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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16

From the Huntsville Telegram.
There was time when Russia was
nation of Europe and Asia and any
school youngster could bound it. Now
Russia is state of mind-and un-
bounded
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
A FAST THINKER

A FAST THINKER.
This long, dark hair on your coat,
HENRY"
'-Oh--er-a horsehair. my love"
Most likely! And no doubt you got
it in an automobile3~
Exactly, my dear. The seat cover
ing was worn through and some of the
stuffing came out"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
Is D'Annunzio the Great
Extending His Domain?

m HE indomitable D'Annunzio is
y reaching out for new worlds to
conquer. 1t is not in the nature of
--Italys fiery bard to mark time. He
has never learned, apparently, how to
stand pat, mode of procedure that
has seldom failed to get results in
America.
D'Annunzio has set out upon an
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
A HYBRID MARINER.

A HYBRID MARINER. ,,11s,s
IAN old salt, chr" yrr
You might call him that
Hes the sort of sailor. I presume,
who feels sorry for us poor landiubber
when there's a storm at sea, knowing
that chimneys are tumb1ing about our
ears and roofs being blown off, while
he's snug and safe in his berth aboard
the Mary Ann or the Liza Jane'7-
He isn't that kind of an old salt
He's employed on a liner, one of those
big floating hotels, and he doesn't see
much more of the ocean than the aver
age baggage man in a land hotel"
PAUL. COOK
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
THE WORM TURNS

From the Waverly Ga) Democrat
| thought l got IS day for digging
potatoes, but when / got through. they
only paid me So for two days. Some
people in this town are afraid they
pay too much. And ! have to pay 81
board.-C. LUDEMANN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord,
grant me strength to trust myself
and Thee for the one step, Then
with the strength and the faith of
mat one step help me to take another
and another. Make my way a shin
ing ladder of step on step from
earth to heaven. In Christ's name.
Amen.
II. M. r.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
Autos well Handled

ct was mighty glad to see that the
city commission had seen the need OF
putting some men in uniform to regu-
late the parking of the cars at RICK
wood rark." said Claude Estes, Tor IL
was q mess at tfae labama- Vanderbilt
football game. There were fully as
many automobiles around the GROUNDS
on Saturday afternoon. but everyone
was able to get away without trouble
'The crowds in the park were ham
died with tirmness and tact. speak
advjsedly of crowds. as the bleachers
on both sides of the fields were filled
as well as the grandstand."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16

IT was glad to read in The Age
Herald the other incoming that City
Commissioner John Taylor had in
structed his policemen to make pedes-
TRANS obey the traffic laws as well as
the automobilist.- said Charles e.
deVaux. TT will make traffic so
much more systematic II the pedes-
TRANS are forced to- comply with the
laws and only cross a street corner
when the traffic signs turn their way
Automobiles will have easier going,
danger of accidents will be less and
time will be saved by all parties con-
cerned. Also it is not right to make
laws governing one means of traffic
and have no laws to care for another,
and it is only the fair thing that auto
mobilists be helped through .pedes-
trian traffic law"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
Towns With Clean Streets

TN travelling through Alabama
have been impressed with the fine con-
dition of the streets not only in cities
but in towns of 1900 and 1000 popula-
ton said Joseph Beitman. "Gadsden,
Admission, Talladega and score of
other cities of that rank keep their
streets cleaner than Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
Shipping Liquor to Havan.

ct was in New Orleans Yesterday,
said o. l. Bum, secretary treasurer of
the Birmingham traffic bureau, "and
while there I was told that some of
the liquor dealers were preparing to
begin the sale OF their stocks today.
1 was told that they have been ship
ping whiskey by steamer to Havana
by the hundreds of barrels for some
time in order to get 1t out of this
country before the federal constitu-
t:onal prohibition amendment goes
into effect. I heard while I was in
New Orleans that at some places
whiskey was being sold openly over
the bars without interference of any
kind on the part of the state or>fed-
eral authorities"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
Quail Plentiful Now

quail season is now on with birds
plentiful" said Ed S. Price. who lives
near Pinson, land coveys are well
filled end rather tame. as little shoots
ing has teen done so far this year.
Hunters have been waiting for the
frost to cut the underground. From
now on, and especially after the next
rain. Bob White will have to watch
out for his life will be in danger
Shells are high. and this is expected to
keep many young boys and negroes
out of the fields"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
WINTER.


