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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14
COLORED WORKERS

Have appointed a large local commit
tee, representing the various lines of
work among the colored people. This
committee will constitute the subchairmen
of the drive in these various lines of
work in which the people are engaged
daily as an occupation.
Chairmen of the drive among the ne
groes are: African Methodist Episcopal,
DR.. l. j. Duncan, chairman of the Meth
odist church, DIR. w. L. Davis: of the
Colored Methodist Episcopal, DR.. Glad
den, chairman; of the African Method
list Episcopal Zion, Dr. Riley chairman;
of the Presbyterians, DR. Baker, chair
man; of the Baptists, DR.. Mathis, chair
man; of the Congregational, ]. G.. Har-
rison, chairman; of the office girls, Dolly
Jackson, chairman; of the draymen,
Mitchell Rhodes, chairman; of the taxi
drivers, L. Pittman, chairman. of the
insurance agents, w. L. Driver, chair
man; of the real estate men, N. b. Smith,
chairmen; blacksmiths, B. G. Williams,
chairman; carpenters, bricklayers and
plasters, T. C. Windham, chairman; cooks.
Annie Holmes, chairman; druggists, DR..
l. B. Kigh, chairman; dentists, DR.. b,
c. Anderson; physicians and, surgeons,
DIR. u. G. Mason, chairman; Ensley dis
trist Z. l.. WEIGH, chairman: Bessemer
district, DR.. e. G. Gregg. chairman; Pull
man porters, z. NJ Graham, chairman;
Red Caps and baggagemen, E. Parker,
chairman; teachers, Prof. A. III. Parker,
chairman; porters, Shelly Mason. chair
man; clubwomen. A. M. Brown. chair
man; mail carriers. A. J. Byrd, chairman;
secret societies among men, r. A. Blunt.
chairman; secret societies among women,
Mrs. Carrie Tuggle, chairman; undertak-
ers, E. A. Bradford, chairman; mer-
chants. P. J. Harris, chairman; tailors,
l. l.. Caswell, chairman; janitors, w. B.
Clark, chairman; housewives, Mrs. b. e.
Huckelbee, chairman; nurses, Nora Mar
tin, chairman; steel and iron workers,
j. d. Ross and F. H. Hudson, chair
men; newspaper men, Q. w. Adams;
union miners, Fl. l.. Satisfy.
DR.. Williams has called an organization
meeting for this committee to be held at
the sixteenth Street Baptist church, cor
ner of Sixth avenue and Sixteenth
street, north.
Dr. Williams states that great enthus-
iasm is being manifested by colored PEG
pie and large preparations are being
made for a record breaking showing in
this particular drive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14
NEWS Of ENSLEY

The T. c. 1. commissary at No. mine
at Wylsm will be torn down after June
to make way for double track thai
will be constructed by the Birmingham
Southern railroad to No. and No. 3
mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company and the new plant
being built at Fairfield. The Increase
business has made a double track neces
sary for speedy transportation service.
The commissary lies in the way proposed
for the second track and at first the
company thought they would rebuild the
store, but after elaboration decided to
abolish it and transfer the trade to the
Ensley and No. commissaries. The No.
4 store mas served the IT. C. l. employees
at wylam and vicinity for Is years. and
with its passing goes one of the most
sanitary meat markets in the Birming-
ham district
The committee in charge of the Coun-
Gil of Federated Clubs for the second
district wishes tthe women of the sur
rounding community to know that the
meetings will be open and those desiring
to attend will be cordially received. Sew
eral speakers of Importance will bring
messages of interest to all and unusually
good, musical numbers will be inter-
sperse0 throughout the programme. The
social committee composed of women
from the four hostess clubs will serve
luncheon each noon in the church base
ment to the official delegates and the
club members< of the Cosmos Sesame,
Thread of the Story and Progressive
Study clubs. The session begins promptly
at 1890 o'clock in the morning at the
Ensley Highlands Presbyterian church.
The Birmingham delegates can reach this
destination by taking the South Ensley
street car.
Nancy. the 9-month-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. r. Long, who died at the
family residence, 264S Pike avenue, Sua-
day night was buried at Elmwood ceme
terry yesterday afternoon with the Rev.
Claude Orear officiating.
Esther Elizabeth Baker, the 11-montn-
old daughter of Mr., and Mrs. w. d.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14
RED CROSS BULLETIN

The work of the American Red
cross has grown to such proper
lions in its efforts to relieve suf-
terlng humanity that The Age Her
ala VIII publish Red Cross bulletin
daily. Contributions to this column
from workers throughout the dis
trict will be welcomed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14
SLOGAN ADOPTED

