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The age-herald., 1902-02-08
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Let All Be Registered.

The fact cannot be repeated too often or too widely in this State that all can be registered regardless of poll tax payments. These are the persons who can be registered:
 First-An who have honorably served in the land or naval forces of the United States in the war of 1872. or in the war with Mexico, or in any war with the In- dians, or In the war between the states or in the war with Spain, or who honor ably served in the land or naval forces of the Confederate states. or of the State of Alabama in the war between the states or,
 Second-The lawful descendants of per sons who honorably served in the land or naval forces of the United State in the war of the American Revolution, or in the war of 1S1c, or in the war with Mex leo, or in any war with the Indians, or fin the war between the states, or in the land or naval forces of the Confederate states, or of the state of Alabama in the war between the states; or,
 Third-All persons who are of good character and who understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a Republican form of government
 Every decent man in the State can be egistered-every one who is not a known hobo or thief, and whoever is registered this year becomes a pos sible elector for life. Once registered always an elector, is the rule this year Registration after this year will be on another basis. It will be more difficult. It will be based on reading and writing and property owning, and subsequent registration may have to be repeated before each election. But this years lists stand, and every citi- zen should see that his name is en- tered on this years lists whether he has paid this years poll tax or has not paid it. He may next year desire to wipe out his poll tax score and be- come a full citizen. For this reason he should be registered this year.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Hats In Elevators.

"Politeness should be set down as one of the cardinal virtues and 1t would speak III for our twentieth century ciVllizatioh If good manners were now to be forgot' but the old rule which required men to take off their hats in elevators when women happened to be aboard is pracu- cally abrogated, or it should be-, said a member of the Woman's Club.
 There is as much reason for taking or the hat in an elevator in deference to the fair sex as there would be in uncovering the head in street car, which means no reason at all The elevator, like the street car, Is a public conveyance, and if custom required a doffing of the hat in cars and elevators it might as well require 1t on the street when woman was in sight.
 q understand that the elevators in the Woodward office building will'b placard- ed with legends, which will read; Keep on your hat The Woodward building will be up to date and all elevator serv- ice here will naturally Je modelled after the service in that building.
 Speaking of elevators, owners or agents of buildings should issue orders prohibiting elevator operators from smoking cigars or cigarettes while on duty Lifting the hat in elevators is an affectation but the smoking of cigarettes in elevators is extremely offensive"
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

the auspices of the Rev. Father Doyle The opera house was packed. Father Doyle is the Father 0'Reilly of Annis- ton said Mir. Guekenberger; The had sold tickets in advance
 H. W. Peters and wife of New York are at the Metropolitan.
 Sol D. Peyser of Cincinnati is at the Hillman.
 William B. Clements of the Seaboard Air Line. with headquarters at Atlanta, is at the Hillman.
 w A. Kay of the Worlds Fair agency, St. Louis, is at the Hillman.
 P. W, Ross of Chicago is at the Flor enee.
 c. B. James of Detroit is at the Flor ence.
 B. F. w Carter of Richmond, Va. Is at the Florence.
 D. P. Byers of Charlotte, N. C., is at the Florence.
 J. A. Howard of Marion Is at the Flor ence.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Mardi Gras.

New Orleans holiday season this year Is uncommonly gay, and if the weather bureau will only do the right thing next Monday and Tuesday will be record breakers in the way of Mardi Gras splen- dor" said MT. Andrew L. Smithers. a New Orleans drummer at the Metropoli- tan last night.
 'Mardi Gras can be celebrated success fully only in tropical sections, and in sec tions where the Catholic religion predom- mates. Cities that were not strongly Catholic tried to initiate New Orleans, but all these efforts proved to be dismal fail ures.
 New Orleans will always have the Catholic atmosphere, and having the semi-tropical climate, it must always be the one great Mardi Gras city of the Uni ted States"
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
THE DEMOCRATIC ISSUE.
A New Jersey Congressman Believes
 lr Will Be ontl-ImperiaIism."