When wintry winds begin to blow
And fields and lanes are filled with
snow,
And smoke wreaths from the chimneys
curl
And, locked in ice, brooks cease to
purl
Indoors, it seems, there's greater cheer
Than any other time of year.
And tits no hardship when we're keep
ing
Close by the hearth where flames are
leaping.
And as the red tongues rise and fall
They throw strange shadows on the
wall.
A tremulous and ghostly dance
OF gnomes who seize fleeting chance
To steal away from cleaning SHOWS
And hover near to toast their toes
IT'S true no blooms bedeck the hill,
No music's in the mountain ri1f;
Without no songbird sings or flies
And up aloft are leaden skies,
But ne'ertheless, what joys, what
games.
What pictures in the rudy flames!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
SILVER SAILS.

sIHs EN- SAiLs.
BY Marshall Louis Mertins.
Silver sails and silver sails,
And where is one I love?
He sailed away. one autumn day,
When the sky was red above!
He kissed my cheek. and Jared to seeA
His dreamed of treasure trove!
Silver sails. and silver sails,
COh. must l drink the leesD
The sky grows dark, and trampish
bark
Rides on the evening breex!
hear his call, at fun nightfall,
Ger the wrath 9th seven seas!
Silver. sails and silver sails.
And the wrath o. tn seven seas!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
LATTER DAY FREEDOM.

LATTER DAY FREEDOM.
she encouraged your
II thought she did"
''Yesr'
She called me by my first name"
"Umphl That doesn't mean anything
nowadays when a woman win dance all
the afternoon and half the night with
a strange man, probably a burglar, a
merely because he happens to be well
tailored"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
LANDSCAPE ATROCITIES.

LANDSCAPE ATROCITIES.
Here comes fellow named Blith-
ersby. He's what you might call a
super-esthete.-
THE last word in estheticismr'
Something OF the sort. Every time
ne passes billboard he shudders and
coyerS his eves"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16

Of his inability to travel to London
TOT the very reason that he hasn't
the money to pay his fare 1t also
chronicles his desire to go to Dresden
and Vienna, but his financial straits
have embarrassed him beyond measure.
Just such letter opens a window into
the poverty of one of the tragic fig
ures in English literature.
Fer It's. Sd, one can pick up a letter
Of Edward VII (Albert Edward) in
wiling a lady and her husband to din
ner. on headed notepaper, with crest;
also sum Of figures done by him as a
boy in 1852 confess that this item.
which reduces the late King Of the
United Kingdom Of Great Britain and
Ireland, and Emperor of India, the
Colonies, Protectorates, and dependen-
cies down to mere a school boy has in
1t that touch of nature which makes
the whole world kin. and I cite it here
as a breath of the new democracy
which is now blowing over land and
sea-
Much humiliation has been heaped
upon the deposed Emperor of Germany
who as an unwelcome guest of Holland.
awaits the will of theallies; but il he
hasn't yet tasted the full dregs of Bit
terness of the cup of his own brewing,
hope he will be spared the knowledge
that an English bookseller has for
sale on the bargain counter for 15s, a
few paltry dollars. a six line letter Of
Frederick II, better known as Fred
erick the Great"
1 have only culled few of the
rich and interesting autographs out
OF those OF royalty, statesman warriors,
Judges, authors. poets. scientists,
preachers. actors and other celebrities.
But If any one wishes to start col
lection. I am sure card to Reginal
Atkinson. 81 Sunderland Road, Forest
Hill, S. E., London. England, will bring
one of his latest Catalogues. This
notice is my only way of paying him
for digging out this story.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
HANDICAPPED.

What is this huge. but gloomy,
structure"
"A model penitentiary."
"And those sounds I hear?"
Probably the guests cheering an in
tramuraI football game. The proud
and happy warden says the only thing
that prevents his boys from being the
champions in this part of the country
is the fact that they can't travel"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
AN UNDER DOG.

