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The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23
Public Sale Today,

William Klair will have public
sale Of cows tc-day at the farm Of
Frederick Klair near Centreville.
He has ngtn ber Of fine animals to
he disposed IL Stldham aud son
are the ausilonSers. y
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

Public sale of gctd parlor bed and
dining room furniture at Stilham
4 son S auction rooms Friday, Oct, "A
at |. 80 clock, 500 yards Of good
new carpet, upright piano, enamel
bed steads. Every thing good can be
seen this evening.
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

plTTSBl'RG, oct. 23--It is learned
that the Standard Oil has just closed n
deal with the owners OF the Wheeling
Natural Gas colApany by which the
standard vii! tax" coutroi of the gas
company. The price paid is said to
have been S2.5OO.nUO.
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

lee cars which have been used
PNpers on a side track in the
fErd were derailed this morn
4ne OF them rolled down an
ment and II required the ef-
twslve men nd The wreck \
III replace II which tley did
llQ1rs W6rl. hSto|
x osSt ySa njRr IN lEIcT u " u ll h "
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

MADRID. Oct. 23.-During an anti
tax riot at Val de Corro. in the PROV
incr of Orcnsc, the G"ndarmrs We're
compelled to fire upon The rioters. One
peasant was killed and two gcndarmrs
were wounded before order was re-
stored
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

Friday morning the Levy Court
Commissioners will view Morr:spn,s
run bridge IA White Clay Greek
sHundred The gtruc@ Is believed
Ito be IA need 81 eAts sAtiS6 repaais.
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

Matthew Baxter fell ut Fourth
and Shiplcy street Tues lay and
fractured several ribs.
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

A civil service examination for
clerks for the local post Office will
De held OF November 10. There are
five persons to be examined.
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

William Michael Byrne, canli-
date for Congress, will address a
meeting of the Republicans of the
lower end Of the Ninth ward TO-
mnrroW evening.
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

The large ca' ND0ls which tho
American Crruul Fmndry Com
pany is building for tho Pennsyi-
vania Railroad Company, will he
launched in about two weeks.
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23
Preparing for Inspection.

Section menalong the local division
Of the Pennsylvania railroad are put.
ting the road bed in condition for
the annual inspection. The local
men will try hald TO get one OF the
several prizes which are, otfersd.
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

Tho Fidelity Club of The. Peoples
I ,6ettlel ~ 8sl Church str6st i
4 y Il slll bie and mil 1 soeIal N s1f1s
ssttl this evening " "
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23

y SpecIal sale at +. ! Loan Office,
.7tl1 and Market stl Qvsrcoas
! A1q lady \ Il "a glans; Z,
The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-23
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Mr., Houston In Town.

Henry A. Houston the Democratic
candidate for Congress was in Viii.
nlngton today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
OH Near Mobile.

There was great excitement in Mobile
when I left there Wednesday over the
prospects of the comm in of an oil well
in the fields just north of that city, said
Nat w. Thompson yesterday. Mr..
Thompson is interested with a number Of
Birmingham and Mobile gentlemen in the
development of these new oil fields. and
has every confidence in the richness.
1.-THE well that is expected to come in
within the next few days is a second one
being put down by the Mobile company, ="
he continued. 1.-THE first one sunk by
this concern gave evidence of an abund-
ance of both oil and gas, but the break
age in machinery caused it to be aban-
doned after reaching a great depth The
supply of natural gas from this we'll is
great enough, however to furnish fuel
for running of the machinery and boring
other wells. l feel quite sure that the
oil fields of Mobile. Washington. Clarke
and Choctaw are second only to the
Beaumont fields.
More than half million dollars will
be spent in that section during the year
prospecting and developing. The great
cement beds discovered there are going
to make the manufacture of that article
second only to the great coal and iron
industry of this, state There is untold
wealth and much prosperity in the south
west corner of this state"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
Power in Manufactures.

