davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-02-15
Soul Revcaler.


The soul Is sometimes spoken Of MS
"imprNon"d in a tenement Of clay
but Is this true? The body does not
shut in ana conceal tn" soul, hut just
the contrary. II is The great soul r..
vcaI"r. Indeed, ;" far rs We hay" any
experience. 1t is the souls only re-.
Nealer. W" can know nothing about
ea'! other say" rs We reveal ourselves
through III" acts of the body. cur
characters are written plainly across
our FACES So That even HI who runs
may road
The sublime truth which the New
Tcslalh,n leacAr~ us.i~ thai The Spirit
Of The lul'u.tr G"d lays hold upon us
who ar" Grad 20 trc>pu,sc> and sins
and takes up his dNcIlin" iii tho hum.
hIest hr'i,N"r u Christ. Through
'iie~" hrli"'~, IN whatever plac" or
time. III" Sp'ri of Christ reveals him.
SELF 10 the world. t"d has many ways
OF revealing himself bat in III" moral
world onl} "u" uNd THAI is through
mural AGENTS submitted 10 his loving
control. Docs tIr world see III me- any
thing 10 suggest 'h' character 81
Christi Is inc world led 70 sense the
pre>ync" of the Master IN my conduct
Of business affairs: 10 my comrau.
ions in the HON" Who know IN" most
intimately, appreciate the control Of
ycalrr tIlr bntly uuSi lac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

Are the owners of those six million and odd automobiles interested in the federal aid road building programme for 1919!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
Widow Makes Good

Tho story of widow and her son in Beaver county, Oklahoma, gives a new evidence of the value of extension work to the individual farmer Three years ago the womans brother, who had been running her farm for her, became dis outraged and decided to leave the coun- try for the city. It looked as if the farm would have to be sold and the widow and her son. too. would have to live in town. About this time the county agent met the son, lad of IS, and heard the story. He called at the farm and spent some time convincing the Anderson fam fly that life on a Beaver county farm could be made interesting and profitable. They decided to stay another year.
 The son grew a crop that year and invested $500 in two registered Holstein COWS. and his mother started a flock of pure-bred chickens. garden plot was irrigated, surplus vegetables grown on it were canned by the cooked -in-the- can method and potatoes sufficient for the .amilys use were raised In 1917 the ,tolstein COWS returned a profit of STA .t cream, with plenty of skim milk for ' ie chickens and hogs. A s1OO calf was
 ,ld and another valued at the same price was saved to increase the herd. A big demand for their poultry and eggs meanwhile had been created and a new poultry house was built. During the past winter they built new house. They would not live anywhere else, now, than on their Beaver county farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

If all the automobiles in this country stood evenly distributed over all the reads of this country. there would be five motor cars to every two miles of road. And there are 2.457ssi miles of public road.
 If every motor car in the United States were loaded to it's limit with people. half be hauled at one load. And there are about 100000 people in this country.
 Getting down to boot heels and bitu- lithic-just to avoid the vulgar phrase of bedrock and brass tacks-about T per cent ot all the motor vehicles in the world are on the roads of the United States. By estimate, there were 100000 automobiles in the world on January l, 1919. By ac- tual count, 6,1466T of these were in the United States, Those motor vehicles paid, in license and other fees. sal, l,477,416. And this is exclusive of the 900 motor ve- hicles manufactured for the government
 Each of those six million one hundred and odd thousand motor cars, when it runs on unimproved roads, pays about twice as much for tires and about twice as much for gasoline as when it runs on surfaced roads. And there are about eight times as many miles of unimproved as of improved public roads in the United States. To be specific the public roads in the United States measure 2,457. .SSi miles, or about 12 per cent, are surfaced The rest are earth roads
 HALF BILLION FOR ROADS
 Are the owners of those six million and odd automobiles interested in the federal aid road building programme for 1919 ?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

