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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02
Baseball in the South

AS the baseball season approaches
It becomes palmer that Manager
Vaughan is getting together strong
batting team. An outfield is to be pre-
scented of undoubted strength at the
bat-an outfcld that no team, be 1t
major or minor, would pooh-pooh.
Given in addition shortstop who can
bat as well as field, and not much
room is left for improvement, and
none for reasonable criticism.
The management has given Manager
Vaughan full authority to get up first
sdivision team, and he Is using his au-
ythority with discretion. No matter
what the talent" may be saying Biz
mingham will have a first-division
team, and it will not be a team that
will hang on the ragged edge of that
divsion, fitting In and out of it.
The local schedule opens on April
81, and there Is promise of rare sport
throughout the season, for all the
teams in the Southern league have
been strengthened, and rare sport will
follow. There Is not a team in the
league that is not hopeful-in fact, all
consider themselves booked for the
first division. One-half of them are
4doomed to disappointment. but they
may not accept with resignation a
place lower down until the last month
pot the season.
The very fact that every team in
the league is hopeful, having at least
some basis for hope, is the best eyi-
sdence that the south is to have fast
ball this year, and that the fans are
to have large measure of enjoyment.
No shadow rests upon the Southern
league this year, or any team in it,
and the patrons of the game eagerly
await the opening of the local season.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

but there's been nothing in the diet up to
date which by virtue of richness might
cause dyspepsia. OF course one might
over-eat eornbread and bacon. That fact
has been demonstrated in the Birmng-
ham industrial world several times, and
acute Indigestion has followed
We had once rolling milf here which
was apparently well-to-do 1t really ran
and apparently reaped. 1t looked we'll
dressed well. and 1t merged. Then it
began to droop It's clothes grew shabby
and in time 1t began to FIRE up its stove
and cook its meals when It could. 1t
had a corps of cooks when It merged. Now
when It has anything to cook it calls IN
transients. 1t is a Republic Of its own,
but the president lives far away and the
people must play ball In placid times.
Seriously, what's the use in mergers
aud stock jobbery? The birmingham
district on its own basis is unexeelled
The men and manufacturers here who
have gone about their business and at
tended TO it have made money and lots
of it. They are making it now and Will
continue to make it. They manufacture
stuff rather than stocks. They make
tons that weigh two thousand pounds
rather than tags to be taken to the tick
ers OF Wall street.
Who has heard of the Woodward fur
naces in all these merger deals? These
people apparently have no stock or bonds
They are making pig iron and selling it.
So with other fellows who have one OF
two stacks And look out here at North
Birmingham. where Dimmick is making
pipe and pin money from It, He's not
talking merger nor millions. but he's get
ting the pin -money in good gilded coin,
which anybody is glad TO take in trade
and the banks take on deposit, paying
interest on the same.
SO why spend your time monkeyirg
with the merger Let it come if it will.
but because 1t excites in real estate ci.-
Giles don't count upon too much money
from a bit of enthusiasm
Mergers may miss the mark. Yet l
must believe that merger on practical
lines would be beneficial. But on prac-
teal lines the promoters would be merely
prompters rather than profters.
Hoadlev seems TO have quit the pro-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

noting with his profits. His friends
claim for himEfive million. All of it may
have come out of Wall street That's an
other question.
It does look. however. Ike some kind Of
a merger is going through Just how
many companies will be in 1t we don't
know. but it is very we'll settled fact
that no one concern will absolutely con-
troll the coal iron and steel output Of
the Birmingham district. No syndicate
of bankers would be willing to under
write merger deal at the prices which
some companies and individuals would
charge for what they own
As a matter of fact, Birmingham is
more prosperous today than it has ever
been in its history, and there are lots
of men here who are making money
manufacturing who take no stock or in
terest in the frivolings of the frenzied
financiers.
State politics in Alabama seems to be
arousing a bit of interest Conner and
Cunningham are out in the open ana
each claims that the other is trying to
jump on his anti-railroad band wagon.
Both claim ownership AS a matter Of
fact, the Cunningham band wagon made
no music until recently. 1t seems to
have been silently driven up and dowr
side streets, while Corners wagon chased
throughout the state with bass drums.
footing horns and producing as lively
music as a thirty-cent circus. 1t didns
have the politicians following 1t, perhaps.
but the people were behind it yelling ana
applaudng like boys in a circus parade.
Now it seems that Cunningham claims
that Conner stole his thunder and there
seems TO be a bit of scrappng between
the two.
Hobsoil, after his battle with Bankheag
in the Sixth Congressional district is ap-
parently determined to dive into the
gubernatorial arena; and others. in other
sections. are organizing band wagons Of
their own.
But there is no telling who will win.
There is ample time for dark horses 20
develop, and 1t may be that Mel Bremen
himself will get into the contest. Mel
may not be an orator, but he has been
a successful politician. and 1t doesn't
take one-half the talent to be Governor
of Alabama that it does to be Mayor OF
Birmingham. Keep your eye on Mel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02
ON ApRIL's EDGE.

