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The age-herald., 1901-12-09
Alabama Can Make the
 Cheapest Iron on Earth

R. H. Edmonds, editor of the Manu- facturer's Record, made trip through the South into Texas recently. During this trip he met and talked with num- Der of well informed persons regarding the conditions of the country, and in recent issue of his paper he gave some of these talks. An abstract from one in reference to Alabama iron-making is as follows:
 And talking about iron, the writer spent some hours a few days ago travel ing with one of the foremost iron men of the United States. thoroughly familiar with the iron and steel conditions of Pennsylvania, with the mining interests of Lake Superior and with the iron and coal conditions of the Southern territory. What" he was asked, lis your impress sion of the iron and steel making advan- tages of the South (and special reference was made to Alabama, which was the subject under discussion) In the light of your experience with the iron interests of all sections?'' "In Alabama" said he "the Almighty has done almost every thing, and man has done comparatively little. that is, comparatively little con- trasted with the work accomplished in the North and West Alabama has all of the advantages which have been claimed for it. It has advantages which will make 1t possible for iron to be made in that State at a lower cost than in any other place known of in the world; but the iron people of the South have not kept up with the progress of the iron in- dustry in the North. Fifteen years ago practice of the South were on a par with that of the North, but for various causes needless to explain in detail the South has made but little improvement either
The age-herald., 1901-12-09

depreciated. The Confederate con gross and the continental congress were alike compelled to follow paral- Tel lines with parallel results.
 Dr. Curry says Dr. Schwab ex- presses the simple but generally ack- nowledged truth when he says 1t was the blockade rather than the rav- ages of the army that sapped the in- dustrial strength of the Confederacy." IL destroyed imports and exports as a basis for revenue and as a stimulus to production; 1t made Legislation on trade impotent; it surrounded the South with a Chinese wall; it perpet- uated original inequalities in manu- factures and various industries; it made each day darker and more om- inous by the helplessness of industrial improvement.
 When we consider that the foreign Su1lSluleuIS III IHe feueTdl dTIly num- bered 120,000, and that all the world was open to that side, it is not difficult to see why the tragedy was closed at Appomattox. Dr. Schwab, writing from the viewpoint of the Federal side, says "the Southerners' sacrifices far exceeded those of the revolution ary patriots" He furthersays, ito the economist the war does not centre about the heroic efforts of the South to resist the strategy of the Northern generals, but it centres about the pie ture 1t presents of the negation of normal economic forces" And yet un- der such discouraging circumstances hope and courage remained to the last, presenting, as Dr. Curry says, a sublime record that the history of ages wl.4 not surpass.
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
CurfeM in Many Towns.

Curfew is rung in 2000 towns in cluding populous Indianapolis, being in contrast with the police in one res pect-it is designed to lessen juvenile crime. by preventing its commission, where as the police endeavor to im- press the youthful mind by numerous arrests after the commission of crime. It is plainly much better to prevent crime without arrests than to act on the customary police plan.
 The new constitution forbids legis- 1ation in many directions, but 1t does not mention curtew, and whatever is not forbidden becomes a legitimate field for legislation. The friends of curfew urge the adoption of five laws, as follows:
 1. A curfew law which provides that children under 15 years of age shall not be on the streets after o'clock at night in winter and g o'clock in summer, unless accompanied by pa rent or guardian.
 2. A law to prevent the imprisoning of youths with other criminals.
 3. A law compelling the police to pick up all tramp boys and send them home-not to the police station, but to their homes.
 4. A State law establishing 8 free employment bureau.
 5. A law protecting youths in dis elpated and immoral homes.
 The passage of all or a part of these laws has decreased juvenile arrests jr 200O American towns fully 80 per mt. Six States have free employ lent bureaus, Illinois among them, nd In the first seventeen months of its operation in Chicago homes or em. ployment were found for 52,OOO boys Such grand result carries it's own lesson.
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
Birminqham and MontqomerY

