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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

a worthy vision and a courageous heart to bring it to pass in the realm of reality. It is within the power of Pres- dent Wilson to become the spokesman of the English-speaking world.
 Our entry into the war has given us the center of the stage in the great Anglo Saxon ldrama which is being played with an anxious world for au- dience, for the lesser nations are sitting tight in the boxes eagerly awaiting the they will get the right to be free or perchance become the pawns of the Teu- tons. Uncle Sam, as the chief actor, is the man of the hour.
 Consider for a moment the political issues of the war If the allies win it means that democracy is safe. If the central powers are victorious it spells autoeracy. The Anglo-Saxon will lift the pail of fear which hangs over Hol- land, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Dem mark, Poland, Rumania and Serbia; but the Teuton will keep them in terror and subjection. The breed which fights for democracy is going to put to rout the gang which battles for autocfacy.
 We are not fighting for the suprem- acy of the English race, but as one of the big partners in the Anglo-Saxon al- lance we are fighting for the right of the lesser nations to establish self-gov- erning communities in which there will be no fear of being bullied or swallowed up by the land hungry Hohenzollerns. who tried to carve a big slice out of middle Europe to satisfy an abnormal appetite for other peoples territory.
 
 America can we'll feel proud to have sprung from the great mother-land, the seedbed of free nations. It was no idle boast when President Wilson said we are fighting to make the world safe for democracy-to give to the people 8 chance to grow up in those principles for which our forefathers died; to pass on as a precious heritage those principles of loy-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
1s - v Birmingham Fresh Drive for Loan

00THEN the fourth Liberty Loan
 wv campaign closes next Satur- day night Jefferson county should be we'll over the top. In order for our quota to be substantially oversub- scribed three million dolhrs must be raised in addition to the millions al ready subscribed.
 It can be done and it will be done. All the local "armies" will be in the field sounding the new slogan, Double your subscription"
 The end of the war may be near. But even if peace were assured im- mediately the United States army would be kept in Europe year longer. The government needs every dollar that it asks for in the way of loan.
 Birmingham has been the foremost |city of the south in patriotic achieve ments. It has a splendid record and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

1t must keep up it's reputation with out halting or growing weary. Three million dollars for the county this week! It should be subscribed in four or five days time.
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 When your former office boy turns up with the physique of heavy weight pugilist, over six feet high and wearing the uniform of the United States navy, it's not to your discredit t if you have to look at him twice be- fore you recognize him.
 # ]. # We have just had a bad day on the sea. However. no amount of Ger man propaganda could make one allied vessel collide with another and that is not an exploit possible to U-boats.
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 Our army is not composed entirely of second lieutenants. but one gets that impression after strolling throush one or two hotel Hobbies and taking a walk around the block"
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 General Polo, now commanders in chief of the Polish army, who formerly fought in the Austrian army, has a name that would stand out promi- nently in citation.
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 Citizens of Birmingham should cheer up. They are not the only pee. pie in this country by any means whe are having trouble with their stree car system.
 A reader of The Age Herald has dug up a speech of the Kaiser in whici he mentioned Christ. Needless to say it was delivered long before Belgium was strafed.
 By the time this war is over great many ship riveters should be in a ii. nancial position to storm the gate: of society at Newport and elsewhere.
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 Those republicans who adversely criticized President Wilson's reply ts Prince Max are not finding much sup. port in Paris and London.
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 At this critical mopent is the fetia pen of Karl Rosner to lie idle? Judging from what they have to say about President Wilson now. some o those German newspapers change their tune overnight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

alty and liberty those imperishable ideas Of self-government' and well-ordered freedom. which has made our beloved country what it is today, the greatest democracy on the earth.
 