IL Is the most stupendous roadbuilding programme in the history of the world.
 Expenditures for road construction this year are likely to reach $500 coo, ,000 ac- cording to the estimates of the United States department of agriculture, the government agency charged with the ad- minstration of the federal aid road act Practically all states are planning a con $ tinuous system of connecting highways throughout the state, and there is a moro general disposition than was ever mani fested before toward CO., operation among neighboring states so that improved roads will not terminate at state lines.
 Congress, shortly before adjournment, made an extra appropriation of $209, GOO 900 in the postoffice appropriation bill to meet the fedetal part of the programme Of ficials of the bureau of public roads, United States department of agriculture, point out that this is the largest appro- priation ever made by any government for similar purpose, and that it will enable the federal and state governments to carry on a road building programme of magnitude never approached in the history of the world This work, it is estimated, will employ more than 100000 men in active road work in addition to the men engaged in the production and furnishing of road building materials. It tffords one of the large opportunities for profitable employment for returned sol diers and sailors.
 The programme Is a continuing one. The recent federal appropriation is for three years. State, county and local funds will come largely from bond issues And there is where the 60Oo.00O automobile owners onght to shine with a tremendous radiance.
 Both sensible selfishness and plain duty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

that the country is going to the bow VOWS by the landlord route. The de- partment of agriculture, however, looked
 into the matter as we'll it was able, ] and refused to be alarmed Where it was able to make surveys it discovered that while the number of tenants 25
 years old was greater in 1910 than in l9Oo or 1890, the number of tenants 45 years old was considerably smaller in 1910 than in 1900 or 1890.
 The inference is that tenancy is step toWardk ownership, that the young fel-
 low who becomes tenant farmer when
 he marries, say, is likely to be a. farm
 owner before his first child is grown-the farm paid for and the money that used to go to pay off the mortgage available for sending the children to college. Now, to the department of agriculture that looks like a thoroughly normal
 healthy and benefivial process. To just the extent that tenancy leads to farm ownership, it is a good thing for the county and for the individual.
 FULL ANSWERS ESSENTIAL i. But it has not been possible to get a complete, nationwide survey of the situation. The forthcoming census offers the opportunity for doing that. If every farmer will answer the enumerator's questions fully and fairly the depart ment of agriculture will have the data from which to analyze the situation ac- curately and to determine what things can be done to best advantage to help the tenant in his aspiration to become farm owner
 One of the directions that aid may take is encouragement of rural credits finding all of the ways possible of help- ing the young farmer to get the money that he may need to borrow. It is necessary, therefore, to know what pro- portion of farmers who advance from tenants to owners have to borrow money to make the change, and how much, in proportion to total value of the farms bought, they have to borrow.
 The road toward ownership does not necessarily start with tenancy. great many farm owners were first farm hands, then tenants, then owners with a mortgage, then owners debt free. The census vii show, if the questions are answered fairly. how many years, if any, every farmer worked for wages and how many years he has been an owner. ho wmany years he has been an owner. The department of agriculture will have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
The School Lunch

Once more the children are back in school and the task of preparing an ap- pettzing basket lunch is their mother S every school day. The problem is to make a real contribution to the food which the children require to meet the needs of their growing bodies and active brains to satisfy their apetites, and to keep them in health. It does not neces- sar1iy mean expensive foods or the ex- penditure of great effort on the part of those who fill the lunch boxes. Home economies specialists have made a study of this question and have plainly set forth some interesting facts in Farm CTS Bulletin TIP, School Lunches" which is available for distribution and can be obtained free, so long as the supply lasts. by application to the United States De- partment Of Agriculture, Washington. D. C.
 The following suggestions are among those made in this bulletin for well-bal- A1nced school lunches
 l. Sandwiches with sliced tender meat For filling. baked apple, cookies or a few humps of sugar.
 q Slices of meat loaf or bean loaf, bread and butter sandwiches, stewed Fruit. small frosted cake.
 S Crisp rolls, hollowed out and filled with chopped meat or fish. moistened and sseasoned. or mixed with salad dressing; orange. apple, a mixture of sliced fruits lUr berries: cake.
 L Lettuce or celery sandwiches, cup s-csfstard. jelly sandwiches.
 Cottage cheese and chopped green pep per sandwiches or a pot of cream cheese N th bread and butter san&wiches, pea iy3 sandwiches, fruit, cake. .sS hard-boiled eggs, crisp baking pow lder bircuits, celery or radishes. brown Sugar or maple sugar sandwiches
 I. Bottle of milk, thin cornbread and 'butter. dates, apple
 s. Raisin or nut bread with butter, Icheese, orange, maple sugar
 g. Baked bean and letture sandwiches, apple sauce, sweet chocolate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
If about yourself that the govern help you