In 1890 steam was used in manu-
featuring in Alabama to the extent Of
81 ,S0E horsepower; in 1900 the use
of this element had been increased to
1875. 220 horsepower, gain of lit per
cent. Louisiana and Texas alone of
southern states employ more horse
power than Alabama The increases
in this state have been remarkable.
In 1870, when Birmingham was found
ed, the entire use of steam in manu-
facture in this state was but 7,740
horsepower. The number of water
wheels is decreasing, but 1t Is be-
lieved water power will be more
largely utilized in the future on ac-
count of the fact that electricity gen.
Grated by it at low cost can be trans
mitted widely. The Montgomery wa
ter power company at Tallassee is an
instance of this nature. Its capacity
is 5000 horsepower.
The use of electric power in south
ern cotton mills was one of the fea-
lures of the decade covered by the re-
cent census reports. At Pelzer, s.
c., electric power generated by water
wheels is used TO the extent of 5000
horsepower. At Anderson, S. c., the
energy is transmitted ten miles. But
in the large Olympia mills at Column
bia, S. c., the generators are driven
not by water wheels, but by steam
power. These mills require $500
horse power. The electric current is
distributed by u induction motors Of
1850 horsepower each, as well as by
several smaller motors for miscella'
neous purposes. Coal is by no means
cheap at Columbia, as none is mined
within South Carolina, and yet cleo
trio power In the Olympia mills has
proven profitable and satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
county Convicts in the Mines.

The Huntsville Mercury forsees a
change In the working of county con-
victs at the mines, and it proposes
that the larger counties-Jefferson,
Montgomery, Mobile, Madison and
Calhoun-form a combination for the
purpose of GENERATING at one or more
mines on a basis not unlike that
agreed upon between the state and
the coal operators-each county to
bear its proper share of expenses, and
to receive its proper share of income,
Some plan of this kind if practica-
BILE should be adopted. The county
convicts sent to the mines serve con-
siderable periods, largely on account
of official fees, and there is no reason
why their services should not bring
rates equivalent to those secured by
the state.
Possibly the subject should be left
in allegiance until the legislature
meets, when humanity in the matter
of costs to be worked out by the poor
and friendless may get the better OF
the officials who fight for the reten'
ton and collection of unjust fees. II
the officials are bigger than humani'
ty, then the plan of the Mercury
would be the next best thing. The
present plan of hiring the county con-
victs will at any rate be changed. for
it would seem to- be anomalous to
hire county convicts at one price and
state convicts at another.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
schools and the LeQlsIature

In some of the states 95 per cent Of
school moneys is raised by local tax
alton. This Is the case in the most
progressive states. In the country
as a whole 50 per cent of all the
money devoted to public schools
comes through local taxation.
Why should Alabama be exception
al in this respect? Just as long as
she refuses to grant unlimited local
taxation, just that long must there be
disgracefully poor school buildings in
this state, and inferior teachers and
a high percentage of illiteracy.
Both North Carolina and Louisiana
are moving in earnest to better their
rural schools, especially North Caro-
lima. In Louisiana the right of local
taxation is absolutely unlimited, and
each community can have whatever
schools It may desire. 1t should not
be forgotten that Louisiana and
North Carolina alone keep Alabama
from tail-end place in the list of
states as to reading and writing. If
Alabama is permitted to go to the
bottom-to become known as the il
literate state of the union-veapital
will be frightened from coming in,
and in various other directions harm
will come to the state.
The next legislature can take steps
to ward off such a disaster if it will.
VIII it? Local taxation and cheaper
school books and qualified county
school superintendent are needed,
and the entire subject needs serious
a.
attention. The division of the state
Unto school districts is basic mat
ter that cannot longer be deferred il
the state is to have better schools.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
WILSON ON FOOTBALL.

From the New York World.
No better defense Of football could
be framed than the Interview upon its
value and its dangers given through The
World by President Woodrow Wilson Of
Princeton. Intelligence and self-restraint.
obedience and discipline, good nature and
ability to bear ha>1 knocks without in
Jury, are the qualities which the game
develops. according to DR.. Wilson. Ana
his strongest point. so far as colleges are
concerned, is made when he says:
know that deaths have resulted from
football this year, but there have been
no deaths and no serious injuries in we'll
trained, seasoned teams The rule is not
to let man with soft muscles and a
weak, untried frame take any part In
football that will subject him to the
tremendous shocks of massed play. The
player is gradually advanced toward the
seventies of the game as he becomes
and strict policy.
The statistics of football accidents for
1902 bear out this theory of the immun-
ity of tHe seasoned player. The heavy
college men have had their share OF
broken bones, from which recovery is
usually rapid; but the dozen dead have
included no member. OF a famous eleven.
They were all either schoolboys or MEM
bers of small and unframed local athletic
teams. One boy whose death was due to
football was only six years old.
The list of accidents Is indeed long. but
the game is now almost universal in
schools as well as colleges The number
playing 1t is probably five times as great
as 1t was FIVE years ago, so that the ac-
cident list may reasonably 1engthen
without proving that the sport is, as
Chancellor Day of Syracuse phrased 1t,
ION level with prize-fghting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
AIabama's Manufactures.

In 1890 Alabama had 2977 manufac-
turing establishments; in 1900 she
had 1902. The capital employed in
those of 1890 was $46,122.571; in 1900,
the capital thus used had risen to
$70,370 ,0S1. Instead of 31,137 wage
earners in 1900, there were 52,9O2 in
1900, and their wages in that year
were SIT, 100, 419, as against $1O,799,-
TAT in 1890 The value of products in
1890 was $51 ,226,6 sos; In 1900 the
products had risen in value to $780,
741.449, or twice the average value of
the average cotton crop of the state.
We add below a table showing the
location of many of the mills of the
state and the capital employed:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
Reading Presidents Message.

Tn a short time the country is to be
RECALLED with a message from President
Roosevelt" said a politician yesterday.
Probably next Tuesday he will send his
message to congress- 1t will be read to
that body and published In full In every
large newspaper in the United States.
These documents are usually long winded
affairs and take up SIX to eight eoluuns,
and l often wonder who reads them OUT
side of politicians, the proof reader, and
a few others who have to do so. l am
quite sure the general public does not
read them for it will not read anything
these busy days which is six or eight col
umns in length
ITO show the spirit and frame of mind
in which these documents are read I
may mention an editorial writer that I
once knew whose duty it was to read and
comment on them editorially He pick
ed up a Presidents message one day
and remarked: Well, let's see how many
times he uses the word standpoint. !"
Standpoint isn't good word anyhow,
he went on, but it is a favorite word
of his. All, here is the first oner
81 watched him "a while until he had
discovered four 'standpoints' in few
moments, when | left him. wondering if
he discovered anything else In the mes
sage"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
WOMEN AND LOVE.

From Harpers Faaar.
wonder if men know that so few wo-
men that we might almost say no woman
who is perfectly happy ever seeks a ca
reer? No happily married or rightly loved
woman ever seeks career. The desire
for career for woman is an acknowl-
edgement of heat failure.
This is practically because we have so
few homes in America. We have private
hotels where each family eats and sleeps,
but where family life and smooth house
keeping are unknown.
If / were a woman seeking a career
would go to. some of my rich and pros
porous friends and offer to turn the house
into a home have only recently learned
of the term working housekeeper. l
like it. There should be more of them.
1t is distinctly the career for an. UNI
married woman who loves love and home
and children. and, above all, housekeep-
ing. Housekeeping is the most fascinat-
ing OCCUPATION in the world. Something
new is always appearing in somebody's
house which would go so well In yours!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
te and the capital employed:

The census bulletin at hand does
not show the gains of all of these
towns, but it is believed all, or nearly
all, kept step with the general gain
in the state. The gain in capital en-
ployed and in products was about go
per cent between 1890 and 1900, and
like gain in the present decade will
carry the manufacturing interests in
the state to big figures. The products
of Alabama mills promise now to
triple the cotton crop Of the state in
1910. This would call for an aggre-
gate in products of $120,000,000, and
this aggregate, great as 1t is, is reas-
onably well assured. The iron and
steel industries of the state will fur
nish a third of this great total, and
the cotton mills and miscellaneous
establishments the other two-thirds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
Went to Wronq Hotel.

Newspaper mistakes very often cause
errors on the part of individuals, and
doubt very much If there is a stronger
demonstration of the power of the press
than has thus been shown" said man
prominent in public life. ITO illustrate
the correctness of this assertion, I have
merely to recite a little story connected
with the recent visit of Samuel Com
pers to Birmingham.
Several days before Mr.. Gompers was
due in Birmingham, arrangements had
been made for him to stop at a certain
hotel In the meantime the proprietor of
this hotel had misunderstanding with
the members of the steam filters union
because of little non-contract job. and
the steam filters went to the committee
having In charge the arrangements for
Mr. Gompers' entertainment, and pro-
tested that the distinguished labor leader
should not stop at a house where a sup
posed wrong had been done unionism.
The committee acceded to the request
and accordingly Mr.. Gompers was notified
that he was to stop at another hotel.
However, he arrived in Birmingham
four hours in advance of his reported
time, and there was no committee at the
station to welcome him. He went to the
hotel as directed in the letter and was
assigned the specially reserved room.
While at breakfast he perused copy Of
The Age Herald. In it's columns he read
that he was expected to stop at the hotel
where originally arrangements had been
made-the paper not having been notified
to the contrary-and finishing his lunch,
he went to the office. paid his bill and
proceeded to the other hotel,
LAS he registered at the latter place,
addressing the clerk. he said: I believe
you have a room reserved for me- All
hotel clerks are wise. and with a quick
glance at the register the ever polite
day man came back with a quick yes
sir and the famous visitor sent
to the best room in the house.
1t was a couple of hours later when
the reception committee learned of the
presence Of their guest, and finally locat-
ing him. they suggested that he had got
ten into the wrong hotel But Mr.. Com
pers refused another change, and the
committee soon notified the manage
men that it was responsible for all bills
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30

idents, together with their achieve
neats 60 the bar. IN the pulpit, and
On the bench. IN the recent Moiin-
eaux trial two southern born lawyers
we're pitted against each other
George Gordon Battle and James ".
Osborne. The president of the big
gest New York railroad, the New
York Central, is a southern man, and
the president of the biggest bank, the
City, came from the south. Four
southern-born men are on the bench,
and the successful southern lawyers
ia New York are absolutely too nu-
merous to mention. Among the sur
geons are =. John A. Wyeth, an Ala
bamian, and Dr. Virgil P. Gibney, and
DR.. Polk, and DR.. Walter B. James
of the College of Physicians and Sur
geons. The rector of St. Barthole-
news is a southerner, and so are two
of the clergymen of Trinity church.
In short. says Mr.. Fallows, If cy-
clone should sweep every southerner
out OF the city society would have
to drape itself in crepe and business
go on .crutches."
But the movement northward of
young southern men has been
checked. In recent years, says the
Baltimore Sun, with the upbuilding
of mining and manufacturing indus
tries, it is no longer necessary for the
sons of the south, as they reach man
hood, to emigrate in order to get on
in the world. Those who remained in
the cotton states have accomplished
an Industrial revolution and a devel-
opment which are nothing less than
marvellous, and this shows that all
the brains and enterprise did not
cross the Potomac"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30

together have been so much overstocked
that a collapse must come in time.
=
Southern railroads and institutions are,
however, more prosperous than those Of
any other section Of this country. Not
single railroad in the south has yet
been able to furnish height cars and
engines sufficient to handle the enormous
traffic furnished them. Right here IN
Birmingham there Is yet serious
scarcity of cars and engines on all the
railroads. Even the furnaces are bank
ing up iron In their yards because the
railroads cannot furnish equipment to
haul 1t out as fast at II Is made All the
iron which can be made in the Birmng-
ham district for nearly year has been
sold If the railroads were able to fur
nish the cars to haul the raw material
to the furnaces, the output would even
be greater But they are not and the
congestion of tariffic here. 1t is feared,
will last for several months longer, be-
cause of shortage of rolling stock on the
part of the railroads. I happen to know
that one railroad entering the BirmirNs-
in the far northwest something like one
thousand cars to be used in handling
ores and coal in this and other southern
districts, and thereby hopes soon to re-
Heve the congestion.
= =
Speaking of railroads reminds me that
an official announcement was made IN
New York the other day by member Of
the executive committee of the Atlantic
Coast Line that the operation of the
Louisville and Nashville would continue
as heretofore entirely in the charge OF
Milton H. Smith in whom they have the
greatest degree of confidence.
The recent financial statements of the
louisville and Nashville show a tre-
mendous increase in earnings Indeed the
earnings are so large that the stock
should be worth $50 instead of 125 as it
is now quoted. Apparently. however the
interest controlling the majority is for
some reason endeavoring to keep the
price down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT AFFAIRS in THE
FINANCIAL WORLD AND OTHER THINGS


n New York for nearly two months. I
watched with much interest affairs Of
J finance. and especially the fluctuations
of the stock market in Wall street. I was
impressed with the fact that the forma-
ton Of great syndicates and corporations
underwritten BY trust companies. bank
ing houses and private financial institu-
tons has been overdone. More stocks
have been thrown out as bait to the pub
lie than the public seems DESTROYS of con-
summing. The thing has been apparently
overdone. Many trust companies and
other institutions are loaded to the gum
nels with undrewritings not yet floated
upon the public. Recent fluctuations in
the stock market seems to have scared
the public off and. apparently there has
been a marked decline in the investment
demand for stocks. am. therefore, Of
the opinion that the day is not far dis
tant when there may be some failures OF
rather large proportions which may ma
terially effect even the values of substan-
tial and tried securities. Indeed there
must be a wedding out Of many of the
dubious stocks which are now offered to
the public on silver piatters garnjshed
with apparently sweet scented and beau
tiful flowers. OF Course there are those.
who will suffer when the collapse of these
things comes about. The old true and
tried securities. like good railroad and
some Industrial stocks, may suffer bit.
but 1t will be well for them when the
promoters and f1oaters of oyer-capitalized
and worthless institutions are gotten rid
of.
Even the great house Of Morgan seems
to be having some trouble in maintaining
full prices for United States Steel stock
and in floating the ship combine stocks
and bonds. Apparently many old inves-
tors want their portions of the latter
purchase and others in cash rather than
in stocks of new companies which carry
so much water and which must pay
enormous sums to underwriting syndi-
Gates for handling the new securities l
would not be considered a pessimist, but
fear that many good concerns combined
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
southerners in New York.

A. K. Fallows discusses in the New
York Evening Post 'The Southern In
yasion" of New York, showing that
the soutberner there has eclipsed in
untiring energy the most strenuous
efforts of the northerner. 1T is" says
MIR. Fallows, "as If the unexhausted
strength of leisurely foregoing genera
lions, coiled within him like a spring,
was released against the task in
hand with an overwhelming impact. "
The southerners carry off all the
prizes they seek. 1t Is not luck. 1t
is not "pull." at is" says Mr.. Fall
lows, "the flavor of originality that
goes into the daring that compels
success that puts SO many southern
men in the high places of New York
Mr.. Fallows proceeds to mention
the southern men who have become
h> New X ork railroad and bank pres
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