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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
HENNEssY OF HAcKENsAcK

HENNESSY OF HACkENSACK From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 In these days of slogan making let no one overlook Hennessy of Hackensack. If that alliterative appeal does not go resounding down the corridors of political fame, one's faith in slogans will suffer a relapse.
 Hennessy of Hackensack won the dem ocratic nomination for the United States Senate in the New Jersey primary the other day. Perhaps President Wilson and Secretary Humility voted for him, for they both journeyed to Jersey and set an example of faithfulness to duty which relatively few from their state took the trouble to emulate.
 History has been kind to some men, linking their names imperishably with habitat or incident and giving posterity handle to grip their memories by. There was Carroll of Carrollton, for instance. Had Carroll hailed from Hackensack he would no more be remembered than Hen messy would be were he from Carroll ton. There, too, was Blaine of Maine.
 That any Jerseyite should ever have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
A FEAT OF cENsoRrNG

From Stars and Stripes. France.
 Sergeant David Proctor of New York. actor and song writer, at present an MP. in London. has just written 2 hymn entitled 'The Kingdom of God" the words of which are by an aunt He took the script to an officer to have it looked over for posting to America Now the title page reads:
 The Kingdom of God Censored by Second Lieut. Josanh pruepert o ns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Selma Woman's Activity

fOne of the best workers we have" said Chief Clerk J. J. Bowers, of the state War Savings committee, lis Mrs H. Blanche Barnes, in charge of the booth at the Southern Railway shops in Selma. She never fails to send in a weekly report and I have been accus- toned to accept it as matter of course. don't consider the weeks business closed until I get it. By the way, her last report showed sales of 13S War Sav- ings Stamps and 12 Thrift Stamps That will feed machine gun for quite a while"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

BEGINNING THE DAY--O Lord, preserve me from trying to do too much today. Remind me that it is mot how much, but how well, how swectIy, how contentedly, that sfvails. Remind me that I shall labor. Give me to do my work quietly. For Jesus sake. Amen. H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
DON'T RELIEVE HIM

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 When pro-German tells you it is not necessary to buy four Liberty Bonds, because the war now is coming to an end, he is a liar as we'll as a pro-Ger- man Buy bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

From Stars a1fd Stripes, France
 R 0OT baths are being sent into the Ill shell-fire zone on motor trucks S = to help doughboys who have been burned by mustard gas
 Big cars carrying 2,500- gallon water tanks and equipped with instantaneous
 water heaters are being driven right up to the rear of the front.
 The cars go wherever called, when the
 Germans start a bombardment of any
 particular sector with mustard gas
 shells.
 After shells of low explosive power
 have burst like the popping of cham pagne corks, and finely divided poison
 particles have been sprayed into the air or splashed over ground and wood doughboys, whose faces and heads are protected by gas masks, begin to feei
 the first burnings of the mustard poison
 on their legs or other unprotected parts of their bodies.
 Between the bursting of the gas shells
 and the time when gas burns become painful, there is period in which every l minute counts. The big problem is to start treatment to check the action of the poison which becomes more severe the longer it acts against the skin. Hot
 baths come first in treatment. Speed in getting those hot baths to the gassed soldier is the function of the new degassing stations put into operation by the chemical warfare serv- l ice.
 While the gas shells are still falling, the motor trucks of the degassing sta- tion come to halt behind some shelter. ing wood and the dozen men of it's crew begin throwing together the jointed frame work of a bathing frame under
 which 24 soldiers can stand with hot water showering over their bodies. The l work of putting up this frame anc throwing up the tent around the whole
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Americans Do Not Mistreat
 Their Prisoners of War

A SYSTEMATIC effort seems to S have been made to convince German soldiers that if they are cap- tured by Americans they will either be tortured or killed outright. For purposes best known to itself, the Ger man government wanted its troops to think the Americans fought like Indians and would treat their captives as the American Indians were wont to do in years gone by.
 This fantastic notion must have gained wide credence, judging from the stories that have come back from the front, many of them in Stars and Stripes, the newspaper published in Paris by soldiers of the American ex- Ipeditionary force. Some of these ac- counts are amusing, but it is improb- able that the Germans, expecting ev- cry moment to suffer dreadful fate, saw any humor in their plight.
 Now, however, since the Americans l have taken thousands of prisoners and are becoming better known to their antagonists, large numbers of Ger mans are surrendering with a cheer ful alacrity that would fill the Kali ser with disgust, could he see it. Not only are German prisoners treated with kindness that in some cases they do not deserve, but many of them, given the generous rations of Ameri- lean soldiers, find it decidedly the best food they have had since Germany began to tighten its belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Marriages at Mcclellan