AN UNDER DOG.
Poor fellow! He hasn't had hi
wages raised In twenty years"
The dickens! Why doesn't he join
union or get another tobr'
He can't DO either. He's purchasins
agent for his wife's boarding house,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
CALLED A HALT.
A,ejt3,aee-

CALLED A HALT.
lis 1t true that Mrs. Jibway is nc
longer communing with the spirits?'
Yes"
What wrought the curer'
Papa Jibway discovered that If the
dues of the spook club kept increasing
he'd soon have to quit smoking cigars
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16

Remittances can be made at current
tate of exchange. The Age-Herald wall
not be responsible for money sent
through The mails. Address
THE AGE-HERALD,
Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16

Then comes a pathetic letter from
Thomas De Quincy. unsigned and APP
pArently incomplete. in which--he talls
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16

Nc communication win be puolisheo
.wItho out its authors name. ReJeStsu
manuscript will not be returned unIeSs
stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-16
Member of the Associated Pres.

TELEPHONE
Bell tpriyate exchange connecting
all departmenfs) Main 1900.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-19
Downs Team
Defeats Monongah

In a fast and interesting game at
Traction Park yesterday afternoon, the
Downs baseball team defeated the
Monongah team by a score OF 4 TO 2.
johnson who was formerly a member
of the Monongah team, twirled for
Downs.
Howard, new product was on me
mound for Monongah and pitched a
splendid game, but was given poor
support by his team mates. "Tutste''
higgins, another youngster who made
his first appearance with the Monon-
gah team yesterday played an unusual
ly good game at short stop, and fans
who saw the game yesterday are hop
ing that he will be able to hold the IN
field Job permanently.
Next Sunday the Monongah team is
scheduled TO meet the fast McConkey
team from Wheeling In what is expect
ed to be one Of the best games Of the
season,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-19

Freese, Triadelphia. fourth; Stark.
Huntington. fifth. Time, 81 seconds.
Half mile run-Anderson, Hunting
ton. first; Hickman, Pennsboro, sec
ond; Terrell, Parkersburg, third; Per.
kins. Parkersburg. fourth; Kinger.
Morgantown, fifth. Time, 2 minutes
IS seconds.
Hammer throw = Wolfe, West Mil
ford, first; Barnum, Parkersburg,
second; Fenton, Williamson, third;
Adkins. st. Mary's, fourth; Kelly,
Parkersburg, fifth. Distance, LOT feet.
100 yard dash = Stark, Huntington,
first; Freutel, Huntington, second !;
Deck, Buckhannon, third; Kelly, Park
ersburg. fourth; Armstrong, Parkers-
burg. fifth. Time, Ill seconds.
Pole vault = Stuart, Huntington,
first; Wilson, Parkersburg. second ;
Hill, Fairmont and ]. Statler, Penns-
boro, tied for third; Cavendish, Hunt
ington, fourth; Thomas, New Martins.
vile, fifth, Height 10 feet inches.
100 high hurdles-stuart, Hunting
ton, first; Wilson, Parkersburg, sec
ond; Armstrong, Parkersburg, third ;
Small, Fairmont, fourth; Graham,
Morgantown, fifth. Time, 10 80 sec
onds.
Mile run - Anderson, Huntington,
first; Baer, Morgantown, second ;
Dean, Fairmont, third; Cavendish,
Huntington, fourth; Mauze, Hunting
ton, fifth. Time, 8 minutes. 15 sec
onds.
Shot put = Barnum, Petersburg
first; Wolfe, West Milford, second ;
Workman, Huntington, third; Ander-
son, Huntington, fourth; Smith, Nor
gantown, fifth. Distance, 80 feet s 1-2
inches.
22O yard dash-Armstrong. Park.
ersburg, first; Freutel, Huntington
second; Stuart, Huntington, third
.Neale, Parkersburg, fourth; Mayfield
Middlebourne, fifth. Time, 26 1-5
seconds.
Two mile run = Dean, Fairmont
first; Anderson, Huntington, second
Graham, Morgantown, third: jackson
Rivesyille, fourth; Smith, ClarSsburg
fifth. Time, II minutes, As seconds.
Running broad jump-Martin, Hunt
ington, first; Workman, Huntington
second; Kelly, Parkersburg, third
Stuart, Huntington, fourth; Thomas
New Martinsville, fifth. Distance, 1s
feet IA inches.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-19
TATE MEET MARK
Fl By FBIRMONTER
AirFnont Finished Third
at Big Contest in Nor
gantOwn Saturday.

