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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
Mrs. Lloyd Better

Aniston, August 4.-(SpeciaL)-Mrs Mary H. Lloyd, who has bee seriously ill at her home west of the city for the past two weeks, is much better, &C., cording to the report from her bed- side Mrs. Lloyd is able to sit up for a short time each day, ,andfriends of the family hope for her early recov- ery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
AT THE RIALTO

Alice Brady has been declared to De better in "The World to Live h. whlcf, opens today at the Rialto for week run. than she was in Red Head The work of she star and the gowns sne wears are named as the features of the finn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
MEDICAL EXPERTS LEAVE

Anniston, August 24.--(SpeciaI.D Sanitation equal in every way to the kind afforded city people with modern sewerage equipment is being installed at ten selected schools in Calhoun county, under the direction of pr. G. A. Cryer, county health officer and G. H. Haxlehurst. the state sanitary engineer, the schools at DeArmanville, Chocco- locco, Cedar Grove. Duke, Alexandria,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
JITNEY ACCIDENT

L, G. Salty, driving truck from Ems ley to Mulga, Saturday afternoon col lided with a jitney driven by Willie Me Cam, negro, demolishing the jitney and throwing out three negro women who were passengers. No one was seriously h1l rt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25

the Community ID IRMINGHAM voters by overwhelm- D ing majorities have authorized the issuance of bonds aggregating S4,5OO,- 0OO.
 By their votes they put themselves on record in favor of better school facilities, more money for the schools, modern and attractive buildings for municipal library and mass meeting purposes.
 The citizens of Birmingham in thus au- thorizing this large additional bonded debt manifest an interest in the city that augurs we'll for the future. It means that they have caught the vision and are will ing and anxious to provide the means with which to pay for what they believed
 
 prosperity of the city,. 8a
 The city commissioners are good men and they are working honestly and to the best of their ability to give Birmingham the utilities and the essentials needed for the prosperity and comfort of the citizens. But they need assistance and advice. However able or wiling they may be it is physical impossihnity for them to know all and do all unaided and without the ad- vice and counsel of their constituents.
 They have therefore selected citizens advisory committee to cooperate with the commissioners in working out the best methods and plans for the wise and eco- nomical expenditure of the money raised.
 They are all interested in the plomo- tion of the city's interests and welfare and made up as they are they embody the composite views of all the people of Bir- mingham and they can give invaluable aid and counsel in planning the things to be done under these bond issues.
 Members of such an advisory commit tee representing the business, industrial, educational, musical and all the diversi- fled interests and views of the Birming- ham citizens, will bring to the work all the shades of opinion, the desires and the preferences of all the people, and in the end greater satisfaction will attend the finished work of the commissioners. After all, it, is not what the five men composing the city commission want, but
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
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 yNgAG ROY l.. &SMASn ZeA5M
"THE THIRD DECREE"

is a spectacular novelty. International news pictures will be a feature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
AT THE MOVIES

Alcazar-Alice Joyce in "The Third Degree" Strand-Robert Warwick in Secret rrianonNTom TT lMiz in Rough Riding Romance" Colonial-Dorothy Gish in Nobody Home" Rialo-Aiice Brady in "The World to Live h." Princess-William Russell in Hobbs in a Hurry."~- Odeon One-"The Great Gamble
 BASEBALL Rickwood-Barons ys. Pels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
THEATRES

Eyric-keith vaudeville. Loew's Bijou-Loew's vaudeville and
 feature pictures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
BASEBALL
AT LOEW'S BIJOU

Rickwood-Barons vs. Pels.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-02-22
PITY THE POOR FARMER

Europe is able to buy food more cheaply than we can
We have it on the word of Mr. Hoover.
The announcement forms part OF an appeal by Mr.
Hoover on behalf of the American farmer, who will
begin to feel the effect of falling prices At all events
Mr. Hoover says so, and if he doesn't know who does
has been making two ears of wheat grow where grew
before He has naugurated and prolonged carnival OF
food production the like of which finds parallel in agr
cultural history And while the nations Of the world let
their plows stand idle to black each others eyes the Anne
rican farmer has fed them
The European farmers are now finding time to hoe
their potatoes again, and wages are lower in
Europe than here they quote lower prices than the
farmers of America who accordingly get it in the neck
There is nothing unfair about this. The European
farmer has the right to cut prices he wants to- and his
customers show ordinary horse in patronizng him
What is hard to explain is the presence of American
mission in Europe spending millions to feed the popua-
lions of that offlicted continent.
Mr.. Hoover urges bankers and merchants to rally to
the support of the American farmer during the hard
years store for him. He has produced surplus which
The daily morning oasis., 1919-02-22
Miles of Cents.

Nearly two miles Of cents raised
among the Office force Of Thomas E,
Rush, surveyor of the port of New
York, were given to the Salvation
Army as the Surveyors Customs We'll
fare associations contribution toward
happy holidays for the poor. A mile of
cents was the goal set for the collec-
lions, about $500 being an estimate for
that amount, but sum Of 81 800 was
collected. The box containing the
food Of copper required ten men to
lift Il.
The opening of the Sim F'ein par
Lament in Dublin, with its formal proc
lamation Of the independence Of Ire
land, was perilously near to being 4
comedy, but may well develop into
tragedy later. Only Is members were
present, the others being in jail. They
elected Charles Burgess speaker and
appointed Count Plunkett, Arthur Grit
fiths and Prof. Edward De Valera q
committee to present to the peace con-
ference at Paris the claims Of Ireland
to self-deterhnation. The last two
named are In English prisons. The
proceedings Of the parliament" were
conducted so far as possible in the
Irish Celtic language, with lapses into
English when the former failed.
The government took absolutely no
notice Of the meeting Of the "Dail
Eireann," as the Irish call their as
sembly, although 1t was in the Man
sion house, under the very shadow Of
Dublin castle. Loyal citizens hung out
an unusual number Of union jacks and
some returned soldiers growled bit,
but there was no disorder. The Brit
ish government apparently intends to
ignore the Sim Fein republic until it
undertakes to enforce laws that are in
conflict with those established by the
British; then the trouble is likely to
begin. In the opinion Of the loyal
Irish press. the purpose Of the par
lament 10 to attract the attention Of
the world, especially the peace confer
ence, to the case Of the Sim Feiners,
and the latter expected and hoped the
assembly would be suppressed by the
police. In this the British fooled
them. not desiring to create any more
Irish martyrs than necessity compels.
II Count Plunkett takes the Sim Fein
declaration to the peace conference 1t
II likely to be quietly pigeon-holed.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-02-22
RETROSPECT. THAT IS VAIN
Mournful Man Has Come to Realize
That All Things That Are to
Be, Will Be.

Il sometimes think as watch the
efficient workings of a cream separa-
tor" said the stoop-shouldered man,
how much happier my life might have
been could but have had when was
first married separator, operated
somewhat on the same principle, into
which my wife's relatives could have
been thrust, the crank turned and by
centrifugal or centripetal force-I can
never remember which is which-the
two kinds divided, like the sheep and
the goats Of Holy Writ.
"Out Of one spout would have come
the undesirable Ones-thOse who con-
troverted my cherished theories, dis
agreed with me on various subjects,
and jeered at my lack of faculty, the
while they borrowed money from me
and paid not again, and wore, their
sex permitting, such Of my Sunday
garments as fitted them. And from
the other spout would have emerged
the good ones-thpse who tried to pay
their way by being sympathetic and
tactful, who were diplomatic enough
to agree with me when it did not make
any particular difference, and oeca-
sionally lent me money and were not
forever DIGGING me to get it back. But,
Of course, nothing Of the kind was
then or, ever will be invented. Man
was made to mourn and his wife's kin
were made to see that he does mourn"
kansas City Star.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-02-22
Obituary

There be much less Of weeping when bareycorn ,s
seeping out in the place of bones; there De mucl @
sehing and sobbng and Of crying Of hopeless tears AMI
means There be much less of trouble When man az
blow no bubble from off stein of BEER the Woru w
Inovard drear Therell be few gents in prison wnen
Bareycorns got hisn and locks the Rum Hole door,
there be less fine and trimming when booze mas ceaseo
its trimming in coffin varnish store Ineren De leSs
work for coppers theren be less planting paupers IN
cheap and unmarked graves there be less stipend blow
ing when booze has ceased its flowing in ripping rotgu
waves There be pep and ardor to fill the BIN ana
arder and buy the children duds when 1ather cam 60
wage for suds Old Barleycorn is smtten his doom is
sealed and written he weeps and disappears the biggest
thing recorded since Adam awarded span OF br1nd
ed steers
Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams
The daily morning oasis., 1919-02-22
Sinner Was BUSY.

Private Lewis made down his bed
In the corner of building that was
just in the edge of what would have
been No Mans Land had the armistice
not interviewed.
II sure didn't think I'd ever sleep
here" he said to a comrade.
"Why. l was popping away at a
sniper from that hole in the corner
just a couple of days ago. Gee, but 1T
seems queer!"
"And what was the snlper doing to
your" some one inquired from the 9TH
er corner.
Well" said Lewis, "he was sure rails
in - with my life insurance"
The daily morning oasis., 1919-02-22
rently he cannot sell against his European compete

apparently he cannot sell against his European cOmpeti
ton.
Mr. Hoover is more likely to be right in his facts
than any other expert but it is hard to see why our mer
which Europe has laid upon them and refuses to take off,
If Europeans can buy food more cheapy than we can,
there little logic in feeding them ALL The
conception that America must for ever play fairy god
mother to world of Cndereas seems in the instance to
approach the realm of absurdity
The sun., 1919-01-26
OF "Cities and Sea-COasts and Islands,

heir concentration within The muscles Of
hose VIVID limbs or within the coils Of
their subtle bodies
Mr. Symms IN this volume makes
analyses Of many things, sueh as art.
poetry, music and women, 50 that a varied
and never monotonous pleasure lies IN the
pages.
The style Is a pure delight for those
who read with he ear IS well as with the
eve. for those who care for melodie
words, the rhythmic swing Of phrases, for
prose that has much Of thc witchery Of
poctrv critics and >c0- oasis and 81
opdy must have been a delightful book 10
write, and IS = joy 70 read
cites AND SEA COASTS AND
ISLANDS. ~ Arthur SYMo>s. Rrcn-
tano s 81.
The sun., 1919-01-26

intention of staying from Saturday 70
Monday. Two months aiterward | be-
gan 70 wonder with very mild kind Of
surprise why l had not yet returned 10
London. And [ was not the only one TO
fall under this inexplicatfe fascination.
There is a fantastical quality in Dleppe
air which somehow turns us all. at our
moments, into amiable and enthusiastic
lunatics. What s il, IN tins
little French watering place, that appeals
50 TO the not quite conventional English
man, brings him TO If, holds him N il,
brings him back 10 it 50 impalpably!
Nothing and everything. ] do
not quite know why, but one cannot take
things seriously at Dieppe. Only Just
on the other side of that blue streak IS
England: England means London. At
the other end of short railway journey
is Paris. But all that IS merely so many
words: tbe mind refuses 10 grasp it as a
fact Ones duties, probably, call one
70 London or Paris, one's realizable
pleasures; everything bnr the moment :
vagne, immense, I say again, inexplicable
satisfaction. which broods and dawdles.
about Dieppe.'
The sun., 1919-01-26
Aftermath of Montserrat.

The reader finds each ely or each scene
that Mr.. Symons describes the most en-
chanting place of all and longs 10 90
there Immediately. One has perhaps
known nothing of MontSerrat, for in
stance He feels an immediate grievance
against fate that he has not been there
when he reads what Mr.. SymonS says:
Like one not yet awakened from
dream, 7 seemed TO myself while | was
still In Montserrat and low, having left
#. / seem 10 have awakened from the
dream One Of those few, exquisite, IN
possible places which cNis-, properly only
IN our recollection Of them, Nontserrat *
still that place Of refuge which our dreams
are; and is it not itself a. dream Of the
Middle Age. Monsalvat. The castle Of the
Holy Grail, winch men believed 10 be not
IN the world, and to contain something
not Of The world, poised 50 near heaven,
among 50 many nearly inaccessible rocks.
IN The lonely hollow Of a great PLAN
With all IFS vastness, abrnptness
aud fantastic energy, Montserrat * never
savage; it is always forming naturally
INTO beautiful, unexpected shapes,
miracles Of form, but sort Of natural
genius in it for formal expression. And
his form Is never violent; it is always
,ubily rounded, even when it Is bare gray
rocks; and often breaks out deliciously
INTO verdurp, which is the ornament on
form"
The sun., 1919-01-26

orange groves, palm trees, broad walks
leading straight to the country, beautiful,
ancient buildings in its midst, shining
white houses, patios and fat roofs and
vast windows, everything that calls one
into the open and brings light and air TO
one, and thus gives men the main part
of their chances Of natural felicity
Mr.. Symons Fingers lovingly on the
charms of London, the London which
suggests the past rather than the ugly
modernity of motors and evil haste.
There is in the aspect Of London
certain magnifcence: the magnifcence of
solidarity, energy, imperturbability and
an unconquered continuance. 1t is alive
from border to border; not an inch of
it IS not alive. It exists, goes on and
has been going on for centuries. It sums
ND and includes England. Materially,
England IS contained in il, and the soul
Of England has always inhabited it ike
a body. We have not bad a great man
who has never lived in London.
Thames Magic.
English air, working upon London
smoke, creates the real London. &.
The especial beauty of London IS the
Thames, and the Thames is 50 wonderful
because the mist is always changing IFS
shapes and colors, always making It's light
mysterious, and building palaces Of eloud
out of mere Parliament houses with their
Tags and turrcts. When the mist col
laborates with night and rain the master
piece is created
He tries to analyze the elements Of
magic in the atmosphere Of Dieppc, bat
declares It inexplicablc.
u went 70 Dicppc this summer with the
The sun., 1919-01-26
Something Inconquerable.

Symons compares the lack Of ease and
dignity of human beings with the repose
and the dignity Of animals, even beasts
enduring the humiliation Of Gagged
captivity.
"But observe, under all these condi
lions, the dignity Of the beasts, their dis
dain, their indifference! -. They
have found an enemy erafuer than they,
they have been conquered and carried
away captive, and they are full Of
smouldrring rage. But with the loss of
liberty they have lost nothing of them
selves; the soul Of their flesh is uncon
taminatrd by humiliation. They pass a
mournfui existence nohly, each after his
kind, in loneliness or in unwilling com
panionsbip; their eyes look past us with
ont seeing us; We have no power over
The sun., 1919-01-26
People as Poets.

One Of the book chief charms Is the
discursive reflection that The author ex
presses in talking Of many things. For
instance he has been discussing the Span
isli mys,ics and turning over Facsimile
of an old manuscript.
Here in Spain there are many poets
>aid Capuchin monk TO me as, on
Christmas Day, We stood together IN the
convent library, looking out through the
barred windows at the sunset which
famed over Seville. "Thc people are the
poets They love beautiful things; they
are moved by them; that word winch you
will hear constantly on their lips: A''oi
Look is itself significant. They would
say Il now if they were here, looking at
the sunset, and they would point ont TO
one another The colors, the shape Of the
Tower silhonctteA against the sky; they
would he full Of excited delight. Is there
not something in that of the poetic ati-
tudc! They have the feeling: sometimes
they put it into words, and make those
rhymes, Of which the greater part are lost,
but some are at last written down, and
Won can read them in books"
The sun., 1919-01-26
The City of Pleasure.

For instance, he says of Seville:
"Scville, more than any city have ever
seen, is the city Of pleasure. 1t Is not Ian
guild with pleasure, Ike Venice, nor flushed
with hurrying after pleasure. Ike Ruda-
pest; but it has the constant brightness,
bitterness and animation Of 4 city in
which pleasure is the chief end Of exist
enee. and an end easily attained, by
simple means within ones reach. II has
SUNSHINE, flowers, an expressive river,
The sun., 1919-01-26
By DOROTHY SCARBOROUGH.

A RTHUR SYMONS'S rev book,
"A cites aud Sca-C Coasts and Islands,
is one Of the most captivating examples
of the literature Of place 1t could have
been written only by combination Of
poet, philosopher and artist, a mortal with
a wandering foot and a seeing eye as wei
as an analytic mind. The reader gets
here a wealth Of colorful description of
scenes and Of the lie gong on IN them,
with The reflections OF man who has
read and dreamed and lived widely and
appre'iatiyely. The mind IS stretched by
the perusal of Arthur Svmonss work,
and the memory filed with haunting
pictures of delight, painted with an ease
full YET unforgettabe art.
Mr.. Symons makes study Of 'hc per
sonalilies. the souls Of cities. He sees
more than streets and houses and people.
He glimpses the past in the present, the
invisible in the visible, the magical IN the
material He not only describes, but he
interprets as well, the cities and islands
and sea-eoasts that have intrigued him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-16
J. s. MERCY FLEET
 CONSISTS 0F TOTAL
 0F 1,5O0,0OO TON IS
Experts Sent Abroad to Hurry Turn-Around of Vessels Carrying Food
 to Starving Millions
By Associated Press

