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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
DEADLOCK ON WHEAT

Washington, June 1S-( Especial )-There is serious deadlock in Congress over the question of fixing the price of wheat and although the agricultural appropria- ten bill has been in conference since April ,, there is no agreement in sight
 Today, when Senator E. D Smith, act ing chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture, was asked about the mat ter, he said:
 We have had several meetings of the conf ferees but they have resulted so far in an absolute deadlock The House is 'standping pat on the price of s2.2 a bushel fo- wheat, which has already been promulgated by the administration. The SenaT1 corferees have stood for a price of s250 per bushel. Unless there is something done either by this body or by the other, the whole bill will necessa rily fail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
Southern Railway Denies Buyers Right to Use Plat
 forms as in the Past
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
 ASKED TO MODIFY
New Policy Would Mean Added Ex- pense to Farmers-House and Senate in Deadlock Over
 Wheat Price
By HUGH W. RoBERTs.

Washington, June ls.- Special South ern senators and representatives, fear ing that it may result in big cost to the producers of cottoh today held a conference with federal railroad officials with reference to the order recently is-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
HUGHES INQUIRY

It was ascertained today that the cases of payment Of contingent fees relate principally to contracts for materials and supplies for the army, and to little extent to contracts for airplanes. The investi- gatiou by Charles E. Hughes for the de- partment of justice is understood, how ever. to have developed separately some evidence ot an attempt by some persons to boast of special influence in Wash ington in connection with their attempts 10 get contract
 The cost plus class of contracts a~@ not believed to be affected much by the contingent fec system. However, bill prohibiting the awarding of government contracts on cost plus basis or the payment Of commissions for the letting of these contracts was introduced today Tn the Senate hy Senator Poindexter and referred to the judiciary committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
MONEY SOON NEEDED

T should like to state in this con- nection that on July 1 the appropria- tions carried in this bill will be neces- sary for the proper carrying on of the agricultural department. and unless this body takes some further action l see no hope whatever of reaching anything like an agreement between the two houses. I desire to state to the Senate that the other House takes the position that on the price of wheat which was fixed by the President under authority granted by previous bill at $40 a bushel at certain markets, 32 in number, believe, for No. 1 northern, he had reached an understanding with the al- -iies and also reciprocal agreement with Canada hat that would be the basis ot like e.e des for the purpose of supplying the armies and the people who are al- lied with us in this war. On that ground the eonferees on the part of the House have taken a very positive stand, and to such an extent that there is little hope of a compromise. or anything save a deadlock before us
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
Killed by Lightning

Clanton. June Especial )-Moses Easterling. young farmer, living four miles east of Clanton. was killed by lightning Monday evening during 2 storm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19

Mrs. '. c. Dclaney--Of Coal Valley. died yesterday morning at a local in- firmarv She is survived by her hus- band and three small children. Flu neral arrangements will be an- nounced later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19

Mrs. A. IF. Johnson--Aged 77 years, died at the residence of her daugh. ter. 106 Oak street. yesterday at '3:30 o'clock. She is survived 55- two sons and three daughters. The remains will be sent to Pelham this morning Rt 6:30 o'clock by Lige Loy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19

Raymond Lee LanninS-Aged : months died at the family resi- dence. 1924 Cleveland avenue. Mon- day night at o'clock. Funeral services were conducted from the residence yesterday afternoon at { o'clock. Interment following ii Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
DEATHS

Mrs. Emma r. LflIy--Aged 61 years, died at the residence. 2212 Sixth ave- nue. north. Monday at 12 o'clock. Fu- neral services were conducted from Johns chapter yesterday afternoon at o'clock. Interment followed in Elmwood cemetery.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-07