soIden RED" Dean. the star long
tance runner OF the local high
hool. established new state record
i the two-miie run by making the
stance in IL minutes and As seconds
the Second Annual West Virginia
gh School Track and Field meet
I'D at Morgantown on Saturday, thus
flashing his own record established
the state meet last year. Fairmont
nIshed third In the meet, first place
ing to Huntington and second place
the Parkersburg athletes.
Dean was the big point getter for
airmont with eight points, followed
Il Pierre Hill with AZ points. The
n high men In the individual scor-
4 & were as follows: Anderson, Hunt
gton, 16; Workman, Huntington, 10;
|elley, Parkersburg, IA; Barnum,
PETERSBURG. 10; Freutel, Huntington,
p; Harmon. New Martinsville, 10;
Folfe. West Milford, 8; Armstrong,
'arkersburg, 8 Stark, Huntington, 8;
'ean, Fairmont, 8.
Twenty-eight teams were entered
i the meet and OF this number Bris-
pl. Elkins. Fairview, Pennington,
ration, Kingwood, Lumberport, Mar.
|nsburg. Point Pleasant, Shinnston,
|ummersville, Sutton and Weston
billed to score. The other schools
tored as follows: Huntington rs So,
petersburg so, Fairmont IA %, New
'artinsvile IL IL, Morgantown 10,
|uckhannon 8 lie, West Milford Q,
'ria6elphia s, st. Mary's g., Penns-
pro 2-3, Rivesville 2. Williamstown
Clarlksburg /, Middlebourne 1, West
'nion 1-6.
The complete summary of the meet
blows: Running high jump, Work
ban, Huntington, first; Davis, Tria.
|elphia. second; Emmons, Hunting
pm, third; Fill, Fairmont, Fourth,
nd six contestants tied for fifth place.
Ieight feet four inches.
4z0-yard dash-Harmon, New Mar
|nsville. first; Kelley, Parkersburg.
scond; Deck, Buckhannon, third;
'reeze. Triadelphia fourth; Beren,
'arkersburg, fifth. Time minute.
Discus throw - Adkins, st. Mary's,
irst: Barnum. Parkersburg, second;
Workman, Huntington, third; Neale,
'arkersburg, fourth; Clovis, st.
iary's. fifth. Distance, 90 feet.
go low hurdles New Mar
insville. first; Freutel, Huntington,
-cond; Deck. Buckhannon, third;
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-19
Soldiers Out of Work
Are Asked to Report

Returned service men out of work
are asked TO report to the Government
Employment Bureau on Monroe street
where they will be given employment
paying appro6matly five dollars a day
until thy can get their old Jobs back.
Waldron Leonard, a returned local
boy, and Roy Straight, who returned
last week from France, are in need of
a number Of assistants in an sdvertis-
ing scheme they are putting on and
desire other soldiers and sailors to
Join them. Details will be given at the
office in Monroe street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-19
Lumberport Wins
From Watson Nine

Five to three, with the big end of the
score for the Harrison county team
was the result of game played yes
tesday between the Consolidation Coal
Company team from Watson and the
Lumberport team.
The Watson team is scheduled to
meet the fast Carksburg nine next
Sunday and is going to get down to
hard practice in preparation for the
game which will be played in Watson.
One Of the very best games of the
season is anticipated.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-19
!. LATE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LOCAL SPORT WORLD .

day By some unknown driver who was
banding his car. It is alleged in a very
reckless manner. Mr.. Fleming has
notified the city officers of the aeci-
dent today, furnishing them with the
number of the license OF the machine.
An effort is bentg made to locate the
speeder.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-19
Suppose There Was No
Money?

Suppose all the money in the world had disap-S
peared five years ago. and we had to go back to the
old method of exchanging one article for another
As pick miner youS@ould have received in
stead Of 80 gents tor, a certain number of Pounds
of coal
Instead of paying the street car Conductor 5
cents fora ride you would have given him 106
pounds Of coal
\ Todayyoureceive s5 cents a, ION for your work,
but if i was coal instead of motley you would have
time you boarded car.
street car ride is the ONLY article You by
which COSTS LESS THAN 1T USED TO, lneasur.
edm ACTUAL TRADE Value instead of by the val
ne of shrnpken dollar.
The above example shows that str1,t car rides
cost LESS THANNHALF what dhey Used to cost,
The companies cannot exist On such reduction.
If you ride on a train you pay 500 more money
than you used to. Hyou send a letter it costs 500
more money. you send a telegram it costs you
more. And these utilities are operated by the
UNITED STATES Governments.
Even with increased prices the RAILROADS and
telegraph lines are LOSING MONEY EVERY
We cannot charge our losses to the Taxpayers
as the Government can; on the other hand We have
topay more taxes than we did before.
M0NONeAHELA VALLEY TRACTION co.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-13

