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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27
cAeuALTIEs.
SH0SN3sss
BY WiIfrsd Wilson Gibson.

To Michael
II the fair promise Of your coming's
true,
| And you should live through years
/ of peace.
| O SON of mine. forget not these.
| The sons Of man. who died for you.
| l. Angus Armstrong
lGhostly through the drifting mist the
lingering -wreaths glim-
And ghostly comes the lych-owra
| hunting cry;
And ghostly, with wet fleeces In the
watery moon a-shimmer.
One by one the gray sheep slowly
pass me by.
One by one, through bent and heather,
disappearing in the hollow.
Ghostly shadows down the grassy
track they steal;
And dread to see them passing, lest
a ghost behind them follow
A ghost from Flanders follow. dog
at heel
II. Alan Gordon.
Roses he loved. and their fantastic
Gloire de DIXON. Leonie Lamesch,
Chateau de CIos-vougeot-like living
flames
They kindied In his memory afresh.
Az, lying in the mud Of France, ne
turned
Mis- eyes to the gray sky. light after
light:
And last within his dying vision burn
Chateau de clos-vougeot's deep
crimson night.
X Jim Purdham.
They fought and quarreled; fifty times
a day
She cursed her marriage, and she
wished him dead;
And then the war came-and he went
away,
But sore she missed him; for no
news she heard
From that day on, till. in some heather
land.
A bayonet struck him; and they sent
her word.
Holding the yellow envelop in her hand,
Breathing her last; the telegram un-
read.
XII. Philip Dagg. |
It pricked like needles slashed into his |
face,
The ceaseless. rustling smother of dry
snow
That stormed the ridge on that hell |
raking blast.
And then he knew the end had come |
at last,
And stumbled blindly, muttering, |
Cherry oh 8"
Into eternity, and left no trace.
XII. Noel Dark.
She sleeps in bronze, the Helen OF /
his dreams,
Within the quiet of my little room,
Touched by the winter firelight's flick
ering CLEANS
To tenderer beauty in the rosy gloom.
She sleeps in bronze; and he who
fashioned her
Shaping the wet clay with such eager
JOY,
SAUNDERS as soundly where the cold
winds stir
The withered tussocks on the plains
,f Trnv 4
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27

In the United Kingdom there are sail
b, be million and half spinsters with
no hope of marriage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
Transport Facilities

Decatur Albany is served by the Mem
phis division of the Southern railway
which connects Memphis and Chatta-
nooga and serves all that part of the
wonderful Tennessee valley which ex-
tends from Bridgeport. Alabama, on the
east to Sheffield and Florence, Alabama
and beyond on the west.
The Louisville and Nashville railway
connects her with all points north and
SOUTH.
She is also served by the Lewisburg
and Northern railway. Each day IS pass
enger trains enter and leave the city,
and the freight traffic is almost con-
slant procession of trains, for she is the
gateway of northern Alabama.
The Helena, Tupelo and Decatur rail-
way, partly built will eventually be COM
pleted into Decatur.
River traffic is coming into it's own
again in all sections of the county, and
when the Muscle Shoals government dam
is completed the water level at Decatur
will be nine feet higher than at present.
Then the waterfront will be a busy
place.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
Farm Possibilities of Morgan County Attract Wide Attention
WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES


Decatur's women have been and are
prominent in club circles, most nots BILE
being Mrs. John d. Wyker, Mrs. Mar
garet Clinton Shelton. Mrs. r. E Saun-
ders. Mrs. E. II. Allison, Mrs Walter f.
Todd. Mrs. Mary Harvey, Mrs. A f.
Harris. Mrs. A. ]. Thornhill and others
They have not confined themselves to
reading club papers. They have organ
lied and have in successful operation the
Ladies Benevolent society, the Progress
sive Culture club and the Improvement
association.
The former was organized during the
yellow fever epidemic of 1883 to relieve
the distress occasioned by the disease,
and the consequent quarantine. and has
since sought for opportunities for char
liable and uplift work. The society now
owns well-equipped hospital
The Progressive Culture club is what
its name denotes. and secured a library
for the city. The Improvement associa-
ton has filled in school grounds, planted
trees, trained vines up walls, laid walks,
put gymnastic apparatus into the school
grounds and started domestic science de-
partments in the schools. besides which
they have used their influence with the
city fathers to such effect that the clean,
well-paved, shaded streets are a thing
of beauty and a joy to all visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

