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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING

The finishing touches are being put on out at Sheffields new S75,000 high school building, and it will in all prob ability be ready for use at the end of another week.
 The building is an imposing struc ture, located. at Tenth street and At tanta avenue, it is modern in every re- spect, having every improvement re- quired of such an institution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus, Miss, January 11.-tSpecial) While every vestige of the snowstorm which visited this section last week Nhas disappeared, the troubles of Coum- bians have by means ended, as the weather, while clear is still extremely cold and the city is facing a fuel famine similar to the one experienced here last winter. Only one local dealer has any coal on hand, and his supply. which is exceedingly small. is being rapidly di- unfinished Sales of coal during the past summer were unusually large, and local dealers state that they thought consum- CTS had laid in ample supplies. Many of them are running short, however, and unless shipments from mines can soon be secured it may be necessary to use wood as fuel as was done when the SUD- ply of coal became exhausted last Janu- ary.
 Citizens residing in territory conti- guous to the Pickensvilie road which runs from Columbus to Pickensville, Ala are endeavoring to secure funds from the federal government for it's improvement, and if the effort is successful it will be hoSOSSaiy to ihalciidhy CHdHSe tHe IOute of the thoroughfare, as two steep hills must be eleminated. Interested parties have presented to the >board of super visors of Lnwndes county a petition re- questing that the necessary change in route be made; and the petition will doubtless be granted.
 The municipal council has named J. S. Marx, G. N. Flynn and J. H. Bricken as city election commissioners for the ensuing two years.
 c. A. Cox and J. c. Greer have rendered their resignations as commissioners of the Tuscaloosa road taxing district and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
SOLDIERS WHISPERED OUT

Nearly 100 soldiers of the ordnance department at United States nitrate plant No. 1 were mustere out at thq plant this week The men were given honorable discharges. Many of the men are being given permanent positions as operatives at Ehe nitrate plant fol lowing their discharge from the army.
 Approximately 500 soldiers are sta toiued at nitrate plant NJ. l, and prob ably 1000 are statiorf ai the big Mus cle Shoals plant. The men will nearly all very likely oe mastered out dss'ng the next several Weeka
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
SOLDIERS FROM FRANCE

X $, ecial train of II cars filled with soldiers passed through this city en route to Camp Pike, Arkansas. where they will be given honorable discharges from the army. The men had all seen service in France
 During their brief stay here they were met by a committee of the Shef- field Red Cross chapter and served with light refreshments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
sEwER WORK PROGRESSES

Notwithstanding the bad weather Inc contractors are rushing to compile ton the sewer construction in Shef- field
 When the si& and one-haf miles oe sewers, which are being constructed at cost of nearly S90000, are completed Sheffield will nave a complete and modcrI. sewer system
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12

the Lowndes county board of supervisors has named w M. Bell and J. K. Joiner to succeed them.
 Mrs. Nora Tankersley, 42, died at her home, 1922 Bell avenue, yesterday her death having resulted from pellaSra. Funeral services were held at the fam fly home at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. having been conducted by Rev, R. $, Gavin, pastor of the First Baptist church after which the body was taken to Schaeffer's cemetery for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
VISITS SHEFFIELD

Dr. Aston Maxwell of Tuscaloosa, who has been in the United States army for the past several months. is visitor to Sheffield. He is planning to locate here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12

and Frank N Julian. temporary secre- tary.
 The various working committees VII be named by the president and an nounced at the meeting to be Held next week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12

Four army motor trucks al Camp Jes sup, Atlanta. Ga, Rave been assigned to the Gadsden postoffice, and drivers win go to Atlanta for the trucks, The orders to this effect. reaching Postmas- ter $. w. Riddle, did not state for what purpose the trucks are to be used, but it is thought that the department contem- plates the establishment of new parcel post routes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
GADSDEN

Gadsden. January f.-(speeial.)-The city council believes in giving the sQ- dier boys their old jobs. It has chosen Hugh H. White as city attorney to sue ceed~ W Woodson j. Martin, newly appointed circuit judge MT. White formerly was city attorney but resigned to enter milf tary training.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12

