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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
Felt in the Campaiqn.

Another lynching in an ordinary murder case has occurred in Georgia, following closely on the heels of the Statesboro horror. The republican papers in the contested states publish the reports of the anarchistic crimes in the south, exaggerating them and dis cussing them from day to day. This leads special correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution to say:
 'The democratic managers feel very much as if they might just as well fold up their tents and close headquarters so far as this campaign is concerned, if their Is to be a continuation of these lynching stories from he,southern states. It is inconceivable to them that the south ern people do not realize the immense damage such affairs do to the demo- cratic cause. Here are the democratic managers seeking to impress the coun- try that the democratic party is great law and order, a great constitutional par ty. and pointing to the southern states to illustrate their contention that the masses of democracy in that section of the country. which Is their stronghold, are conservative, and yet almost every day they have to face some such illus tration of lawlessness and mob violence at the south as that furnished by States boro and cedartown and Royston, and other points in the south.'
 
 The republican campaign managers are preparing to scatter broadcast statistics of lynchings. They propose to secure men to question every speaker who comes from the south relative to Statesboro and like out rages. Whether" adds the Constitu- tion's correspondent, the republicans will be successful in this feature of their campaign plans or not, the dem- ocratic managers do not attempt to conceal their fear that the spreading of lynching literature will do infinite harm. They feel today as if they might just as well close up the head quarters on Thirty-fourth street and go to their respective homes If these lynchings are to continue at the south"
 The republican managers and papers will not say or print a word showing what Governor Cunningham Is doing to bring the Huntsville lynch CTS to justice, nor what Governor Ter rell of Georgia is doing to punish the militia who permitted the Statesboro lynchings to go on unchecked. They will attempt to show that the demo- cratic south is a land of disorder and anarchy. and every additional lynch ing, like the one in Georgia last week, helps them out by clinching. as they assert, their story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
Whats in the Wind7

From the Memphis commercial-Appeal.
 Things do not look just right in and about the national democratic headquar- ters. There is a good deal of talk, and where there is so much smoke there is sure to be some fire.
 Tom Taggart had time of it in obtain ing the national chairmanship. Tom sold newspapers and peddled pies when he was a boy. Later he conducted a lunch stand and a hotel, and he was not acceptable to the aristocratic east. The "hayseeds." !" as all who do not live in New York are called forced his election as chairman. Then came an election for chairman of the executive committee of the national committee. and Blue-eyed Billy Sheehan was chosen. It was said that Sheehan ig- nored Taggart and tried to horn him out of the paddock. All these rumors were de- nied. of course, but now comes the silent man from Maryland, Senator German. who is said to occupy an advisory posi- ton, while others claim that he is the whole thing and ranks both Taggart and Sheehan. At all events Taggart has gone into the west" and Is now at Indianapolis. His mission in the west Is not the mis- sion of Tom Hoods fair Inez-"to dag gle when the sun goes down"-for a sure ty, and just why he left New York Is not easily explained. If Taggart Is not nice enough for Bel mont and his brother millionaires, Judge 1 Parker's chances are imperiled. because there are a great many democrats who are no nicer than Tom Taggart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
NATIONAL POLITICS.
Why ThIs sIIencea

From the Savannah News.
 Why "Esopian silence" brother wii- Hams? Why not 'sagamore FIillish Cor Hillian) silenceg Has Judge Parker been any more nearly silent than Pres ident Roosevelt recently Each has made notification speech and each has writ ten a letter of acceptance. Judge Par ker's hasn't been made public yet. 1t is true, and 1t won't be quite as wordy as Roosevelts; but there won't be the least bit of silence in it. And then that gold telegram: anything like silence about that? "Esopian silence" has something of the ring of novelty about 1t, to be sure; but as matter of fact the silence of Esopus exploded on the concluding day of the democratic national conven- tion Several well known politicians were bowled over like ten pins by the concussion and the reverberation made things rattle throughout the whole coun- try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
Who Established Gold standarda

From the Florida Times Union.
 There was a time when republicans taught that the foreigners paid the tariff and extolled protection as a device by which we were enabled to tax our rivals; Cleveland denied the claim and institu- ted Q campaign of education to prove his plea that the whole system except for revenue was a sophistry based on ig- norance and deception. His class did not graduate the first year, but when the regular college term had expired his position was accepted, and the party which stands on it's record has ceased to tax the foreigner"
 And when the currency was in doubt Mckinley was in doubt too and Roose- welt spoke for bimetallism, and Lodge agreed with him that none but traitors could oppose them. Then Cleveland "es- tablshed the gold standard so far as a president without a majority in congress behind him could do it. Experience of the sufficiency of gold established the wis dom of the change, and now Roosevelt claims in his letter of acceptance, ''wt done 1t, by the big stick"
 When the election was in doubt fl '7s Chandler wired 'claim everything, and that policy has now become party law to the republicans, with the kindred commandment, addition, division and si lence.Y
 How long will 1t be true that I'm, people will be destroyed for lack O. | knowledge?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
Bette! Outlook for Cotton.

Cotton is opening rapidly, and many fields in this and neighboring states will be clear of cotton by the first day of October. September has been an exceptionally fine month for the open irg and picking of the crop. Pickers are wanted in every direction, and not a few of them are getting 60 cents per Ito pounds. If the weather remain warm and dry to the end of the month the picking record in this state will be very high.
 Althc-gh cotton is coming to mar. ket in great quantities, yet the price is hardening and even advancing. The farmer is receiving ten cents, and in some market towns he gets fraction better than that round price.
 Under 10 circumstances should cot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
One Term for President.

"The one-term idea for the presidency recently suggested by Judge Parker has been the view by not a few prominent men for number of years. remarked Major w. J. Cameron last night.
 Tt Is strictly a democratic idea and ought to be pushed along. Some years ago l was traveling with the late Gen. John B. Gordon and In the course of con- versation he said the president of the United States should be elected for a term of six years and not be allowed to succeed himself; that upon the re- tirement of each president he should be made lifetime senator from the nation at large and in this way valuable and experienced service would be afforded the nation.
 The idea struck me as good one."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
CATTLE IN PARAGUAY.

From the New York Commercial
 Paraguay has 3.50o.OOO cattle on her pampas, which Is more than that repub- lie ever before had. and equals eight for each of her 4s0.00O inhabitants, or 7.55 for each square mile. It is found that 6lz acres per head Is sufficient to sustain the herd, whereas in German South Africa, 99 acres is thought to be less than is required for a bullock. In Paraguay s2 will pay for enough land to carry a bullock, while southwestern African land enough for suci purpose would cost s1O. Cattle growing in Para quay pays F to 15 per cent per annum and where the hacienda is run by the owner the annual profit goes to 20 to 20 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
Cotton Is MovInu.

While the cotton shipping season seems to be little later than usual" said a railroad man yesterday, .'the roads are now beginning to handle quite lot of the fleecy staple. The cotton towns are awakening under the influence of the season and the freight department of each railroad entering Alabama are pre- pared for a rush of business in this line.
 While there have been very few ship- ments from Birmingham direct the trans Ter or cotton at this point has assumed important proportions
 And then the railroad man pointed to a freight platform well filled with bales. which impressed the observer that the cotton season is upon us
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
Open Door Trap Door.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
 The withdrawal of Mir Woodruff as A candidate for the republican nomination for governor of New York was intended to be dramatic and 1t proved even more so than was contemplated. MT. Prender- gast of Brooklyn, who put Lim in nomina- tion, said that Woodruff had been de- ceived by odell, who had promised an open convention. There was nothing open about it, said Prendergast, excep. the trap door, through which all candidates not ac- eeptable to Odell were unceremoniously dropped. This new version of the "open door, which is not, however. door of hope" is likely to play prominent part in the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
Fine Corn.

M. A Sewell, 8 progressive farmer of Cherokee county has sent in a sample ear of 1000 bushels of corn raised on his Coosa river plantation this year. The grains are of immense size and on the one ear there are HOO of these grains. each one of which Is solid and full of genuine substance.
 MT. Sewell Is one of the progressive farmers of the state who annually demon strates the splendid possibilities of Ala bamas soil and climate.
 No section in the great west can pro- duce better corn than tho sample pre- scented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
YOUNGEST MEMBER IN
 THE GALAXY OF NATIONS

The canal will be constructed through the canal zone. which includes all the territory for five miles on each side of the canal. excepting the cities of Panama and Colon at the ends.
 The length of the canal will be forty seven miles, and it is expected to cost not less than s9oO.0O0,ooo. Should 1t be a sea-level canal the cost will perhaps be a fourth more.
 A large part of the work will be done by improved machinery. It is prob able that not more than 12,oo0 workmen will be actually engaged in work at any one time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
AN ODE TO BURNS

By A. c. Swineburne. The daisy bv his plowshare cleft, The Iips of woman loved and left The grief and joys that weave the weft
 Of human time, With craftsman's cunning keen and deft'
 He carved in rhyme Above the storms of praise and blame That blur with mist his lustrous name. His thunderous laughter went and came,
 And lives and flies; The roar that follows on the flame
 Winch lightning dies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
A Graceful Compliment.
the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The friends of Richard Mansfield are pleased with the graceful compliment that was paid to him recently by a prom inent Englishman--a Birmingham theatri- cal managerial New York.
 The Englishman was describing to Mir. Mansfield a magnificent theater that had just been completed in Birmingham.
 How many will the theater hold?'' MT Mansfield asked.
 q could tell you to a shilling" said the Englishman, If you would play Napo- leon in it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
Richardson Goes to Indiana.

