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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Large Capital Investments
 For Southern Development

development plans have been deter mined. This corporation has 20,000 acres of coal and timber land in Marion coun- ty, near Sequatchie, Tenn, for imme- date development, and portable saw mills are now being installed to manu- facture building materials. It is esti- mated that 100000 feet of hardwood similar timber, will be cut on the property.
 An oil refinery will be built by the Excelsior Producing and Refining com pany, Tulsa, Akia-, incorporated with sl,000,00o capital.
 An expenditure of s50o,00O has been or dered for improvements and extensions to the car and locomotive repair plant of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, Huntington, W. Va. These betterments are a portion of the s1S,00o,O0O improve ment budget which Director General Nc Adoo has approved for this railway which has already begun yard improve ments costing s75,000 to $100000 at Hunt ington.
 An oil refinery will be built by the Ranger Palo Pinto Oil, Gas and Refinery company, Fort Worth, Tex, incorporated with $3oO,000 capital
 Iron ore in Georgia and Tennessee will be mined by the Georgia-Tennessee Iron company Wilmington, Del, incor- porated with $300,000 capital
 Graphite will be mined by the United States Graphite company, Wetumpka, Ala. incorporated with s300oo0 capital by Wetumpka and Montgomery investors.
 Mining and oil properties will be de- veloped by the Repeater Oil and Mining company Muskogee, Okla, lately noted Incorporated with s2Oo,000 capital. An oil refinery will be built by the Ranger Producing and Refining com pany, Ardmore. okla. incorporated with $l50000 capital
 Cotton products will be manufactured by J. C. Sikes Monroe, N. C., and as- sociates, who will organize $l5oooo com pany to build their mill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Old Marsh Reclaimed
 By Refilling With sand

Gulfport, Miss, June 2.-(Special.) The Callahan Construction company has completed the filling of the marsh on the west edge of the naval station. This marsh has been known at Seals dump and has been one of the eyesores on the coast.
 City Engineer Shaw made an estimate of the amount of sand used for the filling. The cost of filling, as has been already announced, was fixed at 20 cents yard. At the time the |contract was awarded, it was hoped to have the work done for $10,00 or less. The belief now is that the total |cost will exceed this early estimate.
 The city will now have to run a drain from the Louisville and Nashville railroad to the beach to carry off the water which formerly flowed into the marsh. With the completion of this work the old marsh will be thing of the paSt-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03

Baltimore June 2.-(Special l(-Big in- yestments of capital and large manu- featuring plants to employ many thou sands of men are the principal feature of the past weeks industrial news of developmental enterprises to be estab- lished in the south, as reported in to- days Manufacturers Record Most prom inent of these numerous announcements are three government plants which will require an expenditure of $23,0O0000 and afford employment to 12000 men for their operation after completion, besides pro viSing work for nearly that number dur ing construction and the installation of machinery. These three plants are kSl2,ooo,o0o picric acid factory at Little Rock. $5,000,000 picric acid factory with k2,ooo,coO industrial city at Brunswick, fGa., and $4,0o0000 boiler works at Rich mond. Va.
 | The sl2ooo,oo0 Little Rock plant wil manufacture picric acid for explosives land it will be built by the war depart ment. This plant requires a 120O-acre site and contracts for the buildings with their equipment of machinery, have been awarded.
 Picric acid for explosives will c.so be the product of the Brunswick plant, and it will be built by the Butterworth- Judson Corporation of New York, under contract with the war department. The plant buildings, machinery, etc, will cost 5000, 600, and the industrial town for em- ployes will require an investment of s2,000.000 A 1400-acre site will be used for this plant.
 Boilers for installation in the merchant steamships which the government is building along the Atlantic coast will be manufactured at Richmond This s300o.000 plant will be built by the New port News, Va, Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company for the emergency fleet corporation. It will include foundry, ma- chine shop and boiler shop. the site being on the James river
 few of the other southern enter prises of the week may be briefly sum marked, including only those with cap- italization exceeding $100,000 as follows:
 All arrangements have been completed insuring the construction of the pro- posed industrial canal at New Orleans the initial expenditure to be from $3,000,- 600 to $4,O00,000 and s12,000,0oo being the estimated ultimate cost This canal, with it's lock. will connect the Mississippi river with Lake Pontchartrain and 1t will afford waterfront facilities for the establishment of important industrial en- terprises. Several shipyards are already planned for location by experienced ship builders.
 An oil refinery will be built by the Little Sioux Oil company, Tulsa, Okla, incorporated with $1, 1,250,0O0 capital by Tulsa and Kansas City manufacturers.
 Officers have been elected for the Marion Coal and Lumber company, Chat tarlooga, Tenn, recently incorporated with a capitalization of sl,0o0.ooo. and general
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
THE HUM OF INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH
Work at the Wood Chemical Plant Progressing Rapidly


