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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Quick Trials for Lvnchlnas.

Judge Richardson of the Second cir cult has an opportunity to apply the restricting bill in Lowndes, where a regular term of the Circuit couf will not be held until February. Under the provisions of that bill Judge Rich ardson can by a mere entry in the minutes of the court at Hayneyille in- stantly convene special term and summon a grand jury.
 The trouble in Lowndes arose over the possession of some bales of cotton, and it shows how readily and easily anarchy can be carried from one crime to another. The negroes who had the cotton were anarchistic at the outset, and now their pursuers are filled with the demoralizing spirit.
 The state has had but one lynching this year. and if another occurs in Lowndes it will not be because of the
 
 laws delay. The machinery of the law can now be rendered as speedy and efficient as the most bloodthirsty can desire. A special term can try the negroes in an hours time, and such trial should satisfy even those who desire a hanging as a means of excitement.
 Let Us hope that between the new law and the cool sense of the people of Lowndes the state will not be dis graced by a second lynching. If a trial could not be had until February, there would be some excuse for plead ing the laws delay, but under the law as it stands any such excuse is out of the question. The law is not only speedy-it is instantaneous, all ways provided the Circuit judge will act up to the spirit of the new law. Judge Richardson lives at Greenville, about twenty miles from Hayneville, the county seat of Lowndes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Five Hundred Negro Children.

In this city there are, according to the last school census, 6,519 white, and 6 .244 black children of school age. In the last school year the salaries paid 10 teachers of white schools amounted to $49,066; the amount paid to teachers of negro schools amounted to S11,7oO.
 The difference is not of course jus tified by the census, or by anything else, but the Age-Herald is not con tending for per capita division of schools moneys, which is, after all, the only logical distribution of a purely socialistic fund. But it does desire to call attention to the conditions which exist in the Thomas school, and which have existed ever since. the school building was burned, no matter how, The building was burned down, and the insurance money was taken for use by the city for other purposes, and five hundred negro children have in all the subsequent years been housed in the basement of negro Methodist church on Third avenue in the easterly part of the city. About one hundred children, dark-skinned, it is true, are crowded into each room without desks, without proper heating conveniences, sometimes without win dows. and almost without floors. In the basement a cemented floor had once been. laid, but it is badly, broken, and in. wet weather water seeps through it, causing trouble and stop page of the school a week or more at time. At 'all times the floor is damp and forbidding,
 As matter of sanitation solely general sanitation of the city including the whites--such state of, things should not be permitted to last many more years. The Thomas school build Ing was burned, and the insurance money sequestrated nearly ten years ago. Is this. city so poverty-stricken that it must continue to house five hundred children in basement that necessarily promotes, if it does not actually breed, disease? Is the. delay in the construction of "a new school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Fever in Texas.

'The yellow fever scare will have dis astrous effect on San Antonio, said Texan at the Hillman "The winter sea- son was just opening up in full swing and tourists were arriving in large numbers when the ominous news leaked out that the disease had been discovered. Of course tourists are not going to a town for a visit when its fixed population is only too anxious to get away. To me it seems that man dying of consumption should have little regard for yellow fever but even when his days are numbered an invalid will take more care of his life than a healthy man and will flee from a new disease even more quickly.
 This winter promised to be unusually gay in the Alamo city on account of the unusual prosperity that has prevailed for the past year in all parts of the country. When the number of visitors falls off hotel and boarding housekeepers suffer most, although merchants feel the loss keenly. If yellow fever is not soon stamp ed out it will be bad winter for the old town. Nothing breaks up health re- sort quicker than an outbreak of con- tagious disease and people will be eau tious about entering the state until after spreads no further people will hesitate to visit San Antonio this winter It is a pity, too, for the city is an unusually fine resort for persons afflicted with weak lungs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

said 3 Birmingham musician. 'No music is more popular with the average public. yet an accomplished performer this instrument is seldom found Calman's or- ehestra has fine xylophone player, and the applause which comes when selections in which he uses this instrument is ample testimony to the appreciation of the audi ence The tones of a xylophone are pleas ing to the ear and harmonize well with almost any stringed instrument except banjo. With this it sounds barbarous' but fortunately banjoes are not used in our orchestras. Considering the fact that 1t is comparatively easy to learn how to play xylophone, 1t is strange that more people do not take lessons. For ambitious amateurs it is a fine instrument with which to make a start, and when once learned requires very little practice. Most professional musicians regard xylophone as beneath their notice, but l think this attitude a mistake"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
About Persons.

