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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
COUNTY BOARD WANTS M FEN FOR A U B U R N
 VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Men Wanted for Camp Wheeler and Navy Yards at Charleston by
 Board No. 3

The Jefferson County Board No. 3 has received call for seven white men in Class 1 of the registration of June 1917. June, 1918, or August 24, 1918, to be sent to Auburn for vocational training. These men have until Saturday to vol unteer for this service and if the re uuired number is not received by that time they will be drafted.
 The men qualified for this call must have a grammar scncol education and an aptitude for mechanical work. These men will be trained as automobile driv-
 CTS, machinists. civil engineers, radio operators, typographical draftsmen, weld CTS and linemen. They will leave or October 15. No men registering on Sep tember F will be eligible for this work The board has received orders to sen( 1 37 white men to Camp Wheeler, at Ma 1 con. Ga. the tive-day period beginning 1 october 21 This call will take all Clas. II white men of the county board. witt
 the exception of the registrants of Sep 1 tember l2.
 | Five negroes in limited service will b' entrained by Jefferson county board No i; on October IS for service in the navy yards at Charleston, s. C. These mer will report at the office of the boar,
 on Thursday afternoon. October IT. a 1 3 o'clock when they will be checked
 and inducted into the service by Secre 1 tary J. F. Elliott.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
OH! FOR RELIEF FROM FLAMING
 SKIN DISEASES

from the blood before a cure can be expected.
 You know well enough that you cannot reach the blood by applying lotions, ointments, salves, washes and other local applications to the surface of the skin. So when you use such treatment for your tormenting skin diseases, the most you can expect is a temporary discon- tinuance of the pain, which promptly returns, and keeps you constantly applying the local remedies, making no progress whatever toward per manently ridding yourself of the disease.
 Why longer continue such makeshift treatment? Go to your drug store today and get a bottle of s. s. S., the reliable blood purifier, and begin a treatment that will prove satis- factory, as it has to thousands of others who were afflicted just as you have been. s. s. S. has been used for more than fifty years, so that you are not experimenting when you take it. It will promptly cleanse the blood of every impurity and rout out entirely every trace of disease germs.
 Don't continue to suffer, but begin taking s. s. s. today and write our head physician, who will give you full instructions about your own case. Address Medical Director, 4O4 Swift l Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
BIRMINGHAM AROUSED BY
 WONDERFUL DISCOVERY
Many Local People Making Inquiry About Puzzling
 Mineral Formation

Few stories have appeared in the news
 papers in many years which have
 caused so much comment and created
 such widespread interest in this city as the one published yesterday, regarding the strange mineral substance which was investigated by leading geologists. Already many people in this city have
 anxiously made inquiry about this pug
 zling geological formation, while reports from Atlanta, Georgia, indicate that the
 offices there are deluged with requests for additional information.
 This story, it will be recalled, told about the accidental discovery by gold miner in the mountains of North Geor-
 gia of a strange black rock about which
 so many reports were circulated. After an exhaustive investigation had been made, it was ascertained that lit
 tie attention had been paid to the dis
 covery by the people in the neighborhood
 until the miner making it reported an
 unusual experience after drinking spring water into which pieces of the rock had been thrown.
 The fact was also brought out that people Hooked to the scene of discovery from miles around, all eager to secure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES ]. coRBETT

