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Our undent word of courage, fnlr St.
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mud the llf«* I* Invoke*. *
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thank Then for Ita reminder of the
nbldloK n.lraelea and the «nnderf."
love of Gotl. Amen—II. M. K
From English Point of View
As a striking evidence of the fact
that the European war came very sud
denly not a single British periodical
printed in July for August distribution
contained any article foreshadowing
or suggesting hostilities on the field
of battle.
In the current numbers little else
than the war is discussed. The Nine
teenth Century, the Fortnightly Re
view, the Edinburgh Review and other
standard publications teem with arti
cles on the bloody conflict. The Fort
nightly leads off with a paper by Sid
ney Whitman entitled, “It Had to Be;’’
and its second article, signed “Audi
tor Tantum,” tells of the “Political
Transformation.”
It will be recalled that in July Great
Britain was confronted with a civil
war growing out of the Irish home
rule bill which needed only the signa
ture of the King to become law. A
few days ago the King signed the bill,
and the home rule measure now awaits
only the statutory limit to become
effective. “Wonderful is the trans
formation which the first serious
whisper of foreign war effected at
Westminster,” says Auditor Tantum.
“Nothing remains the same. The
whole scene is turned upside down.
The main currents of activity are di
verted into other channels. The politi
cal questions which seemed of such
supreme importance only a few weeks
ago are forgotten, or if not forgotten
arc thrust far out of sight. Furious
partisans, who then were ready to fly
at each other's throats, now stand
shoulder to shoulder. Instead of
party venom, we see national unity,
a new sense of brotherhood, a com
mon resolve a common front. * * *
The German Emperor will well de
serve a statue, when this war is over,
in every capital of the British empire,
for it is he and his ministers who have
wrought this miracle of healing in
Great Britain and Ireland.”
Among other particularly interest
ing articles in tile Fortnightly are,
“How England Prepared for War;
Pages of History, Secret and Other
wise,” by Archibald Hurd; “The Er
rors and Miscalculations of German
Diplomacy,” by Lancelot Lawton;
“The Causes of the War,” by “Politi
cus;” “America and the European
War,” by James Davenport Whepley,
and "German Designs on the Congo,”
by Demetrius C. Boulger.
One of the illuminating abides in
the Nineteenth Century is by Harold
F. Wyatt entitled, “God’s Test by
War: a Forecast and Its Fulfilment.”
Sir Harry H. Johnston, G. C. M. G.,
K. C. B., who, by the way, spent a
day or two in Birmingham five or
six years ago as a guest of Belton Gil
reath, contributes to the Nineteenth
Century an instructive article on “The
German War and Its Consequences.”
It is singularly authoritative, for Sir
Harry is recognized as the greatest
English authority on colonial eco
nomics.
The Nineteenth Century is distin
guished for its brilliant pages and for
the fine balance of its subjects—
political, military, theological and
literary. In the current number there
are two exceptionally fine articles out
side of the war—one on “Sex After
Death,” by Norman Pearson, and
■“Theodore-Watts Dunton and the
Spirit of the Age,” by John Drink
water.
' But London is all agog over tlye war
and American readers of British mag
azines will readily appreciate the fact
that articles bearing directly or in
directly on the war situation are of
most absorbing interest to Britishers
and of very decided interest to the
world at large.
A Useful Citizen
Dr. Oates, state prison and mill
inspector, has been subjected to con
siderable criticism in that he has
made full use of his power under a
bill enacted by the legislature. And
yet there is no question but that when
time has passed, Dr. Oates will be
remembered as a highly useful citizen.
Up to the present time, as a result
of his efforts, many new and sanitary
jails have been constructed through
out Alabama, and the old condition
under which prisoners were too fre
quently subjected tp inhuman treat
ment, has given way to the new,
broader and more enlightened view
which demands for those deprived of
their liberty certain rights as inalien
able as those possessed by men in free
dom.
Dr. Oates has not finished his work.
The legislature in its next regular ses
sion will be asked .further to enlarge
the scope of his power, for the in
spector would have the authority to
enter cotton mills and make them as
sanitary as he has endeavored to make
the jails of the state. He declares that
conditions in Alabama mills are not
as perfect as he would have them—as
they should be. He believes that if
the legislature gives him the power
lo act, he will be able to improve con
ditions that those compelled to labor
within the enclosure of mills will be
greatly benefited.
