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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
LETTERS TO EDITOR.
Justices of the Peace.

To the Editor of the Age Herald:
 In yesterdays Age-Herald l noticed an article in which 1t is stated that the new law creating the inferior court of Blr- mingham in lieu of justices of the peace in precincts 21 and S7 has been cireum- vented by the removal of some of the jus tices of the peace in said precincts just outside the corporate limits of the city, where they are continuing their corrupt practices. etc This statement is an error which I think should be corrected. Ine facts are these: The new law creating the inferior court of Birmingham practi- cally abolishes the offices of justice or the peace (about nine in number) In preclncts 21 and 37 by taking from them the power to issue writs of garnishment, attach ment and detinue and, at the same time' gives the inferior court power to punish any of said justices by fine and imprison- ment if they attempt to assume jurisdic- tion in any of the cases so taken from them. The act also provides that after the next election there shall be no justices of the peace in said precincts 21 and S'' which includes Birmingham. So Tar as I have been able to ascertain none or ine justices of the peace in Birmingham have attempted to exercise any of the jurisdic- ton so taken from them, and have not removed their offices outside the corporate limits of Birmingham. They could not have done so in fact under the old law and 1t is hardly presumable that any or them would care to subject themselves to fine and Imprisonment under the new law.
 There are. however. several precincts abutting on Birmingham in which there are justices of the peace, and since the establishment of the inferior court the various professional suitors, including col lectors, money lenders. etc, have flown thence in order to avoid the executions which would surely be issued against them for costs in case their suits (frivo- lous and otherwise) were brought In the inferior court of Birmingham. And there lies the trouble.
 The new law provides that the inferior court may issue restraining order to any justice of the peace in the county who attempts to exercise any of it's exclusive Jurisdiction, but being construed as a whole, 1t seems to have been so awkward ly drawn, or otherwise, as to not affect justices outside of Birmingham; at least such was the decision of Judges Aber- nathy and Benners. upon a petition pre- scented to them for a restraining order to one of the outside justices in the case Of Clayton Phinizee, whom I represented
 In my opinion the justice system (which is part of the fee system) is one of the best that could be devised for the oppres- sion of the poor and friendless; and in cases where the judge is ayarieions and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Is the Bible sectarianY

Herbert w, Horwill in Atlantic.
 When the purpose of the medication of doctrines Is introduced even the choice of the Bible used as text book becomes a question of the support of the creed of one church as against that of another. In such a case as Archbishop Mage pointed out, even the reading of the Bible without comment is sectarlan teaching. For ask, in the first place, what Bible Is to be read in the schools? Is the Bible to be read from the authorized or the Roman Catholic version? If from the former it is decidedly sectarian as regards the Roman Catholic, who will not accept that version, and if from the latter it is sect arian as regards the protestant. Is it to be from the Old Testament and the New Testament? Then it is sectarian as re- gards the Jews, and, if from the Old Tes- lament only, then 1t Is sectarian as re- gards the Christian. who demands the New Testament also. You can not read Bible in the schol without teaching certain opinions about the Bible you use."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
STAGE DIVORCE AND REAL LIFE.
Free Tickets for Those Whose charac-
 ter Fits Character of Play.
From the New York News.

From the New York News FF
 The press agent has arrived with a proposition which should cause great in- terest in certain sections of society. He Is offering a premium on divorce in the shape of free seats at the theater Do you wish to see his show, in which di- vorce plays prominent part, and would you enter without paying? Take down from it's place of honor in your writing desk or safe-deposit box that precious document granted you by the court and present it at the box-office window. For each certificate, two seats. For a triple decree, it is to be presumed, a proscenium box.
 All men love free passes. Many will willingly pay thrice the price of seats to secure "complimentary' entrance to the theater What seductive opportunities are opened up by the latest offer! Would YOU see dashing, blood-curdlng melo- drama? Present at the box-office proofs that you are a murderer and the thing Is done. Would you view the Christmas pantomne? Show yourself to be clown or pantaloon and receive the compliments of the management Would you see Ten Nights in a Barroom' without paying at the box-office? Bring with you certi- Hcate of good conduct from the warden on "the island"
 The idea has an infintude of possibili- ties. There is Camille for instance, Big ministers and small should receive free admission to ''rhe Little Minister" And as for Hamlet" we do not know whether certificate from a madhouse or proof of melancholia would be the bet ter open seasame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
TROLLEY CAR
 FOLLOWS PIRATES WAKE

