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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
They Were on a Lark.

THE curtain had been up for perhaps
when two young men came in escorting
two girls" said a drummer at the Co.
lonial hotel. 1.-THE men were specimens Of
self-sufficient conceit that is often found
behind the village dry goods counter and
in grocery stores, but they differed some
what in characteristics One was rather
tall trife modish and inclined to be a
Sissy, although there was a certain
devil-may- expression on his coun-
tenance that betokened the young man
about town. His hair was faultlessly
combed, with a few frills for arts sake,
and his vacous face rose above a tall
collar and a loud tie In his mouth was
a substantial wad of gum, which he
chewed with energy.
THE other fellow was short and had a
SNUG face and black hair combed low
on his forehead. He wore a light colored
vest. set off by a cheap watch chain, and
had in his mouth cud that he masti-
Gated with evident satisfaction. He
seemed to be the director general of the
little party, for he made most noise wnen
all four came gathering in and directed
his friends to their seats with wave of
mis- hand The girls were also munching
gum Evidently one of the young men
had bought
After all were comfortably settled and
had made enough clatter to attract at
tention all over the house they directed
their attention to the stage, where a
masterpiece of Sardou was being played
In five minutes they had had enough
and from that time until the conclusion
of the performance they carried on an
audible conversation, interspersed with
Smokers, that could be heard in all parts
of the house and greatly annoyed per-
sons seated near who wished to follow
the performance.
with the exception that they munched
gum and simpered, the girls behaved
very we'll and seemed ashamed of the
antics of their escorts but the whole
party was sadly out of place While
do not know just what sort of show
they could appreciate. I could not help
but think that the play that night was
altogether lost upon Them
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
Samuel Blackwell.

Mayor Samuel Blackwell of New Deca-
tur, who came to Birmingham to ad-
dress the Birmingham district Epworth
League convention at Bessemer last night,
will be in Birmingham the greater por-
ton of today He speaks In glowing
terms Of the two Decatur and Is con-
fident that they will some day be among
the largest cities of the south
Mr.. Blackwell has had a remarkable
public career. He was auditor of the
United States treasury under Clevelands
administration, a member of the late
constitutional convention and a member
of the committee appointed by the leg
islature looking to the annexation of
Western Florida to Alabama.
New Decatur" said Mr.. Blackwell, sis
growing about as rapidly as 1t is possible
for city to grow. In the past year the
taxable property of our town increased
almost one hundred per cent.
when the appropriation is made to
remove a few obstacles In the Tennes-
see river at Muscles shoals, Decatur will
have water connections with the east
north and south. With the realization
of this project and the location of sew
eral additional industries that are head
ed our way New Decatur will be In line
with the leading cities of the south"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
THE LoW-BAcKEp CAR.

By Samuel Lover.
When first l saw sweet Peggy,
Twas on a market day;
A low-backed car she drove. and sat
Upon a truss of hay;
But when that hay was blooming grass,
And decked with flowers of spring.
No flower was there that could compare
With the blooming girl sing.
AS she sat in the low-backed car,
The man at the turnpike bar
Never asked for the toll,
But just rubbed his ould poll,
And looked after the low-backed car.
In battles wild commotion,
The proud and mighty Mars,
With hostile scythes demands his tithes
or death in warlike cries;
While Peggy peaceful goddess,
Has darts in her bright eye
That knock men down in the market
town,
As right and left they fly;
While she sits in her low-back car,
Than battle more dangerous far
For the doctors art
Cannot cure the heart
That is hit from that low-backed car.
Sweet Peggy round her car, sir.
Has strings of ducks and geese,
But the scores of hearts she slaughters
By far outnumber these;
While she among her poultry sits,
Just like turtle dove,
Well worth the cage, do engage,
OF the blooming god of lovei
While she sits in her low-backed car,
The lovers come, near and far,
And envy the chicken
That Peggy is pickin',
AS she sits in her low-backed car.
o. I'd rather own that car, sir,
With Peggy by my side,
Than a coach and four. and gold galore.
And 4 lade for my bride;
For the lady would sit forninst me,
On a cushion made with taste,
While Peggy would sit beside me,
With my arm around her waist.
While we drove in the low-backed car.
To be married by Father Mahar;
o, my heart would beat high
At her glance and her sigh
Though 1t beat in a low-backed carl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
SOUTHERN MAN FOR PRESIDENT.

