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‘ Daily Average, April, 1917 .... 18,935
Sunday Average, April, 1917 ... 22,195
: jf 1. L Boeshans, Circulation Managar of The
Montgomery Advertiser, betng duly sworn.
Bays:
The foregoing statement of The Adver
tiser's circulation for the Month of April.
11917, la true and correot and compiled after
t returns and spoiled copied have been de
ducted ,
| THE ADVERTISER CO.,
I J. L BOESHANS,
Circulation Manager.
A Sworn to and subscribed before mo tbie
; Booond day of May. 1917.
I (SEAL) W. F. LEE.
Motary Public, Montgomery County, Alabama.
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y FIGHTING
FOB HINDENBURG
PRESTIGE.
feature of the fighting on the western
i front that stirs amaxaraent and challenges
admiration haa bean the enormoua sacrifice
S by the Qermana of Infantry In massail forma
j tton. The cost haa bean horrible, bat ths
French and the British hare been slowed op,
aa the living German soldiers stumbled over
the packed bodlas of their dead comradea.
These counter attacks on the Hlndenburg line
; by the Germans have constituted perhaps
•. .tbs bloodiest fighting In which tho Germans
i leave been engaged since the war.
.The correspondent of Tho New York World,
James M. Tuohy, who Is with the British
'army oast of Arras, gives tho simplest and
5; truest explanation of thesa sacrifices by the
Gormans In these counter attacks. They are
thrown In to prevent a collapse of ths entire
Hlndenburg lino, bacause yon Hlndenburg
4 himself stands as sponsor and guarantor of
; this line to the German people.
Tuohy writes of thin fighting by massed
formation in counter attacks:
^ Hlndenburg Is pouring In all his avall
; able reserves to make good the claim to
r Invulnerability set up for his line. His
^ reputation depends on his making good
here. His counter attacks were heavier
and more sustained, and his sacrifices
5 proportionately terrible.
The writer says further that these counter
attacks are the “joy and hope" of the Brlt
: fsh and they know full well Hlndenburg’s
position is forcing him to ofTer up those
frightful and largely fruitless holocausts.
The British artillery is so overwhelmingly
. superior, in mass of metal thrown, that the
attacking soldiers, be they ever so brave,
must be discouraged. For every German
fhell thrown, ten British shells ars fired,
iggf The Germans have been endeavoring to
,-gneet this superiority in artillery by sheer
Weight of men. When one line of men has
been swept away, it has been followed by
. another and still another. No less than fifty
fresh divisions have been sent to the Western
k‘front to hold the Hlndenburg line at all
costs, and each one of these divisions has
come under the British fire.
• The French, as much as the British, have
piled up huge stores of munitions back of
—their lines, and their advances have been
made and ths counter attacks of the Ger
mans received In the knowledge that their
•artillery is vastly superior to that of the
Germans. The Associated Press correapon
v dent returning from ths battlefield north of
tho Alsne says: "Never before in the bloodi
est fighting of the war In France have the
German dead lain so thick upon the field,
Sven on the most terrible days of Verdun,"
The attacks and ths counter attacks, the
Amass formations and the stricken field
crowded with bodies of the dead ars terrible
’"lo contemplate. But they are the factors
> that make peace. Can any one doubt that'
\Oermany Is stirred by a spirit of revolt and
. "unrest? Submarines or no submarines, no
‘\i nation can continue to psy the price that she
vl,|g paying for her part In the war.
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“OVERGROWN VILLAGES.”
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Ob* of the oldest customs known to the
•ffhuman race Is that followed by the Individual
" Jn passing Judgment upon the city or town In
, which he lives or Is visiting. “It’s Just an
ever-grown village.” is the universal v*rdlct
«f people respecting each Incorporated place
they are familiar with.
The Rev. Billy Sunday, who Is trying to
'vj^gake up New York and make it pious, being
erthodox in some other respects, could not
itp h« expected to forego the privilege of pass
•y} fog the usual Judgment upon an American
*l§Blty. Inasmuch as he said that New York la
t ^nothing but a “great big over-grown vll
§£ llage” the newspaper men regarded it as a
Judgment worthy of position on the telegraph
wire*
Jill cities are but overgrown tillages, but
there is nothing miraculous about the fact.
rvElephants are but overgrown baby elephants,
.r men but overgrown, or grown-up boys. Iam
are all but over-grown villages. The cow
trail in Boston is still a famous highway.
' , “From little acorns great oaks grow."
