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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
President Roosevelt at Antietam.

It would make queer reading to see printed in parallel columns some of the congratulations of President Roose- welt at the New Jersey monument on the field of Antietam or Sharpsburg, and some of the conclusions of Charles Francis Adams, soldier of the civil war himself, as well as the descend ant of two Presidents, in public ad- dress delivered at Charleston, deliv- cred less than a year ago. President Roosevelt held up the New Jersey vol unteers as men who fought for all that was right and noble. Mir. Adams, on the other hand, had said at Charles ton:
 With much confidence I assert, In its Fundamentals there was no right or wrong about 1t; it was an inevitable, irrepres- sible conflict-the question of sovereignty was to be decided. and either side could offer good ground, historical and legal, for any attitude taken in regard to it. That shield did actually have silver as well as a golden side.
 As l read the record and understand the real facts in the case of direct and in- soluble issue between sovereign state and sovereign nation between 17SS and 1861, every man was not only freely to decide. put. had to decide for himself, and which ever way he decided he was right The orstitution gave him two masters. Both he could not serve, and the average man decided which to serve in the light of sentiment, tradition and environment This is of course the common sense and historical view of the situation as Fit existed before the sword settled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

the President can carry a concealed weapon without danger of incurring the penalties of the law, why may not we? #, however. the pistol toters at tempt to suppress the law in this way in this town, they may soon ascertain that they have left Judge Feagin out of their plans. He will insist that the presidential hip pocket is not above Alabama law. and he will, beyond doubt, proceed to give them. a good and efficient dose of the latter, and if the wind be raw and rheumatic he may increase the dose. Let no pistol toter take courage from recent pres idential developments. for he will in- deed in this town be building upon the sand, and in the end he will as- suredly land in the pen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

forever the supremacy of the federal idea. Before the sword settled it the one side was as full Of patriotism and principle as the other. and neither held a monopoly of either. And yet Presi- dent Roosevelt said at Antietam:
 Every friend of liberty every believer in self-government. every idealist who wished to see his ideals take practical shape wherever ne might be in the world. knew that the success Of all in which he most believed was bound up with the success of the union armies in this great struggle.
 A generation has elapsed since the war, and President Roosevelt should not have indulged in such a broad and sweeping generalization, even if if be of the spread-eagle variety He prob ably meant no injustice by it, but nevertheless it is based on neither his torical truth nor tle plain principles of right and wrong. Both sides, in fact, considered themselves right, and they did not find out the truth until it was delivered to them by the unrea- soning sword.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Presidential Precautions.

With three murdered presidents in the background, the wearer of presi- dential honors will certainly be ex- cused for resting as uneasily as he who wears a crown. No nation has lost as many kings or emperors or czars by assassination in the last fifty years as we have lost presidents. But it does not seem to be necessary that a president should go about with a gun in his hip pocket, especially when in every state there Is law against the carrying of concealed weapons Law is law, and prince and peasant alike should respect and obey it.
 While visiting the Immigration de. pot on Ellis island the wind split the tails of the presidential frock coat in so rude a manner that Smith & Wes. son was exposed. At the same time there stood around on every hand al least a half dozen detectives. Com mon prudence calls for the presence of detectives, in view of our past his tory, but the detectives should be good enough and alert enough to ob viate the necessity of gun bearing by the president himself, especially in the form of concealed weapon. The President, in other words, should have detectives that can detect, and the weapon in the presidential hip pocket should be abolished
 The case is the more regrettable because of its influence over those who desire to become pistol toters All such persons will now say that if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Final Adjournment Near at Hand.