A fluorescent microscope invented by
an Australian scientist for use with
ultraviolet rays enables the recognitiof
of differences in matter not perceptibla
by ordinary light.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
The Tennessee Riuer Valley
by J. A. THoRNHILL

The fact that the south is recognized
as land of wonderful opportunity by
those who come from the far northern
states. where lands are so costly and
the long. cold winters compel stock to
be housed so long, should appeal to not
only those of the colder climate. but to
those of US who are already here more
than it does
1t is an agreed fact that man Of
moderate means can come into the south
and secure farm of fair size, and with
the proper management make the farm
pay for itself at the same time, MAIN
tain the keep of his family and the stock
necessary for the farm. Corn produc-
ton on the farms of Alabama especially
here in the Tennessee river valley, has
become so common on a scale equal to
that of the northern states, as to at
tract little attention. Seventy bushels
Of corn to the acre has been produced
and 80 can be made average crop ii
a farmer will put the same care and at
tention to his lands as do those farmers
of the north. Two bales of cotton to the
acre have been a proven fact on lands
here in north Alabama, which at the
present price will soon pay for a farm.
Hog raising has become almost as com
mon as that on the farms of the far
northwest Pork can be produced here
Just as cheap as it can be in the corn"
belt of the far north, because we have
almost come to be known as the corn"
belt of the south. The final cost of pro-
duction of hogs when all is given due
, credit here in the Tennessee river val
ley is far below that of L~c northern
states.
Here in north Alabama, in the Tennes-
see river valley, can be found farming
conditions that will almost equal and in
cases surpass that of the northern states,
and the lands are much cheaper. The
lands are of various grades, consisting
of the Decatur clay, which is considered
by the government as the very best i'll
the United States. They are practically
level, often rolling just enough to drain
well. Farms can be had in 40, so 100 and
up to 500-acre tracts at prices ranging
from $50 to Sis for the average produc-
tive lands. The climate is ideal for
farming and for stock culture. Wheat
corn oats, alfalfa, peas. rye, barley, cot
ton and hay producing crops all produce
well, and it is one of the best sections
of the south for vegetables such as pota-
toes. cabbage, onions, etc.
We have the Tennessee river, the Louis
vile and Nashville and the Southern
railroads which furnish us the best ship
ping facilities. Our market consists of
such points as Chattanooga, Nashville,
Memphis, Birmingham, st. Louis, which,
with the local demand, consume all that
a live, up-to-date farmer can produce and
at prices that are satisfactory.
The climate and health of this section
is well worth the consideration of any,
one seeking a new location. | sold MIR
Brown of birmingham farm of $50
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
Finding Your Way in the Arctic

Finding Your Way in the Arctic
From Vilhjalmur Stefansson in Hal
per's Magazine.
We were in a country which none
of us had previously seen. and there
were no river courses or landmarks
that could be thoughtlessly sighted
away from camp with the assurance
that you could with equal thought
lessness follow them back again In
that sort of weather it is matter of
closest observation and the most care
full reckoning to find your way home
to camp. AS you advance you must
notice the speed with which you are
| walking and the time you are proceed
| ing in any given direction, and you
must know exactly. at what angle to
| the wind ySou are ftsayeling. Further
| more you must check the wind occa-
sionally, either by your pocket COM
pass or by a snowdrift on the ground,
| to see that it isn't changing, for an
| unnoticed change in the wind would
| throw otherwise careful reckoning
completely out of gear. The method
of such a hunt, IL you are leaving a
camp in unknown topography, is first
| to walk around the hill--for our hunt
ings camps are commonly on high hill
tops--and examine each face of the hill
carefully enough SO that you feel sure
that If you strike any point of 1t with
IN nail mile Oh camp you Will feCOg-
nize it on the return. When the to-
Biography of the half-mile square or
SO surrounding camp has been memoir
lied, you strike out perhaps right into
the wind or perhaps at an angle of
45 or 80 degrees to it, and travel
straight for an hour or two hours, ac-
cording to the degree of confidence
you have in your ability to get back
II no game has been found. you turn
at some known angle commonly a
right angle) to your original course
and walk in that direction a careful
ly estimated distance, perhaps as far
as you did in the first direction II
then nothing has been found you turn
again. and II you this time also make
a right-angle turn, it is easy to caicN-
late at what time you are opposite
camp and one hour or two hours walk
away from it. Turning a third right
angle will face you directly for camp.
and If you have been careful you will
land within half a mile of your mark,
or within the area which you memoir
lied before starting. But should you
miss it. you will know at any rate. at
what time you are close to 1t, and by
carefully thinking the matter out you
will see how to walk around in circles
or squares of continually Increasing
size until you find place you know.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

