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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
Enjoyed Negro Meeting

T greatly enjoyed going over to the big mass meeting which was held on the Southside at the Sixteenth street Baptist church on Sunday night" said Murray Brown
 "A number of able white speakers representing the various war activities spoke and made good speeches. but the
 one really enjoyed the most was a
 plain talk by negro woman whose
 name l cannot recall. She, among many other telling points, said that negroes
 were Hooverizing long before he was
 heard of, for ever since the war many
 of them had gotten their rations, con- sisting of five pounds of bacon and
 bushel of meal. The singing of the chorus and the congregation was sim
 ply great"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
STRICTLY TABOO.

STRICTLY TABOO. What's going on here behind closed doors?"
 Dancing masters are devising new dance steps"
 T don't suppose they'll overlook the military motiff?'
 Probably not, but IT any one of them tries to introduce variations of the goose-step there's going to be trouble"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

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 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
THE RRrT1sH nEAn

From 'Work-a-Day Warriors" E. F. { by Joseph Lee, second lieutenant Kings
 royal rifles, of the British army, and
 author of Ballads of Battle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
Member of the Associated Press.

The Age Herald Is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press Is exclusively 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., 1918-09-10
CoCKsURE.

OUChSU RE. poets." said theseditor wearily, but there Is one kind that never fails to exasper- ate me beyond all reason" And what sort is that?"
 The bard, male or female, who comes in with an air of calm assurance and says, Here is something that you simply can't afford to miss"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
Charles E. Rice Ready

'I am ahead of some of you boys, said Charles E. Rice "I registered sew eral days ago as I expect to be out of
 town-on the 18th.
 "I marched out under Old Glory with
 other Birmingham boys in 1898, and though Roosevelt said it wasn't much
 war, we boys did our best fighting the Spaniards, and when Uncle Sam calls
 me am ready to go again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
Roland winn Sends Good Story

son, Roland, who is in a base hospital knee which he got in the fighting around ChateuThierry," said w. H. Winn.
 "He enclosed translation from a French paper of an amusing incident wherein an Alabama negro attempted to fraternize with an Algerian trooper whom he mistook for an 'uppity' mem- Der of his race.
 Boy, whar you com frum? asked the smoked Yankee, pleasantly.
 'Blajrhsy andhausj whajdugsy.' the Algerian answered-or words to that effect.
 'The American frowned. 'Niggah, you listen to me. Ise frum Cunningham, Arbama. Just ease yall got heah furst an done learn this heah monkey talk, don't you go pertendin' to me that you done fergot how to talk yown 1an- gwidge Y'all keep in actin uppity wid me an Ahm goin' to bust you right on the jaw. Winch vail com frum, nig- gah?'
 Kahdb ahwujs gsfayaf,' the Al gerian replied--so far as anyone knows "The American negro sighed in the manner of one confronted by a disa- agreeable duty, and sadly shook his head. Boy, An done warned you.' he said mournfully, and put all he had into right-hand swing to the jaw. The Algerian dropped and lay quiet.
 "'Ah done warned him., the Ameri- can negro justified himself as he walked on, nursing his knuck1es
 ir, ,,r,x;f,, ,,-;ll r~,, |. a,s. f.11xn u
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
pr. Chadwick Publicity Man

T was called out of the Young Mems Christian association service at Fort |oglethorpe to the Atlanta headquar- ters office to handle the publicity work of the religious work department of the Army and Navy Y. M. c. Az said pr. J. $. Chadwick, who for several years was editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate, published here, but who for the past 10 years has been associate editor of the Nashville Christian Advo- cate, at Nashville, the general organ of southern Methodism.
 ~"We are anxious to give people the facts that they may know just what service the " is rendering the men in camps and overseas. My work in camp gave me an inside view which made me feel that I was rendering as efficient service as if I had been once more in the regular pastorate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

Here do we lie, dead but not discontent; That which we found to do has had ac-
 complshment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Meredith Roberts i. Safe

T was mighty glad to get both a cablegram and a letter from my broth CT, Lieut.. Meredith Roberts" said David Roberts, and to know that 1t was an other man having the same initials to whom the misfortune of coming down behind the German lines happened.
 "of course I am sorry for him, but naturally am glad that Meredith Is still able to fly for his country. I was amused at a paragraph in his letter stating that nearly any of the German prisoners. and there were some 2OOo of them, near his sector, were will ing to trade their iron crosses for package of cigarettes. It shows that they must be very generally awarded and cheaply held"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

We went out into the yard and called up the cocks from the different runs looked them over and discussed their great deal of care chose a bird which seemed to fit the bill for which hs was wanted. It was serious business for me and I didn't want to make any mis. take.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
SATURDAY, OCTOBER -, 1918.
THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS.

