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The age-herald., 1901-05-16
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 OF PRESBYTERIANS

West Point, Miss, May 15.-The general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church will convene here tomorrow. Rev. H. Clay Bird of Uniontown, Pal, the re- tiring moderator, will preach the opening sermon at Il o'clock and in the afternoon will occur the organization and the cleo ton of moderator. The friends of Rev. E. F. Morris of Marshall. Mo-. and Hon. John M. Gault of Nashville, Tenn, are grooming them for the moderatorship Morris was once a pastor in West Point and his election would give great pleasure locally. Gault has been for thirty-one years connected with the board of pub lication and for the last ten years has been general manager of the publishing work, position from which he has just retired. Both candidates are very popu- lar and it is impossible to forecast the result. If MT. Gault should be elected he will be the fourth ruling elder moder- ator in the seventy-one assembly sessions thus far held.
 The attendance Is very large. represent ing about twenty states from Pennsly- vania to California, and although, West Point ,is the smallest town in which the assembly has met for fifteen years, the number of commissioners and visitors will probably be the largest in the ninety years of the church's history.
 If there are to be any burning questions they are likely to be proposition to take control of the Theological Seminary at Lebanon, Tenn, from the board of trus- tees of Cumberland University and an overture from Missouri protesting against proposed postgraduate theological school affiliated with Chicago University, the opposition being based upon the al legged heretical teachings of President Harper concerning the Bible.
 This afternoon and evening church extension rally was conducted by Rev. J. 0. Miller, home mission secretary. Many questions pertaining to church extension in the sixteen syhods were informally dis cussed by delegates and visitors alike.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
PREsBYTERIANS.
Forty-first General Assembly Meets In
 Little Rock.

Little Rock, Ark, May 15.-This after noon's trains brought large delegations of commissioners to the forty-first gener- al assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church, which meets at Il a. m. tomor- row. Tonight the commissioners reported for enrolment and there were over 200 The opening sermon is always preached by the moderator, save when he is a rul- ing elder, as happens this year. The moderator, Hon. Jos W. Martin, L.I,, D., has assigned that function to Rev. N. M. Woods, D. D., of Memphis. Overtures asking that the location of the home mis- sions committee be changed from Atlanta to Little Rick have been received. A lively question as to revision of the church law on ecclesiastical commissions will come up.
 A committee was appointed by the last general assembly to consider and advise action. A majority report will be made by Rev. R. C.. Reed, who Is here, and a minority report by Judge J. w. Martin A great volume of objections have come up protesting against the insertion of a foot note to the confession of faith on the "elect infant" clause on the ground that such a foot note may be construed as virtual amendment to the confession of faith without having taken the consti- tutional steps. There are no questions of orthodoxy likely to arise during the ses- sion in the opinion of the leaders now here.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16

Galveston, Tex, May 15.-owing to the discussion in the Texas Legislature, re- gently adjourned. in regard to the Gal weston relief fund, the following state ment has been prepared by the Calves ton News:
 "The total cash receipts from all sources at Galyaston were s1,243,4 ,495; disburse- ments, $1,234639, leaving balance of sss5e. Some claims are outstanding against the fund and several suits are pending for adjudication, which will about offset the balance. Chairman Me Vitie of the relief committee reports the expenditure of $132, ,133. Of this amount $77,7S3 was for supplies purchased by the committee The valuation of contribu- tions of groceries, provisions, etc., sent to the committee was placed at $25O.OoO The relief committee sold S5S,124 worth of supplies, consisting of perishable goods and disinfectants. The relief committee which was a subcommittee of the central committee, had charge of the distribution of provisions and clothing and was in charge of the commissaries. All funds received by this committee were turned over to Chairman John Sealy of the finance committee and treasurer of the central committee. The State Legislature sent a special joint committe to the storm district in March to report on con- ditions of the people in the district and to investigate the method and manner of distribution of relief funds received by various committees in said section. The figures presented above were prepared officially for this legislative committee. Shortly before adjournment of the Legis- lature the report of the joint legislative committee was made public. Referring to Galveston and the work of the building committee the report says:
 Tt seems that great number of re- lief houses were placed upon the land of well-to-do people who were to receive rents from the people occupying them The committee also incorporated in its report the statement that from $l5.000 to s200O0 was appropriated by the relief com
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
FRENcHWoMEN DO TALKING.
m the Humanitarian.

