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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
PARTING WITH "eENTLEMEN."
America Will Endeavor to Survive the
Loss of the Van Alien Type.
,om the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
The announcement of Mr.. Van Allen
that America is mot fit place for gen
| tleman to live in" and that he will, for
i that reason. make his adieux to us to
expend the remainder of his days in Eu-
rope. does not come as a complete sur
prise. We had earlier received fair no.
tice, as it were, of his intention to quit
us for more congenial haunts and in
bidding his Godspeed, while we sorrow
for the circumstances which made his
going necessary, we discern an instruct
i've lesson. He is one OF the several gen.
tlemen whom England has lately gained
at our expense, and 1t is Impossible to
avoid the thought that their place is not
with us.
The case is sufficiently familiar of the
rather untraveled American who upon
going abroad, heard the word gentry for
the first time. When he was informed
that they were persons who did nothing,
he remarked "Them's what we call
tramps." To him there was no good
leisured class. To do nothing was to for
felt right to honorable part in the Ameri-
can system, and the incident serves to IL
lustrate an idea. 1t is country and a
time of aggressive industry, without
| place in the scheme for the man who has
reached the point at which he wishes to
devote his life to pleasure, and If he finds
fuller opportunity TO crafty his fancies
elsewhere no one would deny him liberty
to join the band of expatriates and go
where his taste incllnes.
and then testifies to the virile value of
our social life. The American past was
and the present and future are for men
who VOW their lives to labor. Even our
pleasures breathe the spirit of our work
Restless zeal at the task before us and
an eagerness to progress and achieve are
the characteristics of Americans of every
class in every undertaking In every part
of the republic. and the atmosphere, If
1t be not conducive to the qualification of
aristocratic sentiments, will not be alter
ed on that account. 1t is all part of the
land. 1t is bred into the bone and sinew
of the people, and If In the progress of
events We develop these VINO do not fit
into the scheme and there is a country
to which they by sympathy adhere, we
should take their going not too sidly.
They have tried us, we have not pleased
them and in all fairness we should let
them go In the nope that they may have
lovelier experienceS elsewhere
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
All Are Democrats Now.

All the Johnston papers are Loyalty
and periodically falling into line. The
Greenville Living Truth, which warmly
supported Ex-Governor Johnston, now
says:
The fight inside the party is settled ard
the leader agreed upon and it behooves
the party to heal up all differences and
unite in a solid opposition to the repub-
lican candidate for governor That this
fight will come is as certain as fate and
the democratic party must present to it
an unbroken front The past fight was
only family difference which should be
healed leaving no hard feelings. The
next one promises to be along different
lines and the democratic party should
be united the better to maintain and CON
centrate its strength against the republic
can candidate. The primary has settled
the question and all SHOULD now be loyal
to Gov w. d. Jelks.
So, too, the Opelika Industrial News,
which was perhaps the hottest advo-
cate of the Johnston-Waller ticket in
the state. 1t says:
With good will towards every one the
the News tips its hat to nominee Jelks
and TO his successful supporters here in
Lee and elsewhere and guarantees that
the democratic ticket will find in no one
a more loyal supporter than it will find
in the News.
One more quotation will suffice. The
Blocton Messenger frankly and square
ly says:
Mr.. Jelks has been nominated by the
democrats of Alabama, for the high po-
sition of governor While the Messenger
supported the claim of Ex-Governor
Johnston, the fight is now over and we
are for jerks The primary system was
an experiment, and the honesty of the
election is questioned in no quarter. The
people have spoken and their voice is
the law.
These quotations are quite enough
to show that the democratic party will
line up solidly in November against al
corners. Like all family quarrels, thu
recent contest was bitter while i
lasted, but it left the contestants ready
to fight all who assail the entire fam
lily. The republicans who propose tt
carry the state or to make inroads into
the democratic ranks will therefore
find they have bit off more than they
can chew.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
Close Of the Cotton Year.

