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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
A Notable Fair.

The state fair is outrunning all ex' rectations, in events and in attend ance. There Is something to please and to instruct at every hand, and the Alabamian who studies 1t will feel hopeful.
 In all the long line of our state ex- hibitions not one has equalled the present fair in the scope of it's work or in the variety of it's details. No one claims it is perfect-few things are in this world; but the spectator is to be pitied who cannot get much more than his moneys worth at Fairview.
 The present fair Is a notable event because it is so enjoyable in the pres ent and so promising in the future. Its packers and promoters have build ed, if not better than they knew, at least better than all their predecessors. Let all then 0O tnelr part. Let dil go to the fair, not once, but often. Every days track events are alone worth more than the cost of the out ing in this autumnal weather. Today the weather clerk promises fair weather, and the people of this city and district should get its full bene- fits by going out to the fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
JERRY SIMPSON WAS A
 PICTURESQUE FIGURE

one boiled shirt was present. The plat form having been adopted candidates were invited in accordance with the custom of
 the party. to address the assemblage.
 Here again Simpson showed his metal.
 The platform demanded pensions for "all
 Union soldiers, their wives and children"
 Simpson had been proposed for n5nna-
 ton and was upon the platform ready to
 speak. For a candidate to attack any
 part of this clause, indeed in any way to criticize the platform, was apparently
 political suicide. But to the consterna-
 tion of his supporters Simpson did at-
 tack it. He opposed the pensionlng of soldiers children, and returned n .''a floor confident that he was no longer . possibility. Any doubt upon th.t tet.r would have been dispelled by the assur- ances of all who approached him that | he had ruined his chances. In due time ballot was taken. but without a choice. Then another with the same result. And
 then in the body of the house a delegate
 arose and moved an alteration fo the plat form in the particular to which Simpson
 had objected. There was g. brief verbal skirmish and vote in the affirmative. followed by the third ballot, which res
 suited in Simpsons nomination.
 It was an immense field to cover, but
 Simpson canvassed every county Besin-
 ming in midsummer he traversed the dis trict, by railroad when he could and by
 wagons when railroads would not serve.
 He slept and ate in the dugouts and sod
 houses of 'his far western constituents,
 and in the nicer. though not more com- lipo nf ct
 Simpsons opponent was James R. Hallo-
 we'll once United States attorney and re- puted one of the best stump speakers of
 Kansas. Acting upon the notion as preva-
 lent among the republicans of the district as it is now in other parts ot the United States that Simpson was an ignorant
 pumpkin Hallowel challensd him to
 joint debate over the district. To the sur- prise of every one Simpson accepted. and Hallowell and his friends prepared to en- joy his discontinue. When the first de-
 bate came off it afforded as much amuse-
 ment as had been expected. but Hallo- well and his friends got none of the fun.
 Mir. Simpson once declared there was no truth in the statement that he had pulled up his trousers on the rostrum and showed his bare legs to the people Said he:
 ''I never made speech without stock
 ings on in my life. and never pulled up my pants to show what sort of stockings I wore. The story was sent out by an i anti-Alliance newspaper correspondent to paper in my district. It was made out of whole cloth. and it was instigated, I suppose, by the remarks that I made concerning my opponent, who was noted for his fine dressing and his expensive and aristocratic airs. I called him Silk stocking Hal, and may have said that farmers could not afford to wear stockings of that kind"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

member of the ring that footed the bank. It is stated that Senator Pen Iose's notes to the amount of $75,000 were in the bank at the time of it's failure. When the voters of Pennsyl- vania see in what way their money has been treated by the Penrose-A An drews ring political upheaval will certainly follow, and it is none too much to expect that the entire crowd will be voted out. The old president told but the simple truth. The bank was footed by a gang of political bandits, and Pennsylvania surely IS not so rabbit-hearted that 1t will en- dorse at the polls action of that sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

