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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
Jamestown's Exposition.

w. p. Gum, secretary of the Besse-
mer Board of Trade, appeals to the
Birmingham Commercial club to take
steps to have this district creditably
represented at the jamestown exposi-
ton, which will particularly present
the resources and possibilities of the
south. Mr.. Gum says in the course of
his eloquent appeal:
ut is highly important that the Biz
mngham district make a display at
jamestown, display that will show to
the world Just what the district is to-
day, what she has done in the way of
development and what she can offer as
an inducement to capital and industry
With her inexhaustible beds of iron. her
limitess coal fields, her splendid indus
tries, her wonderful growth and pros
perity and her bright future, she should
make a display in keeping with her ma
tural wealth and with her future great
ness.
Alabama does not properly advertise
to the world her great wealth and ad-
vantages, and it is not probable that the
legislature of 1907 will appropriate suf-
ficient sum to make creditable display
at Jamestown, and even if the lawmakers
should vote an appropriation, the time
would be too short, only four months, to
complete preparations such as should be
made by the day of opening.
'irhe Birmingham district can take no
chances, by waiting for the legislature
to consider the question and act nor can
she afford to send an iron man as her
representative to this exposition, which
will more nearly represent the south than
any exposition in the past quarter of a
century The Birmingham district must
be represented in a manufacturing, Indus
trial line, and 1t behooves the Commercial
club of Birmingham to take the lead in
the matter, call upon like bodies in the
district, call upon each and every city
and town in jefferson county to unite
In movement to make an exhibit that
will be credit, not only TO the section,
but to the whole state.
TO make a creditable showing, 1t will
be necessary to contribute sufficient
sum of money, but Jefferson county with
her rich resources, her many cities and
towns, her large corporations and va
rious Industries. can well AFFORD to ap-
propriate $4,000 or 100000 to this end,
for the expenditure would pay hand
some dividend in what would be accom-
plished-that of bringing capital and in
dustries into the district"
Mr.. Gum presents the case excel
lently, and If our manufacturers and
BUSINESS men do not see the point,
there is little use of discussing the
matter further. The Commercial club
should at any rate see that the corpora
lions and capitalists have an oppor
tunity to organize for the purposes
mentioned, for when they are organ.
lied they can proceed to do what they
consider best.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
MORGAN AND PETTUs.
rom the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
They are having an interesting sena-
torial contest in Alabama. At the pri-
mary election to be held during the cur
rent year successors to both Morgan and
Pettus will be voted for The primary
will also decide whom the governor shall
appoint In the event that Morgan and
Pettus are successful, and either or both
should die during the legislative vaca-
ton.
1t is generally conceded that both Cen
eral Morgan and General Pettus will be
successful, but there seems to be some
opposition on the part of few who re-
gard General Pettus as too old for sena-
torial service Such objection to Pettus
is not sound. 1t is true he Is So years of
age, and should he live to serve out an
other term he will have reached the ripe
age of "a years But there is not the
slightest reason to anticipate an early
collapse. Pettus is the physical marvel
of the country. Intellectually and physi-
cally he is strong and active. He not
only attends strictly to his duties on the
floor of the Senate but he does fully as
much errand work for his constituents as
any other member of the Senate
Measured by activity, efficiency and
mental and physical vigor, he is far from
being the oldest man in the Senate. And
in moral vigor he is one of the giants of
all time. General Pettus comes very near
being me ideal senator. He is a man of
lofty patriotism. His integrity is un-
spotted and unspottable His dignity is
such as has inspired respect for the
senatorial toga from the organization OF
the Senate down to this good day. He is
a democrat who is. in the language of
Sam Jones, unpurchasabe and unbull-
dozable.
Pettus and his colleague. General Nor
gan, are two of the most picturesque
statemen of the time. Their presence
in the Senate not only exalts the state of
Alabama. but the American republic and
the Senate itself For an Albanian to
think of substituting younger men for
them is impiety of the most startling
nature. Even were it certain that neith-
err would live six months of the terms for
which they are candidates 1t should be
regarded as a privilege and an honor to
elect them, to the end that the prestige
which they give to the commonwealth
the republic and the Senate might be re-
tanned to the end
The careers of these old men have con-
sttuted a triumph which will shed lustre
resented in the Senate by them is a dis
tinction to which Alabama should cling.
And when their voices are no longer in
the Senate chamber the recollection of
having produced two such men ought to
stir Alabamas pride forever and forever.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

