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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
Auainst Mob Violence.
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Camp Lomax of the Confederate Veterans of Montgomery has before 1t for consideration a resolution con- demning mob law in any case. The resolution condemns violence and de- mands the maintenance of law under any and all circumstances. Capt. Cliff. ford Lanier presented the resolution, and 1t was referred to & committee which is to report at the next meet ing of the camp.
 If every camp in this state would take up the subject, great impetus would be gi zen to the movement that looks to a restoration of the supremacy of law. Law has been at discount in this state, ard good citizens are beginning to see that demoralization of that sort renders all life and prop erty insecure. Let us hope Camp Lo- max will start an effort that will crush out all disrespec- for law, even in the most rustic and backward districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
People Are DeIIohted.

"The people of Anniston are deliphte5 at having secured the synodical college for men, said w. T. Edmondson. citv editor of the Anniston Hot Blast. "A beautiful site has been purchased on Ty- Ter Hill, one of the most desirable resi- dence districts in the city, and if is stated that work will be started on the buildinqs about September l. Homes for the nro- fessors will be erected on a spacious cam pus of ten acres, and there will be sev- eral college buildings which will form a quadrangle. The Anniston training school has already been converted into a prepar- atory school for the college. and the pros- poets for building up great isntitution in Anniston were never brighter. The en- vlronment could not be better adapted to an institution of this kind.
 'ANot only will the synodical college prove valuable to Anniston from a bust ness and educational point of view hut 1t will bring to the town a large nur,- Der of cultured people who will be nron- inent in the social and religious life of the city. Anniston already has two ex- cellent schools for young ladies, and inc men's college was the one thing needed.
 ..In spite of the era of industrial denres- sion that has threatened Anniston for some time, our little city has conti,,,aa advancing steadily. The people are work ing hard for its progress, and nrad;ct great things for ths future. A glass nlant was secured recently, while the latest ad. dition to the towns list of manufactories is an electrical supply plant with a can jtal of s1o00oo. Temporary quarters have already been leased for this enterprise. and large building will bs erected at an early date"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
The Campaign Manager.
rom the Charleston Post.

From the Charleston Post.
 Senator German has stated that he can not undertake the duties of chairman of the democratic national committed. a de- termination which Is much to be regret ted. German is an experienced campaign manager and he commands the confidence of democratic political leaders generally and could keep the campaign team work ing together effectively in the rather com plicated harness that must be employed for pulling the band wagon to the White House. With German eliminated 1t ap- pears that Taggart of Indiana will prob- ably be chosen, Sheehan of New York, Judge Parker's most intimate political friend, having declined to permit consider alton of his name in connection with the place. If Judge Parker is satisfied to have Taggart direct the campaign for his election. the selection of the Indiana man will be a happy solution of the difficulty into which the democrats have gotten by tho action of the national committee in endorsing Taggart before consultation with the candidate. There should have been no expression of q preference for chair man by the committed until Judge Parker had been given an opportunity to express his views in the matter and Judge some other manager for his campaign than the one chosen by the committee. At the same time. if the man selected by the committee can be accepted by the candidate without any feeling on his part that his interests will suffer. very agreeable escape from possible embar- rassment is found. It looks as If Judge Parkers good sense and tact are already smoothing out the wrinkled front the democracy has so long worn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
Southern Iron Policy Commended.

The Engineering and Mining Journal commends the policy of the Alabama ironmakers in keeping their furnaces in steady operation. At the same time 1t condemns the f1tful course of the steel trust and of producers in the west, who bank their funaces when ever the market fiuctuates downward. The latter seem to have no fixed policy. Their spasms of reduction are not, says the Jouranl, Justified by any intelligent forecast of probable trade in the remaining half of the year. It is hardly necessary to say that this costly and fatuous policy has had little effect on the market, and has not frightened any consumers into taking material in advance of their requirements. Tn fact, it has rather tended to make buyers hold off, in the belief that if the future appeared so unfavorable to the chief producer, out siders were certainly justified in eau tion."
 The Journal contrasts such policy with that of the Alabama ironmakers, who have kept their furnaces in blast, and who have held their market by reducing prices to meet the exigencies of the time. Profits are less, but no losses have been incurred. No con siderable accumulations of stocks have occurred. Upon the whole" adds the Journal, "it looks as If the southern furnaces had adopted the safe and sane policy, and we hope they will adhere to it. We Deneve the results will justify the view they have taken of the question:"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
Migration of Negroes.
special telegram to the Philadel

