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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14

advance of 6 per cen since last March and of 12 per cent since June of last year. Prices continue to rise, al though the war is over and they might reasonably be expected to drop.
 The following table shows total in- creases for the five-year period since 1914:
 All items ...~.. 7o.s per cent
 Food ............. s5 per cent
 Shelter .......... 2S per cent
 Clothing ........... 100 per cent
 Fuel heat and light 57 per cent
 sundries ........t... 6S per cent
 Increases since last March were
 as follows:
 All items ...s....... 5s per cent
 Food ............. 5.7 per cent
 Shelter ............ 4.s per cent Clothing ............, 10.5 per cent
 Fuel heat and light No change
 Sundries ............ per cent Apparently no article consumed by the people has escaped and what makes the present situation unbeara- bic is that the commonest necessities of life, as well as luxuries, especially rents, have established new altitude records.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
WE LIVE TO LEARN
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the PIttsburg Dispatch.
 And just when everybody had had it drummed into their ears that Europe was on the verge of down and out. along comes another authority-presi- dent of the inter-ailied council on war purchases and finance-saying Europe has not been crushed, but has a larg- CT production plant than in 1914. Does anybody know?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
QUOTING sHAKEsPEARE

From the Tuscaloosa News.
 With King Lear, the Business Inter- ests. of Alabama who declared they wanted a Business Administration and therefore threw their weight to the .'business mans candidate" for governor can, say, in view of the tax law being crazy-quilted in shape down at Mont gomery-"How sharper than a serpent's tooth to have a thankless child!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
THE TRAGEDY OF HUMoR.

THE TRAGEDY OF HUMOR.
 "Is this the joke factory" asked a facetious visitor.
 You might call it that" replied the melancholy column conductor
 But I don't understand why the place has such an atmosphere of gloomy.
 That's because you don't work here" replied the column conductor. as he picked up his shears and stabbed a cock roach that was trying to raid his paste pot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES
THE PRoF1rEER.s DREAM

A NNOr l1bhR . DREAM. profiteer woke up one night, Cold sweat was on his brow: In tones that ill concealed his fright He spoke thus to his frau: My dear, I dreamed that in the dock prisoner I stood; And round me was a frenzied flock Who thirsted for my blood. These solemn words fell from the bench Upon my stricken ears: I sentence you. Frankfurter Tench. To jail for ninety years.' His wife replied5 Pay heed" she says, To what I'm telling you; Unless you mend your evil ways Your dream may soon come true"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
CALL HIM CUSTODIAN" PLEASE

CALL HIM "CUSTODIAN," PLEASE
 From the Christian Science Monitor.
 Whatever may be the consensus oe opinion as to the truth of Shakespeare's oft-quoted saying about the rose, therol is evidently a considerable weight o! opinion in the New York board of educa l ton that,a jantor will give better servicel if called custodian" The board has de- ! cided that school janitors are to be s1 called, and, to prevent discomfort, private citizens who employ janitors, they arc still known, will perhaps adopt the new terminology. And yet janitor,' used by the Romans to signify doorkeeper, wa s and remains. with all it's added dutiess more specific than "custodan," which means says the dictionary, one who has the care or custody of anything, as of a library. a public building, etc" One won7 I ders, after all, if anything is really added to the dignity of an occupation by giv-i ing it more high-sounding name
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
Number of Prisoners Increase

Although I cannot say what the reason is, the city jail at this time is handling a much larger number of prisoners than it did last year and the first part of this year" said c. E. Glover, warden of the city jail. 'It is certainly not hard times that is caus- believe that some of the negroes that are brought in to the jail have too much money. All. or very large per cent of prisoners brought to the city stockade are only for small msde- meanors and so no fear should be en- tertained as to a crime wave"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14

lilOIG EtNGuuG. The Demopolis affair will begin to- day and will close tomorrow. Thou sands of game cocks are assembled and every one of them will bring good price-many of them record prices-both for sentimental and in- trinsic reasons.
 Demopolis is hospitable little city. If it were not so the crowd of visitors would fare badly, for it is estimated that twenty thousand out-of town peo pie will be clamoring for food and place to sleep. There may be a great deal of doubling up in beds, but it is safe to say that every one of the men who has journeyed far to bid on rooster will have three square meals a day.
 Demopohs will be noisy with the growing of roosters. It will be all exciting, but the noise will be full of joy and music. The cause has fine appeal and the more growing the better. What MT. Derby will try next only he himself knows, but if this chanti- cleer scheme works out as is now ex- pected nothing will be too wonderful for him to tackle.
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 It is stated on good authority that American Thule skinners" swore in the presence of General Pershing On equally good authority it is stated that they were not reprimanded.
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 Tomatoes are being sold at cents a slice in some of the Birmingham restau- rants, and there isn't much nourishment in tomato, at that There is an impression in some parts
 
