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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
MRS. MATLocK SPEAKS.
Organizes School Improvement Asso-
 ciation of Lafayette.

Lafayette, February 0.-(Special )- Mrs. J. D. Matlock of Birmingham, in her official capacity, accompanied by Mrs Brock of opelika visited Lafayette today in the interest of the School Inn provement Association of Alabama, back of which is the Federation of Women s clubs of the state. A representative as- sembly of ladies of the town heard Mrs. Matlock's very interesting presentation of the cause, and at once organized an association of Lafayette with the fol- lowing officers: Miss Mamie Andrews, president; Mrs. NJ. W. Allen, first vice president; Mrs. R. L. Gaines second viee president; Miss Annie Mae Burton, sec retary; Miss Bessie Barber, treasurer.
 Mrs. Matloclx made quite favorable impression upon all who were fortunate enough to hear her. The local associa- ton starts life enthusiastically. While in Lafayette Mrs Matlock and Mrs. Brock were guests of Dr. J. F. Neff, president of Lafayette college
 N B. Williams, representing the South ern Cotton Growers association, has been doing Chambers county this week, organ izing the sturdy yeomanry in behalf of a stiff upper cut for prices of the fleecy staple.
 Miss Annie Love Dowdell, daughter of Judge and Mrs. J. R. Dowdell has gone for a visit of several weeks to Florida.
 z. Schuessler after some considerable stay in Mobile for his health, returns home much improved.
 The farmers are improving every good day, getting out fertilizers preparatory for another successful crop. It seems that there will be considerable oat sowing.
 Common Judgment hereabouts recSons the peach and apple crop safe so far These were failure last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

that particular form of brutality has been stopped in Oregon by the fear of public punishment at the whipping post. then indeed every other state needs a whipping post law, and Con gressman Adams should reintroduce his bill to fit up one in the District of Columbia. Delaware and Maryland both have whipping post laws, but in the latter that form of punishment has fallen into disfavor even to the point of disuse, and in Delaware the whip ping post does not exist for wife-beat- CTS. The Oregon whipping post is the only one that has definite and laud- able purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
STATE POLITICS


 Scale Register: As the days grow long CT politics will grow hotter
 Columbiana Sentinel Mark the predic- tion Hon. John B. Knox will lead the race for senatorial succession. Not very far behind him will be Hon. Dick Clarke.
 Camp Hill Times: Cunningham is still a candidate for governor and frequently the still hunter bags more game than the one who carries a few bankers for as- sistanee.
 Goodwater Enterprises: Representative Bowie's array of facts as to "blind tigers" helped by the United States license. in prohibition territory, is some thing alarping. His two bills on the subject should pass.
 Dadeville Spot Cash: It's bad enough here in Alabama with only two candidates for Governor, but in Georgia they have six gubernatorial aspirants and there are more in prospect. We are glad we don't live in Georgia.
 
 and Pettus have announced themselves as candidates for reelection. It isnt likely there will be any opposition to them, as it will be difficult to find their equals for effectiveness.
 Troy Messenger: Senator Pettus slip ped on the ice the other day and got a bad fall but he never missed an engage ment nor a session of the Senate He is little advanced in years, but he Is young in mind and spirit, and as game as fighting cock.
 Monroeville Journal: Senators Morgan and Pettus have both signiied their de- sire for reelection to the United States Senate. Both gentlemen have rendered able and faithful service, and notwith- standing their advanced age, still vigor- ous of mind and body. We shall not soon see their like again, and to retire them would be a mistake that would reflect | discredit upon the state
 Anniston Star: One thing Senator Pet | tus' fall did for him, 1t proved that ir the hearts of his countrymen he is held in such high esteem that even a trifiing ac- | cident to him causes worry to all. Sena- l tor Pettus is a sturdy old Alabamian mentally and physically. despite his years The old saying that man Is but as old as he feels is very plainly true in the case of Senator Pettus, and he is, we would judge about 20 years younger than ordinary men are at his age. May he continue to Tive long and prosper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
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BY A. LATADY.

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
PARlsIAN PoLiTENEss.

