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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
MUSCLE SHOALS ID BEGIN PEACE TIME: N|TRATEPRODUCT|ON
Governments Plan of Oper- ating Great Industries for Benefit of Farmers Is
 Announced

Sheffield. January 4-tSpecial. )-The Muscle Shoals nitrate plants construc- ton of which was initiated primarily for the benefit of the farmers, but the completion of which was rushed in the war emergency, are about to begin peace-tme production of nitrates for fer t1lizer purposes That is the government s plan of operating these great industries, now that war emergency production is no longer necessary.
 The announcement is received here with much satisfaction, inasmuch as it gives assurance that no abandonment of the nitrate plants is contemplated pend ing the completion of the Muscle Shoals dam, which will supply hydro-electrio power later on for the operation these and other industries in this district.
 According to the announcement that comes from Washington, it is the plan or the United States department of agri- culture~to sell nitrate of soda, which is extensively used as a fertilizer direct to the farmers for $S1 per ton. Nitrate of soda Is a byproduct of the cyanamid plant at Muscle Shoals, and the price at which the government proposes to sell 1t is about one-half what it formerly cost, and it is one of the few commodi- ties the price of which was lowered hv reason of the war. When the Muscle Shoals nitrate plants reach their full production capacities there will be an adequate quantity of nitrate of soda for all demands. which are especially heavy in Alabama and other southeastern states.
 The sale of the nitrate of soda will be conducted by the government, on a basis of cash only, the purchaser pay ing all transportation charges. The dis tr1butfon will be handled through state directors of extension, county agricuI- tural agents or nitrate committees in the various localities, who will lend their assistance to the farmers in making out application blanks
 The bureau of markets will have gen. eral charge and supervision of this scheme of distribution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05

ger of fire and J
 tall brick fire wan
 and extracting butlN
 is carried from the p
 vat There it is allowed W into barrels. SN
 Much of the turpentine is shipped in bulk. It goes forth in tank cars like those used for kerosene and gasoline to all parts of the United States and Can ada. Some of the processes require gaso- line to extract the turpentine. and the plant has a gasoline tank which contains more than 1000 600 gallons of gasoline.
 Pine oil. which is hy-product of the turpentine. is used for medicine. and also irl the Notation processes for the extrac- tion of metals, and especially in the re- covery of copper It goes from the dis tillery to the west in tank cars.
 The farmers are now careful as to the life of their trees in making of turpenine, and the industry will grow more important as the sources of sup ply decreases. The long leaf pines are being rapidly cut, and the extraor- dinary demands of the war have made additional inroads upon the forests. The old method of cutting boxes at the roots of the trees weakens them so that they are liasle to blow over during windstorm and an enormous loss of timber has occurred in that way. As it is now il is costing some thing like three times as much to produce turpentine and rosin as It did 25 years ago. and for this reason the turpenune farmers have been studying the methods of other coun- tries. They have learned much from the French, who handle their turpentfns cutting in such a way that they are able to milk the same tree for many years. Indeed, one tree in France is said to have given sap for 200 years while here five or six years is the limit Tor profitable operation. The French plant orchards of pine trees as a pure turpentine proposition. They know just when the trees should be tapped, and they make narrow gashes in such way that they do not greatly injure the tree, They also bleach the san in shallow pans in the sun, and pro- duce thereby a better product from the same kind of gum. The French method is slow and laborous and our chemists are now experimenting to get better bleaching. They are also trying to distill the turpentine with out the uss of direct heat by using vacuum and steam, but so for these methods are not in general use.
 The brunswick plant l have fered to manufactures wood pulp Of the refuse fiber after the turpentine and rosin have been taken out, and it proposes to erect a paper mill to fur ther use this material. This may form an important factor in our paper mar ket in these days when wood pulp costs so much, It is estimated that 5000 pounds of rich, fat pine stumps will yield about 5000 pounds of wood fiber. This fiber is free of rosin, and is in just the condition required to make wood pulp. It will make about half as much pulp es the weight of the fiber. So far most of the factories making turpentine have not gone to the expense of a wood pulp annex, and but few attempts have been made to utilize the waste. The stuff will not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
SHE DARKENED HER.
 CRAY HAIR
We'll Known Lady Tells How She Darkened Her Gray Hair By
 Simple Home Made Remedy

Mrs. E. H. Boots. we'll known resi- dent of Buchanan county, la. who darkened her gray hair by simple home made remedy, made the following statement:
 Any lady or gentleman can darken their gray or faded hair. and make it soft and glossy with this simple rem edy, which they can mix at home To half pint of water add 1 ounce of bay rum, one small box of Barbo Compound and Ii ounce of glycerine. These in- gredients can be purchased at any drug store at very little cost. Apply tosthe hair every other day until the gray hair is darkened sufficiently. This is not a dye. 1t does not color the most delicate scalp; is not sticky or greasy and does not rub off It will make a gray haired person look 10 to 90 years younger"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
GREENVILLE

Greenville, January 4-(Special) "A joint meeting was held yesterday here between the members of the county the board of education to vote upon a recommendation to close the city schools and place a ban on public gath erings on account of the increased number of influenza cases in Green vile.
 After discussing the matter for over an hour it was finally decided not to take such steps at present, but to wait further developments.
 Several of the leading physicians present stated that the disease would continue throughout the winter and that the closing down of schools and placing ban on other public gather ings would not check the spread of the disease to any noticeable degree. They claimed that after a person caught the disease that person should not leave his or her home at the stage when oth- CT persons were liable to catch the dis ease
 It was decided, however. not to allow members of any household where the disease prevailed to attend any public gatherings.
 The disease is worse now in Green vile than it has ever been.
 Greenville is to have a new industry to open it's doors for business on Mon day, January G. It is the McGehee Dry Cleaning company, located on West Commerce street. The latest type of machinery is being installed and it will be one of the best equipped concerns of it's kind in Greenville.
 Only two of Greenville's soldiers who have been overseas have returned Sergt George Shilling. who served as an aviation mechanic in England reached Greenville a few days ago. and Lieut.. A. T. Kendrick, who served with the Dixie division in France, nr< rived home on New Years Day. Each of these soldiers were given<a hearty welcome by their many friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
REALTY FIRM INCORPORATES

Papers of incorporation have beep e,en with the secretary of state in Montgom- cry by the Sanford Realty company, q new realty concern that has established here. Its authorized capital is sloo.0oo with $25,00o subscribed.
 The new firm is composed of T. F. San. ford, c. II. Huston and E.. H. Spencer. all well known men here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
SEVERE COLD SPELL

The Mcscle Shaiis distriet bas for .ha past several days been in the grasn of severe spell of weather. Following sev- eral days continued rain, a heavy snow and freezing weather has prevailed ever since. About this time a year ago an extended and much more severe smell of cold weather prevailed in this section. and then as now it seriously interfered With construction work of all kinds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
NEW GROCERY FIRM

Ahe Harns-Jones Grocery company, in- coroporated. is the style of a new firm that VIII operate a chain of stores ir, shenleid' Flo{ence and Tuscumbia The hrm IS composed of U. G. Jones, who has been the general auditor for the shef- neia company for a number of years. and J. o. Harris. who has oeen promi- nently identified with the business life of the tri-cities many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
New Zealand Premier
 Passes Through Panama
By Associated Press

Panama January 4.-W. F. Massey. premier of New Zealand, and Sir J. G. Ward, ministers, of finance, passed through the Panama canal today on their way to London by the direct route They will make no stop in the United States.
 Premier Massey said he was glad President Wilson had gone to Europe to aid in the making of democratic peace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
Adams Has Influenza

Montgomery. January 4-(Special.) Otis A. Adams. recording secretary at the office of Governor Henderson. be. came i'll Friday morning at the office and was taken to his home at Chisholm Montgomery suburb. Friends of MT Adams fear he has Spanish influenza He is reported to have high fever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
NEW BOXES ADnEn