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Human impulses In New York City will
usually correspond with human impulses in
Ruggles Gap—the umi • If manta of hope,
avarice, love, hatred, despair, humor and
philosophy being characteristics of . both
places. The only elemental difference be*
tween the two places la the matter of also,
and perhaps age. '
Age, wealth and power give dignity .and
glory to< > community, and the Illusion
springs up In the popular mind that a miracle
has come'teJ>h*a ln the making of the glori
ous city; but there has been no miracle In
any case. There is nothing mysterious about
the great city once your knowledge of the
great city Is sufficient to understLnd It.
It Is customary, when discussing such
themes as this, to allude to O. Henry's more
or less famous asseveration to the general
effect that If you have a “skin game” to
work, go straight to Broadway to ply your
trade. One of his crooks held fast to the
theory that the supposedly^sophlstlcated per
sons who play the ant on Broadway will suc
cumb more easily to the wiles of the “con
game" man than the people of ^ place, sa>|
like Ruggles Gap. The O. Henry character
proved his theory to the satisfaction of the
reader, but It did not require such a demon
stration by a fiction character to prove the
gullibility of sophisticated persona In great
cities. But the point Is significant as prov
ing the thin wall of difference between city
denlsens and village Inhabitants.
THE ROOSEVELT LEGION.
The wide dlvleton between the Senate and
the Houae, as to the selective draft bill la
not on the maximum age, nor on the other
points of the practical operation of America's
new conscript act. but upon the advisability
of allowing Colonel Roosevelt to lead a di
vision In France. The Senate Is strongly In
favor of granting such permission; the
House, so far as the members of the confer
ence committee represents Its sentiment. Is
strongly against tbe Roosevelt Division plan.
The conference committee haseao far failed,
and lt%iay fall completely, to reach an agree
ment on this question, and we have the pros
pect of seeing the House and the Senate
blocked in army legislation, with the country
at war, over the single Issue as to whether
one man should be allowed to go at the head
of a command not raised under the new
selective draft act.
Not only In the Houae, but the ruling
powers In the War Department and In the
regular army are strongly opposed to the
Roosevelt division. Their objections, fairly
stated, we trust, are two; First, to allow
Roosevelt to raise a division and to lead It
on the field would create an unwise prece
dent, and it would at the same time be a
specific act of favoritism; second, that Roose
velt would carry, as the most Important part
of hla command, a company of photograph
ers, newspaper and magaxlne writers, who
would be charged with the duty of making
the country believe that single-handed and
alone Roosevelt was winning the war In
Elurope.
And yet, considering justly these two ob
jections, we are still of the opinion that the
Interests of the American Republlo and the
Interests of democracy and humanity would
be better served If Roosevelt were allowed
to lead his men. rather than If he were kept
at home because a precedent might be
established. We are not disturbed at the
prospect of creating a precedent. In conflict
with the wishes of the War Department. In
asmuch as Roosevelt Is himself unique and
alone, and even as he has no fellow In private
life, he would have no rival or fellow In
raising and creating a force for service In
France. We bellev.e as Qovernor Henderson
aptly expresses It, that Roosevelt In Europe
and In America typifies American leader
ship. We believe that his presence In France
at the head of a force of his fellow Amer
icans would greatly hearten the allies. They
would know that with the Ex-President on
the field with them, with the American whom
they know best, fighting at their side, that
the heart of America was wholly and sin
cerely In this war.
Roosevelt and a division in Franca would
be notice to the Teutonic, fhe Latin, the Slav
and the Anglo-Saxon world that America was
whole-heartedly Waging war, and that her
means would be exhausted to bring an honor
able peace. Again, the example of Roosevelt,
his officers and his men would be stimulating
to the patriotism of America. If every Brit
ish and every American leader now believes
that the crying need of the hour Is to wake
America up, Roosevelt at the head of an
American force, would be a stimulating ap
peal to tho rank and file of Americans.
What Roosevelt has already done Is enough
to startle even his friends. Instead of rais
ing only one division, he has tentatively re
cruited an army of one hundred and eighty
thousand men. exclusive of officers. The
New York World, In making this statement,
says furthermore that the entire hundred and
eighty thousand men could be assembled In
six weeks. Instead of a division the Roose
velt Legion makes four army corps with one
division left over. Most of these recruits
are business men, above the tentative con
scription age and they are actuated by two
motives, faith In the leadership of Roosevelt,
and faith In the theory of Roosevelt that
they should be sent, to the fighting front at
once to fill the gaps until the great arm£ to
be raised by selective draft Is ready.
