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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
Greatly Honored by Baptists

T am greatly honored by the Sap tists," said pr. N. A. Barrett, pres- ident of the city commission.
 T am deacon in my church; teach a Bible class in the Sunday school and now the Birmingham Baptist as sociation has chosen me moderator. l am not narrow in my religious views and have always co-operated with other churches, but I have also been loyal to my own denomination. The honor of presiding over the association of which my home church, Ruhama, issa member, came as a great surprise to me, yet greatly enjoyed it's ses- sions, for the speeches and the spirit were fine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12

] Henry Ford talks as if favoritism had beer shown in keeping husky young men in Washington when they ought to be on the firing line. Does he realize that he is supplying republicans with cam paign thunder? 1 It has been discovered that a great many young soldiers write poetry. How ever, We venture to say that precious few of them ever have the courage to ask their top sergeant what he thinks of it, < < # When the finished product costs four and five times as much as the raw material from which it is made, some body somewhere is getting rich at the expense of the ultimate consumer. * # 4
 It isn't necessary to get out your poetry book when you are troubled with in- somnia and want to read yourself to sleep. Almost any of the official com muniques will do just as well.
 # # *
 A correspondent says we cannot con- COT ceive of the real conditions in Russia And we've been thinking all the time that chaotic" expressed the situation over there to a nicety.
 x. # #
 As long as air mail carriers continue to fall and have trouble with their ma chlIes, the conservative citizen will pre- fer to send his important letters by the usual channels
 # * #
 If you should happen to see a red and yellow flag. with red predomnating, don't get excited and call the police. It is merely the standard of the new Renuh,ic of Finland.
 Don't be alarmed if you fail to receive a letter from your soldier for sometime. All the kinks in the overseas mail sery- -SO A'~'S INV pCCh out yet.
 # 4 q
 A Red Cross nurse says wounded men want their mothers more than they do their wives or their sweethearts. Don't mothers know that already?
 # # #
 If "gasless Sunday" is observed for any length of time, the old-fashioned habit of taking nap on Sunday after noon may be revived
 # x *
 Marshal Haig addresses his troops like a man who sees the goal almost in sight and is confident of reaching it before he is many moons older.
 # # #
 Men who were arrested in New York,s recent stacker raid think they have an accurate conception now of what is meant by Prussianism
 x x *
 The attitude of approximately 100 OOO. GOO Americans is: 'Well see it through"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
From the Outlook.

From the Outlook.
 YN R. FRANK BONN, an American II U of German ancestry, who has ~ written many Illuminating ar ticles interpreting the spirit and de- sign of the an-Germanists, published in the New York Times recently striking article in which he reports the views of some intimate friends of his who, although Germans, are now ex- pa triated and living in Switzerland. All four of these men agree in saying that the only salvation for Germany lies in her military defeat. The first of these friends has been, says Dr. Bohn. for many years distinguished leader in the industrial life of Germany. He is quoted as saying:
 "The number of people in Germany that respects anything but force is ut terly negligible. For % years I have wished to join democratic party in Germany, and work toward disarma- ment, anti-imperIalism and republican institutions, but there was no such party for me to join. I would have joined even the smallest group. But there was no group which had the cour- Eage or organize. I am hope less, utterly hopeless, about Germany. Only complete defeat can give her a new beginning"
 The second man lis profound scholar" whose home was in Munich. pr. Bohn said to him that in Munich there must be left some of the old southern German love of life for it's own sake. You're wrong" was the re- ply. That's Why had to leave. There isn't shred left of the old cultural life of Germany. Poetry is dead and real music is on it's last legs. People think of absolutely noth- ing but getting rich individually and browbeating other peoples nationally |s Don't think that you can talk Ito them about freedom and have them understand you-yet awhile. You must beat them down physically first"
 The fourth of Dr. Bohns friends is Ia distinguished journalist of Berlin. In talking with him he used some phrases and comparisons that made Dr. Bohn laugh. The Germans reply is worth quoting in full:
 "Yes, yes. you many we'll laugh, you fellows who sit there in your America, 4000 miles away from our sabel hollun- ken (saber rattling wretches) and en- Joy yourselves. If you had had to en-, dure what We nave had during these years, you would laugh out of the oth- CT side of your mouth"
 l tried to turn the subject Can't you write something." I said. that would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
Jewish soldier. Here Monday

