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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported In the
South and West.

Chattanooga, May 31.-The progress in
southern Industrial development for the
week Just closed as reported by The
Tradesman includes the following new
organizations as among the most impor-
tant:
Observation-Disclosures distillery; coal
mines (near); spike mills; construction
company. Gadsdsn, distillery. Decatur.
stove works. Demopolis, Hardware COM
pany. Bridgeport, 100000 coal and coke
company.
Arkansas-Mayflower cotton gin Os-
ceola, cotton gin. jamestown, 75-barrel
Touring mill. Pine Bluff. 100000 cotton
oil mill.
Fiorida-Jacksonville, $4,000 manufac-
turing company.
Georgia-Savannah, 81, 100000 lumber and
phosphate company; s1,0o0,oOo sugar re-
hnery (projected) Cuthbert oil MILL
Moultrie two $4,000 cotton oil mills. Way
cross. $500. 900 naval stores and creosoting
company. Elberton, oil mill Macon. cot
ton gin; grist mill; saw mill. Atlanta.
$500. 900 land company; s125,o00 lumber COM
pany. Gainesville, cotton gin.
pany. CloveRport. development company.
Louisville. 100000 coal company. lumber
company; $4,000 box company. Williams
burg, $4,000 coal company. Campton,
100000 oil company.
Louisiana-Baton Rouge. $4,000 barrel
factory. Abbeville, s25O,alO oil company.
Jennings. s250,0O0 oil company; 100000 uil
company; $50 900 oil company.
Mlssissippi-McHenry, electric light
, nj OH II oh
son, $4,000 land and development COM
Tany.
North Carolina-Morganton, $780, coo min
Ing and milling company. Mt. Airy. Sl'n.-
100 cotton mill (near). Red Springs, s1G.-
900 OF. mill.
South Observation-Disclosures COM
pany. Roebuck, $4,000 oil mill, Mari m
$4,000 brick works and gin. F,orerce.
$1,000 re factory. Charleston, $4,000 n IL
Ing &C mpany.
-Memphis-$l0o.0 ice and
cold storage company; paper box manu-
featuring company, Chattanooga. $780,
900 mining and milling company Spring
field. $4,000 waterworks and electric light
plant. Nashville. tobacco factory. Jellico,
s25,OoO hardware company; Nunnely. iron
mines. Ripley, $500 Touring MILL Crab
Orchard. $1,000 stone company
Texas-Paris, $4,000 cotton company
Frisco. cotton gin. Mineral Wells, cleo
trio light plant; telephone system. Crock
EFT. $4,000 ice factory. Sherwood. irriga-
ton company. FL Paso. company to deal
ip electrical supplies. Glen Flora s75, 900
irrigation company. Houston 81, 1000 oil
company. Gonzales, $4,000 oil and de-
velopment company. Fort Worth, $4,000
telephone and supply company. Lyons,
telephone system.
Observation-Disclosures. $4,000 stave and
lumber company. Amelia. telephone COM
pany. Portsmouth. 100000 railroad shops.
West Virglnia-Clarksburg $4,000 gas
and electric company. st. Mary's, SEC. 900
oil and gas company. Fairmont. $500 600
steel and iron fuel company; steel mill.
Cameron pottery keystone, 100000 coal
and coke company huntsville, 5000 de-
velopment company. Levels, $4,000 tele-
phone company.
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be performed and not to the nature Of
the representation.
What is wanted new is eighteen
more states that will demand the call.
ing of a constitutional convention, and
before this time next year the mum.
h, should be secured. True, sena-
tors can be selected by the people
in a roundabout manner, but it is not
well to leave the matter in such i'm.
perfect form, for as things stand any
multi-millionaire can step up and buy
a seat Once let direct action be es-
tablished, there will be precious few
multi-millionaires in the senate, vot-
ing and acting on all matters, not for
the common people, but for the good
of their class.
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/, IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Leaders of Public Spirit.