By Representative Allan L. McDermott of
 New Jersey.
 I believe that the Democratic slogan in the Congressional campaign. of 1902 will be 'anti-imperialism. The attitude of tAe Republican party is being we'll defined n the present Congress. It is the intention of that party to hold the Philippines f subjection now and forever" We are b educate" them, to elevate them, to "uplift" them. and incidentally thereto we are to murder those who object to the uplifting process.
 We are to follow the policy of brutal England-and England has ever been brutal-in whose churches the Christ is daily mocked with long prayers for aid in the slaughter of men, women and chilI dren.
 The Democratic party Is opposed to Asi. atic colonization. We do not believe that we have "God-given mission to edu- cate or care for millions of Chinese, Ma. lay Indians, and half breeds. We believe that the ownership of the Philippine Islands is national weakness It was so with Spain in the days of peace and in the days of war. The money that we have expended in the pursuit of this na- tonal folly would have made a garden of countless acres of arid lands in this coun- try.
 We are pretending to educate the Phil ippine children, but our real accomplish ment is the utter uniting of thousands of American boys for true American life.
 Upon this question the Democratic party should join issue fairly, souarely. and for all time; and when the issue ia presented, unhampered by an incompre- hensible and impossible declaration upon the parity of metals that nave never travelled together, and never can travel together without the company of addi- tion and subtraction tables, the Demo- cratic party will deservedy win,
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

tons, of which Germany used S95,0OO tons, and France 17O,OOo. Nearly onc- half of the phosphatic fertilizers used in Germany and France is slag.
 The experiments of the Department of Agriculture show that slag finely ground is "a very valuable phosphatic fertilizer, and, on account of the high percentage of lime, especially suited to use on acid soils and those rich in organic matter" Prof. ". P. Brooks of the Massachusetts station shows that slag and dissolved bone black are about equally effective, al- though the latter costs twice as much. The Maryland station reports that "the slag phosphate produced greater total yield and at less cost than the average of the phosphoric acid .plats."
 Six hundred to 1000 pounds per acre is considered a liberal dressing. The bulletin says it should not be mixed with ammonium sulphate, nor with muriate of potash or nitrate of soda. It should be used alone, and it is especially suited to leguminous crops. As this fertilizer is readily accessible to Alabama farmers, it should be thoroughly tested and the State Department of Agriculture should give it careful attention. It is going to waste in vast quantities in this State, and if it be suited to our soil and crops it may prove a great blessing.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Honest Election Leagues.

It is we'll established that the pre- payment of poll taxes has not operated to deprive the State of fine elector- ate The voting body will be as large as it has been heretofore, and per haps even larger. It will certainly be of better quality, and the returns as they come in fully vindicate the wis dom of that feature of the new con stitution.
 The friends of the new constitu- tion sould now pull together to weed out the deep-seated ballot-box corrup- tion that permeates the State. And in this effort no help need be expected from the opponents of the new con stitution. Their organ in Selma has already expressed it's opposition to Honest Election Leagues" and no doubt every other anti-constitution paper in the State will do or feel like wise. They desire to be able to say that the constitution is a failure-that ballot box frauds exist very much as they have in the past, and that the whole thing should be undone, and the men who made it defeated whenever and wherever they appear. Thus while the Selma Journal earnestly ad- vocates the organization of Honest Election Leagues, the Selma times i ridicules such an effort.
 The crowning triumph of the new constitution will consist in the elim- ination of fraudulent practices in con nection with the ballot box, and The l Age-Herald calls upon all honest men in the State to organize against bal lot box frauds This deviltry is so deep-rooted and had become so uni versal and was so much winked at and even approved, that a general and earnest effort is needed to crush it out. Let the penltentlary yaWn In every county for the first man who tampers hereafter with the ballot box or the count or the returns. Gather the evidence, build up public senti- ment, and see that the first wrong doer of this sort is landed at the coal mines. We need in the State dozen examples of this sort, and if Honest Election Leagues are organ ized in every one of the sixty-six coun- ties of the State we will get them. The new constitution is on trial in this matter. and every friend of it should promote the movement that | looks to the restoration of the ballot | in this State, and the relegation of ballot box rascality to the domain of lost arts.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
BALLOT BOX FRAUDS.

From the Marion County News.
 Every circuit judge. every minister of the gospel and every newspaper should go to work and see to it that the ballot box manipulator is no longer counten- anced. Whenever it is a settled fact that the doors of the penitentiary are hanging aJar for every man who in any way tam pers with the ballot box this fraud in elections will close. The people of Ala bama owe 1t to themselves and their children to so fix 1t that in future the man who gets the most votes shall have the office 1t matters not what his politics may be.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
HE WAS FROM TENNESSEE.

From the Washington Times.
 Representative Wilson, of Brooklyn, was strolling leisurely through the lobby of the Capitol, when he met a tall, gaunt heavy-mustached person, who stopped him to impure about a member of Con- gress from Kentucky. MT. Wilson looked the stranger over carefully and gave him the desired information, and then, sud- denly remembering that the strangers face was familiar turned and inquired:
 Are you from Kentucky, sir?"
 Not by a darned sighti" was the re- sick a week; that's why I look bad"
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
WILLING TO BE CUT UP.
Physician Offers to Submit to Vivisec.
 ton to Settle Dispute.

New York, February 7.-As an outcome of disputes in the medical fraternity be- tween vivisectionists and anti-vivisec- tionists, Dr. James F. Russell of Brook lyn has offered to submit to vivisection His offer is not considered seriously by physicians, and it is altogether unlikely that member of the profession would at tempt such a thing even if the law would permit. Dr. Russel's offer makes the proviso that his wife and family are to be cared for in the event of his death. In his statement, Dr. Russell says:
 Il will when able assist my vivisectors by such notes of which may be of value to them and me The experiments are to be of further value as subject, or un- til I succumb. Should I survive at the end of a year of observation and experi- ment, I stipulate that I may elect to be released from further service should I so desire.'
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Rountree Invited.

MT. J. A. Rountree, editor of the Dixie Manufacturer and secretary of the Ala bar1a Coed Roads Association, has re- ceived a special invitation from Hon. Martin Dodge, director of the office of public road inquiries of the United States, to attend and take part in the Virginia Good Roads Association at Charlottesville March 10 to 15 when a memorial road will be built to the tomb of Thomas lief ferson MT. Rountree is deeply inter- ested in the good roads movement and will probably attend.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Delayed Material.

"The Woodward office building would now be up to the eighth or ninth story had the steel columns been delivered on time" said man who keeps up with the building trades.
 If delays were noted only in Birm- ingham and in the south, people might say the south was to blame for this back wardness. but the fact is every section of the country is having the same experi- ence. No building nowadays can be erect ed on time. This fact speaks well for pros perity It shows that the demand is great CT than the supply. Delayed material is provoking, but it had better be this way than a supply greater than the demand.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
ABAMA.

From the Tuscumbia Dispatch.
 Alabama is the place to come to. not to go away from. Alabama is starting on a greater career and those who own her soil will be richer than they know. When an Alabama man wants to move he should move to some other place in the state. He may find better places, but he cannot find better state in where There are fine lands in many parts of the state that need tenants. there are good lands that can be bought cheap in some of the best counties in the state.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
DIFFERENT IDEAS OF RICH MEN

From the Hartford Courant
 William c. Whitney says he's getting rid of business cares as fast as he can because he wants rest and little fun. 'I think I have earned it," he says. MT. Whitney's fun will mean bread-and- butter to a small army of servants, train CTS, jockies, etc. The money he lavishes on his amusements finds its way into poor mems pockets. But George Peabody and John F. Slater had other ideas about the stewardship of wealth; MT. Rockefeller has; MT. Carnegie has.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
A New Poet.

