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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
CHARLES FAIRS WIFE
HAD BEEN A WAITRESS

again She said she was going to Paris.
We saw something in the papers about
Charles L. Fair, dissolute young man
from San Francisco, going abroad with
Maude Nelson. and thought maybe 1t
might be our Carrie. But we didn't ask
any questions.
"She stopped in on her way back and
tho next we heard was that she had mar
ried Charlie Fair. She wrote and told
us about 1t. She said he was hard case,
but that she intended to make a man out
of HIM. and 1 guess she did. She had
a way about her-Carrie nad-that made
men and women do as she wanted them
to.
Now, what I liked about Carrie was
that whe she married Mr.. Fair and came
to New York she did not forget us and
she was not ashamed of us, even If we
were poor. She took me over to the
Hotel Netherland and kept me there for
days. I was out of place and knew it.
but that didn't bother Carrie She took
me among all those finely dressed people
just the same as If 1 had on silks and
satins and diamonds, and nobody said
anything about 1t.
after her marriage she reformed Mr..
Fair. Then he got a lot of money for
being good man for long time Car
RE used to write us all about it When
ever they were in New York she used
to send over for some of us and board
us at those great hotels. She would como
down here too, and visit around.
Carrie was here few months ago,
when she went to Europe with Mr.. Fair.
She had grown to be fine, big woman
and was as pretty as she could be. She
told us that Mr.. Fair had won more than
a million dollars in a lawsuit and that
they were going to live In a mansion in
New York, where she could have mother
come and stay as long as she liked. Then
came the news that she was killed.
II don't want million dollars. I told
mother that we shouldn't try to be hog
gish. II Carrie left me anthing all I
hope is that its enough to pay a girl to
do the homework and give me a little
more time to myself"
Strange contrast In sisters, this The
one-dead-had ambition for wealth and
power. She achieved her ambition, be-
coming the mistress of millions. The
satisfied if she gets enough to enable her
to enjoy the one luxury she has always
longed fora hired girl"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
Alabama and Connecticut.

In a quiet way capital, If not popu-
lation, has been leaving New England
and coming to this section, but at
Greenwood, near Winsted, In Connecti-
cut, is going on removal that is Of
a spectacular IL not eventful nature.
The town did number $500 people, a
busy factory town in a factory state,
but fully one-half of its population was
employed in or upon the Greenwood
cotton duck mills which were estab-
lished in 1889. These mills are to be
Closed, and the business of making
cotton duck which had been conducted
at Greenwood Is hereafter to be con-
Quoted at Tallassee In this state, for
the obvious reason that cotton duck
can be produced more cheaply at Tai
lassee in Alabama than at Greenwood
in Connecticut Fully one-half OF the
people of Greenwood have left the
place, or soon will leave it, and the
remaining one-half are distressed both
over real estate values and prospective
profits. For Sale signs are to be
seen on every hand in Greenwood, but
not in Tallassee. The only men who
are prosperous in Greenwood are the
truckmen. and their prosperity springs
from the hauling of household goods
+, to the railroad station.
Far be it from us to rejoice
in the downfall of Greenwood,
but in the manufacture of course
cotton goods New England should
see that this section offers SUI
perior advantages. and 1t should in
good season turn its mills to the max
ing of the finer products of the spindle
and the loom. This is what Green
wood should have done. Cotton duck
and other coarse goods can be more
cheaply made in the SOUTH as all New
England operators know full well. The
raw material is here, and labor can
live on less in a mild climate. Fuel is
cheaper, and at Tallassee Falls power
is so abundant it is never fully util-
lied. There are at least thousand
other Tallassees in Alabama, and in
the lang run all OF them will be needed.
and where there are no Tallassees
there is cheap fuel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
THE FLOWER o. DUMBLANE.

By Robert Tannahill.
The sun has game down Ger the lofty Ben
Lomond,
And left the red clouds to preside DER
the scene,
While lanely 1 stray in the calm sum-
mer gloamin',
To muse on sweet Jessie, the Flower
o. Dumblane.
How sweet is the brier. wi Its saft
fauldin' blossoml
And sweet is the birk wi its mantle
o. green;
Yet sweeter and fairer, and dear TO this
bloom,
Is lovely young Jessie, the Flower o.
Dumblane.
She's modest as ony. and blithe as she's
bonny.
For guileless simplicity marks her its
ain;
And far be the villain Invested Of feeling.
Wha'd blight in its bloom the sweet
Flower o. Dumblane.
Sing on. thou sweet mavis, thy hvmn
to the e'enfng,-
Thou'rt dear to the echoes of Calder
wood glen;
Sac dear to this bosom, sac artless and
winning,
Is charming young Jessie, the Flower
o. Dumblane.
How lost were my days till 1 met WI
my Jessie
The sports O. the city seemed foolish
and vain;
ne'er saw a nymph would ca my
dear lassie
Till charmed WI sweet Jessie, the Flow
er o Dumblane.
Though mine were the station o. Hottest
grandeur,
Amidst its profusion I'd languish in
pain,
And reckon as naething the height o. It's
splendor,
II wanting sweet Jessie, the Flower o.
Dumblanc.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
The CampaIun.