The campaign will be launched with
enthusiasm and the slogan Give a
Day" meaning give one days earnings
to the Red Cross. has been adopted by
Chairman Morris Bush, and with this
slogan the armies hope to reach every
Individual
The various committees are actively at
work on the plans of the allied armies for
the drive and interest is increasing as
plans are perfected. A meeting of some
of the generals and leaders of the allied
armies was held yesterday afternoon in
the directors room of the Birmingham
Realty company and plans were worked
out for the drive
Borden Burr, chairman of the speakers
bureau called a meeting last night to
work out plans for complete programme
for speakers to speak at all industrial
plants in the district. Among those
present were James Bonnyman, chair
man of the mine organization; DR.. P. H.
Woodall, chairman of industrial plants;
Judge Alvin Douglass, assistant chairman
of speakers bureau, and Bert Meadow,
assistant to Morris Bush, chairman of the
executive committee of Jefferson county
Mrs. w. d. Smith, chairman of the
woman's army. is perfecting her plans
and organizing her force so when the
cannon is fired announcing the opening
of thed rive, the armies will go forth
better organized than ever and prepared
to take Birmingham once more over the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14

A large delegation from both Ma
sonic lodges of Ensley are expected to
attend the laying of the corner stone OF
the new postoffice tomorrow. BY re-
cent ruling Of the executive committee
all Masons joining in the parade must
wear aprons. c. T. Smith has been ap-
pointed lodge marshal of Globe lodge
and c. H. Mandy marshal of Ensley
lodge. The meeting place for the Ensley
lodges win Ibe at Eighth avenue and
Twenty-first street, Birmingham, at 1915
O'clock
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14

is the saddest spot in France. He re-
turned to the British Isles after sew
eral months service to do recruiting
work. He later joined the Gordon
Highlanders and received orders to go
to the front, where he got his first
touch of shell fire. Reverend Watt, fol
lowing a leave of absence, was trans
ferred to the Black Watch regiment,
whose ranks had been replenished and
broken again and again. They were
in the famous Ypres salient,
Dr.. Watt is in the United States
under the auspices of the speaking dt
vision of the committe on public in
formation and is giving the Americans
his observations of the war and the
problems the allied cause is confront
ing.
The second Red Cross war fund drive
will formally be launched with a din
ner at the Tutwiler hotel on Monday
evening, May 20, at 6:45 o'clock. when
the allied armies will meet and receive
marching orders from the field mar
shall A number of prominent Brit
ish soldiers including Lord Dunmore,
DR.. Watt and others, as well as promi
nent officers from the nearby canton
ments, will speak
the vast crowd attending the opening
dinner of Cie Red Cross Christmas drive
with her rendition of Thou Shall Not
Pass" will give several readings on
this occasion, wearing a Red Cross uni
form.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14
COLONEL NOBLE PROMOTED

Admission, May 1.-(SpeciaL) -Accord-
ing to dispatch from Washington, Col.
promoted to the grade of brigadier gen.
eral of the medical corps by President
Wilson. who sent the nomination of the
former Admission man to the Senate for
confirmation.
Colonel Noble has been in the service
for number of years and the rapid pro-
motion which has come to him is crafty
ing to his local friends
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14

Red Cross Unit No. Al will meet at the
Ensley Highlands Presbyterian church
on Friday morning instead of Wednesday
as usual
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14

The Hoover Cooking class Of Minor
school will not be held this morning IS
usual on account of conflicting events,
but will be resumed at the usual time
next week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14

The Ensley Highlands chapter of the
Delphian club will meet Friday, May -
instead of this afternoon as scheduled
Mrs j. j. Walker will be hostess.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14
THREE

Baker. Of Cos Center street. was buried
At Oakland cemetery yesterday after
noon at O'clock
The remains OF Ruben Blaylock, aged
Is. son OF Mr. and Mrs. ]. X. Blaylock Ut
lS5 Nineteenth street, we're inferred in
Cemetery yesterday morning at
10 O'clock. The young man succumoed
after a lengthy illness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-14

TOR THE FOOT OF THE
Il MAN who is used to travel
ing in the most select circles, we
recommend these fine and re-
fined
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-19
MELTING POT FAILS TO melt
Trouble Is, According to Writer, That
the Stocking Of the Fires =
ss Neglected. \;