The friends. of the Rev. Charles F. Rodefer one of Kentucky's most prom- inent divines, will be pleased to know that he is in the city. MT. Rodefer Will assist the rector of St. Mary 's-on-the Highlands today and will preach at the morning service.
 President John w. Abercrombie of the University, accompanied by Mrs. Aber- crombie were among the arrivals at the Morris yesterday.
 R. W. Butcher of Athens is in the city. D. B. Hicks of Nashville is spending Sunday at the St. Nicholas
 E. S. Loeb, a popular travelling sales man of Montgomery, is registered at the Morris.
 Harry Hawkins of New York was one of the Hillman's late arrivals last night. pr. c. R. Robinson of Scott's Station Is at the Metropolitan.
 B. w. Wisebery of Atlanta is spending Sunday at the Metropolitan.
 
 Captain George D. Cambell of Column biana, editor of the Shelby county Chron- icle, is in the city. The captain is a veteran of the civil war and is cue of the oldest newspaper men Tn the state. He says that Shelby will go democratic by large majority next year and forever shake off the populistic rl'e. He states that the cotton crop in us section is 25 per cent off.
 H. c. Reynolds Jr., one of Montevallo's most prominent citizens, is registered at the Metropolitan,
 R. N. Prince of Chicago is spending Sunday at the Hillman.
 P. c. Stegall, a prominent citizen of Ozark, was one of the Florence arrivals last night
 II. w. Whitaker, editor of the Monte- vallo Sentinel, is in the city,
 Iva Cook of Anniston is registered at the Metropolitan.
 W. E. Oake of New York was among the Hillman's arrivals last night.
 Judge A. D. Sayre, one of the judges of the Montgomery city court, is register ed at the Metropolitan.
 H. W. Baker of Anniston is at the St. Nicholas.
 Thomas Bradford of Montgomery. mem- Der of the board of convict inspectors, Is stopping at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Aldermen.

The board of aldermen in putting prohibitive tax on circus parades caused untold disappointment to the public tod day." said citizen last night It is safe to say that five thousand children had crying spells and thousands of Visl- tors to the city exclaimed shame on the city council, when they looked in vain for the Barnum and Bailey pageant.
 The city council does many things that the public approves but it is incomprehen- sibe to me how any set of representative citizens could have voted to cut out the parade. The action of the aldermen was certainly unworthy of Birmingham. It gave strangers a poor impression of the city and made home folks angry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
From the Baltimore Herald.

From the Baltimore Herald.
 @ HHE episode created by the impor- \0 tation and alleged undervaluation
 of Miss Burritts Persian cat fur nishes material for very patriotic and gratifying thought. It reminds us, in- decd, that all of our treasury and post office officials are not engaged in brow beating travellers at American ports of entry, or boring holes in the nations strong box, or winking while others do those things. On the contrary, it proves that we still have in the public service men of incorruptible integrity, and sleep less vigilance. and imperturbable cour- age And It is a mighty consoling and proud privilege in these disquieting times to feel that, however the government may be footed here and there by officials with good, strong, lusty political pulls, at least one of our most important do- mestic industries is to be protected at all costs against the fraudulent importation of pauper-made cats from the effete and crumbling monarchies of Europe. Africa and Asia.
 We may say indeed, and without fear of successful contradiction, that the en- tire incident is fraught with grateful ana precious revelations. It now appears that the cat department of the revenue service is equipped with some of the most gifted and expensive functionaries on the nations pay roll. Moreover, and still more gratifying, we have the assurance that the administration of the cat de- partment can always commanw the anec- tionate and prompt solicitude of the sec- retary himself, to say nothing of assort- ed assistant secretaries, collectors, depu- ty collectors, high-priced appraisers, and cat specialists, detectives, sleuths, police men, etc. In this single case of Miss Burritts cat for example. we have the inspiriting spectacle of half dozen im- portant treasury officials, lots of secret service men, an expert appraiser who draws salary of s7,5Oo per annum. with an assistant secretary in the background, already concentrating their energies and talents in defense of our beloved govern ment.
 And we feel that should It be nee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

building due to negligence or inten- ton?
 One of two things should be done either a school building should be speedily erected, or else the five hun dred children now housed in school houses in a foul basement should be turned adrift. The scarlet fever fac tory should at any rate be broken up, endangering as it does whites as well as blacks. There is no use of using harsh words in relation to this matter. but the time has fully come for plain words.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 The way to get a nice wife Is to be rich or a good football player.
 Nobody needs an alarm clock to wake up in winter; the furnace does it.
 A mans idea of heaven is place where there is no house cleaning, and boy g where there are no bath tubs.
 The man who writes sixteen-page love letters before he Is, married thinks ten- word telegram is very long afterward.
 It's funny how ajman will blow up his wife because the telephone won't work, when he doesn't dare ask the cook for hot water to shave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Freak Records"

