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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
BIRTH CENTENARIEs OF 1919

From the New York World
 | With the James Russell Lowell centen-
 nial on February Y2, for the celebration planned, there vii begin for 1919 a rather distinctive series of literary centenaries
 The second event in line, falling on May
 27, will be the hundred-year anniversary of Julia Ward Howe, author of many | less famous writings than '"The Battle 1 Hymn of the Republic"
 l Walt Whitman, Good Gray Poet" was born May 31, lS19 with the seed of genius | which was to make him fruitful theme | of discussion a century later; Samuel writing brother of Henry Longfellow came into being June IS, 1879: Susan | Warner, author of "The Wide. Wide | World best-seller of it's day, lad July II, 1S19, as her birth date; Josiah | Gilbert Holland. the Timothy Titcomb of our mid-century letters and founder erward the Century, first saw the light
 on July "A a hundred years ago. 1 Charles Anderson Dana, a Brook Farm
 participator and longtime editor of the New York Sun, might. if still living, issue ! cards for his hundredth birthday on the coming August s.
 l William Wetmore Story, the sculptor, would be hundred years old -on Febru- Eary F, 19l9 the late Bishop Huntington of the Centeral New York diocese, on May 2S; Thomas Dunn English, author
 of Ben Bolt on June 29; Gen. William Starke Rosecrans on September G. Vice President Hendricks on September [;
 Cyrus West Field, who laid the Atlantic cable, on December IS; Mrs F. D. E. N.
 Southworth, popular novelist of our grandmothers. on December 26.
 !, Concerning none of these sons and daughters of 1879 can it be written that 1 failure to be born would have left things | 1,,,
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ANTI-WILLIAMS PROPAGANDA

From the Newark News.
 0fNlHE News is in receipts of a letter
 written on the stationery of the
 Union Savings bank of Washing ton, D. C., and signed with the name of Wade H. Cooper, the president of that institution, urging us to oppose confirma- tion of the nomination of John Skelton Williams for controller of the currency In the District of Columbia savings banks are under the supervision of the federal government. All national banks are un- der the same supervision, as the public generally is aware. There has been quite a lively propaganda against the reap pointment of MT. Williams. Why he is so bitterly opposed is not made clear, but the source of the opposition is grad ually being revealed. It comes from the banks under federal supervision, that is under the supervision of MT Williams.
 "We want to get rid of this gentle man." reads the letter to the News re- ferring to MT. Williams, "and I would very much appreciate it if you would write similar editorial, as enclosed, and publish in your paper" Who are "we," apparently distinguished from '1'?
 The enclosed editorial is from the Will mington (N. O Dispatch; it is headed Williams the Autocrat." Believe the Dispatch and John Skelton Williams is merely secoEd edition of William Ho- henzollern.
 The editorial in the Dispatch was ap- parently not inspired from within it's own four walls. We have little personal knowledge as to how Mir. Williams has abused the privilege of his office," says tEat newspaper, 'but we have been told by many bankers and business men," etc. The suspicion Is inevitable that MT. Cooper has been busy gentleman of late.
 "We want to circulate your editorial among all the United States senators, hence our preference for an original" the writer blandly tells the News Sure. ly. A wise propagandist will always de-
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formal steps to honor the name of Lincoln. In the meanwhile fitting ex- ercises are held in many public schools of the former Confederate states; and as the years roll by it will be the rule in all the schools and colleges to ob- serve the anniversary of Abraham | Lincoln.
 Reverting to the subject of legal holidays, February 22-Washington's birthday-will be the next. It is one of the few holidays obtaining in all the states. Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas are the others. Another holiday that ! is legal in most of the states is Colum- bus Day. Alabama has more legal holidays than the majority of the states. The fact is that New York and Louisiana are the only states that lead it. The former German crown prince was not permitted to do much talking before and during the war. That may be the reason why he<is so willing to grant n- terviews now. # < x Holding their sessions in the famous Clock hall of the French foreign ministry building, delegates to the peace confer spce may occasionally be reminded that time flies
 Female reformers are planning to launch campaign against swearing. which will considerably swell the volume of profanity in America
 # <
 There was a time when the sed flag was never raised in America except when leather-lunged auctioneer was getting ready to function.
 # # #
 It has reached the point where we can forgive a man for wearing purple socks and yellow necktie if he also wears the croix de guerre
 Former bartenders are reported to be making themselves useful in soft drink parlors. But surely their hearts are heavy.
 Birmingham druggists will be permitted to sell patent medicines containing alco- hol What is your favorite rejuvenator?
 E # #
 The mere fact that Trotzky has dis carded his red necktie does not mean the dawn of new era in Russia
 * x x
 It may be necessary to tighten the clutch to convince the Teutons that the allies mean business.
 # # #
 Many married man is a conscientious oo1ector, but he goes ahead and fires the furnace, anyhow. F E * Wilhelm says the time is coming when he will speak. His first words. naturally will be, Not guilty" < E # To a doughboy in Germany dreaming of home, the Atlantic ocean seems about 5000 miles wide # x # Uncle Sam will need a large navy. in case certain altruistic plans fail to work out satisfactorily. < z # Nat Goodwin left an estate valued at $6oo. Progressive matrimony is expen sive
 * x # So near and yet so far! The suffrag lsts will simply have to bide their time
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BEATEN AT THE sTART

