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Williston graphic., 1918-07-11
SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCE

Whereas it has pleased The AL
mighty God to take from our midst
the wife of our beloved brother ]. c.
Field, ..r
Therefore be it resolved by Willis
ton Lodge No. "a Knights of Pythias
that we tender Brother Field and his
family our sincere sympathy and con-
dolence in this their sad hour of be-
reavement. And be it furthe: re-
solved that a copy of these resolu-
tions be spread upon the minutes Of
the lodge.
Williston graphic., 1918-07-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Plummer are
rejoicing over the arrival of an II
pound son at their home Wednesday
morning, July 10. James Berry Plum
mer is the name given the new boy
Mother and son are doing nicely.
Williston graphic., 1918-07-11

The allies advance in Albania seri-
ously threatens the Austrian situa-
ton there. The French are making
good gains in the east and the Ital-
ians are rapidly advancing in the
west This makes the Austrian line
Nv" shaped with the allies pressing
hard on both fanks and thus endang-
ering the whole formation so that 4
retreat is almost necessary.
Williston graphic., 1918-07-11

NJ. E. Wilson President of the Will
liams County State Bank arrived in
Williston yesterday and will spend
several days here looking after busi-
ness interests.
Williston graphic., 1918-07-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Burk and Mr.. and
Mrs. Mccormick left Saturday morn-
ing by auto for a two weeks vaca-
ton touring through Montana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13

logs; must be we'll disciplined, able bodied soldiers"
 Manufacturers and others might well emulate the example set by this patriotic lumber company. There are agencies provided for giving employ ment to all men discharged from the army, but a direct appeal will not be lost. Let our soldiers know that they are wanted, that they will be given preference over others less entitled to consideration. There are few Ii any nonessential industries that are not in need of labor, while thousands of men can be absorbed in plants which have been engaged in war work, but are now being put back on peace basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

Our idea of an egoist would be man who admires his mistakes just because he made them
 If girl knows her legs are we'll shaped it is the hardest thing in the world to get her to believe that the ankle-length kind would keep her as warm as the knee-length kind
 We once knew man who becames rich because after he got started he was too blamed lazy to stop.
 Why is it that the women who do the nest kissing on the street are the kind whc look like if they didn't kiss each other they would go unkissed?
 If a fellow is really, truly in love with girl he never resorts to any of the hish flown speeches you readf in the best sellers He has to sit around in dumb misery and swallow a wash tub that gets into his throat every time he wants to say something, and the girl does the talking for both of them.
 Funny how a man gets SO tired of hold ing lo-pound girl in his arms and never gets tired of holding 110-pound girl in his arms.
 Some of the Huns must have the idea hy now that if the fuss had lasted much Tor ger the Tanks would have put a fence around the war and charged admittance
 The reason why woman knows that she can trust her husband anywhere is because he spends all of his time trying to make her accept money to spend.
 Once in a while a woman is smart enough to get enough alimony out of her second husband to buy handsome tomb stone for her first husband.
 And the reason whysa man yelps so loudly when he is stung in something for-nothing swindle Is because he ex- pected to swindle the other fellow.
 And the only reason why more of us have never invested in gold brick is be cause we were never in shape to make the first payment. ,
 This is a queer world. balky horse gets the lining kicked out of it, but 8 balky auto gets a lot of gentle and case- full treatment.
 You may have noticed that the toixs who have religious objections. to danc- ing are crabby old birds who can hardly walk. much less dance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Square Deal Urged
 For Telephone Girls

r7HHE down-trodden telephone girl ! U seldom utters word in self defense. As rule the irate telephone user does all the talking, but 25 girl operators of the Home Telephone company, Fremont, O., went on a strike and refused to return to work until local newspapers had published a list of their grievances.
 The residents of Fremont were told that if they wanted better service they would have to quit "cussing" over the telephone; quit asking central, :" awhat time is it?" quit asking, "where's the fire?" and keep infants from taking down the receiver and saying, where's my papa?" Further more, the Fremont city council, speak ing in haste, charged Nthe operators with being impertinent. The girls de- manded an apology and it is reported that several councilmen promptly apol- ogized.
 The fussy business man who tries seven times to get a number and is given the wrong one every time is not the only person who has telephone troubles. The young woman at the other end of the line may have, as in the case of the Fremont operators, trials and tribulations that would make the business man feel that he had nothing in particular to worry about.
 It takes cooperation to get results. We have seen that demonstrated on colossal scale in the defeat of Ger many by the allies. Speak softly to the telephone operator, don't lose your temper, and above all, don't ask fool ish questions which it is not her duty to answer, and, barring those mechan- ical shortcomings with which all tele- phone systems are afflicted, you will get, in majority of cases, good serv- ice. Don't get the personal equa- tion." The fact that you can't see her doesn't make the telephone operator any less human being.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Places For Soldiers
 In Industrial Army

If F American business men show the 4 spirit of a large lumber firm in Alabama, not one of the soldiers brought back from Europe or dis charged from an American camp will have to seek employment. The fol- lowing advertisement was sent by this lumber company to The Age-Herald
 Wanted, corporal's guard; soldiers, able-bodied fighters, to make war on saw logs; want soldier dinkey engi- neers; log dinkey fireman; log hoist ing, over-the-top soldier; soldier to run sawmill slasher; corporal to keep time; sergeant to scale top ends of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Practical Work of
 Food Committee

0HHE Birmingham Food Prepared N ness and Marketing bureau, of which John H. Frye is chairman, held it's annual meeting yesterday and de- cided by unanimous vote to continue the organization for at least another year. This was well, and it would be well to make the bureau permanent. There will always be work for it to do. It has done much to stimulate food production, to promote crop diversifi-
 cation and to establish better market ling conditions. It has brought the business men of the city and the farmers of northern Alabama into
 closer relations and has seen large results grow out of it's well directed efforts.
 The farmers of Alabama have been markedly progressive in these recent lyears. They have greatly increased ! their acreage and have learned the value of scientific and business-like methods in cultivating their crops. In- tensive farming has come to be the rule, and Alabama was able last year, for the first time, to feed itself and
 have a surplus to sell
 l But the marketing problem has been
 only partially solved. The Birming-
 ham bureau has made good start in
 pointing the way. With it's experience
 of last season and with the cordial CO.,
 operation between the country and the
 business community still further
 progress will be made during the com- ling season along the marketing line. The liberal and ready response yes- Iterday to the appeal for money to continue the work of the bureau was encouraging indeed. Birmingham has
 come to be great commercial as well as industrial center and the more it keeps in touch with the farming in terests and aids in developing all
 branches of husbandry in this section
 of Alabama the greater will be the city's growth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Building Must start soon

T received letter from man in the north today asking me to reserve an apartment for him and his family said $. 10. Thompson, real estate dealer. f'I was compelled to tell him that there were no available apartments in the cits: that the demand far exceeded the sup ply, and that until new buildings were put up there would be none for rent.
 T look for very active building opera tions in the spring, or as soon as busi- ness conditions settle down to normal We have gone along just about as far as we can without new buildings, but there seems to be a hesitancy on the part of property owners to build until they are reasonably certain that conditions will justify the investments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
High Cost of Living

Speaking of the high cost of living" remarked John N. Vincent, i've must not fail to count the time we spend at the have spent 21 months solid time at the table. Some loss that: and yet again, my epicurian propensity has been grati- fled by hearty response of liberal gas tronomy and my 176 pounds avoirdupois At the same time. I am reminded that it costs to live, especially in the post bellum and readjustment days. Yes, have been right busy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
PLACE FOR A COUNTRY GIRL

PLACE FOH A COCNlhA OANH From the New York Herald.
 New York is no place for country girl. I'm going back to Freemans- burg!' cried Elizabeth Baska. sobbing hysterically as she was acquitted of the charge of murder. Her opinion of the opportunities offered here to coun- try girls and of the dangers that dog their footsteps will be shared by vast number of persons who have gained their ideas of metropolitan life from novels and melodFamas.
 The real New York has always been an excellent place for country girl of character and intelligence, and at present it has more to offer to such one than ever before. New fields are opening to women almost every day and the scale of remuneration is high- CT. than ever before The life DOT trayed in such plays as Her Fateful Beauty and "Why Nellie Almost Went Wrong" does not exist here. The girl with a face like car horse whose fatal beauty brings her constantly to the very brink of disaster, who is pur- sued by stock brokers with evil intent, locked up in steel-barred chambers and not released until she softens the hearts of her captors by running over her new song is absolutely unknown in any of the many strata that com pose the society of the town. Equally misleading are the novels and human documents that pretend to depict the miseries and temptations of the honest working girl. In this school of fiction the heroine always gets s3 week no more and no less-until she becomes "forelady," when her wage is ln creased to $5. To realize the falsity of these figures we have only to watch the streams of warmly clad, healthy working girls returning from their days toll and then try to obtain the services of any competent for three times $5 week. sv
 There is no better place in the world just now for a country girl who has learned how to do something well and cam behave with propriety than in the great city of New York. Nor does she need any chaperon to protect her from the evil beings of the playwright's or novelist's imagination. There is only one person who can protect her. and that is herself. But New York is no place for a fool, either man or woman
 PLATFORM FOR KARL
 From the Kansas City Star.
 Ex-Emperor Karl has announced his candidacy in the March elections. If the Austrians are as credulous. he may run quite a distance on The got us out of war" platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
should Assess Early