1T has been remarked frequently that
Birmingham, on account Of its compare
tive youth, lacks public spirit said a
prominent citizen. such a lack might
have been exeusable a. few years ago
when we were poor, but In this time Of
prosperity. public spirit should be easily
developed
Every business man should feel him
self committee of one to aid in develop
ing public spirit and among the organized
bodies the Commercial Club, the Board
of Trade and Birmingham Lodge OF Elks
are looked to to foster such spirit.
+ Come to think of it, the Elks are
models of organized energy. They are
good examples OF what public spirit will
accomplish for a city. They have done
much for the entertainment of the people;
have engineered many enterprises and
brought crowds of visitors to Birming-
ham. The Elks gave the horse show and
they deserve the cordial thanks for this
undertaking. If they have to meet de-
felt they will do 1t eheerfuIly. for they
are plucky or nothing They will go go
ahead, too, and give even a bigger horse
show next spring.
with a few more such bodies OF men
as Birmingham Lodge of Elks this city
would soon be as far advanced along the
line of public spirit as Atlanta and Mem
pills.
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TO RALLY THE PoPULIsTs.
Ex-oov. Poynter of Nebraska Opposes
Further Fusion With Democrats.

Lincoln, Neb., May 29.-Ex-Governor
Poynter, the populist leader, in an inter-
view today. says that there will be no
more fusion, state or national, with the
democrats.
"The democratic party" he says, does
not possess the power to meet the great
questions of the day. The indications are
that Bryan and his reform ideas will be
overthrown and Clevelandism reinstated.
with such democracy the populist
party can have neither sympathy nor fell
iowship. Whatever disintegration has
taken place in our ranks has been caused
by our union with the democratic party
Independent action will in large meas
ure recover these scattered forces. More
people than ever before believe in pop
ulist principles. To gather them under
one banner is our task"
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PENNYPAcKER DESERTED.

From the New York Tribune.
The Pennsylvania republican state con-
vention yesterday carefully refrained
from all mention of the Grady-Salus libel
law which Governor Pennypacker induced
the legislature to pass for the suppression
Of cartoons aimed at himself and Senator
Quay. 1t Is evident that the governor is
to be allowed by his friends to enjoy all
by himself the responsibility for this
measure. Neither Mr.. Quay nor any OF
his assistants will rob Governor Penny
packer of the distinction which the public
by common consent have awarded to him.
II his name shall go down to fame as the
worker of a great reform, the politicians
who aided him in his attempts to gag
the press OF tho commonwealth still gen.
erously allow him all the glory: and If, as
seems probable, posterity classes that law
along with the stupIdities of a George
ILL., they will share no more Of the blame
than they can help.
They cannot get away from 1t entirely.
The machine which rorced the gag
through the Legislature In defiance of par
liamentary rules has acknowledged its
iNttt Va SiAtASiSAAi ny NiylDB " sup H. bll
Governor Pennypacker has made himself
so conspicuous and so ridiculous as the
champion OF the gag that his associates
can conveniently get under cover. Sena-
tor Quay can afford now and then to see
himself portrayed in the guisc OF an OWL
when the cartoon serves chiefly to remind
people of the faulty OF his blunderingly
faithful governor, who cited the outrage
of such portraiture of an honorable sem
ator as a reason for signing the bill.
The action of the convention must set
the governor to thinking. He has been
saying that the people approved his libel
law. Now he finds that his own associates
repudiate this most conspicuous measure
of his administration. They do not dare
mention 1t. They will not even pay him
the poor compliments which he has taken
seriously when his personal friends have
tried to be pleasant over his perform
ance. They agree with the newspapers
which have been caricaturng the COVER
nor that 1t Is his law, and that If he
wants to enforce 1t he must take action
himself. They wash their hands Of the
whole affair. caring much more for the
public sentiment IN favor of a free press
than for the worthy governors feel
ings.
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CLEVELAND A WINNER.
Sentiment Strong Enough to Force His
Nomination Would Bring Victory

Chicago, May 30.-A Berlin cable dis
patch to the Daily News says: ''Bourke
Cochran. who has arrived in this city
from Egypt said today that Cleveland
would be elected President of the United
States If nominated"
"If there is a popular demand for Cleve-
lands return to the Presidency strong
enough to force his nomination upon the
Democratic convention" said Mr.. Cock
ran. that same popular demand will be
strong enough to insure his election. be-
cause the opposition to him is strongest
in his own party. Any movement suffi-
GENTLY powerful to overcome the greater
obstacle is not likely to be arrested, by
the lesser"
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Air Brakes.