Some of my friends having been joking me about the large numbers of people I have married since Camp Mcclellan has been established near Anniston." said Rev. Leon M. Latimer. "but the reports of the number of mar riage knots which I have tied has been greatly exaggerated.
 T am sure while it is something more than 50, that it has not yet reached the 100 mark. If soldier wishes to marry local girl, I see to it that the parents give their consent, with girls from back home, I am not so particular about getting the paren- tia1 consent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
SERBIAN STACKS A pUNcHv

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Another of the sad surprises to come to the central powers was the discovery that Serbia had jolt up it's sleeve in reserve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FAIR WARNING.

 This word we would send To the Turk, if we could: You'd better quit now While the quitting is good. We know very we'll That you don't like the Teut, Who hoped he could make You part of his loot. But his plans gone awry, And he's facing defeat; His armies hurled back, He is forced to retreat There's woe in Berlin, Bulgaria's out, And Austria's sick, Beyond any doubt. "The end is in sight That is well understood; So you'd better quit now While the quitting is good.1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
CUT RATE.

What are all these women doing here?" "A soothsayer is having bargain day.
 "Yes?"
 "Her usual fee for telling fortunes is s2, but today she's reading the future for s1.ss.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
STILL ON THE FREE LIST.

STILL7ON THE FREE LIST.
 What did the doctor prescf1be?"
 Fresh air and sunshine"
 "well, at any rate, you don't have to visit drug store and pay war prices to have prescription like that filled"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
GOING TOO FAR.

GOING TOO FAR. What! A dollar for haircut? That's outrageous"
 You shave yourself, don't your" asked the barber, coldly. "Yes, with safety razor" We are trying to discourage that sort Of thing"
 'Your plan will have just the opposite effect, my friend. If you make safety. razor users desperate enough they'll learn how to cut their own hair"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Planning Fair at ThomasvilIe

T had no idea that 1t was so hard to find suitable landing place for an aviatorr,' said J. r. Brock of Thomas vile. until the local manager of our Clarke county fair, which has been turned over to the Red Cross this year, of the lieutenants came down to look over the ground.
 After days search, he located place five miles away from Thomas vile on one of the main bikes. We make a great deal of our little fair and we expect to see to it that the Red Cross cleans up quite a bit on it7this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

NARROW ESCAPE. "Doppers figured in a serious auton1o- bile accident last week" "So heard"
 But it might have been much worse" How sop
 "If close personal friend hadn't come along in another car in the nick of time and carried her off, Dopper's wife would have learned who the woman was he was joyriding with"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
DOUBLE HARDSHIP.

DOUBLE HARDSHIP. Its a,shame to arrest colored women at their washtubs on charge of va- grancy."
 Tt certainly is, and furthermore, it leaves some of the washwomens hus- bands in a sad predicament without visible means of support DECEPTIVE DEMONSTR ATIONS Men don't always vote the way they cheer"
 .'No."
 How about women?'' "When women get the ballot many q candidate is going to be misled by chautauqua salute
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
HUN VERSE.

Young Otto Wolff, of Germany, Is truly doing fine! For, To, he has quite recently Killed Baby Forty-nine!
 Life For Heinie Schmidt, of SaXony, The Kaisers bosom swells; 'Tis said that he has really Poisoned forty-seven we1lsl
 Harvard Lampoon. And Hans Won BlitZen, Wilhelms pride, Has won his iron cross; A half hundred women drowned Twas his sub caused their loss!
 Williams Purple Cow. And Fritz Won Bump, of Hunland, Says he, Am so worse, When just one week ago today l shot my nineteenth nurse?'
 -Ohio State Sun Dial. 'I wear this cross,'' said, Sol Won Stein, "The Kaiser understands eBcause, for being Belgians, I Cut off two children's hands,
 Memphis Commercial Appeal 'The Kaiser decorated me-" Said Frederick Won Snitz; T gave boy pencil bomb That blew the lad to bits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Better Market for Homes

