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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
BIG DEMAND FOR
 COTTON ABROAD
Worlds Requirements Will Hence- | forth Be on a Continuously
 Ascending Scale

Washington, November T,-CSpeciah} In statement explaining the neces- sity of prohibiting speculative short sell ing oil New York and New Orleans cot ten markets, Charles j. Brand, chair man of the committee op cotton distribu- tioh, states today;
 The signing of the arinistice brings us suddenly to the threshold of the re- construction era. Pending developments are of the utmost importance to the en- tire cotton world. } t
 The consequences of unfopnded rti- mors that tend to promote vicious spec ulative activity and cause unjustified demoralization must be avoided as far as possible In order that harmful vio- lent price fluctuations may be checked the committee en cotton distribution has ordered all speculative short selling on the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges stopped, and to make thia | order thoroughly effective, has required | that no selling orders except ln llquida- ton of long contracts. be executed from
 any foreign country. .,.
 "'The stoppage of sinkings by U-boats the monthly increase in new ship ton mage and the releasing of ships now en-
 gagged in supplying the fleets of the al l lies, together with the freeing of space previously used iii sending munitions tS Europe, will mean large. increase il available tonnage! for cotton exports.
 | "The worlds requirements of cotton tt meet it's increasing demands for clothint will henceforth be on continuously as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
Will Visit Wiregrass Section to Study Peanut Farming
 for North Alabamians
CITIZENS OF COUNTIES
 VISITED PAY EXPENSES.
District Agent of the United States Department of Agriculture ke- ceiyes Hearty Co-Operation
 In Work In State

rbis mroning District Agent C. M N1.r,din will take the county agents of his district and several leading farmers and business men on an eA- tended automobile trip into the pros nerous wiregrass section of the state for tbe purpose of making a detailed study of the methods of farming in that part of the state. They will start in automobiles from the court house about S:30 or 9 o'clock and will drive through to Troy Monday night. ,7rom Troy they will visit Pike, Cof- fee Geneye, Dale, Houston, Henry and Barbour counties and return by Au- burn college. They will be joined in Montgomery by Prof. J. F. Duggar, dl- rector of extension work and J. T. Watt, state agent and Dr. J. J. Watson, specialist from the station in market ing peanuts and hogs.
 The object of the trip is to gain de- tailed information and to learn tho best methods of growing, harvesting and marketing peanuts and also to learn the best methods used by the farmers of southeast Alabama in their cooperative hog shipping days. They will also make some investigation into the velvet bean growing and its use as hog feed and cattle feed on the farms.
 MT Mauldin stated that north Ala bama has for two years tried out pea nuts in several different communities and found them a very profitable crop and the agents are now preparing TO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
Days Casualty List

Ritter, Henry, Elm Springs, Ark. Robinson, Otis B., Bondville,l Ky. White, Leonard j., De5usk. Va.
 MISSING IN ACTION McFadden, Willford, Jr., lieatenant, San Antonio, Tex.
 CORPORALS. 2 Howse. Robert L., Cooper, Tex, McClihtock. Alexander H.. Baltimore Maryland. q. Pryor, Geefrey L., Salisbury, Md. t- PRINATES. ,sf Bombgarner, Sim, Delight, Ark. Boylan, Harry N, Hngerstown, Md. Franklin Everette R.. Atlanta, Ga. Jessop, William B, Raspeburg. Md. Koester Jacoo A.. stever, Mo Lawrence, Lloyd L.. Howard Park, Md Pierce. Philip, Spldo, OslA. Pikerton John l., Mechaniesville, Md Traylor William, A., Petersburg, Va
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
FEEL MISERABLE
 FROM THAT COLD?
Colds and coughs are quickly relieved by Dr. Kings
 New Discovery

Nobody should feel perfectly mis- erable" from a cold, cough or bronchial attack for very long. For 1t takes only a little while to relieve it and get back on the road to recovery when pr. Kings New Discovery Is faithfully used. It soon loosens the phlegm. re- lieyes irritation, soothes the parched, sore throat, brings comfort
 Half century old and more popular today than ever. At all druggists. soc and S1.20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
PRODUCE ANIMAL FATS

