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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

as I was born near Paducah. and have spent all my life in the state of Ken tucky.'
 My education was acquired largely in the Kentucky State Normal college" said Dr. Rudolph, where I finished in 1909. Then I left Kentucky and attended Bethel college at Mackenzie, Tenn, and completed the course there in 1913. I did not study to be a minister, and it was not an accident that became a minis ter; in fact, I fought it for a long time, because I felt unworthy of the high callx ing and the great responsibility upon one who assumes it; so I followed teach ing as a profession, my first work be- ing in the common schools and then later the high schools. All the time the call of. the ministry sounded, insistent and dominant in my heart, but I still couldn't get my own consent. I wanted to be sure in regard to the matter and feel thoroughly satisfied, for I felt unfit for the place."
 Always I had entertained the highest possible regard for the ministry" Dr. Rudolph said, land I felt if I could do a
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prices of the things which he raises and has to sell. For instance, before the war steel sold for $30; it now sells for S130. The effect is felt in the price which the farmer must pay for all his implements and tools.
 "Within the last two or three years coal has advanced in price from 100 to 250 per cent, wire has gone up 100 per cent wagons are selling for 40 per cent more than they used to, prepared foods have advanced 100 per cent, fer tilizers have risen in price 600 per cent and so on. Binding twine has advanced from s to IS cents. Flow shovels that were bought for S2.50 be- fore the war now cost $7. Cultiva- tors sold at S2S before the war, and now sell for from $50 to $55. Even seed
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Scraps of Paper

From LeSlie'S.
 Article 26 of The Hague convention " says "the attack or bombar6mcnt, by whatever means, of towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are un- defended is prohibited" The pledge Germany took she has repeatedly vio- lated by raiding undefended towns such as Scarborough. Whitby and Hartlepool. on the east coast of Eng land. She bombarded the home of the Queen of Rumania, as well as bom- barded schools. tenements and resi- dence districts--not Qualifications.
 The pledge that the officer in com- mand of an attacking force must, be- fore commencing bombardment ex- oept in cases of assault, do all in his power to warn the authorities" has been repeatedly broken in Belgium, northern France, Serbia and Poland.
 Germany pledged herself in cases of sieses to spare buildings dedicated to religion. art, science or charitable purposes. historic monuments, hos-
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pitals and places where the sick and wounded are collected" How Germany kept her promise is shown in tNe de- struction of the Louvain library. tho cloth hall of Louvain and the Rheims cathedral, and the necessary precau- ton her "enemiesf were obliged to take to protect the cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. and the historic spots in Venice. The raids on hospitals clear ly marked with the Red Cross and the sinking of the hospital ship Sussex show how she honored the wounded
 Article 46 of the great peace cov- enant which Germany signed holds that family honor and rights, the lives of persons and private property as well as religious convictions and practice must be respected and private property cannot be confiscated." In her slavery programme Germany broke up families, sending the men ana women into industrial slavery. The women of Lille can testify to the vio- lation of this principle of warfare.
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tion- poison. sour bile and fermentiAg waste matter will gently move out of the bowels, and you will have a healthy playful child again. A thor ough inside cleansing" is oft times all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sick ness.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups Ask your druggist for a bottle of genuine California Syrup of Figs ard Elixir of Senna," made by the Ca}ifor- mia Fig Syrup Co. which has full di- rections for babies, children of all ages and for grownups plainly printed on the bottle.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Few Rockefellers in Farming Yet

Many people think farmers are be- coming millionaires. In Farm and Fire side there is an editorial that says;
 With the value of the field crops and the animal products of 1917 off, cially set at s21 000, 100000 the inn presson is likely to get abroad that the farmer is enjoying excess profits to an extent which the steel magnatc and the intuition maker never dreamed possible But the truth is~, that it is not all velvet to the farmer, even witt: corn and wheat and hogs at the high prices they are nowadays.
 While the value of farm products has been soaring, the value of prac- tically everything the farmer has to buy has been ballooning over the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

