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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
SEA MONSTER FIGHTS CAPTORS
From The New York World.

From The New York World.
q result of three hours bat
IN tie with monster horse mackereI
while fishing three miles off tho
beach of Highlands, N j., West Osborne.
Conrad Anderson and Charles Wardell,
Sea Bright's leading deep sea fishermen,
are minus their nets and in all probabil-
ity. will not be able to use their skiffs
for some time.
The huge fish was shared in Osborne's
net when the three had tried their luck
in forming pocket to corner blue and
weakfish. Osborne thought he had 4
shark and motioned to Anderson and
Wardell. who was laying close by, to
work in their nets to keep the big fe.-
low from escaping, because the prlce
paid for sharks on the beach is generous
The two remaining fishermen, in twenty
two-foot skiffs, turned to their respective
crew men and asked whether they hac
better take chances with the supposed
shark. In the meantime Osborne cried
out that the shark was breaking through
his net, and begged for assistance. I'm
mediately the other two skiffs were
sent the port and starboard sides.
Gaff hooks and shark knives were
brought quickly into play, but sudden
leap of the sea monster rev isa nat
instead of a supposed shs no1sN
mackerel was their prey. ]sboTa aeQ
the pilots of the other two FtgtE ere
pared harpoons and line We tha TO-
mainder worked the rets ettas .
gill him and exhause ,Ae m3rafef at
the swiftly flowing ide "&s zoo dch
for them and tfs big feia ,roke
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through the heavy nets. AS he was about
to escape, having ripped the nets beyond
repair. Anderson hurled his steel har-
pooh into the fish's side.
The mackerel Immediately went to the
bottom, rested few minutes then dash
ed to sea for more than nine miles. War
dell and Osl orne tried to hook on take
up the trail with Anderson, but Their
skiffs had been damaged when the pig
sides.
Nevertheless, Anderson trailed behind
for the nine miles. When he was about
to tie a buay at the end of the harpooH
line, thinking that the big fellow neve;
would give up. he noticed the line had
ell he worked closer. The harpoon was
once again brought into play. This tim>
Anderson drove two into the sides o.
the fish. They held with telling effect,
This enabled Andersen and his crew
to use their knives. They gashed the
fish repeatedly. Then another harpoon
finished the work, and the big fellow
started to settle.
Unable to get him over the side of tho
boat the fishermen were compelled to
tow him to the beach, They landed,
with the aid of several other boats that
had taken on. extra gasoline and starr-
ed search for them.
The mackerel was taken to William
Henry Keefc and prepared for shipment.
1t weighed s57 pounds dressed, and chr
led four harpoon stabs and twenty-seven
gashes from the shark knives He Is BY
far the largest horse mackerel ever land
ed by New Jersey fishermen. from Point
Pleasant to Sandy Hook. and gave the
most bitter, struggle ever witnessed by
leep sea fishermen here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
KEEPING TIME IN GEORGIA