From Leslies Weekly.
The time has now come for the south
to assert itself in democratic conven-
tons, and in doing this it should choose
one of it's own sons as head of the ticket.
The fear that a southern democratic
presidential candidate would be cut by
northern democratic voters presupposes
OF. the part of the northern democrat,
bigotry whoch does him discredlt. Near
" forty years have passed since Apo
mattox, and the man whom the south
would put up now for President would
necessarily have been too young In 1851
81 to have taken any part in the war.
Moreover, the man who fired the first
shot on Sumter-or even Jefferson Davis
himself If he were here-would. as the
nominee of the democracy, have made
a good a run in the north In the canvass
of 1904 as Judge Parker did.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
New Grammar Schools.

The matter of erecting the two new
grammar schools will probably be taken
up right away" said a member of the
Board of Education last night. THE con-
tract for the new high school has been
let, and the board will soon be ready to
receive plans and specifications for the
two other schools. One of these is to be
erected in Drennen park on the South
Highlands, and the other somewhere on
the North Highlands, In the Fourth
ward. The latter will be known as the
Barker school, 1t being named for the
late Captain Barker. who laid out the
city of Birmingham.
There Is an appropriation of about
$4,000 for the grammar schools, and with
this amount two substantial buildings can
be erected. AS the city of Birmingham
owns Drennen park, the site for the
school on the South Highlands will cost
nothing. 1 feel quite sure that the new
Birmingham high school and the two
grammar schools Will be ready for next
falls session of the public schools"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
WOES OF COMMON HERD
IN NATIONAL CAPITAL

ness, we have seen diplomats in baggy
trousers and bad hats, statesmen who
could easily be mistaken for tramps, and
millionaires with dirty faces, What is
needed here, and what the masses are
justified in asking, is a system of labels.
signs. and brands whereby they may
order their humility, assuage their pains,
and regulate their reverence AS regards
mere details, we have no fixed prefer
ences. The crying need of Washington
at this moment is some means whereby
the plebeian. a block away, may recog-
nize with unerring certainty the APP
proach of a Superior Being.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
sMooT MAY RESIGN.

Washington Cor. Of the New York World
"Did you hear that Senator Smoot's 8
friends In the Mormon church had ad-
vised him to resign from the Senator"
Representative Underwood asked of a
crowd In the cloak room.
''Why should he resign at this timer"
asked several.
ooh. his friends think he ought not to
be compelled to sit In body of which
three of the members have been indicted
within the last year or so.''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
Prosperous Banks.

IT doubt If there is city in the
United States whose banks show such
a substantial percentage OF gains as those
of Birmingham" remarked merchant.
"rhe leading banks of this town are go
ing ahead rapidly and there is not
single bank, new or old, that is not in
a solid and prosperous condition.
Birmingham will probably be made
a national bank reserve center before
great while. When this is done this city
will be the greatest financial stronghold
in the south between Louisville and New
Orleans"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
THE BIG FOUR.

From the Springfield Republican.
The four United States Senators sum-
moned to the White House yesterday for
conference with the President are known
as the big four''-Allson, Aldrich,
Spooner and Plat of Connecticut. II
they unite In saying a thing, 1t goes.
Nv inviting these four men. and no 9TH
ers. from the Senate. the President
shows that he knows who's who.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
NO NIGsT OWL HERE.

From the Washington Post.
"watchman. what Of the night?' Is the
burden of Mr.. Bryan's latest query. We
do not know. but suggest that he send
his question to the weather bureau,
while we go on trying to find out what
Is happening during the day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
The Town Of Fairhope.

..pid YOU ever hear of the town Of
Fairhope." asked a visitor from Mobile
at the Norris last night. well. whether
you did or not it is the most unique mu-
nicipality in the United States. This lit
tie town was established by lot Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The fall of Port Arthur will reappear
on the stage and in all fireworks dis
plays on the Fourth of July. But no
one present at the real fall will recog-
nize the counterfeits.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
What Wealth Produces.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Willie-Teacher told us today that
there's a certain kind O. tree that grows
out O. rocks. I can't remember what it
was.
His Pa-It's family tree. I guess.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

Two hundred telephone girls en-
ployed by the keystone Telephone
company in Pennsylvania went out on
strike. The company yielded, of
course.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

If Nan Patterson is really innocent,
District Attorney Jerome will have
much to answer for. She cannot en-
dure the prison strain much longer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

When Mrs. Patrick Campbell gets
her knee cap in good working order
again she should make the fact plain
by playing Rosalind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

Bankers Row In the Ohio peniten-
tiary will soon be filed, for eighteen
bankers have been indicted in Ohio
alone. One has already been sentenced
to a term of three years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

1t is enough to make a horse laugh
to see tariff revision placed in the
hands of Senator Aldrich and Repre-
sentative Dalzell
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