A special telegram to the Philadel- phia Inquirer reads, as follows:
 Burlington, N. J.. July 22--Bad negroes fiocking here from the south are giving the police of this section much anxiety. During the past two months their num- bers have increased at m alarming rate. They are an insolent. worthless lot un- willing to work and threaten persons who refuse them aims. Since the Riddle out rage many of the farmers refuse to em- ploy negro help.
 No negroes from the south are "focking" to New Jersey farms CT farms in any other northern state. The negroes that are leaving the south are smart" negroes who cannot be In duced to do much work anywhere certainly, no farm work either in the north or south.
 The negroes complained of were doubtless born and bred within a hun dred miles of Burlington. Philadel- phia has multitude of such negroes, and so have riany New Jersey towns. There are over 60,O00 in New York city At a-ny rate the Burlington peo- pie may rest assured that no negroes, good or bad, are leaving the south to do farm work in New Jersey. Those that are leaving want something easier. The travelling southern negro is a town product, and he will not trouble Burlington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
Lonu Distance TaIker.

"We were sitting on trolley car bound for East Lake the other night and near us was one of those champion female con versationalIsts that you sometimes read about in humorous publications said young man about town. She started at Twentieth street in Birmingham and from then until the car arrived at the Lake she kept up a discourse that never flag ged A callow youth was her victim. l watched him and if he said anything more than yes and no during that time I did not hear him. erything-past, present and future-was touched upon by this talkative dame and when we reached our destination I dare say that l knew more about her family affairs. what she thought and what all the various mem bers of ther family thought than she did herself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
A WISE JUDGE.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch
 Several days ago we mentioned that Judge Feagin of Birmingham had adopt ed a sensible and humane mode of deal ing with young negro criminals. Instead of sending such a boy to the chain gang, he gives him the option of being bound out to some good colored farmer, who enters into bond with the court to take good care of the boy educate him and train him in haoits of industry and good citizenship. The Norfolk Ledger heartily approves the plan, and the Staunton- Dis patch says:
 Judge Feagin is an after-the-war grad uate of the Washington and Lee univer- sity law school, and Is pleasantly remem- bered by old students as man of fine ability. He has evidently contributed toward the solution of a grave problem, and in way to secure the cooperation of the better element of the colored race"
 Judge Feagin has set an example which will doubtless be initiated elsewhere Law is said to be the perfection of common sense, and Judge Feagin Is good law yer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
BlRM MINGHAM.

By Mrs. Mary Ware, Birmingham. Ala. Like beacon she rises, all studded with
 stars, Aglow with the glory of Venus, not Mars And welcomes the multitude crowding her
 mart With the genuine warmth of a true south
 ern heart. All honor to those who with enterprise
 grand, Fashioned this wonderful spot in our
 land For ages had slumbered the wealth of
 the earth, And this generation has given 1t birth. Progress is pointing her pathway to power But Natures own gift is her natural dover; Like a beautiful maiden, half conscious she seems Of the glory that giaddens her futures bright dreams. May her moral worth shine like her beacons afar, And as pure as the light of beautiful stari May the wealth that her coffers are gath ering in, Re used to dispeI the dark shadow of sinl May our bright little city that welcomes the world, To greatness advance, with her banners. unfurled-- The pride of the sou.hland-by nature so blest--l The Magical City" in the regions q rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

that all tn rest of the state should travel, thus enlarging the work to state proportlen5. There will always be much worA n this city that state institution cannot meet, and that only a man ia ige Feagins position and with his clear mind and true heart can meet. 1t is to be hoped that Judge l'eagin will i've to establish the work he is doing until all will come to see the desirabillty of its maintenance and even enlargement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
plea for Lemonade.

.While lemonde Is still quite popular Tn the land there is disposition in the younger set to look down upon the drink that cheered their fathers and their fathers fathers" said a physician. At soda fountains it is seldom ordered. ln- stead dopes of various kinds and fancy drinks are in great demand while one ol our most healthful and most delicious beverages Is neglected.
 T am sesry that lemonade Is not so popular now as 1t was in the past. It IS one drink that is always refreshing and always harmless. It tones up the stom- ach, acts on the liver and restores tired nerves to their former vigor. If the soda fountains served nothing else but lemon ade they would still be well worth a visit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Flat Is Needed.

