AA ence from Amsterdam quote
the Cologne correspondent of the Tyd
who describes a visit the Kaiser re
Gently paid to Cologne cathedral, a.
Follows:
There were only a few persons
in the building. Under high arches
81 and in spacious solitude the En-
peror sat as if in deep thought, be-
fore the priests choir. Behind him
his military staff stood respectfully
at some distance Still musing as he
rose, the monarch, resting with
both hands on his walking stick,
remained standing immovable for
some minutes. Then he turned and.
without exchanging word with
his suite, left the cathedral at
their head.
Thousands of his subjects hurried
up and gave the monarch a spon-
taneous ovation, in the midst of
ing station. The Emperor fire.
quently made the military salute
but the expression on his face did
not relax and he remained silent
and extremely serious. His face
wore a look of earnest resolution
which was rendered still more
s striking by the fact that he has
much aged during the war. I shall
never forget this picture of the
musing monarch praying in Co
logne cathedral on the eve of the
great battle.
The "great battle" referred to wa
the latest western offensive of tn
Germans, which is estimated to hav'
cost the fatherland from $4,000 t
100000 men, without accomplishing
its purpose. The Kaiser, evidentl!
with r. fear that an ayenging Coz
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this printing ophice phailed to supply
US with any ephs or Gays, and it will be
phour or phive week bephore we can get
any. We have ordered the missing let
ters and will have to get along without
them until they come. We don't lique
the look ov this variety ov spelling any
better than our readers, but mistaix Will
happen in the best, ov regulated pharni-
lies, and iph the ehps and c's and KS ana
as hold out we shall ceep Sound the .
harD the. cyclone whirling aphter :
phashion till the sorts arrive. 1t is no
joque to u.s. it's serious aphair.
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Crop Statistics in
Favor of the South

7NHE statement showing how
| u periodically the ten cotton
states have responded to the. appeal
of the government for increased food
production, prepared by Martin V.
Calvin, president of the Georgia State
Agricultural society, and published in
today's Age-Herald, is not only illu-
minating, but it will prove an inspira-
ton for even greater achievement this
year.
Mr.. Calvin stresses the fact that
corn has at last come into its own as
a southern crop. The home demand is
greater than ever known before and
the "adaptability of corn to so large
a number of economic uses is daily
magnifying its Importance.
| The government statistics in the
south's favor, presented by Mr.. CAL
vim, will doubtless be a surprise to
many people. In 1915 the ten cotton
states produced total of 774,045, 900
bushels of corn as against total of
663, 405, 900 bushels produced in ten
of the most productive states of the
east and west; difference in favor Of
the cotton states, Tic, 100000 bushels.
In 1917 the cotton south's corn yield
was 665, 738, 900 bushels as against
l626,S17 900 bushels produced by the
same ten eastern and western states
listed in the group for 1915; differ
ence in favor of the cotton states,
I38, 1921 900 bushels.
Tennessee is the leading corn state
of the cotton south. In 1917 it pro-
duced Ill, 1900 bushels. Mississippi
was second with 81,05O,000 bushels;
Texas third with 1885, 900 bushels;
Alabama fourth with 77,2o0,O00, and
Georgia fifth with 100000. Ala
bama will probably reach 100000 =
I000-bushel record this year.
Mr.. Calvin, in referring to the
farm labor problem, says that as per-
picking as it has been the two decades
past, and more perplexing now than
lever, it is being solved in a number Of
cotton states by the Introduction
and use of improved labor-saving
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what the navy has not done, but what
it has done. The great achievement Of
THESE nearly four years may be summed
up in phrase. The British navy has
saved the allies from destruction. But
for its readiness to act, but for its I'M
wearying vigilance, the seas would not
nave been safe for the transport of Brit
lsh troops to sorely pressed France, the
German flag would not have been driven
from the ocean, the German warships
would not have been shut up in port, the
submarine would not now be practically
tho only naval weapon in German hands.
The British navy has protected Eng
land, it has protected France and Italy,
~ has protected the United States. We
owe our safety from invasion to it and
it alone.
Does anyone living securely on land
realize or appreciate the stupendous ma
ture of the task. We have had from
time to time vivid stories of the dangers
Of the North sea in wartime; but even
these cannot take the place of personal
experience. To maintain a strict block
to guard merchantmen, to defy mines
and submarines-these are things to rack
body and soul. Such long and painful
vigils are far harder to endure than open
fighting. No man in the whole fleet but
would have welcomed battle IT the
British navy had gone little STALE If its
morale had been in any degree impaired,
it could never have risen as it did to the
desperate adventure at Zeebrugge and
Ostend. Let there be an end of idle com
plants that it has not done what it
could not do. Let us pay full tribute OF
admiration and gratitude to the men who
have SO far saved Europe and America
from the cruel domination of the Hun.
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
To strive, to seek, to find and not to
yield.'
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4 heard so much about Florence and
the great developments as Muscle Shoals
that / thought of locating in the beauti-
full. thriving north Alabama city said
Judge E. c. Crow. and | went up to
look the ground over, but l found it jim
possible to rent house and very ex-
pensive to buy one. After having moved
my trunk three times within the month,
for l had to depend on friends for a
dition of the hotel and the boarding
houses, that just came to the conclusion
that my home in Birmingham looked
mighty good to me, and SO here / am
back in Jefferson county"
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Ask Wade Wood

