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The age-herald., 1901-08-31
SHERIFF KYLE OF TUSCALOOSA

From the Troy, N. Y, Press.
 Like the Georgia sheriff who held the fort aided by a single friend, Sheriff Kyle steps forward as object lesson. unaided and alone. He was caught asleep by the mob and disarmed of immediate weapons, but a quick movement on the sheriff's mart gave him possession of a double-bar- reled shotgun, and he became at once the man of the occasion behind the gun He bade the mob depart, and it was greatly to their personal safety that they did. They went home, and the prisoner they sought will be duly tried and dealt with.
 The State of Alabama needs more Sher- if Kyles. She may not need sixty-five more, for she may have few like him on hand, but no doubt she lacks goodly number of such men. In every instance courage on the part of a. sheriff has proven sufficient. The members of lynching bee have no expectation of en- countering personal risks They are look ing for excitement and frolic. not for battle, and when a sheriff does his duty they go away. They went away in Carroll County. Ga-.. and in Charlotte, N. C., and they dispersed themselves in our own n,Tus- caloosa County.
 The constitutional convention located the trouble, when it practically called upon sheriffs to defend their prisoners against mob action. Sheriff Kyle shows how it can be done when a mob seizes upon a favorable occasion for mischief and an outrage against law and the States good name. SReriff Kyle deserves special honor. and the law-abiding people of Tuscaloosa County will let a rare occa- sion go unimproved if they do not act up to their opportunity. ty..-Birmingham Age Herald.
 It is pleasure to publish the above, as it always is to give publicity to redeeming evidence of civilization in communities where so much of barbarian Is prevalent The comment of the Age-Heraid is also encouraging; that paper has no sympathy with the frightful lawlessness which is disgracing and variously damaging the entire South. Sheriff Kyle possesses the stern stuff of which heroes and martyrs are made, and is to be congratulated for his noble and fearless fidelity to duty in the face of a bowling and murderous mob.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
THE OLD ot<EN BUCKET.

By Woodworth (Samuel Woodworth was born at Scitp ate, Mass, January 13, 17S5, and died in New York December 9, 1S42 He was tbs son of a farmer, had few educationa, opportunities, was apprenticed to a printer Tn Boston, started a weekly at New Haven, later lived in Baltimore. started weekly and also a Swedenbor- gian magazine in New York, wrote a history of the war of 1872. was assoclat- ed with Morris, author of 'sWoodman, Spare That Tree" in a magazine ven- ture, and wrote dramas. The we'll of tho 'Oid Oaken Bucket is still pointed out at Scituate.) How dear to this heart are the scenes
 of my childhood When fond recollection presents them
 to Viewi The orchard, the meadow. the deep-tan-
 gled wildwood, And every loved spot which my infancy
 knew: The wide spreading pond and the rnili
 that stood by 1t, The bridge and the rock where the cat
 aract fell: The cot of my father. the dairy house
 nigh it,
 And cen the rude bucket that hung in
 the we'll The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound
 bucket, That moss-covered bucket that hung in
 the we'll That moss-covered vessel I hailed as q
 treasure:
 For often. at noon. when returned from
 the field found 1t the source of an exquisite
 pleasure,
 The purest and sweetest that nature
 can yield: How ardent I seized 1t with hands that
 were glowing! And quick to the white-pebbled bottom
 1t fell; Then soon. with the emblem of truth
 overfowir9,
 the we'll The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound
 bucket, The moss-covered bucket, arose from the
 well. How sweet from the green messy brim to receive 1t, As. poised on the curb. it inclined to
 my lips, Not full blushing goblet could tempt
 me to leave 1t. Though filled with the nectar that Jup-
 tier sips. And now, far removed from the loved
 habitation, The tear of regret will intrusively
 swell, t As fancy reverts to my fathers pla,..
 tation, z And signs for the bucket that hays in
 the we'll The old oaken bucket. the ir rt-oound bucket, Ih. The moss-covered bucket tr nanss In
 the well.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
All Compromises Rejected.

The case is worse than we thought it. The esteemed Montgomery Adver- tiser calls for a purified Democratic party" It glories in its PalmerBuck- ner record, which it denominates "the old and well-beaten Democratic high way" It expects all Democrats to come to it. The 6,374,000 voters who supported MT. Bryan are to be led cap tives into camp by the 130,000 who supported Palmer and Buckner. This is the Advertisers ultimatum.
 In another column 1t attacks the currency plank of the Chicago and the Kansas City platforms, and in a clumsy way it berates MT. Bryan, but beyond all these troubles, which have become chronic in the esteemed Ad- vertiser, it declares the national Dem ocratic platform to be rot. It spits at 1t and dances all sorts of jigs upon y IL, uSCidIluS IL tue NueSC LllnS on earth.
 It then proceeds to serve notice upon the 6,374,000 men who voted for MT. Bryan last year that the Palmer. Buckner clique Twill write the next ]. national platform" In other words the ex-assistant Republicans propose to take charge of things, and in order to control the next national Demo cratic platform they must of course control the Democratic party in each State, or in as many States as they can. They evidently intend to take charge of Alabama at any rate.
 The Mobile Register is in part COT rect. As things stand the Democratic party must thud into the Montgomery Advertiser, for that esteemed shee says 1t will not listen to compromise of any kind. It will not budge an inch It defies the 6.5O0.Ooo, telling them t' purify themselves. and to get read,
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
ANGRY OFFICIALS BAD BREAK.

From the Brooklyn Times.
 There's a bunch of distinguished gen. tlemen. by virtue of appointment by his honor the mayor, the real things in the management of big institution, which is supported by city funds, who are not on the best of terms, officially or per sonally, with one another Their official gatherings are not love feasts. They had had a meeting the other day, which was not publicly reported. This was one oi the incidents:
 The chairman-Mr. M. sit down, sir you can't talk now.
 Why can't I talk, MT. Chairman?''
 Because I say so, ain't that enough ?'
 'No, that is not enough, and if had copy of Kirkman's Manual I'd soor show you how much you know"
 ''What's that say?'
 Tt shows how to run these kind ot things, so it does.'
 You mean Cushing's Manual; sit down."
The age-herald., 1901-08-31

for the reinstallation of tho Palmer Bucknerites in party control.
 Arbitration Is out of the question and so is concillation. Surrender of the unconditional sort is all that is possible. Six millions and odd are to hand over their arms to 1so.OOO. and beg for terms. This Is worse than we had anticipated. The Democratic party is now expected to thud into the Advertiser and rest there humble, eontrite and deeply penitent.
 To use the Advertisers own words, they are expected to get their eyes opened to the truth" They begin to see, it adds, "the error into which they were led, and the dangers they es- caped." Tn other words the esteemed advertiser rejoices in the Republican victories of both 1896 and 1900, and it expects the rest of us to do likewise.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
Hanna's Presidential Boom.

The Triggers" and the trusts are to nominate Mark Hanna for the Pres idency. This may be considered as settled. He has fourteen States in his hand, and no man has money enough to take them away from him. These States are Alabama, Arkansas, Flor ida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri. North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. South Carolina should also be added. although the McLaurin movement has rendered the standing of that delegation in the con vention somewhat doubtful. Leaving South Carolina out tNe fourteen States will cast in the convention 332 votes, and Ohio will add 40 to this number, leaving but 105 delegates to be ob- tained by the trusts m order to nomi- nate their man.
 Patronage holds the Southern dele gates secure. It holds secure to Mark Hanna the Alabama delegates, and so it is in the other Southern States, South Carolina possibly excepted, where an experiment Is to be tested, What patronage cannot secure the trusts can, and between the two Hanna has cinch. The other Republican aspirants are but dark horses. Roose- welt may be offered the Vice Presi- dency again. but that is all he will get and as for the cloud headed by Odell Fairbanks & Co.,, they are among the "also ran"
 It is wholly prudent to assume that Mark Hanna will be the Republican nominee, and the Democrats have an opportunity that should not be neg lected. The decency of the country will revolt against control by the trusts, for Mark Hanna and the trusts are one and inseparable. He has long been their political agent at Washing ton. The mastery of the trusts and of the robber tariff will be complete if the great trust master can be seated in the White House, and the mass of the people will be powerless. Against this the Democratic party should be gin to line up. The trusts and the tariff-one and the same thing-is all | the issue we need.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
J. p. MoReA.. FOR PRESIDENT.

