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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

->-~S>----~~~~~--~-~-~-~-~ signifled their approval by shouts and clapping of hands.
 After the war in those awful recon struction days I, with a party of young men. got into my head that we should go to Mexico My father was opposed, but I was determined. I had not been there long when I was hoeing corn for 50 cents a day in the hottest sun and with the longest rows I ever saw in my life.
 "Maximlllan, soon after announced that he would give 320 acres of land to every man fulfilling certain conditions l im- mediateIy applied to the land agent and got my 32O acres I no sooner secured the grant than I placed signs on the trees for sale
 After several weeks a man come and asked me what would take for the land. I told him sl0 an acre. He said I will give you s1; I hurriedly answered yes, and was afraid he would back out. l never did get but half the money, but 1t was enough to start me back home and that was what I wanted.
 Started for Home.
 q got mule and began my way to Vera Cruz. l started and after a few miles got mired in the mud to my neck. I finally pulled out and soon got mired again. This occurred several times before rode down the streets of Vera Cruz, looking more like mud man than hu- man. When l asked at Vera Cruz if there was q ship leaving for the United States and was told that there was U yellow fever epidemic in the city, I thought that would certainly die with the plague. 1 finally got a steamer, how ever, and reached Havana. Here there was yellow fever also. Then we thought 1t would break out on the boat. q arrived at New York several weeks later, feeling quite sick I passed the medical quarantine examination and en- tered the city. I asked if I could get a train to Washington and was told that such would be impossible, owing to the cholera epidemic. I now thought 1t was certain that I would die with cholera, but finally succeeded in getting to Washing ton and then to our home.
 When 1 came near the house. dirty and weary, with face as yellow as Il Chinaman. l was afraid would be turn ed away. I saw my father on the porch his head in his hands. He did not seem to recognize me, and l thought 1 would be refused. When he recognized me he rushed to the gate. threw his arms around me, and received joyful reeep- ton. The next day l became very sick and was confined to my bed for six weeks, 1 ion f.f hn father was by the side of my bed con stantly and gave me every attention and care
 "It Is the same way with going back to our Creator. The reception will be just as joyful, our difficulties may be as great but we are finally saved and are safe in our Saviour's care.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
THE WEATHER

Washington. November 26.-Forecast for Alabama: Fair Monday and Tuesday: light variable winds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
Confeder Soldier.

'I became a Christian about twenty five years ago. Before that time had led wild and wayward life When 1 joined the church I thought I would have no temptations. but I soon found that was the beginning of the struggle. But God has never yet forsaken 4 man that came to Him.
 Some people say that when a man gives his life to Christ he shows himself to be a coward. It reminds me of the Irlshman at Bull Run, when his captain called to him to come out from behind the tree and asked If he was a coward. He replied. I had rather be coward for few minutes than a corpse all my life'
 Then there is often advanced the argu- ment that the Father will not have us If we come to Him They should remember. 'Whosoever will may come and Him that cometh I will in no wise cast out
 When the war ended l was a young boy l6 years old. l shall never forget April 9, 1865, at Appomattox. when with the blue line of the enemy before us, or ders came to stack arms. Then was read that memorable order-General Orders No. o."
 pr. Wharton then described scenes that night in the Confederate camps and told several anecdotes In this connection he sang, with remarkable feeling and emo ton the Bonnie Blue Flag"
 'I have been on nearly every continent" Dr. Wharton resumed, but I have never yet seen the day when I would apologize for being Confederate soldier and never expect to see the day. I would do the same thing again. I have no feeling against any section, but if the south should again see fit to seeede, l would stand by her. My country. may she all ways be right, but right or wrong, my country"
 Remarks ArpIauded.
 After these remarks came applause, the equal of which has seldomed been heard before. Dr. Whartons remarks were said with such feeling and enthusiasm that nearly every man and boy in the orchestra circle, in the balcony and in the gallery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
SERMON ON RETURN OF PROD|GAL SON Dr. Wharton Preached to Im- menSe Crowd at Bjou A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE The Preacher Tells of His Trip to Mexico After Civil War and
 His Return
 Home.