1T takes real patriotism to serve on
a government committee, which requires
one to visit Washington several times
during the month" said Wade Wood,
who is member of the corn millers
committee, and who is compelled to visit
the capital frequently.
1T is almost impossible to get a room,
and then when one is fortunate enough
to get one, he must share it with from
one to a half dozen, | try and arrange
to get through the sitting in days time
and take a sleeper back for Birmingham
II one has not been in Washington since
the war began, he has no conception of
the congestion :,
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BEGINNING THE DAY - Lord,
give me n devotion so strong, 10y
atty so deep, n passion so pure, that
the poor, mean things of life may
be driven out; and that 1 may thus
be strongly carried over the OBJ
stacIes and past the dangerous cd
dies. In Christ's name. Amen. -
III. NJ. Il.
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ADIRFT WITH THE TIMES

of fellow who could drink or let it alone"
| Il believe So
How Is he now?Y
''He stin says that. but he acknowl-
edges that prohibition helps him to let
it alone"
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GREEN AND M1sTRUsrFUL

From the Washington Star
Thomas W. Lawson said in a Boston
lecture:
THE green Spectator is apt to be
more suspicious and mistrustful than the
seasoned one. Green spectators by their
who went to the Boston and Maine sta
ton. put down s2o-bill, and said to the
ticket agent:
Round trip to Washington, young
feller.'
Change at New YORK.
"'No, We don't, young fellerH snarled
the farmer. IN take my change right
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LOCATED

From the Talladega Home.
What has become of the old-fashioned
mother WHO used to dispense sulphur and
molasses in the spring. Birmingham
found in the rural districts where they
drink branch water and tie the caves
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OUT IN THE FIELD WITH GOD

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The little care that fretted me,
lost them yesterday.
Among the fields above the sea,
Among the winds at play,
Among the lowing OF the herds,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.
The foolish fears of what may happen
! cast them all away,
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay.
Among the huslSing Of the corn a
Where drowsy peoples nod.
Where i'll thoughts die and good are boz
Out in the fields with God.
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An AsrRA PER AsPERA

From the Rocky Mountain Cyclone.
We begin the publication ov the Rocy
Mountain Cyclone with some phew <diphi-
|cuties in the way The type phounder
phrom whom we bought out output phol
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FASHION NOTE
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
| Ladies did you know that Liberty
Bonds will be generally worn this week
They will be trimmed with coupons and
may be made even more attractive with
| Thrift Stamp insertion.
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member of the Associated Press

Member of the Associated Press
The Age-Herald is the only morning
and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham
carrying the Associated Press dis
patches.
= The Associated Press is exclusively
ientitled to the use for publication
sof all news dispatches credited to it
ior not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
All rights of republication of spe-
cial dispatches herein are also re-
served
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Washington bureau. 2o7 Hibbs build
ing.
European bureau. Henrietta street,
.Eosent Garden, London
Eastern business office, Room 40 TO
80, inclusive, tribune building, New
York city, western business otflee,
tribune building, Chicago. The 5. {.
sBeckwith Special Agency, agents for
Foreign advertising.
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WHY