The uses and workings Of air brakes
are probably less understood by the gen.
eral public than any other feature of
traffic service" said a well known A. g.
s. engineer yesterday.
In the first place most people think
that the brakes are applied by turning
on the air which is exactly opposite to the
actual process. The air cylinders are
kept full of compressed air all the time
and the brake is applied by letting this
air escape.
THE process has numerous advantages
If any of the pipes spring leak at any
point, the escaping air will cause the
brakes to set themselves and we know
something is wrong. Tho brakes can be
set much more quickly by exhausting the
cylinders than by filling them.
Compressed air is much quicker than
steam and will respond much more
quickly. II is used for a great many
things about a train. We use 1t to ring
the bell, to turn on the sand and the con-
ductor uses it to signal the engineer from
any part of the train
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They shall have wars and pay for
their presumption
B King Henry vi.
Born from Many troubles.

One hundred and sixty-fve years
ago last Monday the constitutional
convention met in Philadelphia. Only
fifty-five delegates took their seats,
although sixty-five had been elected.
The convention sat until September
z, and it sat throughout in secret SEES
sion, and its journal remained a secret
until 1918, when it was printed by
congress. Nadison's notes wore not
printed until 1870. Washington pre-
sided over the convention, but he was
absent from Philadelphia nearly two
months, and he often despaired Of
agreement by the delegates upon any
plan whatever.
But they finally agreed upon the
Virginia plan, setting aside the New
Jersey plan which looked more to the
sovereignty Of the states than to an
efficient general government. Only
thirty-nine delegates signed the arti-
cles agreed upon, and the ratification
process was tedious and at times
doubtful. Rhode Island really had to be
coerced, and she was the ninth state.
and then the constitution went into
effect. This was on Id 20, 1870. or
three years after the meeting of the
convention.
At times the convention was on the
verge OF dissolution, the subject OF
slavery coming In to render harmony
difficult, as we'll as the disagreement
over the nature of the general govern.
nent.
Hamilton and Franklin and James
Madison were members of the conyen-
ton, but the students say that James
Wilson, Philadelphia lawyer who
later became justice of the supreme
court, did more towards framing and
moulding the constitution than any
other one man. Be this, however. as
It may, 1t is certain that no document
OF equal importance ever had a
stormier birth, nor was there ever one
that had to be adjusted to a greater
degree to prejudices, local interests
and con SITTING views. It seemed to be
destiny shat it should become fact and
supreme law, and the entire world
took a step upward when it was finally
ratified.
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leave for Atlanta this morning. He Is an
exceptionally attractive preacher. and
was listened to with marked interest By
large congregations.
D. NJ. Colts OF Greensboro lie stopping
at the Hillman.
F. u STAFFORD of Chattanooga is reg
istered at the ST. Nicholas.
Thomas W. cohoon of Montgomery is
at the Morris.
John L Burnette of Gadsden is at the
Metropolitan.
J. B. Marsh of Boston IS stopping at
the Hillman.
T. H. Partridge of New York is reg
istered at the Morris.
Walter Nesmith of Vernon is stopping
at the Metropolitan.
Paul ]. Murphy of Admission is at the
Hiilman.
J. T. Rose Of Atlanta is at the Morris.
w Oscar Wilkinson OF st. Louis Is
registered at the Metropolitan.
A. D. Graham OF Greenville is regis
tered at the Morris.
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SLIGHT VERBAL CHANGES
IN CONFESSION OF FAITH