The year of varying prophecies is
ended, and a crop of nearly 1866 900
bales will be recorded. The official
figures will soon be at hand, and there
is no longer need of guessing. From
start to finish the year was one of con-
fict among the experts-the talent
and at times the planters and ginners
on the one hand, and the cotton ex-
changes on the other, were two mill
lion bales apart, and at no time were
they within hailing distance of each
other. The governments estimate on
December 8 was 9,674.000 bales, or
almost one million bales below the
outturn.
1t is difficult to say how the mills
Jared in the year of differing reports
and differing prices. The southern
mills took about 100000 bales, or
about 100000 bales more than they
ever absorbed before In single year,
and it is not reasonable to assume that
they were losing money throughout the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
Old VIRGINIA.

DR.. Lewis Coleman Morris will leave
this morning for a visit to relatives in
Virginia. He will be absent about two
weeks.
During his stay in the Old Dominion DR..
Morris will spend a few days at
"Clazemont." with t. the name of the
ancestral estate II Hanover county.
Clazemont is a grand I'D place, and DR..
Morris is having the manor house thor
oughy renovated. The home of the Nor
ris ancestors In Wales was called Glaze
mont hence the name of the Virginia
estate. Clazemont in Hanover county,
is ten miles from a railroad, Beaver
Dam on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
way being the nearest station. It is a
large estate and includes about 1000 acres
of primeval forest. Nearby is Oakland
the Virginia home of Thomas Nelson
Page, who is a close dnsman of DR.. Nor
ris. Hanover is accounted one of the
poor counties of Virginia, black-eyed peas
and watermelons being the principal
products. but it is rich in colonial history
and hospitality.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
PRESIDENT HUNTS WILD RoARs
Killed One at 100 Yards-Notes and
Incidents.

Newport, N. H., Correspondent New
1ork World.
Dressed in corduroy hunting suit,
with old blue overalls shielding him to
the waist President Roosevelt spread
terror among the wild boars of Corbin
park on Friday Efforts were made to
keep the details of the hunt a profound
secret even from the immediate MEM
bers of the Presidents party, but 1t is
known that Mr.. Roosevelt succeeded in
killing one boar.
It was a long shot. The boar ran on
for 100 yards and fell at the Presidents
second fire. The first shot had pierced
both lungs. The second grazed the boar's
shoulder.
Mr.. Roosevelt had planned not to hunt
in Corbin park, but simply to look about
and rest. But Senator Proctor had
hunting suit in readiness at the club
house, and his sporting rifle and cart
ridge belt lay at the bottom of the car
rage that took the President to the park.
Now that you are here Mr.. Pres-
dent" said the willy Senator ut would
be objectionable folloy not to have a
shot"
but I have said all along that 1 did
not intend
That's all right, Mr.. President" in
terrupted the Senator, but Just carry
my rifle while you are looking around"
SO it came about that the President
put in a strenuous afternoon at his ia
vorite pastime. Last night he was
guest at the clubhouse. sleeping in q
little room barren of wall paper and car
pets. His bed was a cheap iron-frame
affair no wider than a cot His windows
looked out over Corbin park, "a miles in
circumference, and richly stocked with
buffalo, moose. elk, deer and wild boar.
Only Secretary Cortelyou and DR..
Lung were with the President last night
at the clubhouse. The other members
of the party were given a glimpse of
the vast park, and then were conveyed
back to Newport without even sight
of the President in his hunting garb.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
Woman's Responsibility.

"An Englishman, ir discussing social
conditions, quotes an Anglican bishop,
who had declared that women are re-
sronsible for three-four.., of the evil of
the world" said club man. And this
Erglishnsn adds.
We have been in the habit of think
ing and saying that they were the salt of
the earth-the element that has kept and
is keeping society from corruption and
death. Can it he that all of us are wrong
and that the good bishop is right? This
Is what he says: If the women of the
lord were larger minded, more thought
full, more intelligent, three-fourths Of the
derravity and sin shat curse present-day
life would disappear. The seat of the
development of the child is in the home.
To woman man must leave the training
Of the boys and girls that are to be the
fathers and mothers Of the future. Shall
she be false, ungrateful and traitorous
to the trust man has reposed in her?'"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
Superintendent of Education.

