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The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Helpful Talk.

Dr. J. H. Phillips executive work as superintendent of the public schools is well known. but only comparatively few people have the opportunity of knowing how much good school work he does in addition to that connected with the tech nical and business side of the superinten- dency Especially refining and stimulat- ing are his Monday morning talks to the pupils of the High School. Executive talent is one thing, scholarship is another and ethical feeling is still another, and pr. Phillips combines all three.
 The Educational Exchange, published in this city, prints Dr. Phillips paper, or talk, entitled "The Message of Easter" !" which was delivered before the school. Af- ter sketehing briefly the history of Easter. showing the antiquity of the festival. the superintendent proves by the analogy of nature the doctrine of mortality. This paragraph gives an idea of his line of thought.
 ''The tragic is everywhere incomplete In fiction and dramatic literature, the tragedy comes at the end of the story but in natures story, tragedy is the be- ginning, not the ending. The better liter ature of the future will follow natures suggestion, and the larger life born in tragedy will be idealzed. No destruction is final. The tree dies and decays, tait its clements pass on into other forms of life All tragedy is 3 condition of a larger life beyond; every death has the potency of an eternal future"
The age-herald., 1902-04-01

From the Augusta (Ga) Chronicle.
 The recent issuance of the life of Napoleon" by Hon. Thomas D. Watson has attracted attention anew to this re- markable Georgian. MT. Watson is in love with his literary work, and will abandon any other business pursuits ex- cept the supervision of his large landed interests. He is becoming a rich man, and owns a majority of the land in Me- Duffie County. This will tie him to Georgia, but he means to move his liter ary workshop. He is negotiating for the purchase of one of the historic manors in Virginia or Maryland, and located on some fine old landed estate, redolent with the traditions and atmosphere of the old South, he means to pursue his liter ary labors free from the Interruptions that are attendant upon residents in county where everybody is his friend or acquaintance and third of them are his tenants. MT. Watson will not remove his residence from Georgia, but he will have one also in Virginia or Maryland. He is considering places in both of these states. When he secures what he wants he will fit 1t up to his liking install his library and equip his literary workshop. Into this he will retire for weeks or months at time, as the spirit moves him. and pursue his work free from in . terruptions by admiring friends who drop in at inopportune times for a social chat, or by tenants wno want to talk about land, crops. mules or advances. The business calls he can turn down. but Mr. Watson cannot deny himself to the neighbors among whom he lives, and whose friendly calls wreck many a train of thought. Therefore, he has resolved to divide his residence. devoting a part of his time to looking after his large landed interests in McDuffie County and living among his friends, and the other part to absorbing and uninterrupted lit- cray work.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Primaries in Arkansas.

Democratic primaries for United States Senator, members of Congress and all State, district, county and township officers were held in Arkan- sas last Saturday, and an unusually full vote was called out. The election will be held in September, but it will be but formal ratification of Satur- days primaries, which were the real thing.
 The people of Arkansas are de- lighted with their newly-acquired power and freedom. Heretofore they have had the husks while the politi- clans parcelled out among themselves the kernels. The process is now re- versed in Arkansas.
 Arkansas has long had scattering primaries, but on Saturday all were held on one day, and all candidates of the party were selected by the people at one time. There are no sooner" counties in that State. Such tricks of the politicians are unworthy in any State. A State primary day is the correct plan, and on that day all party nominations should be made.
 In the Arkansas primaries not only was an United States Senator selected but also Governor. full outfit of
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Large Compositions.

"I read with much interest an arti- cle in Golfers Weekly contributed by Gustav Kobbe, the well known writer on music" said MT. Charles Houppert the tenor singer.
 ''Mr. Kobbe discusses in an intelligent and conservative way the musical situa- tion in America from a church choir point of view. He well says that no four walls hear as much musical rubbish as the four walls of some churches and that no four walls hear as much great music as those of some churches. He points out that many choirs sing only mawhish drivel. This frivolous stufr he says, is due in measure to the fact that composers have been called upon to write for quartette choirs, which rank very low in the realm of sacred song
 MT. Kobbe then goes on to show that the church must have chorus music if it would foster the best in sacred art He cites as examples of large works at once religious and classic and therefore refin- ing and uplifting, Haydns Imperial mass which was sung at St. Pauls church Easter and Parker's flora Novissima. which is to be sung at the second concert of the musical festival"
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
TURPENTlNE PRICES DROP.
Result of the Close of the Naval Stores
 Year.