From the Providence Journal.
According to the droll tale OF Con-
gresham from Georgia, a constituent
of his got out of bed one morning at
eight o'clock caught train for
nearby town at 7:45 o'clock, reached
his destination at 1880, ate breakfast at
7:15, made some purchases and took a
train back at seven. and arrived homo
at 7:3O.' He was gone an hour and a
half, and apparently got back thirty
minutes before he went away.
After learning of this bewildering
experience, the Congressman impul-
sively voted for the repeal of daylight
saving. 1t appears that the town re-
ferred to was in the central standard
time zone until the Interstate Com
merce Commission, as authorized in 'ts
discretion by the law which included
the daylight-saving provision, began to
shift the zones, when it was trans
ferred to the eastern one. That made
a difference of an hour in it's accus-
/ toned time. and the advancing of the
hands of the clock gained it another
hour, so that noon now comes at what
had been formerly ten o'clock in the
morning
Nevertheless, how can it be argued
that anybody is worse off who can &c
away for an hour and a half and get
| back half an hour before he started
Such an exceptional time-saving ar
! arrangement ought to be highly approved
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days befo4a ale nion he had libers
mind, brJstn o, uer in dealing wit
large aff@rsl and lewiston that TT
umphed over mp at4on The toleranc
of the ma apnts-s r. his tribute
Cecil Rhoots Fsum my of Botha
associates ronsd-r.f fhe evil genius q
South Afric It W. cred when tn
Colossus" G.ed.
Criticism a. such as this, Civ.
place to re,ersut s.acere appreci
alton of VIVA wa nd most un
selfish-in our rIsn lAs art in fever
ence bows to The stapt pf that VIVA
was the creates aa1 coolest in CecJ
Rhodes may reraa. living influence
the country whicn ns loves 90 well.
II .ecmed a hopeless enterprise for thu
few thousand Boers. ie- oy General BoI
tina to do battle with General Butler
superior army of regulars, but at CoienI
so and Spion Kop the British command
er met his master. The task OF reconciil
ing the defeated Beers to their hate
conquerors was beyond the wisdom an9
strength of any man, but the patien
methods of General Botha at last pre-
vailed. The union of the five colonies
of South Africa was contaminated pam
ly through his influence.
BY the fapatical Beers Louis Botha nae
been taxed with disloyalty to his race
but he maintained from the time the'
were beaten in the field that it was
question of whether the race should DIS
appear or join hands with the Br'tlsi
in establishing self-government in Sout'
Africa and developing that great terri
tory for the common welfare. 10 nj
race he was always true, and to Tn
sovereignty he had accepted ever loya
A biographer has likened Louis Both'
to Wordsworths Happy Warrior an
study of the man in all the relation
Of life and in his activities In the fiei'
and in public station shows the com
garrison to have been apt
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
LOUIS BOTHA

From the New York Times.
O1oUTH Africa lost her greatest SOL
~ and the British Empire a states
man when Louis Botha died at
Pretoria. There has been no more re-
markable career in these times. Success
was won by sterling honesty, a judg
ment that seldom erred, and infinite
capacity for taking pains. DIR. Jameson
he of the famous raid, was once told
that Louis Botha had said that he de-
served hanging for that misadventure
"Botha is always right" was Jameson S
laconic comment. 1t vas because Louis
Botha was always right that he rose
from cornetcy to the command of the
TransvaaI army, became Premier of the
Union of South Africa and overwhelmed
the military forces of the Protectorate
of German Southwest Africa.
There was nothing snowy about the
farmer of the veldt, who was destined
after worsting it's armies in the field.
General Hertzog, his rival in many n
parliamentary fight. was more eloquent,
but Louis Botha invariably prevailed.
General SHUTS is accounted an ADLER
man, but he had no such hold upon the
imaginations of the people of South At
RIGA, Dutch, British, and native, as the
slow-moving Botha had The undiscern
ing allowed him solid qualities, but could
not understand why Botha was regarded
as the great man of South Africa, great
er than the Cecil Rhodes, the masterfu!
pioneer of the empire. 1t was because
Botha captured mems hearts as well as
their understandings. No one could have
known human nature better. 1t has been
said of him that he was "a living mag
net to the affections of men, They
believed in him, they trusted him, and
found him steadfast and loyal. Slow OF
speech, he was capable of great elo-
quence when everybody else had been
heard. Unlike many Boer leaders in the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
LUKE M,LUkE SAYS