Face to face with the. fact of a hundred
and eighty thousand men ready to serve, the
objectors on the grounds of "a bad prece
dent,” are discounted; there Is no likelihood
that any attempt will be made to claim con
sideration for a similar precedent. And, this
Indisputable fact of a hundred and eighty
thousand men Is a standing argument as to
why the country should realize on the Roose
velt enthusiasm.
And. In passing. The Advertiser need not
remind Its regular readers that It has had
no use and but little patience with the Col
onel’s spectacular political gyrations and
visions.
The train bearing the French mission was
delayed. The Frenchmen will find that while
we have the best railroads In the world, they
'will, nevertheless, do that way no*r and then.
Florida Is In session with Its Legislature.
Land Is dirt cheap In Alabama.
The Anglo-French Commissions are having
what we Americans call a "good time.”
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FARM LABOR AND IDLE LANDS.
rn at recent issue of The'Centrevilte Press
there appeared an editorial paragraph. from
which this striking sentence Is taken:
"Thousands of acres of land ars lying out.
the owners being unable to get stock feed,
and In many Instances being without labor."
There has never been a time In Alabama
when thousands of acres of cleared, tillable
lands were not lying idle. Even In.the nor
mal times prior to the fail of 1114, before the
boll weevil had done much damage, before
'the cotton market was demoralised, before
the labor exodus began on the present scale,
there were thousands of acres of idle, cleared
lands In this State. As a consequence of the
unsettled conditions which have complicated
the Alabama farmer's problems in the past
three years, the exact number of acres of
tillable lands which are now being overrun
with weeds and broom sags, would, if known,
make a startling paragraph in the agricul
tural literature of the day.
The cauaes are many and each cause la
worthy the beat thought of our people. The
rush of the rural population to the towns,
unsound and unscientific credit systems, in
adequate rural school facilities, one-cropism
with Its ultimate drain upon the purse and
vitality of its victims, and last, one of the
moat Important causes, the condition of the
"labor market."
The labor problem of the Alabama farmer,
however, la a problem known to the farmer
of every other American State. We have had
the best farm labor in the country, and the
cheapest, but that labor Is leaving us to go
where higher wages are paid. It la going
to the Industrial centers, not to the farms of
other sections.
In a recent essay on the case of the Amer
Yan farmer, Herbert Quick, member of the
Federal Farm Loan Board, and one of the
ablest magaslne writers in America on rural
life themes, calls attention in vivid sen
tences to the labor situation as It regards
the farmer.
Mr. Quick, writing in The Saturday Even
ing Post, says:
problem: Farmer* In the Connecticut
Valley are paying seventy-five dollar* a
month, some of them, for hand*. Every*
where farm labor ha* become acaree and
waits high. We have been In the war
a* to labor just a* Cermany, France,
England and Italy have been, and our
labor a* well a* our food conditions are
war condition*. Our soldier* are making
munition* and other thing* for war use*.
Railway* are running laborers' train* as
far as forty mile* from some manufac
turing centers, brlngtng worker* In from
the country mornings and taking them
back nights, at the expens* of the em
ployers, who not only transport them
but pay them thre* dollar* and a half
upward a day. These country laborers
will grow no food for you this season.
They will compete with you for the food
other* produce.
This I* the suck of the manufacturing
maelstrom right on the verge of th*
funnel; but to the remotest edges of th*
nation this Indraft of laborer* to th* tao
torles ha* depleted the rural labor sup
ply. Under these conditions no such
thing can be expected as that whloh th*
amateur scientist* petulantly ask for a*
they Inquire why w* do not turn out as •
large acre yields a* the farm* of France
or Germany. The Americas farmer l* the
mdit efficient farmer In the world.
What h* may do per acre, he produces
more foodstuff* per man than any other.
If even under normal American condi
tion* h* should seriously attempt to give
his land the labor-expenditure which
makes possible the high yields of other
and more densely populated nations, he
would ruin both himself and the coun
try; and If he should try to do It this
year his output per man would fall so
low that th* result would b* national
starvation, and defeat for ourselves and
our Allies In th* war. W* must mo
bilize the force* related to our food
supply; but in *o doing we must at
tempt no miracles and Introduce no con
fusing agricultural Innovations. W*
must correct th* machinery w* have and
speed It up.
