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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-16
PRATT CITY

At meeting of the young woman's auxiliary of the Baptist church at Pratt City. held at the home of Mrs. J. F. Wood recently, special programme on State Missions the monthly topic. was given. with Miss Eva Mae Jackson as leader. The programme was as follows: Scripture lesson, sentence prayers for state missions: Our State a Mission Field, Miss Agnes Durant; Some Rea- sons Why Education Should Have a Place in the Church Budget" Miss Mary Dunbar: Strengthening the Stakes, Miss Lallie Dunbar: reading of letter from Mrs. c. F. Cromwell, state mission secretary: vocal selection, Mrs M. F. Hcllinesworth; "The Forgotten Man, 7 Miss Annie Cherry; America" At the close of the programme social hour was enjoyed
 pr and Mrs S. C. Seay have as their
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guests their niece, Mrs. c. F. Byrne, and little daughter, Billie, of Brookhayen, Miss
 Miss Ola Green, who has been spending the winter with her aunt, Mrs. Bob Terry, on Southside, will leave Monday for her home in San Jose, Cal.
 Mrs. Thomas English had as her guests last week MT. Phillip English of Mobile and Miss Lenora Mason and Mir. Louie Mason of Jasper.
 Mrs. J. l.. Little is convalescent fol- lowing a recent illness.
 Mir. and Mrs J. C. Faughender of Piedmont were guests of Rev and Mrs. w. o. Horton this week.
 Mrs J. M. Darlington and little daugh-
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take place at Cable hall. Tuesday eve ming at o'clock Officers will be elected. A full attendance is desired.
 There will be a meeting of the Psy- chology Study club on Tuesday morning at 10:3O o'clock at the Southern club.
 Mrs. Louis Richter, assisted by Mrs. c. M. Lathem and Mrs. Walter Glaze. will weigh and measure the children Of East Birmingham on Tuesday morning from 9 to F o'clock at the East BiS- lnirfgham Baptist church. Forty-eighth street and Tenth avenue, north.
 Bank No 5 of the First Presbyterian church will give a lawn party on Tues day afternoon from to 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. ]. W. Porter 1902 North Thirty second street.
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WOODLAWN

Mrs T.. Rothchild entertained Thurs day afternoon at a party for her daugli-' ter. Violet. The house was gay With sweet peas. Several interesting contests were enjoyed and the prizes were won
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BOYLES

The Baptist ladies' held sr interest ing meeting with Mrs w. K. Thomason. An ice course was served to Mesdames E. Barton, F. IA Clay, Brewer, Q. R
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Little Miss Elizabeth Clay, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Felix Clay or Mont- gomery, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs, John R. Waters and MT. Walters, at their home al Edgewood.
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pr. Samuel Ledbetter. IT,. accom- panied by Mrs. Porter Ledbetter and Mrs. $, L. Ledbetter, will leave today for South Carolina, where he will be married on Wednesday to Miss Fran ees H. Robinson of Easily on Wednes- day evening.
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Miss Katherine Ledbe etter left few days ago for Easley, $. C., to attend the marriage of her brother, pr. Samuel Ledbetter, Jr., and Miss Frances H. Robinson on Wednesday,
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Misses Rose and Mary Fabian are vis- iting their parents and relatives at An niston and Birmingham, after 10 months stay in New York "The Fabian sisters, as they are known in the musical world. have had a very successful season in the east Th@ expect to tour the west and the Pacific coast this coming season
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ENGAGEMENTS
JONES S-FORMAN

engagement Tenn, the wedding to take place June "A.
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Mir. Julian Mann Saks is visiting his parents Mir and Mrs. Louis Saks, hay inc graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with the highest honors, taking the four-year course in three
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Mrs. w. R. Gum and two. sons, Bill and John, are the guests of relatives in Columbia, Tenn.
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MT. and Mrs. B. R. Smith and their son, Bernard Jr. left last week for Fort smith. Ark, where they will make their home Mir. Smith. however, has not severed all business connections here. and friends are glad that DOT tion of their time will be spent in Bir- lmiBgham.
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WILSON THOMAS

