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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
Es steemed Confederate
 Veteran Passes Away

NhAPT. JOHN G. SMITH, pioneer Np citizen and esteemed veteran of the Confederate army, is dead at the ag4 of 81. Many distinguished men whp wore the gray have crossed over the river since the first of the present year and none of them had braver rec ords than Captain Smith.
 He came to Birmingham to make it his home when this city was little mo re than village, but he had vision and was an ardent prophet of the Bir- mihgham district from the start. He was soon recognized as a business ma n of high character and fine civic spirit.
 Through all these years he had been an upbuilder and even after his health bel gan to fail he was able to give at- ten tion to mercantile affairs. Tall, straight and of stalwart physique, Cal ptain Smith was commanding fig ure on the streets and in public gath eri ings.
 He was active in the organization of United Confederate veterans, and wa $ honored by being chosen brigade col inmander of Alabama, with the rank of brigadier general. While he was adH dressed by his title in camp cir cles he was best known as cap tain, his grade in the Confederate ar imy at the close of the war. He was proud of that rank and of the pa Tt he was able to play on the field of battle.
 With the return of peace no citizen as more loyal to the union than this va liant Confederate. He was a patriot to the core and now that he Ihas gone from us his memory will be ch herished not only by his old com ra ades of the Lost Cause, but>by thou sd nds of younger people who knew his worth and valued his services to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01

knoWs very little about southern opin- ion. Even a hasty perusal of south ern newspapers would show that lyndhing is neither countenanced nor cond toned by the better element in this parE of the country. Leaders of both racds have inveighed against it and thel le is not reputable newspaper in the south that has not condemned mob viol ence, not once but many times.
 The lynching records will show thai in some parts of the north, at least, lawlessness of this character is just as bad as it is in the south. Usually southern mob wreaks ven- gea hce for only one crime-rape-bu the East St. Louis riots and others that may be called to mind were di- rect led at the negro chiefly because his skin was black and he was proving an und esirable neighbor.
 T here is no difference of opinion in the south and the north so far as lynd hing is concerned. The Pittsburg Dispatch merely displays it's ignor- ancf. Lynching is indefensible and the southern people are inalterably opp bsed to mob violence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01

M. K. Wisehart, in Leslie's.
 11 N Paris today one is ley rned indeed
 who can identify every A merican of
 o ficer by the device on his shoulder
 Few persons have ever seen long, leap
 ing, silver greyhound on a field of blue
 with a narrow border of golh It is the
 insignia of the smallest, tile most re
 stricted the most popular an one of the
 most important branches of the American
 army and the American ped ce machine
 in Europe. The officer whd wears the
 Greyhound on his shoulder is one of
 seventy-known technically las "Official
 Diplomatic Couriers,' but to the service, whether in Odessa, London, Constantino-
 pie or Paris, as the Greyhopnds.
 The Greyhounds have had serious work
 to do Theirs is the task of carrying dispatches that have to do with America s
 part in the great historic re readjustments being made in Paris; they br ing back the news that determines Americ can policy in
 many important particulars. Just as in wartime they went through the thick of the fighting, over dark, foggy, she'll torn roads, through crowded cities filled with frightened refugees, now they go through the disordered la hds of the enemy and the Bolsheviks, a nd are com- pelled to meet with initiative and pre- cision the emergencies that arise from demnged transportation facilities, mobs. deserters and machine-gun nharauders. As constituted today tha service is composed of several officers aside from the one hundred who made the trans atlantic courier's voyage during the war.
 The seventy men have been picked for special qualifications, including quick mental adjustabiilty and command ot languages. They include aNiators, staff officers, medical officers, eng lneers honor
 men from the front and mdn who have rendered distinguished sefvice in the Headquarters of the Services of Supply. In private life they reprefent widely diverse pursuits-law, medcl he, hanklng,
 business. Besides there is A Greyhound poet and a marine artist
 These officers have opened up Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
EIks To Aid Salvation Army

As exalted ruler of Birmingham lodge, No. 79 of the Elks, I have been asked to cooperate with the Salvation Army in it's forthcoming drive for funds to carry on it's work" said pr. B. A. Fox, and it was pleasure to comply with the re- quest. I am going to appoint a commit tee of local Fin" who will do everything in it's power to make the campaign a suc- cess.
 The whole world knows that the Salva- tion Army made splendid record during the war Heretofore the organization has depended largely on street collections, but a new policy hns been adopted which will enable it to operate without making daily appeals for money
 "The American people, because of the Salvation Army's welfare work in France, realize more than ever the merit of modest and unassuming organization which deserves far more than it asks The Elks may be depended on to help the Salvation Army
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
E < F lans' Being Perfected For State Centenary