 And joy Tn thinking of England, the mother-land-the great British empire made up of free governing communities, which leapt to arms when the call came to save the tight little isle" from the ruthless hand of the Teuton. who was getting ready to beat France, humble Russia and then turn her armies on London. I believe that England, too, as we'll as sJudea of old, has been a chosen land; and under God has played a part in making the world better place in which to live.
 Those laws of England, they Whose reverend heads with age are grey. Children of a wiser day
 And whose solem voice must be
 Thine own echo of Liberty!
 I believe in the divine mission of tho Anglo Saxon. to teach, under God, the spirit of individual freedom, of social charity of faith in law-abidingness. Per- sonal independence. mutual responsibili- ty, consecration to duty-these are the essential qualities of the type of which am writing. They come down through history, and they still lie at the root of all that is best in the English-speak- ing races.
 America has heard the call to loyalty. believe that our hopes, our aspirations, the spirit, the holy purpose of our na- tion in this war are summed up in our patient and great-hearted President. Let us, indeed, then, here in Jefferson county pray with sincere hearts for the spirit of loyalty to our marvellous leader and uncomplaining burden bearer. Wood- row Wilson, for I have faith that in and through him we are coming into our own as a people who will be known around the earth as lovers of law and liberty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
A NEW GAME

By Samuel Minturn Peck. suppose one truly tried each day
 To do at least one deed To make another's life more gay,
 Or fill his lack or need Suppose one really sought to see
 This way the world to bless Why, just think. you or I might be
 That man of happiness! Suppose We made of it game
 'Twere surely easy done At cares and tears to take our aim
 And shoot them one by one; . To set a weary face a-smile
 A sport might be-confess, As title does 1t not beguile-
 A man of happiness? 'Twould need no racket, nor ball, Nor mallet, nor al bat; kindly, willing heart were all,
 My Friend-just think of that! To goe about a-sowing joy
 On others who have less You could not help but be. old Boy. E A man of happiness. For game laws none need give . hoot- Leave them for deer and bear; There is no lack of game to shoot The world is full of care; And aching hearts are all about, In spots where few would guess, Who crave, and crave beyond a doub, man of happiness. Iris surely worth experiment., So let your will incline. And try one day with firm intent This small idea of mine. Nor appetite, nor sleep will wane. A drowsys bed you'll press, And credit in the sky you'll gain,
 Q man of happinessl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
A ForIorn Hope

aThe suggestion of someone in your lobby column that the farmers oe aided in finding market TOT .he abundance of apples, potatoes ana other produce now held on Alabama farms listens good in print. even II II does smack of a forlorn hope, sald w. H. Vim.
 My experience with the farmer who girds up his Joins, as well as those of old Dobbin, and hles hllnseii cityward with load of his surplus produce is that he must stop at the first store or telephone in the SUD- urbs and ascertain what Morrls ave n,Se is holding 'em up for. Then ne adds from 10 to 25 per cent to eaten inc buy-at-home trade and goes to il -only to wind up at the close of the dav on the avenue of many tongues where he uploads at whatever the food sharks will give him. Of course he goes home with his hammer ou' and .pisens' the neighborhood agaihs' similar effort-and that's one Of the causes for the h. C. of l'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

