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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
MONTGOMERY OUTLINES
 HIS PLANS FOR FUTURE

running again. There will be some who will take advantage of this latter propo- sition, as many of our mill hands have posit with us. which will pay their ex- penses. as they will have no rent to pay.
 q have asked all mills to consent to this scheme of aid rather than to make cash contributions, for you will at once see that it Is better to get employment for idle people than to make them pau pers by giving them money. There Is ab- solutely no suffering at Pasolet at pres- ent
 'Of course there will be cases of desti- tuition if no relief is distributed. but these are isolated instances. I have been asked to take charge of all contributions which will be made. have selected one man to be my representative. He is our credit man at the mill store and knows every employe personally. All money and pro- visions and other supplies will be placed solely in his hands and he will use his own judgment. which cannot be ques- tioned on account of his experience and knowledge of the situation.
 We are deeply grateful to all who have aided. In a moment of this charac- ter. cannot fail to express my appre- citation and gratitude to the Atlanta Jour nal for it's magnificent work, especially at Gainesville. Your paper responded quickly and nobly. and it's good work cannot be estimated by myself, but must find it's reward in the full consciousness of having fed many hungry mouth and eased many~an aching body.
 T believe employment is the keynote to the whole situation at Pacolet. Idle ness Is the working mans worst enemy. As soon as he is given work and realizes he is making money. he Is happy and satisfied While our loss is great in financial way, thank God that the loss of life is nothing like 1t was at Gaines vile or at Clifton. We are face to face with stern reality. but we Will meet it without delay or bitter complaint"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13

Royal Daniel in the Atlanta Journal.
 of the Pacelot mills will be rebuilt. This announcement was made to me by Presi dent Victor Montgomery, who also out lined in full his plan of relief and future operations. MT. Montgomery will meet with his directors and prominent stock holders in spartanburg this afternoon. His plan will then be approved and put into operation at once. This morning he gave me the following statement:
 You may say that Pacolet mill No. 8 will be rebuilt at once. We have already employed large number of men and are giving all able-bodied people employment who can use a pick and clear debris. It will probably be three months until the mill is running again. Contracts will be signed at once for the completion and restoration of the mill. Pacolet is not near in such deplorable situation as Cliff ton. We lost mills No. 1 and No. 2 to- tally. Mil Mo- was terribly damaged. But we lost no mill houses and none of our people suffered loss except that their opportunity to earn money has been de- stroyed until we get No. running again.
 My plan Is this; Instead of asking for cash contributions, which are really not now needed we have asked all neigh boring mills to take our employees. pay their travelling expenses to their mills and give them employment for three months The mills which have agreed to this will charge the employees nothing for the railroad expenses provided they remain with them for the three months full time and afterwards return to us to operate our No. mill Of course we wSi charge no house rent to any operative now in our employ who wishes to remain at Pacolet and wait for the mill to begin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
caI!fornIan TeIIs Llon story.

A traveller from the Pacific slope was discussing the superiority of California last night and incidentally dropped the following story
 "A farmer named Roberts living near Liver, set a trap recently for coyotes, and on going to 1t the other morning found a huge mountain lion held firmly by the steel jaws. Roberts was unarmed save for an ax and with it he attacked the big brute The chain was a triie longer than he thought and In one lunge of the lion it knocked him down with it's free fore paw and began to claw and bite him savagely. Roberts squirmed and fought his way from under the animal and after a desperate combat succeeded in despatch Ing It. Roberts clothing was torn from hls body and he was so weak from the loss of blood that he was forced to crawl over mile to the road where he was found in a faintIng condition. He was given prompt attention and will recover. The lion measured eight feet and few inches from tip of nose to tip of tall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
Crop Damaae Talk.

