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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
Oldest Rotarian Dead

Indianapolis, Ind, January 6.-Charles Woodward, aged 95, said to be the oldest Rotarian in the world, died today at his home here. Club members knew him as Uncle Charlie" he having joined the Rotary club four years ago as a charter member of the San Francisco club He was born at Fairfield. O., November 8. 1922, anG was the sixteenth child In a family of 19 children. Practically all his ,-~e was spent in Indiana. He was a civil war veteran.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
ANTI-AMEND|ST
 CONVENT|ONNOW
 ALMOST CERTAIN BrandOn's Announcement of Stand Makes Statewide
 Meeting Necessary 
THREE CANDIDATES
 ON IDENTIC ISSUE
Unattached Local Optionists Want to Center Strength on One Man. Wallace's Friends Are
 Carrying On"
By FRED H. GoRMLEY

Montgomery, January e.-(Specialo William W. Brandon's positive declara- tion against the federal prohibition amendment Sunday has done more than any other one thing to cause anti amendists to consider seriously the hold ing of a statewide meeting for the se- lection of an anti-amendment campaign committee and for the indorsement of a candidate for governor. MT. Brandon s declaration caused little surprise. It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
PERSONALS

Mrs. C. w Nixon of Holt is the at tractive house guest of Mrs. P. J. Gill len for the weekend.
 Miss Ophelia Goolsby arrived today from Oklahoma. to be the guest of her sister, Mrs. John Martin.
 Mir. and Mrs. Tom Carlisle have re- turned to their home at La Fayette, Ala. after spending the holidays as the guests of MT. and Mrs. W. w. Hollings- worth.
 Mrs. F. L. Read and daughter, Miss Mary Catheron Woodruff. have re- turned from points In Mississippi, where they have been the guests of relatives.
 Capt. and Mrs A. T. Goodwin of Montgomery have returned to their home after visit to MT. and Mrs. Gardner r. Goodwin.
 The many friends of Mrs Geere, on Dartmouth avenue. will regret to learn that she is critically i'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
Another American Aviation Training School Will Be Established in France

With the American Army in France. Saturday. January 5.-(By the Associated Press )-Officers picked out site to- day and established another corps avia- tion school which will be placed in charge of a major who has gained experience
 in turning out flyers at other schools. recently graduated flying class will be sent toward the front next week for actual front line experience, using their own machines, but accompanying ex- perienced British and French aviators. The Americans are looking forward to the event with the greatest eagerness. Many wagers are being made as to who will be the first to cross the German lines, who will bring down the first enemy plane and who will get the first photograph of a German battery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
COUNTER GATHERING

On the day the Wallace clans gather here, supporters of the amendment and Thomas E. Kilby, prohibition candidate for governor. will hold rally in Bir- mingham and from reports received in Montgomery, the organization for the fight in favor of the amendment will be builded during the Birmingham meet ing.
 On that day the campaign will be started in earnest, the campaign for the adoption of the amendment in Birming- ham and the campaign against the amendment in Montgomery. Every indi- cation is that the state may begin prep arations to hear the doctrines of prohi- biton and local option preached every moment of the time between that date and August 13. the day on which the voters will decide the issue by electing 8 legislature and a governor who are for the amendment or against 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
WASHINGTON CITY IS NOt PLACE FOR
 COMFORT AND MIND
 EASE IN WAR TIME
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Only the clever and mentally alert can succeed in getting a telephone connec- tion. The telephone company is so busy that it can give no service, and for that reason, Is threatening to increase its rates. If you complain. the girl at the switchboard reminds that i've are at war and every one must do his bit She then complacently rings you off. and refuses to- return even though you spice your remonstrance with something fn threats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
NEWS OF BESSEMER
MISS BERNEY GILLEN, Corresponden3

Mrs. B. c. Kicks in Birmingham. The deceased Is well known in this vicinity having lived in the Flint Hill district the greater part of her life, where she was highly respected. She is survived by two daughters Mrs. B. O. Kicks of Birmingham. Mrs. T. J. Parsons of Flint Hill and one son, O. L.. McClinton of Flint Hill. Funeral services will be conducted from the residence at ? o'clock Monday afternoon. the Rev. Mir. Swindle officiating. Interment will be made at Cedar Hill cemetery, with Kennedy in charge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

is Hooverizing. If your room is cold. the railroads and the coal barons-not she-are to blame. A poor mortal pos sessed of seat at table and a bit of straw on which to lay his head, knows better than tc g.ve up what ne has. As q result when, after a me Il which rests Lrcomfcrtably in the environ of the solar lleXus, said landlady declares tllat she nas increased your board, you invariably reply 'Very well, madame, am surprised that you have acted only twice since month v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
COMPLAINT UNAvAILING