There is very little trading in cen tral property" said Tom Anglin, "but l am glad to state that the market for homes is getting brisk.
 Tt shows how many new people are coming to Birmingham who expect to make it their permanent residence A live market for residence property is always procurer of movement in business property. I hope thai at last we are going to have general move- ment in all kinds of real estate.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Negroes Capture
 Their First Town

l1O INARJILLE will hereafter be a \O notable name in the annals of the negro race, for yesterdays dis patches announced the capture of this town in France by negro forces. "The first strange town we've been in" was the characteristic remark made as they entered it.
 Binarville is located in the heart of the Argonne forest on what is now called the Champagne front. This forest separates the forces of General Pershing and General Gouraud and | is so dense that it is said some of the most sensational fighting of the war has taken place in this wilderness of trees Every foot has been bitterly contested. Every fallen tree offered a possible nesting place for an enemy machine gun.
 It is highly creditable to the negro troops that the taking of such diffi- cult territory was entrusted to them. Those who knew the negro best thought from the beginning that he would give a good account of himself in battle, and the record so far made has proved this judgment correct. Col. William Haywood, who commands regiment of New York negroes, pays great tribute to the work of his men especially for the way they distin- guished themselves in Champagne when the Germans opened their big offensive in July.
 * * *
 1 We are told that it would take the American army, marching in infantry formation. 51 days to pass given point. Of course we don't expect our entire ! fighting force to march through Ber- lin. That would take too long, And, besides. our allies will take part in the festivities.
 Isn't it about time for some enterprise ing pressing club to announce that reg istration cards inadvertently left in the rocket of clothes sent to be pressed will be returned to their owners by special messenger?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
springvilre Boy. in Service

T have two boys in France and an- other one in school getting ready to go,' said A. B. Herring of Springville. My two boys at the front are mighty good about writing. One is with the department which supplies parts for the automobiles and trucks and is To- cated not very far from Paris.
 "The other is engaged at night in supplying the guns with ammunition. Both seem to be in fine siprits and glad they have chance to serve their country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

"The Kaiser decorated me-"
 Said Frederick Won Snitz; ''I gave a boy a pencil bomb
 That blew the lad to bits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

The peach crop on the mountain was unusually fine, but it came in a rush and was quickly gone and little time was given to conserving it properly Then the shortage and price of sugar mater tally affected the amount of the canning and preserving although a great amount was dried. Under ordinary times an inn mense amount of peaches that went to waste on account of a market would have been saved for winters use in many forms. 5R6s
The Washington herald., 1918-07-08
10O C0kORED MEN FOR
TEACHING WAR DUTY

a f-cEEnsittcs Of One Hundred' has
1qen appciute4 by the War Depart
rent 1cornpcsgd Of representatives of
tferT noeatis group OF the colored
eco. Who viii take active part in
~ 1rnroa hing campaign of educa-
lon tisrned to cover every commu-
10 q t6e country where colored
1soe'f atide in appreciable numbers.
ne - Z endeavor to exert a strong
nhueAEt In enlightening the colored
,eople as to their duty toward the
government. and pointing out to them
he definite and practical ways in
which they may be of the greatest
service to the nation in the winning
II the struggle
Members OF the committee who are
'esidents Of Washington are Armond
". Scott. grand exalted ruler OF the
order Of Elks; Walter J. Singleton.
president of the Mu-so-lit Club: and
Roscoe Conkling Bruce, assistant
superintendent Of public schools.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-08
Chaotic Russia Again
In Turmoil.