SNNLANTED by the French. cultivat-
 IN ed by the Germans, eaten oy
 = the Yankees--that is the history
 of many a bean, many a tomato. many
 a carrot gathered this month between
 the Ourca and the Vesle. Sweeping over the fertile Tardenois in late May,
 the Boches found the gardens all nope
 fully planted. and their soldiers were
 detafled to tend the rows of vegetables
 which they fondly expected to eat at
 harvest time. Amid the great welter
 of things it pafned them to leave De- hind was this juicy crop of garden truck, and that is why fresh celery
 and new green peas have graced many a Yankee mess on the Vesle
 It would do MT. Hoover's heart good if he could see-and probably he did the harvest being brought in from the Ireconquered farms between the Marne and the Vesle. Marshal Foch's dashing counter offensive must be measured not only in territory regained, prisoners
  seized at the critical time. The Germans, who are harder up for food than any other country, lost not only the harvest they held but the har- vests they hoped to capture. Now, close behind the troops. the reapers and binders are at work.
 The other day, a battalion commando CT at the front, spotting strange ma chine that looked like some fantastic tank webbing along a crest across the valley, caught 1t in the focus of his field glasses and laughed outright. It was that eminently pacific engine, the field blow.
 Here and there threshing machine plays chorus to the song of the air planes overhead. Old soldiers in faded blue, old women, buxom young wives, little children, all have been tugging away at the great stacks of wheat.
 and if you cross newly harvested field at sunup. you are Sure to see the women rollng out from under the hedges shaking the dew from their
 hair, and going to work at the glean- ling.
 The Tanks in hospital, who got their wounds in the fields near Vaux and
 Bouresches and Belleau woods, will be glad to hear that from those fields a golden treasure has already been gath cred. and the cRckets in the stubble
 sing a song of peace.
 
 As a sign post which says Mach Seringes" is just as good guide as
 one that says "vers Seringes," the A. P.'s don't bother to take down the signs they found decorating the walls and houses above the Marne. Most of these are quite intelligible, even if you couldn't read Die Lorelei' to save
 your life. "Arresthaus," for instance.
 wouldn't fool anybody. though 1t might
 take some of us a good while to recog-
 nige 'Fieger Keller. 30 Mann" as the
 notice of an abri where l30 dirty Ger
 mans could hide in hours of stress. l Private Herbert Pioushman. battalion
 runner in the thick of the fighting be-
 low the vesle. carried his message for- ward to the platoon and dropped flat 2
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

a man is excessively attentive to a woman she isn't his wife"
 That's the popular theory, but there are exceptions"
 '"Yes?"
 "Have you ever seen the husband of wealthy wife laying the predicate for loan?"
 WIDE TERRITORY.
 "Ever dream you were rich?-
 "opse." dream?r
 What was the nature of your T thought the Russian people had been converted to the use of safety razors and I had the only agency be- tween Archangel and vladivostok"
 FAST BLACK AND LOYAL. Down in this part of the country l don't suppose you are afraid that any of your hotel walters may be German spies?"
 "Well. no," answered the southerner. That isn't likely unless a walters complexion happens to be of the burnt back for more.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

The Anglo-Saxon race in it's fight against the Teuton has taken upon itself a tremendous duty and grave respon- sibility. Without reflecting on our other allies, who are in the fight for the pres ervation of freedom, I wish to confine by the English speaking races>England, the mother country and America, Eng lands mighty daughter of the west and Australia and Canada, and the rest of the colonies where the "Queen's Eng lish'' is spoken.
 The Anglo-Saxon race is bound to- ugether by common traditions, common experiences, common ideals and aspira- tions, and when the mother country was in peril, the English speaking races around the globe forgot everything save the fact that blood is thicker than wa ter and rushed to the defense of Eng land.
 I am proud that at time like this, when the English people stand in the presence of God, face to face with a powerful armed movement of events which is testing as by fire the heart of Brittania, that America has not been content to stand quietly by, but has jumped into the raging conflict with all of it's mighty resources.
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 Already we have borne grevous bur- dens in the way of treasure and men, but I am cheered to think that the sor- rows of the nation, the sacrifices that have been willingly made, are nerving the national heart. are checking self indulgence, are prompting to deeds ot heroic patriotism, are promoting more sober and chastened tone in public life are compelling us all to examine our selves and honestly to ask ourselves il we are doing our best.
 America has the greatest opportunity which has ever come to a nation to se the pace of the worlds thinking alons political, social and economic lines. Its responsibility is therefore great to have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Apnreciates His Car

T had heard preachers brag apout their congregations giving them automo- biles." said Rev. Jesse A. Cook, pastor of the West End Baptist church, ana never dreamed that l was going to be one of the favored few, but at the close of the Ham-Ramsay meetlns' through the initiative of the latter, nao one thrust on me before I knew anyone was even thinking about it. l expect 10 find it a. great convenience in doing my pastoral work as my flock is widely scattered"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
THE COMING DAY.

