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SOLDIERS HARMED
BY MODI LETTERS!
mil BACK HOME;
Officers of Dixie Division
Appeal to Relatives of
Men to Write Cheer
ful News
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga., February
26.—(Special.)—For the good of the army,
for the welfare of the service and to
make it easier to train in a manner to
lick the Germans the officers of the
Dixie division are anxious for the peo
ple back home to know that heart-rend
ing and homesickey letters to the boys
of Camp Wheeler keeps them contin
ually unstrung and in a bad mood all
the time.
“Some of the letters are so tragic,"
said one of the officers today who has
been making an investigation into guard
house conditions," that when the soldier
is not allowed to go home on a pass he
wiU desert and then have to serve for a
month or more in the guardhouse. After
the soldier goes home and bars his
chance of ever getting a promotion in a
year or so he finds that the home folks
were about as he left them.
“We have no real bad me;n in some
of the regiments, but the guardhouses
are kept filled all the time with sol
diers who could not bear the separation
from home when the folks are reported
as distressingly sick. I would implore all
the people back home to write whole
some, cheery letters and then the sol
dier's life will be so much more pleas
ant."
J. D. Spaeth, head of the chair or Eng
lish at Princeton college, temporarily re
leased from the faculty, has arrived at
Camp Wheeler to take charge of all
educational and social work under the
auspices of the army Young Men’s Chris
tian association. He succeeds President
James H. Shelbourne of Howard col
lege, who has returned to his home at
Birmingham, Ala., after three months'
service as camp educational director at
Camp Wheeler.
Prof. A. Spaeth is a well known ex
tension lecturer, having several times
toured the country from coast to coast,
speaking at colleges and before various
organizations. Princeton college is pay
ing part of his salary while at Camp
Wheeler in the service of the red trian
gle.
The duty of the new educational direc
tor of the Dixie division is to teach
lisl. to a large percentage of the guards
men of Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
French is another one of the important
subjects which will be taught under his
direction. He has a staff of six assist
ants, building, educational and social di
rectors, in charge of this work among
the men served by their respective red
triangle huts.
As coach of the Princeton crew. Pro
fessor Spaeth demonstrated to America
that the system of amateur coaching was
feasible; that professional coaching was
not necessary for championship crews.
Tnder his coaching the Tiger crew has
been victorious over Harvard and Yale
and other famous collegiate crews of the
country.
According to figures gathered from the
statistical department of the division of
the more than 20,000 soldiers in the
camp the members of the different re
ligious denominations are as follows:
■Baptists, 45 per cent; Methodists, 32 per
cent; Presbyterians, 6 per cent; Homan
Catholics, 5 per cent; Christians, 3 per
cent; Episcopalians, 2 per cent; Jewish,
1 per cent; all others, 6 per cent.
The government intends to save every
thing worth using. Boxes will be placed
in a suitable place in each organization
for the collection of load tubes and tin
foil from tooth paste, cigarettes, cigars,
candy chocolates and other packages.
The lead and tinfoil so collected will be
turned over to the camp quartermaster
as directed in a former memorandum.
NEWS OF ENSLEY
Ensley people are enthused with the
garden spirit and each household is culti
vating a plot of ground either in the
yard or vacant lot. Plowmen are in
greater demand than can be supplied
and the members of each family are tak
ing active part in preparing the soil.
The civic garden committee hopes that
all records will be broken in vegetable
production this year. Schools are en
couraging gardening and the negroes
who make an effort will be encouraged.
Since the coming of Mr. Mobley and
his demonstration of drying vegetables
the preservation of food lias been sim
plified and with the already successful
canning plant large quantities of food
should be conserved this year in Ens
ley.
Two houses in Fairfield suffered
slightly from fires yesterday. The homes
of Dr. W. M. Carmichael on Valley road
and W. E. Graham on Forty-first street
were the ones damaged. The Ensley
fire department made quick work and
the damages w'ere small.
Friends of John Angwin will be glad
to know that he has recovered from a
recent attack of pneumonia and is able
to be out.
Rev. A. K. Wright of the Ensley Bap
tist church will give a series or special
services during March. The general topic
for the morning sermons will be "The
Fundamentals of Christianity.” with the
following topics: "The Christian’s God,"
"Sin and Judgment," "The Voice of the
Scriptures," "The Mission of the
‘ Church,” and “The Claims of Christ."
The evening subjects will be interest
ingly Illustrated by stereopticon views.
