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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
THE RETURN OF eoRMAN.
His Friends Expect His Stock to
 Rise.

Washington, July 31.-Representative John H. Bankhead arrived in Washing ton today from his home in Alabama and was joined by his son, First Lieu tenant Henry M. Bankhead, Twentieth infantry, who is stationed at Columbus, Ohio.
 Congressman Bankhead said tonight that the people of Alabama were too busy raising IA cent cotton to give much attention to politics, but he took occa- sion to assert his belief that Alabamas delegation to the National Democratic convention would be for German for president. But MT. Bankhead conser- vative in all things else, has already been excessively fervent about Senator German.
 The Maryland senator Is expected to arrive in New York tomorrow on his return from his European trip.
 A number of prominent Democrats, 1t is said, will greet him when he lands. The Gormanites look for much buoyancy in the stock of their favorite with his reappearance at home. A story has 1t that the senator will spend the month of August at Saratoga. but as politics is unusually lively in Maryland just now and the senator has been implored to come home. he will very likely take view of the situation before going to the New York Spa. R. H. WATKINS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
Huqh Hill, Peon.

When Nashville ungratefully sold Hugh Hill to Kansas City for price he became, alas, peon pure and sim pie. He may have been one in em- bryo before, but when he was sold to the highest bidder he became full fledged But the stubborn peon would not go to Kansas City, where at any hour a flood of mud intermingled with water might carry him away.
 Ever since Hugh's refusal to go to Kansas City that town has been trying to get it's money back by selling the unhappy peon. Birmingham bought him, but the lords of peons far and wide refused to let Kansas City de- liver the goods. Then Kansas City and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
Peace at the Mines.

Operators and operatives are alike interested in the adoption of some plan that will do away with an annual spell of unrest and uneertainty-a spell that beclouds and confuses about three months of each year. In other mining sections matters are bet ter managed. and the miner as well as the mine owner is better served, and the general public Is relieved of an annual peril and disturbance.
 The securing of Judge Gray to act as fifth arbitrator should be utilized by doing away with an annual wage scale, and the substitution for it of something better The terms of arbi- tration permit such a change, and both sides and all outsiders can trust Judge Gray.
 When it is remembered that wages of miners in this district are depen- dent upon the price of iron, 1t ought not to be difficult to arrange a sliding and elastic scale that will fit one year as good as another At any rate for the general good, both the operatives and the miners should consent to give us something better than an annual squabble, confusing to themselves, and absolutely hurtful to the rest of the district. There is no reason why either operator or operative should annually harm his neighbors who are innocent of all guilt in relation to the wage scale.
 In these days of falling prices, when the bloom is off the boom, it is mani festly to the interest of the miner to secure a scale that will tide him over possibly dull years. The operator is also interested in securing terms that will permit him to bridge over a pe- riod of dull trade to the best possible advantage. If he knows that for term of three or five years the wage scale will not be changed, if he knows that to all hIs other troubles will not be added a labor disturbance, he can go ahead and make contracts that will be helpful not only to himself but to the miners and the rest of the district.
 The Age-Herald urges both sides to trust this matter to the arbitrators, in whom all have confidence. Leave by general consent the subject in their hands, and the result, we may be sure, will be beneficial to the entire district. If the commission does not see fit to make an award on this question of contract longer than Q year, it can consider the matter and make a recommendation that would be accepted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
comparativeIy Little Damage.