 Such rapid progress has been made with the construction of the $1S00,0o0 wood chemical plant at Lyles. Tenn, that the entire establishment is expected to be ready for operation, affording en- ployment to 1000 men by December |, which will be one month in advance of late specified by contracts About 25J men are at work on the 18-acre site, and every ddy this force of employees is be- ing increased, says the Baltimore Man ufaeturcrs Record.
 The Bon Air Coal and Iron corpora ton Of Nashville is building this plant in accordance with a contract to supply the government with materials for explo- sives manufacturing. Each day the completed factory will produce from 20O0 to 5000 gallons of wood alcohol, 40,G0J
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03

pounds of acetate of lime and 1000 bush els of charcoal. All the alcohol and ace tate of lime will be taken by the govern ment for the purpose of manufacturing explosives, while the output of charcoal will be burned n the Bon Air Coal ana Iron comra1y's iron furnace. This fur mace will be blown in with daily ca pacity of f~cm 75 to IC0 tons of charcoal
 iron after the completion of the $l50,C0o improvements now progressing in as- cordance with the plan heretofore A-~ nounced.
 About ss0O,oGG is the cost of the con- struction involved and $5O000O the cost of. the plant machinery for the chemical plant. The main retort building will De of brick, steel and corrugated iron, Soo feet long by 80 feet wide. Other build-
 ngs are the office. dormitories. mess halls, 20-rc om hotel and 200 dwellings, all completed CT under construction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03

with the years of peace, when the war has come to close. Certainly enormous growth must follow after, in the build ing of new industries, factories and by product plants. The great achievements of the present time will surely make for and hasten the larger developments of the future.
 There is real opportunity here. The thousands who have been attracted here have exhausted the housing accommoda- tions-both dwellings and business houses. But these conditions are being met and a building programme on an extensive scale has begun. The frenzy for real estate speculation has passed and there is a certain completeness a definite, orderly drive ahead; Sheffield is fully awake to her imperative duty. It is a rare pio- neering on the part of those who through intensification of effort are playing a big part in the building of a Greater Shef- field.
 Indeed, there is 'slimitless vista ahead" for Sheffield, the Muscle Shoals city ot the Tennessee valley and north Ala baTna,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
SheMeld's Future Seen by
 Ardent Prophet on the Scene
By H. FoNTA1NE LITTLE

Sheffield, June 2.-(Special.)-It has long since been recorded that Sheffield has been precipitated into the largest indus trial prosperity of it's life. But how enormous, how vast, how all-embracing this prosperity will continue is beyond all hazard of guess
 The government nitrate plants here, with their thousands of employees; the iron furnaces. the railroads. rolling mills, machine shops and numerous smaller in- dustries are today furnishing combined pay roll of nearly S50O,O00 weekly. or ap proximately S2,0OO,0O0 monthly. Natural ly these conditions warrant and are bringing about a tremendous growth and expansion, resulting, of course, in a great increase in population. The drive of the armies of workmen infesting the city the armies of occupation-can be felt; the mighty movement is building greater city.
 If Sheffield's day of prosperity may be judged by it's morning, high noon is still far off High noon will come only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03

Industrial development on a stupend- ous scale continues to be the rule in all manufacturing centers of the United States and the south is getting it's share; but the greater part of the new activity-nearly all of it-comes under the head of war work.
 Aside from enterprises relating to war time essentials, industry is natur- ally restrained; but as nearly every business and every industrial operation has to do work with the winning of the war, labor is in far greater demand than ever before and wages are higher than ever.
 Every youth under the draft age has an opportunity of serving his country and engaging in useful occupation,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Truckers Purchasing
 Large Motor Cars

Gulfport, Miss, June 2.-(specialy Long Beach is just about to close it's shipments of vegetables for this sea- son.
 The number of cars shipped this season was about 250 and the prices received, while not quite as good as those last year, left the truckers a fair margin of profit
 Long Beach has become the most famous trucking center in this inn mediate section and those engaging in the industry are doing well. A num- Der of truckers have. recently pur- chased expensive auto trucks with which to haul their vegetables t9 market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Industrial Actiuity Continues
 On Scale Of Great Magnitude
All Large Development Comes WorLe Being Done That Is Not Connected With Government Essentials Gamer
 ies in Alabama Will Present Very Busy Scenes