The Montgomery Journal insists that this town is prejudiced against Montgomery, and is inclined to rob it of one thing or another. It descends to particulars when 1t says:
 The prejudice against Montgomery is so strong that the anti-ratifcationists de- termined to first start paper in Bir- mingham. and perhaps later in Mont gomery. But the first move is in Bir mingham The prejudice is disclaimed by the anti leaders, but they recognize it's existence by yielding to the pressure. An other instances Is the announcement just made that a new Baptist denominational paper is to be established at Birmingham, notwithstanding the Baptists in this state have one of the best denominational pa- pers in the South. But that paper is now being published at Montgomery, and for this reason seemingly there is an evident desire to have one published in Birming- ham. Birmingham reaches out for every thing It wants everything Montgomery gets-it even wants the capitol, and with the negro eliminated from politics, they are chuckling in their sleeves thinking they will come pretty nigh getting it if they make a dead set for 1t, some of these days. But it is barely possible that the negroes will begin to qualify them selves to vote and the whites in the north ern tier of counties may proceed to dis qualify themselves by failing to promptly pay their poll tax.
 This is very baseless. There is no rivalry whatever between the two towns. The census may deceive a man in Maine or Norway, but the Journal knows this is town of 100,- 900 people, two-thirds of whom are whites. In Montgomery county there are 72,000 inhabitants, but only 10000 of these are whites. Jefferson county contains today 100000 white inhabi- tants. There can be no rivalry under such circumstances at the present time, and the future will widen the gulf. This town has no rival in the State, and never will have, and in a few years 1t will have none in the South. This is the plain truth, and the Journal certainly knows what the sit uation is, and is likely to be.
 As to the two particularly enter prises named the Age-Herald has no informa.lon. The Baptists and the anti-ratificationist are doubtless act ing from ordinary business motives, and brief talks with their respective managers could no doubt clear up the case much better than editorial dis cussion ever will be able to do.
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
"A 10 CENT PIECE OF SUMMER" 1"

From the New York World.
 An Indiana benefactor of his kind has, it Is announced. invented a process of storing summer heat for winter use.
 The thing is simplicity itself. Along in July, when nobody wants the stuff you withdraw from circulation as much heat as you like and force it into blocks of secret composition which soaks 1t up as a sponge does water. In winter these blocks are peddled like ice. You put lump where 1t will do the most good and just let the heat ooze out-that all's.
 That's all, but what momentous much. No more chillyand profana a. m. fire building; no more frozen plumb ing when the furnace goes out; no more ash barrels for December winds to play with; no more soft coal smoke for health inspectors not to see. With n pire, a book and lump of canned sum- shine one need not dream of Already; he'll be right in it.
 This rosy picture fancy paint; in fact, there will be drawbacks. Trusts will be formed. Grasping mayors and arship landing commissioners will grant monop- olies to amalgamated sunshine companies and win the denunciations of blue nosed and shivering popuace. strike in the sunshine canrsery after all stoves had been melted into automobiles, might work untold woe.
 But we'll take the canned summer for better or worse-if the Indiana genius car really deliver the goods
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
COAL EXPORTS TO EUROPE.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The serious decline in ocean freight rates bids fair, if it lasts for a short time to secure for American coal a per- manent foothold in European markets. Last year the freight rate from Newport News to Marseilles was $4.25 ton. It is now only s2.Sl. Naturally this has in- creased the demand for American coal in that part of France The freight rates on Welsh coal have gone down, but not so much and the American mine owners are able to undersell their Eng fish competitors in Mediterranean ports. The consul at Trieste thinks that if a depot were established there from 150. GOO to 100000 tons of coal could be dis posed of yearly. It may be taken for granted that after some of the great American coal mining companies have once made a Judgement in European mar be busted after the present period of low ocean freight rates Is at an end. These companies will have their own colliers and will send them wherever there is market to be found for their products In that way they will keep the cost of transportation within reasonable limits It is desirable that the largest possible quantity of coal should be sent abroad A good foreign market will enable mine owners to keep steadily at work men who would otherwise be idle part of the time. Actual wages will be higher though the wage scale may be no higher. The result of this will be more peaceful conditions in an industry which has been troubled so often by calamitous labor wars.
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
EX-GOVERNOR JoHNsrows TRIP

Montgomery Cor. of Nashville Banner
 A great deal of political gossip has been started by the recent visit of ex Governor Johnston to Washington. where he called on the President and was invited to lunch at the White House. As the visit followed so closely on the recent conference at Birmingham, which organized for a political fight against the organization of the Democratic party. although avowedly inside the ranks the politicians are surmising that the talk over the White House board was in ref {. erence to Republican help in forwarding the Shelley-Johnston movement in Ala bama. A friend of the ex-Governor. who is here from Birmingham. gives this in- teresting explanation of the lunch. He said
 'I suppose Johnston called on Roose- welt just as he has called on every Presi- dent since Garfield when he has been in Washington. But I have no doubt he owes that invitation to luncheon to his slster-in-law Mrs. R. D. Johnston, the home of whose husband. Gen. R. D. Johnston. is next door to his own in Bir- mingham When the State in 1899 de- cided to establish a reformatory for young criminals, Mrs. Johnston was placed at the head of the board to man age it. She and Mrs. George B. Eager went on North to inspect similar institu- tions, and while there met MT. Roose- welt, who became warmly interested in their mission. He assisted them in num- berless ways, and has kept up his inter- eot in the reformatory which was es. tablished at Birmingham. Indeed, he and Mrs. Johnston have become friends and he has done her more than one kindness since.
 ''You can set it down that when Gov ernor Johnston called the President in- quired about the reformatory and Mrs Johnston and they were the principal themes at the luncheon which has set half the politicians in Alabama to guess ing"
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
THEY ARE NOT "FELLERs."

From the Selma Times.
 The Times assertion a day or so ago that those who failed to pay their poll tax would not be eligible as one of the "fellers" in candidates call to take somethin' has, we understand, caused much concern among some of those who were anticipating the good times when the candidates commenced "settin' 'em up," and one or two of them waylaid a prospective candidate to get at the true inwardness of ita The prospective candidate, so we are informed, told them that The Times was correct; that hereaf- ter poll tax receipt had to be shown before a fellow would be eligible as a Heller" to answer a candidates call. It is said, we know, but it's so. The collec- tors office is open every day. except Sunday.
The age-herald., 1901-12-09

Hon. John D. Little, speaker of the House of Representatives of Georgia is in the city the guest of MT. Exum at the Hotel Hillman.
 Judge Thomas R. Roulhac, of Shef- field. aspirant for United States District Attorney is at the Morris
 MT. and Mrs. A. G. Richardson of Roch- ester, N. Y, are at the TIillman. c. J. Ogden a prominent citizen of Houston, Tex. is at the Hillman. c. A. Eglley of Pittsburg is registered at the Hillman.
 Miss Julia Tutwiler of Livingston is at the Florence.
 J. J. Curtis of Cullman is registered at the Florence
 T. R. Shipp, Jr., of Atlanta Is at the Florence
 H. Cartwright prominent Decatur cit izen Is at the Hillman
 
 A. B. Little widely known travelling salesman from Atlanta is at the Hillman. Misses Florence and Elizabeth Wood son of New York are registered at the Hillman.
 J. H. Donaldson of Cincinnati Is at the Florence.
 Clark Jordan of St. Louis is registered at the Florence.
 G. s. Brantley of Savannah is at the Florence.
 P. c. Palmer of Chicago Is at the Flor ence.
 MT. R. c. Moran and MT. w. c. Wolfe of Selma are in the city. Mir. Moran is in charge of the local department of the Selma Times
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
StruqqIe of the Contederacy.

Dr. J. l.. M. Curry reviews Dr. Scbwab's Financial and Industrial his tory of the South during the civil war As a rule he comments the book. but he finds in it not little that Is un trustworthy, not little that is out of line with the truth.
 Dr. Curry, however. admits in his Interesting paper that the currency troubles of the Confederacy were un avoidable and insurmountable in con sequence of the length, magnitude and exhausting character of the war. Just such troubles were encountered on the Federal side, in France, in Austria, in Italy, and in our own war of the revo lution. Neither Dr. Schwab nor any one else can even now say how they coild have been avoided. and there is therefore no reason why any one should try to excuse or vindicate the financial policy of the Confederacy.
 Few appreciate how rapidly army expenses of the Confederacy ran up DQ ney rose from 591s millions in 1861 1500 millions in 1864, and the local
 debt stdpd in October. 1864, at
 llions. < Under such a strain
 
 Apcy became redundant and
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported In the
 South In a Week.

Chattanooga, December 8-The more im- by The Tradesman for the week ended December 2, include a 5000 brewery at San Antonio, Tex; $10,000 canning facto- ry at Cane Hill, Ark; a $50,0O0 coal mining company at Birmingham, Ala; and an- other with capital of s30.0OO; coal mines at Fairmont and Martinsburg, w. Va; a coal storage plant at Rogers, Ark. a construction company at Newport News, Va; a $1500O0 cotton machinery plant at Austin, Tex; a cotton gin at Shelby. N. C.. a $75,000 cotton mill at Lumberton, N. C.; a $15,00O creamery at Winnesboro. Tex; $15.0OO electric light plant at New Bern, N. C.; a s50,000 electric light and power plant at Maxton, N. O.; Touring mills at Griffin, Reynolds, Thomaston. Ga., and Mt. Pleasant, N. C.; a $3O,0OO fiouring mill at Raleigh, N. C.; 4O-bar- rel Touring mill at Windle, Tenn; flour and grist mill at Shelby, N. C., and a grist mill at Gainesville, Fla; a $15O,- 900 furniture company at San Antonio, Tex; handle factory at Stevenson, Ala; ice factories at Henderson, Ky. Rayville, La, and Corinth, Miss; lead pany at Monroe, La.; lumber mills at Warren, Ark, and Nicholson, Miss; ma- chine shops at New Orleans, La. $25,- 900 mantel factory at Greensboro, N. C.: a medicine factory at Austin, Tex; metal works at Orangeburg, S. G.; a s5O,0O0 mill ing and power company at Seguin, Tex: a s150,o00 mining manufacturing and lum- Der company at Charleston, W. Va; an oil company at Hustonville, Ky; $S0O,- GOO oil company at Beaumont Tex; an- other with capital of $2OO, 900; a $25O,OO oil company at Galveston. Tex; a s1o0,OOO oil company at Pankey, Tex; a $1,OO0, 900 oil company at Wheeling. w. Va; oil mills at Emerick, Ga, and Lake Provi- dence, La.; s5o,0O0 oil refinery and lu- bricating plant at Birmingham, Ala; a s100.oO0 oil refinery at Memphis, Tenn; saw mill at Polarville. Miss; a soap factory at High Point, N. C.; spoke factory at Dover, Tenn; stave factories at Helena, Ark, and Junction City, Ky; syrup mills at McHenry. Miss, and Wharton Tex; factory to manufacture telegraph poles. locust pins, etc, at Alex andria. La.; a $5O,000 telephone company at Chattanooga; telephone companies at Graham and Nacogdoches, Tex; a tobac- co factory at Cadiz, Ky; a $1.0OO, 900 wa- ter, gas and electric company at Charles ton, W. Va; a wheel factory at High Point, N. C., and woodworking plant a Firmin pharo Alb
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
MoscoW's FAMED HOSPITAL.
Where Eighteen Thousand Babies Are
 Cared for Every Year.

The second most interesting thing in Moscow is the famous founding hospital which cares for about 1S,O00 babes a year and which, since 1t was established by Catherine the Great, 150 years ago, has succored over 80j, 900 unfortunate little ones, says the Chicago Reco-d-Herald. I went one warm day to the huge white five-story building, with its long cobbled alley of approach, and finding the main hospital devoid of babies, I went to the door in high drick garden wall, when I heard distant sounds that led me to believe that here was my quest. Enter ing the narrow door, I saw and heard things that were new indeed. The garden was of great length and divided into mum erous alleys of big trees. and each alley had its long, single row of metal cradles, curtained with white. Before each cradle sat a woman in a bright pink cotton dress, lowered In red, with full sleeves and bertha. Her cap was scarlet flannel. Up from these metal era dies and the arms of the pink-robed nurses there rose a mighty and continu- ous wailing and whining plaintive mu- sic that went to ones very soul. It was the fretting, the grief the discomfort and the squalling of 400 little babies combined voices, all of them unhappily born and fatherless, and due, if destined to life, to know much that is bitter and sad.
 Any woman may bring her baby to this home, and no questions are asked. The child is named. numbered with chain about his neck, and a receipt given the mother. If she wishes she may en- ter the institution as a nurse and be well paid and fed. always provided she will nurse two children, for the found lings the always in majority, and some times there are 5000 more babies a year than nurses
 This year only 14,000 nurses have been in and there have been received 1000 young ones, sometimes as many as sew enty per diem The system is perfect and each ugly little mite has as good hygie- mic care as if he were a prince. Their swaddling clothes are changed frequent ly during the day and the nurses seem to adore their litle charges. I saw one young woman bouncing her little red baby up and down, and his head was so loose I inquired of the matron if he were idiotic "Oh. dear me. no; a very fine child, but he Is only four days old" and she scoded the mother, who was young. fer her carelessness. When the infants are three months old they are sent out to farms in the country with their nurses; board is paid, clothing given them, and at five. years they are taken back to go into the State Indus trial school, unless the family has be- come attached and wants to adopt them.
 Many peasant mothers go to this hos pital, which has also lyin-in hospital receive its care, apply as nurses to their offspring and finally withdraw with it to the country again, plus the allowance provided by the government. It is thus that Russia pays bonus to increase of population and to sin. The state gives a small lot to. girls when they marry and ag, ees to start every boy in life with profession
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
BAD BIRMINGHAM.

Front he Nashville American.
 Birmingham, with a population of less than 4O,OOO last year, has record of 9626 arrests during that period. In Atlanta there were 4244 arrests for drunkenness and 706S persons were locked up for dis turbing the peace. A total of 15,632 ar rests for a city of something over S00O0 people. This is a wicked record. Why can't those towns be, good like Nashville? If man gets gay here we put him in an ice wagon and send him out of town. As for Atlanta, we thought Sam Jones held forth there often enough to keep the old town from going hellward at such gait as 1t seems to be travelling
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
CRUMBS FROM KANSAS.

From the Atchison Globe.
 Lack of sense is too often blamed on lack of confidence.
 The most forlorn-looking object In this world is Q man guest around the house in the daytime.
 We claim that turkey meat is as dry as a chip: that turkey hash the next day Is the real delicacy.
 There are lots of men who should never leave a town of the size where it at :. tracts attention when man paints his barn.
 In a town of a certain size If a girl gets as many as three new 'sets" of underwear at once. 1t is ground for marrying story.
 When woman apologies for her fam fly to the man of her choice before mar riage it is a good sign that she will brag about them afterward.
 Eph King suggests sending Carrie Na- ton to Bulgaria after Ellen Stone. He thinks a taste of Carrie would cure the brigands of stealing American women.
The age-herald., 1901-12-09
CLUB OF RED-HAIRED MEN,

Front he Chicago Chronicle
 One of the unique social organizations of the country has recently been formed at Washington. The only inflexible rule for membership Is that the applicant shall have red .air. The society is defined by member as being a society of pro- test" but strictly social in It's aims. It has no philanthropical nor political ideals and thera is no danger. should the idea spread and become national in it's scope of the R. H. C.s putting forth a candi- date for the Presidency.
 It scenes that the society organized in a rebellion against the antiquated and moldy witticisms which red-headed peo- pie In all parts of the civilized and unciv- ilized world are supposed to enjoy, or at least to suffer with sickly pretense of enjoyment