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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-17

the frs, two, il represents a good
payment, il is said. The first quar-
terly payments were approximately
b,000,0M, and the second, 100000,
these two being larger than the third,
as many persons did not avail them
selves OF the righ. TO pay in four pay
ments SS,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-17

with a congressional salary comm's'
sion TO be a, Kansas City October
) and I.
NJ. b. Carley Of Geary, Okla, was
chosen to represent the third clas,
pos,oiiices and b, w Thomas OF
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-17
P0STMASTERS CHOOSE
SALARY COMMITTEE

The regular annual meeting Of the
postmasters of Oklahoma ended At
the Huckns hotel thi, morning with
the appointing OF committee to rep
resent tho organization in conference
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-17

Amber, Okla, to represent the fourth
class.
1t was announced that . specia,
meeting OF the postmasters will be
held here in November il present
plans malerialiIe.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-17
Xsuns osmeerats Meet.

vsuNo osmeerats Msst.
res Young Democratic club met today
at ~ Colcord cafeteria for . luncheon
to Uke up details In connection with
the paft the young democrats are Ia
play In the state tat, particularly on
wilson dsy 4oqtks for both the men
and .yunsn Win 6psn during tho air
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
BE FAIR IN TAX LEGISLATION

HE AGE-HERALD confidence the business
 ability and judgment of Gov Kby and the entire state looking to him to evolve solution of Aabamas distressing financial problems
 slaure in which he embraces the of the state budget commission very apparent that budget its to raise needed money worthy poses has chosen the easiest The commission has gested methods which possibly excusabe the of the but which mpractcabe discriminatory and burdensome for peace times.
 It is to be raised the practical simple commonsense do 1t is the present sixty cent seventy eighty dollar This be made effective for only years or so long the extra needed The present gathering machinery perform be no increased additional obs Assessments the state are being gradually brought equitable
 that the proposed would be manner with which the taxpayers already thoroughly familiar The state authorities figure advance and determine exactly how much additional revenue will be duced.
 The proposals made by the budget commission cannot be oelenoed on the basis of fairness They in the highest degree. There is justice in evyng tax or i've cents coal there in ing tax of fifty cents thousand lumber or cent oushel on dollar bale produced in the stae Such taxes constitute legislation of the rankes kind.
 The AgeHerad the legislature to be fair in it's tax proVsons hen there IS much objection so much
 over the justice of income profits tax and
 when the proposal made to levy special taxes on specific comnodles which throw additional handaps and burdens on the industrial life of the state the legislature should stand
 r TOT harness and against experiments which may prove dangerous to Alabama's business life
 If the state more money the fa;res+ and t ousnesske way to get it is taxable assessment values ~ '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
THE PUGILISTS FAME

Tom spared before the Emperor of Rus sia and the King of Prussia After this popular champion beat Molineaux, tho American negro, second time. Holborn was impossible when the victor came to London, and his patnon, Captain Bar clay collected f10,0O0 for him. The great ness of John Gully Q7S3-1S63), is summed up in the description, prizefghter. horse racer, legislator, (M. P) and colliery proprietor" He won the Derby three times, and was married twice, each of his wives presenting him with 12 chil- dren.
 Among the British champions the fore most hero was of course, Tom Savers QS26- 1S65), who battled for two hours and six minutes with the American John C. Heenan, the Benicia Boy, at Farnbor- ough on April r, 1seo spectacle which is said to have emptied Parliament and closed the courts. That prolonged con- test gave the spectators more for their money than the brief but sanguinary set- to at Toledo where Dempsey made an end of Willard in three rounds. It was the most famous of all fights for the cham pionship, a wonderful exhibition of pluck on the part of the smaller Savers. Ap- propriately his tomb in Highgate ceme- tery is guarded by recumbent mastiff. The champions admirers raised fund of several thousand pounds for him after the draw with Heenan.
 In America champion pugilists from Tom Hyer down have been famous men, some of them notorious. Prize fighting was in i'll repute here until the superinan, John L. Sullivan, came upon the scene to be idolized by the crowd; but native humor and a sense of proportion have saved democracy from venerating it's prize ring heroes. They get rich, some of them, in an age of commercialized sport, but they do not attain public standing If John Morrissey went to Congress, the political conditions in this city were the reason. MT. Sullivan aspired, but in vain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
GOVERNOR KILBY'S MESSAGE