The Financial Age of yesterdays date says:
 Wall street has again relapsed into state of comparative repose, and so far as outward conditions are concerned there Is but little indication of the excit- ing period which has just passed. There are, of course, a few remaining evidences of the wreck of false values, which. for tunately, involved but four brokerage houses and left unscathed the more prom inent institutions and interests of the financial community. The affairs of the houses in question are being strengthened out as rapidly as possible and it is grati- flying to note that, despite the heavy lia- bilities, there Is a strong likelihood of at least two of the suspended firms resum- ing business. Taking 1t all In all, Wali street has escaped with but little loss. especially when the extent of the two years debauch is considered. 1t Is diffi- cult to comprehend how prices could have been adjusted with less damage than has been wrought, and although the interests which are generally credited with being responsible for the recent de- cline have been severely criticized by those whose pockets have been depleted by the recent slump, it is probable that had drastic measures not been adopted the financial atmosphere would not have been cleared for many months. Imitation of any kind is ever a menace to the situa- ton, and 1t Is but natural that those whose names and fortunes are linked with the prosperity of the country should have been the first to remedy the evil. That it has been remeMed in large meas ure cannot be galnsaid, but to how great an extent can only be told by the develop ments of the next few months.
 The recovery In prices last week was brought about principally by the absorp- ton of standard securities by the same interests that were the sellers during the recent decline. Bargain hunters were also in evidence for the first time. during the long period of liquidation which has just passed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
Mobile at the ExnosItion.


 Mississippi has appropriated $50OO0 with which to put up state building , and make an exhibit at St. Louis. The ; Georgia house, now in session, has by a vote of S9 to Il, done likewise, and it is believed the Georgia senate will sustain and confirm the action of the lower branch of the Georgia iegisla- ture.
 Alabama's absence from the expo sition would thus be aceentuated, for Mississippi lies on the west and Geor- gia on the east, and both Florida and Tennessee are to have fine state ex- hibfts at the Louisiana Purchase ex- position. A portion of Alabama, too, was included in the purchase The Perdido river became in 1898 the boundary line between Spain anG France on the Gulf coast, and Mobile thus became French town and so re- mained until 1903, when Napoleon sold the French possessions to this country In 1702 Governor Bienville removed his colony from Biloxi to a point near Mobile, where he erected Fort St. Louis de la Mobile. These men were the first white settlers of Alabama. In 1704 the colony included 180 white men. There were Catho. sflic missionaries in Alabama before !. 1702, but no settlers until Bienville re- moved to Mobile. In 1704 twenty three young women, sent by the :. French court, arrived at Mobile, all of whom soon found husbands. In I'll Mobile itself was founded, and it re- mained the capital. of. Louisiana named in honor of Louis XIy-until TYPO, when the seat of government was removed to Biloxi, Miss, and later still to New Orleans.
 The land that once held the capi- tai of Louisiana should be represented at the Louisiana Purchase exposition, 5. and it will be strange indeed if steps thre not taken by the legislature ia -.September looking to proper exhibit bt St. Louis next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
Au.os Are World Vehicles

The swift speeding of sensation hunters and the follies of pleasure seekers are at present exposing the automobile to ridicule, but all such froth will pass away with the infancy of the machines, and their utilitarian period will soon be ushered in The factories are filled with orders from pleasure seekers, but still a good many automobiles, cabs, trucks and delivery wagons are built each year. All towns are becoming accustomed to the new vehicle, and the steady trend from pleasure riding to useful purposes is evident. Physicians are becoming accustomed to them, and many suburban residents ride to and fro on them.
 Those who think the automobile is passing fad of the rich are mistaken. It is to become tho universal world vehicle. It is now in its infancy, and as it is improved, strengthened and s. s.simplified it will come into general Fuse. The recent ride of Dr. Jackson 2 from San Francisco to New York, z 5600 miles, in sixty-three days, dem. onstrates its possibilities. Dr. Jack Mson came in with nothing worse but broken mud guard and a bent axle. The time he made included all stops. He aimed to travel ninety miles a day, and he passed through 5000 miles of territory that had never been tray ersed by an automobile.
 It is plain the general use of the xautomobile will do much more than athe bicycle did towards securing bet ter roads and stronger bridges A sbridle path and single plank will not hereafter suffice. The demand for good roads will soon become urgent. We are as people already tending s'srt way. and the automobile will
 mote the good roads movement.
 leaper and stronger construction
 ,uch needed, and just as soon as
 demand for racing machines sub
 inventors and manufacturers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
BANKS AND PUBLICITY.