It is an almost invariable rule that
it is dangerous to make a czar of any
citizen. However, there is no ques
tion but that Dr. Oates has not abused
his great authority in dealing with
the prisons of Alabama. If the leg
islature takes his record in this re
spect into consideration, it may deter
mine to act along the lines of his sug
gestions regarding cotton mills. The
Age-Herald believes that if Dr. Oates
is so empowered he will do his work
carefully and thoroughly without dam
age of a material character to the
mills. He has certainly not injured
the state in forcing many counties to
tear down old and insanitary bastiles
and construct modern and sanitary
prisons into which fresh air and sun
shine are able to penetrate.
In this respect he has builded him
self a monument.
A Picture of War
One of the most vivid descriptions
of the present war in Europe that has
yet been published is a short commu
nication from Luigi Barsini, written
from behind the allies’ line in France.
Other battlefields hai^i been littered
with dead and dying, but never before
in the history of the world have men
fallen like windrows of grain, mown
down by the terrific artillery fire
which has characterized the struggle
of the Germans and the allies from
its inception.
“I climbed from the hollow in which
Barcy nestled,” writes Barsini, ‘‘and
reached the edge of the plain which
was barred by German trenches. A
terrible, yet sublime, spectacle is pre
sented. The vast plain is littered with
corpses. Hundreds and hundreds of
bodies lie on the ground as far as the
eye can reach. They are all lying in
one direction, like grass cut by a
scythe. Death has overtaken them in
tlie furious rush of an assault. All
lie with limbs extended and faces for
ward. There is potent, moving sig
nificance in this uniform attitude of
the dead. It relates, reveals, de
scribes. It is here that an impetuous,
yelling, overwhelming assault has
taken place. In the immobility of
death there is irresistible eloquence.
The bodies are all pointing toward
the enemy, heads foremost. A single
thought, a single desire, a single im
pulse, united these men in the last
moment of life.”
The writer follows the course of the
assault. Soon the ground becomes
clear of corpses. At a distance of 500
yards from the German trenches the
slaughter ended and those who sur
vived sped on to capture the silent
batteries which had been deserted.
And the slain wear the traditional
blue coats and red trousers which
make the French soldier a target to
his enemies.
Now and then the curtain is drawn
hack from Europe’s bloody battle
fields and we get a glimpse of a strug
gle that sickens the soul. It is all so
inexcusable, so unnecessary, so con
trary to what we have been led to
believe modern civilization represents.
A newspaper critic says aeroplanes have
not done what was expected of them in
the present war. In dropping bombs
on noncombatants neither aeroplanes nor
dirigibles have done what was exopected
of them by civilized people.
The New York Telegram says Colonel
Roosevelt ha* aeen the handwriting on the
wait But if he Interprets It to suit him
self, what are you going to do about it?
IV e presume that foreign actors who en
list for service in the war sec the futility
of trying to keep their press agents em
ployed while the censor Is on the Job.
/
Adjoining the famous cathedral at
Rheims Is the palace and about one mile
to the northwest is the Church of St.
Jaques, which Is also reported to have
been destroyed. Aside from its antiquity
this church, which dates from the twelfth
century, has little interest for the tourist.
Another very old church at Rheims is
that of St. Rera.v, whose skull was pre
served among the relics in the cathedral.
It is situated on the extreme eastern edge
of Rheims and was founded by Clovis and
Clotilda. It marks the spot where Clovis
was baptized. The walls of the nave date
from the tenth century. The Hotel de
ViHe. or city hall of Rheims, Is another
historic structure which is said to have
been ruined. This building was begun in
1027. It was/ not completed until the
present century. In addition to a fine li
brary, In which there were many volumes
of manuscripts, it contained some antiq
uities and a good collection of paintings.
Incidentally, the priceless tapestries con
tained In the Cathedral of Rheims are re
ported to have been moved to a place of
safety. Besides the cathedral and other
buildings already mentioned, Rheims had
a great many buildings of less importance
that nevertheless added a great deal to
the city’s historic interest. Traces of the
Roman occupation still remain.