Son of MT. and Mrs W. D. Harris. Sl4 Catherine avenue, Birmingham, Company D, 107th ammunition train, who is now in France, but is expected home soon. MT. Harris received his training at Camp Pike and Camp Wheeler. Before he went in service he was employed by the Louisville and Nashville railroad and he hopes to be back soon with the friends he left behind at the car shed when he went in military service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12

The second annual ladies night" of the Gadsden Rotary club was held last night at the Printup hotel, with about 70 guests present. It was announced one of the most successful occasions ever wit messed in Gadsden Many stunts were en- acted, to the delight of the guests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12

Twenty five members of the Columbus, Ga, Chamber of Commerce are expected in Gadsden January 2S, on a pathfinding trip to log routes from Columbus to Huntsville, by which some of the southern tourist travel may be diverted through the former city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

committee and maintain that he ia. the
whole party. Indeed. according to hisown
theory, he is the supreme party leader,
elected by the votes OF its members. He
has taken counsel with few but has issued
his orders with all the authority of a party
despot There have been rumblings of
dissatisfaction, but there has been no open
revolt worth considering. Even now ii is
admitted that his control is so nearly alb
solute that he can dictate the nomination
OF the next Democratic candidate for the
presidency IL he does not choose to take
that nomination for himself, and there are
those who say that he could get the nomi-
nation easily II he desired It. There is no
mystery about this
Under these circumstances Mr. Cum
mings will serve to fll the job as we'll as
any other deserving Democrat, so long as
he knows how to look wise-and obey or.
ders from the White House.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
PUTTING 1T UP TO A PENNSYLVANIA
LAWYER

TIME appointment of A. Mitchell Palmer
L to the attorney generalship seems to
prove that if a man waits long enough he
may get what he wants.
Mr.. Wilson offered to make Mr.. Palmer
Secretary of War in his first Cabinet, but
the Stroudsburg statesman preferred to
be at the head of the Department of JUS
tice. That post however. had been prom
ised to McReynolds. of Tennessee. Now,
after six years of service to his party in
other ways, Mr.. Palmer gets what he first
desired
The new Attorney General is not one of
the great lawyers of the country. Not
even his best friends would put him in the
same class with William NJ Evarts, Wayne
MacVeagh, Richard Olney or Philander c.
Knox, who have preceded him in the office.
But his abilities are probably as good as
those of a number of the Attorneys Gen.
eral of the past.
The appointment is interesting locally,
for Mr.. Palmer is the eighth Pennsylvanian
to hold the office. Washington, Madison,
Van Buren,. Buchanan, Garfield, Arthur,
Mckinley and Roosevelt came to this
state for the chief law officer of their ad.
ministrations, and they found at least two
lawyers here who were recognized as lead
ers in their profession.
Mr.. Palmer will doubtless do himself
credit in Washington His selection will
be gratifying to the better class of Demo-
Gratis here. for he has fought to break the
old-time alliance between the Republican
and Democratic organizations which was
demoralizing to both parties. He has done
his best to create a real opposition party
in this state, and the President has CO.
operated with him in recent years by
recognizing the Palmer Mccormick wing Of
the party in the distribution of offices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
FAIR PLAY FOR SALOONKEEPERS

THE bill which Governor sproul has
signed permitting holders of liquor.
selling licenses TO pay for them month by
month instead Of for the whole year in
advance commends itself to the common
sense Of all fair.minded persons,
The liquor sellers will have to go out
Of business on July /. To force them to
pay high license fee for doing business
after they have been compelled TO close
their doors would be unjust.
Complete Justice will not be done until
the General Assembly passes bill pro-
viding for a refund TO liquor dealers of
that part of their license fee paid in ad.
vance for the whole year represented by
the fraction of the year in which they may
do no business.
There are. we know. certain persons who
insist that saloonkeeper has no rights
Which prohibitionist is bound to respect,
but, fortunately, most Of us are inclined to
respect the financial equities even when
asloonkeeper is involved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
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THE FALL OF MANN

LNORwARDLOOKING Republicans will
L be heartened by the defeat of Repre-
sentative Mann in the speakership caucus
i'm Washington last night The Chicago
Congressman polled only sixty votes
out of a total of 225 This fairly represents
the strength of the reactionary element in
the party.
the caucus, poled 13S votes, and eighteen
votes were cast for three other candidates.
Mr.. Gilett is clearly the choice Of more
than a majority of the members of his
party, and when the minority had stood up
to be counted in opposition so that its
strength or weakness might be disclosed
Representative Mann handsomely proposed
that the choice of Mr.. Gillett be made
unanimous.
There was more than the customary per-
functoriness in the caucus agreement to
this proposition. The fitness Of the sue
cessful candidate for the post is admitted.
His freedom from factional entanglements
guarantees for him the confidence of the
whole party and the final unanimous vote
for him promises much for the future
harmonious union of all shades of Repub-
licans in an effort to serve the nation.
No political event of recent years is
more significant than the overwhelming
defeat of Mann. 1t lays the four datons
for an aggressive and successful Repub-
lican campaign for the presidency in 1920.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
IF HORACE HAD BEEN An
ADVERTISING NAN

Prot. Brdnder Matthetcs has dtscouered
IN q travelling newspaper clipping the fol-
lotoinO ode III the classic manner. Reprint
ing 1t In the Booknan; he says II Is dlmost
,corthy Of Horace himself. Who 1crote IT.
ODE
Chipeco thermos dioxygen, temco sonora
tuxedo
Resinol fiat bacardi, camera ansco wheat
ena;
Antiskid pebeco calox, oleo tyco barometer
Postum na5isco!
Prestolite arco congoleum, karo aluminium
kryptok,
Crisco balopticon lysol, jelo bellans, car-
borundum!
Ampico cysmic swoboda, pantasote necce
britannica
Encyclopedia?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

Medaille Militaire. Near these are the
United States military and naval medals. q
sad and ugly contrast to the delicate art OF
the French trophies.
T WAS unfortunate in not being lucky
i enough to meet Superintendent Joyce.
under whose administration the Philadelphia
Mint has become the most remarkable place
of coinage in the world or Mr.. Eckfeldt, the
assayer in chief, who has served the Mint
for ffty-four years and is the son of the
former assayer and grandson of the Mints
first "coiner" Adam Ecltfeldt. These three
generations Of Eckfeldts have served the
Mint for 1913 years. But my friend Mr..
Homer l.. Pound, the assistant assayer. who
modestly speaks of his own thirty years OF
service as mere trife. had by this time
shown me so much that my b"a;n reeled.
He permitted me TO change my POCKET money
into brand new coinage of 1919 as a SOU
venir. and then | left. And as for Lenine
and Trotsky, the experience would have
killed them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KEEP AC.
CDITNTS

CERTAIN systematic householders Keep
~ record of all their expenses and can
tell how much money they paid for butter
last year, how much for meat the year
before and what the price Of -four was ths
year before that But most Of us know
merely that since the war began we have
been paying much more for everything we
have to buy, and let 1t go at that
There is certain curious interest. there
fore in the comparative figures prepared
by the national Bureau Of Labor Statistics
showing the relation of the prices of 1918
with those of last fall. Here they are,
omitting the prices Of 1918, which are fixed
at 100 as the basis for comparison:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
What Do You KnOtU?
QUIZ

QUIZ 49,.
/. What American state Is smaller in ter.
ritorial extent than at the time Of
its admission into the Union?
q Who was the Republican vice presidential
candidate in 1915?
g. What is an estuary?
4. What is the first name Of General Dias3
g. How many miles make a league?
Q. What Is the meaning of the Latin phrase
"Nil desperandum"? ~
Z. What Is a lectern?
8. OF what state is General Pershing .
native?
9. What is the longest river in England?
10. In what play Of Shakespeare's does the
description of the Seven Ages OF
Man" occur? -f,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28
CHAIRMAN CUMMINCS'S JOB is TO
LOOK wISE-AND OBEY ORDERS