In the plan of remodeling the Shefrield postonice, 5oo new lock boxes have been installed. Postmaster Coleman announces that within few days a dozen mail boxes will >Ne placed about the city. and regular mail collections from the boxes Will De established, carriers of the local office making the collections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
Somewhere on the

1 oOQIn ALldTItC SOdSl-
 9NRoM the iong-leaf pine forests of
 iC1 our great southeast I write of the fJl turpentine industry. It is one of the live features of war rehabili-
 tatson. It enters into the vast number of
 new buildings now being constructed, and
 it has it's part in scores of peace indus tries.
 I l have dated this letter somewhere on
 the south Atlantic coast. The exact To-
 cality is not far from Brunswick, but it would serve equally well for almost any pine forest along the coast of Georgia Of Florida. and many of the manufacturing conditions described are to be found all along the Gulf of Mexico. The pine for ests of the south produce more turpen- tine and rosin than those of all the rest of the world put together. Our total pro- duction has been worth $40,000,0o0 or $50, o00,o00 year and from now on it will be considerably greater. Both turpentlne and rosin have their part in both war and peace. They were once so important Ito naval construction that they were called naval stores, and today they are employed in one shape or another in the ishipbuilding plants all over the union. They had their place in the finishing of every airplane that flew over the battle fields, and in the automobiles and motor cars that moved back and forth in the rear of the trenches. The bullets of the shrapnei shells rest in beds of rosin in side the steel until they are ready to be showered over the enemy; and there is not bit of paint or varnish on any arm or munition of war that has not some of the juice of the long leaf pine 1t it The same stuff is used in the making of soap, paper and printing materials and they a-e now experimenting with it to make a Esynthetic rubber, which it is claimed, will eventually compete with the gum from ithe wilds of the Amazon and the culti- Ivated rubber plantations of Ceylon and Maylaysia-
 1 During a recent trip through the south ern forests I saw them making turpen- tine here and there all the way from Georgia to Texas. I visited a number of ldistiueries in Louisiana and Mississippi, and here along the south Atlantic the smell of burning rosin is everywhere waited to my nostrils, making one think that the whole region must be engaged in ld-fashioned fruit canning and that the Irosin is burning.
 The first turpentfnc and rosin made in the United States came from the down to Georgia, and, as the forests began to play out, it went farther lsouth into Florida and Mississippi Today Jacksonville, Fla, Is the lead ing point for shipping naval stores, although the work of making tur- pentine in the woods still goes on almost everywhere. The turpentine forests of South Carolina and Geargia
 have been largely exhausted. but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
New Tonnage in Japan

TolSio, November 30.-The total ton mage of new vessels launched in Japan | since January is 600,000 tons including , those to be completed by the end of this year. Compared with last year this shows an increase of 200, 900 tons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Corrected December 8, 1918 Arrival and departure of passenea> trains. Birmingham: The foiin,n.Sef CT schedule figures published as infornans tion. are not suaranteed. ma biAMiNGiiAM TERMINAL STATION
 Southern Railway System
 (SOuthern Railway Con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05

In these factories the work must be carefully done The materials are highly inflammatory and there is constant dan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05

5N1ROM the long-leaf pine forests of iC1 our great southeast write of the IL turpentine industry. It is one of
 ha live fao frrao If ba hiIi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06

have been reported in the past four
months. Two deaths have resulted
from the number. Two cases of ty-
phoid not reported to the city health
department were found to have been
the cause of two other deaths.
About forty different diseases with
various forms of certain ailments, ere
listed as contagious or infectious and
are required to be reported to the city
health department on special cards.
The health officer also asks that
physicians take particular I aims in re-
porting DEATHS. Many reports do not
clearly ascertain the cause of death.
This is desired for statistical and other
reasons.
Physicians Help City.
The letter conveys an appreciation
Tor the promptness of Topeka physi-
clans in reporting venereal cases to
the health department. However,
many physicians are treating patients
who have not been reported, it is said.
The rules of the state board of health
make these cases reportabIe. A city
ordinance requires that they be re-
ported to the city health officer. Since
June 1 there have been 100 cases of
venereal disease reported by private
physicians. In the same period forty
I'VE cases We're reported from the city
clinic, making a total of las cases re-
ported to the state board of health for
the months of June, July and August.
Eleven cases were reported direct to
the state board of health.
The health department has installed
a water still and will furnish distilled
water for intravenous injections or
other purposes free of charge IL ply
sicians will come after it with sterile
containers.
The city bacteriologist is also
equipped to make widals, blood Gull
lures and -
charge, if the service is desired by any
local physician.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06

