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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-25

Frank S. White at Tuskegee, Mai VIII
liam A. Atkinson of Camp Sheridan at
Moulton IIodges' store at p. m. and
Morris Chapel at s p. mo-, Lieutenant
Colonel Turney of Camp Sheridan at
Elba.
Mrs. Johnston is commended in let
ter from Philip H. Aston, chairman OF
the federal reserve district speakers bu-
reau, Atlanta, for the magnificent
work which her bureau has done.
CHAIRMAN JACKSON RETURNS
Chairman Fred NJ. jackson of the Biz
mngham zone committee, returned last
night from Cullman county, where he and
Lieutenant Hughes have been speaking
with marked results. as shown in bond
sales.
Reports from rural sections OF Jener-
son county show that farmers are buying
Liberty Bonds freely, which proves that
they are wide awake on the war, said
Assistant Chairman Meadow.
1t is limited at Liberty Loan head
quarters that the bulb in the big Their
mometer may make a big jump today
1t has been climbing steadily every day.
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Large Attendance at Initial
Session of State Sunday
School Convention
SCIENCE OF RELIGIOUS
TRAINING DISCUSSION
Noted Leaders in Sunday
School Work Are in At
tendance and Interest
ing Talks Are Made
PROGRAMME TODAY;
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

9:00 Song, service. sa7ooa
9:15. Scripture reading and prayer,
Rev. a. X. Wright.
9:25. "The Transforming Power OF
the Word of Cod" DR.. George X.
Stuart.
1905 Organized Sunday school
work in Alabama. (a) review 81
the field. (b) A cali TO the colors.
(c) over the TOP"
11:o5. Organization and efficiency,
Marion Lawrence.
1900. Bible hour DR. Plato I.
Durham
12:35. Adjourn.
Afternoon session devoted to four
simultaneous training schools.
7:15. Service of praise.
.:2o. Scripture reading and prayer,
Dr. J M, broadly.
7:45 Religious Education and
American Democracy Prof Zebulon
Judd.
$40. Music.
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COMMUNITY SING
AT CAPITOL PARK
Entertaining Programme Arranged
For Open-Air Concert-Civic
Bodies to Attend

The first community sing of the open
air series will take place in the new
amphitheatre at Capito. ark next Sunday
afternoon at o'clock. The occasion will
De OF more than ordinary interest and
an immense crowd will be in attend
ance- The building has seating capac-
ity of 1000, but there will doubtless be
an overflow crowd and those who have
to stand will not feel weary if the pro-
grammes are as entertaining as Com
munity Director Robert Lawrence is in
the habit of making them.
The city commissioners and seven
civic carnations will be in attendance
the Chamber of Commerce, the Board
of Trade, the Rotary club, the Realtors,
tbe Kiwanis club. the Civic association
and the Civilians. These bodies will oc-
cupy the bandstand.
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F. league Dies
at a Local lnfirmary
Funeral of Pioneer Citizen From res
idence This Afternoon at
O'Clock

Samuel +. league died at a local IN
Urinary yesterday afternoon at 4:So p. m
Funeral services will DE held from the
residence, 400 North Twenty-fifth street,
this afternoon at A o'clock, the Kew. a.
!. Dickinson officiating. lnterment at
Elmwood cemetery, with birmingham
Fraternal Lodge. No. 3S4. A. r. & A. NJ,
in charge. Mr.. league is survived py
Ills wife and four sons, Samuel F., Jr.'
RAYMOND, Lavette and Terry, SIX
brothers and three sisters.
Mr.. league was a pioneer citizen OF
Birmingham, having been resident OIL
the city since 1881, and was one OF BIT
minghams prominent business men. Ho
was born at Ashville, November II. 1850
Active pallbearers will be: w. S. Cooper
]. w. Mcdonald, w. D. Moody, Q. II
schultz Thomas j. Perry, George r..
'1arrant, A. H. Geohegan, E. d. Bates.
Honorary pallbearers: ]. ID. Strange, A.
e. vandergrift, Frank ]. White, Samuel
Simpson, T. J. Hodges, DR.. c. NJ. VIII
li.ms, d l.. Edmundson, Robert Strick-
Iaad, N. e. Dean. w. J. Hill. c. B. Lyle,
Z. NJ Brasfeld, A. T.. Wyatt, r. A.
Terrell Jack T. Walton.
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FRIDAY, APRIL Is,
IS MEMORIAL DAY
TO S0UTH'S HEROES
Commission Passes ResOlu-
ton in Honor of SOuth's
Dead, Who Gave Their
Lives in the Civil War

