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The age-herald., 1901-07-07

if mob of ten men had not seized one of the negroes involved in 1t. In the Jefferson County case an innocent but scared negro was shot down, and no arrest followed. Of the two 1t Is diff ficult to say which is the worse. Ger tainly Jefferson is in no position to cast stones at Elmore-and few other counties are.
 Shall these lawless and bloody acts against an inferior race go on unpun- ished? Where and to what do they lead? Whom do they brutalize? What is the teaching of history in relation to such acts? These and like questions are coming up for answer, and they deserve consideration at once; and it is matter of general congratulation that the authorities and the good peo- pie of Wetumpka are determined that the Elmore wrong shall be righted to the extent of bringing the ten men en- gagged in 1t to trial.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
Hot Weather Broken,

Yesterday ended the fourth week of hot weather that was never broken ex- cept for few hours of night before last That is a record unprecedented in Bir- mingham hot weather, which isn't hot at all as compared with the heat of East ern or Western cities, in which a total of many hundreds, maybe thousands, of people have been killed by the fierce heat of the past week. Not single death or prostration by heat has been reported in Birmingham, or in the entire State of Alabama.
 About noon yesterday, a considerable storm of thunder, lightning and rain broke over Birmingham, the first con- siderable rain in this city in month. The thunder was terrific, the lightning remarkably vivid, and the rainfall heavy. though 1t continued less than an hour and a half. The effect was to reduce the temperature to a fairly pleasant degree. Last night was comfortable.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
ShOWinn lis Hand.

The Age-Herald has all the informa- tion and manners it needs. In the latter respect it is fully abreast the esteemed Montgomery Advertiser at any rate.
 The Age-Herald judges the Conven- tion tree by it's fruits. It has cut down the States revenue from which State school tax could be derived; it's committee on taxation proposes county school tax that is as empty as the wind, and it refuses to let each community have the schools they are willing to pay for. These acts, ac- complished or intended, justify any one in declaring the convention an anti school body, although the Democratic party stands pledged to give the State better schools.
 All Alabama knows that the anti school sentiment of the State has it's chief seat in the Black Belt. The Black Belt will not deny the impeachment. The rest of the State wants as a rule better schools, although some of the other counties are not properly repre- sented as to this question. The Ad- vertiser knows full well that the heart of the opposition to public schools comes from the Black Belt. Every man who knows tne convention knows this at any rate. The evidence that the esteemed Advertiser calls for can be readily gathered in Montgomery, and good part of it will be found in the Advertisers office itself
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
KEPT THE DOORS BUSY.

From the London Answers
 quack doctor stood on his wagon in Chamberley, selling his cure-all A group of people gathered about him, ahd he un- dertook to explain to them the construc- ton of the throat.
 My dear friends he began, perhaps you don't know 1t, but there are two passages in the throat. One is called the esaphagus and the other the esophagi. Now, the solid victuals go down the first, the liquids down the second. Over the top of the passage is cover, with hinge down the middle, and when you swallow beefsteak the little door over the esopha- gus flies open and the little door over the other drops down, and vice versa when you take drink of coffee"
 This description proved too much for a farmer, who, shaking with laughter, call ed out in loud voice:
 Gosh! but those doors go flipper-fiop- per when fellow eats bread and milk
The age-herald., 1901-07-07

me-" and so on, are all grammatical offenses. Recently a newspaper in this town thus misused Hike" in Its past tense-the only time probably it ever appeared seriously in cold type outside of dialect stories.
 Among the negroes in the Black Belt may be heard sometimes Tack" used very oddly. For example, if Q negro wishes to shoot a coon, and there is the branch of a tree between him and the varmint, he will say, q lack dat limb." This form is believed to have originated in the rice fields on the Atlantic coast of South Carolina.
 The correspondent of the Star men, tions an error that is as Northern and Western as the use of the word Hike" is Southern. A hostess, he says, asked a guest to have something from the sideboard. He replied: No, madam; I thank you. I am through" The use of the proposition through for the participle done, quite outdoes the slips of the smooth Southern tongue over the word like.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
Shirt-Waisted ReIiqion.

The men who wear shirt waists off duty in the streets and public places wouldn't do so perhaps, if they could see themselves as others see them, for mans figure, with all the concealment he can give it by means of hideous trousers and ungraceful coat, is rarely good to look upon, there being scarcely one truly shapely man in thousand" said man lately come out of the East
 With men at work the shirt-waist is probably comfort; with others it is merely a fad, and a fad that is affecting a few men who ought to know better Nearly all men are either too fat or too thin too long or too squatty, and upon such as these the shirt-waist is not a dream of beauty by any means. But the thing is getting serious when it af- fects the preachers.
 "A St. Louis minister, whose name or denomination Is not given, appeared in his pulpit last Sunday in a white shirt waist instead of the usual frock coat of the evangelical preacher. Most of the women who listened to him were hatless. Of the men, some wore shirt-waists and some took off their coats and sat in their shirt-sleeves.
 Some folk argue that some churches would be better attended if men were al- lowed to sit through the services in their shirt-sheeves. But men in shirt-sleeves.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
Holidays Good and Bad,

The good order and good feeling that prevailed in this town on the Fourth of July was everywhere noticeable. The day was observed as a holiday as the like day never had been before. and large numbers sought the suburban resorts or places of amusement in the city. The electro power of the trolley lines was overtaxed, and yet at every point with or without the city there was enjoyment without disorder or riotous acts of any sort. The fire cracker was not lacking, and at night the more ambitious pieces of the pyro- technic art were freely displayed. It was a fine holiday, and fine example.
 Why cannot Christmas be brought to like excellence and enjoyment for all, instead of being a day devoted to law breaking and to acts that better befit degenerate state and people with out rule or reason? Christmas should of all days be decently kept, and yet it has become day of rioting and ex- cess of all sorts.
 The transfer of the firecracker fea- ture of Christmas to the Fourth of July would bring some relief, and an avoidance of the excesses of the day altogether would complete the task. This may not be feasible in a single year, but the recent Fourth of July stands as an example of what holi- day should be. 1t was day well kept and everywhere enjoyed, and no ones enjoyment was marred by the drunk enness or brutality of others. No busi- ness was created for the police or other courts. It was a holiday pure and simple, and it points the way to an other at Christmas time if we have sense enough as a community to re- peat it.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
Senator Claws EnqIish.

A correspondent of the Washington Star objects to the use of the word Hike" in this sentence taken from a recent discussion by Senator Clay of Georgia, of possible Presidential nomi- nees. He said: must confess that l do not see in sight at this time a person whose name I would suggest as the Presidential nominee. Some great man will arise equal to the oc- casion, like Tilden did in 1S76." This purist insists that he should have said -S.Like Tilden in 1S76," and even then he would have preferred to have had the phrase at the beginning of the sentence on which it has past.
 He brings to his support Dean Al ford, who condemns the use of Hike" as an adverb in such phrases as like do now" Hike he was," Hike we are" The word can be used adverbially at the beginning of a sentence, as Like David. am the youngest of my fam ily," but it would be impossible to de- fend, Hike David was, l am the young est of my family"
 The incorrect use of the word Hike" is common in all parts of the country, but it must be confessed that the sec tion of the country in which Senator Clay lives is the greater sinner. Other sections have their grammatical faults, and the improper use of the word like" may be said to be Southern, al though no section of the country is free from it. ....,
 The use of like as verb Is also often incorrect. T liked to have" meaning nearly succeeded or accom- 'ished, is corruption of lack i'm
 ,operly used, and it is an offense that
 rikes the ear every day. q liked to
 ve missed my car" 'it liked to have
 .de me sick" The liked to have killed
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
IT WAS MURDER.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 That mob law begets mob law is well illustrated by the scenes in the eastern part of Fillmore county last Tuesday. There was no use for the lynching of the negro victim of that gang of law1esa white men, and every one engaged in it ought to be indicted and punished to the extent of the law There was no assault in this case on a white woman The off, cers of the county, 1t seems, were not aware of any trouble or the ,disgraceful murder might have been prevented. The negro, however, was taken from a num- Der of citizens who were conveying him to jail There was, therefore, no danger of escaping, and, as he was practically in the hands of the law, his trial at an early date was assured. A great crime against the dignity and honor of Alabama has been committed.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
Summer Opera.

The summer opera at Lakeview is good. It deserves better support than it has been given. It is composed of al most entirely of local musical talent and this talent is up to the high stand ard which has been set in Birmingham But the audiences have not been large and it has not up to this time been profitable financial investment.
 Every citizen of Birmingham should go out some evening next week. If you go once think you will go again. The seats are comfortable, the little opera house kept cool by half dozen or more overhead fans. and the com pany is far ahead of the average sum- mer opera company.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
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THE MURMUR OF THE WORLD.

by care and despair that they may not see. And all who have fortunes warrant arc ceaselessly bidden by the spirit of human love to point the path, to lead the child ren of unrest from -vaIley-up the steep and unto the sunny summit of joy. That Is the real charity, the spiritual quality meant when we are taught that the greatest of the graces of the soul Is charity.
 It is love-love of one another; the love that placed the name of one good man first in the human records of the angels, to lead all the rest!
 It is the lending of the helping hand; it is the speaking of cheering words; 1t is the doing of good for the love of good; it Is the silencing of islander; 1t is the giving of the lie to lying; 1t is the rebuilding of spite, hate, selfishness and all manner of meanness, great or smalll
 When vain self-seeking has led us away from our ideals, maybe from our loves themselves, and in a sense we are joined to the swineherds of society and the mean money-grubbers of the social abattoir- the vulgar wretches who 'crook the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning" and who are as false to good form as they are to syntax- then,
 "Who welcomes not the faint white star That sheds it's faithful ray of light?" That is the ray of light that is of love, of unseltishness of charity, of modesty and decency-the light that is not seen by the grasping, cheating. vulgar ones who oppress the unfortunate and seek to buy the virtuous.
 The light beats white for every one who will see 1t, the bright and shining beacon upon the sunny hilltop where joy abides with virtue. It Is the signal to all the world that the divine prophecies and the teachings of all human wisdom are being fulflled and whoso seeks not the path leading thither he is morally blind or is given over to reprobacy of heart. groping in the dark ways of darkened lives. And
 "Who scorns the leading of a child, That shows, at length, some fairer way?'
 And "a little child shall lead yer' Like wise little thoughts, little impulses, little prayers, little deeds of loving kindness.
 The little things of everyday life, my beloved, make up life's blessings and its burdens. Little acts of kindness form the one, little acts of meanness the other
 Hail! Good day! Good night! Good morrow!
 Glad greetings give ye one to another glad greetings, and friendship, love and truth.
 To my beloved, all these! THE MURMURER.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
Lynchers to the Bar.

The lynching of the negro, Robert der of an innocent negro in this coun- ty, near Leeds, in connection with the Jim Brown case, are two cases that call for action on the part of the au- thorities of both State and county. If these crimes go unpunished, and espe. cially if no effort is made to bring the guilty men to trial liberty of action is limit can be named.
 In the Elmore case a quarrel had arisen over some chickens, and no harm would have come to any one
The age-herald., 1901-07-07

should be withdrawn or forgotten.
 
 The holding of another State Fair ir Birmingham is being agitated State fairs, however, cannot be a success with out horse racing. It is unfortunate that Birmingham cannot have one weeks horse racing during a State Fair once g year. It Is useless to attempt to hold a State Fair without racing. In other words the horse breeders are entitled to just as much consideration at a State Fair as are the raisers of fine cattle, hogs or sheep, and they are entitled to exhibit their better qualities.
 It would be well if the State law against horse racing-or pool selling on horse racing-could be set aside for one week each year. in order that the sport of horse racing might be indulged in at a State Fair.
 fear if that cannot be done we can have no State Fair this year.
 
 A technological school has been pro- posed for Birmingham. I don't know any section in America where one Is more needed than right here in Birmingham. Atlanta has a most excellent school of this character. The public spirited citi- zens and corporations of the Birming- ham district who need skilled maehinists and mechanics should aid materially in the establishment of such a school. Again there are publlc-spirited citizens in Birmingham who have made fortunes out of it's mines and it's manufactures who could well afford to donate hand somely to such a school, and undoubted- ly there are those who would aid in en- flowing it.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
in a condensed form:
Total value ..... .$2, ,214, O29, ,O27

Corn and hay may be turned into cash in the form of animal food, whis- ky, glucose, animal labor, milk, butter and the like, but no man living can brought or will bring in cold cash Much of the corn and hay of last year has not yet been converted in cash; some of it never will be- The incon- testiblc fact stands out, namely, cot ton is the quickest, if not the best cash crop in the world. It is worth more than the sugar of Cuba, or the coffee of Brazil, or the tea of China, or the wheat of Russia, or the spices of India.
 Many people. from gamblers to con- sumers, are watching the progress of the new crop, the first bale of which , iras been sent to market from south 1exas county. The weather is hot, and generally dry, especially in Texas; but this season of hot, dry weather is doing the crop much more good than harm. The little sun-hungry tree is sr2wing and preparing to fruit. The ields are clean, and timely showers would put the growing crop in strong position.
 Some portions of Texas are undoubt- dly droughty. It is conceded that the dry weather in Texas has already seri- ously impaired the rice crop. It nearly ruined the winter wheat crop. More rain is needed in tho sugar district, and the corn crop will be deficient if rains do not soon begin to fall in Texas Texas is such a vast agricultural en- pire that serious losses in it affect the entire output. and the course of the cotton market will turn in the next sixty days more upon rain conditions in that State than upon any other one thing
The age-herald., 1901-07-07

the Constitutional Convention gets down simply with all the people in making a constitution for the State of Alabama that the people will refuse to accept the results of their labors. It would indeed be unfortunate if a constitution were made which would have to be adopted by fraud at the ballot box under the exist ing conditions.
 We all know that we have unfair cleo tions in Alabama in the past. No man would like to see constitution for this great and growing State adopted by the fraudulent use of the ballot.
 The miners of the Birmingham district made mistake in their action on the last day of the recent convention In practically boycotting the merchants of Birmingham. I regret to hear of this action. It was mistake. It will do the miners no good and it will do the Birmingham merchants harm. It seems that the miners took of fense because of the treatment they re- ceived about the leasing of a hall in which to hold their sessions. Some one may have been unjust to them, or their managers may have been in the wrong. However that be, 30 per cent of the Bir- mingham merchants had nothing to do with the case, and the miners are infict- ing a punishment upon ninety-nine inno- cent men for the purpose of "getting even' with one.
 This boycotting business Is all wrong, anyhow. It Is an unfair weapon. It is worse than an expanding bullet which carries death and destruction with it. Such action will injure the organization of the United Mine Workers It was ev- dently done in the heat of passion. It
The age-herald., 1901-07-07

The forms of your religion and mine self in your vanity that you have got no religion at all; but in respect to these practical propositions. these potential facts of practical living, we all of us meet upon a common level of familiar truth. AS we are punished in our everyday lives for the evil we do, so are we re- warded in our everyday lives for the good deeds done toward increasing the sum of human comfort or happiness.
 
