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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
Death Rate in
 Principal Cities

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 1N HE United States census bureau H reports that the influenza epi- demic the latter part of 1918 in the forty-six largest cities caused Ill, ,68S deaths. No estimate of the number of deaths from the epidemic in the country at large is given, the figures not being available, but it was prob- ably in excess of half million.
 Baltimore and Nashville had the highest rates of the registration cities, the former with 26.S per thou sand and the latter with 26.4. St. Paul, Minneapolis and Grand Rapids had the lowest.
 New York city's total death rate in 1918 was 1S.S per thousand, compared with 15.2 in 1917; not bad showing considering the fact that the epidemic was quite severe there and that places of amusement, schools and churches remained open. In Chicago the total death rate was I'll against 14.9 in 1917 Philadelphia paid very heavy toll-24.2 per thousand in the total humber of deaths against I'll in l1917.
 A communication bearing many sig natures was sent to one of the large motion picture companies< asking if a certain movie darling were as innocent as she appears on the screen. The con- scientious -oducers hastened to assure the anxious fans that their idol didn't have a sophisticated ringlet on her ! head.
 drawing made by an eastern artist of the execution of the former Czar and Czarina was based on story told by correspondent, who got it from another person who probably got it from several other persons.
 The meadow lands around AmeroG gen castle are covered with water and look like a sea, which may remind Will helm Of the sea of trouble on which Inc lis now adrift.
 < # x It is stated that many American sol diers in Paris visit the Louvre. Thal may he true. but restaurants and thea tres continue to do land-office busi' ness
 It is considerate of the French not tt
 hold any grudee against the Englisi for the way the late William Shake
 speare vilified Joan of Are in Henry lvI"
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 If remarks made by people who fal on icy pavements could raise tempera' ture, thermometers would register 90 de- grees in the shade.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06

Remittances can be made at curren. rate of exchange. The Ase-tferaiu "4A' not be responsible Tor moheS tnrougn the mails. Adaress
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06

The press was prosecuted for it's ut terances on this occasion, and Gam betta leaped into fame overnight as the result of his fearless defense of one of the Indicted journals. Being an ad- vocate he could say what he pleased without fear of prosecution, and all Paris rang with the brilliancy and bit terness of his attack upon Napoleon ism and the Second Empire It was his chance for political career and soon he was in the Chamber of Depu- Mes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06

\ Even as late as 1863 Gambetta was Bohenians who frequented the Cafe Procope in Paris. II was in this year, on All Saints Day, that his chance came to get a wider hearing. The press, presuming on the relaxation of per- sonal government by the Emperor, ap- plauded the crowds who went to cover with funeral wreaths the grave of Baudin at Pere Ia Chaise, who had been the first man killed when offer ing resistance to the famous coup d etat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06

Entered at the BirmihS nam, Aia-' postoffice as second-class matter, un der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06

I cite this but to show his fiery spirit and unconquerable will which grew more dormant as he reached manhoods estate. At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war he was a young lawyer who came into notoriety by his fierce denunciation of Louis Napoleon. He was ever the uncom- promising and bitter opponent of the Napoleonists. It amounted to an obession with him and he never lost a chance to communicate his hatred 10 others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06

From now on, as the French say, his career marches or. to be more acCu- rate. goes by leaps and bounds. I pass over the intervening years when he was finding himself and getting following to the long siege of Paris and his sensational escape from the city in balloon in order to reach the new seat Of government at Tours. He was ever ready to take risks himself and had little patience with others who thought too much of their skins or reputationS f,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06

He came from the Midi, that is the southern part of France. being born at Chors. stigmatized by Dante as the abode of the usurers and scoundrels. He was intended for the priesthood, but he had no love for it. and the story is that writing to his father to take him home or he would put out his eyes. and no attention being given to his request, he actually plucked out one of his eyes in m effort to disquali- fy himself from a priestly calling.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
4a.uuruas 9spartment

fT Ladies and gentlemen" said the
entertainer, having blindfolded my
partner, 1 will proceed to test her
thought reading powers. Will you
kindly tell the audience what it is that
/ am holding in my hand?"
"An apple?"
Correct. Kindly tell the audience
what I have now"
"A watch
Quite right. You see, ladies and gen.
tlemen, it is impossible to catch her."
The entertainer produced piece OF
wood and a saw and commenced to
saw vigorously.
kindly tell the audience what 1 am
doing"
No reply.
This is rather difficult feat, ladies
and gentlemen. 1 will try again. Can
you tell ne what I am DOING" said
the entertainer, resuming his saving.
Yes, you are singing
Loud applause.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
Too Hard For Yankee Tongue.-Like

