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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-13

TEARS

BY Lord Lytton.
There are three hundred different way
and more
OF speaking, but of weeping only on|
And that one way, the wide world %
and DER,
Is known by all. though it is taugl
by none.
No man is master of this ancient lore.
And no man pupil. Every simpleton
Can weep as well as every sage. I'll
man
Does it no better than the infant can.
The first thing all men learn is how
speak,
Yet understand they not each othesI
speech:
But tears are neither Latin. nor VI
Greek.
Nor prose. nor verse. The languad
that they teach
Is universal. Cleopatra chees
They decked with pearls no richer thu
from each
OF earths innumerable mourners fall
unstinted, yet correctly classical.
Tears are the oldest and the commons
OF all things upon earth. and yet hd
new
The tale each time told by them! hd
unblessed
Were life's hard way without thu
heavenly dew!
Joy borrows them from Grief; Fan
trembles lest
She lose them; even Hope herself smii|
thru
The rainbow they make round her
they fall;
And Death: that cannot weep, 81
weeping all.
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Chance For Schoolboys
to Help Win the War

GHHIS week has been designated
u national enrolment week for
the United States Boys Working re
serve of the department of labor. A
great drive has been launched
throughout the country to enlist for
work on farms next summer all boys
sixteen years of age and over, but
under military age, particularly those
attending high schools.
There is no more vital factor in
winning the war against Prussianism
/ than food. This truth has been stated
so often that it has become trite, yet
we are not producing enough food to
supply our own wants and those OF
our allies. 1t is a task that can be
lrndertaken-and must be undertaken
by those Of US who stay at home,
chiefly the younger men who are not
otherwise employed.
Not only will the Boys Working
reserve be of great assistance in
planting and harvesting crops, but by
healthy outdoor work on American
farms there will be built up rugged
and adaptable body of men. They will
profit by their labors quite as much
as their country will, and our allies to
whom we have pledged our support in
providing food as we'll as men and
arms. 1t is just as essential to in
crease our food supply as it is to
| fight in the trenches. The one will
fail without the other.
Summoning the boys and young
men of the United States to enroll
in the reserve, President Wilson says:
"To give the young men between the
ages of sixteen and twenty-one the
privilege of spending their spare time
lin productive enterprise without in
terrupting their studies at school,
while their older brothers are battling
lin the trenches and on the seas, must
greatly increase the means Of provid-
ling for the forces at the front and
the maintenance Of those whose serv-
ices are needed here"
| Each boy who enrolls will be given
la certificate stating that he is a
member of the United States Boys
Working reserve and will be allowed
Ito wear the official badge after he
has proved his fitness and served fo1
the prescribed period.
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An Industry Well
Worth Developing