The city commission yesterday passed
a resolution declaring Friday. April rs,
which is a national holiday. as day of
memorial in honor of the heroes of the
south who gave their lives in the war
between the state.
The resolution follows;
Whereas, President Woodrow Wilson
has proclaimed the 26th of April. 1918,
as a national holiday tc aid the Liberty
Day celebrations; and
Whereas, the 2Gth day of April has
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Frank SIGNS More Men

Atlanta, April 24.-(Special) -Shortstop
Grant, Pitcher Wild Bauer and Catcher
Griffith will join the Crackers here to-
morrow in an effort to stop the locals
losing streak. Manager Frank announced
tonight that a left-handeq pitcher and
second baseman would also report either
Thursday or Friday, but that he did not
care to announce their names until they
were actually on the ground.
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The first session of the thirty NTH
annual State Sunday School association
was held yesterday morning at the
First Baptist church with practically
every county in Alabama represented.
The attendance is said 10 be the largest
at the initial meeting; in the history OF
the association.
DIR. p. r. Durham, dean of Gambler
School of Theology, Emory uriverslty'
Atlanta, made an Interesting talk in
which he declared the teacher must not
only be efficient in the science u
teaching religious subjects, but must
cultivate his own spiritual life SO that
it's. influence may be felt as he drives
home his teachings in the latest
methods.
HOBBS OF SELMA
An interesting feature of this pro-
,yramme vas the opening address ny >.
+. Hobbs Of Selma. who spoke of the
convention keyword, 1.-THE Kingdom
Mr. Hobbs. in part, said.
"This struggle is the elimination OF
all wars of principle. 1t was ilevita-
BILE The forces OF the powers of dark
ness worshiping no God, save the
gods q gold and might, had to be met
and overcome once and for all, by the
forces OF light adhering to the Golden
Rule Of the Prince OF Peace.
There was a time when we could
pray for peace That time has passed
we must new fight for peace. and pray
for victory
Germany cannot. must not, shat
not win this war! But if she should TN
the words of our God -given President,.
all that America has lived for, and
loved. and grown great to vindicatt
and bring TO glorious realization, vii
nave fallen in utter ruin, and the gates
of mercy will again be pitilessly shut
upon mankind
'-And just as surely as we humbit
ourselves in AFFECT reliance upon ths
God of Elijah, the same yesterday, to
day and forever, pray to Kim IN SIN
certify and in truth. giving Him tns
praise and doing we'll our part, TN
| fire Of The Lord will again fall iron
heaven. consume the burnt offering O.
.'russian irilitarism, the wooc OF lhell
false philosophy, the ones OF theil
hardened cruelty, tho Just Of their bar
3aric hate, and lick up the water o
blood ard tears in the trench OF autoc
racy. which was to have floatei theil
ship of state out into The ocean OF worlt
domination"
SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY
DR.. w. e. Chalmers Of Philadelphia
educational secretary OF the American
tptist Puhl,c
.i'ess on 1.-THE Teacher and t.le King
ON. while Sprieht Doweil state suIer
endeng If u .sli
stated that by religious education se
must make democracy safe for the worie
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EuNERALA NOTICE

Members of Birmingham lodge A. Il.
and A. NJ. No. 3S4, are requested 10
attend the funeral services of Brother
George F.. w. Dyer. to be held Mt
the Eleventh Avenue Methodist church
Thursday afternoon at 2:30. No Ma
sonic service. All Masons invited.
w. w. ALVEY, w. NJ.
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FUNERAL NOTICE