Savannah, Ga, March 31.-The clos ing of the naval stores year today was characterized by the largest sheer drop in the price of spirits of turpen- tine ever known in the history of the market. Saturday the price of spirits was 53 cents. At the opening today the price dropped to 45 cents, loss of cents a gallon, or S4 per barrel. There was no gradual scaling down of prices. The drop was precipitous. There were, however, no casualties. The high price was pretty much a paper one only. Operators were very well convinced that the market was under manipulation, hence kept out of 1t. A few orders were executed at the top prices, but the sales were small. No great surprise was caused by the phenomenal loss of value shown by quotations in so short a time. The receipts at the port of spirits of tur- pentine during the year were 314,346 casks, showing falling of of 23,106 casks and of rosin 1,119,957 barrels, showing a decrease of 48,517 barrels. This decrease, however, is relatively smaller than the decrease shown in the total crop as indicated in the re- ports of all the naval stores markets. Not only has the crop of the year been smaller than that of last year, but prices have averaged lower.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS

By Henry W. Longfellow. There is Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen. He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Shall I have naught that is fair?" saith
 he;
 Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is
 sweet to me,
 I will give them all back again. He gazed at the flowers with fearful eyes, He kissed their dropping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise
 He bound them in his sheaves. My Lord has need of these flowerIets
 gay"
 The Reaper said, and smiled; Dear tokens of the earth are they,
 Where He was once a child. 'They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints. upon their garments white, l. These sacred blossoms wear" And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty. not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; Twas an angel visited the green earth. And took the flowers away.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Capitalists lnauirlha.

T found business in New York prosper ing and financiers bouyant," said MT. Robert Jemison, president of the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power Company. who recently returned from visit to the money. center
 Capitalists are induiring more than eFer about this district and are disposed more than ever to invest here. The men who have recently put money into the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company, are noted for their conserva.. tism and this fact is a good sign. They are strong capitalists and their action and their influence will be far reaching, to our great advantage.
 The company which I represent is pushing development work. It will ex- tend its lines to every point in Jefferson county where the population is large enough to justify the expenditure"
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
CHARGED WITH WIFE MURDER.
Louis Busse Placed on Trial at Waver-
 Iy, la, for Horrible Crime.

Des Moines, la, March 31.-Louis Busse, charged with murdering his wife June IS, 1901, was today placed on trial at Way erly at g o'clock this morning.
 The theory of the prosecution. as out lined by the district attorney, is that Busse married his wife in order to secure s2S00 that she had previously obtained in connection with damage suit TOT seduc- tion against another man. He proposed marriage without any previous courtship or acquaintance and was accepted Eighteen months later 1t is charged that he cut her throat, placed her body on a featherbed and mattress, saturated the whole with kerosene and set 1t on fire
 It is then alleged he left the house ex- pecting it to burn down, consuming the body and that of a sleeping infant that occupied an adjoining room. What pur- ported to be confession was secured from Busse.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Wireless TeIeuraphs in Africa.

The French government has decided to untilize wireless telegraphy in or rather over it's vast deserts in Africa. It owns all the Sahara and vast dis tricts in the north and northeast parts of the Dark Continent. If these can be linked together by wireless teleg- raphy an immense forward step in their development will have been taken. The Lake Tchad region, the valley of the Upper Niger, Wadai, the Western Soudan, the French Congo and Senegal are all in the hands of France, and steps are to be taken at once to link them together under the uew system
 This vast, compact and contiguous territory is capable of surprising de- yelopment. It would be rounded out by the occupation of Morocco and Tripoli, but Italy wants Tripoli. France will have to be content with the addi- ton of Morocco to her great colonial empire in Africa
 When wireless telegraphy is estab- lished, Timbuctoo will become a famil- far name, and other parts of the world now little known will become pros- porous and accessible. France is near at hand, and she has an ample field in Africa for development and enter prise and her best civilizing spirit. She can recoup in Africa all her losses in the German war, and make herself more powerful than she ever has been. This will become very feasible when her projected system of wireless tel egraphy is fully established. She-s:son. templates lines in the -~Congo Free State and British, East Africa as well with cablss running to Madagascar and Nzduritius, and northward viz AbNssinia, Egypt and the basin of tn, Red Sea.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Real Estate,

"There is no city of Birmingham's size where desirable building sites can be bought at the low figures that rule here," remarked real estate man yesterday.
 'The best residence property on the South Highlands Is quoted at $50 front foot and the best on the North High lands at s25. These prices are remarkably low when compared with those quoted in Atlanta, Nashville and Memphis.
 Take our best mercantile property and it is just as cheap relatively. The McDon- aid corner. which was sold recently for $lOOO front foot, is worth much more if we consider Birmingham's future. I am certain that that property can be sold for Sl500 foot five years hence.
 "Choce mercantile property in Ensley brings. I believe, as much as s70o a foot That is not too high but good business sites here should be worth double as much as the same class of property in Ensley."
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
May Build.

