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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
Rural Teachers Urged
 10 Send Seals Report

distribution as soon as these reports are available. All teachers are asked to re- spond at once. In many unexpected ways and places the enthusiasm evoked has been splendid.
 As comment upon the need of funds for nursing service. Secretary George Eayes states that he has received a list or 51 names of negro soldiers from a single camp who have been discharged because of tuberculosis. They come from 12 different counties, in only one of which Is there any available nurse to instruct the families or any sanatorium provision on the smallest scale. More than 20 names of white soldiers have also reached the league office. similarly discharged as victims of the white plague. They, too, are scattered over the statea All funds raised by seals this year will be put Into nursing care and in- struction of needy patients in contrib uting districts. Hence the peculiar urg- ency of the appeal of the league to all it's agents to settle promptly. If no seals have been sold in any case, 1t is still imperative that they be so reported.
 Editors everywhere are asked to make this known as a patriotic service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
Auto Star Route From
 City to Montgomery to
 Be Established 0f Once
Government Calls For Bids For New System, the Route to Go Into Effect February Limited Number of
 Blanks at Local Postoffice

and Montgomery, all bids to be in
 Washington by January IT, 1918,
 which will necessitate filing the
 bids with the Birmingham post
 master on or before January 15.
 The service will be by auto
 truck and truck of from one
 to two-ton capacity will probably
 be sufficient for the service.
 One truck will leave Birmingham al 5:30 a. m.. arriving Montgomery, 105.a miles distant, at p. m. Another truck will leave Montgomery at 5S0 a. m the same day and will arrive at Bir- at p. m. The service Is to be for six days per week, Sun days will be excluded. This service will necessitate the use of two trucks with an extra emergency truck.
 The bond required of the contractor is s1s,000, the contract to begin Feb ruary 1, 1918. and end June 80. 1890
 All persons interested may receive detailed information from the post master. but blank forms for bids will not be given out indiscriminateiy, and cnly to those authorized to bid, as the number of blanks on hand Is limited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
New Murphy Enjoyed
 by the Kiwanis Club

The Kiwanis club enjoyed a most interesting luncheon yesterday at the Southern club and the talk by Scout Executive w. H. Hester on Boy Lead ership in War Times was both inter esting and instructive. President J. Mercer Barnett presided and intro duced the speaker. who was cordially received.
 The attendance prize of $5 was won by B. c. Pickard. T. P. Hay, Jr., sec- retary of the food preparedness bu- reau, introduced a new food at the luncheon, kind of potato known as a dasheen, which will be made pop ular in Birmingham as war food through the food bureau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09

Red Cross seals sent by the Alabama Anti-Tuberculosis league to teachers in county and district schools throughout the state have evoked great enthusiasm among the children. About onc-eighth of the teachers have now sent in reports, with unsold seals and cash. The league begs all teachers to follow this ex- ample.
 It is necessary that all reports give the names of county and school, tho name of teacher reporting, the names of children who have helped the sale, the amounts each sold and the totals and returned. The league cannot fulfill its promise to the children without these particulars, nor can it apportion the funds so raised to the credit of the coun- ty so contributing. Disappointed chil- dren will be aggrieved if thus neglected. Some letters already to hand have even omitted everything whereby the sender could be identified.
 Badges and pennants will be ready for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
Invalid Carriage

The new Cunningham invalid carriage of the Johns Undertaking company arr rived yesterday and was immediately placed into service. The new carriage is one of the most up-to-date ambulances In the south. The interior Is especially well fitted for the moving of the i'll. being equipped with electric lights. fans and shock absorbers.
 No emergency cases will be handled in the new carriage. It attracted unusual interest on the streets yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
UHL ARRESTEDBY
 FEDERAL AGENTS German-Americau NIolates the Federal Selective
 Conscription Act

Jacob Arnold Uhl. chief shipping clerk for the Crane company, and well known young man of the city. was placed under arrest yesterday by United States secret service men on a charge under section of the fed eral selective draft act He is spe- cially charged with defacing aues- tionnaire blank with the following languages:
 T hereby claim exemption given me by the constitution of the United States from all military service, ex- cept for the purpose of enforcing the laws of the union, suppressing insur- rection and repelling invasion.
 Uhl was placed in the county jail by the federal officers under $250o bond, which was later made and he was released from custody. Federal or ficers state that when Utl registered. on June 5. 1917. he wrote on his reg istration blank under the captain exemptions: For all foreign service.
 Young Uhl Is of German parentaS@ and is the son of Henry Uhl, locak painting contractor. Both are naturals ized citizens of the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
FIRST AID CLASSES
 TODAY AT Y. w. c. A.

