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The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-29

The Hoffman Hardware company
received a car load Of wagons a
day or two ago, and they are go-
ing like hot cakes This order has
been In at the factory for two
months, We learn that the wheat
farmers who have been hard MP for
several years, and had to iorego
the pleasures and eonyeniences OF
new wagons ON the farm, when
their wheat brought good prices,
rushed orders In TO all the wagon
factories and they are now working
day and night to 0ll them, If the
country should strike a 'prosperi-
ty' streak In all Of itg branches as
It has In the grain fields trade
would spring up and we would get
a whaek at the nImble pennies, as
they flew around,
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

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  may This tdemocra Il s purity If Chicago and  principle of
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Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES?

For the benefit of few of the former advocates of free silver who now would have this issue eliminated from the state platform. the State Herald reprodlices the following able and timely editorial from the Mobile News:
 What are the state issues upon which the state campaign should be conducted? :? are they the same as those of last year and two years before, when partisaLs of President Cleveland came from Wash ington City and attempted to force the state into "the gold column?" There was much agitation of the question of d new constitution, but the decision was that the work of making new constitu- ton must be left to the democratic party, and that party is not willing to undertake it until after the money question shall have been settled. The money question was, as we have said, injected into state politics by partisans of President Cleve- land. and it is there to stay. We assume that the next state and national conyen- tions will adopt platforms similar to those of last year. and that most of the voters who opposed the nominees of the national democracy will oppose those of 1900. The gold monometallists in Alabama are not numerous enough to elect a ticket of their own choosing or prevent the election of the democratic ticket and the Register IS somewhat impatient to know what they are going to do about it. We cannot see how they can do anything. In view of the deelara tions of the conventions of Kentucky and Ohio, they cannot expect that Alabama democrats will ignore the platform of the national convention. Ac- cording to precedent and in recognition of their worth Gov. Johnston and the other state officers will be entitled to re- nominations, and in all probability they will get them. Whether the gold bugs take part in the primaries or maintain a separate organization will make no diff ference, the result will be the same-the present state officers, or most of them, will be renominated. They are worthy of the support of all voters in the state. And so we do not see what state issues a TO ll<plyn to arise
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

From struggling town fifteen years ago, Birmingham is now a compact city of brick and mortar, for business houses and beautiful modern residences stretch ing away back into the country, with dummy lines and electric cars traversing every portion of the city; stately banks and stores have taken the place of wood en structures and eschante, and the work is still going on, so that no one can de- fine the exact limit. In the eastern as well as the western portion of this great Babylon of the south will soon be heard the busy whirr of myriads of spindles. while in the southwest and almost within a stones throw of the State Herald office. a great and capacious steel plant will be paving the way to diversified industries Like the man with the borrowed brooches on at the camp meeting, you can 'kneel down anywhere along here"-and you will be in the city. Great is Birming- hamw
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
OUR PuBrfc scHoo1s.

The state-Herald prints this morning the supreme court decision in the case of the State vs the Southern Railway com pany appealed from the city court of Bir- mingham. The case, as will bs remm- bered by the State-Herald readers, is the result of an agreement that test be made as to the constituticnaity of what is known as the O'Brisn school tax lSw which in effect was to create the beard of education of the city of Birmingham 'conferring power to charge non-resides pupils such tuition, or rather fees, as they might deem proper, and allowing them in their discretion to assign free scholar ships in the various grades of the school"
 The bill also allowed 'the levying of an annual tax of two-tenths of ore per cent, or twenty cents on every hundr,d dollars worth of property, which shall be assessed by the tax collector of Jeffer- son county at the same time, and in the same manner and under the same penal ties. and entered on the same lists with other taxes" and to be collected as other taxes.
 The suprems court holds that if this 'were allowed, it would effectually amas- culate the constitutional prohibition. It would sanction the levying of a tax by the state for the purpose of public edu- cation in the city, which the city itself is prohibited by the constitution from levying and collecting. and which. if sanctioned as to one city. might ba ex- tended to every other locality in. the state in overthrow of this fundamental law. It would allow a thing to be done indirectly which is forbidden to be done directly"
 The decision is perfectly clear and con elusive, and in order to sustain her schools. as the State Herald has here tofore taken occasion to say. the city will have to depend directly on her home people.
 The expense account has been reduced over s7,0OO by the cutting off of teachers and the reduction of safa ries Yet with all this. without the usual amount re- ceived from the school tax. the deficit is bound to be large. if the schools are to be kept Up to their usual standard. Birmingham Is alive to her educational interest, however. and the State Herald feels confident that way will be pro- vided to meet all emergencies and that our public schools will continue to hold their well meritsd prestige of being equal if not superior 10 any in the whole country.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
CAMP IS MOST READY.

