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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
CONCORD HYMN.

By Ralph Waldo Emerson.
iSung at completion Of battle monu-
ment April 49, 1861
BY the rude bridge that arched the hood.
Their flag in April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fred the shot heard round the
world.
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seward
creeps.
On this green bank, by this soft stream.
We set today a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem.
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
Spirit that made those heroes dare
To die. and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thsA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
conventIon Civ.

Birmingham grows more and more
popular as a convention city, remarked
prominent man. mot only do men all
over the south like to visit Birmingham,
but no city in the south is more attrac-
tive to northern people than Birmingham.
The grand lodge of the knights of Pyth-
las Of Alabama which has Just closed its
annual meeting here selected Birming-
ham as the place for next years meeting.
The general conference of the Meth
odlst Episcopal church south is to hold
its next meeting here and think that
with a little concerted effort on the part
ISOLATION could be induced to come here
In 1906
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
The knlnhts of PxthIas.

"The order of the Knights of Pythias
never was in such a prosperous condi'
ton as it is now" said man who belongs
to many secret societies.
1T has many features that are par
ticuarly attractive to young men. The
order was founded February 10, 1864 at
Washington. d. c., by Justus II. Rath-
bone. Intended to disseminate the princi-
pies of friendship, charity and benevo-
lence, nothing of political or sectarian
character is permitted within 1t. On De-
cember 81, 1865, there was but one lodge,
the early growth being very slow. At
the close of 1882 there were 1876 lodges in
existence. There are three ranks, page,
esquire and knight. A candidate must re-
ceive the rank of knight before he can
have a voice In any proceedings. Only
one degree is given candidate at one
time. There is branch called the En-
dowment rank, which is an insurance
feature. Since the Endowment rank was
organized over $17OOO,O0O have been paid
in death claims.
THE Oldest Knights of Pythias lodge
in Alabama is Monta sano lodge No. 1
Of Huntsville. 1t was organized in 1872.
The first grand lodge to convene in Ala
bama was held in Mobile June IL, 1872
At present there are III lodges in Alabama
in good standing with a combined mem
bership of over 5000
II was glad that the grand lodge voted
to return to Birmingham next year. ELI
P. Smith, as chairman of the entertain
ment committee. extended the body an
earnest invitation to meet here and
the Invitation met with hearty
response on the part of most of the dele
gates9
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
About Persons.

N. H. Rider of RiderviIle is at the
Morris.
P. d. Tureman of Demopplis is stop.
ping at the Metropolitan.
NJ. A. Thompson of Chicago is at the
Hillman.
r. j. Burgers of Portland, Me-. is reg
istered at the st. Nicholas.
j. N. Cornatzar of Memphis is stop
ping at the Morris.
Frank n. Julian of Tuscumbia is at
the Metropolitan.
d. ]. Moore of Cleveland. o.. is at the
Hillman.
s. r. Crowder of Richmond, electrician
of the Western Union, is at the st.
Nicholas.
George A. Williams of Kansas City is
registered at the Morris.
John j. Dwyer of Fort Payne is at the
Metropolitan.
]. D. Craighead of Chicago is registered
at the Morris,
Edw. D. Rogers of Providence,l r. l..
is stopping at the Hillman.
]. C. Ceranell Of Charlotte is at the
Morris. t.
Congressman Charles w. Thompson is
in the city. a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
HOW SOUTHERN CHILDREN
ARE NOW BEING EDUCATED

the rural schools of the south and urges
Pennsylvania to give the system trial in
view of the results which have been ac-
complished in Dixie.
He makes the significant statement in
this connection that public schools In the
rural districts of Pennsylvania are sup
ported largely by taxing the cities The
country districts use this aid" he asserts.
ito cut off all their taxation or most of it.
They are educational parasites. II the
less prosperous white people of the south
had been as miserly in their contributions
to public education as many Of the Penn
sylvanians a public school house would be
a novelty in Dixie
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
WOMEN IN MEMS CLOTHES.

Butte, Mont. Telegram to the New York
Herald.
No greater sensation was ever caused
here than by the appearance on the street
today of twelve young women In mems
evening dress.
The young women were giving a stag
party" when 1t occurred to one of them
that 1t would be a lark to show them
selves on the street, but, now that they
realize how they have shocked the COM
munity, they are most regretful of their
boldness.
AS they walked. two abreast, down one
of the principal streets of the city they
attracted a crowd of boys who recognized
the deception that was being attempted.
and finally had to flee from the gathering
tumult to their homes.
The matter has been taken up by the
leaders of society, who threaten to os-
tracise the young women who were CON
cerned
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From the New York World.