| For city of its size Decatur Albany
| is exceptionally well supplied with hotel
accommodations. There are five hotels
with all modern conveniences.
| Both the cities have good school build
| ings, and show an attendance more than
IS per cent of enrolment each year. The
| high schools are fully accredited with
| the Association of Southern Colleges and
Universities. New high school buildings
are projected the old ones to be used as
grammar schools.
There is perfect landing field for air
planes near the large water tower at
Albany.
At all hours of the day one can see
| men and boys carrying home nice string
of fish caught in the river or lake.
Decatur has a prosperous hosiery MILL
The street car lines and system of the
two cities are operated by the North Ala
bama Traction company, which has seven
and one-half miles of track and operates
six cars and reserves on a Commute
| schedule. The fare is still cents.
| The tannery is the second largest in
the United States.
| There is not street in the two cities
without good sidewalk mostly con-
crete. Even the old red brick walks laid
in early days near the river are still in
perfect condition.
! Motorists on the Bee Line Highway
from Nashville to Birmingham, Mont
gomery, New Orleans and Tallahassee
must cross the Tennessee river on the
IT T Wy r.
gress has granted authority to construct
a tall bridge there. but it is more than
probable that the United States govern
ment will build the bridge as this is a
national highway.
In the heart of the business district OF
Decatur is srnal1 grave yard with stones
dating back to the thirties.
1t is reliably estimated that the month
ly pay roll of the Louisville and NASH
vile railroad shops, the tannery and
other manufacturing enterprises exceeds
$175,00o.
Petroleum was taken from Indian
Springs, two miles from where Decatur
is now, to London in 1905 and sold at a
good figure as witch OIL
Approaching that Decatur is named
after Commodore Decatur who was of
French descent, and to honor the boys of
1918, President Poincaire of France has
sent to Mayor Nelson of Decatur a
sapling to be planted in the city park.
The young tree is from the Argonne
Forest
| Decatur has the only lady justice OF
the peace in Alabama, Mrs Lily Ray
Nelson, wife of Judge George A. Nell
son.
| The four banks of the two cities are
| financially strong and conservatively
managed. Their statements appear in
these pages. The Tennessee Valley bank
has Is branches throughout the valley.
| All of the leading church denominations
have fine houses of worship.
! Morgan county has an organization of
| farmers which deals exclusively in dairy
cows to enable the tilers of, the soil to
convert worn -out cotton land into a
producer of milk and butter
The Rev. w. N. Shot, pastor of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
Farm Possibilities OF
Morgan County