by Bryant.
That twas the fitting season for thy
birth
When March, Just ready to depart, be-
gins
To soften into Aphl Then we have
The delicatest and most welcome flowers,
And vet they take least heed of bitter
wind
And lowering sky. The periwinkle then,
From hours sunshine, lifts her azure
blooms
Beside the cottage door; within the
woods
Tufts of ground laurel, creeping under
meath
The leaves of the last summer. send their
sweets
Up to the chilly air. and. by the oak.
The squirrel cups. a graceful company,
Hide in their bells, soft aerial blue
Sweet flowers that nestle In the humblest
noolxs
And yet within whose smallest bud is
wrapped
A world of promise. Still the north wind
breaths
His frost. and still the sky sheds snow
and sleet;
Yet ever. when the sun looks forth again,
The flowers smile up to Opim from their
low seats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02
North Blrmlnaharn.

IT visited North Birmingham a few
days ago and was impressed with its
growth" said Maj j. w. Josnston. for
merly of Birmingham, but now a resident
of Virginia. his native state. North Biz
limits about the same number of people
that the city OF Birmingham had inside
of Its limits when | came here to live In
1881
"The greater Birmingham is growing
fast. and Is easily fulfilling all the pro-
phetic claims made for It,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02
REFLECTIONS OF 4 BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

A boy goes to school so as to have
a lot to unlearn when he comes out
When a girl has pretty ankle it Is
sign that everybody In the street will
get a chance to see it.
A man could build a twenty-story Of
flee building while woman is making
her plans to wash her hair.
If men saved to keep out of debt the
way they have TO get out this wouiu
be world of millionaires.
1t almost makes a man want to 10
jump off ten-story building to think
of the kind of letters he could write to
girl before he ever imagined she
would throw them up at him after they
were married.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

When the name of Twentieth street is
changed. let the names of the streets ali
the way to West End park be changed
also. Nineteenth street should become
Dad Vaughan street.
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city

The Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady will
preach in Toledo for two months There
will probably be a great outpouring OK
young readers who will go to church In
hopes that Mr.. Brady will spring a new
story.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

up by two dashng girl "highwaymen." 1t
was a novel experience. no doubt, but how
much more satisfactory if he could have
dts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

An old lady has just passed away In
New Jersey who rocked the cradle of
Grover Cleveland. Grover was quite young
at the time and could not help being
rocked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

The Tabard Inn corportion has decided
literary enterprise. Books and groceries
never did harmonlze. Even the grocery
ledgers often go wrong
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

Russia protests that she has never paid
an indemnity, but never before was she
severely tromiced. 1t is an indemnity or
more tromicings this time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

1t Is reported that Kathryn Kidder is
engaged to be married to a young New
Yorker q years old. She at least is old
enough to know her own mind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

Bat Masterson, who Is notorious and
widely known, has been appointed to do
secret work for the government. 1t is a
physical impossibllty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

Mr.. Conner of the Conner bandwagon
will of course expect to have a street
that bears his name, and so will Dr. Gun
ningham and Captain Hobson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02
TO BE EXACT,

From tn Chicago Journal.
''He seldom stays at home; he goes to
the club a good deal"
You don't put it exactly right. He
stays at the club a good deal; he seldom
goes home"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

In tho long run the Car will have to
of the Zemstvo pattern. ANY,
thing less will not let him sleep well
O nights.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

H. II. Rogers, the hero of Amalgama ted
Copper, says the Standard Oil does not
take rebates. Mr.. Paul Morton will plea So
take the stand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

The Japs' intelligence department en-
ables them to distinguish blum as soon
as it appears.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

Mexico has adopted the gold standard
thus discreditins her own mines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02
HIS LUCKY ESCAPE.
the Chicago News

