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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
Ghe Approaching Trial at Rennes.

Captain Dreyfus is going to France, the
sole passenger of a handsome cruiser He
will be landed at Brest in the delightful
province of Brittany. The second trial is to
take place at Rennes, the capital Of that
province. Rennes is a town of 10000 people,
about thirty miles from Brest, and 100
miles from Paris. A new courtmartial is
to be convened there, and the expectation is
that the new court will be ready to hear
the retrial as soon as the distinguished
prisoner arrives.
1t is difficult to ascertain how much of
trial the new trial is to be. So far as the
public knows no new evidence will be pre-
scented, simply because none have been or
probably will be unearthed. The case
scarsely admits of it. 1t did not when the
first trial took place, and much, if not all,
of the evidence presented at that time IS
now considered vaueless. 1t was manufac-
tured for the occasion, and it cannot be
made to serve purposes of conviction again.
There is a widespread belief that the new
Dreyfus innocent.
= Such a decision may not of itself restore
him to his rank in the artillery arm of the
service There may be artillery captains
enough already in his regiment, or on the
various STATS of the army. An executive
order will doubtless be needed in order to
give him justice-certainly one will be
needed in order to give the rank and hon
ors that would have been his if the con-
spiracy of the general staff had not de-
graded him upon forged evidence in the
hollowest of trial-a trial In which YER
dict was rendered without acquainting the
prisoner with the evidence against him.
The courtmartial at Rennes will vindicate
his honor, but upon the prime minister
and President Loubet win rest the re-
sponsbility of doing full justice to the
prisoner.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
suBsCRIPTIoN RATES.
Black Belts in the South.

"a considerable number of districts of the
south contain black population exceed
ing sixty per cent. of their entire popula-
ton These districts are found from Rich
mond to Raleigh, and in two-thirds of
South Carolina, and in q wide belt extend
ing from Augusta, Ga, southwesterly to
the Alabama line, and across Alabama in
a belt thatsincludes Tuskegee, Montgomery,
Selma and Demopois, and along both
banks of the Mississippi river from the
Delta to Memphis, and in the Shreveport
section of Louisiana, and in the Houston
neighborhood in Texas. In about one-third
of Alabama the proportion of negro popula-
tion, however, is below seventeen per cent.
In the districts most densely populated by
negroes there are twenty-five or more to
the square mile, while there are many large
districts in this state in which there are
not over eight negroes to the square mile.
The two largest areas heavily peopled with
negroes are found in South Carolina and
along the lower Mississippi river.
These facts are brought out in the plates
that accompany DR.. Curry's report upon
the Slater fund. He discusses at considera-
BILE length the congestion that exists in the
districts mentioned. He does not consider
either the diffusion theory or the deporta-
tion theory practicable. There is need for
other plans he goes on to say. This un-
settled question" he adds, acquiring more
seriousness and danger with each years
delay, wider and deeper than any new or
minor event, or incident, demands the CO.
operation OF churches, statesmen and peo-
pie, for it will, when rightly met and set
tied, aid the tax payer, increase the re-
wards of labor, teach noblest lessons of hn-
mainly relieve race from the scourge of
centuries, and our government and Christi
anity from the reproach Of not having met
with fortitude and wisdom the most impor-
tant and urgent matter within our purview
as citizens and patriots"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