 Never child in innocence laughed, that some angel did not applaud the act which inspired that laughter.
 Never the want of the poor was eased, never the yoke of the oppressed lifted, that there was not joy in heaven. Never a tear was dried, never an aching heart comforted, that God did not mark the goodness of 1t all.
 Never was joy walked to drive grief and gloom from a human soul, that the Power of Mercy was not stirred.
 Never a kindly act was done, never a charitable impulse obeyed, never a word of good cheer or prayer of good hope was spoken or thought, never a faltering spirit was strengthened in time of trial, that the doing of it did not bless alike in abundant sweetness the spirit that was generous and the spirit that received. Never love was unrewarded; never a cry of goodwill that did not echo through all the sanctuary of the deeper and broader and sweeter and godlier human ity!
 Hail! Good dayi Good night! Good morrow! These are the keynotes for the mighty orchestra of mankind's better and lovelier life. #a When darkness falls upon our lives the shades of grief, of disappointment, unrest unsatisfied longings-
 "Who dreads the path, however steep, That leads unto the sunny hills?" And little child may lead you; or a strong mans arm, or a woman's tender hand.
 A true hearts brave word may bid you see the path, or loves soft whisper call, Ascend to me!
  plain to see; and many stricken soul, so deep in the gloom as to be without power to discern, and having none to point the way sees it not at all until the final shadows close and shut out all the paths of this world.
 So every one to whom gladness is come and to whom it is given to see the path from the hilltop looking down, is fitted by fair fortune to be safe and sure guide to all those who suffer and are so blinded - ---.s... ~ - - - o u m . - . - . White Cloud, Kansas, are at the Metro politan.
 Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Kansas City is at the Morris.
 R. S. Sloan, D. L. Rails and F. Bern- helm of New Orleans are at the Morris. Charles M. Rabb R. M Menburger and A. Lipschutz of New York are at the Morris.
 Charles r. Hard of Greenville, s. C., Is at the Metropolitan.
 
 John s. Clark of Portsmouth, O., is at the Florence. o. J. Jenkins of Letohatchie is at the Florence.
 J. B. Hobdy of Albertsville is at the Florence.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
SUMACH.
By Ernest McGaffey.

By Ernest McGaffey. We climbed the slope above the valleys
 edge, Behind. the country road, ribbin lay Of powdery dust, down-winding dim and
 gray; A bird sang sweetly from thorny hedge And ripples circled in the river sedge. While brown October dozed the hours
 away;
 And northward, and beyond the hillside
 clay, The clustering sumach famed along a
 ledge; The life of ruddy autumn filled it's veins Deep-glowing masses glinting in the
 sun, Redder than the wild strawberry where it
 stains
 The woodland ways. mid light and
 shadow spun; A gorgeous dream, color-draught dfvinas Spilled on the golden afternoon like wine.
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT AFFAIRS IN
 AND ABOUT THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT

At this season of the year it is a dull world The only really busy people seem to be the fakirs of speculative New York They are busy writing and sending out circular letters on how to get rich with capital of S25. They tell how you can send $25 to get in a syndicate to buy a certain stock (not named) which they feel sure will go up fifty points in the near future; and how you should make s1, ,250 on an in vestment of the original $25. They advise you to leave the method of investment and the stock to be invested in to them They will keep you posted, and are confl- dent you can make much money. Of course when you send your money you usually see no more of it. But there are thousands of people in the world who be- lieye that money might be made easily and who are caught in just such traps as this
 One concern in New York I hear is making quantities of money out of the South by this scheme. No less than 200 letters from this financial fakir in New York are sent to Birmingham every week. and hear scores of responses have been going forward.
 The Constitutional Convention Is evl- dently attempting too much. The suf- frage clause of the proposed new const- tuition is a mistake It Is too compl- cated. There Is too much opportunity for fraud in it. It bears the stamp of too much preparation on its face There are too many lt opholes in it. It provides for the building up of an aristocracy of voters. There is a degree of imperialsn n in 1t. It is. indeed altogether bad-so much so that the great mass of intelli- gent people of the State will look upon 1t as a stnD backward instead of for ward, and I fear very much that unless
The age-herald., 1901-07-07
cHAUNcEY WAS RUDE.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Somebody asked Senator Depew if he was going abroad to marry.
 He denied having any such purpose, and rudely added: T guess I'm good deal happier as I ann
 A man who can be so lacking in gal iantry isn't entitled to another guess.