When asked if he thought there IS a probability of peanuts declining in price. MT Mauldin said that he pre- sumes they will within a few years and also cotton will uecline in price within few years, but at the present time the secretary of agriculture is encoura ging farmers to produce all kinds of animal fats and he thinks there will be demand for vegetable fats also and peanut oil is one of the worlds best vegetable fats He said that the war trade board at pres ent requires all ships floating the Uni ted States flag and returning from Philippine ports to fill all available space with vegetable oils.
 He said that south Alabama how has two very profitable cash crops aEd he referred to-peanuts and hogs as these cash crops. He says the boil weevil will never seriously injure the cotton production in north Alabama and that at least half the soil of north Alabama is good for peanut growing, that when we grow peanuts and hoS5 in north Alabama, we shall have three cash crops, peanuts. hogs and cotton, and that two of them, cotton and hogs, are the oldest and best cash cops in the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18

introduce peanuts wherever the soil is suitable and that he figured 1t Will he worth many thousands Of dollars to the country in few years to nave the best methods of peanut farming in- troduced at the .beginning. There IS q Shortage of labor on the Alabama farms at present and MT. Mauldin says that the government department of farm management has learned that .
 man can make and harvest an acre or peanuts with the same amount or laoor that is required to make an acre or cotton. And peanuts, he says, has been prod 1cing more profit per man than has cotton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18

cending scale. Based on reports to this committee from the various foreign coun- tries, we estimate their requirements and
 probable imports of cotton under pres
 ent conditions to be over 100000 bales
 in excess of last seasons takings. Europe is almost denuded of cotton
 and cotton goods. The potential buying power of the world which will be aided
 and hastened by the establishment of the necessary credits will quickly assert itself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18

Palestine possesses a remarkable salt
 mountain situated at the south end or the Dead sea- The length of the ridge is six miles, with an average width or three quarters of a nafle. and the height is not far from 6N feet. There are places where the overlying earth deposits are many feet in thit SnHss, but the mass OF the mountain is composed of SC lid roeN salt, some of which, is as clear as. crystal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
ALABAMA CASUALTIES Baker, William R., Bakenhill, killed in action.
SECTION ONE

The following casualties are reported by the commanding general of the Amer ican expeditionary forces;
 Killed in action .,.n....5....t,.,,,,.,.,.1y Missing In action .,,.,t"..,,,..t...,... s1
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
Generally the Way
.n P.rs1nn Transcrfnt.

From the Boston Transcript.
 "He married money --a. Wasn't there woman attached to 1t "Too much attached to it, he found out later.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18

The smallest range of temperatures is in Surinam. In summer the average is 7S degrees. and in winter only F degree less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
Wholesale Lumbermen
 to Banquet Saturday
Invitations Sent Out to Members of
 Club and Friends

The Wholesale Lumbermens club will hold it's second annual banquet at the Southern club next Saturday night. Invitations have been sent out to members of the organization and to some of their friends.
 The lumber industry has suffered considerably during the last year or two on account of the war and restric- tions placed on their business by tho war industries board but now that the war is over and the country is pre- pairing for the so-called reconstruc- ton period, the manufacturers are get ting ready for full operations again.
 It is probable that number of questions pertaining to the industry and building activities that are ex- pected to follow the ending of the war, will be discussed at the banqdct.
 Philadelphia got excited the other day when, in the. dark of the early morning, the janitor of Independence Hall made the mistake of hoisting the Stars and Stripes on the flagpole upside down. :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
Make Your Bowels Behave

Make them frnetioa with grahtifying does not relieve their torpidity Dr. Kings New Life. Pills will; They are system surely. comfortably. 25c.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
EXPENSES BETRAYED

