davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
When the hurly-burly's done, When the battles lost and won.
 Macbeth.
Restitution.

Some policy holders of the New York tife, with the consent of the attorney general of New York, have begun suits against John A. Mccall and George Perkins on the score that their money and that of other policy holders was unlawfully diverted to the extent of about S150.o00 to campaign funds man. aged by the late MT. Hanna and MT. Uortelyou.
 The republican committee says 1t can not pay back the money, because it spent all funds on hands in electing MT. Roosevelt. Mr. Mccall says he "does not feel called upon" to make restitution, and he says he is willing 10 abide by the decision of the courts. MT. Cortelyou has not been heard from In a personal sense
 The courts should decide The res titution of the campaign contributions is very proper subject for judicial treatment. If the money of policy holders can be paid out for such pur- poses, then the policy holders should know 1t before they pay over any more fat premiums. What is especially needed is a clear definition of the rights of policy holders. If they have none that the officers of the big com panes are bound to respect, let that fact be made known. Let the knowl- edge come from the courts that sit to determine the disposition of trust funds whenever a dispute over them arises. The validity and authority of the campaign contributions made by MT Mccall are certainly questioned, and it Is well that the matter is to be adJudicated The case may go to the United States supreme court, and when it is settled by the United States su- preme court, and when it is settled by the courts. it will be well settled and the policy holders will know what to expect. At present he is but an inno- cent by-stander liable to be hit in the pocket by every passing excitement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
"GAL IN THE FOUNTAIN : REAL ISSUE IN GEORGIA

ceress of Strangers; and whether the lions. mud cats and alligators are part of the allegory or merely foils to the glory of the Gal. The part played by the Gal In politics is our concern now. Hoke Smith, it happens, is one of the owners of the Piedmont hotel, and is, therefore, entitled to his share of the revenue received from those who visit the shrine of the unknown goddess. He is a leader of Sunday school. and early In the campaign appealed to the prohibit ton element of Georgia. His enemies bru- tally seized upon his part ownership of the Piedmont bar, and trumpeted tho , fame of the Gal in the Fountain. MT. Smith declared that when he had dis covered. to his horror that hotels in Georgia were invariably equipped with bar for the expeditions sale of liquor. he had insisted upon strict account of revenues derived from this source. and that his share would be turned over to certain charity. MT George Parrott, his partner in the hotel, published let ter stating that Hoke Smith had not personally profited by the bar, but had secretly named a charitable institution which was to receive the money.
 The public, or at least MT. Smiths in satiable enemies, demanded the name of the charitable institution sustained by the Piedmont bar. The demand was ignored. If Mr. Smith did not permit his left hand to know what his right was giv- ing to charity. the public had no right to complain But soon afterwards, Rev. Dr. Broughton. head of charitable in- stitution of the Baptist faith. gave out a statement that MT. Smith had recently offered to give his share of the Piedmont bar proflts to three charities, the Bap- tist infirmary being one, and that the offer had been declined, because 1t was tainted money!
 So the people Are mystfed. Has the money from the "Gilded Gehenna" of the Piedmont gone to charity, is 1t go- ing. or will 1t go? Is Hoke Smith being swamped under pile of tainted money? or Is the tribute to tho glorious Gal go- ing regularly, but secretly ao a benefcent institution? .'Hez Hoke been caught, CT
 is he a philanthropist? asks the Georgia cracker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
Advertisinq Birmingham.

'The Birmingham Realty company is issuing 10000 booklets called Birmingham Today and Tomorrow. said John Spar row yesterday. "The book will be one of the most complete of its kind ever issued and will show Birmingham as an iron and coal market. steel producing center, jobbing point, financial center and the best retail trade point between Cincin- natl and New Orleans.
 "An interesting feature will be statis- tics about the growth of Birmingham, It's increase as an industrial center and it's advance to the position of the com mercial metropolis of a considerable DOT ton of the south. Many of these statis- ties have been gathered from the daily papers as they appeared from time to time. and others have been collected by the writer Altogether they make an im- nressive showing for Birmingham.
 'The statistics will be printed in red on pages interleaved between the regular reading matter, and the book will be quite unique and attractive in appear ance. It will contain no advertising ex- cept a brief reference to the policy of the Realty company in a chapter devoted to real estate.
 .The book will fit in an ordinary com mercial envelope and will permit two sheets of letter paper to be enclosed.
 "rt is the purpose of the company to furnish these books to merchants and others who desire to send them out through their regular mails, and Bir- mingham will thereby receive a great deal of advertising. which will undoubt. edly bring good results'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
About Soft Drinks.