oVERNoR KILBYS the legislature of A,.b
 esoeroay characterized by 1t sets forth the problems which people of Alabama that shows that Governor careful study of b e It offers suggestions that will hearty support
 The AgeHerad particularly governors regard to the convict While deporng abuses that have developed feasible change until some plan developed humane and equally profitable to the Public strong for the abolition of system which criticized would foolish to take the convc the them burden to the state They entitled better but the state should services
 sound economic policy should the eonvict The contracts should the fact that the condition the abuses which subjected but the should gradually be abolished by putting work state me on highways and farms and in factories ieves that a practical plan will be
  saton act disease prevention child the minded Kiby dorses believing that they will approval citizens of the state who that far behind other which prosperity and advancement and the improvement of social conditions
 only The disagree with Governor Ky and that his suggestion for increasing the subject discussed another editorial published morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Even a man who can't fight is tempted to start something when he has to si. beside the kind Qf a fellow who makes a noise like horse eating apples when he feeds his face.
 Many a rounder who tries the straight and narrow path for while reports that it is covered with banana skins.
 Some men seem to get lot of pleasure out of not having any fun in this life. A month or two from now the June bride will be complaining that the light of her life goes out too often.
 Even the man with an impediment in his speech manages to say a good word for himself.
 A young woman can get more out of a man with smile than an old woman can get out of him with an hour of argument.
 It takes the average man long time to learn that he can make plenty of ene- mics without putting in.
 wife will tell her husband everythink she knows. But husband isn't built that way.
 Now that there is no beer to keep cold many a husband will want to know why the hek his wife keeps on ordering ice A married man gets a raise in salary every now and then. But his wife seldom hears anything about it.
 Do not pray until you have hustled and tried to get results without Divine aid, and your prayer will be answered.
 Too many men belong to societies for the suppression of the things that they used to do when they were younger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
Never Again, He Says

T have had number of outings since I have lived in Birmingham" said J. Mercer Barnett, but I had my first real case of roughing it last week. Ted and Mrs. Joy, Walter and Mrs. Phillips and my wife and I went down Thursday to the Warrior Fishing club, and take it from me. it was some experience. Oh, yes! we caught some fish, but the amount hooked did not compensate me for pair of blistered arms which even now are as sore as boils A fellow Kiwanian rushed up to me Monday and said, Hello, chief, and gave me a hearty slap on one of my forearms, and I came near fainting from pain, and-if I had only had courage enough to have used the other I would have given him a blow which would have made him think Dempsey had gotten to town Take it from me. this roughing it isn't what it's cracked up to be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Praise For Rnxn Rand


 The boys industrial band of this city IS the best boys band that have ever heard and I sure hope that Birmingham will turn out in full force Wednesday night of this week and show them their appreciation of the work of this band. .'' said Ed F. Shumway, w. c. c. S. director Hearing them several times, my in- terest in them increases every time hear them and when one considers that this band of youngsters, play so we'll that if you were not in a position to see who the members were you would come to the conclusion that it was a grown up band that was playing, instead of these boys.
 T think the whole city should give a vote of thanks to their director for any man that can bring boys band up to the standard that this band is, we'll he Is some leader and thoroughly under stands his business.
 These boys have, assisted in all pat riotic drives and have literally givon their services and it is only fair to them that we show them that we appreciate their efforts and thus enable them--to have the new uniforms that they so de- serve"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
Need the Women

visitor to Troy recently had occa- sion to call upon MT. J. W. Bowers, bank CT and merchant, of that city and during the conversation, asked him what he thought of the forthcoming call upon the legislature to ratify the federal suf- frage amendment. 'I am heartily in fa- vor of granting the franchise to women.'' said MT. Bowers. '1 think we need them and need them badly in all of our civic life I think their ballot will be a splen- did thing for the good of the state and will be glad when the amendment IS passed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
Good to Learn of Record

Tt is quite a. queer feeling to return to your old alma. mater after being away for long time and find you hardly know a single student said Sunny South, just discharged from the army. 'It has been long time since I was out at Howard and feel confident I wouldn't know any boys about the fellows who were in school in the days in which I was there, and especially is 1t so about the athletes of the school It always makes yo> feel good to learn of such records the How out the assistance of a coach.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
Towards Growth

Prospects for Howard college for the year 1919-2O are unusually bright, said Prof. T. R. Eagles. Howard has shown growth during the past few years in spite of the war and the unusual conditions that confronted all educational institu- tions. We are adding music depart ment which we expect to make one of the very best in the south. Our newly elected president, pr. Williams, will take his place at the head of the institution. which place has been vacant since 1918. Birmingham is to be congratulated on having such an able man to take charge of higher educational institution here. Then, too, the newly elected athletic di- rector, will be here. We expect the larg- est number of students Howard has ever had next year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09

The report that Jess lost several teeth must have bSen erroneous. He is said to have consumed large quantities of steak and potatoes on the morning after" It has almost reached the point where girl reporter who hasn't had at least one airplane flight geels that she is no longer credit to her profession.
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 A man who had his name changed from Kaiser to Ebert may sorne day be sorry that he didn't look about him long ger for new patronymic.
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 Regarding the extradition,~of Wilhelm the royal house of Holland Is maintain ing . silence that appears to be more or less studied.
 The allies may decide not to try the former Grown Prince for fear that some comedy might be injected into the pro- ceedings. Senator Borah was not among those members of Congress who welcomed President Wilson home There's a req son.
 A New York reporter who interview@d a bar rail and bar towel wrote a story that melted many readers to tears, Now Won Hindenburg wants to shoulder all the blame. There is plenty to go around. Don't crowd. gentlemen.
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 The President has completed what prom ises to be his last voyage on board the George Washington
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 The old reliable German propaganda Is reported to be functionins with unabated vigor in Italy.
 A few car loads of Uncle Sam's canned goods promise to fill a lons-felt want in Birmingham.
 Tho R-A b . huge craft. but it is nevertheless safer indoors than out rum. |, s.t..Ss te s b: x one of the best little storm centers in Europe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE SECOND GENERATION.

THE SECOND GENERATION
 Do you remember the little red school
 house on the hill and your childish sweet
 heart with pigtafls down her back?" "Oh, yes," replied the multimillionaire
 My brother and walked five miles to
 school every morning. rain or shine Those were the happy days" T often think so. but for heavens sake.
 let's change the subject. Here comes my
 wife, who was the little girl with the pig
 tails down her back. She would be deep
 ly mortified if our youngsters had to walk
 four or five blocks to a fashionable
 school instead of motoring there in state.
 with two or three servants along to see
 that they don't come in contact with the
 vulgar multitude." ITS SAFER
 Men are prone to exaggerate their in- comes" They used to be- -Yesr 'But nowadays there's tendency to
 tell Uncle Sam the truth and nothing but the truth" EFFECTIVE REMEDY. Clipping is beginning to talk bolshe- visnn." 'Is there any cure for that sort of thing?. Certainly. Give Clipping a tip that will enable him to pick up few thou- sands in the stock market and the al- legged woes of the proletariat will no long. CT mean anything to him." PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
CONSERVATIVE MEN

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 MT. Underwood of Alabama and MT Harding of Ohio having been named as the Senates representatives on the com mittee for the Plymouth tercentenary, one feels much confidence in saying that no- lnlng radical will be permitted to mar the tercentenary event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
GREAT HELP TO UNCLE SAM