It 1* the natural process of economic laws,
and for that reason tb* problem Is the more
difficult of solution. Legislation, making
farm credits more elastic, such as we now
have ' on the statute books, will make the
farmer's problems easier In course of time,
and legislation designed to effect a wiser dis
tribution of Immigrants to the rural sections
might be of help; but to solve the problem,
we must go deeper—all concerned must start
at th* bottom. W* must appeal to funda
mental principles of economic law. Rural
life ropst be mad* more attractive by those
who live It. Profit* In future cannot be In
creased save by a reduction of acreage to the
plow and more Intensive cultivation along
European lines. In America, especially In
the South, lands have been, and still are, so
cheap that only a comparatively Small out
lay of capital Is necessary to acquire more
land than the owner can till effectively.
The tendency in America, not excepting
Alabama, is toward smaller land holdings
and Smaller acreage. In time that will Im
prove the status of the Individual farmer,
though It will not solve the ldl* land prob
lem. That Is a situation which must take
care of Itself. Thousands of people under
the pressure of Intolerable prices must aban
don the incorporated places tor the farm.
They may do It soon or late, but they have
got to do It If they survive. When the
exodus from the city to the farm begins there
will be a sufficiency of cheap lands awaiting
the tiller.
Of course the war must develop Its little
scandal. Today’s dispatches relate that cer
tain American steamers flying our flag have
been supplying enemy submarines.
The State Press
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TOBACCO AND CCCCMBEItS.
Andalusia Star.
Lake Gantt, a prominent business man of
Gantt, waa In Andalusia Wedneaday. Mr.
Gantt aaya tha farmara of hia aectlon are
not only raising vegstabes and foodstuffs of
all klnda. but are planning for big money
crops on the aide. In that community 3oo
acres have baen planted to tobacco and a
like number of acres devoted to raising cu
cuhibers for the new pickling plant to be
established there.
Last year the officials of tha Central of
Georgia Railway Induced a number of farm
ers near Gantt to grow tobacco as an ex
periment. The Central of Georgia furnished
an expert to give direction to the planting,
culture and curing of the tobacco. The crop
waa shipped to a South Carolina market,
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Fore!—The Love of Mike—Be, Reasonable
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Some Historical Aspects of Dentistry
(From a paper read recently by a Montgom
ery dentist.)
Dentistry In one respect is a very old pro
fession. We have records dating back to
3892 years B. C. Among the Egyptians, and
further back than that among the Chinese.
Among some of the tribes of India It win
customary to file between the teeth to make
them sharp pointed, and for the purpose of
cutting the enamel so the teeth could be
more easily dyed black. Jet black teeth
were In olden times considered a great em
bellishment, and even to this day It la prac
ticed to a considerable extent In parts of
Asia.
In Sumatra many women file their teeth
down to the very gum line. Many men of
high rank dye their upper teeth black, and
have their lower teeth crowned with gold to
make the contrast.
In Japan the married women were easily
distinguished from the unmarried by their
black and shiny teeth.
In Slam and Java the people colored their
teeth red
The coloring matter for black dye was
made from filings of iron, a substance called
sakl, and these were mixed with urine from
a baby. Such practices were carried out by
almost every one In these countries centuries
ago, and' even today some still adhere to
these customs.
Fotjr hundred and twenty years B. C., we
have our first record of a gold crown. A
tinker made a gold shell crown and placed
it over a tooth in the mouth of his son, and
then proclaimed to the populace that he had
a child born with a golden tooth, he charged
a fee for looking, and every spectator Im
mediately fell down and worshiped.
Hardwood “Folse” Teeth.
Among some of the various methods of
making artificial teeth, hundreds of years
ago, was to carve them from a block of
hard wood, and they also used ivqry, but
Ivory would decay very rapidly. Teeth of
animals were fastened to silver and gold
plates and wofn by human beings. Teeth of
stone were also used. And rich people who
had very poor teeth, often bought the teeth
from some poor persons, and had them trans
ferred from one mouth to another. Even to
day dentistry has progressed In every coun
try lust as that country’s countrymen have
progressed.
Of all the professions, probably none has
made such extraordinary progress within the
last seventy-five years as that of dentistry.
The Increase In the number of practitioners
alone has been wonderful. During the Revo
lutionary War the name bf Robert Woofen
dale is mentioned as that of the only dentist
In America. Today there are more than 35,
000 in the United States. One itinerant prac
titioner relates that In 1817, while traveling
from Philadelphia to New Orleans he did not
meet with a single person calling himself a
dentist.