Paris Letter to the London Outlook.
 There is thin coating of ice on the pavement. Horses slip and stumble, and one of them balls. but is not hurt. It is so slippery that her efforts to raise her self are vain.
 The coachman takes off his triple-caped coat with a chivalrous air and with a gesture a la Raleigh he spreads 1t before the feet of the poor beast. Then he takes off his leathern cap, shows his jolly red face and with a low bow addresses the animal .'Madame, will you do me the honor?'
 And Madame rises with difficulty, and the two. supporting leach other, go of amid the cheers and applause of the de- lighted crowd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
SENATOR PETTUSS STILL z
 STRONG AND YOUTHFUL

United States senate--to be reelected for a second term in 1903.
 Senator Pettus is now candidate for re- election. It is believed that nothing would have interferred with his youthful ef- fervescence If he had not had fall on the ice the other day that dazed him. As it is, there is some ground to suppose that the stories of his indisposltion are exaggerated, for the purpose of undermin- ing his candidacy. Some man who has not the habit of youth fixed as firmly as MT. Pettus has it is probably after his job.
 Don't be deceived, Alabamans! The man of 1s42 is worth some dozens of your Heflins and Bowies yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.
Important Position Created-Wlll Be
 Filled by Professor DuBose.

University, February 10.-(Special9- The university is to have another pro- fessorship, the chief work of which will be with the high schools of the state. The position was established by the gen. eral education board, which will contrib ute annually the sum of $25O0 for the salary and travelling expenses of the in- cumbent. The appointment of Prof. Joel c. DuBose to the position has been an nounced. He will be styled the associate professor of secondary education, and will enter at once upon a performance of his duties.
 Under the terms fixed by the general education board, the duties of Prof. Du- Bose will be as follows:
 q. His main work shall be to ascer- tain where, in the state of Alabama, the conditions are favorables for the estab- lishment of public high schools not now in existence He shall visit such places and endeavor to organize in such places public high schools, in accordance with the laws of the state of Alabama shall endeavor to create in such communities d public sentiment that will permanently sustain such high schools; shall endeavor to place the high schools under such local leadership as will give them intelligent and wise direction; and he and the uni versity shall exercise a fostering care over such institutions.
 "2. In so far as he can do so consist- enlty with the above, it shall be his duty to visit high schools now in existence and seek to advance the greater work done by them.
 "3. In so far, and only in so far, as he can do so consistently with the above. he may lecture in the University of Ala bama on pedagogical subjects"
 Prof. DuBose is a native of Alabama, an alumnus of the university, an educa- tor of experience and ability. He is the author of Sketches of Alabama His tory and several other works. He edits the Gulf States Historical Magazine and contributes to a number of periodicals He is a member of the present legislature. and for the past few years has held tha nrofessorship of history at the North Alabama Conference college. which po- sition he resigns to come to the univer- sity. He has been for the past two ses- sions a member of the faculty of the University Summer school for teachers.
 The friends of the university are pleased at the action of the general education board, and President Abercrombie con siders himself fortunate in having se- cured the services of man so well equipped as Is Prof. DuBose. It Is thought that the establishment of this position promises much for the cause of education in the state, and incidentally much for the university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
Good Man Gone.

'The large attendance of Masons ana others at the funeral of James Esdaie last Friday was a fitting tribute to one of the best men who ever lived in Bir- mingham,' said member of the Masonic fraternity. MT. Esdale was for years superintendent of the Decatur car wheel works and was held in the highest esteem by the company which employed him. As a citizen, husband father, Mason and friend he was faithful and true and his memory will long be fondly cherished.
 Joseph A Jones of New York, is at the Hillman.
 Louis Kaufman of New Orleans is at the Hillman.
 Charles p. Hitler of Brooklyn. is at the Birmingham.
 Morris Hyman of Memphis is at the Birmingham.
 Charles Ackermann of Louisville, is at the St. Nicholas.
 C. A. Cary. c. l.. Hare and k. M. Wilcox of Auburn, are at the Norris.
 c. w. Dysart and A. J. Turney Of An
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
From the New York Evening Mail.

From the New York EYenlng Mall.
 ENAToR EDMUND WINSTON @N Pettus of Alabama is a sensi- " tive man about the state of his health and the bloom and freshness of his youthful intelligence When a man gets to be S5 years old, and is still young, he is much more vain of his youth, much more conscious of his personal pulchri- tude and tempepamental bounce, than the ordinary man of 25.
 Senator Pettus is still in his youth-or was until he began to show signs of vertigo in the Senate chamber yester- day. But it is his third youth. He has had two before this.
 When he was admitted to the bar in 1s42 the respective intellects of Clay, Cal houn, Webster and Choate were pumping into one another in this land. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis had not yet come upon the stage. Young Pettus, after electrifying the country districts of Lime stone county, Alabama, went as a lieu tenant to the Mexican war and served his country well-and then did a little turn as an Argonaut in California in 1S49
 This period completed, MT. Pettus had another youth in the civil war epoch. In the Confederate army he rose from the grade of major, to that of brigadier gen. eral
 Resuining civil pursuits, he grew up with the reconstructed south, and in lS9l- forty-five years after his old chum Clay was dead and forty-seven years after the death of his one-timc contemporary Cal houn-the fresh abilities of his third youthful period were recognized by his fellow Alabamians, and he was sent to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Maoazine Reading.

