The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26

financial subjects as one of the Tor carrying on the work comes chief ly from individual members. most of whom are expected to contribute the small annual fee of one dollar.
 Tuberculosis is an epidemic in this community. There are more than five thousand cases in the county. The off, cers and nurses of the association are working with we'll directed energy; and the only lack is money to extend their operations.
 on the first of August an earnest appeal was made for an enrolment of twenty-five thousand4 members. As one dollar year is all that is re- qulred to become a member, there should be rush for enrolment. There IS twenty-five-dollar class and a Idollar-a-month class, but if twentv- five thousand persons were to pav lonly the minimum fee, the association would be able to rid the county of the dread disease entirely. Less than two hundred members have been en- rolled this month
 Birmingham has many worthy charities, but none is so far-reachine Tn It's need as the anti-tuberclosis cause. To say nothing of the charity Islde of the sanitorium organization. there is the self-defense side. and this should appeal to everybody irrespec tive of humane considerations. Who IS so poor that he or she can not give dollar year? It is indif- ference that accounts for the slow progress of the membership canvass. Let's have an intensive drive-an inn mediate speeding up. Southern newspapers comment faceii- ously on the discovery of two "stillsp in the basement of Birmingham's new mill lion-dollar postoffice. When the postof nee IS hnlshed it will be entirely too pop ulous for "moonshiners.' who prefer sol itude above all things. # T # That army heavyweight who is men, toned as a contender for Mr Demnsav,. crown enjoys the distinction of having fought in France while MT. Dempsey wasn't doing much-of anything in Amer- ica.
 # * {. Lucky mortal John Mccormack, who can pay for the most expensive things with a song. He has just bought a COW presumably Irish, for s1o,oOo and named her Eileen.
 The University ofaLege has nominated Herb Hoover for the honorary degree of doctor of medicine The freedom of a city or a doctors degree-it's all one to Herb these days.
 # * # Designers of mems clothes say dam defed styles will be in order next win. ter. That will make the contrast be- tween the suit of year-b before last and the new styles greater than ever.
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 If anyone doesn't believe Mississppians take their politics seriously, he should read a few of the sizzling political edi- torials now appearing in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
 President Wilson should certainly find time to run over to New York and shake the hand ofGeneral Pershng when he returns.
 If everybody demanded six-hour day from to 12 in the morning and 1 to in the afternoon-who would do the WOrlQ S WOrk
 Having a name that nearly everybody car pronounce, it seems pity that Kol- chak isn't making headway against the pestifereous bosheviks in Russia.
 * x X George M. Cohan's offer of $100 900 seems to have enlisted large number of thespians under the rival banner of Louis Mann. Had Senator Lodge been delegated to draw up the treaty of peace in the first place. what lot of valuable time we would have saved!
 x x x The Chicago News says there are 26o l, lawyers in Congress. That explains the existence of the Congressional Record i if nothing more.
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 Some of the war brides are already i returning home, sadly disllusioned Oh. i we'll. they got to take an ocean voyage { at Uncle sam's expense. anyhow.