J. p. MoRGA. FOR PRESIDENT. From the Richmond Leader.
 MT. George McD. Blake, formerly of Richmond. lately of Louisa, has sold out his goat ranch in that county and will shortly remove to this city to live He was one of the most radical Bryan and free silver men in 1896 and made speeches from the "Silver Gospel Wagon all over the city. MT. Blake still takes lively interest in politics and is one of the most pronounced advocates of a fair election law to be found. He ran for the Consti- tutional Convention in Louisa, says he was elected but counted out. Speaking of national politics. MT. Blake said: "I am opposed to the democrats putting up for president any man who is certain to be defeated. There is one man in the coun- try who we can elect and feavor his nomination, and that man is J Pierpont Morgan No power could defeat him. say let's go in to win and with Morgan at the head of the ticket, victory will be assured'
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
11o MILES AN HOUR.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 There is now before a committee of the House of Commons in London a bill, which has already passed the House of Lords. providing for new thing in rail- roads.
 The style of railroad contemplated by the bill was exhibited at Brussels in 1897 The cars on 1t ran eighty-three miles an hour under unfavorable conditions It's essential features are that the rail alone is used to carry the cars, and that the latter are hung from the rail, instead or running over it. The motive power Is electricity, and the combination is ex- pected to give speed practically double the best now attained on the f1rst-class steam railroads of the world.
 The railroad provided for in the Par liamentary bill is to run between Man chester and Liverpool, a distance of thirty-four miles. The track is to be a single rail. elevated four feet from the ground on A-shaped steel trestles riv- eted to steel ties set in the ballast. The cars are to be sixty feet long and ten feet wide, and to hold sixty to ninety persons each. They are to be suspended on single-rail trucks, so that the center of gravity will be considerably below the rail, and hence the cars will be in no dan ger of leaving the track under any cir- cumstances.
 Electricitysi is to drive four 200-horse- power motors in each car. An elaborate system of guard rails, brakes and sig t~o fatx h. cars are to be cigar shaped. so as to en- counter as little resistance as possible from the air.
 These cars are expected to attain a speed of no miles an hour in regular rum ming The distance between Liverpool and Manchester will be covered in twenty minutes and trains will be run every nineteen minutes. There will be no stops, no switches, and none of the usual com plications that tend to make travel slow and dangerous. The cost of the road Is to be about $14,0O0,00O.
 In the development of the railroad io> comotive a point has come in sight be- yond which 1t Is unlikely that the speed of steam railroad trains on flat road bed will ever go. Yet with the progress of civilization the desire for more rapid transportation Is ever growing It goes without saying that the speed limits or steam rail transportation must soon be Ieexceeded. But to accomplish the task some revolutionary departures In rail- roading must be made. Perhaps the new mono-railroad between Liverpool and Manchester will prove the forerunner of this revolution.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
HE oalv DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Let us rather hold fast the mortal sword.
 Macbeth.
Sheriffs of the Future.
Macbeth.

The sections of the proposed consti- tuition relating to sheriffs have been fought over so much and so long that some have become confused as to what has been retained and what rejected. Section 138 is as follows:
 A sheriff shall be elected in each coun- ty by the qualified electors thereof who shall hold office for a term of four years unless sooner removed, and he shall be Ineligible to such office as his own success sor. Whenever any prisoner is taken from jail or from the custody of the sheriff or his deputy, and put to death, or suffers grievous bodily harm, owing to the neglect, connivance, cowardice or other grave fault of the sheriff. such sheriff may be impeached under section 173 of this constitution If the sheriff be iupeached, he shall not be eligible to hold any office in this state during the time for which he had been elected to serve as sheriff.
 When We turn to sections 173-4 we find they read as follows:
 f The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, At torney General State Auditor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Supernintend- ent of Education, Commissioner of Agri- culture and Industries, and justices of the Supreme Court may be removed from office for wilful neglect of duty, corrup- tion in office. incompetency, or intemper- ance in the use of intoxicating liquors or narcotics to such an extent, in view of the dignity of the office and importance of its duties. as units the officer for the dis charge of such duties, or for any offense involving moral turpitude while in office, or committed under the color thereof or connected herewith, by the Senate sit ting as a court of impeachment, under oath or affirmation, on articles or charges preferred by the House eff Representa- tives.
 The chancellors, judges of the circuit court, judges of the probate courts, sheriffs, solicitors and judges of the in- ferior courts, from which an appeal may be taken directly to the Supreme Court may be removed from office for any of the causes specified in the preceding sec tion or elsewhere in this constitution by the Supreme Court. under such reguia- 
 Legislature may provide for the impeach- ment or removal of other officers than those named in this article
 All amendments have been voted down, and the sections quoted may be regarded as a final settlement of the vexed question. Sheriffs cannot be reelected, and sheriff who hands over or neglects to defend to the ut most prisoner stands in fear of the Supreme Court, even if the Legislature neglect to pass law covering such a case. No impeachment is required and the Supreme Court is empowered to act. In the absence of explanatory and regulative statutes no doubt the Supreme Court could act. It is author. ized to act in such case by the con. stitution itself.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
RESPECT FOR THE SHOTGUN.

From the Boston Evening Transcript
 Another Alabama sheriff has done his duty in protecting a negro prisoner against the efforts of a bowling mob of 400 men who sought subject for an auto de-fe. This Is the second sheriff in that State within week to protect his author ity and his prisoner against mob attacks The effect must be wholesome all around upon other sheriffs, and particularly on the mobs. The latter are made up of ig- norant men, who do not read and who do not reflect. They are governed. not by reason. but by impulse. They are suscep- tible to moral suasion- They do not know how their own barbarities strike civilized people Perhaps they do not care. But the shotgun they understand and respect. It is a great sport for them to turn oil over a helpless negro and set him on fire. It is not much fun to face a determined sheriff. armed with the only form of per- suasion that has any effect upon them. Let the good work go on.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
The Passing of a Brave Man.

There died in Pensacola on Tuesday last an Alabamian of historic name and heroic courage. He was the Hon. N. B. Clopton of Butler County, former legis- lator. and a brother of the late Justice David Clopton of the Supreme Court of Alabama, who was the father of Mrs Chambers, wife of the distinguished Judge William L. Chambers, former chief jus tice of Samoa and now a member of the court of Spanish American war claims.
 The Pensacola News thus tells of Arr Clopton's death:
 'Hon. N B. Clopton of Greenville. Ala, died yesterday at the home of his son, MT. Albert Clopton, at Brent, aged 76 years.
 'sMr. Clopton was one of the prominent citizens of Alabama and was member of the Legislature of that state in the dark and trying days of reconstruction.
 'He was brother of Judge David clop- ton of the Alabama Supreme Court.
 'lMr Clopton Is survived by his wife, four sons and one daughter, who have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire con' munity."
 The people of Greenville, and Butler County generally, fell into the affection ate habit of calling Mir. Clopton Uncle Nat" notwithstanding the fact that he was Q man of marked dignity and was most modest and unassuming. In many an instance that tried his physical and moral courage he proved himself to be made of the stuff that makes men heroes.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
TIE coNTAoioN OF CRUELTY.

From the Portland Oregonian.
 Seven years ago when negro was burned at Paris, Texas. the whole coun- try was moved by the announcement. and it was made the subject of extended comment by European journals and mag azines; but burnings have become so fre- quent as to no longer excite more than passing attention. The chief reason for this disagreeahle fact is that the North has been silenced, so far as the North is concerned by the recent negro burn ings of it's own-in Kansas, Colorado, and Indiana The recent negro burnings in Georgia and Alabama were marked by no more barbarity in details than the Terre Haute burning in Indiana a few months past The two sections are on level in the matter of inhuman mob
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
The L. G Ms Business.

