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The age-herald., 1901-01-04
THE SOUTH IN HISTORY.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 Last year it was announced that Prof. w. P. Trent of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenq., had been elected assistant professor in Columbia Universi- ty, New York, and that he would doubt less have there larger field for the ex- ploitation of his views of Southern states men" and Southern policies We were very much pleased at his retirement from a Southern institution and hoped that he would find congenial surroundings in New York, but we are told that the situation at Columbia Is probably not what this teacher of Southern history expected. We quote from private letter received from a scholar and gentleman, who has been keeping his eye on Trent:
 "He is now at Columbia University, New York city, where I imagine he finds, per haps, he has overshot the mark; for am told that the whole school of history at Columbia is committed entirely to the Southern position. While they might think that secession was a bad blunder, from the standpoint of political expediency.l they consider it to have been right which no one should have gainsaid."
 That is encouraging. There can be no doubt that the intelligent world will final ly conclude that the South was altogether right in its construction of the Consti- tuition. As soon as the passions of the war period pass away. and they are being rap idly dispelled, the South will have its full vindication in the light of history. Some of the younger men, who are disposed to get on the strong side, right or wrong. will find that the right side is, in fact, the strong side. They ought to take thought of the fate which has attended the Cables and Trents and others whose views are not acceptable to the thinkers and stu dents of the North
The age-herald., 1901-01-04

is no doubt about that Even the local news of the second city in the world is presented, certainly with as much detail as the reader who lives outside of that city desires. Foreign news is not neglected The beginning of the century is duly chronicled. There is no lack of sporting news. There.is no lack of anything, not even illustrations and cartoons.
 The practical question now is, can a condensed paper of the Harmsworth sort stand up against a paper superbly printed and cleverly arranged like the New York Herald? Will convenience in handling and speed in reading be preferred to elaborateness in treatment and wealth of detail? The answer should be sought in the news stalls. The rivals are, let us assume, the New York Herald and Harmsworth World We need not stop to doubt. The Herald would walk away" from it's rival This is so apparent that the experiment prob, ably will not be fully tested.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
LOCOMOTIVES FOR THE WORLD.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 A record was made last year in the pro- duction of locomotives in this country and also in their export. The total number con- structed in American shops was 3153, of which 505 were sent abroad. The singular aspect of the matter is that British rail- roads bought more of these machines than those of any other country, Russia being a close second. There is no longer any ques- tion of the ability of American manufactur- CTS to turn out locomotives more cheaply, more rapidly and more serviceably than any others in the world The Germans are en- deavoring to follow using Americans loco- motives models, but the genius that has secured the lead may be trusted to hold it. The locomotive is a product of the last century. It has developed with the develop ment of the United States and reached its highest approach to perfection here.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
THE POPE MAY LIVE 100 YEARS.

From the NeW 1Ork w OTlu
 The most interesting personal prediction of the new century is that made by Dr. Lapponi the Pope's physician, who declares it probable that Leo XIII. will live to the age of 100. His remarkable record of recent activity shows the Pope to be a man of extraordinary vitality, and whether Dr. Lapponis prophecy is literally fulfilled or not, he already holds unique place in the annals of longevity. He is the most dis tinguished survivor in the new century of that famous group of great rulers and statesmen who dominated the last half of the century gone-Bismarck, Von Moltke, Gladstone, Disraeli, Queen Victoria and Elm peror Franz Josef That Leo is likely to become a centenarian imparts new interest to his famous poem written in 1897. in which he set forth his rules of living, and the World republishes it this morning.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
JaiiS of the State.