Have you ever noticed how the thirsty public calls for their drinks, said a soda fountain clerk yesterday as he prepared "a dope with little Ice, Cahaba, and a bunch of grass"
 "The old custom of simply giving the clerk the name of the desired beverage has passed out and one now gives careful instructions concerning how his drink shall be mixed. With coca cola, limeade and lemonade, and the fancy drinks, the variety of orders I receive is really anus ing.
 "One man will want plain water with his drink, another must have 1t earbo- mated. One will demand a little mint and another will order 1t left out. One man will want more ice than another. Every man must say whether or not this or that shall go onto this drink and how much. It is largely a habit and an effect ed one at that, and clerks would be able to dispense drinks much more rapidly if the public would be more considerate.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
From the Washington Post.

H.ss i'' s tn. ';s s.ss s:ss' s:%sss :s.ssss
 but they are merely excuses for the exchange of those chivalrous compli- ments which do so much to drive dull care away. The real issue. so far as so- journer can discover, is Hoke Smith and his peculiarities. He labors under the awful handicap of furnishing laughter to his countrymen. Soon after he had out lined his anti-railroad doctrine his foes brought out the fact that he had bor- rowed s5o.oO0 from the railroads. He ad- mits that he did. But what has mere personal business transaction to do with railroad regulation.
 After Hoke Smith had explained his negro disfranchisement plan his pestif- erous enemies charged him with the crime of appointing negroes to office while he was Secretary of the Interior. He gave them fat jobs which a white man would have been glad to get" said they. His friends replied: Hon. Hoke Smith appointed few negroes to menal posi- tions which white men would scorn.' Still, 1t is fearful charge to meet-in Georgia. According to his friends he be- lieves profoundly in the impossiblity of equality between the white and the black, while moved with sense of enlightened compassion toward the inferior race. His opponents assert that he made the negro appointments to favor Bishop Turner. who had written a strong letter to President Cleveland urging him to appoint MT. Smith Secretary of the Interior
 But the most interesting features of the campaign cluster about the virginal form of "The Gal In the Fountain" This attractive bronze female stands in the center of the barroom of the Piedmont hotel, Atlanta, holding aloft never-fail- ing electric beacon in the shape of punches of grapes. alleged to be Georgia muscadines, cousins of the scuppernong. Upon her lips is welcoming smile. and upon her form tunic admirably adapted to this tropic cline. Below her are four lions, spouting water from their marble gullets into a crystal pool the depth of the pool few mud cats slouch about shouldering aside goldfish and pickerei. Infant alligators repose upon these per lucid waters and raptly adore the Sai above them. The wayworn stranger, caught in stream of Georgia chivairy, that flows all one way. is swept into the barroom. There he is greeted by the Gal and the pensive gator He fingers charmed by the tinkling fountain ana the murmur of politics; and in due time. as he absorbs, the mysterious influences of the place, he understands and even shares in the direction lavished upon the Gal by the chivalry of Georgia
 Space forbids thorough discussion of the questions which asitate this state with respect to the Gal in the fountain whether she is Venus or '1accochante, as one admirer suggests; whether the bea- con represents muscadines or sour grapes; whether the Gal in turning her back to the bar, Ia the Victory of the Water Wa gon or. in facing the door, is the sor-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
Secretary Shaw's Mistake.