AAbout 500 soldier boys were the guests of Birmingham families for the two days of Rosh Hashona last Sat urday and Sunday" said J. Friedman, chairman of the welfare committee of the Jewish council.
 These boys will return for Tom Kippur. the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. next Monday, and naturally, they will be guests in the same homes they spent the New Years day, bit as we expect to have at least 200 ad- ditional soldiers for Tom Kippur. am anxious to get in touch with Jewish families who did not entertain any Of the soldiers for Rosh Hashona. but who will open their homes to the exhra boys that will get here about noon Sunday to stay until Monday night.
 q know there are dozens of homes where the boys will be welcomed and will appreciate their phoning me at Main 1857, just the number of boys they can take care of. These boys are now selectmen who have reached Camp Mcclellan since last Saturday and Dr. Newfield is now in Anniston arranging for their furloughs for the Tom Kip pur services, so as to avoid the coh- fusion and delays experienced by the soldiers who came last Friday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
pr. Phillips Praise. Teacher.

T dos not believe finer body of men or women have been in Birmingham than the loyal school teachers of Ala state teachers institute" said pr. J. IT. Phillips.
 "I'll tell you it means something for quite number of them to stick to their school rooms when they have larger salaries. Take them as whole and you will find that Alabama is blessed with as loyal a teaching force as there Is in the land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
VICE PRESIDENTS s1NEcURE

From the New York Evening Sun.
 I am glad t osee you,'' said Senator Borah of Idaho to the vice president when the latter returned from his vacation. You're certainly looking fine"
 T ought to-" replied the vice president. That's all I have to do.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
Music and Patriotic
 Activities Combined

THE Birmingham Music Study
 4 club is now conducting it's an- |nual membership campaign-quietly but systematically-and that it will meet with cordial support on the part of music lovers and public-spirited citizens goes without saying.
 The club presents several distin- guished artists each season and gives many concerts of merit by local talent. It is an institution that fosters only the best in musical art and what it has done for the cultural progress of this community cannot be overestimated.
 2 But while the war lasts the clubs activities will not be confined to the world of music. Patriotic work is to have a large part in this seasons programme. The Music Study Club quartet and chorus offer their serv- ices for all patriotic occasions, and this fact alone should give distinct impetus to the membership campaign
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 Corset makers are beginning to feel 4t.s oF oIJ acl,- iored whale is nervously sitting up. and taking notice that fashion may presently resume it's relentless war upon him. says the Chicago News. Is there any little boy in the class who can. tell us how whale sits up?
 A contemporary predicts that women will go back to skirts and frills aften the war is over. Shouldn't wonder. There may be shortage of men, and women of marriageable age will have to make an. effort to please those who are left E E E
 The reported coolness between the Kali ser and Emperor Charles of Austria may be nothing more than propaganda to mislead the allies, but there are reasons for believing there is no love lost be- tween Charles and Wilhelm. x E *
 If this war goes on much longer some of the aged men who have been taking part in automobile races for nearly two decades and are still driving their cars around 100 miles an hour. will be draft cd into the service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
AMERICANS.