approval and support of. those men
ranking high in the telegraph world.
One man who was formerly a division
superintendent of one of the telegraph
systems thought so much of the ma
chine and its possibilities that he has
become Identified with the company.
The Piersep company should do
much toward making Topeka an in
dustrial center of the middle west. To-
peka's splendid railway facilities, its
sunny summers and mild winters. to-
gether with the great agricultural
wealth which surrounds it on every
industrial city of Importance and
wealth thru the operation of such en-
terprises as The Plersen company.
The greatest engine market of the
world lies at Topeka's door and this
city can become the source from
which comes most of the high grade
engines used in this agricultural en-
pire. Topeka should be able to supply
the demands for telegraph transmit
ters to the entire world. The Piersen
company is here to meet and fill these
needs.
That oil these things are being
brought about by The Piersen COM
pany is evidenced by the fact that the
plant is almost flooded with orders
for the product, and that they must
soon double the output of their plant
The success of this company is positive
proof that Topeka can be made an in
dustrial city of importance and the
manufacturing of many products that
are nationally and universally used
turnout the length and breadth of the
country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06
Piersen Company Now Has Mil
lion Dollar Value.
Ten Years Ago 1t Was Only an
Experimental Shop.
OUTPUT SOON TO Be DOUBLED
Increase Working Force and
Aid Topeka Industrially.
CuShmRn Motor Is One of Pier
sen Selling Features.

Transforming a thousand dollar ex-
pertinent into n million dollar indus
trial enterprise in ten years is an
achievement to command respect and
admiration. This very thing has been
accomplished right here in Topeka I'M
known to the average Topeka citizen.
and the industrial concern so built. is
now one of the city's going enterprises.
This local concern undoubtedly will
soon exert powerful influence on
Topeka's future industrial activities.
About ten yeas ago Edwin H. Pier
sen conceived the idea OF n telegraph
transmitter-a machine which would
give to the telegraph operator bene-
fits similar to those of the amanuensis
by the typewriter machine which
would tighten the burden OF millions
of human beings engaged in the tele-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06
YELLOW PINE TALK
Lumber Men Had Luncheon at Elks'
Club Friday.


Yellow pine, its qualities and uses,
formed the chief topic of discussion
at luncheon of the Southern Pine
Salesmen's Service association at the
Elks club Friday noon. The lunch
con was arranged by the local repre-
sentative. Charles S. Ash, of the Long
Bell Lumber company. and the talks
began with a welcome address by
Mayor H. ]. Corwine.
other talks dealing directly and in
directly with pine and the building
business were made by Earl Spencer.
a local contractor, l. ]. Marshall. c.
s. Elliott, Frank Squires, H. A. Ort-
meyer, Guilford Dudley, Joe Prest-
ridge, A. r. Joyce.
Those present at the meeting were:
II. Z. Webster. NJ. T. Kelsey, Dave
Gabriel, Jr., Robert Pierce, Jr.. Dave
Smith, Bert Whellan, ID. J. Hathaway.
Johnny Steele, A. r. Joyce, Stanley
Medlicott. ]. B. Heck, Chas. Heck.
w. !. Miller, Geo. Senne, Chas. S. Ash.
H. A. Ortmeyer, S. ID. Cooper. c. H.
Straun, Frank Squires, B. A. Holland.
w. 2. Glover, T. w. Williamson, B.
L. Cookinham. o. N. Smith, Joe.
Prestridge. L. J. Marshall, NJ. H. FL
der. c. S. Elliott, Jno Hearsh. Guilford
Dudley. Jas. Cuthbert. d. T. Gabriel,
Mr.. Keller, c. C. Nicholson, L. M
Wood. C. D. Cuthbert. Earl Spencer,
Mr.. Bulls, L. K. Bowers, Mr.. Keller,
Mr. Null, Henry Bennett, Geo. Curt
Ter, Jim. Brizendine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06