Take care of the little bit of COM
mon sense that the Lord gave you. The
supply does not begin to equal the de-
mand.
A mans talk is bigger than he is.
1t would amuse you if you could see
the little men who hand out the big
talk in the newspapers and magazines.
After a man has been over the jumps
for a while he can't see anything HUI
morous in either marriages or funer-
ais.
Now that water is selling for five
cents per drink, a man often wonders
why he kicked on paying five cents a
glass for real beer.
1t is easy to tell mans wife from
the other woman he meets. She is the
woman to whom he does not take Oft
his hat.
A grouchy married man believes that
when a woman isn't having head
ache her feet are hurting her.
Funny how a boy can study spelling
and grammar for 10 years and forget
all he learned about both in 10 minutes
after he gets out in the world
Every woman believes that she is the
only woman in the world who never
chased a man.
When a fellow 4 in love he believes
that the poetry of motion Is the way his
girls jaw waggles when she is chewing
gum.
Every good housekeeper Is expected
to make a slave of herself when she ha:
company. And she does.
When man feels good and his stom
ach is in fine shape. he isn't happy un
| til he goes out and does some thing tina
knocks his digestive apparatus out o
| killer.
Another good bet is that there woult
never be any gambling done If men ha,
nobody to gamble with but their wives
Any time sales person in a depart
ment stores assumes dignity. it is tn
Kind of dignity that dawes away trade
| No wonder they call matrimony a lot
terry Matrimony makes one man an
uninakes another man.
And when a married woman says to
bride: II hope you will be as happ
as am" the married woman isn't hop
/, ing for heluva lot of happiness for tn
| bride.
The reason why girl isn't TOO mod
est to climb over fence when ther
are men looking is because she woul
have more modesty il her legs wer
not built. as well as they are.
We never heard man denouncin
the robber capitalists who wouldn
accept . job helping the robber CAPT
talists do the robbing if he could &c
one.
No woman would want the thing sh
hasn't got II it wasn't for the fact tins
some other woman has one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
Business Men oppose pettus

Birmingham business men are be-
hind the movement to Illustrate the di-
vision Of Jefferson and are going to
prevent this division" said w. M. Ma
lone, Il was in Montgomery as mem
her of the committee from the Real
Estate Exchange Friday and we put
in a good days work. We hope to
have a good number down there to-
morrow when the bills comes up again
and are expecting and hoping to see
this proposed bill to create Pettus
county killed. The business men of
Birmingham are behind the opposi-
ton to a man and are working against
it with all the power they possess.
When the legislators wake up to the
fact that the men of Birmingham, who
are the big taxpayers of the county,
do not want this division they Wal
listen to our demand against this tear
ing up of old Jefferson"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
Contract pleases Carmen

I'VE have the best contract in the
SOUTH" said j. A. Russell, member Of
the executive board, Tidewater di-
vision of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street and Electric Railway en-
ployes, following the signing of the
new contract of employees with the Bir-
mingham Railway, Light and Power
company. THE employees are we'll
pleased with the contract. 1 think
that it is notable that the spirit main
tanned between the company and the
employees during the wage discussions
have been friendly and fair This
promotes greater production and salts
faction. 1t also is notable how few
persons fail to see the justice in an
increase in car Fares"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01

BEGINNING THE DAY-Increase
my faith, o Lord. Grant me, by
faith, to lift myself cut of the things
that dispIease Thee into the things
that please Thee. Grant me, by
faith, to substitute Thyself for my
self. Grant me. by faith. to plant
my feet in Thee and smile Mt all the
devils that call my faith a liar. In
Christ's name. Amcn.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
MORE COMPLICATIONS

From the New York Telegram.
Arms go to Mexico disguised as talcum
powder And Sir Thomas Upton has
secret invention by which he expects to
win the America cup. In spite of that
the wiseacres declare that processes in
life have been much simplified.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
THE FIELDS

II
BY Frank L. stanton
OF the friendly fields let this be said:
They've heard the prayer for the dolly
bread
Since the Lord first sent the rain and
light
To the dreaming seed. and the blossom
bright,
The world says good night to the Sun,
But their work of wonder is never
done;
Under the silence dim and sweet,
They hear the heart OF, the wide world
beat;
In darkness the gifts of the Morning
GIVE US this day our daily breaa~
Simple and sweet as that uttered prayer
Are the fields that are sleeping. or sing
ing there,
When the firesidS CLOVIS in the love-
blest place
And children smile in The Mothers face;
Or Morning wakens, and human words
Blend with the songs of the Mornings
birds;
Sinr,e and sweet in flower and clod.--
The fields of God-t'e fields of God.
Life. to the banquetiag table led.
With Love that blesses Life's daily
bread.
0 the fields hear God in Il lark. and
know
The ways that TIE sia,s II the Morn-
ing go;
yor the stars slat ssinus on sea and
sod
Ten their DIRE s V the slds OF God;
Their dreams f-lfe. as far and erao
AS the, fruit Or the 1 eds and the
waves ~ lie sea
OF tenderest b ezasi " arcy. hirh
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
Proper Way to Settle
A Wage Controversy.