So they fed fast as they could over
their boots on, and through the corn
field to the royal palace, where the
poor Grand Vizier was about to- be
beheaded They burst into the throne
room, where the King was sitting with
brows more beetling than ever, and
the Queen was whiting smelling salts
to quiet her nerves for the ordeal of
so important a beheading.
'Stop, stop" cried the Grand vi
zier's son. 1--WE can tell you why the
fish laughed"
Immediately the court was in an up
roar. Everybody was clamoring to be
told the reason at the same time.
Then the King banged with his scep-
ire on the royal throne, and howled
for order.
Nobody shall hear the reason but
the Queen and myself" he shouted.
There was a sudden silence, for the
court was too clever to let their Royal
Majesties see how disappointed they
we're. Then the beautiful maiden tip
toed up to the Queen, and the Grand
Vizier's son tiptoed up to the King,
and they each whispered in a royal
ear.
"The fish laughed at the Queen be-
cause there is treason in the court"
And, do you know, that ungrateful
King, and that unfeeling Queen,
snapped out at the same moment: Il
don't believe it,"
Then the beautiful maiden bent over
the Queens ear and whispered:
Have a wide ditch dug, your Ma
jesty, and order your handmaidens to
leap over it and we shall see"
At first the Queen protested. But,
when she had consulted the King,
they agreed to do as the beauti-
full farmers daughter suggested. So
wide ditch was dug in the garden,
and the whole court was invited to a
jumping contest by the Queens hand
maidens. Poor'dears! They were ter
ribly frightened. They picked up
their skirts, and leaped for dear life
for the other side of the ditch, for
they did not know but that their pref
ty heads would be chopped off, if they
| couldn't leap over.
Yet, try as they might, every single
| one of them fell into the ditch and
had to be rescued and given first aid
to the injured, except the last The
last handmaiden took longer start
than the others. She picked up her
skirts until they were-I blush to tell
you-far above her knees, and then
| she ran and leaped quite, quite over
the ditch. But, in leaping, off sailed her
headdress, and, as she frantically
| clutched at it, Off sailed her hair; and
when she landed on the bank, there
stood revealed not the shy handmade
en- she was thought to be, but a very
| frightened man.
| OF course, the King and Queen
begged pardon for having so rudely
said Il don't believe it, to the Grand
| Vizier's son and the blushing maiden
And, Of course, like the great-souled
people that they were, the youth and
his maiden promptly forgave them
And do you know they say that at the
| wedding feast, which followed. hel
| Majesty herself carved the fish,
| ADAPTED from ancient East Indian Eeoead
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-07
HOME is WHAT WE MAKE 1T.
The Tablet.

A man may own a handsome and
well furnished residence and yet may
not possess hOme-that is, a home
in it's best and purest sense, where
domestic felicity reigns supreme:
for only amid such surroundings can
we find the happy home.
So understood, there is no sweeter
word in the language than "home, >
and one has we'll said, Few words
lie nearer the heart than the word
home" To those Of us who were
trained in good homes, how deep
how heartfelt is the pity we feel for
those who We're deprived of that
moral and social stimulus that is the
concomitant of the happy home!
Where is your home?" a little boy
Yves asked by an acquaintance
where mother is the little fellow
replied, as he looked lovingly across
at her.
The little boys philosophy would
be endorsed by many of maturer age
Undoubtedly the mother of family,
the mistress of the house, has much
to do with the tone" or quality of
home life. The author Of 'The
Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta
Family" says: 'Of our mother I
cannot think of anything to say. She
is just the mother-our own dear,
patient, loving little mother unlike
everyone else in the world, and yet
it seems as if there was nothing to
say about her by which one could
make anyone understand what she
is" In other words, the dear pa
tient. loving little mothers" are
sWeetly indescribable.
Washington Irving must have known
the full and abiding faith of the true
mother heart when he wrote: "A
father may turn his back on his child,
brothers and sisters may become in
Veterate enemies, husbands may desert
their wives, wives their husbands
But a mothers love endures through
all; in good repute, in bad repute,
in the face of the worlds condemna-
ton, a mother still loves on, and still
hopes that a child may turn from his
evil ways and repent; still she re-
members teh infant smiles that once
filled her bosom with rapture, the
merry laugh, the joyful shout of his
childhood, the opening promise of his
youth; and she can never be brought
to think him all unworthy
"The instruction received at the
mothers knee, and the paternal les
sons, together with the pious and
sweet souvenirs of, the fireside, are
never entirely effaced from the SOUL
True Voice
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-07

the trumpet calling the dead back to
in all His majesty to Judge men. All
will be gathered together from the
four corners of the earth, from the
beginning to the end of time, and will
the mercy in that He has redeemed
be assembled in the Valley of Je-
hosephat, and there the Judgment will
take place. This judgment will mani
fest the mercy and justice of God:
men from sin and given them every
opportunity in life to save themselves
from an eternal death; the justice in
that He rewards and Furnishes in pro-
portion as man has, taken advantage
of His mercy.
After the particular judgment a
general judgment Of all mankind
would appear unnecessary, but little
thought will convince us of the utility
of such a procedure At the particular
Judgment the soul stands alone before
God What goes on between God and
the soul is unknown to any creature;
but the justice of God, as applied in
each case, must be made known to ALL
There is so much misunderstanding in
the world, there is so much false and
rash judgment, the good are, often
condemned and accused falsely, the
wicked are so often praised and given
credit that they do not deserve More
over and especially, Christ Himself
must be indicated The wicked world
scorned Him and treated Him as the
most desperate Of criminals. When He
came to save man, He appeared in q
humble role. The world judged Him
according to it's own standards and
branded Him as an impostor At the
last judgment He will appear in all
His majesty as a Judge. 1t viii be
His turn to judge the world, and His
judgment will be just. Many who
have lived their lOWly lives here with
out creating any stir or attracting any
attention will then be held up before
the whole assembled body as stars
that will shine for all eternity. Many
on the other hand who appear just
will then be shown in their true colOrs
as hypocrites. The souls of all men
will be laid bare, the whole history of
their lives will be repeated, so that
all may see and hear the sentence Of
reward or punishment passed upon
them.
This day Of wrath is ahead Of all of
us. What we do now in the darkness
will then be made manifest in the
light, and we shall receive our reward
or punishment publicly. We can an
ticipate the Divine judgment by judg-
ing ourselves and severely while We
are yet living. We can search our
souls diligently to know our faults and
failings and to plead with the God OF
love to forgive, blot out our. iniquities
and spare us OH that dreadful day
when all the world will be judged As
we SOW now then shall we reap. Our
life hereafter is now in the making
We can determine what our final judg
ment will be. Shall we be blessed Or
cursed? Shall it be said to us, Come
We blessed Of My Father" or Depart
from Me We cursed?2 Shall it be
eternal happiness or eternal mercy?
Which shall it be?
The Tablet
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-07
THE GENERAL JUDGMENT.

This general judgment will come at
the end of the world 1t will be con-
ffrmation Of the previous particular
Judgment. At this time, the whole
man, body and soul reunited, will be
judged again. The result of this judg-
ment will not differ from the other.
There will be no reversal Of decision,
no appeal to a higher court, for the
Court Of Heaven is the supreme tri-
bunal Of justice, where the Supreme
Being sits in judgment. Everything
will then be made known before the
whole world just as it occurred. Now
each individual soul is a sealed book.
Then it will be opened up before the
whole assembly of mankind The
world will come to an end amid dread
ful calamities. The angel will sound
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-07
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-07

Every human being has work to
carry on within, duties to perform
abroad, influences to exert, which are
peculiarly his, and which no conscience
but his own can teach.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-07

Do not give to thy friends the most
agreeable counsel. but the most advan-.
tageous. Every man, however wise, re
quires the aid of some sagacious friend
in the affairs Of life.-PlGnter.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-30
NEXT DRAFT CALL
HAS BEEN DEFERRED

ATLANTA.-On the advice of the
Georgia state health authorities the
War Department has decided to defer
until November 10 the call of the next
levy of Georgians under the selective
This delay is considered necessary
service draft.
on account of the epidemic of Spanish
influenza, which showed a turn for
the worse on yesterday, with urgent
calls from half a dozen towns. The
health authorities are extremely anx-
ious to enlist more doctors in the
special emergency corps which has
been organized to cope with the situa-
ton.
1t is believed that a levy of men
brought into camp before November
10 would catch great many incip-
lent cases of influenza which would
soon spread among other men and
thereby start another epidemic in the
camp.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-30
EMBARGO IN CITY
IS TAKEN OFF

Mayor Clayton Jay issues today the
order which takes off the embargo of
public assemblies in the city and
which will carry assurance to our cit
liens of the subsistence of Influenza
which threatened to become an cpl
demic, as in other parts of the state.
The timely action of our city's exec
utive department largely obviatcd the
danger and we are sure the citizens
join us in expressing our deep appre-
citation for the splendid manner with
which Mayor Jay COPIED with the sit,
uation. Although there are still a
few cases of Influenza reported and
the danger is not quite over, yet the
physicians of the city are satisfied that
the danger of an epidemic has subsid-
ed. We know the kiddies will be glad
to go to school and the movies, to
church and Sunday School and all OF
us will feel relieved from the anxiety
that these necessary measures enforc.
ed upon us.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-30
SWEET POTATOES A
GOOD MONEY CROP

