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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06

From the Kansas City Star
TT is usually supposed there is little
poetry in Wall street. The somewhat
q grim looking buildings that form a
crooked canyon leading off from lower
Broadway are in fact not very inviting
to one devoted to the muses.. man
who had been on the street for score
Of years remarked once that there was
something highly and grewsomely sug-
gestive in the position of Trinity church.
yard cemetery that faces the winding
lane of trade with it's frequent disas-
tiers.
For 81 years there was a man in Wall
street who if he did not find poetry there,
at least sought in verse an escape from
the ''distracting hurly-burly of business
life:." E. C. Stedman, born in Hartford.
Conn, in 1888, after an irregular school
and business experience, and brief pc
riod as newspaper correspondent in the
civil war, entered the street as a broker
in 1868, later became a member of the
stock exchange. and retired from bust
ness in 1900 to devote himself wholly to
literature. He died in 1908.
Stedman is perhaps best known now
as critic through his scholarly work
in the victorian Poets and other vol
umes, but he has to his credit severa,
notable poems, some of which attracted
wide attention in the civil war period.
Prominent among these is ''Wanted-A
Man." addressed to Lincoln at a time
when the northern armies were sorely
without leadership in the field:
Back from trebly crimsoned field
Terrible words are thunder tost!
Full of wrath that will not yield,
Full of revenge for battles lost.
Hark to their echo, as it crost
The Capital, making faces wan:
END this murderous holocaust;
Abraham Lincoln, give us a MAN!
"Give us a man Of Gods own mold.
Born to marshal his fellow men;
One whose fame is not bought and sold
At the stroke of a politicians pen'
Give us the man of thousands ten,
tFit to do as we'll as plan
Give us rallying cry. and then
Abraham Lincoln, give US NAM!
OF these early poems none Is perhaps
more interesting to the pcOpic VI Ills
section than the spirited piece, HOW
Old Brown Took Harper's Ferry, writ
ten in 1859. After the house OF Brown mad
been burned in the Kansas border war
| fare and two of his sons seized and killed,
the "steadfast Yankee farmer" could
restrain himself no longer:
And he swore a fearful oath, by the name
of the Almighty
He would hunt this ravening evil that
had scathed and torn him so;
| He would seize it by. the vitals; he
would crush it day and night; he
would SO pursue its footsteps. so return
| it blow for blow,
| That Old Brown,
| Osawatomie Brown,
should be a name to swear by, in back
woods or in town.
| How alien to the spirit of poetry with.
! I'm his soul were the somber, harsh and
lunfeeling surroundings of the world OF
business which held Stedman prisoner
may be seen in ''Pan In Wall Street.:
when hour by hour the rates of gold
Outrival in the ears of people.
The quarter chimes serenely toled
From Trinity's undaunted steeple--
Even there heard strange, wild strair
Sound high above the modern clamor;
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
Intense Interest In
the Movable School

"A MONG the encouraging facts in
q y rural progress is the eager de-
sire of the country people for educa-
ton. Not only is illiteracy steadily
vanishing, but it will reach the van
ishing point sooner than had been ex-
pected a few years ago.
School activity is attaining a
higher and higher level, and aspiring
boys and girls not only wish to
acquire the rudiments of "book learn
ing" but more.
The Alabama extension service is
taking a hand in the educational de-
velopment of the agricultural sec
tons, and the movable School" of
the service is attracting distinct inter-
est and creating marked enthusiasm.
swo such schools have been held in
T Allapoosa county-one at Davidson
md the other at independence. In
oint of attendance these have sur
passed any meetings held this year.
Plans for these meetings were ar
ranged by D. j. Burleson, in charge
of extension school work, in co-opera-
ton with Farm Demonstration Agents
W.. d. Colley of Alexander City and
E. E. Binford of Dadeville. To aid
them in presenting the programme IF
progressive agriculture, they called
in Miss Mary Stallworth of Dadeville
and Mrs. Victoria c. Lingo of Tus-
kegee, home demonstration agents
of Tallapoosa and Macon counties; J.
P. Quinerly, state dairy agent; J. c.
Ford, pig club agent, and M. H. Pear
son, marketing specialist, all of the
extension service at Auburn.
each meeting lasted two days"
said DR.. J. F. Duggar, "and at night,
moving pictures were shown with the
Dairy Cow and the House Fly as
subjects. The house was crowded
every night and the day sessions
showed the sincere appreciation of a
live, progressive community. The pro-
gramme included lectures on fertili-
ger, soil building, the farm dairy, bull
ASSOCIATIONS, seed selection, terracing,
hog raising, health in the home,
salads from home vegetables and other
practical farm subjects. The idea OF
a bull association was presented fol
the first time and aroused an imme-
date response. AS a result many
associations will be organized al
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

