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The age-herald., 1901-05-02
FAREWELL, ADDRESS
 OF GENERAL TOOMBS

glorious career. You have been in the front, the post of danger and of honor, on all the great battlelelds of northern Virginia and Maryland. from Yorktown to sharpsburg, neither disheartened bv the death of comrades or friends or dis ease or toll or privation or sufferines or neglect. nor intimidated by the greatly superior numbers of the enemy, whom you have been called on to meet and van quish You have upon all occasions dis played that heroic courage which has shed undying lustre upon yourselves, your country and her just and holy cause. Nearly 1000 of the brave men who origin ally composed your four regiments have fallen, killed or wounded, in battle. Your dead you have buried on he battlefield, shed manly tear over them, left glory to keep eternal watch over their graves, and passed on to new fields of duty and danger. Though it may seem to be the language of extravagant eulogy, 1t Is the truth, and fit on this occasion to be spoken. You have>fairly won the right to inscribe upon your tattered war flags the proud boast of Napoleon's old guard: This brigade knows how to die, but not to yield to the foe.'
 Courage in the field is not your only claim to proud distinction. Since took command over you have not preferred single charge against or arraigned one of you before a courtmartial-your con- duct never demanded of me such a duty You can we'll appreciate the feelings with which part from such a command.
 "Nothing less potent than the require ments of a soldiers honor could. with my consent, wrench us asunder while single banner of the enemy floated over one foot of our country.
 Soldiers. comrades. friends, farewell.
 .R. TOoMBS."
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
sEARLEs' SUCCESSOR.
Albert c. cass Has Been Chosen 10
 Succeed Slm.

New York, May 1.--Albert c. Cass has been chosen to succeed John B. searles, resigned, as president of the American Cotton Company and today he assumed the duties of the position. Gr. Cass has been for years the credit manager of the Carnegie Steel Company and one of its mariners. He is also a trustee of the Metropolitan Trust Company of this city and e director of the American Bridge Company.
 James c. Cannon has been elected chair man of the board of directors and will as- sist in directing It's policy and its finan- cial management. MT. Cannon is vice. president of the Fourth National Bank of New York.
 The board of directors is increased by Charles Hathaway as a member. Mfr Hathaway is the senior member of the firm of Charles Hathaway & Co.,, bank CTS and brokers.
 As shown by the report the company has baled during the last year over 100000 round lap bales. It is the company's purpose to extend the field of its opera tions in the cotton states.
 The board of directors now consists of William c. Lowering, Cornelius N. Bliss, D. R. Francis, J. K. Jones. Maxwell Woodruff, A. W. Smith. A. c. Case. James G. Cannon and Charles Hatha- way. ''f .
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
Opsnma oi the Baseball seasun