The Rev. pr. H. M. Wharton addressed another immense audience at the Bllou theatre yesterday afternoon on the sub ject, "From A Hogpen to Heaven" Over 2OOO men packed the theatre the orchestra circle, the balcony and the gallery being full An equally large audience heard Dr. Wharton at the First Baptist church yes- terday morning.
 The meeting at the BiJou theatre yes- terday was the last that will be held there in the afternoon. The theatre cannot be secured for next Sunday afternoon, but the interest has been so unusual that the Young Mems Christian association, which has had charge of the meetings, will en- deavor to arrange for a meeting to be held after the churches have turned out. If this is done the meeting will last from 10 to 11:30 o'clock
 The services of revival meetings at the First Baptist church closed last night after two very successful weeks. At every meeting held at the church be- tween 1500 and 2O0O people have attended. Tonight pr. Wharton will deliver a lec- ture on "A Trip Through Palestine" No admission will be charged but an offer ing will be taken for the benefit of the Ladies' Air society.
 Tuesday night a series of services at the Southside Baptist church will begin. Services will also be held both morning and night on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The morning services will begin at 10 o'clock and the evening meetings will commence at 7:45 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

Arthur Story, resident of London, England is spending a few days at The Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

c. W. Roe, a well known resident of Chattanooga, arrived in the city last night and is stopping at The Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

Harry Faeguar, advance representative of "The Shepard King" theatrical com pany, spent yesterday in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

w. N Cannon, a well known business man of Greenvllle. Is stopping at the Ho- tel Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
Meeting Yesterday.


 At the meeting at the Bjou yesterday a male quartette composed of the four McGeever brothers, employed in the Southern shops. rendered several selec- tlons which were heartily applauded by the audience. Dr. Wharton said that he had been greatly interested In visiting the shops in Birmingham with MT. Bridges of the Y. M. c. A. and that he thought a great work was being done there by the association. All of the collection taken at the meetings at the Bljou in addition to the expenses. will be given to this branch of work of the Y. M. c. A.
 Dr. Wharton paid a glowing tribute to MT. Bridges saying that he was doing a very great work, and deserved much credit. He was, the speaker said, man of noble character.
 Dr. Whartons address at the Bljou yes- terday was based on the parable of the prodisal son The scripture was read by the Rev. Frank Willis Barnett, after which pr. Wharton spoke in part as fol- lows
 We are all fond of pictures. A picture book will console the child, and older peo- pie like to hear pictures in speeches, for there can be word pictures as well as pictures on paper This was a picture Christ was drawing of the prodigal son returning to his father.
 "rhe parable does not only refer to those who give way to temptation to drink or other passions. It refers to all who have gone away from Christ, no mat ter what the path they took and 1t means that we all may come back to Him, our Father"
 Dr. Wharton here told of a man he once knew in Kentucky, who had strayed away | from Christ. He was In his room one | morning, the speaker said, when his little niece came running in and asked him to | play and romp with her. He smiled but said he was In hurry. She insisted and he playfully picked up rifle and aimed it at her. He did not know 1t was loaded, but the bullet pierced her heart. l T met the man several years after" said | talk with him He told me he was greatly | worried, and that he would much prefer death to life, if death would give him | peace. I showed him the way to return to his Father. He accepted 1t, and now he | is one of the best and most successful | business men of his state, but think of | the cost-the life of that beautiful little girl.
 Confedera Soldier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

James l.. Mogford, manager of the local branch of the American Newspaper Union. has returned from q short trip to Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27

J. II. Grlss. business man of Triton. Ga, spent yesterday with fr1nds in the city.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

The Mississippi Supreme Court has
Just rendered a decision that street
cars must have an actual screen or
partition in order to separate the
races. and not mere sign This
moves the New Orleans Times-Demo'
'crat to rise and remark that the Jim
Grow process has been accepted with
good grace by the Afro-Amerlcans.
that it is recognized by both races as
the necessary solution of the prob
lem" Of course the whites accept 1t
for it puts the most degraded white
man in a position where he can lord 1t
over the cultured Afro-American. but
no Afro American of character or de-
cency is satisfied to be classed as
pariah. We notice that the respect
able self-respecting Afro-An orleans or
the South are not riding in Southern
street cars to any great extent nova
days. 1t may sometimes be necessary
to ride in a Jim Grow car on steam
railroad but it is never necessary Tor
an AfroAmerican to ride in a Jim
Grow street car and any member OF
the race who does so is turnkey VINO
does not deserve the respect of his
fellows.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
THE "SUPERlOR" RACE.

