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The age-herald., 1901-09-04
Work of the Convention.

The new instrument is signed and the convention has adjourned. It has striyen conscientiously, and when the political history of the State at this period is written it will say that the convention was made up of earnest and sincere men. These men strove to fit a fundamental law to public sen- timent in a State made up of black counties and white counties, of indus trial districts and agricultural dis tricts. The task was not light one or an easy one. It demanded numer- ous compromises and concessions, and history will say that the convention contained the requisite good sense and wisdom that made such compromises and concessions possible. No greater praise than this can perhaps be writ ten or spoken of a large deliberative body.
 The sum total of the work before the convention Is now before the peo- pie. No ones views are wholly or ab- solutely met in 1t. No one considers it a perfect instrument. In point or fact a perfect fundamental law in an imperfect world would be vain and chimerical It would be insufficient because 1t would not have public sen timent behind it. The new instrument fits Alabama in it's present condition. It will not fit the Alabama of a gen eration hence, but it fits Alabama to- day, and it is vastly superior to the present constitution. This is why The Age-Herald desires to see the two printed in parallel columns. There are very many provisions in the New that are better than the provisions in the Old. and if the two were printed | in parallel columns all would see the discrepancies of the Old and the ad- vantages of the New. When the New is closely compared with the Old the former will win in every unprejudiced, unhampered mind. Those who take orders from Mark Hanna may not ac- cept the New, but all others will. It is better than the Old, far better-it is good enough to guide Alabama through a generation, and we need not at present look further into the future.
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
Mir. Troy and Ills Son.

Hon Alexander Troy of Montgomery was in Birmingham yesterday. Mir. Troy came hither to sell several town lots In East Birmingham, the property of the estate of the late Hon. Henry Clay Tom kins of Montgomery, sometime attorney general of Alabama and one of the states greatest lawyers, the sale of lots having been well advertised in the Age- Herald MT. Troy Is the legal executof of Colonel Tompklns' estate. He and Colonel Tompkins were partners In law and lifelong friends. The interests of a minor, Henry Clay Tonpkins the young er are involved in the estate, and in him a multitude of Alabamians feel a per- sonal interest on account of his dis tinguished father
 MT. Troy, who is known to and hon- ored by all the lawyers of Alabama as the secretary of the State Bar Associa- tion, a position he has honored ever since the association was organized, Is one Of the leaders of the strong bar of Mont gomery.
 It. will be recalled that some weeks ago MT. Troy's brilliant young son, MT. Cas- ton Troy, was run down by team at tached to a carriage and very dangerously injured. Mir Troy said yesterday that there Is bright promise that his son Will entirely recover.
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
Railroads and the City Hall.

"There is one fact of practical business importance which the great railroads serving Birmingham and the district should be impressed with. and that is the value to these roads and to the public of having the local passenger offices in Birmingham's splendid new city building which Is now approaching completion, at Fourth avenue and Nineteenth street." a wide-awake and enterprising business man said yesterday.
 "The city building Is very properly the heart of Birmingham. It is not so in all cities but 1t is so in Birmingham. All things issue from the city building and all things material tend thither. The life of Birmingham throbs outward from there and inward thther. and therefore all things which concern the government and the legal. as well as material, welfare. center there.
 "The new city building will be noble structure the handsomest city building in the South, as becomes the South's most progressive and most promising munich pality. And it would seem especially
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
HIM N.

Emerson's verse stands in a closer rela- tion to Nature than that of almost any other poet.-Dr. Holmes The poems offend continually by lame, unscannable lines and clumsiness and obsecurities of expression. When, how ever he is fortunate enough to find the precise fitting for his idea the result is diamond of the purest water. Some few of his poems are actual models of perfection, as, for instance, the lines for the dedication of the Concord monu- ment.-Prof. Richard Garnett of tho British Museum. ; By the rude bridge that arched the hood. Their flag to Aprils breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood. And fired the shot heard round the
 world.
 The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time, the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward
 creeps.
 On this green bank. by this soft stream, We set today a votive stone. That memory may their dead redeem, When. like our sires our sons are
 gone Spirit. that made those heroes dare To die. and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The,shaft We raise to them and thea
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
Raphael on September.