From the Financial Review.
 The Bowery Savings bank of New York, one of the richest banking institu- tlons in that city. advertises for deposit ors. This policy is being literally dis cussed in Boston, where the old-style pol icy has been in force. However one Boston savings bank has openly adver- tised for depositors and what this bank has dared to do the open and more con- servative institutions will probably ap- prove one by one as the financial value of advertising is realized.
 One institution, whose deposits reach thirty million dollars, does not care for any increase beyond the normal increment that comes to it from it's regular deposit OTIS, and thinks it hardly in the spirit of the historic precedent to advertise. How ever, the fact that the younger banks are unaffected by this precedent and are breaking away from custom one by one shows that competition has crept into the banking business. as into any other branch of our financial and commercial systems. Publicity cannot hurt a bank that is wisely and successfully admins tered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02

Nashville tried to sell him to Phila- delphia, but that disgracefu1 bargain fell through
 There are many in his walk and bat of life who are no longer masters of themselves-mere peons. Mere man is bad enough, but mere peons are worse Hugh Hill is the distressful example in the south. He desires to play in his own favorite town, Bir mingham, where he was perhaps born As neither Kansas City nor omniverous Nashville is paying him a penny, it is particularly cruel to keep him from playing Hnere he prefers to play, where he would be welcomed by open arms, or by open throats at any rate Nashville will not let him play in Bir- mingham Kansas City will not let him play in Nashville, and the beauti- ful pair of landlord cities cannot agree over Q decision Philadelphia lost lie must therefore either accept ban ishment in Kansas City, or else hobo it in the semi-professional teams of the lesser to- ns.
 And there is no Judge Jones at hand to give him relief He is a peon that the courts do not recognize. His liber- ties were lost when he was signed, save only the right to tumble the bah a.-6 to miswield the bat-poor rights indeed. The case of Hugh Hill, peon, is warning to all who love liberty. He can be sold to unknown masters in unhappy attitudes, or he can be re- leased at pleasure but he has no other rights that white men are bound to respect. He is just peon, and his good qualities at the bat do not help him in any respect. They have, in fact operated to increase the bidding for this unfortunate son of the national game, thereby strengthening his chains and binding him beyond hope to his captors in bleeding Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
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 tense intellectual strain. But drug storesl
 Half of Evanston calls at the drug stores for something in the morning The other half of Evanston call for something in the afternoon. All Evans ton calls for something in the evening When Evanstonians have business or social or religious appointments they are at the drug stores. If two Evanstoni- ans desire to talk on public question they meet at a drug store.
 And in the evening Davis street is thronged by the responsibility. the youth. and the beauty of Evanston bound for some favorite drug store, where presently, amidst the gorgeous surroundings which only the Evanston drug store can boast, the population will be engaged in ecstatic enjoyment of ice cream soda, mead. ginger ale, root beer, nerve tonics, natural and unnatural min eral waters, and all sorts of sundries.
 What the boulevard cafe is to Paris, what the Parliamentary terrace is to London. what sherry's and Delmonico's are to New York what beer gardens are to Milwaukee, the Davis street drug stores are to Evanston. What wonder, then. if the Evanston visitor be affronted by the exclusion of "drug shops from Zion City?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
Steel I ame BuiIdlnos.

With the completion of the First Ma serapers for office purposes will proba- bly be sufficient for the demand for the next twelve months, but two or three large apartment houses would certainly pay" said man who used to live in flats in New York. There are a hun dred or more families here now eager to rent apartments. I believe every room in a first-class apartment building would be spoken for before the roof was on I understand the only reason no structures of this kind have been erected is because of the high cost of building material and wages"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
About Persons.