lone more week of political stir and
then we viii have a rest" said a quiet
citizen yesterday.
II have read the reports of the Jelks-
Johnston contest, and 1 am glad the
campaign Is being conducted on digni-
fed lines. While there have been heated
arguments, ---ere has been very little
mud-throwing. This is as 1t should be.
Both Jell1s and Johnston are being sup
ported by true Democrats, and no matter
which candidate wins next Monday, the
result will be acquiesced In at the polls
in November in the true party spirit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
About Persons.

w. A. Davis and D. C. Bla ckwell of
Admission are at the Morris.
John T. Cochran, pi esident of the Car
rollton Short Line railroad, is in the city.
C. B. Smith of Hale county was in the
city yesterday.
H. E. Thiele of Mobile is at the Metro
politan
E. H. Dryer of Talladega is at the
Metropolitan.
]. Alex Moore OF Montevano is regis
tered at the Metropolitan
Eugene Hardeman CT Washington, D.
c., is at the Metropolitan.
Coleman e. Adler of New Orleans is
at the Metropolitan.
e. A. Holmes of Memphis is at the
IIorris.
tered at the Morris.
Gayle Hamilton of Russellville is regis
tered at the Morris.
Frank Fitch of Bib county is at the
Morris.
Judge A H. Aston of Barbour is in
the city. He Is en- route home from
Huntsville. where he has been holding q
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
The slipper that spanks the children is
the scepter that rules the world.
At sixteen a girl thinks she knows more
than her mother, and she knows she has
lots more fun.
A married man no sooner gets out of his
trouble by becoming widower than he
wants to go ana do it all over again.
When you find a man too honest to steal
an umbrella it is cure betting that he
has his eye on something worth a sight
more.
A woman always tells whether a man Is
a gentleman by the way be dresses and
whether woman is lady by the way
she doesn't dress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
Next Mondays Vote.

The full law of the coming primary
is embraced in three documents, as
follows:
l. The primary election law of 1899,
published in the general statutes of
that year, page 1875.
2. The sixteen rules of the demo-
cratic state executive committee, which
have been freely published.
3. The suffrage provision of the new
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

term of the circuit court for Judge O.
Kyle.
Col. w. G. Davis, chairman Ct the
Democratic executive committee of
Chambers county. Is in the city. He is
accompanied by MIS-. Davis.
DR.. James K. Powers Of Florence Is at
the Florence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.


Governor william D. jerks arrived in
the city last night from Montgomery. He
spent the evening at the headquarters Of
his campaign committees at the Metro
politan, and there was not a moment
of the time that he was not busted with
callers.
He appeared IN excellent spirits, and
expressed perfect confidence that he
would win the democratic nomination in
the primaries next Monday.
The governor is stopping at the Metro
politan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
AN MFp lN sVlLLE.

From the Huntsville Mercury
If the little Johnston band had not
come down from Maysvilie and Gurley
Governor Johnston would have spoken to
the chilliest audience he ever faced.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
BOTH ARE FAILING.

from the Dothan Home Journal.
Ex-Governor Johnston Is running for
n third term as governor on his Sore Toe;
Hon. c. e. Waller is running for a first
term as lieutenant governor as his Me
too. The Toe and the Too will both
fail
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

The German Crown Prince is trying,
it is said, to fly the effete coop in
order to marry the daughter of an
American sovereign. He is aspiring
to a bang-up match.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
LOUD CALLS FOR LAPS.