The result of it all. those who former ly depended on popular patronage for
 subsistence have suppianted kindly tol- erance with a superfluous quantity of ar- rogance Chaplain to your landlady that the tripe is cold. and she will in- form you that Mrs. So-and-So serves very nice tripe next door, Suggest that vour share of eggs Is rather slim, and she will remind you that everyb ody now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
SPRING CLEANUP

Announcement has been made that the city of Bessemer would purchase a one ton truck this week, which will be used in the sanitary department. The truck will be purchased by the mayor and the sanitary committee. Extensive arrange ments are being made by Sanitary In speetor George Shaw for the early spring cleanup, and in addition to the new truck several of the city's wagons or the street department will be at the dis posal of the inspector.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
HOTELS OvERCHARGE

Hotels hire gli,s to inform trAnsients that there's nothing doing in the way of accommodations. If you remonstrate, she recalls to memory the fact thai you might have made a reservation last July. These same propietors have en- tered heartily into the governments s plan for food conservation. They divide your portions quadruple the price. If you are lucky enough to outbid competi- tion for room, you find it very cold. If you complain, a hired man asks if you are not patriot. Your quick re- tort dies away when you recall how un- comfortable Jim Vardamann was made when he forgot to stand as the band played the Star-Spangled banner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
WAR BLAMED FOR ALL

For everything one understands and everything one does not understand. the war is to blame. As a result, no one loudly complains. He even indulges in a quaint smile when bewhiskered grand fathers, diked in dapper uniforms, run errands formerly the duty of small boys; or when he knows the most warlike lieu tenant Is safely protected from enemy barrage by a barricade of books in the commissary department.
 Every body Is in the war with his whole heart and every discomfort is re- garded as a contribution to the campaign against the Kaiser. The citizens are bearing and grinning. waving the flag and cheering to the music of the band. But let no one deceive himself into be- lieving that Washington has undergone no change. And let no one, out Of simple curiosity come up to see-certainly not before the weather moderates. The parks are chilly and even they are crowded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
Have Soft, Fair, Clear, Bright
 Skin
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 Easy Living

Easy Living
 Just try Black and White Ointment (for white or colored folks). Apply as directed on label, to face, neck, arms or hands. It Is very pleasant to the skin and has the effect of bleaching dark, sallow or blotchy skin, clearing the skin of risings, bumps, pimplea. blackheads, tan or freckles-giving you clear, clean. bright complexion. malx- ing you the envy of everybody. Sold on a money-back guarantee, only 25c (stamps or coin) sent by mail.
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 If you send $1 for four boxes of Black and White Ointment, 25c cake of Black and White Soap included free. Agents make an easy living represent ing us. Apply for territory and special deal. Address Plough Chemical Co.,, Dept. ?, Memphis. Tenn. Write now todny-while you think about 1t. Black and White Ointment sold everywhere.- Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

had been forecast by the Montgomery bureau of The Age-Herald insofar as his personal position was concerned Without consulting him and before ne had told any but his close friends what he thought of the issue. the Montgomery bureau stated that Mir. Brandon, in all probability, would contend that the is- sue was one faced by candidates for the legislature and not by candidates for snuarnnr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
WALLACE MEETING

Oscar S. Lewis chairman of the Wall lace campaign committee has an nounced that the statewide Wallace meeting which is scheduled for Mont gomery on January p, will be held in the senate chamber at the capital where the southern state organized for their campaign in favor of states rights and where the first move was made against the standardization of government at Washington"
 Chairman Lewis declared that letters from all sections of the state indicated the Wallace meeting would be attended by representative democrats who will fight the federal amendment and will Insist that John H. Wallace, Jr., is the man to lead the opposition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
FORECAST WAS CORRECT

Just to keep the record straight, it should be repeated that the Montgomery bureau of The Age-Herald on December predicted that the local optionists would hold such statewide meeting. (No federal amendment had been sub mtted at that time) Local Soptionists denied that any such plans were in con templa ation, and announced that no ef- forts would be made to "hand-pick' governor or legislature. In this predic- ton, it was said those favoring local option "are carefully laying plans for a state convention of local optionists in Montgomery or Birmingham with the in- tention of agreeing upon a man to rep resent the local option faction of the democratic party as a candidate for gov ernor in the August primaries
 The future must say what effect MT. Brandon's suggestion will have on the state committee. However, 1t must be kept in mind that the committee is over- whelmingly prohibition and has stood and fought with those who are now in favor of the adoption of the amend ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