From the New York World.
 What if Prince Alert did chase huge moon of battened canvass one mile in 157? There are too many of these freak records They prove nothing When Lou Dillon beat Maud S.'s ''record" to a high sulky she really did nothing Of the sort though doubtless she could have done so, because the conditions were not duplicated Maud S. had no windshield.
 Why not have 'records made by har- ness horses mounted on treadmills gear ed to automobiles? Why not do one-mile "clips" down steep hills ?If time-beaters may have canvas moons to scoop the air pressure from before them, why would not blast-engines blowing them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Hard-Workino Men.

Railway postal clerks have to work hard while on duty, but they can look forward to an equal period of rest" said a member of the fraternity We have to hustle and our duties are very com finng but the pay is better than the aver age clerk receives and we work but half our time. clerk who has a regular route is on duty four days and rests four days. but he is paid for full time. Some people say that there Is too much loaf ing, but when we get through we feel very much in the mood for rest.
 "A great many people imagine that pos tai clerks handle letters one at time, but this Is mistake. Most of our work consists of sorting out packages already made up for us and putting them in proper bags. Newspapers give us lots of trouble When mistake Is made we are sure to heart a complaint. man can not tell when his letters are coming but he expects his paper on a certain day of the week and when it fails to arrive he raises a row. According to regulations a postal clerk is expected to report blund- CTS made by men on other routes, but he seldom does so Every route has a spec ial abbreviation that is unintelligible to outside people For instance Buff. and Cin.' is applied to the line between Buff falo and Cincinnati. Loo. and Nash is.. of course, Louisville and Nashville. Sim ilarly every mail line in the country has its abbreviation. The life of mail clerk is not without it's dangers but this thought seldom bothers young men who want to enter the service. On account of our car being next to the locomotive we are very apt to get the worst part of a head-end collision"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
DREAMLAND.

By Christina Rossetti. Where sunless rivers weep
 Their waves into the deep, She sleeps charmed sleep;
 Awake her not. Led by single star, She came from very far To seek where shadows are
 Her pleasant lot. She left the rosy morn, She left the fields of corn, For twilight cold and lorn
 And water springs. Through sleep, as through a veil, She sees the sky look pale. And hears the nightingale
 That sadly sings. Rest, rest. a perfect rest Shed over brow and breast: Her face is toward the west,
 The purple land. She cannot see the grain Ripening on hill and plain; She cannot feel the rain
 Upon her hand. Rest, rest forevermore Upon a messy shore; Rest, rest at the hearts core Till time shall cease;
 Sleep that no pain shall wake, :. Night that no morn shall break, Till joy shall overtake Her perfect peace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Assumes All Responsibility.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 well. there's one thing about Nuritch; he's very considerate of others"
 Nonsense! he's regular bore. For one thing, he's forever boasting that he's seif-made, and'-
 .aThat's just it. He never intimates that somebody else might be to blame.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

The retail merchants and the clerks are getting together, and goods will continue to be sold at the old stands by the old hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

The Low and Mcclellan stumping tours are conducted in and from auto mobiles, anu at present the Mcclellan auto is outctugging it's rival
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Cresceus action at Wichita is not accepted in Kansas, but still the quar- ter of second clipped from the trot- ting record goes elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

When a cold wind does not blow Lou Dillon will endeavor to teach Cresceus that he had better keep his feet off her record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Comical.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
 "She is down on the bills as the Bur Iesque Beauty.i" said the first soubrette.
 ''Well, replied the other, that word just about describes the style of her beau- tY. sure enouxh.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

New York has Devery, Dowie and Carrie Nation all in a bunch, and it does not know which one of the three is the biggest freak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Cakewalks and schools attract ambi- tious colored people to the cities-so- ciety anu eorcation thus going arm in arm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Ohio is endeavoring to rid it's waters of German carp, and when she sue ceeds she should be invited to try her expert hand on East Lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Skaguay can now float the stars and stripes with no one to make it afraid. It is now a part of the Land of the Tree and the Home of Dowie and Car rie Nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Schwab and Asa Rountree never hit back, but Elijah is fuller of return hits than anything else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

