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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
Fragrant Example
 of Pro-Germanism

M WELL-KNOWN young man of A Birmingham, a naturalized cit izen of German percentage, has been arrested charged with defacing a questionnaire by writing across the first page these words:
 q hereby claim my exemption given me by the constitution of the United States from all military service, ex- cept for the purpose of enforcing the laws of the Union, suppressing insur- rection and repelling invasion"
 This young man, shipping clerk, by the way, who presumes to interpret the constitution of the United States and previously claimed exemption from all foreign service on his regis tration blank, is now under $2500 bond and his folly may result seriously for him. The government has no time to argue with misguided individuals, old or young, who think they know more about the constitutionality of the draft law than the supreme court, which has pronounced it constit1 tional.
 There is entirely too much pro- Cermanism in Birmingham. It is common talk on the streets and in all places where people meet. Fed eral officials here are alert and prompt in making arrests, but it is only when ro-Germans violate the law or make open avowal of their sentiments that the department of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Loose Leaf Week

Loose beaI Neek
 Birmingham is doing her part in connection with Loose Leaf Week." which is a national event all over the United States" said Robert w Ew- ing.
 There never was 8 time in the his tory of the country when the impor- tance of better accounting was so much a factor. The Hon. Edward N. Hurley, when chairman of the fed eral trade commission at Washington, blazed the way when he said:
 " Leaving out of consideration the banking, railroad and public utilities corporations, and referring only to those that have to do with trade and industry. we find that there are about 25,000 business corporations in the United States of America. The aston ishing thing is that over 100000 of these report no net income whatever. In addition, 90,000 make less than $5o00 a year.
 Only the 60,000 remaining, the more successful ones, make 5000 year and more. Does this not demon- strate the need of most thorough study of our industries as basis for remedying these conditions? Does it not also show the necessity for better accounting methods and business prac- tice?
 The stationers of Birmingham have taken hold of National Loose Leaf Week in earnest and are making very extensive displays"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
ALABAMA PRESS

Selma Journal: If ticekt seller al the railroads were taken over by the gov ernment, probably he thinks by now he owns the government. Talladega Home: The food shortage in England will make John Bull less apo
 plectc than he's ever been before.--Bir-
 mingham Age-Herald. But not less pugnacious and tenacious,
 now that he's fairly in the scrap. He'll get his ears "chawed' into strings, be- fcre he'll give up. Same with your Un- cle Sam, who with J. B. makes two of a kind, in the same boat; but Uncle Sam will never kick the bucket from apoplexy, judging from his pictures. Gadsden Times News: Etowah county needs and must have a farm demonstra- tor, We cannot afford to go backward while the other counties of the state are going forward.
 /, lbanyDecatur Daily: 1t doesn't re- quire much imaginative alarm to pie | tuIt tue lOOu SttudtlOIl III tue tcIlid empires as highly satisfactory-on thls side of the pond.
 l Mobile Register: The Italian customs
 men have ruled that baseballs and base | ball bats are toys and therefore luxu ries; and should not be imported intd 1 Italy. They should read up and learn what heavy work the Americans do with | these toys
 1, Tuscaloosa News: Tuscaloosa lost out yesterday before the interstate commerce commission at Washington. D. C., in it's comp aint of discrimination by several rairo ads.
 l Tuscaloosa claimed that northern roads , were favoring Birmingham, Selma and Montgomery.
 l That's all right. Tuscaloos has ever been a good loser.
 l We're qp the banks of a stream that S
 goins to bring great prosperity to our
 doors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
BATHS OUT OF STYLE

New York Correspondent Pittsburgh Dis
 patch.
 Unshaven--and worse yet, unwashed, hordes of New Workers are walking around angrier than a hornet. Water pipes in thousands of homes have been frozen for a week, and no hope is in sight Razors and baths are out of fash ion for the time. Manhattanites, who only wash their face once day, anyway, may be observed in the cars and on the streets with several days labor show ing all over their countenances and in some cases, the eggs from yesterday s breakfast are still visible. Three thou- sand or more school children are protest ing there is no water or steam heat. It is said that some of the kids Wept them selves into hysterics because they had to go skating instead of being allowed to find the greatest common denoimnator. And, again, there is no relief in sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10

justice can proceed against them.
 The Providence Journal carries on it's editorial page daily warning to its readers to report to federal au- thorities all persons whose loyalty will not stand the acid test of investiga- tion. The plan is worth trying in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
Billy Some scrappcr