The bears in Wall street need crop damage reports in their schemes, but no one else need indulge in reports that are not well founded And scarce ly any of the current reports have much to rest upon. The damage by droughts was in the non-producing east, and the damage by floods in the west and south is too small to be con sidered. This is large country, and no one condition of weather fits all parts of 1t.
 The truth as to winter wheat is that there will be al great crop, one even greater than last years, Some crops on bottom lands have been swept away, but on all higher ground the yield will be heavy. The spring wheat crop Is in the best of condition, and the acreage nearly if not quite as large as that of last year The winter wheat harvest Is progressing, and there are absolutely no grounds for expecting a small crop. It will be more than an average crop.
 Nor are there any grounds for ex- pecting small corn or cotton crops. The earth is full of moisture in the great corn states, and there is no com plaint of dry weather in the cotton states. Both crops have late start, but this Leans very little. July and August are the moaLns that make or break corl and cotton, and those months are still distant. The acreage in cotton was never larger, and the corn acreage is large and the outlook is by no means unfavoranle.
 There will be no general crop fail ure, as the professional bears would have the world believe, and there will probably be on the other hand plenty to eat and to wear. There will be plenty of wheat at any rate, and we have as much right to say that there will be great corn and cotton crops as the bears have to say that those crops will be failures. No one knows what the out-turn of corn and cotton will be, but the chances are that there will be a handsome production of each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
COMMENTS CULLED FROM
 PAPERS HERE AND THERE

to the tops of the two towers and sos feet to the main roof. It has twenty-nine stories which contain 1125 offices. Six thousand persons spend the day In the building. Eighteen thousand letters are delivered in it daily, their distribution re- quiring the services of three special ear- riers.a
 The approaching Fourth of July is now being discussed by the press and also by the small boy. There is a tendency to neglect this glorious holiday in parts of the country that is to be depiored, and now some of the city fathers are trying to cut out the fireworks and the cannon cracker accompanied by the young American. Discussing this grave situa- ton the Toledo Blade says:
 Several cities are trying to arrange matters so that the Fourth of July will be free from crackers. bombs, pistol shooting and the other forms of noise- making which create a pandemonum at each recurrence of the nations natal day. Had the grave and reverend fathers of the city no one to deal with but the adult population, that highly desirable result a noiseless celebration would be reasonably easy of accomplishment. But the small boy is the factor which must be dealt with. To him the day is not the Fourth unless he can make all the noise possible, with combinations of villianous saltpetre which his hoarded niekels will enable him to purchase. This much can  can be curbed until the day itself. There Is neither rnvme nor reason in allowing a f1zzlng and popping in the streets for several weeks before the Fourth. Keep the boy in order until the day Itself, and then allow him to do his part in celebrat- ing the anniversary. as John Adams said, with pomp and parades, with show and games, sports, guns, bells, bonhres and illuminations from one end of the conti. nent to the other"
 The wedding of Miss Ruth Hanna has awakened a pleasant degree of interest over all the country and now the we'd ding presents are being discussed The popular idea that has recently prevailed in regard to wedding presents being cheaper now than a few years ago, cer- tainiy does not apply to the Hanna Mccormick nuptials. It is said that the gifts Miss Hanna received are worth a small fortune The senator himself gave her check for s5o,0OO and a deed to a house.
 Disagreeable persons say that many of the costly presents were given to Senator Hanna in spirit and to his daughter in reality by politicians who are pulling the wires for preferment. If true it is un- pleasant for the Hannas but under the circumstances they could not very we'll refuse the gifts. Anyway the wedding was a. brilliant affair and the country gives the bride and groom its best wishes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
When vaIour prsys on reason 1t eats the sword 1t fights with.
 Antony and Cleopatra.
Readiustinu the Scale.

