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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

ISOLATED CASE, PERHAPS. ''Oh. fairest of creatures The way he began: Her maidenly blushes
 She hid with her fan. His knees knocked together, His face grew so white, It seemed all his pluck had Deserted him quite. She gave him her answer
 And soon they were wed; The babies kept coming,
 He hustled for bread. And she who was lovely
 Lost all her good looks. And he who was handsome Stopped long over books NTill, scrawny and shabby
 And weary and cowed He toiled on a failure,
 Just one of the crowd. So bright dreams are tarnished By trouble and strife; Yet, worse things can happen Than taking wife.
 CORRECT. "It is customary to speak of advertis ing matter as literature. '' "So it is.'' How would you classify summer rs sort literature?' "As fiction"
 GOOD FOR YOU, PRU. Prunella joined a canning club, And nothing could be wiser, For while she's canning beans and thint She helps to can the Kaiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
Another Week of
 Increased Output

WMHEN the state mine inspector
 WV completes the tabulation of Alabamas coal production for the week ending yesterday the report will doubtless show an increase over the previous week
 The outlook for high average dur ing the rest of the year is most en- couraging. The substantial increase this month is particularly worthy of note, because July is usually light month at the mines
 Patriotism is the inspiring note. The country's requirements are so large and so imperative for the win ming of the war that appeal is made to every mine worker to do his best ssIhe response affords signal evidence, Therefore, of the determination of the mine operatives to place themselves sr the frest rapk of A--se-,s;~~rr c.sstri-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

possible for Chicagoans to buy hip goods from liquor dealers over the bar That may not trouble Chicagoans, who may still have their orders filled and delivered, but it's going to work hard ship on residents of dry states who usu- ally stuck pint in their hip pockets and quart or two in their suit cases before starting for home.
 xf # X
 The revelations in the case of George Sylvester viereck are not surprising. Anybody with ounce of brains knew what he had been up to ever since the war started, but William Bayard Hale seems to have played the traitor in an utterly shameless manner.
 s. < <
 British captain says the erstwhle unspeakable Turk is gentleman in war, compared to his ally, the Hun. Maybe statements like this will make the Turk have a better opinion of himself thar he has had for great many years.
 # # !.
 While one voyager claims to have seen the oldfashioned sea serpent is believed to have died of shame and mortified tion when he beheld the first U-boat shelling lfeboats full of women and children.
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 Custom cutters say women ought to be prevented from wearing materials that should be for men exclusively. Is there no way by which we can force women to let our clothes alone?
 + # x That Ohio candidate who is using a calliope to drum up votes-pardon the mixed aphor--could never be elected or a ticket supported by the antinoise society.
 What more natural than that Vie reck's correspondence with his dear old father in Germany should have been war?
 We might have known if petite Mar guerte Clark decided on matrimony she'd pick out an army officer Lucky devil" say l0,OoO,OoO or more movie fans t. # H: | A German editor, safe in Switzerland has asked the Kaiser why none of hi. sons has been killed or wounded in tn, war, He need't wait for an answer.
 < # # l Occasionally war correspondent coin. d new phrase. "Flickers of fighting used to describe local engagements alon, the lengthy battle line, is not bad. # j. #
 Still, when you come to think of il there is world of difference betweei carrying on an offensive and retiring to positions previously prepared"
 x x :.
 German newspapers are beginning t acknowledge that General Foch know a thing or two about strategy. Is thi the beginning of the end?
 x x |.
 We can't imagine anybody in situ ation more uncomfortable nowadays tha the protender to a throne in Europe
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 Why couldn't some of the allied avia tors start riot by dropping fe hot dogs in .he streets of Berlin?
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 In saying the worst is yet to come, th Kaiser speaks with prophetic vision. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
Bookstore on Wheel.

T have been in the Birmingham dis trict for several days with my car" said Bunyan Davie, the colporteur of the executive committee of the state board of Baptists.
 My car is so arranged that I can carry a number of Bibles and religious books. stop at homes at schoolhouses, at churches. and associations and open up and try to put good reading matter into the hands of the people. I have been down in the Lipscomb and Jonesooro neighborhoods and sold about l9o vol umes. l am on my way down to the Baptist encampment at Pelham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
A rEpIous PROCESS.

"Jagsby has been trying all the non- drinks on the market
 "What's his idea in doing that-to md substitute for John Barleycorn?"
 Well, not exactly. Jagsby holds firm ly to the belief that there never has been and never will be an adequate sub- stitute for John Barleycorn. By sam bling first one soft drink and then an other, he hopes in the course of time to bring himself to the point where he can drink water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
SOME QUEENS SWEAR
he Portland TeIegra m.