Too Hard For Yankee Tongue.-Like
the British Tommies, our soldiers in
France find the French names-espec-
tally when pronounced in the correct
French manner-rather difficult to re-
member. A certain regiment Of Ala
bamians, says Life, was given the
name of the French town of Armand
villiers for a countersisn one night.
A soldier approached one of the SEN
tries along toward midnight and was
promptly challenged.
"a friend with the countersign," he
replied In proper form.
Advance and give the countersign,
directed the sentry.
The soldier stepped forward, began
to scratch his head sheepishly, and at
last said:
burned If amt forgot it,"
$50 have l." said the sentry" Pass,
friend!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
FOR SALE

EuvE Room House, on lot soxsoo
feet, on Kings Mountain street.
The ]. w. P. Hope House, Store
Room and about two acres Of lot, on
South Main street.
48 Acres-Of land near New Zion
church. Will sell cheap.
Five Room House-A Good Store
Building and two Acres Of Land, at
Filbert belonging to Mr.. q. L Wood.
o. Acres-Of good. level land. with
6-room house, joining Floyd Jackson's
Store place. It Ia q No. Firm.
Six-Room House-On 81 acres Of
good land, on Howell's Ferry road, .
miles from Courthouse.
11S Acres Land-6-r dwelling. 3-f
tenant house, 1-2 mile of Zion church
and school.
200 Acres-Of saw timber and wood
land, within mile Of Zion church. Saw
timber worth price Of whole tract
Two Vacant Lots-90x300 and LOOK
225 feet, on Kings Mountain street
Building LOt-s0x226 feet, on west
side Wright avenue.
1877 Acres-7-room dwelling: ten
ant houses. Known an the Will Wal
lace Place. miles south Of Yorkville.
Level land.
Lot-Near Graded school-90 feet
front; geo feet deep. On shady side Of
the street. See me about It.
G. F. SHERER, Real Estate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09

Not Depressed.-Among many anus
ing stories in Temporary Heroes, by
Cecil Sommers, is vhe following for the
truth of which the author vouches. Two
feet, says the Argonaut, and on one
when 1t was blown in on top of them.
At first we thought they must have
been killed, but worked like demons
to dig them out, in the hope of finding
them alive. After quarter Of an hour
we managed to drag them out, covered
with bruises and unconscious, but
whole. We tried artificial respiration
brandy, and all sorts OF things. At
last they came round, and one of them
we had always thought him bit of
a weed before-turned round to the
other where he lay and gasped:
Mon, yon's gran. Dye ken we've
escapit the afternoon fatigue?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09

A Cruel Pun.-The great Scottish
lawyer and jurist, Lord ErskiRe, was
as famous for his sharp tongue as for
his learning, and he rarely denied him.
self.
Councillor Lamb, an aged barrister,
of a very timid and nervous disposi-
ton, was accustomed to preface his
pleadings with an apology to that ef-
feet, says the Argonaut. and on one
occasion, when opposed to Erskine, he
began by remariing that "he felt HIM
self growing more and more timid as
he grew older"
mo wonder" replied the relentless
barrister. Everyone knows that the
older a lamb grows the more sheepish
he becomes
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09

The Real Trouble-There is an ele-
vator boy in a New York office build
ing who is among a large number OF
public servants that resent needless
questions, says Everybody's Magazine.
One day there entered his car a
rather fussy old lady, and garrulous,
as well.
Don't you ever feel sick going up
and down in this elevator all day?' she
asked.
"Yes, ma'am," said the boy.
"Is it the motion going DOWN."
mo, ma'am."
"The motion going up?
mo, ma'am."
us it the stopping that does it?'
mo, ma'am."
"Then, what is it?"
Answering questions, ma'am."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09