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A German-AmerJcan says that if the
Germans wanted to change their govern
ment they'd do it. We suggest that they
try it after the present war is over.
There are still a few "sex dramas” on
the boards this year, so people who in
cline to the erotic with the emphasis on
the "rot” will not be disappointed.
Rome may not be the cleanest town In
the world, but it's a much better place for
a tourist to be right now than Berlin, or
even Paris.
From all reports Rheims seems to have
gone the way of Louvain. What did
Rheims do to deserve her fate?
We trust that tho proposed war tax on
amusements will not fall too heavily on
the "man down in front.”
It seems to be Krupp against Creusot
and neither seems to have any great ad
vantage over the other.
Our heart goes out to the Sultan of
Zanzibar, who is reported to be stranded
in Paris with 35 wives.
Trouble In Mexico made El Paso a
lively town for awhile. It may be lively
again. Who knows?
The straw hat loads a short nnd fev
erish life, to become at the end breakfast
food for a goat.
The King of the Tonga Islands declared
Ills neutrality and, furthermore, he’s main
taining it.
M E DICAL E DIC AT IO \
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The dean of one of the eastern medical
colleges was quoted recently as predict- :
ing a famine In physicians because of the
decreasing number of medical students.
In this connection it Is interesting to
note that the Journal of the American
Medical association in its annual re
view of the situation expresses the opin
ion that “a further reduction in the vast
oversupply of medical schools in tills
country would be In the interest of econ
omy as well as of marked advantage to
medical education.”
For several years past the number of
medical students has been decreasing.
The college statistics for the year ending '
June 30 lust shows a total of 16,502 stu
dents in the United States. This is small
er by 513 than the number of the prevlom.
year, but Jt seems to be large enough for
all practical purposes. Ten years apt) ,
when medical schools were more numer- ,
ous and the requirements less strict the
output of physicians was too large. .
A medical education may be more ex
pensive now than it was in the past, but ;
it is no more beyond the reach of ambi
tious young men than it was before. The
tuition fees in the first class schools are
moderate, and the Journal of the Ameri- 1
can Medical association shows by com
parison of figures that a good medical
education costs no more than a poor one.
Wherefore it may be assumed that ir
the future there will be no dearth of cap- (
able young persons seeking a medical ed
ucation.
TROUBLES OF A PROPHET.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle.
In a certain town the local forecaster
of the weather was so often wrong
that his predictions became a standing
joke, to his no small annoyance, for
ho was very sensitive. * At length, in
despair of living down his reputation,
he asked headquarters to transfer him
to another station.
A brief correspondence ensued.
“Why,” asked headquarters, “do you ^
wish to be transferred?”
“Because,” the forecaster promptly
replied, "the climate doesn’t agree with
me.”
IT ALL DEPENDS
From the Ladies’ Home Journal.
When James A. Garfield was president
of Oberlln college a man brought for en
trance as a student his son, for whom he
wished a shorter course than the regular
one.
“The boy can never take all that in,”
said the father. "He wishes to get through
quicker. Can you arrange it for him?”
“Oh, yes,’ said Mr. Garfield. “He can
take a short course; it all depeids on what
you want to make him. When God wants
to make an oak He takes 100 years, but
He only takes two months to make a
squash.”
LUKE M’LIJKE SAYS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
When a collector calls at the housp next
door and the woman next door lets on
that she is out and doesn’t answer the
bell, it is all the neighbor women can do
to keep from screaming at the collector
and putting him wise.
The old-fashioned wife who got out of
the house about once every six months
now has a married daughter who goes
home so often that she forgets her ad
dress.
The old-fashioned boy who used to be
lieve in Santa Claus now has a son who ]
wants the University of Copenhagen to
Investigate the claims made for old Doc
tor Stork.
In lots of hohies where the family con- •
sists of a canary, a poodle and a flock ,
of goldfish, the husband’s pet name for
l\ls wife is “Mother.” 1
Once upon a time a man went to a 1
vaudeville show and sat down and looked i
over the programme. It took four doc- I
tors two hours to revive him. There |
wasn’t a bicycle act on the bill.
