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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
HARMONY AND TEAM WORK

TITH unrest sweeping the country there has been dis w order in the Birmingham industrial district We have deed good congratulate ourselves the harmonious relations that exist between employer and empoye We have here thousands of workmen Practically every nationality represented and have population negroes the revolutionary ideas that outbreaks many industrial cities have created scarcely ripple Birmingham
 1t IS extraordinary that movement of such far-reachng as the steel strike has scarcely affected the steel ter of the south Employees who struck conducted them selves In an orderly There has sort reported far No threats have against who nave chosen toeman property Fms IS due to the spirit of fair play and respect the a" which characteristic of industrial workers the B mngham district It shows evidence conservative leader serious friction between employer empoye Where there Just grievance it is impossible prevent rong and that little to be wondered at.
 For many has been the policy large employers aoor III this district chief among them Tennessee promote the welfare of their employees give better environment and treat them like human beings Wages have been raised from time to time until prices are now being pau TOT industrial labor in the Birmingham district charge
 e made oy radical labor leaders that the welfare work merely intended to make compacent slaves out of the workers The idea back is an emnentv tented workman the best workman mere matter of dol
 ana cents corporations good care of ehployeS ana treat them we'll Similarly an empove uness lunatc prefers service with company that does some
 more TOT hlm than merely pay him wages That type of does not listen readily to the agaor and for this corporation welfare work great disfavor with bo she&1ks, anarchists and gentry of that stripe
 Nooo wages improved living conditions and employer and empoye have the Birmingham dis
 "hat IS today the industrial center the south and city Tn the United States. -' ~ 'AAoo'iA"i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Anyway, a married man doesn't get so many kisses of investigation from his wife since the land went dry.
 A man likes to act bossy with his wife when they have company because he'll have to roll over and play dead as soon as the company departs.
 What has become of the o. f. man who wore round. detachable cuffs with big, square studs" in them?
 One reason why we like babies is be- cause babies do not go round repeat mothers said.
 Another sure way to get into trouble is to flirt with temptation just to show how strong you are.
 woman would almost as soon hear another woman knocked as to hsar herself praised.
 Corsets may be effeminate. But a straight front would make many a man look more like a human being. g
 Any boy can tell you that the tough est luck that can happen to a boy Is to be born on Christmas day.
 good many deep voices are used to make very shallow remarks most of the time.
 A corn fed may have 200 pounds of skinny woman who is 100 pounds of nerves.
 We hate to hear a married man talk ing about his self control. His wife usually does the controlling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
"JACK SRAW'S CASTLE"

dezvous for the malcontents of his time" In early days there had been an earthwork on the site, which might have given rise to the name Castle"
 Referring to this point, Professor Hales, who leans to the opinion that Jack Straw was no more than a gen- eric appellation, and instances the fact of there being an inn called Jack Straw's Castle" in a village near Ox- ford, says:
 Jack Straw's Castle is so command ing and important that there can be little doubt there would be erected upon it some kind of earthwork or fort at very early period. -.Traces of both the Neolithic and the Bronze age man have been found on and nsar the Heath, and. raised or held on the spot some rude fertilization which subsequent times would call a castle This being so, we have only to infer from facts already stattI. that the place was used as a., tryst for the fecal partisans of Jack Straw, to arrive at the origin of the name Jack Straw's Castle'--that is, the Castle of the Jack Strawites."
 Today Jack Straw's Castle is the favored resort of the district, and per haps the Dickens traditions acts as the strongest lodestone to visitors, and do more to sustain it's popularity than any others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07

Harvard conferred the degree of doctor or laws on Albert. On the parchment is the quotation from Lear" Aye, every inch king" More appropriate words could not have been found.
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 Aiter Jovial lunch in Downing stree., Englands great railway strike was am icably settled Has anybody yentured to say that Lloyd George is not dip lonat of first-rate ability?
 King Albert faces American cameras with the same intrepidity he showed when the Belgians were doggedly defend- ing a strip of their country from the Germans. .
 In few more years hip pocket parties in restaurants will go out of fash ion There won't be anything left to carry in ones hip pocket but a handker- chief
 # x
 Von Ludendorff opnfesses in his book that he "ardently worshipped at the shrine of Bismarcks powerful and pas sionate genius" We might have guessed it.
 NO corresponsensxs x s,u, p. mlral Grayson, respectfully, but firmly. As for tapping the presidential typewrit- er-that is simply out of the question.
 # x #
 Little is now heard of the anti-tobacco crusade Is it possible that the would be crusaders decided the time was not propitious to launch drive? ]. < # A magazine writer says the French are fed up' on Americans Does that in- clude the hotel keepers and restaura mt proprietors. we wonder? # 5, # Whoever dreamed that Arkansas vber. life is supposed to be just one nap after another, would loom up as the storm cen- ter of a race war? # + * Unprecedented travel between Chicago and Cincinnati is merely symptom of the times, having to do with the progress of world series x * # The Alabama State Fair offers thrills below and aloft. It doesn't seem possi- ble, but there are actually some new ones
 # # * Every day or two you meet citizen who tells you he is sadly disappointed in the alleged potentiality of the raisin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
~ sT Revival of Alabama Memorial Campaign

THE organization for raising five
 U hundred thousand dollars for the Alabama memorial started out well, but when the summer came only about half the amount sought had been subscribed.
 Now that the schools are again in session and the members of the legis- lature are free to give their time to the cause, renewed efforts to com plete the fund are on foot.
 It is the purpose of the memorial commission to erect handsome build ing in Montgomery that will serve as . monument to Alabama soldiers who fought for the defense of human liberty and at the same time answer as . fitting home for the archives of the state.
 While half million dollars will pay for an imposing structure, the memo rial fund should reach fully six hun dred thousand dollars, for consider able sum will be needed for historic paintings and marble statues.
 When the new drive begins six hun dred thousand dollars, all told, should be the goal.
 If the people of Alabama can be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
DERELICrs

Bowery, New York City. (F1orence Van Cleve, Tn the New York Tribune.) The noisy T. reels by it's dingy win The Lodging House for Menr- And careless eyes may look upon it's
 inmates
 (They seldom look again). Only bunch of 'has-beens." fraved
 and seedy.
 Wanting a bath and shave: Wastrels. who whistled down the wind
 of Fortune The gifts that Nature gave. Now drawn together by the fatal cur,
 rent
 Of life's Sargasso Sea. Helpless they drift along. like hurnaS
 wreckage. Yet dream that they are free; Each morning sees them bent above a
 paper.
 Their eyes intent and wide: Each has a ''hunch" that he will mak.
 "a killing"
 Before the day has died Through startling stories deck the
 outer pages. Their flaming headlines pale nesioes the interest of those fateful That say: Help wanted-Male;' Vfoung strong" = "Ambitious'' =
 Full of pep and ginger NTfey scan them. one by one) Warted: man who is alive-agsres-
 sive;" aS M Glow much alike tl1 ' run.)a
 = The noisy L reels by it's dingy wiuo
 dows--.
 The Lodging House for Men"- And those who rushed this mornfn- to
 the city
 Go rushing home again: But there they sit. in apathetic ql&et. As evening twilight fails. While cynically near their dingy lods-
 ing.
 Shine outy-the Three Gilt Balla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
Decreasing Hours of Work
 Will Not Increase Output

THERE are certain truths so ob-
 S vious that they do not require proof. For instance, it is generally conceded that two and two make four. No one disputes that. Yet another fact almost as self-evident is that the growing tendency to work less and de- mand more pay spells economic ruin. It means ruin for the worker just as surely as it does for the man who employs him.
 Thoughtful labor leaders and the more conservative publications have already warned employees against the idea that increased production and prosperity will result from a six-hour day, a five-day week and higher wages. The average employe is not going to do more in six hours than he does now in eight. It may be claimed that he will work faster for six hours and produce more, but every body knows, with human nature con- stituted as it is, that the total output would be just that much less, and at the same time the worker would be pettinp nav which he did not earn. That alone would breed recklessness and extravaganza. It has already done so.
 Decreased production means higher prices for the necessities of life. The increase in wages would not meet the increase in prices. The worker would be no better off than before. He would be worse off. The general public would have to suffer along with him and pay more for every com modity used. A universal six-hour day and five-day week would send prices sky-rocketing for the simple reason that whereas we now stand urgently in need of increased produc- ton to lower the cost of living, pro- duction would fall off at an alarming rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD Events recorded October ', 1899.

The second trial of the international yacht race yesterday was a failure. Neither the Shamrock nor the Columbia. finished in the time limit The wind was almost at dead calm throughout the race and thousands of spectators were disappointed.
 President Mckinley and his party have left Washington on board a special train Tor a tour of the northwest. He is mak- ing five-minute speeches from the rear platform of his train at towns along the route. The President is accompanied bv his entire cabinet. with the exception of Secretary Gage, who will meet the party in Chicago.
 The Mallory line steamer Leona was burned and sunk at her wharf in East River, New York. last night The steamer had just reached New York with cargo of tobacco and cotton from Galveston. The cargo. which was en- tirely destroyed, was valued at $3o0,ooO
 President Zelaya of Nicaragua is met ing out punishment U revoiutionists who took part in the uprising which began at Biuefields in February. Death sentences and banishment are being im- posed.
 A new angle to the police department controversy was created yesterday when Mayor Drennen refused to recognize the city detectives who were appoMted dur ing his absence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
LOOKING AHEAD.

You claim to have a progressive com munity here"
 '"we have, sir
 But I've been in town 10 days and have-snet quite number of people, but not one of them has offered me & drink"
 That just shows how progressive we are. The people about here are already adapting themselves to the kind of con- ditions that will prevail in. America five years hence.'' WORSE THAN GOING OVER THE TOP
 ''So you went abroad to fight for your country?'
 ''TTYes, ma'am," replied the modest hero.
 My! You must have had some dread full experiences. Would you mind telling mo the worst D
 No, ma'arn. I was seasick from the time we got out of New York harhor un- til we reached Havre"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
HOW ITS DONE IN DrxIE.

HOW ITS DONE IN DIXIE.
 There's a mob comin' down tn road, sheriff" es
 'Drat tn luckl Do you reckernize any faces in tn .crowd7"
 "Yep. There's Bob an Henry Lee, Bill Spatts, Lem Todd an a lot of others. Now, aint that tn devil Why, them boys elected me- They're tn best friends I've got We'll, Sam, you an tn other deppyties kinder wrastle with tn crowd a little, but don't hurt nobody. Then ease off an let 'em overpower us. I wish this confounded nigger had been caught in some other county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

SAFETY FIRST. Lies slumbering here One William Lake; He heard the bell, But had no brake.
 Detroit News. At fifty miles Drove Ollie Pidd; He thought he wouldn't Skid, but did.
 Rome (N. Y.) Sentinel. At ninety miles Drove Edward Shawn; The motor stopped, But Ed kept on.
 Little Falls (N. Y.) Times. Under this sod Lies Deacon Hale; He winked, and drank Some ginger ale.''
 Utica CN. Y.) Press Here lies what's left Of Samuel Sipe- Stepped in the street To light his pipe.)
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. Here lie the bones Of Abner Cr7rmp; An auto honked, He failed to jump.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
BENIGHTED ALABAMA
the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 The Alabama legislature has abol- ished Columbus Day because Columbus was not a Protestant We don't be- lieve that was it. The hillbilly demot- racy is not disturbed by sectarian pref udice, but it Is faithful still to the grand old doctrine that the earth is flat. and this Columbus doubted in the most neretical manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
eADA1dUlMaAauslI
WHAT'S THE IDEA.

The Dallas News is advising William J. Bryan to move back to Texas from Nebraska. We are willing for MT. Bryan to become citizen of Texas. but he ought to begin with Alabama and take the states in alphabetical order and re- side 20 years in each state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord. the dastard years are trying to pull a film over my eyes to keep me from seeing that life is still splen- did. The common day is lying to my soul. Make me child again that I may sec truly and know that life is still z romance. a crusade and s thrilling, glorious thing H. M .R.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
BILL CAN'T COME

From the Rocky Mountain News
 Almost everybody of prominence in Europe seems to be coming over to the United States except William Hohenzollern. and he is unavoidably
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07

aroused to a patriotic pitch and to full appreciation of the protected memorial, We should have an over the-top campaign before the end of the year. Alabama has a population of about two million five hundred thousand. A small sum from the men, women and children of the state will easily bring the total up to all that is needed.
 The school children can be counted upon for a large sum. All that is needed to obtain the desired results IS organization and earnest worl,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
HUSBAND AND FATHER.

Flows Gadspur getting along these days?'
 Not so well. He's compelled to split his salary four ways What do you mean?" "He has wife and three daughters" But that leaves nothing for himself. Exactly. By that sort of division Gadspur escapes being called monster, a Turk, a heartless brute and other hard names by the neighbors.",
 - CENSUS BOOSTING. Is there a town so dull and dead, A hamlet or way station, That never has been known to lie About its population? WHAT PROF1TEERING LEADS TO. q see where tenant was arrested for beating his landlord over the head with a club"
 'well?' 'He must be a smart fellow" why so? pretty sure no P men good and true. would decide a case against tenant and in favor of a landlord nowadays"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07