Until 1840 It was an almost lmposslbls
thin* to grain any information In dentistry,
except through apprenticeship. Every den
tist guarded his office and laboratory with
the greatest secrecy, and there were no laws
to regulate his practice. But In this year,
1840, there was organized In Baltimore, Md.,
U. s. A., the flrat dental college of the world.
The first dental periodical was Issued in
1847 In Philadelphia, and today It la the lead
ing one of tbs world.
Modem Eeslgmtst.
■Porcelain teeth were first made in Phila
delphia in 1847. Even In this late, day, 1847,
there was no machinery. Grinding was done
by hand, drilling was done by hand, each
dentist making most of the Instruments that
he used. Everything Is changed now. Even
In my little office there can be found eleven
different electric and gas machines. There
has certainly been wonderful progress made
In our profession.
Present day dentists who are equipped
with diplomas, and their offices furnished
with electrlotty and gas, dental literature,
and every conceivable form of Instruments,
appliances and modern conveniences to facili
tate and to lessen their labor, can form only
a limited Idea of the prevailing conditions
seventy years ago.
Not until 1845 did we have an anaesthetic,
when Dr. Horace Wells, a dentist of Hart
ford, Conn., gave to tbe world* nitrous oxide
gas.
In 1848 Dr. William Q. Morton, another
dentist, first administered ether successfully
to a patient in Massachusetts General Hos
pital. After all you see the dentist haa had
something to do with alleviating pain to man
kind even If he Is accus.ed of inflicting pain.
The Function ef Teeth.
Nature has provided human beings with
teeth for the chewing of their food, for
beauty, for making certain sounds In speak
ing, and general articulation. It Is In the
mouth that the first,, and one of the most
Important steps In digestion takes place, the
only step, in fact, over which the Individual
has the slightest control. Hence the Im
portance In nutrition of sound teeth, and a
clean mouth. To believe that artificial teeth
are quite as satisfactory In the mastication
of the food as natural ones. Is to be mistaken.
By actual compaslson they have been found
to be ten times as Inefficient. They sustain
the same relation to natural teeth that a
wooden leg does to one of flesh and bone.
Since, therefore, nature has provided us with
teeth, and made the chewing of food an es
sential to our health and well being, It is im
portant that we make an effort \o preserve
them. Unfortunately, the mouth and teeth
are subject to ceraln diseases which not only
tend to destroy the teeth and make the
mouth unclean, but to unfavorably affect the
general health. As Is true of many other
diseases, It has been found that germs play
an important part In causing the diseases of
the mouth. Under the moat favorable condi
tions the human mouth may be regarded as
being an Ideal culture medium for germ life.
In fact. It presents In point of temperature,
moisture, nutritive material, etc., an almost
perfect breeding place fer germs of nearly
twenty varieties of contagious diseases. ^
foul and unsanitary mouth, particuarly in
children, decidedly Increase the chances of
catching such contagious and Infectious dis
eases as scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles,
whooping cough, pneumonia and tubercu
losis. These diseases are dangerous to life
and health and the germs seem to thrive and
multiply in the unsanitary mouth. Neglect,
therefore, to properly care for the mouth
means an unclean and an unhealthy mouth,
a condition which may In time, seriously ef
fect the. general health by interfering with »
nutrition.
Early Care is Essential.
While decay of the teeth Is not limited to
any age. It Is, nevertheless, most common in
childhood. Its most active period la from <
to H. Every effort should be made to pre
vent decay and a clean tooth will seldom
ever decay. Decaying teeth render thorough
mastication impossible and'establlah early In.
life the habit of bolting the food. Moteover,
the filth which Is Inseparable from decay
ing teeth Is mixed with the food and car
ried Into the stomachjts a furrier tax upon
the digestive apparatus. Remember that the
mouth Is the great gateway to nutrition, the
avenue through which must pass all food
upon which the nourishment of the body and
the maintenance of health depend. Regard
ing the Importance of mouth hygiene Dr. Wil
liam Osier says: "There is not any one single
thing more Important In the whole range of
hygiene than the hygiene of the mouth, and
If I were asked to say whether more physical
deterioration was produced by alcohol or by
defective teeth, I should unhesitatingly say,
defective teeth.”
Dental diseases of whatever nature always
means an unclean and an unhealthy mouth.
They are the cause of digestive disorders,
mal-nutrltion, septic poisoning, neuralgia, etc.
The prevention of mouth diseases is the
goal toward which all should strive and
tance In any effort In this direction. While
cleanliness will not entirely prevent decay of
the teeth, there is one thing of which we
may be sure, the cleaner the teeth, the less .
liable will be the teeth to decay.
