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The age-herald., 1901-03-21
GEORGIA INSANE ASYLUM
 FULL OF COCAINE TENDS

Atlanta, Ga, March 2O.-The cocaine negro and the rapidity with which it has spread has brought the authorities face to face with a very difficult problem. The widespread use of the drug seems to have been a recent development For many years a slight percentage of the worthless negro population has been ad- dcted to the habit, but the police now find themselves overrun with victims of the habit, who are much more trouble some than the ordinary drunkard.
 A few days ago Ordinary Wilkinson of this, Fulton, county, stated that he was unable to dispose of the trials for insan- ity necessitated by excessive use of CO., caine on the part of the negroes, and ask ed that the authorities assist him in find ing some other manner to pass on the sanity of victims of the habit. The State Asylum for the Insane now has more than it's quota of negroes form this place sent there by their love for the drug, and every day adds several to the number. The negroes seem to prefer the drug
 
 dens in the slums which cater to the cheapest class of custom. Many of the fends use the drug at their home, so that the police have no way of ascertain ing definitely the inroads which it is mak- ing. They have made several ineffectual attempts to stop the indiscriminate sale of the poison, but the druggists invaria- bly escape on technicalities and the prob lem is daily becoming more complicated. The officers who are brought In close contact with these unfortunates declare that the drug is wreaking infinitely more harm than whiskey. The negroes seem to display no moderation in It's use, and as the large precentage of fiends are able to purchase only the poorer and aduiter- ated quality. the mischief may be some what appreciated. The victims appear to have little power of resistance to the drug, and in short time 1t makes it's effects felt either in mental disease of a totally wrecked constitution. It is proba- | ble that an ordinance will shortly be in | troduced in the City Council restricting | the sale of the drug except on physicians prescriptions. but those who are most | familiar with the evil declare that it will | take some measure more powerful than
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
Renewal of War in the TransvaaI.

Until the nature of the terms offered by Lord Kitchener is known, it will not be possible to say how much the Boers are depending upon assistance through a possible war between Russia and England-a remote contingency by the way. As a general proposition any terms are better to the Boers than no terms, for they are fighting without hope or glory.
 Situated as the Boers are they are absolutely isolated. The railroad line to Lorenzo Marques, upon which they long depended, is now as much in the hands of the British as the lines are leading to the Cape. No food supplies p3 clothing, no ammunition can be sent to the Boers. They may cap ture now and then a wagon train, but this does not go far towards equippine and supplying an army, and winter is coming on in that section.
 It is plain that the rejection of the terms offered has inspired the people and the government of Great Britain to redoubled efforts, and no more of fers of terms are probable. The two ill-fated republics will be obiterated The acceptance of the terms would have saved the Boers as people, and they could have soon made themselves a strong and powerful factor in South Africa, as their brothers have done 1T Cape Colony. But inspired perhaps by Russia they have chosen the othel alternative, and their fate seems tc be irrevocably determined. The Boel will lose his grip in South Africa.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21

For Tien Tsin is the deep-water habor of Pekin, and Russia needs deep water outlets in China, her own in Siberia being land-loeked a portion of each year.
 But there is land enough at Tien Tsin for both nations, and the siding incident will disappear as thousand similar incidents have in the past without adding to the general friction between the two nations. If Russia were ready for war in China-if her railroad were completed-possibly she might be ready to fight it out, but she certainly will not until that railroad is completed, for England would seize all her Pacific ports, including Port Arthur.
 If Russia should attempt to assail India by the land route she would bankrupt herself before the war could be finished, for the expenses of such a war would be enormous. England would largely use native troops, and her expenses would be comparatively light. Lord Roberts would feel at home in such a war.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
faE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AlABAmI
Platform of the Convention.

Perhaps no man in the State sees clearly to suffrage reforms, the fed eral constitution being the Scylla, and ballot corruption the Charybdis, of the situation. But all know that any thing is better than the present condi- tion of affairs, and all will therefore strive to find a solution of the mighty problem. The welfare of two millions of people is involved in it.
 / The platform of the convention shows the scope of the platform with out. attempting to define the specific remedy. It says that white rule is essential to the State; that no white man shall be disfranchised. and that the ballot shall be constitutionally regulated All this is readily and truthfully stated but the exact method of accomplishing all this Is known to be exceedingly difficult. We all say the fifteenth amendment should be repealed, but it will not be. It will remain in the federal constitution doubtless to the end of time.
 No State that is brrdened with the fifteenth amendment has yet tried an extension and amplification of the primary system, making it system wholly under the law. Such a sys- tenn would render the primary the real election, to which all voters of party as nearly as may be would come, leav, ing the succeeding election as rati- fication matter to be settled by those who can read and write, as Maryland has just decided to do.
 No doubt there are objections tc this plan, but so there are to any plan that can be suggested. There is one thing in it's favor-it is very Demo cratic, very safe, and it would leave the selections of Democratic nominees to the whites of the State. It would Involve no constitutional question whatever. It would be satisfactory to the blacks, who should be duly and kindly considered in the convention. 1t is what all the States are drifting towards, and Alabama would blaze the way by establishing in ner funda- mental law what Georgia and South Carolina and other States have se- cured outside of law.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
John B. Knox.