"It would be a good idea for some capi- talist to erect a handsome apartment house in Birmingham for the occupancy If people who do not care to go to the trouble and expense of maintaining a private residence" said prominent real estate man. I believe that an eight or ten-story building of this character would pay quick returns on the investment. Bir- mingham is metropolitan enough to sup port such a venture, and I am sure that there are many people in town right now who would hall an apartment house with joy.
 "The family apartment house of the future should contain a cafe on the ground floor. where all the occupants could get their meals a laundry and a nursery. All the tenants could enjoy these advantages and they would save lot of worry. I have my doubts as to how a 'union,' or communstlc nursey would work, but am sure that the laundry ana the cafe would prove exceedingly popular
 "Of course plans of this character are somewhat ambitious for Birmingham just now, but am satisfied that an apartment house without these con veniences would prove very popular am waiting for some enterprising capl- talist with plenty of money to erect sucn a building. It Is the very thing we heeo'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
Drinking Men at a Discount.

From the New York Sun.
 Total abstinence pledges, prohibition laws, the exhibition of horrible exam ples,' and the preaching of intemperance as a sin may have had a certain amount of influence in deterring men from drink ing but the social sentiment against in- temperance as an imprudence has accom- phshed far more. Drunkenness has be- come disreputable or is looked on as de- plorabe disease. People are more sensi- ble. The strain of modern social condi- tions it has been found compels sobriety The drunkard cannot keep up the pace, and falls behind those who hold their ap- petites in restraint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
More White Houses.

Have you noticed that there are more houses painted ligh6 colors on the sur burban car lines than there were when the dummies were prominent along the landscape?n asked man about town. T suppose this is due to the fact that tAe introduction of trolley cars and the excel lent road beds ballasted with stone nave done away with the smoke, soot ana aust which formerly annoyed residents on the various surburban routes. The passing of Blrmingham's dummies wrought many improvements and the changed appear ance of the residences along the lines tor- merly traversed by these noisy nuisanees is merely one of them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
REFLECTIONS O.. A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 What is the use of girl being pretty if you don't tell her so?
 After a woman passes thirty she gath CTS the multiplication table at the waist.
 It's an awful stupid boy that his moth CT doesn't think smarter than his father.
 A man Is very self-possessed when the lights go out In a room with pretty girl and he remembers he has a wife.
 There are several thousand more de- grees of fun in wishing yeu were mar ried when you aren't than in wishing you weren't when you are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
From the New York Mall.

$- HE moralists and the mockers are (N stirring up a lively discussion in
 London over the prevalence of swearing among all classes of society. We are told that not only is the con
 versation of the lower classes invaria- ply cursory. but that men of fashion, and worst of all--the women, have adopted profanity as their favorite mode of em- phasis. At this long range we cannot venture prostive statements about the talk in West End drawing rooms and English country houses. But we admit surprise that the assertions that swear ing has increased among decent people have not been met by prompt and truth full denials, as they would be If made in America.
 We say this not because swearing Is dead among us. Many men will confess the belief that there is much virtue" in damn as well as in an If" But it expletive that enters upon the scene ex- plosively when provocation Is extreme. The man who poisons his talk with a dribbling of feeble oaths confesses him self not only ill-bread but a wealzling In intellect and an ignoramous of his own, rich mother togue. And, best of all, he is out of fashion.
 From first to last. fashion has had far more to do with swearing than has inn morality or irreligion. If the Elizabethan gentlemen swore roundly, and her Virgin Majesty set her waiting maids the same bad example, 1t was because blunt speak ing was the mode. anI profanity was fa- vored much as ruffs and and farthingales. It had it's progress and it's variations on through the days of beaux and bucks and pretty fellows down almost to the time when the mantle of the dandy fell upon the dude. But the old evil was lessening all the while. and the oaths growing more fantastic and more feeble Today, in this country al least. the man who is full of strange oaths'' is further out of the fashion than he who is "bearded like the pard"
 It is all part of the growth toward the ideal state of clean lips as we'll as clean bodies and clean hearts to which the
 
 ations back a man might swear before gentlewomen without reproof and the same man might be carried to bed drunk from the dinner table every night and still hold his place among gentlemen. To- day the drunkard and the foul-mouthed vulgarian are summed in the smoking room and ostracized from the drawing room.
 We may have progressed a little fur ther and faster in the right direction than our conservative friends in England Dr. Freeman, distinguished London minis ter, who is visiting America for the first time. spoke the other day with delight and surprise of the sobriety and general good behavior of all classes of Qur peo- pie as compared with his countrymen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
NATIONAL POLITICS.
What VIII They Say.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 President Roosevelt will be formally notified of his nomination on Wednesday, July 27. The formal notification of Judge Parker will take place two weeks later' on Wednesday. August 10.
 ;. President Roosevelt. has already com pleked his speech of acceptance, after many conferences with the leaders of his party. Judge Parker is preparing his speech, although for obvious reasons much of it must be written after MT. Roosevelt has made public his presenta- tion of the republican case
 As the campaign is now shaping itself, these two speeches promise. in a large measure, to become the real platforms of the two parties.
 What will Roosevelt say? What will Parker say? It is safe to assert that millions of voters are looking forward to the publication of these speeches with in- terest, even eagerness. Great political policies and prizes are at stake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

