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The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Gunner Morgan and Admiral Sampson

Gunner Morgan, a native of New Or leans, enlisted as a seaman and was promoted step by step to an $500 place, but still he was a warrant ofti- cer. He desired to become an ensign, or a quarter deck officer. At this point Admiral Sampson comes into the case. In substance Sampson says Morgan is capable, and gentlemanly, but he should not be appointed ensign be- cause warrant officers in general lack social advantages and are deficient in manners. In other words, caste is a feature of the navy that should be off cially recognized and defined. The line is to be drawn against all seamen, no matter how worthy or capable they may be- The quarter deck Is not to be invaded from below. Admiral Sampson has announced no new doctrine; he has simply made public distinction that has long prevailed in the navy, for there is not in the world navy that contains more exclusiveness, more of the caste spirit, than the navy that the American people are heavily taxed to support. This caste system finds its chief support in the strong naval ring that is centered at Washington.
 It is now proposed to make small breach in this aristocratic wall by per hitting the President to appoint'eac year a number of warrant officers to be ensigns. The number may be limited to six or it may go to dozen It Is a beginning at any rate. In the debates in Congress it was shown that the American navy is the most aristocratic in the world. Even in England a cabin boy rose to be an admiral, and in France the promotion of seamen is a common event.
 The Sampson Morgan case will serve a good purpose if it calls the at tention of the country to the capers of the naval ring and its audacity in set ting up in this democratic country an exclusive and aristocratic branch of the public service. Admiral Sampson is head and front of this antagonism to the spirit and nature of our institu- tions, and he is probably beginning to see by this time what the people think of his snobbish and left-handed en- dorsement of Gunner Morgan.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Pitch Crop for Home Use.

There is no danger of over-produc- tion of cotton this year if Southern farmers will make their own supplies If they will, in other words, produce their own bread and meat. Corn and hogs are all essential, and if they are homemade there will be no danger of a dangerously heavy cotton acreage. But if our farmers neglect supplies, going cotton crazy because of recent prices for the staple, then indeed there are breakers ahead.
 It may be that a twelve-million-b crop is impossible anyway on account of want of labor; 1t may be that weather and the labor supply united will render at present such a crop out of question; but it is best not to trust to those things. It is best to begin at the other end. It is best to first plan for supplies made at home, and then it will be safe and wise to give all re- maining energies to cotton. Grow all the cotton you can after the corn cribs and smokehouses are provided for. Fill them, and then blow till the COWS come home for cotton if you will. No farmer who first fills his cribs and smokehouses ever raised too much cotton. The trouble of recent years has come in the neglect of the former, and too close attention to the latter.
 The chances are that many farmers will again plant unwisely, and this makes it all the more incumbent on the rest to look out for home supplies. The acreage in cotton will no doubt be large, and the man who plants for food crops will be, as he has always been, the winner. There never has been year in the history of cotton growing when an all-cotton schedule proved re- munerative. Home supplies first, cot ton afterward," should be the rule. It is a rule that works in all years, and it will be found to fit this year admir- ably.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
THE OLD FAMILIAR FAdEs.

By Charles Lamb.
 panions,
 In my days of childhood; in m| joyful
 school days; All, are gone the old familiar facles. l have been laughing, have been. carous-
 ing, Drinking late sitting late with rn,y bosom
 cronies; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I loved a Love once, fairest among we- Closed ses are s.1n her doors on me- I smast not AL all are sone' the old fam,snar faces. have a friend, kinder fri lend has no
 man Like an ingrate left my frie gnd abruptly: Left him. to muse on the old familiar
 faces.
 Ghost-nke I paced around ttIhe haunts of
 my childhood, Js Earth seemed a desert waaas bound to
 traverse.
 Seeking to find the old familil,ar faces. Friend of my bosom, thou nShore than a Why vert not thou born in may fathers
 dwelling? So might we talk of the old dsamiliai
 faces. How some they have died. and som;%e he,
 have loft me. aes A And some s.. are taken from me; all sa8Assye' All. all are gone. thesold familiar, V
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The age-herald., 1901-03-04

looking for the Congressional appropria- ton and got his feet wet. At any rate he has had something which he thinks Is worse than a cold, and thus he tells about 1t:
 The grip is still grinding away in this city and Is grinding exceedingly fne''
 The editor of the Clarke County Demo crat, after reading chapter in his Bible the other evening. picked up a copy of the AgeHerald of that date, in which he saw an account of the wonderful hunting record Teddy Roosevelt, the lion chaser, in his recent trip to the West This probably accounts for the follow ing paragraph the Democrat imposes on it's readers:
 Some one says If Teddy had been thrown into the Hons den he would have torn thsm In pieces"
 The Florence Herald editor has been reading about Carrie Nation and George Washington, both of whom apparently knew all the virtues, to say nothing of the vices of the innocent looking hatch ct. The Herald perpetrates the follow ing:
 "The hatchet craze has spread from Kansa to Chicago. The hatchet has been an instrument of distinction since the days of your uncle George Washington"
 And again:
 Some people are always matching schemes, but when 1t came to scheme that would really work in Kan sas. 1t remained for Carrie Nation to hatchet."
 The versatile writer who delights the readers of the Oneonta News-Dispatch. having become disgusted with the wealth ear bureau and the ground hog as weather prophets, ransacked his garret for the old goose bone that had been laid aside for years. Finding the latter, he hung 1t above the horseshoe over the front door and then issued an edict which he proclaimed in the presence of the printer, devil and office cat, to the effect that In future all weather predictions must be based on the goose bone. This change of signal service Is announced in The News Dispatch as follows:
 "The ground hog is played out. Not only has he deliberately falsihed this winter, but his official rival the weather bureau. has come out declaring that he has been right only twice in the last ten years. We shall have to depend on the goose bone hereafter"
 The editor of the Wiregrass Siftings, that thrifty and interesting paper pub lished at Dothan, Is in luck, and the wind will not whistle through his birsute adornments. When the blizzard came out of the west last week and the fuel was low In his bin he felt blue. but a kindly soul remembered him. of whom he says
 The first of the week when things were all frozen and there was a possibili- ty of the wind penetrating our old sum mer pants, that good clever MT. J. T. Tidwell lent comfort to the situation by bringing in big load of wood. May the Lord bless you, Tidwell.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Another Cotton Mill.

From the Sylacauga Enterprise
 Dr. J. E. Pearson has purchased the lot on Fourth street facing the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and has made application for a charter TOT cotton mill.
 pr. Pearson informs us that as soon as the charter is granted work will com mence at once. The mill will be erected at a cost of $1oo.oOo. This will be one of the best enterprises in the county and will be of great benefit to the city.
 Dr. Pearson Is one of our most enter prising and public spirited men. and the mill will be success, as 1t could not be otherwise with this gentleman at it's head. Let the good work go on, gentle men,
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
ADVISING THE PRESIDENT.
From Harper's Weekly,

In composing your new cabinet, MT. President, pray do not reappoint any one but MT. Root. The desire on your part to retain your present political family does credit to your suitability, but, be lieve us. it is pure sentimentalism. You owe the country the services of the best men you can find in your party. Why not call the best to your side? You would delight the country by consulting men like George F. Edmunds. If you could induce George F. Hoar to sit in your cabinet. you would thereby secure the honest advice of one of the purest pa triots, and one of the wisest public men left to your party.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
SAMPSON s sHoRN.
he Washington Times

From the Washington Times.
 Every Sampson meets with his Delilah in the course of time. The Gunner Nor gan endorsement was the lady in the case of our modern Instance. and 1t appears that she has shorn him as bald as a brickbat. Children of the lowly and nat urally fertilized soil must not gelevato their noses and say that all other off, springs from the native loam |are but mud For such. there Is a divinity which shapes their ends rough"
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Abridoino woman's Rights.