WILSON-THOMAS
  Mr Wilson of Bessemer, the wedding will take place July MARKSTEIN BLOCK
  the wedding
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Miss Margaret Jemison of Selma and Mrs. Charles l.. Parnell of Piper are in the city to attend the marriage of their sister, Miss A1ieze Fowlkes Jemison, and MT. Ottis B. Hayes, which will take place Tuesday evening. They are the house guests of Mrs. E. c. Wallace on Twenty ninth street, Norwood.
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Miss Margaret Brown, principal of the Judson, is in the city, where she will spend a few weeks at the Tut wiler. Miss Brown has a large circle of friends in the city and is being cordially greeted.
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Miss Addie Goode of Lincoln is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Hambrick.
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been student at Auburn for the past year, is the guest of his mother, Mrs. D. F. Talley, and Dr. Talley at their home at Fountain Heights
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
Stony Point.

This vicinity was visited with a
nice little shower Friday
Charley Vcrmillion and daughters,
Vera and Versa, and Otto Boiling
went to Fulton, Kas., Thursday.
Harve Steel is still improving.
Mrs. Tom Huffman is on the COM
planning list this week.
Lewis Garner is slowly improving.
Mrs. Sallie Foster and daughter-in-
law visited at Henry Smiths Sunday.
Charley Heckadon and family mo-
tored to Fulton. Kas.. Friday.
Nobody newly married here at
present but lot that want to be.
George Vermillion has cheered up
some here of late.
Quite a number attended the big
show at Butler Thursday. All report
a good time.
Mrs. Miles Mcclure visited at Mrs.
F. NJ. Bolling's Sunday evening.
Frank Dickers was rowing i'll this
neighborhood Sunday.
Grant Garner called on his brother,
Lewis Garner, Sunday evening.
a. HAZEL.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
STORIES OF WOUNDED MAKE
KASERIN ILL
German Empress Collapses After
Hearing Accounts of Latest
Fighting

Amsterdam, August 23.-Empress
Augusta Victoria of Germany is i'll at
Castle Wilhelshohe, Hesse- Cassel, the
Lokal Anzeiger Of Berlin says, owing
to overstrain from her war RELIEF
work. Physicians in attendance
promise her full recovery within a
few weeks.
Emperor William, who has been al
most uninterruptedly in the field
since the spring offensive, has left
main headquarters for Wilhelshohe,
especially as 1.-The empress. sons are
prevented by their service obliga-
tions from attending their mothers
bedside.
The Berlin Vossche Zenung says
that the empress is suffering from
nervous depression, due to her num-
erous visits to the hospitals and talks
with the wounded from the most re,
cent ofiensives.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
Summit Happenings.

Mr. and Mrs. Fisher Lacy have re.
turned from trip to independence
Marshall and Slater. They report 4
fine trip with no car trouble. They
brought with them the Misses
time ago.
Frank Holland visited his son,
/Dode, at the Great Lakes and found
him well. The company of which
Dode is clerk is in readiness for over
sea service and it may mean that
Dode is to 60 soon.
d. M. Elledge returned to Bird
City, Kan, last week, after few day )
stay with his sister, Mrs. Robt. Stur-
geon.
DR.. and Mrs. J. M. Norris left
Tuesday for visit to their old home
in Macon county. 1t has been sew
eral years since they left there.
Charles Mcclure and wife, of near
Pittsburg, Kan, visited Robt. Stur-
geon and family. The McClures and
Surgeons grew up together in Car
roll county, Mo-, and this is the first
visit for more than thirty years.
w. =. Miller has sold his lease to
a party from Prairie City.
Edward Havens has taken the me-
chanical work in the Chevrolet shop
at Butler.
Ray Sturgeon is blowing the Walk
er farm and will put in one hundred
and ten acres of wheat.
The Red Cross will have their last
meeting at the school house this
week. They will move to the church
one mile south.
Jess Braden, one of our boys from
Camp Macarthur, visited at the home
of J. 7. Hyatt Saturday night.
We are still dry as bone. The
rains all went some other place.
Many farmers are hauling water for
stock Really, it is getting serious.
Mrs. Fred Jeffries and children re-
turned to their home in Havelock,
Neb., Tuesday after several days stay
with her parents.
T. c. Jones have two of their
daughters visiting them from Prairie
City, Iowa. >.
Frank Golladay has clerkship of
some kind at Camp Macarthur.
John Wilson, who bought the Stur
geon farm. has been blowing for
wheat.
Homer Clark's three little sons
spent several days last week at the
home of County Clerk Hollands
home. .
SUNSHINE.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
Germans Don't Like Americans With
an Automatic.