Strange title for an editorial in
American newspaper considering that
1876 Is now nearly century and a half
away Yet, az we are at war with pow
erful autocracies it will not come amiss
to try to fathom the mind of an auto
crat or, at least to trace the operations
of forces that tend to isolate him from
his fellows
Go back to the beginning of an autoc-
racy or to the founding of a new dy-
nasty and you will always find strong
mana man who knows how to handle
his sword, one of strong will who gains
an ascendency over others or one of deep
er cunning who can outwit others. The
very first step is an act of usurpation.
He say in effect, Il am stronger than
you, thcr, fore, | have more rights than
you have; therefore, | demand that you
obey my commands or take the conse-
quences." Next, he labors TO intrench
himself against everything that can
threaten his life and his power and this
means the creation of a more or less
complex organization
His favor is worth having. because he
is the most powerful man in the group
or nation, therefore. men strive to win
it. Some make him gifts Some attach
themselves to his person, declare their
loyalty to him and their wish to adopt
his viii and word as their rule Of conduct
and guide to such work and enterprise as
he may command or approve. Men fight
, for him and bring new communities UNI
der his sway His personal possessions
increase, he eats more costly food and
dons finer raiment Something in the
nature of court arises; the autocrat
requires that those about him shall show
Difference to his person and possessions
that other men would not expect
system of tithing or taxation grows up
4 The labor of administration become:
\ greater and he employs men to hell
him, that captains, generals. minis
tiers. clerks become members of his per
sonal staff.
Man is creature of habit; conse
quently. whereas at first some resented
the impositions of the new ruler nov
become king, in the course of few
years all learn that it is best TO submit
without more ado. The kingdom is nov
recognized as established. Casting abou
for additional props to his power, tn
King commands leading ecclesiastic o
the dominant religion to hold an i'm
pressive religious service, to anoint hir
{ with oil, to proclaim him king and t
declare that God has appointed him
: ruler of his people, that it is their dut
[ to obey him and that God will impos
| penalties upon them if they do not. l
\ some such manner has the doctrine {
the divine right of kings grown up, an
| as other kings follow in the same liz
| and many traditions are handed dow
the original usurpation is forgotten al
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
MOTHER! GIVE CHILD
SYRUP OF FIGS" IF
TONGUE is COATED
If cross, feverish, sick, bilious,
clean little liver and
bowels.

Children love this fruit laxative. -
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply win not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is,
they become tightly clogged with waste,
liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then
your little one becomes cross, half sick,
fee'verish, don t eat, sleep or act natur-
ally, breath is bad, system full of cold,
mas sore throat, stomach ache or diar-
rhoea. Listen, Motherl See if tongue
is coated, then give a teaspoonful of
California Syrup of Figs and in
few hours all the constipated waste,
sour bile and undigested food passes
out OF the system, and you have a well.
playful child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it never
| fails to act on the stomach, liver and
bowels.
| Ask your druggist for bottle
of California Syrup of Figs which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Beware Of coun-
terfeits sold here. Get the genuine,
made by the California Fig Syrup
Company. Refuse any other with con.
tempt.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
M BUY LIeERTY BONDS r.

According to an eminent Boston
physician the one great cause of infection
in influenza, as in most other diseases
source of danger greater than all
others put together lies in neglect to
keep the hands clean. To appreciate
this, one has only to lcok at the water
in which he washes his hands after he
has been about town an hour or two.
How many billion microbes are con
tanned in the dirt washed Off? Disease
germs are in most instances taken into
the system through the mouth. We
handle our food with soiled hands; we
handle food handled already by careless
grocers' clerks, milkmen and servants
we eat and drink out of contaminated
dishes and glasses; we eat what has beer
sneezed upon or otherwise infected by
the too animated speech of neighbors al
table; children are VIGOROUSLY careless
ignorantly drinking out of the sam'
glasses or cups, and handling infected
pets-even kissing them. Both in ou
homes and in public eating places W,
are at the mercy of the careless and TIL
unclean. One of the gravest of errors i
the common notion that because one be
longs to a clean" family these precau
tions can be ignored, and common drink
ing cups, for instance, can be used wit
IMMUNITY in the household. "Cleanli
ness" in the way of ordinary neatness
has little to do with it. If everyon
would learn and remember the impor
lance of keeping his hands clean it woul
do as much as any one thing to eradi
cate disease
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., c. w
Cleveland s. L. Purinton (Esteyville), Brooks
House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News stand
George ]. Bower, Riverview Street (For-
Drummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L. Stockwell
East Dummerston, NJ. E. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, C. w. Cutler
West Townshend, C. II. Grout
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett
South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, (. B. Buffum.
Mortified, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. H, Mrs. w. Streeter.
Hinsdale, ~ H., w. II. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Windsor, c. J. Ephlin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
"CAN
BE CURED 2"