Above the roar of mighty guns, The clash of arms on land and sea, Still audible and deathless-true, The heart-beats of humanity. And by that sign the tears we shed, In panoply of gloom and woe, This toll and bitter sacrifice, Be sure 'tis given us to know Ere long shall pass, stricken world, Blood-stained and dark and grief-dis-
 traught, Shall win through strife to golden days. With righteous peace and gladness
 fraught.
 LIMITED ALLOWANCE. "she has me guessing" Flows that?"
 She promised me kiss Fine"
 But on condition that don't come back for more"
 A CARE-FREE LOT. T have just been through large insane asylum" Rather depressing experience, isn't it"
 Tn ordinary times. yes; but not now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

few feet from the commanding lieuten- ant, who was helping bandage wound- ed mans leg.
 Whats the matter, are you wounded there2' the lieutenant asked. No, Plough 1 man was only playing safe. The mes sage was important, Should he come out in the open and deliver it? The lieu tenant nodded and Ploughman stepped l to his side. He was just in the act of handing the message over when shell crashed between them, tearing away the | llieutenant's leg with a wound so griev- | ous that he died before the day was | spent. Somehow Ploughman got back l to his battalion commander.
 The message was delivered, sir" he said, and from force of habit, saluted. l It was when the hand was thus raised that the major noticed two fingers had | just been shot from it.
 A number of our soldiers recently joined | scme French in a raiding party. After l it was over, Sstgt. Edward Horrigan, a wirt little chap from Big Rapids, Mich,
 was seen sporting a Croix de Guerre. His own company and particularly some of 1 those who had shared in the raid were not so much envious as a little curious. | Horrigan grinned and explained that the French just sort of issued the darn things and it was a question of luck who sot them.
 | It was not till the citations were pub lished. in orders that the others in Com pany M got the missing details. Horri- gan had forgotten to mention that stray- ing from the bulk of the raiding party. he. had brought in German prisonet and, by going back and carrying him in through the barrage, had saved the life of a wounded poilu.
 It would be a fatal mistake to judge the morale of Herr Ludendorff's battal- ions by any capture made therefrom To- day you would get cocky young Prus- sian who thought it would not be long before the allies collapsed from sheer panic. Yesterday, you would have found low-spirited Bavarian convinced the
  l One German prisoner, lanky Saxon. ran into our lines at Fismettes. He was | slightly wounded in the leg. shot, he
 said indignantly. by his own crowd. He
 had been prisoner in France till his
 repatriation not long ago. and here he
 was, escaping from Germany after four
 days at the front. He expressed the
 greatest distaste for all Germans and
 emphasized his point of view by taking a J gun and bringing down two German
 snipers.
 1 Then he lent his expert hands to the bandaging of about 40 American wound
 ed, and feeling much relieved, retired gracefully to the rear. The Tanks didn' t
 think much of him. But they let him | live.
 The pursuit of the Germans from the i Ourcq to the vesle was a terrific strain
 on the American army because the will
 lages recahtured were so hard to pro-
 nounce
 Seringes suffers either as Syringa or
 Syringe, Sergy is served up with either
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