Huntsville, September 21.-(Special.)- Congressman William Richardson of this district has received from the national democratic campaign committee list of assignments to speak in Indiana, begin ming at Camden on September 26 After filling six dates in Indiana, Judge Rich ardson will return to the Eighth district and make several speeches. after which he expects to be sent to New York state and Wisconsin for the wind-up of the campaign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
Fingers Cut Of By Saw.

Gadsden, September 21,-(SpeciaL)--J. Lackey, a machinist at the blaming mill of the Kyle Lumber company at Ala bama City happened to a painful acci- dent today while filing a saw. In some manner the machinery was started and the saw he was filing commenced to re- volve cutting off two fingers on his rien hand and mangling his hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
Huntsville In the Dark.

Huntsville, September 2.-(Specia1.)- The Huntsville Railway Light and Power company has suffered breakdown at the power house that will prevent the burn ing of arc lights for several days and in- terferes seriously with the operation of cars,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Anonymous Letters.

me Age-Herald does not publish anon sihous letters or print news sent to II through the mall unless the name of the person sending the matter signs ms o' ner name. The Age-Herald Is always glad to receive news by telegraph u ihail' but for obvious reasons the euisoi must know who it is that gives the ih- formation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

sChicago estimate on government condi-
 ton of 8A6
 The condition of the crop is high in all the surplus corn states except Kansas and Missouri, and if killing frosts do not come this month the October government report will dis close the maturing of a bumper crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

From the New York Press.
 An easy way to have a fall is to try to rise.
 A woman calls 1t dinner party when the coffee is served in the parlor.
 It is very capable father who can support his children after they are mar ried.
 One and one makes three when they are married and her mother comes to live with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

The czar has concluded that sleep ing car accommodations on his Sibe- rian railroad are not good enough to justify him in going to the front in the Far East.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
St. Bernard collene

The Rev. Father Boniface. O. S. R.. O. St. Bernard was in Birmingham ves- 'erday. our college" he said, starts out this fall with unusually bright pros pects' Last year was the best in the his- tory of the institution, and this year will not be behind last. We have a good set Of students and the school goes on satisfactorily"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
GEORGIA LEADS.

From the Columbia State.
 The lynching season Is still young but Georgia has safe lead for tho pennant. She is 'fattening'' her percentage col umn every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS>OF THE WORLD

of the college yell It is merely relic of a barbarous age when our only way to express pent up feelings was to open our mouths and make a noise correspond ing wllh the depth of our emotions. The college yell on the fact of 1t is the veriest nonsense but still 1t has a cheering, in- spiriting effect. even on the most apa- thetic. and is a valuable safety vent for college youths who would be constrained to use the energy thus expended for mis- chiefmaking of a serious character. So long as college yells keep boys from punching each others heads let them yell.
 The passing of the handwriting expert has been duly noted. He grew up in a night and expired in a day. His useful ness was judged by the amount of money one side in trial could pay him and his testimony in the behalf of Justice was as mud. The handwriting expert was fa- lxlr of most pronounced type. He was a fad and 1t was a great step forward when his services in court were no longer deemed of value Even if he were Honest 1t would be taking a big risk to convict a man on such evidence.
 What does Pension Commissioner Ware mean by putting up sign in the pension bureau bearing the words, "The Lord hates a llar?" Can 1t be possible that .'Ironquill' has just learned this impor- tant truth and hastens to enlighten less fortunate men. or has his contempt for lying been awakened by some recent l transaction in the republican administra- ton? The pension commissioner has al- ways been something of moralst, as we'll as a poet, but hitherto he has re- trained from the selection of such a vigorous text to adorn his sanctum. Why the words fairly stare a visitor in the face and he cannot but blush at the accusation. Solomon said, sometime ago, that all men are liars and unless the commissioner wants to offend every man who pays him call he had better take down his motto and substitute, God loves a cheerful giver." Of course these remarks do not apply to the ladies. How could the gentle creatures ever stoop to prevaricate?
 Thanks to the department store and the vigorous competition among publish CTS. books are now within the reach of levery man, no matter how limited his means may be. He who does not read books these days has no excuse to offer, T never have time" is recognized as weak subterfuge that is without the foundation of fact. If man thinks he has no time to read he should take time by the forelock and read anyway. The friendship of man for man Is beautiful thing but where will you find friendship more lasting, more ennobling and less expensive than good books? You don't have to buy your books drinks and you don't have to loan them money. They never tell tales about you and they never go back on you at crisis. If you never lend them they will never desert you and will help you materially in making a pleasant progress to the grave. P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22
About Persons.