How often have you heard that sad cry from
the victims of disease. Perhaps the disorder
has gone too far for help, but oftener it is just
only natures first cries for help. Do not de-
spair. Find out the cause and give nature all
the help you and she will repay you with
health. Look after the kidneys. The kidneys
the most overworkeds organs of the human
body, and when they fail in their work of
fltering and throwing off the poison that con
stantly accumulates in the system. everything
Capsules will give almost immediate relief
from kidney and bladder troubles and their
kindred ailments. They will free your body
from pain in short order. But be sure TO get
GOLD MEDAL. Look for the name on every
box. In three sizes, sealed packages. Money
refunded if they do not help you.-Adv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12

Sl6,000,00 900 is to come from Liberty
bonds.
The old investing class has but $4,000
900 left of their normal savings after
taxes. Even with extraordinary self
denial under war conditions, il is doubt
full if it is possible for this group to in
crease its savings more than another
81 900 100000
If 100000 new investors buying an
average of $500 apiece (Which they are
far from doing as vet will not dispose
of another S4,0OO.000 900. No one can
fairly expect over So 900 600 900 of Lib
erty bonds to be bought out of current
savings. There are SS,000,000,000 more
that must be sold. How is it 10 be
done?
The people of the country must in
dividually go into debt to buy Liberty
bonds. They must pledge their future
earnings and future savings to buy the
bonds today. The wealthy and we'll to-
do especially must borrow to buy. The
/ treasury has made its call and the
wealthy and well-to-do will respond TO
the limit as they have to every war APP
peal.
The folly of our excessive tax program
/ Is DelHE revealed. ne 4UU,UUU VINO were
paying income taxes before we went to
war must furnish the borrowing bond
buyers.
Take the case of a man with 100000
left after living expenses and already
heavy income taxes. On such a call as
the treasury is making few such mer
would hesitate if necessary to pledge
their earnings and savings for five years
and go into debt for 5000 provided
they could see their income and the cap
ital from which they derive their incom,
reasonably assured.
But what is he to do when he finds
congress under partisan and sectiona
leadership taking $4,000 of his income
as a super tax" one year, $4,000 tn,
next year and as much as II per cent o
their income from other men. and alst
confiscating 40 per cent of their princi
pal if they die?
Confronted with such situation, tn
man of means has no basis on which t,
, anticipate either his income or his prin
eipal, except for a very short time ahead
1t is not too late for congress to gras
the truth. Every dollar taken this yea
/. in increased income taxes and corpora
? ton taxes over last year reduces the pc
, tential borrowing bond buying capacit
at least fve-fold Two billion dollar
added to the income tax bill can knoc
e out the sale of $4,000, 100000 of Libert
=, bonds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
If BUY LIBERTY BONDS p
The Naughty Word.

met a child the other day
Much younger than | am,
And as ! passed heard her say
A loud and naughty d"
"You naughty, naughty little brat"
| said to her, Il hope
Your ma will hear you saying that
And wash your mouth with soap"
Sh" watched me eyes open wide
And stuck her tongue in view,
And then the little thing replied,
my mother says it too"
"Well, | am shocked" I told her then,
''Your mother isn't wiser"
Said she, MA says it's proper when
You're thinking of the kaiser"
And as we then were passing by
The corner candy shop,
well. never mind the SOAP" said |,
"And here's lollypop."
Los Angeles Times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
A Cheerful Afternoon Was snent

The meeting of the Jeffersonville Gem
etery association was held Tuesday at
the Cornell home At the close of the
business session social hour was en-
joyed, dainty refreshments being served
by Miss Cornell and Mrs. Brush In
closing, dainty gift box which had beer
sent by the brother, George, of Califor,
MIA, to his mother, was opened at this
time. as she had requested before hel
death that it should be- 1t was found Il
contain candy hearts and was passed K
the guests by little Guyneth Hawley.-
Norrisville Messenger.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
-44s BUY L1BFRTY BONDS
Tender Stuff.

Say, old man. you're in right! l
met your wife up the street and she s
raving about YOU. Says she knows you
love her because you waved your hand
at her as she passed the office today
with her new black hat on.
What! Say, tell me, Jack.
did she wear a purple waist and carry
gray muff
"Sure; why2"
"Well, well, WELT And so that was
my wife! Richmond Times Des-
mitch
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
! Do Relish the
Taste of Ankles.

you expect US TO
know all about yours without being
told and to see the funny jokes and
know the great battles you won."
81 was little impatient" said Mr.
Mosquito Leader" 81 was so pleased
by what heard myself that / wanted
you to be pleased, too, before you knew
what it was all about"
'That would be quite impossible"
said the little mosquitoes.
"Quite," said Mrs. Mosquito Leader.
ITO be sure" said Mr. Mosquito
Leader.
Mr.. and Mrs Mosquito were called
the Mosquito Leaders because they did
a great deal of planning and scheming
and leading. They always knew the
| best places to visit. They knew Of
nice swamps, of nice door-steps where
people sat in the evenings, and so they
were usually called the Mosquito Lead
ers, but they were called Mr.. and Mrs.
| Mosquito as well.
"We will never know about it until
you tell u.s." said the little mosqui-
toes.
81 will tell you at once" said Mr..
Mosquito.
"Do," begged Mrs. Mosquito.
So Mr.. Mosquito began. Last night
/ was flying about and 1 saw some
nice looking people sitting on front
porch. 1t was dark-they couldn't see
me very we'll, but could see them all
right!
"There were such nice people On that
porch, as I've said before. There were
some ladies with thin silk stockings
covering their ankles and what deli
cious bites I had! How I do relish
the taste of ankles!
"And there were some boys with
their sleeves rolled up-and as for
their arms, Well, m-m-m-m-m-, they
were good!
"They tried to catch me, of course
But all they did was to give them
selves the most awful whacks. How
} did laugh to myself.
zone of them would say. I'll gel
that abominable mosquito. / see If ]
don't They meant me, you know
when they spoke of an abominablt
mosquito. 1t didn't hurt my feelings
nothing hurts my feelings except t.
be killed.
swell, the great joke was that the!
didn't get me no matter how hard they
tried. Now, 1 was singing softly II
myself and was thinking what l would
have for deSSert-another bite of al
ankle or an armand whether wOult
choose boy or a girl for my dinin.
room table. kept singing softly as
thought when one of the girls said
= You know I went to concert las
year and they had piece on the pro
gram called 1.-THE Song of the Mosqul
to-" / simply couldn't enjoy 1t for i
made me think of horrible mosquito
X bites
"Well, as you can imagine, 1 wa
pretty proud when heard that. The,
may talk about mosquitoes all the,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
CLIPPINGS
With Now a Comment and Then
Only a Caption.
Late News From the Front.

tAs gathered from our eXchanges.)
Rockingham has gone over the top.
John Hellum of New York is in town
Cusson Bros. have started their thresh
ing.
Mrs. McCabe of Nashua was overcom,
by gas Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bombard of Mil
ton were in town this week
Mrs. s. A Cootey has returned after ;
two weeks stay in Shelburne.
Prof and Mrs. Austin killam ar
guests at the Davenport this week.
MILFORD A. Gum of CINCINNATI ha
been visiting his father, J. A Gum. am
his brother, J. A. Gum, ir.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12

the idea of divine right takes stronger
hold both upon king and people.
With growth of the kingdom in pop
ulation and wealth the king becomes
greater in the estimation of himself and
others. His favor now has more value
than ever, consequently, he is fiattered
more than his ancestors and, probably
is more arrogant and tyrannical. He is
! likely to be removed from many thoughts
forced upon other men by the conditions
of their lives-thoughts that pertain to
the process of squaring life with the
facts of existence. In this way the au-
tocrat may readily become the victim
of illusions and regard as divine inspira
tions and commands ideas which have ne
such source and which have been general
ed or colored by his own superlative ego
tism In part. this pictures the kaiser
mind, and he is overdue for a terribl,
awakening with penalties which viii
make him agree with Artemus Ward
that it would have been money in hi
pocket if he had never been born!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicts the cooperation Of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given Of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone or postal card. thus en-
1bling the OF the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12
BUY LIBERTY BONDS 81
Do You Remember

When glass of beer was a nickel
throw?
When yon fed a lump of sugar to old
Dobbin?
When bread was cents Loaf
When you could see good movie show
for a nickel?
When you bought flour by the barrel?
When the butcher would throw in
lot of meat for your dog?
When you got big free lunch with
5 cent schooner o BEER Florida Times
Union
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12

Motor trouble and influenza compelled
the cessation of operation on the Brat
tleboro street railway Thursday after
noon-Springfeld Republican
We had known for sometime that the
street railway was ailing and now fear
the worst, as influenza is so often fatal
| if the patient is in a run down eondi-
tiao
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-12

"Ah, / was al
proud mosquito. A song had been writ
ten about us, we were hard to catch,
and we made folks madw
Wonderful, wonderful" said the
other mosquitoes. "What q fine eve
ming you had. We never before heard
of real mosquito song on a concert
program. And to think they couldn't
get you and that you made them mad !!
Fine, oh finer
For the mosquitoes are very mean
and love to annoy creatures all they
can, and the more trouble they cause
the happier they are!