| trlne OF retribution and predestination Of
the confession Is left unchanged. with all
It's logical inferences. what does it
amount tot
Still another emendation. merely YER
bal also. is made in the article concern
ing the pope. In the old confession it
reads thus:
There is no head Of the church but
the Lord Jesus Christ, nor can the pope
Of Rome In any sense be the head there
Of but Is the anti-Christ, that man of
sin. and son of perdition, mat exalteth
himself in the church against Christ and
all that is called Cod
Somewhat potter language to express
exactly the same denunciation is now
substituted, thus:
THE Lord Jesus Christ is the only
head of the church, and the claim of any
man to be the vicar Of Christ and the
head of the church is un-scriptural, with
out warrant in fact and is a usurpation
dishonoring to the Lord Jesus Christ"
Roman Catholics and men of discern
ment generally are not likely to see any
essential difference between calling the
pope 'anti-Christ' and describing him as
a usurper who dishonors Christ.
We are told that after the revision had
been adopted SO unanimously half an
hour was spent in prayer and praise for
the work accomplished" but the accom-
plishment does not seem to have beer
enough to justify any such demonstra-
ton of satisfaction by an assembly of in
tellectual men. DR.. Van Dyke, speaking
with great impressiveness. said he wished
to make it clear. especially ito the breth-
rem of the press that this revision does
not mean that the Presbyterian church
has changed her base one inch" But the
brethren of the press" who need any such
assurance cannot have read the text of
the revision or they are incapable OF draw
ing a reasonable conclusion. The changes
made are purely verbal superficial, sem
timental The revision leaves unchanged
the foundation doctrine Of the Westmir-
ster Confession. that God, the great
Creator of all things, doth uphold, direct. z
dispose and govern all creatures, actions
and things, from the greatest even to the
least, by His most wise and holy provi-
dence, according to His infallible fore.
knowledge and the free and immutable
counsel of His own will" The conclu-
sions from that awful postulate are plain
and irresistible. No general assembly can
change them. Accordingly, the Presbyte-
rian agitation over revision during the
past fifteen years may be said to have
come to nothing deserving of respectful
consideration
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R. H. sToDDARD LEFT BUT $1,000.
His Books WllIed to the Authors Club
and the cencury Association.

From the New York Sun.
The will Of Richard Henry Stoddard,
the poet, was filed for probate yester-
dayl 1t disposes of an estate valued at
$1,000. The Authors club is to have such
of the testator's books as its committee
selects, the remainder going to the Cen
fury association. His works on dramatic
subjects are bequeathed to the Players
and his bust of Shakespeare to the Au-
thors' club A picture painted by his dead
son, Lorimer Stoddard, is left to Daniel
M. Stimson Mr.. Stoddard's furniture and
other household goods are bequeathed
to Alice Brueder, his late wife's COM
panion, whom he adopted year ago.
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From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
~ HUNDRED years ago, even twen-
V1 ty-fiye years ago the enact
= ment by a Presbyterian general
assembly of amendments to the westmin-
ster confession for the purpose of broad
ening" and Undertaking. its doctrine "Of
| Gods Eternal Decree" would have made
a great stir in the religious world, no
matter how slight they were; but the
unanimous adoption of the revision COM
mittee's report by the general assembly
pass almost unheeded in that sphere and
among reasoning men generally.
In the Westminster confession 1t Is laid
down that:
BY the decree Of God. for the manifes-
tatlon Of His glory, some men and angels
are predestinated unto everlasting life
and others preordained to everlasting
death. These angels and men, thus pre-
destlnatcd and preordained, are particu-
larry and unchangeably deslgnedi and
their number is so certain and definite
that 1t cannot be either increased or
diminished"
On the confessions assumption of a
personal God and of future retribution
for man this article seems to be an ire
sistlbly logical conclusion from the open
ing declaration of the chapter that God
from all eternity did by the most wise
counsel Of His own will freely and I'M
changeaby ordain whatsoever comes TO
pass" But 1t is not doctrine agreeable
to the sensibilites of a time when any
reference to hell by pulpits is resented
as indicate. II not outrageous. Accord
ing1y In the "declaratory statement
adopted by the general assembly on
Thursday 1t is explained that under this
doctrine mo man Is condemned except
on the ground OF SIM" In the past, bitter
religious wars have been fought over
slighter variations In the statement Of
doctrine, yet, after ALL what Is there OF
essential Importance in the change?
Retrlbutlon remains, Gods decree is not
altered. logic is mistaken.
The revision explains that the declara-
| ton of the confession that elect infants
dying in infancy are regenerated and
saved by Christ through the Spirit
lis not to be regarded as teaching that
any who die in infancy are lost We be-
lieye that all dying In infancy are In
cluded in the election of grace and are
regenerated and saved by Christ through
the Spirit, who works when and where
and how He pleases."
This language may be framed agree
i ably to human sentiment but as the doc
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LAST DAYS.

