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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
Passing Of Popular
Railroad Official

lEEW men of the railroad world
y were so widely known or SO
highly esteemed personally as was
Samuel H. Hardwick, whose body will
be laid to rest in Montgomery today.
AS passenger traffic manager of
the Southern, an office he held for
many years and until his health be-
gan to decline, he displayed at once
enterprise along constructive lines,
high order of administrative abil-
ity and suavity of manner, which is
always valuable asset of pas
senger official: His railroad expert
ence dated from the days when sys-
tematic methods were little known in
The passenger department; but he
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Ase-HernId Man In France


Hello, boys was the opening greet
ing in letter from John F. Cornett,
somewhere in France" written to the
composing room boys on this paper.
We are as busy as bees over here
getting ready All Alabama boys are
treated right, both by Uncle Sam and
the French people. Say, you boys ought
to see the good looking girls in this
country They are deeply interested in
Americans, as they say we are here to
help their cause. Everybody is anxious
to get at the Boches and will not be
satisfied until they get one. People
over here seem to think the war will
be over this year. II it can be ended
right. this suits me; otherwise we
want TO go over Regards to all the
boys in Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
LUKE M,LUkE SAYS

We would like to bet that you never
met a man who was SO hard to please
that he wasn't satisfied with himself
Neither did We.
The reason why girl knows that she
Is willowy is because she has shape
like bed slat.
The average man would rather be able
to forget some things than be able to re-
member everything.
A 40-year-old woman thinks that she
looks about 30. But any of her female
enemies could tell her that she looks
more like 1870.
When her fiance is with her girl
would rather have lip-to-lip silence
than have a heart-to-heart talk
Being liberal cuss. we never charge
anything for our beauty hints. And right
here and no we want to advise redhaired
girls that they should always dress in
brown.
| A club woman Is often thankful that
she hasn't any. kids because il she had
she might not be able to attend the
Mothers club regularly
| When a man is really hungry and
thirsty germs and microbes in his FOOD
and drink are the least Of his worries.
| After all, modesty depends on avoir-
dupols. A flat-chested girl can wear hef
waist as low AS she pleases and iooi
modest. But few inches Of decollette IN
the waist worn by a corn fed girl is sure
| to create comment.
| A wife doesn't say much when she
catches her husband dabbing his torso
with her talcum powder. But she does .
heap of a lot of thinking.
| What has become of the old-fashioneo
hen that was sold for 80 cents and tha'
made square meal for family?
A woman believes that every made.
over hat looks the part except the on
she is wearing.
The old-fashioned man who used Y
think that it took Is hours to do . day.
when he puts in six hours.
/ 1t is hard to convince a woman tina
= coat Of paint viii not cover her age.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
On the Firing Line

81 have just received letter from
my son Henry, now in France" said
former Lieutenant Governor III. b.
Gray, sin which he states that he was
the target for a number of German
shells while on scouting duty the 9TH
er night with several companions. No
one of the party was hit but they
managed to capture rs German prison
ers before returning to their trench
and were mentioned for bravery in a
short foreign dispatch.
Henry is unusually fortunate in be-
ing able to speak both French and
German fuently and he is used as in
terpreter on all occasions around head
quarters"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
Fears Late Frost

Il have been Keeping up with the
seasons for number of years" said
Theodore Scott, one of the old settlers
up, the valley, "and I am always bit
afraid Of such an early spring.
THE garden truck looks mighty
nice but l remember that it was on
April 10, 1924, that the freeze came
and killed the corn, and it became nee
essary to pillow it up and plant again.
Some few tried to get by without do
ing this but the corn was npped so
badly that 1t never did any good. am
taking a chance but 1 am not very
hopeful of getting good stands with
out rep1anting later"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
Record Cotton Deal