butter fat. Dairyirg means diversified
| farming, income distributed throughout
the year, less commercial fertilizers. ana
richer lands.
90 Hog raising. The value of hogs sold
or slaughtered in Morgan county in 1918
was s105o00 more than in 1917. These fig
ures show a rapid increase in hogs for
home use and the market Fifty high
quality registered sows were introduced
into the county last year through boys
pig clubs and by farmers, which is an
indication of rapid Improvement in the
quality of animals raised Southern coun-
ties are each marketing comparatively
hundreds of car loads of hogs annually,
rraS;ng this their major money crop,
while farmers of Morgan county have
equal advantages in rog raising and We;
have not learned to turn their attention
away from cotton raising long enough to
market even a car o. hogs comparatively
from the county. Many farmers of this
county awaken to this profitable line OF
farming and let Morgan county head the
list of counties in pork production as well
as producing beef and dairy products
The county agent has arranged for CO.
operative hog shipping this fall The
hogs will be fed awhile before shipping
on corn and soy beans, which diet makes
harder flesh than peanuts
COTTON FARMING
Morgan county was born in very
fortunate section of the state for grow
ing cotton The climate is favorable for
a bountiful yield and yet it seems to
be located too far north for the boil
weevil to do much damage. The soil is
well adapted to this crop. and there
is no reason to doubt but what this will
always be cotton producing county
Yet large number of farmers in the
county have been unbalanced in their
cropping system. Too large acreage has
been generally grown resulting in an in
sufficient supply of feed and feedstuff.
Cotton cannot be grown profitably to
buy in return a supply sof feedstuff.
Certain farms have become partially soil
depleted in the northern and other parts
of the county, caused by continued cot
ton farming. Cotton should be made
only one of our money crops
FUNDAMENTAL CROPS
Only four counties in Alabama pro-
duced crops valuing more in 1918 than
did Morgan county. the total value OF
which aggregated s7,791, COO The total
value of the corn crop in the county
last year was s2,S2o,0o0, being surpassed
by only two counties. Only two coun-
ties produced more wheat last year than
did Morgan. These figures not only
show that good farming is being done,
but show something of the fertility of
the soil compared with the 81 counties
of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
Tennessee Valley Land
by OTTO MAEBES

Albany Decatur is located on the south
bank of the Tennessee river. and is en-
circled on the south by a ,chain of not
very lofty hills, reaching an average
altitude of probably 200 feet. Every pike
or dirt road leading out of these cities on
the south side of the river traverses
these hills, reaching them at distances
ranging from six to 10 miles from town,
except the CORTLAND road which extends
westward down the river an Hhrough the
Tennessee valley to Sheffield
Thus nestled in a lap between these
hills and the Tennessee river, Albany and
Decatur are greatly protected from the
strong south and southwestern gales.
These cities have never had a serious
storm, for as matter of fact, when the
winds pass over the hills and have had
time to reach the ground again they
are past and beyond the cities.
The valley lands where Albany and De-
catur are located. are of the red and
chocolate red variety, except the river
and creek bottom lands, which have a
red foundation with filled-in heavy loan
on the surface, varying from six inches
to FIVE feet deep. The bottom lands Are
more adaptable for corn and hay, and
the yield of corn is from IS to 100 BUSH
els per acre. The red uplands are adapt
able to the raising of cotton. corn, peas,
sorghum, peanuts, velvet beans, white
and sweet potatoes, garden truck and red
clover, Bermuda grass and lespedeza for
pasturage The cotton yield is from
one-half to one bale per acre. However,
instances have been Known where two
bales per acre were grown.
The lands are we'll watered with springs
and fresh water creeks, which completes
the natural requirements for stock rails
ing The raising of cattle and hogs as
an industry has gained quite Roadway
in the last few years. number of
herds of Jersey Short Horn and Hol-
stein cattle are to be seen, and Red Jer-
sey or Durock hogs are being marketed
in great numbers.
Silos are becoming quite numerous as
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
Hub-Tired Wheels for Auto

Instead of placing pneumatic tires on
the rims of automobile wheels, Bal
timore inventor advocates putting them
on the hub, according to the Popular
Mechanics Magazine. He has con-
constructed a wheel which allows this
to be done and declares it to have
proved satisfactory. In this hub is
somewhat enlarged and carries a small
inflated tire. Surrounding the tire is
a grooved steel ring, from which the
spokes radiate Bolted to the hub
it plate, shaped to receive the side
of the tire. and covering the tire and
the edge of the ring. This is designed
to relieve the tire of side strains. The
rim of the wheel is fitted with solid
composition tire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