It now develops that Joe Folk Is an adept in managing newspaper report CTS. It is easy to see how man who talks just enough and no more makes 8 success of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
SOME TIMELY REMARKS
 ON THE SWEARING HABIT

But we decline to believe that there Is real retrogression in any civilized ccnlmu- nity while our society is gaining so stcad- fly toward the goal of right living, right thinking and right talking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Professor Kibblewhite, who seems to be a Europeaa scientist of great re- nown, says that the fountain of per petual youth lies in the cider barrel. He thinks ascetic acid has solved the problem of not growing old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
A Little Rusty.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The bride seemed quite nervous, didn't she?' remarked the first Chicago girl.
 Naturally" replied the other: .she's somewhat out of practice. It's the first time she's been married since last year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

An Ohio woman has just returned from a tip to the stars, made while she was in trance, and announces that the inhabitants of Neptune offer human sacrinees. While she was gone she might nave found out what the Martians have been trying to tell us for the past ten years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

An ancient shoe has been unearthed in the ruins of a Roman city in Ger. many, but report does not state that it is yellow and it was not worn with openwork lace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26
Speak Up, coloneII

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
 It appears that St. Louis anarchist society advocates killing all the fat men, and possibly Colonel Bryan could suggest a good victim to begin on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

As a result of the butchers strike New York is importing 2,0O000O eggs day from parts of the country where Dame Partlet is getting down to busi- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

An esteemed scientist says a 60-foot elm tree absorbs seven tons of water on hot day. This is carrying the water habit even beyond the capacity of the Japs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

The Roosevelt boys will go alone to St. Louis, where they will see the fair. They will hardly be mobbed, but will no doubt attract attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

A New York state man lived sixty nine years ana never left his native town He thus saved a large sum in railroad fare and hotel bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

The republican politicians are en- deayoring to settle the meat strike. The meat trust, protected by the Ding ley tariff, is one of their wards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Bonesteel, South Dakota, Is strik- ing exemphication of the fact that it is still possible for a very bad town to flourish in the west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Torridity and humidity, with music by the mosquito band, enough to vex the most patient and enduring. But this is not in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Masc, gni has settled in Rome, where he has a music school. and he says that he will roam no longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

The Malacca is a line steamer of the P. & o. sort, and Russia wisely concluded to let her go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Prince Cupid has endorsed Peruna. That is one patent medicine that won't down unless you take 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Henry Gassaway Davis voted for Henry Clay, whig. for President But this was sixty years ago. He long ago reformed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

MT Bryan considers himself still in the game, while MT. Cleveland con- siders himsell fully vindieated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Prince Pu Lun is now in Paris, where President Roosevelt makes a good king-man." Theodore seems to think so himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Birmingham now has a MT. Hem messy on her baseball team, but he is not the friend of MT. Dooley"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

In days of meat strikes prepare to make your own meat, and keep it up when there is no strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Uncle Joe" Cannon is now in New York, with his notification speech un- der his arm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Fifteen million Americans will be asked to make a choice between rough rider and rough swimmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Elihu Root has consented to become the defeated candidate of the repub1- cans for governor of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

About one more swap will put Manager Vaughan's team on a good batting basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

The Fairbanks barrel and the still larger Davis barrel are objects of in terest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Esopus and Oyster Bay contain at fractions for bandwagon people that New York and St. Louis cannot offer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

The Panama mosquito refuses to re- spect the canal zone treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

A Pennsylvania doctor of wealth who adopted prize fighter is now sorry and wants the relationship can celed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Theodore Roosevelt and Russell Sage Fairbanks have encountered backset in the renewal of the meat strike
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

The old world has the wars, but the new world has the strikes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

All things come to him who waits To her also, as Mrs. Maybrick knows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Japan is willing there should be war complications in the effete east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Judge Parker may lose the baby buggy vote. He has but one child.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Mrs. Maybrick's last release from prison was the genuine article.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

The Che Foo fictionist far outdoes all that Mole St. Nicholas ever attempted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

All roads no longer lead to Rome but to Esopus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

The Near East may prove as belli- cose as the Far East
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

A plague of opinIonl man may wear lt on both sides like a leather JerI<In.
 --TroIlus and cresslda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-26

Kuropatkia Is not living up to his advance notices.