First aid classes. under the direction of Dr. N. pabney, are to be organized and held or Wednesdays and Fridays. be- girning today. The classes will be held at the Y. w. c. A., and all persons wishing to enter may receive further in formation by calling Mrs George Hughes at Main 2332-W.
 Classes in dietetics will also be con- ducted by Miss Perkins and held regu- larE. Miss Perkins may be reached by calling the Young Women's Christian as- sociation office. and full information will be given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
MORRIS AVENUE BLAZE CREATED
 MUCH EXCITEMENT
Fire in Smokeroom of Swift & Co. Threatened Wholesale
 Section

Fire originating in the smolseroom of Swift & Co.'S plant on the fourth floor at 2109 Morris avenue was discovered by employees at s:lo o'clock yesterday morn ing and for 6 while threatened to prove disastrous. It had gained considerable headway before being noticed. The fire men made kuck response and. by effi- cient work. soon had the situation well in hand, preventing a spread of tho flames and confining the damage to the floor on which the fire started The loss will probably amount to less than 5000
 The cause of the fire is yet unknown, though the fact that it's origin was in a food warehouse will probably make it a subject of investigation by the proper authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
PARKER RESIDENCE
 DAMAGED BY FIRE

The residence of Tom F. Parker, 1126 North Twenty ninth street, was badly damaged by fire last night about GAS o'clock. The entire roof of the structure was consumed by the flames, while household furnishings were much dam- aged by water. The damage is esti- mated at $500. The blaze gained con- siderable headway before 1t was discov- cred. and the firemen encountered se- rious difficulty in preventing adjacent structures from catching fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday:
 Eaily Benson Casey of Birmingham and Miss Bessie Bishop.
 A. Goldstein of Birmingham and Miss Lillian Miller.
 Lawrence McClyment of Birming- ham and Miss Rose Cummings.
 Charlie Pippers of Cleveland. O.. and Miss Lucy Odone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
New Interpretations

The Weekly Voice Publishing conn pany filed papers of incorporation with the clerk of the probate court yester- day. The capital stock of the new paper is $2ooO. of which one-half is paid in. The officers chosen for the first year are. w. M. Grain, president: w. IT. Nixon, vice president; G. T. Buford. secretary-treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09
MRS. JACOBS HEARD BY THE C|V|TAN CLUB
Whole Club Visits Pigly Wigly Store After Lunch
 at Hillman Hotel

"It was the most humiliating thing that I have ever experienced, in tact mortifying, to return to the suffrage organization in Washington and tell them that Alabama had not single vote to give the suffrage cause as every member of Congress had nou- fled our committee that they could not support the federal amendment stated Mrs. Hattie Ruffner Jacobs yes- terday in an address to the Civitan club at their regular weekly luncn- con at the Hillman hotel
 "Au we ask Is that you put your women of Alabama. your own wives, daughters, sisters and mothers on a ballot level with the negro men ot Alabama. We ask no more; just all low us to do our own voting, for we feel that no one can do this for us as we'll as we can ourselves
 Mrs. Jacobs went into the practical eide of her argument and made a sreccli that ignored any former edlil- ca ton any of the members might nave had. just as she vas asked 10 do, ana her talk was heartily enjoyed. EVery Ciyitan wore yellow ribbon in hon CI S
 when Mrs. Jacobs entered the private filming roor, small candles burned at nu of the plates, the lights being turned on as she took her place anna cheering and applause
 VISITED PIGLY WIGLY
 Following the address of Mrs. Ja- cohs. sam Fowlkes. who had previous iv invited the members of the cluo to visit the "Pigly Wigly store on uurth avenue between Twentieth ana Twenty-hrst streets. issued cards bear I,o n number. upon which he was to receive a gift at the PigW Wigly store and every man had to locate his prize after entering the turnstile. Ali members were duly rewaroea. receiving anything from pox or rracaroni tc a sack Of flour, ana much amusement was had in searching TOT the prizes about the place. Wallace Iofns crew roll of rope. clothes line and Gregory Johnson begged him to hang himself so that his own es- tablishmcnt risht in front of the P1sly Wigly store might receive the call 10 officiate. Wallace refused to test the strength If the rope, or to raVor ms own firm. . President Crowder was found to have had 10th or his overcoat pock- cts full of canned goods upon being searched when making his departure from the store, anc was promptly re- ljeyed of the surplus packages to which he was lot entitled. He accused Joe Eoschurger of planting the goods on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-09