Secretary Shaw is making frequent raids into the south. He is devoting himself almost exclusively to this sec tion of the country. As an avowed aspirant for the republican presidential nomination in 1908 he is believed to have an eye to the securing of southern delegates. These delegates are strict " machine delegates, being elected by referees and other bosses of that party in the south. They have no electoral votes behind them, but they are very available in the national convention of the republican party.
 Mr. Shaw has right. so to speak, to hunt for delegates, even negro dele gates. He has right to aspire to the presidency, and he evidently favors a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
PARIS.

From the Manila Sun. I knew when first looked into her eyes, And she in mine, that what has been
 must be And so let others say she told them Hes; She told no lie to me! She spoke me fair. of lees as well as
 wine,
 Then. with that subtlest charm of all
 her charms Half-dropped her languid lids. and at the
 sigh
 I ran into her arms! Now it is she who filings my window wide At dawn, and let's the perfumed morning And she who walks so softly at my side, Through mondays dust and din. But most of all, tis she. where blue night
 falls,
 Whose firm, imperious fingers tap the And she whose velvet voice it is that
 calls.
 Nor calls her own in vain! It is as if the siren understood How that she is so strong at this still
 hour, That I could not repuse her If I would, Nor would had l the power; As if she knew that, should I try to
 check
 The strength of that enrapt, responsive
 thrill, Let her but slide her arm about my neck, And I obey her will! So, when she speaks, I answer; when she
 woos.
 Her voice. like wine. the slow pulse
 goads and spurs; I go to meet her through the dropping
 dews.
 And lean my lips to hers. All the long hours run laughing into one The strange, sweet moment when the
 evening falls And. like a mother summoning her son, Resistless Paris calls!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
Neuro Industry Needful.

Professor Councill gave the people of his race excellent advice when he spoke at the opening of the Payne uni versity in Selma, but if he had dwelt longer and fuller upon the fact that the negro is eating increasing quanti- ties "of idle bread" he would have brought home to his hearers distinct and distressing feature of southern life. |, The time was when the negro was an excellent worker-when the work needed in this section was quickly and thoroughly done. This time was not confined to the days before the war, for the negro did his part acceptably in the years that followed immediately after the ending of the war.
 The testimony of all close and ex- perienced observers living in the south is, however, to the effect tNat the negro, to use Professor Councills own words, is now eating more and more idle bread. He rests" more in each week, and he is not inclined to work at all except when driven to it by necessity. There are many exceptions, but, alas, the exceptions are not sufficiently nu- merous. Tbe exceptional negroes do not eat idle bread. They buy farms if they live in the country, or houses and
 lots if they live in a town. But the exceptional negro Is about one in ten. | The nine bring work down to a mini mum, and the tendency is not in the direction of a maximum. It Is this change that, more than any other one thing, is rendering labor scarce in the south. If every negro worked for pay today as he worked without pay before the war, there would be no demand for white unskilled labor. In other words, the negro Is undermining himself in the south by refusing to earn good wages six days in the week.
 Professor Councill did not sufficient | ly dwell on this point. What he did
 say was practical and strong. but he might have impressed his hearers with | the need of industry in the field of common labor for 1t is the very best
 stepping stone the negro can employ in working out his racial destiny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
BOWIE ON SURPLUS.

From the Selma Times
 Congressman Bowie snakes very able argument to show that there is surplus in the treasury, but we cannot see it as he does. After all of the states obligations are paid there will be no surplus. He calls the present method of book keeping in the auditors office out of date and absurd, but it is the safe method. By the present method the chickens are not counted before the eggs are matched. and many perplexins deficits are avoided by Keeping the money on hand to pay the states obligations as they fall due.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
MONTGOMERY EXPLAINS.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 It (the New York Sum has no right to assume anything that did not happen and placard Montgomery as being averse to the Presidents visit because a majority of our citizens are not in accord with tenton was that entertainment fund should be by popular subscription and not out of the city treasury.
 The acting mayor of the city at that meeting was in the council chamber as a member. The mayor at the time of the meeting was at deaths door and has since passed away. While the matter of the appropriation was before the council the acting mayor was called out on official business and was in the mayors office. He did not know until the meeting ad- journed that his absence broke a que. and has since said that he would have voted for the appropriation.
 The regular meeting night of the council was last Monday, but while Mayor Carr was lying cold in death the aldermen could not violate all propriety and trans act city business. There has been no time between the time when the resolu- ton was offered and the present when the council could well meet. We have no doubt that 1t will at an early date adopt the resolution. and if the New York Sun had known the facts we do not believe 1t would have turned it's bat teries against the city. As to the Bir- mingham paper, we hope it will at least do Montgomery the justice to copy this statement.
 Montgomery is making full preparation to show the President all the honor due to the exalted station. and he will have warm and cordial reception here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
About Persons,