T have been in some exciting revival meetings" said Rev. J. O. Hanes, the well known conference evangelist of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, but I unquestionably say that things hap pened quicker and warmed up faster in Atlanta when the German tackled Billy Sunday and Billy got in action than I had ever seen them do before.
 T happened to be present and I will never forget the excitement created. Billy is usually able to furnish enough excitement without any outside help, but I reckon Atlanta just had to have something pulled off bit different from any other place where he had preached
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10

them, but it is all friendly and all for the best.
 The Chamber of Commerce will al- ways be distinct center of influence; and in this year, so full of promise lindustrially and commercially, there will be abundant opportunity for this and other civic bodies to do things that will give Birmingham new and greater stride.
 Let there be big turnout at the chambers meeting. There is nothing like an suspicious start for new year.
 Speaking of his reply to an imperti- nent letter from Mrs. Catt, Senator Un- derwood said Tt will be different from that which l would write were Mrs Catt Mir Catt" It is possible to rub even the urbane oscar the wrong way.
 # .> q
 It's pretty hard to take a drinking mans breath away but the eelerity with which Mississippi ratified the proposed prohibition amendment to the federal constitution probably did it in a number of cases.
 A picture postcard from a young man in the navy, who has lately been look ling over the hula-hula girls of Hawaii, shows that those maidens certainly know how to "Hooverize" clothes. 4. # i. Governor Stanley of Kentucky has made Irwin S. Cobb a colonel on his staff. Still, that doesn't necessarily mean that Coloenl Cobb will soon Ego over the top" A German woman writing to the New York Tribune, says she would rather be | in the hot place than back in Germany. Neither is an ideal place of residence. ] # < x l Naturally, German newspapers can see no good in the speeches of Lloyd George and President Wilson. If they did SO, edtorially, they would be suppressed. * # < | If President Wilson's address to Con gress could be freely circulated in Ger many the end of the war might not be so far off as 1t now appears. l x < x 1 Judge Hylan, whether reluctantly or not 1t is impossible to say at this dis l tance. has thrown a few bones to the Tammany tiger. l The extension of Germany's submarine zone is another example of Teuton cam ouflage which doesn't mean anything in particular. | On the other hand. the high price of food may increase the number of thin women-and, therefore, fashionable wom- en.
 l The man who used to live for his stomach is having a hard time these days to justify his existence at all. < *
 A little more unrest in Germany and the Kaiser will be compelled to pay closer attention to the socialists. | # # # How much longer will foolish Teutons boast of the Hindenburg sword? It's already full of hicks.
 # ]. T.
 That improbable yarn about the Red Cross selling sweaters to Solders is still going the rounds
 < # I Wherever Kerensky is-or is not-he isn't burning up the cables with his speeches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
The Auto Truck
 As Mail Carrier

1E HE government, in establishing
 0 auto-truck mail routes for short hauls, has made an appreciable advance in minimizing traffic con- gestion on the railroads. While the truck cannot make the speed here abouts of railway train, even when the latter runs on an accommoda- tion schedule, it will have the advan- tage of keeping on time.
 The first auto-truck route in Ala bama will be inaugurated between Birmingham and Montgomery on February 1. The distance by road is 105 miles and the operating time con- stunned will be ten hours and a half a little more than ten miles an hour. There will be only one truck-mail a day each way at the begnning, but the steam carriers will continue to be used for additional mails.
 After the truck as mail carrier has passed the experimental stage, a much higher rate of speed may be ex- pected. Improved tires will facilitate the movement of the trucks, but the principal factor will be good roads. A year or two ago the roadbed from Birmingham to Montgomery was in excellent condition as highways in this part of the country go, but it is in poor condition today. Automo- bilists who have travelled over roads lof concrete construction would call it wretched. It bears out what State Highway Engineer w. s. Keller has tried to impress upon county authori- ties that money appropriated for building good road is practically thrown away unless provision is made for it's maintenance.
 Even the highest class of macadam becomes a bad road unless it is re- paired at frequent intervals. The time will come when the public will demand concrete roads. The first cost may seem large, but as maintenance will require small expenditure, the economy of this character of road building is obvious.
 If the Montgomery road, as it was
 a year ago, had been kept in fair con. dition a mail truck could be scheduled flor twelve or thirteen miles an hour With a concrete road, which must
 eventually come, a truck, using the
 latest device in tires, could easily make twenty miles an hour Mail leav- i ing here at 530 a. m. could then reacf Montgomery at II o'clock instead of 4
 in the afternoon. During the present
 emergency the government may put lup with road not of the best, but when auto-mail trucks are accepted
 as permanent utilities the poor roal
 will become a thing of the past |
 may be that some of the government
 Appropriation for this year under thu Bankhead act can be made available
 for the highway between Birmingham
 and Montgomery. That would help.
 But now that a start on an auto
 truck mail route out of Birmingham lis being made, there can be little
 doubt but that it will prove popu
 lar and in the end result in i;
 general movement for concrete roads l * < #
 To Strive For Big
 l fn1O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10