The new venture OF the Union Cot
ton Oil Company is proving desira-
BILE factor in the disposal of the large
potato crop made this year. For the
past two days hundreds of bushels of
sweet potatoes have been brought to
the plant by local growers and Mr..
Newcomer, manager of the Union Cot
ton Oil Company has made them
happy with his liberal prices.
The potatoes are packed in the
field into bushel CRATES and brought to
the curing plant, where they will go
through hot air procession about
three weeks, when the potato will be
ready for shipment. Potatoes so cur
ed are said to be impervious to decay
and can be kept for months or until
such a time as a favorable market
opens up. The three curing rooms of
the Union Cotton Oil Company have
a capacity of twenty thousand bush
els and the Company will either buy
the potatoes outright from the grow
er and cure them for their own &C
count or store and cure them for the
ra:s-:::::ss - very reasonable charge
per bushel. The liberal price paid for
potatoes now by Mr.. Newcomers has
brought him inquiries from an ex,
tensiveterritory and the indication,
are that his storage plant will be fill.
ed to capacity early in the season.
From public point of view, this
enterprise is one of the most far reach.
ing for the benefit of the farmers and
businessmen established here ii
several years, and this corporation
has earned the appreciation of oul
citizens by going quietly about the
business, installing its plant and from
their own capital gave Fitzgerald an
other market for a farm product
which hitherto practically went to
waste.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-30
RATION FOR u. S. PRISONERS
FIXED BY WAR DEPARTMENT
AND SENT BY THE RED CROSS

The War Department authorizes
the following:
A ration for American soldiers held
as prisoners in Germany has been pre-
pared by the Subsistence Division af i,
the Quartermaster Corps This ration
will be distributed by the divisions
of the American Red Cross in Dem
mark and Switzerland. individual
packages, containing sufficient food tn
supply one man, are sent to prison
camps each week. The chief compon-
ent of the package are as follows /.
Corn beef and salmon with an oe-
casional substitution of corn beef
hash and canned roast beef, hard dry
bread, dry beans, rice, baked beans.
and fresh potatoes (where possibleD-
Prunes, jam, apples, peaches, coffee.
sugar, evaporated milk, vinegar, salt.
pepper, and pickles are supplied. Pc
tatoes and onions are produced when
possible in France and Italy, other
wise dehydrated potatoes and onions
are used.
Special food is sent for the invaiiE
prisoner; this ration containing pot
ted chicken, crackers, concentrates
soup, dehydrated spinach, cted1ness
oatmeal, cornstarch, pudding, sweet
chocolate, extract of beef, soluble COS
fee, and bran. There are number
of substitutes for all items mentioned,
among the substitutes being drisA
eggs, potted veal, cheese, peanut bus-
ter, dried apricots, honey, corn meal,
gelatine, matted milk powder, bouif-
ION cubes, apples, oranges, lemons
cocoa, and tea.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-30
WAR WORK MEETING
IN MOULTRIE TOMORROW

A large gathering of committees for
the United War Work is expected in
Moultrie tomorrow, where a nunlber
of prominent speakers are to address
them on the importance of the COM
ing drive for funds for the war activ-
tiles.
Rev, R. M. Mann, County Chairman
of the War Work Campaign has re-
ceived the following telegram from
Mr.. Ely R. Galloway, state campaign
director. =,
]. K. Orr, Ashby Jones, H. E. Was
SON, Rabbi David Marx, Mrs. E. P
McBurney, representing Woman's
work, Ned Mcintosh, leaving here
Wednesday night via A. B. & A. and
arrive Moultrie Thursday. These
speakers are the1est to be had and
predict great results from them.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-30
MOTORCYCLE SOLDIER
HURLED TO DEATH

ATLANTA.-Zachariah F. Miller,
a private in the German prison bar
racks guards, was instantly killed yes
terday morning when railroad
train struck motorcycle he was
riding. He was on his way to the
prison barracks and apparently did
not see the train. The engine struck
his motorcycle in the middle of the
track, hurting him and the machine
high in the air. He lived only few
minutes after being taken to the bar
racks hospital His home was in Ken
oBcll i SEQ,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-30
TRIES NEW EXPERIMENT
20 STOP FLU" SPREAD

ATLANTA.-Medical authorities
at Camp Gordon are watching with
interest the outcome of a new ex-
pertinent they are making in the con-
slant fight to prevent the spread of
Spanish influenza.
Two barracks specially set apart
for this experiment have been equipp-
ed with cheese cloth screens on the
widnows and coughing screens
around the beds. Careful record will
be kept of the number of new cases
of influenza developing among the
men assigned to occupy these bar
racks.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-30
HEAVY FIGHTING
On BRITISH
F R0NT

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Oct,
2e-Bitter fighting took place today
near the Mont Thucy wood, north,
west of Famars, south of Valencien-
mes. The Germans counter-attacked
the British in the woods and latest
reports are that parts of the forest
are held by both sides.
The fighting north of Famars today
followed hard combats throughout all
Monday in the region of that village
and the Scheldt Canal The British
made additional progress Monday.