The expenses of the county agents on this trip have been advanced by the local authorities and by Chambers of Commerce and bankers and other public-spirited citizens in the differ ent counties The Birmingham food preparedness bureau authorized MT Mauldin to take one man on this trip at their expense MT. Mauld1n sa1u that he has submitted many proposi- tions of public interest to the busi- ness men in north Alabama but ne has never received a warmer reception or a heartier support than was given him by the different persons v.cited in the several counties in interest ot this trip. He is a booster of the wire grass section and says that there is much to be learned by visiting the farmers of that part of the country. In fact he believes in trips of this kind and last summer several of his county agents got together in auto nobiles many leading farmers anl l made tours of the counties in the Ten nessee valley for the purpose of study ing farming methods.
 PERSONNEL OF PARTY The following county agents will ac- company MT. Mauldin on the tour: Fred Stewart, Athens; J. A. Chan cellor, Cullrnan; Emmett Sizemore Oneonta; T. A. Simms, Jasper; c. w Frederick, Hamilton; o. c. Bryan, Ver-
 non; J. D. Wood, Russellville; Cole Savage, Scottsboro; Ernest Carnes Har tselle; c. F. Striplin, Huntsville | J. w. Sartain, Parrish; J. F. Yarbrough | Moulton; c. w Gibson, Arley; H. l. I Brown, Birmingham.
 Others not county. agents who vii also make the trip are:
 Judge Mack Pearce, Hamilton; Dr | J. M. Clark, editor Franklin County | Times, Russellville; J. K. Turner, Gull.
 man; c. R. Sheppard, Attalla; J. M
 Draper, Aniston; Asa B. Fuller, Gull man; w. A. Kendall, Athens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18

The Ancient and Arabic Order of the Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine was found ed 400 years ago at Mecca, Arabia. The modern order is of nparatively recent origin. It was founded at New York in 1871 by William J. Florence, the actor. It contains legend as to Arabic origin and on its altars rest copies of the Bible and the Koran. The Mystic Shriners are an entirely separate or ganization from the Masonic order. However, one of the provisions of mem- bership is that the applicant must be either a Scottish Rite Mason. that is to say. Mason of the thirty-second de- gree. .-or a member Of the order of Knights Templars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-18
, INTERESTING NARRATIVE

"Sam Jones and were. preaching in St. Louis. When we came into the inn mense exposition hall wa saw a man slap a soldier of the Salvation Army in the face and knock him into the gutter because he had stuck a copy of the War Cry in his face. The Saliva tion Army man picked himself up, waved at the man as he walked away saying, God bless you. God bless you. Could you do that?'. asked Sam Jones' said I hoped 1t wouldn't happen to me
 "I was in a Texas town a few years ago. Walking along the street with a friend I saw bloated. dirty man sit- ting on the curb. My friend said he had been one of the brightest lawyers in the town, but began drinking. went from bad td worse, lost everything and went to the dogs. I stopped. spoke to the man. asked him to go my services. He said I didn't want him there I said. I love. you That man pulled him self together; the next day he was at the servicesein a new suit of clothes and today he has a fin. office and is making good"
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07
thousands Of Girls Cut Oft q =. y
Long Hair and Contribute It
to Country for War Purposes

q y - u.sl y t o.
z As proof Of the sacrifices women are
willing to make when their sentiments
or emotions are aroused. It is related
that thousands Of girls, both in Ger.
many and France, cut OF their long
hair and contributed it to their COM.
try for war purposes. says the Peo-
pies Home Journal. The instance Is
not the first Of its kind recorded In
history, however. a. G4
An interesting example Of similar
devotion comes from northern Japan
where a great temple was in progress
Of erection. Immense shmbers were
being hauled from the mountains to be
placed In the building, and the work
was delayed BY the frequent breaking
Of the ropes. At length an edict was
issued calling on the women to give
their long hair which could be woven
into ropes Of sufficient strength for the
purpose. sS
So generous was the response to the
etlict that two ropes WERE woven, one.
II 10 claimed, was IL inches In circum.
ference and !. 4OOfeet long; the other
10 inches around and 1900 feet long.
With these ropes the timbers were
dragged to the temple site without
further breakage. Il
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07

disciplined
United
Working Reserve Illinois the larges.
= z5s L
organization under the win begin this fall in the schools
training
under The division will
executive head. Z 3 i. 8
military laboratory
equipment
methods the past Boys will be out
the parentsa /.
Rigid inspection sanitary part
Of -
application for volunteers
defray
will estimate
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07
Fruit Pits Make a Highly
Porous Char GOAL Which Acts
as Filter in War Gas Mask!