Astrologer Raphael says:
 "The positions and aspects the stars for September are of a disquieting na- ture, more especially as at the preceding Full Moon the planet Mars will be exactly setting and Saturn will be on the merid- ian.
 These positions and aspects imply great disturbances in the political world and harasslng and anxious time for the rulers of the nations.
 This nation will be much agltated. as events of an untoward and disastrous nature will be constantly occurring.
 'There Is great danger that there will be war between England and some foreign power, which would seriously affect American trade.
 England may suffer a lamentable loss by the death of a person of the first rank.
 September is likely to be a month of stirring events"
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
Shall Farmers Hold Cotton !?

The farmers are getting great deal of conflicting advice at the present time. The townspeople and traders at little cotton centers advise the farmer to sell his cotton as 1t is gin ned, but there is a suspicion that their desire for business is greater than their love for the farmer. All traders want business to begin early and to come on without cessation to the end.
 Then there is the Cotton Growers Protective Association. This body or concern advises farmers to hold their cotton until they can get 10 cents for it, forgetting that demand has a finger in the pie as well as supply. No doubt if Supply could name the price they would prefer the round price named.
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
Hon. George w. Jones.

The Financial Review of New York, which notes that the last sale of Alabama Class state bonds was at 1O91h, has this to say of a popular and highly honored young Alabamian:
 "The election of George W. Jones of Montgomery, of the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad law department. on the ex> ecutive committee of the Alabama Bar Association at its annual session in Mont gomery, Is favorably commented upon in legal circles, as MT. Jones is regarded as among the leading young members of the Alabama bar. MT. Jones election com bined a recognition of Montgomery, with a recognition of his own standing. his experience and his adherence to the ethics of his profession, MT. Jones has ellen tage which includes many prominent busi- ness interests and individuals, being as- sistant district attorney of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for the State of Alabama. Not few of his arguments have gone down as authority, while at all times his views are regarded as well con- sidered."
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
MsssssSsbbi Cotton Farms Are
 .Success1uly Woxked 6y Convscts

In the world. It Is expected to plant this place in cotton next year, and it Is predicted that 1t will yield the state an annual revenue of s1o0ooO or more.
 The success Of Mississippi in growing cotton with convict labor induced It's Leg isiature a few years ago to authorize the counties to do the same. Long after the constitutional convention prohibited the leasing out of convicts, the counties were allowed to lease or rather were required to lease the county convicts who, 1t was provided, should be sold to the highest bidder. But few vars ago the law was so changed as to allow the convicts to operate prison farms if they desired. Only a few have done so as yet, partly because the counties have not the money to equip these farms and partly because there was some doubt whether the county prison> CTS. who are fewer in number and serve shorter terms, would make success at cotton raising. This experiment has been satisfactory in such counties as have worked their prisoners, and in all cases there Is a handsome balance of profit on the investment.
 These results are likely to be conclusive and to bring the convict farm system into operation by most of the counties. If all the 75 counties of Mississippi operate convict farms and the state continues it's twelve, Mississippi will have nearly 100 convict colonies, all raising cotton. There Is no complaint from the planters and farmers of the employment of convict la bor in raising cotton, as the amount pro- duced by the state and county farms Is not sufficient to affect the price.
 Louisiana and Texas have followed Mis- sissippi in this matter and established state convict farms to grow cotton. If the counties and parishes of the two states follow the same example and the 3SS counties of these three states have each its convict cotton farm, the ques- tion of overproduction may become se- rious one. not to mention the possibility that Alabama, Georgia and the other southern states may drop into line.
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
New Orleans Cor New York Sun.