Mir. and Mrs. Jas. A. Dougherty now have apartments at the Morris. MT. Dougherty is state president of the T. P. A. He will be glad to see his friends at his new home, the Morris.
 w. L. Howard, chief deputy circuit clerk of Jefferson county, left last night for Hot Springs, Ark, where he will re- main about month
 w. L. Beasley of Montgomery is stop ping at the Hillman.
 w. J. Pulaski of Attalla is registered at the Morris.
 c. B. Reynolds of Chicago is at the Metropolitan.
 Joseph M. Plant of Cincinnati is stop ping at the Hillman.
 J. M Baker of Selma is at the Morris. M. Maloney and J. w Prude will leave this evening for Northern trip. They will visit Milwaukee and Waukesha.
 Hon. Chas. G. Brown. ex-attorney gen eral, has opened an office at room 3 Ly-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
Demand for Mineral Waters.

We ha--- never before had such a de- mand for lithia and other minera wa ters," said one of the prominent soda water dealers We have been Altering all the water we use from the hydrants, and of course have not been specially in convenienced from the muddy supply that Is now coming through the mains, and did not realize that 1t was such a serious matter until the people began to call for mineral waters so frequently It is hard to say which of the various mineral waters we sell Is the most popu- lar, Many patrons simply want some- thing to quench the thirst, and they call for plain lithia The carbonated waters, however, are very popular and are called for a great deal.,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
Progressive Farmer.

T was very much instructed in some thing told by R. " Ennis of Livingston when I was down there the other day, !" said travelling man. 'He has beautiful farm of 26OO acres on which he raises all kinds of stock and varied crops.
 He is experimenting this year with Alfalfa clover. For the experiment he planted one acre of the clover, which by the way. makes an exceptionally fine hay and from that one acre he has so far taken two crops this season and expects to take off two more He will make exact ly S1OO from that one acre of ground this season."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
Prosperjtv Continues.

make it difficult to float new securities. and consequently difficult to start new enterprises at present, general trade con- tinues to prosper, and on the whole 1908 will be ord-breaker in this district.'' said a capitalist.
 More coal and iron will be produced than ever before. It is estimated that Alabama's coal output this year will reach 100000 tons, as compared with between 1O,oooooo and 100000 last year, and it's iron output will be something like 1,S00, 900 tons as against 1,42000O tons last year. House building here will continue and Birmingham's population will in- crease rapidly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
GOOD THINGS GOING sEeeINer

From the New York Commercial
 Just now ought to be good time 1t would seem, to pick up some genuine bargains in stocks. There must, of course. be many issues that are quoted far below their intrinsic value, their &C., tual earning capacity, and their divi- dend disbursements being considered. And others there are selling at prices so close to nothing that not to buy them would seem to be bit of folly almost equal to that of refusing to pick up money lying in the street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02

the average citizen would prefer to dis pense with the singer rather than lose the opportunity of buying his Sunday cigar and paper.
 Ex. Governor Bob Taylor Genial Bob of Tennessee,' is nov .'brooding" over his new lecture, Castles in the Ar. which he hopes to have completed by next fall, when he v.''' the road for an ex- tensive tour. As yet he has done little but mediate but when he does get his thoughts down on paper they will no doubt be as witty. as eloquent and as beautiful in sentiment as his former eff forts. No lecturer who ever comes south is more popular than the gifted Tennes- sean and his coming next fall will be awaited with pleasant anticipations by his numerous admirers in all parts of Dixie land. When Governor Bob comes to Bir- mingham he is always greeted by large audiences and is as strong a drawing card as many of the theatrical troups who appear at the Jefferson or the Bijou If Castles in the Air even app aximates the word splendors of the Fiddle and the Bow' it will be immediately class filed with those joys which make life more pleasant here below
 It has been stated by an old detective of the Pinkerton force that any safe in the land with a square door can be open ed in half an hour with pint of nitro glycerine, a cake of laundry soap and five cent fuse. Perhaps the cracksmen have been pleasantly aware of this fact for some time, but it is enough to make the man of wealth. who keeps the re- ceipts of the day in little safe out in some country office. have an uneasy feel ing. During the past ten years the pro- gress of the safe robber has been both rapid and successful. He has no trout ble in opening any burglar proof safe that he encounters and when he has no time for this he walks off with the whole thing In view of this state of affairs the only solution of the problem seems to be the abolition of the robber or the gold he covets. As neither is practicable the weekly dose of mental poison admin istered at the rate of five cents per issue will continue to have abundant material for stories of crime.
 Mother" Jones' army reached Oyster Bay last Wednesday,. In the formidable array there was the secretary and treas urer, three small boys. and Mother" Jones herself There Is an element of both the pathetic and the ludicrous in the finale of the expedition which was to have solved the difficulties of the tex tile strikers. When Mother Jones ar- rived President Roosevelt was not at home but she was eourteously received by a secretary who suggested that she formulate her petition to the executive in writing-a gintle hint that she would not be admitted to an audience with Roosevelt. Mother Jones was unfor- tunate in choosing the wrong time for her march The days of Coxey are over and people now pay slight attention to crusades resembling those of his rag tag army to Washington Mother Jones has wasted a lot of valuable time without accomplishing anything. but she has been permitted to taste the sweets of notoriet9 and perhaps that is some consolation. P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02

