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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Frelaht Rates on Iron.

"The Southern Iron committee com posed of traffic representatives of the various railroads traversiug this section is almost certain to lower the freight rate on iron," said a manufacturer last night.
 "The railroad companles have adopted liberal and business like policies. When iron Is bringing big prices the transporta- ton companies naturally expect to get good prices for hauling it. When the iron market is soft and prices down, as now. they come down In their freight rates. The Southern Iron committee meets here Fri day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Big Crops and Trade.

This will certainly be a record year with the farmers of Alabama" remarked a commission merchant. Tn every part of the state the crops are abundant. This Is the first time in many years that the cotton farmers have made corn and hay enough to supply themselves without buy ing. This year nearly every farmer will have corn and hay to sell By the way hay in Alabama is a very profitable crop. I know several farmers who will clear $10O an acre in hay.
 With these fine crops mercantile busi- ness in Birmingham will have a great stimulus With the industries of the dis trict all at work and the farmers all thrifty this winter will find more pros- perty here than ever before."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
OBEY OMITTED.
Something New in the Wedding Form
 uIa Is Devised.

Philadelphia, September 3.-Some- thing new in the wedding ceremony formula has been evolved at the mar riage of Katherine Fisher of this city and E. s. Ross of Brooklyn. The word obey was omitted by the magistrate, and after the certificate had been prop erly filled out and signed Mrs Ross produced a document which proved to be a sort of bill of rights, in which Ross clearly defines what he comedies to be the personal and inalienable rights of his wife and in which the latter sets forth the admitted prerog- atives and privileges claimed by her husband.
 The couple and fourteen witnesses signed the document.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

far as is known, there has been none of the so-called peonage save in the small section of one state, of which the county referred to is the storm center; but this has not prevented the critics os this sec- ton from endeavoring to make it appear that the practice prevails throughout the entire south, and it is because of this misrepresentation that all southerners are interested in having prompt punish ment meted out to the guilty.
 It would have been better, as Gov ernor Jelks suggests, had the state courts unearthed and -exterminated this evil. but so long as that was not done, it is grati- flying to note that the judge and the district attorney who have brought the offenders to the bar are both prominent southern men. aasl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Marrying woman for money Is all most as satisfactory as for her to marry a man to reform him.
 A woman will make more fuss over a wedding anniversary than man will over the death of a rich uncle.
 It is hard to figure out why pretty girl who could have anybody she wanted and be happy, will so often pick out n man to marry for the sake of reforming him. 'f't when her husband telephones her he has to stay down town at night to give advice to a railroad president she can make her. self believe him. and yet cry all evening over bis deceit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
IS THERE POODLE IN THE CASE?

From London Outlook
 It Is well known that the Panama Canal scheme has most powerful and wealthy opponents in the United States, and 1t has been proven on many occasions that the possessors of interests likely to be pre- judiced by the execution of public pro- jects are not slow to employ the power of the purse to avert the threatened de- preciation. Perhaps-we do not know; we only say perhaps-a reason might be found In these considerations. In any case, the decision of the Colombian sem ate is surprising
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
ALABAMA

The first bale of cotton grawn this sea son in Madison county was recently brought to Huntsville and sold for 15Kac.
 The monument selected by the commit tee of clergy of the Alabama diocese for the grave of Bishop Jackson at EufauIa has been placed in position.
 The Crenshaw county editors continue to hurl invectives at each ether through the columns of their respective papers. The Critic and the Journal are the two warning sheets
 John c. Williams. editor of the Talla- dega Mountain Home, mas bcsn reap pointed county superintendent of educa- tion for Talladega county by State Super intendent I. W. Hill.
 The De Soto gold mines are attracting general attention over the state. There seems now no doubt that the precious metal exists in paying quantities and steps are being taken by the company to develop the property with the latest inn proved machinery
 
 The Selma Morning Times predicts that the gubernatorial fight will ar5bably open up Immediately after the legislature ad- journs and that there will be only two candidates in the field. Those are an nounced as J. w. Goldsby, president of the senate, and Lieutenant Governor R. M. Cunningham.
 A Colorado Springs paper gives Captain Hobson words of praise for his eloquent efforts in behalf of a larger navy, and states that the unreserved applause which greeted the Alabama hero was not alone tribute to his eloquence but an expres- sion of the patriotic enthusiasm with which Americans approve the project for a great navy.
 Within the last thtns lays it is eeport- ed that five or six hundred more promi- nent citizens have patitioaed Judge Jones to commute the sent ences of the two Cos bys, convicted on charges of pconage. It is estimated that fully 5000 people in Tal- lapoosa county have made similar re- quest. It is believed that Judge Jones has the power to commute the sentences only until this term of court comes to sn end
 Representative Reynolds Las plan for breaking up peonage in Alabama. He has introduced bill in.1 the state legls- lature which provi1as that any perscn found guilty of this offcnsa shall be iudg- ed guilty of misdemeanor and fined not less than s1O0 or more ihan S1Oeo and may also be imprisoned in the courty jail or put at hard laocr of the county fer a period of six moaths In ,he meantime new cases are constantly being reported.
 Representative J. R. Wood of Macon has introduced bill into the legislature which seeks to take from the Tuskegee Normal school and the Normal school at Montgomery the sum that is annually ap- propriated from the agricultural funds for defraying expenses. This action las caused widespread comment in all parts of the state and has been given space in many of the leading northern papers MT. Wood represents the county in which Booker Washington's school Is loca-ed His action Is considered evidence of the resentment felt by many southern people for President Roosevelt on accoun. of his negro policy. a4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
INVITATION ACCEPTED.
Iron and Steel Institute Will Meet In
 United States.