 holding torch. but wine glass upsids down. Last Word Spoken in Fords Million Dollar Libel Suit. "-Headline. All things have an end, even million dollar libel suits.
 x x x Prohibitbonists estimate that it will take $35 100000 to make the world dry. We respectfully suggest the addition of three more ciphers.
 The report that Von Mackensen is train ing an army of 100000 Chinese is an- other one of those stories that is impor- tant if true.
 The tenants of Birmingham are report ed organizing to fight the landlords Tents should be provided for use in a walk out"
 In spite of the handsome mustaches tndl doorH Ine faces oI mdHy fAllWdy conductors, they still seem to be dissat- isfied with life.
 The movement to call janitors "custod- ans may eventually make them more autocratic than ever,
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 Loud cries of Not guilty' are going up throughout the land. But, surely, somebody is profiteering. a struggle to decide whether they will strike against themselves
 + < j. The Prince of Wales may be prevailed upon to make some suitable remarks at the tomb of Washington.
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 The high cost of living is particularly burdensome to unfortunates who are pay ing alimony.
 Big business is wondering what's the matter with Alabama's "business gover- nor"
 If Glenn E. Plumb isn't careful some body is going to accuse him of being in correspondence with Lenne and Trotzky
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 The Arc de Triomphe has been closed Until the next war?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14

BEGINNING THE DAY--God. heap us. Time is flying so fast. heip us to pull out more stops in the or gan. Help us to throw our souis more fully into the great business Help us to work harder, to speak truer, to see clearer. Help us 10 aim higher, and to love better in Christ's name. -Amen.-H. m' E'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
AuxI1MM MMl4@au<9H
HOW TO GET EVIDENCE

From the Boston Transcript.
 The congressional committee appointed to investigate the high price of shoes can learn some of the facts by simply buying pair of congress gaiters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
Election For Bond
 Issues Next Monday
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Issues Next Monday
 lO BIRMINGHAM bond issues, aggre- lO gating four and half million dollars, will be voted on next Monday. And in addition to the bond proposi- Itions vote will be taken on the three mill school tax for the Birmingham school district.
 The tax was voted several months ago and it carried by an overwhelm- ling majority, but the term proposed was for twenty-five years, when the law limits the term to ten years. On account, therefore, of technicality, another vote must be taken. That the proposed tax will be carried by large majority goes without saying.
 The bond issues proposed are one million dollars for high schools, two million dollars for elementary schools, five hundred thousand dollars for new city hall and public library, five hundred thousand dollars for an audi torium, and five hundred thousand dollars for fire equipment. Only three hundred and fifty thousand dollars are needed for the fire department at the present time and only that amount will be issued at the start. Later on a hundred and fifty thousand dollars will be needed for fire fighting im- provement and the city commission thought it best to provide for future needs in one issue, so as not to call
 special election a few years hence. Commissioner Hornady, who has charge of the campaign, feels confi- dent that each of the propositions will win by a decisive majority.
 Birmingham has long needed an Auditorium. Six years ago a proposi- tion for two hundred thousand-dollar bond issue was submitted to the peo- | pie, and was carried by practically a unanimous vote. It was thought at the time that the city would provide an auditorium site in one of the parks, but this was not deemed feasible by the authorities, and the project was i abandoned because it was found that two hundred thousand dollars would
 be inadequate to pay for site and
 erect a fire-proof structure.
 ] Just before the war another audi
 torium bond election was held, this
 time for three hundred thousand dol
 lars. Just as plans for going ahead
 with the work were taking shape, the
 federal government notified the city
 that only essential construction would
 be approved. The auditorium enter
 prise, therefore, had to be abandoned
 until after the war
 The high cost of building gives an
 other phase to the auditorium project.
 The three hundred thousand dollar
 bond issue which had been voted
 would now fall far short of providing
 Birmingham with an auditorium handsome in appearance and of large seating capacity. While we are at it we must have an auditorium that will reflect. credit upon the city.
 Of the six propositions to be voted on Monday there will be a separate ticket for each, reading For" and l"Against." There is pressing need for the high schools and, in fact,
 pressing need for all the other propo-
 sitions; but the auditorium project is
 so popular that it is almost sure to
 score the greatest victory at the poles. j. x *
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
HANDICAPPED

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Some babies born in Bostpl have sue ceeded in living it down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
NOT BEHIND A POST.