1 altered the life of the old highway Morn
 ing and night. during the contemplating l season--and this is but one item in an always shifting panorama-hundreds of
 barefooted women still walk to and fro from Playa. where the brown coffee ber-
 ries from all over the island are spread
 out on the floors of large warehouses to
 be picked over and sorted before being packed on lighters and carried aboard ship, then to be carried, reports show, mainly to Europe where Porto Rican cof-
 fees of high grades have long been es- teemed.
 At present as already said the Ponce
 Railway and Light company. which is
 about to become an important factor in lighting the island city as well as in
 transporting it's inhabitants in their
 daily goings and comings, has no direct connections with the actual handling of the island products. But it already pro-
 poses building at the Playa a big wharf
 with perhaps a pavilion and the extra
 inducements of the sort of park which
 we all know at the terminus of so many
 American car lines-and it will then be in
 a position to carry freight direct to the side of the cargo-loading vessels.
 Indeed, freight-carrying on electric cars,
 development of the trolley idea which
 the Stone Webster firm has done much to promote. bids fair to play an import
 ant part in the commercial development
 of the island. The freightage on coffee from the plantation to the Playa aver l ages about $10 a ton-much more than it | is likely to cost electric traction. The | exportation of sugar, mahogany and oth- CT products is, of course, similarly ham, pered. Once cheaper transportation has
 been provided a great impetus will un- doubtedly be given to the agricultural in-
 dustries of the interior.
 To get the benefits of this export traf- I hc Ponce is ideally situated, for it lies
 at the southern seaport of the main ar tery of the island From this main artery the old military road-you will find
 branching off numerous smaller roads, about the worst that could well be im- !, agined, over which the products of the island are still carried on pack animals
 until they reach series of stations on
 the chief highway, where they are load ed on the bullock carts and so brought forward to the port. Again to the east cf Ponce lies another example of the inef- fectual methods of the old regime-a
 strip of the French railroad, intended
 originally to encircle the whole island but only represented in fact by disjointed sec- t1ons of tracks connecting such places a
 presented fewest engineering difficulties.
 Like the American army that preceded it along its present roadbed, however, the American trolley line will probably eVen- tually continue it's march across the is- land. When that happens the electric
 freight car will become an important ad- Junct to civilization and, together with
 improved dock facilities at the Playa, will
 mark another gain in efficiency, another
 long lap in the race of the West Indies
 to overcome under their American train-
 CTS, the handicap of four centuries of Spanish repression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

VIII not only save 1u uaslfehsihB pain and valuable tima D will cost you less money There is aia satisfaction n knowing tnst the very rest poss.ole treat ment is being given te you by n compe- tent physician who has xperience In such matters and Is capable If curing you Tn the quickeat and most perfect manner possible 1 have treated private diseases as a speciality for the past fifteen yearI Tn the city of Brmingham- and am therefore known to a great many. But is you arc not acquainted with me. l re- sr you. with permission. to First Na- tional bunk. Alabama National bank. Jefferson County Savings bank and Steiner Bros bankers. as to my responsi- billty for my contracts. cure many pa- tients by mail treatment Write Tor prices and terms
 1 do not use large advertisements and :alse statements to attract patints which merit has failed to secure. IT you fall to be cured by such methods. giye me call and get we'll
 Address or call at Rooms 1Ol2 and lol4, new First National Bank building, corner Second avenue and Twentieth street. Take the elevator
 Ofrice Hours: s:3O a. m. 10 S:D D un- sunday. 10 A. m to R m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

interruptions, his power to oppress is almost without limit. There can be no doubt that the creation of the inferior court was a step in the right direction
 l do not think, however, that because the justice system is bad that all justices of the peace are corrupt and l am of opinion that in the outlying precincts, as we'll as in Birmingham, there are a num- Der of justices, who in the discharge of duty, do what they conceive to be right. It is much to be regretted that a mis- take was made by the drawers of the new court law. Respectfully,
 R. l.. WILLIAMS. Birmingham, October 24, 1903.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
WAR ON DRINK IN EUROPE.
It Is fiore or Less Strenuously Com.
 bated in Various Countries,

From the Chicago Record Herald
 The rapid increase of intemperance in European countries of late has resulted not merely in much more vigorous cru sade against the evil by temperance so- cieties, but also, in many countries. in leg islation, expressly designed to reduce the consumption of liquors. The German eov- ernment's proposed bill, of which yester- days dispatches told Is simply one more indication of the tendency
 The German plan is. indeed, very mild one. though it may have exceedingly bene- ficial effects if adopted. One feature of if is the forbidding of the extension of credit by saloon keepers to their customers: an- other is the requirement. that non-intoxi- eating drinks. such as tea, coffee, lemon- ade, and milk. and also cold foods, must be sold wherever alcoholic drinks are sold
 In England legislation has taken two forms. For one thing, it is operating through commissions to reduce the num- ber of public houses, and for another. if is seeking to reform habitual drunkards by placing them on blacklists and making it a punishable offense to sell liquor to them over the bar.
 France has been awakened to it's great need by clear evidences of the ravages made by liquors, and especially by ab- sinthe. Medical statistics recently compiled indicate that the great increase In pull monary tuberculosis was due almost en- tlrely to alcoholism, and also that two- thirds of the inmates of the insane asylum were suffering from the same cause. There is now talk of prohibiting the sale of adulterated liquors and of creating A state monopoly of alcohol, which will supply only the pure article, and that at very high price.
 Tn Belgium the tax on spirits has been increased, and at the same time the tax on tea has been removed. with the ob- feet of encouraging the use of tea as a beverage In Holland a league has been formed to fight the use of spirits. It aims at legislation, but for the present it Is doing personal work by posting agents at the doors of public houses to urge the pa- irons not to enter.
 Austria is considering law which pro- vides that drunkards shall, after ten con- victions, be sent to a reformatory, there to be imprisoned till physicians certify that their craving is cured. Norway has a similar system now in force, except that it applies it much more promptly.
 In Switzerland the police are required to arrest every person showing the slightest signs of intoxication. Alcohol is sold by a government monopoly, and each canton is required to spend 10 per cent of the re- ceipts from this source on hospitals and other agencies for combating the evil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
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From the Hartford Times.
 If Phil Sheridan could have had Me- Clellan's opportunity after Antletam or Meade's opportunity after Gettysbnrg the civil war would have been shortened year and Ulysses S. Grant would never have been president of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Mrs. Emma J Walsh of Baraboo has been appointed hostess for the Wisconsin building at the Worlds fair. Mrs. Walsh filled similar position with credit at the an-Ameriean exposition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

o. P. McCarty, general passenger agent for the Big Four railroad inspected the Worlds fair last week. MT McCarty spoke in high praise of the progress of the exposition. He said that St. Louis was prepared to comfortably take care of SOO,- GOO strangers daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Phones 49 PIP North Fist St.
FOR RENT.

 s25-An up-to-date broom cottage; in good condition. Avenue l. between 22nd and 23rd streets.
 $55-TJhe old Morrow place, corner Sth av- enue and 18th street; has just been re- modelled and is in good condition; has large rooms, halls, closets, bath, etc. also kitchen with servants room att tached; an ideal location.
 FOR SALE. s4250-An ideal and modern S-room home on South 14th street near 11th avenue; furnace heated; splendid lawn; $500 cash, easy monthly payments on bal ance if desired splendid value. S3O per foot-One or two very choice lots in Anderson Place.
 Will build for one or two desirable parties in Anderson Place on terms to suit.
 THOMPSON REALTY CO.,,
 POT Title Guarantee Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Norway has officially accepted the invi- tation to participate in tie Worlds fair This completes the Scandinavian trinity, Sweden and Denmark having already ao- cepted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. S4l0O-Modern S-room dwelling on 14th ave- nue, south; good terms; immediate pos- session; the biggest bargain offered lately. $i250-S-room dwelling near 3Oth street and Highland avenue. $4750-S-room dwelling; lot 100 feet front on 30th street, south. $4200-Dwelling on 4th avenue, north, near 23rd street. lot 50x140.
 FOR RENT 2909 Avenue G; 7-room modern dwelling. eos South 27th street; modern Groom dwelling. Desirable office; 1st avenue, next to Steiners bank. s92S Morris avenue; three-story brick house.
 JOHfl G. SMITH G CO, Phones 49 PIP North Fist St.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

The National Retail Druggists associa- ton will hold it's 1904 convention in St. Louis during the Worlds fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Mrs. Dore Lyon, second vice-president of the New York State Federation and pres ident of the New York City Federation of Women's clubs, has been appointed as- sistant secretary to the New York State commission for the Worlds fair, and lady manager for New York's handsome state building at the Louisiana Purchase Ex- position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
WORLDS FAIR NEWS NOTES

Chattanooga, Tenn will erect a $25,OOO building at the Worlds fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
DIR. Y. E, II 1LLONAY,
Physician ano suraeon

lhree-fourths of the persons who come 10 me to get cured of Syphilis. 6onorrhoea. Gleet, Structure. L os t hiannoad and other pIlvate diseases nave tried to get well ny using oth- CT means N hy not come aD soon as yon nnG mat you are afflicted? It asAs aaaa. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
The Lucky Golfer.

Form the Pail Mall Gazette.
 A strange story of the discovery of an un- da. Montreal art dealer was playing golf and drove ball through the window of cottage. It struck picture on the wall. The dealer paid handsome compen- sation and also acquired the injured pic- ture. It turned out, after cleaning and examination to be a Dutch interior. by Teniers of the value of e5OO Half of this sum the dealer gave the original lady owner, to her great surprise.
 We make the best ( ..s in town. Aga Herald Engraving Company,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Mrs. sallie D. Walters of LaGrange. has been named as member of the Texas Worlds Fair commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
ONE GENT A WORD.

RATEs-1c. a word a day; no aG taken for less than 25c for first in sertion. Cash must accompany every order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

An Olympic foot ball championship will be held in conjunction with the Olympic games at the Worlds fair next year. There will be two series, one for col leges exclusively and another for schools. The college championship will be decided during the week beginning Monday, No- vember 2l, and closing Saturday, Novem- Der 26. A handsome cup will be presented to the college winning the championship and Olympic gold medals to each member of the winning team. The interschoIastic series will be held from Monday, Novem- Der ', to Saturday, November 12, inclusive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Schilling CTS Hof-Brau Beer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

The historical plans of the city of Bonn will be exhibited at the Worlds fair St. Louis, for the first time outside of Ger many. They will attract general atten- ton, as the city has had most eventful history during it's centuries of existance
 New Mexico will make an exhibit of turquoise mining at the Worlds fair. A lapidary showing how the stones are cut and polished and prepared for the market will be feature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

A Roque tournament will be held in con- junction with the Olympic games at the Worlds fair next year Two weeks, Mon day, August 1, to Saturday, August 13. in- elusive, have been set aside for the tour nament. It will be under the rules of the National Roque association and open only to the best players from state organiza- tions. Olympic medals will be given to the winners in each event Entries close July 1, 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Work on the new emergency hospital began recently at the Worlds fair. It will cost $16,0OO and will be completed De- eember l. The structure will be perfectly equipped and modern, containing all ap- plianees for treating the sick and injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Ladies' Tailor Suit, made from besi quality Black Cheviot with large col lar, long coat braid trimmed. Special ll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

One lot of Walking Suits, made iron best quality Cheviot and Broadcloth worth $15oo to S22 90 Special -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Michigan will exhibit at the Worlds fair an extensive collection of pioneer relics. They have been gathered by FL well Hoyt. There are more than one thousand articles, including the crude contrivances with which early settlers kept house, cleaned the iand tiled the soil, wove clothing ana trapped game. There will be 3 large assortment of early arms, relics of all the American wars. in- cluding many that saw service in the war for independence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Suit Department.

Ladies' Black Tailored Suits with large collar, I length, trimmed wit fancy metal buttons and braid, at .
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