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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

"What is that you're baking there, my
dear" inquired young Mr.. Newliwed, bread
or some cake?" Il don't know. l have not
finished yet" replied the young BRIDE
Philadelphia Press.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
Nothing New.

"The longer live" sighed the sage, and
the more | learn, the more firmly am | con-
WINGED that | know absolutely nothing"
81 could have told you that % years ago."
said his wife, but knew it would be OF no
use.'3London Tit-Bts.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

Fat Woman latter the museum fre)-l
miss the tattoed man.
Manager-Oh, he's down here, but you
don't recognize him without his decora-
turned the hose on him.-Philadelph Rec
ord
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

"It's na,d to have lot OF debts that you
simply can't pay" ''Ohl | don know. Its
worse to have lot that you simply have to
pay. Philadelphia Ledger
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

Briggs-Gilder has taken me out in his
automobile quite frequently of late.
Griggs-Well, / suppose he wants to have
you share his pleasures:
You mean his troubles. Detroit Free
Press
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Easy come, easy go, and hard to get
again.
Most any girl can make a man fall
in love with her: few of them can
make him stay there.
1t takes two women longer to ex
plain over a telephone why they can't
go to lunch together than it does
dozen men to draw up plans to build
a railroad.-New York Press.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
Opium and Liquor Habits Cured.
Book free b. NJ. Woolley, NJ. D., Atlanta, Ga.

He-"Her age surprised me greatly. She
doesn't look 80, does she?" She-"No; not
nov. | suppose she did, though, at one
time -Philadelphla Press.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

Foozle-"Do you think it wrong to play
golf on Sunday" Niblick-"I think it
wrong to play such game as you do on any
day OF the week Boston Transcript.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
Laundered.

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

Nell-"Yes, we're engaged, but | took my
time about accepting him Belle-"lndeed,;
Waited until he actually proposed, did you:
Philadelphia Ledger
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

All that one gains by falsehood Is not to
be believed when he speaks the truth
Aristotle
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
StOps fheCOuRl
Plenty of Them.

and works off the cold Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price % cents
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

Perfectly simple and simply perfect is
dyeing with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26

A mans judgment on others is his verdict
on himself.-Ram's Horn.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
TRIED BY TIME,

Eugene f. Lario, of Isl Twentieth
Avenue, ticket seller in the Union Sta.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
Member Of Congress From Virginia
Writes.

Hon. g. X. Brown, Ma -...-
ex-member of Congress
50th Congress, writes:
al cheerfully givemye
your Peruna as cure 70
beneficial results have
demonstrated that its us
all persons suffering froI
Hon. e. Il. Brown.
The day was when men of prominence
hesitated to give their testimonials to
proprietary medicines for publication.
This remains true today of most pro-
prietary medicines. But Pcruna has
become so justly famous, its merits are
known to so many people of high and
low stations, that no one hesitates to
see his name in print recommending
Peruna.
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna u strong endorsement
Men representing all classes and sta
tions are equally represented.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
COMMODORE NICHOLSON a=a4 sAxz
Recommends Pe-ru-na-Other Prominent
Men Testify.

Commodore Somerville Nicholson, of
the United States Navy, in a letter from
1887 II Street, n. W., Washington, DC,
says:
"Your Peruna has been and is
now used by SO many of my
friends and acquainfances as a
sure cure for cafarrh that ! am
convinced of its curative qualities
and 7 unhesifafingIy recommend
IL TO all persons suffering from
that complaint. "---S. Nicholson.
United States Minister to Guatemala
Endorses Pe-ru-na.
DIR. w. Godfrey Hunter, L. 5. Minister
to Guatemala, ex-membcr of Congress
from Kentucky, in a letter from WASH
ington, ID. c., writes:
lam fully satisfied that your Peruna
is an efficacious remedy for ca tarrh, as
and many of my friends have been bcne-
flied by its use.'-W. G. Hunter, NJ. ID.
Member Of Congress From Virginia
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-26
w. L, DOUGLAS
$50 & s. SHOES S SsSsl
You can save from SO to SIS yearly by
wearing W L. Oouglas So so or So ahoez

Our 81 Git Edge Line canEot be equoiied anV price
Shoes by mail, 20 cents extra. Ilustrat ed
Catalog free, W. i. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
All Bales Are Needed.