IJoMER 8. CUMMINGS. of Connecticut,
- the new chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, is like the painted
burlap strung up along the roads Of France
70 deceive the enemy. Great armies and
countless heavy cannon moved along be-
hind the painted scenery.
The real chairman OF the Democratic Ma
>Ieua1 Committee, hidden behind the amia-
~ face Of the man from Connecticut. is
1ox dividing his time between Washington
~ Fsris rhers arc those VINO insist that
Z rnsre th.n . chairman Of the psrtx's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

The increases vary from 45.S per cent
for gasoline to 2O4.9 per cent for bleached
muslin. These are the wholesale prices.
The man whose salary has not been in
creased since 1913 - the teacher or the
preacher for examples the chief sufferer,
for he has really had his income reduced.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

There are two lines in the British ma
tional anthem that have International appli-
cation just now; "Confound their politics
Frustrate their knavish tricks 90
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

More than a hundred million dollars will
be used in road improvements in Pennsyi-
vania during the next four years And every
road built ought to be strong enough to stand
the wear and tear of the heavy trucks of the
truck farmers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

Among the men behind the guns. Rear
Admiral Plunkett has singled out Samuel NJ.
yauclain for special honors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

The pathetic figure in the case of the
Boston miltants is that by their course they
injure the cause they favor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

Woodrow Wilson Sayre weighs nine
pounds but he may have pulling power
enough to bring the President to Philadel-
phia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

Come, we burn day.
where Shakespeare light. In delays We
Repeats waste our lights in
vain" - Mercut o
would have made an excellent press agent
for the National War Gardens Commission.
which is engineering a national drive to pre-
vent the repeal of the Notwithstanding law
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

The fear has been expressed that the
Chamber of Commences campaign and
similar undertakings to which it should
give rise will result in an embarrassing
array OF good candidates for Mayor. Well,
in view of what has happened i'm the past
this danger" can be faced with genuinely
joyous emotions. Prodigality of personal
material would be of signal value in clear
ing away civic stagnation and ending the
thoroughly ineffective o-without.saying'
policy.
Let us have talk on the subject and
plenty of It.
Let us have pride, too, in any per
formance, wherever originating, which
shall bring us to realization of what
Philadelphia means and ought to mean in
future of unexampled opportunities.
Reform is a fine word, but progress is
a finer. for it is inclusive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

This is horse me" said the man
who ordered a pony Of beer and got pony
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

Variations of the paRtomime "Humpty
Dumpty" are being performed at all Euro
pean capitals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

The League Island naval program is de-
signed to help the work of the league Of
nations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

There is only brand left for Con-
gress-Wilson. that's all.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

The Peace CouicrcHc slightly sug.
gestive OF the mills Of h. y.
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The law provides
To Discourage penalty of ten years
the Thug for highway robbery.
A bill in Harrisburg
makes the panalty twenty years. But a thug
with a gun will never stop to consider a mat
ter of ten or twenty years. His attitude is,
"Oh, makeit life while you are at it" What
our legislators should do is to make it diff
cult for him to get the gun; and sock him.
when he gets it--and before he uses It,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