You must not call them Sammies, You should not call them Tanks, And if you call them Doughboys Loud laughter splits their ranks; You will not call them Buddies, And when on Kultur's track You need not call them forward, You cannot call them back.
 London Chronicle. There is no need to call them From the far lying track; Their eyes are strained Berlinward, And they will not turn back; Old Glory's folds are OCT them, The foemen are in front They need no call to take them Into the battles brunt.
 Houston Post. There is no need to tell them; You know they'll do their best, Pursue the flying Teuton And never think of rests Till Prussia's Humpty Dumpty Has tumbled from tine wall. Whatever name you give them, 1t matters rot at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
Pick Cotton Early
 and Pick it Clean

6NHE bureau of markets of the 0 United States department of agriculture urges cotton growers throughout the belt to "pick early and as clean as possible" under ex- isting conditions, and to protect the cotton from the weather after it is picked. This advice is given in order that there may be "no larger portion of low grade cotton than absolutely necessary"
 Cotton picked late will, in all proba- bility, encounter rainy weather and frost, which cause spotted, off-color low grade staple. As the bureau points out, there is a scarcity of high grade cotton and a great demand for it.
 A large part of the cotton carried over into the season of 1S18-19 is of low grade. Under normal conditions foreign trade furnishes outlets for the low grade product, but as these outlets are largely closed by the war, such cotton sells at a price much lower in comparison with the price of middling than is usual when the situation is normal.
 On the other hand, says the bureau, there has been created an abnormal demand for cotton of the better grade "with a resultant scarcity of such cotton"
 The government is using large quantities of cotton goods, and many mills are running entirely or in part on government orders. Such mills are using the best grades. Also export trade at present requires an unusual ly large percentage of high-grade cotton.
 "Eary and clean picking" says the bureau in its statement, land the proper ginning and care of cotton not only will result to the individual pro- ducer's financial advantage, but also will help to stabilize the cotton mar ket and thereby will be of great bene- fit to the trade and to the entire coun- try during the present emergency"
 Alabama's 100000 or 5O,0OO-ba crop will be picked clean and most of 1t will be sheltered from the weather. Not many states will have larger proportion of cotton of high grade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
MAY GET YOuRS NOW

From the Baltimore American.
 Six million letters from American sol diers in France recently reached an Atlantic port. The boys over there are not forgetting the ones they left be- hind them in the excitement of the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
Another American Transport
 Attacked by a Submarine

TIT is safe to assume that no iron
 A crosses will be distributed among the crew of the German submarine which torpedoed troopship with 2800 American soldiers on board, as the vessel was approaching the English coast. Although the attack was made September 8, it was not reported to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
.LE CAFARD,

"LE CAFARDr Stephen Pell, A. E. F., in the Philadelphia Public Ledger. (Which is the French soldiers term for that indefinable feeling the English call ''the hump and the Americans "a grouch.nD When you hate the war and hate your work,
 And you'd welcome German shell That would land at your feet or over your
 head
 And blow your soul to hell; When you hate your chief and you hate
 your pals
 And you curse yourself to sleep, After smoking hundred cigarettes Or counting a million sheep! When You hate the sight of uniform Or the sound of an aeroplane, And the thought of a greasy motor car Just fills your heart with pain: When you look at the river with longing Or sneak for your piece of a load CThough you known damned we'll that n
 wartime
 A man can't take that road; When you hate the bark of eoixante-
 quinze
 And loathe the sight of gun You can bet ten francs to as demi-sou You've got s1e cafard," my son!
  And you haven't enough to do. Or you've hit the .pinard'' bit too hard And it's left you trifle blue; The clouds that gather are darker than
 dark
 And the day gets blacker than black, You think of your sins. both little and
 big,
 For a thousand cons back: The girls you've kissed and the girs
 you've missed
 Go shooting across your brain: You long for the sight of powdered nose And an evening gown again: You're tired of looking at soldiers You're sick of the khaki shirt; You sigh for the sound of 2 woman's
 voice
 And the swish of silken skirt. When the things you've done that you
 shouldn't Y And the things that you've left undoqI Are racking your soul Into fragments You've got 10 cafard," my son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12

BEGINNING THE DAY 60 Father! give to Thy child that which he himself knows not how to ask. I dare not ask either for crosses or cancellations. simply present my self before Thee, I open my heart to Thee. Behold my needs which I know not myself; see and do ac- eording to Thy tender mercy."- FeneIOn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

, coal and doesn't know how or where he
 going to get it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
THE SPOILERS.