From the Boston Transcript.
 A fellow said to a famous, sprinter '.Tll race you and beat you if you'll let me choose the coarse and give me a yards start
 Fifty dollars to one that you don t. 70 said the sprinter. confidently. Name your course.'
 Up ladder" said the challenger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
CALLAHAN's BUSINESS LETTER

Fr5m Everybodys Magazine.
 Tom Callahan got a job on the SOC ton working for railroad. The su- perintendent told him to go along the line looking for washouts.
 And don't be as long -winded in your next reports as you have been sin the past" said the superintendent; just report the condition of the roadbed ss you find 1t. and don't use a lot of need less words that are not to the point. Write like a business letter, not like love letter.
 Tom proceeded on his tour of in- spection and when he reached the river he wrote his report to the super intendent:
 "Sir-Where the railroad was the river is.
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Washington bureau, POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, 6 Henrietta street. Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, World pulld- ing, New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents Tor foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
PUTTING TANKS TO WORK

From the Chicago News.
 Whippet tanks are being used in France to drag gang blows This is the mordernized method of forging swords into plowsharea
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

man who is supposed to be scientist
 By using my glasses I note that one of those impossible volumes is a cook book' and another is a newspaper directory for 1903
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RETIRING MEN

You seem to have flourishing town here.'' "Yes. But some of our most prosperous citizens are not in position to brag about their incomes"
 Why is that?"
 They dispense wet goods to an ex- elusive clientele"
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BEGINNING THE DAY - Lord, help those who are so hurt that they cannot pray. When thought is past and speech and even prayer, let us simply rest in Thee. Come cut to the cold place where we lie and gather us in, unresisting and unknOwing, for the oil of Thy healing and the peace of Thy bosom. For the sake of Him who sought in the dark and found His own, Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
GAVE HER AWAY

GAVE HER AWAY
 S"What's the matter with Madame Gatti-Gazippi, the celebrated Italian prima donna? She sems fretted about something" Just as Madame was sweeping through the hotel lobby on her way to the the atre, while an admiring throng looked on, an old friend from her little home town rushed up and exclaimed, Well! We'll! If this isn't Sallie Hawkins from st. Joe, Missouriv'
 GETTING OFF LIGHT
 You are charged with assault and battery"
 T plead guilty. your honor'' "Ahem! s1O and costs'' He called me a bolsheviki, you1 honor.' What doessthe plaintiff say?" T did, your honor" "Ahem Mr. Clerk make that s1 ana costs" PAUL COOK. \
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THE FLAREBACK

| 1 Iris sad to contemplate the bard Who blithely trilled, Grim winter s gonel" And fingered OCT his scanty store l To choose light garments to put on. He'd scarcely found the things he sought, A sonnet working in his brain, Ere, cold and raw, gusty flaw F Came -rattling 'gainst the window pane The weather man cast up accounts,
 To make prediction doubly sure, And then gave out beyond doubt There'd be a drop in temperature. BEFUDDLING THE JURORS We must have a physiological chemist to testify in this murder trial" said the eminent criminal lawyer
 But the honry- handed jurors won't know physiological chemist from taxidermist"
 'of course not. That's why we've got to have the expert testimony of a phy-i siological chemist
 AN OPTIMIST
 I wish I had Dubwates' stock of op- timism."
 "Why so?'
 Because he gets dozen fresh eggs from the country every week for 10 cents less than the market price he thinks he's solved the high cost of living"
 ILL-ASSORTED VOLUMES
 The stage manager of this theatre is a stickler for details. Now, every book in that bookcase On the stage is a real volume"
 So 1t seems, but it's rather poor collection to be found in the library of
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, nostoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
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, 1919-06-06