Members Of Birmingham FraternaI
lodge. a. f. and A. NJ, No. 3S4, are
requested to meet Thursday, May 70,
1918, ) p. M. mt Masonic temple, to
attend the funeral services Of Brother
samuel f. league. Services mt resi-
dence, i4OO North Twenty-Rfth street.
Intermcnt ElmwOOd. All MaSOns i'm
vitcd to he present.
w. w. ALVEY, w. NJ.
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after the world was n.ace safe FOR de-
mocracy. -
sacretarv of the International sunday
school association, spoke on HOW 70
Get the Most Ont of This Convention.
He urged those in attendance 10 get al
they can out of the convention. out
stated that good delegates did not can
iii they got. All delegates and visitors
were urged to carry the splendid mes
sages heard at the convention pack 70
those unable to be present.
Mrs. e. c. Cronk of Columbia. 8. O..
elementary and missionary specialist,
Lutheran church, made splendid talk
| last night at the FIRST Pant st Church.
| her subject being, Down With the Llll1-
nutian Heresy'' DIR Char,es a Brown.
principal of Central High school of Bir-
mingham, discussed the essential place
(, Of religion in education in an excellent
manner, dwelling on the need of religious
! training.
STUDY COURSES
! The recognition of graduates in special
| ization study courses was conducted by
| DR.. George Fl. Denny, president of the
University of Alabama and chairman OF
I the educational committee of the Ala.
bama Sunday School association Marion
Lawrence of Chicago, general secretary
Of the International Sunday School ASSOC
citation, spoke briefly on the Challenge
of the Sunday School, which talk was
most interesting.
| Simultaneous training schools were
, held yesterday afternoon as follows: Ele-
mentaiy division at the First Baptist
churca: secondary division in the base
/ meat IF tae First Baptist church; adult
division at the First Christian. church,
and dmlnistiative division at the Z !,
Presbyterian church.
Tic scr' ention VIII continue through
fnr
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S17,634 RAISED BY
TEAMS WORKING FOR
METHODIST COLLEGE
DIR. Stuart and DIR. EdmOnds
Will Speak at Luncheon
Today at Southern
Club

Reports mt the luncheon of the Rir-
mingham college movement committee
yesterday were most encOuraging,
1884 being subscribed SO far, and
every committee going stronger each
day. The feature of the luncheon to-
day will be the address of DR.. George
II. stuart and DIR. Henry NJ. Edmonds,
both having accepted an invitation to
speak to the workers today.
DIR. Stuart has Just returned to the city
and he has message for the workers
of especial interest to each team. In
his inimitable way there is no doubt
in the minds of those who have heard
DR.. Stuart that he will entertain his
hearers as vel as greatly instruct them.
Yesterdays reports showed that SILL
234 had been subscribed since the Tues
day luncheon, and there were several OF
the Is teams that did not report. Great
enthusiasm was prevalent and much APP
plause greeted each report as the team
captains read them out in response to
their number when called.
Dr. Duncan made splendid talk, and
stated that there never was a better
time than now to complete the task cut
out There never was good time
to take up a ollection-everybody Will
find some kind of an excuse, either at
one time or another Moses is the only
man | ever heard of who asked for
money to build a temple out there in
the wilderness and got what he asked
for and had to tell the people to quit
giving. as he had all that he needed.
There never has, nor do | believe there
ever will be another case like this, said
DR.. Duncan.
Several team captains talked, and told
of their experiences, the obstacles that
they met, and of how easily they were
overcome. There win be renewed effort
put forth by the committees today, and
bv the time for the luncheon, ! O'Clock
at the Southern club 1t is expected that
several more thousand dollars VIII be
raised and turned in at the luncheo
Birmingham business men realize tina,
this amount has got to be raised, and
they are going to raise it before they
stop. Jews, Catholics, Methodists, Bap-
lists Presbyterians and other denomlna-
tons are working side by side Tor Bit
mingham and for education OF the youne
men Of Alabama There is no line drawn
anywhere. it is a war measure, and one
for Birmingham's future. Liberty Bonds
are being received as subscriptions, anc
Yesterday one for $1,000 was turned IN al
one subscription.
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Birmingham Honor Flag Will
Float From Pole In Capitol Park
TOMORROW Afternoonat5 O'Clock

Raising Grand Popular Patriotic Rally
With Music Songs and Rousng Speeches-Nany
Will Be Sprung at Rally and Not
Disclosed Now-Magic City First of Larger Cities to Go
the Top
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Chairman Coffin of the Greater Biz
mingham committee got w. c. Wardlaw,
chairman of the executive committee of
the Liberty Loan drive for the Atlanta
district of the federal reserve board, on
the long distance telephone yesterday,
and asked if Birmingham flag could
not be sent in time to make the raising
of it the feature of the celebration in
this city Friday.
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ebodto topwHH
OK lok trnoon.
o the ngw will mad the occasion
and oug
L
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FLAG is FORWARDED