Prof. w. T. owen, president of the An niston Female college, is at the Morris.
 Col. L. Y. Dean, prominent insur- ance man of Eufaula, is stopping at the Hlliman.
 w A. Davis of Anniston spent few hours at the Morris yesterday.
 ]. P. Hitler of Huntsville is at the Nor ris.
 J. B. Golden of Columbus. Ga, is at the 'IIilman.
 A. L. Potter of Sylacauga is at the Morris.
 Tom Garner. the popular. editor of the Tuscaloosa Times Gazette, was in Bir- minghain last night. The many friends of MT. Garner will be pleased to know that he has recovered from his recent ill- ness.
 R. B. Comstock of New York Is at ths Morris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
INVENTS A FLEA TRAP.

From the Hogwallow Kentuckian
 Fletcher Henstep secluded himself in his cellar last Friday and invented a new fangled trap for the apprehension of f1eas. He thinks he sees fortune stored up for him if the flea crop holds out as he anticipates. These traps are smaller than a rat trap and are to be worn on the person like a pistol. but require no bait whatever. To demonstrate his in- genuity Fletch set four of the traps on different parts of his person Saturday morning At dinner time he examined them, and had gathered in over dozen of inc largest feassever seen around Hog wallow. The Dog Hill preacher wore five of the traps Sunday and reports ex- cellent returns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
The Best City.

M. Maloney returned to Birmingham yesterday after an absence of several months. He had been a successful mer- chant here for a number of years but last spring he closed out his business with view of retiring.
 'I spent the summer in New Eng land" said MT. Maloney, "and made many friends there, but I have come back to Birmingham more firmly convinced than ever that this is the best city in the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It Is very enjoyable to be farmer in a story book.
 The only sure way to cut down your expenses is to die.
 A womans figure improves lot by your never knowing what 1t really is.
 When you hear a woman say her hus- band never spoke cross word to her it Is sign he is dumb
 There is something very deceptive about the way girl won't let you kiss her just when YOU are doing 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05

MA oUIs JAMES celebrated his sixty BO third birthday last Tuesday In
 Atlanta, when he was the reeip-
 ient of a handstme stein from the mem- bers of his company and was the guest of honor at a supper given after his evening performance MT. James has l made many friends throughout the United States during his long and honorable ca- | reer of a star. These will unite in wish ing him a continuation of good health and histrionic success. Although well ad- yanced in years. MT. James continues to hold his own among younger stars who have developed since he first became prominent MT. James belongs to the old school of actors, the opponents of the legitimate drama, which is independent of gorgeous stage settings, dazzling cos tunes and chorus effects. He believes in art for arts sake" His methods are different from the modern idea of acting which has repression" for Its keynote, and he may not be able to "fll' a thea Ire as readily as a tinseled aggregation of girls and comedians who cannot sing, but he keeps the even tenor of his way undisturbed and rests secure in the ap- preciation of theatregoers, who admire his dignified and earnest devotion to art. Glancing over a prospectus of his com pany, setting forth the manifold virtues which entitled 1t to the consideration of the public, detailing it's sound business methods and relating how every effort was bent toward conserving the inter- ests of the policy holders, the insurance magnates face was illumined with a smile as he murmured softly, Its a shame to take the money"
 1 The future must seem trifie drear to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Since he matric-
 uated at Harvard his every movement
 has been chronicled In the papers. There is little chance for him to frolic without
 having the news heraded by the press
 Even if the young man were otherwise disposed, he would have to be good The publicity which attaches to him and will dog his steps all through his college life is the penalty which attaches to being
 the Presidents son.
 l It is to be hoped that mosquitoes will not be included in the committee organ |
 come to New Orleans.
 1 Thomas Poorman of Ohio stole a sack l of grain and was sentenced to five years | In the penitentiary. Whats the use of
 moralizing? Everybody will at once think of high finance.
 A dummy with a black face, red lips and conspicuously white eyes stands In
 front of a clothing store in the Baxter
 street" division of Second avenue. by the
 side of the conventional dummy of a
 white man. Whether the purpose of the
 negro dummy is to show that the color 1 line is not drawn by the proprietor of
 the store or whether it Is merely sug-
 gestion that the wants of colored patrons
 will be carefully looked after is not l stated.
 The Rome Tribune speaks of James
 Edward Britt as "Colonep' Britt. MT.
 Britt is not from Georgia.
 HE'S ALREADY A SPENDER. 1 Although he's hardly had the time To learn the college walks,
 The freshman mind has taken In | This fact-that money talks. 1 Now that the automobile hunting eype-
 dition is possible, wild beasts will resort to | the tall and uncut timber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

