davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
TO THE CRITICS BACK HOME

From Stars and Stripes
 There are certain patriots back homo who admit that they are willing to sup port the army programme up to certain point, but who insist that they have right to rise up at any moment with any criticism they may care to make.
 They begin their support with brisk held in the right hand, looking for the first chance to let the brick fly.
 No such fifty-fifty support is wanted by the A.. F.. r. This is no fifty fifty war in any sense. There is no fiftyfifty stuff in the soul of the soldier who swings out ovor the top under heavy fire.
 Those back home patriots who do not intend .o sc the whole distance with the A. E r. with all they've got should never staruoat all They are merely clog ging up the road. They may mean well enough, bat they are not hooked to our kind of z. War.
 There arc but two kingdoms ahead the Kingdom of Liberty and the kingdom of Kaiserisn.
 .'Under which king, Bezonian? Speak. or die.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
A SAFE BET
 From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 grandson of Francis Scott Key, au , thor of star Spangled Banner" has been decorated aY King Albert of Belgium. Yes and we will bet six sesterces that he doesa't even know the words of tho song
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02

No rest for the weary" seems to De General Foch's slogan, the weary in this case being the Teutons tired of battle.
 # < + Four million Americans in France by June 90. 1s19! That will be dark day for the junkers and pan Germanism.
 * F # A reasonably safe prediction is that .hs German high seas fleet will be right where it is now when the war ends.
 # t < The return of the prodigal son was a tame affair compared to the return of the crown prince.
 # F Catapulting Cole Blease into obscurity is one thing and keeping him there is another.
 # # E The war has made Sunday day of rest for the family fliyyer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, help me In my misery not only to be comforted by remembering dnys must come3 but help me to dig into my desert until I find living water. Show me the song at the heart of my sorrOw. May my very grief un- prison my soul. For Christ's sake. Anen~-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
A TIP FOR .COLEYr

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 Cole Blease Is another man who should establish close relations with the extreme rear of rublic life and sit down forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
BREAKING CHINESE CONVENTIONS

BREAKING CHINESE CONVENTIONS Tyler Dennett, in World Outlook
 If you happen to be in Peking on Sun day afternoon in June, don't miss the Chinese English park in the Imperial City, There. under the very shadow of the gorgeous red and yellow walls of the Forbidden City itself, you will see what never was before on Chinese sea or la cd
 It is like the plebeian invasion of in Petrosrad.- The Chinese, tout ie monde, including the wives and chiidrcn. swarm along the shaded walks and by the canals where few years ago only the Empress Dow ager herself might walk, se. questered from the vulgar gaze Water melon seeds peanuts, tea and ice cream for sale and hawked about in the I'm perial City!
 According to observations taken in the Chinese -Engish park, the women ot China divide themselves, according |, the stages of their progress, into four sac tions; those who do not come to the rark; those who walk and sit with thar husbands or fathers; those who walk os- hind them, eand sit at nearby tables oy themselves; those who come unattended by fathers, husbands or brothers, and are not too fearful of inviting a milo filtration.
 The latter are usually young girls, 16 or r years old Their hair is well oiled and hangs in {. glistening braid, their pink trousers reach down fairly well toward their foreign style pumps, and yet do not attempt .o hide their bright blue stock ings. Some of these girls will be smoking cigarettes
 Only tho two extremes of the Chinese femininet social order are exposed to pu5- lie view. The coolie woman one sees hoe : ing the fields. pulling the oar, carrying her fair or unfair share of every load. The lives of the great mass of Chimes. women beginning with the orders just above this class and reaching up into the social attitudes are shrouded in mystery. Say what you will about China being the home of democracy, but admit frankly that Chinese democracy is largely mas culine Women's place in Asia is largely deriyasive. They are daughters, wivca. daughters-in law, mothers mothers-in law or widows.
 One sees emanieipated Chinees girls and women at the race meetings, motoring down Rubbing Well road in Shanghai, and in the churches. By this statement do not mean that one sees the same girls in the churches that one sees at the race meetings. Far from it. Many VIII rise to protest that one ought not to judge Chinese womanhood by the races the boulcvards and the public parks. Ths protest IS fair I do not attempt to ruS forward these girls and women as typical They are not typical and yet they arc leading q procession which grows larger every year. and they indicate tendency which is causing no little harm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
Roy Beck Improving

lite and hard working office boy who in his years service on The Age-Heraid won the friendship of every member of the news stafy,'' said Mrs. Lindsey and I am sure they will be glad to know that he losis camp.
 "He is able to be up and about, but still has temperature. He is such a fine lad that 1t seems a great pity that he has to make fight against the great white plague"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
Play. Tennis for Exercise