How does the government make FL
masks out Of peach stones7" is ques-
ton that every school pupil has asked
Of puzzled parents SINCE the schools
have begun the collection Of peach and
plum stones to fight German gas.
! The answer Is that the stones are
not made into masks. but are trans
formed into charcoal that IL used IN
the masks. % ~
The American Chemical society in q
bulletin explains the matter in this
way: t 49,.
'.Peach stones are used as the raw
material for making the best grade OF
absorbent charcoal ever produced; ana
the charcoal is used in the respirator
for absorbing the deadly gases In the
inspired air.
.sHow does charcoal act? In the first
place, it is exceedingly porous. 1t IS
produced, by roasting wood, dflea
blood, or other organic material, ana
this roasting decomposes the mater'al
into two parts, one Of them gaseous,
which passes of from the retOrts, ana
one Of them solid, which remains oe-
hind as charcoal. Every minute cell
Of the wood and every part of cell
gives up some Of the gas during the op-
GRAFTON and; thus leaves minute pores
all through the material. Thus the wood
charcoal that we know is very bulky
for its weight and contains fnnumer-
able fine pores. Now this highly pof-
GUS charcoal has a remarkable prop
erty Of absorbing certain kinds of sub
stances,
'sIn the gas mask contaminated air
passes through a layer Of highly ac-
tive carbon before it reaches the
mouth. and the poisonous material IS
absorbed. It IS apparent that the more
active the charcoal is, the more the
absorbing power can be packed into
the small box on the front Of the mask.
Now, all charcoal from all sources Ia
not equally active. Hence, before char
coal was used successfully in masks
very active form had to be produced.
And 1t was found TINT the hard, dense,
compact substance Of nut shells and
fruit stones formed the most con-
densed and actively absorbing char
coal. The pores Of the charred mate
rial are. Infinitely fine and numerous
and hence q given volume Of the car
bon will do far more work than the
same volume Of other kinds Of char
coal" 5S.ts .t,a5s 4 Il II sy* -
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07
First Automobile Patent
Taken Out in France Fifty
Years Ago by Pierre Ravel

The first automobile patent was
taken out in France so years ago by
Pierre Joseph Ravel, says New York
World. His patent covered "a steam
generator heated by mineral oils, to
be applied to steam locomotion on or
binary roads," Ravel constructed q
small Tilbury and fitted It with his new
engine, which developed three horse
power. Ravel seemed on the verge of
success, when the Franco russian war
began and upset all his plans for the
time. Later he built several motor
cars In which petroleum was used for
the direct generation Of motive power
by burning IT under special conditions
in connection with certain quantities Of
air. Later George b. Selden, in Ameri-
ca and Johannes Spiel, in Germany,
simultaneously carried on experiments
that eventually resulted in the auto
mobile Of today. To Selden. however,
belongs the credit Of applying gasoline
to motorcars. as the plans Of the Ger
man contemplated the use of kero-
sene to supply power. m
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07

In the studio Of Mrs. Ladd Of the
American Red Cross In Paris. Mrs.
Ladd u shown working on a mask for
4 soldier whose face was mutilated in
the war, his bravery having cost hin,
his eyssioht. sse5s Z.
shells. Mrs. Ladd is the wife Of DR..
Maynard Ladd, medical adviser Of the
American Red Cross, but her work has
nothing to do with medicine.
In many hospitals, of course, plastic
surgery is doing much to build up shat
tered faces. Mrs. Ladd, however, finds
her subjects among those whom the
surgeons cannot help. They are sol
diers whose faces have been so shot
to pieces that they present hideous
spectacle, one which their friends and
relatives prepare to shun. The suf-
ferers realize this and become very
unhappy and sensitive and are inclined
to hide themselves away from their
fellow-beings. Mrs. Ladd has. become
greatly interested In the work Of Cap
tain Derveut, who improved on the.
gelatine and rubber formerly used, and
made metal masks. To make these
masks, Mrs. Ladd takes a plaster cast
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07
FOR The POULTRY !;
GROWER