The special committee appointed to investigate the convict department may find more politics in the mine they are working, but they will scarcely do the an investigation of the jails in at least sixty counties of the State. These jails are a disgrace to humanity. They are the worst kept jails in the country.
 It is not economy to have jails that put upon the State diseased and emaci ated convicts, and if humanity did not demand a reform in the conduct of the jails of the State, economy would. If 1t be true that these jails are so con- ducted that no prisoner can stay there in three months awaiting trial without becoming either diseased or subject to disease, then indeed they need legis- lative attention.
 The condition of the convict depart ment cannot be fully told unless the condition of the county jails be first told, and the special committee now in session at Montgomery has ample power to go to the root of any troubles in the convict department. The power to investigate is not lacking. The will to do so may be.
 If the special committee will investi- gate the conditions that prevail in the county jails, they will find out why 46 per cent. of the convicts die of con- sumption, for example. This. branch of investigation would not disclose much politics, but it would assuredly disclose much inhumanity. It would show why the State is almost compelled to con- sider the establishment of a hospital for consumptives in the prison system of the State. The county jail is the place of all places that needs investi- gation. No greater mistake was made by the last administration than was shown in the refusal to accept bill providing for jail inspector.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
Editor HarmsWorth's Paper.

Although printed on poor quality of paper which does not take kindly to press work, yet last Mondays edition of the New York World left behind an impression rot altogether unfavorable 1t has two points in it's favor-its size and it's condensation of news. It is about atlas-size, and the busy man can at glance almost read on the first of its thirty-two pages the chief happen ings of the day. The details of those happenings follow, but the very busy man who is not specially interested in a particular event need not go deep into those pages.
 The news of Monday is giyen-there
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
MILEAGE IS TOO HIGH.
e Cleveland Leader

From the Cleveland Leader.
 The drawing of 5000 mileage by the Ha- waiian delegate to Congress for his journey to Washington is attracting a good deal of attention, as it well may. The fact is being made clear that 20 cents a mile for travel to and from the capital is a monstrously exaggerated allowance in these times of swift and cheap transportation. It amounts to nothing more or less than an uneven and roundabou.t addition to the net income of Congressmen. If their salaries are too small which the American people are not likely to admit, then there should be an open and universal increase. It is unfair and cowardly to get by stealth extra pay amounting to only few dollars for many Congressmen and Senators who live near Washington, and running up to $20oo a year for the delegate from Hawaii
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Russia in China.

It is very plain that Russia is prepar- ing to annex to all intents and purposes Manchuria, which is one of the best markets for coarse cottons that South ern mills have. In the province of Fen Ting they have a treaty that practically hands over to a Russian resident" at Mukden control of the province. Add to this the ownership of the railroads of Manchuria, and the control of trade is in Russian hands. This means, as all Russian practices go to show, that Rus sian traders will alone exploit the vast district.
 Joint action on the part of the other powers may be able to break down this scheme of Russian greed, but even this will be difficult against Russian diplomacy, and Russian gold which cor rupts Chinese officials even near the throne The Russians desire above all else Manchuria, an immense province, and the best diplomats she can com mand are at work upon the problem.
 If the United States permit Russia to shut Manchuria against the trade Of the world~ her Chinese policy must be voted a failure, for that is the meat of the Chinese nut The remedy seems to consist in joint commercial treaty, as good for one country as another, ap- plying as well to Manchuria as to Can ton or any interior province. The keen wits of Russia should be met with as keen wits from other countries. Thus far MT. Conger and the administration have not shown any particular skill i1 handling the difficult problem. They have drifted with the current, but now when a Russian snag is round in the current it becomes their duty to be up and doing and scheming and negotiat- ing for "the open door" They have talked much about it, but have not yet secured it. An open door is needed in Manchuria, as the Southern mills know full well.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
SHOE COM ZINE.
Manufacturers Propose to Distribute
 Product Direct to Retailers.

Chicago, January 3.-The Record today says:
 "Shoe manufacturers are planning the es- tablishment of a national shoe combine to dominate the distribution of shoes to the retailers and eliminate the mddle-man's profits. R. F. Wolfe of Columbus, Ohio, is sponsor for the new project, and he has interested twelve of the largest manufac- turers of the east. The company is to con- sist of not more than twelve houses manu- featuring dissimnar lines of shoes with a. total capital stock of $3.50O,000. Depots will be established in every leading city in the Union.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
Cotton of a Century.

The great staple of the South is century plant. It was a minor and un- important crop when the century came in; it was King Cotton when it went out. From about 100000 bales at the beginning of the century it steadily grew to crop of 10,000,000 bales, be- coming the backbone and mainstay of the century's export trade, and the clothing of the world. This plant is supply business. It holds the balance of trade in our favor. It is the great cash crop of the country, the desire of the whole world. Other countries are trying to grow the fieecy fibre of the wonderful plant, but their success is but partial or indifferent. America is the home of cotton, and all this was accomplished and established in the old century. Eli Whitney brought out the sawgin, and American enterprise did the rest.
 No doubt the crop will be duplicated and reduplicated during the present century. It has of late been doubled every twenty-five years. If this doubling process goes on, the crop will be 8O.- 000000 bales when the century is ended, which is good deal of cotton. But such crop would call for but 20O,- 000,000 acres in cotton, and the State of Texas alone could supply nearly that acreage.
 The task of the new century will not | relate, however, alone to the growing of the crop-the spinning of it is what is needed most now. The full advant- age of the crop will thus he gained to the section in which it is grown. This is to be spinning century in the South. l The truth is. it will tax the resources of the entire country to spin the con- stantly increasing crop, and that is just what the country should do during the | century. The South will endeavor to { do it's share of the work.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
DOING WELL.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Akron is making record in the punish ment of mobs. She has indicted sixty men for participation in the attempted lynch ing of the negro Peck a few months ago. Of those twenty-one have been tried and every one has been convicted. majority having been sent to the workhouse and the House of Correction. Akon came in for general condemnatio at the time of the riots but what town or county can equal or approach her work in redeeming her self?
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
THE OLD YEAR.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Farewell, Old Year! Thy work is done; Tomorrow is the New Years sun, Thy ledgers closed, its balance struck, For business, pleasure or for luck.
 Tinre and eternity shall greet
 The justice of thy balance sheet. Here all that thou hast seen and known. All that has from thy> seconds flown The good and evil, joy and grief, The funeral pail and bridal wreath; Thy wars, thy famiues and thy crimes, Are written in thy fadeless lines. On Afric's hills and blood-stained veldt Thy scourging hand the Boers have felt. A thousand isles Nh Orient far Groan meath the blight of freedoms star, And thus thy record blots with shame Our country's honor and her fame. In China, too, the land of flowers, The bloody hand hath marked thy hours Loathsome thy record here, indeed, Of hatred dire and hellish deed; Till vengeance's swift and fearful hand Crushed through>the Boxers savage band And rescued from fanatic knife The doomed in the internal strife. In Hindoostan thy horrors deep
 Must need have made the angels weep. And yet, thy pages need must tell Of human sympathy as we'll. Whilst millions died with famine sore, Christmas sent forth abundant store To prove, as other years have proved, A million hearts by pity moved. Farewell, Old Year, thy seconds bore Thy millions to you distant shore Where time itself shall cease to be, Scrolled in one vast eternity.
 Thy years are Gods; His fingers traced The Cycling Orb in boundless space, Not mans to read His deep design, But know such wisdom is Divine. Farewell, Old Year, for part we must; I read thy message, Dust to dust" Thy work on earth was bravely done; Thy course, O year. was quickly run. Into thy cycle thou hast passed And Times farewell is thine at last.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
CAST UPON THE STREETS.
Enormous Number of Persons Arrested
 in Paris Since the Exposition.

Paris, January 3-The sweeping police measures taken to purify Paris, in conse- quence of the alarming situation created by the closing of the exposition and the con- sequent throwing out of employment of thousands of people who were dependent upon 1t for a living, and who in many cases were cast upon the streets, resulting in no fewer than 12.97O arrests during the month of December The persons arrested included murderers, 925 thieves and foot pads. 2S79 tramps,. 2459 drunken people and 39S3 prostitutes.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day, Friday, January 1. 1901:
 "Sign writings, travel and ask favors before D. m"
 "A steady and successful time wilt thou have in thy business, but avoid specula- ton"
 Above all things be careful of fire and robbery"
 Young women will have affectionate at tentions from men, for which they should be thankful, and reject no good offer Of marriage since the New Year will not be too prolific of marriages"
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
IN HIS VACATION.

From the Washington Times.
 At noon yesterday the redoubtable Roose- welt ceased to be Governor of New York. He is now private person and out on parole preparing for the silent shelf upon which he is to be offered up on the Fourth of March. He will spend the time of his short respite in shooting mountain lions, if he can find any, and in accordig inter Vlews to reporters-whom he can always find.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
Bankhead's Big Business.

What has Congressman Bankhead done for Alabama?" demanded last night one of the most enlightened Alabamians who answered his own question:
 MT. Bankhead has grown so greatly during the fifteen years he has been In Congress that the entire State feels pride in his representation
 ..A careful observation of appropriations reveals the fact that he has, by virtue or membership of the public buildings and grounds committee and the rivers and har- bors committee been chiefly instrumental in obtaining over four millions of dollars for Alabama in appropriations from Con- gress.
 .These figures speak for themselves:
 Mobile harbor in the past two years, s1,0OO,O0O; Warrior River, $o0O,OGO; Warrior River this session of Congress, $76O,00O. In addition to this, the last six or eight years, $1,0O0,000; Coosa River, this session, $300,- GOO; Tennessee River this session, $100, 600; Alabama River and Bigbee rivers, s150,- 900; public buildings for Birmingham and Anniston, over s4OO OO0 also $400OO for a public building for Tuscaloosa through both branches of Congress, but which President Harrison vetoed.
 The best feature of the present river and harbor bill Is the consolidation of the Black Warrior the Warrior and the Tom Bigbee rivers, into one continuous pro ject, providing for six-foot channel every day in the year, from the Locus and Null berry fork of the Black Warrior, or below the Southern Railroad bridge, to Mobile which will require an expenditure of about two million and half dollars to complete Heretofore these rivers have been treated as separate projects Their consolidation into one improvement insures that speedy completion to which the government is thoroughly committed by the provisions of the rivers and harbors bill, as reported to this Congress.
 Alabama is indeed favored in having so indefatigabe a worker as MT. Bankhead upon committees so vital to her interests.
 ''The work in Congress of greatest value and effect is that which is accomplished in the committee room. Big speeches fill the galleries, but the men who do most for their constituents are the committee work CTS. All Alabama is benefited by what MT. Bankhead has accomplished.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
Web Is Wealthy.

That unconscionable political renegade ard supporter of old Paul Kruger, the Hon. Webster Davis, whom understand two or three hundred persons of Birmingham re- member as on a so-called lecture plat form, is now giving ample evidence of the gold which old Kruger or various fools paid him." said a Kansas City traveller in the lobby last night.
 ''Webster Davis is putting up with his own money block after block of expensive buildings in Kansas City,, Is the reliable word that comes in a way it cannot be doubted. It is notorious that Webster Da- wis was very poor man-could not pay even his ordinary hotel blls and had to be sued for the price of hat, 1t is alleged before President Mckinley appointed him 10 $lO00 job in Washington While hold ing down that job this same Davis ran off to South Africa, where British officers would not receive him, they being gentle men, and where he subsequently consorted with the half-savage Boers, to whom he is said to have represented himself as being in our government what we understand fully by the term Secretary of State. That he made some sort of bargain with the Boers nobody of any sense has ever
 
 and after having drawn his salary from American taxpayers for two months for
 helping the Boers,' he, the poor man Da- wis, resigned his $4000 office, his only visl- ble means of support, and went ranting around the country Recurring in behalf of the Boers and making no charge for his services. He came here to Birmingham, 1t seems travelling a thousand miles out Of his way and talked to about 240 persons, charging no fee whatever. This by poor mana man who was not being paid by the Boers'
 "It was charged that he received pay from other sources as we'll as from Kruger, but the truth of that is not likely to be ever made public Still the fact remains that the Hon. Webster Davis, poor man and disnterested friend of the Boers, is now building block after block of busienss pal aces, his own property, in Kansas City. And his immaculate benefactor, arch-hum- bug Paul Kruger, with millions of Boer money to his credit, is making a show of himself in Europe, and having great fun and luxury, whilst the deluded people he de- serted in South Africa are many of them, depending upon British charity to avoid starvation"
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.

From the Mobile Register.
 The Governor has done we'll by his ap- pointment of MT. Thomas M. Stevens of Mobile, to fill the trusteeship of the uni versty left vacant by the resignation of Hon. E. L. Russell. MT. Stevens Is man of fine parts, prominent in the legaal pro- fession, and ready and able to do< good work in any post to which he may be ap- pointed The selection of MT Stevens is heartily commended.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
Morocco Will Pay.

Berlin, January 3.-Besides the three prin- ciples claims against Morocco, previously settled. Morocco has agreed to pay Germany 46, 269 duros on account of other claims and to comply with her other demands.
 The "duro" Is the term applied to the former Spanish silver dollar.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
Wants Father Declared Incompetent.

Kingston, N. T., January 3.-Miss Fran cis Roberts of Highland has commenced proceedings to have her father, Charles A. Roberts, wealthy retired dentist. declared incompetent, claiming he Is lavishly deal- ing out his fortune to one son. Dr. Rob- erts' fortune amounts to $2,000,0O0, acquired largely by speculation in railroad bonds.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
Rear Admiral Kautz Detached.

Washington, January 3.-The Navy De- partment today issued orders detaching Rear Admiral A. Kautz from his post as commander-in-chief of the Pacific station, to take effect January 2S. Admiral Kautz's retirement takes place soon afterward.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04

too much the bartenders beg them to de- sist, and in extreme cases actually refuse to sell them more drink. The better class bartenders will not sell liquor to drunken men; and therefore generally they exert wholesome influence. There Is at least one bartender in Birmingham who is one of the sweetest-hearted and most gentle manly men 1 ever kneM!".
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
WiIdman Granted Leave.

Washington, January 3-United Stated Consul Wildman at Hong Kong has been granted leave of absence and will return to the United States immediately for the benefit of his health.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04

The English language grew 25,O00 words inthe old century, as the new edition of Webster's distonary shows but it does not show that the language was in that way bettered.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
About Persons.

Er. Joseph R. Smith, Sr., and MT. Elem ing Jordan have gone to Florida to spend the remainder of the winter
 c. A. Ware of Florence is in Birmingham. Louis c. Cardinal of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, at Montgomery, was in Bhrming- ham yesterday.
 Col. B. M. Long, Republican leader Of Walker county and sometime Republican nominee for governor, was in Birmingham yesterday.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
To Advance Steel Plates.

New York, January 3.-The Mail and Ex- press says:
 A conference of steel plate manufacturers was held today at the Holland House to discuss an advance in price of their product. It is the understanding the quotation will be increased cents per 100 pounds. Steel rail manufacturers are expected soon to take action on the question of an advance
The age-herald., 1901-01-04
PROMPT PREPARATION.

From the Denver Post.
 A Mississippi mob hung the wrong man, and just to appease his sorrowing widow hunted up and hung two right ones.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04

The aristocracy in the effete monarchies understand disbursement, but do not un- derstand collection except by .ne matri- monial route.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04

A St. Louis COW ate a stick of dynamite as preparation for the act of jumping over the moon, which is part of all we'll regulated COW calisthenics.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04

Samuel J. Tilden and Grover Cleveland both received a plurality of the popular vote to meet defeat in the tricksy electoral college.
The age-herald., 1901-01-04

Editor Harmsworth has retired from American journalism, and Editor Bryan will soon appear.