Of the smaller industries canneries have come into great prominence in the south. There are 50 of them in Alabama and there is room for many more Every one of them will present a busy scene from now on.
 The success of the packing house business in the south last season should result in large expansion of this industry within the next year or two. The few houses now in operation in Alabama are supplying q real want and several additional plants will surely be built within the next l2 months.
 In the immediate Birmingham dis trict industry goes bounding on as never before, and with the coal out put increased the wheels of enter prise here will turn with velocity little dreamed of by the ordinary prophet of other days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03

more or less akin to war and what is true of an able bodied boy is true also of the middle-aged or elderly man. All are in demand and no one in good health who fails to work can escape the charge of being a stacker.
 If high pressure activity is in evi. dence now. conditions industrially will be still more strenuous as the summer advances. It goes without saying that industry will hum not only as long as the war lasts, but for several years afterwards.
 Coal production in Alabama is still below requirem ents, and this in spite of the fact that miners are urged by local operators and by the government to put in'' full time. It is hoped and believed that there will be a marked improvement in coal output this month. for every ton is war necessity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Will Help to Solve
 the Potash Problem

Potash bearing deposits near Rock mart, Ga, are being developed. To to 100 tons of the material being taken out daily. and it is declared there are indicatio that Georgia will take a leading part in solving the national potash problem, says the Industrial Index. Regarding the Geor- gia potash bearing rock. State Geolo- gist w. S. Metallic said:
 "As commercial proposition of ex- tracting potash from silicate rocks, quite so promising as the high potash slates in the vicinity of White station, Barlow county. Georgia, by reason of the great abundance of the material and the nearness of transportation.
 It has not only been shown, it is stated, that potash can be commercial ly extracted from Georgia silicates but the experiments have been of such a practical nature that it has been ex- tracted in substantial quantities and used successfully this year on farms in both Georgia and Florida"
 State Chemist w. c. Dumas said: Potash is potash, no matter whether it originated in Germany or in this country. Our domestic supply of pot ash or muriate of potash is just as effective as plant food as any other"
 It is declared that "it is apparent from what already has been done and is being done that the American pot ash problem will be solved and that this country is going to become inde- pendent of German product. This is a patriotic as well as commercial problem and Georgia is certainly doing her part.
 That eastern capitalists realize the possibilities of the potash industry in Georgia is shown by the fact that they have had representatives here for sometime. One concern, said to be the Guggenheims, has secured options on a large amount of potash bearing ma terial in the northern part of the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03

Nearly everything else has been tried as an experiment. There is not prac- tical coal miner in the United States who will not unhesitatingly say that this course would bring about produce ton and trade adjustment of price. Right at the beginning the coal opera tor would profit, but the inexora5le law of supply and demand would take care of it later on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Creole Landmark Burns

New Orleans, June "A once famous structure, the old Globe hall at St. Peter and St Claude streets where for many years were held the historic quadroon balls at Mardi Gras time, was destroyed by fire early Saturday. In re- cent years the building had been used as broom factory. The loss was esti- mated at $5,o00
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
J. c. Craig Paroled

Montgomery, June 2.-(Special)-J. C.
 Craig of Jefferson county, who was con- victed of petit laceny and sentenced to F months at hard labor, was granted a parole by Governor Henderson Saturday. Liberty was requested by the trial judge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03

The most remarkable salmon is the chinook" It occasionally reaches an enormous size, fish of 100 pounds hav- ing been taken. The average weight however, is much less-from 15 to p pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03

England will soon have 2000 munich pal kitchens in operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03

Filled on terms explained ir Coupon in this paper on page ?.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-16
Please Tell Me What to DO
By CYNTHIA

What we would like to know is do you
think we should 20 20 the theatre and
places Of amusement with fellows who have
consumption?
We have been doing 50. but our girl
friends say we are very foolish. Are We?
I have grown to care good deal for this
fellow and would hate TO drop him just be-
cause he has consumption.
Also, do you think we are too young 10
be kissed by these boys, as they are both in
the armye
! once said 7 didn't care what slurrinr
remarks the girls madc about the boys, |
would stick by them. Am | doing right or
should we drop them
GLADYS AND PEG.
Who told you my dears, that these
boys have tuberculosis? Men in the army
have no such disease They would he re-
jected when examined, and if it de-
veloped after they had been accepted
they would be sent to the hospital and
treated for the disease
There is no reason why girls should
not be friends with boys who have such
a disease. but it should stop there. 4
girl would have no right TO marry q
man who had disease the tendency
which could be inherited by his children
IL would not be a question of whether
you are too young to be kissed by these
boys or any boys for that matter. Age
has nothing to do with IT, my dears bu.
unless you have promised a man to
marry him you should keep your kisses
to yourselves
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-16
A Maid and TtUO Men
The Story of the Girl Who Vas Left Behind
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
Copyright ~ LEDGER Co.
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOF


trail and was waiting for the connection
She hardly thought that Jack could have
reached home so soon, but she would
leave word anyway. The only thing that
made her believe he would go home was
the fact that he lived SO near, and that
he would possibly have more quiet there
than anywhere else he might go.
The call went through, and Ruth turn
cd back to the telephone. As she did
so she noticed for the first :ime that her
mother held a square white envelope in
her hand. Ruth raised her eyebrows In
inquiry. and held out her hand. Mrs
Rowland handed her the letter without
word. 1t was the precious news fro;
France, the word from Scott that she
had looked for from day to day. Who
knows. 1t might even contain the an.
che had written him right after she
had heard about his being reported
missing. How strange that at such
time she would receive the news that
she had been expecting for weeks. and
tldl even HOW sHe ndu 10 Wult W Spedk
into the telephone before she could tear
open the envelope and read what Scott
said
Hello. hello" some one was saying at
the other end Are you calling this
number? Do you want any one here?'
Yes, yes, / want to speak to Mr.,
Jack Bond," Ruth said quickly. Has he
come in?"
Not yet" said the voice. ooh, just a
minute. I'll see II he's at the door now.
Hold the wire"
Ruth hel1 the wire. her fingers crush
Ing the white message tightly in her
hand. Then the voice broke in again.
He'll be right here" Vaguely Ruth
recognized the voice as that of Katie. the
parlor maid, and she wondered how Mt
such a time as this so small n thing as
the girls brogue should make any inn
preston on her, and yet some small
thought had noticed Il, and had register
ed the impression that the girl would be
astoundingly good on the stage. In our
times of greatest mental abstraction we
are apt to think of the most trivial
things.
Then Jacks voice spoke across the
wire, and Ruth answered Quickly, afraid
that her good resolution might fade
away In the light of what had happened
Jack, want you to come back" she
| said TREMENDOUSLY Really / do, 1 want
| to talk It over"
And on his eager response that he
would be right over, she hung up the re-
and yet half afraid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-16

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-16
Hiding Behind a Husband

1t isn't fair for woman to hide
behind her husband in the matter
of Liberty Bonds. If a working
girl can skimp and save to set
aside 81 week for the fourth loan
when she has already done the
same for the other three, Why can't
a married women with an allow.
anCe do the same?
In order to be able to keep our
enemy on the run we must make
success Of this loan. And it's single
action in each home that can make
a success of it. If every woman
housekeeper i'm the city made up
her mind this minute to economic
enough for one more bond at 81 q
week. think how the sales would fly
up! And every woman housekeeper
would have $50 saved scarcely be-
fore she knew it,
Try it for America and Philadel.
phia!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-16
Tomorroto's Complete Novelette,,
"A BIT OLD-FASHIONED"
Irving Out Shoes

In cooperation with the War Depart
ment the leather and paper laboratory
of the Bureau of Chemistry has arranged
for wearing tests of shoe leather to be
made by a regiment or a less number
of soldiers in the field. The laboratory
is having between 1000 and 1900 pairs
OF shoes manufactured, and they are 10
be issued to a regiment that Is to be
designated by the War Department
Complete records, from the hide to the
worn-out shoe, are to be kept, and 1t Is
expected that the information obtained
will be valuable TO the general public as
well as to the military authorities. Ap-
proxlmately twelve kinds Of sole leather,
sole-leather substitutes and materials
for uppers are to be tested. IL Is ex-
pected that the wearing test. will last
six months. The shoes are to be dis
tributed among the men of different
companies in the regiment, so that the
results will be strengthened by the law
of averages.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-16
HOW THEY ATE TO WIN
IN THE DAYS OF '76
Old Account Book of Wash
Staff Tells of Salad
and 'Sellery' and No Sugar

Among the George Washington records
at the Congressional Library In Wash
ington. u. G., is the old account book
Of Caleb Gibbs. who bought tho sup
plies for WashinRton's staff all through
the seven years OF the Revolutionary
War It's pages are yellow and the
ink IL faded, but the old hero's records
are still clear, and it is interesting to
see what the fighters OF those days ate
The book began In April 1776, when
Washinrtons headquarters were in New
York city. on Pearl street. opposit,
Cedar. At this time the war had not
vet affected prices 10 any extent. The
first purchases. on April 10, were seven
pounds Of beef at siXpcncc pound; one
tongue at three shilliugs; four pound
Of butter at one shilling sixpence p
pound salad and scllery" one shil.
ling. six birds at one shilling and q
shlliug's worth Of potatoes. There was
no sugar at all. \ shilling I'm those
days was thirteen and half cents In
our modern money, so you can see
that caleb GiEgs's expense account was
not very large, according TO our stand
ards today
There was not much variety in the
war Diet Of 1176. on page after page
we find beef. cabbage salt, eggs. milk
buuCt asparagus, bacon, nuts. cider
Asparagus. cabbage and potatoes and
occasionally cucumbers are the only
vegetables mentioned
There were some Cf the same food
problems then as We have now Trans
portatiou was the cause of shortages
just as It often Is today; but then It wa,
tho OK teams that broke down as they
dragged along the country roads or We're
blocked by military transport.