nesses shall be reduced to writing by
the coroner or under his discretion.
Sec. "a. If the decision of the coro-
ner if that a crime has been committed,
he shall forthwith issue a warran1 for
the arrest Of such person as is suspected
and transmit a copy of the proceeding
and testimony of the witnesses to the
Government Secretary.
D. N0LL.
end Appointed Member.
End Appointed Member (NoU) intro
duced the Draft of Ordinance and said
Mr.. Chairman: The Draft of Ordinance
which is now presented to you is not
unfamiliar to the members of this Co n
Gil; it was introduced about six months
ago and was finally rejected by the old
Council which was adverse to the idea
of providing a change for The recording
of vital statistics; they had the fear
that postmortem would be held on the
body Of a dead person without the CON
sent of the representative Of the de-
ceased; more or less, there was misun-
derstanding between members Of the
Council and the Medical Department
and as a result the Council refused to
pass the bill; after a long consultation
betW cen DR.. Butler, the Chief Medical
Officer, and certain Members of the
Council an agreement was arrived at
that the bill should be ra-introduced.
| think this Ordinance is one that should
be enforced in St. Croix.
The Municipal physician is properly
the one to keep the records as they
would be more accurately kept by that
department than by the Police Depart
ment.
have re1rafted this bill along the lines
suggested by certain members Of this
Council, and feel that the objcctiona-
BILE features have been removed, and
l feel, if the Council pass the bill the
Medical Department will gain the adj
vantages desired and the people will
not have the fear which they had when
the draft of Ordinance was first pre-
serted. ask you gentlemen to pass
this draft of Nrdinace.
90 be ~c0ntjnued.)
LUTHERAN GHlIRGa. FEFnF2IKSTFD
, 1919-06-06

coming CC%nlS KnOWleQgo, DX ODSefVa-
ton or upon complaint of any person
or otherwise.
The Registrar is hereby charged with
the thorough and efficient execution of
the provisions of this ordinance in every
part of the municipality, and is hereby
granted supervisory power over local
registrars and deputy local registrars,
to the end that all its requirements shall
be uniformly complied witt. The Regis
trar either personally or by an accredi-
ted representative shall have authority
to investigate cases of irregularity or
violation of this ordinance, and all regis
trars shall aid him, upon request, in such
Investigation. When he shall deem it
necessary y, he shall report cases of VIC
lation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance to the prosecuting official of
the municipality, with q statement of
the facts and circumstances and when
any such case is reported to him by the
Registrar, the prosecuting official shall
forthwith initiate and promptly follow
up the necessary court proceedings
against the person or corp ration res
ponsible for alleged violation.
Sec. 10. The Judge Of the Ordinary
Town Court is hereby designed, and
shall hereafter act as Coroner, within
his Judicial District.
Sec. 20. The Coroner is hereby en-
powered, when informed, or he has
reason to believe, that a death has been
caused by violence or unlawful means
by suicide, accident, or casualty, or that
a person has been dangerously wound
ed by another, to inquire into the
cause of the death, or wound, and to
perform all duties usually and custom
arily required to be performed by a coro-
ner, provided however, that he shall
not intervene with d coronOr's Jury.
Sec. 81. In holding in4uests the coro-
ner must go to the place where the dead
or wounded person is, and shall then
conduct an investigation and determine,
so far as possible, when, where and by
what means, the person, came to his
death or was wounded, as the case may
be, and into the circumstances attending
the death or wounding, and render in his
writing a decision thereon according to
the evidence offered and procured and
from an inspection of the body.
Sec. %. The coroner shall have power
to, and must subpoena and examine IN
der oath as witnesses every person who
in his opinion has knowledge of material
facts, and also, a Surgeon or Physician,
who must in his presence, inspect the
body and give a professional opinion as
to the cause of the death or wounding.
7 Z IL ~ ,,,-
, 1919-06-06
PROCEEDIN GS
OF THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR ST. CROIX.
Continued from yesterday's Avis.

Sec. II. That any person, who for
himself or as an agent, officer, or m
plOyee of any other person, or of any
corporation of partnership, or other as
ISOLATION of any character, (a) shall in
ter, cremate, or otherwise finally dispose
Of the dead body of a human being, or
permit the same to be done, or shall
remove said body from the registration
district in which the death occurred or
the body was found, without any autho-
rity OF a burial or removal permit issued
by the local registrar of the district in
which the death occurred or in which the
body was found.
or (b) shall refuse or fail to furnish
correctly any information in his poses
sion, or shall furnish false information
affecting any certificate or record, re
CURED by this ordinance; or Co shall
W~illfully alter other than is provided
by section fourteen of this ordinance;
or shall falsify any certificate of birth
or death, or any record established in
this ordinance; I'D being required in
out a certificate of birth or death, and
file the same with the local registrar
or deliver it upon request, to any per-
son charged with the duty Of filing the
same, shall fail, neglect, or refuse to
perform such duty in the manner re-
CURED by this ordinance; or (e) being
a local registrar or deputy registrar
shall fail neglect, or refuse to perform
his duty as required by this ordinance
and by the instructions and directions
Of the registrar hereunder shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall for the
first offense be fined not less than francs
Is nor more than francs $50 and for
each subsequent offense not less than
francs SO nor more than francs 500, or
be imprisoned not more than ssxty DAYS.
or both fined and imprisoned in ire dis
erection of the court; P~riYided, that com
pliance with this ordinance shall con-
stitute a condition in the granting of
license to physicians, mid-Wiv1s, under
takers and embalmers, and that any
wilful violation of this ordinance by
such persons shall be considered
for re vOking of license.
Sec. 10, That each local registrar is
hereby charged with the strict and
thorough enforcement of the provisions
of this ordinance in his registration dis
trict, and under the supervision and
direction of the Registrar. And he shall
make an immediate report to the Regis
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17