| heretofore had The other surplus
acreage may be devoted to many dit
lerent things.
We can grow peanuts, cane, pota
toes, velvet beans, peas, hay ant
stock feed and raise stock, hog'
and cattle and make more money a,
that than out of cotton. We will have
to learn it and devote time to it
The demand for the bright leaf to
bscco that our land produces will
grow stronger There is money in to-
bacco.
The one sure way is to educate
ourselves to this change. We cannot
make thirty acres of cotton to the
pIow any more. We cannot live half
that much again. We must come
to an acreage we can save from the
weevils. That is the plain situation.
1T is our duty to begin the cam
paign for dlversification. We have it
already in sort of perfunctory man
ner It is our duty to make it a bust
ness, safe and sure. Too much is at
stake. We can throw away cotton
crops on which to rely, hard times pre-
that is done and there is no other
crop on which to rely, hard time pre-
vail in our community, no matter how
well people do in other sections. We
should remember that it is what we
do that counts. The one safe way is
to begin now and make the crop
changes.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-13
TODAY'S EVENTS

Annual observance of Farmers
Day in Florida.
The Government at Ottawa has
fixed as Thanksgiving Day for the
Dominion.
Today is the 175th anniversary of
the birth of molly Pitcher" famous
horoine of the American Revolution
Maj. Gen Thomas H. Barry L. S. A.
in command of the Department of the
East, will be retired today for age.
Nominations will be made in On
tario today for the Privincial cleo
tions which are to take place week
hence.
Today will be celebrated as Found
er's Day at Norwich University, in
connection with the centennial of the
institution.
Delegates from nearly all of the
principal countries of the world are
to assemble in New Orleans today
for the remainer of the day as the
guests of the city of Rochester
! DR.. Herbert Putnam, Librarian OF
Congress, is to be the principal speak
3ovHiR5d "hSso2O.34S bmbm mhh
/ er at the annual convention of the
Ohio Librarian Association, opening
today at Youngstown.
The international convention of the
| Christian Church at Cincinnati this
week will have special Significance
because of important topics to be dis
cussed and denominational problems
| t be solved
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-13
IN THE DAYS NEWS

Major General Thomas H. Harry,
who today reaches the age limit for
active service is one of the best
known officers of the United States
Army. A native of New York City.
born of humble parentage, he won
an appointment to West Point in
1873 by by brilliant scholarship dis
played in his public school career.
In the years Immediately following
his graduation from the Military
Academy he saw much hard fighting
in the Indian campaigns in the West
In the Spanish War he was an ad-
jutante general. and after the close
of that war he saw hard service in
the philippines In 1907 President
Roosevelt appointed him commander
in chief of the Army of Cuban Pac-
ification. and in the capacity he did
his work 50 thoroughly that when
he left Cuba he was given an AVIATION
such as few officers have ever re-
ceived at home or abroad. When the
United States entertered the world
war Gen. Berry was given charge OF
Camp Grant and since the first OF
this year he has been in command
of the Department of the East
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-10-13

went back to Carncross, with whom
they stayed eight years.
Then came the turning point in the
career of Dockstader. Backed by
Frank Siddall he fitted up az house
on Broadway, New York, which was
known as Dockstader's Theater 1t
was a success for two years and in
that time made $4,000. Dockstader
was the most widely discussed min
strel in the country. He took his COM
pany across the country twice. Dur
ing his absence his theater was oc-
cupied by George Francis Train, who
delivered comic lecturees and roast.
ed everything on earth.
Eventually New York grew tired
of minstrely and it became necessary
to close the house. Dockstader then
went to California in partnership
with George Thatcher. There he
sprung his famous black-face Carl
cature of President Harrison, the
first and most successful of it kind.
In later years he repeated his success
by making up most successful of it's
kind. In later years he repeated his
success by making up as Colonel
Roosevelt and other celebrities of the
day.
Dockstader always put as much
art and refinement into his work as
black-face comedy would stand. He
talked cIeanly and his singing of ne
gro dtties was alweays popular with
his audience. His monologue, without
the burnt cork and extravagant
clothes, would have been almost as
witty and enjoyable as he made it
with them.