| Gus Ruhlin was the ideal man. sent for him and made a proposition to him. Gus was training at the time for bout with Tom Sharkey and my plan suited him perfectly. Working out witl me would give him just the kind Of 1 training he needed and Gus accepted | upon this unusual condition: "I'll take the job if you will guaran- tee that all our boxing is to be done strictly in private
 Do you mean that no one at all-not even my other sparring partners-wii; sec us?" l asked
 That's it. replied Gus. Everything must be under cover l don't want any
 one to know my condition because it
 might reach Sharkey's ears.' I tried to convince Gus that no one in my camp would "peach"-but Gus in sisted upon our bouts being in strict seclusion Because I needed Gus as a sparring partner I consented to his re- 1 quest and selected a small barn, on the l edge of my training quarters. l Because Gus barred everyone from the 1 contests, we would enter the little barn,
 stripped for action and then bolt the 1 door. A time-keeper, armed with a big l club, stood outside the door. When we 1 yelled ready he would bang the door with his club as signal for us to be- gin-and at once Gus and I would gc | to it with will.
 l The barn was very small-so small that l footworl< was impossible. There was l nothing for us to do but to stand toe-to- toe and slug each other Knockdowns
 meant nothing. We dashed out with viciousness. Each toughened the othe, 1 with sledge-hammer blows. It was give i and take, with no quarter given-and none asked.
 l At the end of three minutes the time i keeper on the outside would bang the
 door with his club. Then we would take
 a minutes rest, which ended when the | timekeeper. cracked the door for the be. | ginning of the next round
 l Those were slugging matches-real ones l Each of us hit with everything we had l No championship battles ever provoked
 more whirlwind action than those bouts
 with Ruhlin. Right at the outset I hao
 insisted that all ciinching would be
 barred. Open fighting alone was to pre-
 vail. And so those three minute rounds behind the closed doors oft barn were | filled with intense action.
 | In all my training days no one evel I give me workouts like Gus Ruhlin die back in 1900 in that little barn in Jer.
 sey. The superb condition was in wher
 I went into battle with Big Jeff was due largely to those unique. gruellins encounters.
 Gro be continued tomorrow)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
RAILWAY EMPLOYES GET A
 SLIGHT INCREASE
Increase of Two Cents an Hour Granted Conductors, Motormen, Machinists
 and Shop Employes

Employes of the Birmingham
 Railway, Light and Power com
 pnny were granted raise of two
 cents an hour in their wages yes-
 terday by President J. s. Pevear.
 The new wage scale takes effect as
 of last Tuesday.
 This is an advance of 10 cents an hour over the wage scale provided Tor in the contract between the company and the employees which still has al- most a year to run. Under the con- tract the wages range from IS to zs cents. according to the length of time the employe has been in the service of the company Beginning with March l, 1918. successive increases ot three cents. two cents, three cents, and two cents have been made, bringing the wages now received by the em ployes up to a minimum of 2S cents and a maximum of SS cents an hour.
 The new rate applies to conductors, motormen, machinists and all employees in the shops.
 Under their contract with the com pany the shopmen and car crews bind themselves not to strike during the life of the contract, but in the event of a dispute arising, to sumbit it to arbitration if they cannot come to an agreement with the company. There is nothing in the contract, however, that will prevent an individual from leaving the service of the company at any time he wishes, but in view of the fact that the company has ae- ceded to their request for increased wages, and granted all they asked for it is not believed that any of the men now in the employ of the company will quit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
INTERESTING DATA SENT TO FARMERS
 BY FOOD BUREAU
Contains Information About Seeds, Soils, Rotation of Crops and How
 to Care for Wheat

For the information and guidance of farmers who have been urged to plant more wheat this fall Secretary A.. $. Leath of the food preparedness bu- reau is sending out bulletin issued by the government filled with instruc- tive data relative to wheat growing. It contains crop statistics, cost of produc- ton. yield per acre, articles on soils. fertilizers, crop rotation, preparation of seed beds, preparing and sowing wheat pests, uses of wheat and har- vesting of the crop.
 MT. Leath yesterday received let ter from J. l.. Edwards, manager of the agricultural section of the United States railroad administrations. in (which he states that he has discussed the wheat programme of the food preparedness bu- reau with the agricultural representa- tives of the railroad administration in Alabama and found that they were CO., operating with the bureau, which action he approved and commended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
Terrifying Itching Causes
 Continuous Torture