West Alabama Breeze: The State fair in Birmingham is the biggest ever held In the state:
 Gadsden Times-News: Roosevelt cap tured Birmingham last Tuesday. Over lOo,- 900 people greeted him. 6
 Baldwin Times: The Alabama State fair at Birmingham this week should be well attended. State and county fairs are .in- stitmions which should be encouraged and patronized.
 Gadsden Journal: Judging from reports, if there was a national election tomorrow and Roosevelt the republican candidate, Birmingham would be in danger of going republican.
 Ozark Southern Star: The State fair is now on> in Birmingham. and the people of that city. if they have not already done so, had better make arrangements for their country cousins, as we'll as for quite a number of rubber necks.'
 Arkansas Gazette: It was "conserva lively estimated" that there were a hun dred thousand visitors in Birmingham on Roosevelt day. There would surely have been tremendous number If the estima tor had not made a conservative esti- mate.
 Arkansas Gazette On one of the prin- cipal street corners of Birmingham and in sight of President Roosevelt a man dropped a pistol from his pocket. It is almost as bad form to lose your pistol at such time as to fall from your horse in parade.
 Huntsville Democrat: Birmingham's ac- tive society matrons and lovely society maids will make the woman's department of the State fair a success. The horse show will also pass off brilliantly under their patronage. Mrs Robert Jemison Is most charming woman, prominent worker and patroness of the horse show.
 Cullman Democrat: Birmingham Is gv- ing big fair this week and we trust 1t will prove most instructive and beneficial. Fairs are great educators they bring tho best articles of the farm and factory to the people and have paid agents to ex- plain and answer questions. No doubt many Alabamians will be surprised and pleased at the products of the farm and factory exhibited; and return home with new Ideas and new plans for the future. Here's to great Birmingham. the coming city of the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
From the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pittsburg Post
 v@ HEN Jerry Simpson, who died in \U Kansas yesterday, was in Con }" gress. visitors to the House of
 Representatives always asked to have
 him pointed out to them, and were never
 quite satisfied with the assertion that
 he really wore socks. Guides, they say,
 somethimes permitted a visitor to carry
 away with him the belief that Jerry did
 not wear these usually indispensable arti-
 cles of attire
 As for the rest, they were nearly all
 ways disappointed in MT. Simpsons ap-
 pearance. He resembled Coxey Of Com
 monwear' very much, wearing glasses
 through which he peered like a ferret. He
 was scaracely of medium height, had a
 closely clipped, dark mustache. being
 otherwise clean shaved, and was very
 much of the Canadian French order or
 pulchritude. He was born in the Province
 of New Brunswick in 1S42. and came right fully, therefore, by the blue nose he sported.
 For twenty-three years Jerry Simpson
 was a sailor, chiefly on the great lakes
 and in the biographical sketch, which ne
 furnished for the Congressional Diction- ary, said that he had command or many large vessels during his career as 8 sailor" Kansas has been his home since 1878. He said. he "drifted' to that state, and the statement Is believed by those
 who know him to be true. He did not
 crush the rebellion sngle-handed, but
 admitted that during the early part of the Civil war he served for time Tn Company A, Twelfth Illinois infantry, but ,tntracting disease, he left the service. His object in leaving the lakes for Kansas was to engage in farming, and he settled first in Jackson county. one of the northwest group, but six years later | he determined to try his fortunes at | stockraising, and for that purpose ac- ou,red a ranch near Medicine Lodge, in | the southern tier of counties. Stock raising proved improbable, however, and 1 he fell back into plain farming.
 | Simpsons father was a John Brown abolitionist, and Simpson, when of age. acted with the republican party. casting his first presidential vote in 1864 for Abraham Lincoln. In 1872 he voted for Greedy and in 1876 for Peter Cooper. Since
 then he acted in turn with the greenback,
 the union labor and the peoples parties,
 although he regarded these three essen- tially the same. s
 Prior to his election to Congress he
 held but one office, that of city marshal
 of Medicine Lodge. Kansas is prohibit
 ton state. where the law is often evaded.
 Medicine Lodge has been an exceedingly | lawless town in this respect. and in some others it was not altogether a model of
 municipal department. Jerry Simpson was elected pledged to the enforcement of the | law. He held the office for only two months, resgning when nominated for 1 Congress, but during his reign Medicine Lodge was absolutely free of joints, , The Farmers Alliance and Industrial 1 Union. that being the official name of | the farmers organization in Kansas, | called convention, to which it invited | delegates from other industrial bodies. At | this convention 1t was noticed that neither | lawyer nor white collar was to be | se4n among the delegates and that only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
Naval Supplies.