; and are; "Scouting With the Boy
Scouts," “The Young Men’s Christian As
sociation in the War,” "A Message of
Music," “The Call of the East," and
. .“Palestine of Today.”
i Harry Endress is ill at his home on
• Forty-second street.
County School Fair to
Be Held in Franklin
Russellville, February 20.—(Special.)
March 22-2if are the dates set for the
first County School fair ever held In
Franklin county. *• An extensive pro
pamine hay been arranged and is now
being mailed out to teachers, parents
and school children throughout the coun
ty. The fair will be, held in this city
Mid it is estimated that no> less than
SDOO school children will be in the city
’ ap the above dates. Field exercises.
recitations and contests in fruit and
'. vegetable canning and needlework will
Constitute the day’s programme. Also a
move is on foot to have at least
one of the several candidates for govern
or on hand, .which will aid in bringing
put a large crowd of Franklin county
• farmers and business men. A large num
ber of cash and other valuable prizes
X are offered in the various departments.
■ Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
I CAST OR IA
OFFICERS’SCHOOL AT
CAMP PIKE MAKING
RAPID PROGRESS
j Personnel Is Made Up From
Pick of Division—Many
Alabamians are
Enrolled
By C. F. DAVIS
Camp Pike. Little P.ock, February 28.
(Special.)—After most careful mental
and physical tests the personnel of the
third officers' training camp at Camp
Pike tvas selected, and the organization
is known by officers as “the pick of the
division." The men are now taking an
intensivec ourse to fit them for offi
cers. At the close of the course they
will be placed on a list in the order ot
their merit, and from this list the future
officers of the dlvison will be drawn.
The barracks of the school are used as
a model of soldierly neatness for the en- _
tire division, and although the men have ^
been in training less than eight weeks, ,
the military precision of their drill has
won them compliments from many hign
military sources. The school consists of
two infantry companies and a battery
of light artillery, each organization con- .
taining about 200 men. Lieut. Col. L. A. i
1. Chapman is commandant; Maj. Paul (
C. Potter, senior instructor; Capt. Kob
ert L. Kighelberger assistant for in- i
fantry, and Capt. Noland Blass assist
ant for artillery, Lieut. C. M. Elsman i
is adjutant. In addition, Captain Raw
cliff of the British military mission and 1
Captan Montaland of the French Mill- .
tary mission, both veterans of several :
years' service on the battlefronts ot
France, are attached to the school head
Quarters as special instructors, and othei
officers and non-commissioned officers
of the foreign mission are teaching their
specialties in grenade throwing, bayonet
fighting, gas defense, etc. The com
pany commanders and tactical officers
are drawn from the line organizations
of the division, but as far as possible the
students themselves are given command
of the companies, platoons and squads
to familiarize them with the art of com
manding men. B'ollowing are the Ala
bamians who have been designed ior
the school;
Leroy B. Barber, Birmingham; John
R. Beggs, Mobile; Edward V. Birk, Ens
ley; William H. Blanton, Huntsville:
George C. Bruner, Birmingham; Robert
! E. Cammack, Grove Hill; Col. R. Carnes,
Hamilton; Roy G. Carpenter, Bexar; Oli
ver A. Chalifoux. Jr., Birmingham; John
M. Davis, Birmingham; Floyd E. Day,
Selma; Horace R. Drew, Birmingham;
Milton J. Easter, Athens; Phil E. Ful
cher, Guntersville: Henry G. Gillam,
Gadsden; Claude L. Godwin, Birming
ham; Copeland W. Guice, Eufaula; Lloyd
Percy Guice, Birmingham; Thornton F.
Guinn, Huntsville; Glenn E. Hill, Oak
ban; Nathaniel B. Hughes, Birmingham;
Earl E. Jackson, Killen; William E.
James, Cullman; William E. P. Lake
man, Haleyville; Joseph Levy, Birming
ham; Thomas H. Lining, Mobile; Fred
B. Littlefield, Decatur; John W. McDon
ald, Bessemer; Guy W. McIntosh, Rus
sellville; A. S. Mcflroy, Birmingham;
Joseph N. McNeil, Vinegar Bend; David
L. Martin, Courtiand; Henry B. Norton.
Florence; John C. Orr, Hartselle; Ches
ter Arthur Patterson, Birmingham; Wil
liam Columbus Parkins, Pratt City;
William C. Petty, Collinsville; Guy Pal
mer Powe, Tuscaloosa; James Richard
Price, Buhl; James S. Radcliff, Mobile;
Isaac J. Rogers, Villa; Frank Vernon
Sergent, Mobile; John D. Sawyer, Bir
mingham; Carl II. Sehall, Florence;
Thomas W. Scruggs, Bessemer; Emmet
C. Stockton, Moulton; Sam Zavelo,
Brookside.
Appeals Court Decisions
Montgomery. February 26.—(Special.)
Rulings on applications for rehearing in
the court of appeals of Alabama Tues
day follow:
Per Curiam—Eddie Scott vs. the state
of Alabama, from Washington circuit
’ court; application overruled.
W. R. Thacker vs. the city of Selma,
from Dallas circuit court; application
overruled.
Lee Cowart vs. the state of Alabama,
from Montgomery city court; opinion
amplified and application overruled.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company
vs. Lawrence Kelly, from Coffee circuit
; court; opinion amplified and application
, overruled.
W. P. Windham vs. the state of Ala
bama, from Coffee circuit court; applies -
1 tioi overruled.
R. L. DeBardeleben vs. the state of
Alabama, from Elmore circuit court; up
. plication overruled.
H. W. Pearson vs. Hancock & Son,
' from Tallapoosa circuit court; applica
tion overruled.
E. H. Berry vs. S. H. Woody, from
Coosa circuit court; opinion extended
and application overruled.
Frank Moragne, alias, etc. vs. the state
1 of Alabama, from Jefferson criminal
| court; application overruled.
Ex parte Dave R. King vs. the state
of Alabama, from Jefferson criminal
court; application overruled.
Owensboro Banking company vs. F.
P. Buck, from Bessemer city court;
application overruled.
H. B. Wood, as trustee of Walker
L I.umber company, vs. T. S. Hendon,
5 from Walker circuit court; applica
tion stricken.
Frank F. Best vs. the city of Bir
’ mingham, from Jefferson cirminal
1 court; application overruled.
' Birmingham Waterworks company
i vs. Max Davis, from Jefferson circuit
; court; application stricken.
Spalding Manufacturing company vs.
5 S. P. Lorren, from Cleburne circuit
i court; application overruled.
Bob Hardaman vs. the state of Ala
* bama, from Jefferson circuit court;
* application granted, affirmance set
f aside and case reversed and remanded.
Southern Express company vs. B. L.
* Malone, from Morgan circuit court;
i application overruled conditionally.
Susie Swoope Bynum vs. John Terry
and Henry Peebles, from Lawrence cir
3 cuit court; application overruled.
List of decisions:
Brown, P. J.—Lee Anthony, Jr., vs. the
state of Alabama, from Greene circuit
court; the death of appellant being
I shown, the appeal is abated.
Ophelia Metcalf vs. the state of Ala
) bama, from Marion circuit court; re
e versed and remanded.
Hugh Blancett, Jr., vs. Joel R. Wim
berly et al., from Jackson circuit
’ court; affirmed, Samford, J., dissenting.
v J. B. Murphree vs. the state of Ala
® bama, from Morgan circuit court; appeal
l" dismissed.
* Bricken, J.—Joe H. Kramer vs. the
n state of Alabama, from Cullman circuit
^ court; reversed and remanded.
The W. T. Rawleigh Medical company
U vs. Hayes Hooks, et al, from Lauder*
dale circuit court; affirmed.
* WTili Thompson vs. the state of Ala
bama, from Lauderdale circuit court;
~ affirmed.
Samford, J.—Lee Anna James vs. the
state of Alabama, from Jefferson clr
3 cuit court; affirmed.
j Patterson Reese vs. the state of Ala
J bama, from Jefferson circuit court; af
firmed.
James M. Davjs vs. the state of Ala
bama ex rel. county board rot equaliza
tion of Cherokee county, from Cherokee
circuit court; reversed and rendered.
Divisional Minstrel Troupe Will
Give “Regular” Bill at Jefferson
Twenty-ninth Divisional Minstrel troupe which will give three performances Friday and Saturday, March 1 and
2, heading from left to right they" are: Sergt. Alec Porter, Mickey Fox, Bob Grigott, Ray Leavitt, Bill Small, Dick
Kirschbaum, Earl Grimes, Hurley Thacker, Bill Jederbrock, Henry Burkes, Bill Kane, George Barry, Bill
Wright, Harold Haberle, James Smith and A. G. Dunham.