From the Portland Telegram.
 Tt would be difficult for anyone to have a worse opinion of Germany than the Queen of Rumania," says the Bir- mingham Age-Herald. Maybe so, but we would hate to hear a nice, beautiful Queen talk like some of the opinions of Germany that have been expressed in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
@Doug. Was Greater

Awhile back I picked up an Age Herald and saw a paragraph about the death of James Warren Fairbanks, at one time vice president of the United States" said c. l.. Lemon, the well known expert accountant
 q thought the James part of 1t was wrong, and turned to my stenographer and asked her if it was James War ren Fairbanks to be told, Why, no; t is Douglass Fairbanks Such is fame then recalled that the distinguished Indiana statesman was named Charles Warren Fairbanks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
RIGHTO;

From the Charleston News and Courier
 It doesn't matter whether Hindenburg or Ludendorff is commanding the Ger man army. Whoever he is, he has met his master
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
ON. GOOD BEHAVIOR.

ON GOOD BEHANloR. You seem fatigued."
 '1 am. l have just finished a half hours conversation with a purist.' "Is that so very tiringo"
 T should say so! Time and again had to choke back slang word that was trembling on my lips"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
Family Much scattered

"I was reared down at Eufaula, said Charles A. Craven, manager of the High land Milling company
 ''It is strange how families shift about and in the course of years get widely separated. l live here, my brother John makes Mont tgomery his home, my broth CT Alexis. who was here recently on visit dwells in the City of Broth erly Love while Clarence the youngest, resides in Portland and my sister calls Los Angeles home It is right hard for us to have a family reunion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
A Remarkable City


 q have often heard my father tell of his experiences in Birmingham when 1t was a mere village" said Leonard Thompson of Akron, 0. "He came here on a business trip when there were not more than 1000 people in Birmingham. and then he came again few years alter when the town was crazy over the real estate boom. He has told me of several instances where men would make good sized fortunes in a day in real estate transa ctons and without the investment of a dollar themselves. This is my first visit here and I must say that l am very much surprised to find a really big city with modern skyscrapers and an ac- tive, hustlng population quite different to the lazy, easy going people that l had expected to see here. ITO my mind BIT mingham is one of the most remarka ole cities in the country and is destined to be one of the greatest during the iife- time of the present generation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress, March s. 1s7s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
WOULD SEEM so,

WOULD SEEM so. Would you call Grablegh miserly person."
 No. I wouldn't but I'll give you an illustration and you may form your own conclusions
 "Well?"
 seventeen years ago Grableigh found a quarter on the street and he's had his eyes on the ground every since. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

Renittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails Address,
 THE AGE-HERALD. Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

What more natural than that Vie- recks correspondence with his dear old father in Germany should have been accelerated by Americas declaration of war?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-08-14

was no present change of the work or
fight order in contemplation. said
that when l decided the baseball case
thought perhaps other forms of
amusement and entertainment might
require an extension of the order to be
on parity with the baseball situa-
ton. But that was rot n thci. mind.
"They had heard from outside
sources that the department was con-
siderin ing bringing professional classes,
like lawyers, newspaper men and 9TH
ers who were not actually engaged in
producing war supplies, under the or
der"
Effect on the Colleges
The committee, Mr.. Baker contin-
ued, was especially interested in the
effect of the extension of draft on col
leges, and also in the question as to
whether young men from eighteen up
would be drawn indiscriminately in
class l or placed in deferred class
by age and drawn later, giving them
some added months to come to ma
turity.
81 told the committee" said the
War Secretary, that no fixed policy
had been determined upon by the de-
partment, but that the purpose was to
allow the president to defer in class |
the call of the younger men. | have
always considered, as you, perhaps,
remember, that nineteen was the
proper minimum, and l have come to
the eighteen minimum only because it
seems necessary to get the men"
@
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-08-14
Draft METHODS
WILL Be CHANGED
Registrants Will Not Have to Claim
Exemption
SECRETARY BAKERS VIEWS
Proposes That Government Determin7
Status of All Affected by
y New Law