a result of the exhaustless quantities of
vegetation raised. and natural grasses
growing on the farms with which they
can be filled. Da4ryIng Is aaso A very
profitable industry in THIS section, as is
evidenced by some seven or eight good
sized diaries in close proximity to AL
bany and Decatur. There is also a cream
cry in Decatur which does a very extern
sve business in manufacturing butter,
ice cream, etc. Outside of furnishing the
local markets they ship out large guam
titles of their products to other towns
on the Louisville and Nashville and the
Southern railroads. The price of farm
lands varies from $50 to $3.50 per acre,
according to location and quality of the
soil.
In the arrangement of the hills skirt
ing Albany and Decatur, / . ,ure brought
in some more of her strange and freak
ish work. In approaching the hills from
the cities the ascent is very abrupt but
when once on top the descent is so grad
ual that you pass on down into the val
leys without ever knowing when you have
actually left the mountain. This same
condition applies to all routes leading
over the mountains. Until recently the
mountain lands were not thought very
much of and attracted but very little at
tention, but in late years they have
gained a great deal in popularity. These
lands are now being settled and cleared
by the small white farmer who owns and
tills his own land. This is really the
kind of farmer who builds up town or
a community.
The writer knows of mountain lands
whoch sold for $3.50 per acre eight years
ago which could not be bought now for
$40 per acre There still remain lots of
opportunities for buying this land cheap
and improving it into good farms How
ever none of it can be bought as cheap
ly as it could have been few years
back. The mountain lands are splendidly
adapted to the growing of cotton, fruit
and potatoes. However, all KINDS OF
crops are being grown with success
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
observation-disclosures Greed
We believe in north Alabama.

We believe in north Alabama
We believe in the rich and fertile soils
of the Tennessee valley.
We believe in north Alabamas red dirt
the redder. the better-for cotton, we
believe in its rich bottom loans for corn
and hay, and mountain lands for fruit.
We believe in its vast tracts of mer-
charitable timber for the building OF
houses. bridges. factories and furniture.
We believe in Alabama's red-blooded
citizenery, which is first in peace, first
in prayer first in work and first in
fight-when necessary.
We believe in Alabama's vast water
power; it's navigable streams and it's un-
limited stores of minerals.
We believe in Alabamas natural
growth of Bermuda grass for cattle and
hogs; in its great cotton oil and meal
mills for the production of food and feed
stuffs, and in it's temperate climate
which permits of twelve months outdoor
labor in the year.
We believe Alabama is the best place
in which to be born, the best place to
live and good place to die, for there
is comfort in knowing that you leave
so much behind for your friends and
relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
Decatur-Albany lettings

First Presbyterian church of Decatur
who served in the world war as chap
lain, is some fighter On Sunday before
last he had his congregation sing Blest
be the tie that binds" and then told
them to remember that when discussing
consolidation.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad
shops are located in 75-acre inclosure
on which 1e large buildings have been
erected. The plant turns out about 25,-
600 freight and passenger cars each year
and also repairs and remodels hundreds
of engines. When working at capacity
the plant employs 1000 men and has an
annual pay roll in excess of S2,0oo,0oo.
A box factory which manufactures egg
cases and grape baskets, employing 100
men, is another feature of the water
front. There are also foundry and ma
chine works which employ many men.
Furthermore, there are shipyards and
filling stations of the Standard. Indian
and Gulf oil companies.
On the river front is an elevator with
a daily handling capacity of 20,0oS bushels
of shelled corn and about 1000 bushels of
ear corn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

Two hundred and fifty miles Of Brit
ish war medal ribbon are to be issued
to the men and women entitled to
these decorations through recent edicts
of the King.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

Playing cards that are triangular are
covered by recent pAtent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

The Rev. W. N. sholl. pastor of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
NEWSPAPERS

Besides two bright, newsy weeklies.
the Decatur News and Albany 1ndepend-
ent the twin cities can boast of an after
noon daily paper which has no superior
the Albany-Decatur Daily, conducted by
now it has a modern shoestring and
two rear newspaper men, w. r. Shelton
and H. D. Harkreader. who point with
pride to the fact that nine years ago they
started the paper on shoestring and
now it has modern equipment fully
paid for and supports 30 employees.