N CONGRATULATIONS are due the
" officials of the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company
and its employees for the amicable adj
justment of differences that might
have caused a strike, had they not
been handled on both sides in a spirit
of fair play.
The street car employees did not get
as large an increase in wages as they
originally asked, but they were given
substantial raises and the three-year
contract agreed to will doubtless be
mutually beneficial. The company is
assured uninterrupted operation of it's
properties, while the men themselves
have made another step forward.
Without impairing the cordial rela-
lions existing between them and their
employers they have obtained a wage
scale that will enable them to support
their families more comfortably, de-
spite the fact that the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company is
now in the hands of a receiver. The
new scale could not have been granted,
but for an increase in fares which the
public is willing to pay.
1t is indeed pity that all differ
ences between employers and en-
ployes cannot be settled peaceably
without ill will and disorder. In all
strikes the public is the chief sufferer,
a state of affairs that is never more
emphatically shown than when there
is street car strike.
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TWENTY YEARS 90
IN THF AGE fIE tALD
Events recoqloa sepeeuls r l. 1899.


eide nisst IN iris by cutting his
thros Ii ra1or
this .reatest military pag-
al ita .sed in the south was
o. le Seventh army corp at
la, yesterday by General
ae Colonel William jennings
: head Of his Nebraska res
ed an &ation.
a q a sshich sweeps Savannah, Ca.
,sS+ ai,,ht caused prokerty loss esti-
ssats,, az holt a million dollars. No lives
sere aoa5.
,sava .nar Johnston has proclaimed a
osaraati-ae in alabama against KEN West
RS q syest0n. Texas and st. Mary s
parisa. Il, who're there is yellow fevefN
Manor Tsfwrk Y. Anderson. land COM
m;ssibasy ne Queen & Crescent svs-
tenn aas .lsa5ea 81 Nebraska families in
Dst4ia - y.
Biru,issgh ~ eank clearings for the
mont q Z Asast we're s1.5s5.2s4.12. 4
The gss wra- Warren conn v IS
pleasirs Is afsatre patronA at the
oBre's opsi asNrs.
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Red Cross Work Continue.


"One of the compelling reasons for
the nationwide Red Cross campaign
for members and funds next November
is the vast amount of service that still
must be performed by the American
Red Cross for the nations fighting
men," said Robert Jemison. Jr. so ex-
tensive is this work an appropriation of
s2,100,000 has just been made by the
executive committee of the organiza-
ton to cover the budget of it's bureau
of camp service for the last six months
of this year.
Expenditures for camp work are
being reduced as rapidly as possible.
consistent with the ftilfillment of the
obligation of the Red Cross to the
soldiers, as is shown by the fact that
during the four months ending June
80 camp service cost s532,000 month,
while for the current period an esti-
mate of ss5O,0O0 monthly is made. An
appropriation of $4,000 was also made
to provide for canteen service during
this period"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01
SheepkiIling Dogs Menace

81 had no idea it was SO hard to get
people aroused to the menace of sheep
killing dogs" said F. w. Dixon, until I
began to try my hand in aiding in get
ting the legislature to pass protective
laws SO that the sheep industry might
be forwarded in Alabama. I am sure
that if the average citizen knew the
Importance of this countrys producing
more wool that many who now look
upon it as a fad of a few>feformers,
would get behind the nation wide move
ment. We are continually being told
that the price of clothing is going up,
and we know that much shoddy ma
terial has been used Now the remedy
is to raise more sheep, but farmers
are not going to do it unless the stray
dog is made responsible for his depre-
dations"
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One of Americas Most
Popular of HOLIDAYS.

II ABOR Day, which comes to us on
ia this first Monday of September,
is one of the most popular and widely
observed of our holidays. 1t is in
tended to honor in a signal manner
the great body of workmen who toll
and strive to elevate the standard of
living of the wage Garner.
As Birmingham is essentially an
industrial center Labor will make a
grand showing on this occasion.
Owing to the depressing effect of the
war last year no parade was neld
here, but to make up for the failure
to turn out then the procession
will be larger and more impressive
than ever this morning.
While union labor will be altogether
in evidence in the line Of march, "open
shop" workers will celebrate by enjoy
ing holiday and taking their families
on happy outings.
There is no. better labor element in
the land than one finds in Birminp-
ham, and the entire community will
wish this 'bone and sinew" all pros
perity in their usual vocations.
The weather bureau sometimes
misses the forecast for the day. But
the forecaster has been kind to us
this time in cutting out rain and in
predicting "fair." On this occasion
young and old, union and nonunion
can alike rejoice.
* y *
An aviator was fined SOS for flying
within 10 feet of the roof of a farm
er's house in Missouri. In case like
that the average farmer would not
worry so much about what might hap
pen to the aviator as he would about
the imminent deadly peril to his Chin
neys.
Elsie Janis, who denies that she is en-
gagged to Eddie Rickenbacker. calls him
| dear boy and says if the news were
true she'd proclaimed it joyously to the
! world. At any rate Eddie seems t,
stand lace high" and the engagement
may be announced later.
paper. who writes on prohibition in Am.
erica, evidently puts more faith in the eff.
ficacy of grape Juice. raisins and yeas,
cake than the average person who has
tried that combination.
| 1t is predicted that the treaty of peac'
will be ratified within two months. viii
that be long enough to permit the Presi
dent and his enemies to get certain
speeches out of their systems?
A reader of The Age-Herald writes :
4 voluminous letter on the Shantung con
troversy. subject that leads to prolix
lily. no matter which side a person hap
pens to be arguing on.
Y y y
! If a drastic motion picture CENSORSHIP
were in force in Alabama, picture fan
might be compelled to go outside of tn
state to see one of Theda Bara's soul
full representations.
4 4 X
Striking window cleaners in New Yor
demanded so . week But. eecsider tn
Importance of window cleaners. In tn
meantime. SIS week is offered tn
school teachers
On his forthcoming tour President WI
son may be compelled to make a fe'
speeches from the rear end Of a trail
much as he is said to dislike open-a
oratory.
A drum major impressed Warren Pc
, shing more than the notables he sa
on q gala day in London. further proc
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KEEPING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

From the Boston Herald.
What a lot of footnotes must appear
on the Marriage page of the Wander
bits family Bibles!
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Meeting That Should
Be Well Attended.

THE meeting of the business men
y to be held this afternoon in the
auditorium Of the Chamber of Com
merce this afternoon to inaugurate
plans to establish the port of Bir-
mingham at Locust Fork should be
attended by representatives of all
our industrial and mercantile inter-
ests.
Great opportunities are opened to
this district by the improvement of
the Warrior river. The governments
barge line is in operation and the
differential rates-20 per cent below
>the all-rail rate-have gone into eff
feet. But unless Birmingham has a
port able to handle the heavy ton
mage which will originate here, our
inland waterway, about which we
haYe talked so much, will amount to
litks.
TO utilize the Warrior on worth
while scale local port is absolutely
necessary. The question of million
dollars needed for this project should
be subscribed in short order. With
the, port opened traffic will increase
steadily. Without it, the government
will not be slow in abandoning the
barge line.
There is certainly no time to lose
"getting busy"
x y X
Birmingham is Determined
To Protect Its Interests
I'D BIRMINGHAM suddenly realized
W that an attempt was being
made at Montgomery to deprive this
district Of some Of its most valuable
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