From the Florence Bulletin.
 Just think of 1t. The lower House Of the General Assembly has passed bill ito prohibit women from buying or sell ing liouors." The dear creatures will soon be robbed of every liberty. Man has ever been jealous of woman's freedom since he stole the brooches and forced her to take to petticoats. Mans inhumanity to woman is oppressive of countless thou sands.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
THEY MAY THINK.

From the Springfield Republican.
 David B. Hill must beware of such lu- minous and clear-cut phrases as "the maintenance of the constitutional cur rency of the fathers" when writing to the Alabama Legislature. People will be- gin to think that he Is candidate for the Presidency.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The biggest and ugliest microbe of all lives Is in the stolen kisses.
 Some mems way of getting the devil behind them Is by chasing him around the stump and going slow
 If the average man isn't worrying around all the time about his business his wife thinks he Is getting reckless
 A woman never gets to be so sure of her husband's love that she doesn't look hard at all the pretty women he bows to.
 A woman generally doesn't find out that her husband has come home out of tom per for ten minutes after the cat has hid under the stove.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
First Pay Car.
From the Geneva Journal.

From the Geneva JOurlldl'
 The first pay car of the Alabama and Florida Railroad rolled into Geneva last Friday. in consequence of which every employe from Georgiana to Geneva wore a pleasant look The pay train was in charge of Conductor Adkins and Engi- neer Cooper. Among those on board were Paymaster Dawson. T. H. Mitzeli' trainmaster; c. s. Mitchell, special agent; R. E. Corey, stock claim agent and Roadmaster Shields. Dawson Is pay master for all divisions on the Louisville and Nashville soueth of Decatur Ala.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
THE PAY IS REGULAR.

Somebody once asked John Allen of Mississippi why ne continued in Congress. when he could practice law and make great deal more money than the amount of his Congressional salary.
 Well" drawled Allen, T admit s5Ooo isn't much, but 1t comes along powerful regular"
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND Fl SEWHERE

Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for this day, Monday, March 1. 1901:
 Buy, speculate, and push thy business In the afternoon and evening""
 Beware of law and quarreling and avoid pleasure and company, this being thy birthday. Thy business. with care, will succeed. Young women must be care ful of their conduct"
 "A child born on this day will be fond of pleasure and company, and will spend much of it's money thereon. In business it will be rather successful"
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
soeakInu to the Gallery.

From the Tuscaloosa Times.
 It might be a good idea for the Lesis lature to mako it rule that no speeches are to be made except in executive ses- sion Much valuable time to the State would be saved, If there was no possi- bility of speaking to the gallery.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
THE NEW PRESS.

From the Scottsboro Citizen.
 The Birmingham Age Herald has added to it's plant a handsome new fast running press, taking 10000 impressions per hour. The Age-Herald is one of the most met ropoltan papers in the South, and has brilliant coterie of writers.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Everybody Busy.

From the Fruithurst Vineyardist.
 The pruning of vines and fruit trees ,s about completed in this vicinity and the next thing to do will be cultivatinR. Already preparations are being made m that direction and then every man. horse and mule will be employed.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
WITH THE EDITORS OF
 THE STATE PRESS
Reforminq.

From the Vernon Courier.
 There has been less indications of whiskey among the crowds at this court than at any court In the history of the county. As to whether or not 1t Is the result of Mrs. Nations crusade we are unable to say.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Troubles of a Populist.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 One of the members of the General As- ser,h,v of Alabama. MT Rivers of Wins ton, has the smallpox. The session at Montgomery must have been extremely trying on the populist member from Wins
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Annexation of Florida.
the Huntsville Mercury.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 If the bill which passed the Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday. pro viding for a commission on the part of Alabama to confer with a like commits sion on the part of Florida passes the Senate and meets with executive ap- proval. 1t will prove a decided step ia the directi0 of annexation. It will at
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Rohert ]. Lowe and son.

In view of the commanding position in the public affairs of Alabama adorned by Hon. Robert J. Lowe, and the evi- dent certainty that he will be called upon to take a leading part in the States con- stitutional convention, 1t is of widely pleasing interest to note that a son was born to Mir. Lowe and Mrs. Lowe on Sat- urday morning, a strong and healthy youngster with every promise of a long life of honor and usefulness.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
CHANGED PLANS,

From the Baltimore American.
 Miss Gabbeigh-As a penance during Lent am not going to gossip
 Mrs. Sezzit-Oh, that's too bad in- tended to come and listen to you, as my penance. .a.5l
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Affairs in Kansas are very compli- cated. The man who piled wood around the negro who was burned at the stake has since married a negress There is no accounting for Kansas taSteS
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

The White Rats started their boycott too late in the season. In a months time many of the theatres will be clos ed without a boycott.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Mrs. Nation found the pen more tiresome than the axe, and after one days trial of the former she returned to jail voluntarily.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
CHANGING HIs cAJT.

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 MT. Croker will bring an English jock ey back with him from London to assist in changing David B. IIiIrs gait from that of an indirrerent pacer to a speedy runner, s>T " -
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
suhsidize Them.

From the Jackson South Alabamian'
 The local matrimonial market IS dis- couragingiy dull There are quite enough young people in town to improve the stu ation. but they are wanting in enter prise.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

The missionaries in China should give all their time and thoughts and devotion to General Von Waldersee's looters.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
About Persons.

Hon. William Peyton Pinckard went to Montgomery yesterday afternoon.
 Senator Morrow was accompanied on his return to Montgomery yesterday aft ernoon by Mrs. Morrow and their beau tiful little daughter. The little family party will return to Birmingham after the Legislature adjourns on Tuesday,
 Probate Judge Zeii Gaston of Butler County was in Birmingham yesterday.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Positions in the imperial parade of today are still creating heartburnings and jealousies in the g. o. p.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

It might be said that the Spaniards har. bored ill-feeling when they mined the Maine. M. B. M.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Worthy Spirit of Alabama Neqro.

None of the metropolitan newspapers is more generally and generously watchful of pleasing occurrences in Alabama than that splendid model of a great newspa- per the New York Tribune. The Tri- bune's latest editorial paragraph relative to Alabama Is this:
 Rufus Heron. an Alabama negro, who was born slave. and who can neither read nor write, recently contributed S1o toward the support of a newly establish ed school for white students in his state. and a few days later contributed the same amount toward the support of Tus- kegee Institute for colored students This man owns several hundred acres of land and rood live stock. ali acquired by his own industry and that of his wife. They give the credit for their thrift and pros- perity to the inspiration which they have received at the Tuskegee Negro Confer ence, at which they have been regular
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Admiral Sampson begins to wish he had stuck to the sword and not mon keyed with the pen.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Bribes in the Delaware Legislature have fallen to two thousand dollars. The market Is much of.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

no breakfast fad Is spreading over the culture spots of the country.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

First 1t is DeWet and then it is Aguinaldo, and then the two are mex tricably tangled.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Mrs. Nation fits into and out of jail with the utmost nonchalence.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

The Alabama legislator who voted In favor of the book trust will soon go home to roost.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

A dead heat often causes lively discus sion on a race course.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

The Hazard powder mills at Hazard vile were we'll placed and named.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Admiral Sampson cannot plead that he was away when he wrote it.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Colonel Brewer Not After Place.

The statement sent out from Washing ton and given wide publicity by the news papers that Congressman Willis Brewer of the Fifth Alabama district, whose term in Congress ends today, was candidate for a place on the recently created Span ish war claims commission, Is erroneous.
 Colonel Brewer yesterday telegraphed from Washington to Hon. A. E. Caffee of Birmingham the declaration that he Is not and has not been a candidate for the place In question; that he "has been only kindly spoken of for the position;" and expressing the wish that the fact as here stated be set forth in the Age Herald.
 Certainly Colonel Brewer is remarkably we'll equipped for the work of the commits sion. He Is a very scholarly man of strong intellectual force. and in the prac- tical conduct of his own business affairs he is one of the most successful men who ever dwelt in Alabama!
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Great Britain is trying to mix those canals up--the Nicaragua and the Lynn.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Little Nora Persei is doing business every night swinkling like veteran.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Public Health Neolected.

Dr. W. H. Sanders, the distinguished State health officer of Alabama. came to Birmingham from Montgomery yesterday forenoon. and returned to the capital In the afternoon. While here he met Dr. Searcy, the famous expert head of the Alabama Bryce Hospital for the Insane, at Tuscaloosa. but whether a conference had been arranged between the two emil nent specialists was not discovered.
 ''The Legislature has not given the peo- pie, through the State Board of Health, one line of the absolutely essential leg islation that we sought in the interest of public health" declared Dr. Sanders 'n tones of frank regret. why? Ask the winds There was some legislation agreed upon by the highest medical authorities and sought by us as earnestly as we could; but the Legislature hasn't found time to deal with questions pertaining to the public health
 pr. Searcy was characteristically hap py and In high and benevolent spirits; but had nothing to say to the public.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

English snobs are now turning their mustachios up to show their approval of the new understanding with Ger many.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Happy Bridal Colony.

Brides Row is a new section of rap idly growing Twelfth Avenue South Highlands. Three new dwelling houses the past three weeks. are now occupied by bridal couples. the longest welded of whom are Rabbi Newfield and his lovely bride, who were married January 2s. They set the example of going to live Tn that locality of Twelfth Avenue and other bridal couples quickly followed, and still others are coming to the number of many.
 Whenever the builders begin the erect ion of a dwelling house there. they i'm mediately receive a proposition to rent the house, and at once they ask the would-be renter, When do you expect to get married?" So there is a growing bridal colony on the South Highlands.
 c. w. Ferguson Is a Candidate.
 Solicitor Charles W. Ferguson formally announced to his friends last night that he was candidate for delegate from Jef- ferson County to the constitutional con- vention. He made this announcement shortly before leaving the city, at 1O:2o, for Winston County, the Circuit Court of which will require his attention this week; and next week he will be engaged in the Circuit Court of Walker County 'I am a candidate for delegate, and beg my friends in Jefferson to under stand that my entire time for the next two weeks must be devoted to my off, cial duties in Winston and Walker Coun- ties, and that therefore, cannot. per sonally see friends to ask their kind and generous support of my candidacy. My interests I leave to the good efforts of my friends while I attend to my public duties. My services in the constitutional convention could not, in the nature of things as they will then exist, interfere with my work as solicitor.
 q desire to be a member of the con- vention for the honor of it and for the privilege of giving to the people whatever benefit can give after long and active labor in the public service in another di- rection. That is why I ask for the nomi- nation"
 MT. Ferguson Is easily one of the best qualified men for the conventions all- important work whose services the peo- pie can secure" declared leading cit- zen last night. "He knows as well as any intelligent man can know the needs of the people, and his success in the law is earnest of his capacity for framing or ganic laws for the people,
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
Stamps are to be used, as heretofore

up. to July l. when the new law goes s~e.-s sf rs ttt # ass7 1s-s= sA-es- 10 .t' into effect, I A.s,
The age-herald., 1901-03-04
PHILOSOPHICAL FLIGHTS.
The mockins bird Is a fowl plagiaris

The mocking bird Is a fowl plagiarist. The favorite recreation of the blind should be see-saw.
 The funeral director always undertakes to do his work well.
 If marriage Is a lottery, children must be the approximation prizes.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Kansas City considers Memphis one of it's outlying suburbs.
The age-herald., 1901-03-04

Gunner Morgan's weakness is that he does not wear a monocle.