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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14

Bessemer, March 13.-(Special AN
so-gallon wildcat still was captured
last night by Sheriff T. ]. Batson AMI
Deputies W. B. Vines, ]. N. Smith
son. Grady Batson and Ross Thomas.
The still was located about five miles
south of Bessemer on what is known
as Five Mile creek. and was made Of
copper with all attachments neces-
sary. About 200 gallons of beer and
three and half gallons of whisky
were destroyed by the officers and the
still brought to the sheriff's office. j..
D. Carter. a white man. was arrest
ed on a charge of violating the pro-
hibition law in connection with this
case
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14
Special Bargains
by Merchants in
Today's Age-Herald

Porter's feature Manhattan silk
stripe shirts at $3.50 and 81.
Cable-Shelby- Burton Piano company
offer four special bargains in their
removal sale of pianos
Collins calls attention Of men to
she wing OF Steadfast Oxfords at $685.
Clark & Jones Piano company fea-
ture the vose piano In todays adver-
Using.
Loveman. Joseph 4 Loeb print full
page of store news.
Jacobs drug store have Easter egg
dyes at Sc package.
The Guarantee features the new
spring footwear ct $3.50
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14

The postoffice department has
granted permission to the local office
for the establishment of motor de-
livery mail service for route No /,
ruSs1 free delivery. This delivery will
go into effect on Wednesday, March
IA. This change was made at the re-
quest of F. T. Scott. the oldest carrier
in the service here. The route which
will be covered by the motor is one
of the largest in the county and with
the great increase of mail matter is a
difficult one to serve in the old man
ner. This route includes Hueytown.
Dolomite, Rutledge Springs Wilkes.
Piney Woods, Powder1y, Grasselli,
Lipscomb and Jamestown. and is about
Is miles in length A new schedule
has been arranged and delivery will
start at o'clock in the morning and
finish by O'Clock in the afternoon,
making a saving of about four hours
over the old system.
The Wednesday Music club mot ,his
afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. r Rus
on Arlington avenue, at which time a
splendid meeting was held Prior to ths
programme a short business session wa :
held, and small sum of money voted
TO assist the Junior Music club In njr-
chasing their baby bonds. The club. as
a whole, voted to join the Resseuer
chapter of the national council OF de-
fence on, Thursday afternoon The pro.
gramme was then taken up. at which
time the lives of Sidney Homer and
Victor Herbert were studied. most in.
teresting paper on Homer and Herbert
was read by Miss Jackson, after which
a musical programme was rendered.
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NEWS OF BESSEMER
MISS BERNEY CULLEN tCorrespOndeu.
BESSENIER
BUREAU
PHONE
BESSEMER ISL

o'clock at the public library. A num-
Der OF committees will make reports at
this meeting.
An unique scheme to raise funds for
the tobacco fund campaign for the local
boys now in France was the rattle Of
a tea cake by Mrs. Monroe Lesser. The
affair was held at the Pronunciation
drug companys store this afternoon
about o'clock and created much in
terest. The cake was of the national
colors and the lucky number was drawn
by Mrs Ida Stewart of Arlington avenue.
The committee realized neat sum from
this affair.
Miss Blanche Collins was beautifully
complimented tonight when number of
her friends entertained at a surprise
party at the home of her parents on
Twenty-fourth street. The reception
rooms were tastefully arranged in ferns
and cut flowers. while several tables
were placed for a series of rock, which
was greatly enjoyed. During the even
ing music and dancing was also enjoyed,
after which an ice course was served.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14
PERSONALS

Miss Stella Levy of Newark, N j..
will arrive tonight to be the guest Of
relatives and friends.
The many friends Of Mrs. Nora Golson
will regret to learn that she suffered a
slight setback today, but was reported
as resting we'll as could be expected
Miss Ida Kartus left last night for An
niston. where she will be the guest of
Corporal and Mrs. George Barr at Camp
Mcclellan.
Miss Susie White has returned from
Flat Top, where she has been the at
tractive visitor of her sisters. Mrs. w.
L. Gresham and Mrs. w. w. Christian,
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Negroes Will Lead in
First Quota of Second
Draft in Alabama