From the Humanitarian
 The Frenchwoman is an excellent housewife She makes the most of every thing, and obtains much from small re- sources She manages her houshold most economically. She is sober, she Is ingen- ious. she is devoted to her husband and to her children. In the home of the farm CT and workingman she represents the in- tellectual element. When farmer comes to speak on business with his landlord it is always the wife who talks, and enters into discussions. The man looks at her and gives his opinion by holding or shaking his head. without saying a single word. If workingman has law suit on hand he goes with his wife to a lawyers office, it is the woman who does the talking and explains the case. She is evidently the intelligent one and her husband recognizes this fact, and is forced to acknowledge 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
POLITICAL CALM
 IN PARIS BROKEN

Paris, May 15.-The political calm was rudely broken today by two incidents, the return of the Marquis de Lur-S Saluces and the alleged exposition of a scandal affecting M. Monies, the French minister of justice. It is rumored that M. Monies will resign in consequence of this expo- sition.
 It appears that a German firm exhibit ing brandy at the recent exposition was excluded from award by the jury of awards on account of the appearance of their bottled brandy and the label em- ployed. which was regarded as unfair im- itations of French cognac. Nevertheless this German firm was included in the lost of those awarded gold medals In the of- ficial journal.
 The Libre Parole points out that M. Monies was the honorary president of the concern exhibiting this class of alcoholic product, and insinuates that he is re- sponsible for the forgery, from which he personally profited. M. Cuneo D'Ornano. the Bonapartist deputy from Charente. the cognac district, has taken the matter up. and in letter to M. Waldeck- -Rous- seau he charges M. Monies with making use of his public functions to further his own brandy business. M D'Ornano has presented a resolution in the Chamber of Deputies asking that a committee be ap- pointed to inquire into the matter.
 The return of the Marquis de Lur-Salu- ces is characterized by the ministerial press as a supreme maneuver by the Royalist and religious congregations to delay the Senate's action on the law of associations, as 1t is imagined the Senate will be obliged to suspend its legislative work in order to immediately convert itself into higher court. The ministerial newspapers predict. however, that this maneuver will fail because the Senate will dispose of the law of associations first and even assist the government by has, tening the adoption of the bill.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
Texas Oil Field.

No evidence has been developed to disappoint the expectations as to the richness of the oil fields in southwest ern Texas. There are reasons for be- lieving that both in extent and in depth the field is unrivalled in the world. It is richer even than the Baku district in Russia, and the two fields are abundantly equal to the task of SUD- plying the world.
 A correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce declares that the capacity of the three first "gushers" in the Beaumont district is equal to that of 37 ,000 wells in the East; that they have six times the capacity of all the wells in California, twice the capacity of those in Pennsylvania, and are equal in capacity to half the other wells in the entire country. On this basis six "gushers" would double the country's production of oil, and more than that number have been brought in.
 The great problem before the Beau mont district does not relate to pro- duction, for that has been satisfactor. fly determined, but 1t relates to the handling, the marketing and the dis position of the product of the multiply ing wells. The wells are near the sea, but still markets must be found that will absorb vast quantities of the oil The refining and marketing of the oil will tax the capital and energies and skill of the new district severely. The Standard Oil will bring it's great re- sources to the task, but even then the task will not readily be done.
 It is far from settled that much of the new supply lacks illuminants. If low-grade Russian oil can be refined into acceptable illuminants, surely Texas oil can be, and no doubt it will be. These various methods of refining and preparing the oil for market will be to Texas and Louisiana a great in dustry in itself. and when to this is added whatever cheap fuel can attract, it is difficult to measure the possibili- ties of the new field. It means much to the entire Southern country.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
DISPOSITION OF THE
 GALVESTON RELIEF FUND

mittee to fill up certain places and dis trlcts with sand and that such filling in was made to benefit the property of va rious members of said committee"
 The statement further says:
 ''It is a we'll known fact to the Gov ernor of the State of Texas and to all parties who have given Galveston relief work any consideration, that the distri- button of the fund sent to Galveston was in the hands of as strong and reliable q set of men as could be mustered any where in the State of Texas.
 "The building committee was sub committee from the central committee. The central committee appointed from the general fund $450,000 for building homes for deserving poor who lost their homes by the storm, and also for s-e-. pairing dwellings damaged by the storm. The building committee began to close up It's work on May 1 and It's final report Is now in course of preparation. Houses to the number of 572 have been constructed, ranging In value from $350 to $359 each.
 ''The facts in regard to legislative com mittee's report are these: In few cases property owners not only had their houses washed away but their lots, be- ing close to the gulf, were partially or wholly in the gulf after the storm. New residences could not be erected on such lots The building committee gave such sufferers the right to purchase a new lot or lease one. The number of leases were small Where the building committee erected houses on leased lots it was specially stipulated in the con- tract that the owner of the lot should have no lien on the house erected by the building committee, so-ff flood sufferer should be unable to release or purchase his lot, he is at liberty to move his house away The only way this work could be done effectually was to fill up numerous holes and low places created by the force of the waves during the storm. Not one dollar of the relief fund was used in fill- ing any property except the public streets and alleys.'
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
Pittsburg's Supply of Raw Material.

When MT. Schwab, talking to the Industrial Commission, placed the limit of the steel trusts ore supply at thirty years, and it's coke supply at thirty years also, it seems he was not speak ing at random. He no doubt had ref erence to the coke of the Connellsville district, which Is much the best coke near Pittsburg for the making of Bes- semer pig. "Connellsville coal" says the Pittsburg Dispatch" coked in bee hive ovens, is just right for the high pressure that has become characteris- tic of the Pitsburg region. Other coals contain an excess of sulphur or phos- phorous, or they make coke too soft for the load in a 100-foot stack, 23 feet in the bosh." This coal will, it is con- ceded, be exhausted in the life of the present generation, and coals that are inferior and that lie much deeper will have to be brought into suses Event
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
Successful Cotton Mill.

From the Sheffield Reaper.
 The Killebrew woolen mills, at Newton, in Dale county, have been enlarged and latest improved machinery put in, in cluding looms and spinning machinery. We are glad to note this evidence of south Alabama prosperity, and trust it may prove an incentive to other sections to diversity industry. The samples of goods in our possession from the Killebrew mills are equal to any jeans in quality on the market, and superior to most of the goods called jeans, in that it possesses a pure wool body. There is, no reason why Alabama should not rank high in the production of wool and wooden goods. The Killebrew mills were established in 1872, and have kept up with the process sion of progress. We shall take pleasure in noting the progress of these mills.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
DOWN INTO THE DUST.

By Joaquin Miller. It Is worth while that we jostle brother Bearing his load on the rough road of
 life? It is worth while that we jeer. at each
 other ta In blackness of heart?-that we war tq
 the knife?
 God pity us all in our pitiful strife. ; God pity us all as we jostle each other; God pardon us all for the triumphs we
 feel
 When fellow goes down meath his load
 on the heather,
 Pierced to the heart: words are keener {. than steel. D And mightier far for woe or for veal Is it worth while that we battle to hun-
 ble
 Some poor fellow soldier down into the
 dust? God pity us all! Time eftsoon will tumble All of us together like leaves in a gust, Humbled. indeed. down into the dust.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
INCREASED IRON PRODUCTION.