If married womar had a -
apa;, She yyou,d snana ~ uo W.
taking boxing lessons instead OF music
lessons
corn Ead NOV ,oo,. III, ~ -
lard. But she has the satisfaction of
knowing that she doesn't look like a
sparerib.
We are glad our troops went ovar III q
border and kicked the grease ont IF
the greaser. We never did like Mexico
We once maid 8, in amer,c.n ona,.
for So. 900 in Mexican monev ana N, .
lost 81 cents on the transaction
Va, soat,,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
A Live ORGANIZATION

1T was really remarkable to see the
enthusiasm with which the new Cham
willie started out" said Paoli Smith, land
this organization is certainly live
one at present. 1t has affiliated with
it the Womans Civic league, which
has large membership, and is planning
to do some things there. 1t started out
with membership of 125, and interest
ing talks were made at the meeting by
T. R. williams, r. w. Creighton, T. H.
Robertson, ]. D. Wood, v. w. Hammer,
J. M. Douglas and DR.. John M, Clark.
1t was big meeting and we had an ex-
cellent time. I don't think 1 ever en-
joed trip more than did that one to
Russellville."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
TWENTY YEARS AGO
IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events recorded September 6, 1899.

Maitre Labori. chief counsel for Cap
tain Dreyfus, has MADEIRA personal ap-
peal to Emperor William of Germany and
King Humbert of Italy that the Paris
military attaches of the two nations in
1894 be permitted to testify at Rennes.
President NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. parade
OF Grand Army men yesterday in Phila-
delpha and later visited Admiral ,Samp-
sons fleet. The congestion in the city
was so great that about 400 men, women
and children were overcome and taken
to various hospitals.
Kid Mccoy knocked out Godfrey
Thorne of England in the third round
of their fight at the Broadway Athletic
club last night.
A large crowd witnessed some of the
best racing of the season at the Coliseum
track last night. Walthour led the pro-
fessionals. and Ped Hickman and large
number of amateurs took part.
The first class battleship Kearsarge
made l. al trip off Newport News
yesterday, maintaining a speed of l714
knots for nearly half an hour.
Adiutant General William w. Brandon
is in the city for the purpose of consult
ing with Brigadier General Clark and
Colonel Smith in regard to having the
next encanpment of the Alabama Ma
tional Guard in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
EVENING ON THE FARM

BY Madison ]. Cawein.
From out the hills where twilight
stands,
Above the shadowy pasture-lands.
With strained and strident cry,
Beneath pale skies that sunset bands.
The bull bats fly
A cloud hangs over, strange Of shape,
And, colored like the half-ripe grape,
Seems some uneven stain
On heavens azure, thin as Grape
And blue as rain.
BY ways that sunsets sardonyx
O'erflares. and gates the farm boy
clicks, t
Though which the cattle came,
The mullein's stalks seem giant wicks
OF downy flame
From woods no glimmer enters in.
Above the streams that, wandering win
From out the violet hills.
Those haunters of the dusk begin.
The whippoorwills.
Adown the dark the FREELY marks
Its flight in golden emerald sparks;
And, loosened from its chain.
The shaggy watchdog bounds and barks
And barks again.
The breeze brings scent of hill heaped
hay;
And now an owlet. far avian.
Cries twice or thrice. 'sT o-o-w-h-o.o'
And cool dim moths OF notified gray
Fit through the dew.
Within the shed where logs, late hewed,
Smell forest-sweet, and chips OF wood
Make blurs of white and brown,
The brood-hen huddles her warm brood
/ OF lettering down.
The night is still. The slow cows chew
| A drowsy cud. The bird that flew
I, And sang is in its nest.
1t is the time Of falling dew,
OF dreams and rest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
Real Power Behind
( League of Nations

TN HIS speeches on the peace treaty
= and the league of nations, Pres
ident Wilson is calling attention to
important features of the league cove
nant which have either been ignored
or overlooked by senators who oppose
ratification without amendment.
A great many Americans who are
able to put aside politics and party
interests, will agree with Mr. Wilson
that much of the opposition is based
on ignorance or misunderstanding. AS
the President points out, there has
been great hue and cry over a few
clauses, while no mention is made of
Nall the rest, some of them, as he ex-
pressed it, constituting the "heart of
the covenant
A gloomy future is painted by sen
ators who predict another war in a
few years, which will force America
to send large army abroad or de-
fend her shores against aggression.
Yet, the most effective method ever
devised by mankind to prevent war is
embodied in the leagues covenant :
the economic blockade.
Without firing shot or sacrificing
the life of single soldier, no govern
ment on earth, standing alone and
unaided, could resist boycott Of this
kind. 1t would be forced to surren-
der. We have seen what an economic
blockade did to Germany, with only a
few governments cooperating against
her. Imagine the plight Of any coun-
try with the entire world imposing a
blockade which would not permit any
person to leave or enter. or the move
ment Of pound of exports or i'm
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
G,nd DR.. Barrett Is Back