The miners and operators have here tofore been sensible, moderate and reasonable in their demands and ex- pectations. They have pulled together with rare good sense, and the result has been plenty of work for the one and plenty of prosperity for the other. Both have taken advantage of good times to get all possible benefits out of them they held. The district has thriven wonderfully under the joint programme, and the operatives and op- orators have, the Age-Rerald is glad to say, shared in this happy condition of things.
 Just at present the market is hesi- tating and the prices of iron and coal may not be fully maintained. It is a turning point in which good sense is needed, and a cool Judgment. and a patriotic grasp of the entire situation
 It would be unwise for either side to embarrass the situation by extrava- gant demands, or by exactions that would render competition with other sections difficult. A continuation of the good sense of the past Is much needed at present, and when the min CTS and operators meet on June 22 we seeI sure that moderation and good sense will prevail. President Mitchell of the national organization of the United Mine Workers will be present, and so will MT. Fairley, national ex- ecutive committeeman, and both have a broad understandir- of the general situation, and MT. Farley knows this district and its difficulties and pos abilities as well as any one in 1t.
 Very little can be said at this stage of the proceedings in the readjust- ment of the scale of wages, and that little consists in calling attention to the shifting nature of the market and to the wisdom of not handicapping this district in such an uncertain pe- riod. Good sense will work out the problem, leaving the district in a con dition to fight any and all prices, and affording full employment to all the year round. The more adjustable and reasonable the scale is, the more em- ployment will there be. The best in- terests of both miners and operators afs one after all, and what serves in the truest manner tne one serves the other. Let both then be reasonable, moderate and sensible. They have been so in the past, and they should keep up the lick without deviation or abatement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13

A short time ago the papers were tell ing of a man in the government em- ploy who was paid the magnificent sal ary of q a year for guarding a use- less lighthouse. Now comes an account of the highest wages paid in the world and they are not received by the pluto cratic bosses of this country either.
 For working six hours day Czar Nich- olas of Russia receives s7s3O per minute The next highest salary is that paid to the emperor of Austria-Hungary who as- sesses his subjects for a wage of s3S62 every sixty minutes. The kaiser recently struck for a raise because he receives but half this amount. King Edward has cause to feel ashamed of everybody knowing what he makes. for he is paid only s5.sS per minute, whether he works or not.
 Republics as a rule are not very gen. erous to their chief executives Presi- dent Loubet of France gets $1 per min ute, however, and that is enough to buy cigars, with some left over. President Roosevelt's stipulation looks like thirty cents, but it is really forty cents-per minute. Compared with the enormous revenues of the steel. oil and other com mercial kings, this wage Is paitry to say the least.
 The increasing height of the modern skyscrapers Is presenting a hard prob- lem to architects. It is that of provid- ing a safe and speedy means of getting to the top. Experts concede that the ele- vator Is an uncertain and dangerous method of conveyance at best. but It is difficult to find a substitute that will be practicable. It has been suggested that a revolving tram would solve the prob lem. This could be so arranged that people going up could step on without having to walt and be carried gently to their destination, as Ahe tram would be kept constantly moving. This would do away with the crowding of elevators, the elevator boy, and the prospect of sud- den drop twenty floors to the bottom. But in order to work tram slant would be required. In twenty or twenty-five story building this would be utterly impossible and the elevator is destined to remain with us for some time.
 Speaking of elevators and the develop ments that have recently taken place in them an exchange says:
 ''rhe demand on the elevators increases rapidly with the added height, and con struction of both elevators and buildings have to be modified accordingly. Some remarkable developments along this line occur in the Park Row building. whose elevators frequently carry 15,O00 people in twelve hours. This building is the larg- est and tallest office building in the world. It Is located in Park row, oppo- site the postoffice. It measures SS2 feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A woman has ideals till she gets mar ried a man after he gets married.
 The average man saves money one place so as to be able to put it where he Is squandering it somewhere else.
 It takes a woman to convince herself that what is a scandal for some other woman to do is only an indiscretion when she does it.
 The man who couldn't guess to save his life what kind of stockings his wife wears can always tell what kind any woman has on that he sees get on street car.
 A girl has such will power about some things that she will let man go on mak- ing love to her. when mosquito Is biting her knee without ever letting him know it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
coneernIna MIss coreIII.