Bessemer, January 6.-(Speclal)-Dr W. w. Compton has been appointed as chief surgeon for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company ct this place and will take charge of the medical department at once. Dr. Compton was elected to fill the vacancy which was made by the transferring of pr. T. l. Conwell to Mobile. He is well known in this city, where he formerly resided, but for the past few years has been con nected with the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company at Edgewater. Dr. and Mrs. Compton will make their fu- ture home at Muscoda.
 A lecture will be delivered Monday morning at 10:9O o'clock by H. S. Mob ley at the Board of Trade rooms on Nineteenth street. Mir. Mobley comes to Bessemer under the auspices of the food preparedness and marketing bureau of Birmingham, also in the interest of food conservation. Arrangements to seat the crowd have been made and Secretary
 George Stevenson states that it is de- sired that all business men be present,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
M'ADOO'S STATEMENT

"An imperative necessity exists for re,easing freight cars for further
 seryice anc for relieving terminals which are now badly congested." said MT. MeAdoo, in a statement accom- panying tho order. These unfavorable conditions are injuriously affecting in . vital way the governments conduct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
CAUSED LITTLE SURPRISE

Mir. Brandon's statement, for this req son, caused little surprise, but his in- sistence that the issue be submitted to che democratic voters by the state eX- ecrtive committee had not been predicted and caused some surprise. Mir. Bran don declared that the voters should de- eide the issue and the legisla ture, whether it favors prohibition, local op- tion or saloons, should be bound by the voters will.
 But his position has made three of the four candidates for governor of one mind on the amendment. With each man seeking political preference, those op- posed to the amendment now admit that something must be done to unify the forces and to organize a cohesive ma chine The statewide convention will be called if anti-amendment leaders who prefer no candidate have their way. 1t probably will be held early in Febru- ary and in Birmingham or Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
BESSEMER * BUREAU <. PHONE
 BESSEMER 5S1

Fort Oglethorpe. pr. Harris was re- gently commissioned lieutenant m the medical corps and will leave on January I5 Mrs. Harris and little daughter Kathrine, will be at home with Mrs Harris mother, Mrs. C. c. Neal on Berkley avenue, during his absence.
 Chairman Andrew C. Mitchell of the Four Minute Men of this city, an- nounces that he and his committee will continue their campaign this week and will speak on War Savings Stamps. Speakers will be stationed at the va rious theatres on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings. The schedule to be announced later.
 The board of education will meet Tuesday evening at o'clock at the Bessemer High school. There will be a number of important matters come before thesboard and all members are urged to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
THOMAS -ASHMORE

A wedding which came IS surprise to many friends was that of Miss Ruby Lee Thomas and William Harvey Ash more. The ceremony was performed at o'clock this afternoon by the Rev. M. <. Thornton at his home on Fifth ave- nue. The bride Is the daughter of MT. and Mrs George Thomas on Fourth ave nue, and is one of Bessemer's most at tractive young ladies. while the groom is a promising young business man of this city Mr and Mrs. Ashmore will make their future home in Bessemer.
 The members of the Bessemer fire department announce that they will cultivate the vacant lots on the corner of Third avenue and Eighteenth street, starting early in the spring. The products of this garden will be given to the poor of the city or sold at costs to needy persons The plot of land to be cultivated covers about an acre and is of good quality. A fund will be raised with which to purchase seed for this garden. Each member of the de- partment is enthusiastic over this new venture and it Is predicted that q splendid garden will be the result.
 GENERAL ITEMS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
Grin Follows in,

Grip Follows the Snow
 LAXATIVE PROMO QUINJNE Tab leta taken in time will prevent Grir. E. w. GROVES signature on box. BOG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
HEROES LONGEST TRAFFIC

Imbued with the idea that everybody is committing countless crimes in the name of patriotism, you dash madly into the streets. The streets are damned with jostling humanity. You are bit of flotsam tossed hither and thither, willy-nilly. If you ask some one to dis play a little patience. you find to your consternation that the gentleman in gaudy uniform Is Italian-that while he can fly, he can't talk English. You smile at the excessive finery displayed by a dapper lieutenant with a wrist watch, and wake up to the fact that he lost leg at Verdun. Everything you attempt results in failure, and your ev- cry conclusion is wrong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
WEATHER ADDS MISERY

And to add to all the other discom- forts of life, the weather is colder than charity or the heart of prohibitionist Nobody has been warm. Hundreds have been very, very cold. Scores have suf- fered terribly. The poor have begged. A lump of coal outweighs a silver dol- lar and few people have either. On oc- count of the weather railroads even under government supervision, make no attempt to maintain schedules. Telephone girls sleep at their posts, and street cars refuse to run. Telegraph compan- les have so much business that they de- cline to send messages. Janitors are too busy to fix broken piping. Electric lights grow dim and gas jets leak. New corners bring to one center the contag-
 ous diseases of every section, and mu- nicipal authorities have ordered that ev- erybody undergo the trials of vaccina- fiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