Only three legislative days remain in which to transact business to tide the state over to January, 1907.
 The three days will be devoted to bills on the calendar-practical to bills that have passed one house These three legislative days of the present week are full of good or evil to the state, and the work accom- plished in them will go far to confirm or inyaiidate the high reputation of the present legislature
 It is regrettable that the provisions of the new constitution were not broad enough to keep out a flood of local bills. The adjourned session now drawing to a close has been pestered with three hundred local bills, and those bills have prevented the con sideration and passage of several needful general laws. The constitu- tion of 1901 will not therefore go into full operation until after the legisla- ture of 1907 meets and acts.
 The work of the remaining three legislative days will be watched by the people with deep interest, and the general bills unacted upon will be closely scrutinized. The legislature will be judged as much by what it left undone as by what it did, because of the requirements of the new con stitution. It will be measured by the task put upon it by that instrument. It is too early to sum up it's labors, but when it adjourns the entire state will set as a grand jury to pass upon it's deficiencies and excellencies. The Age-Herald is confident it will leave to the political historian record never before equalled in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Starved to Death ]!

In our beautiful capital city, located in a land of plenty, where the soils fertility is almost inexhaustible, boy 14 years old died from starvation. He died amid kind-hearted people, who knew nothing of his wants and dis tresses. And the more we think of the sad case the palmer does 1t appear that isolation can be as complete in society as in an island in a vast sea. The tendency in crowded populations is towards isolation The man in a a large city does not know his next-door neighbor, and in the smaller cities 2 boy may be i'll and starving, and none know it until he is beyond all help.
 It is a mistake to think that the poor whites of the south are not proud. They have plenty of pride and they are sensitive to the last degree. Descended as they are from the early English settlers of two hundred years ago. they are Anglo-Saxons, with all the pride of that race. They are poor. They have long been poor. The little boy who starved to death in Mont gomery had never gnown anything but toll and meagre fare, and at length the cordage mills in which he had been placed were shut down, and he died, as Rabbi Messing said without knowing any of the joys of lifes morning.
 And yet the atheist would have us believe there is no world in which such hardships are righted. The poor boy. but IA years old had known only a hell on earth--it is impossible to be- lieve that he is to know no better world hereafter. The very inequali- ties and injustices of this world cry aloud for a redress of grievances in higher court of appeal.
 Montgomery is deeply stirred by the fact that a little boy could--actu- ally could--starve to death in it's bounds, and the sad death of little Albert Hammock will no doubt be the means of a deeper study of the social condition of our towns. No sadder picture has been drawn in Alabama, and the good people of this town should tare home it's warnings and lessons. The brotherhood of man needs promotion in all hearts, lest we forget. and some poor sorrowing soul drops away on our hands in this town as little Albert Hammock did in Mont gomery,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Art Advertisinu.

Modern advertising has become high art" said gentleman who has travelled extensively. No part of our lives is free from 1t and l would not be at all sur prsed to find the pulpits of our churches adorned with posters before very long. The stage has already been monopolzed, The old device of painting a fence on cur tains with it's glaring praise of choice whiskies, talcum powder or cigars, has now become old Even the stage settings are frequently disigured In this manner, but a neat little sum Is realized by the management and therefore the ad will stay. Another common device for call ing public attention to the merits of cer- tain wares Is to hire minstrel men and comedians to throw irl a word of com mendation during their dialogue. If the truth were known there are many stage folk who pick up a nice little sum by this means in the course of a year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
FORGET THEEY
By Moultrie.

By Moultrie.
 Forget theer' If to dream by night, And muse on thee by day, If all the worship deep and wild
 A poets heart can pay; If prayers in absence breathed for the To Heavens protecting power, If winged thoughts that fit to thee A thousand in an hour, If busy Fancy blending thee
 With all my future lot If this thou calrst Forgetting"
 Thou, indeed. shalt be forgot, Forget thee!'' Bid the forest birds Forget their sweetest tune; Forget thee! Bid the sea forget To swell beneath the moon; Bid thirsty flowers forget to drink The eve's refreshing dew; Thyself forget thine own dear land" And its mountains wild and blue.'' Forget each old familiar face,
 Each long-remembered spot When these things are forgot by thee, Then thou shalt be forgot Keep, If thou wilt, thou maiden peace, Still calm and fancy-free, For God forbid thy gladsome heart Should grow less glad for me; Yet. while that heart is still unwon, Oh. bid not mine to rove; But let 1t nurse it's humble faith
 And accomplishing love If these, preserved for patient years, At last avail me not, Forget me then-but ne'er believe That thou canst be forgot!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