Spot cotton is still selling at nine cents, and that sum bids fair to be the ruling price,o throughout the season. The decline of Monday was due more to corrections of previous rumors as to damage by frost than by anything else. The frosts of Saturday and Sunday nights were not harmful to the crop. They were of the kind denominated light" which is vastly different from the killing sort. The frosts thus far have killed no cotton bolls, and it is safe to say that the entire crop, be it what it may, will be gathered without material injury from frosts.
 The crop is very late, and in the hill sections of the cotton belt killing frosts will not be welcomed before November 15, and the chances are now pretty good that the entire crop will escape ''frost-bite."
 The entire crop is needed by naked world. Every bals that can be gathered from the fields is needed, and every bale of it should net the farmer nine cents pounu in cash. A little discre- ton in selling the crop will put that price in the pockets of southern farm CTS. Whenever the price drops below nine cents not a bale should be sent to the market. This policy would quickly carry the price back to nine cents. The farmer who accepts less than nine cents need blame no one but himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21

more. And all taxes upon such prop erty assessments for the year next pre- eeding the year in which he offers to register must have been paid.
 The board of registrars of each county are required to visit each pre- cinet between July and october |, 1904, and each two years thereafter. As things stand no one who is not now registered can be registered in time to vote at the coming primary, for no one can hereafter vote in a primary who is not qualified elector, and in order to be qualified elector one must have been registered and must have paid all poll taxes due from him since the adoption of the. constitution of 1901.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
LETTERS TO EDITOR
That Little School in Winston.

To the Editor of the Age-Herald: This educational orphan is fortunate in being the ward of such thoughtful and zealous soul as your editorship. In order to save a few pennies from the patrons of the said little school your editorshlp would check the progress of education in our great cities and populous districts, subvert the usual principles of trade and introduce into the world of trade a system of state socialism whereby the right of citizens to contract in procuring their own commodities is relegated to a state commissioner. Pardon me if 1 fail to see how the benefit your editorship would bestow upon the said little school at all measures up to the cost of the same. to the larger and better schools.
 This scheme of legislating learning into people by prescribing text books Is to my mind utterly futile and will inevitably force on the little school in Winston coun- ty a set of books they are not prapared to appreciate or use to advantage. I pro- test against the soundness of the doctrine that you can leglslate learning into peo- pie. Whether in the little school In Win ston county or in the university. The whole scheme is based on this fiction of politicians dreams Nor is drastic legis- lation under impending penalties the best way to improve our text books.
 The better organization of our teachers for mutual helpfulness in their work and the payment of better wage for that work is a hundredfold wiser way to help the little school in Winston county. That degenerate in educational institutions does not need law; he needs a gospel for his own self-culture. Let the teachers of the state be given the means of promulgating even to the "deestrict schule." the gospel of education and we will best conserve the school interest. You cannot legislate learning into people.
 But your editorship is mistaken in say ing that teachers and patrons are pleased with the law. I have received many let ters of thanks from teachers for not suTenderng without a fight to this dras- tic law. A majority of the trustees of our city schools and the superintendent and every teacher l have consulted feels that the law Is a mistake It was at the re- quest of teachers that this suit was brought.
 Now, Mir. Editor. I am willing to join you in a movement to send a missionary to the little school in Winston county for its being taught the way of educa- tion more perfectly I believe such work will be helpful, but to legislate them into learning will prove not only futile but injurious, both to them and to others. By the way, everything is high in that isolated district. Suppose we establish a commission on clothes. hats, shoes, four oils, etc. so that the state by pooling all into one may let a monopolistic contract to depostors to furnish these necessaries of life to the patrons of that little school in Winston county. Let all the world stand still for we are now engaged in helping the little school in Winston county. A. J. DICKINSON
 Birmingham, October 20 1908
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
A wretched soul, bruis'd with adver- sity..
 Comedy of Errors.
Convict Labor in Georaia.

Fifteen hundred convicts were let in Georgia last week. The net rate of a convict's hire last year was s43; this year under the new contract it has risen to S167. The fund thus hand somely increased goes towards the support of the public schools of the state. About $250,000 will accrue to the schools of Georgia.
 But the question of leasing convicts to contractors to be used by contract DTS practically without supervision by the state, is one that Georgia has not seriously considered. Every contract or's camp is school for the turning out of hardened convicts. There Is ab. solutely no room for reformation in such camp, and no one pretends that there is.
 Alabama has, 1t is true, been as active as Georgia in turning out hard ened convicts, but Alabama is endeav- bring to take all convlcts out of con- tractors hands by placing them under state control alone. Governor Jelks is confident that he will be able before his term Is ended in 1907 to abolish all contractors for convict services in this state. When this is accomplished Ala bama will be in a position to govern it's convicts in accordance with meth. ods that will leau away from crime in. stead of towards it. She will be in a position to substitute humanity for greed and brutality in general, and in the long run Georgia will see that she can earn more money by doing like wise. No state can afford for tempor- ary gain to manufacture a crop of hardened criminals, and this is exact ly what the contract system does when closely looked at. Georgia, like Ala bama, is familiar with abuses of con victs, but Georg.a clings to the con tract system while Alabama is endeav- bring to abolish 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
Rates Upon Lumber.