# This melting pot Of ours has been
asked to melt up more different kinds
of stuff than the department OF min
eralogy ever heard of. It's got more
things in it than New England boiled
dinner, or arummage sale, Porter En-
erson Browne writes In McC lure's.
And to have gotten all these ingredi.
ents properly melted would have meant
that every second man was. a stoker
and every first a coal miner. &s
But instead of that. every second
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-19
man has been motorcar manufactur

man has been a rnotorcar manufactur-
ser and every first an open market.
And the result has been that so far
from melting these different ingredf-
4ents, we haven't done anything with
them at all. They have just been
dumped In and lain there, here a pile
OF Armenians, there bunch Of Ger
mans, over yonder a pile Of Jews. and
beyond that a chunk Of Chinese. And
New York, which has been our biggest
receiving station, has come to take on
the appearance of one Of those dishes
Of hors d'oeuyres that you strike in
Italian restaurants-sardines In one
compartment, olives in another, sau-
sage in third, anchoyies in a fourth,
and 50 on. all separate. distinctive and
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-19

"d'Alsace and sheep dogs have been
submitted to wool experts, who are
emphatic in their commentator.
Z: TO popularize the discovery and
turn it to good account the British
Dogs Wool association has been
formed with the countess Of Gosford
as president and Lady Algernon Cor
don Lennox as chairman. The dogs
wool, so far. as the association can
control it, will be turned over to the
British Red Cross. .1z.
Meanwhile short-haired dogs are dis
credited and in peril of destruction
unless it can be proven that they, too,
may be utilized to help win the war,
otherwise than as scamouflaged sausage
meat. ~ - ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-19
Dog Hair. Wool substitutie,

The keeping of dogs may be regard
ed as a patriotic duty instead Of q
sRasteful luxury, IL the dog be hof the
long haired species. -rs f. \
It has been demonstrated that an
ceptfonally high-class- wool can be
spun from the hair Of all breeds Of
,long-haired dogs. Samples from
elbows. Pekingese. poeSaes, Rergers
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-19

individual. 4
And as the United States comprises
48 states, SO does each Of our states
comprise As or more cities, and ehoh
sof our cities 40 different colonies Of I'M
mixed and often unmixable national
tiles PRE- a.tt 2 $50 &
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-19
CASE WHERE TRUE
Love STOOD TEST
Rich Ranch Owner Becomes
Substitute" for His Boyhood
Chum. :... ISL
IS NOW IN FRANCE.
Draftee, Rejected, Faces Death at Sur.
s Ueon's Hands to Spare Man ri
Who Married Girl He Him.
y self Loved. 4. Y

z Fort Collins, olo.-Joseph Emmett,
u O'Neill, wealthy ranch owner in Col
& Grad 10, rejected for military service un-
der the draft, is with the United States
I army In France, taking the place of
Walter Howard Stone, boyhood chum,
who married the girl that O'Neill
I loved. The romance is one Of re-
nunciation akin to that Of Sidney Car
ton in Dickens famous '"Tale Of Two
Cities" and calls to mind the passage
\ Of Scripture recorded in St. John is :13.
3 Greater love hath no man than this,
hat man lay down his life for his
gfriends." .-@ 2 1I-[ +, ( ... w. i
Romance Began in Youth. +
Joseph Emmett O'Neill and Walter
AHoWard Stone were born in Fort Col.
d Inns, q college town in Colorado. The
former was Of wealthy family, which
owned great ranches that reached
across the plains into the Rocky moun-
Stains. The parents Of Stone were pi-
toneers in the community and in mod
l+est circumstances. The girl in the rO-
nance was Marion Palmer, whose ia
.ther was one Of the founders Of the
college and prominent in Colorado's
\ financial and social life. The three
families lived in the same block In
Fort Collins, and when school days
I were over and Marion became Miss
Palmer, both young men became suit.
Sors for her hand. e. 10: y = =. - >.
Walter Stone became bank clerk
and was ambitious to rise in his pro-
Afession. # O'Neill, whose father had
s died, came into possession of the fam
lily fortune and the management of the
anches. The race was neck-and-neck
Y Or Miss Palmer's hand. =,
T OF course, in the nature of things,
!. that state Of affairs could not go on.
\ Finally Miss Palmer's heart began to
affect her neutrality. Then she sum
Emoped the two young men before her
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-19
Submitted to an Operation.