The 180 tents are all pitched and ev- erything will be in apple pie order for the Second regiment on Monday. The location of the camp is simply ideal. The tents are spread in the thick grove of pines and sweetgums just between the asylum enclosure and the university lands. The camp faces west and the dummy line as it curves through the asy- lum grove skirts the western side of the camp. The first row of tents begins at the sharp corner of the fence where the dummy emerges from the curved lane into the grove proper The streets be- tween the tents measure twenty feet and the center street at the head of which stands the colonel's quarters is fifty feet broad. The guard house is at the north west corner of the camp on the new road just outside the wire enclosure. The parade ground is on the university cam pus only a few hundred yards away and everything is most conveniently ar ranged.
 The Gazette man was out on the ground yesterday and Mack" who has been putting up tents for thirteen years. took him in charge and showed him over the place. Mack" says and he surely ought to know that 1t is one of the prettiest Ca mps he has ever seen. The rapidity with which the white city has been built S. aks volumes for the successful en-
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

Does anybody know the whereabouts of Reuben F. Kofb? Why don't he say something about the nex5 ca mpaign? His silence is becoming painful.-,AshviileA Ad- vocate.
 He has become back number like all other demagogues do sooner or later.- Montgomery Advertiser ''
 On the same principle of reasoning the public will not be bothered with the Ad- vertiser much longer.--State Herald
 When this principle operates actively in Alabama politics the poor State Herald will be politically as was Dives: 1t will raise its voice from hell to the Advertiser. the IJazarIls. and ask 1t for drop of water to cool its parching tongue.- Huntsville Tribune.
 And if we should. we expect about as much water at it's hands as 1t is now of fering the downtrodden people Of the country in the form of the gold standard and radical rule. Fellows who advocate parching in this world are not apt to run a natatorium in the next.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
BLEAcHERY FOR BIRMINGHAM

All the cotton cloth de in the south is sent norh to be bleached. The south needs q bleachery. and not one. but many. The trouble is to get pure water. The cotton in the flat lands where cotton is grown and where many cotton mills are located. runs over loose, soil and runs very slowly, thus becoming muddy. But in spite of this serious objection. a north ern capitalist has decided to erect a bleachery at Augusta. Now. it seems to us. that Birmingham Is the place for a bleachery. It is railroad center. and the cotton. mills all over the south can reach us by rail. D; is on the way to the markets south of Us. where most of the cotton cloth is sold The railroads will give the milling in transit rate and cloth shipped south can be laid off here and bleached. Birmingham will also be in the center of the cotton manufacturing dis Lrict The9e are cotton mills in Gads- den. Huntsville. Cordoya. Selma. Mont gomery and in Birmingham. But the prime Inducements for bleachery in Birmingham are the clear, dry atmos- plhere and the pure water. The air is dri.r and purer than on the coast or in the low cotton lands. And. better tha all is our pure. clear water. The wa CT courses of Jones valley spring from a limestone formation and run swiftly over rocky beds. the water thus clearing and purifying itself. The eye can pierce many feet through the clear water of the Ely ton spring. the Hawkins spring and the Tarrant spring. About four miles above the Avondale cotton mills, and just above East Lake, is the head waters of Village creek, and the water is clear as crys- tai A better place for bleachery could not be found
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

The republican state convention in Ohio last week did not say one word about the money question. Is this con sidered by the Birmingham State Herald and Montgomery Journal as helpful to the silver cause in Ohio? Do they believe the action of the Ohio convention in ig- noring the money question will help the cause of silver in all the other states? If not. then why should it hurt the silver cause to have national issues ignored in the democratic platform in Alabama next year-Anriston Hot Blast.
 It is the democratic party and not the republican party we are taking lessons from-the party of the people: the honest patriotic voters who never fight under cover but bare their breast and give and take, and do not depend by trickery or seek dishonest advantage to win. Read what the democratic convention of Ohio had to say about silver. This is the crowd we are running with.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
HEFllN.
Gov. Johnston and Commissioner Culver Inspect the Proposed Situation for
 the Agricultural School.

Heain July 3.-(Special Correspon- dence )-Goy Johnston and Commission CT Culver were in Hefiin Thursday and viewed the proposed situation for the agricultural school
 They arrived on the evening train from Birmingham and were met by a special committee, who escorted them to tha Mead hotel There was an informal reception held for a few minutes. Many of our most prominent farmers were here to meet the governor.
 The entire party, accompanied by the citizens of Hefiin. went down to the school dlouse and fhere several bright little speeches were made--ene by the governor and one by Commissioner Gull yer. Hon. John M. Caldwell of Anniston, came over with the governor and intro duced the governor and commissioner He said that Commissioner Culver was, in his opinion, the biggest commissioner of agriculture in the world. So, Alabama was ahead again. MT. Caldwell has al- ways stood by Hef1in, and Hefiin people appreciate it. He made very enjoyable talk, all in our favor. After the speaking the committee showed Gov. Johnston and Commissioner Culver over the grounds. The carriages were waiting to convey them back to the hotel There
 