.MlIssIssIpPI's creamery opera
AVH tors have arranged TO make
an exhibit Of their products here
shortly and it is hoped this enterprise
on the part Of a neighboring state
will arouse interest among farmers
and business men of Alabama in an
industry that never fails to be profit
able when properly managed.
A few years ago creameries were
unknown in Mississippi. Today that
state has twenty-five of them. Mis-
sissippi butter has high reputation
for quality and a large percentage
of the butter sold in the Birmingham
market is shipped from Mississippi.
Alabama has only four commercial
Icreamerics. There is room fol. twenty
five or thirty. Alabama is making
steady progress in cattle raising.
There is no better grazing state in
the south and for every dairy COW
now found in good grass sections
there should be dozen or more.
Of course, capital is required in
Establishing and operating a cream
cry, but that is so Of every business.
with reasonable amount of effort
all the capital needed for creamery
Expansion can be secured. 1t might
'be well for the Birmingham Food Pre-
paredness and Marketing Bureau,
which is now conducting vigorous
statewide campaign for increased
flood production, to enlarge the scope
of its activities and include move
|ment for the building Of creamerics.
|No matter how many "butter" cows
4 farmer might have he could not
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the most suitable for marketing the
large crops of corn, as 1t would put on
fat quicker than others.
Our American breeds of swine are
mostly Of the lard type. Hogs of this
class, in good condition or fat, have
very broad. level backs. or a slight
curve; smooth, thick shoulders; the hind
quarters of the body thick and the hams
broad, deep and thick. The lard type
hog has great depth of body and the
legs are rather short. 1t has thick neck
and jowls with deep layers that contain
a large amount of lard-bearing tissue
as compared with the lean cuts. The
Poland-Chinas, Berkshires Duroc-Jerseys
and Chester Whites belong to this class.
I got my first lesson in the differences
between the lard and the bacon hog
when | was called in as one of the auc-
tioneers when Mr.. Barrett brought his
from Braccwood and put them in pens
for the sale just in the rear of The
Age-Herald. Up to their arrival, to me
pigs was pigs" but when l got one good
look at the long body deep in sides,
with comparatively narrow back, light
hams and shoulders, and light, muscular
neck of Mr.. Tamworth. knew that at
last / was in tho presence of the gem
tleman who could deliver the bacon.
Bear in mind that bacon hogs furnish
large proportion of the expensive cuts.
such as choice hams and breakfast ba-
cons. The Yorkshires and the Tam
worths are the leading breeds in the ba-
con class.
Why join pig club? The reason is
simple. Hog flesh can be produced
cheaper than any other kind. as there is
very little waste in hog carcass. Hogs
dress OUT 20 or IS pounds Of pala-
table products per 100 pounds live weight.
varying according to the condition and
| the kind of animal. A hog properly fed
and cared for will make boy more
money in proportion to cost than any
other animal on the farm.
| Some Of the stories of boys pig clubs
| read like romance in finance The
most noted one being the poor boy who
bought SOW. and went into the hos
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a.
business. He earned the food for tn
SOW and her brood She was on til
job and brought forth filters so regularl
that she kept him busy keeping them
feed. He made enough out of the fed
tile mother to put in two years at CO
lege. Join a pig club and get an educd
ton. 1 know two sisters in Birmind
ham whose mother gave each Chris
mas present nearly an entire city blod
OF high-priced residence property an
they took it as matter of course, an
showed but little emotion. but when ST
told them that she had bought them
pair of piggies each. their JOY knew 4
bounds To hear them talk. you woul
think. that their little Durocs were goin
to pay the taxes on their holdings Z
land.
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Copyright 1918, by the Ben Syndicate, 1no.y
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
UNTIL

You think your Jaws have little might -
Remarked wise Mr.. Young.
But you can't tell how hard you bite
Until you bite your tongue
Cincinnati Enquirer.
You think you lift your foot high, too,
Until you find" said Roe,
ION what a slight obstruction you
Can often stub your toe
Newark Advocate.
You think your elbow moves all right
Said Mr.. Silas Stone,
Until, like an unlucky wight,
You bump your funny bone"
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
You think you are husky guy
Said weary Mr.. Lott,
Until some afternoon you try
To spade a garden plot"
Houston Post.
you think that you are rather spry,"
Said Hezekiah Chance,
'Until you grab a girl and try
To learn the latest dance"
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Glee Club ON Hike

THE Howard College Glee club is plan
ming to go on a road trip about the Sec
ond week in April" said Director L. w.
Dockery.
I'VE are hoping to get dates at Clan
ton. Enterprise, Dothan, Troy. Brun-
didge. sylacauga and Newton, and some
Of them already have signed ups ex-
pect to take 1s young men and four young
ladies in the party. This will be an
innovation that ought to be drawing
card"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-13
RARE EXPERIENCE

what will you have, sir?" asked til
man in a white coat.
"I'll order in a minute or two," RI
Piled the bew,ldered stranger I'm jul
trying to get my bearings now
You are not sick, hope?"
''Oh, no. live in 'bone-dry' stat
This is the first time in five veal
that I've been able to put my foot d
a brass rail and lean against a rel
mahogany bar. 1t seems like DREAM
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Chance for Packers