arrowIn-Furness, England, Septem- Der 3.-The iron and steel institute closed its autumn meeting today. It unanimously accepted an invitation, extended by Charles kerchoff of New York, former president of the .Ameri- can institute of mining engineers, to Hold a meeting during 1904 in the United States.
 Andrew Carnegie, president of the Iron and Steel Institute, said he re- garded the acceptance of the invita- ton as being an international event pregnant with beneficial results.
 The meeting in the United States will be held during the autumn of 1904. The next meeting of the insti- ute will occur in London in May, u9C4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Work Before the LeqIslature.

The legislature is clogged with two or three hundred bills that are of local interest only, and if its twenty days of service are to be expended upon them, the state will lack the general laws needed by the people in order to put the cons itution of 1901 into full operation.
 The legislature will certainlythave No choose between local bills and gen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Americas Foremost Composer.

"The statement that Mir Conried of the Metropolitan opera house, New York, expects to produce next year the new opera by Professor John Knowles Paine, 'Azara.' is gratifying to those who believe that a manager has some responsibili- ties toward native art" said a critic. "Professor Paine is by general consent our foremost composer, and his opera has been received with respect in Berlin and other European cities. Here any foreign novelty is regarded as more inn portant than his finest work. No one wishes to see. of course, narrow chauvinism in art. To produce operas simply because they are American would be folly But between that and ignoring the American composer there is a golden mean. MT. Conried seems 10 be the man to follow 1t. In another respect, too, he indicates his independence of old tradi- tons. He Is going to restore English to the operatic stage. Smetana's 'Bartered Bride Is to be sung in English this season, and Azara' will also be given in the same tongue. In no other country is the native speech so abandoned on the lyric stage French IS the language of opera at Paris and German at Berlin. The principle that an opera shall be sung in the language in which the original libret- to was written is well enough as a rule but the exceptions need not be practically invisible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Primaries Ordered.

New Orleans, September 3.-The demo- cratic state central committee today or dered primaries to nominate a full state ticket. The date will be selected by subcommittee appointed to formulate the necessary rules. The same primary will decide who shall be United States sena- tor to succeed Senator Foster. Senator Foster will probably be the only candi- date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
About Persons.

R. F. Smith Jr. of Atlanta is stopping at the Metropolitan
  w. E. Hester of Meridian registered at the Morris.
 A. P. Butler of Toledo is at the St. Nicholas.
 r. E. Jennison of Chicago is stopping at the Hillman.
 w. B. Shea of Selma is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 D. D. Briggs and wife of Anniston are at the Morris.
 E. A. Turner of Calais is stopping at the St, Nicholas.
 Joseph Mittledcrfer of Cleveland is at the Hillman.
 c. H. Denhard of Louisville is regis tered at the Metropolitan. A. J. Hertz of Montgomery is stopping at the Morris,
 Richmond P. Hobson of Greensboro is registered at the Hillman. B. J. Ott of Alameda is stopping at the Morris.
 w. K Atkinson of Nashville was in the city yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Room for Improvement.

''0SH' 'O' 'ITIPI ONSfICHIs From the Chicago News
 What perfect fright!' exclaimed the youthful mouse, as the woman jumped upon a chair and madly clutched her skirts.
 "Oh. l don't know replied the old mouse who had seen something of the world, T fancy I've seen 1t done more artistically"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
THE wHlRL OF HE "Blo STICK.

From the New York Sun.
 The attempted cultivation of a war spirit and war-like attitude in this pow erful and generous republic toward poor, decreplt Turkey is a farce that may be- come a crime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

When Bishop Potter said, "You can't save your tellowmen unless you are willing to touch them," he did not refer to the contribution plate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
A BIT OF A LAUGH
The Poetaster.