says that the Alabama schools are nov Ing off in the most satisfactory manner and that the uniform text book law was meeting with almost universal approval. B. A. Hoffman, wholesale cigar dealer of Baltimore, is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 c. J. Pugh of Greenvllle is in the city. William C. crumpton, prominent law yer of Evergreen, is in the city.
 
 Scott Maxwell, superintendent of the Indian Head cotton mills of cordova. is at the Hlllman.
 Hon. R B. Kelly. chancellor for the North Alabama division of the Chaneery court, is at the Florence.
 Morris Hagedorn, a wholesale whiskey dealer of Cincinnati is spending Sunday at the Hillman.
 L. Sanger of Nashville, is spending Sunday at the St. Nicholas.
  J. D. McGee of Leeds, is in the city.
 
 T. P. Lane of Talladega, is spending Sunday in the city.
 Hon. w c. Tuntstall. one of Alabama 8 railroad commissioners, came up from Montgomery last night. He is stopping at the Metropolitan. He will leave early this morning for his home in Greensboro W. E. Coldims of Selma, is in the city. S. J. Morgan of Bloeton, Is spending Sunday In the city.
 H. L. Dodson of New York, was one of the late arrivals at the St. Nicholas last night.
 Adjutant General W. w. Brandon stopped in the city a few hours last night enroute from Montgomery to his home in Tuscaloosa.
 W. R. Driver, a prominent citizen of Montgomery. is at the Hillman. W. J. Boykin one of Gadsdens distin- guished citizens Is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

The question arises, Will this dis trict be able to round up 1 1,S00000 tons this year? On the first of September we had 30 coke, and charcoal fur naees in blast, and their weekly capac- ity was 26,1S3 tons. This is at the rate of 1.S62,000 tons year. This district will do some better than this in the remaining months of the year, but 1,600,00 tons is an outside estimate of what it will be able to accomplish until the new furnaces at Ensley, Ok moor, Gadsden, Valleyhead and Wood ward are in operation. When all the furnaces in course Of construction in this district are in operation, the fig ures of the Wan Street Journal will be reached, and even exceeded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Gray Heads.

