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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
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THE T1URr1UR OF THE WORLD.

In question. He saw the head man who possessed the appointing power under the narrow limits of civil service law, and urged that the young woman he given work. The answer to this was most kind, and enviable praise was officially bestow- ed upon her, but there was no place that could be made for her; there were hun dreds of worthy men and women walt ing for every vacancy, and so on, the old story, of refusal that has saddened me in the course of my duty to this Con- own personal regret. and the Congress- man departed. to cause other and re- peated attempts to serve the poor girl whom. he has never seen.
 When she was informed that her news was bad news, she suggested other places In other departments. and in every instance as long as she asked the effort for her was faithfully made. Gradually she ceased calling or writing to express wish for any place, and we had not heard of her for many weeks until the other day there came note that was In itself a tragedy. ,.-e
 She proceeded to say that she had heard there were places for girls in the office of a certain negro official of the government here. The salary was only fifteen dollars month, but that was better than nothing. Wouldn't please ask for 1t for her? I could have wept for her-but weeping doesn't get public em- ployment in Washington.
 There Is great sadness in the world; but there might be less.
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

thirty days each; and for that she was tary who had been good to her in providing her with work. But at the moment of my int erview with her she had been many weeks out of em- ployment, and In the end she begged that the Congressman whom she didn' t know should get her back on the tempor- ary roll where she had been before; that even thirty days employment would mean a great deal to her It was with genuine happiness that I promised to urge her cause upon the Congressman. and she de- parted from the reception room of the hotel where she called. She asked If she might call within three days to ascertain If there was any good news for her.
 
 The next day there was rain, snow, sleet and wind-a frightful day-but I went early to the department in which the young woman had worked and in which she hoped to again find employ ment. Calling in the name O. t.e Con gressman, I made inquiries about the young woman. The chief clerk. who. fin the absence of the appointing power, re- ceived me, spoke most kindly and respect fully of her. especially of her modesty and her efforts to do her work well. The Congressman returned to Washing ton within a day or two. and I related to him thesyoung womans story; inform ing him that she had no claim upon him, that she had never even been inside of l his State.
 She has the common claim of human | ity, and I will do what I can to help her 1 get a place." he said, and proceeded i'm mediately to try, going to the department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
Many Courtesles.

MT. J. A. Rountree, secretary of the Al abama Press Association, has received letters from the New York World and the New York Journal extending cour- tesies to the association when 1t makes it's excursion to the east next month. Congressman G. w. Taylor has also writ ten to MT. Rountree saying that he will be at the service of the members of the press when they reach Washington.
 The association will make it's first stop at Norfolk and after spending a day there will go by steamer to New England. It will take in New York and Washington on the return trip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

them, have recently acquired large quan- bama much coal lands in Alabama. and are preparing to build two new iron fur naces with adjunct finished product plants somewhere in the Birmingham district
 There have also been in Birmingham during the past week some Pittsburg par ties who are organizing a large corpora tion with a view of building or buying furnaces here and building a steel plant and rolling mill In connection with it. These people, I am told have been In the steel business for years and have but recently sold out their northern plants to one of the combinations. I am told they are prepared to invest as much as two and a half million dollars in the Birmingham district. They like 1t be- cause they know that steel can be manu- factured here much cheaper than In the Cleveland or Pittsburg districts and be- cause this section Is not so susceptible to labor strikes.
 I am likewise told that final arrange ments have practically been perfected for the proposed twelve-story office building on Twentieth street and second avenue, and that the contract for It's erection will perhaps soon be given out to the same constructors who are now building the Woodward building on First avenue and Twentieth street. It Is said that this Is to be one of the finest office buildings ever constructed in the south
 It Is also said that negotiations arc now in progress for a well located corner near the center of Birmingham upon which a very large new hotel Is proposed to be erected
 Indeed, everybody in and about Bir-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
soLiLoouY FROM MACBETH.
Ham Shakespeare.

By William Shakespeare. Tomorrow, and tomorrow. and tomorrow. Creeps in this petty pace from day to
 day To the last syllable of recorded time.
 fools The way to dusty death. Out. out brief
 candle! Life's but walking shadow, a poor
 player That struts and frets his hour upon the
 stage. And then is heard no more; 1t is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, SiEnifying nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
The Primary.