"A record cotton deal was pulled off
by w. P. Smith, a Camp Hill cotton
dealer said J. w. Gammil yesterday.
Five hundred and seventy-fve bales
at 50 cents pound were sold to the
Russell Manufacturing company of Alex
amounting to about 100000. The unusual
part of the deal was that all of the cot
ton was produced near Camp Hill, was
sold to a Tallapoosa county concern, and
will be manufactured right here at home
lin Alabama maybe for Alabama peo-
Pile to purchase This is start, at
least"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
Gallant British Army
Halls German Offensive

1T7HE British army, which Kaiser
u Wilhelm and his war lords af-
fected to view with contempt, has
written glorious page in history. 1t
faced the greatest avalanche Of men
and guns ever launched against foe.
While it is true that the British were
forced to give ground, they did so at
frightful cost to the Germans and
frustrated all attempts to break
through That was the principal OBJ
ject of the German offensive and it
has failed.
! With the slowing up of the German
drive all military authorities agree
that the time has come for a counter
thrust. There is every indication that
this will mean Germany's defeat and
the end of the war. While the British
losses have been heavy in men and
guns, they are but fraction Of the
losses sustained by the Germans. 1t
does not require an expert to reach
that conclusion. 1t is obvious that
an army on the defensive will suffer
less than an attacking army, unless
routed. The British have retreated in
good order. The French have rallied
to their support and huge army OF
reserves has been prepared to throw
into the struggle when the hour
strikes.
We shall probably see repetition
of the battle of the Marine, but in this
case it will be decisive. 1t is not be-
heved that the militarists can keep
their hold on the German people much
longer. If they are thrown back
again their fate is sealed. The Kaiser
and his advisers have staked every
thing on this offensive. Every avail
able man and gun has been brought to
the western front and large percent
age of all the German divisions in
this sector have already been en-
ployed. Germany has made her maxi
mum effort and thus far the results
obtained have been greatly dispropor-
tionate to the appalling price she ha.
paid.
The battle is not over yet and there
is, to be sure, still possibility that
the Germans may succeed in separat
ing the British and French and cap
ture Amiens. However, barring mis-
chances, the worst is over. Weakened
by their tremendous exertions, thu
Germans will not be able to withstand
! strong counter offensive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
sas..lkztxN aAAsssll
THE TRUTH IS OUT

From the Arkansas Gazette.
The origin of species of feminine
headgear has been mystery to mere
man for long time, but the secret is
out. A man arrested on a charge OF
disorderly conduct in New York the
that he was a designer of women's hats
and pleaded for leniency on the ground
that "a man must be either drunk or
crazy to think up such things
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
WILL ADD TO HIS PAY

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A young man Of Caseyville, ILL.,, has
enlisted in the army and sold to some
friends in Caseyville, at 500 each, payable
or delivery, the buttons from the Kais-
er's coat A young gentleman who is
pleasure
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
\ TIP ron sPoUTERs

From the Houston Post
The Birmingham Age-Herald observes
that war is developing many orators.
That's true. but We think the best way
for orators TO enable folks to forget
they are not fighting Is to be silent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28

Member of the Associated Press
The Age Herald is the only morning
and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham
carrying the Associated Press dis
patches.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited TO II
or not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herin.
All rights of republication of spe-
cial dispatches herein are also re-
served.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
scouts ON the Job

Hats off to the Boy Scouts said Jo-
seph H. Loveman, chairman of the city
committee Of the national War Savings
campaign These sturdy little fellows
have already distributed $4,000 red War
Savings Stamp cards in Birmingham. AS
each represent an obligation to buy War
Savings Stamps or Thrift Stamps, it will
be seen that they have given big
boost to the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
THE ALLIEs, TURN NEXT

From the Macon Telegraph.
Another thing the Kaiser might Veil
paste in his tin hat: He who cachinates
last is the chap who goes home with the
bacon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
RIPE FOR CANNING

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Upon the retired list of the language
should be placed 'camouflage, and AS
Sherman said, -"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28

BEGINNING THE DAY-O for
eyes to see and ears to hear! o for
senses that will lay hold and deliver
hot to the soul! And o for a soul
that Ieans out. ready, alive, alert.
o for a soul that Iives!-H. NJ. e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
ODD WAY TO CURE DRuNKARDs

ODD WAY TO CURE DRuNKARDs
From the New York Herald.
A brilliant notion Of that woman law
yer of Boston to drive men from drink
by making barrooms more attractive
She would Irvine the bottles with old
fashioned flowers on the theory tnat
man seeing these would think OF nome
and be more temperate. Afraid it would
work out like the device of that other
woman who tried to cure hard drinking
husband by putting whisky into every
thing in the way Of food prepared for
him. Instead OF the expected disgust.
he ate more heartily and complimented
his wife on the great Improvement in
her cooking,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
ADMIRABLE PoIsE.

ct is hard for some people to acquire
what the French SO aptly call 'savoir-
faire
I'm one of those unfortunate per-
sons"
.'Yes?y
II once knew a successful wine safes
man. If l could impress head waters
as much as that fellow did 1 would be
happy man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28

Washington bureau. 2o7 Hibbs build
ing.
European bureau Henrietta street.
Covent Garden. London.
Eastern business office, Rooms AZ TO
60, inclusive, Tribune building, New
York city; western business Office
Tribune building. Chicago. The S. G.
Beckwith Special Agency, agents Tor
foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
DEAD MEN HELD THE HUN

They had died too soon, before all their
work for their country was done. And
now they had risen in the dark to hold
back the Germans. That they fought
with weapons I do not believe, but that
they were helping ur. I know.
"'s'Dougal," I cried. "Aleck.'
"'And though / couldn't see them, /
knew my brothers were there, guarding
me They couldna go back to my mother
again, but they would protect me, for
her sake.
''.'Do you seer" 1 said to the cor
pcral.
'f'IIe saw nothing, but he listened; and
he said he could hear the Germans shout
ing I heard them, too: cries of sur
prise and fear. The corporal Thought
they were the shouts of victors, but
knew who the victors were. / was filled
wi a great peace, like the sense of rest
after pain. 1t is not defeat when men
come back from the dead to help
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ONE WHO Tolls NOT.

ONE WHO TOLLS NOT.
A gay, light-heaFted citizen,
His Ike is seldom met;
He always wears happy smile
And never thinks OF debt.
The secret of his lasting cheer
Is not so hard to find
The troubles of this mundane sphere
Don't weigh upon his mind.
In vain We strive to emulate
The manner debonair
OF this unconscious optimist
Who shows no trace of care.
But maybe you and I could be
AS free from earthly ills,
II we would let our wifies work
And settle all the bills
LITTLE ADVERTISING.
boy, page Mr.. Glimmerling. Here's a
quarter"
Yes, sir. Thank you, sir
But remember. I'm Mr.. Glimmerling. .
II get you. Twice around the lobby and
then you hail me-"
OUGHT TO BE.
Doctor said Mr.. Jagsby, Gust one
little drink won't hurt me, will it?'
You'll have to be the Judge of that"
But 1 want some expert advice.
after 80 years of experimentation.
don't you consider yourself an expert?"
STOP TOO SOON.
did I understand you to say that
Watson was a man of charitable inn
|pulses?"
yes"
why, he never gives away penny
if he can possibly avoid it,"
IT know it. His impulses are charita-
BILE, but they lack momentum"
SUPERIOR TYPIST
you seem to have an efficient stenog-
|rapher."
Correct. That young woman has been
|employed here for a month and during
that time she hasn't consumed more than
1.-TWO pounds Of bonbons."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28

Ingratftude is monstrous: and for the
multitude to be ungratefuI, were TO
make a monster of the multitude.
--Coriolanus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28

II once knew a successful wine sales
man. If l could impress head walters
as much as that fellow did would be
happy man"
OPPORTUNITY LOST,
Fine city you have here
I'VE think so"
II can remember the time when the
town consisted of only few shacks. put
the recollection makes me sad
why so?"
Il passed on. instead of pausing long
enough to buy your most prominent bust
ness corner for s25"
SWEET THOUGHTS.
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me O. er and Ger
The man who plays the saxophone
No longer lives next door.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Another candied think
In our direction waited;
The trombone-choking gink
Who lives near us is drafted.
Springfield (Mass.) Union.
And OH that tenor slim,
Who nightly yowled and yearned!
I wrote the government of him,
And row the pests informed.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Another sugar-coated
Thought which makes us gay
Is this: Our neighbours poppy
Ran off on yesterday.
Macon Telegraph,
"A sweetly solemn thought
That makes want to shout
The dame who borrowed eggs from us
This day is moving out.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28

Lord "a of his majesty's official stan
says King George has not taken 10 days
vacation in three years. Even at that
King George probably hasn't worked any
harder than the average column con-
ductor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
A LITTLE ADVERTISING.

Il Ii 7 LII AIJN Elk IISINtI.
boy, page Mr.. Glimmerling. Here's a
quarter"
Yes, sir. Thank you, sir"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28

He didn't get the honor then, but 1
knew it was coming, for I had been
closely enough associated with him 70
know that he had in him the real stuff
out Of which bishops are made, and
meme Of his Methodist brethren were
prouder of his being made one than l
was, and I am glad that Birmingham
has such a strong man in its midst, for
whenever anything affecting its inter
ests are concerned, he always lines up on
the side Ct right.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28

But remember, I'm Mr.. GlimmerIing. g
II get you. Twice around the lobby and
then you hail me-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28

Now, here is one that has never found
its way in print When the Methodist
general conference met here, knowing
that the name of my editorial brother
was in the mouths of many as Alabama 8
candidate for bishopric, and feeling
sure that he was in every way worthy to
wear a bishops robe, and give dignity
and honor to the high ecclesiastical Of
flee. was greatly interested in the rti-
mors Of his chance of elevation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28

From the Woman's Home Companion.
M MANY soldiers who fought through
ll\VlI the battle and retreat at Mons
q vs. say that angels saved them from
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-11-08

We do not lack for toys; toys by trainloads made in American factor ies, by hands which are clean; toys also by carloads made by our ally in Japan, where childhood is sacred, and love, not hate, is taught at mothers breasts. Even were there none, far better our boys and girls should go without than find pleasure in the handiwork of a nation which made a public holiday to celebrate the loss of the 'Lusitania" and which in these latter days is steeped in the glory of monstrosities. Could our little men who sacrifice many childish pleasure to buy war stamps and contribute pennies to the Red Cross, and our little mothers who knit so patiently with hands, that can barely hold the needles, would one of these knowingly find any pleasure in any toy Made in Germany?
 H. H. Windsor, in Popular Mechan- ics.
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Morenci Chapel