Tho interstate commerce commission VIII begin sittings next Monday in At lanta for the purpose of deciding whether the recent advance in lumber rates is legal and just. The railroads, 1t will be remembered, advanced rates on lumber going to Ohio river points two cents a hundred pounds, which amounts to about dollar a thousand feet of yellow pine. Such an increase bears havily upon the lower grades of yellow pine, which is sold in competi- ton with hemlock and other cheap grades in the northwest The mill operators desire to see rates restored as they stood before the addition of two cents hundred was announced.
 A decision in the Georgia case will be conclusive as to Alabama and all other states east of the Mississippi river, and the hearing in Atlanta will be closely followed. Both sides will be unusually well represented in the Atlanta hearing, the lawyers employed coming from several states. The legal battle promises to be stubborn as we'll as exhaustive. The law as well as the facts are to be sifted and the decision arrived at by the commission will either repeal or establish the addi- tional rate imposed by the railroads. The additional tax is heavily felt in Alabama, where the cutting of lumber is still leading industry.
 The point involved relates to the reasonableness of the proposed addi- tion. The railroads will endeavor to show that an increase of two cents per hundred is not unreasonable, and the sawmill men will strive to show the contrary. There is no other ques- tion at stake, but this is question enough to keep the commission busy a full week at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
Bride and Groom.

q saw an amusing little incident at the union station yesterday" remarked drummer with a smile. "They were evil dently just married and as happy as two sparrows on a summer morning. Both were elegantly dressed and presented quite swagger appearance. His broad. we'll tailored shoulders lowered above her chic travelling costume as she trlpfei along by his side. At first glance to2S them for heavy swells and thought no more about it. However, I was surprised to see them sweep serenely thrau5a the waiting room and out towati the tracks although it was yet some tlms before any train was due to leave. It happened that one of the gates was stanl F open and they managed to slip through without being observed by the satenan, who of course would not have allowed them to enter and would have demanded to see their tickets had 1t been train time. Evi- dently they did not know this regulation. Both peered down the shining track and then looked about for theIr train. The girl asked a negro where the memphis sleeper was and he ponted out an empty chair car standing on another track Both were elambering on board with very satisfied air when the striden. voice of the guard hailed them.
 Here! What are you doing in there?
 ''When that important individual marched them out to wait until their train arrived they looked decidedly sheepish and l was never so surprised in my life at such simplicity displayed by people who had such an imposing appearance. It all goes to show that you can't tell how much people know by the clothes they wear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
Ibsen's "Ghost."

'sWhen Ibsen's Ghost arrives Wednes- day night we will have an opportunity of seeing another problem play" said a Birmingham stage lover. Quite number of people are not sure just what con- stitutes a problem play but they enjoy one, nevertheless. That this class of drama serves a good purpose in life is not to be denied but often the manner in which they point moral is very ques- tionable. We are accustomed to hearing problem plays roundly abused by cer- tain strict moralists, but this merely whets the public's appetite, and as re- suit crowded houses result. Ghosts is a wierd composition and will prove very in- teresting to Birmingham audience. It is probably the most talked-about play now before the public, and was the reigning sensation in New York. Problem plays have no terrors for theatregoers in this town, and I predict that an unusually large crowd will assemble at the Jefferson Friday evening"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
CHURCHES OF LINCOLN
 MAY BE CONSOLIDATED

church funds up. The tax upon the aver age church member is so great that it acts as a deterrent to increase in meni- bership
 getting less and consolidation is more i'm perative. This is due to the fact that the effective minister of today must be wel-educated man.
 ITO become well educated takes time and years of study that can only be re- quilted by salary much above the aver age. Now a man to be properly equip ped for the work must take a college course and a four-year special one In ad- dition.
 ''The small salaries that have attached to pastorates in the past have been grad ually advancink They are not yet, on the average large enough to attract men of special gifts to the profession, and the ministry cannot hope to effect it's best work until 1t can get more men of sig nal ability in its ranks
 'The Congregational church not long ago sent it's field man east to secure young men to fill important missions in the state, but the effort was only partly successful Other churches are in a sim liar condition. Mission work pays very poorly and the places open cannot be filled.
 This leaves but one thing to do, con- solidate Christians into good-sized con- gregations and weed out the debt-burden- ed ones. This involves some sacrifice of individual opinion, but the results to re- ligion justify them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
HOW "eENERAL JOE" DwINDLED.