After all. Conried's Metropolitan
Opera company will visit Birmingham.
One feels almost like referring At
lanta back to the mines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The meeting of the Presidential
electors in the various states confirms
the impression that Roosevelt and
Fairbanks were elected in November.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

Mardi Gras comes in New Orleans
this year on the 9th day of March. IN
birmingham It has, we are glad to say,
ceased to come altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

Helen Keller is being warmly well
coined to Alabama. The state is proud
of this remarkable young woman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The Pennypacker raid against the
press affords the latter much enjoy
ment and no trepidation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

White House conferences are as bar
rem of results as petit juries in the
Nan Patterson case. Both mean delay
only.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

Mr.. Bryan's subject of late is,
"Watchman, What Of the Night?" 1t
is night, easy enough, in the demo-
Gratis party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

General Stoessel is going home to be
tried in Russia, and Rojestvensky IS
homeward bound to be tried in Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

A New York man died while waiting
for car. The trolley cars in Birming-
ham are rather slow in coming some
times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

Wall street considers Tom Lawson
a bear who can discount Adam Fad
and beat him In every game.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

DR.. Heber Newton's halos are invis-
ible, and the aldermen who refuse TO
use trolley passes may be equipped
with them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The tariff and the railroad rebate
bills must wait, but the tariT robbers
and rebaters will do no waiting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

Mr.. Peabody claims that he has been
betrayed. From the looks of things,
somebody in Colorado has struck him
with meat axe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The Washington Post says a vote
will be permitted on the railway rebate
bills on February 81.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The Russian fleet at Port Arthur has
simply gone to join Cervera's fleet, and
like the latter is to be resurrected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

If Oxford were to study the Uni
versity of Chicago's methods there
would be no rumors of decadence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The populist editor in Kansas who
put bathroom in his house has been
expelled from his party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The fresh meat octopus is up against
the federal courts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The 11-inch Howitzers did the work
at Port Arthur, although the Japs
helped some.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

Only tariff robbers sat in the Presi-
dents recent conference.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

AS the female Boswell of John d.
Rockefeller, Ida Tarbell is bowling
success.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

Vladivostolx is beginning to read the
writing on the wall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
Mr.. Lawson has the floor.
WITH OTHER EDITORS.

Robert T. Bentley has assumed the
business management of the Ensley Her
aid Mr.. Bentley is the author of For
estfleld; Story of the Old South"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

A dry Sunday in New York seems II
be something of a misnomer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The odor of burning cotton is to be
caught from newspapers only.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

Two-thirds Of the cotton crop was
sold prior to lie slump.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
jefferson County Is Prosperous.

During the month of December the
people Of Jefferson county have paid
$4,000 more into the county treasury
than has ever been heard Of before in
Alabama" said w. w. Crawford. cashier
of the First National Bank yesterday
I'VE are Just now making a shipment of
money to Montgomery which will be the
largest amount of money for county
taxes they have received for a similar
period of collection in history.
This goes to show" continued Mr..
Crawford, that the people of Jefferson
county are prosperous. They have money
and would prefer to pay their taxes now
than to have to pay the necessary eight
per cent after the time limit has ex-
pired. Birmingham starts off this year
under the brightest kind Of prospects. I
have seen more evidences of cheerful
ness among the hundreds Of people who
pass here daily than 1 ever noticed be-
fore"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The 'possum hunter is busy in cid
Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

The Admission Hot Blast has just en-
tered upon the twenty-third year of Its
existence. The Hot Blast takes high rank
among the papers of the state ana
Editor Milton A. Smith is to be congratu-
lated on having rounded out another sue
cessful year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

A. J. williams has sold his interests In
the Gurley Herald to j. w. Bartee, his
partner. Mr. Bartee will continue to con-
duct the paper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

theorists who wanted, to a certain ex-
tent to carry out the single tax Ideas
of Henry George. They went to work
and bought several hundred acres of
ground on the eastern shore of Mobile
bay and thereupon established their
town.
Nobody IN Fairhope owns property In
dividualy Everything is owned in COM
mon. Every citizen is allowed to culti-
vate so much land according to the size
OF his family If he makes profit that
goes into the general treasury for use
of the people in common. Every person,
men and women alike, have a voice in the
the municipal government. The city
owns everything, land and all. All ques-
lions of municipal interest are decided on
the inatum and referendum. In other
words, It is a system Of large number
Of people working for a common cause
the betterment of humanity. The idea
of theorists was to make Falrhope a
model, and If 1t succeeded it was pro-
posed to make an effort to spread the
idea to larger towns and to eventually
have the world operated on the common
interest basis. 1t would be well worth
your while to take trip to Fairhope.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