The first part of the production, “Min
strelsy of 1918,” to be presented at the
Jefferson theatre Friday and Saturday by
the Twenty-ninth Divisional Minstrels ot
Camp McClellan contains a charming ar
ray of musical hits, both song and in
strumental.
One of the big features in this respect
is Mickey Fox’s “Wild Wild Women.”
The inimitable Mickey, who has the
reputation of being the funniest man in
Jersey, has always proven one of the
star numbers in the production and a
treat is in store for those fortunate
enough to see him. Supplementing Mick
ey’s feature is "The Divisional Quartet,"
the finest soldier quartet in the world,
being composed of F. J. Murray, Robert
Tillery, William Holt and Herbert Sears.
This quartet which has been recog
nized by one of the largest phonograph
companies in the world, for whom they
will make records in the near future, will
render selections dear to the ear of the
enlisted man. As they are themselves
enlisted men their interpretation of these
songs is certain to be melodiously vivid
and accurate.
Other song hits responsible for the
high standard of the entertainment are
furnished by Earl Grimes, “the sw-eetest
tenor in the army,” Sergt, Alec Porter,
Corp. Dick Kirschbaum, Hurley Thacker,
R. B. Tillery. Bill* Kane, Bill Wright,
Boh Guyett, Ray Leavitt and Bill Small.
Wright's delineation of "The Spaniard
That Blighted My Life,” together with
Small's “Dixie Volunteers” and Kirsch
baum's “You Can't Tell the Mothers
j From the Daughters” are conspicuously
! clever. Sergeant Porter's “The Three
Trees” is a novel offering combining
singing with an ingenious bit of piano
accompaniment.
Martie. the famous female imperson
ator, will appear in classical Russian.
Grecian and Hawaiian dances in beau
tiful costumes, special scenery and
genuine Hula string band.
Feliz St. Angelo will introduce the
latest song success, “We're Marching
Or to Berlin,” written and composed
by Mrs. Harry Walstrum of Birming
ham, and A. Traxler, leader of the
Lyric orchestra. The future of the
song will undoubtedly be wonderful,
as it is unusually catchy and clever.
Private Ruggles. who made such a
big hit in Birmingham last, week, will
be seen again, featuring “When Irish
Lyes Are Smiling,” one of the most
beautiful ballads ever written.
Interspersing the musical numbers are
| scintillating dashes of humor—all up-to
date “gags*’ in the parlance of the green
room—the work of the clever end men.
Bill Small. Ray Leavitt, Bill Kane, Bill
Wright and Hurley Thacker, assisted by
the able interlocutor, Sergt. Porter.
One of the genuine innovations in tho
production is a song portrayal of a Chi
natown drug fiend by Henry Burkes.
Burkes’ portrayal of a drug victim is
executed while rendering the ever popu
lar air “Chinatown, My Chinatown.”
His gripping delineation of the unfor
tunate character is strengthened by espe
cial lighting and scenic effects procured
for his number.
The olios are of a particularly high
character embracing a novel roller skat
ing skit by Born and Carlin, the latter
being a former Winter Garden favorite
In New York and a distinctive acrobatic
presentation by Memo Ben Hamo, a na
tive of the Arabian desert, who was pre
viously a member of Hassan Ben Ali’s
celebrated troupe of acrobats. Marty,
who has a New York reputation for his
oriental dances and Poster Welsh, a
clever imitator, round out the attractive
medley of miscellaneous numbers.
Corp. II. W. Downing, manager and
director of the troupe, accompanied by
Mrs. Downing and Rev. Father O’Gal
lagher, post chaplain, arrived in Bir
mingham yesterday to finish all plans
for the big show.* Rev. O’Gallagher,
who is the minstrel boys* "father.” was
formerly of St. Paul’s Catholic church
of Birmingham ami comes here as
sponsor for the occasion.
West Point Coach Arrives
West Toint, N. Y., February 28.—Hans
IvObert. the army's new baseball coach.
arrived here today from Cuba and im
mediately went to work in the cage with
a big squad of cadets. Oliphant, all
round athlete, will captain the nine this
[ spring.
Lax-Foe With Pepsin
A liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant
! to take. Just try one 50c bottle tor
i Indigestion or Constipation.
Scotch
Mists
—Fine For
Rain or
shine
February’s such a willy
nilly thing that a * “Scotch
Mist” is the only thing if
you really want to be
ready.
Keeps off the chill.
Keeps out the rain.
* Registered Trademark.
Shown exclusively at
Porter’s.
Scotch Mists $45.
Porter Spring Top
Coats $25 up.
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