= IGHT important advances are re-
no corded for the past year by the
- men working in the cause Of
direct legislation. Their movement is
still comparatively a new one, the first
Direct-Legislative league having been
formed only as far back as 1892 in New
Jersey. It is Eltweed Pomeroy, president
of the league. who writes for the May
number of the World Today summary
of the eight advances just referred to.
The most important step Mr.. Pomeroy
notes was the adoption, June 3. 1902, of
a complete direct-legislation constitu-
tional amendment by the people of Ore
gon. This provides that 8 per cent of
the voters can initiate any measure by a
petition, which measure shall then go
to vote of the people. and II they vote
for 1t it becomes a law, and that per
cent can call for the referendum on any
law passed by the legislature. The vote
on this amendment was 62,O24 for and
566s against, or out of every hun
bred voters 91.6 voted for it and ga against
it, or Ii to l. From an analysis of
the vote it appears that direct legisla-
tion was neither a class or Sec
tional issue, also that it brings out the
independence in voters and they do not
consider party
At the same time with the state cleo
ton, Portland, Ore, adopted by a to /
vote strong direct-legislation charter.
The third advance was that scored in
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Fl om the Boston Posi-.

from the Boston FOSl.
AN HAT constitutes a gentleman?
WV Who has the right to bear that
w title in land where no class
discrimination exists and where social
distinction is unstable and vanishing.
blown about and blown away by the
lightest breath? Several recent incidents
suggest the idea that "the grand old
name has no place in the American
vocabulary; at least, that it has no such
recognized meaning as to give 1t value.
The notorious robber of the poor, the
Policy King" adams, recorded his oc-
cupation as gentleman on the prison
register at Sing Sing at the time of his
incarceration there last week. On the
marriage license of the youngest Wander
bilt, that useless and not Intellectually
ornamental person who is known to the
uublic as we'll as to his intimates by the
soft name of Reggie" was also de-
scribed as pursuing the occupation of
gentleman" What is it that associates
in the same class the Vanderbilt scion
and the Sing Sing convict?
At first sight, it would seem to be
question of the possession of great wealth.
The Policy King is very rich man.
He has accumulated millions from the
small vices of the poor to which he has
pandered. Reggie" Vanderbilt is prob
ably the richest man of his years in
America. His money has come to him
honestly, as we call it, by inheritance
through three generations. There seems
to be no other quality in common be-
tween these two persons than the pos
session of good many millions of dol
lars. But each of them describes him
self as a gentleman" and official re-
cords accept and perpetuate the designa-
tion.
Has it come to this, then. that title
so full of the traditions of honor has fall
en- in this republic to the level of meas
ure of sordid wealth? We do not think
this is exactly the case. 1t is more rea-
sonable to conclude that the appellation
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hold the members of the conference
and most of the visitors.
Before 1905 Birmingham will have a
skyscraper hotel. and 1t will then be
equipped for the largest gatherings
that are ever assembled in this section
OF the country, and none outrank in
size, and character and high legislation
the general conference which will sit
here in 1906 We can best get ready
for it by building another hotel of the
most modern sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
Oldest Family.

Said a Louisville man at the Metropol-
itan: THE oldest family in the world
not in point of pedigree, but of longevity
is said to live in Bell county, Ky. Lewis
Green is 80 years old; his wife, Virginia
Green, is 90 years old. They were mar
ried seventy-three years ago, and went
hams Creek, in bend OF the Cumber-
land river. They are still living in the
same house to which they vent as bride
groom and bride three-quarters of a CEN
tury ago They have ten children. the
youngest of whom is now 49, and there
has never bean death in The family"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
From the Baltimore Sun.

~ MONG those who attended the
lH5A southern educational conference
at Richmond last week was DR..
Talcott Williams of Philadelphia. who is
well known as a writer on economic ana
political questions. DR.. Williams discov-
cred that the south has introduced some
innovations in educational work which
might be profitably adopted by rich and
populous state like Pennsylvania. 'Thc
SOUTH he writes has the big end OF
the problem. 1t is all farm and country
side. Where half Massachusetts Is in
cities and a third of Pennsylvania. the
southern states have fifth, sixth or
even an eighth In cities. In northern states
the cities are taxed for the schools No
rural district alone or unaded can support
adequate schools on the school district
system The south has no cities to tax
Consolidation Is the remedy The school
districts are massed."
DR.. williams describes a Tennessee
country school, which, he says. Pennsyl-
.yania cannot even approach. much less
match. The building accommodates $50
twelve acres The course of studies ranges
from the primary grade to that OF the
high school. There are orchards VINE
wards and gardens in which farming and
fruit culture are illustrated In the most
.practical way. There Is a department in
which wood working is taught The girls
are instructed in cooking as well as in
rrammer and arithmetic. Every child
from the primary up has a garden patch.
In Florida the consolidation plan has been
tried with marked success The school
board In one county towns and runs the
wagonettes in which the children are car
ried to school" In Mississippi "consolida-
ton has heightened the school term for
both races from seven to nine months"
The system originated in Ohio. 1t has
spread through the Prairie states. and
now the south is adopting 1t as fast as
practicable. DR.. Williams Is convinced
that consolidation viii work wonders for
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
The Tiqer GrowIs.