The baseball season will be opened today in the presence of all local en- thusiasts, and not few visitors. The Birmingham team is one well consti- tuted to call out all lovers of the game, and the fact that Selma thinks 1t has even better team will add to the in. terest. It Is scarcely necessary to add that Selma is mistaken, and that the opening game will demonstrate its mistake.
 Professional baseball Is reinaugur. ated in this town after lapse of three years. under the happiest auspices. It brings into the. freedom of outdoor air the office man and the tired worker, and it affords him the recreation he needs free from rowdyism and betting and the various vices that attend some other outdoor sports. The spectator who shouts for the home team gains a new lease sof life. He watches the trained athletes, and ne comes to take a warm personal interest in their work. The Birmingham team will give a good accoant of itself today. and Selma will doubtless learn that in the national game there is at least another.
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
HE BUYS OLD NEcKTlEs.
The Unusual Trade of a New Orleans
 Dealer Who Is Making Money.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
 "I ran across queer line of business the other day." said young man about town. T was dressing in the morning when there came a gentle tap at my door and in walked a small, swarthy individual with big bag over his arm. Excuse me, sir" he said politely, ''but have you any old cravats you have no further use for? If so. I will buy them for cash or give you new ones for them.' was consid- erably astonished at the proposition" continued the young man, but like al- most everybody who lives in apartments I had lot of old ties of various kinds littering my dresser, and proceeded to drag them to light Altogether I dug up three dozen-Ascots. tecks, four-in-hand and silk and satin band scarfs Hardly any of them showed the least signs of wear; they were simply crumpled and out of shape, and some of the light patterns were slightly soiled. They were ties for which I had originally paid all the way from 75 cents to $250 and dare say you could find a similar collection in the quar- ters of almost any young bachelor in the city.
 Well, my swarthy visitor went through the pile with great care. smoothed everything out nicely and f1n- ally offered me half a dozen new ties in exchange supposed, of course. that his stock of new stuff would be of the cheap est and gaudiest description, and he sur prised me greatly when he produced a sort of haberdasher's portfolio from his bag and showed me some of the finest and handsomest neckwear have seen this winter. We soon came to terms and closed the bargain. but before the little man left pumped him trifie as to bis peculiar business. He said that nearly all the ties he bought were nearly as good as new. and all they needed was renovating. He took them entirely apart, steamed and scrubbed the rich, heavy silk of which most of them are made, and when put together again, they could not be distinguished from perfectly fresh stock. tried to get him to tell me what . he did with his wares after they were rehabilltated, but on that point he was very vague and all he would say was that he sold 'em around I have an idea that they are handled by peddlers and disposed of in the smaller towns. where the fact that they are little out of fashion wouldn't make much difference.
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
SOUTHERN RAILWAY EDITION.

From the Mobile Register.
 Tn view of the great change and i'm provement in transportation and traffic facilities at Mobile, caused by the absorb ing of the Mobile and ohio Railroad into the great Southern Railway system, the Register thinks the time propitious and that there is public demand for/a special edition, to be devoted exclusively to show ing what Is this great railroad system and what it's coming means to Mobile and to Alabama and Mississippi The edition will be prepared as rapidly as is consist ent with careful work, and will be pub lished at an early day. In the coming month of May, the exact date to be an- nounced later.
 As such in an edition 1t will be well for Mobile to put the best foot fore most" and show that 1t is this city and seaport and the great and growing trade thereof that have attracted the Southern hither. The Register has borrowed for three days the services of the well known .Clip," formerly of the Register and now with the Pieayune, and has asked him to find out to what extent the mercantile and industrial interest of Mobile desires to back up this effort. The Southern Is a cheerful helper in the work of setting forth Mobiles advantages and her future prosperity. The Register can give assur- ance that the edition will be one of which the community can be proud.
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
elecfinns nj 1891

Very few elections of importance will be held this year-fewer than in any year in the last half century ow. ing to changes in State constitutions. and hardly one of the limited number will be considered important. The cleo tions that will foreshadow the contest will be held next year.
 But this year Iowa will elect Gov. ernor. and the Republicans have al ready called their convention. It is to be held at Cedar Rapids August IT and it is said Minister Conger will be that party's nominee for Governor The State is hopelessly Republican.
 Ohio also elects a Governor. Gov ernor Nash will run again, assisted by Senator Foraker. who is interested in the complexion of the coming Legis- lature of the State. James Kilbourne may be the Democratic nominee. The Nash-Foraker combination expects to carry the State this year.
 Virginia will also elect a Governor for term of four years. it is said. under the terms of new constitution. The delegates to the constitutional convention have been elected. and the convention will meet in Richmond in June.
 New Jersey will also elect Gov ernor this year, and so will Massachu- setts. In Massachusetts Governor Is elected every year. In no other State will there be an important election.
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
The Queens Graceful Whip.