From the Chicago News.
Jack-Consratuiate me, old man.
Tom--what's up? Are you engaged?
Jack-No; Miss Roxleigh refused me the
day before her father made an assiSn-
II
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Such a trip gives one glimpses of south
err decay that are pathetic, frequently
ccmical but always instructive. AS
your hack arrives at the crest of a
hill you catch sight of a stately old
mansion away to one side of the road,
lonely and quiet A nearer approach
reveals the heavy hand marks of time
and the dilapidation that has every
where been wrought. The land is titled.
but the home does not bespeak the en-
eIgy and pride of the old south. On
the veranda perchance there is an old
gentleman seated, pulling ruminatively
al his pipe. His clothes are rustic and
If it is summer he is without a coat.
If you stop and greet this man you
discover that there Is a certain courtesy
about him, relic. as it were. of polish
ed ancestry Perhaps in the old days
this mans father was a cavalier or his
mother was a belle who held undisputed
sway. Yet he his fallen to decay
and his children show no Improvement.
Cut off from the busy haunts of the
world. this man has negotiated" Pos
sbly he has prospered in certain way.
but he is a step down from his forbears.
Many such characters can be found who
have had interesting careers. but are
now content to sit at ease and let the
world drift as 1t may.
The saddest objects to greet your ey>
will be deserted homes. abandoned and
fallen into decay. These old homestea IS
can be found in the rural communities
of the south. Railroads and the advance
of new towns called the children away
and after the odd folks" died the
houses were deserted or turned over to
negroes. These forlorn homes stare ap-
pealingly at the traveller out Of their
worm-eaten windows. An atmosphe. .
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

vladivostok is getting ready to meet iso-
lation and japanese l1-inch guns.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02
HENPEck IfI oRnEas

From the Chicago Journal.
When did the Rev. Mr.. Henpeck tsrs
orders?'
taking them ever since"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

Contemplation makes rare turkey
cock Of him; how he Jets under his
advanced plumesl
Twelfth Night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

II ODAY is the birthday OF Hans
(O Christian Andersen. that marvel
Gus Danish dreamer whose fairy
tales have delighted children the world
over. No doubt you recan the day when
as a child you pored over the story Of
"The Ugly Duckling' and many another
fanciful legend containing shrewd obser-
vations of life that may have escaped
your youthful attention. The career OF
Hans Christian Andersen is another ex-
ample of the fact that. like the ugly
a beautiful soul. His hcmely face was no
indication of the poetry and tenderness
hidden behind a most unprepossessing
exterior.
For recreatlve effects and opportunities
ito stury the stream of life in those ed
dies and quiet pools where 1t Is little dis
turbed by the rush of events nothing sur
passes a "hack' ride through Isolated dis
folk have no conception of the quiet
pleasure with such trip affords In all
parts of the south. and especially in Ala
bama, there are communities removed
from the railroads-hamlets that have
been left behind in the march of progress
and sleep snugly now, little changed
from what they were twenty years ago.
In order to reach these towns it is neces-
sary to hire a hack" driven by dilapi-
dated old negro, and ride through the
country sometimes thirty or 1orty miles.
The hack" is usually very much the
worse for wear and accommodates four
persons, but the horses are sleek and, be-
Ing accustomed to such Journeys, trot
lover the hills and through the dales at
a good pace The road winds about as
country roads do, passing through many
picturesque localities and presenting an
ever changing panorama that is relieved
here and there by an old homestead sur
rounded by its acres of titled land. The
darlSey who drives is always an interesting
character and acts the part of cicerone.
He knows every house, every spring and
every branch road along his route. AS one
rolls rapidly along one OF these byways.
Gained by the beauty of nature and
soothed by restful atmosphere, he sinks
into reyery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

The squeeze" is the latest thing In
baseball. 1t is old and popular in that
other game, which has inspired the poets
for ages past and is an important factor
In the little sum of life, Got wotY
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1921 q
Street. N. ".
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

Some of the most striking novelties In
spring clothes for men are the dudes.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

- ODAY is the birthday of Hans
d Christian Andersen. that marvel
GUS Danish dreamer whose fairy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

Entered the Birmingham. Ala, post
office as second-class matter under act
.of Congress, March 8, 1879.
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Daily AM Sunda. age Herald. $50
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L. II. Russ. NJ. w. Carlisle and w. f.
Jordan are the only authorize travelling
representatives of The Age-Herald in its
circulation department.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-03
soLurloN m SIGHT.