OUR army and our navy command our
" wisest counsels ] do not favor a large
standing army. The expense would be very
great on the taxpayers.
To demand the largest navy in the world
while in the same breath shouting for a
league of nations solely for the purpose of the
prevention OF wars, is in my judgment the
rankest Inconsistency. 1t seems to me that
we cannot need both for the security of the
nation
The demand for government ownership of
railroads comes from the thoughtless, the
reckless and the selfish classes of people No
effort of that kind has ever met with finan-
cial success by the people of any country
in the world on the contrary it has always
proved to be a financial loss 1 challenge
successful contradiction.
Our freight rates per ton mile prior to
the war, were one-half those of any other
nation in the world (Japan excepted), while
our railroad wage scale was double that of
any other nation in the world Canada ex-
cepted), and Canada's railroad wage scale
was below, and Japan's freight rates 25 per
cent above ours The taxpayers are now
called upon to pay loss for last year of
more than s755, 900 900 for the folly of the
government of taking over the railroads.
while at the same time, they were compelled
to pay extra passenger fare and extra freight
to an amount exceeding that sum.
Does the widest imagination of any reck-
less brain believe that one man. a directing
general, seated NJ W dSnlnBtOn, ID. g. mex
perienced in raroading, no matter how COM
petent he may be in other things, can as
efficiently and economically manage the $50
railway systems in the United States as can
the $50 well-trained, thoroughly experienced
railroad managers who are quite familiar
with all the needs or the people in their par
tcular vlcinities? I believe not.
Two million railroad employees under gov
ernment control-oh, what political
machine INSCRIPTIONS politicians would try
to organize under government ownership or
government control
/ appeal TO you, gentlemen, to use your
influence and exert your energy against such
tendencies In our legislative bodies.
The present Congress has accomplished
much In the last two years--nost import a nj
matters have occupied its attention. A vast
| both political parties acting as one-no no.
| ltlcal lines being drawn In all war legisla-
| tlon. The United States Treasury has been
provided with almost countless billions--the
taxpayers making but little complaint The
| people as a whole have come forward and
| purchased government bonds with such free.
| dom and patriotism that the like was never
| exhibited before by any people on earth,
/. In this war $50. .000, ,000. 900 OF the worlds
| wealth has been blown away. Suffering and
| bloodshed have been beyond comprehension
| and more than 10000, 900 souls have per.
ished. oh, what a sacrifice and what a
| crime God grant We do not lose by nego.
tiation what We have won on the battlefield
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plished, for the peculiar growth OF this city
has clouded unihed view OF its manifold
activities. commercial. industrial financial
ton dates from 1854. Philadelphia still
bears traces of being a congeries Of com.
munities. 1t is doubtful IL the significance
of their home town" is as hazy to in.
habitants OF other large American cities
as 1t is TO the average Phlladelphian.
Boston stands for this" San Francisco
stands for that" Chicago stands for some.
thing else"-these are the substance of
phrases quick upon the lips of the Bos.
tonian, the San Franciscan, the Chicagoan.
While recognizing that this city has played
role of noble importance in American
history, her citizens thinking in contem.
porary terms, are readiest to declare that
philadelphia stands for corrupt politics"
What a pitifully inadequate estimate of
a prodigious Workshop" ...
Badly ruled we have been, but our sheer
productive potentallty and its results
have been enormous Pride In what Phila.
delphia truly stands for may be legiti.
mately entertained without taint of
reprehensible conceit. The pride that in.
spires action is the kind which can.
not be INDUCED in too freely at this time.
when Philadelphia faces the choice of
izing tithe of her precious resources or
Of tackling her problems with Clear-eyed,
levelheaded enthusiasm.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

Senator Dalx's bill cuts the scalp off
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THE matter OF government finances is one
l. OF much concern. Our expenditures for
the last three years have been equal TO our
total expenditures from the establishment of
the United States down to three years ago
Our outstanding government obligations
bonds, certificates of indebtedness and war
savings stamps -on January | were
S21,oOOOo0.OOo. and we are adding to that
sum daily through our bonds authorized but
not yet disposed of. of which there are more
than s5,O0O.00O,000. The administration Is
asking for an additional authorization of
S2.OOOOOO,OOO certificates of Indebtedness and
$1,000, 900, 900 noncirculating Treasury notes
to run from one to five years. This request
astounds the people
II these bonds are disposed of our annual
interest account will exceed S1,5OO O0O, 900
believe tax-free bond. bearing interest
at 3is per cent, would sell at par, while a
taxable bond, bearing interest at Az per
cent would not find ready purchasers 1t
appears to me II would be wise to give
future purchasers the option as to a tax
free bond at low rate of interest or a tax
able bond at higher rate.