Do you think this chorus Is immodest- ly clothed?" asked the genial old gentle man of a man who sat next to him at a girl show.
 Well" replied the other, thoughtfully, that depends on the point of view "Ah" exclaimed the genial old gentle man, rubbing his hands together delight edly, T must say mine is excellent!'
 BANEFUL LITERATURE.
 Welt weul" exclaimed the visitor, here's a copy of Omar Khayyam on your living room table. Isn't that kind of literature rather out of place in the home of a strict prohibitionist?'
 Perhaps it is." replied MT. Bonedry, but we keep it out of the children's hands and we never permit the-er-wet stanzas to be read aloud to the family circle"
 PREJUDICED.
 T used to think I'd like to visit Ha- vail" remarked Mir Dubwaite. T had heard great deal about the tropic beauty of the place"
 What caused you to change your opin- ion?"
 Somebody told me Hawaii was the home of the ukulele."
 THE CURSE OF RICHES. "The Grabcoins are having a hard time keeping up appearances
 They are not in financial straits, I hope?"
 "Oh, no, but it seems impossible to keep a staff of nine servants intact long CT than week at time. Mrs. Grab coin, who used to be a wonder at the washtub, is quite helpless without full quota of menials.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Mnrketinr Committee nmsy


 The committee on agriculture and marketing, which is putting on cam paign in this city for the purpose of improving marketing conditions in the Birmingham district so that Birming- ham can buy more Alabama agricul- tural products and In time become stributing point, is meeting with the hearty cooperation of all the leading business men, bankers and merchants of the surrounding country" said J. Parke Hay. Jr., who is in charge of Birmingham's portion of the work.
 Committees are being sent out daily to all portions of the county meeting with business men of all shipping towns and advising with them as to the best means of marketing suited to their individual towns,
 These committees are also illustrat ing by the means of charts what Ala bama has done within the past few years along the lines Of scientific farming and what she will be able to do in the future. if she receives the proper cooperation from the leading business men and bankers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
Any Fire Loss Serious Now

T have just adjusted our fire loss with the insurance people," said James Hood. Hood & Wheeler uses the up- per stories of the building at the cor ner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street for storage purposes, and there is where the fire occurred last week
 As fires go this one would be rated small as the loss was slightly in ex- cess of s2000, but no matter how fully furniture stock is insured these dayb there's bound to be a loss. inasmuch as it's next to impossible to get deliveries on furniture now, even for cash and at the high factory prices now pre- vailing. You may state in parenthesis, as it were, that we're not going to have a fire sale. The loss is adjusted and the slate wiped clean"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
LEONCAVALLO

move human hearts to a realization O the power of music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14

It may be out of place for me to boast, but having seen President Wilson. ."l Lloyd George" "Clemenceau" and "Or- lando,'' all can say is they have my bird outclassed a mile when it comes to distinguished names, but when it comes to being the real thing in the rooster line, Frank Willis Barnett is as fine bred cock as there is in the land, and won't have to hang his head when he goes un- der the hammer. but can hold up his head and crow his defiance to any and every chicken in the sale.
 I've got some bird, and I am proud to take him with me today in an airship, for he is York. five-pound Round Head cock. bred by my friend J. R. McGregor. winner as stag and used this year as a brood rooster. He was raised at Flint vile, Pea Ridge" Lincoln county, Ten nessee, just across Cumberland mountain from where Sergt. Alvin York was born and reared. and like the great hero of the war, is some fighter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
PREJUDICED.

Somebody told me Hawaii was the home of the ukulee."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14

After awhile the biplane turned it's nose landing and turned and wheeled itself to where The Age-Herald party was lined up. It was tremendously hot, and the rooster was in evident distress as he was placed on one of the paddles to be photographed. It was hard for him to get a toe hold on the thin, slick wood, and he did not show up very well in the picture as the background spoiled the effect. He looks better in the photograph in which he is shown between Kitty and Edward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14

As I got older and fighting chickens got commercialized and cockpits were held under tents at county fairs, I got disgust for the useless slaughter of the birds and the reckless men who followed and promoted the meets I would not to- day care to see fight where cruel metal spurs are bound to the shanks of the cocks, but believe me if happened along a road where two hitched up with their natural spurs I would not turn my head the other way.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-05-13
Roads Opening Up
In Coos County