Have you ever noticed the number of gray heads in Birmingham audience?' asked an observant man yesterday. 'I was surprised when my attention was called to the fact by a friend. It Is re- markable that many of those men with hair sprinkled with gray are far from be- ing old. Fully third are what we call middle-aged and there are quite num- Der of young fellows who appear strange ly marked by the hand of time.
 Ut is also noticeable in nearly all our cities that gray hairs on the heads of comparatively young men are of frequent occurrence. Just why this condition ex- ists Is hard to say, but it is undeniable. Perhaps the strenuous life we lead nowa- days Is largely responsible Then again the dissipations of youth will also cause marks of premature age. However, the young man with gray hair can have the consolation that his appearance is ex- ceedingly striking and If he Is good look Ing at all his distinguished bearing is heightened"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
EMINENT THEOLOGLAN'S
 FAITH IS UNWAVERING
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 N R. PATTON the president of the U)1 Presbyterian Theological Semi
 - nary at Princeton. is one of the sanest, acutest minds in the whole range of theology. He never misses an essen- tial point or seeks to avoid it because the inevitable conclusion from it would be uncomfortable to either the new or the old theology, or because it would involve an irrepressible conflict with science
 In the intellectual operations of pr. Patton there is courageous honesty in the direction which we often, nay, us- ually, miss In the new fashioned theolo- gians. We observe in this latter day school much timidity. They dare not go to the theological conclusions of their ar guments, for these would land them in the square infidelity where really they belong. For this new theology the oues- tion of miracles is a stumbling block. They fight shy of it, or if they venture to tackle the subject they essay to give n 'figurative' explanation which leaves the miracle something betwIxt a poetic imae- ming and a superstitious hallucination-a vision of a mind distraught or a fancy engendered by the exaltation of religious enthusiasm. profitable for contemplation as spiritual imagery. but not as a fact of history
 Dr. Patton is too honest and his logical discernment is too clear for him to de- ceve himself with any such subterfuge. In sermon at the autumn opening of the Princeton Theological seminary last Sunday Dr. Patton presented the only view of miracles which Is compatible with the existence of Christianity as a religion, or as a supernatural system of divine origin.
 Dr. Patton sees plainly that to deny or doubt miracles or attempt to explain them away is to give up the very founda- tion of Christianity as religion and to leave it with nothing more than a basis of human philosophy and poetical imag- nation on which to rest christianity as he said at Princeton on Sunday, 'is a piece of information given supernatur- ally and miraculously," or it is no more than a mere superstition. a mythology. It may exist, as a moral philosophy with out supernatural birth and mission for Jesus but it ceases to be a religion. the religion which has built the temples of worship of Christ If Jesus was a mere man. worship of him is idolatry. And if the one essential miracle of the Incarna- ton is accepted, what difficulty is there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

in the acceptance of the rest of the mira cles of the Bible. If not of other miracles dogmatically proclaimed as of subsequent occurrenee.
 Dr. Patton meets the issue made by scientific inddelity with square profess sion of faith in miracles as requisite to Christian religious belief. and it is the only way in which it can be met. If the miracles are not to be received as his torical facts the worship in thousands of churches, the teaching in hundreds of theological schools and the hope which has inspired countless millions of man. kind for nineteen hundred years and more are vain and superstitious delusions and the contest of churches as to the possess sion of divine authority to teach and rep- resent the Christian religion Is q farcical controversy.
 Correspondents are discussing in the Sun candidates for election as coadjutor bishop of the New York diocese of the Protestant Episcopal church. We observe however, that little or no attention is paid by them to the distinctively theolog- teal position of any of the candidates put forward. It is true that their varying schools of "churchmanship" are consider ed-whether they are high" or How" broad or "catholic' But is not the really important question how they stand toward Christianity; whether they believe in it's miraculous origin and character, as Dr. Patton believes, or regard the Bible as simply comfortable and inspiring lit erature to which prophets and other en- thusasts contributed visions and poetic imaginings? Is 1t worth while to quarrel over the title to churchly authority by right of descent from the apostles unless there has come with the physical inheri- tance Dr. Patton's uncompromlsing apos- tolic belief in the miraculous origin of Christianity as a fact of history?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Locomotive Engineers.

There Is strange fascination about railroad life." said a veteran of the To- comotive yesterday. "When young fel- low once gets. the fever in hls veins it is seldom that he ever cares to do anything else. l have known eases where men we'll andvanced in life have taken rail- road position as a last resort but In a few months were completely absorbed in their new work. We hear lots of talk about the engineer and the thrilling life he leads It cannot be denied that huge rails, has a wonderful attraction for we fellows at the throttle Although I have figured in a number of serious smashups l always feel more comfortable and more at home on my engl2e than anywhere else. I imagine the sensation Is very much like that of a seaman on land. I do not feel natural until 1 climb again in- to the cab.
 Another thing that always amused me is the way people talk about the fearful strain a locomotive engineer has to un- dergo Now, some of the fellows may get excited, but l always try to keep my mind easy until 1 see actual danger ahead. There is time enough then to get excited. What are my hours? Well, I have night run and prefer it to day work. 1 feel that l have my engine to myself then"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
Piu Iron Production.