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Pious protestants against the punch ing festival at Toledo will be prostrated no doubt, on hearing that the matter of-fact federal government reached over and calmly took about $10o,000 in luxury taxes out of the promoters strong box. Tainted or not. it will help wonderfully in paying the governments housekeeping billS.t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
A SOUTHERN SUNSET

By Paul Hamilton Hayne. Behold! how weirdly, wonderfully, grand The shapes and colors of yon sunset
 sky;
 Rare isles Of light in crimson ocean lie Whose breezy waves seem ripping. bright
 and bland. Up the soft slopes of many a mystic strands While luminous capes and mountains lowered high,
 In golden pomp and proud regality, O'eriook the frontiers of that fairy land; But now in transformation. swift and
 strange, The vision changes! Castles glittering fair,
 And sapphire battlements of loftiess
 range,
 commingle with vast spire and gor-
 geous dome. 3N Round which the sunset rolls its purple
 foam, Grdling the transisnt Venice of the a,r.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
HALF-HEARrED PURSUIT

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 "Dieguez has started after Villa Of course. Some Carranza field marshal is always starting. Dead trails are pre- ferred Any evidence of the proximity of the 'bandit'' is good reason for run ainS away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09

TIME TO HUSH This fellow Dempsey Is tho greatest fighter who ever lived" Softly. my friend; softly" Whats the natter?'' You are being overheard by an 1S- year boy who lost a leg in the Ar gonne''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09

BEGINNING THE DAY-O great Beginner and Sustainer of worlds! o mighty marshaIler of the hosts of heaven and earth! I know Thy power; convince me of Thy care. Tell me that Thou art my Father and my friend. Tell me that I may whisper the smallest things to Thee and that Thy heart is stirred. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
TWENTY YEARS AGO IN THE AGE-HERALD-
 Events recorded July 9, 1s99

It is rumored in Washington that Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of New York may become Secretary of War in President McKinley's cabinet. He arrived last night and is now the guest of the President at the White House. Governor Roose- welt gave out statement, saying he had merely been summoned to advise with partment concerning the new volunteer army.
 Governor Saver of Texas tells the As sociated Press that judging from reports received officially from the flooded dis trict of Texas, there are approximately 45,0c0 people homeless and dependent on Charity.
 Miss Annie Wheeler. whose work in Cuba during the spanish-American war of Santiago has received an appoint ment from the war department as nurse in the Philippines.
 There have been persistent rumors on the streets of Birmingham for several days that the firm of Milner & Kettig had purchased the southeast corner of Twentieth street and the railroads for a sum of $5o.o00. It is not known for what purpose Milner & Kettig want the prop erty.
 The sale of the property of the Bir- mingham Rolling Mill company to Will liam A. Walker. representing the Re- public Iron and Steel company, was con firmed yesterday by Chancellor John C. Carmichael. on the petition of John H. Barr, IT,. and Thomas Ward. receivers and assignees of the Birmingham Rolling Mill company. The total value of the property is over half a million.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
ADAMANT.

ADAMANT. I've just been having heart to heart talk with my doctor" remarked Mir. Jags- by.
 Did he give you any encouragement None whatever. A man might be bit- ten by all the rattlesnakes in this county scription for liquor out of that fellow!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
THE LOST LURE.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
 And lights begin to twinkle through the gloam:
 No more do gilded bars along the way
 Keep married men from shortly reach ing home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09

ONE DISADVANTAGE. In Dixie land Where blossoms blow, We do not have To shovel snow. But in July It gets so hot, We surely do Perspire a lot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
Birmingham To Vote On
 Bond Issues August 12

1.-THE voters of Birmingham will
 q decide by ballot at an election
 Q be held August 12 whether we are U have bond issues for elementary school buildings as well as high schools, five hundred thousand dollars for a combination city hall and public library, five hundred thousand dollars for fire. equipment and five hundred thousand dollars for an auditorium, with the understanding that two hun Ared and fifty thousand dollars will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09
c Concerning the Rumor
 Of Burleson's Resignation