When the census enumerator comes around to the farm shortly after Jan- rary next year, he will ask some ques- purely personal affairs of the farmer Now, the farmer, like every other self respecting man, dislikes having his pri- vate affairs peeped into and, unless he thinks about this thing in advance may have disposition to be unresponsive if not actually resistant
 In actual fact, every question that the enumerator will ask is an essential oues- ton and has direct bearing on the per sonal welfare and prosperity of the in- dividual farmer as well as upon the ad- vancement of the agriculture of the nation as a whole.
 When the bureau of the census decided to take the farm census in January in- stead of in April it did so upon the advice of the United States department of agriculture. The farmer is less likely to be very busy in January than at the spring planting and breeding season. and his products and live stock are in better shape for statistical treatment. Also, every new question-and there are number of them-inserted in the agri- cultural schedule was placed there after consultation with the department of ag- riculture and for the purpose of clearing up some specific situation in which the department of agriculture is trying to aid the farmer.
 Here are some questions that will be asked Do you own all of this farm ?'' Do you rent from others part but not all of this farm?'' Do you rent from others all of his farm?" If you rent all of this farm, what do you pay as rent?' If you own all or part of this farm, was there any mortgage debt or other encumbrance on the land so owned on January 1, 1920?" What was the total amount of debt or encumbrance on land on this farm owned by you. Jan uary 1, 192o?"
 PERTINENT-NOT IMPERTINENT
 What the Sam Hill,' you may in- quire, has the government got to do with how much money I owe on my land?' We'll, two of the things to which the department of agriculture has been giving deepest thought during the past several years are farm tenancy and rural credits The past three censuses have shown an increase in the number of tenants. Alarmists have felt-and said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

OlHER lMPORIANT QUERIES Here are some other questions that phone?'' "Is water piped into the oper- ator's house? Has the operators house gas or electric light?"
 Now. that looks like an effort to find out whether or not the farm family has the modern home comforts-and it is just that, but it means something more than mere inquistiveness. Several months ago. when the bureau of farm manage men was in process of Reorganization, the secretary of agriculture called a conference of heads of schools, social workers, and others from all over the country. When the people were as- sembled in Washington, he asked their opinion as to the most useful thing that could be done by the office of farm management. For a whole day those people discussed the matter. Just be- fore night, with a score of items on the ballot, they took a vote. The work of promoting the comfort and convenience of the farm home received an over whelming majority of the votes
 That, then, is one of the things that the department of agriculture is trying to do in aid of the farm population of this country. In order to do the work inteligently, the department needs as full information as possible as to how the farm homes of the country are equipped for comfort and convenience
 ANOTHER WAY TO HELP
 Every farmer will be asked how many acres of drained land he has and how many other acres of land there are on his farm that could be made suitable for cultivation if they were tile drained or ditch-drained. When these questions are asked you. remember that they are asked every one of your neghbors Pos slbly you have a tract of land that would be the most productive field on your farm if you could get the surplus water. out Of it. but you can not do it because to be effective, the draining ditch would have to go far beyond the borders of your own farm. would have to be a county enterprise. and the county has not seen fit to do anything about it. If that be true. several of your neighbors have land that should be drained If all of you tell the census enumerator how many acres you have that need drain- age, the department of agriculture will have the facts to show what is needed In your community. When the oppor- tunity offers. it will be in position to do what it may to secure for you what you need.
 Those things are fairly typical of the questions that will be asked in taking the agricultural census In order to answer all of the questions intelligent ly. the farmer will have to think about the matter little before the enumera- tor calls on him. He ought to give the enumerator the most accurate informa- tion he can. What the individual farmer tells the enumerator is likely to benefit that farmer Individuality but it is cer- tain to benefit any number of other farmers. It is not too early now to get the facts straight in your mind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
Sells Litter for $5000