"rhe idea that the superior tribe
could and had a right to control and
guide the destinies of the weaker, led
to the superior white race believing
it had the right to control and govern
the weaker race of the sons of Ham
and slavery was the result. Thus JUS
tice Brewer philosophical at Wander
bilt University, but the learned judge
paid no attention to some other very
Interesting results, which we SHAH
take the liberty to mention. That
same idea led the superior race III
Russia to skip out with great gaiety
to control and govern the inferior
race of Japan, with the result that the
superior" race received most I'M
merciful, but richly deserved wallop-
ing. Again, that same idea led the
superior" race in the United States
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
SATURDAY, JULY, Is, 1905.

WAY THEY DRIFT TO TOWNS.
The Chicago Tribune wrestles with
the problem: why Afro-Americans
Drift to Towns" and assigns several
very correct reasons for the phenom-
enon; which, however, by no means
exhaust the subject. The topic . is
therefore open to discussion and we
shall endeavor to throw some light
upon it by mentioning some reasons
stated to us in a recent conversation
by an Afro American resident OF the
South One of the facts was as fol-
lows: On the Cotton Belt railway, in
the vicinity of the city of Camden.
there is very respectable village
known as Eagles Mills. It is COM
posed of a great number of neat. one
story frame cottages which are occu-
pied almost exclusively by the Afro
American laborers, who are employed
in the large lumber mills which form
ed the nucleus of the town. And
Eagles Mills is but a sample OF
great many other towns of the same
type and origin. Eagles Mills. using
the words now in their proper sense
give employment to several hundred
laborers; and the work is constant
and paid for promptly, for the owners
are Northern men and do business in
Northern style. Moreover the owners
of the mills have not failed to Pro-
vide school and church buildings for
their laborers and to provide teachers
for their children In a word they
place no confidence in the Southern
plan of 5Qualling and bowling about
the worthlessness Of the Afro-Amerl-
can: but go to work in an intelligent
business-like manner to attract labor
by offering inducements. Consequent
~ these mill towns attract laborers'
literally by thousands, from the purga-
tories known as plantations. The
Northern man goes South and works
according to business rules: the
Southern planter is always whining
over his forlorn and Wretched condl-
ton; writing fine essays, making big
speeches and indulging in absurd the
cries that the Chinese or the Italian
or the inhabitant Of the planet Mars
are coming to his relief, and will pam
per his laziness and stupidity.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

Gov. Blanchard of Louisiana "spoke
out in the meetin'' few days ago
and spoke like man, who means what
he SAYS: There must not be any
lynching in Louisiana while I am in
ofIi5e"
He had just come from Pointe
Coupee parish. where he had been
subpoenaed by the grand jury in
lynching case.
II was glad Of an opportunity TO ap-
pear before the grand jury, for the pro-
cesses. of court are matters which the
highest officials of the state must obey
as we'll as the private citizen. | know
nothing about the lynching in question,
but had had great deal OF CORE
spondence with the parish officials.
when I appeared before the grand
Jury | expressed my opinion on lynch
ing most fully. I told the jury that
lynching retarded immigration and
otherwise injured the standing of the
state. I told them that the laws or
the state must be enforced and up
held in every particular. They are
ample to mete out justice in every
case"
That is Just the way all governors
should feel about the barbarous prac-
tice.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
Mioht Give Him a Chance.

A good story is related in To-day OF
a man who, on Z" visit to Scotland
went to the kirk on the "Sawbath-' >
Feeling very drowsy he succumbed
entirely after the first sentence or SO
of the sermon.
An elderly man. who had been
watching with rising wrath the OBJ
viously ''irreleegious" attitude Of the
stranger, bent forward, shoo', him and
whispered in his ear:
'Gie the mon a chance. Wait till
he gets along a bit, and. then II he's
no worth listening to, gang to sleep
but d1nna gang before he gets com
menced. "-GentleW
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
Lord Bacon's View Of "Hope."

In "Aubrey's Lives this quaint
story is told of Lord Bacon: His
lordship, being in the garden looking
on fishers as they were throwing their
nets, asked them what they would
take for their cast; they answered so
much; his lordship would offer them
not more than so much. They drew
I'D their net, and it were only two or
three fishes; he told them, it had
been better for them to have taken
his offer. They replied they hoped for
a better draught. but, said his lord
ship, Hope is a good breakfast but
an i'll supper"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
One Who Has Suffered.