with Judge Robinson, a most estimabie
jurist, who, while presiding over suit
in which Bragg was interested, had by his
decision incurred the resentment of the
advocate. So, for long time the colonel
declined even to speak to the judge, save
when it was absolutely necessary in the
course of business
Finally, however, his better nature get
ting the upper hand. Colonel Bragg de-
termined to apologize to Judge Robinson
and endeavor to effect a renewal of their
former comparatively pleasant relations.
Meeting the judge one afternoon on the
steps Of the state house, he impulsively
thrust out his hand and said:
See here, judge, let's be friends again.
This thing has gone on long enough
"Why-er, Bragg" asked the judge, in
the meekest and mildest way imaginable.
what's the matter2'
"Simply this, Judge" continued the
fiery Bragg, Il admire you SO immensely
that I cannot for my life be content to
remain on bad terms any longer, / felt
that l must speak to you"
.'Why-er, Bragg" piped the judge, In
the thinnest of voices a well. feigned
look of establishment ON his face why
err Bragg, haven't you been speaking to
me?"
At this the lawyer wilted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
oplE READ IN ARKANSAS.

Special to the New York World.
Washington-Opie Read recently made
trip through Arkansas on horseback
He lost his way and rode UP to where q
squatter was sitting, his fiddle by his
side.
"Jes' ridin' or a-goin' somewheres?'
asked the squatter with little show OF
interest.
II was going somewhere answered
Opie, ''but I've lost my way and now
I'm just riding. How do you get to the
next town?'
"Ridin' or walkin?'
Where do I hit the road?
Hit it on the side or in the middle.
or If you all git close huff you all
can hit 1t with a stick.
rs there any forks TO the road?'
mo forks t ALL mister, jes' straight
as a string"
You're a d. fool" Mr.. Read said,
losing his temper.
Yes, sir, maybe So answered the
squatter taking up the fiddle and draw
ing the bow earelessly over the strings,
'ibut l amt lost"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Mr.. Bowie has also introduced a bill
requiring the federal authorities to fur
nish to state or municipal authorities
lists of the persons to whom federal
licenses have been issued.
The subject is one that calls for a
remedy. The government is actually
promoting the opening of blind tigers.
and unless public sentiment become
plain and emphatic Congress will do
nothing. Let the voice of public opin-
ion be heard. Let Congress know what
the people think of federal laws that
directly aid and abet the violation of
state laws.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
- -
WHEN YOU ARE OLD.

BY w b. Yeats.
When you are old and gray and full Of
sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this
book,
And slowly read and dream of the soft
look
Your eyes had once and of their shadows
deep
How many loved your movements of glad
grace,
And loved your beauty with love false
or true;
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in
you.
And loved the sorrows of your changing
face. ~.
And bending down beside the glowing
bars,
Murmur, little sadly. how love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
THE CUB REPORTER SCORES.

From the Kansas City Journal
This story is told of a cub reporter on
his first assignment on daily. He
handed in the following: "A man killed
a dog belonging to another man. The
son of the man whose dog was killed pro-
ceeded to whip the man who killed the
dog of the man he was the son of. The
man who was the son of the man whose
dog was killed was arrested on complaint
of the man who was assaulted by the son
of the man whose dog the man who was
assaulted had killed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
About Persons.


r. c. BEDFORD of Beloit, Wis, is at the
st. Nicholas.
DR.. ]. C. Walker of Sllurla Is at the
st. Nicholas.
C. J. DeShazo of Maben. Miss, Is reg
istered at the St. Nicholas.
Robert ]. Ames of Marshall Tex, is at
the Hlllman.
j. B. Hardcroft of Albany, N. Y, is at
the Hillman.
e. C. Menditt IT., Of Louisville is at
the Morris.
s. e. Miller of sylacauga is registered at
the Morris.
s. A Matthews of clapton is at the
Morris.
D. j. Gregory of Livingston is at the
Morris.
c. A. Gholston, Jr., of shclbyville is at
the Morris.
Massey Wilson, attorney general of Ala
bama, is at the Morris
C. W. Villains of Montgomery Is at
the Metropolitan.
f. G. Donohoo of one9nta is at the
Metropolitan.
NJ. f. Walker and Jack Walker of
Alexander City are at the Metropolitan.
j. E. Lacey of Jasper is registered at
the Metropolitan.
o. o. Bird of Columbana is at the Net
ropolitan.
W. A. Nelson of Nashville is at the
Birmingham.
]. A. Eason of Ozark. Ark. is at the
Birmingham
A, ]. Gilbert of Lafayette is at the
Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Could Have Bernhardt.

There is no need said Manager Sc
mon last night. why Bernhardt should
refuse to play in Birmingham, for II we
could not arrange a date for her at the
Bijou she could play in the skating rlhh'
in which three thousand people could be
seated
Her managers have had TO build SOW
eral stages. and they could build one IN
the skating rink and then It would not
be difficult to procure 1900 chairs
she is TO play in New Orleans week
in March, and she should play IN BIZ
mingham two nights, or. at any rate, III
a matinee and a night performance
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
ONE ON BRAGG.
incott's Magazine.