WHY?
The price of their folly
Men YEARLY pay,
With signs of distress and
No little dismay.
But when the scores settled
In travail and pain,
They turn right around and
Get in bad again.
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
PublIc-spirited Jewn

4 wish to express my appreciation
while the campaign for raising the 500,
100 for Birmingham college is still on
said Dr. ]. B. Cumming, the financial
secretary, for the splendid and unselfish
service of some of our Jewish friends.
Messrs. NJ. V. Joseph, Herman Beck,
Joe I'oveman, Louis Pizitz and Abe
Kaufman have been most Interested and
faithful in their work on the teams to
which they belong
1t shows that when the best interests
OF the community are at stake that they
are willing to pull off their coats and
help put over any worthy enterprise Bir-
mingham is to be congratulated upon
having in it's midst so many public
spirited Jews
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Secretary McCulloch a yisitor

Il just ran back to tie up the loose
threads said J. f. McCulloch, secre-
tary of the Southern Sociological con-
gress. who is registered at the THtwiler.
Il also came back to help in the better
organization of the state work / find
that the congress idea is growing on the
people of the south. There are so many
pressing problems that it is necessary
for those interested in solving them to
get together in conference. The congress
seems to meet real need and is, there
fore, growing in favor and usefulness
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farm implements and farm machin.

use-slowly, it is true, but now that
start has been made they may be
expected to multiply rapidly.
This state has advanced steadily in
applied agricultural chemistry. The
year 1918 should witness stride in
labor-saving devices.
Crop diversification is working a
mighty change in the south's product
i've potentiality. Add cheap fertilizer
and the latest designed machinery and
the possibilities of this section can
mot be overestimated.
- j. X
The Alabama Bird Day book, for 1918.
issued by the department of game and
fish, is handsomely illustrated in colors
Iand contains well-chosen reading matter,
both prose and poetry. 1t will appeal to
all nature lovers. 1t is a credit to tho
state and to John H. Wallace game and
fish commissioner.
y y y
The mayor of New Orleans has intro
duced an ordinance to change the name
of Berlin street, residence thorough
fare, to General Pershing" street. An
alderman would think twice before vot-
ing against an ordinance of that kind.
y y -
A Ford car which collided with a
Cadillac and a Packard in Birmingham
is now hopeless wreck. A Ford has
plenty of pluck and perseverance, but it
ought to tackle something it's size.
& y *
When Geraldine Farrar sang the Star
Spangled Banner at Carnegie hall, New
York, the audience subscribed for more
than 100000 worth or Liberty Bonds
Sing again, Geraldine.
x y X
dtTIUdn SOIultFS are SIlil DelHS uTlNtu
to slaughter, but there are reasons for
believing that they don't go with the
cheerful alacrity which characterized
them in the early stages of the war.
y y y
A comedienne says If women could
vote, Doug" Fairbanks would be presi-
dent of the United States. That would
be sad blow to the sisters who have
presidential aspirations.
y. y y
Upton Sinclair claims there is a con-
spiracy on foot to prevent him from en-
joying his due share of publicity The
scientific term for Upton's complaint is
megalomania.
Mr. Hearst has bought the Chicago
Herald and will consolidate 1t with the
Examiner, with Mr.. Brisbane as editor.
Mr. Brisbane will soon become the cham
pion perambulating editor of America
n .. +
Short skirts make it possible to get the
full effect of bizarre pattern in ho-
siery.
y \ y
Michigan and New Hampshire have
joined the dry states, thus throwing a
large number of expert mixologists on the
mercy of cold world.
y 4
California's latest earthquake shock
lasted only 40 seconds, but that seems
long time when the earth is rocking.
y y +
Prirna donnas who convert their golden
notes into Liberty Bonds are helping to
make the world safe for democracy.
4 y y
Spain has contrived to keep out of the
war, but life in Spain is by no means a
grand, sweet song.
4 y y
George Creel couldn't demand an inves-
tigation more vociferously if he were a
down-trodden captain of industry.
X II X
The olive branch of Emperor King
Charles is suspected of concealing an
other German plot.
4 * "
Old John Barleycorn has become a past
master of scientific retreating."
GREEN AND M1STRUSTFUL
From the Washington Star.
Thomas w. Lawson said in a Boston
lecture:
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DOESN'T EARN N KOPECk