By D. G. Rossetti
The lost days of my life until today.
What were they, could l see them on
the street
Lie as they fell? Would they be ears
OF wheat
Sown once for food but trodden into clay?
Or golden coins squandered and stu to
pay?
Or drops of blood dabbling the guilty
feet?
Or such split water as in dreams must
cheat
The undying throats of hell, athirst al
day?
do not see them here; but after death
God knows know the faces shah gee.
Each enc murdered sclf. with low last
breath.
at am thyself-what hast thou done to
me?"
And Land I-thyself' DO! each one
saith,
And thou thyself to all eternityl''
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ndles and looms as follows:

Alabama is still the fourth state,
being far outranked by South Caro-
lima, North Carolina and Georgia. This
would not be material if Alabama had
a million of spindles, number she
should have had long ago, because
she has cheaper fuel than any other
southern state, and world of water
that could be rendered available.
In this connection 1t is well to add
a brief table showing the distribution
of the worlds spindles, as follows:
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
sympathy is like chunk of ice; by the
time 1t is melted there is nothing left of
It.
No woman is sorry to have a neighbor
move away who could never be talked
about
A woman can wear stays to make her
seem to be running up when she is fall
ing down hill
A woman's allowance is target for her
to see how near to 1t she can shoot with
out hitting it,
It's curious how many sizes larger a
woman's feet grow on her way from the
shoe shop to her home.
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ST. Louis Fair.

I'm spite of blunders and drawbacks
the ST. Louis exposition promises to be
the grandest the world has ever seem"
said travelling man. ut is often COM
planned that all the big fairs are pretty
much alike, but the approaching EXPOSE
ton promises to have many features
that have never yet been attempted. The
time for the opening comes on apace.
Already II has been found that the
hotel accommodations of st. Louis will
be insufficient. AS q result of the UNI
parallcled prosperity which this country
has enjoyed for the past few years the
attendance at the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position will no doubt be the largest ever
recorded
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THE SOUTH AND PARKER.

From the Nashville American.
Judge Parker is a good man. He lives
in New York; he is a good democrat. an
able jurist; he has no Objectionable rec
ord, and he may be nominated. If he is
he cannot be Objectionable to any demo-
GRAFT 1t is idle, however. to claim that
the south, or any other section is q.
unit In favor of his nomination.
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About Persons.

Col and Mrs. Josiah Patterson Of Mem
phis are the guests of the Rev. and Mrs.
Sterling ]. Foster.
MIR. and Mrs. E. W. Barrett will leave
for Augusta. Ga, this morning in re-
Spouse to a telegram received late last
night announcing the serious illness of
Mr.. Barrett's father, Col. T. G. Barrett.
The Rev. DIR. Charles Byrd Of Atlanta
occupied the pulpit of the Rev. DR.. ]. P.
McFerrin at the Fig NJ. b church yes
t~rday morning and night. DIR. Byrd will
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Next Wednesday Ohio republicans
will speak right out, and Senator For
aker will be their mouthpiece and
chief tooter.
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The postmaster general is working
his snickcrsee in languid way. What
Is needed is an Adlai Stevenson in
his prime.
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Most Satisfactory Results.

From Town and Country
Kingley-You've been to these literary
clubs and metaphysical things for two
or three years now. and what does your
culture amount to?
Mrs Kingley-Don't know everybody
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Z the worlds spindles, as follows:

The Reliance is proving she is bet
ter either as a strong breeze or In
drifting match than the Columbia or
the Constitution.