From the Bookman.
 Scribbler-Would you call yourself a poet, or simply a versifier?
 scrawler-well when the editor lights his pipe with my stuff, it's case of verse afire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Strictly Nautical.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 What will the cup seekers be that fol- low Shamrock III?"
 They'll be IV-and-afters. of course"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
His Auspicious Beginning.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 ITO gratify the curiosity of the public, MT Dollaraline," purred the young per- son with the notebook, will you please tell me if the first contribution you ever sent to a magazine was accepted?'
 The literary celebrity smiled genially. T am happy to say 1t was,'' he an- swered.
 What was it. may l ask?"
 -Four dollars for years subscription {"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The nations that eat the most food are the greatest, but this should not encourage individual gluttony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

Crank Parry is the proper running mate for the plutocratic ticket He is a plutocrat from the headwaters of the creek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

Guese's Wednesday outdid even Black Saturday, but Pitcher Guese de- serves all the credit he has received. He was simply invincible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

Lou Dillon won fame in two min utes, which is almost as good as having it thrown upon her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

Those who can talk as fast as horse can trot, must now talk two miles of words minute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

MT. Carnegie may yet have to enter a Scotch yacht in order to avoid going out of this world disgraced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

Paris needs fresh lot of Humberts, and Wall street will probably prove equal to the occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The Ohio election will be conducted in Ohio, and the esteemed republican journals will he to abide the result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Judge Gray on Arbitration.

James Creelman of the New York World recently asked Judge Gray to state his views about labor troubles, and he frankly said that he believed arbitration would come to be pre- ferred to force. and violence in the settlement of disputes that arise be- tween capital and labor. Employers will prefer it as a less expensive way of bridging over disagreements. q saw that point" Judge Gray went on to say, very clearly illustrated a few days ago when I was helping to settle the coal strike in Alabama. Men who had refused to yield directly to the other side in the dispute would say: All right, Judge, if you say so, I'll stand to it.. If you say so, it's all right And they said 1t cheerfully. So tie efficiency and benefcent nature of arbitration will come to be recog- nized The keynote of arbitration Is the old scriptural phrase. Come, let us re;son together It will draw all men together il that real democracy for which this nation stanos as against caste and class divisions"
 Judge Gray is also confident that
 labor unions have come to stay Time and experience are developing wisdom and moo eration in the leaders of or ganized labor. "I think" said Judge Gray, that personal contact in the settlement of labor questions is edu- ct.tional to both empower and em- ploye. Both siues have something to learn. l dare not hope that there will not be serious labor troubles in the future, but I feel that there will be a betterment of conditions. As business is being done on an increasingly larger basis the distance that sepa- rates the workman personally from his employer increases. They do not and cannot see each other as much as they did in former conditions. The human relations grow fainter Arbi- tration tends to bring them together, to bridge tn, chasm, to restore the human touch"
 Judge Gray briefly reviewed the hard coal and the Alabama arbitra- tions, saying of the latter that the open and public proceedings, where a full opportunit.' was given for every contention on each side, had a salu. tary educational effect on both min CTS and operators. In conclusion, he expressed the belief that each decade will see a nearer approach to a reas- enable settlement of labor disputes than the last had furnished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The Iowa corn crop has its weather eye on Jack Frost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The sultan commits massacres in Macedonia by the consent and support of civilized Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The Colombian congressman took railroads and from the French canal company, all in one breath. They took whatever came along, and they were not bred in Missouri either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The Dawes commissioners are up against an outraged public sentiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

Pope Plus X is d moderate smoker, and Carrie Nation will have to stand this new affliction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

Cornell University has thrown off the typhoid fever habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

Our ships are beginning to loaf around possible sources of trouble. This habit keeps trouble down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

Judge Gray's boom was matched, not among politicians, but among work 1T men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The Pulitzer school of journalism should include proprietors also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The Countess Czaky-Szell has, we are glad to say, married Jan Kubelik.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

Even head-end collisions have be come professional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

It is still necessary to boil the water in this town, because the southside filtration plant has not been finished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The Crenshaw county editors continue to hurI invectives at each ether through the columns of their respective papers. The Critic and the Journal are the two warning sheets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

John c. Williams. editor of the Talla- dega Mountain Home, mas bcsn reap pointed county superintendent of educa- ton for Talladega county by State Super lntendent I. w. Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The De Soto gold mines are attracting general attention over the state. There seems now no doubt that the precious metal exists in paying quantities and steps are being taken by the company to develop the property with the latest inn proved machinery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

A. D. Glass and R. L. O'Neal are the only authorized travelling representatives of The Age-Herald in its circulation de- pertinent. #zH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

 It is still necessary to boil the water in this town, because the Southside filtration plant has not been finished.
  Our ships are beginning to loaf around possible sources of trouble. This habit keeps trouble down. MT. Carnegie may yet have to enter a Scotch yacht in order to avoid going out of this world disgraced. Those who can talk as fast as horse can trot, must now talk two miles of words minute. H----------- Paris needs fresh lot of Humberts, and Wall street will probably prove equal to the occasion.
 