FOR SALE-OId Papers at The
Leader office.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISING
TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES

We offer individual representative,
or any Ladies Aid, Missionary, Church
or Womans Club, in each city, ex-
cIusively, a conservative, dignifed,
permanent means Of income, L. s.
Carbon Co., Birmingham, Ala.
Jan. limp.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17
New Oyak Fashions.

~ Dyak is word which c0nweys to
most Ioi6 the IDEA of a pe0p;o whose
tribal pastime consists in cutting off
the heads of their neighbors and pr :
serving the dried skulls as ornaments
for their homes. When the firsi mis-
sionaries went toIBorneo, where the
Dyaks live, they were fortunate If
they ken: their heads on Ei,tir shout
ders. Ioday the Dyaks have ceased
head hcDting, have given themselves
to farming and have taken OF clothes
and oth2T evijrrces of civilization
Instead q nee coming oGca MONTH
is it did when missionaries /. st went
i Borneo, it is nov received ~ wire
SO.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

If you want to buy car, bicycle,
sewing machine, or any other special
article, you instinctively tur& to the
classified column of wants. If you
have anything to sell or rgnt you will,
therefore, get the quickest results by
using that column TO advertise your
goods in. 1t is Ne cheapest and best
way to advertise.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17
Cigarette Papers.

A rather dignitied lady got little
shock the other afternoon. She called
at the house Of new acquaintance
and the little fellow who answered the
door said that his mother was out.
The dignified lady took out card
to leave and in doing so let the tissue
Sheet flutter to the ground. The boy
glanced IL ii, "i,e,,se H." he said,
you dropped one of your cigarette
papers. Boston Transcript.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17

FOR SALE-One five-room cottage
With city water and toilet, situated
1ne block from the postoffice. A bar
ssin at 100000. Can be had for less
Z taken at once. See Leader Real
Estate Co. If.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17

FOR SALE-Casn or terms; g Eats
opposite Universalist church; also ne
home place of Mrs. Gladys Saf, ID
Fill on Orange street. These are ~
liable pieces Of property; titles clear;
abstracts furnished. Ask Leader Real
Estate Co.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17

| FOR SALE Carpenters tool chest
with complete set Of tools, in good
condition. Apply Mrs. McCarroll, ia
Parkin Court. 2-5-tf.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17
FOR SALE OR RENT

FOR SALE OR RENT-2-story
house with bedrooms and bath up
stairs, rooms on lower floor, porch
practically all around; located on Read
street; all modern improvements. See
E. Fulton. 1-8-tf. I
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17
FOR RENT

Furnished house, rooms and bath.
= rent for the season. Good loca-
ion, near Spring bayou. Leader Real
Estate company. If.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-10 acres, partly i'm
proved, small house, young fruit trees,
located on gulf near rock road, west
of town. Apply Leader Real Estate
| Co. 2-7-tf.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17

FOR SALE-We have one of the
oldest and best 80-acre farms in this
country for sale. Leader Real Estate
Co. am.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17

FOR SALE-Large metal sign;
equipped with electric lighting sys-
en-. paint what you like on it and put
j; IN Leader office. If.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17

FOR SALE-Seven-room house in
the best part of Ta1poG Springs.
Practically new; good repair. Large
lot. $4,000, one half cash, balance on
terms. Leader office. 12-31-tf.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17
EGGS FOR MATCHING

NOW is the time to order pure bred
eggs for Matching; guaranteed 80 per
cent fertile. Forest Hoadley Poultry
Yards, Box 727. 2-1-1mp.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-17

FOR SALE-Lot 20, block 80,
renting on Tarpon avenue, located
a:-st Of the Tavern with one block be-
tueen. See Leader Real Estate COM
Pany. If.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-13

Neither the senate nor house are
obligated to adopt the cabinets
recommendations. and when they
do they have the power to amend
them. The cabinet, therefore, in
stead of issuing orders, is merely
a part of the democratic control
Of the whole plant.
THE senate" explained Mr.. Da-
vid, sis composed of the foremen
and department heads. 1t may in
itiate legislation which, before 60
ing to the cabinet for approval,
must be accepted by the house.
1.-THE house is elected by a Sc
cret vote Of all the workers in the
mill, one representative for every