N 7HILE Dec. IA is the date of wv Alabama's admission to the Union as a state, celebrations will be held variously thr' 1ghout the year. The centennial commission created |by the legislature has agreed upon the |outline of the programme and is now lpe erfecting plans in detail. Montgomery, Mobile and Birming- Imam will be centers of activity, but every city in the state will vie with ach other in observance of this cen ltennial year.
 There will be many addresses 6r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
Making Preparations
 For the Next War

A LTHoUGH humanity pins its 4A faith to the league of nations as means to prevent war in the fu- ture, the work of perfecting engines of destruction is proceeding apace. A new field gun has been tested by the British army and pronounced the best of it's kind in the world.
 It is claimed that the pew weapon will fire the 181A-pound shell now used in guns of it's type farther and with more rapidity than any ordnance so far developed. There is a range increase, it is said, of more than 5000 yards and 2S xounds minute can be discharged.
 Already scientists are discussing methods for destroying not only a large city, but an army of men, and predictions are being made that the next war will be tenfold more fright ful than it's predecessor.
 While it may seem pessimistic to consider further destruction of hu- man life on scale comparable to the war in Europe recently ended, just as the struggle against Germany ex- ceeded the civil war in destructive ness it is reasonable to assume that if there is another conflict of such magnitude it may be possible for per verted science to annihilate millions where it formerly destroyed thou sands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
Holding Down Three Jobs

tie business and am just here between trains," said J. J. Lucas of West Blocton.
 "A friend of mine asked me if I kept busy these days and replied that man. aged to keep on the jump as I hold three and deputy sheriff. We have been putting some wild cat stills out of business down in Bibb county. Most of the mines in the Blocton district are running on full
 time with the exception of one or two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
THE FLESH IS WEAK

T hope you lend a sympathetic ear to the troubles of your fellow man?
 ping, but I don't shed any tears over a fellow who is always complaining about the high cost of living and stands off the rent man so he can spend s10 for a quart of Ticker" --. f'i'-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
Light Clothes md Flowers.

Be there dressed in light colors. If possible bring a basket of flowers"
 This is the invitation and instruction issued to every woman in Birmingham and every other woman who can at tend by the specal committee appointed to have all women present at Rhodes park, on Highland avenue, the day the soldiers of the Rainbow division ar rive here for the celebration.
 All day yesterday the committee was busy going over the city to tell the women that 'it will be your patriotic duty to be present and we are going to make big show for the soldiers" Members of the committee went to the various department stores to give the salesladies special invitation and to ask the cooperation of the managers of the stores. The women are to as- semble at 3:30 o'clock on the afternoon Of the day the soldiers parade here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
A FOOLISH QUESTION

A FOOLISH QUESTtON Good morning, Daubleigh. Hard at work, I see.'
 Yes, I'm doing the illust rations for Scribsons new novel" Whats it about?" How should I know? I'm merely do- ing the illustrations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
PLEBEIAN BLOSSOMS

An old-fashioned flower bed. theme for a poet, eh?"
 Not for a society poet. Now, if that were a bed of orchids presided over by a fashionable florist it might be worth a couple of stanzas to head a column  of crisp chatter about the doings of the smart set"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
Northern View of
 Lynching Problem

G6@O @OUTH YIELDS A LITTLE" is 0 the heading over an editoria, in the Pittsburg Dispatch, which cpit- cmizes the northern point of view regarding the south and lynching. The editorial is informative and is as follows.
 Rev. John Jasper, who once tutored the south in his theory that "the sun do move,' would be immensely pleased if he were alive today to note how far the sun of race hostility has moved since his day. For several well known southerners have accept cd invitations to conference to be held in New York, May and 6, to discuss lynching. This is the first time men from the south have so openly and apparently so cheerfully admitted that lynching is subject to discus sion. In their old view there was no 7 question about the right-even the z duty-of the white men of the south to lynch negroes, so why discuss l. question that has not been put into the doubtful column. Of course lynch ing has been criticized and condemned by people in the north, but that, as the aoutherner will tell you, was because northern people don't know anything about lynching. The acceptance of an invitation by prominent educators, ministers and editors of the south, and at least one governor, to take part in conference on lynching may be with conservative safety interpreted as meaning that there are some men and women in the south willing to con- code that, perhaps. after all, lynch- Ing might be subject to an exchange of views. There may be honest doubts about the privileges of the white man over the negro in the south. Possibly when southerners are thoroughly convinced that lynching can be viewed from more than one stand point the opinions of even uninformed northerners may be merged into the ludxments of southerners and diff snpent conclusion reached.
 xvi6ently the Pittsburg Dispatc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ALMOST PERSUADED