My Dear People
 IL is cheering to note that things are iookingmore hopeful the world over. The epidemic is abating and the great war clouds are passing by. Today there is big blue patch in the sky that has been clouded so long. Bright. CT and better days are before us. Let us have patience with God. The world is only in the making and God is busy now. In the meantime, let us help him to make this safer place for ourselves and our children to live in.
 The three great agencies that are to make this a better world are the Church, the Home and the School. They are to have the largest part in the reconstruction of the world after the war. We should see to it that the church fires, the school fires, and the home fires are kept burning brighter than ever. How we missed the church services the past four weeks. We didn't realize what large place they filled in our lives. The church has many faults but with all it's faults it is the best institution in the world It has great mission and message. It is in the world to save men. It is in the world to make men-make them strong, brave, in- telligent. It is in the world to mend men-when broken, bruised, and gone to pieces, to make them over again. The church is the place for lonely people who need cheer and friendship.
 Three thousand years ago David said he was glad when they said, let us 20 into the house of the Lord. He needed the strength and fellowship that came from meeting God in the sanctuary. The human heart hun gers for God the very same now as then. and never before did men need the sunshine of his presence more than in this dark hour. I hope the churches will soon reopen. When they do let us rally to the services. Let us like David be glad to go at once more to the house of the Lord to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple.
 J. P. McPhie, Pastor
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less hearts, or encourage him to hope that even now we tolerate his brutality and welcome what he wants to sell? If now, when as nation we are in universal condemnation of Hun ism, yet do we hold out our hands to accept his works, what will he think and with what measure shall he estimate the sincerity of our expres- sions of repugnance and horror at what he has done since the sun rose this morning? What mitigation can we claim in the thought that Ameri- ca was not yet overseas when these trinkets were fashioned? Even while the gaudy paint was yet fresh upon these trinkets were Belgium
 girls being dragged into slavery verse than death.
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silken locks are twined with sea- weed? Can one hold a German doll in her arms and forgot the thous- ands dead from famine who once made glad a mothers arms? Can a boy find delight in the contortions of a mechanical Hun clown and forget those brave young men who writhed in agony when crucified on castle walls by these same Huns? Can ball colored with the red of Huns fail to sgugest the flame from burst ing grenades hurled by arms uplifted in the attitude of "kamerad?"
 Let those who would invite fear some ghosts into the home to- hover round the Christmas tree buy German toys. If one would hang the boughs with evil omens, and bid the vail of agonized spirits float through the branches and fan the f1ickering flame of candles, let him buy German toys. Let those who can make merry with the product of those very hands | "hlSu CfCh Ilio biOblCAI ol . CdS' erly filling shells with poison gases and deadly flames and hurling them against our own flesh and blood.
 And what of the merchant who fo1 sordid gain would barter these souv enirs of 1oathsome nation and insult the loyalty of lisping lips? What could more delight the cunning Hun what more quock1y bring the sneerine smile of cruel faces, or gladden. hear
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-11-08
TOTAL REGISTRATION
 FOR STATE OF ARIZONA

Phoenix-The Secretary of state gave out the total registration for Arizona as reported to date, showing a total of 1922 registered voters for the general election to be held on Nov. ,, as compared with a regis tration of S1,755 in 1916. The only counties in which the registration for 1918 has been reported in full to the secretary of state are Coconino, Gra- ham, Maricopa, Mohave, Pinal and county, the registration as reported county, the registration as reported in the following table is incomplete. The tahIe follows.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-11-08
HUN TOYS!

New York, Oct. 23.-Several thousand cases of German made toys arrived here to day.-A. P.
 Toys! For whom? For the inno- cents carried down when the 'Lusitania'' sank? For those tear eyed Belgian children who stretch forth little arms from which the hands were struck off by the swords of German officers? For those French boys and girls with pitiful sightless eyes? For those whose lit tie bodies rest in the churchyards of Italy, that died in pain from poisoned Hun candy? For those other children slowly starved to death in Poland or massacred in Armenia?
 Toys? Toys made by Huns tc whom innocence and childhood are but toys to be played with and then crushed and broken? Toys whose very contact contaminates and leaves upon the touch of babyhood invisible clots of blood? As well bring dead 1y serpeant into the home to spew it's venom on the crade. Why shall we befou1 and taint the purity of Ameri can childhood with reminder of the f1eldish treatment the Huns have glorif1ed in ever since that Hateful August of 1914? Can one even look upon a Noahs' Ark Made in Germ any, and put from his mind those hundreds of helpless innocents whose
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-11-08

tie Heavens in the pit of Hell. Give freely to the United War Work Cam paign.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-11-08

The quarantine has been lifted from the Morenci Southern Ky. Go. and they are again bringing in pas sengers from Guthrie to Morenci.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-11-08

Miss E. s. Calder, stenographer in the P. D. General Office, returned to Morenci from a two weeks va cation in Fl Paso.