The polling of the largest vote in the State convention shows that John B. Knox, Annistons first citizen, is very strong among the people, and it is an indication that he will be chosen president of the convention.
 The convention will need in the chair lawyer and a man who knows the people and a man whom the people know and appreciate, and it cannot well find a better choice than MT. Knox. He is well started for the presi- dency of the convention, and there are many reasons why he should win the honor.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
FiftY-Five Nominees.

The striking personal victory of Chairman Lowe in the State conven- tion shows both the earnestness of the convention in desiring suffrage re- form, and it also shows that persistent and consistent advocacy of reform will be rewarded. In the campaign that was ended by the sudden, unexpected and uncalled for withdrawal of the convention proposition from the peo- pie, MT. Lowe had to bear hard blows and unmerited blame. It was mete and proper therefore that he should be selected as one of the delegates at large. His associates are each emi- nent men. MT. White carried the ban ner in the last State campaign. Mir. Knox is known and honored through out the State, and Governor Oates has a reputation that extends beyond the lines of the State.
 In the list of Senatorial and Con gressional candidates will be found fifty conservative and representative citizens who know the people and who will endeavor to make an organic law that will in the present meet pub lie expectations and yet be good enough and elastic enough to last at least a generation. The present con stitution has stood the buffetings of affairs quarter of a centdry, and it ought to be possible to make under present post-bellum experiences one that will stand twice as long. If any set of men in the State can make such constitution the list selected by the convention can do so, for almost every man named has had considerable ex- perience in the public business.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
DE WOOD HANTS.

From Truth. When de moon scrouch down behine de hill An de dark fole roun' you, clost an still.
 Keep outer de wood,
 Elf you knows what's good; Fer dey's t'ings in dyah dat nuvver show 'Tel de dark come on an de daylight go; An dey races an runs, an dey fiaars an f1a'nts, An de name ob dem crtturs Is Hants. chile, Hants! When de squinch-owl's hootin' roun' de place, An de bats fly low an slap yo' face,
 Keep outer de wood,
 Elf you knows whuts good Fer de III wa'm gus'es thu de trees, An de li'l cole ones what mek yo freeze, Is de pref O dem creeters what flaars an f1'nts, An de name dat we calls 'em is Hants. chile, Hants! When you see lights trab'lin' up an down, Widout no pusson to cyar' dem roun',
 Keep outer de wood,
 Elf you knows whuts good; Foller dem t'ings, an dey stroy you, sho'
 You earn kotch up. an you go an go, An las, dey swamps you, an fiaars an ha'nts, @t Fer dey's jacky- -my-lantums, de's Hants. chile, Hants! When biggity chillun, long to'des night, Git cross an norty. an doan do right.
 Dey bettah be good,
 An membah de wood; Fer dey's t'ings in dar dat nuvver show Tel de dark come on an de daylight go; An dey races and runs, an dey fiaars an fla'nts, N. r. An dey hone fer bad chilluns, dey does, I dem Hants: s5ak
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
CHARGE OF BRIBERY.
Minnesota Legislature Appoints
 Committee To Investigate.

< St. Paul, Minn., March 20.-The House of Representatives today by unanimous vote appointed a committee of five to in vestigate charges of bribery made by Representative Jacobson on Jacobson in connection with the disposition of his bill; to increase the railroad gross earnings tax. The charges were made during the argument as to the disposition of the bill. which finally was referred to the recently appointed tax commission to be incorpo- rated in the commissions report to the Governor in such shape as would meet the approval of the courts. The commit tee is to begin its work within forty eight hours.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
THE NEXT FINANCIAL SMASH.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 The stock market reached last week the highest average price for twenty years. For the third time the crest of a great wave of speculation has been reached. The large, round, lighthouse moral these facts and figures inculcate must be clear to every man. Still, when the next fnan- cial smash comes 1t will find men eating and drinking, just as Noah's flood found them. We may add that in all these fioodtide years, 1s1-73, 1S79-S1 and 1S99-01 the financial pundits were all proving very conclusively that this particular food like a well-known root beer was unlike any other" It had no ebb. But it had.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
Louisville Bond Sale.

Louisville, March 2O.-Of the thirteen bids for $692,00 city of Louisville 31k per opened today by the sinking fund com missioners, the highest were 1OSts for the whole issue by the Fidelity Trust and Safety Vault Company of Louisville, and 109 for s4l,000 of the issue by F. ". Hays of this city. The award will probably be made to these two bidders, all but s4l, ,Oot going to the Trust Company. The bonds which will be refunded by the new issue were issued in 1871. They bore 2 per cent interest, and were sold at 90.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
STRICTLY METROPOLITAN.

From the Selma Times.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald of Sunday last in its makeup, quality of matter, editorial utterances on the important questions of the. day, it's full and com plete news service and its metropolitan size gives evidence that it's managers are not only up-to-date newspaper men, but are earnest in their 1endeavors to give their patrons a paper worthy of their support
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
CAREER IN MEDICINE.

From "A History of, Chinese Literature" ]"
 A doctor who had mismanaged case was seized by the family and tied up. In the night he managed to free himself and escaped by swimming across the river. When he got home he found his son, who had just begun to study medicine, and said to him: Don't be in a hurry with your books the first and most important thing is to learn to swim
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
Russia and EnuIand.

The exact nature of the siding difi- culty at Tien Tsin has not been fuiIy explained. But both England and
 Russia want certain lots of ground. As England or Englishmen own the railroad between Tien Tsin and Pekin
 it is difficult to say what the Russian plans are. Russia has long expected { to build line from Manchuria to Pe- kin, but she has never manifested a desire to build also to Tien Tsfn. And yet what would be more probable
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
The Four Leaders.

A distinguished and scholarly Alabami- an. who is now and has been long in high state position, sends from a sick bed this greeting:
 "The four nominees from the State at large are, in a measure, disappointing though, taken as whole, they combine qualities that if worked in unity might accomplish the very best that is possible for the States good.
 "Hon. John B. Knox possesses the firm hand and calm oratory of an American Phocion. The political conditions that confront us need him sorely He is a student, and understands, and no doubt looks forward to, In the future, the Re- public incarnate-the majesty of the peo- ple-and will give profound thought to the living universal suffrage before he at- tempts to mutilate it, except with strong and wise limitations.
 "Hon Frank White is, believe, enter ing upon his first affairs of profound statecraft The people are giving him, lately. liberal opportunities. I believe he will not prove inefficient in the perform ance of these grave duties.
 Governor Oates has long been an arm of the State, although he only has one of his own. The other one is being saved for him by God, and will be returned to the veteran in the good time. His ideas of reforming the State judiciary are, dan gerous, yet he has safety valves in the personalities of his three colleagues
 Hon. Robert J. Lowe is today, in the flush of the victory that suroasses all others in our political history, the most distinguished of all .Alabamians. He is young, handsome, eloquent. enthusiastic, gentle and firm, and combines the attri- butes of the orator and statesman with the faith and loyalty of knight. He is the most brilliant leader in our State, and if occasion presents itself, as has often been done in our great political bodies, when older heads were excited and confused, his admirable qualities of keen intellect and calm courage will be welcomed by the more sedate members of our constitutional convention. His strong mental and physical cast and his methods of political warfare are more similar to those of Ben Hill-the 'Murat of Senatorial Debate" than any other one of our forceful young Alabamians
 Alabama rests in her pride and glory"
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
General Rhodes To Speak.

The Mississippi State Press Association has invited Rufus N. Rhodes, president of the Alabama Press Association and edi- tor of the Birmingham News, to be their guest and deliver an address on the occa- sion of their annual press convention at Pass Christian May 2, 2 and B, and President Rhodes has accepted the high honor. He will speak on the practical work of making a successful newspaper, and 1t follows that a man of such suc- cessful experience will speak wisely and we'll
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
ENDLESS CHAIN MEAL TICKETS

N. Y. Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
 A genius who will eventually reach either a prominent position in Wall street or Sing Sing has interested Park Row and the lower city in an endless chain system. He calls himself the Co., Operative Meal System Company, and he sells book of three coupons for $1.50 Upon selling the three coupons the GUS toner would get his $1.50 back. When the holders of these three coupons have each sold a book the original customer gets a s2 meal ticket. All that the genius gets is a bare s6 for an outlay of g. Clerks and stenographers are trying their hand.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
TIME EXTENDED.
J. p. Morgan and Company Send Let
 ters To Constituent Companies.

New York, March 20-J. P. Morgan and Company, the syndicate managers of the United States Steel Corporation. have un- der date of March 21, sent a letter to the shareholders of the constituent companies informing them that the time for deposit ing the common and preferred stocks. which expired by limitation today, has been extended until and including Ap- Til l.
 In the circular it is declared that over 90 per cent of each of the issues of the various stocks has thus far been deposit ed in accordance with the terms of the managers The extension is granted be- cause 1t has been found physically impos- sible by many of the shareholders to de- posit their certificates within the time originally named.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
About Persons.

Albert Steinhart of Greenville, widely known as member of the State and Ma tional Grand Lodges of the Knights of Pythias, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Dr. Hefiin of Randolph and his sons, Hon. Tom Hefiin and Hon. John Hef1in, are in Birmingham, the guests of Dr. Heflins Jefferson County sons, Hon. H. P. Hefin Dr. Wyatt Hefiin and pr. How ell Hefi;n. Today is the birthday of the honored father of so many distinguished sons, and there will be a happy family gathering.
 Assistant Clerk Julian of the House of Representatives, who was assistant sec retary of the recent State Democratic Convention, is in Birmingham on his way to his home in Tuscumbia. MT. Julian, who is one of the brightest and most capable young men of Alabama, Is a strong candidate for the secretaryship of the constitutional convention.
 Congressman Bankhead Is at the Nor home in Fayette.
 Hon. John M. Caldwell of Anniston is in town. --A
 MT. T. Stephens and Mrs. Stephens and MT. T. Gill of London, England, together with MT. T. Auburn of Montreal, Canada are at the Metropolitan,
 Hon. Joseph II. Nathan of Sheffield Is in town.
 Banker Jack Cranford of Jasper is 1T Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
Texas and Pacific.

New York. March 20.-The annual meet ing of the stockholders of the Texas and Pacific Railway was held at the com pany's offices in this city today. and the present board of directors was re- elected. The list contains three new name. from that elected at the last annua meeting. l.. s. Thorne, Louis Fitzgerald and Edwin Gould having been elected some time ago to fill vacancies.
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 No woman ever wishes she was man unless she has failed to be a woman
 Being in love and being seasbek are about the same; when you have either one you wish 1t was the other.
 The microbes had mothers meeting the other day and voted that the short walk ing skirt was immoral.
 The woman who intends to have her own way afterward never kicks as the word obey in the marriage service.
 There are only two things which make life worth living to a man or to a wom- an. To a man, a great love or a great hate: to a woman, a great love or a great sorrow. 18-.st l
The age-herald., 1901-03-21
Fate of the Famous Elaa.

ate or the amouS flags
 You have asked more than once to be informed as to what became of the famous flag made by ladies of Montgom- cry and presented by William l.. Yancey to the Alabama secession convention in January, 1861. and it will be of general interest to state that the flag was de- stroyed" said President Rufus N. Rhodes of the Alabama Press Association and editor of the Birmingham News.
 "The flag was torn Into shreds by a terrific storm that ragged over the birth place of the storm-cradled nation that fell, poetic fate for the flag that was fashioned in the turbulent passions of that period.
 'It appears that on the day Yancey strode down the hall of the secession convention waving that flag, which was accepted in behalf of the convention by Alpheus Baker in his memorable speech, the proud piece of bunting, typical of the hopes of fair women and the purposes of heroic men, was run up and fixed to the top of the flagstaff on the dome of the State Capitol. For some reason, whether by intent or accident is not clear, the flag was left flying through the night. A great storm arose, and next morning the flag was seen hanging in tatters. The force of the storm had riddIed the flag that was incentive to the conflict through which it was not to pass.
 'The then secretary of state of Ala bama, the Hon. MT. Britain, custodian of the flag, caused 1t, or its remnant, to be taken down, and it was placed in his of- flee. The flag then being no longer ser viceable, no value was attached to 1t, and Secretary Brittain's children seeing it, and being pleased with its bright col ors, took strips of it and wound them about their hats. fair woman of Mont gomery. appreciating the historic value of the bunting, obtained MT, Britain 8 | permission to carry away and preserve a part of it. She secured a section of 1t | about twelve by eighteen inches in size, and that she piously preserved From time to time she cut off small pieces as souvenirs for friends whom she knew would treasure them, and now this noble woman of Montgomery retains a piece of the flag, probably measuring six by ten inches. s.
 "One piece of the famous flag Is in the possession of a gifted and charming woman of Birmingham who values 1t most highly, as one of her ancestors was concerned in flying the flag on that great day in Montgomery forty years ago.
 "The flag was not a rich and costly | one. It was made of ordinary white bunt- | ing and painted by the trembling hands | of Montgomery women. On one side Of the central figure of the flag was the rep resentation of stalk of cotton and on l the other a rattlesnake coiled to strike"