BEGINNING THE DAY. Mighty God, while angels praise Thee, may a mortal lisp Thy nnmer" We are
 prostrate before Thee, with our hands on our mouths and our faces in the dust. We dare not complain mt my of thy dispensatiOns. We are sinners and have come short of the glory of God. The tiniest ray of sunshine comes not because we de- .serve 1t, but because Thou art rich in mercy and full of grace. On this Thy day we rise up out of whatever hardship or grief may surround us to lift song of praise to Thy great and gracious name. Amen.-E. M. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 The Kaiser has powder magazines enough at home. but it isn't pleasant to sit on them while he's pleading with a people with a match Ill US
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

lunatic"
 MEN WORTH WHILE A lad whose virtues shall be told Is plain old Johnnie Glue, His cold is just rotten cold" And not Espagnol flue.
 Columbia Record. Another chap you'd like to meet. His manners sure to please, Is thoughtful Ebenezer Fleet, Who steps outdoors to sneeze.
 NOT STRICTLY TRUE. '"The English language is elastic, you knowH
 And something's misleading" For instance?" ''We say a certain young woman is running around with a wealthy young man when his high-powered roadster makes 1t unnecessary for her to walk step.'
 HE EXERTS HIMSELF. "It is taken for granted that when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

saw more light-hearted people there than have met with in many day. The war means nothing to the average lunatic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
Nh Lave for HOhenzollern

No Love for HOhehzOIerH
 "A rather curious coincidence happened in the family of my grandparents" said John Calman. My grandmother WAS born on the same day as old Emperor William of Germany and died on the same day. My grandfather was resi- dent of Hamburg and there was httie fondness among the true Hamburgers for the Hohenzollerns and the frussis' is' Hamburg was a free city. l was Just boy when the grandfather of the present Emperor of Germany died, and It was impressed on me because of grandmoth- CTS death"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
Collecting Peach Seeds

"If the government wants peacn ana other seeds to make masks out of 1t can get all it needs in a very simple way, said Joe Cook.
 'All Uncle Sam will have to do VIII be to tell the people along the rural mail routes to put them up in paper boxes, or flour or other sacks and de- liver them over to the thousands of men on the countfy routes to be delivered at the office where they report daily ana there will be a flood of them pouring III all of the time. I have been up in Eto- wah recently and have seen any quan- ty that is easily available II ht- tie system is used to get them starteo towards the cities for proper distribution to the various plants needing them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
Re,;eious Work At M,CIellan

"The quarantine at Camp Mcclellan on account of the Spanish influenza made IL necessary for the while to abandon great evangelistic campaign which nao been planned among the soldiers py the religious forces at work in the canton ment," said s. H. Bennett.
 T have done great deal of work in the camp and have found the men very responsive and appreciatlve or the efforts made by the various religious or ganizatons and churches for their splr- itual welfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

A star for each of the 40 Age-Herald euen in the army and navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

The pursuit of the Germans from the Ourcq to the Vesle was a terrific strain on the American army because the vil- lages recahtured were so hard to pro- nounce.
 Seringes suffers either as Syringa or Syringe. Sergy is served up with either
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

Then he lent his expert hands to the bandaging of about 40 American wound ed, and feeling much relieved, retired gracefully to the rear. The Tanks didn't think much of him. But they let him live.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

Private Herbert Ploushman. battalion runner in the thick of the fighting be- low the vesle. carried his message for ward to the platoon and dropped flat 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-12
WROTE CANDIDATES
NAMES ON BALLOTS
HAD NO PRINTED TICKETS, BUT
MEN ANNOUNCED FOR COM
Missioner RECEIVED VOTES.

In the election last Tuesday DR.. H.
A. Cook received 55 votes and Messrs.
W. L. Pace and J. L. Mcleod sd each
for county commissioner, all be-
ing voted at the Parrot and Bron-
wood precints.
The tickets at the various pre-
clncts, which were printed in Atlanta
by firm to whom the official ballots
was furnished and supplied most OF
the counties, did not contain the
names of candidates for commission
er the names of the gentlemen voted
for were written on the tickets.
These ballots were consolidated
with those containing the names of
other candidates for the various Of
fees and forwarded to Atlanta with
the official certificate of the ordi-
nary.
There is division of opinion as to
whether the terms of the present com
missioners will expire the first OF
next January, and as legal question
IS involved it may be that the courts
will settle the matter of the person
mel of the commissioners for the next
two years.