will turn their attention to the build ing of an useful and practicable ma chine, a machine that will drive the horse out of the towns, and even limit lis use on the farms and throughout the rural districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
eerLecTloNs OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Two things woman never can do nat urally are to smoke cigarettes and cross her legs.
 When you see woman wearing baby blue stockings 1t is a sign she ought not to let you.
 The woman who sets out to reform a mans morals generally ends up by de- forming her own. 4l
 It is better for a man to fall in love with a woman older than he is than never to fail in love at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-02
THE AGE-HERALDs INDUSTRIAL
 REVIEW.

coosa Argus: The sixth anniversary edition of the Birmingham Age-Herald, issued last Sunday, was an issue it's edi- tor and associates should be proud of
 Opelika Post: The Birmingham Age Herald on last Sunday got out an anni- versary edition. which was credit to it's managers, and which will do much to ad- vertise the city.
 The Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age-Herald has been celebrating it's sixth anniversary with an elegant special edi- ton. Editor Barrett deserves all the suc- cess he has achieved.
 Mobile Item: The Birmingham Age Herald covered herself with glory in her special edition of last Sunday The Age Herald is one of the great papers of the south that is working in season and out of season for the material progress of the south and her people.
 Talladega News Reporter: The sixth anniversary edition of The Age-Herald, on Sunday last was a little delayed in reaching Talladega but 1t was worth waiting for. In addition to very large paper, it had a magazine addition and the paper reflects great credit to the man. agement of MT. Barrett and his staff.
 Dadeville Spot Cash. The Birmingham Age-Herald's 56-page edition last Sunday was magnificent. It marked the sixth anniversary of the paper under its pres ent management. It's main feature was the 24-page magazine telling of the won derful development of the Birmingham district The edition was well gotten up and the contents were all interesting.
 Birmingham Labor Advocate: The re- cent big anniversary edition of the Even ing News was so great a feat of Journal Ism that it was popuarly supposed to take the cake" but 1t was followed by an anniversary effort on the part of The Age-Herald which the News itself recog- nibes as also great piece of work Friendly rivalry among our big neighbors is good for big Birmingham. Great is Birmingham" says the News Greater is Birmingham," says The Age-Herald; Greatest is Birmingham" say all of us.
 Birmingham Times: On July 26 (sunday) The Age-Herald issued a splendid news paper. In addition to complete tele- graph. news and editorial service they furnished the public with an industrial supplement covering the business and manufacturing interests of the Birming- ham district In order to appreciate the progress and growth of this newspaper it Is only necessary to compare a copy of today with the files of five and six years ago. The Birmin-ham morning paper, as well as the afternoon publications, is a credit to the city.