Montgomery, March 1s.--(special0
Between 600 and 700 of the 1884 men
of Alabama ordered into the military
service March 20 will be white men of
the second draft Mai. @, ]. Hubbard,
who has charge OF the selective serv-
ice work In Alabama, was notified to-
day that all negroes of the first quota
would be included in the movement.
Compilations will be completed
Thursday showing the quota of Ala
bama white and colored by counties.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14
INJURED BOY IS
/. STILL UNCONSCIOUS
Boy Injured in Automobile
Collision Is in Serious Con-
dition at st. Vincent's

oscar Miller, the boy who was seri-
ously injured when struck by an au-
tousbiie driven by Clarence Wilborn,
negro, Tuesday afternoon about s;15
o'clock near Alley B and Eighteenth
street, was reported still unconscious
by the authorities at st. vincents hos
pital late last night and his condi-
tior is still serious. He is the son
of John r. Miller of 1724lA First ave-
nue.. a steelworker. and has several
brothers and sisters
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14
Washington House Owner
Raises Rent of Officer
and Congress Will Act

Washington, March 13--When members
Of Congress heard today that the owner
of house Occupied by Major General
Black, chief of engineers, had notified
the family after the generals departure
for France with Secretary Baker that the
rent hereafter would be $3.50 instead of
800 a month, Representative johnson
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of Kentucky, chairman of the District Of
Columbia committee. introduced reso-
luton authorizing the President to COM
mandeer the property. nder the resp
luton General Black would be permitted
to keep the house. If he desired, until
one year after the war. paying 800
month. minus repairs and expenses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14
Fisheries Dispute Settled

Ottawa. Ont. March 13.-The long
standing fisheries dispute between
Canada and the United States has been
settled, at least for the duration Of the
war. it was announced here today by
c. c. Ballantyne, minister Of marine
and naval service.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14
Old People who Are Feeble and Chill
a-a.. xNho Are Pale and Weak

Would be greatly benefited by the Cen
eral Strengthening Tonic Effect or
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. II
purifes and enriches the blood ana
builds UP the whole system Genera,
strengthening Tonic for Adults and
Children. COO.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14
MOTOR MAIL DELIVERY
\ Correspondent.

this school. The caps and gowns viii
be furnished by the board
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14
LOCAL ITEMS

The woman's committee of the national
council of defense will meet Thursday
afternoon at $50 o'clock in the main
Sunday school room of the First Meth
odist church. Mrs. Conrad Ohme of
Birmingham will be present at meeting
and make an address.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-14

The members of the tobacco fund COM
mittees will meet Thursday morning at 10
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05
CUSTOM. OF COLONIAL DAYS
"Beating the Bounds" Was Enjoyed
by the Boys More in nerica
\ Than In England.

believe that, in earliest colonial
days, boys also took part in a joyful
outing, public custom known as
perambulating or beating the bounds,
writes Alice Morse Earle, in her
"Child Life in Colonial Days" The
memory of boundaries and division
lines, of commons, public highways,
ETC., was kept fresh. in the minds of
the inhabitants by an old-time Aryan
custom,-the walking around them
once a year, noting lines of boundary
and impressing these on the notice
and memory of young people. To
induce English boys to accompany
these perambulations, it was custom
ary to distribute some little gratuity I;
this was usually willow wand, tied
at the end with bunch of points,
which were bits of string about eight
inches long, consisting of strands of
cotton or wooden yarn, braided or
twisted together, ended by tag of
a bit of metal or wood. These points
were used to tie the hose to the knees
of the breeches; the waistband of the
breeches to the jacket, etc. Long after
noints were abandoned as portion of
dress. the wands, with their little
knot of points, were given. Pepys
wrote, in 1861, that he heard that, at
certain boundaries, the boys were
smartly whipped to impress the
bounds upon their memories.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05
WEAK KIDNEYS MEAN
A WEAK BODY