Walter Briggs. Norval Clark and Peter Pratt, three Seward county, Ne braska, boys who led all boys as judges at the state fair, will make up the judging team at Sioux City fair. and three Omaha girls who won highest honors as a canning demonstration. team at the state fair will constitute the canning team. Walter Briggs ex- hibited pigs that captured 2t prizes at the state fair, IS of them in an open class of 1S3 pigs under six months He sold one litter of pigs recently for S50OO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

Amethysts and jet are the most widely used mourning stones. The vogue of amethysts in mourning was fixed after the Franco Prussian war. when the gems became popular in France and Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
OTHER IMPORTANT OITERIES

the basic information 1t needs to hell men to success in farm oMnershin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-01
FOUR ARRESTED ON
 MURDER CHARGE
Walker Deputy Sheriff Dis appears and MOOnshiners
 Suspected
Statement. May F. 191

Private detectives, officials of Walker searching the woods, caves. creeks and other desolate -the-way places in the Empire district for the body of Dep- uty Sheriff Truitt of Walker county, who is alleged to have been murdered by law violators.
 Based on evidence gathered by Walker county authorities and the Bodeker Ma tional Detective agency, Monroe Hill, Ed Hill William Dukes and Mart Ledbetter of Walker county have been arrested on charges of murder and are being held in the jail at Jasper. They were arrested on warrants sworn out by Mrs. Truitt widow of the deputy.
 On May 16, after bidding his wife and small children goodby at his home near Empire, Deputy Truitt made his depar- ture, telling his wife that he was going to attend to some business. He never returned.
 It is said that he was seen by neigh bors walking along the highway in com- pany with two other men on the morn- ing of May 16.
 Those arrested and others, the officers say, were connected with the case, and other arrests are expected to follow.
 Deputy Truitt was active it is said, in suppressing the manufacture of whisky and has destroyed a number of illicit stills. One of the officials of the Bode- ker agency stated yesterday that they had been called upon two weeks ago to aid in the case. adding that they ex- pected to recover the body today or Mon- dya.
 Sheriff Chris Hartsfield, who has been assisting in the matter, stated last night that no further developments had taken place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-01
|DR. GRAY BREACHES ANNUAL SERMON AT
 HOWARD COLLEGE.
Oratorical Contest, Glee Club Concert and Speech by Col ICaffey Feature
 Commencement

Commencement exercises at Howard college will begin today when the annual sermon will be delivered in the main au- ditorium of Academic hall at II o'clock this morning by pr. D. B. Gray, of the home board of Southern Baptists The exercises will continue through Wednes- day, June l.
 Tomorrow morning at 1o30 o'clock the junior oratorical contest and the fresh- man-sophomore debate will be held. The subject of the debate will be- Resolved that the United States government should own and control our railroads" The freshmen speakers will be I. N. Patterson and J. J. Bell, while the sophomore class will be represented by J. M. Holley, Jr.. and J. M. Whorten.
 At 4.30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon there will be held a general college reception on the college campus for alumni ana friends. At S:30 o'clock tomorrow night the Howard College Glee club will ret der a special programme in the college l auditorium. The club is said to be one of the best Howard has had in severa. years The programme tomorrow night will be under the direction of Gladstons Jackson.
 