MARSIIFIELD, Ore.-Highway:
in this section of Oregon have be-
come possible for travel much earlier
this season than for several years
and automobiles are being driven to
all districts. One of the roads is
still closed, however, the Middle
Fork road toward Roseburg not be-
ing available. Stage lines between
Bandon and Marshfield, both by way
of Coquille and over the Seven Dew
lis route. are in operation and cars
are making frequent tripe to the
Rogue river. The Humbug noun
tain road, Just south of Port Oxford,
in Curry county, is muddy for three
or four miles, but is fast drying up,
and within a week should be in good
condition.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-05-13
WANTED
HaWaiians Ask For
Modern Government

HONOLULU, T. HI. Kuhio
Kalanianaole, delegate to congress
from Hawaii, has formulated an ex-
tensive program of legislation for
Hawaii which will be presented at
the next session.
Among other things, he will ask
congress for:
Statehood for Hawaii.
An additional appropriation OF
100000 for the new federal build
ing in Honolulu.
An appropriation of $4,000 for a
concrete observatory for Professor
Thomas A. Jaeger, Jr., in charge of
the weather breau's station at the
volcano of Kilauea. Hawaii.
An act to give Hawaii a share of
the 5000, 100000 federal fund for
good roads.
Educational fund for illiterate
aliens in Hawaii.
Legislation to benefit Hawaiian
homesteaders.
Harbor improvements for Hilo, Ha-
waii.
Old age pension for federal en-
ployes.
Adequate duty on coffee, to en-
courage its cultivation in Hawaii.
Action against the custom of de-
'signating Hawaii as an insular pos
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-05-13
VAST SUM TO BE
SPENT ON HOSPITALS
Forty.five Hospitals and "a Dlspen.
ssries to Rise From Centenary.

Forty.five Hospitals and "a Dlspen.
ssries to Rise From Centenary.
To alleviate human suffering and
cure disease through the extension Of
its great system Of hospital centers
now rs in number, in countries where
groups of millions of people are with
out adequate medical attention, the
board of foreign missions Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church will spend ST.
28S, 1924 in building As more hospitals
and twenty-four dispensaries in for
eign countries as result of the Meth
odist Centenary movement to raise
$1O5,O00,0O0 for world reconstruction.
This is an entirely separate ven
ture from that of the 4S hospitals
maintained by the Methodist Episco-
pal church in America through which
pass annually over 10000 patients.
The property value Of these institu-
tions, coupled with their endowments,
is $15,626,343. In capacity they range
from. the Wesley Memorial Hospital in
Chicago, caring yearly for about 1000
cases, down to the Sunnyside Metho-
dist Sanitarium for tuberculosis at
Silver City, N. M, accommodating sew
enty-five patients yearly.
The church has also just established
a medical department to guard the
health of its missionary workers.
Besides AZ hospitals and "a dispen-
saries, the Board will erect other
buildings and doctors residences, the
whole costing $1,513,O3O. 1t will draw
into the service So more missionary
physicians and surgeons, 32 mission.
airy nurses, and 166 native doctors,
nurses and other medical attendants,
the budget for staff and maintenance
being $774,694. The total for both
and staff is s2,2sS,624. III
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-05-13

session and a publicity campaign to
educate government officials and
congressman as to the real status OF
Hawaii as a territory.
Reservation of certain districts OF
Hawaii for national parks,
Battleship to be named Hawaii.
Continued suspension of coastwise
shipping laws to permit relief of
congested passenger traffic by for
eign vessels.
Increased salaries for judges and
other federal officials in territory.
Election of governor and terri
torial secretary by direct vote. The
president now appoints the COVER
nor
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-05-13
DANGERS OF A COLD
Ashland People win Do Well to
Heed Them.

Many bad cases of kidney trouble
result from cold or chill. Congested
kidneys fall behind in filtering the
poison-laden blood, and backache,
headache, dizziness and disordered
kidney action follow. Don't neglect
a cold. Use Doan's Kidney Pills at
the first sign of kidney trouble.
Here is an experience told by resi-
dent OF this locality.
Geo. l.. Manning, retired grocer,
Talent, Oregon, says: "a cold that
settled on my kidneys brought on
backache. Many times | couldn't
lie on my back at night, the pains
were so severe thru my kidneys and
across my loins. My kidneys acted
too frequently and the kidney Sc
cretions were highly colored. One
box OF Deans Kidney Pills gave me
relief"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get DOan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Manning had. Foster-Mll-
burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-05-13

Construction work is needed ev-
erywhere and If begun now will
make business for our great employ
ing industries such as numbering and
mining which will enable them to
maintain their payroll during this
uncertain period, until world mark
cts are again established and busi-
ness is normal. Build now, should
be our slogan.