II have been in the chicken and pro-
duce business for more than score OF
years" said w. w. Garrett. the we'll
known merchant on Morris avenue, but
when the order came prohibiting the SELL
ing of hens for eating purposes. cold
storage hens went up from six to eight
cents per pound. and even ROSTERS at
last jumped to the price of hens.
II am not questioning the wisdom OF
the order, but / am merely calling at
tention to how 1t gave the packers and
cold storage dealers chance to reap
a rich harvest from the buying pub
lie"
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sell his milk output unless there was
a creamery not too far distant to buy
it and turn it into the finished
product.
The crop diversification idea has
taken a firm hold on the farmers Of
Alabama, and commercial dairying
comes well under the diversification
head. Auburn and the United States
department of agriculture are both
ready to cooperate with those who
are inclined to engage in the cream
cry industry. Let's take new stride
in diversification and, at any rate,
let's catch up with Mississippi in
butter making.
- * y
Experts declare that the nonsinkanle
ship leaves much to be desired. That
brings us around to the point where we
started The best way to prevent ships
from sinking is to put the U-boats out OF
business
A correspondent tells how he went to
buy a typewriter in London and was
offered a gramophone instead. However
life in London must still be fairly nor
NAL if talking machines are plentiful
In order to allay the fears Of the ulti-
mate consumer, 1t might be well to state
that those eggs being imported from
China are not "Methuselah" eggs. which
are so popular among celestials.
>. Il I.
Cuba has borrowed s15,ooO,ooo from
Uncle Sam to assist in war prepara-
tons" It can be seen from the amount
borrowed that Cuba doesn't intend to
build a fleet of dreadnaughts.
| * * y
| Some of the newspapers poke fun at
President Wilson for using the phrase
MAY I not" so often. One thing that
commends 1t is the fact that it is never
used by the Kaiser.
| n 81 *
| Two years in the penitentiary Is light
punishment for a blackmailer. 1t will
take something more than brief sojourn
behind the bars to cure him Of the
habit.
| Mayor Thompson of Chicago went TO
New York about the time Billy Sunday
launched his campaign in Chicago. Prob
ably mere coincidence.
); * y
| While 1t is true that John McCormack
| paid a larger income tax than Caruso,
neither has any trouble in turning his
golden notes into cash.,
| * * \.
! If scent fares are charged on the
street cars of Birmingham, conductors
may have to carry their change in tub
| y s. 4
| These are the days when the progress
OF ones war garden has a great dea
| to do with the peace of ones mind.
y. !, y.
! 1t certainly was thoughtful of tht
Huns to stage an air raid on Paris al
soon as Secretary Baker got there. q
4 y + y
] Philadelphia may be slow in othel
ways, but she is quick to appreciate TIM
value of New York's gunner.
Il y -
There is nothing particular in hand t
prevent Ensign Kry1enko from begin
lining work on his memoirs.
8. y II
1t isn't too late vet for gentle sprinl
to encounter one of winters character
istic flarebacks.
y. y e
He gives twice who gives a book to tn
soldiers that he would like to rea
again.
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Rev. Hall Is Pleased

1T is with great pleasure that I am
back visiting among the people whom l
served so long, said the Rev. J. j. d.
Hall, an Episcopal minister. who now
lives at Philadelphia.
II was in Birmingham in strenuous
days. and am glad to see the effects of
the work done by those who banded to-
gether to put the saloons out of bust
ness. ! never labored among finer
set of men than We're those clergymen
who were in the midst of that first great
prohibition fight in which we WON
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-13

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God,
the twilight is here, and the dark
waits at the gate. Yet / nm not
ready. 1 have not found Thy plan;
/ have wasted the hours. i seem
no further than when 1 began. In
this hour 1 turn to Thee. Thou hast
n magic for rearranging broken
plans Thou art the Redeemer of the
lost Amen.--H. NJ. e.
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NOT CONCLUSIVE

NOT CONCLUSIVE
II though you said Dubwaite had
keen sense of humor."
''And so he has"
HE never laughs at my funnie'
stories"
''That doesn't prove anything, one wa
or the other" PAUL COOK.
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No MUD OFFEN 81,

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Birmingham by an ordinance makes
disloyalty misdemeanor; It Is in the
crime class.
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NOT EGoTIsTIC

"Dolblay seems to think it smart to \
pessimistic."
"You do Dolblay an injustice"
How is that?"
HE merely feels depressed over thing
in general. without having the lcas
idea that he can improve them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-13
TELEPHONE

If L can catch him over upon the hip,
1 will feed fat to the ancient srudge
bear him.
Merchant of Venice.
y y e
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SPORT WORTH WHILE

SPORT WORTH WHILE
Our soldiers must be amused
"Quite true
"Motion pictures. vaudeville, musical
comedies and band concerts have been
suggested"
Eyes, but I feel amusements OF that
kind will pail on our boys over here,
now that our boys over there are 60
ing out and capturing Germans every
night or two"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-13
INTENSIVE TRAINING

1--WE spent our honeymoon travelling
Pullman cars
'YesY'
'T figured that after week Of thI
kind Of life my wife would be contel
to live in a flat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-13
MISSED SOMETHING

after waiting two hours to see this
doctor, he devoted only five minutes to
me-"
''Well. did you expect him to hand you
cigar and tell you several funny
stories? He's busy man."
mo. but 1 think he might have let
me have the satisfaction of telling him
all my symptoms, instead of diagnosing
my trouble at glance"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-13
COURAGE

CUURAGE
In spite of his troubles,
He's plodding along,
Quite certain each morning
Will bring him song.
And the heart in his bosom
By sorrows opprest,
When shadows are falling
Still hopes for the best.
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Guy Ray to France

ut seems long jump from Birming-
ham to Paris said Guy w. Ray, a
member of the class of 1917 of Howard
college, who has been appointed by Sec
rotary Lansing to a position as clerk in
the American embassy in the French
capital.
Il have been singing about ''over
there" but now 1 am going. 1t was
while acting as secretary to DIR. J. M
Shelburne who was engaged as educa-
tional secretary in the Y. M. c. A. work
at Camp Wheeler, that I was offered
the place by the Secretary of State,
which I am now accepting.
Il am glad Of a chance to be able
to serve my country in any way called
upon. I leave Birmingham with regrets
but look forward anxiously to getting
nearer the 'front.'
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Member of the Associated Press

Member of the Associated Press
The Age-Herald is the only lnorhins
ana SUNDAY newspaper in birmlns MAJ Ia
Carrying the Associated Fress us
patches.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for repuplealAon
of all news dispatches creaited 10 ~
or not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news pupllsheo
herein.
All rights of republication OF spe-
cial dispatches herein are also re-
served.
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PROBABLY USED ONE HAND
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
One American soldier defeated 10 Ger
mans. say the dispatches. Foot! Is that
all?
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Remittances can be made at culren'
rate OF exchange. Ine Ase-1era4u wal
not be responsible Tor money seH'
,nrougn the mans. Address,
ThE AGE t1ERALD,
Birmingham, Ala.
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Everybody Reads Ase-Herald

Everybody Reads Age-Hernld
"I have become convinced beyond the
shadow of doubt that The Birmingham
Age-Herald is a widely read paper, and
that no matter what page an article is
placed on THE public will read it," said
Joseph T. Collins, local attorney.
IT recently gave an interview to The
Age-Herald on the S-mill tax PROPOSE
ton, and though it was on what might
be termed an off page, from the regu-
lar run OF local news, it was widely
read, and by practically every business
man in Birmingham, or person who
might be interested in a change of taxa
ton methods by the city.
This has clearly demonstrated to my
mind that when you put anything in The
Age Herald you will get results, and il
| you have anything that you don't want
everybody to know about, keep it out OF
| The Age Herald.
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foreign advertising.
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Stamps are enclosed Tor tnat purpose
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Letter from C.ptaIn Thomp.on

Letter from Captain Thompson
81 want to tell you something of this
country away up mid the ice and snow,
while where you are, the blue birds
have long since gathered, / know
writes Capt. j. Carey Thompson, of the
Seventy-seventh infantry, U. s. A, sta
toned at Springfield, Mass, to a friend
on The Age-Herald.
I'VE have just been placed on this
duty which is guarding the United States
Springfield arsenal. probably the most
important plant of it's kind in the United
States, especially under war conditions
was placed in command Of this bat
TALON about six weeks ago, and was
ordered from Camp Forrest to entrain for
this place. We travelled through 10 states
Including the District of Columbia) be-
fore reaching here and with my little
army "a battalion, you know, recruited
up to full war strength, is over 1000
mem we landed In the snow, ready for
business on this great, big responsible
job.
THE plant covers probably 100 acres
of ground right in the heart of the city
and is composed of q number of immense
brick buildings. working night and day
turning out the Springfield rifle, of which
every man who knows anything OF mill
tary service is familiar. You may judge
of it's magnitude and Importance just
now, when L tell you that my little army
have a work-a-day job on their hands
day in and night out on this duty,
with the very smallest amount of spare
time or leisure moments.
Springfield is an old, well laid-out and
closely built-up, wealthy. typical New
England city Of about 10000 people. We
are only 80 miles from Boston. The 1o4th
regiment of home boys recently left here
for overseas duty and as we are the
only soldiers here, the people can't do
enough for us. They treat us as though
we were to take the place OF their
boys and unlike some other parts of
the country, soldier here gets square
deal and little more thrown in for
good measure. Just as soon as the snow
and ice are gone and spring begins to
open up, 1 know we will then enjoy this
splendid old city.
II wish 1 could tell you more of it,
but my duties as commanding officer
just now are rather strenuous and varied
and I have but little time otherwise.
This is separate military post, just
the same at Fort Oglethorpe, Camp For
rest and any of the others, except of
course, we haven't as many men. Out
in the open during most of the strenuous
days on horseback, makes difference
when it comes to lay me down to
Sleep"
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WORK BEING RUSHED ON
BIG SAVANNAH SHIP PLANT.

SAVANNAH, Ga, March 1. -
Work on the administration buildings
az the Foundation Shipbuilding Plant
here is being rapidly pushed and the
office force will remove to them on
Friday. They now have offices in the
Hotel Savannah building but will take
up general offices at the plant. Since
the decision of the company to locate
a plant here several weeks ago work
has gone on steadily and the plant
is getting in shape to turn out the
French vessels they have contracts for.
Sixteen different connections are I'M
der construction as entrances to the
plant
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Leslie

DR.. j. C. Harmon, educational
commissioner, appointed to represent
Emory University within the bounds
CT the South Georgia conference, con-
Quoted services both morning and ev'
ening at the Methodist church last
Sabbath. His discourses combined
patriotism and education in a most
forceful way The large audiences at
each hour seemed intently interested
from start to conclusion of each dis
course. Mr.. Hartman stated that five
buildings of the University are al
ready completed and are in use, and
that many more would be built, all OF
which would be constructed out OF
Georgia marble, which is being con-
tributed by Mr.. Sam Tate, of north
Georgia. Mr.. Hartman called for con-
tributions for the University and
about seven hundred dollars were con-
tributed.
The second quarterly conference OF
the Leslie charge will be held at
Anthony Chapel on Thursday, March
18th. The public is cordially invited
There will be preaching at II o'clock
by Rev. O. B. Chester, dinner on the
ground, and the quarterly conference
held in the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. F A. Wilson entertain
cd at dinner Sunday their guests being
Misses Mccartney and Doney; Misses
Jennie Clark, of Norman Park; Ja-
ME Mccartney. of Triton; Claire Rog-
gle, of Smith Station, Ala; Messrs. A.
i. Royal and Paul Lee, of Americas