When you're fifty, your body begins to
creak little at the hinges. Motion is
more slow and deliberate. mot SO young
as 1 used to be- is frequent and unwel-
come thought. Certain bodily functions
upon which good health and good spirits
SO much depend, are impaired. The weak
spot is generally the bladder. Unpleasant
symptoms show themselves. Painful and
annoying complications in other organs
arise. This is particularly true. with ell
derby people. II. you only know how, this
trouble can be obviated.
For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil has been relieving the in
convenience and pain due to advancing
years. 1t is standard, old-time home
remedy, and needs no introduction. It is
now put up in odorless, tasteless capsules.
These are easier and more pleasant to take
than the oil in bottles.
Each capsule contains about one dose OF
FIVE drops. Take them just like you would
any pill, with small swallow Of water:
They soak into the system and throw of
the poisons which are making you old be-
fore your time. They will quickly relieve
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05

seaboard has proved the greatest sue
cess in government the world has ever
known. Democracy sits at the tables
of the land today. Brotherhood asks
its helping from the amply filled
boards of the American home. These
two attributes of the American people
fully express the secret of America IS
success as a nation. The growth of
the nation has been in accord with the
extension of these ideas. They are
both home ideas, and therefore they
are both ideas that express the inner
spirit of the day of thanksgiving.
The fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man-these were the
leading conceptions of the Pilgrim IA
theirs. They are the leading concep-
tons of the sons of those fathers to-
day. They are the conceptions that
can never be made hackneyed by hypo-
critical use or by designing abuse.
They will stand forth in the genius
and action of the American people un-
til each year shall add praise to praise
in the measure of the fullness of rea-
sons for the giving of thanks.
Peace, provision, prOtection-these
are the priced possessions of ma
ton whose one aim is to exalt the
ends of human liberty, to extend hui
man democracy and to exalt the ideals
of human equality. AS this nation
touches the world at large it does so
through its leading national concep-
tons, and only when these are vitality
assailed can it take up arms for it's
own defense. 1t has the obligation
resting upon it to conserve the true
needs of liberty and this can be done
only by insisting upon the sacredness
of human rights and human opportu-
mites. Hence the day set aside for
thanks is a day of pure and unadul-
terated AmericaniSm, into which no
alien sentiment can possibly enter.
Hence it is that every head of the
family in acting in his capacity at
the head of the family board becomes
the priest of the things made precious
in the life of the country and of which
mention is made as thanksgiving
themes of the day. No more can the
nation depart from its lofty mission
and progressive ideals than can the
earth swing away from the solar at
traction. The day of home happiness,
the day of praise, the day Of felicity
is a sacred and singular day in the
annals of American progress and Amer
ican world Influence.
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aaaMl lGSI.dl14
THANKSGIVING DAY IN PARIS
How American ExiIes Celebrated Be-
fore the Great War Changed Con-
ditions Over There.

Have you any idea of what is the
Thanksgiving of the American resident
of Paris? Let me tell you. We have
turkey with cranberry sauce. The tur-
key is stuffed with things which only
the French tongues can define, and the
cranberry sauce is usually bought in a
can, ready-madeA from an English fac
tory. Still, it is real turkey, and the
sauce is red, with real. cranberry skins
in it, so that we complain not. We are
even glad that we are commonly all
widows and orphans temporarily
who assemble to eat the Thanksgiving
dinner at home. Our husbands and the
fathers Of our children are wont to
grace the dinner given by the Ameri-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05

those stiffened joints, that backache, rheu-
matism, lumbago, sciatica, gall stones,
gravel, "brick DUST" etc. They are an
effective remedy for all diseases of the
bladder, kidney, liver, stomach and allied
organs.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules
cleanse the kidneys and purify the blood.
They frequently ward off attacks of the
dangerous and fatal diseases of the kid:
neys. They have a beneficial effect. and
often completely cure the diseases of the
bodily organs, allied with the bladder and
kidneys.
If you are troubled with soreness across
the loins or with simple" aches and paino
in the back take warning, it may be the
preliminary indications Of some dreadful!
malady which can be warded off or cured
if taken in time.
Go to your druggist today and get boz
of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules.
Money refunded if they do not help you.
Three sizes. GOLD MEDAL are the pure
original imported HARLEM Oil Capsules.
Accept No Substitutes.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05
After the War is Won.