Miss Marie Corelii. who Is the most sue cessful novelist in England, so far as inc come goes, is a slight we'll dressed woman. with pretty blonde hair, well nodded features and big, impressive eyes
 She lives and works in stratford-on- Avon, and has made herself the defender of the Shakespeare relics
 Miss Correlli is an industrious writer and the income from her novels Is larger than Kipling's.
 A new Corelli novel always commands a first edition of 10000 in England.
 Miss Coreln turns out her copy on the typewriter and when she starts new novel takes little relaxation until 1t is finished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
CAPTAIN ROBSON.

From the Mobile Register.
 Capt. Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama has his lightning rod up and in good working order He was interviewed Tuesday in New Orleans by the Plea yune. The paper says:
 Captain Hobson was not inclined to dis cuss politics, but he said that there was considerable talk of running him for con- gress in his district.
 "win you make the race7" he was asked.
 Tt Is altogether out of place to even think whether will or not" he replied. Tt is not yet time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
Colonel Johns Had Big Time.

Col. 8. W. Johns has just returned from Jackson Lake. where he has been the guest of the Montgomery Shooting club. The colonel says he never had such jolly time in all his life Charles Vest cott paid him personal attention and saw that the old pioneer of the Birmingham district wanted for nothing to make him at home among his Montgomery friends. He also thinks Montgomery ought to come into Greater Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
LINES TO THE STORMY PETREl

Anonymous. The lark sings for joy in her own loved land. In the furrowed field. by the breezes famed;
 And so revel we
 In the furrowed sea, As joyous and glad as the lark can be. On the placid breast of the inland lake The wild duck delights her pastime to take;
 But the petrel braves
 The wild ocean waves, His wing In the foaming pillow he laves. The halcyon loves in the noontide beam To follow his sport on the tranquil stream;
 He fishes at ease
 In the summer breeze, But we go angling in the stormiest seas. No song note have we but a piping cry. That blends with the storm when the wind is high,
 When the land birds wall We sport in the gale. And merrily over the ocean we sail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.

Nashville News: A noiseless Fourth of July would no doubt be a most delight ful consummation. but the noiseless small boy must be evolved before It Is possible.
 Atlanta Constitution: Double x Mark Hanna declines to be interviewed anent the alleged esnch of ARoosevelt's candid aey. The sagacious old marpiet knows year is long. long time in politics.
 Atlanta Journal: Congress has got to do something at the next session. at any rate The rural free delivery graft has been knocked out and the members have nothing on which to ride after the farm CT vote
 Memphis Morning News: The last of the Lincoln Federal judges is about to retire from ,ne bench. There hasn't been very much indication of Lincoln's in- huence upon the judicial opinions of the United States courts in the last few years.
 Macon News: Governor Beekham was on deck when he replied to the New York Worlds question as to what his plans were for putting a stop to the feuds and lawlessness in his state. He said: When you succeed in evolving really good plan for successfully stamping out sin and crime in New York please let me know what 1t is and I will try 1t in Kentucky, If necessary"
 Savannah News: Senator Baileys in- dorsement of Senator German as the democratic candidate has been received with much interest in Texas. One Of the leading newspapers of the state re- fers to 1t as the first really important supporter whose influence is still potent in the councils of his party.
 Galveston News: Cuba has commenced to locate her eonsuls in Mexico and other South and Central American countries. The United States has had charge of the diplomatic affairs of Cuba up to this time and that island evidently wants to say thing or two to the American-Latin coun- tries lon the quiet" In course of time there may be a Pan-american diplomatic understanding with the United States ex- cluded.
 Louisville Herald: There is a third party to all labor disputes-the general public Capital and labor cannot enter upon a quarrel seriously affecting the business, comfort, health and the very lives of the people without giving the latter a right to intervene. The anthfa- cite coal strike, settled sby the timely in- tervention of President Roosevelt has forever determined this point. It remains only to have that right embodied in ap- propriate legislation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
The Romantic eaId-Headed Man.