Washington, Aug. 9.-New draft
regulations under which the govern
ment would do the selecting rather
than leaving it to the registrants, are
under consideration by the War De-
partment. This was disclosed today
! by Secretary Baker after he had ap-
peared before the Senate military
committee to urge prompt enactment
of the new Selectiye Service Act ex-
| tending the age limits to include all
men between the ages Of eighteen and
/ forty-five..
The War Secretary made it plain
that he is not satisfied with the pres
ent system under which the registrant
must claim deferred classification, as
many men with dependents hesitate,
for patriotic reasons, to make such a
claim. In this connection Mr.. Baker
said he was inclined 80 the opinion
that the marriage relation will in it.
self constitute defcrerd classification
What Mr.. Baker has In his mind is
to lay down set of questions which
the registrant would answer, and then
have rules which would take care Of
the classification. He is understood to
regard this as the fair and equitable
system.
The discussion on the draft ages be-
said. followed much the lines taken
by Gen. March, chief of staff and
Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder. The
committee, he added, did not indicate
any disposition to question the ncces-
of the action so that the War De-
partment can quickly get the men
necessary to win the war.
"The1e was some Giscussion," Mr..
Baker said, "as to whether it was the
intention of the department to extend
the work or fight order to include
classes of persons in various profes-
sional occupations 4 told them there
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-08-14
NOTICED BIG CHANGES
IN JUST A few DAYS
Greenville Man Tells of Long Strug.
gle with Dread Ills
HE TRIED FIVE YEARS
Medicine Failed to Give Desired Re-
lief-T6ok Tanlac and Now
Endorses 1t

Regarding the great relief that
Tanlac gave him from stomach trou-
bic, which after five years developed
into pellagra, F. S. Crumley, of No.
8, Buncombe St., Greenvilla, gave the
following statement:
81 spent several weeks at Gov
ernment pellagra hospital ct Spartan
burg, but after came home what |
ate continued to hurt me. Gas formed
on my stomach and had pains in my
abdomen. My appetite was not good
and could not rest at night.
II began to take Tanlac and it soon
corrected my stomach trouble. In a
couple of days l could tell big diff
ference. My food was digested, gas
stopped forming on my stomach and
those pains left me. The Tanlac soon
got me so could cat as much as any
one, my nerves were qutetcd and I be-
gan to sleep soundly at night.
"Tanlac is a fine medicine for stom-
ach trouble, and l am glad to recon-
mend it to all with such ailments"
Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sold
by Dickson's Drug Store, Manning
II. w. Nettles, Jordan; Shaw & Plow-
den, New Zion; Farmers Supply Co..
Silver; D. c. Rhame, Summerton.-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-08-14
-W--Io--S-
ICE FAMINE IN NORFOLK

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 9-Noifolk is to-
day facing the most serious ice situ-
alton in the history of The city. Ho-
tells, restaurants, hundreds of soda
fountains and thousands of homes
have been without ample supply of
ice during the past two days and suf-
fering is intense, especially in the con-
gcsted sections of the city.
A committee investigating the sit
uation today, recommended the abro-
cation Of all contracts for ice made
this s. section, the guarding of thers the ice.
making plants by home guards and
the distribution Of ice cards by tho po-
lice.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-08-14
OPTIMISTIC IN LONDON
Credit Given Americans for Success.
eS in France

London, Aug. 13-The general feel
ing here is that the Importance of the
successful new battle cannot be over
estimated. 1t is regarded as the turn
ing point of the years campaign and
perhaps even the turning point of the
whole war
1t was only month ago that all
the talk of the British military crit
les was whether the Allies could hold
on in the face of the great German
offensive which the German people
had been told was to finish the war
The initiative has now been taken
from the enemy, and within the month
the Allies have engaged in two i'm
portant battles with conspicuous sue
cess.
1t is not too much to say that the
american army has been the chief
factor in this result.
The experienced military critic of
the Westminster Gazette says only
what all soldiers who have seen Amer
lean mettlc put to tn, test are say
ing, that the American troops are
equal to any in the world.
The moral effect of their appear
ance in France, even though a compar-
atively small proportion of them is
yet on the fighting line, has been the
transformation in the British and
French armies of determination to re-
sist into the confidence of victory.
-W-S-S-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-08-14
SAYS STATE OF WAR EXISTS
Lenine Declares Russia at War With
Entente

Washington, Aug. O. American
Consul Pole, at Moscow, has informed
the State Department chat I.cnine,
the Bolshcvik premier, recently de-
clared before gathering Of Soviets
in Moscow, that state Of war existed
between the Russian Government and
Entente Allies.
In response to questions from the
Allied consuls, Tchitcherin, commits
sary Of foreign affairs, said the pre-
mier's statement need not be declared
declaration of war, but that it rath-
er was a declaration Of state of de-
fense on the part Of Russit similar to
the situation that existed at one time
with Germany.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-08-14
The auinlno That Docs Not Affect the Head

Because OF Its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA.
TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing In head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature Of Z. w. GROVE. 3Oc
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06
Continued on eighth psge.)
ORANGE COUNTY
MEN FOR SERVICE
Seven Men Left Monday for Syracuse
Twelve More Go to Tufts
Aug. IS.