From Lippincotts MagazIhe'
Some years ago, in Alabama, one OF
the most talented lawyers practicng In
the south was the late Colonel Bragg. but
he had peppery temper.
Not only did Colonel Rragg's disposition
involve him from time to time in serious
difficulties with his colleagues, but 1t also
led him to break off amicable relations
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
Killed Her Four Children.

Boston, February Ga woman and
four children were found dead today at,
their home. 20 Dennis street. Roxbury
district. tonight. An investigation by
the police indicated that the woman
Mrs. Annie L. Dixon, had killed the
children and herself by opening three
gas Jets. The children were: Annie,
aged 5 years; George, aged 3 years;
Mildred, aged years, and Marion, l
year
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
1900 CALENDARS FOR 1906.

From the London Express.
Do you throw away your old calendars2
A Paris statlstician has discovered that it
Is a mistake TO do so. and, being of an
economical turn of mind has discovered
further that calendars for 1900 will serve
equally we'll for 1906. AS rule, of course,
a calendar is only of use eleven years
later, and leap year upsets this calcula-
ton pretty often. But as 1900 was allot-
ted $50 days only. instead of 1855, the days
of the 1906 week fit exactly those of 1900.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
NO NEED OF osLER.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Senator Pettus. at the age of 50, hasn't
the slightest hesitancy about accepting
another term, and everybody in Alabama
knows no Oslerian reason exists why he
should not
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

New York begins to think 1t is time
she had a couple of live Senators,
something she has not had since the
days of Roscoe Conkling and Silas
Wright and William l.. Marcy and Will
liam II. Seward.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

At first it seemed as if Mr.. Miner
married Mrs. Yerkes, but that Mrs.
Yerkes did not marry Mr.. Miner.
Later intelligence leads to the belief
that the affair was mutual.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Grandpa Rockefeller is shorter in
cash and moral preeepts than either
John D. or John D.. Jr. It seems to be
a family that gains moral precepts as
1t progresses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

While 1t may not be wrong for man
to have $200,O00OO0. if it were wrong
there wouldn't be much chance for
that sort of wrongdoing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

DO YOUR PART.
Don't be a shirker on the way,
Do your part.
Some will work and some will play,
Do your part.
Share the burdens of the rest,
Life Is earnest-it's no jest,
Let hard labor be your quest,
Do your part.
Try to help the world along,
Do your part
Do the right but not the wrong,
Do your part.
Hustle, hustle all the time,
Everywhere, in every cline,
Hard work makes a life sublime,
Do your part
Tho the fight draws near the end,
Do your part
Be a brother, be a friend
Do your part
Be a man and act like one,
Morning, noon and set of sun,
See that duty's nobly done,
Do your part
PAUL - OK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Weddings in Spain are being post
poned to the day when Alfonso takes
his bride American couples will not
wait for the White House affair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Bernard Shaw Is regaining his health.
His ailment was simply the effects of
reading over one of his own plays.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

The Russian peasants will come out
in the spring, and so will the ground
hog.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Japan should loan John Bull an as
sorted lot of her generals. He needs
them, especially while Kitchener is
detained in India.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

What the people need Is something
to restrain the gas meter In its mad
career. Its velocity needs toning down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

The bullfght at Algeeiras makes
football seem much better than 1t did
at the close of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

From all reports, Count Boni de Cas-
tellane is about the sorriest specimen
of his kind that could be found.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
WASHINGTON DAY BY DAY
Two Good Pettus Stories Picked Up In
the Capitol.

Special to the New York World.
Washington. announcement made
by Senator Pettus of Alabama, who is
now in his S5th year, and is the oldest
man in the Senate, that he Is a candidate
for reelection revived the story at the
Capitol OF how he came TO the Senate the
first time. Ex-senator Pugh was the
democratic leader of the state When
Pugh was conducting his canvass for re-
election to the Senate Pettus went to him
and asked for his Endorsement for a local
jadgeshp.
Nonsense" said Pugh; you are too
old to be a Judge
We'll, by gumr' shouted Pettus, 81
may be too old to be judge but l ain
too old to be a Senator"
And he wasn't as Pugh found out
when the canvass was over and Pettus
was elected.
man stood in the west corridor of the
Capitol looking at the big painting of
the Battle of Chepultepec. Senator Pet
tus came along.
Sir" said the stranger. you appear
to be an old man and proabbly lived In
the times depicted there. want to ask
you. sir, IL people at the time of the
Mexican war wore clothes like those peo-
pie are pictured as wearing?'
''They did not" Senator Pettus replied
promptly II was at that battle myself
and l saw nobody wearing any clothes
like those. l may say he continued
gravely. that SO far as wearing apparel
Is concerned, that representation Is
nictorial lie"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

This is rag-time weather, and it will
holu out until the glad springtime ar
rives on the early morning train.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
United States Government Deposits.