David Ernest of Woodbine, who Is con nected with a large naval supply firm of South Alabama, Is in Birmingham visit ing the state fair.
 The turpentine business in South Ala bama Is fast becoming one of the main factors in the business life of our sec tion,' said MT. Ernest. Alabama is wonderfully blessed with timber and the section around Woodbine is being rapid ly developed.
 ''I am well pleased with the fair" con- tinued Mir. Ernest. ''it speaks well for the industrial activity in this district. l some of it's leading products will be better represented"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

From the New York Press. People are so naturally illogical they
 are nroud of being arrested in an auto
 mobile. There is no such thing as good manners in the world when somebody steps on your corn The smart wives are the ones that make the husband believe they think the chl- dren have his brains. A woman is so naturally deceptive she can walk farther in tight shoes without admitting she is tired than man can in comfortable ones. It worries woman to have money and not be able to spend it as much as it worries a man to spend 1t and not have the money to pay the bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
DIFFICULT PROPOSITION.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 ''The wife of the author of Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes" is suing him for alimony. says the Rome Tribune. As the author of the poem was Ben Jonson, who died in 1887, we imagine she will have a hard time getting alimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
An Excellent Band.

"Memoli's band has long ranked as one Of the best in the south" remarked an amateur, "and now in it's augmented form it is finer than ever. The band has been increased to twenty-five pieces. and the new members include one or more pro- fessional artists of high-eloss The nut sic at the fair furnished by Menloli is a great feature and a think is highly appre- ciated by music-lovers and the public in general "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

ning Menelik has sent an envoy here to study cotton culture with view to the growing of the plant in Abyssinia. His name is Fl Hagg Alp dullah Ally Sadik Pasha, and slleh a name is a handicap in cotton growing, and should be shortened. "El' would be enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The bankers of the world are getting together in order to place among in- vestors s3O0,000,000 of new Russian bonds The war is ended, but not tho expense account.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

It is not surprising to discover that champion boxer was found playing halfback for the Northwestern uni versity. Prizefighters are handy men in football
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The fact mat Mr. Hartman forgot to put on his trousers before leaving his car at Omaha leaus to the supposi- tion that he had more on his mind llan on his person.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

was helping to lay a corner stone and Grover Cleveland was starting out to make a speech at the unveiling of monu- ment at Nebraska City. Verify, Theodore has been getting the spot light!
 SEASONS DER
 Slamming doors
 Sound like
 Battle of
 Two hotfllas;
 Nothing but
 Noise of
 Closing up Newport villas. Col. Henry Watterson attributes the bouquets he has been throwing at Presi- dent Roosevelt to the fact that the Presi- dent has changed. Colonel watterson does not pause to reflect that he may have changed himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The names of dead men were used to defraud an insurance company in Los Angeles, which leads one to be- lieve that dead men do not monopolize the ballot box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Susan B. Anthony suggests that the women sunragists stop their subscrip- tions to Eddie Boks journal because 1t published Grover Cleveland's article and would not publish any replies! The ideal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Joseph H. Choate is also life in surance director, and he naturally wants the people to go slower that they may live the longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

is counted, Is the prediction of everybody in this section of the state.
 Sumter Sun: We have nothing against MT. Conner. He is a good man and it will be for the best interests of Alabama to keep him in his present office. Dr. Gun ningham will make good enough gov- ernor of Alabama for the people of Sum- ter; besides our county is somewhat un- der obligations to him for services rem dered Sumter county in the past.
 DeKalb Record: There is a well found ed suspicion that MT. Conner will be the next governor of Alabama. He will be the peoples candidate, and the people have the votes. There will be many ef- forts made to befog the main issue of the coming campaign, but it cannot be done. MT. Conner will stand as the peo- ple's candidate, because the people real ize that he wants the office in order to redeem the pledges made when he ran for president of the railroad commission Centreville Press: There Is no beating around the bush as to where he stands, or as to what he advocates and his friends and enemies know where to find him. Conner will be the next nominee for governor, and that nomination means an election. He and his friends know what Is ahead of them. They must fight the railroad corporations and their friends. but the ballots of the people are going to decide this important question.
 Clayton Record: Hon. B. B. Conner has made formal announcement of his con- didaoy for governor and there is no long CT any doubt as to his intentions. Gun nngham has already declared himself, so the race is on and we may look for a spirited contest Both candidates are able, popular and sincere. Each is re- former, the regulation of railroads and the control of corporations being the war cry. There is great similarity between their respective platforms after all personality may turn the tide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

N CcoRDING to reports of his W speech made at the Jackson County fair. Governor Vardamsn was hissed for an alleged attack on Pres- dent Roosevelt. which was so bitter and ill-timed that even his fellow citizens could not restrain their indignation. If Governor Vardaman was correctly report ed he has been guilty of an astonishing display of bad manners. He does not seem aware of the fact that vardamanism is no longer countenanced by southern peo- pie. While the President was making a triumphal tour of the south, being every where hailed with enthusiastic acclaim, it was rank discourtesy for the governor of Mississippi to assail him as Mir. yarda- man is said to have done. The south, warm-hearted and impulsive, as usual has been captured by MT. Roosevelt. There is even talk of renominating him on the democratic ticket for President; there fore it behooves Governor Vardaman to keep quiet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