Mr.. Bulger was beaten In the first
primary, not because of unfltness or
unpopularity, but because the people
will not put a politician at the head
of the public schools, and the people
are right, as they ever are. Mr.. Cory
encountered defeat, because of the
light vote cast for Governor Johnston,
whose private secretary he had been.
TOO much Johnston" did it.
These defeats leave Messrs. Harris
and Hill in the second race-both men
of practical experience in school work,
Mr.. Hill being teacher, and Mr.. Har-
ris having served as superintendent Of
education to the satisfaction of the
people at a time when the public
school system in this state had not
been at all developed.
As between the two who are left to
run second race the average voter
will be apt to ask himself, (Which one
will do the more to bring school books
in Alabama down to the prices that
Tennessee parents pay?" The ques-
ton of the second primary should re-
late to cheaper school books. The
parents of this state are confessedly
! taYpd Inv tha truct An no, oa,,4 I. o..Ss.. !
a fair price-40 per cent beyond prices
paid in states that have uniform text
book laws. How does Mr. Harris stand
on this question? How does Mr.. Hill
stand on this question? The voters
desire to know, and upon the nature
of the replies will turn many votes.
The issue is this, Are you in favor
of the enactment in this state of the
Tennessee law" A categorical. rather
than an elusive or delusive, reply is
called for, and the reply that best
suits the case will secure many bal
lots. No reply at all will be correctly
construed.
The time has come when it should
be decided, once for all, whether the
book trust or the people of Alabama
are the bigger-whether the trust
shall be permitted to exploit the state
at will, or whether fair prices fol-
school books shall be established. Let
us hear from Messrs. Harris and Hill
on this subject.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
DR.. FARLEY RECOMMENDED.
VIII Be Appointed Archbiship of New
York to Succeed Corrlgan.

Rome, September 1.-The propaganda,
after a lengthy sitting today, decided to
recommend the pope to appoint the Right
Rev. John NJ. Farley, D. D., auxiliary
bishop of New York, as archbishop of
New York in succession to the late most
Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan and
Right Rev. George Montgomery, bishop
of Los Angeles. Cali, as coadjutor to
the most Rev. Patrick William Riordan,
archbishop of San Francisco.
Cardinal Gotti, perfect of the propa-
ganda, presided. The other cardinals
present were Serafino Vannutalli, Vim
cent Vannutelli, Satolli, Steinnuber,
segna, Cretoni, Wives, Tuto and Martin
ELI. The discussion lasted three and a
half hours.
Cardinal Martinelli, who was charged
to set forth the case to his colleagues,
made a minute and detailed report about
the different candidates. The information
received showed that DR.. Farley was
qualified as the most worthy candidate
for the post, both in the list of the
priests and bishops and in the reports
of the archbishops of the United States.
After discussion in which all the
cardinals present participated Cardinal
Gotti summed up the expressions of
opinion of those present with the result
that the choice of DR.. Farley was unan-
imous The ratification of the pope is
necessary to make the appointment
definite.
Monsignor Veccia, secretary of the
propaganda, will report today's meeting
to his holiness some time during this
week. The lormality Of the confirmation
of the decision reached by the cardinals.
however, is sometimes delayed.
The qualifications Of the candidates for
the post of coadjutor to the archbishop
of San Francisco were outlined by car
dinal Satolli whose euology of the Right
Rev. George ntgomery resulted In this
prelates nomination almost without dis
cussion. 1t is expected that DIR. Farley
will ask for an auxiliary bishop on ac-
count of the size and Importance of the
archdiocese of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
BALLOON STILL GOING.
Ballast Thrown Out and Balloon Goes
In Southeasterly Direction.