"Robber!' "Thieves" "Liar!" shouted
 the policyholders at a recent insurance
 meeting. From the evidence at hand it
 LOOKS as II the indictments ought to stand.
 John D. Rockefeller '.handed" s1O. eco
 to the executive committee of the general
 education board without a trace of ex-
 citement How would you like to be that
 man?
 Herbert w. Bowen makes neat reply
 to the latest enterchange of letters by
 Mir Roosevelt and MT. Loomis concerning
 the Venezuelan scandals and the attitude
 of MT. Hay toward Mir. Bowen when the
 latter was minister to that country One side or the other is right. and innumer- able coats of whitewash will not prevent
 the country from casting the eye of sas- picion n>Mr. Loomis. A Philadelphia woman had her husband arrested for beating her between prayers.
 He was probably praying for more strength
 Dr. D. K. Pearsons the philanthropist,
 has set a precedent that is apt to cause
 
 who are charitably disposed. In making contribution of s5O0o0 to the board of
 foreign missions of the Congregational church to be used for supporting Ana toia college. in Marsovan, Turkey. Dr, Pearsons gave a detailed account of how he made the money, vouching for the character of the men with whom it was ! invested and guaranteeing it's good char
 acter. He politely asked if the money
 would be refused on the charge that it
 was "tainted'' and hinted that Ae0 poor colleges in the south and west would be glad to get it. The gift was accepted,
 but this looks like a lot of trouble for
 man to take when he wants to give money away.
 The case of a grammar school principle 1 who amassed S750,000 out of a salary of $S000 a year merely shows what can be accomplished in these days of high l finance. A little group of rustics and city loaf I CTS were gathered about the stand of i dealer in trinkets and cheap jewelry. l Their artless expressions of admiration. i the wonderment stamped on their faces 1 and the awkward, child-like manner in 1 which they handled articles submitted for l their inspection reminded one of the , scenes that take place when traders ex- l hibit their wares to savages in uncivil- l ized countries. The natives of New Zea- | land or the Congo would have acted in
 similar way. Human nature is much the same wherever found. | NO MORE HASH FOR HIM. l With mournful looks pilgrim toiled | Up to the golden gate, l Where Peter sat awaiting him | With mien grave and sedate. l The pilgrim paused to catch his breath l Before the golden door 1 While he was dazzled by light, | He had not seen before. l He had not led a godly life l And he was full of fear 1 As Peter beckoned to him with l kindly "Son. come here. l Where did you live when in the flesh l You suffered down below? l Relate the history of your life, l Now speak up. don't be slow 1 With faltering lips the pilgrim said "For years l lived on prunes, l And in a boarding house I dwelt For countless weary moons" 1 Saint Peter smiled holy smile 1 As he unlocked the gate; | "Come in my son, enjoy yourself. l You'll find the fare Is great PAUL. COOK.