New Orleans Cor. New York Sun.
 An inspection of the Mississippi con- vict farms shows that the State of Mis- sissippi will raise the largest crop Of cotton ever grown. It has now become the biggest cotton grower in the world, operating in all twelve large convict plantations.
 The convict farms are all in the Yazoo delta, where cotton fourishes better than anywhere else in the South, and they contain the most productive and fertile lands in tl delta. The inspector reports that on line of these twelve plantations the cotton is splendid on three only medium. but the total yield VIII be well above the average.
 The corn crops on the plantations are poor on account of the drouth. but will pc sunicient to supply the needs of the men and stock. As the State of Missis- sippi holds its cotton back until If gets a good price for 1t, 1t Is certain to make u hanosome return on its convict cot ton' and 1t Is expected that 1t will clear from S125.ooO to $15O.OO0 over and above all expenses of cultivating the land in- terest on investment and support of the convicts.
 The system of working the iconvicts in Mississippi on state farms has proved a great success, the profit on 1t increa sing with each year, having grown from $4o 900 in the first year to s15o,OoO now. Originally the convicts were worked on leased farms. eighteen in number, but their employment having passed the ex- perimental stage, the state has put the system on a permanent basis and has been authorized by the Legislature to purchase 1000 acres of land in the Yazoo delta
 This land has been purchased and is now being cleared and put in proper condition for permanent occupation by the convicts. When the necessary build ings have been erected a large propor- tion of the convicts will be moved there and the state will have one of the larg- est and best-equipped cotton plantations
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
|, humanity and law

This shows an average of just about 200 a year, or four a week for sixteen years. This occurred in the United States of America, not in China or Turkey, or Darkest Africa.
 The victims of mob law were se- lected from all the States except five. The other forty States furnished one or more of the victims. Of the num- Der 2,465 were perpetrated in the southern States, and 436 in the North ern. The males numbered 2,465, and 51 females were swung up. The ne- groes were in number 1873; the whites. s01; the Indians, 21; the Chin csc, g, and the Mexicans, 2.
 The crimes, or alleged crimes, which caused the people to take the law into their own hands come near exhaust ing the calendar. Murder and rape head the list in point of number, but there is a total of 112 other offenses given as excuses for exercising lynch law. Some of the crimes were of the most petty nature. For instance, one man was lynched for slapping a child another for jilting a girl, another for drunkenness, another for throwing stones, another for colonizing negroes, another for enticing servant away, two paid the extreme penalty for eloping, two for writing insulting let ters, three for being unpopular, two for practicing "voodooism, three for keeping saloons, five for swindling and two for gambling. \
 Ten people were executed for no offense whatever, while 92 were lynched for unknown causes. Vigil antes are charged with IA deaths; Whitecaps, g; Indians, 1; moonshin- CTS, i; desperadoes, 1.
 Every State in the union, with only five exceptions, has been the scene of one or more lynchings during the last sixteen years, those without this bot on their history being Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Utah.
 The State having the largest num- Der Is Mississippi, with 253 to its credit Texas comes second. with PAT, and Louisiana third with 221 Georgia has had 219, Alabama 210 State holoing the record for lynchings is Indiana, with 36. But two Northern Territories exceed this. Indian Terri tory having had 5S, and Oklahoma new as it is-36.
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day, Wednesday, September 1, 1901:
 "A very doubtful day"
 Thou hast very unsettled birthday and thy health and that of thy family will suffer; in business thou wilt have many annoyances.
 "A child born on this day will have fair success in business, but must be care ful of new enterprises and false friends; it will be generous and wasteful Of us money. If female, unhappy in wedlocK'
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
AAabama OAcers' Nerve $
 Pyazsed ZhyoMghomt Country

tors have received sentences for ten years, and another Is on trial with every prospect of receiving similar punishment. The trouble with the South's critics and accusers is that they ignore occurrences of this kind, although there are many of which they might readily inform them- selves, and concentrate their energies in denunciation of the lynchings which are not prevented. As a matter of fact, how ever, these mob executions take place very often at the North, especially in such States as Ohio, Indiana and Kansas much oftener than at the South, if we consider the negro population-and we have yet to hear of an instance in which a lyncher has been arrested, tried, and punished, if. indeed, any serious attempt has been made in that direction. North ern people who write and declaim on this subject, always with the Southern people as their horrible examples, need to strengthen their position at the earliest possible moment. First. they should keep careful account of the Northern lynch ings, with a view to odious comparisons. Secondly. they should make an estimate of the efforts made by the two sections
 