From the Lebanon Banner.
Isn't 1t about time for Gen. Laps Nc
cord to waltz out that southern presl-
Dental boom again?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19
He Met the Party.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Senator Carmack says the democratic
party of Maine is in splendid condition.
The senator. has been up in the Pine
Tree state and met the party one even
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

The Mckinley memorial fund will
probably be raised much quicker than
either the Garfield or the Grant fund.
One-half of the Mckinley fund is al
ready on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

The Venezuelan revolution brings
before the world the name of Cara
bobo, which is poetry itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

President Roosevelt does not have
to travel in order to get in touch with
the people, for the latter are focking
to Oyster Bay to touch him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

Washington officialdom will know
what a freeze-out is II the hard coal
strike lasts all winter
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

The New Workers thought Santos
Dumont was an aeronaut for his
health, but they now see that, like
Mary MacLane, he was out for the
dough.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

Canada has Peter Power, Greene
and Gaynor, and this country does not
care how long the Dominion retains
all three.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

Botha, DeWet and Delarey each is
writing book on the Boer war, never
thinking that Web Davis had fore
stalled them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

There are only five more full days
left in which the campaign bear can
exploit his talents and perversity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

The New York Worlds Photographer
says the man behind Power is the
man behind the throne, and that man
still lives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

The Birmingham baseball team is
no longer riding on toboggan slide
for an obvious reason.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

Henry Watterson is too old to &C.
cept the inwardness of modern Amri-
can politics-of Addicksism, in a
word.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

The coupon wrist is now supple
mented by the ping pong ankle and
the added brain.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

President Palma is already losing
his popularity, and he may lose his
head later on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

Arthur Pue German is the demo-
cratic hope, and therefore the coun-
trys hope.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

Injunetions are thicker than home
runs in the Southern league.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

French automobiles have lost some
of their New York popularity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

The political prophets and statis-
licians are not overweighted with
modesty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

So long as Memphis does not enjoin
the umpire as to adverse decisions,
all is we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

The isthmian canal cannot be COM
pleted until after it is begun.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-19

More pugilistic news from Atlantic
City would be welcomed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
RABBI SPEAKS OF A MESSIAH
Says Christians and Jews May Come
Together within the Pres
ent Century.

At Temple Israel last night Rabbi Simon
spoke Of the dream Of a Messiah, saying
that from the German tradition Of Fred
erick Barbarrosa a writer In the course OF
time may say that the Germans had an
idea of a Messiah and that he came in
the person OF Bismarck in 1872.
II seems from the writings Of the fathers
That the word Messiah meant no particular
person, but a leader who would relieve the
people from oppression and restore the
natien. In the period Of a nations misery,
with the people suffering, 1t is not sur
prising that there were hundreds OF false
Messiahs.
I'VE Jews in this land" said the rabbi,
''can say, so far as political life is con-
cerned. our Messiah has come; that it came
when the Declaration Of Independence. was
written and Washington invested the land
from England. But we are beginning to
think tina the Messiah means more than
political freedom. We have spIritualized
the old idea and we believe that there
will come a time when peace will rule
the world. The Messiah will come-he is
always coming-if you obey.
THE freedom Of religious thought is the
triumph Of the last century and we find
that the conception of the Christians and
the Jews as to the Messiah is the same.
When / see the desire for intellectual
freedom shown by DR.. Pierson. DR.. Briggs
and others, when l see dogmas cast aside
and when ! see the same movement on the
part OF Judaism, / think that the next 100
years will see a coming together on the
meeting ground and that ground will be
the religion Of Jesus"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
FOUND GUILTY OF LARCENY
Jury COnviets Reed Yates and VIII
liam Read for Robbery of
Henry BegeI.

Reed Yates and William Reed have been
found guilty of larceny from the person
by q jury that was out from H. 80 yesterday
morning until 1890 last night. They had
been tried on a charge OF robbery, the
sentence for which may be from one to
fifteen years in the p~enitentiary. but the
Jurors. who were divided among them
selves finally compromised on this verdict,
which means a sentence OF from one to
seven years, The alleged victim OF the
convicted youths is Henry Begei. an Iowa
farmer, who, 1t is told, was In the saloon
OF the elder Yates the Saturday of the
holidays and ordered drinks that cost more
than he had in pocket. When he assured
Reed Yates that he had money in a trunk
at the Webster street depot William Reed
and a colored man were sent with him to
bring Il to the saloon. Arriving there he
opened It and pulled s275 from an old rub
Der boot. II was this money that Yates
and Reed are said to nave taken before
kicking the old man INFO the street.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
MEAN TEMPERATURE is Low
Records show that weather for First
Half OF February Has
Been Unusual.