~ RITICS to the right of him and NJ critics to the left of him may volley and thunder, but Secretary Br-'eson pursues the uneven tenor of h. way. Yesterday MT. Burleson an- aos .ced that there was no truth in Eae report that he had sent his resig- na m to President Wilson.
 peral members of the cabinet issVa been under fire" at various sHs }, circumstance which must sas made their lives anything but ,gNFy. Secretary Daniels was sub
 l to a great deal of criticism, GaS. of it unfair, but he emerged @ifa flying colors and whenever he .1e orator of the occasion he is lis tened to with respectful attention. Secretary Baker is also enjoying a partial iespite, but the clamor against Burleson has been loud and unceasing.
 Members of Congress, organized la Ibor and citizens in all walks of life, democrats as we'll as republicans, have called on MT. Burleson to re- sign. To all of these pleas he has ap- kc~ov,&lr, %,,x,,aI o Jo,f a,~ D,~hanc MT. Burleson thinks time will vindi- e.te him and instead of being referred b as a "wrecker" he will go down in history as statesman who labored nightly for the good of the nation, Iparticularly for the nations wire sys- tems and it's postoffice department.
 No doubt, MT. Burleson's enemies have, wcadered how he managed to survive the abuse that has been heaped upon his official head with put breaking under the strain and courting retirement, where man may go about his business without having thousands of pert paragraphs writ ten about him and receiving the ver- bal castigation of his fellow citizens, ehafing over delayed mail, telegrams and the like. If so, they little know what sort of politicians grow in Texas. Mr. Burleson is a product of the Lone Star State. He acquired the office holding habit early in life-in 1885, to be exact and has never since shown any disposition to reform. IL should be known of all men that your Texan holds to office with the tenacity of the octopus, unless otherwise deprived of it, quitting it only with his part ing breath.
 Bloody, but unbowed," Secretary Burleson still regards himself as the master of his fate and the captain of his soul.
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 Birmingham To Vote On
 Bond ISSues Aupust 10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09

FAST WORK. She was a farmerette?'
 For a few weeks only" "A rather brief experience" Tt was long enough. She married the man who owned the farm"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09

raised for the auditorium in addition by popular subscription. All the propositions submitted by the city commission have strong ap- peal, and especially strong is the demand for an auditorium and the high schools. And while we are at it only a concrete auditorium of modern construction, with a seating capacity of eight or ten thousand, should be considered.
 The people are eager for an audi torium. The city needs many things; nothing more than an auditorium. And all that the voters now ask is the lopportunity to vote on an adequate bond issue.
 Twice have auditorium bond issues lbeen submitted and each time has the result been an overwhelming majority. The last auditorium election was for an expenditure of three hundred thou sand dollars. That was hardly enough , when the cost of building was nor- nal as gauged by pre-war prices. l It would be out of the question today.
 Birmingham is one of the few cities of approximately its size that is with out a large auditorium. There is scarcely a week that the need of a great edifice for public assembly is not felt, and the faster the city grows the more urgent will be the demand. It may be assumed that the audito- rum bond issue will carry by prac- tically a unanimous vote.
 "At the close of the war 6here was only A American typo guns in operation" says General Hinds. chief of artillery of the American expeditionary forces. '-These were made in England from American designs. All tho other guns operated by American artillerymen were either French or English guns in both design and manu- facture" More preparedness. eh! <
 l It is encouraging to read in a depend- able paper like the Philadelphia Public
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs build Ing. European bureau, 10 King street. sCovent Garden, London w. .. z.
 Eastern business office, world Duilo- Ing New York city; western business office. Tribune building, Chicago. The s. c, Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09

It is encouraging to read in a depend- able paper like the Philadelphia Public Ledger that bolshevism is on it's last legs. but bolshevism has. astonishing re- cuperativs powers-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-09

Let the end try the man.
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