Do you sometimes feel like YOU will scream if you do not get relief from the tormentlng and terrifying itching and irrl- tating burning that makes you feel like your very skin IS ablaze?
 Possibly your disorder has not reached the torturing stage as yet, but there are thousands of victims of skin diseases that know too we'll the we'll nigh un- endurable pain that comes from eruptions, irritations, pimples, boils, ulcers, eczema, psoryasis, carbuncles and the numerous other forms of tor ment that attack the delicate tissues of the skin.
 The only proper method of treatment for any disease is a remedy that will reach its source, that will remove. it's cause and not simply palliate it's symptoms. Every form of skin ailment comes from a col Ony of millions upon millions of tiny disease germs that infest the blood. Naturally, then, these germs must be eradicated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
TRAPSHOOTING DIGEST
When the Leaves Begin to Fall It Is
 Time to Unlimber the Gun

It is at this season of the year that large percentage of trapshooters drop their single trap guns-"pumps" and breech-loading single sticks'-and un- Timber the good old double.
 The latter has ever been known as "tho gentlemans game gun" Many duck clubs demand it's use through the or ganization bylaws, hence, as ,ae trap shooting season wanes it becomes more in evidence.
 As the desiduous trees of earlier leaf shedding, the poplar cottonwood. etc, begin to drop their foliage, suggestion of fall is in the air and Mr Duckshooter is at the traps for that practice which means a full bag. For the sportsman who contemplates going afield either for ducks or upland game, @ session or two at the traps prior to his departure will mean much as to results, since it keys him up for that quick calculation which game shooting demands.
 | I. is pleasing to the trapshooter to note 1 the trend of patriotism which governs every shooting programme one may now
 pick up. Liberty Bonds. War Savings i Certificates and Thrift Stamps as tro- phies egg on the contestants. while ali- { day Red Cross shoots are of Weekly ! occurrence over the country generally Quoting from recent shoot report ema-
 mating from Peru, Ind, it will be noted that the serious business of the moment was never lost sight of:
 1 Inside of the club house floated the state flag of Indiana and a service flag
 of Indiana and a service flag of II stars i Under the porch flew the flags of our allies, Belgium, France, England and Italy, while from the peak of the flag
 staff floated the gentle waves of the
 most glorious of all flags, our own Old Glory.
 Master George Miller. the 9-year-old ! trapshooter of Brewton, Ala, youngest contestant in the grand American handi-
 cap. handled his little 20 gauge repeater l with grace and familiarity to excite tho | admiration and wonder of the gallery. 1 A beautiful silver cup, suitably en-
 graved, followed the young man to his
 home and will undoubtedly carry with
 it more fond memories as the years
 roll on than any trophy he may win in | the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
Local Exchange Has Nurses on Hand to
 Guard Against Epidemic

Anticipating the possible out break of influenza among the op- orators, Manager George R.. Knox of the local branch of the South ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company has provided the proverb- ial ounce of prevention, and the young ladies doing this very essen- tial work are now not only guarded most carefully while in the ex- changes by every advantage of good ventilation and sanitation, but trained nurses have actually been provided and are on duty day and night to watch for the first sign or an outbreak of the disease.
 This is the first instance to be reported where such thorough pre- cautlonary measures have been taken to stamp out the epidemic and it is thought that the example may be followed shortly by other large concerns wherein the em- ployes are thrown into such close contact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
CAPT. 4'COT' HENLEY .TELLSOF ARMY LIFE
Local Officer in France Says ''Boche Has Lots of Fight
 in Him Yet"