Washington, April 15.-More than 1,}0o,- 600 of shipping has been assigned by the United States to the work of feeding the peoples of Europe, who are threate ned with starvation. The enormous total Of shipping turned over by this country to work of charity became known tod lay along with the fact that several exports have been sent abroad in an effort to hurry the turn around" of American es- sels and thereby compensate in some measure for the transfer of bottoms from commercial trade.
 Still more tonnage is desired by dir ec- tors of European relief and probably will: be allocated next month. Thus far in April 540,00o tons have been added to the mercy fleet" sailing to ports on the North sea, the Mediterranean and the FAdriatic. k
 Virtually the entire relief work has been taken over by the United States, Great Britain confining its efforts to assisting France and Italy.
 The longer hauls undertaken by the American vessels. those going to Turkey. for instance being able to make only three trips year at the most, and delays experienced at European ports, especia fly in coaling, caused the decision to send representatives abroad to devise means. for cutting down wasted time. It is be- lieved that in many cases several weeks can be saved in a single trip.
 Crews already have been assembled in England to man 300,OOO tons of German passenger ships soon to be turned over to the United States. All of the vessels will be put to carrying American troops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-16
FIGHT OVER ROUTE 'BANKHEAD HIGHWAY .T0BE STAGEDFR|DAY
Every State Represented Among Thousand Dele gates at Good Roads
 Convention
By Associated Press


 Mineral Wells, Tex, April Ia. Delegates to the seventh annual convention of the United States Good Roads association, in session here. began marshaling forces to- day for the fight on the floor of the convention Friday over the route of the Bankhead National Highway.
 Approx mately 1000 delegates had ar rived today, virtually every state be- ing represented
 Several routes are being proposed and interest is increasing as new dele gations arrive.
 Today's sessions were presided over by Gov Charles H. Trough of Arkan- sas.
 Gov. R. G. Pleasant of Louisiana who arrived today is scheduled to de- liver the principal address tomorrow In addition to Senator John H. Bank head of Alabama, who delivered hi: annual address as president of the as sociation, Miss Annie Webb Blanton state superintendent of education ot Texas and Mrs Minnie Fisher Gun ningham of Galveston were among to- days speakers.
 Mrs. Cunningham, who is president of the Texas Woman Suffrage associa- tion. urged support of the suffrage question.
 Senator Bankhead in his address de- clared there could be no mistaking pub lie sentiment in favor of improved roads Federal appropriations, tho senator said, If matched by the states and counties,' will make nearly $500, 900 available for road building ant maintenance during the next three years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-16
MARINE WORKERS
 DECLARE RENEWAL
 0F GENERAL STRIKE
New WalkOut Goes Into Eff
 feet Thursday Morning. To Try Tie-Up of Ev- erything AflOat'
By As,o eiatsd Pres,

New York, April 15.-The ma
 rine workers utilization declared
 tonight n renewal of the general
 harbor strike which will involve
 16.OOO workers. The new waIkout
 will go into effect at 6 o'clock
 Thursday and efforts will he made
 to tic up everything afIoat." in-
 cIuding ferry boats. coastwfse and
 transatlantic shipping.
 Leaders of the organization declared there would be no exception to tue strike order and taht even hospital ships would be included. They as serted their determination to employ every means at their command to en- force their demands for basic eight hour day and ,higner wages
 The general strike it was announced. was voted unanimously when Thomas A. Delahunty utilization president. and other representa- tives reported that All fred H. Smith regional director for the railroad administration, had re- fused definitely to reinstate 112 tIS workers recently discharged for re- fusal to tow barges owend by private frras against which the marine strike was still directed.
 Leaders said that the men at the meeting were eager to begin the strike at a. m tomorrow instead of Thurs day and had been dissuaded with diff ficulty from this plan.
 The walkout on Thursday will be the third general harbor strike this year.