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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
Alabama's Cotton Crop.

f Up to January 16 there had been ginned in this state 1,273,713 bales by 3447 ginneries in fifty-nine counties. No reports had been received from eight counties, and a lot of cranky ginners had withheld information. Full returns would carry the number of bales ginned up to January 16 to something over 100000 bales.
 The chances largely are that the crops of this state will go to 1 400, ,000 bales. The crop of 1891 was 1,156,S12 bales. No crop ever grown in this state has approached the crop that Alabama made last year.
 ,, The folly of withholding informa- tion from the Census Bureau should be properly chara acterized by the Ginners' association which meets at Montgomery today. Reports from the gins will stop false statements as to crop-statements put out as a rule by those who need cotton for con sumption. The ginners can alone fur nish accurate information, and no thoughtful. honest ginner will with hold from the government all possible information. The Alabama Ginners' association should make this point plain today.
 The entire crop of the country will be fully thirteen million bales, and this is why cotton is selling at less than seven cents at the farm. When the full figures of the ginning up to January 16 are made up, it will be possible to estimate the crop, with a reasonable degree of accuracy. About one hundred counties remain to be heard. In these counties are about six thousand ginneries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
The Atlantic and Birmingham.

Poor old Atlanta She is so afraid that something will pass her by and pay no attention to her. said a former Att lantian last night. T read in The Age Herald that she is happy over the Att lantic and Birmingham coming in her direction, and she glots over the great good that the road will do Atlanta, and the greater good that the city will do the road.
 'The Atlantians never stopped a minute to think that Birmingham will be the real terminus of the road and that Atlanta will be a side degree, if she gets the road at all.
 'The road will be straight shoot from Brunswick to Birmingham, and will be of great benefit to those two cities, giv- Ing one a direct communication with the coast and a deep water harbor, and the other access to the immense iron and coal deposits of Alabama.
 "Ihe road may tap the Western of Alabama, or the Atlanta and West Point, but that will probably not result in trains being run into Atlanta, for it is rather roundabout way.
 Birmingham will soon have more rail- roads than any other southern city, if I am not mistaken"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
Commercial Club Membership.

The membership of the Commercial club is much larger now than it has ever been in the clubs history" said mem Der yesterday "The monthly report of the secretary of the club, read at the meeting this afternoon, showed that the collections from dues alone for the past month amounted to $4l4, which is very much larger than any previous collec- tions.
 If the club continues to grow and the members continue to pay their dues as well, it will soon be on as sound finan- cial basis as could be desired. It will have money in the bank and, besides, have some money with which to ad- vertise the city and to subscribe to cer- tain enterprises when deemed advisable.
 If every one of the members of the club would subscribe $5 to the Vulcan fund the gentleman could be moved back to Birmingham and all his debts paid subscription of $5 from each member would mean about s24OO, or more, and that would work wonders with the iron mons ter.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
NEW KIND OF SALOON.

From the Washington Post
 For years the Colorado Fuel and Iron company has been experimenting with the various kinds of saloons and also with no saloons. Now it reports that not only have all makeshifts for saloons failed, but that prohibition has had the worst effect of all on it's men. It is going in for the real old-time saloon, where a man will be able to get any sort of drink that he wants and as much of 1t as he can carry. the only reform being that he will at the same time find every opportunity to indulge in soft drinks" and every inducement to eschew alcoholic beverages. Milk. tea, coffee and sandwiches will always be conspcuously on tap Games and music halls, cards and billiard rooms will be made more at tractive than the barroom.
 This new project is based on the the ory that the man who does drink is bound to have his drink No matter how many strong and important reasons there may be for his not drinking, he will always have an excuse for the glass. Some of the very reasons urged by tenn perance agitators for total abstinence are the reasons given for bibulous indulgence The small home, many children, sick wife, poor pay, hard luck, grief, joy, sickness, health-all. report the officials of this company, have been given by their men as excuses for drinking. The company now proposes to accept what seems the inevitable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
MAY RUN AGAIN.
Bryan Says He Is In the Hands of His
 Friends.

Chicago William Jennings Bryan made 1t plain today that he is in the hands of his friends in the event they are east ing about for an available man to lead the democratic hosts four years hence. He says events are so shaping themselves that the democrats will be in fine posi- ton to sweep on to vistory. He came to the city yesterday, and held long con- ference with Mayor Harrison.
 "The democrats were not defeated any worse in the last election than they have been before," said Bryan. and this over throw will simply serve to bring together all the factions and cement them into a strong body with a decisive purpose"
 Will you be a candidate four years hence?"
 "I am not prepared to say at this time However. no democrat can ignore the call to duty when 1t comes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

entitled to the other. Atlanta Is nearer New York than Birmingham, but Birmingham is nearer Ohio river points. Atlanta has secured an ad- vantage over Birmingham of from 5 10 cents per 100 pounds on all ship ments from the east, and it can well afford to let Birmingham have a like advantage in shipments from the west. We will not be parties to a swap at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
"That Seal Skin Coat.r

'1 don't believe there is any city in the country of it's size" said a clubman last night. that affords as little scandal in it's social set as Birmingham. The story of the sealskin coat-the wife the pawn shop, the husband and the stenographer- has been going the rounds here recently but I am glad to notice that very few people believe 1t has any foundation. It is very much like a story that appeared recently in the New York society pa- pers, and many believe that it has simply been adapted to fit Birmingham.
 Comparisons may pc odious, but believe Birmingham's society is freer from bad habits and customs than any other city I know of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
THE "uNDERrAkER's FRIENp.'
From the London Mail.

iuii tHe l4OnuOn Mdll.
 Both men and women. when they de- eide to wrap up' do so by increasing the number of layers of clothing in front over those on the back of the Lody. It Is great mistake. The main telephone exchange" of the nerves of the body lies In the spinal chord situated in tine spinal canal, and this exchange has imme- diate complete and instantaneous con- neetion with the skin of the whole of the back of the trunk and is much more sensitive than that of the skin in front.
 It behooves us, then, to see that the back is covered, if not more, at least as much as the front, especially between the shoulders. In men the thin back of the waistcoat is the undertakers best friend;" in women it is the space between the top of the corset and the center of the neck more especially in the type of garment popularly known as the 'pneu- monia blouse"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
Oh, slush!
MAY GET THERE VET.

From the Pensacola Journal.
 Mir. Bryan certainly got into the White House. and was we'll received tlere.-Aee- Herald.
 Softly, softly, brother. According to tel eeraphic advices, MT. Bryan only got into the executive office out in the yard. However a great many able democrats still believe he will some day get inside of the historic mansion for a stay of four years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Children have such good time because there is no morning after for them.
 It is pretty hard often to be a good husband" and a sensible man at the same time.
 Probably what made Eve take on with the serpent was she had no neighbors to talk about.
 When you do it to somebody else it is discipline; when somebody else does 1t to you it is tyranny.
 It is a great compliment to a woman to make her think you wish you had known her before she was married.
 The only thing a girl will work harder to do than to get engaged to a man is to try afterward to make people believe she didn't want to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
THE BREAD PROBLEM.

From the Demopolis Express-Dispatch.
 Some time ago some of the Birmingham papers were growing about the small ness of the loaves of bread in that city, as compared with what is given in other cities. Same down here, put we can buy them ill job lots at the rate of three loaves for a dime whenever we are able to cough up the dime
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
An Early Spring.

People may laugh at the ground hog legend. but l have been watching the matter for nearly half century and the 2nd of February rarely fails to indi- cate the early or late coming of spring. said a man who was brought up on farm.
 '"rhe ground hog did not see his shadow last Thursday and that means ne Will remain out of his hole, expecting an early snring The backbone of winter is broken"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
LATEST FAD.

From the Baltimore American. Benevolent Old Gentleman-You don't seem. my man. to be eXerting yourself
 much in your battle with the fates Lassitudinous Luke-Nah, I'm usin' jiu-
 jitsu on 'em, an sayin my brute stren'th
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

The weather was too cold on the Russian side of the Hun; on the Jap anese side it was all right in every respect. It was especially good for fighting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
About Persons.

c. w. waggoner of Meridian, Miss, is at the Morris.
 James M. Kinney of Nashville IS at the Morris.
 F. S. Foster of Meridian, Miss, IS at the Morris.
 ]. H. Grubb of Philadelphia is at the Morris.
 The Rev. Marvin Henin. formerly of Birmingham, but who is now pastor or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
JlM.
RY Bret Hart.

y Bret Hart.
 Say. therel P'raps Some on you chaps Might know Jim Wild? Well, mo offense; There a'in't no sense In gittin' riledl Jim was my chum Upon the Bar: That's why I come Down from up var, Lookin' for Jim. Thank ye, sir You Amt of that crew. Blest if you are! Money? Not much: That ain't my kind: l ain't no such. Rum?-I don't mind. seem US you. Well. this yer Jim. Did you know him D. Jes' bout your size: Same kind of eyes; Well. that is strange: Why, it's two year Since he came here, Sick, for a change, Well, here's to us:
 Eh? The h. you sayl
 Dead. That little cuss? What makes you star, You over thar? Can't a pin drop $ glass in yer shop But you must rar' It wouldn't t take D. much to break You and your bar. Poor-little Jimi Why, thar was ns. Jones. and Bob Lee, Harry and Ben No account men; Then to take him! We'll. thar, good-by- No more, sir-I-
 Eh? What's that you say? Why, dern itl--sho.- No? Yes! By Joel
 Sold! Sold! Why, you limb, You onery,
 Derne, Long-legged Jim!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

The man who waits for something to turn up is the man who gets turned down. He ought to turn up something himself and then jump on it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

The Russian grand dukes are be- ginning to become sensitive to the sen timent of the outside world They had shut themselves up in Fools Para disc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

AS the Iron Man can't do 1t himself, the Birmingham Commercial club is still passing the hat for Vulcan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

The beef trust is endeavoring to help the public by reducing the con sumption of meat, but 1t must stop it's efforts, else 1t will bring up in ia1l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Three things would start boom in this district, namely, peace in the far east, peace at the coal mines, and an announcement that a steel mill is to be built in North Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Carrie Nation is going to edit the Shawnee, I. T., Daily News for one day. If she does not stir up a nest of libel suits it will be surprising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Maxim Gorky became white ele- phant on the hands of the bureaucrats, and they turned him loose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
COLLEGE BOY DESIRES
 FAME OF JOURNALISM

tie, old-fashioned colleges. invariably learned to write English at least decent ly well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Manager Vaughan is again in our midst, and 4e weighs nearly two hum dred pounds. We are equipped with expansive midsts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

It's a cold day when the building of railroad line is not projected with Birmingham as it's objective point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Congress Is trying to regulate Rockefeller, for he owns, or soon will own, the railroads of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

No man should be favored by tht people who does rot hold hundred dollar Alabama bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

H. o. Havemeyer has just paid $570 for a Waggaman jar. He could get more fun out of jug that would cost him only S2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

At present we would be willing to listen to Tn the Good Old Summer Time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Mrs. Chadwick has decided not to bid for that big three-million-dollar diamond. This gives the Big Ten a clear field
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Maxim Gorky is not his real name He is named-well, something else but it's Russian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Wales is experiencing a great re, ligious revival. It also needs one in the matter of spelling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

The Florida hotels are getting the benefit end of the old-fashioned win ter which the northern states are in dulging in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

A Utica, N. Y, hermit wore one suit of clothes twenty years. Young men desiring to economize should take no- fica
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

It had to be love at first sight in Hoch's case, for he saw too many good opportunities ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Alabama patriotism is now best ex- pressed in small subscriptions for state bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

William Jennings Bryan seems to be like Barkis if honored memory. He is willing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Mrs. Campbell is out again. There is no bulletin from Pinky Panky Poo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Kuropatkin will not stir up very soon again the Oyama hornets nest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

The railroad Senators are of course opposed to a rivers and harbors bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

The Romanoff outfit stands in the worlds estimation far below par.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

1ne huSSlEu Sldnu al . h0- ginning to become sensitive to the sen timent of the outside world. They had shut themselves up in Fools Para disc.
 Manager Vaughan is again in our midst, and 4e weighs nearly two hun dred pounds. We are equipped with expansive midsts.
 H. o. Havemeyer has just paid $570 for a Waggaman jar. He could get more fun out of jug that would cost him only s2.
 Mrs. Chadwick has decided not to bid for that big three-million-dollar diamond. This gives the Big Ten a clear field.
 The Florida hotels are getting the benefit end of the old-fashioned win ter which the northern states are in dulging in.
 A Utica, N. Y, hermit wore one suit of clothes twenty years. Young men desiring to economize should take no- tice.
 It had to be love at first sight in Hoch's case, for he saw too many good opportunities ahead.
 
 Wales is experiencing a great re- ligious revival It also needs one in the matter of spelling.
 No man should be favored by the people who does rot hold hundred dollar Alabama bond.
 
 Maxim Gorky is not his real name. He is named-well, something else, but it's Russian.
 Alabama patriotism is now best ex- pressed in small subscriptions for state bonds.
 William Jennings Bryan seems to be like Barkis if honored memory. He is willing.
 Kuropatkin will not stir up very soon again the Oyama hornets nest.
 
 The railroad Senators are of course opposed to rivers and harbors bill.
  The Romanoff outfit stands in the worlds estimation far below par. Positively the last appearance of Sherlock Holmes.
 Grandma" Gilbert left $10,000 and her friends.
 Old skates got a tumble on the ice yesterday.
 The Czar puts up his dukes well at any rate.
 Talk bonds after first subscribing for one.
 Hoch is wasting valuable time in prison.
 Senator Pettus is natural born joker. Brodie Duke is no longer grand duke. Oh, slush!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04
LOOKING BACKWARD.

Judge Parker: The only presidential candidate that ever ran whose ears were not famed by breeze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

THE SOUTH TO JOHN SHARP w. Williams, Williams, tremble you so In the face of opposition? Bestir yourself and eke your hair And hold to your position. Without you the minoritee Would fall in troubled ways. We need you, Johnathan, every day, Keep up your grandstand plays.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Positively the last appearance of Sherlock Holmes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

The discussion as to whether blonde
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

The Czar puts up his dukes well at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Grandma" Gilbert left $10,000 and her friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

An English inventor has a machine with which he hopes to break the bank at Monte Carlo. His contrivance is a me- chanical system" The fate of gambling systems has been heralded before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Old skates got a tumble on the ice yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Talk bonds after first subscribing for one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post. office as second-class matter, under aet of Congress, March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

T HE death of George E. Smith, " known to fame as "Pittsburg
 Phil" removes a figure unique
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-24
SPEED MADNESS VICTIMS.

ct HE NERYIEsr AMATEUR in
the game" is what they called
young Frank Croker. Croker was the
son of Richard Croker, the former lead
er OF Tammany. He is dead now, an
other victim of the game" automobile
racing, Of which he was so fond and in
which he had attained prominence.
Racing along the sands of a Florida
beach at the rate of a mile in forty
seconds, Croker attempted to turn out
of the way of a man on motorcycle.
The sharp strain was too much for
the machine. a tire few off. the auto
mobile was wrecked. The chauffeur
machinist riding with Croker was killed
instantly. Croker was so badly hurt
that he died twenty-four hours after
the accident. The motorcycle man was
run down and badly hurt. He, too, may
die. But the races that had been
planned for the beach on which Croker
and his chauffeur lost their lives will
not be abandoned.
Victims of the speed madness are not
deferred by fatalities until they them
selves are the victims Barney Old
field, who has been rated as the most
daring professional automobile racer in
the country, has been within a hair line
of death on numerous occasions Old
field is still in the business. Accord
Ing TO his own story he will be killed
in a race sooner or later. He says:
Some day there viii be little flaw
in a piece of steel. just little flaw 1t
will all be over i'm the tick of d watch.
but they'll say, Well he was going
some'"
Oldfeld has a typical case of the
speed madness. Thousands of times a
year he risks his life i'm a racing ma
chine because people like to see him
take chances. Some day they viii see
him killed. And there is so little real
use in it all. What difference will il
make to the world if it is demonstrated
that an automobile can be driven at the
rate of a mile in thirty seconds or less?
Does any sane man want to travel
over the roads of the land at such
pace? And if he did want to travel at
that rate the authorities would not per-
NIT him 20 do so. The builders of au-
tOmobiles should devote more time to
reliability and less to speed if they
hope to popularize the vehicle. The
general public, heaven be praised. has
not yet been attacked by the speed
madness
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-24

iege, an institution that is well known
throughout Ohio and adjoining states.
In the failed bank were the funds of
numerous students. IN some instances
all the money they had laid by for
their college expenses was swept away.
These young men were brought face 70
face with the necessity for abandoning
their education. at least temporarily.
The matter was brought to the at
tention of Mr.. Carnegie. He wrote and
secured trustworthy list of the stu
dents who had lost their money and
the amounts they lost. Then he sat
down and mailed. with his compliments
and best wishes. check to each stu
dent of sufficient amount to cover his
individual loss. In return he gets an
assignment of the various sums due
by the bank to the students, but he'll
never get dollar of the money be
cause the institution is hopelessly in
solvent.
Mr.. Carnegie's name had been made
prominent in the Chadwick case
Through a pretended relationship with
him Mrs. Chadwick was able to secure
the money that wrecked the Oberiin
bank. But Mr.. Carnegie was under no
moral or legal obligation to reimburse
the students. He chose to do so en-
tirely of his own volition and his genu-
inc philanthropy viii cause his name to
be blessed i'm many a home where the
hopes of the family are centered in a
youth who is toilsomely making his
way toward a high educational goal.