the past fifteen years. The condition in
the principal states is reported to be as
follows: Texas. 80 per cent; Georgia, IS
per cent; North Carolina. 81 per cent;
South Carolina and Alabama, Sc per cent;
Indian Territory. 81 per cent; Louisiana
and Oklahoma, 81 per cent; Arkansas, so
per cent, and Mississippi. IS per cent.
The Commercial and Financial Chronicle
of New York puts the decrease in acreage
at $50 instead of per cent. In the
Chronicles returns Arkansas is shown to
have reduced her acreage s per cent;
Mississippi. 1 per cent Alabama, per
cent, and South Carolina, per cent. No
loss is reported in Georgia, Florida and
South Carolina. While the Chronicles
figures as to acreage may be the nearer
correct, yet it is plain that poor seed and
a smaller use of fertilizers have had and
will have a diminishing effect upon the
crop. reduction of s per cent. from the
crop of last year is not an improbable out
turn of the growing crop, all things being
taken into consideration.
Farmers in the northwest are still plant
ing corn. There has been too much rain
in that section. Excessive moisture has
delayed planting, and it has caused the
corn in the soil to have tendency towards
surface growth The crop is not SO prom
Using at it was one year ago.
The winter wheat crop is pretty well de-
termined, and it is not more promising
than it was one week ago. The crop will
not exceed 275, 900 bushels.
The agricultural department presents
report of the spring wheat acreage, show
ing a reduction of 10000 acres or rs per
cent. These figures are of doubtful ac-
curacy 1t is safer to put the spring
wheat crop at 275, 900 ,OOO bushels, making a
total of wheat, both winter and spring, of
$50 100000 bushels. This would be far be-
low last years great crop, 675,O0O0O0 bush
els, but it would be in excess Of the aver
age of the past six years. The average in
the past six years has been 553,OOO,0OO BUSH
els. Receipts are liberal, showing that
holders in the wheat belt do not anticipate
a very short crop.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

rem feeding the swans, nurses gossipping or
flirting, men resting on the grass and en-
joying the sun, the song of The birds and
There are no signs telling us to keep off
the grass" and as the chairs are private
property England generally lies or sits on
its grass in its own parks.
But our bus comes to the river. Old
Thames still flowing as it did when the
Plantagenets were rowed on 1t. We take
dime ride from this pier under the
shadow of the stately House of Parliament,
listen to the tones of big Ben" and down
we go past Golfers, and river police, rusty
coastng steamers. heavy lighters drifting
with the tide or half controlled by Jacob
Faithful. On past London bridge and the
grim old tower, past Billingsgate and It's
fishwives, past the monument and the
memory OF the great fire of 1666-past the
old wharf where Tom Scott interviewed
himself and Daniel Quilp held his court
on, on to the ship at Greenwich where
ministers (and humber mortals) feast
whitehall, and we land to the old
buildings of Greenwich hospital Let us
walk around the Painted Hall and its pic
lures of English pluck, patience and per-
severence, its scenes of naval victory over
Frenchman and Spaniard, Dane and Dutch
man, Of men Drawing perls and pirates,
storm and tempest and coming out more
than conquerors because of the bulldog
courage of their race; and as we think of
Manila and Santiago 1t seems as though
the pictures of those scenes would some
how blend appropriately here and not seem
out of place.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
THE NEGROES NOT ALL BAD

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal
Judge Emory Speer in his address to the
students of Mercer university, at Macon
Ga, declared that the rapists of the coun-
try constituted a small class by them
selves, and that the colored race was not
responsible for them any more than for the
acts of any individual. This position has
long been maintained by the Commercial
Appeal. The entire race should not be
condemned for the sins of a few individ-
uals. The individual himself must suffer-
But in order that the race shall not be
censured for the sins of its members it is
necessary for it to repudiate the criminals
and assist the whites in bringing them to
justice. Good citizenship requires this of
every one, white and black. To fail to do
so looks like sympathizing with the crim-
inal and indorsing the crime
All talk of expatriating the race is nom
sense, as Judge Speer observes. 1t can not
be done. The TASK is too considerable
The negroes do not want to leave and the
whites do not want them to leave. Nor Is
it probable that they would in2Srove their
condition in country BY themselves
Their experience in Liberia is against it.
They are better off here, and they need
have no fears so long as they conduct
themselves in law-abiding manner.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
HoRsEFLEsH CONSUMPTION IN PARIS