''The ten or twelve men who form the syndicate that recently purchased the Mcdonald property at the corner of Sec ond avenue and Twentieth street, have not yet held meeting to organize, but I am inclined to think that a meeting will be called before long to decide as to whether or not the owners win erect a large modern building said a member of the syndicate.
 "No improvement will be begun before October, because some of the leases have until then to run. The property is paying very well as 1t is, but eventually-maybe next fall-a steel frame structure will be under way. Many people think ten story hotel would prove profitable"
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
A POPULAR CHOICE.

From the Scottsboro Progressive Age. An honestly conducted primary where every candidate is accorded equal priv ileges is the only way to secure public officials who are the choice of a majority of the people and at the same time con- tinue Democratic party in power We trust that the time will soon come when candidates for all offices, from the high
 
 est to the lowest will be selected in this way. Give ample time to carry on thor ough campaign fbefore the time selected for holding the primary. Encourage, rather than discourage capable men to run for office and let the candidates elect ed be the unquestioned choice of the ma jority of the party, and all will be well.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
MANY APPOINTMENTS,
President Sends Long List of Names
 to the Senate.

Washington, March 31.-The President today sent the following nominate to the Senate:
 First Lieutenants in Artillery Corps Jacob M. Coward New Jersey; Edward L. Glasgow, Kansas; Robert B. Mcbride, Georgia.
 United States Marshal for the Territory of Oklahoma-William D. Fossett
 Postmast ters-.Florida: John B. Leffing- we'll Braidentown. Indian Territory James R. Young, Ada; Willard F. Camp bell Wilburton. Kentucky: Charles L. Hanson, Berea. Mississippi: Thomas B. Leland, Water Valley; Doxier Anderson, Tupelo. Texas: Charles G. Hostrasser, Hearne; Thomas J. Darling, Templeton.
 Also a large number of promotions in the army.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Cotton Situation in March.

The movement of cotton is still pretty free. the receipts of March az gregating 632,000 bales, as against 646,l00 in March of last year. The difference is not material, and it may easily be accounted for in rains and floods and bad roads. A crop some what exceeding 10,50O, ,000 bales is now we'll assured
 More interest is now taken in the new crop than in the fragment of the old one yet to come in sight. The new crop will have a late and per- haps unfavorable start, and unless the weather is exceptionally good in April the acreage will be reduced by the weather conditions. The excess of moisture has been thus far very great.
 The port receipts to date show gain over last years of 525,000 bales. Last years crop was 1O,400,0O0 bales. The exports to date exceed those of last years by 640,000 bales. The mills on both sides are in prosperous condi- tion, and all threats of strikes bid fair to be settled by concessions of one sort or another. All are seeking cot ton to meet their requirements, and there is no danger that all the crop will not be needed. An eleven-million- bale crop in this country is now de- manded by the worlds consumption. and anything less will hereafter mean high prices.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Dissatisfaction Among Republicans
 About Roosevelt's Vetoes.

metropolitan newspapers, even if there be any such journals open to bribery, and there has never been any serious charge to that effect. If even one of the great newspapers of New York were willing to sell its influence for a money considera- tion, even a foreign adventurer would find out the price to be kings ransom To control the influence of all those great newspapers, if the game could be played would cost more money than this man Christmas could count for many a Christ mas to come. As for bribing Congress with money gifts-iddlesticks
 According to Christmas own story, he is a briber; and yet the allegations of such a man. aimed against public men who are above reproach. led the Demo- crats of the House to call for an 'inves- tigaton"-and the Republicans granted it, strangest of all
 Although Congressman James Mathews Griggs of Georgia has been chosen chair man of the Democratic Congressional campaign committee, 1t is understood that the real work will be done by former Congressman Cable of Illinois, who is said to be one of the ablest campaign workers in the country. He is to be the head of the inside working committee, and Democratic congressmen have great expectations of his management.
 This should not be mistaken as a re- fection upon MT. Griggs. for the con templated arrangement has his entire ap- proval. He like all his Democratic col leagues, is anxious for MT. Cable to be the working head of the campaign In honoring Mir. Griggs, the Democrats of the Senate and House have honored one of the most capable of all the young Democrats of the South.
 Mir Griggs was forty-orfe years old the day after his election to this chairman ship. He was born in LaGrange, Ga, March 2s, 1861, and at the age of twenty was graduated from the Peabody School at Nashville. For time he was a school teacher, and studied law. being admitted to the bar when he was twenty-two. He then engaged for a short while in the newspaper business. In 1885 he went to dwell in Dawson, and three years later was elected prosecuting-attor and was reelected in 1892; resigned a year later and was appointed circuit judge, a place to which he was twice afterwards elected. He Is now serving his third term | in Congress.
 Congressman Bankhead is spending this week at his home in Fayette, looking after his farm on the Sipsey river. It was his purpose to spend the first week of March there but his duties on the rivers and harbors committee and sub sequently on the committee on public buildings and grounds kept him day and night busy in Washington. He will re- turn to Washington April 5.
 Colonel Bankhead's youngest son, Cap tain Henry M Bankhead of the Twen- tieth United States Infantry arrived in San Francisco on Good Friday, after three years service in the Philippines. He Is now entitled to three months leave of absence. It is understood that his regi- ment will be stationed at Fort Sheridan. | Chicago.
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01