Dr. W. H. Sanders of Mobile. state health officer, is at the St. Nicholas.
 D. A. Read of Sumpter. J. s. Harris of Johns, T. P. Bowles of Adger are at the St. Nicholas. They are in the city on busi- ness. connected with the Tennessee com pany's commissaries at the above-named places.
 Robert c. Campbell of Rome, Ga, is at the Morris.
 Charles Echols of Gadsden is stopping al the Morris.
 J, A. Baugh of LaGrange, Ga., is at the Morris.
 State Senator Thomas S. Frazer of Union Springs. the president of the court of Inquiry that has been in session at Huntsville for the past two days, is in the city
 w. M. Stone of St. Louis is at the Co., lonial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

It was a choice in the Huntsville jail between closets and beds, and some of the citizen soldiers took to the one, some to the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

Elijah the Restorer has been abol- ished to give place to John Alexander 1.-the first apostle in Zion City. Else where he is simply a pudgy, foul mouthed humbug.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

Willie Waldorf Astor Is reported to be interested in the teachins of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. His money bags would prove valuable addition to the cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

Peter of Servia has kept his head long enough to have it crowned, but he had better continue to pay the premiums on his hfe insurance poli- cies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

Governor LaFollette tells the voters of Wisconsin that 1t is better to vote for a good democrat than bad repub- lican. He is not a bit orthodox.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

The cruiser Lena would not be safer if she were frozen up in the river Lena, her namesake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

Our only Schwab has gone to Eu- rope again. It is a dull month with him when he does not go to Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

Sheriff Rodgers says Captain Hay permitted the riot, and Captain Hay says Sheriff Rodgers did 1t. Both seem to be in one boat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

Professor Metchinkoff says that sour milk Is the elixir of life, but it is not as pleasant to drink as the elixir found in Kentucky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

Chairman Taggart has harmonized the democratic party in the middle west, and we may get some surprising returns from there in November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

A woman has just found buried city in Crete. Women always were good at finding things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

The policemen of New York will wear union helmets so that union bur glars will not hit them over the head with sandbags.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

1 HE bell COW Is not appreciated in kOV town. Just let a budding munich
 pality acquire three stores, a sa- loon, a church, a railroad station and a mayor. and the fate of the bell COW is sealed. The progressive citizens straight way come to the conclusion that she is nuisance and must go, regardless of those questions of sentiment or practical utility which actuate the rural mind. Yet the bell COW hath an inspiration for the poetic soul in the soft cadences of her bell when she comes over the hills home ward as twilight falls. What music Is sweeter or fraught with more comfort for a troubled mind than the melody she makes? Heard in the early morning the bells tones, crisp and clear, give a greet ing to the day and sound maths for the toiler to begin his labors; heard in the neat of noon 1t calls us to sylvan walks where cool ferns grow and one can lie down to slumber to the lullaby of noun tain streams coursing down to the valleys; heard at evening 1t is natures vespers, blending plaintively with the cricket's ehirp and the cry of the whipoorwill, the call to home for man. bird and beast. There Is no sweeter sound to be heard In the mountains or valleys. nor one less appreciated. To the crude mind of the rustic as to the teeming fancy of the poet 1t brings a message of peace. The worlds strife and turmoil seem far away when we hear the COW bells. Their notes have grown old In history, and still they have | power to charm
 The crushing information is gained that Henry Clay Barnabee Is appearing in vau- deville. Shades of "The Bostoniansp We could endure the thought of Pauline Hall and Lillian Lewis entering vaudeville, but that the man who has for twenty years been one of the most conspicuous figures in one of the most notable opera organiz- ations that was ever formed in this coun- try-that such a man can now be doing turns" passeth comprehension. Yet fol- I lowing the stage is at best uncertain, and the chances are that MT. Barnabee does not like to do vaudeville any more than his friends want him to do 1t. He prob- ably needs the money and all will agree that there is money in vaudeville But the
 
 been profoundly shocked at the disclosure. It is possible that Crane too may some day be in similar plight? It is to be hoped not.
 The announcement that blue rays will enable a man to have his tooth pulled without pain should be hailed with ac- claim and if the discovery fulflls the promises made for it nothing will be toe good for the Swiss professors who are the fathers of blue rays Anything that can make visit to dentist more pleas ant than the recent torments of the Spanish inquisition is a boon to human ity. and that Is no joke. The world wants r to know more about blue rays. If they are what they are claimed to be the concession to sell them in the United States would be a mint.
 The man who tries to analyze a college yell is up against a tough proposition but some men are fools enough to try it. As matter of fact there is no analysis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

The soldiers under the bed did not fire on the lynchers, the mores the pity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

Col. James M. Guffy will give $50,000 to the democratic campaign fund, and he can well afford to get huffy about if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

The king of Italy is only a little more than four feet in height, but since the birth of his baby boy he feels at least six feet tall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-22

An owl perched on the ledge of Fair banks window in Indianapolis, and now the clans are wondering if he said, "Never more"