COMPLETE PARALYSIS.
 When MT. Twobble came home last night he gave me fine song and dance about Where he had been,' said Mrs. Twobble scornfully.
 He must have been in much letter condition than Mir Jagsby was when two of his friends brought him home" said Mrs Jagsby "He could neither sing nor dance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10

BEGINNING THE DAY--Lord, may I not seek for Thee. Thou are seeking for me; may I simply con- sent to be found. Thou art always knocking; may I simply open. Thou art the Shepherd calling; may l simply answer. May I not go out side to find what is inside. Amen. HI. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
Sol Caheen Flushed

T was late in getting to my store this morning on account of having to at tend meeting of the fuel board" said Sol Caheen. in explaining the reason for his late rising-as I, is a well-known fact that he never gets to the store until about 10 bells.'
 Yes" said John Sparrow. that is a good job for you. stay with that fuel stuff, you are getting good seasoning and good training for the hereafter And Sol went right up stairs and walked into the Rotary luncheon and sat down and said ''nairy' word more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
REMUNERATION.

'Prunes are a staple article of diet for soldiers
 eso I've heard"
 By the way, are you doing your part toward food conservation?'
 Sure And rve-been doing it for years. dare say I've declined to eat enough prunes to ration an army
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
A Really Sad Story

My wife and I were invited over to dine with father and mother on Sun day" said George M Morrow. Jr.,' and, of course we looked forward with pleasure to a day with them at Glen Iris, but early Sunday morning mother called us up, saying some enterprise ing burglar had come with wheel barrow and cleaned the entire pantry out. Father had just brought in lot of fresh meat from the farm, and mother was bragging on what fine turkey she had in the refrigerator. Ex- pecting to spend the day out, my wife had not laid in her regular Sunday supplies. To make an end to sad story, it wound up by all of us having to go to hotel for dinner.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
cAm1EzuaMdAauttH

r. S.--If some of you overfed ones who read this will cut down your daily ra- tion just a little bit, it will make you feel easier and go long way toward feeding our own men and those of the allies They have a full programme of fighting to do. let's give them full menu, a fighting one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
No USE TO WORRY.

My boy" said the eminent capitalist,
 T am still waiting for you to make start in fife
 Don't worry about that, dad replied the up-to-date young man. since the days when you were a section boss you have acquired enough momentum to carry two generations of your descend ants through life without the necessity of their lifting a finger"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
NEVER FIRES A BLANK

From the Clanton Press
 Frank Willis Barnett, of The Age Herald never fires a blank, Every time he picks up his pencil to write, an addition to the pure, wholesome literature of this country is made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
Oliver Cox Back Here

'Yes, l am back in Birmingham for while,' said Oliver Cox, who for years as secretary of the Rotary club scintillated in Rotarygrams, and in other ways impressed his charming personality upon the 'Rotos.'
 T am waiting for the Southern Ship building corporation to get a bit further under headway before saying good-by for good to dear old Bir- mingham. l find 1t cheaper and much pleasanter to live here than in New York, and so am doing my patient waiting among my friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
WOULD THROW MONEY AWAY

From the New York Herald.
 Some way we do not expect to see any great upheaval of sympathy in this country for the plight of American en- listed men who complaip that they are not permitted to travel first class" on English railroads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
SUN SHINES IN FLANDERS

From the Christian Science Monitor. The s.s sill shines in Flanders. Ana pigeons come and go Iii ciicling flight around the site Or many stern chateau Inc birds still sing in Flanders And g.ass springs sweet and free Fer all the hell of shot and shel And terror's tyranny. And from the fields, at even, Email groups of folk return Tb lights that greet them, down tn % street.
 Kad fires that warmly burn.
 And children laugh in Flanders,
 And dance upon their way.
 Their eyes ablaze. with happy dave ar innocence and play.
 And. see, the little people,
 C,bedient, faithful. kind.
 stll pull their loads down Flemish road
 Nith leafy poplars lined. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
 WHY ATLANTA GETS THE PLUMs

From the Houston Post. Birmingham is beginning to feel like
 a stepchild because Atlanta is so much more lucky in pulling down juicy war
 plums from Washington, while Blr- mingham chops wood and totes water. There Is always knack in shaking a plum tree. Atlanta has it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
UNFAIR TEST.

T don't believe these clerks in infor- nation bureaus understand half the ques- tions asked them said the inquisitivs man.
 "oh, you must be mistaken about that"
 Maybe so, but just to see what he would say asked a young man in an in- formation bureau if he thought it would rain in Kansas"
 what did he say?'
 ."Next train for Kansas. 4:15 TracA 1t,. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
MOST CONsTDERATE.

'I don't mind, lending you this money, Clippings, but I'm afraid you won't pay 1t back
 My dear and only friendd, I insist on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10

Member of the Associated Press
 The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also tho local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
OTHER WORK.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
 How does your garden grow? .I chucked the thing, away last spring. I'm knitting socks, you know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
PUTTING IT OVER.