You believe in art for arts saker but when an unappreciative public forces genius to subsist on beef stew have serious thoughts of prostituting my talents in the movies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
RARE SPECIMEN

RARE SPECIMEN Are you going to have garden this year?' asked MT. Gadspur. T really believe am," said MT. Dub waite.
 You seem more hopeful than you were a few days ago." "Yes, I've just discovered an old fashioned colored gentleman who is not above doing odd jobs for a cost-off suit of clothes."
 PAUL. COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
Gives the Team a Lift

Il am very fond ob boys" said pr James F. billiard, and recently on my way cut 10 East Lake as I wns passing through Avondale I saw a bunch of them standing waiting for an eastbound car. saw by their bats, mitts and masks that It was baseball team, so I said come on sports and pile in, and from the way they accepted the invitation I think there must have been a first and a sec- ond nine, for they just overfowed the car. some had to stand on the running boards and two of them actually perched about the lamps. I saw to it they were safely on and away they went. I do not know which was the happier, the nine over the lift, or the one who gave it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
Victory Loan Subscription

"I am sure it was just printers error winch credited the Rice, Stix Dry Goods Co.,. with a subscription for this district of only $25OO when it was for $2S,000," said J. A. Lyle, an Alabama representa- tive. "The firm is large taker of the Victory Loan for the total amount sub scribed being $1,25o,00o. It allotted this sum among the various towns in which if had headQuarters.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
War As a Mixer

"The war has certainly brought abo lt many changes in our feelings" said Ben Rapport, the "Yiddisher' editor from Carrollton." Here am I a Jew actively engaged in the work of helping the Sal vation Army to raise it's fund, and confess I like the job, and no one appears to think it bit strange that was asked to take it or that I accepted. There is an old saying that, politics make strange bedfellows but it seems to me that the comes to mixing religion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
RETIRING DELEGATES

From the Charleston Evening Post
 No matter what may be said about the various peace delegates. nobody will ever be able to accuse Major General Tasker H. Bliss and Henry White of pushing themselvss unduly into the foreground of the Raris conferences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
OE NO ASSISTANCE

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner Invalids, says Oliver Wendell Holmes. can get drunk on a beefsteak, but ever at July prices beefsteaks will cost more than booze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
DOughnuts For DOugbbOys

Its dollars to doughnuts that we will De able to put over the Salvation Army
 vice Fund campaign in Brming- ham, said J. J. Jackson, chairman for Birmingham, "and it's dollars for dough. nuts for doughboys, or anything else that the Salvation Army needs to use the money for, t at we will get There is not any doubt in my mind that the drive will go over with a rush. It will be like shooting fish in a barrel to mise the money needed by the Salvation Army, as the American people know too much of it's work not to come across, and make the drive a success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01

BEGINNING THE DAY-O my God, discouragem gets hold upon me. I pray and am not heard. The waters go over my soul. I give I'D the fight. But it cannot rest so. This little experience of mine is for day. while in the past are all my fathers, whose need Thou hast met. Lcrd, restore my faith. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
SAPIENT JUDGE

SAPIENT JUDGE
 Your honor, the ladies 9f the jury are not giving me the pr4per atten- tion."
 "How is that, sir?'
 They keep powdering their noses" Froceed With your arg ument, sir the female nose is powered automati- calIy and the act does ndt interfere with feminine processes of thought"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
SOMEWHERE"

Somewhere the finny beautids turk, Somewhere the breezes blbw, And sweet the song the riNer sings, Though wondrous soft anh low. Somewhere the sunbeams gild the
 Sward And all the trees are gredn And early blooms, their heads upreared, Adorn the rustic scene Somewhere the troubles of this world Are but an idle dream, And all the petty cares of mdn
 Who moil and fret and sdheme. But since we slaves of circu instance From bondage ne'er win free, Somewhere" may be Utopia,
 For all it means to me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
FINS

Here lies a wicked profligade
 Who thrived for many a year. Till on the street he chanded to meet
 A lady pistoleer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postoffice as second-class matter. un- de- act of Congress, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-06-06
Day
Observed Here