A man who is too wise to imagine that
he can get something for nothing from
a man is always foolish enough to im- *
agine that when a strange woman smiles -
•t him on the street she loves him* i
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Tlie Bond I*nue Election
Monday the people of Birmingham
not only cast a majority of their votes
for Janies Weatherly, who was a can
didate for a seat on the city commis
sion, but also cast a majority of their
votes for a bond issue* from which to
acquire a sum of money with which
to construct a municipally owned water
plant.
•As I entered the election booth,"
said a member of the Connecticut col
ony, “and marked my ticket for the
bond issue, I could not restrain a gen
tle smile when I remembered that just
a year previous I had voted for another
bond issue. With that issue we wanted
to construct a municipal auditorium.
“That bend issue carried by an over
whelming vote. It was killed, however,
when the supreme court determined
that the city had no authority, even
when supported by the vote of its
people, to issue bond3 with which to
build an auditorium. When we voted,
we were very enthusiastic. And yet
cne year later, I doubt if more than
half a dozen people remembered when
they voted for the waterworks bond
Issue that just a little while previous
they had voted for an auditorium boud
Issue.
* I trust 4he waterworks bond issue
will be made, and that never again will
sve vote for a measure and then so
juickly forget It. The people should
Liiink a little bit before casting their
jallots.“
Morgan City Falls
While Birmingham on last Monday
was interested—certainly to a limited
extent—in an election in which a wa
terworks bond issue was at stake, the
people of New Decatur had a problem
3f their own. They voted for and
igainst a movement to charge the name
jf New Decatur to Morgan City.
“The campaign which preceded the
mlloting,” said J. IT. Turnipseed, a
resident of Decatur, who was in B.ir
ning/iam yesterday, “was bitter. Citi
zens, dividing against Lhdmselvcs. made
speeches daily and nightly, and the
lewspapers of New Decatur devoted
iach day their editorial columns either
n defense of the presnt name or the
one proposed-—Morgan City.
“On election day, the fight at the
mils was so interesting that, many peo
>le from Decatur crossed the municipal
ine to watch the struggle. When the
lay was done, and the votes were being
•ounted, excitement was at a high pitch.
\nd when the result was made known,
nore people were satisfied than had
he result been any other. The ballot
vas tied. Morgan City received as
nany votes as New Decatur, but lost,
rhose who supported New Decatur were
lelighted; those who supported Mor
gan City were gratified in that they
tad proved themselves just as strong
is the advocates of New Decatur ”
The l.nrgest Melon
The melon crop of Alabama this year ■
vas unusually fine. Everywhere mol- 1
ms of abnormal size were grown, ami
here has been more or less rivalry lie
ween the various counties in their ef- '
orts to produce the "one best bet."
Up to the present time, the honors
teem to he with Mndison county. For
here Albert Hopkins grew a magnifi
cent speeiment. It weighed 88 pounds. '
le brought the melon into Huntsville
lie other day, and sold It to George
dotz. Mr. Molz was so delighted with
lis prize that lie determined imme
liately after he had secured it to send
t to Birmingham. It will be exhibited
luring the State Fair, which b:glas
lere next Monday.
The watermelon and cantaloupe efep
hroughout the state was so large that
he price of the fruit was materially
lepressed. This resulted in everybody
vith a taste for the melons having
heir daily wish gratified.
\ liters In .lefferson C.ity
“Purging the list of qualified voters
if Jefferson county,” said J. B. Wood,
liairman of the county board of reg
istrars, “has revealed a most startling
condition. There are upward of 37,000
oters on tile list at the probate court
ind the cards bearing names of those
vho are disqualified for certain minor
easons number more than 16,000.
“nisquallficatiOn is for various
causes, chU-f among which are failure
o pay poll taxes and removal from
me voting precinct into another.
Solera can very easily restore their
ightp either by paying back taxes
ir simply giving notification of their
hunces In addresses. Attention is thus
■ailed to the situation in order that
efforts might be made to effect a rem
sdy.
“The board of registrars will remain
it work throughout October 3. There j
s every reason why Jefferson county,
lumbering a quarter of a million of
icople should poll at least 60,000 .
rotes."
Abercrombie's Victory
The confirmation by the Senate yes
erday of the appointment of Sam F.
llabaugh as postmaster at Tuscaloosa
i«s a victory for John W. Abercrombie,
congressman at large, over Richmond
'. Hobson, congressman of the Sixth
listrlct.