Mrs. II. F. McClinton. age B, died last night at the home of her daughter,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
CANCEL AVERAGE AGREEMENT

No changes will be made for the present in demurrameg rules or rates on export freight The new reg ulations. said Ar. McAdoo's order, "specifically contemplate the cancella- lion of all average agreGment pro- visions of existing tariffs Railroads are instructed to file tariffs embody- ing the new rates with the interstate commerce commission and state com ,aiccinpS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
GENERAL ITEMS

Dr. Carl A. Harris of this city has received orders to report for duty at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
DEMURRAGE RATE
 TO BE INCREASED
 50 TO 100 PER CENT
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and s1 additional for each succeeding day until the charge per day reaches s10. This maximum then will be charged for every day or fraction thereafter. Existing demurrage rates In most sections of the country are s1 for the first day after the two days free tirae. s2 for the second day, s3 for the third day. s5 for the fourth day and for each day thereafter. Even these rates are several times higher than those which prevailed year ago and which were raised last spring when congestion on eastern railroads became acute. Much higher rates are charged on tine Pacific coast and in -so,.er..l nthar districts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

The Young Woman's Missionary society will entertain at silver tea at the home of Mrs. J. B. Goodman, Terrace Park, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10

and enable Germany to exercise an
economic SUPPLEMENTARY which would
be intolcrable to the Belgian people.
The people in occupied Belgium al
ready have n ade clear their opposi-
ton to naturalization, and King Al
bert limited at it in his reply to the
pope's peace note last December, in
which he demanded complete politi-
cal, economic and military independ-
ence without conditions or restric-
tions'
The Belgium government, in view
Of the imminence of a peace confer
ence, will soon, it is believed, issue 4
detailed statement setting forth as one
Of its principal peace terms the prin-
cipal that 1t cannot again be a party
to any agreement regarding it's neu-
trality and will reserve the right o
preserve its freedom Of action as do
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10

President Wilson, and
the premiers of our three
chief western allies
Clemenceau of France,
George of Britain, and
Orlando of Italy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10
They ended the aspira-
tons of Germany for
world empire and the
formation of an invulner-
able military machine.
BELGIUM SEEKS
! FULL FREEDOM
IN. e. A. Specially

Washington, D. c., Nov. Belgium
after the war will not again be party
to scrap of paper" guaranteeing her
neutrality.
One experience of that sort was
enough. and this time she will de-
mand complete Independent sover-
eighty without any strings tied to it
in the way Of treaties.
Belgian legation officials will not
discusc the subject, but it is under
stood that some sort OF pronounce
ment will soon be forthcoming from
the government at Havre
The Relgians' position is that a re-
turn to the status quo and a re-
newal OF The treaty Of 1889, violated by
German in 1914-which brought Eng
land and indirectly America into the
war-Would curtail her sovereignty
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10
Cured HisRUPTURE

was badly ruptured while lifting a
trunk several years ago. Doctors said
Trusses did me no good. Finally Got
mold of something that quickly and com
pletely cured me. Years have pa ssed and
was no operation, no lost time. no tro,,o
pie have nothing to sell, but will give
Iull information about how you NAV And
you write to me. Eugene M. PulIen. Car.
penter, sod Marcellus Avenue, Manas
guam, N j. Better cut out this notice
tured-you may save a life or at least
stop the misery of rupture and the WORRY
and danger of an operation.-Adv
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10
STREET RAILWAY CONTROL

The question of Federal operation and control
of street railways, light, heat and power COM
panies, and those other branches of quasi-public
institutions not now being administered by the
government will be the chief topics of discussion
and deliberation at the thirtieth annual conven-
ton of the National Association of Railway and
Utilities Commissioners, which is to begin it's
sessions Tuesday at the offices of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in Washington. The con-
tention really meets this year advisory body
to present to William G. hIcAdoo, director gen
eral of railroads, it's findings on those topics. 1t
is expected the various state bodies we'll as the
national association, will be prepared to make
recommendation to advisable courses after
the war.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10
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That Tight Cold ?
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the Trick.

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10

Mrs. Thomas j. Preston, formerly Mrs Grover
Cleveland, has assumed charge of the National
Security League speakers bureau and will direct
1000 volunteer patriotic speakers in the United
States.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10

Since Nine. Poncare became the first lady of
France. the Elysee has been converted into a
veritable floral bower. The French President
frequently emphasizes his appreciation of his
wifes floral taste by referring to her as "Our
Lady of the Flowers"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10

One of the most priced possessions of Princess
Mary of England is magnificent bracelet bear
ing the flags of England, France, Russia, Belgium
and the United States, done in jewels and gold
enamel.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-10

other independent nations such as
Holland, Sweden and Switzerland.