a and demanded that they be friends, no
& matter which was selected to- be her
"a husband. They agreed. Miss Marion,
n as girls sometimes do, followed the In.
clinations Of her heart, and selected
Stone, whose salary was meager, in
preference to O'Neill and his wealth.
4 Then came the draft. ...
Stone was summoned before the
draft board and passed. He was
placed in class 1 and filed no claim for
exemption. O'Neill was examined and
rejected. In February Stone was Or
dered to report. By this time an inter-
esting event was presaged in the Stone
u fome and he asked for more time.
The draft board was pOwerless, and
his wife became seriously i'll because.
of worry. O'Neil was watching. He
visited noted surgeon in Denver and
asked for an operation. He was told
that his chances for recovery would
be two in five, but he elected the op-
Grafton. ,.-s
i O'NeiII Became Substitute.
z Three weeks after the operation
aO'Neill returned to Fort Collins, sound
and whole, and demanded new ex-
animation. He passed as Qualified for
military service" Then he asked that
he be substituted for Stone. The draft
hoard was unable to make such a sub,
4Sstitution, but because Of the urgent
ppeal Of O'Neill they finally sum-
7 loned Stone for denomination and
gave him deferred classification be-
cause of nervous breakdown. O'Neill
7 won his fight. Then he went further.
He called Stone from his bank job
and placed him in charge Of the O'Neill
ranches, which yield $4,000 year.
O'Neill stipulated that Stone manage
the ranches on "50-50' basis. And
EO'Neill went to war.
Marion Stone is now we'll and happy,
following the arrival of a new men,
1er in the Stone family, a boy, who
r ,as been named Joseph Emmett
$tone. Now the father, who has re-
lined his former health, IS asking
b. lat he, too be allowed to go to the
my, and, if possible, be assigned to
.s5Fty with O'Neill.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-04-11
FACE the FACTS

EFT us face the facts The war situation is critical
- uness tne Allies fight as they never yet have
at thelr best; nor hungry nations. France England,
and Italy are going hungry unless we feed them
Wheat Savings-They must have wheat 1t is the
best food to fight on. 1t is the easiest to ship We
alone can spare it to them BY saving just little
less tnan quarter of what we ate last yearwe can
support those who are fighting our battles. And we
can DO it without stinting ourselves We have only
TO substitute another food just good
The Corn of Plenty-Corn is that food There's
surplus of it. Providence has been generous in the
hour OF our need 1t has given in such bounty
as was never known before. Tons of corn. Train
loads of corn Five hundred million bushels over and
above our regular needs All we have to do is to
learn to appreciate it. Was ever patriotic duty made
so easy? And so clear?
Americas Own Food-Corn! It is the true American
food. The ln|iaas, hardest of races, lived it.
Our forefathel adopted the diet and conquered
continent. For great section of our country it
has blong cen tn" staff of life. How we'll the South
fought on it. history tells. Now it can help America
win world war.
dozen. It's cereal. It's vegetable It's a bread
It's dessert. It's nutritious; more food value in it,
dollar for dollar than meat or eggs or most other
vegetables. It's good to eat; how good you don't
know until you've had corn-bread properly cooked
Best of all, it's plentiful and it's patriotic.
Corn's Infinite varety-How much do you know about
corn? corn About he how good good" It isl About the many
by not knowing more about it? Here are few
of it's uses:
There are at least fifty ways to use corn meal to
make good dishes for dinner, supper, lunch break
fast. Here suggestions:
HOT BREADS DESSERTS
Boston brown bread. Corn-mea molasses cake.
Hoecake. Apple corn bread.
Mullins. Dumplings.
Biscuits Gingerbread.
Griddle cakes. Fruit gems.
Waffles
HEARTY DISHES
Corn-meal croquettes Corn-meal fish balls.
Meat and corn-meal dumpings
Italian polenta. Tamales
The recipes are in Farmers Bulletin SOS, "Corn
Meal as Food and Ways of Using It," free from the
Department of Agriculture.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-04-11
The Coolest Winter.

Edith Wharton, the novelist, is
doing war work of all kinds in
France, and at a Paris dinner,
apropos of the coal shortage, she
said: well, let US be glad, any
how, that a French winter is not
like a New England one. Let US
comfort ourselves as we bend
shivering over chill radiators,
with the weirdest stories of New
England cold.
'Tknow an aged New England
er who. coiled round the stove in
the general store at Croydon Four
Corners, talked about the cold in
this fashion: Cold? Shucks, you
young fellers don't know what
cold is! Take the winter of '67
now. Thar ye had cold. Why,
in '67 it was so blamed cold that
if ye heaved a pot of boiling
I water out Of doors it cracked like
a gun. Yep, and live Goals fri2
solid in five minutes time. But
the queerest thing of all was the
Ray yer conversation would actu
ally freeze up before it could b,
heard. Us boys used to have I
practical joke we'd often play OIL
strangers. We'd slip up and pu
a couple of armfuls of frozel
Licking Valley courier., 1918-04-11
HIS HEALTH is POORLY.

&c. Dis sexton ketches me
strong. My helth is moughty
peurly. | jest aint fissically fit,
in fack / had de roomatism orful
bad and / suffers wild a misery in
de chest and Ise subject to dizzy
spells. l has de hart trubble.
And den my feet amt rite, dey
jest went stand when any shootin
gwine on.
H. Ise not morally fit for de
army. / hab done been tried il
the District Coat for steelin cows
and got sent to de pen for 2 years.
Il. Ise de licensed pilot at de
Mount Zebe church as mentioned
herein befour.
And den kind friends l want
to call you speeshal attention to
de last seckshum of de skuses.
Ise a member of a reckernished
insect what show is posed to wal
an work an claims zemption un-
der haid and | thanks you to
please put me in dis Klass.
''Dis leaves me we'll and doing
we'll and l hopes it finds you de
same.
Your servant,
JIM FITER."
Licking Valley courier., 1918-04-11

shrieks and growls and cusses in
the stove unbeknownst, and as
they thawed out they'd yell ana
carry on like demons, and we'd
have a good laugh at the strang.
ers' expense, they bein' mighty
skeert. "-Exchange.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-04-11
Take a Tip
From Old
Diogenes
BY MOSS.

having a
C>%k couple OF thou
NN"u'Dk b. Esgy sand years ago de-
&SMa fined man as a
M9,A two legged animal
AN NN without feathers,
uSL% Diogenes Ithe chap
nlH.,AAll1 Nd, who went oaround
Wv In the daytime
with u lantern looking for an
honest mani plucked rooster
and took It into the academy
where the ancient philosophers
discussed everything under the
sun and said, This is Plato's
man" On which account this
addition was made to the def
milton: with broad. Hat nails"
We all admit that old Diog-
enes was a pretty smart Greek,
with Il fine sense Of humor. II
he lived today he wouldn't have
to use his lantern among day
light newspapers to find IN hon
est advertiser. SUCCESSFUL
ADVERTISERS MUST BIZ
HONEST. Dishonesty doesn't
pay In advertising or In any
thing else. No daylight paper
wants to have anything to do
with the space buyer who delib'
erately tries to fool the public.
But coming back to Plato's
modified man, the moral OF that
story Is: BE exact Be specific.
Don't overlook the details.
Do you watch the ads. In this
paper CAREFULLY enough?
Do you keep posted on the de-
tails? Do you make 1t your busi-
ness to read them with ENACT
NESSP
DON'T SKIP THE
BROAD, FLAT NAILS"
Licking Valley courier., 1918-04-11
At The Front.

Where was your boy wound
ed?"
in the abdominal region, they
told me"
Where's that?"
Don't know somewhere in
France, | suppose. "-CassePs
Saturday Journal.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-04-11

1t is said that the birth-rate in
Germany has decreased fifty per
cent since the war began. But
the death-rate has shown a very
decided increase.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-04-11
PATRIOTISM ON The
AMERICAN farm
BACK TO The LAND

1--WE can count to the utmost degree
on the patriotism of the American
farmer" Herbert Hoover said in re-
cent conference with Food Administra'
tion workers of the different states.
This was the message brought back
by the Kentucky representative who
attended the conference.
Food must first be raised before 1t
can be sent to American soldiers
abroad and their English French, Bel
gian and Italian associates in war.
The only people who can raise food in
large quantities are the farmers, and
the Kentucky soldiers at Hattiesburg
and Camp Zachary Taylor are counting
on the folks back home producing the
largest food crop in the history of the
state.
People who live in cities and small
towns in Kentucky are asked to help
win the war by raising their own back
yard gardens. Every time city fam
lily raises bushel Of beans in garden
L0G fOOu AuululSIIdIlOl 10 ChdulOu W
take a bushel of beans from the farm
and send them to Europe. Gardeners
are urged to raise enough beans and
potatoes tC last all next winter, and to
store them on their own premises.
The Food Administration announces
that the entire country east OF the
Mississippi River would have been
short of potatoes this last winter ex-
cept for this home supply raised in
gardens last year, but because they
were raised in gardens potatoes today
are plentiful and one of the cheapest
foods in the market, and every one
should use them freely. The man who
can raise a garden this year, and does
not do so, will not only fail to help
win the war, but will be in actual
danger of himself suffering for food
next winter.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-04-11

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