Mr. Abercrombie, as is remembered,
'toed for Clabaugh. Captain Hobson
luring his senatorial campaign against
Iscar W. Underwood opposed the ap
lolntment of Clabaugh. He suggested
hat the office of postmaster at Tus
■aloosa be filled by the voters of Tus
caloosa. Mr. Abercrombie took the po
rtion that he should he permitted to
lame the postmaster of his home city
vithout interference on the part of
he congressman who represented the
listrlct In which Tuscaloosa is; that
ic should have this right without qual
licatlon, or not at all.
The struggle hung fire for a long
Ime. And then the President, evldent
y agreeing with Mr. Abercrombie, sent
Ilabaugh’s name to the Senate. Senator 1
lanklicad then awaited developments,
le made one trip to Tuscaloosa to as- ;
certuln the feeling of the people there,
le returned with an Idea that If the
luc&llon was left to a vote of the peo
ile Clabaugh would not win. There was
■till longer delay. But yesterday the
innouncement was made that the Sen- ,
ite had confirmed Clabaugh. Mr. Aber
crombie’s victory is pleasing to his
rlende.
A Satisfied Man
S. P. McDonald of Sylacauga, who
vas in Birmingham yesterday, is a sat
sfied man. For, in addition to many
ither reasons, he is about to put aside
ho honors and the burdens of munic
pal office. He has borne fardels and
s about to be in such position that
io will have them to bear no more.
Mr. McDonald is president of the
rirst National bahk of Sylacauga and
h a member of the city commission,
-to served well and then determined
o run no more. Candidates to sue- :
coed him were W. A. Burns and H. H
Howard, the latter winning by a vote
of OG to 60.
“I have other reasons to be pleased,”
said Mr. McDonald, “for the buy-a-bale
movement lias succeeded. The plan of
the government was impracticable in
that the banks were already carrying
as many loans as they could conven
iently carry. When the buy-a-bale
movement got well under way there
was no doubt of its success. It has
stiffened the backbone of the farmer
and given him new courage to with
stand certain privation until a time
comes when the price of the staple will
be again at normall.”
About Persons
J. B. Hobdy.^ho has charge of the
agricultural department at Auburn,
and who has been named to succeed
N. Si. Baker of Birmingham as super
visor of the rural schools of the state,
is visiting Birmingham today.
Robert Holcombe, a prominent cit
izen of Calera, while visiting Birming
ham yesterday, declared that the farm
ers of his section are in such good
condition that they are not panic
stricken on account of the price of cot
ton.
WAR ECHOES
\V. Nephew King, in Leslie’s: The re
markable Jncrease of the percentage of
wounded over killed, in the battle of Liege,
merits more than a passing notice. It
s believed that the now small arm for In
fantry is just what military experts have
t>ecn striving to attain for years. Though
'iot prompted by philanthropic motives,
t has been their aim to develop a weapon
:hat would reduce the number of killed
ind increase the wounded. The reason
for this is obvious. When a man is killed
ils body remains where it fell until the
•>attle is over. If wounded, however, his
comrades carry him to the reaW Death
:hus takes out of action only one man,
ivhile a wound removes two or more.
The gunshot wounds in the engagement
mentioned above were made by rifles of
smaller calibre and great velocity. The
projectiles were steel-nosed, and the
tvounds cleanout; so that unless a vital
prgan was pierced the soldier was ready
or duty again within a short time. At
i distance of one mile, the velocity is suf
icient to pierce five men standing one
n front of the other.
In only a few instances, however, were
he wounds made in a horizontal direction.
Jince the perfection of machine and rapid
ire guns, soldiers are seldom massed for
pattle, but advance in open order. Neither
lo they stand or kneel and Are, as in for
ner times. The battle line for infantry
iow consists of a number of deep trenches
n which the men stand or kneel, and
hey are exposed only when firing. If
in army Is suddenly engaged, however,
ind there is not time to throw up en
renchments, the infantry are deployed as
skirmishers, at a distance of five yards
ipart, and the men lie flat on their stom
iches as they fire. This accounts for
he great number of wounds in a vertical
lirection which were reported from Liege.!
t was not unusual to find men whose
>odies had been pierced from head to foot j
-the bullet having entered the top of the
ikull, and penetrated the entire body,
■oming out of the heel or lower part of
he leg.