According to Appetite.-Mrs. Bigss
was fair, fat and forty. She stood now
at the entrance to the lions section at
the ZOO, watching the keeper at work.
"'Ere, Prince!" called the keeper.
Prince came forward in slow and
stately manner, and graciously reach
ed his steak.
Mrs. Biggs was amazed.
Surely" she interposed, that is
very small piece of meat for the lion!"
The keepers eyes twinkled.
Perhaps SO, ma'am! 1t may seen a
small piece to you, but it's heaps for
the lion!" he said.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
ROBBED
OF NAUSEA and
SALVATION
Medical Virtues Retained
and Improved-Unpleas-
ant and Dangerous Quail
ties Removed-New Vari-
ETY., Called Calotabs, Is
Great Favorite With Ply
sicians and Druggists.

The latest triumph of modern phar-
macy is the new nausealess calomel
known to the drug trade as "Caio-
tabs" Calomel, the most generally
useful of all medicines thus enters up
on a wider field of popularity-purified
and refined from those objectionable
qualities which have heretofore limited
it's use.
In billiousness, constipation, head
ache, and indigestion, and in a great
variety of liver, stomach and kidney
troubles calomel was the only success
full remedy, but it's use was often neg
lected on account Of its sickening quail
tiles. Now it Is the easiest and most
pleasant of all medicines to take. One
Calotab on the tongue at bedtime, with
q swallow of water, that's all. NO
salts, no gripping, no nausea, no danger
of salvation. A good nights sleep and
the next morning you are feeling nne'
with a clean liver and q big appetite.
Eat what you please.
Calotabs are sold only in original,
sealed packages, price thirty-fve cents.
Your druggist offers to refund the price
as a guarantee that you will be thor
oughly delighted with Calotabs.-(adv)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
REAL ESTATE

The past 10 behind US. The future 10
ahead. The old town has taken on
new life. BE wise and secure your
homo before prices 90 higher.
A few of my offerings:
The r. ]. MaekoreII residence in the
center Of town; 10-rooms, with all
modern improvements. Lot 1S2 x $40
feet. Plenty Of room to erect another
house on back side Of lot. Enough
said.
Five room cottage on Lincoln street
with water and lights. Lot 60x325
feet. Property Of Mrs. o. E. Wilkins.
A real bargain.
The r. e. Heath residence on Cleve-
land Avenue. Six rooms, with water,
light and sewerage. Lot So 218 feet.
A nice home for some one.
The r. n. Dobson estate lands on
West Madison Street, three acres,
with three tenant houses. Has q from
tage of about 800 feet. An ideal place
to build home and priced just right.
See me at once.
The J. C. Wallace residence on East
Madison street. Lot 200 268 feet.
Eight room residence. You could not
build the house for anything like what
I will sell you the property for. Be-
sides 1t is an ideal place for q store
room. Some one is going to get
bargain.
Remember, I have lots Of others,
town and country.
Loans arranged on farming lands.
GEO. w. WILLIAMS
REAL ESTATE
Room 2O4 First National Bank Bldg.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09

Why II Didn't Help.-An iratc man
rushed into q drug store the other day
and demanded his money back. You
advertise: No more colds, no more
coughs, certain cure" he shouted, add
ing, "and I've drunk the whole darn
bottle and I've got a peach of cold"
The clerk answered mildly: why
didn't you read the label? This is a
solution to put on the soles of your
shoes to keep them dry?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09

"a Two Irishmen were working at a
quarry, and one fell over the edge.
The other alarmed, came to the mar
gin Of the hole and called out: ar
rah, Pat, are We killed entirely? If
ye're dead, spake."
Pat reassured him from the bottom
by saying, mo, Tim, I'm not dead, but
spachless'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09

EF 1--WE had considerable experience
as a salesman. Why. I was success
full the first day 1 started. The first
place went to was large concern,
and although was there only min
ute or so, 1 got two orders"
What were they?"
Get out and stay out"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09

Better Than a Cloek.-Husband-"My
dear, do you know it is the fashion
now to have a big clock at the head of
the stairs?"
Wife-"Yes, know; bat ours is not
going there"
why not?'
"A clock at that point is not nee
essary. When you come home late,
shall always be at the head of the
stairs to tell you what time it is"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09

He Mas Right, Too.-The teacher
was asking the class to correct errors,
and wrote on the board:
How Is your uncleand aunt?
A smaH boy got up and said:
please, teacher, that's wrong be-
cause there shouldn't be a d at the
end of unclean."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
Off Comes Corn
In One Piece

"eets-Itv Leaves Toe as Smooth As
the Palm of Your Hand.
There's only one corn remedy in the
world that peels corns and calluses on
like a banana peel, and that's Gets
It." For walkers and standers, for
shoppers and dancers, there's imme-
diate relief from corn pains, and
quick finish for any corn or callus.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
FOR FINAL DISCHARGE.

FOR FINAL DISCHARGE.
NOTICE is hereby given that I have
~ made a Final Settlement with the
Probate Court Of York county, as Ad-
ministrator of the Estate Of R. H.
Dobson, deceased, and that on May II,
1919, will apply to said court for my
discharge from further liability in con-
nection with said estate.
]. w. DOBSON, Administrator.
April II, 1919. 81 + st
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
ORDER FLY SCREENS

NOW! Yes, perhaps 'tis a little early.
BUT when you want 'em you want
EN- right now and If you place your
order now you'll have 'em when you
want 'em. We make them to measure
to fit your windows and doors and they
stay with you. ORDER NOW.
LUMBER-ANY KIND?
Whatever your needs in Lumber and
Lumber products, see us-Flooring,
Ceiling, Siding, Framing, Shingles, etc.
PAINTS-SEE US
We sell the BEST by TEST. Right
prices, too. Ask us.
BUILDERS HARDWARE
For everything in this line see us
we can supply YOU.
ROOFING
Let's talk it over with you before
you buy. We can interest you in quail
ity and price.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
AUTOMOBILES
BUCKS AND OAKLANDS

IF YOU CONTEMPLATE BUYING
A CAR, either a Buick or an Oakland
either will suit you-SEE ME- AT
ONCE. Cars. are hard to get-supply
is not equal to the demand and orders
are filled in order Of filing. See me at
once if you want either an Oakland or
q Buick.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
NOTICE.

I have purchased the interest of Mr..
E. A. Hall in the Automobile business
Of Hall and Wallace and hereafter the
business will be conducted solely by
me. 1 will continue to give my GUS
toners the same courteous attention
and square dealing as was The custom
of the Old firm.
The Winslow mail., 1919-07-18
MAY AGAIN BECOME NATION
Possibility That Arab Tribes Will BE
Reunited as One Result Of
the Great War.

One of the most interesting figures
at the opening of the peace conference
was Prince Emir Faisul, son of the
king of the Hedjaz, the latter known
as "the grand old man of the East" He
is very handsome and his picturesque
headdress was well suited to his style.
AS the prince strobe up and down the
room before the opening of the session
he was perfect type of Arab beauty
and dignity. The representation of his
fine race In the peace conference and
their present effort to establish their
ancient kingdom recall the general
opinion which, believe, is held among
Orientalists that the Arabs are des-
tined ultimately to play big part in
the world. I have seen them in the
districts around the Suez canal and
the Red sea and have wondered wheth-
er they would not again become a
great people. Individually, it seemed
to me that they were finer than any
other orientals. AS wandering race
they have lacked the cooperation and
cohesion which enable a nation to
make headway. 1t would be one of
the historic rOmances If out of the
world war the Arabs emerged as an
organized people prepared to assume
heavy responsibilities in the near
East. New York Times.
The Winslow mail., 1919-07-18
Grain for Alcohol.