The situation in Russia. where mill
tary events Of far-reaching character
are expected daily, has taken on an
even more serious outlook as the re-
suit OF the assassination Of Count Mir
bach. German Ambassador at Moscow
Kerensky at Paris, predicts an imme-
diate march by Germans on Moscow,
and sees in the murder Of the real
ruler Of Russia" the beginning Of a
great movement against Germany.
Stockholm. in the meantime, reports
the advance Of an army of Czechs and
Cossacks, headed by the Grand Duke
Michael, on Moscow.
Indications are accommodating that
Germany would welcome a diversion
from the Western theater to the East
where she believes she has things
bottled up" The last week, with its
series of successful allied hammer
blows has shown, however, that no
matter what happens in Russia, there
will be no relaxing by the entente
and American troops in the West, and
the italians are giving the battered
Austrian forces no rest.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-08
ALL AID CLUBS
MAY CONVENE
HERE IN 1920
Lansburgh, Of Local Club,
Suggests Triumph Of
Victory" Meeting.

The National, Capital as the scene
Of Triumph of Victory" conven-
ton Of the Associated Advertising
Clubs Of the World in 1870 Is antici-
pated In an exchange Of kilograms be-
tween Lester Lansburgh. president of
the Advertising Club of Washington.
and Fred p. Peel, delegate of the
Washington club at the admen1 con-
vention In San Francisco,
President Lansburgh received the
following telegram from Mr.. Peel,
who left Washington last Tuesday:
Arrived this Saturday afternoon
with Twin City, Chicago and other
delegations. We were met with brass
band, etc. New Orleans here strong,
with mayor. and big determination to
land the convention for next year.
Splendid convention in prospect
Weather very cold. Will leave here
Friday"
Mr.. Lansburgh sent Mr. Peel the
following telegraphic reply:
''The Advertising Club of Washing
ton rejoices In your safe arrival. We
vite association TO hold Triumph Of
Victory Convention Of Ad Clubs of
America and her allies in Washing
ton in 1920. Let our advertisers sell
the war far and near and come to
Washington in 1920 for a victory dem
onstration of the power of the pen,
the types and illustrations from
brush and photography"
The second meeting OF the Advertis-
ing Club of Washington will be held
Immediately on the return OF Mr..
Peel, who will be the speaker OF the
occasion
The local club is the latest to join
the fold OF the Associated Advertis-
ing Clubs OF the World and. located
at the National Capital, will be called
on to perform Offices of great re-
sponsibility in connection with the
winning OF the war through the
medium of advertising.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-08
u. S. WINS BUTTON TRADE;
GERMANY PREVIOUSLYLEAD

In the old game OF Button, button.
who's got the button" among the ma
tons. the answer invariably was
"Germany's got the button" No long
er. Americas got the button now.
and she's likely to hold the button
market of the world, with Japan sec
ond to her. and Germany trailing in
the rear.
These facts are shown in q report of
the U. s. Tariff Commission Just
completed. Before the war Germany
and Austria Hungary were the but
ton exporting nations of the world.
The United States alone purchased 81
0)o.0o0 buttons a year from them But
the product in the United States has
risen from Sll.l33.7s6 in 1904 TO S2O.-
Ill, ,979 in 1914 and considerably higher
since.
Many are made from the fresh wa
ter clam and mussel shells OF the
The Washington herald., 1918-07-08
CITY COALPILEs
SOLUTION FOR
SMALL USERS
DR.. Garfield Finds Such
Devices Legal and
Valuable.
BY MILTON BRONNER.

NopCNl2A SbdAA SOtAOopoAAShS
Nearly every coal man I have
tackled on the subject throws up both
hands when you speak about munici-
pal coal piles. Many are afraid of
such competition. Others honestly do
not see how coal can be obtained foi
q city coal pile, when the retailer
themselves can not get the suppl
they want for their own yards to de
livered to their regular customers.
The municipal idea did not frighter
Fuel Administrator Garfield one bit
He frankly said he had not gone int
the subject. But when 1 told him H.
highest court of the land had declarr'
such coal piles legal, he confessed h.
sympathy with the subject
DIR. Garfield Is engaged in a cain
paign to get people to order their CO.
early. But he recognizes that in man.
cases families can not do so.
Invested Spare Money.
They have invested their spar,
money In liberty bonds, Red Cros
subscriptions, etc. and have to pu
off their coal buying until fall. espe-
cially IL they have no credit with the
retail coal dealers. There are others
who expect to move and can't afford
to put coal in the cellar of a house
which they expect soon to vacate
There are others whose wage Is SC
small they have to live from week to
week.
For all such cases the municipal
coal pile is the natural solution
1t a city stores coal this summer
it will be able to sell IL this fall an
winter at cost to those who need j
And there Is nothing to preven
municipality from maintainin
such a coal yard unless there
some State statute of constitute
al provision directly prohibiting Il
use Of municipal funds for such
purpose.
Yards In Maine.
The State of Maine passed a law
in 1908 allowing cities to establish
public yards for sale of wood, coal
and other fuel without financial
profit. The highest court of the
state sustained tie legality of the
act when some PORTLAND taxpayers
attacked 1t. And the law was like
wise sustained by the u. s. Supreme
Court. Both courts said it had been
held a city could supply its citizens
with electricity or with heat from
central municipality owned and
operated plant.
The court confessed its inability
to see the distinction between
burning fuel at a power house and
delivering the heat or electricity
thus generated, and the simpler
action of selling and delivering the
coal itself.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-08
TEACHING DISABLED
MEN TO EARN LIVING
Reconstruction Glasses by Naval
Service, Inc.