If people would only realize that they could get waited on more promptly II they came Carly in the morning" >-said C. S. LeCren. in the tax assessors office. T feel sure that the giving in of their taxes would not be so troublesome The great trouble is, many wait until the time is nearly up. and then there is sure to be a jam | tip off all my friends to get busy and assess. Some take my advice but most of them just take their time and have to stand in line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
IN DARKEST ALABAMA,

From the Houston Post.
 We know so many fine people who either reside in or are natives of Ala bama that we hesitate to express our req, opinion of the legislature of that state which reduced the salary of gov ernor from, s75Oo to $5000 year, Ala bama now lacks only 5000 year of being as measley and picayunish in the treatment of her governor as Texas is in the treatment of hers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Cattle DispIace Cotto

T have seen a great change in Sum- ter county since the advent of the boil weevil," said Fred Jones, president Of the Southern Cattlemens s association. who was in the city on Thursday, the guest of the food preparedness and market ing bureau, for it has gone from cotton to cattle county. Cotton used to be the one best collateral at the banks bunch of cattle can go into our banks with his hat off and get a loan without having to pass a civil service examina- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13

AHScAAVAt tudIi IuOSo VI tHS foAAV1S foundations which are promoting the right method of educating the negro" The next grand division of those who need "education, inspiration and outlook, and for whom we are re- sponsible, is the foreign born. This man is our charge. He needs and deserves our care, solicitude and thoughtful consideration. Ignobly put it will pay. More manfully said-it is our duty. Worthily-it is our op- portunity."
 The Secretary's report is full of constructive ideas. Congress should by all means give effect to the two proposals especially named.
 x % x
 The Englishman who interrupted speech by Lloyd George to shout: Then watch Wilson," we venture to say did not voice the sentiment of. the British people.
 Another indication that we are getting back to peace basis is the frequency with which paragraphers are beginning to take pot shots at Willum Jennings Bryan.
 < f # Thousands of landlords wax alternately cold and hot when Flint, Mich, is men toned. The landlords of Flint were in- duced to lower rentals 15 per cent for 90 days Women are cleaner now because they have to wear these thin clothes" says doctor It strikes us that this medical man is treading on dangerous ground.
 * # sX Senator Sheppard is a hard man to please. He wants to make Washington as dry as Birmingham when there's not a quart left in the locker.
 # * x
 When President Wilson has Roman know any more about the modus operandi of eating spaghetti than he does right | now.
 # # # | Once more revealing his optimistic na- 1 ture, Mir McAdoo thinks it might be pos l sible to keep the railroads out of poli- | tics for five years. | With the possible exception of King Albert America would rather have Mar shal Foch as her guest than any number of crowned heads. Business is at a standstill while the former office boy is telling the boss what happened at Chateau Thierry and St. Mihiel
 Colonel Roosevelt has some pronounced views about a league of nations. Nat uralIy he doesn't hesitate to pronounce them.
 # # #
 If Editor Ford decides to offer pre- miums for new subscriptions he will prob ably include a well known make of car
 # # #
 While hostilities in Europe are over, pugilists and wrestlers are still giving out beligerent interviews.
 * # #
 The habit of discipline acquired in the army may or may not fit returning sol diers for matrimony
 x < x
 At any rate, it is pretty well established that Russia's pleas for food are not cam ouflaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Lumber Business Improves

The lumber business is beginning to lips, lumber merchant, "and believe there will be very active market within a short time. We are receiving more in quiries and taking more orders than for sometime past, and now that the govern ment has relinquished control of the lumber industry. business should soon be normal again"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Now for EnrIx shopping

Tn spite of the fact that the papers and some of the civic bodies are trying to urge early Christmas shopping" said John Yeatman many will put off their purchases to the last minute. Now, the stores want to give good service, but this is impossible if the people wait until the rush comes. I am not now speaking for myself but for all of those downtown. Shop early and get not only chance to make proper selections but an opportun- ity to do so without feeling that you are being hurried by those who wait upon you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT

From Tid-Bits, London
 The landlady of certain boarding house always made it point to ask each departing guest to write something in her visitors book. She was very proud of it and of some of the people whose names were in the volume and the nice things they said;
 "But there's one thing can't under stand the lady confided to friend. and that is what an American gentle man wrote in the book after stopping here. People always smile when they read it."
 What was it?" asked the friend.
 He only wrote the words, 'Quoth the raven.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Real Estate Picking Un

T am glad to be able to state that sales of real estate are picking up, said Frank E. Butler, the new president of the Realtors. Real estate is about the last thing to feel the rise but am looking for good business in the spring. Dirt in Birmingham has been about the only thing which did not advance during the war, and it's a good buy and I be- lieve when peace comes that there IS bound to be a quickened market, both for downtown and residence property"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
mE1tlM4Aa1,1lH
wuO IsN,Tf

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal.
 A correspondent who has penetrated to the retreat of <the former crown prince of Germany. cables that his for mer highness is fond of oysters anc wine. The news in this is?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
BEGINNING THE DAY-Lor

BEGINNING THE DAY-LOrd, does the sunshine grow common to me because I have it every day, and the flowers because they are in all the fieIdss Is Thy grace cheap De- cause it is always about mef Arc Thy blessings forgotten because they ever surround mef Quicken me, my Father, lest the regular should lose its heaven1iness. In Christs name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
HELPED SOME

From the Washington Post.
 In the great quarrel over the ques- stion. Who won the war?' the allies should not fail to give full credit to the blunders of Bill Hohenzollern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Member of the Associated Pres.