While others dream of glory
 And charge the Hun with cheers, lis quite another story
 Among the profiteers. Although the earth is drinking
 The blood of gallant men, The ghouls at home are thinking
 How with a stroke of pen They'll raise the cost of living
 And everything we need; No thought to country giving,
 Moved only by their greed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
GERMAN PEOPLE HOPELESS"

really get hold of these people and bring them to their senses?" Write something! Write something! Nonsense. Haven't I been writing my fingers off for 30 years! What those fellows need is not ideas for their brains. They need bombs on their skulls"
 But we expect some help from with in." I went on.
 Help can come only from one place." he said, from Bethlehem-Bethlehe Pa. But you do not realize it fully. They will cheat you yet, those junkers. Having won half the world by bloody murder. they are going to win the other half with tears in their eyes, crying for mercy
 Dr. Bohn, we believe, has a saner point of view than Lord Lansdowne. Let us have peace, by all means, but it must be preceded by unconditional surren- der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
IN \ TEMPLE OF ECONOMY

From the Chicago News. l Food is so high that even the economi- cal cafeterista has been compelled to. adopt the skip-stop plan of loading his
 tray.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
QUIET LIFE.

"A millionaire. you say?"
 Yes, but he's led a rather uneventful life for man who has so much money" "Indeed?"
 Tt seems he has never had to buy back package of his love letters from a beau tiful stage lady"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau. Henrietta street. Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, World build ing, New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
Member of the A-soc,ated Press.

Member of the AssoCyated Press.
 The Age Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
Coming Fair an Exposition

"The coming Alabama State Fair, which Is to be held the week of Oc- tober ' to 12, inclusive, is going to be- one of the best expositions ever held in this section," declares R. A. Brown, president of the Fair assocla- tion..
 There are going to be more and bigger exhibits of all kinds and the premiums have been doubled. Larger premiums are to be given than ever before.
 "The live astock show will bring to the State Fair some of the classiest cattle in the country and lovers of live stock will find much to interest them. The hippodrome attractions 10 be presented daily before the grand stand will be one great array of amusement and entertainment.
 Some of the worlds greatest out door attractions will be presented. On the midway there will be the famous Johnny J. Jones shows-with new fea- tures-and ready to furnish great en- tertainment. Every arrangement is being made to handle record breal1- ing crowd at the coming fair and all the railroads have offered reduced rates to Alabama's big exposition" /
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
Houston Post.
STRETCHING THE TRUTH.

You believe most of the stories from the fron:?.
 "oh, yes" said the conservative man But when some excitable correspondent tells of a German soldier cursing thd fatherland or Prussian officer shouting to allied troops, On to Berlinr I notice what name is signed to the dispatch and ever after I'm bit skeptical of every thing that fellow writes
 SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE. There was a knock on your door
 T heard it.
 Why don't you get up and see who it is? It may be Opportunity
 "No. The knock was, too insistent, too abrupt. Opportunity never knocks that way" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
Automobile From San Francisco <

T saw an automobile all covered with dust going through the streets the other day and it was so caked with 1t that I stopped to watch it pass" said Solon Jacobs.
 Tt wasn't just the dust of day but it was the work of weeks and months like the covering of a mee-- schaum. The passengers also showed travel stains that were the result of long journey. The story, was told by the give-way tag which it had on it-San Francisco. I do not know where the party was headed. I saw them last going down lower Second avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
DRESSING THE WIFE.

DRESSING THE WIFE. What sort of hands did Gadspur hold at the poker party?n
 s"Mostly wearing apparel, I believe" What do you mean?" Every time he raked in a pot he said, Well here's little more toward a wln- ter outfit for the missus'"
 NECESSITY. "These girl workers in overalls are smoking cigarettes during their lunch hour, I notice.''
 Don't think it is a mere fad with them, or just pernicious habit" "No?" 'grhey have to smoke to maintain their morale"
 BRINGS SAD THOUGHTS. Do you regard autumn as melancholy season?'
 "Yes," replied the citizen with a worried look. Autumn is melancholy season for anybody who hasn't laid in his winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12

A star for each of the 8. AEe-Hcrald men in the army and navy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-12
MAY REBEL
Sparks OF Revolution Are Flying
in German Army.
Pacifst and Revolutionary Pamphlets
Are Being Distributed
Among Boches.