President Smith, Editor Cruikshan1 and Managing Editor Johnston of the Daily Ledger are deserving of great credit for the splendid Easter issue of the Ledger, published last Saturday afternoon. It was not only credit to those who made it, but to a greater Birmingham. It was a genuinely good newspaper, and would have been a credit to any Southern city, or indeed any city anywhere.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
WAKING UP,

From the Cullman Tribune-Gazette.
 The Age-Herald, with it's usual straight forward good sense, very pertinently says: When the people wake up they can have their own way, and when they desire honest primaries there are ways of secur- ing them. And one who stands in the way of honest primaries next fall will sign his own political death warrant. That's the handwriting on the wall, gentlemen and if you are weighed in the balances and found wanting yourselves will be to blame for it. The people are waking up very fast and their eyes will be wide open between now and November"
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
CHEROKEE INDIAN PARDoNED.
Has Been Serving Time for Crime of
 His Uncle.

Columbus, O., March 31.-Steve Russell, Cherokee Indian from the territory held under life sentence at the Ohio peni- tentiary was commuted by President Roosevelt today and will leave the walls a free man Tuesday, April 1.
 He has been doing penance for the crime of his uncle who had a bad reputa- ton among his people. His uncle was trying to evade the officers while in com pany with Russell. The two were over taken and the uncle was killed not, how ever, until he had killed two or three officers Russell was taken into custody and charged with murder or for the crime of being in the company with bad man.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
N. O. RAILWAYS SOLD.
All of the Lines Managed By City Rail-
 way Company.

New Orleans, March 31.-A lease was duly signed and executed today under which the New Orleans Railways Com pany goes into possession and operation at midnight tonight of the property of the New Orleans City Railway Company.
 The same interests that control the New Orleans Railways Company control the New Orleans Lighting Company, which now holds lease of the New Orleans Light Company property, and a short time ago purchased practically all of the stock of the Orleans Railroad Company. and thus will have control of and operate about 125 miles Of the street railways in the city of New Orleans
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Wants Rathbone Pardoned.

Washington, March 31.-Efforts are be- ing made by the friends of Estes and Rathbone to secure a pardon for him from the sentence of the Havana court Senator Hanna has requested the Presi- dent to issue a pardon for Rathbone, but this the latter has declined to dc. The President, however, has promised to have the papers in the case thoroughly re- viewed. It is stated that unless he finds something radically wrong he will allow the verdict to stand.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
About Easter Trousers.

"As I stood in front of a fashionable church Sunday I was struck with the fact that men, as a rule, do not dress up for Easter as they did in former years" said a lawyer of middle age.
 Not one man in ten had even taken the trouble to have his trousers pressed. The thrifty men of Birmingham, especially those who go in society, dress we'll, but they evidently do not care to get out their new clothes or to put on style as early in the spring as Easter.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
A PECULIAR CASE,

From the Boston Herald.
 One of the peculiarities of the Patrick case has been that there was no woman shown to be in any way involved in it from start to finish. This Is something notable, considering the usual preponder- der cases.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Steel Corporation Meets Today

New York; March H.-The directors of the United States Steel Corporation will hold their regular monthly meeting to- morrow. The corporation has just com pleted its first years of actual opera tions. It is not unlikely that an estimate of earnings for the last month will be issued together with details. of interests to shareholders.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Strawberry Prices.

Strawberries were quoted on Morris Avenue yesterday all the way from 1oc to 16c a quart, and the retail price for the best of them was 25c. Owing to the cool weather the demand was light, but the berries offered for sale within the past few days have been larger and riper and altogether more tempting than any seen here earlier in the season.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It is a lucky woman that can manage to suit her cook
 What Easter eggs are to the children Easter bonnets are to their mothers.
 Propriety is doing things you never could do if you. could do what you want to do
 Death gets them all sooner or later. but it is queer how careful he is to pick ont the most useful ones first.
 So few people are sensible about being in love because they don't have to be: all they have to do is just to be in love.
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Hotel Business.

Last week brought good business to the Birmingham hotels, but this week prom ises to be a record breaker. The Morris started off yesterday with a three page list
 The large registration at the Morris is indicative, but so are the lists at the Florence, the Metropolitan, the Arlington and the Hillman. The tourist season may be at it's zenith in Florida just now
The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Learned the Trick.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Trib- une.
 Well" said Farmer Si, 'T guess I'm even with that feller what bunkoed me last time I went to town"
 How did you do it?'' asked the listener. q sold him gold brick too-oleomar- garine fer real, country butter.