"The apnetite- of the American peopie for light literature seems well nlgh ln- satiable," said an observing man. 'Ilihe was when the launching Of magazine was venturesome undertaking. put no" 1t seems that almost every month souie new periodical stares at us from soouiy pile of magazines on the news stand'
 'rhe majority of these periodleals aie successful. There are magazines not much more than year old that have an enormous and rapidly increasing eircuia- tion. The crisp, sharp, snappy contents seem to fit into the life of the tlmes' and they succeed because they are meant merely to entertain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
KENTUCKY SENATORS.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 The Boston Transcript gives credit to statement that Judge Paynter will be the war who did not serve in the Con federate army. Going back to 1866 1t will be found that the senators who have represented Kentucky in the forty years which have intervened have been Garret Davis. James Guthrie, Thomas c. Me Creery John w. Stevenson, Willis B. Machen John s. Williams, J. c. s. BiNk- burn, John c, Carlisle, William Lindsay W. s. Deboe and James B. McCreary, in all eleven senators. Of this number Williams, Blackburn and McCreary were the only Confederates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
Baseball Talk,

"rhe foul strike rule,' said Rooter Brown yesterday. Twill not be changed. Many batters disliked 1t when it was adopted, but they have become accus- toned to it, and it will stand as 1t is. Even Lajoie, who opposed 1t at the out set. declares that it is as fair for one as another, and it should not be repealed.
 Tt has been proposed to except fouls that go outside of bounds-that is to say, such fouls shall not be counted as strikes, but even such an amendment Is opposed, and the rules committee will not at the coming meeting make any changes in the foul strike rule.
 "The rule will stand because 1t is popular with the patrons of the game. It shortens and enlivens every game, and any game is long enough. At least two hours goes by in the trip to the grounds and In seeing a game, and no one wants to spend more than two hours at eeme. The rule is rather hard on batters, but they arc well broken in now, and they may as well accept condi- tions as they exist, and quit grumbling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
Wealsley to Be Urged.

Samuel D. WealSley of the prominent law firm of Cabanss & Wealley, will be strongly urged by the Jefferson county bar, it is said, for the position of chier justice of the supreme court of Alabama. vice Chief Justice Mcclellan, deceased.
 ''Mr. Weakley Is regarded as particular ly well equipped for the chief justice ship" said leading lawyer last night "and he will be backed by a large per cefitage of the members of the bar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 There Is always room for one more at the bottom.
 A woman has less sense than, a man, but she always acts more sensibly.
 Most Of the things we'd like to have IS only because somebody else has them
 It's queer how easy it is to explain to woman the things you can't explain to yourself.
 A man has to he good deal Of pes simist not to like the world when ne imagnes people envy him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
OLD, BUT STRONG.

From the Florida Times-Union. Pettus of Alabama was a lieutenant in the Mexican war. He and Morgan were
 both brigadiers when the Confederacy needed them. And yet the Providence. R. I. Journal admits there are young CT men in the Senate feebler in body and mind than they"
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Hotels Crowded.

Every hotel in Birmingham will be over crowded Sunday night, and the con- ditions will most likely continue that way without change all the week" said a night clerk last night
 There is heavy transient trade at all the hotels at this time of the year, but it is particularly heavy this year, more so than ever in the past. In addition to this, the 'IIumpty Dumpty' company of about 100 people will be here Sunday morning, and will take up many of the rooms, having already made reservations in several hotels and in lots of the board ing houses which handle the theatrical trade.
 Sunday night and Monday the dele gates to the convention of the painters and decorators will arrive, and then things will certainly be rushing for the poor hotel clerk. The 'Humpy Dumpty people will remain all week and the convention crowd will be here almost IS long, so there will be little hope for the ordinary travelling man.
 .'rhe need for new large hotel is growing more and more apparent each day, and I suppose nobody would wei come such an addition more than the owners of the hotels now open. The new Hollenden hotel will help bit. but it will not be in a position to accommodate all the excess trade that is now coming to Birmingham, as it Is comparatively small house."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
Fish and MIX.