"Mr. Smith, this is Mr.. BlanEen-
camp"
"GIad to know you."
'Glad TO know v Say; your name
is awfully familiar. Didn't you serve
with the marines over at-?'
why, yesi"
And didn't you once lend me a light
when / was all out of briquet juice
and happened to be going by your
diggings with an unlit pipe in my
face?"
Seems to me / do remember a mutt
with phiz like yours, straying up in
our neck of the woods one morning
looking like lost soul; yes, remem-
Der swapping addresses with him after
lighting his stove for him. So you're
it, are you?''
II am that-shake Z"
shake STARS and Stripes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05
Doubling Up on Him.

"Heyl Come down, there-yer
pinched! Wo dye think you are, any
how? Barney Oldfeld?"
mo, sir" replied the frightened mo-
torist, "but was"
Eyes, / know. You was maxim 81
miles an hour. What dye mean?
"Well, sir, / was arrested back there
about two miles by that officer just
going over the hill on that motorcycle.
He said, Follow me, and hurry up,
and that's what was doing when you
got me."-Kansas City Star.
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This Year the Spirit Of Thanksgiving
Should Properly Be Filled With Praise

can club, where every man resident OF
Paris who is true patriot goes burst
ing with a sense of gratitude because
he is a citizen of the greatest country
on earth. To this dinner are hidden
each year certain number Of innO-
cent and unsuspecting Frenchmen, who
are made to consume even larger guam
titles of American eagle than of tur-
key, and who must go home sad
enough, if they believe all that the
speakers of the evening tell them of
how Americans are doing everything in
the world that is worth doing; that
any small affair which the French
may still be carrying ON, we, the peo-
pie of the United States, shall appro-
pirate if we take the notion.-Ex-
change.
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Teach Children Correct Speech.

After all, the best place to carry on
a campaign for better speech is right
in the home with the little circle that
three times day gathers about the
dining room table, or perhaps it is only
the kitchen table, it makes no differ
ence, and the same little circle which
in the evening gathers about the
hearth. For it is the speech which we
hear about us at home that clings TO
us through life.-Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05