Service. Inc.
The busiest war-relief center IN
Washington Just now is the recon-
struction class rooms at the Theo-
dorous Bailey Myers Mason House
of the Woman's Naval Service, Inc.
1606 Twentieth street northwest, where
scores Of women are giving up their
vacation time to instruct disabled
men.
There are classes in many kinds of
artistic work that a man deft with
his handS could do.
Special classes on Monday, wednes-
day and Saturday nights have been
arranged for employed women who
cannot take the instruction in the
day time Anyone interested may OBJ
tain information by telephoning North
9eS3.
Among the pupils are: Mrs. A. c.
Willis. Miss Spaulding, Mrs. William
F. Fisher, Mrs. B. NJ. Fowler, Mrs
W. H. Wharton, Mrs. E. c. Willis.
Mrs. Lehman. Mrs. W. F. Harding,
Miss Eleanor Butler. Miss Juanita
Humphrey, Mrs. J. r. Orton, Mrs
Bo Sweeney. Miss Katherine Harlow,
Mrs Ann B. Goodykoontz and Mrs.
A. T. Eustis.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-08

west, and Iowa and New York are
centers Of button industry.
Muscatine. Iowa, has an interna-
tional reputation al . button center.
In fact its commercial rivals call II
the button hole of the United States.
Ocean shell imported from the Orient
and vegetable ivory from South
America are also used In large guam
titles in making buttons in this coun-
try. The japanese exports Of pearl
buttons 70 the United States increased
from S2s.O57 in 1872 TO sT7O,Sfs in 1876.
with greater increases since. An
abundance Of shell and cheap labor
makes Japan a strong competitor. In,
the manufacture OF fresh water shell
buttons in this country. labor amounts
to 50 per cent OF the cost Because
Of the cheap japanese labor. manufac-
turers here are seeking q higher tar
III on buttons
The Washington herald., 1918-07-08
S.T.CARTER, NINTH SON,
IS REPORTED MISSING
Young Man from Vienna. Va,
Known Here.

The youngest of nine sons, Private
Sidney T. Carter, was reported miss
ing in action"
He is the son OF James z. Carter, a
farmer Of Vienna, Va.
The missing soldier is well known in
Washington. where he has q great
number Of friends. He is an expert
rubber man. and prior to his enlist
ment was employed by the Goodrich
Rubber Co, Of Akron, Ohio. He also
has been employed by commission
merchants in this city. In Alexandria
he was employed by commission mer-
chants and jobbers. and in Baltimore
he was connected with the Chesapeake
Jobbers' Association.
He Is q years old. He has brother,
a chaplain in the army, Lieut.. Josiah
Carter, now in France
The Washington herald., 1918-07-08
Cutting ARRAY at Iowa
Circle Leads to Arrest

During a fight between James
Fosque, of 400 Oakdale street north
west. and Charles Tate, living at 2O2S
Fourth street northwest. both COL
ored. about s o'clock last night at
Iowa Circle. Tate received a cut on
the jaw and was taken to Emergency
Hospital. His condition is not seri-
Gus. Fosque was arrested by Serg.
Edwards, of the park police, and
locked up at the Second precinct sta
ton charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon.