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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
A SENTIMENTAL WEAPON
om the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

from the CleVelandS Plain Dealer. Except as a weapon of sentiment-an emblem of conflict, rather than a useful
 arm-the sword has largely been laid aside. As metaphor 1t will remain in poetical and artistic use. As a decora- tion, there seems to be no call for it in the present conflict. Shrapnel. bombs, high explosives, poison gas and all the other practical and brutal forms of man tive features out of the present business of war.
 Yet the sword for ages has been the chosen symbol of wal-ln Biblical liter ature, among the poets of all ages and common to all writers of romance. Ten der hands have clasped the sword belt
 about warrior waists, admiring peoples have presented their chosen heroes with
 costly swords. The trenchant blade was
 at once decoration, a symbol of knight-
 ly courage, blade of power and an ex-
 cellent weapon. Ancient warriors swore
 on their sword hilts they held their
 blades as a sacred possession; the giv-
 ing up of the sword was the token of
 surrender.
 It will no doubt continue to serve to a moderate degree as an offensive and de-
 fensive arm, and possibly as a special decoration on parade occasions, but it's
 principal use will be left to the poets and the orators and the weavers of romance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
One Box Allowed for
 Each Fighting Man
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E1T1HE decision of the war depart
 4 ment to limit Christmas pres ents going abroad to American sol- diers this year to one package for each man is a sensible one. It will meet with the approval of all we'll informed persons who understand that storage space in ships is needed for necessary supplies, of which millions Of tons are now going to France every month.
 Had no restriction been placed on the number of packages intended for troops abroad the cargo capacity of transports would have been taxed by an avalanche of Christmas presents from friends and relatives to the men in the trenches. Officials feared that they would not have been able to de- liver the packages on time.
 Christmas boxes destined for Amer ican soldiers abroad must not be larg- CT than nine inches by four by three and they must be mailed on or before November 15. This will make it .ea- sonably sure that every package will reach its destination and be given to the man for whom it is intended, if not on Christmas Day itself, at least during the holidays. Donors should remember that after a present is mailed in this country it must travel to the seaboard, be loaded on ships, transported across the Atlantic, un- loaded in France and conveyed by trains and motor lorries to many diff ferent places where American troops are stationed, including hospitals. Distribution will be under the direc- tion of the Red Cross.
 Last year quantities of Christmas mail was not delivered until long after the holidays. This year the govern ment has a plan which is sure to get better results, and will make favorit- ism impossible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30

The curve of the worlds shipping loss has again taken an upward turn. It is estimated that the allies lost in August three ships nearly every two days with an average tonnage of 450O.
 Owing to a neglect to replace Brit ish ships as fast as they were sunk, there has been an ever increasing bal iance of loss since unrestricted sub- marine war began" A loss of 360,OoO gross tons of British shipping in Au- gust of last year could not be more serious than loss of about 150,0oO gross tons in the same month of 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
THE TRIUMPHS OF CHEMISTRY

interesting thing is that though, as Mr. Herty pointed out, some mercantile establishments still look longlingly to the fatherland and placard their counters with such signs as "the colors of these goods cannot ba guaranteed" the real quality of Ameri-
 can dyes cannot be impeached either for shade or fast quality The various dye companies are doing a. public ser vice, therefore, in their advertisements in the public prints. in which they take the public into their confidence and tell them very frankly that, with the de- velopment of fast blues, for instance, the American dye plants are now pro- ducing fast colors in all lines that meet every reasonable demand All the various dyes that the most exacting demands call for will be produced by such conservative plants as the du Fonts, which are experimenting slowly.
 And yet what the du Fonts have
 already done in the way of produc-
 ing synthetic indigo is typical of the
 way in which the great plants have gotten at the dye problem piece by
 piece, so that by the end of 1919 not only will the relatively small output of Germany be surpassed, but the quality and the quantity of American dyes available for the world supply will for ever end the domination of German chemists.
 ! At the same time, to hold what we have calls for a new attitude on the
 part of our industries toward the chem ical specialists and more reasonable attitude on the part of the public as to the place chemistry shall occupy in
 our schools and colleges What MT.
 Herty said about necessity of the pub
 lie understanding the triumphs of the
 American chemists is also backed up
 by Professor Baskerville. of the Col lege of the City of New York, who urges
 on the public that it must insist on
 training a chemical army. not only for
 war purposes, but for the greater con- quests of peace after the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30

The Boston Transcript says freckles are the farmerettes service stars. and no patriotic farmerette is gong to bother her head about cold cream until after the war is over. The mere fact that a man mispro- nounces most of the war names doesn't prevent him from being sharp when 1t comes to pointing out those places on a war map. War has made many changes, but the south still has the wandering colored minstrel who goes about the streets at night and sings syncopated songs of the trenches. Some of the visiting French officers may have difficulties with the English language, but nevertheless the impression they make on the fair sex is tremen- dous. + 4 Experts who predicted that the begin ming of the end might be looked for in the near east are getting ready to say, T told you so." # < # 'Tncompatibility" is a mild word to apply to the domestic troubles of former President Mellen of the New Haven rail- road and Mrs. Mellen. # # # If Austria Hungary and Turkey follow the example of Bulgaria, Germany will be the lonesomest nation on the face or the earth. # # < There was a time when tax lodging was a comparatively safe procedure. Uncle Sam in his wisdom has put an end to that.
 The situation in Washington is get ting on the nerves of the nations overwrought suffragists.
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 It must take hard work to keep the death defying German navy" from be- coming encrusted with barnacles.
 # # #
 Baron Burian evidently believes in the old saying, If at first you don't suc- ceed, try, try again.
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 The allies are 'hammering at the gates of first one German stronghold and then another.
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 Every day is bargain day when Lib- erty Bonds are for sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
LUKE M.LUKE SAYS

Sometimes it takes man fifty years to learn that nobody is interested in his hard luck stories. When a girls face is her fortune, a man isn't very eager to take her at her face value.
 And now the clammy -hoofed brothers are gloomily predicting that the Amer cans will never be able to take Metz, because Metz is impregnable. We'll, we'll bet ten American bucks against Ger man pfennig that the Americans will take Metz There isn't anything on Ger
 man territory that can stand before the American drive. From now on the only place where Hun will be safe from Yankee shells and Yankee bayonets is hell.
 The old-fashioned dude who used to sleep with his gloves on to make his hands soft is now sleeping with his
 army uniform on to make his body hard.
 1 for himself won't buy as much beer as it did four years ago. But he ex- poets the $l0 he gives mother to buy l just as much food as it did four years iago
 
 tells her that he is fond of music. But he never has sense enough to tell her that he hasn't any use for chin music Why doesn't some enterprising pie iture post card manufacturer print the line: Having a good time Wish you were here" on the cards? This is
 about all man or woman ever writes on them.
 Another damli: Once upon time a woman admitted that it came from the
 bakers when guest praised the cake on the table
 About the only time woman will ad- init that another woman's figure is nat ural is when the other woman has a figure like bale of hay.
 There are henpecked wives as well as ,henpecked husbands. For instance, in l some homes the husband gets all the lcantaloupes and the wife gets all the rinds
 | When woman notices that the wom- an next door has union suit drying on the line, a switch of store hair drying on the bathroom window and pair ot white shoes drying on the back porch ! she knows that the woman next door is
 going down town that afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
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.KING" TOLMAN's COIN
From the New York Telegram.

Another monarch has passed away. Daniel II. Holman. king of the Loan Sharks"
 The King left an estate of 7,259, ,344, according to the appraisal filed in the surrogate's office, but it is mostly in New Jersey. only s1S2,oo0 being taxable in this state.
 It is recalled that Holman in 1913 served six months on Blackwell's s Island for charging borrower 200 per cent interest on $l0 loan. While in jail his rela- tives proposed to destroy s500,0o0 in usurious claims in exchange for par don.
 The methods by which Holman kept on breaking the law and keeping out Of prison ought to be made public even at this late day. And how much, if anything. his seven million dollar estate has thus far paid the United States income and other taxes might well be made the subject of inquiry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
Tribute to Captain Reid

.In the death of Capt. John B. Reid, lost an old and much respected friend" said Judge w. E. Fort T had known him intimately for about IS years, and always admired him for his many good qualities and splendid traits of character. Captain Reld was a true southern gentleman genial companion and a type of citizen that the community can i'll afford to lose. My heartfelt sympathy goes out to the widow and family in their irrepa- rablc loss"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
Equality Good Place to Live

Some people seem to complain, that Equality is a hard place to get to, said D. S. Martin, but they forget that we have such a nice village that lew of us who live in it are worried about getting away from it.
 we are about midway between Good water and Montgomery, but we get fair ly good mail deliveries. We get our Birmingham mail by way of kellyton and in this way are able to receive the daily papers before the news gets stale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
NO DEMAND FOR IT,

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The Austro-Hungarian peace offer is still open,' says Vienna Another bad error. Any merchant will tell you that it's bad business to keep an article in the windows after it has been proved that nobody wants it at any price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
Volunteer Collection Aids Farmer

T was at an association recently, said J. P. Gillespie of Boaz, and while the body was in session messenger came telling one of the delegates that his house was afire and he left hur- riedly to get home in time only to find it in ashes.
 "The sad part is that he didn't have a dollar of insurance on the building CT the furniture. This became known to the body and on the following day a voluntary affering was made on his be- half without any request or even knowl- edge on his part. I fear that too many of even our well-to-do farmers fail to carry insurance of any kind''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
ETIQUETTE IN TOLEDO

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The Secor hotel in Toledo advises guests that "it is customary to have the door open at least six inches when entertain ing some one of the opposite sex in pri- vate rooms" The gadding fraternity would like to know what the legal limit is in other cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30

BEGINNING THE DAY-I thank Thee, Lord, for this multitude of people by whom I am surrounded from those at my side whom ! love us myself, unto those afar whom | do but see. Their songs and their sighs are mine, 0 make my heart tender and large to beat in all these lives. For Christ's sake. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
HEADED SKYWARD

From the New York Eening Sun.
 It is getting to be an interesting race between real butter and the nut variety to see which can rise fastest in price The odds are on the real thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
HER HAPPIEsT DAYS

From the Boston Transcript
 The other day a lady confided to us that the happiest days of her life were spent during the three years that she was IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30


 OTJ HE chairman of the Chemical
 eXpositions-~a advisory commit
 tee, MT. Herty, did we'll to say in New York that the chemists of Amer ica need to have at their back an en- frightened and loyal public opinion in order that what the American chemist has done since the war began should be fully appreciated at it's true worth. The chemical statistics, of course, are formidable enough, for, since August 1. 1914, the aggregate capital invested in chemical industries in America amounts to about $3S7, ,ooo,OOo As a result, we are not only manufacturing enormous quantities of chemicals for our war plants and general industries, but are shipping enormous quantities abroad. Such totals as a yearly export of 6S,000,000 pounds of sulphuric acid and 334, 100000 pounds of caustic soda, as against negligible quantities in some of these lines in 1914, tell the story. But, of course, it is the revolution in the dye industries and all their asso- ciated lines that has a peculiar appeal to the public, and here the figures are not only convincing, but the results are of the most satisfactory character The fact that from seven plants now pro- leaped to 150 color-making factories is only part of the story, the other chap ter of which lies in the striking state ment that in addition to supplying our own dye demands, which run up over the s7,0oo,0oo line. we are exporting dyes to the amount of 17,OOo, O0O near ly three times the amount of our im- portation from Germany when it was supposed we were bound hand and foot forever to her dye pots and the output of her huge factories along the Rhine now receiving the solcitous attention of the bombing airmen of the allied armies.
 But above all these figures, which for acids and all sorts of basic chemical substances reach amazing totals, the thing to show how easy it is for a for eigner to acquire our Anglo Saxon speech.
 I had sense enough to see and was game enough to do my bit, so out stepped into the rain and the mud, ana then I knew why even a Ford car was unable to pull us up the hill. hadn't been on the ground two minutes before l reminded myself of pussy cat whose four feet have been tied up in paper by naughty boy to see her step.
 Now, all who know me will admit that am not given to exaggeration of state- ment but stood in one place long enough for the mud to get a good hold on my feet, and I will give you my word and honor that it was impossible for me to raise them until I had gotten a stick lying at hand and cleared the mud from around the rubbers, and then I did so with extreme difficulty.
 
 I have seen children get the old req mud on the hills around Birmingham and pat it out into the shape of bricks, but here is a tip to anyone looking Tor a caly that is suitable for a great brick making plant. Just come to Thomasville and get some friend or promoter to drive you out to John Whites hill.
 We gave it up. and after two hours got back to the hotel as hungry as day la borers but not until we had built road way out of rails that even Asa Rountree would have been willing to claim as part of the Bankhead highway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30