President Eliot of Harvard is going to "try" football next month and pass judgment on the game. Harvard with out football would be desolate liar ward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Secretary Taft has put William ]. Bryan in nomination for president IT 1908. He says his boom is in the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The chestnut burr we have with us at stated seasons, but the burr in the speech of our Americanized Scots is perennial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The weather clerk cannot restrain the people in their desire to see good racing. Fair or foul, they will go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Baldwin Times: At last Conner has an- nounced. He was waiting for call" When tho election is over and all noses have been counted he will have to admit it was another noise he heard and not a call to the governors chair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

It may have been stray copy of Governor Folks anti-boodle speeches that set fire to the executADe mansion in Missouri.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The little hussy known as the ste- gomyia fasciata will not attack the President while he Is speaking. He is too strenuous in that act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Prince Charles of Denmark seems to have the pole in the race TOT tho throne of Norway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Mothers cook too much" says a learned spinster, but the chances arc that she would like to cook for some man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
IT'S UNDERSTOOD.
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From the Washington Post
 s'The south must solve the negro prob- lem,' says the President. The south un- derstands that, and is doing it's best with the task. despite interference from ths north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The Car keeps his line of retreat to Denmark open. but Count Witte will face the music of the masses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Municipal ownership seems to be a magic word with which to catch voters in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
MIR COMER.

Greenville Living Truth: B. B. Corners announcement, while expected, is none the less pleasing to his friends. He states his position clearly and fairly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Candidate Hearst has certainly be- come a factor in the New York may oralty race. He keeps all hands guess ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Deyelopment follows development in high finance, the latest one being the Enterprise bank of Pittsburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

It is proposed to send Loomis as a commissioner to Morocco in the hope that he will be Kidnapped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Mayor Mcclellan is not cocksure, and he is speaking from the tails of carts every night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

President Roosevelt was the blue ribbon exhibit of the Alabama state fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The nervous strain under which First Apostle Dowie has been laboring is leading to his physical undoing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
FAMOUS.

Note his picture in the papers,
 The big type that spell his name. He laid out a score of victims
 In college football game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

There is a fear in republican ma chine circles that the south will ilno up solidly for Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Mir and Mrs. Fred Heise of Owosso. Mich, have just received their twentieth baby from the stork. Owosso must be the old birds headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Togo is a hero in Totio. He is not without honor in his own country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Ozark Southern Star: MT. Conner proved himself to be the choice of the people for president of the railroad com mission, and will, doubtless, be very strong in the coming contest for gov ernor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

An Ohio man invited his friends to witness the public burning of his love letters which had been recovered in a breach of promise suit. He should have done as the Irishman advised and burned his letters before writing them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The tendency these days Is to smash something, speed records and regulations included.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

Miss Roosevelt is glad to get back to the land where every woman is a queen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The McCurdys should consult the policy holders on the subject Of their resignations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The Chicago negro remarked that if the negro were given a chance he would outdistance the white man so far that the white man could not see the negro for the dust He is safe in making such a statement-in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

The President has sailed away to the vast expanses of the wireless tel egraph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

"Where did you get it?" is now fired at Murphy as 1t once was at Croker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Some have already given New York 2 new name-Willyhearst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28

A Nevada ranchman tried to throw away $6So1 in Chicago. He probably pre- ferred to throw away his money rather than have it taken away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-28
SEASHORE IS FORGOTTEN. In the ballroom
 Frolics Nan; She has taken
 Off the tan.

Tn the DalrOom
 Frolics Nan
 She has taken
 Off the tan. The Sinners Daily is an esteemed contemporary. It ought to have wide circulation. Henry Broadrlb Irving has taken up the mantle of his distinguished father. Thomas Jefferson has assumed that of Jospeh Jefferson. Both have a hard struggle before them, but both have made good beginning. The garter which King Edward will confer on the Mikado will not be used to hold up sock.
 BE AN OPT1MIST.
 Whats the use
 To complain?
 From your tears
 Just refrain
 And reflect
 You are not
 Mrs. Chadwick
 By a lot. An Ohio man who has been nominated it with the explanation that his con- science will not allow hiin to be a re- publican candidate. Somebody ought to tell him where he belongs.
 PAUL COOK.