At one time I played golf great deal" said Dr. James A. Duncan, pastor of the Norwood Methodist church, but several reasons caused me to slow up on the game, bur find that It is necessary for me to lave some outdoor exercise. and I get it by playing tennis on the Y. M. c. A courts.
 "A great many seem to think that ten his is woman's sport, but try out in hot single or double match will soon convince any one that it is far from a sissy game It requires ouickness. judg ment and endurance, and is very much less expensive than the great Scotch game, anl then courts can be found Ill rhe heart of the city, and one does lfet have to lose SO much time at play"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
Creating Homes
 After the War

6NHE world conflict IS not yet l ended, but the close begins to be<in sight. At any rate, Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lanes plan of creating homes for returned sol diefs is attracting attention. 4 Four or five months ago the out |line of the plan of Secretary Lane for utilizing the cut-over lands was thought we'll of, but nothing was dcne for putting his policies into effect. Statesmen and editors are now earnestly discussing MT. Lanes views. The scheme proposed is easily under stood and the best of it is the practi- |cability of it.
 The plan presented to the Presi- dent and Congress is comprehensive. It is simply for a preliminary study of the unused lands of the United States, with particular reference to the irrigation of some 15,000,000 acres of arid land; the drainage of between 7O, ,O00, ,OOO and S0,OO0,0o0 acres of swamp land and the clearing of ap- |proximately 200,000,000 acres of cut over land, with the purpose in view of lreclaiming these lands through gov Iernment agency and providing homes for our soldier boys.
 Congress should not delay action on this important question. Now that the man power bill is behind us, no more important measure is claiming attention than that with regard to the lhomes of the soldiers. An Irisa soldier recently captured a German who had been a waiter at the Waldorf for number of years. Deep
 down in his heart that fellow no doubt longs for ths good old days when tips ,, were plentiful and he wore conventional black instead of field gray # # # All speculation as to whether or not John Bar.eycorn will be able to come back is idle until after the war and then he may be buried so deep that it wont be possible to disinter his bones. 1 x H * "General Fochs face is said to show 1 traces of the strain he labors under. Tho l lines in his face don't indicate half as | much depress.on. however, as the droor in the Kaisers mustache. 1 ;. # # 1 When -hc President "adjourned' poll i ties, he probably didn't mean that he
 wouldn't send a political telegram here 1 and there when the occasion seemed to
 warrant it.
 f fTSHNUuiSH NhSSi phN AsANoH "'AS wy l when "lhe Marseilais' is played. but 1 they can't keep their feet still when the band of negro regiment plays ragtime. 1 * * F The ide@ is that it's all over but -ks
 shouting is highly erroneous. There IS
 many Boche yet to be strafed oefore | we can f.ope for a lasting peace.
 < T T
 | Won Ilindenburg is called on from time to time to deny that he is dead, stats' l ment sh,cii TO doubt affords him a
 great dea, of satisfaction, I $. ... x l Twosc two congressman who were re
 fused ts;n,ission to Visit the Britist
 front may lealize by this time that they
 talked too much.
 There has been Tremendous amoun lof traffic across the River styx since | the Kaiss,'s armies started through Bel gium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
E E F Digging Up the Past to Defeat Henry Ford