Chelsea, Aug. l5.-The following
draftees, who stood qualified for limited
service, were modified at Montpelier on
Monday for Syracuse, N. ", by Chair
man NJ c. Knight, viz: Arthur Seymour
Austin of Randolph, Almon f. Aldrich
Of Thetford. Russell Griffith Corwin of
Chelsea, Milo L. Sleeper Of Strafford,
Norman Henry Rhodes and Frank c.
Clough also of Strafford, and Tracy T.
Shepard of Bradford.
The records of the board show that
two hundred and forty eight members
have been sent to various camps, sew
enty-fve Of whom were self inducted
These two hundred and forty eight men
have been sent from towns as follows:
Bradford, 23; Braintree, 0; Brookfield
4; Chelsea, Is; Corinth, O.; Fairlee, 6;
Newbury, 35; Orange, O; Randolph, AZ /;
Strafford, l3; Thetford, Is; Topsham,
10; Tunbridge, @ Vershire, s.; Washing
ton, 4; West Fairlee, 10; Willismstown,
"a.
Twelve men who are qualified for gen
eral military service viii be mobilized
on Aug. Is, to Tufts college for course
Of mechanical study and training.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06
EARL READING IN LONDON.
There to Confer with the British War
Cabinet, Is Report.

New York, Aug. 6.--The earl of Read
ing, British ambassador, has arrived in
London, it was announced here to-day
by the British bureau of information.
His mission is to confer with the Brit
ish war cabinet, it was stated.
During his absence, Colville Barclay
will be in charge of the British embassy
the bureau announced. Sir Richard
Crawford will continue in Charge Of com
mercial affairs and Sir Henry Darlington
Smith, assistant high commissioner, will
be in charge of the British war mission
in the United States.
Washington, Aug. 6.-Lord Reading
left Washington quietly recently and
soon afterward set sail for a British
port Correspondents were informed of
his movements with request that they
be given no publicity. There has been
no announcement as to the nature OF the
questions the ambassador is to discuss
with the British cabinet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06
TWAS A FALSE ALARM.
Two Boys Looking for Excitement, Now
Wondering If It Was Worth Price.

1t was hot and dusty in the north end
last night. Most Of the fellows whose
mothers cannot understand why boys
should be permitted to shun the bed in
dog days had been called home. Two
lads whom the jury will call Angelo and
Michel until the police find out their
real names, were satiated with swim
ming and two-old-cat in the back lot.
So they looked for fresh diversions and
found an alarm box.
Not until the big whistle at the gas
plant doomed out decisive l3 could
the fremen have known that the old
swimming hole had lost its charm and
then they didn't guess. The whole outfit,
motor truck and horse-drawn trucks,
hurried to the north end, where No l3
is located in front of Whitcomb Bros.
plant. It was sos o'clock when they
arrived and at s:04 two nightly scared
youngsters were fading quietly away
into the dusk. A policeman gathered up
the odds and ends of information from
neighbors and set about to locate the per-
petrators of the false alarm, while the
fremen returned to their quarters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-06
GERMANS FAIL TO DISTURB THE
ABILIZATION OF VESLE FRONT;
UNEASINESS ON NORTHERN FRONT
WORK OF THE BRITISH
MYSTERY SHIPS
How woman and Baby" Accounted
for German U-Boat Told By Lon
don Times Correspondent.

London, Aug. 6.-Interesting revela-
tions regarding the work of British mys-
terry ships which have played an impor-
tant part in anti-submarine warfare are
made by the naval correspondent Of The
Times. They show how British seamen
have met German craft and cunning with
craft and cunning Until this week the
public has known nothing about the mys-
terry ships, known in the navy as the
%" ships, although several officers, not
ably Captain Gordon Campbell have
been decorated for their services on these
vessels. Details now can be made public,
as the Germans are becoming aware
through bitter experience Of the methods
used against them.
How woman and baby" accounted
for Uboat is told by the correspond
ent. The submarine ordered vessel to
surrender and fred few shells into her.
The boats then left the ship leaving on
board woman, who ran up and down
the deck with baby in her arms, as if
mad The U-boat came alongside the
vessel and the woman hurled the "baby"
into the open hatch. The baby" explod
ed and blew out the bottom of the sub
marine. The woman" was decorated
with the Victoria cross.
The correspondent also mentions the
story Of retired admiral serving as a
captain, who placed haystack ON board
an innocent looking craft. When the u
boat ordered her to surrender, the Ger
mans were astonished to receive a broad
side from the haystack.
On another occasion sea-worn tramp
steamer was crossing the North sea when
submarine ordered the crew to abandon
ship. So sure was the German Of his
prey that the bombs with which he in
tended to sink the vessel were brought
on deck around the coming tower. The
commander of the tramp steamer, by
careful maneuyering brought the subma
rine within range OF his concealed arma-
ment, so that it required only a she'll or
two to explode the bombs and blow the
U-boat out of the water.