L. H. Russ and J. H. Caffee are the
only authorized travelling representatives
OF The Age-Hsraid In its circulation de-
partment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

No communication will be published
without It's authors name. Rejected
manuscripts will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

A French savant has announced that
the microbes exchanged in kisses are
are not at all harmful. but are really
amiable organisms and the swapping of
bacilli is a healthful practice. Trot out
the mistletoel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-16
SAM HlLDEBRAND Is DEAD
Citizen of st. Louis Declares He
Attended the D~esperado's
Funeral.

st. Louis, June 11.-Sam Hilder-
brand, the notorious brigand and muir
derer, who terrorized the southeastern
part Of Missouri during most Of the
period of the Cos, was killed in the
spring of 1869 or 1870 at Pinckneyville,
ILL.,, and was buried on Flat river, near
Elvins, Mo, according to J. F. Shaner,
a carpenter, at I'll Chestnut street, who
a he attended the funeral. The
statement is Of interest at this time, in
view of the fact that IN Oklahoma Of
ficer has written to Jefferson City to
inquire il there is still a reward out for
Hilderbrand, evidently believing the
mar to be alive.
Mr.. Shaner states that Hilderbrand
had young children living at P~inckney-
vile under an assumed family name,
and that when he went to see them he
used the same name, Once, while liv-
ing at Pinckneyville, he had a quar-
rel with a citizen, which was rather an
unusual thing for Hilderbrand at that
| period, and a deputy sheriff was called
| upon to arrest him. When the officer
arrived Hilderhrand drew a knife and
the deputy shot him in the head, the
bullet entering the brain just back of
the ear.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-16
CHICAGO STRIKE SITUATION
Both Sides Take Attitude of Dogged
Determination.


Chicago, June lO,-The teamsters'
strike has reached the point where its
further progress and its further in
crease is dependent upon the actor
taken by the members Of the Chicago
Team Owners association. This or.
ganizatlon has from the first declined
TO make deliveries to the boycotted
houses. and has constantly urged the
Transfers to arbitrate the question OF
making such deliveries. The teamsters
have positiyenly refused to deliver OF
receive goods, and now the last chance
Of securing any concessions from the
teamsters having faded away, the
members of the Team Owners associa,
ton must either decide to deliver goods
or allow the teamsters to have then
| own way in the matter. Opinion
among the members of the Team Own
ers' association is strongly divided,
and the result may be a split In Its
ranks. Several of the largest team
owners in the city have announced that
they are going to make deliveries. while
! other members of the association arc
undecided as to their course of action,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-16
APPEARS LIKE A REpuRLIc.
Neither "a Swedish or Danish Prince
For Norwegian Throne.

Copenhagen. June l0.-All hone that
King Oscar or Crown Prince Gustave
will yield to the request Of the Nor
wegian storthing to place a prince of
the house Of Bernadotte on the throne
Of Norway has now disappeared, ac-
cording to a high authority. The Dan
ssh royal family has also set the stamp
Of disapproyal on the acceptance of the
throne by q Danish prince.
II is understood that arrangements
are actually being made for a national
convention in Norway, and this, 1t is
believed, will inevitably result in the
declaration Of a republic.
According to ~well-informed persons
here, Russia and Germany will refuse
TO recognize the Norwegian govern.
ment until King Oscar consents to the
disruption of the union.
King Oscar is quoted as saying that
he would avoid war at any cost. Off
Gals here say that the king and the
crown prince had been fully prepared
for the action of the storthing by Pre-
mier Nicholson, who informed them
prior TO his majesty's veto of the con-
mlar bill as to what steps Norway in
ended TO take.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-16
|DR. HARPER IS IN new YORK
To Escape Heavy Work Of convo'
cation Week.
III. Condition Has Not Been BETTER
since Operation In February
Than at Present Time.

Chicago. June 12.-President Will
lam r. Harper of the University oil
Chicago, has gone to New York, ac-
eompanied by Mrs. Harper. He goes by
advice of his physician to escape the
heavy work Of c%onvocation week.
While in New York DR.. Harper Will
submit to examination by the physi-
clans who treated him while he was
there on his former trip.
A bulletin was issued by DR.. Billings
as follows:
DIR. Harper's condition has not been
better since the operation in February
than at the present time. The cancer
has been reduced in size, and the X-ray
treatment is being continued with ia
vorable results. DR.. Harper has been
inclined to oyerwork, contrary to the
orders of his physicians, and they have
advised him to absent himself from
the university during convocation
week"