Gossip is humming bird with
eagle wings and a voice like a fog
horn 1t can be heard from Dan to
Beersheba and has caused more trOu'
BILE than all the bedbugs. ticks, fieas,
rattlesnakes, sharks, sore toes, cy-
clones, earthquakes. blizZar"a, small
pox, yellow fever, govt and indiges-
ton that this great United States
have known or will know when the
universe shuts up shop and begins the
final invoice. In other words, it has
got war and hell both backed up in
the corner yelling for ice water
Guernsey, Wyo.. Gazette.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

to conclude that it was ruined by
Chinese cheap labor and it '.went for
the heather Chinee.'s The result is
that the Chinaman, ignorantly and OBJ
stinately refuses to be controlled and
governed and guided by the superior
race; for he has found out that he can
force the mills of New England to sus-
pend and can convert the Southern
cotton belt into bowling wilderness:
We think these results are worthy OF
attention even at Vanderbilt. and we
are not alone in our opinion
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

King Leopold of Belgium, an old
scamp, who has become the richest
monarch of Europe by plundering the
Congo Free State. now proposes to
spend a portion of his vast wealth in
promoting enterprises for the benefit
of his subjects. his own children eX-
cepted: which we think is very
cOmmendable move upon his part
But we cannot help thinking that 1t
would be much more honorable for
him to return it to those from whom 1t
was eXtOrted
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
Wooden Leq's Many Abuses.

A wooden leg can play a thousand
parts. It is a hammer. as we'll as
club; cricket bat on occasions; a
bod for bricks; camp stool; a sup
port for the drowning; jury mast for
the ship-wrecked; flagstaff for re-
tired sailor; a soup ladle: a conduc-
tors baton. It may be made hollow
and filed with useful commodities,
such as gold, ink, pemmican. testimo-
malls, whiskey No man with woou-
en- leg is ever wholly destitute; he
has his leg.-London Punch.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
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DR.. Lyman Abbott says that caste
is one of the four great vices OF the
people of this country. yet he is dolnE'
as much if not more than any man
in the country to promote color caste
DR.. Lyman Abbott is one Of the worst
enemies the Afro-American has IN
America.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
.Iife,s Dyino Liqht.

Dear heart, the light <iss dying; let US go
And dream of rest there meath the flow
erS and snow! = - -.
1sfe for a little space was sweet to know;
Rut now the light is dying-let us go!&
We have known Loves morning-and the
" afterglow H.. ~. -
Falls now where we shall neither reap
VI nor SOW; - < - So - t1si
We have loved each other-for God willed
Dear heart, the light is dying let us go!
. =" ~ 4 Atlanta Constitution.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

strategists Won Moltke.
In reading certain chapters of this book s,
ing cruelties of the Revolution were again
being enacted in Paris and elsewhere
throughout the country.
The events which led up to the war
with Germany are thus described by the
author: IT,
BISMARCK prepared the war, Napoleon
III wanted it. the great bourgeoise looked
They Ght hsXe 4t9g sPs i sz
himself with a grimace. He saw in this
war our certain ruin; he knew our terrible
inferiority in everythiag;; he could have
united the. Left, the tiers part, the jour-
folly of the attack, and supported by this
G to Pars If needs pe
impossible; we shall combat it as trea-
SON.
Poor France! Who will save thee?
The humble, the poor those who for six
years contended for thee with the Empire
While the upper classes sell the alton
seek to feather their nests under the
empire, handful of men. without arms
unprotected, rise up against the still all
powerful despot. On the one hand young
men who form the bourgeoise have gone
over to the people, faithful children of
1889. resolved to: continue the work Of
the Revolution; on the other hand work.
insmen unite for the study and conquest
Of the rights of labor In vain the en-
pire attempts to split their forces, to Sc
duce the WOr}lingmen."
The author then follows up with de-
scription of the terrific political struggle
between the cOntending factions which
finally burst forth in all the horrors of ths
Commune.
Paris. Marseilles, Toulouse and Narbon
We're soon to be converted into veritable
struggle which for madness and I'M
checked violence 6rds few counterparts
in the history Of the human family.
Many new events--that is events which
have hitherto been obscure to the student
of that period are brought forward by the
author, in his work which considered
either from literary or historical view
point is an achievement of no inconsid-
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