German timidity before American
pistol fighters armed with American
As caliber automatic pistols has
brought about change in the equip
ment of the American Expeditionary
Forces by the War Department, and
the Ordnance Department is rushing
production of these weapons. About
5000 arc turned out daily and produc-
ton is increasing. The impression
exists that shot from an American
As takes a man out of action COM
pletely. Men hit from the smaller
German pistols frequently continue in
action effectively. The As caliber
was adopted by the United States
Army in 1911.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
They were Mrs. Largent, Mrs. Duff
fey, Mrs. Dave Landlord, Mrs. Walls,
No. ;

They were Mrs. Largent, Mrs. DUFF
fey, Mrs. Dave Landlord, Mrs. Walls
Misses Eva O'Dea, Alvena, Natalia
and Hattie Maddy and Christine Lar
gent.
Misses Geraldine and Winona Ro-
bards went to Kansas City Sunday TO
spend a week with their grand
mother.
Everybody in Elkhart went to the
circus in Butler and all said it was
fine.
Miss Mile Taylor left Sunday for
visit with her brothers in Iowa.
Landlord brothers, Joe Cox and
George Raglan bought cattle i'll
Adrian Saturday.
Dave Roby returned Saturday from
Nebraska, where he had been work.
ing awhile.
Hal Chitwood is cutting torn for
Grant Roby.
Holland Bros. OF Hume. took their
mules home last week on account of
water shortage.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
SHORT STORIES
Of Local Interest-Clipped From
Our Exchanges.

Appleton City will hold their an
nual fair this year on Sept 4, S and
8. The Hudson fair which, was tc
have been held Aug. 20, was called
off and IA basket dinner held instead.
Appleton City had put one car Of
oil on the streets to keep down dus,
and had another ordered when Uncle
Sam stepped up and said that nc
more oil should be used for that pur-
pose.
Out of l48 agencies for certain au-
tomobiles, the Amsterdam agency
was first in number of cars sold dur
ing the month of July. This speaks
pretty we'll for the prosperity Of. that
part of the country.
Friday, August IS, the stork visited
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wit
ter and Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Massey,
of Amsterdam, says the Enterprise.
At the Witter home girl was left
and at the Massey's boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Z. Huddelson, Of
Adrian, have received word that their
son, Eveland, who was wounded in
the knee in May in France. and is
now in hospital is improving and
will not lose his leg unless complica-
tions set in, says the J Journal.
Lightning struck the barn on the A.
L. Burrus farm last Thursday after
noon and the building and its con-
tents were destroyed. The loss was
about $1,000 with no insurance. The
same evening lightning struck the
barn on DR.. Hu]ps farm, six miles
southeast of Adrian, and burned the
building and its contents. Jay Satter-
lee had in the barn $50 bushels of
oats, 100 bushels of old corn and
some hay and straw. The loss was
partially covered by insurance.
Adrian Journal
Miss Helen Smith received mes
sage Wednesday asking her to be i'll
New York the Goth ready for over
seas work with the Y. NJ. L. A. Later
in the day she received message
asking her to be there the 23rd. She
left this morning but will not arrive
there until the 25th. She has been Sc
lected to sing for the soldiers over
seas. Her many friends wish her a
safe voyage and a successful career in
the excellent work in the world war.
Adrian Journal
Hume is having troubles with its
lighting arrangements. About year
ago the Hume plant was sold to the
Electrical Power Company of Pleas
anton, Kansas, who entered into a
contract to furnish street lights for
the city and to furnish a o4-hour COM
service. The Hume Tele-
phone says that good part OF the
time since signing the contract the
town has been in darkness and last
week the president of the company,
!. H. Smith, filed a petition in bank !
ruptcy and the Telephone suggests |
that the city vote bonds to build their
own plant and further suggests that
they build an ice plant while they are
about it,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
Elkl1art News.

Everyone enjoyed the fine rain Fri
day night but it came too late to help
the corn.
The many friends of Earl Allen and
Miss Ida Blaser were much surprised
to learn of their marriage at Butler
last Thursday morning. These are
two of Elkhart's best young people
and their friends wish them happy
journey through life.
Frank Landlord and family left
Sunday morning for Lafayette coun-
ty to visit few days.
Several ladies spent Monday after
noon at Mrs. Jim Cowley's lacking a
comfort, which will be sold at the
Red Cross sale at Butler Thursday.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

In Ora J. Hartzler, who was recent
ly sent from Cass county to the Ma
tional Army, that county can claim
the medal for furnishing the most
conscientious objector, non-resistor,
peace at any price piece of yellow that
the National Army has had to deal
with. The Cass County Democrat
copies an article from a California
paper published near Camp Fremont.
where Hartzler is staying which says
that he spends large part of his time
in prayer. He steadfastly refuses to
do any work of any kind, either mil
itary or non-combatant. He told his
officers that so great was his love for
peace that he would not raise his
finger in protest If his mother and SIS
tiers were assaulted in his presence.
They must be proud of a son and
brother who expresses such senti-
ments.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
Spreader Saves Fertility. Labor
and Money.

Many. many tests have shown the
spreader to pay for itself in one sea-
son on less than fifteen acres of land,
when comparing its results with those
of hand spreading. This is due to
the more even distribution and the
saving Of labor and horsepower.
The more liberal use of spreaders
in this county would be mighty
good thing.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

The State Board of Equalization
Saturday VALIDATED real and personal
property of the state at $I,Soo, oS5, 53c
ior purposes of taxation. This is g.
per cent higher than the figures used
last year. The board decided to also
apprasc railroad property upon the
same basis as in 1917, when the taxa
ton valuation was $I4o,25o,3o2. Pub
lie utilities will be appraised at ap-
proximately the same figures as last
year, it was stated.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

Missourians, says the Joplin News
Herald, rise and remain standing
when the band plays The Star Span
gled Banner" They also rise some
times when the band plays "America."
odd Black joe" Little Brown Jug, y
Billy Boy" and several others, but
they yell like Comancl1es when the
band plays Dixie"
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

The Mennontes, religious sec'
who do not believe in war, have beer
causing a lot of trouble in Cass coun'
~ since the commencement of the
war. Last week representative OF
the department of justice was in tina;
county comforting with the members
OF the council of defense. A confer
ence was held with the leading men
OF the church and an agreement was
finally reached binding two of the
churches to donate $500 per month
for the next six months to the Ameri-
can Red Cross society. The contribu-
ton by the churches being in lieu of
any subscriptions by the individual
members of the churches.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

that composing is necessary for lib
Grafton of the plant food This may
be necessary on truck farms, but &C
tual experimenting along this line has
shown that for general farm purposes
composing is-Het necessary Foo
much valuable plant food is lost by
teaching and other processes. The
plants cannot assimilate it fast
enough,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
NO PROFIT FERTILIzINC THE
BARNARD.
Manure at $3.50 a Ton Should be
Fertilizing the Fields

They tell US that the commercial
value of ton of fresh horse manure
is about $3.50. The crop increasing
value is still more.
Now that looks good. doesn't it?
But just wait moment We said
fresh manure. Let's see what may
happen to this pile if it is not prop
crly taken care Of
Experiments tell us tina, ii thar ton
should be left to leach in the yard
from April 25th to September esth,
about six months, there will be loss
of 60 per cent nitrogen, AZ per cent
phosphorus, and 76 per cent potash.
the commercial value will have fallen
from $3.50 to $2.3o per ton. a waste
of $3.I4 Can you afford this:
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
M. E. Church intermediate Honor
Roll

The Intermediates of the Ohio St
M. +. church have the following
names on the honor roll for the
months of July and August:
Ralph Yates,
Margaret Yates,
Elmer Petty,
Freddie LaFever,
Leila Xenady,
Lula Buchanan,
Ina Faubion.
The Intermediates have been quite
busy folks this hot summer. During
the past two months they have made
three hundred seventy-one calls on
sick, and shutins of Butler, and sur
rounding country.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

Several weeks ago the three daugh-
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. o. Smith,
Of Lcbeck, were severely burned
when one OF them attempted to star!
a fire with coal oil. Last week, Clara,
the youngest, died of her burns.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

While Rhodes scholarships will not
be awarded in the United States this
year because of the war examinations
will be held October I and in all
states where there are candidates.
Missouri candidates for the scholar
ships should apply before September
II to A. Ross Hill president of the
University of Missouri and chairman
of the committee of selection for Mis-
souri,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

Holden lad its first military funer-
at Sunday when Allen Bryan was
buried. lie had been on the U. 5. S.
Denver and had made three round
trips conveying troops. He contract
ed pneumonia and died at Ports
mouth, Va The Home Guards of
Holden and Warrensburg conducted
the military ceremony. About fifteen
hundred persons attended the
obsequies.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

Bread rations for German soldiers
are being pared down because of food
scarcity, according to reports in Of
fetal circles. All men in uniform
heretofore have been allowed . sup
Elementary food ration, such as man.
ual laborers receive. Scarcity, how
ever, has forced abolition of extra
rations for all orderlies. mess attend
ants and other soldiers not engaged
IN eombatant or heavy service.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

A man who lives just west OF
Drexel, over in Kansas, one day last
week purchased ID pounds of sugar
from the Drexel stores. He was
forced 20 donate all of the sugar to
the Red Cross and will perhaps be
prosecuted for violating the orders of
the food administration.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

Acting Gov. Wallace Crossley last
week issued requisition for the re-
turn to Missouri OF Lieut.. w. c. Heck
of the United States Army, who is
wanted at California, Mo-. to answer
a charge of embezzling $1,000 while
Treasurer of Moniteau County. The
reqlisiticn was addressed to the Chief
Justice of the District of Columbia.
Heck was indicted last May by a
Moniteau County Grand Jury after
examiners for State Auditor Hack
mann reported an alleged shortage of
over $1,000 in his accounts. The
shortage covered a period of several
years. Heck is said to be an inspect
or of harness in. the army. He is a
member of a well-known family OF
Moniteau County.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

The Sheldon Enterprise gives as a
reason that the watermelons are not
SO swec, as usual this year that they
are Hooverizing and conserving
sugar
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

The county clerk of Cole county
has issued 1887 hunting licenses SO far
this year. Among those who have
taken out licenses this month is pre-
siding Judge w. w. Graves, of the
Supreme Court.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

In several battles of the Revolu-
tionary war the United States SOL
diers were given instructions to hold
their fire until they could see the
whites of the enemy's eyes and then
let him have it. 1t worked then and
it worked the other day on the Marine
in France, where press dispatches say
the American troops allowed the
Huns to get up close before they
opened fire. But when they did fire
they simply slaughtered the gray clad
troops Of the Beast of Berlin. Be-
fore the war is much older the "un-
trained" boys of Uncle Sam will have
taught the professional soldiers of
Europe many Yankee tricks.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

The knobnoster mill together with
a large amount of wheat was de-
stroyed by fire one day last week.
Loss $4,000
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

Hon. David A. Ball of Pike county,
several times candidate for COVER
nor OF Missouri, was nominated for
probate Judge in Pike county August
9th,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
MISSOURI NOTES.

To conserve flour and sugar, the
directors of the Shelby County Fair
have decided to offer no premiums
for cakes.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

At the recent classification of doc
tors for war service, 20 Vernon coun-
ty M. D's gave their address as Ne
vada. 1t looks as though Nevada
might worry along on about half that
number and let the other half do their
bit" with the boys lover there"
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29
Farm for Sale.

Well improved 40 acre farm 70,
sale. ? 1-2 miles from Butler. If in
terested address
44-3t+ Box sc, Butler, Mo.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

Big selection of Duofolds. SIS to
Ao, Murray. 45-2t
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-29

Composing not Necessary.
Many people are still Of the idea