PUTTING IT OVER. Today Life's way Seems hard: Small things With stings Retard. My brain Would fain Have rest; Much-crossed, I've lost
 The zest With which I'd itch
 To work At rhymes, Sometimes Would shirk The task And ask
 To be From toll And moi
 Set free. But Mist try
 This space To fiji, And will--> Sad case; Must write Some light Near-fun-- Thin stuff. Enough.
 I'm done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10

Washington bureau. 2o7 Hibbs build- ing.
 European bureau. Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms 4s to SO, inclusive, Tribune building, New York city; western business office Tribune building, Chicago. The ;. .. Beckwith special Agency. agents for foreign advertising,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10

Honesty coupled to beauty, is to nave honey sauce to sugar.
 As You Like It. 2 2 x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10

Gadsden Times News; Etowah county needs and must have farm demonstra- tor We cannot afford to go backward while the other counties of the state are going forward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10

Albany Decatur Daily: 1t doesn't re- quire much imaginative alarm" to pie ture the food situation in the central empires as highly satsfactory-on thls side of the pond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-10

NN 7 AsHINGToN, January 9.-(Spe-
 V former British ambassador to
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26

ment of its size-up of the situation
as it now stands, the Piedmont ven
lures the opinion that the man Who
defeats Blease will succeed Tillman
and the man who defeats Richards
will succeed Manning.
"Of course, conditions may mate
rally change before the campaign
really opens, but that looks to be the
lay of the land at present. And the
men who defeat Blease and Richards
are not going to have walk-oVer." "
And the Piedmont is not shooting
far OF the mark as we see it. There
are going to be many surprises when
the votes are counted after the next
primary election.
Mr.. Cooper by making the race two
years ago antagonized a good many
who we're his political friends and
would have been glad to support him
this year, Somehow they feel that
he permitted himself to be used to
elect Manning with no expectation OF
winning himself. We do not say that
this is true, but there are those who
believe it, and it will have It's effect
AS for US we cannot believe Cooper
could have been used in any sucn
way.
But as the Piedmont says there
may be many changes before the
election comes and a primary is a
very uncertain thing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26
EMPEY WOULD
ENLIST IN ARMY

Atlanta, Feb. 15.-Arthur Iuj
Empey, author of "Over the Top" the
greatest book that has been written On
the war, the material for which he
gathered in actual service, first in the
United States army, then in the
trenches with the English army IN
France, where he was wounded anu
discharged as incapable of further &C
tive service, will probably be in At
lanta today to make application at the
local recruiting office for enlistment
in the United States army.
"The Tuscania is at the bottom OF
the ocean, American lives have been
lost he said in a telegram to the
president, pleading to be allowed to
enlist in the army and offering his
service as a private. The adjutan'
general Thursday wired Captain Fa-
mel at the local recruiting station to
get in touch with Mr.. Empey and al
ter examination submit report anu
recommendation.
He is now in Macon and will prooa"
bly arrive in Atlanta today IN re-
snonse to a. wire from the locaI re-
cruiting station.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26

OF for the presidency of Clemson
Fifteen Years Ago." in Greenwood
Index, 22nd.
e:tha Brandon ran against a snag
in the recorders court Friday. In
stead of living quiet and peaceful
life and behaving herself on Wash
ineton's birthday bad Bertha Brandon
had to begin a two months service
for the public because she couldn' t
raise $40 to pay out. She was up on
two charges; first, petit larceny-she
stole a pocketboo kcontaining SIS OF
some mans easy money-for which
the sentence was SIS or 80 days
second, living idly and disorderly-
$25 or 80 days.
Little Bob Everybody knows and
likes little Bob, the bright 5-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Hugh Sum-
mer) heard about Washington's birth
day last Friday and thought it would
be a good idea to senu him birth
day card Bob's all right
The jail lot looks like young can
tonment might be going up. the prem
ises view in connection with the va
cant lot ear by.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26
The Sherihss Instructions

Sheriff Blease has received IN
structoions from the State board OF
health to quarantine all suspected
meningitis cases in Newberry county
After consulting with Dr.. ]. X. Glider
chairman of the Newberry board OF
health. the sheriff has Quarantined
John Ruff and family and Tom '..ufi
and wife. Tom is John Ruff's broth
er and he and his wife were at John
On a visit when the sheriff quaran-
tined the house.
The board also instructed Sheriff
Blease to not allow any public gath
erings in the county. To that enc
several of the colored. schools, whose
teachers live in the city, heave beer
closed, as we'll as several of thi
churches near town. All of which
will remain closed until further or.
ders.
The State board of health may res
assured that Sheriff Blease will car
ry out the instructions to the letter
with the same vigilance character
izine his every action for the public
| welfare