The Wall Street Journal thinks pig year will approximate 20,000,000 tons as against 17,S21 BOT tons last year Ii predicts, too, that Alabama will pass Illinois, thus becoming third in the list. The time is coming, says the Journal, when Alabama will outranlz Ohio, standing second to Pennsylvania only.
 In its estimate of 20,000,000 tons this year it presents these figures for the principal producing states:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
President Abercrombie.

President John W. Abercrombie of the university came up from Montgomery last night, and leaves this morning for Tuscaloosa.
 In speaking of the university he said that prospects this session were indeed fiattering, and that the opening was one of the most promising that it had for years. The bill for the summer school, he said, has passed the house. and had received favorable report from the sen- ate committee, and would pass the upper house next week.
 In speaking of the uniform text book law he said that it was his opinion that the people would never take a backward step on this all-important question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
City Hall Elevator.

There are numerous complaints of the elevator service at the city hall" said prominent man. Tt is said that the ele- yator closes daily at o'clock except on Saturday. when 1t closes at 12 noon. Those who have business in the public library and in the offices of the board of educa- tion on the fourth floor find this ar- engagement a great inconvenience.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Music cToniaht.

The spacious dining room of the Hotel Hillman up stairs will be open tonight and Calman's full orchestra will be sta toned in the palm room and will render the following programme.
 Tannhauser, Mareh-Wagner. Overture, Semiramide-Rossini. Selection-.The Storksn
 Persian Intermezzo. .1ran'-N. Gray. Overture, Raymonds-Suppe. Waltz. "Yiolets'' ''-Walteufel. Selection-"Jewel of Asia
 Intermezzo-"Anona."
 Seleetion-Prince of Pilsen.
 HOrpheus"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
ELocuTIoN BY TELEPHONE.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 A local acquaintance Of the Enid lOk) Events with some ability as an elocu- tionist. Is proud of his renditions and has so charmed the women of Enid that they call him up over the telephone and ask him to recite to them, and this he very kindly does pouring his words and ges- ticulations into the mouth of the re- naiNnr-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Sun.
 One trouble with the clothes women wear is they have no place to scratch matches on.
 Just as soon as a girl goes to luncheon with married women she begins to think she is worldly.
 Nothing makes a wbman so furious as to picture how sweet and sympathetic her bitterest rival would be at her fune- ray-
 When a woman gets nervous over her husbands working so late at night in his office 1t is sign she don't believe him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

Grover Cleveland Fuller is getting along in the world as well as his name sake, for he earns $50,000 a year, al. though he is but IT years old. He is a jockey who rides to win, even in fourth race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
SMALL CROWD.

From the Washington Post.
 The number of democrats who are will ing to follow seems to be about as small as the number competent to lead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

Kansas City's sole telephone ex- change burned down, and the hello girl will not be able to say ''busy" to those who bother in that city in the next two months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

Lecithin should not be fed by the Chicago professors to MT. Rockefeller, who is big enough already to capture the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

The Mobile Herald announces that It will shortly spread out and give its pat rons larger paper. The Herald is al- ready one of the best dailies in Alabama and when the promised Improvements are made Mobile will have a paper of which to be proud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

The sterilization mania and germ hunt cannot be carried too far. The twentieth century promises to be the clean century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

The orator who crates this week in the legislature will be a public null sance Votes, not talk, is the thing this week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

Prof Samuel Langley still hopes that he will be able to rise above the paragraphers on this sordid earth. He has more hope than wings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
ONE ADVANTAGE. A

From the New York Times.
 The bachelor girl has one advantage over the married woman; she Is always . "sirl," no matter what her age may be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

Postmaster General Payne will go down in history as the man who dis charged woman postmaster for po- litical activity, a crime he is expert in himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

Foreman Miller of the government boolSbindery is :. whole issue in him. self, and he proposes to stay on his pedestal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

It is now thought that Uncle Joe Cannon will have his boots blacked as a preparation for the speakership.