New York Tribune: The sinking of three
British cruisers in the North sea is a
eal achievement for the German navy
ind more than offsets whatever the Eng
ish fleet accomplished off Heligoland and
ilsewhere. Its importance as a piece of
laval strategy, however, remains to be
iscertained. If the submarines were op
erating near their base and merely caught
hree cruisers that were attempting a
aid in repetition of the earlier “cutting
>ut” feat, the achievement has little slg
lifioance. On the other hand. If the cruis
ers were sunk well out in the North sea.
Liter a long cruise of the submarines,
he incident is packed with meaning. What
■an be done to a cruiser can he done to
l battleship, and the peril to the whole
British fleet will be large.
The inactivity of the German subma
ines heretofore has been a source of con
iderable wonder. Tills arm of the Ger
nan navy is highly developed and manned
vith the ablest officers and sailors. The
lieories of German offense by sea always
ooked to these new craft—together with
he Zeppelins—so to reduce the enemy’s
ine as to enable the main German fleet
0 operate upon at last an equal basis,
rhe Zeppelins have accomplished nothing
hus far. and until yesterday’s victory the
lubmarines had been equally unsuccess
ul. If this new attack marks a begln
ilng of German offense, events in the
tforth sea may take on a tragic and vita.
mportance.
Commercial Appeal: There never was
1 war that was not brutal.
The crimes of Louvain and Rheims
nercly accentuate the reckless waste of
var.
The Germans murdered Belgian civ
lians. The Belgian civilians shot Ger
mans, and, acting under a well-known
ule of war, the Germans began a cam
•algn of fire and destruction.
The Germans believe their culture and
heir philosophy are better than any other
ystems practiced by other nations. The
Serman miltary philosophy glorifies, ex
its and extols war as a civiliier and
s a biological necessity. Such a philos
phy begets disregard of the alleged
Ights of the enemy or his people.
In this war there are racial hatreds
nd commercial jealousy. These two ele
nents make for cruelty.
The German of the cottage,, the vlne
ard and the Malfest is a lovable, kindly
>eraon. The German of the army moves
inder the aegis of the “mailed fist. ’
Vith the soldier-officer it is “Deutch
and uber alles,” always and forever. If
ruelty is expedient, if it is necessary for
riumph, then it must be put into prac
ice.
The Frenchman in times of peace is a
tome lover, vivacious and agreeable. Hej
vould step around a worm and free a
aged bird because he is considerate and j
iberty loving.
But the Frenchman of the Terror andj
he Commune was a fiend incarnate. He I
lelighted in cruelty and in giving pain. 1
England sighed at negro slavery and
porwrarded peace congresses. Her rulers
luring the last 50 years have given most!
>f their time to uttering platitudes at ex
msltions and the laying of hospital cor
lerstones. But England at w-ar with Ire
and killed old men and women and mur
lered babies. England aroused, shot Se
)oys at the cannon’s mouth, and in our
>wn country formed war alliances with
jcalp-hunting Indians. Protests from war
ing nations against the cruelties of their
memies are made for the effect on the
ninds of the neutrals.
The protest of Belgium has a logical
?asc because the neutrality of the little |
kingdom waa violated*
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES |
A WISH.
I wish this war were over,
I surely <io,
Althougn I'm not a rover
And ocean’s blue
May never bear me sailing
To foreign shores.
Where now the sound of walling
And cannon's roars
Rend all the skies asunder,
And I’ve ne’er toured
The old world lands, to wonder
At scenes obscured
These days by clouds of battle
And carnage vast.
W here storms of bullets rattle
And death flies last.
I wish the strife were ended,
World peace to crown,
1 hat broken lives were mended
And kings put down.
UNQUESTIONABLY.
“Do you know w'hat?”
“Well, what?"
“I’d like to have a farm in the coun
try."
“That's the best place for it."
GIVEN TO BOASTING.
“If Blowster went to war he’d give a
good account of himself.’’
"Perhaps so. I'm sure he would after
he came back.”
BOARD.
“Popleigh’s dyspeptical. He says eat
ing means nothing to him."