I'VE were all certainly glad to see
Commissioner Barrett back on the job
presiding at the meeting held yester-
day and hope he is sufficiently recov-
cred to be with US regularly after this,
said Commissioner Ellis Brown. Or
Barrett is very popular with all men,
bers of the city hall force and, although
his doctor still insists on his remain
ing at his home nearly all the time. we
hope he soon RECEIVERS sufficiently to
be with us all the time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
Crop Conditions
During the Week

6NHERE has been little change in
u crop conditions since the gov
ernment's report early in the week.
Cotton is being seriously damaged by
the weevils and the army worms.
Every day cuts down production. The
crop will hardly exceed ten million
five hundred thousand bales.
he Asne 4ea Soeei and Wire COM
sanys mskly raport says "Corn
ripening gspidis some cot eqtton
wili net exceed so per veo-i ncsstoes
somewhat better than eApecsea ~ the
northeastern states, but no improve
ment otherwise. The actual digging
of sweet potatoes confirms the good
prospects of this crop. Grapes good
and abundant. Rice makes a good
beginning in ripening. Wheat acre
age will be smaller the coming sea-
SON."
In Alabama the sweet potato crop
will be record breaker about
twenty million bushels as against
fifteen million bushels last year.
There will be great shortage in
peanuts, and considerable shortage
in corn. The corn acreage was large
enough to produce fully seventy-five
million bushels, but the excessively
wet summer will bring it down prob
ably to sixty-five million bushels.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
ERUDITE PRoMoTI 3

Il fear. the manager of ttis price
fighter is an ignorant person.
why SOP
He's always talking about getting
the kale'."
you misjudge him. He merely uses
the word 'kale' because it is easily un-
derstood by fight fans. AS matter of
fact, that fellow has several college
degrees and knows the equivalent of
money in seven languages"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
Football Prospects Good

"The prospects look bright for the
University of Alabama" said DR.. George
w. Lang, professor of psychology who
passed through Birmingham yesterday
en- route to Tuscaloosa. II recently re-
turned from Columbia university where
have been doing special work there
in psychology From all indications
we will have a large student body at
the university this fall and prospects
for the foot ball team look as good as
before the war -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06

portsl 1t would mean complete
paralysis.
If the hope of humanity is bound up
in the league of nations, the provi-
sions for economic press pressure Of
fer the most effective means of pre-
venting war A country Theoretically
sealed" is impotent to do good or evil.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
ATTRACTIVE WORK.

when the treaty of peace is rattle
/ suppose we'll have to send numbe
of diplomatic representatives to Cd
many
ooh, yes"
DO you suppose there will be any
difficulty in filling those places?"
Il hardly think so. You have no
idea how many Americans have a taste
for diplomacy and beer"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
SELF-DEFENSE.

why have you quit speaking to Jib-
way all of SUDDEN"
"Jibway is going on another trip to
Colorado-about the fifteenth since I've
known him"
rs that any reason why you should
fall out with him?'
mo, but l thought if l treated him
coolly he wouldn't send me another
postcard picture of Pixies Peak"
PAIL. COOK
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
TWO SHOWS AT ONCE

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
"A scheme to bring the treaty before
the open Senate the day the President
starts on his westward tour is calcu-
lated to make the country dizzy trying
to watch both rings at once
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06

BEGINNING THE DAY-Today
the lake is whipped into fury. The
waves rage and break into foam'
like the name of white horses. Hut
the face of the water is black with
anger. The wind cuts and is cold.
VIII the sun never come again: Yes,
the stun always comes again like the
shining of Gods face. 1 will await
Him.-H. NJ. f..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
A JEWEL FOR HIRE

From the Pasadena Star-News-
Lady of gentle birth, sunny, happy DIS
position. excellent health, athletic, fond
of outdoor life, desires position of trust.
can do anything and nor afraid of work;
tactful, practical, adaptable, executive
ability, as in business 10 years success
fully 1851 Winfield avenue. Los An
pe1aS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06

SAMUEL, is OVERWORkED
From the Washington Star.
Nobody ever hears Samuel Gompers
asking for an eight-hour day for him
self.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
CELEBRATED HOG CENTER

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
Chicago calls its house profiteers
rent hogs" Chicago always gets the
right nomenclature for live stock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-06
A CASUALTY.