Prom the Age-Herald's wonderfully full and interesting account of the mag nificent floral parade of Monday there was an omission that was not unlike Hamlet left out of the play of Hamlet" said an Elk last night.
 ''Dr. Percy Nixon, one of the most popular of all the Elks and one of the best known and best liked of the younger men of Birmingham, drove the horses that dIew the carriage of the superbly lovely young Queen, Miss Ada Bowron, daughter of the noted and gifted MT. James Bowron. Dr. Nixon was the most graceful whip in that superlatively beau- tiful parade. and the most pleasing fact about his pleasing duties was that the Birmingham Lodge No. 79 of the Elks, of whifh Dr. Nixon is an honored mem Der anu which is the largest and most prosperous lodge of Ells in the South. selected him, at the instance of the gra- cious Queen, to drive Her Gracious Young Majesty in the parade. This is fact which the Elks desire to be perpetuated in the friendly type of the friendly and always esteemed e-Herald, for they ap- preciate the honor shown to them by Miss Bowron, the radiantly lovely young queen of the carnival of flowers"
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
CHICAGO AS A SEAPORT.

From the Chicago News.
 Modesty compels one to admit that Chicago Isn't so much of seaport after all The ali-water route involves light eulng the ship at Buffalo to enable 1t to crawl through the devious canals, and n harbor which has only thirteen to four teen feet of water on account of the street car tunnels can scarcely compete for first rank as seaport. Tho city has spent s35. .0oo.o0o for the beginning of a waterway to the gulf, but there is still to much shallow water between Chicago and the sea-
 With the actual opening of this new branch of commercial activity, however, the people of Chicago will find new req sons for promoting every enterprise look ing to increased waterway facilities, the improvement of the Chicago river and the completion of great navigable water way which shall make Chicago as easily approachable through the Gulf of Mexico aud the Mississippi river as through Lake Michigan It is not merely a visionary suggestion that the time may come when Chicago as a great inland seaport will be sending ships across the seas. not only through the lake system, but by gulf and canal direct to Asia, Australia and all Pacific ports,
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
"The Sons of Rebels"

General Biscoe Hindman of Louisville, commander-in-chief of the United Sons of
 Confederate Veterans. has issued stir ring appeal to the sons of rebels, as the
 sons of Confederates now proudly term themselves, In many instances, beseech- ing them to organize and send represen- tatives to the great reunion in Memphis, May 2Sth. 29th and 3oth. General Hindman forcefully declares:
 "When you see those battle scared
 heroes close ranks and march to the tune of martial music, you will behold a sight we'll worth the while of any man to come gray coats will throb the hearts of patriot
 soldiers whose names and deeds are
 known among all the nations of the
 world. Their locks are whiter and their
 steps feebler. perhaps. than when they
 marched to battle over third of a cen- tury ago; but their souls are just as
 brave and their hearts just as young, and generous, and tender, and true, as they ever were before. They are the thin gray line, the remnant of a mighty army, against which no other army of equal size and strength could ever stand. Four long years tell the story of their remarka-
 ble career. Six hundred thousand was
 their number-three millions the number
 of the vast army against which they
 were hurled, until human strength could
 last no longer. and they themselves were
 we'll nigh annihiiated. These old Heroes know that Memphis loves them and that Memphis will take them to her heart.
 "There is not true son of Confeder- ate soldier in all the South, or wherever he may be today, whose heart does not throb with pride for his fathers trials. and sufferings. and struggles for consti-
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
CAUSE OF CANCER

From the New York Journal.
 Dr. Harvey R. Gaylord of Buffalo, now announcer to the world at large that he has discovered that cancer is caused by a microscopical animal parasite, a pro. tozoon
 He has produced cancer by injecting a serum containing these parasites irS, the blood of animals-dogs and guinea pigs.
 pr. Gaylord will make his statement in the Anuerican Journal of the Medical Sciences for May. now on the presses. and will say:
 We succeeded in cultivating with com parative regularity, directly from cancer. from fluids which were in contact with cancer and from experimental animals. these organisms, the protozoa.
 we are prepared to state that all the organs, including the blood taken from all regions in all cases dying of cancer, including sarcoma and epithelioma, con- tain large numbers Of the organisms.
 We have likewise observed in all cases of carcinoma and carcoma thus far ex- aminsd that the organisms. especially the younger forms. can be detected in the peripheral blood"
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
The Murmurer's Quotation.