 inspection in the afternoon.
 There was a reception held at MT and Mrs. D. A. Perryman's from 4:30 to 5.30, where Gov. Johnston met some, fifty or more of the Hefln ladiss. Continued warm weather and hard work gives Gov. Johnston a tired and worn look yet he appeared to enjoy his Hefiin trip well. He was jolly and bright, shaking hands with everybody and kissing the little folks This, you know, always pleases the nammas.
 The weather is hot, beyond anything of the season. Though we have showers occasionally, sunshine predominates. Shtp Sheppard, of Baltimore, was in town this week.
 The serenaders were abroad Fast night So. music was floating around on the breezes.
 Our school committee will leave foI Montgomery Sunday. The board will be in session from 12 o'clock Monday until decision is made. We hope to heal news of the result by Monday night. There is big preparations among the negroes for the 4th of July, consisting oi dinners and extra lunch counters in be
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

Hon. Jesse Stallings confides in a local newspaper man ito the extent of telling him that when Gov. Johnston has had his second term, he, Stallings, will be ready to step into his shoes. This is long look into the future; but if anybody thinks the silver delusion is going to land a man into the governors chair four years from now. he is making iarge-sized error We doubt if even Gov Johnston will pull through next time.-lMobile Register.
 Gov. Johnston was elected. and Jesse Stallings pulled through for congress in the face of similar predictions from the same source. The Register claimed to be a democraic paper then. and expected the above gentlemen to meet defeat inside the party. but now that the Register has virtually joined the republican party, we don't suppose any democrat will lose any sleep over its political predictions, as ia r as Alabama is concerned. It will be many years yet before the republican party can hope to control this state, and, of course, republican organs will have very little influence over the democratic party, and their predictions will be taken rather as an expression of partisan feel ing than based on good judgment and facts.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

half of their new school building, which is not paid for nor fully completed
 The white people of Cleburne will hold Sunday school convention at C=dar Creek, six miles south of Hef1in, Satur- day. .f.,f
 Mrs. William Maxwell, of Villuri coun- ty, Ga, accompanied by her two sons. Guy and Jamie, are spending the week with their uncle, MT. D. A. Psrryman, of Hefiin. s.r s.s.f
 An Epworth league has recently be=n former in Heflin It has beer thoroughly organized, and Is doing good work. It is the strongest organization according to membership. of any in H=flin. Mem bers from all churches have Joined.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
A CHEAP POWER.

There is one mechanical power that our people seem unadvised about. The power that we refar to Is the gas engine power. We are at the moment unad- vised as to the price of gas, but will say that the Iribune's power, which runs heavy Cottrell BabcoeiS cylinder press. is a four-horse power gas engine. This engine runs off weekly six dailies and one weekly Tribune. one weekly Jour nal making eight papers weekly, and two sides of sevsn of these-papsrs
 The gas bill for this run for the month of June was $1.65. This same engine could pull gin with ease, could pull nearly any order of light machinery. We have a fine quality of gas. good service; only one time in four years. and only for very few minutes then. has our engine been rendered useless by failure to get gas. This occasion was an uncontro,la- ble accident at the gas works. So it shows pretty clearly that if we would utilize the power we have in the city. there would be but little cause for com plainit about cheap power. There is no dirt, no smoke, and but one small jet of flame. For the benefit of those SC king power we have said this. and wholly without solicitation upon the part of any interest-Huntsyille Tribune.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

The day of big salaries seems to have passed. The teachers in the public schools have accepted smaller salaries for the ensuing year. The head of q cor poration in this district has reduced sal aries to the amount of $25,000 per annum, and is himself receiving s10.000. which is half what he once received. President w. H. Smith, of the Louisville and Nash ville receives $25,000, but he says no man can earn that much. He would submit to a reduction, but another railroad is willing to give him more. Some fifteen years ago it was common for a young man starting out in business to receive a salary of 8, 200 of $1, 1,500. while now the young men of equal ability are glad to get $500 or $500.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
NOTICE. CONTRACTORS.

In making estimates for new buildings or renovating old buildings there is al- ways more or less tin, slate or galvanized iron work to be done on every building. We will cheerfully make you estimates off of plans or buildings. Our. special ef- fort Is to please our customers in style. quality and price. We do all kinds of sheet metal work. slate roofing and hot air heating. Call to see us. or call up phone 115, and we will call to see you. Our place of business is 2013 Third ave- nue. SPIRO & LONG co.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
WITH THE STATE EDITORS
GOOD SUGGESTIONS. Now that wool wiA command a good price. Kill all your dogs and raise sheep.
BACK TAX IN LEE.

MT. Motley, the county back tax com missioner for Lee county, informed the NEWS Tuesday that he had put in ten days work up to that date and found escapes amounting in the aggregate to something over $131.000. These escapes, he says. he has found in a partial exam nation of Beat 6, and one case in Beat and one in Beat 2.-Opelika Industrial News.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
TRIED ONE, WANTS THE OTHER

Eighteen months ago the Register was for the gold standard, but changed and went over to Johnston and free silver, but not flor harmony alone It went for Johnston because 1t admired him as man and as true and loyal democrat whom it considered the man of the hour for governor of Alabama, and it has not changed its opinion of him after having tried him. It went for free silver because 1t became convinced that the country would not get out of the downward road financially so long as the country la bored under a gold standard, and be- cause the democratic party declared for free silver. The Register has tried the gold standard, and it is now ready for a change It Is not so hoggish on the gold standard that it does not know when 1t gels enough.-Russell Register.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

God has given commandments unto men. From these commandments men have framed laws by which to be gov .erned It is honorable and praise worthy to faithfully serve the people by helping to administer these laws. If the laws are not enforced the people are not well governed
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

The following sledgelha mmer blow from the Selma Times is.respectfully re- .ferred for further consideration to the Anniston Hot Blast:
 ''The Times is in favor of making all kinds of concessions 70 the gold men who came up like true democra-S S and voted for Billy Bryan. But we do not believe in conceding thing to the Palmer and Buckner bolters. We had rather make concessions to the out-and-out republican party"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
DOING GOOD IN coosA.

In regard to the back tax law, there Is an instance on record in this county which shows that the baw Is resulting in good to the state. County Commissioners Walden informs us that he has assessed 5000 worth of property in a portion of ona beat. This shows that there is a large amount of property in the county which the stat in the future will re- ceive taxes On.-Coosa Advocate
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
PETTUs LEADING.

The Advocate has always been a staunch supporter of Senator Pettus, and 1t gives us pleasure to see that he is talk ing leading part in the proceedings of the senate. Alabama is, and should be( proud of her representatives in the United States senate. They are both brainy men, and true and faithful demu- crats They have few equals.-Coosa Advocate.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

The Presbyterian ministers of Phila- delphia held a meeting the other day and denounced the publication, sale and reading of Sunday newspapers. Like many other ministers, they make the mis- take of attacking the Sunday paper, which is made up and published on Satur- day. It is the Monday paper on which the Sunday work is done.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
MAY BE SUFFICIENT.

The Anniston Hot Bla st insinuates that Ala bama needs a new constitution worse than it needs anything else. We sug- gest to our contemporary that if the country is to remain on single gold standard, we will soon be sufficiently "swunk up here in Alabama to enable us to get along fairly well under our pres ent constitution. From 1878 to 1892 our state prospered, and we were fast out growing the constitution adopted in 1874; ; however, since MT. Cleveland restored confidence by cutting off the four and one-half millions of dollars that were being added to our circulating medium each month, Alabama has been getting back in shape to fiji the constitution adopted in 1874. If we are to continue to have constant contraction of the cur rency. the present cons itution will an- swer every purpose.-Opelika Industrial News.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

shiftiness of Americans. But the aver age German does well in this country We have no better citizens They large ly predominats in several of our cities, and even in two states. The Germans are very strong in Birmingham, not only in numbers but in influence. They are prominent in the Carnival in the Com mercial club. and in all public enter ,-i..
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

The president of Columbia college points out the influence of German methods in our educational institutions. This is a matter for congra tulation, as the Ger mans are very thorough in their methods. Indeed, they err proba ply too much on the right side. Their college graduates are thoroughly drilled along a certain line to the exclusion of cognate lines. Hence we see German scientist hard put to 1t to make @ living, Perhaps their talents are not duly appreciated in prac- tcal America. 1hay seem to lack tho
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
WILL NOT REMAIN PATIENT.

Now it is said that the queen regent of Spain will not receive the new United States minister until after Oct. 1, when she will return from her summer resi- dence to Madrid That sort of a bluff may go in Spain, but Mir. Mckinley must know that it will not go in the United States. The people have patiently wait ed for the announcement of the Mckinley Cuban policy, but they will not be pa tient until next October-Brewton Gauge
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

A fellow is excusable these Mckinley Times for whistling to keep his courage up, but now that all the worlds a tele- phone, he should be modest enough not to whistle so loud when figuring for a job.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04

Do not make sport of the scorcher gentle reader. He is wiser than you inn agine. He is preparing himself for rid ing the airship. When airships come into general use, the bicycle rider, accustomed to riding on the wind, will become at once an expert aeronaut. He will be able to turn the corners of the clouds as silly as he turns the corners of the strest- The scorcher is the embryo aeronaut.