The age-herald., 1899-12-17
NED BRACE ON BRITISH
 AND BOER CONTEST AT ARMS

charged right into them under instructions to kill every man of them, and while the Boers were kneeling in surrender and sup- plication the British drove their long lances deliberately through them until every man, but one, of the Boers was killed. A, corporal of the Laneers in de- scribing the scene admits to having driven his lance directly through the bodies of two Boers, one behind the other, on their knees pleading for mercy. The only Boer who escaped death did so by virtue of the fact that he was lying upon the ground pretend- ing to be dead. The British themselves de- scrbed the scene as "a big sticking, and the only excuse made for them is the fact that the troops were in frenzy of rage at the crueltes which were inflicted by the Boer bullets. It seems that men in the higher stage of civilization degenerate to animals in the excitement of battle and carnage.
 am glad to see that the properties of the Elyton Land company are in shape and form to be put upon the market. This com- pany owns some of the best real estate In and about Birmingham. The fact or lltl- gation between its stock and bondholders, resulting in taking it's property from the market has in considerable measure re- trded the growth and upbuilding Of Blr- mingham I hope that the new people Will indulge in a liberal policy-that they will sell their lands at reasonable prices and encourage the building of homes by the people. When a man owns his nome ne becomes a good citizen. There has always been too little home ownership by the pop ulation of Birmingham. That is one rea- son why Birmingham has borne the repu- tation of being such lawless city There has been crime and lots of it, here in the past Such is always the case in cities where very small proportion of the people own their homes. Every workman, every laborer, evey citizen of every kind in Bir- mingham should be encouraged in homo building.
 7 The Elyton Land company, or Birming- ham Realty company, as it is now known, can do more to bring this about than any other single interest in the Birmingham district.
 Birmingham is much of a speculative city; there is much dealing from Birmingham on the New York stock exchange. In the summer and early fall much money was made here on the rise in value of indus trial and other stocks. Birmingham peo- ple like all southern people, are nearly always bulls. It seems that they have continued to be bulls, and I hear that within the last ten days very large amours of money has been taken out of Birmingham by virtue of the tremendous slump in industrial stocks. There were those who thought Tennessee stock would go to 150, and I hear that there were many purchasers of it in the neighborhood of 110. It is now quoted at $S0 per share. A loss of 80 per share on several thousand shares means much money, and I hear that much money has been lost.
 However, one young man, who invested one Hundred dollars in selling hundred shares margins ten days ago came out of the transaction with a profit of $3,0G0. But such good fortune don't come to all.
 
 Every man in Birmingham who has made money in the prosperous times of the past year should subscribe a percentage of his savings to provide for the suffering and sick of Birmingham. Read the story of the poor fellow with pneumonia who was compelled to trudge to the county jail to die between it's bare stone walls because there was hospital. which could take him in. In the midst of prosperity the prosperous forget that there are others in poverty and sickness who need warmth, food and care in their >sufferings.