Denver, Colo, September 1.-The latest
report of the progress of the balloon
which was sent up from this city yester-
day afternoon In an effort to establish a
new long-distance and time record, was
sent In from Castle Rock last night. 1t
was to the effect that near that point,
just at dark, a quantity of ballast was
tossed out and Immediately the balloon
began to ascend until height of 1000
feet was reached. The balloon then start
ed in southwesterly direction, and
when 1t passed from view was apparently
going at a high rate of speed
The story that descent to the ground
was made anywhere since the start is
vigorously denied here by those who
should know. 1t is expected that the oc-
cupants of the balloon will release one of
its parachute messenger carriers, the
contents of which will be telegraphed
here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
UNFINISHED PISTOL ToTERs.

From the Bdwardsville Standard News.
Just to think how cheap the pistol
toters" value human life. They do not
hesitate to take the life of their fellow
man for almost anything. and this evil
is growing daily. These law-breakers
and man-lSillers have no fear of the law;
in fact, they think all they have to do
when arraigned in court is to put up
a plea of self defense" and they will be
protected by the strong arm of the law.
Then who is to blame for so many MUIR
ders? The courts, and the courts only,
are held responsible for TIL continuance
of these crimes. There should be a law
to make the punishment for carrying
concealed weapons more severe and
there would be less crime.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02

year. Mil building was well main
tanned, and when the facts are ascer-
tanned it will doubtless be seen that
the southern mills did fairly well.
statistician Hyde of the department
of agriculture is left in a position
where he sadly needs yindication. How
he Is to get 1t is not plain. He will
never get it unless he reforms his sys-
tenn of gathering statistics. A system
that sends out figures a million bales
out of the truth needs repairs. 1t
should be readjusted, or perhaps re-
constructed. Another guess of that
sort would put the department among
the dlscredited. No one questions the
honesty of the department. but it's
methods. are not above criticism, or
even abuse.
The crop will probably prove to be
about 10,665,0OO bales, as compared
with 10,383, 900 bales in the previous
year. While it was 282, 900 bales larger
1t brought less money to this section.
The best figures for the crop just
ended are s43S,OO0,Oo0, compared with
$494, ACT 900 for the crop of 190O-1901;
1868, 7s4, 900 for the crop of 1S99-19OO;
1882, 772, 900 for the crop of 1S9S-1S99.
Before these years came two crops Of
more than 100000 bales each, one
of which brought 1920, 500, 900, and the
other 1922 900 900.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
The DANCING Master.

THAT the occupation of the dancing
master has its philosophical aspect is a
fact which is likely to be better recognize
ed in the future than it has been in the
past" said a man of taste.
Here Is an opinion full Of truth and
good sense which 1 find in an English
paper:
1.-The three elements of grace are
gravity, hexib1ity and force Physical
culture should educate each muscle Of
the body. and when the body is under
the complete control of the will. if the
mind have high ideals and ennobling
Thoughts. the man will be graceful. From
this flows the wonderful quality of per-
sonal magnetism.
IF we could see this principle more
extensively acted upon VIC should find
that there is in dancing q science of
musical motion from which great and
beneficial results would be obtained"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
THEY STILL HAVE A TOWN cRIER.
One Of the survIvaIs Of the Old Times
On Quaint Cape Cod.