'eThe people have long wanted a state primary. but the politicians up to month or so ago. talked as If a primary were out of the question: said an old Demo- crat at the Florence. "The politicians have at last learned that the people are in earnest in demanding Q primary and they are now quickly falling into line.
 When a primary was first agitated early in the present year there was not a member of the State Democratic Com mittee who did not oppose it. Three weeks ago I heard one of them say that he had changed his mind about 1t and was in favor of primary An officer in the capitol building told me the other day that he had pohed every Democrat who had called at his office within the past two months and that nine out of every ten Of them wanted a urinary. These men represented the people of nearly the entire state. And SO 1t goes. The leading politicians are coming out for a primary and by the time the state committee meets the advocates of the convention plan will be as scarce as hens teeth.
 "One argument urged against pri- mary was the heavy expense that would fall upon the candidates. Workers, 1t was said, would have to be employed in every city and town. But a popular can didate will always find many friends who will gladly work for him without pay. He may have to employ few men, but he would probably do that under the con- ventlon plan. But cost or no cost, the people will never be satisfied with any thing but a primary. In states where 1t has been tried no one ever thought of giving it up. And 1t will be that way in Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
MemoIi's Mass Tonight.

Memols mass No. will be sung in grand style at East Lake tonight. This will be its first performance outside of St. Pauls church. It was given there Easter before last. and every one who heard it was delighted with its beautiful melodies and it's splendid climaXes.
 Mir George Fisher of New York, the leading publisher of church music in the United States, was at St Pauls church when this mass was sung there and he was enthusiastic in lis praise of it. And MT. Fisher is not only publisher pu' he is an organist of large experience.
 The Kyrie once heard fingers in the mind, and few Glorias and Credos have been written in recent years that come up to Memolfs in musicianly treatment end stl ring effects
 No nlusic lover can afford to miss this trf nt tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
Fire Stricken Alexander City.

Prosperous Birmingham should re- spond promptly and generously to the call for help that comes up from Alex ander City. The entire business dis trict of that town has been destroyed
 and hundreds of people are left help less and empty-handed. What is need ed is mediate assistance in the form of food and supplies for the destitute.
 The factories of the town were not burned-its handle factory, cotton mill and cottonseed oil plant. These remain, as do most of the homes of the people. The business district is destroyed, but it will be rebuilt, and soon all will be we'll again in this once progressive and enterprising Ala bama county town. Its court house, churches, school and railroad station will soon be rebuilt, as will It's stores, shops and offices.
 Let us help the people of Alexander City over a rough place in the road, knowing that they will soon help themselves, and will soon get ready to make their town handsomer to the eye and safer against fire than 1t was before fire swept over its business section. He gives twice who gives quickly so runs the old maxim, and 1t is especially applicable to the case in hand. Let food and needful sup plies be dispatched at once to the devastated town on the Tallapoosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
THE ELMoRE LYNcHERs.
rom the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 Our opinion is that the Governor was wrong in pardoning the Elmore county lynchers because they were deceived as to the heinousness of the act of their victim. Even If all that Thomas, their leader. told them had been true. they would not have been justified in taking the law into their own hands. If the Governor concluded they deserved par don. the pardon should have been grant ed on the sole ground that they had been punished sufficiently for the part they had taken in the affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
NED BRACE TELLS ABOUT THE PHENOMENAL
 GROWTH OF THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT

mlrgham. and everybody interested in Birmingham. hold the most decided op- timistlc views in regard to its future. h. vestors are erowding over one another to buy real estate at existing prices. know man who bought small corner lot five months ago for sl5,00O which he sold yesterday for s25,OoO The percentage of increase on this was. of course, un- usual, but it was a sample manifestation Of the existing value of Birmingham real estate. and the desire of those who are able to buy it.
 There are few cities in the south where already constructed residences are salable at good round prices. Yet it was an- rounced yesterday that Mir. Louis Saks, the clothing merchant, paid s20,C0O for the Minor residence or Highland avenue. This residence was only completed half a year ago, and undoubtedly the owner must have mace a pl oft. Indeed, there are few towns in the south where resi- denoes. unless they are great mansions. sell for as much as s2o,OOo. Residence lots on Highls nd avenus which sold for s25 a foot two years ago are in great de- mand at bid prices of from ;loO to $125 the SC lots arc remarkably cheap at s100 a foot. They will be worth s2Oo within a year If Birmingham continues it's present that. Indeed the town Is growing at phenomenal rate. Bank deposits of nearly g, coo as against one-fourth of this two years ago amply demonstrates this fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
BECOMING EPIDEMIC.
From the Centreviiie Press.

From the Centreviile Press.
 The primary fever continues to spread and has attacked state officers and mem- bers of the executive committed. From the present outlook 1t is going to be an epidemic throughout the state. The ma- jority seems fin favor of q primary. and the majority should have 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
GRADUALLY COMING OVER.

From the Winfield Democrat.
 The attitude of the people towards tho holding of a Democratic state primary Is softening down the members of the state committee and they are gradually com ing over on the side with the people. Hon. W. H. Sanford is the latest to ex- press himself in favor of a primary, and his influence will have much weight In shaping the destiny of the party. He says the claim that the committee lacks power is all bosh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
A State Primary.

treme advocate of a convention, and a steadfast opponent of primary, but now that 1t has seen a light, it says it is ready to accept primary of the Georgia sort. Herein may lie a req sonable and satisfactory solution of the entire problem-a solution that perhaps all will accept.
 There are practically two kinds of State primaries. In South Carolina there are no conventions at all. The county executive committee consoli- dates the votes of the precincts, and the State Committee the votes of the counties. and each committee is elect ed by the people when candidates for civil offices are selected. The party machinery Is thus preserved.
 There is, however, another kind, and Georgia employs the other kind. Dele gates are apportioned among the counties. A State primary Is then called, and the voters vote directly for the men they prefer in all offices from United States Senator to beat con- stable. When this vote is made known the successful aspirants proceed to name the delegates the county Is en- titled to, and these delegates meet in r11o nd ceed to ratify the choices of the peo- pie expressed at the polls. This plan Is not so revolutionary as the South Carolina plan, and it is perhaps all this State can be induced to accept at the outset. It affords at any rate basis for compromise, and an oppor- tunity for all Democrats to get to- gether. Those who love a convention can still have one, and yet the people will express directly their will, and the men they select must be nominated.
 The Georgia plan involves, of course, the vexed question of representation, 1 over which there will be strong and deep differences of opinion, but the State Committee coming from every part of the State and every Senatorial district can doubtless settle this prob lem in a satisfactory manner. If they do not meet until August they can 1 procure the footings of the registra- tion lists in the sixty-six counties of the State, but even without these foot ings they should be able to devise in all patriotism and fair play reason able plan of representation.
 The Georgia plan is not presented as an ideal plan, but as the best basis upon which all parts of the State can get together. At the end of long campaign 1t is plain compromise plan is needed. All government is said to consist of compromises, and surely the Democrats of Alabama do not need to quarrel when the full installation of the new constitution Is at stake. All in all the Georgia plan is a reasonable plan. It could be made almost ideal by means of an ideal distribution of representation. The subject of repre- sentation will come before the State Committee, and the fairer 1t acts the better will all Democrats be satisfied.
 Under the Georgia plan the State primary need not be called until Sep tember, and the convention could fol- low 1t in weeks time. As the cleo tion does not occur until November f. there is no reason why action should be taken sooner. Action in September is early enough. The primary will be the real election anyway, and the rest will be but form and law and con formity to old-time methods and prece- | dents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Egotism wears awfully squeaky shoes.
 About the only time anybody has use for red hair is in a fight.
 The average husband Is so good dis cipiinarian that he can train his wife to have absolute control over him.
 The way to get solid with woman when she has three callers in one after noon Is to speak of it as a reception.
 A woman's dread Is not so much be- coming a mother-in-law as reaching the very next stage-a grandmother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Prefer the Open Air.

Electric fans are fine luxuries and greatly lessen the dissomforts of hot weather bt the freeuonters of hotels prefer to sit on the sidewalks in the sum mer evenings rather than under the fan paddles.
 It is cooler in the Hiliman lobby than it is out doors on these hot nights, but the lobby is almost deserted after sun down. The hotel crowd lines np in chairs in front. 1t would not be Southern hotel without its outdoor chairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
From the Gadsden Journal.

It is now in order for MT. Higdon to Ego way back and sit down. as he has been relieved of command of the Third. A few jolts like Governor Jelks admin istered to Higdon, would relieve the mill itary mind of the great strain of self importance with which 1t is burdened. and the public would appreciate the much needed rest from these military bicker- ings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
WORSE CLUBS THAN NEW YoRK's

From the New York Tribune.
 Isn't New York big enough and rich enough to have a baseball nine which would not disgrace hospital for the lame, halt and blind?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

The keynote speeches of next Thurs day are to be pitched on the Hell Key. But even Harmony with big H should be based on a possibility of success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

President Roosevelt's appeal for economical concessions in return for ponucal concession and in pursuance of a generous policy toward Cuba is telling and convincing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

Manila is about to acquire the worlds fair habit, thus showing that assimilation is going on rapidly. But it is not benevolent assimilation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

Cleveland, O., seems to think the race of 1904 is to be between Tom l.. Johnson and Mark Hanna. Cleveland is a very bumptious town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

The rivers and harbors bill is law. and the opening of the Warrior to 6-foot year-round navigation is now fully assured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

Whitelaw Reid in cap, gown and short pants would be spectacle that would increase the levity of nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

Col. Lynch does not know whether he is to be a hero or a martyr. He simply knows he is In jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

New baseball players are arriving daily. and new team to all intents and purposes will soon take the field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

Southern Senators should make Mic
 aragua their last ditch.
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From the Russellville Times.

Alabama must have strike" 1t seems. This time it is tine officers of the Third regiment who, taking offense at the gov- ernors treatment of their colonel, are resigning right and left. Why not let them stay out and let 1t go at that. This tempest in a teapot Is getting to be rather a nuisance anyhow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

Sixto Lopez and Web Davis have not been heard from since the limb broke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

Matthew Stanley Quay proves to be very much alive, and very vigorous. ',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

Perhaps Senator Mason will sing his swan song when he comes South.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
From the Tuscumhia Dispatch.

President Roosevelt in referring to lynching In the United States, in connec- ton with crueltles in the Philippines re- surrects the parable of the mote and the beam and seems to loose sight of the equally old and true adage that two wrongs do not make right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

So many Americans are talking to King Edward that it is becoming a distinction not to have met him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

John W. Mackay does not seem to fear Marconi. His want of fear eX- tends to millions of dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

Senators are now picking their ia vorite canal route.
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in the OpeIika Industrial News

From the Opelika Industrial News.
 The State of Georgia has Just had Democratic State primary and no one has been heard to say that the party in that State Is not safe Then why not primary In Alabama?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
ALAMABA EDITORS.
From the Ashville Aegis.

From the Ashville Aegis.
 That volcano that used to be some where around Atlanta probably accounts for that city's curious disturbances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
From the Anniston Hot Blast.

From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 The trade In Missouri mules for the Boer war is succeeded by the shipment of Texas cattle for restocking the South African farms. And so the world goes round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
From the clanton Banner.

From the Clanton Banner
 Primary or convention does not seem to be worrying Chiffon county. But this is a good opportunity for the white men to get together. Let's get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15

Volcanoe aremore easily explained than prevented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
rrom the Colnmhiana Chronicle.

Many a young man who leaves col lege with the intention of reforming the world changes his mind and hunts a paying job
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Indeed, everybody in and about Bir-
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-03
Georuia LAWYERS Meet.

Warm Springs. Ga, July 3.-The
Georgia Bar association opened a
three days session here today, 1t being
the nineteenth annual meeting of the
association. There are about $50 at
torneys from all parts of the state
present. The annual address of the
president, Charlton E.. Battle, of Co
lumbus, was the feature of the opening
session. The report of the treasurer,
the election OF new members, the re-
port of the committee on memorials
and other routine business occupied
the remainder of the first session. This
evening the convention listens to a re-
view of the years work of the associa-
ton by Secretary Orville A. Park, of
Macon, to he followed by an address
by Chancellor Walter b. Hill, of the
State university of Georgia.
There are several questions to be
discussed that promise 10 make the
present meeting n of the most inter
esting in the history of the associa-
ton. The proposed change in the jul
diclal system so as to bring the courts
in greater harmony and at the same
time relieve the labors of the supreme
court will be discussed at length. The
proposition to adopt the Torrens sys-
TEN OF registration of real estate titles
will be discussed and another matter
10 receive attention is the question of
requiring graduates of the law schools
to stand examination before the board
of law examiners.