For seven months l suffered with eczema on my limbs. It first broke
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16

lis ne? The old man struck me as
being remarkably clear-headed. By
the way, want to thank you for send
ing relief party out to find me, Mr..
Selfridge. Except for your help 1
would have died in the hills"
This was another facer for Wally.
What the devil did the fellow mean?
The deuce of it was that he knew all
the facts and Wally did not. One
thing stood out to Selfridge like a sore
thumb. His plans had come tumbling
down like a house of cards. Either
Big Bill had Numbered amazingly, or
he had played traitor. In either case
Wally could guess pretty shrewdly
whose hide Macdonald would tan for
the failure. The chief wanted results.
He did not ask of his subOrdinateS how
they got them. And this was the Sec
Ond time in succession that Selfridge
had come to grief.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16
eWULIAM Macleod RAlNE
Ight. 1907. by William Macleod Rsine.
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"Sure you do. Hustle over and help
bud with the breakfast, Holt. I'll look
out for our friend"
Elliot and Holt found no more
chance to talk together that morning.
Sometimes the young government Of
fetal lay staring straight in front of
him. Sometimes he appeared to dOze.
Again he would talk in the disjOinted
way of one not clear in the head.
An opportunity came in the after
noon for a moment.
''Keep your eyes skinned for a
chance to lay out the guard tonight
and get his gun," Holt said quickly.
Gordon nodded. II don't know that
I've got to do everything just as you
say" he complained aloud for the
benefit of George, who was passing
on his way to the place where the
horses were hobbled.
"Now-nOw! There amt nobody
trying to boss you," Holt explained in
a patient voice.
They'd better not" snapped the in
valid.
"Some scrapper-that kid" said the
horse wrangler with a grin.
Macy took the first watch that
night. He turned in at two after he
had reused bud to take his place. The
cook had been on duty about an hour
when Elliot kicked Holt, who was
sleeping beside him, to make sure that
he was ready. The old man answered
the kick with another.
Presently Gordon got up, yawned
and strOlled toward the edge of the
camp.
Don't go and get lost, young fel,
low" cautioned Dud.
Gordon, on his way back, passed be-
hind the guard, who was sitting tailor
fashion before a smudge with a muley
shotgun across his knees.
'This amt no country for checha,
kOes TO be wandering around without
a keeper" the cook continued. Looks
like your folks would have better
sense than to let their rah-rah boy
He got no farther. Elliot dropped to
one knee and his strong fingers closed
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16

The hardest crop to raise
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16

I'm staying with him on his claim"
Wally had struck match to light a
cigarette, but this simple statement
petriied him. His jaw dropped and
his eyes bulged. Not till the flame
burned his fingers did he come to life.
did you say you were staying
with Gid Holt?" he floundered.
ayes. He offered to board me-" an
swered the young man blandly.
Butt didn't know he was here
seems to me 1 had heard-SOmewhere
that he was away. Seems to me 1
heard he went prospecting"
"He did. Up Wild Goose creek,
with Big Bill Macy and two other men.
But I asked him to come back with
me-and he did"
Feebly Wally CROPPED for the clue
without finding it. Had Big Bill sold
him out? And how had Elliot got into
touch with him?
"Just so, Mr.. Elliot. But really, you
know, Rowland can make you a great
deal more comfortable than Holt. His
wife is a famous cook. I'll have a
man go get your traps"
'It's very good of you, but I think
I won't move"
"Oh, but you must. Hollis nutty-
nobody at home, you know. Every
body knows that"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16
CHAPTER TX.
The Rah-Rah coy functions.