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t is stated that Lenine is drawing q
salary of SIG month, which seems to Us
s3.'3> ~'s-~agenusly excessive
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A POOR SHOWING.

Down with invisible government
shouted the socialist.
What dc you mean by invisible gov
eminent, my friend?'
Let the people ruler'
"Umph' They had their chance IN
Russia.
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Though fond nature bids us all lament
Yet natures tears are reasons merri-
ment. Romeo and Juliet.
* 4 y
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CLOSED UP.
How long did you work at the last
place whore you were employed?'
only day. sir"
You didn't stay there very long"
mo, sir. But it really wasn't my fault
1 got there just a day ahead of the
sheriff"
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HARD LINES.


The lily-fingered gentry
Who led a life of ease
And We're averse to bagging
Their trousers at the knees
In any useful labor,
No longer stroll about,
Some recent legislation
Has filled their hearts with doubt
A ban is placed on 1oafing
And everyone must work,
With penalties provided
For those who try to shirk
The lily-fingered gentry
Confess it with a sob.
They'll shortly be compelled to
Get job.
DOUBLE TAX.
whats going on here?"
"a dinner is being given by the ALI
mony club. It's an altruistic organlza-
ton"
In what respect?"
1.-THE rich members pay the dues of the
poor mcmbers. Some very estimable gen
tlernen can't ray alimony and club dues
at the same time
MIGHT BE WORTH WHILE.
THE fair defendant seems confident
of being acquitted"
I'm afraid she is overconfident@
"Yes?"
80 far she hasn't even taken the iron.
bic to smile at the jury"
PAUL, COOK.
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A sTICKLER FOR PLAIN SPEECH.
My water pipe has burst"
You mean busted, don't your
no"
"Bursted. then"
mo. The past tense of burst is burst"
well. anybody who $50 superior that
he can't use the language OF the COM
mon people deserves to have his water
pipe busted"
FRANK AvoWAL.
"Jagsby used to say he was the kind
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Banner Year for East Lake

"A great weight has been lifted from
my shoulders" said Hugh Hill, new man
ager of East Lake park. After three
months of construction work in which |
have been as busy as one-eared man
at an eavesdropping contest. the build
ing work has been completed and Biz
mingham's new municipal park which
has been constructed and which will be
operated for the benefit of the citizens
and their children, is ready for the for
NAL opening, which will take place
Wednesday, May s.
1--WE have accomplished more than we
realized could be done in this length of
time and have added new attract
which had not been planned originally.
want TO impress on the minds of Bir-
mingham people that the park is not to
be run on a moneygetting basis this
year, and that there will be absolutely
no admission fee charged at the gate
1.-THE new attractions should draw more
people into the park than any season
since the resort has been running and
with good money conditions prevailing
and everything brand new I predict
banner season for East Lake park, it's
first season under municipal manage
ment and ownership.
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THE Birmingham public library has re-
ceived from the national war garden COM
mission, Washington, a consignment of
it's books War Vegetable Gardening
and the Home Storage of Vegetables,
and will be glad, while these last, to dis
tribute them to those wishing informa-
ton on gardening and the storage OF
vegetables" said Miss Miller.
These books are SO pages, well illus
trated, and the consignment received
here is the special southern edition. This
commission inspired the planting last
year of over s.oOo,ooo war gardens in va
rious parts of the United States, the prod
uct of which was estimated to be worth
$3.50 100000 The commission has recently
sent organizers throughout the south and
they report an unprecedented interest in
all the southern states in war garden
planting.
This interest the commission est-
mates, will result in several hundred per
cent increase in garden planting in the
south this year"