branch that looked good to him some
distance up the trunk, he climbed the
tree and, seated on one branch, be-
gan to saw at the one he had select
ed, which was just above him.
James was not adept as O tree cut
ter or climber, or as an equilibrium
artist, and somehow, just as he was
taking final whack at the branch he
desired, he lost his balance and fell.
The knife, clutched in his right hand,
slaShed his left arm and severed an
artery, and as he sank in a faint to
the ground blood gushed from the
wound in vicious spurts.
When James regained consciousness
he was lying on the cot in the her.
mitage. But alas! 1t was her
mitage no longer. A young woman,
clad in white uniform with narrow
blue stripes, was holding his left arm
aloft while another similarly dressed
was busy about the stove, in which
fire had been built.
The young woman holding his arm
Ia very pretty blonde-smiled pleas
antly and handed him glass of water.
whats happened?' he asked after
he had drunk the water. She explain
ed in a few words.
my friend and I were enjoying
half day off, strolling about the lake,
when we heard you cry out. We found
you lying under a tree, severe cur
in the brachial artery, and blood squirt
ing so profusely from the wound that
we were obliged to improvise this tour
niquet with your handkerchief and
piece of wood. We saw this house
in the distance, assumed that you lived
here, and managed to bring you here"
The girls fingers holding the arm
were singularly soothing to the feel
of his skin and her smile was one OF
the most CHEEKY things he had ever
seen.
"My friend is preparing something
for you to eat" she announced. Its
something light, just the thing for
you"
James felt that it was good to have
this girl looking after his comfort in
this way.
"She knows her business" he decid-
ed. "She's very capable person. all
right, and that's what I need"
One day, a month later, while James
was partaking of canned dinner, he
heard an automobile horn emit several
croaking blasts, followed by the sound
as of a machine coming to stop back
of the shack.
Soon there was a knock at the door,
and it was thrown open to admit
Ralph Williamson, radiant with smiles
The two young men clasped hands
warmly and Williamson was offered
the four-legged stool as q special
honor.
Cant STOP" he demonstrated. Il
just came out to see If you had enough
of hermiting."
Obtaining no answer he went on:
"I've a pleasant surprise for you.
Janet Ellison is out there in my car,
and she wants you to be her special
guest at a house party starting to-
morrow. She got back just this week,
and Immediately inquired about you.
Come on and get ready"
James held up the coffee pot.
s.Have a drink" he invited, and re-
ceiving a shake of the head from his
visitor, he poured another cupful for
himself Dropping in lump of sugar
he stirred it and said:
"Tve* had enough of hermiting, all
right Ralph; but / can't go with you.
You see, I'm getting married to-mor-
row-to young lady who tonight will
finish her course of training in that
hospital across the lake"
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the world war the ch0lce OF DIeSSlnS
or cursing will work out In the victory
OF the good? The old cry, Hath God
forgotten to be gracious?" needs no
longer be voiced. God has not forgot
fen TO be gracious. So that, as the
Americans assemble in their churches
on the day set apart for expressing ma
tional gratitude, they will rejoice
above all else that the nation OF free
men has adopted as it's motto: Whom
the Lord makes free is free indeed.
Let them rejoice that America is bent
upon pfoclaiming liberty to, the entlre
bounds of the earth, The curse OF au-
tocracy. the curse of blasphemous
assumption that God is on the side OF
the strongest battalions, the curse OF
debauchery of human ideals ana nu-
man aspirations, the curse of the es-
tablishment of force in the place OF
purity; of power in the place OF peace
this is the cursing that is being
wiped out in blood. The blessing OF
world peace and the prevalence OF the
spirit of brotherhood and Of mutual
advancement for the peoples-such is
the peace that is being wrought out
The United States has placed its all
on the altar, realizing that sacrifice
is the noblest virtue of a nation.
Hence, while exuberance may not
abound, the spirit of thanksgiving is
filled with praise over the mighty
manner in which the mind of the AL
mighty is being made clear in the
movements of the times; with the
United States playing leading part
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05
Armaoeddon

Palestine's great fertile plain APP
pealed to the strategists Of the an
cient world as an ideal battle ground
Hese Gideon triumphed over the Mid
ianites and the Philistines over Saul.
The frequent wars between Assyria
and Egypt were fought out on the
Field of Armageddon. The name has
become figurative in modern usage.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05
RUBBING it IN ON UMPIRE
How Fiendish Fan Led Autocrat of the
Diamond to Assist at His
Own Discontinue.

Gus Axelson, veteran Chicago base
ball scribe, tells this one:
"In the National league there was
an umpire named Harrison. He was
having a rotten day of it at the Cubs
park and, while standing back of third
base, heard fan cry, Hey, jumps, re-
member Youngstown?
Harrison, who comes from Youngs-
town, was tickied to hear at least one
friendly voice, and waved to the fan.
nodding that he did remember the dear
old town.
Remember the old Todd housef
cried the fan.
with grin on his face. Harrison
shouted, Sure do
Wasn't it rottenT cried the fan.
"It sure was rejoined Harrison.
who was dumfounded when the fan
fairly roared:
"'Well, you're worse T."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05
Easy to MANAGE.

sit must be sad disappointment
when a woman marries man thinking
him brilliant and discovers that he is
stupid"
"That depends great deal on her
temperament" replied Mr.. Dubwaite,
thoughtfully. "a stupid man is usu-
ally docile, you Birmingham
ge-Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-05
The Truth of IT.

swell, Nettie, did you know that we
had all come for Thanksgiving? asked
Uncle John, as he chucked his little
niece under the chin.
IT expected you," she said, sweetly.
Mother said that the whole family
was coming, and it was a dreadful
Lore, but that Thanksgiving only
comes once year,"