When the first cold weather of the
season comes there IL temptation to
close the poultry houses quite tightly
IN the belief that the fowls confined In
them need that protection from the in
creastng cold. It IL true that the fowls
must be protected, but II they receive
30 much protection that fresh air is
kept out Of the house they will suffer
more from breathing bad air than they
would from little lower temperature.
4 The air in 1 tightly closed building
soon becomes laden with impurities
from the breath Of the fowls and from
the Nth that accumulates. TO breathe
this ali. over and over again is to take
back into the system many Of the i'm
purities that the system is trying to
throw Of. As the oxygen Of the air
becomes exhausted It can give less and
less heating elements to the body Of
the fowl and gradually the fowls pow
er Of resistance to cold 10 reduced.
i Unless there r. sufficient ventilation
to keep the air reasonably pure the
house become4 damp and In time
moisture collects on the walls, which
in cold weather turns to frost. These
are some OF the reasons why sufficient
ventilation should be provided at oil
times and Why the hen houses should
not be closed tightly ut the approach
Of cold weather. Drafts, however.
must not be allowed to blow on the
fowls, particularly when they are on
the foosb ct night. sy
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07
BEGIN CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING NOW
Citizens Urged to Observe
Al SIX Rules q.

Every patriotic citizen is expected
BY the council of national defense,
Washington. to cooperate with the
merchants as follows: -
I. Spread Christmas shopping over
the months Of October, November and
December. Do not wait. Start now.
2. Shop during the early hours of the
day.
s. Buy useful gifts (this does not ap-
ply to toys).
4. Send before December S all Christ
mas packages which must go by mail
sor express. sa'.
3. Avoid giving bulky articles, II
they must be sent by mail, freight or
express. ,#@' =,
q Garry home your purchases when
possible, and do not request special
deliveries. #
The above rules must be carried out
70 that man power will be released for
war work and transportation not con.
Eested. .ss. \: v /, t.s.-.... !. s.a
These rules are the outcome Of 40
agreement between the merchants Of
tho country and the war Industries
board. The commercial economy ad-
ADMINISTRATION Of the state council Of de-
Tense u charged with the d6ty Of car
rying them out. The public must help,
20 begin your Christmas shopping now.
and remember the rules. 5.5
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07
Boston, Largest Capital;
Indianapolis Is Second

Among the forty-eight state capitals,
Boston il the largest, with . popula-
tion Of 6705S5. Indianapolis ranks
second, with population Of 2336t0.
Tho other capitals with more than 100.
900 population are: Denver, 213,381 ;
Atlantis, 154, $50; st. Paul. 214.744; Al
taDy, 10025S; Columbus, 181. 611
Providence, 224828; Nashville, no.
~: Richmond. 127, 628. The capitals
With between 10000 and 100000 popu-
lation are Hartford. 96,015; Spring
6eid, 61,678; Des Moines, 06S66; Tren-
ton, 06615: Oklahoma City, q, Los /;
Harrisburg. 64,1S8; Salt Lake City, "a
III. These figures are III Of the 1910
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07

French soldier whose face was mutt.
lated In the war; wearing the mask
made for him by Mrs. ladd OF the
American Red Gross. d..
man from a fearsome evidence, Of war
into pleasant-lo0king Poilu whose
friends easily recognize him. OF course,
when painting the eyes on the disks
great care was used to get the exact
color and to get a natural appearance.
The masks, Of course, do not restore
the fupctions, they only camouhage
these poor faces sc that their ow1ers
will not hesitate to 90 about among
their friends. Il a ~ !. .sS 5 IA. i
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07
Calnouaaging Mu,tilated Faces
Woade.fful Work Being Done 10 Hide ElIi.]eou. md
Shattered Features tie Surgeon. Cannot Help /

OF the mutile's face, and then from
pre-war photographs, or descriptions
furnished by friends, builds up in clay
or plaster the missing parts until the
cast Is a good likeness Of the man as
he was. From this cast thin copper
mask is made and then plated with
silver. This is fitted perfectly and the
,camouf1age Is held in place by q pair
of spectacles. The final stage is to
paint the mask SO that it is practical
ly indistinguishable. @ !, ' :, }s siI.>.
( Tn the accompanying illustration 1t
will be noted that the ,mutilation has
not been SO general and the pair Of
spectacles with eyes painted in disks
behind the glasses serve to change this
The Tomahawk., 1918-11-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Stray Shots.

Ragtime music is apt to make
the most staid man step like q
stringhalt horse.
The Yank handles his gun 40
no does his money puts It In for
M IT. worth.
Maybe the kaiser 10 slaughter
Ing his army upon the theory
that, after this war. he viii
/ never need It any more.
a great patriotic parade II but
the publicity Of the abiding prin-
ciple back Of 1t.