From the New York Times.
 As everybody knows, Gen. Joe Wheeler, former lieutenant general c. S. A., at present major general of the United States army Getired), and between times representative in Congress from Ala hama, is man of quality rather than quantity, and one seeing him can scarce 1y understand how so small a body has been able to fill so much space in the worlds history of achievement.
 One day during his congressional career two rural visitors were in the house gall lery taking in the proceedings on the floor with great interest, and one of them observed the general flying about, as was his wont.
 Who's that little man down there in front talkin' to the big feller?" he asked of his companion.
 "Dinged if I know" he replied, squint- ing his eyes in order to magnify the object of vision.
 Some one sitting back of them ven- tured the information that it was General Wheeler of Alabama.
 By gravy" said the first one, I've heard that feller might be good deal of man at home, but when he was elected to congress and come to Washing ton he fell off some and wasn't much of a heavy weight, but I'll be derned if thought they'd dwindle away like that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
In the Left Corner.

Have you ever noticed on what side of their mouths nearly all smokers carry their pipes?" asked local devotee of Lady Nicotine "If you will stand here on this corner and watch the pipe fiends pass along you will find that nearly every one has his briar or meerehaum stuck in the left hand corner of his mouth. Yours Is in the same place. Just why men do this I don't know. It must be habit and hardly has any relation to relative strength of jaw on right or left side of the face. Of course when a person has a tooth conveniently missing through which he can thrust his amber bit he is pretty apt to take advantage of 1t, no matter whether the side be right or left. Somehow this practice always had a creepy look to me and 1 hate to see a man thus make use of a deformity. It looks too much like taking advantage of himself
 One reason advanced as to why men carry their pipes in the left corner of their mouths is very simple. Just as it is easier to throw with your right hand than it is with your left, so is 1t easier to spit out of the right hand corner than the left Try it and see. Again the aver age person who is not lefthanded, always does everything righthanded That is, he turs to the right, looks to the right part of the time, and prefers to talk out of the right side of his mouth. These are some of the reasons why that pipe now oc- cupies its position on the left side of your nose, and slightly dropping, because you are too lazy to hold it up with your teeth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
Ladies' Wraps.

A young fellow who takes a cheerful view of life and does not mind discussing topics of which he knows little was do- ing the talking to group. T may be wrong, and of course the ladies will say so. but 1t strikes me that they have hit upon one of the most awkward winter costumes it would be possible to find These long tailed coats so many are wearing now are positively hideous to my eyes, and I have yet to find woman who looked nice when thus attired A stout woman looks stouter and a slender woman looks thinner, and so what are they going to do? Of course the modstes and the ladies who wear such clothes know best, but 1t seems to me that they could hit upon something heater than they have devised for this fall Alas, the graceful Raglan Is no more. Last winter they were everywhere, but this year my lady dresses otherwise 1 would be glad to see the ladies' raglan return to favor It beats that coat they are wearing now. Of that 1 am sure.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21

"A INCoLN, NEE, October 19.-A
 S church trust has been proposed h- by the City Ministerial associa- tion. If the smaller congregations can be brought around to the viewpoint of the majority of the ministers, Colonel Bryan's home city may yet see the first organiz- ation of the kind.
 The proposition, as approved by the ministers, is that the smaller churches shall be permanently closed and their congregations united with the larger ones and that ten big churches shall perform the functions now fulfilled by the fifty existing in Lincoln. It is declared that ten churches. each with sufficient funds to conduct a number of activities and each in charge of a minister of force and abil- Christ to the people of the city than fifty, three-fifths of which are struggling along under mortgages and are in charge of men of mediocre ability.
 The idea is to unite all the churches that believe in immersion, for instance, like the Baptist and the Christians, and where only slight doctrinal matters divide con- gregations to wipe them out It is not proposed to wipe out sectarianism alto- gether, competition among the denomina- tions being deemed as essential as in busi- ness.
 Most of the church boards that operate in the west have agreed upon a plan of cooperation. When an agent goes into community where there are only a few of the denomination he represents he does not attempt to organize congregation. but advises them to affiliate with the other churches. The Rev L. P. Ludden, western field secretary of the Lutheran church. is working along these lines.
 Towns and cities" he says, ''can have too many churches just as they may have too many of any kind of stores, and am strongly in favor of fewer churches, with good preachers and large congregations, instead of having the life dragged out of the people by trying to keep going a large number of small churches. Ut may not be possible to close many of the churches now established, but our policy Is to refuse to advance money to build new ones where they are not really needed save to please the few who in- sist upon their particular ism being preached.
 ''The one great criticism against the church of today is that at each service some, begging Is necessary to keep the