The records Of the weather bureau for the
FIRST half Of this month show that winter
has had a pretty firm grip on the situation.
The mean temperature has been several
degrees below the normal. The normal
temperature for February is 25 degrees.
based upon data extending over twenty-five
years. The mean temperature thus far this
month is % degrees. Excepting during the
last four days, at no time has the tempera-
ture reached the normal, this fact being
unusual. Even during the record breaking
month Of February, 1896, the maximum tenn
perature during the first fourteen days was
As degrees.
This year February came in with the
thermometer at 3 degrees below. This was
followed by s below. then 3 below aud then
a plunge to IL below on the 4th. The frlgid
grip was relaxed slightly on the 9Th and
9Th. when it was 3 and 8 degrees above,
respectively. Zero was registered again on
the 18th and dropped to 2 degrees below on
the sth and 9th.
Then Forecaster Welsh believed he saw
conditions leading to more moderate
weather and Saturday evening last he in
formally predicted the severity Of the cold
snap had about reached Its limit and that
Monday would show a rising thermometer
1t did, too, for on Monday the highest tenn
perature Of the month thus far, s5 degrees,
was reached, followed by 20 on the 18th.
rs on the 18th and 20 at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
The mean temperature for the entire
month from 1897 to 1901 inclusive ranged
from is to 80 degrees, the ofhcial record
being as follows: 1897. "a degrees; 1898, 80
degrees; 1899. 10 degrees; 1900, IS degrees,
and 1901, 20 degrees. The minimum and
maximum temperatures during the first
half of February for the last six years are
as follows: 1897, minimum, Is degrees;
maximum, 43 degrees; 1898, minimum, z
degrees below; maximum, So; 1899, mini.
mum, zero; maximum, 80; 1900, minimum
8 degrees below; maximum. As; 1901, mini.
mum, zero; maximum, A.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15

This dreadful disease is now very preva-
lent in all parts Of the country. and as ex-
posure 10 its malignant breath is liable to
occur at any time no matter how careful
we may be il behooyes everyone to take
proper precautions TO prevent the germs
from affecting the body. The doctors say
that pure blood. good digestion and regular
bowel movements materially aid the body
In resisting attack, hence it is the course
Of wiadom to purify and strengthen the
system without delay. A most effective
remedy for this purpose, one that combines
the necessary properties for purifying the
blood, Strengthening the kidneys. toning up
the digestive organs and for cleansing and
regulating the bowels will be found in that
well known system tonic and purifier.
Priekly Ash Bitters. This valuable remedy
IL the right thing for putting the body in
shape to resist the effect OF exposure to
smallpox. Nc one will knowingly expose
himself TO this disease. The exposure
usually takes place when It is least ex-
peeted, therefore the need for precautionary
measures Il the more urgent. II Is safe to
say that the frequent use OF Priekly Ash
Bitters while the disease Is SO prevalent
will keep the body in such hne physical
condition that no ordinary exposure will at
feet Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
HIsTORY OF QUA SURPLUS.

We onIy wish to call the attention OF
those in any manner interested to a few
pertinent facts;
For many years this company has been
governed by the idea that while surplus
30 as 10 make a mans payments as small
as possible, yet, as It Is Impossible that an
absoluteiy complete division can be made,
and as q gradual il small annual reduction
in payment tends 20 the persistence OF the
plus as may be earned over and above or
binary surplys-earning capacity. 70 be used
Years when the margins may fall below. IT
greatly helps the premium-payer, and. the
proper adjustment py post-nortem DIVIDEND
During the decade 1s7O-sO the company
accumulated surplus n this manner. In
1881 its surplus was SS,Sol'lSe which was
81 per cent q IL S ~sss' DECIDES Tse f 20 9saSos
the dividend scale TO the apparent actual
earning capacity. From this point we be-
the amount annually divided. n lss2 we
recast the premiums and reserves for all
future business on a Dsiis OF instead Of
amount required for reserve. Notwtth-
soa q, lis Il was then dssmsd proper 70
literally revise the scale OF division, but
The surplus eontinued SO g increase until lsss
Mas been somewhat drawn upon each year
Id maintain the long-continued scale OF
dividend. How long IL may be necessary. 10
do this, II II long remains necessary, or how
far We may deem IL wise and prudent 10
continue the process, We cannot predict. IL
Is n Just and proper as we'll as the intended
long as Il Is safe. When II approaches the
Questionable point we shall stop and
frankly 90 upon a scale that squares with
the fi,cts and conditions likely to govern
We could spare over t2,5Oo.OOO from our
present surplus OF N.0llsO4O and yet have
as large a percentage to assets remaining
as when we made the last cut In 1881, say
ing nothing OF over S.470.OO0 greater com
paratiVe strength In our reserves by reason
Of the 3 per cent Interest assumption.
We are maintaining the low cost Of bust
ness: the sales OF real estate will gradually