Obviously nationwide prohibition
will cut sharply into the use of the ce-
reals in the manufacture of alcoholic
liquors for beverage purposes. At the
same time it is regarded as ASSURED
that more alcohol will be manufac-
tured than ever before for use in the
liberal arts and in manufactures gen.
orally, this to be denatured and thus
absolutely unfit for drinking purposes.
Plans are under way, however, for
greatly increased output of alcohol as
above noted, some of this undoubtedly
to be made from grain, while large
quantities 1t now appears will be pro-
duced from cheap molasses brought
from the West Indies. Official chem
lists have been able to secure from this
not only alcohol but also the use o.
residue for the production Of glyct.rin
something of increasingly large con
sumption. Glycerin is very largely
used In making nitroglycerirc franspar-
ent soaps, lubricants, prfnters' inks.
etc.
The Winslow mail., 1919-07-18
HOW INDIANS FIGHT "FLU'
Heroic Remedy Which Unfortunately
Does Not Always Seem to Have
The Desired Effect.

While Americans of convention and
medical knowledge are bundling them
selves up and conducting civilized
fight against influenza throughout the
nation, other Americans are discard
ing convention and clothing for the
same purpose out where homes of
men are far apart.
On the Flathead reservation in Mon
tana when a descendant of warriors
feels the symptoms coming on he fiat
foots it to his tepee. He grunts terse
orders and squaw squats before the
fire and hashes up a concoction in
a fve-gallon can, which is a brew of
balsam fir boughs mixed with one
pint of more or less illegitimate
whisky.
Then he saunters to the Sweating
tepee." A large vessel of water is
placed in the center Of that rag house
and into the vessel are dropped red
hot stones. The medicine is then
ready. The Indian who sneezed drinks
the brew, inhales the steam, whoops
with gusto and races for the creek
Neither the ward nor the govern
ment has anything on him as he
plungeS into the cold creek water.
He crawls out, dripping, shivering and
"cured." The funeral usually Is held
on the following day. q
The Winslow mail., 1919-07-18
HE KNEW WHO CRACKED SAFE
Log-Hauler's Suspicious Basis of Good
Joke on One Popular Indian.
apolis Citizen.

The return of Major Fred Bates
Johnson to civilian life in Indianapolis
recalls a story about him that has
been bottled up long enough.
In the days before he was a major
or a captain, or even a private, he
used to go down to Salem for weekend
visits with Walter Grim, particularly
in the seasons when the strawberry or
the fried chicken or the sassafras crop
was ripe. His comings were frequent
ly, If not often, unannounced, but he
knew all the signs and pass words into
Crim's office and lumber yard, and he
would go in and wait for the coming of
one or the other member Of the firm,
or telephone to see whether there was
room for him up "at the shack"
One Saturday morning he came in in
this way, and it happened that while
he was down on his knees trying to
put back roller that had slipped
from the legs of one of the Office
chairs a lOg-hauler arrived on the
scene. Being of an inquisitive disposi-
tion, the log-hauler tried to find out
what stranger was doing down 'on
his knees in Crim's office, but, as all
who know Major Johnson will easily
believe, the information which he re-
ceived was not wholly satisfactory.
And on Sunday night Crim's safe
was cracked!
Early Monday morning as soon as
the news of the robbery became
known, the log-hauler came rushing
down to the lumber yard.
"Say," he called excitedly, 81 can
tell you who did that! There was an
awful suspicious looking fellow in here
Saturday morning when nobody was
around, little chap with yellow hair
and great big glasses. I'll bet he was
the guy that cracked 'er." But the in
formant left the Office somewhat crest
fallen when he was told, in no uncer-
tain language, just who that "suspi-
cious-looking fellow" was.-Indian-
apolis News.
The Winslow mail., 1919-07-18
Monument to Mrs. Eddy.

A pyramid Of granite, weighing ap-
proximately seventy-five tons, has been
placed on the old Mark Baker farm at
Bow, N. H., as a memorial to Mary
Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian
Science church, says New York
Evening Post. The Sock was quarried
at North Concord, and is said to be the
largest ever cut. In the rough it
weighed more than 100 tons.
1t will be anchored on a concrete
base on the Bow plateau overlooking
the Merrimac valley, and will measure
seven feet nine inches In height, includ-
ing the base. The base is ten feet
square. The pyramid Is placed In ex-
act OrientatiOn.
Four bronze tablets affixed to each
face of the pyramid bear suitable in
scriptions.