From the Princeton Tiger.
Money is no object; most of us believe
1t myth.
Most girls close their eyes when they
are kissed; do you blame them?
The poor We have always with you
often so close that they touch you.
Politeness is the salt of lifeyou hate
to have 1t rubbed into you when you
are cut up.
A lot of people who should be spending
good time getting good money spend good
money getting a good time.
1t does not make it right to do what
you ought not to do when you don't do
what you ought to do.
1t is all very well to get a good start
but the start you get when some fool
puts his cold hands down your neck may
be too good.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
One can have very close friends IL he
seldom ever sees them.
one who hates it, doing 1t to be rid of 1t.
A woman can be jealous of the devo-
tion of man TO the very work that
earns her bread and butter.
Women may not have minds. but men
should remember that 1t does not supply
them with them to tell them so.
One thing woman likes about going
TO the country for the summer is that she
can begin to plan a lot of nice things to
do when she gets back to town.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
Frisco Officials.

First Vice President and General Mana
ger B. l.. Winchell of the Frisco system,
accompanied by Mrs. Winchell arrived in
the city last night from s.. Louis. They
are stopping at the Hillman and will re-
main In Birmingham for day or two,
Superintendent II. M. Fickinger of the
Frisco. with headquarters at Memphis Is
also at the Hlllman. General Agent f.
o. Becker, who has been in st. Louis for
several days, returned to the city last
night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
OhIo,s Mysterious Murder.

In the little city of Lorain lives
Father Reichlin, the pastor of pros
porous Catholic church. With Father
Reichlin lived his sister, Agatha Reich
lin. She was 4ound dead in her room,
her head having been crushed in with
heavy stone or other missile. At the
priests house ON the night of the MUIR
der was stopping as guest Father
Ferdinand Walser, who was en- route
to new parish to which he had been
assigned. He had been priest of
blameless life twenty-five years in
Ohio or the adjoining states, and was
widely known because of his kindness
of heart and gentle life.
But the young woman was found
dead, and public sentiment said at
once that Father Walser was the muir
derer. There was no evidence, and yet
a mob was nearly ready to hang the
unfortunate priest at once. He was
sent to jail for safety's sake. A pack
Oh bloodhounds was brought in, and
they were sent from the room occupied
by Agatha Reichlin to the other rooms
in the house. and Captain Ketchum of
the police testified before the coroner
that the bloodhounds did not pay any
more attention to Father Walser's bed
than they did to the other beds in the
house.
A ladder stood outside the window
of the dead girls room, and an un.
identified man was seen lurking about
the place on the night Of the murder.
Father Walser was promptly dis
charged from custody, there not being
particle of evidence against him.
He was pronounced by the coroner
and by the mayor of the little city
innocent alike of any crime against
the laws of hospitality, or the ten COM
mandments, or the laws of the state,
and he stands fully indicated before
the eyes of all impartial men.
But who killed poor Agatha Reich
lin? Here is a mystery that will not
soon be solved. Here is where the po-
lice are baffled, and the Reichlin mys-
terry promises to be inexplicable, even
as is the Burdick case in Buffalo, lack.
ing, however, the latter's long and re-
peated violations of the moral law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
VIRTUE OF PUBLICITY.
rom the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald
Lieutenant Governor Lees letter Of res
ignation is gem. He resigns and retires
from political life for the reason that he
desires to avoid further personal pub
LEFTY. All, yes Publicity goes hard with
some public officials, and it has been par
ticularly hard on Missouri officials Of late.
The Lee letter should be preserved as a
fine testimonial to the virtues of publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
MERE CHILDREN.

From the Indianapolis Times.
]. Pierpont Morgan has just celebrated
his sixty-sixth birthday and Kansas City
has a messenger boy who is going on
flfty-eight. Oh, the old boys are still in
the game
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
PRESIDENTS 54ANcEs.
New York No Longer Pivotal State
In National Contests.
From Golfers weekly,

From Golfers Weekly.
Political statisticians have been moved
by the enthusiastic reception of the Pres
ident in the west to calculate his chances
of reelection without New York. For
some reason Mr. Roosevelt has not been
as popular in his <Swn state as elsewhere.
His majority ofer Judge Van wyck was
small, and mfre recently New York has
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
IN A BACHELORS, HOTEL.

From the Boston Globe.
The proposed hotel for bachelors to be
erected in Beacon street will be twelve
stories high and only twenty-five feet
wide, but that doesn't mean necessarily
that the inmates will live narrow life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

Sig. Marconi is doing the ovation
stunt in his native land. Brass bands
and reception committees meet him, no
matter which way he goes. 1t Is a
Roman triumph, and Marky has the
star part.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

When the President reviewed 10000
children at Kansas City, he is said to
have been in a frame of mind to drop
the anti-David B. Hill issue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

The Brazilians have not yet been
consulted over the proposition to make
their country a German colony, nor
has the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

President Roosevelt may be hunting
for another government reservation
where he can be alone with the bear
and the elk.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
A GREAT CHANGE.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The man who started the story about
the great American desert ought to have
survived to see the dedication exercises.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

Let us hope the sewer pipe plant will
be rebuilt, and the scoundrel that set
it on fire detected and put where the
dogs will not bite him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
A Raid Year.

From the New York Sun.
We have had panic years and
boom" years in our financial circles, but
1908 promises to be remembered chiefly
as the raid" year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
Probably Not.

From the Harvard Lampoon.
Dear mamma, 1t rains here most all
the time; you never saw such bad
spell of wether.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

When The Hague court gets its 81,
500, 900 court house, there will be but
one lonely Venezuela suit to be tried
in 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

Germany proposes to conquer South
America by the big-family route. 1t is
the only way open to her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

1t is said President Roosevelt talked
very earnestly with Governor Bailey OF
Kansas concerning race suicide.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

Richmond proposes to hold worlds
fair in 1907-three hundred years after
the first settlement at jamestown, a
town that failed to stick 1t out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

That noble song, -Four More Years
of Grover" is renewed, and many per-
sons with short memories are sing
ing it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07
Hot And COLD.

From the New York World.
The Panama hat and the ear muff con-
tinue to sway fltfully in the balance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

1t is trapdoor instead of an open
door that Russia offers in Manchuria.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

The lily whites are victims of the
cohesive power of public plumber.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

General Miles saw too much in the
Philippines, and he will be kept at
home hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

President Roosevelt said at Kansas
City that man should pay his way.
Does he?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

The governors who went to st. Louis
saw where the Pike is to be with many
regrets.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

All. Adams is making mats instead
OF 4-11-44 schemes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

King Edward bravely turned his oath
into dead-letter, and went to Rome.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

Senator Stones presidential boom
has been alumized-in pulverized form
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

The English parliament is UP against
the deceased wife's sister again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

The Manila cable will soon Guido
the famous Manila rope.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-07

The St. Louis fair is boom for ex-
pansion.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-09-07
Estate of Emeline L. Thompson
of Greensboro.

STATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS D1srR1cr
y S.. In Probate Court, held at New
port, in said District, on the 2Sth day
OF August A. D.. 1913.
Hon A. D. Mathews, administrator of he es-
tste of Emelipe L. Thompson lat of Green's
ooro In said District, deceased, presents his
administration account for exaninati and
allowance, and makes application for a de-
cree OF distribution and partition of the es-
tate OF said deceased.
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court that
said account and saio application be referred
70 session thereof, to be held at tie
o-hce of B. F. D. Carpenter in SAID
Barton on the 18th day of September,
a. D. 1909, at O'Clock IN the forenoon for
hearing and decision thereon: And it is
f9rther ordered, that notice hereof be
gwen TO all persons Interested, by
publication OF the same three weeks success
sively in the Orleans County Monitor news
paper published at said Barton, previous to
said time appointed for hearing that they
may appear at said time and place, and show
cause, II any they may have, why said ac-
count should not be allowed. and such decree
maze BY the Court-Attest.
59-31 F. E. ALFRED Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-09-07

The president of a horticultural
school, in his address to the gradua-
ting class few days ago, deplored the
practice of naming plants in unintell-
igible Latin. "It puts a very severe
strain on the memory" he explained.
mot long ago a man whose knowl-
edge of linguistics was confiued to
English told me that the only flowers
whose names he was sure of we're the
aurora borealis and the delirium ire
MEMS"