Memorial Day was fittingly observ-
ed In this community last Friday. At
the Garden cemetery services were
held by Rev: F. II. Menzel, who dur
ing the course of appropriate remarks.
paid fitting tribute to the boys of
Douglas county that made the great
sacrifice during the late war. Several
musical numbers were on the pro-
gram. A large number of people
were present
Later In the day the Douglas county
soldiers formed in parade at Gardner
vile under the command of Captain
Sweet and marched to the cemtery
where ceremonies were held in mem
ory of their three fallen comrades,
Earl Jepsen. Clarence Frevert and
John Terzzi.
In the local cemetery, as we'll as at
Genoa, Mottsville and Fredericksburg
graves were strewn with flowers by
beloved hands in memory of those
who sleep beneath the flowers OF the
Valley
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-06-06
HUSBAND MIST PROVIDE
UNDER NEW STATUTE

new statute passed by the last
legislature provides that it is unlaw-
ful for any man living in Nevada to
wilfnlly neglect 10 provide reasoable
support and maintenance for his wife
and family.
The legislature OF 1919 amended
Section ZIG of Section 64si of the Re-
vised Laws of Nevada. 1912 making II
unlawful for any man residing In Ne
yada to wilfully neglect, fail or refuse
TO provide reasonable support and
maintenance for his wife or minor
children.
The wife or any of the county COM
missioners may file a complaint
against such husband or father in the
justice court, and the defendant may
give bond to the county commits
sioners. with snreties. for the support
OF his wife and minor children for six
months, and the court may accept the
bond. II no bond is given the defend
ant may be compelled to work on the
public roads In the county during his
sentence. aud the commissioners will
pay the wife. or the minor child or
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-06-06
CHURCH PICNIC
NEXT SUNDAY

Hussman's Grove will be the scene
of pleasant amusement and entertain
ment next Sunday afternoon at which
time the annual picnic of the Lutheran
chuch will be held The whole Car
son Valley is invited to gather at the
prove for a monster picnic. Indica-
tions seem to point to a record-break-
ing crowd
A novelty Sunday will be the Cane
Net The cane you ring is the cane
you get. Besides this the "grab-bag"
will be full of a great variety of good
things, which may be had for little
money. The niger will be on
hand to entertain the crowd The
stand will be laden with good things
to eat and drink. Come and do not
miss an afternoon of frolic.
Those who wish to attend services
in the morning may bring their lunch
Coffee for the lnneh may be had in
the grove free of charge.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-06-06
VIM. DRESSLER
f. BUYS BIG RANCH

One of largest real estate deals of
recent years was put through last
week when William Dressler purchas-
ed the entire interests of the Ply
mouth company in Smith Valley from
his partners, Richard Kirman and
Chas. Lewis, the consideration being
in the neighborhood of 100000.
The Plymouth company's holdings
equals any ranch of its size In Nevada
from a standpoint of productivness
From point of Improvement, it is
among the best in Nevada Some
years ago when the property was pur-
chased by Dressler Kirman & Lewis,
it was in rundown condition. They
Immediately started program of
improvements. A steam shovel was
purchased for digging irrigation
canals, tractors were put to work lev
cling land, complete system of con-
crete water boxes were installed after
surveys had been made Money was
not spared in making it one of the
finest ranches in the state and Mr..
Dressier has secured personal control
of modern ranch. With his exten-
sive farm holdings in Carson Valley,
Mr.. Dressler becomes one of the
heavinest owners of farm property In
this section of Nevada.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-06-06
HuxnbOIdfRi
Project Starts

There is going TO be something do
ing along the Humboldt river storage
system If the state ngineer's office has
anything do with this and other pro-
jects. Finding that thing were drag
ging. Colonel Scrugham took up the
matter with the federal division of ir-
rigation and investigation. resulting
in the arrival of f. l.. Bixley, an engi-
neer of the department. who will car
ry on investigation and photographic
data on this stream.
This data is to be used in the deter.
mination of the proposed storage res
ervoirs and other matters in connec-
tion with one of the largest projects
in Nevada.
1t has been realized for some time
that the possibilities of. the Humboldt
were If anything in excess to that Of
the Carson-Truckee project, provid-
ing that unity of action could be Sc
cured.
Early this year the governor and
Colonel Scrugham made visit to the
Humboldt section in the hooes of set
Ting the litigation among the water
right owners of the river The point
ed out the fact that unless there was
some such settlement that the federal
and state aid program would not be
available as law suits and unsettled
conditions would forbid the two ele-
ments from taking action.
While there IS an injunction pending
IN relation to the action of the state
and its servants, this matter will be
heard at an early date Once there is
a quite OF suits along the Humboldt
and the action taken by Mr.. Bixley,
that section can look for movement
to the settlement of much land and
several of the valleys will come under
irrigation and settlement
The state engineers office is doing
all in its power to hurry up matters
on this big state project and With the
assistance of the Humboldt people the
project will be under way before they
realize what has happened Colonel
Scrugham believes in short cuts and
applying tme.-News.