1.-THE government depositaries In Ala
bama are each limited to $4,000 said
federal official yesterday. THE First
National bank of Birmingham has an al
lotment of $4,000; the depositaries in
Montgomery and the depositaries in Tus-
caloosa each has the same allotment
$4,000
..The Vigo National bank of Terre
Haute, Ind, has an allotment of about
$500 600. How the Washington correspond
ent or the telegraph company made 1t
appear that the Terre Haute bank car
ried $16,OO0,0O0 of government deposits Is
hard to understand The City National
bank of New York carries about $s,0Oo,oo0
of government money, but the figures
given for the other banks were far out
of line
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Nicholas Longworth has named his
best man, The preliminaries are being
arranged rapidly now.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

A preacher who can save souls from
eternal fires and lives from terrestrial
blazes dwells In Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Commander Tanner of the Grand
Army of the Republic shows a whole
some disregard of sectional prejudice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

When J. D. Rockefeller energies
from the wilds of Pocantico he will
encounter a bristling array of sub
poenas
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

There is not much chance for guess
about Miss Alice Rooseyelt's trousseau.
1t is public property.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Chauneey Depew will soon be him
self again, but it is not stated what
kind of Jokes he will dispense this
time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Russia is not exclusively agricul-
tural for she excels in the manufac-
ture of bombs
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Housewives are the ones who should
strike for shorter hours. A sixteen
hour day should be shortened at least
an hour
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Senator Aldrich says the President
has issued no ultimatum to him. No
one can do that except the Standard
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

The camera f1ends snapshot our
Nick while he stands unhitehed. Not
SO in Alfonso's case.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Birmingham is again getting on its
feet, telephonieally speaking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

AT $50 PER.
Peas porrdge hot,
Peas porridge cold.
Boarding house butter
Forty days old;
Coffees just water.
Soup Is a bluff,
When a mans boarding
Lies pretty tough
Was Brutus an honorable MANI asks
student. 1t would be a good idea TO
find out that about some responsible
person who is alive and let Brutus alone.
A fatal ARRAY was brought about in
kentucky church over Rockefeller's
chances of entering heaven. Almost any
excuse will do to start trouble in Ken.
lucky.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

The grounding has relented, or Is
about to do SO.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Admiral Togo is coming in April, and
then this nation of hero worshipers
will be upset.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

you know, tears make wrinkles and
have perfect horror of wrinkles. No you
will not see me cry said Mrs. Yerkes
and thus laid bare her miserable soul
A Georgia widow turned away from the
grave of her husband who left a fortune
and went to the office Of judge where
she was married to an old lover. The
widow-bride explained that she needed
sympathy. There is a popular song which
says that when fellow wants money all
he gets is sympathy, but when widow
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
DO YOUR PART.

Communication in hand from An Old
Reader Must be McGuffeys
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

The Partisan ladies are acquiring the
OLD colonial snufftaking habit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Medicine Hat has been trying to
bring the rest of the country again uR-
der its rule.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE TIMES

III BEG to remain, sir, your obedient.
humble servant" Thus ended
letter in eourtly style which reach
ed The Age-Herald office a few days ago.
It was old fashioned but knightly in
every line and its hoarishes hearkened
back to the time when more attention
was paid to the little eourtesies of life
than today, when people have scant
leisure for others and no minutes to
waste on ceremony. The elaborate for
mality which characterized the letters
of forty years ago has been curtailed to
a few hurried words and even they are
begrudged. The letter of business or
friendship that one reads today is jerky
and dashed off at a moments notice.
The art Of letter writing, as formerly
understood. is dead The day may be
near when the long distance telephone,
the telegraph and the cable will do away
with letters entirely. They are too slow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Marshall Fields daughter says she
feels poor with only $S,000,00Q.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

An S5-foot level canal comes high,
and 1t seems to be what we must have.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Two pay checks stare Chairman
Shonts In the face every month.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

THE BIG d.
There is no use to worry,
There Is no use to care,
But when you're feeling grouehy
1t helps lot to swear.
The President wishes us to announce
that he is not giving away 800 for every
set of triplets brought to his notice The
President doesn't get but $4,000 bones a
year and he needs the money.
ut is a wise farmer who knows his
own bull" remarked Colonel Biff. I've
been limping ever since l learned that"
HUMAN NATURE.
In telling good news
We're sometimes slow
But when it's bad news
We make 1t go.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07
EARLY RISER.

Come, pity the poor old sun. say we,-
In truth, this is no Jest;
For he gets up In the morning when
Sweet sleep Is at its best.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-07

Senator Depew runs from newspaper
men now.