upon for large sum. All that is needed to obtain the desired results IS organization and earnest work.
 ], * *
 Hopeful Outlook for
 Coming Seal Sale
 fE9 DUCATION in the anti-tubercu A losis movement in Alabama has been slow, but it is now telling. Tuberculosis Delenda Est'.Tuber- culosis Must Be Destroyed the slogan and the, two hundred thousand dollars sought to be raised by the sale Lof Christmas seals to minimize the insiduous disease will be realized.
 Many worthy campaigns within the past twelve months have failed to come up to expectations. People nj every state contributed literally to war causes, but the war being ended, the giving spirit waned. This was natural.
 But there are at least two enter prises that still have a popular ap- peal-the Red Cross and the Anti Tuberculosis association.
 It required persistent work on the part of the anti-tuberculosis organi- zation to enlist widespread sympathy and cooperation. But the time has |come at last when appeals meet with generous response. The campaign for raising two hundred thousand dollars in Alabama is sure to be success.
 There has been raised and ex- pended in Alabama this year about |fcrty-five thousand dollars in the war upon tuberculosis" says Dr. George Eaves, the tireless secretary. "Of this sum Jefferson county expended twenty-five thousand dollars and Montgomery ten thousand dollars. Montgomery's budget for the ensuing twelve months, will be twenty-six thousand dollars and Birmingham's fifty thousand dollars. The budgets for other communities, large and small, will total something like one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
 Two hundred thousand dollars will meet the demands as now understood. Every lover of humanity should be glad to help.
 And what is two hundred thousand dollars to the people of prosperous state like Alabama when the cause to be aided is considered? F * x AS Won Ludendorrs memoirs appear from day to day it's comforting to know that leader of his type would not be tolerated in America, even if we do seem at times to be people easily imposed upon.
 |, x x # ! It begins to look as if D DAnnunzio would have time to put up substantial villa in the Plume neighborhood and live there for some years before getting into that grave of which he spoke so eloquently. 1 Among the lesser evils with which we fhave to contend just now is the fall of another Turkish cabinet. sSr 1 q :. a. <
 Incidentally, Uncle Sans Liberty and Victory Bonds continue to be the ''one best buy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07
Suffering Frens1fsuxht

T was up around Fort Payne last week" said Clarence Lloyd. "and you have no idea how they are suffering from the continued drought up there It has been more than seven weeks since they had any rain and unless there is a change in the weather soon the situation will be really serious. Already innumerable wells have gone dry and of course their owners have to borrow water from more fortunate neighbors. All the stock and even the wild animals are in dire straits I saw dozens of snakes and rabbits scurrying across>the roads and fields in search of water''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-07

There turks a still and dumb-dfs- coursive devil. That tempts most cunninEiy.
 --rrsiins and Cressfdn.
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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
E. P. THORNE, EDITOR & PRoPR

Entered as second class matter at the
Postoffice at Forest Citv,S. ID.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
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DRAGGING ROADS IN SPRING
BY Taking Advantage Of Proper Mo.
ment Many Of Ruts and Bumps
Can Be Smoothed Out.

Most earth and gravel roads are in
bad shape during the entire winter,
largely because of the heavy fall haul
Inc of harvested crops, and the rush
of necessary farm work, which takes
precedence Owe any kind of road
work. The cold weather strikes them
in this condition and makes each rut
and bump almost as solid as rock, and
in the spring these break down into
mud.
Travelling over these ruts is a very
racking, uncomfortable, and sometimes
painful, operation. The rough jolts re-
quire a reduction in speed, u an
added strain on all classes Of hauling
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
On account of the strict quaran.

On account of the strict quaran-
tine inaugurated on the Cheyenne
River Reservation on account of
the influenza. no celebration was
held to celebrate the victorious
ending of the war last October,
but now that the influenza has dis
appeared, a celebration will be held
at LaPlant, April 90 and %. This
is a special celebration for the In
dians for the part they took in fur
nishing soldiers, buying bonds.
and subscribing to the Red Cross
work. There will be speeches by
returnd soldier boys and by some
of the leading Indians of the tribe.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17

William School is back from his
voyage and writes us an interest
ing note in regard to it which we
take the liberty of quoting as fol-
lows: "Just returnd from a Is days
trip to Shiloh, Tenn, with the old
soldiers. The trip was fine on the
Mississippi, Ohio and Tenn. rivers.
l went with Mr.. Howard Judge
Howard). He has made the trip 10
Or IL times. The weather was per-
feet. The National Military Park
contains about 5000 acres and it
is surely a grand park"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17
rrewnIns.

TAs popular belief thatas drowning
9ersen rises to the surfaces thrss times
= unfcunded.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17


An officer of the Navy Pay
Corps will be in Omaha for several
days. Sailors, soldiers OF marines
on active OF inactive duty, as we'll
as dependents and relatives of
men in service who do not under.
stand government insurance, allot-
ments or the new form of insur-
auce may obtain authentic inform
aticn by writing the U. S. Navy
Recruiting Office, 500 Paxton blk
Omaha Neb. There will be nc
charge for this information.
Chas. E. Mas.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-17

This issue of the Press marks an
unusual triple occurrence, that we
do not remember of ever happen
ing before-viz: it completes our
36th volume, the day is Good Fri
day before Easter, also we editors
birthday. That means that the
writer has spent full thirtysix
years in Potter county,. and seen
lots of history in the making.