Delighted to respond to your request, :
answered Mr.. Wardlaw promptly. THE
flag goes to you in tonight's mail. BY
the way, I wish you would send me as
soon as possible the complete roster of
the allied armies of Birmingham. They
have done splendid work and l desire to
see that they are properly thanked for
it by the treasury department
Mr. Coffin hung up the telephone re-
ceiver with a smile of unalloyed salts
faction and said:
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That's all right. Birmingham will be
one of the first of the large cities in the
United States to fly the flag"
BESSEMER TO CELEBRATE
''Bessemer will celebrate Friday stated
Bert Meadow. assistant county chairman.
There will be a parade at o'clock in the
afternoon, headed by the Boys Industrial
School band, and Liberty Bonds will be
sold on the streets as the strains of
battle music float out TO the people lined
up along the line of the parade
SPEAKERS IN DEMAND
Mrs. r. f. Johnston, chairman of the
speakers bureau of the women's Ala
bama Liberty Loan committee, has been
kept busy answering requests from Ala
bama cities and towns Tor speakers at
the Friday celebrations which will be
general throughout the state. Among the
assignments made by Mrs. Johnston are
the following:
Mrs. H. L. Badham to Admission. an
officer from Camp Sheridan to Marion
in Perry county. City Attorney Garner of
Chattanooga to Ciadsden, ex-senator
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BESSEMER TO CELEBRATE

II
United States to fly the flag
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-02-15

\ few weeks ago / called attention
here 10 the fact that the British Gov
ernment. after a prolonged ard most
searching investigation extending over
two years, had abandoned its
project of buying up all the
lquor interests and enforcing total alb
stinence BY means Of law; also that.
as the result Of its experience, il had
decided 10 take steps 10 increase rath-
er than diminish the production or
beer. in view OF the fact that IL has be-
come recognized as Indispensable TO
certain forms of labor. Kansas is one
of our Prohibition States. and now the
many thousands of men employed in
the mines there have Informed the
Governor that unless he allows beer 10
be brought into tie state for their use
they Will leave ana VIII emigrate 20
other states, w ere men are free. The
Governor is, therefore, UP against a
I@al live proposition. II he yields he
renders himself liable 10 impeachme NJ
for countenancing the violation OF the
laws OF a Prohibition State. IL he
etands firm. all the mines OF the state
and also a very large number OF It's
.actories will stop work and the mer
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-02-15
new INDUSTRY
FARM WEALTH
State Can Grow Own Sugar,
Adding S15,OO0,0OO
Yearly to Industrial
Wealth.

"The average American consumes
eighty-twe pounds OF sugar each year.
and only ten pounds of that ration are
now produced in this country. The
farmers or the country should keep
that money at home-in other words.
put it in their own pockets"
The foi egolng statement appears in
a bulletin which the Department OF Ag-
Hculture has just issued reviewing the
progress of the beet sugar industry
during the past year. The report pro-
ceeds to point out that while the pro-
duction OF sugar from beets has ad-
vanced very rapidly, more than 5,OOO,-
600 tons Of beets having been grown
last season, 100000 acres additional
should be devoted to this crop in or
der TO produce at home the sugar now
purchased from abroad.
This is q subject Of particular In
terest to Indiana for the reason that
this state lies in the center Of one OF
the most important beet sugar produc-
ing sections of the country. Not only
have repeated tests in sugar beet
growing demonstrated that Indiana
soil is adapted to the production OF
this valuable CROP but the successful
operation during the past season 0i
the states first beet sugar factory has
proved it conclusively. Although the
season was an unfavorable one anC
most of the farmers growing beet:
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theif Beef. Sl,5UUornw0u!H 20 - -
1000 or 300 work,nen who Nr,,rid o..
given employment and the greItcr part
Of the remainder would stay within the
state. The increase In land values
would be almost too great To estimate
certainly not less than S40,000,000.
From the results obtained In the pro
duction Of beet sugar In Adams county
and surrounding sections and from
tests in growing beets In other paris
Of the state, which show that Indiana
can produce as high grade OF sugar
beets as any state I'm the country. there
Is no doubt that IL the policy of grow
ing within the United States the sugar
to feed,the American people continues
to receive the encouragement OF the
federal government as 1t has In the
past fifteen years. Indiana will take a
leading part in the sugar beet Industry
and through 1t will add millions OF dol
lars to her annual wealth. That the
upbuilding of this industry Is impor-
tant to the consumers as well as To the
producers of the state was shown plain
ly enough in 1911 when the price OF
sugar, which had gone skyrocketng up
to 10 cents pound and was being held
at $675 to $3.50 per hundred pounds
wholesale by the trust and other refin-
ers, came tumbling down to Its normal
level as soon as the yield OF the suShf
beet fields came upon the market
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Great Britain Decides Not To
Enforce National Prohibition