The temper of the Restorer is as hot as the language is capable of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Harvard gets millions from mems soles, the late Gordon Mckay having invented a machine that cut soles by the wholesale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

The price of No. Foundry at the furnace is one of those things that rank along the Billy Patterson problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Auburn had its off day on Friday, and the University team gladly seized coveted opportunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

The American autumn is tinting the trees ol the forests, and is otherwise doing it's level best this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

A Dowie hair tonic, with that beard blown into the bottle, would do more accomplish among New York sinners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

The difference between the Portland canal and the Panama canal is that one is dug, and the other isn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Dowie does not propose to give Car rie Nation an opportunity to assert herself as feminine Elijah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Dowie's brand of religion has fine graft in it for the inventor only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Dowie is neither a Restorer nor a Healer. He is simply freak with a foul mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Cork legs are higher, and few indeed can afford to enlist when war is com ing on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Who can say that hard times are here when the railroads and theatres are full upY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Steel common is evidently trying tt find the below-the-zero quotations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
The xylophone.

Tt is remarkable that the xylophone is not more generally used in orchestrass"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

The Zionites are leaving New York sadder and wiser men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Our Lady of the Shows" is too mad to weep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

A. D. Glass. W. D. Bankston and R. l.. ONeal are the only authorized travelling representatives of The Age-Herald in it's circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald....-. $500 Daily and Sunday, per month........ Sunday Age-Herald, per annnm.---. z.0o Weekly Age-Herald, per annum..... l-VO
 Subscriptions payable in advance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30
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The Wedding Slippers

Mildred Howard WAS gaina to he
married. consequently all Jhtngs prr
Janing to the srcat event were rigid
jy eXe!Haed from tier mental horizon
She made feenzieel visits to the dress
maker where the wedding gown VA
i'll process OF construction. called daily
a the Eairdrcsser's. and kept the
Whole family in such a state of eN-
citemcnt that her brother Fred jo-
cCaeiy remarked: Il hope You Won
do this often, Millie Once is all
can stand. Bul Mildred went blithr-
y on with her preparations. The
bridesmaids dresses, the flowers. the
length Of her train. all these must be
hold in council assembled. The bride
groom seemed to be the least of tho
of the occasion, to be sure, but not to
be spoken of at the same time with ac-
When he did come these weighty mat
tiers were still uppermost in her mind.
She ran to meet him and explained in
one breath: "Oh. jim, the church is
going to be just full of flowers. and
it has real lace in front, and they've
all promised to wear pink OF course
jim understood and discreetly ignored
Fred, who stood in the doorway, sig
niticantly tapping his head.
At length the eventful night arrived.
The table OF presents was deserted
and all eyes We're turned toward the
staircase eager for the first glimpse
of the bride The little undertaken
next door moved nevouslv about with
his accustomed quiet and the relatives
instinc1ively feeling the incongruity
of his presence, shrank away from him
Finally an aunt, noting his suppressed
haste. approached him and asked
Aren't you coming to the church, Mr.,
I.andon?% I'D like to. Mrs. Davis,
but I'm so busy l can't The aunt
shilddered and returned to the group
at the stairs.
Upstairs they were putting the fin
ishing touches to the bridal array. The
radiant vision before the pierglass left
nothing TO he desired. and Fred, ap-
ty sister and hummed,
Fair as a star
When only one is shining in the sky
The sound of rain broke on his
tuneful tribute to beauty. Say, Mil
ly, I declare it's raining he cried.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30

On days mentioned below the sale
Il one-Way Colonist tickets is author
i:ed from St Louis, Thebis. Cairo
nd Memphis, under the following
)nditions: One-half OF the standard
frst class oneway rate, plus $500.
Missouri.-All points on ST. L., 9.
". Ry., south of Delta, Mo.
Arkansas.-All pcints. except Lit
tie Rock and points on Little Rock
Branch between Altheimer and Lit
tie Rock.
Texas.-All points.
Louisiana.-To all points on the Cot.
ton Belt. Kansas City Southern, T.
& P. Except New Orleans), H. & s.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-30

cnd Southern Pacific Except La
Fayette).
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Al points
Dates OF Sale-October 2lst, No
vember A.. and 18th, December 2nd
and 10Th, 1902; January 9Th and goth,
February d and 18th and April ith
AID 21st, 1903.
Tickets are to be second class tick
Its, limited to continuous passage,
and plainly stamped on each coupon
"Colonist." These tickets will not be
honored in standard sleeping cars.
e. w. LeBEAUME.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent