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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Alabama regiment, of which the writer was adjutant, losing about 150 out of about $50 or over 40 per cent
 Granberry's front. the next morning, presented one of the most awful scenes have ever witnessed. These Texans, good material to begin with, had become under the leadership of that superb sol dier, General Pat Cleburne, the equal of any body of troops in the Confederate army. On this occasion they occupied the brow of ridge, thfckly wooded with small timber, where they lay down. Lo- gan's corps made repeated charges with several lines of battle upon their posi- tion. The assaulting lines could not be seen until they were within few yards ol the brow of the hill where the Texans coolly awaited them. Of course, being on another part of the field, and having troubles of my own just then, I did not witness this slaughter, but walked over the field the next morning. Along Gran berrys front the enemy dead lay so thick that it might have been possible to step from one dead body to another for a distance of a hundred feet or more down the slope My recollection is that we counted seven hundred (700) of them, and they were splendid looking men even in death. Some of them lay almost in bayonet thrust of our line The ground had been nearly cleared of bushes and timber by the bullets. Trees four and five inches in diameter had been cut down near the ground, showing how deadly had been the aim of the Texans.
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39 are well worth a careful study:
Northern southern

The northern mills are simply hold ing their own, while the southern mills are consuming each year from 100000 to 300,000 bales more. The increase in consumption in the year just ended was 317,O40 bales, and like gain in the present year would carry the total of southern takings beyond any record of the northern mills. It is reasonable to assume, therefore, that the southern mills will this year oyertake and pass the mills in the north
 But there is this drawback-both sections are spinning iess than kwo- ffths of the home crop, when they should spin all of it, permitting no no cotton to he exporte1 unspun. This can be done if both sections will pull together. Let us sell yarns and stop the export of raw cotton. European mills should be content to weave our yarns, but if they are not, then let them lcob for raw cotton elsewhere. They will look and not find it. As a people we should begin to say that no more cotton unspun shall be ex- ported. We will spin it, and Europe may weave it, but the foreign mills shall not do 10th.
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that such property will ever be worth less. Mir Underwood is going back to congress full of a determination to open the Warrior, and any man with half an eye can see that when we have an open Warrior we can supply the world with iron, and that prices of property in this district cannot go down.
 There is no reason, then. why home building should not be carried on until an adequate supply of sheltering roofs is furnished. This town is losing pop ulation yearly because of a lack of houses. What we have are oyererowd- ed. Two families at least are living where there should be but one. and hundreds are compelled to board who prefer to keep house. This state of things is due to a lack of houses, and men who have money to invest should consider this lack with view to it's removal. Five thousand new houses should be built in this county before October of next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
THE SAN FRANCISCO SHOOTING.

Special Cor. of the Kansas City Star.
 Williams said:
 "Yes, Beale and myself did the shoot ing, but there is nothing to say. We con- sidered it our duty to punish Marriott for publishing an article of last week reflect ing on the reputation of young woman"
 Beale said that although the woman s name was not mentioned her identity was so indicated that he felt bound to resent the publication. Williams and Beale, af- ter the shooting went to the Pacific Un- ion club, where they were arrested. It is believed Marriott will recover. Williams and Beale were released on $l0.0O0 bonds each.
 Truxton Beale is a brother of J. R. M Lean of Cincinnati. In 1894 he mar ried Miss Harriet Blaine youngest daugh- ter of the late secretary of state. In less than a year Mrs. Beale was given di- vorce on the ground of non-support. Her husbands convivial habits are alleged to have caused the domestic trouble.
 Williams married the daughter of a wealthy clubman in December, 1900 The marriage was surprise to the friends of NllSS AiCS -'SiASei, tiS dCliSSSs u WhOhl Williams was supposed to be engaged. He had made his will in her favor.
 Frederick narriott the wounded pub fisher, inherited the News Letter a week ly publication from his father, who es- tablished the paper many years ago. Marriott was also the publisher of the Overland Month4y. While the alleged slanderous story published by the News Letter which caused the shooting did not mention the young woman's name, it was generally known who was referred to- She was heart-broken over the pub lication and appealed to Beale. an old friend of her family, for assistance. l. ale asked the advice of Williams and together they went to Marriott's house. The shooting followed.
 Late this afternoon Beale said: 'sThe attack was made on a friend of mine who lives with her mother in San Rafael She is in society and not the least word of scandal has ever attached to her name. Recently her sister became insane and is now in a sanitarium. The item appeared in last Saturdays News Letter It old not mention her name, but it indi- cated. clearly at whom it was aimed. It told of her playing tag In a night gown at Mount Tamalpais with a party of friends. We felt perfectly justified in taking t.le measures we did and have nothing to regret
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
About Persona.

Arthur Kitchens, widely known and socially popular young travelling sales man from Atlanta is at the Hillman. He has been in south Alabama for the past few weeks and is now enroute home.
 pr. Russell M. Cunningham, demo cratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Alabama, left last night for Tate Springs, where he will spend several days. This is the first real vacation that l have ever taken" said Dr. Cunningham. "Of course, l have made many trips to lodge meetings and other public gather ings, but I have never before started on a trip with sleep and rest as the chief object,
 Dr. Cunningham has not. been well since the close of the campaign. He ex- pected to travel to Tate with Governor Jelxs but the governor went via At lanta.
 w. E. Robinson and daughter of Cor dova are at the Morris.
 P. R. Whiting of Montgomery is az the Morris.
 William Long of Pittsburg is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
BY ROBERT CHISHOLM.

British commanders, Lord Cornwallis. The cause of the colonists never looked darker. Like streak of lightning out of a clear sky came the results at Kings Mountain-a battle that was fought en- tirely by men from the mountains who had volunteered to do the work. No con- tinental officer was there nor enlisted men. The battle was fought on the side of the cotonists by men from Virginia, from North and from South Carolina, with just a sprinkling from Georgia, some HOO in all, while on the side of the British there were about 1900, under the command of Patrick Ferguson, major of the list. His second in command was Captain Abraham de Peyster of New York.
 The British lost, killed, 119 men and Major Ferguson, wQunded,123. On the American side, killed, 2S. and wounded, 62, including Col. Williams
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
New York Cathedral.

New York's Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John, the Divine, will be, when completed, one of the grandest piles in the. world" said layman, but it will be several years before the finish ing touches are put on. It was a vast undertaking While a large sum of money has been expended on the Cathe- dral great deal more is needed
 Rapid progress is being made by the recently organized Cathedral league in securing by uniform subscriptions among endowment of the Cathedral. The plan, which has Bishop Potters hearty in- dorsement, Is to get as many persons as possible to pledge the sum of s10O pay able, if desired, in ten equal annual in- stalments.
 !" I should think we ought to get five thousand people to agree to do this easily enough said Robert G. Hone, the president of the league. Mr Hone is secretary of the Church club, and in close touch with Episcopal affairs. You see' he continued, we hope to get not only members and friends of the Epis- copal church to give money for this pur- pose, but also real estate men and oth- CTS who are interested from a business point of view in the development of Morningside Heights For. of course, it is easy enough to see when the cathedral is finished property near it will be much more valuable.
 ''Dr. Parks in urging the endowment of parishes said:
 I venture to think that there is no church in this city south of Central park of which one could say with any reason able certainty that 1t will be in an in- dependent position twenty-five years hence, unless it has an income derived from investments. No one who considers the rapid and surprising changes upon the great avenues-Sixth, Broadway, Madison-can believe the present paroch- ial conditions permanent. And what we see in this city is repeated in every oth-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
Local Securities.

There is a great deal more attention paid by Birmingham people to local se- curities now than formerly" remarked a broker yesterday.
 Up to a year or two ago our men with money to invest rarely ever bought any thing but real estate It is different now. There is a good deal of trading in local stocks North Birmingham stock has advanced from 12 to 30 in four months, Birmingham Realty from 25 to 75 In six months. Alabama Consolidated from 10 to 30sin a few months and Bir mingham Railway, Light and Power from 30 to 95 in nine months. I sold a prominent citizen a thousand shares of North Birmingham at F and he sold 1t again at 30, making profit of S1s,0o0 on the transaction. It is always an encour- aging sign when our people show their faith in local stocks by trading in them. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
Monte Carlo at St. Louis.

T was surprised and shocked to read that the St. Louis exposition is to have as one of it's midway attractions a gambling establishment modelled after Monte Carlo" said a Birmingham pastor.
 'I cannot understand why the moral sentiment of St. Louis did not make inn possible such a demoralizing institution as that promises to be. It will prove the ruin of many young man and will hasten to ruin many an old sinner. Verify this is a fast age and those in charge of the exposition are willing to adver- tise almost any questionable sport in or der to swell the receipts and make the show a financial success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
A SUCCESSFUL MAGAZINE.
be New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The owner and editor passed, paused, retraced his steps and called one or two men standing on the corner aside for brief conversation, at the close of which something was transferred from hand to hand, the owner and editor smiling, the other quickly grinning. "The most sue cessful magazine publisher in New York" explained the man, returning to his com panion Il have just subscribed s1 for his publication, which maKes the seven teenth subscription have paid up this year. "Ah! You solicit for him?'' "No! What do you think I am? I subscribe for myself" What do you want with so many copies?'' T don't want 'em. and don get 'em, but I subscribe when ever he asks me to, because it's his unique way of striking me. for a dollar without feeling under the obligation of returning it. He has a large circle of ac- quaintances. each of whom subscribe as I do from fifteen to thirty times a year, without increasing the. circulation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
Well Advertised Cities.

Birmingham and Atlanta are well-ad- vertised cities on account of their com merce, but Chattanooga and Richmond are the best-advertised cities in the south outside of New Orleans because of their historic attractions" said a railroad of fcial.
 Few people pass through Chattanooga without stopping over for a day or two to see the battle fields and the mountain. And it is that way with old Richmond on the James. Thousands of tourists visit these famous cities every year. In travelling through the north and east every other person one meets has been either to Chattanooga or Richmond. and many of them have been to both cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Press

From the New York Press.
 The more voice a man puts into an arr gument the less logic he puts there.
 A woman goes and gets her fortune told so as not to be discouraged when 1t does mt come true.
 woman's stocking the surer she Is to keep people from finding 1t out.
 A boy with head enough to amount to anything in the world, can't help wonder ing how he Is going to do 1t when every body tells him how much like his father he is.
 It is just at the time when man is buried in figures he has brought home to straighten out that his wife wants to know how it would interrupt him to go out in the yard and help hunt for the baby's rattle.
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If I was asked to name the young southern woman whose literary career seemed most distinctive. and whose tai- ents have evidenced a mind of the keen est appreciation of that phase of south ern life expressed in the negro paIlaus of the south. I should say that Martha Young of Alabama is the most striking figure in the public eye. Her work Is in a distinctive class. and for this reason her career is attracting much newspa- per and magazine comment
 That Miss Young has drawn with ac- curacy the varying characteristics of the negro type Is readily admitted by the north, but it is a significant fact that when a southern author attempting to set forth tine dominant characteristics of the negro race meets with the warm appreciation from this section that is shown in the south recognition of Miss Young's Plantation Songs" While the north is always alert to accept or reject anything touching upon the history or the negro race, and is quick to recognize the genius of those writers as interpre- ters of the negro dialect, it still remains that the south is the only section in the world that can properly understand the negro character and appreciate the quail iies revealed by the writers who have made close study of the negro as a type.
 The north of recent years Is rartlcu- lariy kind in it's criticism of books deal ing with the happy life of the southern darkey singing his plantation melodies, and the northern rrtss has printed col- un'ns of the southern women who have charmed northern audiences with the negro dialect in all it's native purity.
 But be it said that the south Is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
THE BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN.

The results of the battle of Kings Mountain, which took place in South Car olina on the 7th of October, 17S0, were of far more consequence to the United States than anything which had taken place within the past two years. The army under Washington had dwindled to a mere army on paper; two regiments from Con- necticut had mutined, and all Of the rest of the troops under his command were clamoring for pay. A committee from Congress were with Washington in the field to see how means could be devised to get men in the northern army and to keep them in it.
 The northern states were ready to fling up the sponge and go back under Brit ish rule. Their representatives in Con gross were unwilling to send any men to aid their brothers in the Carolinas in their struggle with the ablest of all the = = - - - = CT, Philadelphia or Boston. Cleveland or Hartford
 ''The choir of the cathedral has been used for some time as a place of wor- ship and many Alabama Episcopalians have attended services there and admir- ed the beauty of the massive architec- ture."
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unappreciative of the stories that are told by the air women of the south of tho faithful slaves that crooned melodies that today are being sung in other lands, and that 1t is not the n oith alone thau recognizes the truth of the old adaSs that the ballads of a people make their history.
 The south is by no means indifferent to the importance of preserving the negro folk lore, and realizes that in it's presen- tation lies the greatest mission for those writers who have the opportunity of dip ping their pens into years of close ob- servation of the negro character
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
Cotton Mills North and South.

' OUtEUH fHfff1 sUI VT utFN .EtTF1 0''s
 Secretary Hester's statistics cover ing the year recently ended show be- yond all reasonable doubt that south ern mills will, in the present cotton yesr, pass the northern mills in the respect of cotton consumed. There are more spindles in the northern states-many more-but more coarse goods are made in the south, and these goods call for a larger propor- tions of raw cotton. The cotton talk ings of the two sets of mills back to 1889 are well worth a careful study:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
Nearby Cotton.

Cotton that comes to Birmingham by wagon will begin to move freely about week after next" said a large buyer
 "The crop in this section is short, but I think it will turn out better than some buyers have estimated. I am inclined to believe that our farmers have made considerable more than half crop.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Senator Tom Platt has decided to discipline President Roosevelt for his discussion of the trusts. He has de- cided to withhold from him a pledge of New York's delegation in 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07
OVERFLOW IN POPULATION.

From the Topeka Capital,
 How many are there in a sextet? We thought six. but every day some new girl Is mentioned in the papers who was one of the originals in the "Floridora' sextet. Fully three hundred have been rounded up so far.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Two hundred and seventy-hve thou sand children in one town full of boiled water instead of beer, is a fact worthy of mention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

If the police do their duty jail space will be at a premium on October l, when all pistol|toters are to go there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Theodore, Jr., is trying to shoot up to the family record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

The school board in Chicago should also be restricted to boiled water. even if the beer industry be seriously impaired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

There was no officer in command of the whigs, but as Colonel Campbell from Virginia, with some 200 men had come the longest way to get there he was al- lowed to take a sort of joint command
 Ferguson had pitched his camp on the top of a short spur of Kings Mountain, about 600 yards in length. He was the only British soldier present in the fight on his side, for his command consisted of Tories gathered from New York, New Jersey and the two Carolinas. How the officers on the Colonial side got their mill itary rank cannot now be known, for they were not in commission by either the Congress nor by any state. They must have been just born that way
 Bancroft the historian, says South Carolina fought more, suffered more and accomplished more than any other of the colonies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Grim yisaged war off Newport is the joke of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

The drawback in the present naval war is that golf sticks cannot be used, with which our land sailors are famil- jar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Captain-of-lndustry Gates is headed towards Monte Carlo to avenge the wrongs of the mighty Schwab.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

eral electoral commission, Hayes was given the Presidency over Tilden, only because the commission refused to go behind the returns that properly counted elected Tilden.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Crown Prince Boris did not stay long at Oyster Bay. There was noth- ing doing in his favorite line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Mont Pelee has acquired the con tinuous performance habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

The pistol-toters days of liberty are nearly numbered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

John A. Drake. who owns savable. was also an Iowa man. His father was governor Of the state just before Secretary shaw's term in that office. Iowa takes all the fat plums.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

John A. Drake. who owns savable, was also an Iowa man. His father was governor of the state just before Secretary shaw's term in that office. Iowa takes all the fat plums.
 
 Two hundred and seventy-five thou sand children in one town full of boiled water instead of beer, is a fact worthy of mention.
 The school board in Chicago should also be restricted to boiled water, even if the beer industry be seriously impaired.
 The drawback in the present naval war is that golf sticks cannot be used, with which our land sailors are famil- far.
 Captain-of-Industry Gates is headed towards Monte Carlo to avenge the wrongs of the mighty Schwab. Crown Prince Boris did not stay long at Oyster Bay. There was noth- ing doing in his favorite line. The Tom Johnson band wagon ran right over the Hon. John R. Mclean, and there are no mourners.
 
 Tom Johnson will spread out more issues from his sample case than any of his opponents possess. "Tho first frost" in the corn belt is not nearly so enterprising this year as it usually is.
 The corn is so fine in Missouri. Kan sas and Nebraska it is reported better than perfect.
 The Chicago children are now pre- pared to wage mimic war in, if not on, boiled water.
 Nicely is here, but he has not yet selected a state to be a politician and boss in.
 
 The school children of Chicago car ry 500 tons of boiled water to school each day.
 A sense of justice compels us to say it was a motor car, not an auto mobile
 Racing balloons, racing automobiles and racing trolley cars are all off one piece.
 The democrats carried Arkansas, but the republicans did not carry Yer mont.
 Beware of motorman who is in a hurry, air-brake or no air-brake.
 -.s-- The scorching automobile now gives way to the brakeless trolley car.
 ----- John Hay will not be apt to come so close again to the ermine. Mont Pelee has acquired the con tinuous performance habit. -as Grim yisaged war off Newport is the joke of the season.
 ----------.- ----.------ Theodore, Jr, is trying to shoot up to the family record.
 The pistol-toters days of liberty are nearly numbered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Tom Johnson will spread out more issues from his sample case than any of his opponents possess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

The Tom Johnson band wagon ran right over the Hon. John R. Mclean, and there are no mourners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

John Hay will not be apt to come so close again to the ermine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

"Tho first frost" in the corn belt is not nearly so enterprising this year as it usually is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

The scorching automobile now gives way to the brakeless trolley car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

The corn is so fine in Missouri. Kan sas and Nebraska it is reported better than perfect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

A sense of justice compels us to say it was a motor car, not an auto mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

The democrats carried Arkansas, but the republicans did not carry Yer mont
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Racing balloons, racing automobiles and racing trolley cars are all off one piece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

The Chicago children are now pre- pared to wage mimic war in, if not on, boiled water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

The school children of Chicago car ry 500 tons of boiled water to school each day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-07

Nicely is here, but he has not yet selected a state to be politician and boss in.