"It doesn't, eh? Well, it means $7.CO a
week to m*."
THE WRONG PROFESSION.
I knew a strange press agent
Who dearly loved the truth
And never had forgotten
The lessons of his youth.
B*lt *#ate d(?alt most unkindly
With him of whom I speak;
He stuck to facts so blindly
He got fired in a week.
FOLLOWING SUIT.
“The cathedral of Rhelms is destroyed.
I bow my head in sorrow."
"You've seen it, then?"
"No."
"Read about, it, ’ perhaps?”
"Very little."
“Why mourn, then?"
"It seems the accepted thing to do."
BEHIND THE TIMES. I
I m through with this moving picturo
theatre." t
s
‘What's wrong with it?"
"It's hopelessly out ot date. The man
agement's still showing pictures of Pan.
pho Villa in the field."
WHAT'S THE "baLLY ANSWER?
■•rt's rather queer about these Gern.aa
cruisers.”
“Yes?”
"Although Great Britain says ghe has
them securely bottled up, every „ow and
then one contrives to nab a few British
vessels,”
STILL EXPLAINING.
I hoped that we were through with it
But When a page I turned ’
MAeeytS fe" on another tale
or why Louvain was burned.
H>LE OPINIONS.
The man who leads a loose life has a
hard time pulling himself together.
It may Seem heartless, but as between
a public park full of hoboes and a skv
scraper fu„ „f business, we'd rather see
the skyscraper.
Some peopie get through life ^th com
pa rati rely little wear and tear because
they have a genius for compromising.
A Strategist' says that it i, impossible
tor cavalrymen to charge on motorcycles
Well, that's one thing to be thankful for.
A woman’s work Is never done. After
the agony of buying fall clothes Is over,
she has to gc right out again and staH
her Christmas shopping.
It’s a sheer waste of time to estimate
how much you could save If you didn’t
have to eat.
Some men have gone to the ditch and
come back, but most of them stay there.
Human nature is queer. A man died
the other day who lived on a farm by
himself for 40 years. Yet he got no
credit for minding his own business.
P. C.
IN ALABAMA SANCTUMS
Al»u«ltig tl»e I'(*.** i in Im(m
From the Alabama City’ Outlook.
Some of the pessimists have se'emed t<
forget that Europe, instead of the south
is the scene of the actual warfare abou
which the world Is hearing so much anc
yet so little at this time.
llooNt for .lie * doo
From the Gadsden Evening Journal.
Secretary McAdoo, of the treasury de
partment. is giving more and more evi
dence every day that he is a true frienc
of the farmer. He has just warned na
tional banks which have received gov
ernment funds to aid crop moving, 01
which have received emergency currency
not to charge excessive interest rates oi
to refuse legitimate credits.
Democracy Preserved
From the Shelby County Sun.
Hon. W. D. Nesbit, of Birmingham, has
been named by Chairman Bibb Graves at
manager of the present campaign. Mr
Nesbit is an able man and will lead de
mocracy to safety in Alabama.
(■rent la Covington
From the Montgomery Times.
An article published elsewhere from the
Andalusia Star tells us of the growtl:
and progress of one of the leading wire
grass counties of the state, and shows
the remarkable fact that the population
has doubled twice in L*0 years, and at thv
present rate, will do the same tiling in
much shorter time. Covington county b
a typical wiregrass county’, and nature
has blessed it with many advantages that
the people have been slow to appreciate
and have not developed, but they art
awakening to the value of its wonderful
resources and are fast putting them tc
the use for which they were intended.
Such counties as Covington are the
state’s main dependence, and the future
with such as it is sure. May it continue
to grow and prosper!
Buttle lingo a Still
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
The Hon. Oscar Underwood, it appears,
is a’feared that too much of the war tax
will fall on beer and whisky and wants
it placed on the freight traffic.—Centre
News.
The Centre News is. of course, in error
in its statement of facts in both cases.
The statements of fact should be re
versed.
But wherein is the News concerned^
Our understanding is that prohibitionists
of the News’ persuasion—the uncompro
mising prohis—didn’t wrant beer, whisky
and wines to bear any of the war tax
•because they thought such an act would
throw another obstacle In the way of the
Hobson-Sheppard prohibition amendment
They’ said if the government came tc
make more money out of liquor, the gov
ernment would he more reluctant than
ever to abolish liquor, the revenue pro
ducer.