Go to your dentist at least twice a year
and let him see that your mouth and teeth
are healthy.
Use a tooth brush similar to the ones I
have passed among you. Brush- your teeth
every night and morning. Clean and sun
your brush occasionally. As for mouth
washes, pastes, powders, etc., get your den
tist to advice you.
If you use a pick for the teeth be sure to
get a quill. There is nothing -so good as
dental floss
where It eold at a fancy price. The result
has been that the farmers of that community
have planted 300 acres of the weed and the
crop gives promise of being a bumper one.
This will bring big money to the farmers and
will be grown along with other erops so that
the evt will be reduced to the minimum.
With her cucumber crop and tobacco crop the
hustling town of Gantt should become one
or the livest of the small towns along the
line of the Central of Georgia.
New beans. English peas and potatoes are |
plentiful in all the gardens In Andalusia that
have been looked after by the good house
wives.
BOISTOX DOING HER PART,
□othan Home Journal.
Houston county and Southeast Alabama
generally, is doing her part towards helping
to win the war with the, abundant growth of
food crops and never before In history have
our farmers been more responsive to an ap
peal than they have to this.
an editor with a soul.
Guntersvllle Democrat.
Brother John C. Williams of Our Mountain
Home gives unmistakable evidence In his
writings, that, at some time In his career, he
has taken a flight on the winged eteed Pe
gasus'to Parnasus’ giddy heights, and the
memory of the beauties of the world spread
before hie devouring gaze, still linger with
him. It la a vision denied the common herd
and a few of us have eyes to grasp it.
A generous ally.
Mobile Register.
It Is a constant source of Wonder that
England allows us to supply the Belgians,
thus leaving the Germans free to use all their
food for maintaining armies to fight Eng
land. A yet greater wonder Is that Eng
land herself has contributed millions of
money for the name charitable purpose; and
with the. same effect.
A FAIR QUESTION.
Albany Advertiser.
Listen to this, employes! If you were In
business for yourself would you employ such
a fellow as you are to work for you?
A HINT IN TIME SAVES NINE.
Monroe Journal.
Strenuous exercise on the basehpll diamond
has one redeeming quality aside from that of
pure sport—It puts its devotee In excellent
shape to pass an A-l physical test In the
hands of the army medical officer.
BUG HAS NO HUMOR.
Enterprise Ledger.
Wonder why a blamed old potato bug
hadn't lust as soon gnaw on a Jimson weed?
EVOLUTION OF THE TOMATO.
Hartford News-Herald.
It Is not generally known, but nevertheless
a fact, that there are people still living who
can remember the time when tomatoes were
raised merely for their beauty as we now
raise roses. While Its beauty was admired
It was considered like poisonous oak. danger
ous to ever handle except by "dark com
plected" persons. Years of acquaintanceship,
however, wore off Its superstition and a few
‘•foolhardy" actually owned up to having
tasted the fruit. From this small b-gtnntng
has gradaully grown a use that makes today
| an Industry with a combined capital of over
thirty millions of dollars to Its employ's each
year and aggregate a an output of two hun
dred and forty million can*.
LUMBER MAKERS WILL GET TREIR
1 SHARE.
Tuaealooaa Newa. * <J
Reports from widely separated districts In- ’
dlcate unusual conditions In the lumber In
dustry In practically every section of fhe
country. .
Tuscaloosa county saw mill men deserv*
to prosper1 and they are gAIng to prosper' as
never before. Tbe success of these gentle
men means much to/thls‘section and every
citizen will be delighted at this ntwa
Former conservatism among buyers of lum
ber has given way to a desire to stock up
at higher Prices for the prospective demands
In many instances the orders are In excess
of the capacity of producers’ plants.
"OLD WASH."
Albany-Decatur Dally.
The passing of "Old Wash,” John Trotwood
Moore's famous negro character. wlU bring
a pang of sorrow to lovers of the poet's
songs and stories. Old Wash was a negro.
70 years of age. who lived In Columbia.
Tenn. Mr. Moore founded some of his most
famous short‘stories on the old-time South
ern darkey, gaining for himself the reputa
tion of being second only to Joel Chandler
Harris, of beloved “Uncle Remus” fame, as
an exponent of negro character and dialect.
Uncle Wash was a delightful character
who made the world better by having lived
In It. His quaint sayings will keep long
afresh In the 8outh the memory of those
days when horse racing was really the sport
of kings and Southern gentlemen. Peace to
his ashea