Probably no Birmingham man in the service is more widely acquainted or more universally beloved than Capt. Courtney s. Henley, known to his many local friends as Got" When war was declared, Cot entered the first officers training camp at Cor don and three months later returned home on short vacation. wearing the insignia of an infantry captain
 Captain Henley now commands a company of "doughboys," members of the Eighty-first division. whose vali- ant fighting in helping wipe out the St. Mihiel salient a short time back, received the highest praise from war correspondents over there Following is characteristic letter from Cot recently received by his mother, Mrs John c. Henley:
 September s, 1918.
 "Dearest Mother: am sure by now you have gotten several of my letters, and are better able to realize how difficult it is for me to write often, but I am going to every chance I get, Am well as can be and our weather has been beautiful, but'I expect it is going to be pHetty bad from now on.
 Have gotten all your letters, also
 hear from Walter and John (his
 brothers) and with The Age-Her-
 aid. have regular feast. Some
 times I get mail only II month
 old, other times it is very old. It
 makes everyone here feel good to
 know how the whole country is
 pulling together to win this war,
 and that's what it takes. The Boche
 has a lot of fight fin him yet, but
 I think he sees the beginning of
 the end.
 only heard of Mort Jordan's death the other day. I'll bet he was up there in the middle of it.
 Dent think we spend all the time in the trenches. as we are frequently out for a few days and sometimes have fine billets where I crawl in one oi these old four-poster French beds and sink down and leave a call for tive days later.
 I've got a good cook and an order ly, Patrick Connolly by name. He is a wonder For. instance, for dime, today we had fried chicken. hot bis cult and fried potatoes. How does Ythat sound for shell-torn France?
 "The spirit of the men is wonder ful, and~@ there's nothing that they can't and won't do. These men, from all walks of life, from bootblacks te college professors, have made me bs- lieve in human nature in way never thought possible.
 Remember me to all and take good care of yourself. Write when you can Don't worry. Remember, you woul! know at once if I wasn't all right Your son, COURTNEY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
Mother of w. w. OdOm
 Dies in Tennessee

News has been received in this city of the death of Mrs. Susie Odom. wife of Demps Odom of Watertown Tenn, which occurred yesterday morning fol- lowing long illness. The deceased was the mother of W. w. Odom of this city, who was at her bedside when the end came. The funeral will take place this morning in Watertown.
 Mrs. Odom was well known in Bir- mingham, where she has often visited her son. and her many friends will re- gret to learn of her death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10

pieces of this strange mineral forina- tion.
 It was learned that those people in the neighborhood who had used the rock as medicine had obtained astonishing results in disorders of the stomach kid- neys, blood troubles and numerous oth- CT ailments so common among people of today. It was also ascertained that these people had extracted the curative powers in a crude and primitive man. ner. It could be readily seen that if this remarkable mineral substance should he treated by scientific laboratory meth ods, the results would undoubtedly be much more astonishing. It was because of this that company was organized to treat the rock scientifically and ex- tract the health-giving properties into liauid form. These efforts were crowned with success and the liquid thus ob- tained has an even more remarkable ef- feet
 Arrangements have been made with Eugene Jacobs Drug Store of this city to place this great discovery at the dis posal of the public. Any one desiring to see a piece of this strange black rock may do so by calling on Eugene Jac- obs Drug Store-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
U. 5. ID PAY ALL
 INTEREST ON THE
 BONDS OF W. J.
Agreement Will Probably Continue for Period of Government Control
 of Wires

Washington, October 9.-Under an agreement completed today between the postoffice department and the Western Union Telegraph company. the govern ment agrees to pay all interest on out. standing bonds of the company all divi. dends and interest payments due or stocks and bonds of subsidiary compa. nies, all taxes and operating charges on the property and in addition the sum of ss.00O000 annually
 This sum insures the present rate of dividend on the companys stock
 The agreement, announced tonight by Newconlb Carlton, president of the com pany, with approval of Postmaster Gen. eral Burleson, presumably is to continue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
OFFICE BUILDING
 IS SOLD FOR $40,000
One of Largest Recent Realty Deals 1 Reported by Local Firm of Realtors

One of the largest realty deals recent ly reported was that announced yester- day whereby the Alabama State Land company building, located at BIO Twenty first street, north, was sold by the An derson estate to the Southern Life and Health Insurance company for a consid- eraton approximatng s40,000. The sale was made by Moseley, Henderson x Davis, one of the leading realtor firms in the city.
 President c. P. Orr of the Southern Life and Health Insurance company stated that his concern would immediate ly move into the ground floor of the building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10

This ix the fourth chapter of a
 series which Mir. COrbett is writ
 ing concerning his great fight witt,
 James J, Jeffries in 1900. In this
 series of articles Mir. Corbett re-
 veais to the public for the first
 time. some of the dramatic and
 humorous features of thnt fight
 which. up to this time, were known
 only to hfs~intimates.
 The shifting of the date for my battle with Jim Jeffries from October, 1910 to May, 1900, still left me nearly three months for training. And I utilized every minute of it. Knowing the rugged dur able type of athlete I would face in Jeffries and realizing that I had to bat tie my own handicap of age, I left noth- ing undone to whip myself into perfect trim for my comeback battle.
 Lakewood, N. J., an ideal health re- sort, was selected as my training quar- ters. As soon as l opened up my camp I surrounded myself with the very best boxers and conditioners that I could se- cure. Charlie Golf and Stockings Con- roy. heavyweights, Kid Carter, fast and shifty middleweight, and Leo Par dello, a wrestler, were among my early partners. Conroy and Golf enabled me to get some solid punching practice and Carter, because Of his speed, developed me in footwork and defensive tactics.
 I used Pardelo for wrestling-and every day we put on some gruelling struggles My instructions to Pardello were to lean on me with all his weight to bear down upon me just as a man would do in a clinching bout. l knew that Jeffries would outweigh me nearly 50 pounds and that he would use that bulk to great advantage in clinches. I wanted to ac. custom myself to as much leaning as possible.
 Fred Stone, the actor, and a fellow who in my opinion, and that of many others, ranks as one of the greatest ama- teur boxers in the world, often went down to my camp and worked out with me Other boxers dropped in from time to time and I never lacked assistance in conditioning myself for the big bat tie of my career.
 As the weeks slipped by and the date neared for the contest, I felt my great est need was a boxer on Jeffries order one who could stand up under my heav- lest hammering. man who could take the place in my camp that Jeff filled when trained for Fitz in 1897. And
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10

for the period of government control
 It is the second contract entered into by the postoffice department with the big wire companies taken over by the gov ernment last July under the joint res olution of Congress. The first. with the American Telephone and Telegraph com pany, was announced several days ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York, October s.--The market
 today was unsettled and lower, finally
 selling below soc for the first time
 since last August Sentiment continues
 very bearish, and while the trade con- tines to buy slowly on the decline, their purchases are not sufficient to absorb
 the selling which in large measure ap- pears to be speculative. It is expected
 that the south will meet the decline
 more freely. There is, of course, sell ing of hedges each day against the
 movement, but as yet we do not think there is any general selling movement in evidence. Weather conditions are generally favorable and the crop is probably still making growth, although the report from the weather bureau this morning was not as favorable as we had anticipated. There appears to be no speculative demand in the market whatever, and we do not see at the mo- ment what will revive it. On the other hand, as we have said before, we think the contracts go steadily in the hands of the trade.-Hubbard Bros. & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-10

just as happy as he would be at a church social T have talked with the negroes of- ncers and they tell me that the negro s
 favorite term over here Is 'Cummon. les go git him. And the him referred to is always boche, several of him. usually"
Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-09
Patriotic Negroes.

On Sunday, April %, at the
Colored Christian church in Mt.
Sterling, Red Cross workers met
to enlist the support of the color
ed people. 1t was explained to
them that the workers were not
present to ask for money then,
but only to affect an organization.
Notwithstanding this the coIored
people present insisted that a col.
lection be taken up, which pro,
duced $221.00. One colored man
then moved that this sum be con,
sidered as a voluntary offering
and not to be credited on the
amount expected of them.
This is a fine example of patri
otic giving. Some of the coloreC
men contributed as much az
twenty dollars. Whatever otheI
faults the Negro may have hi
has never been disloyal, and tn,
generous contributions to tn,
Red Cross fund at Mt. Sterling
ought to shame the white mel
who have been stingy in thei
Red Cross contributions.