The Hcaaou Ia Out
From the Marion County’ News.
The Maine election of the past week
resulted In a victory for the democrats
Republican favored state-wide prohibi
tion and the democrats were for local
option.
Patriotic SuffragetteA
From the Huntsville Weekly Democrat.
The president of the Mississippi Suf
frage association has made an urgent
appeal to the members of her sex tc
help the financial situation in the
south by wearing all their clothing
made of cotton. Wonder how' many
will show their boasted patriotism now
that they have the opportunity.
Calllic the Advertiser
From the Selma Journal.
Well, It seems like Virginia has
jumped on the water wagon. Only 1C
counties remained to have the grog
shops voted out of them and the othei
90 counties did the work, according tc
early reports. We hope there is noth
ing wrong with that report. Wondei
why' the Montgomery Advertiser failed
to get that dispatch. “I have looked al
over that paper*' said a reader to th<
Journal man today, "and did not' find
a word about it. It must have been
' 00 dry rea<ling matter to suit them."
“Wntclifnl Waiting"
From the Selma Times.
"Villa disavows Carranza." The evi
dence is gradually accumulating to
show that Mexico is not big enough
to hold these two strife breeders at .
one and the same time. The peace
that recently ensued was a false peace i
that could not endure. Internecine
"ar s liable to break at any hour !
between the covetous and belligerent /
chiefs and their hangers-on.
Twinkle «f the Stnr
From the Andalusia Star.
The Andalusia Star published some I
anti-suffrage matter in its columns this
week. Better go light on that dope. !
Editor Doty; it’s getting to be a local
question. The next session of the Ala
bama legislature will be asked to pass
a joint resolution submitting to the !
people an amendment to the constitu
tion giving women equal suffrage
rights with men.—Opp Messenger. ;
loull find the Star doing a man’s
part in opposition to the constitutional
amendment—if it is ever submitted.
The Star doesn’t believe rt will be sub
mitted. There are many things to be
adjusted—many things to be consid
ered before white women walk up t»
the polls and vote.
Reporters A* Jurors
From the Winston Herald.
A bill will be introduced in the
next legislature to exempt newspaper
men from jury duty. This bill should j
pass, because newspaper men generally
act as detectives, judges and juries
on a big case before the court acts,
consequently in many cases In large
towns and cities have fixed opinions
because of having written up detailed
reports of the crimes. In the name
of justice, ‘cut them off the juries.*
An Irrelevant Query
From the Rockford Chronicle.
How would you like to live in a
commVintly where practically every citi
zen was an enemy of the other, and
where the vicious, the vile the vulgar
and the depraved were in the as
cendency, and where the churches and f
Sunday schools were the most insig
nificant Institutions in it? Are there
any such in Coosa county?
SURVEYING W ITH AUTO TRICK
From the Scientific American.
In extensive surveys made this sum
mer by the coast and geodetic survey
and tlie geological survey, between
Barstow, Tex., and* the Pacific ocean,
an automobile truek was used for
transportation, in place of horses and
wagons. A special machine is used for
tlie purpose, equipped with solid rub
ber tires, dual behind, and extra tanks
for gasoline, and water. The same
plan was tried witli great success in '
two previous seasons; last year, in *
surveying between Denver and the
Canadian border, it was estimated that
the expense of this mode of transpor
tation was about half of what it would
have been if horses and wagons ha&
been used.
THE PEASANT SOLDIER
From tlie London Chronicle.
He has no hope for conquest; he has no
lust for power;
His bosom does not burn to sliara in
triumph's glorious hour;
He bears no hatred in his heart against
his brother man;
Unlearned he in strategy, or states
man’s scheme or plan.
But when throughout the troubled land
there rings the battle cry,
Unknowing and unquestioning, he
marches forth to die.
No prizes are there to be gained for \
his too common kind; >
He wins no splendid spoils of war for M
those be leaveB behind. A
Whatever glory there may be, the great
ones of the earth
Will never yield to hTs mean kin, all
folk of peasant birth.
But when be sees upon the bills tho
battle banners fly
He marches calmly to his death—nor
thinks to wonder why,
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