A CASUALTY.
Whats the matter with Jobbles? He
seems badly ratified about something"
"Jobbles committed a faux pas just
now and came under the direct fire
of a dowager's lorgnette'
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HOWEVER LITTLE THAT IS

From the Washington Star.
China is determined that her shan
tung contentious shall have at least the
respect that attaches to unfinished BUSH
ness
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European bureau, 10 King street
Covent Garden, London. w. G. 2.
Eastern business office, World build
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office Tribune building, Chicago The
S. C. Beckwith Special Agency, agents
for foreign advertising.
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Pr'ythce. have done;
And do not play in wench-fike words
with that
which is so serious.
-CymbcIine.
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UNFOLDING A TRADITION
us it true that Senator Twobble is
thinking of giving up his seat in the
United States Senate"
Have you seen the Senator making
arrangements with an undertaken for
his funeral?"
"Of course not"
Then, rest easy. The Senator is
not the man to shatter a senatorial
prescedent by resigning."
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PARENTAL WISDOM.
Congratulate me, dadt'
What for?
Il picked up $4,000 in Wall street
today"
You were lucky my son. but just re-
member that you could not have picked
UP that $4,000 If somebody else hadn't
dropped it,"
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"A LITTLE JOURNEY.

But be polite and never mention
The fact that they are in detention
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-16
VICTORIOUS IN THE END.

No man forever stands firmly for
what he thinks is right but some men
do more than others. The writer once
knew an old man who in his early
days shouldered a gun and with three
brothers marched away to war He
believed that a black man should be
iree: After the war he entered pro-
tesslonaI life and consecrated him
self to the peoples service. In the
years came great test and he took
again the side of the down. trodden in
a great strike and helped them to win
their battle. In so doing he wen the
enmlty OF powerful corporation.
Nothing was said but the corporation
Dlded its time. Finally a panic came
on through the country the old mans
paper was secretly bought up and he
was driven to bankruptcy. At an age
when most men are ready to spend
their declining days in ease he was
forced to begin the struggle anew He
dld so cheerfully and though he never
regalned affluence he gained new
friends and retained the affection of
old ones. And finally as all things
come to an end so the old mans life
came to an end. He thought with
Paul that he had fought a good fight
ana was content to meet his Maker
his heritage to his children was an
example of right. Because he tried to
40 his best he was blackguarded and
driven to poverty But his friends
knew. And so this simple story ends
out 1t has lesson for all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-16
THE SECRET OF wELL.DOING.

4 .
We used to know a man who wasn't
so ALFRED smart nor handsome. He
wasn't rich nor very successful. But
he had heap Of friends. One day the
boys discussed Bills popularity and
one of them evolved this sage con-
clusion, 'the reason everybody likes
Bill is. because he has a faculty of
making people believe that he thinks
well of them"
There is a lot in this-more than
we can see. Bill made a man feel
that he thought the best of him and
that man tried to live up to Bills
ideal. "Why of course not; YOU
couldn't do that" Bill would say. And
the man would look up and say "of
course not" Then he would resolve
to always live like Bill thought he
lived. 1t seems that there are too
few Bills but there could be more.
When man finds out that we expect
good and great things of him he be-
gins to figure how he can meet that
ideal of ours. On the other hand if
we treat him like a yellow dog he
begins to say, We'll nobody cares
for me or respects me- 1 might as
well go to He'll and be done with it,
And he goes unless some Bill comes
along and saves him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-16
BE We STEADFAST.

We hear a lot about this boy being
smart and that girl being clever and
these qualities are good. But brains,
cleverness and goodwill are little
without persistence. To the young
man in business-to the chap working
at lathe until he can get on his feet
and saving a penny at time-to the
young farmer staggering under a
load of debt-to all of these-be
steadfast. Remember that Columbus
discovered America because he was
steadfast and sure. The fainthearts
wanted to turn back. Forget not
that the Germans, sage materialists
saw this point and said that the ma
tional group with the greatest will
would win. 1t turned out as Ger
many said-the will to win was great
er on the side of right. Abe Li..coln
the poor boy lad of the prairies was
steadfast all his life. All great men.
all great discoverers, scientists. evan
gelists, writers-all of them-have
been steadfast. others may exceed
you in brains or diplomacy. Others
may have more inherited wealth and
better starts. But in this quality you
can excel. No man can take your
Will from you. Be Steadfast!