British Headquarters in France.
Sept. 7.-Sparks OF revolution seem to
be flying even thicker in certain parts
OF the German army. Numerous pris-
oners taken by the British mention
the distribution of pacifst and revolu-
tionary pamphlets among the troops.
One prisoner who recently had re-
turned from leave said that when in
company OF a large number of Ba-
v~arians he was shown revolutionary
pamphlets which he was told were
being widely circulated. All the
pamphlets, he added, were violently
nti-Prussian and appealed to the men
to refuse to fight.
1t was asserted that during the re-
cent fighting the commanding officer
OF the 137th Pioneer battalion of the
F~ffty-second division was shot by his
men when he attempted to stop a
psnic-stricken rush from the trenches.
A battalion surgeon captured said
all the regimentsl officers he knew
believed that General Ludendorff
would fight delaying actions until the
Allied offensive had died out, at the
same time saving his "elite divisions
for a counterstroke. preparations for
which were now being made.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-12
COLLIDE DURING FOG
Fruit Vessel Is Sunk by Impact
With Supply Ship.
Accident Occurs on Atlantic City, N.
J., and Five Lives Are Re.
ported Lost. i

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. T. The
United Fruit company's steamer Almi
rante has been sunk at sea in COLI
sion with the United States supply
ship Hisco. Five lives are reported
to have been lost.
The Hisco picked up four of the
dead along with the survivors and the
crew of a coast guard station picked
up the body Of the fifth victim.
The collision occurred nine miles
southeast of the Atlantic City light
house during a heavy fog.l
Coast guard crews and the fishing
feet from the inlet here are ~patrolling
the scene Of the collision.
The Almirante, 1t was said, was
struck just of her bow and went down
In four minutes.
Five Sailors Diver Victims.
Washington, Sept. THE Navy de.
partment was informed that the
American steamer Lake Owens had
been sunk by a submarine. Five mem.
bers Of the civilian crew ~are~reported
lost.
The steamer, an army cargo carrier
of 2,308 tons, was SEN down by gun.
fire in foreign waters Sept. 8.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-12
Action Is Taken by Food Admin
istration for Several
Reasons.
SHORTAGE OF LABOR
Need Of Entire Fuel Production for
War Industries, Drouth and
Strain Upon Transportation
Are Principal Causes.

Washington, Sept. 7. = AS a war
measure the manufacture of beer in
the United States will be prohibited
after Dec. / next.
This announcement was made by
the food administration. which said
the decision had been reached at con-
f~erences between President Wilson
and representative of the fuel, food
and railroad administrations and the
val industries board.
Factors which influenced the deci-
sion to prohibit the manufacture of
beer after Dec. |, the food administra-
ton announcement said, we're the
further necessity of wal industries for
the whole fuel production capacity of
the country. the considerable drouth
which has materially affected supply
of feeding stuff fnr4neyt@year.he
strain upon transportation to handle
necessary industries. and the shortage
OF labor caused by enlargement of the
army program"
Other Beverages Hit.
Warning also was issued to manu-
facturers OF all beverages and mineral
waters that for the same reasons there
will be further great curtailment in
fuel for the manufacture of glass con
tainers. of the tim plate for caps, Of
transportation and OF food products in
such beverages"
Action along this line, II was said,
had been expected by the brewing in.
terests in view OF the fuel administra-
tons order Of last July 8, reducing
coal consumption OF breweries so per
cent and d warning that they might
not be able to continue in business.
Under national prohibition legisia-
ton, passed by the Senate ana sent
to the House. which enacted similar
legislation last May, manufacture Of
beer and wine would be prohibited
after next May 1.