', ~
 The Age-Herald is the only Inoi ,i ,tA.e and sunday newspaper in Birmingham carving the Associated Press ots- patches.
 The Associated Press. is exciuslSels entitled to the use for publication VI all news dispatches credited 10 IL or not otherwise credited in this papsl and also the local news pupllsnso herein.
 All rights of republication Of speclai dispatches herein are also reserVeu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
'TwoULDN'T BE SAFE.

There's a thing that s puzzling me. /
 "Whatg,, III
 Now that so many young officers are returning to civil life after brief army career, shall we leave off their military titles and address them as plain Mis- ter?"
 "Umph! You'd better not try that when their wives are around
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Land Reclamation
 and Americanization

ana Amor1Cdn1ZaLlOn 6NHE annual report of Franklin K. N Lane, Secretary of the Interior, recently made public, is of more than lusual interest. Many matters of practical concern are reviewed, with recommendations for congressional action, but the most vital proposals there are two-are those which would provide for the reclamation for arid and cut-over lands for our returning soldiers and an extensive Americani- zation campaign.
 | The plan for the government to ac- quire vast tracts of land, divide them into small farms and sell them, on easy terms, to soldiers desirous of owning their homes has been widely discussed of late by the press and civic associations. The scheme is feasible and right and should meet with favorable consideration on the lpart of Congress.
 As to Americanization, it is sim lply another move for education; a broad programme for pushing manual training in connection with the public lschools. If the government can give effective aid in reducing illiteracy, it will do a great work in advancing the best social and moral interests of America. The report says:
 Adult illiteracy in the less devel- oped sections of our country is not proud matter of which to talk, but it is present. Men who. speak in the | language of Shakespeare-and this is ! literally true, for their ancestors J came here in his time bringing the ! language of Shakespeare and the l King James verslonN of the Bible on l their tongues-tens of thousands of | these men and women are today,
 after three centuries in this country. !! unable to read one line of Shake I speare or to sign their names. And 1 yet they have fought for this country l through every war and have died as heroes for land that did not concern | itself enough about them to see that 1 they were educated. Those people have not had their chance. Their condition Is a reproach to republic And it is not that they are unwilling to take instruction. or that they feel superior to it. For the experiment has been made: and day after day. 1 old, gray bearded men and eager l eyed women went to the mountain 1 schools when given the opportunity. 1 and their letters tell of the delight {, that is theirs because the world has ! been opend to them
 Negro illiteracy is next discussed.
 "There are no more inspiring and
 promising reports written in this
 country" says the Secretary of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
FREEDOM

FREEDOM From the Chicago Herald and Exam iner
 A flock of sardines having escaped from their can made their way to the nearest street corner.
 Now" they said, one to another, i've are free. Let us flip on the next car and enjoy life and liberty!" :. Presently street car rumbled along NLet us go. back where we cane frem.' they said, one to another
 THE STAR OF GOLD
 (To Mothers of Heroes.) By Martha s. Gielow. It was a star all gleaming gold
 hi clouds OCT Bethlehem's plains
 ;, unfurled. That first proclaimed-that first fore The Christ-the Savior of the world. It is a star all gleaming gold
 That tells of heroes who have died. That right may reign-that life may The love of Him they cfucified. oh, star of gold! Oh. star divine! f Oh. star of glory! Manhood, Youth Fair star of love that lights the shrine Of God, of country, mother, truth; Shine on each mother heart. we pray, With solace in thy golden Eleam. With peace within the precious ray iOf thine immortal golden beam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
A RUSH OF BUSINESS.

A RUSH OF BUSINESS. T didn't feel that I could afford to take full page In the morning paper, said the merchant,l but smooth adver- tising solicitor talked me into it."
 What argument did he advance?"
 He said if would use a full-page advertisement according to his directions he guaranteed that scores of names would be added to our Christmas shoppers cas- ualty list' PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
suBsCRIPrIoN NArNS

Washington. bureau. POT Hibbs buiid- ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta stFeS'' Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, building, New York city; western .'-..'.., ous ness office, Tribune building, Chlcfteo' The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency agents for foreign advertising.