Why is it. asks the New York Times, that some up-to-date author does not see the possibilities in writing a readable story of romance or love, and have for it's hero a bald-headed man? Lack of hair in the place where 1t really ought to grow does not necessarily imply old age or dotage.
 The bald-headed man has fully as much romance and sentiment in his makeup as men who have curling hair and other kinds in liberal quantity. The bald headed man can love as strongly, do as great deeds of valor. or be as chivarous as he of abundant hirsute adornment. Sometimes on the stage or in story we have had a hero or lover whose hair was tinged with gray but the bald hero has seemingly been passed by. There Is cer- tainly no reason for this, and it Is time the bald-heads of suitable age get to- gether and demand recognition. Let there be an end to their being exploited only through the medium of the so-called fun ny man.
 Leaving the realm of sentiment and getting to the business point of view: To the author who does this thing right and gets up a good, wholesome story of the kind above referred to success Is assured. Every bald-headed man in the country would feel In honor bound to push it along" and the edition would run into the millions. Let the bald-heads get to- gether and lit the bald-headed man out of the comic weekly slough of despond and give him his proper place in liter ature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
a~4H 7 --ss- -
 BIRMINGHAM.

From the Washington Post.
 MT. w. H. Burnett, formerly of this city but now of Birmingham, Ala, was seen at the Riggs house last evening. He has met with great success m his new home and says that 1t Is only ques- ton of a few years when Birminghsm will be the leading city of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13

John ". Gates Is worth only s25,oOo.- 900, whereas the public thought he be- longed to the millionaire class. He Is scarcely considered rich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
Ton Prlcea in Eormer Yaars.

A correspondent of the New Orleans Times-Democrat shows that with the exception of the low-level years be- tween 1893 and 1900, the present high prices of cotton are by no means ab- normal. They are in fact normal, as the following table shows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13

Governor Bailey got out of the David Bennett Hill class by marrying a widow with two children. He had known her in her schoolgirl days. Governor Hill should recall his earlier years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13

Richard Harding Davis has returned from the Balkans a soured and dis appointed man. The Balkans refused to balk to meet ms personal pro- gramme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13

Edmund Rostand is one of the Forty Immortals. specl1led as they are they are great improvement over Amer ica's "4OO."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13

Government by assassination has been revived in Servia. and the re- crudescence is not at all fiattering to civilization and modern life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13
About Persons.

O. M. Hamilton of Memphis is at the Hillman.
 John B. Knox of Anniston is registered at the Hillman.
 Turner A. Dodd of Nashville is at the St. Nicholas.
 John T. Wilcox of Chicago Is at the Morris.
 Carroll Steele of Anniston Is at the Metropolitan.
 W. M. Maloney of Tuscaloosa is at the Morris.
 Oscar Hayes of Jasper is guest at the Morris.
 B. P. Baker of St. Louis is at the Hill man.
 Sol Evans of Kentucky is at the St. Nicholas.
 E. S. Stanley of Columbus, Ga. is at the Metropolitan.
 H. R. Clark of Cincinnati Is guest at the Hillman.
 P. H. Hunt of Opelika is at the Metro politan.
 cowan Kirby of Nashville is at the Morris.
 Tracy Lay of Gadsden is at the Metro politan.
 M. M. Schultz of Palestine, Ala, is at the Metropolitan.
 George w. Duncan of Auburn is at the Hlliman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13

Governor Garvin of Rhode Island favors woman suffrage. Anything would be an improvement over the present condition of the little state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13

The Oregon is in Asiatic waters try ing to bring moral pressure to bear upon Russia in her Manchurian capers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-13

Except when the safety point in the channel is exceeded, the 1evees of the Mississippi are admirable promenades.