Paris Letter in Pail Gazette.
The sale of horsefesh for food was first
publicly carried on in Paris in 1866. This
novel meat was viewed, to begin with, with
extreme suspicion, but the enforced eating
of horseflesh during the siege seems to
have done much to remove the prejudices
of Parisians, for the consumption has
since gone up without intermisson
From 5,034 in 1872 the number of horses
slaughtered rose to 1060S in 1877, to u 776 in
1885, to 1896 in 1885, to 2O,SS9 in 1890 and to
% 1856 in 1SA-the most recent figures
given.
They include, it may be added, donkeys
and mules for which there is also a GER
tain demand. Special slaughter-houses ex-
list for the purpose, under the control of a
special staff of inspectors, and there are
now quite a number of butchers who ad-
mittodly sell nothing whatever but horse
flesh There is even a society for the pro-
motion of the eating of horsehesh, to which
the members of the body ascribe special
hygtenic virtues as well as eminent gas
tronomic qualities.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
oBERLIN NJ. CARTER, U. S. A.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
While Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter was
in charge of the improvements of Savan-
nah and other southern harbors he stole
for himself and his accomplices upward
of 81 6OO,O 900.
His thefts were discovered in July and
August 1897; his trial began January u,
1898, and ended May -, 1898. The court
martial, on which were several of his in
innate friends, found him guilty and SEN
fenced him
To dismissal from the army.
To Imprisonment for five years.
To $1,000 fine.
To the publication of his crime and dis
grace in the newspapers of his home town
for one year.
More than year has passed Mr.. Nc
Kinley knows that the sentence was mer-
ciful in view of the facts of the crimes.
Mr.. Mckinley knows that Carter is de-
spised and cut by his fellow-officers.
Yet Mr.. Mckinley refuses to promulgate
that sentence and permits Carter to wear
the uniform he has disgraced.
Now that one of Carter's most powerful
friends has passed away, perhaps Mr.. Nc
Kinley may be free to remove the execu-
tive shield from this rascal-and his ac-
complices.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
The Slater Fund in Alabama.

The income of the Slater fund in 1898 was
$77, 607, of which amount $4,000 was dis
bursed, the balance less expenses being on
hand. The expenses of disbursement were
nearly per cent. Eight thousand dollars
was paid to the Tuskegee Normal and In
dustrlal school, and So, 500 to the state nor
NAL school at Montgomery.
The Slater fund aided in the construction
of building at Tuskegee devoted to farm
ing, truck gardening, horticulture, dairy
is in course of completion, in which instruc-
tion will be given to young men in TWEEN
ty-three industries. The money donated to
the Montgomery school also goes to pro-
mote Industrial education.
The Slater money expended in Alabama is
wisely expended. The Montgomery school
reports that not one of its pupils has be-
come a professional politician. Some of
them have become preachers, but most of
them are teachers, mechanics and farmers.
President Washington, of the Tuskegee in
stitute reports much progress in the work of
agricultural training. Much attention has
been given to dairyng, and one result is
seen in frequent applications sent to the
school for pupils needed on farms
and in diaries. The distinguished head of
this great institution believes in such train
ing, because so per cent of the negroes in
the gulf states live by agriculture.
Beyond all doubt industrial education,
such as is given at Montgomery and Tus-
kegee is the best hope of the negro in the
south. When negroes become better
farmers and better mechanics their earn
ings are increased, and life offers to them
wider opportunities and advantages. The
sum that the Slater trustees expend in
Alabama is wisely expended, because it's
Alabama beneficiaries turn the money into
practical instruction. 1t goes to make good
farmers and mechanics instead of politi-
Clans of which both blacks and whites in
the south have an over-supply.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
The CrOp Situation.
prisoner.