The Age-Heralds Murmurer's quota tion, "He who dallles Is dastard. he who doubts is damned" quoted in the Murmur of the World of Sunday. April l4, has aroused extraordinary and con- l stantly widening interest the question of | it's authorship being at issue Mrs. Bask- erville of Columbus, Miss, one of the most brilliant Southern gentlewomen. be- gan the discussion by asking the editor of the Age-Herald for the name of the author of the Murmurer's quotation. The editors answer was that, directly, the Murmurer got 1t from speech delivered by Ben Hill at Billy" Malone, in 1881, and that was all he could find out about it.
 Col. Samuel Will John wrote to say that the words were first used by Senator George McDuffie of South Carolina; form CT Mayor Evans of Birmingham ascribed them to St. Pauls epistle to the Romans, in Holy Writ, and Judge William H Stanley of Birmingham wrote to the edi- tor declaring that the credit for this most ringing expression. perhaps, in the Eng fish language was due to Joe" Black burn
 There have been hundreds of other communications of one sort or another to the editorsof The Age-Herald and to the Murmurer himself concerning the origin of the words as given, many per- sons, including such well-informed ones as former Mayor Evans and Judge Stan ley. referring to the expression as a COIinlAf ofh Can n phrase It is neither. It Is a full and perfectly rounded period. one of the most strikingly perfect periods in all written English The fact should be borne in mind that neither the Mur- murer nor the editor of The Age-Herald asserted as fact that the words were original with Ben Hill.
 The Montgomery Advertiser joins the interesting discussion and gives a new light to 1t. Major William Wallace Screws, the distinguished and beloved veteran editor-in-chief of the Advertiser, is most likely the best-informed man on Southern history who writes for any American newspaper, and his co-laborer, Mir. Franklin Potts Glass, a graduate from Princeton, is a young man of great learning and ability. Hence these com ments of the Advertiser on former Mayor Evans letter are of deep interest
 'The authorship of the above quotation ('He who dallies is dastard he who doubts is damned). has been matter of discussion for a few days in our Birming- ham contemporary. Some have att trfbuted 1t to the famous Ben Hill of Georgia, and some to other distinguished men. So far as is now known, the first man to use the expression in a public speech was James Hamilton, one of the most brilliant of South Carolina's coterie of brilliant men. The occasion was at a banquet in the city of Charleston, and when he was Governor of the State, a position he filled from 1880 to 1892. It was during the intense excitement of the null lifcation period and, being an ardent ad- vocate of that policy. he used the words in question to emphasize his position and to arouse those who sympathized with him."
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
GOV. sAMFoRD'sl OPINION.

From the New York Herald.
 He notes that his own State gener- ously distributes the educational fund be- tween the black and white races regard less of the proportion of tax paid by each, and declares that tine Southern people have kindly feelings for the negro and have no objection to any aid he may re- ceive to better his condition.
 At the same time. the Governor makes the sui gestive statement that the negro problem is necessarily largely committed to the white people of the South, and that misdirected efforts by persons living hum dreds of miles away might retard rather than advance the colored mans posi- tion.
 Governor Samford's opinion on this matter Is entitled to respect. It would seem that Northern philanthropists who are desrous of helping the negro would avoid friction and jeaiousies and at the same time obtain more effective results by working with leading citizens in the South who are in intelligent, direct and continuous touch with the conditions"
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
THE HUILDERs.

By Longfellow. All the architects of Fate,
 Working in these walls of Time;. Some with massive deeds and great. Some with ornaments or rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low, ssz Each thing in It's place Is best; Fl And what seems but idle show = Strengthens and supports the rest For the structure that we raise,
 Time is with materials filled; Our todays and yesterdays
 Are the blocks with which we build Truly shape and fashion these;
 Leave no yawning gaps between: Think not, because no man sees,
 Such things will remain unseen. Tn the elder days of Art.
 Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part;
 For the Gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well
 Both the unseen and the seen; Make the house. where Gods may dwell. Beautiful, entire and clean. Else our lives are incomplete. Standing in these walls of Time. BrOOken Sta1rWayS, where the rect Stumble as they seek to climb. Build today, then. strong and sure,
 With firm and ample base; And ascending and secure Shall tomorrow find its place. Thus alone can we attain
 To those turrets, where the eye Sees the world as one vast plain ss Ana 'ohs bouhd1ess reach of sky.
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
MANY ACRES OF COTTON
 WILL NEED REPLANTING