iploded. 1t IS an infectious disease and | is curable if taken in time. A hospital of two hundred beds is what the association asks for and it is what the people should demand.
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 Strong Condemnation r. of Fee Grabber
 51T1HE action of Judge H. B. Aber- O nethy in dismissing the cases against the negroes arrested at the circus grounds last Monday will meet the approval of all good citizens, as lit is a rebuke to those officers who are inclined to exploit the poor and ldefenseless for their own personal gain.
 The wholesale arrest of negroes on trivial charges, when the arrests are prompted chiefly from desire to se- cure the fees resulting therefrom, is a practice that is repugnant to all ideas of right and justice. Grand juries have, from time to time, condemned such practices in most vigorous terms, and impeach- ment proceedings have followed. But this does not seem to have the desired effect, for while the officers who make arrests for the fees that accrue to them suspend operations for the time being, once in awhile they re- vert to old practices and helpless negroes are brought into court and lfees extorted from them under one pretext or another.
 Legislative enactment has been suggested to put final quietus on the flee grabber," and other remedies have been advanced; and yet che remedy is simple. It is squarely in the hands of the courts and the solici- tor to bring about change, for so long as tie courts and the solicitor allow the docket entries to show "Dismissed on payment of costs" so long will the fee grabber thrive and prosper, for he has accomplished his object in the collection of his fee.
 Judge Abernethy has shown a specific remedy in dealing with this class of cases. He is on record IS having refused to impose fines or tax costs against defendants when the primary cause of the arrest was clearly shown to be the collection of fees by the arresting officers. And it is a matter of record when no costs are taxed cessation of this class Ol dIItSlo lolloWo.
 If the persons arrested last Mon day were really guilty of any offense, they should be fined; if not, and in the opinion of one of our eminent jurists they had committed no viola ton of the law, they should have been discharged without costs.
 It is clearly in the hands of Solicitor Tate and the judges of the several courts to see that there be no repeti- tion of last Mondays roundup" CT further wholesale arrests made where the sole purpose of such arrests is for the exacting of fees.
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 The old-fashioned man who makes a noise when he blows his nose like the honking of an automobile horn is given wide berth these days, while Spanish influenza is so prevalent.
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 The opium traffic has been revived in China This may be an indication that the Flowery Kingdom, which showed signs of waking up, has decided to go back to sleep again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
Urgent Need for a
 Tuberculosis Hospital

7THE Jefferson County Anti 1 U Tuberculosis association, which held its annual meeting on Thursday, has done a work of incalculable good, not only in caring for persons sf- tflicted with the white plague, but in staying it's inroads on the community at large.
 The associations preventive eff forts have been highly beneficent, but vastly more could be done in that di- rection with greater cooperation on the part of the people and with a larger fund at the disposal of those responsible for the associations varied activities.
 A building has been purchased for a permanent dispensary, which will be maintained jointly by the local asso- citation and the state antl-tuoefculoSlS league. This is an important step for ward, but what is most vitally needed is a county hospital where tubercular cases in their incipiency could be treated and the patients cured.
 The old idea that tuberculosis was incurable has long since been ex- Iploded. It is an infectious disease and lis curable if taken in time. A hospital of two hundred beds is what the association asks for and it is what the people should demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
Land in Calhoun Valuable

"A few years back, on account of the war and the boil weevil, land values were rather low in Calhoun county said D. C. Cooper the Oxford banker. but if anyone gets chance to buy any at present he will realize that the days when farms sold for S25 and $30 an acre have passed.
 If he gets any desirable land around s100 he will be doing well. I know of none for sale
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
Member of the Associated Press

The Age-HeraId IS the only mOrning and SundaS newspaper III blrmingnam carrying the Associated Press dls- patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to 1t 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., 1918-09-30
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Sand Mountain Delivers Goods

l have just had a great time up on Sand mountain," said Dr. William H. Smith, the educational secretary of the Baptists of Alabama
 Sl0,000 as the sum which Marshall coun- ty ought to raise for the endowment fund of Howard college. The Baptist people, under the leadership of their pastors and laymen, went to work and got it up on schedule time. The college has more than dozen men in attend ance from the mountain
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-04-05
Notice for Publication

INOd(C AON EuUhSadOu
Coal Serial No. 013661
Department of the Interior. U. s.
Land Office at Miles City, Montana,
Feb. %, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that
Lauritz H. Olsen,
of Hamblin, Montana, who on May 81,
1918, made H. E. No. 0l8661, for Lots 1,
2; EaNW4; NE1, section 80, township
81 North, range As East M. P. Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
three year Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Peter
Rorvik, U. s, Commissioner, at Circle,
Montana, on the 10Th day of April, 1918.
Claimant nsmes as witnesses:
Philip Gleason, j. V. Rankin, Olaf Jen-
sen, Lauritz Dreyer, all of Weldon,
Montana
3-8 As 6. w. Myers, Register.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-04-05
Notice for Publication

Notice for Publication
Coal. Serial No. 017900
Department Of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Miles City, Montana,
Feb. 25, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that
John Rodell,
of Horse creek, Montana, who on April
IL, 1913, made H. E. No. 017900, for
North half, section II, township 20
North, range As East, M. P. Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
three year Proof, 10 establish claim to
the land above described, before Peter
Rorfik, U. S. Commissioner, at Circle,
Montana, on the 18th day of April, 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Peter Rodell, Lauritz Dreyer, Joseph
Kozinek, Oscar Anderson, all of Horse
crack, Montana.
3-8 AS G. w. Myers, Register.