The department of agriculture has gath
cred acreage estimates made up to June,
and it concludes that there has been de-
crease in acreage of per cent. as COM
pared with that of last year. which was
23175,O0o acres. The department presents
these figures of decreases in the leading
states: North Carolina and Tennessee, Ii
per cent, South Carolina and Alabama. z
per cent; Georgia, Louisiana and Arkan-
sas. 10 per cent; Indian Territory. 4 per
cent, and Oklahoma 10 per cent.
The average condition on June / was
ST. per cent. against 50 on June j. 1895,
ana $50 mean OF the June averages for
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
THE BooTBLACK AND THE ADMIRAL

From Harper's Bazaar.
I'm just as proud of Dewey as Teller well
can be-
No Rockerbilt or vandergould can like him
more than me;
No millionaire in all the world, no matter
what his nun.
Can take more pride in Dewey and the
things that Dewey done.
But they have much the best of 1t in
maxim Dewey think
That they're the only pebbles when 1t
comes to meat and drink;
They're askin' him to dinner, and a-blowin'
in their stuff
In wads so big you'd hardly think the
world could hold enough.
They're sendin' swords out to him that
are made of solid gold,
Enough to fill his cabin and to stock his
bloomin hold;
They're buyin city houses and a-givin'
'ep to him,
In such a way as I should think would
make his thinker swim.
But II amt got nothin for to show him
what I think,
But you can bet I'll not set by and get the
rinky-dink
An what 1 kin do I will do, and sort of
kinder teach
These millionares they're not the only
pebbles the beach,
So I have written Dewey just single
little line
To offer him the freedom of a patent
leather shine.
And told him If he'd call on me I'd blow
him off right here,
To just half portion of nickers worth
of beeri
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
From the Clayton Record.

The Record is for General Morgan just
as long as he is in the race, and for some
body other than the governor when Nor
gan is out, and wants to warn the boys
that while they are looking around over
the political horizon to keep an eye on Jess
Stallings and the governor. We don't
mean to say that they have formed any
combination yet, but just keep your eye
on them.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

There appears to be some confusion over
the name of the middle of-the-road candi-
date for president. Some say it is Whar-
ton Barker, and others say it is Barker
Wharton. He is barking at the white
house at any rate.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

From the Huntsville Mercury.
Unless General Wheeler will consent to
accept the governorship> of Alabama, he
places himself in the attitude of denying
an almost unanimous request of the Ala
bama press. - -
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
From the Decatur News.

We are considering the most available
man for governor. Who is he? Certainly
not Stallings, nor Cunningham, nor Waller,
nor Johnston, the present Gear" 1t is
Wheeler and we are inclined to the opinion
that when General Wheeler makes known
his purpose to yield to the wishes of the
people, which he is not asked nor ex-
pected to do for some time, none of these
alleged premature candidates will enter the
race
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

The Herald does not share the opinion of
some that Senator Morgan's work is done,
but if it is there is no man we would pre-
fer see occupying his place than Hon. jain
II. Bankhead. He is a man of recognized
ability in national affairs and best of all a
man with a clean record.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
From the Eufaula Times.

FROM the Eufaula Times.
The people of Alabama are patiently
waiting for General Wheeler to indicate
his acceptance or rejection of the propo-
sition to make him governor. As far as the
people are concerned it seems to be already
settled.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

Those republican papers that are trying
to show that President McKinley's recent
civil service order was not a backward
step, are plainly overworked.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
From the Sheffield Reaper.

To secure the reelection of Senator John
T. Morgan and save the state from mis-
cradle and shameful retrograde 1t will be
necessary to defeat a no inconsiderable
number of legislators for reelection. Ala
bama can't afford to turn the senator down
with credit to herself.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

Fears are expressed in Iowa that the
Hon. Thomas Bracket Reed does not in
tend to resign after all.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

Miss Maude Adams, the new Juliet
has been voted in a contest for an auto
mobile carriage tho most eminent Ameri-
can actress"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

The Montevallo business will not be
worked out until successor is chosen to
Dr. Massey. who has already once de-
clined the place.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

There is danger that Tenor-Singer
Thatcher will be Hobsonized if he remain
in this town much longer.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

The Dewey house fund appears to have
been a flash in the pan.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

The proposed billion dollar brewery trust
shows that We are fast outgrowing the
milIion-dollar concerns--the infant trusts,
so to speak.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

The civil service commission may as well
be abolished. for the political bummers
have secured through President McKinley's
order all the places that are worth much.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