Memphis. Tenn, May 1.-It Is conser- vatiyely estimated by Memphis cotton factors that 5000 acres of cotton will have to be replanted in this district. The first planting on plantations in the Delta unprotected by the levee Is valueless on account of the overflow. and on many farms in the highlands seed maturity was precluded by rain and cold. The area of promising cotton from the first planting is comparatively small. The necessity for replantfng is widespread. In North Geor- gia, North Alabama, West Tennessee and in portions of Mississippi and Arkansas the first planting was a failure and the work of several weeks ago will have to be done over again. The cool. wet spell that prevailed during the first planting time was distributed over the cotton area of those states.
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
BRoDERICk'S CHALLENGE.
Declares That Great Britain Must Be
 Ready to Fight.

London, Ma y1.-At banquet given in his honor at Guilford. in Surrey, tonight,
 MT. Frederick, the secretary of state for war, challenged the opponents to his army scheme and declared that if Great Britain is to maintain her commercial and imper- ial position she must be quite ready to fight on the Nile on the Yang Tse. the Orange river of the Ondus. MT. Frederick further declared that his scheme had re. ceived the imprimature of the greatest living military authority and that as Il government they would stand or fall in their determination to improve the army without any delay whatever. He would be no party he said with those who urged the postponement of the application of his scheme until the war in South Africa was ended and with the commander in chief of the army at his back he would not hesitate to urge Parliament for the nec- essary funds.
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
INDIANS REFUSE.
Will Not Consent to Give Their Names
 for Enrolment.

South McAlister, I. T., May IA warn ing containing 5000 names was issued by U. $. Judge John R. Thomas in the South ern district today and given to Marshal Bennett for service. The complaint was made by the Hon. Tams Bixby, acting chairman of the Dawes commission, and is against the Creek fuli-blood Indians who refuse to come in and be enrolled. The Dawes commission has tried for sev- eral weeks to get the Creek Indians to enroll, but to no avail. Chairman Blk by finally determined upon stringent measures, so complaint Is made against all the full-bioods who refuse to be en- rolled under section 21 for obstructing the work of the commission. The Indians are to be arrested wherever found and taken before United States Commission CT, and if they persist in refusing to be enrolled, they will be taken to Muskogee and jailed to. answer for contempt Of court.
The age-herald., 1901-05-02

and except possibly in Ohio will any of the coming elections be considered signifcantl Tn New York State there will be no election for general officers, but New York City will choose a Mayor, and this event will be closely watched. All Congressional elections and all elections in close ana contested States go over to next year. when the trend of public sentiment will be made manifest, and lines will begin to be drawn for the battle of 1904.
The age-herald., 1901-05-02

On plantations in the delta protected by the levee and on farms in the high lands, where the soil partakes literally of sand the first planting, unless hindered by unfavorable future conditions, will mature.
 Seed for replanting is the factor which complicates the equalization. The de- mand for sound seed Is general. but the supply is extremely limited. The high price paid by the oil mills for seed last winter caused the fsrmers to sell down to just enough for the first planting, not taking into consideration the liability of an unfavorable early season rendering necessary a second planting. They now are confronted by the latter condition, and the prospects of a satisfactory issue from the dilemma are anything but cheering.
The age-herald., 1901-05-02
Will Get Plenty of Laborers.

Knoxville, Tenn, May LA Journal and Tribune correspondent at San Juan. P. R., writing under date of April 22. states that contrary to reports sent out. the James P. Mcdonald Company has ship ped more than 1000 labprers from Porto Rico. 5000 from Jamaica and now has 2o0O ready for shipment from Barbadoes to Ecuador for employment in the construc- tion of line of railroad from 0uayaquil to Quito in Ecuador. The company's rep- resentatives say they will get all the laborers needed