The first recorded move toward
prohibition was an act by the English
parliament in 1852. limiting sale of
liquor to certain places. The first
States appeared in 1902 in a book
published by DIR. Benjamin Rush, a
signer OF the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence. The first prohibition society
in this country was organized in 1908.
Maine was the first state to go dry,
adopting prohibition In 1S49. Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont
went dry later, but afterward voted
liquor back In 1853, New York went
dry by its own vote. but-the law was
soon declared unconstitutional. Pro-
hibition, as an organized movement,
did not begin until after the Civil war.
The prohibition movement of today
started in the middle west, with Kan
sas as the leader, and spread to the
south.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06
AGREE ON OPEN SHOP
New York Actors Strike Ends-WaIk-
out on Shubert Everywhere.

out on SnuDert Everywhere.
New York. Sept. 6.-The actors
strike is ended
After representatives of the mana
gers and the Equity association had
concluded a seven-hour session, which
lasted until o'clock this morning, it
was announced an agreement had
been reached and that Broadway
theaters would begin reopening to-
night.
Augustus Thomas, the playwright
whose efforts were largely RESPONSE
BILE for the settlement, said the open
shop had been agreed upon. Francis
Wilson. president of the Actors
Equity association. said the settlement
was satisfactory to both sides.
The agreement followed the action
OF the international union of stage
hands and motion picture operators
and the musicians union in advising
their various locals turnout the coun-
try that the Shubert theaters were
unfair"
Lee Shubert announced as a result
that he had received messages indi-
eating the stage hands had walked out
in 100 of his theaters. Union leaders
had also issued a circular letter to 500
houses booking Shubert attractions,
branding the Shuberts as unfair"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06
Topeka HEALTHY
New Record Set in Keeping
Down Diseases Here.
DIR. Earle G. Brown Gives Out
Figures in Letter.
DOCTORS AID The OFFICIALS
Cooperation Is Needed To Con-
tinue Good Showing.
New Equipment Installed in
City Health Department.
DOCTORS AID THE OFFICIALS

A fewer number of contagious and in
fictitious diseases were reported during
this summer than in several years. ac-
cording to a statement contained in a
letter sent this week by DR.. Earle G.
Brown, city health officer. During the
last three months diseases have been
few in number.
With the coming of the fall months
and the opening of the city schools.
there is apt to be an increase in dis
eases. The health officer asks the CO.
operation of local physicians in getting
thess cases under quarantine at once
and doing everything to prevent the
possibility of them spreading
Typhoid Fever Cases.
Twenty-one cases of typhoid fever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06
Is YEARS AGO In TOPEKA
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
September 6, 1894.


The board, of education last night de-
cided to inadgurate an important change
In the management of the high school. At
the request of numerous parents and others
directly interested in the high school, a
resolution was adopted whereby there will
be one continuous session each day in
stead OF two sessions. School will begin at
D o'clock as heretofore. but will be dis
missed Mt 2 80 for the day. Pupils will
be given 20 minutes at noon for lunch
and recreation, and with the exception of
this interval the session will be of the
same length as the combined forenoon and
afternoon sessions under the old plan.
J. A. Ranney and family have removed
from Potwin to Mrs. .Clugston's house on
Tenth and Topeka avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wolfe and son.
William Douthitt, left today fora visit
in Ohio. Mrs. Wolfe will be gone about
a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Forbes will move
to their winter residence on It'll and Polk,
in about two weeks.
Luther Nellis and Luther Bright have
gone to Atchison to attend Midland college.
The former will study law and Luther
Bright will continue his study of theology.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06

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