Z Bill rmbled a good deal at the
I'D lion TO q party. 1t would be de-
- lily av rrd IF this stranger
clz -l5 De. .a rational and under
std lne s...ls Of the camp he had
90 The word of OLD Holt alone
E-l-at lie negligible, but supported by
81 OF Il DISTINGUISHED party it would
De vp-v different matter. Still, there
evas no leIp for it. They would have
10 cake care Of the man until he was
z0Ie 70 Tavel. At the worst, Big Bill
zsgCld q him a letter to SeIfridge
.zxy1laZ- = things and so pass the buck
20 ina entleman.
Gid Il had with the tacit consent
d bis ards, appointed himself as a
sort o. urse to the stranger. Early
II the -ening the sick man fell into
e soun sleep, from which he did not
awake ntil morning. George was
av7ay 1kin- after the packhorseS,
DZd w. cooking breakfast, and Big
BIZ, hi rife close at hand, was chop
ll1s Y, .nr frs fifty feet back of the
Es1lp. The cook also had gun, load
&C wit buckshOt, lying on a box be-
side hi.-, 50 that they were taking no
-llanCes with their prisoner.
The cd miner turned from resrrang-
Ing the boughs of green fir on the
EuI1G- 20 see that his patient was
zwake NJ his mind normal. The
quiet. lady eyes resting upon him
sOId hin. that the delirium had passed.
-. -<Pre. nearly all in, wasn't II" the
young n said.
The answer of Gid Holt was an odd
one Yep. Seven-eleven-fftee
E2ke e Easy, old man. he said in his
sSarill, Ign voice as he moved toward
the man in the blankets. Then, in a
zow tone, while he pretended to ar
zaCge - bedding over the stranger,
he ASH . quick question.
care sou Elliot?"
Eyes
-aDoD't tel them. Talk football
-LInCo as If YOU was still out Of your
5ail." Holt turned and called to bud.
@Says ne wants some breakfast"
~On the way" the cook answered.
Holt seemed 10 be soothing the de-
-irious man. What he really said was
shig. "Selfridge has arranged plant
for you at Kamatlah. The camp has
Deen turned inside out to fool you.
They've brought me here a prisoner
so as to keep me from telling you the
truth. psf! Tune up n'w."
Big Bill had put down his ax and
p vas approaching. He was not eX
acfly suspicious, but he did not be
Heve IN taking unnecessary chances.
"T tell you I'm out Of training
Played the last game, haven't We
Come through with square meal, you
-eoor-fusher," demanded Elliot in d
-Q1erulous voice. He turned to Macy
Flock here, Cap. Haven't 1 played
the game all fall? Don't get what
want now we're throughW
The voice of the young man was ex
cited. His eyes had lost their quiet
s<eadiness and roved restlessly to and
-@q. If Big Bill had held any doubts
me glance dissinated them
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81 VI Nih~ imam
on the gullet of the man so tightly that
not even a grOan could escape him.
The old miner, waiting with every
muscle ready and every nerve under
tension, flung aside his blanket and
hurled himself at the guard. 1t took
him less time than it takes to tell to
wrest the gun from the cook.
He got to his feet just as Big Bill,
his eyes and brain still logged with
sleep, sat up and began to take notice
of the disturbance.
"DOn't move" warned Holt sharply.
Better throw your hands up. No
monkey business, do you hear? I'd as
lief blow a hole through you as not"
Big Bill turned bitterly 10 Elliot.
$50 you were taking all the time,
young fellow. We save your life and
you round on Us. You're pretty slick
proposition as a double-crOsser."
"And that amt ALL" chirped up Holt
blithely. Let me introduce our friend
to you, Mr.. Big Bill Macy. This is
Gordon Elliot, the land agent ap-
pOluISu 10 IOOh ONGE int Adludli'li
claims. Selfridge gave you lads this
penitentiary job so as wouldn't meet
Elliot when he reached the camp. II
he hadn't been so darned anxious
about it, our young friend would have
died here on the divide. But Mr.. Self
ridge kindly QUILTED a party and sent
US a hundred miles into the hills to
rescue the perishing, as the old sayin,
goes. Consequence is, Elliot and me
meet up and have that nice confiden,
| tial talk after all. The ways of Prov
idence is strange, as you might say
Mr.. Macy"
"Your trick" conceded Big Bill sui
lenly. snow what are you going to
do with usT
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16
a Bargain.