Francis W. Hawley of the New York Times. in reviewing the Ship of Sl- lence," Edward Arlington Valentine 8 book of poems. says the author Is a genuine poet. He goes on to say of Val entine: "IIe Is a writer whose heart and brain have thrilled in unison to produce that strangely subtle music which we call poetry and which Poe defined as a thirst for a wilder beauty than any known to earth. By this volume MT. Valentine gains a foremost place among contemporary poets.
 Another competent critic speaks Of Valentine as the only great American poet since Poe.
 MT. Valentine holds the position of lite rary critic of the Baltimore News.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Lendinq Money.

"fhe local stock market is quiet but l find no difficulty In making living on placing loans on real estate,' said well known broker.
 Five per cent is the rate we get on strictly flrst-class mercantile real estate and 51s per cent is the rate on residence property. On inferior risks money com mands as high as per cent.
 Birmingham is a good field for the money lender. Like all new busy eities it needs money for building and expan- sion. It is the best sort of sign of pro- gress.'
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Widow Recovers s2o.ooo.

Austin, Tex, February Mrs. Libbie Barnhill of Tennessee today recovered judgment in the Federal Court against L. T. Morgan of Fayette County for s2O, . 900 equally divided between actual and exemplary damages. Half the amount goes to Mir Barnhll and the other half to her children. Mir. Barnhill was a for me- business partner of Morgan and was killed by the latter 1t is claimed. as the result of a business disagreement
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
AMERICANS BARRED.
Wm. c. Whitney Will Not Be Elected
 Member of London Jockey Club.

New York February 7.-"Neither Will liam c. Whitney, Foxhall Keeae, nor any other gentleman not British is like ly to be elected a member of the Jockey Club. This you can state without quail fication,' says the London correspondent of the Herald,
 Both gentlemen are well known and highly popular" says the dispatch, but there Is a tradition against electing a foreigner as a member of the Jockey Club"
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
CARNEGIE SUGGESTS EPITAPH. Says He Has No Inventive Mind, But
 Knew How to Use Others.

New York. February Tin his address at the opening of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, Andrew Car negie, in accepting a casket containing a piece of the first rail rolled. said
 "To think that my name should figure on the same casket with Robert L. Stevens is an honor beyond all expecta- ton, for among men none was of more value than he. In the list of geniuses that you can count on the fingers of two hands, no list is complete without the name of Robert l.. Stevens.
 'I had no inventive mind simply mind to use the inventions of others. think a fit epitaph for me would be here is man who knew how to get around me much cleverer than himself !"
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Hanoed for Murder.

Saulte Ste Marie, Ont. February IT, Frederick Schultz was hanged here to- day. One night in the first week of Au- gust last. Schultz returned home intoxi- cated and after quarrel with Mrs. Craig, who passed as his wife. deliberate ly shot her. He was arrested and after trial found guilty and sentenced to death.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
HAD HAIRS IN HIS THROAT.
Barber Contracts Tuberculosis While
 Cutting Mems Hair.

Wabash. Ind, February :. Andrew Teeter, a barber at Akron, 20 miles west of this city, is at deaths door from q peculiar cause. He has followed his trade for years and some time ago his lungs became affected.
 A specialist brought from Wisconsin made an examination and found the pa tients throat and bronchial tubes full of short hairs embedded in the membrane. It is thought the hairs were inhaled while Teeter clipped hair. and the irrita- tion brought on tuberculosis. His death is d matter of only a few days.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Failing in love is inspiration; staying there is habit.
 The witty man Is never the wise man: the wise man is never the happy man.
 There is one road to heaven, which is never overcrowded: there are 4O0OO to perdition and all have rapid transit problems.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
The Greatest.

"Burmeister is not simply one of the greatest pianists in this country; he Is the greatest, and musical Birmingham will greet him next Tuesday night ac- cordngly," said music lover.
 There is only one pianist in the world who can be compared with Burmeister and that artist is Paderewsh. In many respects Burmeister surpasses even Paderewski Birmingham can not afford to miss hearing Burmeister."
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Peculiarity of sousa's Musicians.

'In looking at the large posters repre- senting Sousa and his band I was struck with a new fashion in band circles said John Calman, musical director of the Jeff ferson Theatre. "All of Sousa's brass players except one wear mustaches, while all of his woodwind players except one are clean shaven. There is no reason, technically speaking for any peculiar style of tonsorial art. I suspect that this rule of Sousas is one of his whims for 1902"
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Miss Stone has gone back again and sat down in a cave, but the mission ary magnates are getting three square meals day and warm beds.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Forty-one Prisoners Reach Atlanta

Atlanta, Ga, February z. = Forty-one prisoners from Albany and Sing Sing ar- rived at o'clock this afternoon and were taken to the new Federal prison. Although the pententiary Is yet to be formally opened it already has 75 inmates.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

The Kaiser's yacht is to be launched at Shooter island amid a schutzen- fest. It will be noticed it took two languages and much international courtesy to build this pun.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Thomas Hitchcock tweaked the tai! of the German imperial eagle, but the eagles chief representative in this country may never know it.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
About Persons.

Henry Austin Adams of Brooklyn Is registered at the Morris. He will leave to- day for Washington where he has an engagement to deliver a lecture Sunday night.
 w. R. Passano of New York is at the Hiliman.
 J. A. Davis of Baltimore is at the Hill man.
 c. M. Fitzhugh of St. Louis is at the Morris.
 s. R.. wellman of Louisville is at the Hillman.
 Mir. and Mrs. Guckenberger returned yesterday from Anniston, where they took part in a brilliant concert under
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Government by injunction will soon come to the front in the Senate, and every adverse vote will be recorded in mems hearts.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

The Missouri mules war occupation will be gone if the Boers decide they have had enough.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Birmingham would not be a smoky city if her beehives were changed into by-product ovens.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Waterbury cares not for fires so long as it can make the watches of the people, even if the people are not duly grateful for those watches.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

The tour of Prince Henry may prove very devastating, for he is to make speeches full of statistics.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Senator Dryden says he will stand with his party" Why, of course, birds of a feather always do flock together
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Dr. Parkhurst has decided that i'm mortality is a prize to be won by the privileged few. He seems to have caught the 400" infection
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Congressman Babcock and his flag of tariff reform are attracting more and more Republicans.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

The bill of the Senators who at tended President McKinley's funeral is $6415. It is rendered in a lump sum in order to avoid a national scandal.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

The fire did not burn the Water bury watch mill.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Dr. Harper is again in pursuit of the unfortunate MT. Rockefeller, who knows no place of refuge from such a pursuer.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Professor Pearson is about to pub fish a book, and a heresy trial is needed in his business.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Mir. Hitchcock of New York City is one of those who have fame thrust upon them.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

General Miles was thrown from a sleigh, but his uniform escaped un- hurt.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

The Nile flood is light this year, and so the Egyptian cotton crop will be.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Eighty-seven counties in Georgia have been carrienationized.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08

Mir. Frank Duncan Is touring the United States.
The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Protection from the protectionist,

is beginning to be the popular cry No one likes to be robbed.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-09-20

Methodist Episcopal church, south
Sunday school 9:45 a. M; preaching
IL a. m., subject, "The Sins of the
Tongue" Epworth League $50 p.
M, subject, 1.-THE Fullness of God,
how Secured" Preaching 7:30 p. m.
Strangers will find a bomelike well
come at every service. The man with
out church home is especially In
vited to attend each service.
There will be Sunday school at the
Christian church at s.45 q. m. Preach
ing by the pastor at II a. M. and 1880
2. M; subjects Of sermons, morning,
'sThe Jerusalem Church, the Divine
Model" evening. The Coming
Christ" Christian Endeavor meet
Ing at O'Clock p. nj. A cordial invi-
tation to all to be present at these
services.