" A<SASNU AASAAiy I Olo >M IL is not clear sailing for Henry
 A Ford, the Presidents candidate or United States Senator from Mich gan. During MT. Ford's pacifist days le made statements that do not sound we'll now, particularly when they are Repeated by his political enemies, who ire not above distorting his meaning when they think it will further their 1 Town ends.
 ] Unfortunately for MT. Ford, he was a little slow in realizing that the safe ' lH of this country and the world at lhrge depends on our putting down >the Prussian idea of militarism for all time, that the only way to make the world safe for democracy is to fight tcoth and toenail. War may be brutal, lit is certainly survival of barbarian; but war is the only solution of the |greatest problem with which the |world has ever been confronted the |problem of whether mankind is to be free henceforth or subject to auto latic governments.
 Some of MT. Ford's ideas are bit queer, even if we exclude his former jews on pacifism. His opinions of istory, of a college education and a -ariety of subjects exploited in news baper interviews have created aston Iishment and invited ridicule. The po- ! litical ghouls of Michigan have appar- ently raked up every unguarded state naent Mir. Ford has ever made and |have brought many charges against him. most of them without much if Any foundation of truth, despite the act that he has been freely forgiven t the administration for all past er- ors of judgment, and is regarded by the President as indispensable in win hing the war against Germany
 # * *
 Alabama s Crop
 Relatively Large
 NNTHILE this years cotton crop WV is much smaller than early kstimates called for, Alabama's pro- uction is relatively large. The grow ng plant is in fine condition. Little Is heard of the boil weevil, and the Fed spider that threatened to do much hamage turned out to be only "s care."
 Alabama's cotton acreage was not opposed to produce more, than 700, E 10 bales, but the outlook now is fol
 90 0.O0O to 800, ,0oO bales. J. A. Wade
 ,mmissioner of agriculture snd in sYS{iy. who has made high reputa ion ksja crop estimator, places Ala
 atns'I yield at 75o,ooo
 In : statement in Sundays Age
 Iexnld. MT. Wade gave as his esti :aafo ef the south's crop 11,S0o, ,00' balon Hs ssid that for 1s years h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
There With the Punch

~ ' ' p' " w ~ Drawn @ by IouIs RAEMAEKERs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02

faith eo put their money in peanuts. Ned Brace paid them compliment in his Sunday article.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
Member of the Associated Press.

TELEPHONE Bell fprivate exchange connecting s all departments) Main 4O00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02

beast, is high. For long while at least three fourths of the crop in this country was convertec into roasted peanuts, she remainder being salted, or made into candy, peanut butter, peanut meal, and salad oil Today its use is growing in many directions and scores of experts are hard at work to utilize the products of the peanut in many ways yet un- thought of or tried out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02

The peanut is rich in protein and faf, md its food value. for both man aud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
SOUTH AMERICAN
TRADE Is SOUGHT IN
FLORIDA FAIR

Secretary and Manager B. X. Hama
fourde, of the Florida State Fair As
ISOLATION, looking ahead to the very
probable trade relations which are to
be established, after the war, with
South and Central American coun-
tries, has planned to hold the Pan
American International Farm and
Live Stock Exposition in connection
with the Florida State Fair In Jack.
sonville from November ~ to Deem
Der 6 of this year: Evidence Of the
wisdom of holding this International
Exposition here, and to which Presi-
dent Wilson is to invite delegates from
the Latin American countries to the
south Of us, is already making Its ap.
pearance.
Several days ago representatives OF
a western pillow and tractor manufac-
turing concern were in Jacksonville
looking for a site on which to locate
branch of their manufacturing
plant, They stated that they felt
confident that Jacksonville was des-
tined to become an important port of
import and export at the conclusion
of the present war, and especially In
connection with South and Central
American trade which his and other
manufacturing concerns are going af.
ter vigorously as soon as peace is es'
tablished.
Florida is confidently believed By
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
CLASSLNED ADHERTzSzNG
q u d d d d a q o q a q q a a
MISCELLANEOUS

n II n n II Il u Il II u n II N a a
We have for sale some Of tho most
desirable tsuck and farm lands n
Florida. This property b n II mile
city limits and can b had q the
right price snd teRms. Let N show
you some fine 10 and loAore tracts.
For pastimiars go @. @. R0san,
Rooms and :. Dsen and BRYANT
BUILDING Phone "a.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
MEN WANTED-SASH
AND DOOR FACTORY

Bench hands and machine hands,
good inside carpenter; Steady work
the year ssua1d. In replying give
experience and salary expected. Sell
DEM CYPRDSS DOOR CO.. Psiatka
Fla. 774s
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
A. REGULAR HOG STORY