will take their departure for States
that are wet The demand for beer Is
not only Kansas. but is crop
ping out in nearly every labor district
the country, particularly In
the mills. where it is practically I'M
possible for man to work before hot
furnaces without beer. A man who
works for a living in this land should
be permitted to get what he wishes to
eat and drink, no matter what laws are
passed for the regulation of the stom-
achs of those who do not toll. ] am
heartily in favor Of the attitude OF the
Kansas miners and would warmly rec
ommend il 10 the labor element or the
whole of the United States. The no.
tion OF National Prohibition is down
right folly and inn racticable, and
when once labor declines TO work any
longer unless II gets its beer there vii.
be an end 10 this total abstinence
craze of sanctimonious faddists and
cranks. Instruments, all Of them, oil
those vast ~ ent medicine interests
whose wares, reeking with alcohol
have enormous sales wherever honest
beer and wholesome whiskey are pro
hibited by law-Town Topics, New
York City.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-02-15
THE COLORADO DESERT.
How Sound Carries and the Way MI.
RACES Come and Go.


Talk about wireless telephonesl
The Colorado desert goes science
one better in that line. According
to travellers in that neck of sand
and sagebrush, you can dispense
with any kind of telephone, with or
without wires, at least up to cer-
tain distance.
Two men a mile apart can carry
on a conversation in an ordinary
tone of voice, particularly if there
happens to be a small hill behind
each, writes Harvey Hall Kessler in
the Travel Magazine. The prevail
ing silence is so intense that it
might be called deafening.
Perhaps, after all, the weirdest
among many strange features of the
tesert is the mirage. We have
camped perhaps anc gone to bed
early in the evening with the ther-
mometer registering not far below
Il hundred mark. We awake.
sh. ering with cold beneath our
blankets, and look toward the east.
There is the slightest suggestion
Of light IN the sky there, which as
we watch grows slowly in strength.
A grayish haze marks the horizons
edge, which stands out more sharply
at one point, from which broad,
pale rays creep m and out high
above in the sky. These again
slowly fade as a point of brilliant
light appears at their base. This
point grows to half circle, then
breaks ard runs along the sky line
in a surg;ng, golden lake.
! Upon the shores Of This lake
cities spring up, towers, spires and
solid blocks. These fade into fields
and forests and farming scenes
fields of golden gram, cattle stand
ing in green alfalfa, sh ,ets of wa
ter. The mountains near the edge
of the lake separate from their
bases and float upward, topple over
and stand on their heads, their un-
wieldy feet in air.
Soon our lake begins to contract
and collect into big round ball OF
dazzling brilliance hung just above
the horizon. Farms and forest dis
appear. The mountains, as though
abashed at being caught in such an
unseemly attitude by the broad
light of day, quickly resume their
normal position, while all the stark
landscape stiffens into unstirring en-.
durance of the garish light and
blazing heat of the desert sun. The
n:. ,ge is gone like bubble. Only
the yray desert remains.
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were unfamiliar with the handling Of
this new crop, the results obtained by
the new plant at Decatur show that
Indiana is capable OF maintaining a
beet sugar factory In every county,
throughout a large portion Of the state
at least, and that the state could easily
produce not only all the sugar required
for home consumption, but also, If nee
essary, could grow and manufacture
balf Of all the sugar required by the
United States.
Some figures from the actual opera
tious Of the beet sugar plant at De-
catur during the past year will give
some suggestion of the possibilities OF
this industry for Indiana. Aside from
the Investment Of S1,00O,0O0 or more,
which the plant itself represents, the
factory paid out to the farmers who
grew beets about S55O,O00. Some S75,-
600 was paid out In wages to factory
and field operatives. The railways OF
the state received from the transpor'
tation of beets. sugar and supplies over
I 100000 while considerable sums were
distributed fOr limestone. cotton bag
Eng and other articles required In the
/ process OF manufacture. Thus about
three-Quarters OF a million dollars was
distributed through various channels
I OF Indiana industry as q result or the
establishment of a single beet suga
factory within the borders of the state
According to the estimates of the sta
tistical bureaus az Washington tn
people OF Indiana consume over 100,
600 tons OF sugar a year for whicl
they pay S12.50OC 600 or more. Previou
10 this year all OF this money wen
outside the state. most OF II TO IN
great trust refBeries OF the easter
seaboard. Most of IL still goes there
IL. hoMevcr Indiana produced froI
her own only enough sugar Il
the use , her home population a
this mo /, would 60 into the yariou
channe OF home industry. ano
-aulG IKE q yearly difference OF SO