The other day there was printed in this place an exceedingly interesting interview with Superintendent J. L. Welch of the Birmingham divisions of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad relative to the great and constantly increasing traffic of that system. As bearing upon Superin- tendent Weich's remarks, 1t is of interest to note the last traffic report of the Louisville and Nashville.
 For third week of August. 1901. s511 .s15; corresponding week of last year, 66sOO; increase, s4f,Sl5.
 Total for tss three weeks of August, 1901, $1, ,eO2, ,945; corresponding period of last wear. s1, ,4s7, 300; increase, s165,Oi5.,
 July to latest date this year, ss, 800 s75; corresponding period of last year. sa.4ss,- 1os; increase, s4oe.76s. Mileage. 1sOl-lsO2. s2s9. .os; mileage, 1soO-1soi. s15l.72.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press :.
 We bury our romances tenderly, but we forget where the graves are.
 Age may wither the beauty of a good woman, but it refines her soul.
 A woman will hang on to the faded photograph of some young man who made love to her when she was a girl even after she has forgotten his name.
 When woman really loves a man she will wake up in the middle of the night to ask him if he thinks her mother. who is ous west, is all right. and if he says yes, she'll go right to sleep again
The age-herald., 1901-08-31

ln Spain they put ths responsibility for Certera'B defeat upon the politi- clans. and in this country the politi- clans are endeavoring to manipulate tho Yictors.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31

Canada has put on her bargain coun- ter 800 islands in the St. Lawrence, and she asks buyers to examine her stock before buying elsewhere.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31

plague of mnsquitoes in this valley of Birmingham. where musuuitoes were new CT before of sufficient numbers to be an- moving. and reference was made to the fact that these new mosquitoes. which seemed to have come Of the rain of tho rainiest August on record, were noiseless as we'll as venomous
 -"Our common fntsduito, which we have always had. in smni1 numbers in Bir- mingham, is solid gray. as everybody has observed" said Fred saupe last night
 But these new mosquitoes, which arc likewise gray, have tiny white spots on them and their sting Is far worse than tho sting of the tnusauito we have been accustomed to fin previous summers These new ones, which have come fin vast swarms. are noiseless, as the Age-Heraid stated but they are great deal moro venomous than the ordinary rlusquito When one of them stings a person 1t raises a little red boil which in twenty four hours como to a white head that looks poisonous.
 s"IS is clear that this new crop of mug quitoes comes of the long rainy spell, and I believe they come of the rank weeds on vacant lots and lands generally in the outlying districts of the city and valley.
 ''The gray musquito with white spots is novelty of insect life in this valley. It is likewise an unspeakable nuisance These mosquitoes swarm everywhere, a plague-plague on them!''
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
Ferguson to Brandon.

"A pleasant incident took place yester- day afternoon during the dinner recess of the constitutional convention" says the Montgomery Advertiser of yesterday
 "Hon Charles W. Ferguson of Jefferson met his friend, Col. W. W, Brandon. on the street and surprised him by present ing him with pair of beautiful gold cuff buttons. Colonel Brandon was as much surprised as were the few friends stand ing by. and it was a moment before he could respond. He thanked his friend for the kind and highly appreciated compli- ment, and assured him that he would wear the buttons and think of him every time he looked upon them"
The age-herald., 1901-08-31

Not even public sentiment can much longer keep down the mob spirit that is surging wildly in Second avenue, near the government building.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31

The sultan's checks in payment of bills are not considered valuable until they have passed through the clearing house,
The age-herald., 1901-08-31

The tltle of Doc" or Prof" has become vulgarIyA common, and the freak professors Of Chicago have agreed to address each other as ''Mr." "
The age-herald., 1901-08-31

Unless there are 12I generations in your genealogy you do not go back to Adam and his good wife. Eve.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31

President Castro seems to think he was born to be a map maker.
The age-herald., 1901-08-31
aMarouerlteD ln the MoonIIaht.

That reference to Wilson Brown sing ing Marguerite recalls some glad days that were mine and are long-gone." said a man who listened.
 "wilson Brown, who is one of the brightest. wittiest, readiest men I ever knew, used to be he best singer of sen timental songs in all Alabama. Whether he still sings I know not, but If that musical voice of a brave and true man still syllables songs of sweetness, then Is it we'll for all who hear him.
 "In the old song of sentiment, Mar guerite,' he used to touch many heart of Cupid's undoing with that refrain You break my heart. Marguerite and hearing that the dear old set of Mont gomery would couple-off, so to speak, and there was 1ove-making which result ed in the marriage of every one of the set save only Wilson Brown. Hon. Tennent Lomax, and another. nameless here, but who ''as 'opes against Mich ealmas' as Dickens doctor had respect ing the possible sickl''