 sociation will be held in Montague hall at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. At II o'clock one of the feature addresses of the commencement exercises will be made in the auditorium by Col. Francis G. Caf- fey, Howard graduate, and now U. 5. district attorney in New York City. Tho speech will be the annual alumni ad- dress. Colonel Caffey is considered one of the great speakers of the country. He is native of Alabama, having been born in Wilcox county
 At 10.30 o'clock Wednesday morning the graduating exercises will be held in the auditorium The following students will receive degrees: w. W. Adams. J. .. Cunningham, Arthur Duke. Mercer J. James, L. M Jones, Miss 4Frances Mar tin, Miss Nelle Puliam. H. G. Williams. w. Forbes Marlborough. Jr., A. D. Zbin- den, and Miss Benne Spinks. The bacca- laureate address will be delivered by pr E. w. Sykes, president of Coker college. Hartsville. s. c.
 Commencement exercises at the Baptist institution are expected to attract many Howard alumni, friends of the college and Birmingham people this year. The exer- cises are always well attended and it IS expected that an unusually large number of persons will attend this year. Those who are on the programme to deliver ad- dresses are said to be among the best in the country and the speaking pro- gramme is called the best Howard has off, fered in many years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-01
JEWISH FESTIVAL
 WILL BE OBSERVED A Class Will Be Confirmed At the Knesseth Israel
 Synagogue

Next Tuesday at sundown the festival of Shabuoth will begin, and will last for two days. Though this festival was az ricultural in character in biblical times. being described as the feast of harvest, and the day of the first fruit offering, tra- ditionally it commemorates the greatest event in Jewish history, namely, the Sinaitic revelation or the giving of the Torah on Mt Sinai. When the Jewish people were in exile, scattered through the lands of the diaspora, and not living an agricultural life in Palestine. this fes- tival derived it's chief significance from the event of the giving of the Ten Com mandments, which occurred on this day more than 5000 years ago. The exodus from Egypt freedom from bondage, was not an end in itself: it was only means to an end, stepping stone to the reve- lation on Sinai Shabuoth marks the birthday of Israel's religion It brings home to the Jew the fact that 1t was his religion which has preserved him through the vicissitudes of time, and it urges him to study and observe the Torah With greater zeal and devotion.
 At the Knesseth Israel synagogue, cor ner of Seventh avenue and Seventeenth street, appropriate services will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7:45 o'clock. and on Wednesday and Thursday mornings at S:3O o'clock. Dur ing the morning services Rabbi Jacob I. Mendelsohn will preach on "The Ten Words" and Israel and the Torah," re- sr actively.
 The confirmation exercises will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock The following are the confirmants: Gertrude Atersohn, Bertha Feldstein. Saul Gold stein, Solomon Harelik, Alkaline Karasak, Bonnie Koplon, Helen Levy, Rebecca Men delsohn, Rebecca Rosenbloum. Florence TOurO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-01
officials: aD T Pnv
ACME LAUNDRY co.
 SECURES NEW MAN
Charles Leeper Remains in Same Capacity-Acme Has Best
 Equipment

Frank Nelson Jr., president Of the Acme Laundry company, announced yes terday that, effective June 1, Edward Hawkins. formerly general manager Of the Empire Fuel and Iron company, will be actively associated with the Acme Laundry in the capacity of vice presi- dent
 Charles S. Leeper will retain his same position. which he has heretofore filled so acceptably. both to the owners of the Acme Laundry and the public Mr Leeper has been with the company over a period of many years. and hai numerous friends, which includes all O.. the patrons of the Acme laundry as weh as the president and the board of direc- tors.
 The company has recently made exten- sive improvements. It has one of the largest and finest plants. not only in Birmingham and Alabama, but in the en- tire south. and is preparing for substan- tial increase in it's business.
 MT. Hawkins is going with the com many because of the need of additional help of high order to look after the rapid growing business of the company. MT Nelson having started MT. Hawkins in the coal business a number of years go and watching his phenomenal suc- cess. was attracted to him as a valued co worker with Mir. Leeper in the Acme laundry.