Here's O pig story that we don't
bslieve can be beat anywhere in the
State or country. Last Spring Phil
T.. Miller paid Olive Eagleson $50 for
a SOW and six pigs that we're raised
On the Eagieaton farm near Meyer,
Just across the river. Mr.. Miner fed
tie pigs for short time anH sold
them for $50, leaving the sow cost
ing him about $50. Last weak the
sow farrawed twenty.three new pigs,
all sprightly and hungry. Twelve Of
the litter were left with the mother,
and the other eleven taken to, the
house and are being fed on the bot
tie. This is the truth, for ye,, scribe
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

far-seeing business men like Manager
Hanafourde, Of the Florida State
Fair, and the Western manufacturers
to have a great future awaiting her
in the line of South and Central Am
erican trade after the war; To bring
their representatives to the Fair this
year, in order that they may see and
know Of FlOrida's vast anu varied
products, agricultural and manufac-
tuned, Is considered as a very wise
business move.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED
UNDER SECTION 9 or CHAPTER
1883, LAWS OF FLORIDA

Notice Is hereby given that W. J. Durrauce,
purchaser Of Tax Certificate No. 1858, dated
the 18th day Of September, A. D. 1916, has
filed said certificate In my office. ard has
made application for tax deed 70 issue IN &C.
cordance with law. Said certificate embraces
the following described property situated in
Polk county. Florida, to-wit: Nwh Of sen
and NEA Of SWA Section I, In Township 50
South, Range rs East. The said land being as
sessed at the date Of the issuance Of such GER
tifcates In the name Of J. M. r. Hamilton I'm
less said certificate shall be redeemed accord
ing to law, tax deed viii Issue thereon on the
14th day Of October, A. D. 1918.
Witness my 0fflcial signature and seal this
the 18th day Of September, A. D. 1918.
Clerk Circuit Court. Folk County, Florida
J. A. JOHNSON,
1871. A. J. Fri.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

Dig In! Buy Bonds. Carry On
Buy More Liberty Bonds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

A full set Of new Ford tires. guar
anteed for 1000 miles. for $1,000 ct
Red Front vulcanising Shop. 1857
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

b d n n n n n u q q q q y " "
3 STATE, COUNTY AND NUM- y
d clPAL OFFICERS q
- II
o d uuaa q q q o q q
Governor-sidney J. Cats.
SECRETARY Of state-H. Clay Crsw'
ford.
Attorney General-van sweArin'
gen.
Comptroller Amos.
Auditor.
Commissioner Of Agriculturs-W. A.
McRae.
Treasurer. G. Luning.
Superintendent OF Public Instruc-
tion-W. N. Sheats.
Adjutant General. B. Christian.
State Geolist-E. H. Sellards.
State Chemist-R. q. Rose.
Board Of Trustees internal improve
ment Fund
The Governor, Comptroller, Treas
urer, Attorney General and Comnis-
sbner Of Agriculture
Board Of Education
The Governor, Secretary OF State
Attorney General, Treasurer and Sup
erintendent Of Public Instruction.
Board Of state Institutions
The Governor, Secretary Of State,
Treasurer, Attorney General, Com
missioner of Agriculture, and Super.
intendent Of Public instruction.
Board Of Pardons
The Governor, Secretary Of State,
Attorney General and Commissioner
Of Agriculture.
U. s. Senators
Duncan q. Fletcher, Jacksonville.
Park Trammel, Lakeland.
v. 8. congressman
First Distribution. n. ]. Drane.
Lakeland.
Second Distribution. Frank Clark,
Gainesville.
Third Distribution. Walter Ke-
hoe, Pensacola.
Fourth Distribution. W. J. Sears,
Kissimmee.
State Senator from Polk County
o. M. Eaton, Lakeland.
Representatives in Legislature
from Polk County-John M. Keen,
Lakeland; W. o. Williams, IT. Meade.
Judge Circuit Curt, 10th Judicial
District Polk, DeSoto and Lee Coun-
ties)-Hon. John 8. Edwards, Lake
land.
Prosecuting Attorney, 10th District,
as above-Hon. John w. Barton, Ar.
cadia.
County Court Judge-Hon. Kelsey
Blanton.
Clerk Circuit and County Clerk
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
FOR RENT-Three nice once rooms
for rent over First National Bank.
Inquire at First National Bank.
74,s
FOR RENT-Thoroughly modern Of
fees either singly or en- suite. Run
ming water in each room. Well
lighted and cool. Reasonable rent.
Apply Evening Telegram building.
5000