try folk nave a great deal of leisure; they take things easy; they are not on the run so to speak, as city folk are; country people are more emotional too: they have not been satated with all the things that play upon the emotions as city people have, and just as we often say that the negroes are the mort re- ligious people in the world on account of their emotions, so We may say truth fully that country people are inclined to be religious because of traditions and emotions
 This brings me to the question of revivals, which I'm so frequently asked if I believe in," said pr. Rudolph, and. always unhestatingy answer that I do: but my idea of revivals is a con tinued revival-one that covers the pe- riod of lifetime and is even and smooth and permanent. l believe in special re- vivals; certainly I do; I believe they are of great benefit to the church, but l do not advocate to any degree the kind that brings about a high religious sentt- ment for couple of weeks when the emotions give way to a hysterical sea son of preachments and then when it is all over-stop. I want my congregation at the. Birmingham Cumberland church. just as I have always wanted my con gregations in previous churches where I have been engaged, to feel the effects of my work after I am gone: that is the sort of revival I mean by continuous and not spasmodic.
 There are some ministers who lay more stress upon personality than any thing else" pr. Rudolph said, and this, while it IS, of course, very effective as long as the minister is there once he is gone, to take charge of some other church, goes and his influence is no long CT felt, and what has his congregation to cling to?'
 My coming to Birmingham" said Dr. Rudolph, opens before me a most sig nificant work. Last fall, when the official board of the Birmingham Cumberland Presbyterian church asked me to come here and look over the situation, l found what seemed to me to be a great field for the upbuildSng of the Cumberland church in this city. There is a growing population, a prosperous and healthy cit izenship and the Cumberland church, es- pecially, should attain that high stand ard which everything points to in this community Numerically the Cumberland Presbyterian church is, of course, not as large as the Methodist or Baptist churches. The ranks were depleted con- tempted union of the Presbyterian
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Mother! If your Child's
 Tongue IS Coated.
If Gross, Feverish. Constipated. Bilious. and the Stomach out of Order, give
 "California Syrup of Fies."

laxative today saves a bilious
 tomorrow. Children simply will take the time from play to empty
 bowels. which become clogged up
 waste; then the liver grows slug
 and the stomach is disordered.
 ok at the tongue, mother? If sd or your child is listless, cross, fish. with tainted breath, restless, It eat heartily, or has a cold. sore Lt,, or any other children's ailment,
 q teaspoonful of California D of Figs" then don't worry. be- 1t Is a perfectly harmless dose, in a few hours all this constipa-
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has advanced outrageous1y, and will bring an unheard-of, price this spring.
 "The farmer is enjoying unusual prosperity. He is raising bumper crops. He is getting good prices, some- thing like the prices he has long de- served. But if any city man thinks it is all coming in and nothing going out, he has another conjecture. Tae farmer is paying the toll of the war --as much as any other man. if not more'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

the Cumberland Presbyterian church is rehabilitating and rebuilding itself but, of course, it will take time to do all the work that is to be done, but we are accomplishing slowly but surely what we so much want and so much need.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Eliminating Guesswork

From the Buffalo Express.
 Waiter. how can I tell if this Is ham sandwich"
 There's a label pasted on the rice paper. sir."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
Made Over

From the Boston Transcript.
 Agnes married a self-made man, didn't she?"
 ''Yes, but she has compelled him to make extensive alterations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
The Trial ofJesus
By 4. LATADY

As an Ave Maria was ever the chef
 oeuvre of the musical composer; a Ma pnna of the painter; the human form Vine of the sculptor so has this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

church. north and the Cumberland Pres byterian church in 1906 into the Pres byterian Church T.. s. A. A great many of our Cumberland Presbyterian churches went into this union, thereby depicting the ranks, as I said before. However,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28

Trial of Jesus" ever been a chef d'oeuvre with the legal profession. and at the present time there is running in one of the weghter publications of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-28
By DOLLY DALRYMpIr

5HSNRoM close observation, both S in the country, where
 large part of my early days
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10
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WORSE THAN WAR.

Some idea of the deadly ravages
{ OF influenza may be CLEANED from the
fact that, according to the statistics
/ of the Actuarial society, the best of
authority, the deaths directly result
ing in this country and among its cit
izens abroad have reached the enor-
NOUS total of 10000, which, accord
ing to this same authority represents
an economic waste OF 10000, 900
years" q,
no reach. that impressive and
dreadful conclusion, the president of
the society, in speaking of this mat
ter, said he used the fact that the
average age of those who died of the
malady was 80 years. and as in the
ordinary course of events they would
have reached an age between SIS and
so, they were each deprived of be-
tween % and 81 years that otherwise
would have been devoted to active
work, presumably profitable to them
selves and others.
In noting this statement, The New
York Times says:
THAT is the way actuaries look at
vital statistics, and it is correct one,
though of course, other people, ac-
customed to think of individuals and
not of groups, have some trouble in
taking the same view.
eThe military statisticians recently
made the smaller estimate of 100000
deaths from Influenza, but the .nsur-
ance men are more likely to be ac-
curate. Either figure is large enough
ia demonstrate what a serious af-
Fiction such an epidemic is, and TO
inspire the hope that, before another
Is due, medical science will not be
ag near to completely lacking in
means either to prevent or to cure as
it was this time.
arhe doctors proved themselves the
worst Of prophets when they told US
that the malady would have little or
no power over well-fed population,
for when it came its favorite victims
were the young and strong, while the
comparatively weak, at both extrem-
stles OF life, were almost immune.
That has not been the case In previous
spidemics, and the reason for the
change apparently has not been even
guessed by the Wise Ones
when we add to the total Of deaths
among Americans. the hundreds Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10
PAYING A POLITICAL DEBIT.

New York is "all torn up" over the
appointment by Mayor HyIan of Will
liam Randolph Hearst, not only as
chairman of the reception committee
that Is to receive returning soldiers,
but as chairman Of another commit
tee to erect in France suitable
memorial for New York city soldiers
who fell in the war. and the indigna-
ton Of lot more Americans will be
with the patriotic people of the me-
tropolis. "
Such appointments in the face of
the exposures of Hearst's rabid pro-
Germanism and his friendly relations
with Won Bernstroff are an insult,
not only to the people of New York,
but to the boys to whom he will offer
clammy greetings.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10
Why THE cRoAKINo?

Who are these plain people" we
hear so much about these days az
having been ground down by the
privilege pleaders" Of the world
Are they you and all the rest of us
who know each other pretty we'll and
believe our neighbors are fairly de-
cent citizens, or are they some ephe-
merfal element in the population OF
the country that has never yet been
tangibiy located Or are they repre-
scented by the Struggling democra-
cies OF Russia and Central Europe"
striving to place the ban of Bolshe-
vism on the nations. as might be in
ferred from the Socialist organ in its
Sunday editorial?
And who are these cynical and
able advocates" who will be at the
peace conference; those French
| Chauvinists or British Tories" who
i are going to steal from the plain
people the cherished fruits Of vic
tory? Are Clemenceau, Lloyd George
and the labor representative Of Brit
! ain these devils with whom Presi-
/ dent Wilson is to grappIe in a death
struggle for the worlds freedom?
From whence comes the word that
"old time diplomacy Is in the saddle
in the European chancellories, flushed
with triumph, and it sees no need of
disturbing the old order?"
Are these dire forbodings born of
the French and British hostility to
Bolshevism and to the determination
of these nations that those respon-
sible for inhuman atrocities shall be
punished and that the race that backed
up that program and >rejoiced in it.,
shall pay?
record to prompt these croakings Of
Roberts street of disaster to the
plain people"
There is nothing in the pronounce
ments of British and French leaders
upon which to base hostility to their
program, save sympathy for those
who have brought misery to mil
lions, that have ruined Russia and
now seek control Of the central pow
ers. The British have recognized
labor on their commission and the
pledge of the present government has
been given that if returned to power
in the coming election, the welfare of
4 all the people will be its greatest con-
Germ. Similar promises are made in
France, so there is no evidence that
democracy Is at a dead center" at
least the democracy understood by
all, save those who bet on the red.
The future OF the world never
looked brighter than now. Liberty
sits enthroned. 1t is time for hope
fulness, helpfulness, and not croak-
ing The hour is propitious for con-
structive statesmanship Of high or
! der; for sane government: with the
red glare from Russia and Germany
warning us against a plunge into So
cialism-or worse.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10
PAY FOR FARM BOYS AND GIRLS

mo, I'm not going home after my
A. r. G. yesterday, Il have not been
satisfied at home for long time be-
cause father could not see that was
entitled to some pay for my work the
same as he gives hired man who
does no more, and I'm going to get
something to do in town"
At a boarding house in the
city a nice country girl is
doing the most mental house
work to pay for her room and board
while attending a business college.
II have a nice home" she said, land
father Is worth lot of money, but
he thinks more OF his fancy livestock
than he does of the boys and girls of
the family. and we have to work
harder than any hired man or woman
on the farm. I'm tired OF such a life.
and while I'm doing now what had
to do all the time on the farm, I
hope soon to be able to get a posi-
ing for myself and at the same time
not work from early morning until
late at night. and then have to beg
for a dress"
Is there not a partial explanation
in these two cases OF why the boys
and girls leave the farms? Happily
their experience is not the rule, al
though we believe 1t too frequently
true that farmers feel 1t unnecessary
to more than clothe their children,
with a little spending money thrown
in once In a while, even after they
have become old enough to earn a
good living elsewhere.
Trips to town and meeting young
men and women who earn a good
living with easy hours. in time breeds
discomfort, by comparison, in the
young people on the farms, who have
the spirit to progress and accomp-
lish on their own account. The lack
Of stated wages prevents savings by
these patient workers for individual
farm undertakings or for providing
pleasures enjoyed by their more for
tunately situated neighbors or friends
in town, and in time farm life, that
would inherently have been a pleas
ure, becomes distasteful, IL not abhor-
rent.
On the other hand many farmers
have sensed this dissatisfaction. and
have met it by placing their older
sons and daughters on regular wages
On these farms dissatisfaction as a
rule does not exist, as adequate pay
for honest service increases self re-
spect in the boys and girls and en-
ables them to crafty healthy desires
for pleasures held essential by their
friends of the towns.
Other farmers have sold their sons
part Of the farm on terms that could
be met by good management through
crop or other systems of easy pay
ments. Both plans have met the drift
from the farms, and while many
other problems yet remain to keep
farm boys and girls on the land, and
to induce others to take up farm life,
the recognition of the right Of grown
children to proper recompense for
their work at home will be most
potent factor in dissolving the dis
content now so noticeable.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10

According to press reports We arc
in due time to receive visits from
the heads OF the allied governments
in return for the visit of President
Wilson. This will be a pleasant ex-
change of international courtesies.
and IL the visitors can be given real
opportunity to look us over as we are
in every day life their stay on this
side of the water may result in great
good from better understanding Of
us as a people and Of our aims in in
dividual and governmental life.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10

Paris, Dec. 10.-(SpeclaD.-One of
the important acts of the coming
peace conference will be to establish
the boundaries OF a new Slav nation
--Jugoslavia-on the shores of the
Adriatic sea. Fourteen million peo-
pie live within this great belt of ter
ritory, which includes Serbia and
Montenegro and several provinces of
the disintegrating Austro- Hungarian
empire.
Under the auspices of a group in
Serbia, who may not unjustiy be
called Pan Serbians, there was held
in the summer Of last year a con-
ference on the island Of Corfu, at
which was promulgated what has
since been known as the Declaration
of Corfu. 1t was supposed to con-
tain the political principles upon
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10
In North Dakota"

Neville will hold a reception for re-
turned soldiers.
Ralph Svien, of Neville, reported
died Of wounds some time ago, writes
his parents from France that he is
well.
Alex Moug, sr a pioneer resident
of the Page district, Is dead.
Grain is now being steadily mar
keted at Page.
Elmer Enge, of Burt, publisher of
The Burt Echo, died at Sioux Falls
s.. D., of pneumonia.
Frank Lord, of Park River, son of
c. D. Lord, OF Park River, prominently
known in banking circles, succumbed
to influenza.
G. G. Halvorson. of Regent, former
ly of NorthWood, died of pneumonia.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10

That Count Bernstorff. the German
ambassador to the United States,
knew that he was embarking on an
unholy and illegitinate proceeding in
conducting his pro- German propa-
ganda in a neutral country, is shown
in one Of his messages to the home
government. First plans having been
wrecked by the sinking of the Lusi-
tania he wrote that he was rebuilding
them in manner that cannot hurt
us if it becomes known Yet at the
same time he was protesting his
friendship to America. Typicaliy
German wasn't it?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10

One man in the American army
abroad, one out Of nearly two million,
proved faithless to his oath and be-
came a spy. What a wonderful rec
ord when the vast ramifications of
German intrigue are considered and
we remember that under the draft
many men OF doubtful character were
taken. All true blue Americans, but
one. It's great.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10

thousands in other countries, for the
plague has now encircled the world,
the grand total puts the fatal casual.
ties in the great war far in the back
ground. and constitutes It one of the
worst scourges that has visited man
kind.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10

If Peru and Chilli will permit the
United States, in conjunction with
one or more South American states,
to arbitrate their differences 1t will
be a step in the direction of the aims
Of the great war. It would be a. sad
commentary on the work OF the allies
il no sooner had one territory grab
bling nation been put out of commits
sion than another war be started
from. the same cause.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10

1.-THE kaiser fled to Holland, Euden-
dorff to Sweden. Won Tirpitz to Swift
zerland-strange. isn't it, that none
fled to Russia to enjoy the new free
DOM their agents, Trotzlxy and Len
inc, established there for them" is
the way The Kansas City Star puts
lea
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-10

| which the new Jugoslav nation
should be created. 1t recognized the
principles Of liberty and popular SOW
ereignty. and contained, among other
things, the following statements:
This state (that is, the new
Jugoslav nation) )shall be consti-
tutional monarchy, democratic and
parliamentary, having at it's head
the dynasty Karageorgevitch, which
has always shared the national sem
timents and has put above all the
liberty and the will of the people.
The name of this state shall be THE
Kingdom of the Serbs. Croats, and
Slovenes; and the sovereign shall
bear the title of King Of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes."
No mention was made Of Monte
negro, as the Serbs expect to absorb
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The libel suit against Editor Milf
Crary, OF Devils Lake, in which Mike
Fitzgerald was the complaining wit
ness, resulted in a disagreement of
the jury.
Robert Jensen. of Keene, Mckenzie
county, pleaded guilty to assault and
battery Of his younger brother.
John S. Severtson, former cashier of
the Bank of New Rockford died at
New Rockford of pneumonia.
C. E. Spicer was elected master of
the Valley City Blue lodge Masons.