The Farmers Home Journal IS recOg
niZed rs the leading farm paper OF
the State. Every farmer should sub
scribe for it. We have made a special
arrangement with the publisher of the
Farmers Home Journal by which
that paper ana the Adair County
News are put in reach Of all Here il
is:
Farmers II. Journal per year S1.OO.
Adair County News per year SLIGO.
Both one year for Sl.65.
This proposition will be good for
several weeks. Subscribe now.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-16
SYNOPSIS.

CHATTER las a representative of
%.Ehs government Gordon Elliot is on his
TSxy 60 Alaska to investigate coal claims
Do the boat he meets and becomes in
~ 'tsrested in a fellow passenger whom he
YARNS Is Sheba O'NeiIl, also going in"
col6Y Macdonald, active head of the land
1Sornes aboard. Macdonald is attacked By
nine labOrers whom he had discharged,
and the active Intervention of Elliot prob
s ably saves his life.
CHAPTER II-EIliot and Macdonald
become in a measure friendly, though the
latter does not know that Elliot is on a
mission which threatens to spoil plans of
Macdonald to acquire millions Of dollars
through the unlawful exploitation of i'm
q snensely valuable coal fields. Elliot also
gets e line on the position occupied by
FelE Selfridge, Macdonald'S right-hand
: 1z&E, 7yno is returning from a visit to
-=aefGrt to convince the authorities that
there was nothing wrong In Macdonald's'
methods.
CHAPTER III-Elliot secures an intro
rszction TO Miss O'Neil and while the
ssISt &c taking on freight the pair set out
Tcuture too high and reach a position
trom which it is impossible for Miss
q GrEeGi TO go forward or turn back.
CHAPTER Iv-EIHot leaves sheba and
81 imminent peril Of his life goes for as;
EfEtAace. He meets Macdonald, who had
kzcorue alarmed for their safety, and they
> sstVT1 zad rescue Sheba-
CHAPTER V-Landing at Kusiak Ell
, 5ot ends that old friends of his, Mr.. and
Mre- Pc get. are the people whom Sheba
1ss come to visit. Mrs. Paget is Sheba's
cousin. At dinner Elliot reveals to Mac
4onsId tie object of his coming to Alas
Ks The two men, naturally antagonistic,
zow als1 become rivals for the hand of
sheba-
CHAPTER VI-Macdonald, foreseeing
failure Of his financial plans if Elliot
-sarus Che facts, sends Selfri6Ce to Ka-
zlatiah 20 arrange matters so that Elliot
" syfU be llceived as to the true situation.
CHAI~ER VII-Elliot, on his way to
,ZSratI4l wandeTs from the trail He
.5oses his horse in a marsh and is COM
pSIleS {. throw away rife and provisions
. G-Jf gil necessary clothing. After long
s$-CggIGs he realizes that he will never
-esch Elnatlah, and resigns himself to
3estE.
CHAPTER VIII-At Kamatlah, Gideon
=rlc. oil pTOsDeCLOr and bitter enemy Of
&a cGOuaId. learns of ElliOts coming and
Ssseruiu-s to let him know the truth.
Se r-LEEa has Holt kidnapped and taken on
3 yyCsT actinE'' expedition. Elliot, bare
y Eliv-. "anders into their camp and Is
- 1S-ed Cor.