From the Financial Chronicle.
 The unsettlement of values on the Stock Exchange comes at time of un- paralleed consumption of iron and steel, thus reflecting continued trade activity certainly a hopeful feature indicative of the prosperity of industrial interests. The Iron Age, of this city, has complied it's usual monthly record. and this shows that for the first time in the country's history the production of pig iron has reached 90O,0OO tons per week. The figures indicate that on May there were 256 fur naces in blast, turning out >30l, ,125 tons of pig iron metal per week. The expansion has been in progress ever since last No vember, when the weekly output was only 5,3O4 tons. At 301, ,125 tons per week. pro- duction is at the rate of over 155s million tons a year. The make of iron for the calendar year 1900 was 13,7S9,242 tons and for the previous twelve months was 13, 7S9,242 tons and for the previous twelve months was 13,620,7 7OS tons, both being to- tals which had never previously been reached in any calendar year. If the pres ent extraordinary production were ac- companied by accommodating stocks the situation would have to be regarded as unhealthy. As 1t is, however, stocks keep steadily contracting in face of the great expansion in output. The Age finds that furnace stocks sold and unsold, May 1, were only AZ, ,596 tons, against 476,S75 tons April 1. 536, AS tons March l. 556,764 tons February l and 55S, ,663 tons January l. It is not alone, however, the position of the raw metal that is unusually strong and satisfactory. In the case of the higher forms of iron and steel the story is the same. Our contemporary states that dur ing April the United States Steel Corpor- ation produced close upon S00,000 tons of steel ingots, the amount including Besse- a,,d -laa rfh steel
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
Bonanza oil Find.
rom the Mobile Item

From the Mobile Item.
 The widespread oil excitement calls to mind the comical experience of a resi- dent of an Indiana town, who undertook to drive well in his back yard. The pipe struck strata of rock and rococh- cited to the surface in his neighbours gar den. The neighbor was somewhat sur prised at the growth of well pipe where he planted cabbage seed, but finally con nected the phenomenon with the pound ing over the fence and solved the mys- tery. Being practical joker, he poured a few gallons of kerosene into his end of the tubing, with the result that resident Mo- organized "The Bonanza oil Com any, with a capitalization of $5.0oO,O00. However, the supply of petroleum failed before the promoters had realized quite that amount in cash from their enter prise.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
A Quandam Consul.

Fred Opp has been making a speech out told here before-is an Alabama boy whom President Cleveland made consul at Breslau, Germany, in 1893. Mr. Opp was born in Montgomery and everybody there knows him or knows about him splendid type of manhood that he is,
 In Llano, where Fred Opp dwells as the most honored citizen, and of which town he used to be mayor, the great New York business men, recently. on tour of Texas, were entertained. Fredfbpp had to make speech, and this old Montgom- cry boy did it we'll In part he said to the New Yorkers:
 Just why I have been chosen to per- form this pleasant duty I am unable to tell, unless it was that I have been liv- ing in Texas for about twelve or fifteen years; that I was born within about 500 yards of the spot where Jeff Davis took his oath of office as President of the Southern Confederacy, and that for pe- riod of four or five years of recent date, although not having spent more than month all told north of the Mason and Dixon line, I had the peculiarly odd experience of being introduced to the courts of Europe as a specimen of the typical Yankee As you of the north, in a spirit of pleasantly call all the people of the south Johnny Rebs,' so we of the south. in turn. kindly call you Yankee. But Europeans know little of our differ ences, so they frankly and blandly call xxv white, black and red, including Indians not taxed, year. all walking and all, creenine things between the farther and ths nsarss short of the whole Of North isNMkA.r Il.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
Good Roads Special Keeps On,

vicksburg. Miss, May 15.-The National Association of Good Reads, special train completed its work at this city today and left for Greenville this afternoon. where work will commence tomorrow on the eon- struction of the object lesson road at that point. President Moore. accompanied by Director Martin Dodge, went to Green- vile this morning in advance of the train. The people of Greenville are enthusiastic and much interest awaits the coming of the train. The people of vicksburg and of Warren County are very much pleased with the work done her by the road ma- chinery.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
DYNAMITE IN ATLANTA.
Two Explosions Occurred, One of
 Them Damaging a Street Car.

Atlanta, Ga-, May 1.-Two explosions, presumably caused by dynamite. have alarmed many persons in the vicinity of Marietta and Walton streets. The first explosion occurred last night and the second this morning. Last nights explo- sion damaged a street car but the pas sengers escaped unhurt. Today's explo- sion wrecked heavy truck passing over the car track in the same vicinity, but fortunately nobody was injured. About a score of window panes on both sides of the street were shattered.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
Red Men In Session.

Dallas, Tex, May 15.-The sixth gener- al council of the Redmen of Texas is in session here and the attendance is the largest in the history of the order in this State.
 Today the council amended general laws of the order so as the bonds of the great chief of records and great keeper of wampum would be made s30O0 and 5000 respectively. Charters were issued to twenty-one new tribes.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
Two Crooks Did It.

Texarkana Ark, May 15.-At noon to- day two unknown men entered the post office at Lawhorn, La., forty miles north east of here, blew open the safe and rob- bed it of $50 and some valuable papers. They then fled, going into Bistoreau swamp. A posse was quickly organized and gave pursuit, but up to a late hour tonight the guilty parties have not been apprehended -ft.,s,sitsa is -A
 Lawhorn Is on the Louisiana and Ar kansas Railway.
The age-herald., 1901-05-16
What Judge Chambers Saw.

In the Saturday Evening Post of Phil adelphia comes an interesting story of the long ago.
 From the South Pacifc-from Samoa comes curious, pathetic story of devo- tion to the Lost Cause" and even the least susceptible reader must wonder who the unknown ex-Confederate was and what was his history.
 The Samoans are experts at rowing and sailing-from which fact Bousainville. the French discoverer, called their coun- try the Navigators' Islands and since the advent of the white man every Sa- moan boat must have its flag. Just what the flag represents is not so important a question.
 Sitting in the cool of his porch over looking the bay one afternoon during his term as Land Commissioner, ex-Chief Justice Chambers of Samoa saw boat approaching the shore flying flag the sight of hich struck him at once with peculiar interest It was none other than the Stars and Bars of the Southern Con federacy. What could it be doing, won dered he, in the South Pacific-and so long after Appomattox? He determined to learn the history of the flag and get pos session of 1t.
 But, meeting the boat as it landed, he found the owner by no means willing to part with his flag. The offer of the American chief'' to buy it was promptly, though very politely, declined.
 Then the justice tried little dilo- macy: he took the boatman into store and bought for him a bolt of calico and then a kit of mackerel-which delighted the Samoan. to whom they were luxuries. But the native still insisted that he could not art with his flag.
 ''It would not be right for me to give 1t to you,' said he, in such manner as to show that some deep feeling was in- volved. af
 But why? Where did you get it, and why do you value it so highly? asked Mr. Chambers.
 "Well, will tell you answered the Samoan. "A long time ago a man came to Samoa from far-off America-where you came from. He was not a sailor, but told me he had been a soldier. He was my friend and lived at my house. But after a while he got sick, and noe day he said to me:
 "'Tasi, look in my bag there and get out my flag and put 1t up on the wall where I can see it.
 'I did so, and he would lie there and look at it and look at it. Several days af- terward he grew worse. He called me to him and said:
 'Tasi, I am going to die. I am far away from my home and my people. This flag is all have in the world; you have been my friend-I give it to you. Keep it as Hong as you live. Don't give it to any body-and whatever you do, don't you ever let Yankee have it.
 ''No. my chief, I cannot part with this fiag-not till I die.