 The sultan commits massacres in Macedonia by the consent and support of civilized Europe. Pope Plus X is d moderate smoker, and Carrie Nation will have to stand this new affliction.
 
 Judge Gray's boom was matched, not among politicians, but among work II men,
 The Countess CzakySzell has, we are glad to say, married Jan Kubelik. The Pulitzer school of journalism should include proprietors also.
  Cornell University has thrown off the typhoid fever habit. The Iowa corn crop has its weather eye on Jack Frost.
 -------------@--------- Even head-end collisions have be- come professional
  THE WHlRL OF HE "BlG STICK" T---
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The monument selected by the commit tee of clergy of the Alabama diocese for the grave of Bishop Jackson at Eufaula has been placed in position
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

The Selma Morning Times predicts that the gubernatorial fight will probably open up Immediately after the legislature ad- journs and that there will be only two candidates in the field. Those are an- nounced as J. W. GoldsbH president of the senate, and Lieutenant Governor R. M. Cunningham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-06
BITS OF NEWS TOO
SHORT FOR A HEAD.
Boiled Down to Four Lines
and Bunched.
HAND MIRROR OF EVENTS HERE
Happenings in The City and Suburbs
OF Local interest to BE Perused at
Leisure While Your Coffee is Slowly
Cooling.

Phantom minnows, Buel spinners,
landing nets and every thing to delight
the heart of fishermen at Holiday 3.
Phone 246.
Receiver Raiford is taking il tax
returns at good rate now. Go early
IN making your returns and avoid the
final rush.
Americas is mealless municipality.
Local merchants are entirely out of
meal, and for once we are all COMPEL
ed to eat cake.
The gun club had splendid practice
at its range yesterday. Local gunners
are getting in fine practice for the big
tournament.
Camp Sumter had an enthusiastic
meeting yesterday. The old soldiers
are in high spirits over the proposed
trip to New Orleans.
There is plenty of money in Amer
Gus seeking investment. Only a week
ago forty Thousand dollars was sent to
the north for investment.
Yesterday was legal sales day, but
property in Sumter, both real and per-
sonal, Is too much IN demand to be
sold at the courthouse.
A most important meeting of the
Daughters of the Confederacy will be
held at 4 p, m. today at the Allen
House. All are urged to attend.
The 6 o'clock closing movement be-
gins next Monday 18th. and profess
sionall sample Watchers and "come
hackers" will please take due notice.
Hammocks, in endless variety of
the kind that combines beauty
and comfort. Prices 81 to So at Holli-
days. Phone 1854
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-06
THEY COME IN CARS
AND 60 THEIR WAY.
People Who Came Or Went
Away Yesterday.
AMERIcus a MECCA FOR MANY
Your Own Name OF. That of a Friend
Nav Be Found Below In the Long
List of Yesterdays Visitors Who
Game Here,

Still at the same old stand carrying
full line drugs, cigars, toilet articles
and tG6s wtt,1 JtPN r HUDSON.
Mr.. J. w. Nisbet came down from
Macon Yesterday to look after matters
of business here.
A. g. Turner, we'll known citizen
of Valdosts. made business trip to
Americus yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Wall, of Ella
vile, spent yesterday in Americas,
guests of friends here
Mr.. Fl. J. Fife, formerly of Ameri
Gus but now of Atlanta, came down
yesterday on business.
A A. Poindexter was among others
from Columbus here yesterday, a
guest of the Allen House.
Col. G. r Winchester is in Lees
burg this week upon important legal
business before Lee court.
Mrs. r. B. Evans and son, Mr.. +. T..
Slappey, of Plains, were among others
from that little city here yesterday.
Mr.. Marvin Everett left last night
for cambridge and Townsville, on
business for the Mutual Life Company.
Mrs. Phil Mckay, of marlborough,
Ky. arrived last night upon visit at
the home of her father, Capt. G. w.
Fielder.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Mckay of Macon, join them In
extending welcome to young Samuel
Mckay Jr.
Henry A. McAfee and T. L, Hol-
llngsworth were among the Atlantans
yesterday registered among the arriv-
ais at The Windsor.
Mrs. Frank P. Harold and brother,
Mr.. William Harold, leave this morn
ing for White Sulphur Springs for
stay of some length.
Mrs. Harry ID. Fame arrived from
Columbia, Ala. yesterday u pom a visit
to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J.
Hamil on Lamar street.
Mr.. K M. Mcdonald came up from
Sumter yesterday. Mrs. Mcdonald,
her friends are glad to lcarr, is recov-
ering from recent illness.