The swell revolutionists of Autuil should
be given at least sixty days at Devils Is
land.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

Captain Alfred Dreyfus secured booking
in the Sfax. He proposes to spend the
summer abroad-that is to say, in Europe.
He leaves America without regret.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

The peasant president is not afraid of
hat smashers.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

Arkansas Is trying to deport her Joneses
to Washington. She has surplus of them.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

Chauncey Depew is in Paris solving in
interviews the problems of the universe.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

Birmingham's musical ambition should
be unlimited. There is room at the top.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

The uprising of tho royalists Is Frances
least serious trouble. Annie Gould is not
q SECOND Joan of Arc.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
The most reckless of all gambling is done
at the altar.
Man is the slave of duty; duty is the
slave of woman.
What is the need of women proposing
when they can make men do it and then
fling it up to them all through life?
Having a honeymoon before the mar
riage is just as exciting, but it it not 50
popular with women because the visiting
is not uncertain.
A man feels less anxious about the fu-
ture of his children when every one says
they are like their mother, but 1t makes
him snarl with her just the same.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

Original supporters are no longer WANT
ed in the Henderson band-wagon. There
are too many of them.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

General Henderson's easy victory was in
fact victory for melody, for he Is fine
SINGER. -
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

Cotton blooms are becoming plentiful in
the Black Belt
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13

London has alderwomen.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-13
POLITICS OF ALL SORTS

1t is the singers that shall inherit the
earth. l.9lIass
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-04-05
SHARON.

At dawn on Saturday the mercury stood II
degrees above zero here.
Sunday was nice warm day with a pleas
ant breeze from the south and we hoped the
backbone of winter was at last broken but on
Monday Boreas reasserted his sway with q
stiff breeze from the north and some snow.
The soil is moist and now is good time to
plant trees.
James Huffaker received nice lot Of fruit
trees a few days ago and is making some ad-
dition to his orchard.
Charles Cushenbery has planted a few trees
this spring. NJ. P Dewitt will also plant some.
c. A. Blackmore is buying some trees of
Stark Bros. Mr.. Blackmore has a good Or
chard and gives great deal of attention to it.
There has been some fear that peach and
other tender trees were killed by che extreme
cold weather in February but so far as our
observation extends, they are all right Some
fruit buds are deadbut there are enough leftto
make fair crop. Grass and all vegetation is
backward for the time of year.
Mrs. Lichiyter has been quite sick for sever
al weeks. The last report is that she ie better.
A gentleman who had travelled in Pales tine
delivered a lecture in Sharon Friday night, de-
scribing his observations in the Holy Land.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-04-05

Hon. V. G. Sleeper. of Valley town
ship, has recently vacated his position
as superintendent of building construc-
ton at the Topeka insane asylum and
will devote himself to agricultural
pursuits this summer. Mr.. Sleeper was
In the city on Saturday and chatted
with us few moments. He says the
Stanley administration is beheading
Poru list officholders as fast as they
can be reached and that it is useless
for any of them to try to hold over.
Men are removed without cause and
there is no remedy for it under the Jaw
Speaking of crop prospects,. he says that
they are as good as he has ever seen in
Kansas. Mr.. Sleeper has been a land
owner in Barber county many yearf
but has resided in Sumner county since
1886. He removed with his family to
Valley township, in the northeastern
part of this county, about a year ago.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-04-05

Last week Hon. T. M. Potter, Of
Marion county, was granted a tempo
airy injunction enjoining Sheriff Gano
from selling bunch of cattle In Nc
Adoo township which he (Gano) had
levied upon to satisfy a tax warrant.
Potter claims he paid taxes on these
cattle in Marion cattle, but those who
have knowledge of the facts say that
these cattle were bought and raised in
this county and could not be assessed
elsewhere. Potter Is good republican,
was at one time prominent guberna-
torlal asplrant, and we should not haye
thought that man so great" as be
would coDdescend so low as to beat q
county out of few dollars of tax mon
ey. The case will be finally disposed
OF at the May term of court.