 character of punishment inflicted where prevention has not been possible It is our opinion that the South will make a very favorable showing in this respect as contrasted with the North, and that a great many gentlemen now complacent- ly engaged in representing their Southern fellow-citizens will find that they have profitable employment for any amount of such eloquence at home.
 There is just one remedy for lynching, and it is idle to talk of any other. The communities that are the victims of one particular crime must be taught-not by precept. but by unvarying example-thats such outrages will be promptly, certainly, and terribly avenged through the agencies of justice. In default of that assurance made doubly sure by unmistakable and overwhelming proof all the preaching in the world will avail nothing. If the law does not give them vengeance quick and thorough men will take 1t for themselves '---------- Campbell's garden by a COW, which was said by neighbors to belong to Weller. It was Campbelrs cow but he did not recognize it without the tail. The case
 
 ing, but at the appointed hour Camp bell appeared. withdrew the suit and paid the costs. He then explained the reason to Alderman Means.
 Early in the week Campbell bought COW from John McGuire, who, he said, lives in Frankstown road. He brought the COW home and turned her loose in his garden, but was astonished Thursday morning to find what appeared to be strange COW in his patch. The animal had no tail. He was told by some neigh bors that the animal belonged to Meller, and the same morning he entered suit before Alderman Means. He also chased the COW out When he returned to fig ure up the extent of damage done in his garden he found a cows tail with bits of rawhide sticking to 1t. This and oth- CT information convinced Campbell that the COW was the one he had bought, and which had switched off her tail For this reason he withdrew the suit
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
IN A SNAKES COIL.

Bloomsburg CPa.) Cor. Philadelphia Press
 While working in the woods today Mar tin Fausey and Thomas Ferguson, farm CTS of Scott township, suddenly came up- on a black snake. While endeavoring to kill 1t Fausey stepped upon the reptiles tail, and instantly the snake coiled about the mans body.
 Fausey was released in an unconscious condition only after his companion had decapitated the snake with a pocket knife. The reptile measured feet and 4 inches in length.
The age-herald., 1901-09-04

Hon. John T. Henin of Randolph, del- egate in the constitutional convention, IS in Birmingham the guest of his brothers. Dr. Wyatt Hefin, Dr. Howell Hefiin and Solicitor Harrington P. Hefiin.
 Capt. William A. Altman of York Sta ton. Sumter County, Is the guest of his brother, Col. John J. Altman of this city. John M. Caldwell and Mrs. Caldwell have returned from Hot Springs. Ark. Mir Caldwell is greatly improved in health, and will soon resume his private business duties, MT. and Mrs. Caldwell are at home in their new residence in Highland avenue.
 W. A. Liddell of New Albany. Ind, is at the Metropolitan.
 K Wear of Fort Payne is at the Metropolitan.
 Judge E. J. Robinson and Mrs. Robin son of Ashville are at the Metropolitan.
 
 S. H. Morris of Fayette Is at the Metro politan.
 A. G. Henry of Guntersville is at the Metropolitan.
 R. B. Kyle of Gadsden Is at the Metro politan.
 Hon. M. Sollie of Ozark, a member of the constitutional convention, a Presiden- tial elector in 1900. Is at the Metropolitan.
 s5fl sssl,s 1HsH5 D. Alsey Clements and Timothy Dona- hue of Tuscaloosa are at the Metropoli- tan.
 Harry L. Newman of New York is at the Morris. tt.s5 F. J. Cunningham, M J. Cunningham and T. W. Morton of New Orleans are at the Morris.
 J. A. T, Bacon of Bristol. Tenn, is at the Morris.
 M. Hirscher and H. Kahn of Montgom- cry are at the Morris.
 Hon. William J. Northington and Mrs. Northington of Prattville are at the Nor ris.
 Former State Senator G. B. Deans of Shelby is at the Norris
 John M. Mcclellan, T. M. Mcclellan and J. G. Turner of New Orleans are a, the Florence.
 D. H. Riddle of Goodwater Is at the Florence.
 B. E. Elam of Annston is at the Flor. ence.
 W. H. Harkins of Fayette, w W. More land of Havana, John A. Davis of Ft. Payne, J. S. Ward of Collinsville, are at the Florence.
 Hon. L. F. Greer of Calhoun County is at the Florence accompanied by Mrs. Greer.
 Florence. J. G. Besson and W. c. Harkins of Montgomery are at the Florence. Hon. o. R. Hood of Gadsden is at the Metropolitan.
 Hon. George "A. Sorrell of Alexander City is at the Metropolitan.
 Hon. W. T. Saunders of Athens is at the Morris
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
EXTREMES IN DRYNEss.

From the St. Louis Star.
 The city council of Hamilton, Ont, has refused to allow the streets to be sprinkled on Sunday, on the ground that 1t would be a proclamation of the Sab bath. In Kansas City men go dry on Sunday, but it was not supposed that Canadian city would take that fact up as precedent to letting their streets go dusty.
The age-herald., 1901-09-04

fitting and appropriate that the passenger offices of the great railroad systems be in that palace Of Southern municipal progress and enterprise.
 T understand that the city government is not only willing but desirous to make room in the building for the various pas senger offices, and that it Is prepared to offer practical inducements to the resi- dent passenger agents.
 This much Is not meant to be an adver- tisement, free or otherwise. for the city's building" advertisements can't be print ed at any price or no price in Hotel Lob bies') but this is a suggestion which hope the railroads will thoughtfuly con- sider."
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
Alabama's record is as follows

Of the 101 victims of Judge Lynch in the present year ten occurred in this State, and the name of Bob White does not appear in the list. Large as the lists are, the steady drift toward savagery is still more deplorable, and the Tribune does not hesitate to ask Congress to take some drastic action for the purpose of checking the evil
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
COW WITH A FALSE TAIL.

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
 A cow with a false tall figured this morning in the suit for damages before Alderman William A. Means, and be- cause the tall was bogus the suit was withdrawn and the costs were paid by the prosecutor.
 Charles Campbell of Mohler street en- tered suit against Henry Meller of Wheeler street for damages alleged to have been caused by the ravages in
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
NEGROES AND VITAL STATISTICS

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
 There has, been little improvement in the mortality of the negroes, crowded in our larger cities in defiance of all rules of sanitation; and their deaths swell the totals in the Southern cities and make the percentage for these cities mislead- ing and of little positive value. ,s .,s,
The age-herald., 1901-09-04

Republican nomination Is concerned. The trust issue is. thus fully and squarely put before the people. and so is the robber tariff that created those
The age-herald., 1901-09-04
Mrs. George L. Morris Sells Property.

Word comes privately from Chatta- nooga that Mrs George L. Morris of Bir- mingham has sold her half interest in the Read House. leading hotel there, to S. R. Reed The deed is signed by Mrs. Nor ris in her maiden Christian name, thus, Lizzie Morris, and it is said to record that Mrs. Morris receives s5o0OO in cash The purchaser, S. R. Read. whose name the hotel bears, was previously the owner of a half interest. He now becomes sole owner.
The age-herald., 1901-09-04

There will be no collisions in the South between Roosevelt's boom and Hanna's boom, for patronage has tied up every delegate outside of South Carolina for the latter. The adminis- tration Is sponsor for the Hanna boom in the South
The age-herald., 1901-09-04

Any hour may bring news from Chicago's Triggs that Homer has been cast down to make room for the popu- listically whiskered Walt. Whitman.
The age-herald., 1901-09-04

Nicely was appointed by Perry s. Heath, and Heath is Hanna's spokes- man and nominator. Nicely knows that time ant Mark Hanna will vindi- cate him.