That the fight made by Kansas on
the Standard Oil company has not
been in vain is evidenced by the fact
that Wichita is to have the benefit
Of crude oil for fuel purposes. Action
of the last legislature relative TO
freight rates on oil has made it pos
Die for this section to get oil on a
business basis While the effect is not
yet all that was hoped Cor, a start
has been made and ere long Wichita
and the surrounding section win en-
Joy the benefits of cheaper fuel.
The incorporation of the Wichita
Fuel Oil Tank Line company is a
start In the right direction. This con-
cern is copposeg Of practical business
wen, VINO intend to bring crude oil
within the reach Of manufacturers and
especially Of the army Of threshermen
who viii take care Of the immense
wheat harvest now in prospect. Others
will fall in line and within a few
AA"AANA+a hANNh'A'Aia many Va iAAN lhA sc
fuel users Of the city viii have dis
carded coal
The practieability Of crude oil for
fuel purposes has been demonstrated
but even II It should be impossible
for all large fuel users to put IN oil
burners. it is confidently expected
that competition in the fuel market
from the oil districts win force down
the price Of coal The result can not
but be Of great benefit to the con.
sumer
Wichita has worked long and hard
in the effort to solve this problem
and it is gratifying TO note that a
long step has been taken toward a
final solution. Cheap fuel means new
manufacturing industries. let it come
as natural gas. crude oil or coal at
reduced freight rates.-W Wichita Bea
con.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-03
EAoLEs, AoME ZOE ourARlE.

The business men Of the other rival
towns are at work for the proposed
National Eagles Home, costing s400.-
600 They are going to Chandler. May
18th, TO lay their propositions before
the territorial committee. Whatever
city Is there chosen win receive the
hearty support Of the entire territory.
There will be some good propositions
made 70 the committee, but Guthrie
can give as good or better encourage
ment than any Of her rivals The city
is an ideal spot Tor such an institution
and would have failed in a great prlvi-
lege II it makes less than an accept
able offer
Il Is a matter Of great importance to
have the eyes Of Eagles an over the
UU'ted States turned toward one city
as possible future home, should mis-
fortune oyertake them
That our citizens may see how the
business men Of Shawnee look upon
the matter the following interviews
are quoted:
~ F. Fleming said: Shawnee
should secure the location Of this
great Institution. and shall lend
every effort possible in that direction.
II Is Of great importance TO the city"
w l. Chapman: I'VE have reached
point in ourhist ory as city at
which there should be no retrograde
step made and where we must secure
the establishment Of all these better
ments. am heartily in favor OF push
ing the location Of the home here
20 successful conclusion"
W A. Tankersley mo honorable
means should be left untried by which
this city may become the site OF the
Nat.onal Eagles Home / am ready to
do my share in securing IL, too"
+ o Cassidy: Nothing that can
% toward securing the location Of the
great benevolent home for Shawnee
shallbe left undone. Il Is the biggest
and best proposition that the people
here have ever entertained. ana we
must have 10 II p0sslbl"
The matte. one that interests not
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-03

There IS a growing appreciation oi
the value Of large cities On The Gulf
of Mexico. oklahoma is dire" "a
terested Her industrial fut bed
tightly to their progress. The-. zee
is SO short compared with either the
Atlantic or Pacific routes, that # is
now more evident than ever before
that the open door 10 the vast com
mercial world beyond, IS through the
Gulf Of Mexico.
The railroads clearly recognize this
proposition. The great financial inter-
ests Of the east now begin to see the
gulf is the natural channel by which
communication IS to be had in the
commercial affairs Of the great south
west and they themselves are lining
up on that basis The freight differen-
tials are all against other routes and
will be more So IN the future.
The great oil interests are now look
ing to the gulf for relief from the
Standards oppression Only a short
time ago the Independent producers
got together and decided upon a pipe
line system with an outlet to the gulf
The charter authorizing a capital Of
s20.e0e.C coo was filed in this city II
win catch all the important Oklahoma
ard Indian Territory fields. as well
as Kansas. and give them independent
connection with the gulf 1t win fight
the STANDARD
The stimulus that the completion Of
the isthmian canal will give viii be
distinctly felt in the demand for Okla
boma grain, fruits, coal oil and manu-
factured products. Every foot cut off
in the distance between the mSrket
and the supply IS a distinct gain for
the producer. This shortening Of
roates then means for Oklahoma, just
what proximity to the great markets
Of Chicago and New York means for
the people Of those states.
1t would not be an exaggeration to
say that Oklahoma has R better pros
pect Of really important development
in agriculture, manufacturing and
mining than any other section Of the
United States. It is felt that this is
especially true Of manufacturing for
If fuel and cheap raw material and
proximity 10 great ocean ports are
large factors then Oklahoma is des-
tined 20 take front rank.
These observations are not made
with anything Of the boom spirit but
simply from a feeling Of pride in
home prospects and assurance Of the
safe future before this part Of the
country from an industrial standpoint
Progress and stability are written in
large letters across the horizon Of oul
future