Provincetown Letter to the New York
Tribune.
''Ding, dong. dingr" clapped a shrill
toned handbeli.
Notice! Notice. Shall be sold-tonight
Ice cream-at the Methodist church-a
sociablel" came the cry in a cracked
voice, now high, now low.
1t was only the town crier. The people
of Provincetown do not notice him, I'M
less they happen to be particularly in
terested in what he is crying The New
Yorker marvels and Is inclined to follow,
as he did the circuc parade when a
small boy.
Provincetown is proud of the fact that
the list of its officials still includes a
town crier. He Is not salaried officer,
but is paid according to the work he does.
One dollar cry is the regular rate. A
cry" consists of a single tour of the
long, struggling main street, tramp of
three miles. For trip down the street
and back again the crier gets ST. The
present incumbent is the most interesting
character In Provincetown, an old sailor
named Ready, who has been almost
everywhere, and, according to his story
has done everything worth doing. He
is not hard to meet. One can introduce
ones self If necessary. He receives one
with flourish which he picked up in the
Orient, and a bow from somewhere away
beyond Suez.".
Come up to my house." is the invita-
ton which Captain" Ready extends af-
ter he has talked with you a few min
utes. I'D like to introduce you to the
wife of George Washington"
THE wife of George Washington" you
exclaim.
Don't be surprised" he hastens to
caution one. She's up at my house all
right, and I'm sure she'll be glad to see
you"
One wonders II the town crier is not a
little or in his head 1t all comes out
when the visitors calls upon him.
ALLOW me to present you to the wife
of George Washington" he says, bowling
before a kindly old woman.
"Ah, go on with YOU" she says. smiling,
When will you get tired of playing that
joke. George Washington Ready?"
And George Washington laughs heartily
and shows one about his place. which is
about as big as the deck of a ship.
He tells sea stories by the yard. does
the town crier. No one believed many of
them until IN 1893. when a big ship was
wrecked off Highland light. There was
no way of telling from the shore what
the name of the vessel was. Ready was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
THE uNENDINo CROP OF FOOLS,
Never-Falling Is the Harvest Gathered
BY the Plucker of the Avarlclous.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
When postoffce inspectors the other
day landed a gang of green goods men
in Newark they caught also Gonnecti-
cut man who had just paid, as he sup
posed, $500 for $500 in counterfeit money
and who was much surprised to find In
the box he was about to send home mere
ly a choice assortment Of waste paper
A dozen gold bricks" were also captured
Some people prefer to be robbed that
way; It's all one to the operator.
The real eounterfeiter never advertises.
lie has retiring ways and sshoves the
queer himself in small lots. The green
goods man knows nothing about counter
feiting; why should he when fools who
think themselves knaves are born with
sufficient frequency? He sends circulars,
meets his victims with caution shows
them Samples of good money and final
" packs the visitors box or valise with
bundles of blank paper whose edges are
tinted green. If the come-on" discovers
the cheat the operator throws scare
into him. as Mr.. Apo phrased it before
the Lexom committee. He has attempted
a crime; he makes no complaint
The plated gold brick fraud is adopt
ed for even more crude intelligences
sometimes-if very "smart"-the buyer
insists upan saving the brick through to
see how 1t looks inside 1t is mo trouble
to show goods; the brick Is promptly
divided-having been provided with thin
pay seam" in It's brazen middle where
the saw Is to run.
OF course the newspapers all over the
country chronicle this arrest with all Its
details. But the constitutional come
on" as he reads the account of his back
porch to the shrilling of the katydids,
will mutter: "They can't ketch me that
way" Really, he is only waiting for the
chance to be caught. There is no "close
season" for the fool who thinks himself
a shrewd knave.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
A Suggestion.

Regular patrons of the Highlands
street car line have been saying that If
the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company would make rule re-
quiring the colored passengers to sit in
the back seats instead of IN front it
would be appreciated" said a well-known
druggist.
For obvious reasons we would much
rather have the negroes relegated to the
rear, especially in hot weather. The
street car company could arrange this
easily, 1 think. 1t would certainly cost
nothing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
Cheap VeqetabIes.

spring but they are cheap enough now,
and consumers will be glad to know that
they will remain cheap throughout the
fall and the coming winter" said a Nor
ris avenue merchant.
"Fifty-five cents bushel is the price.
and that is low enough for all pocket
books Cabbage is another vegetable that
is cheap enough for the multitude. 1t
sells for cent pound, and that will be
the fall and winter price. Large crops of
potatoes and cabbage account for the
cheap prices"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Nothing fails like failure.
It is of no use to read the Bible unless
you remember it.
no girl is ever so pretty as her mirror
pictures her to herself
To be a gambler a man must care a
whole lot for himself and nothing for
anybody else in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
The Seaboard Air Line.

w. e. Christian, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Seaboard Air Line,
says his road was never so prosperous
as it has been this year and this he nat
urally takes to be an evidence of the
general prosperity of the south.
Mr.. Christian has been close observer
of southern conditions for many years
past and when he talks of this section his
words tell. He says the south has started
on an industrial development that will be
the marvel of the world.