PLANT SUGAR CANE. one Of the
States most profitable crops. For
sale, fifty thousand seed cane,
Louisiana green, Improved Japan
ese and common Japanese.
7947 D. H. SLOAN.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

went up to Mr.. Miller's house and
counted them A large number Of
people who never heard Of such a
thing before also went and were
convinced. The sow weighs about
300 pounds and is a cross between
the Jersey Red and Poland China
and is certainly doing her bit to win
the war.-Canton (Mo.) Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
WANTED-DELIVERY BOY WITH
WHEEL. GOOD WAGES. HEN.
LEY'S DRUG STORE. 1911

FARMS FOR RNNT-10 acres good
land on Fox Branch, 3 miles from
Kathleen; good fence; known as
Sharpe place. Also. II acres under
fence. shore distance from hard
road, between Lakeland and Grit
I'm; good landj known a. Clements
place. See or write. n. @. Petite
way. Lakeland. Fla. 1899
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
FOR sALE-aood horse. Apply Lake
land Mig. 90. 3o3g
LAND FOR SALE

LAND FOR SALE
Write me II you are looking for the
best located five, ten, twenty or forty
acres. highest grade grove land, also
good for general farming and melons,
some now in cotton and castor beans.
some virgin timber. Two and one
half miles from Lakeland; half mile
from freight station and packing
house, on county hard road: part on
beautiful lake. Can be planted or
set in grove this winter. Price very
reasonable. o. G. LANPHEAR,
1893 Lakeland, Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

Don't mattsr II BROKEN. I pay $500
to $500 pr a. aiso cash for old
gtN, silver, platinum, dmts sold
and old gold jswAlRy. WIN send
cash BY return mail and viii hold
goods 10 days for ssndsr's approval
Of my price. Nail b L. Maser, 1907
8. 9Th st.. Phila., 70.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

Formerly classed as luxury, sugar
is now war time essential. The fair
and just division Of this essential Is
In the hands of the various Allied
food controllers.
The United States Food Administers
ton has asked this nation to observe
voluntary sugar ration of two
pounds per person month.
In the other countries at war with
Germany sugar Is one of the scarce
articles on every menu-whether In
the households of both rich and poor,
or in the hotels.
England today has sugar ration
of two pounds per month per person:
In France the ration Is pound and a
half and in Italy 1t is one pound a
month. And the prices in allied coun-
tries are from two to three times as
high as in America.
If you go to a hotel In England or
France these days and order tea or
coffee they serve absolutely no sugar
with it. If you want sugar you must
bring it with you.
In England it is allowable to use
one-seventh of an ounce of sugar in
the preparation of each luncheon. In
France many persons carry little sac
charine tablets about with them for
use in hotels and in England rich and
poor must take their sugar with them
If they wish to have sweetened tea
while visiting friends.
Before the war started France had
625, 900 acres devoted to sugar produc-
ton. BY 1917 the French sugar acre
age had decreased to 10000 acres.
Today the French man or woman with
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16

sugar card has no assurance whatever
that he or she will be able to actually
buy sugar. To buy it, one must first
find 1t.
italy Has Estate Sugar."
Especially drastic regulations govern
the use of sugar in Italy. It's manu-
facture, distribution and sale are close
" controlled, and in part actually
taken over by the state.
Saccharine Is permitted to be sold
and used as substitute for sugar and
the government manufactures mix
ture Of, saccharine and sugar called
estate Sugar" which is largely used.
German Sugar Ration Adequate.
Germany, before the war, produced
a great surplus Of sugar and exported
large quantities. Today the Germans
have virtually gone out of the export
business, but have plenty Of cheap
sugar for home use
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-16
GERMAN SUPPLY PLENTIFUL
All Nations Permit Use of Sweetening
for Home Preserving Purposes.

Americas new sugar ration Of two
pounds month per person is equita-
BILE when compared with the sugar ra-
ton enforced by rigid governmental
order in England, France and Italy, ma
lions with which we are sharing sugar.
Each Allied nation-in the matter of
sugar consumption-is sharing on near
est possible equal terms the hardshjps
imposed by greatly altered conditions
in the world sugar situation.