People on the coast" said gentle man who has spent some time In the southern part of the state, refuse to eat fish and drink milk at the same meal saying that the combination makes them sick. have asked doctors about lt-'ry- ing to find out what kind of poison IS formed by combining milk and fish Ihe physicians acknowledge that there is a certain amount of risk in the comoiqa- ton, but they arc unable to explain the matter in a way satisfactory to the lay mind.
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 stood alone among all the black men of this country and was the Sole poet of his people Dunbar had a rare poetic vein and had he lived longer he might have left a lasting impression on con- temporaneous literature.
 The new Mark Twain hotel at Tanni- bal, Mo. is a hostelry where you would expect to find one of these humorous bills of fare and list of rules for guests that would make horse laugh. A contemporary discusses the future of Congressman Longworth. His immediate future is what most concerns the gentle man from Cincinnati
 An Ohio woman who says that her hus- band beat her on an average of once . week for fifteen years wants q divorcs on a. charge of desertlon. After 59O lick ings she apparently wants more.
 THE CONGRESSMAN.
 It's great to be a congressman
 And introduce the bills
 That many fond constituents
 Feel sure will cure their ills;
 To make speech in congress on
 subject that is dry
 And live in dear ola Washington,
 Where board is very high
 It's great to have an easy job
 With nothing much to do.
 Except to advertise yourself
 And court the interview
 legless man was dancing on his hG A in St. Louis when he was 'raided" 5y the police. He couldn't take to his heels," so he was caught.
 While the female suffragists are busy at Baltimore no one tninks to speak a good word for the male sufferers. It begins to appear that Johann Hoch will be hanged February g. His death day will come immediately after GEORGE WASHINGTON birthday. NO ROOM FOR IT.
 The White House is crowded
 With presents so thick
 We wonder where Teddy
 Will keep the big stick. Miss Jones publishes card announcing that she is not engaged to MT. Brown. as reported. Wouldn't that take your breath away! h A San Francisco man says he grow gold like potatoes. Would like to have a patch.
 A Connecticut free library has barred Jack London's books because he is an anarchist. On with the press! It pays to advertise.
 FEBRUARY IL i For messages by Cupid brought In truth, I do not pine. I'd rather have million bones To be my valentine. Still, we turn right around and remark:
 BE CONTENT. Because you are needy
 Don't think it's tough. The joy of living Should be enough Every time a fellows pipe is drawing well and he sees himself as he would like to be somebody comes along and puts it out. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
THE MouLToN ADVERTISER.

The Moulton Advertiser has ordered a new power press and will appear in a new dress April l, The Moulton Adver- tiser is one of the oldest papers in the state and is held in high esteem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
PETTus FRIEND OF SQUIRRELS.
ronl the Boston Post.

From the Boston Post
 Senator Pettus of Alabama is a great friend of the squirrels in the capitol grounds, and never forgets to put crust of bread in his pocket when he leaves his home in the morning, with which to feed the little fellows. Long life to him!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

An Ohio girl went around looking for a iob on the stage with gun in her hand. She might have gotten it if she hadn' | met a policeman before she found thea trical manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
NOT THAT WAY.

From the Florida Times-tnon.
 When The Age Herald says Birmingham may become a cement center. does it mean that the metropolis of Alabama is about to get stuck up?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

Chicago is to have an apartment build ing in which every flat will have its own garage. It is expected to greatly pro- mote automobiltis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

Chicago is to have a big apartment house for automobilists. An elevator will carry each ones auto to his apartments, smell and all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

A college football player is suing Me Clure's magazine for libel because of an article on College Graft" The exposure business is playing out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

The Castellane business is really an immigration matter-the immigration of American girls with fat pocketbooks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

N STRIKING denunciation was ut VA tered by judge the other day. He said to prisoner before the bar, "only a man can sink as low as you" The beasts of the field do not reach the degradation of humanity In it's lowest stages. Just as man Is infinitely superior to them in his better self. so he seems able to fall equally as far below them when he starts down.. Sayants will tell you that it is because a man has a soul and a beast none. Whatever the explanation, the virtues of some brutes and the vices of some men make a strange comparison. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says that when a famished. Cherokee darts behind a prescription desk in the Indian Terri tory and whispers "uno" the clerk sets out fire water' Putting the machinery of our thought in operation, we opine that Juno" is derived from you know" which is an abbreviation for you know what want.p Aren't we cute?
 POOR FATHER. Dear father takes his meals down town Perched on a quick lunch stool, While mother dear is baking cake Down at the cooking school.  An Indiana man applied for saloon license but his mother-in-law shouted for temperance and his request was re- fused There it is again tr geles because he was tired of life. He ought to have moved away.
 THEY PAY FOR TT ALL. The queen is in the pantry,
 Eating bread and honey; The king is in a poker game
 Losing all his money; The princess runs an auto car, The prince is shaking dice. The subjects that the king doth rule Are putting up the price.  Rear Admiral Wilde has the whooping cough. Bet he got his feet wet  A man in Indiana asked a. young wom- an for a chew of tobacco and she hit him so many times with a shovel that he felt depressed. Women. of course, do not chew tobacco. E. THE WHITE HOUSE PRESENTS.
 Ropes of diamonds,
 Cups and clocks,
 Bowls and pitchers,
 Rare lace stocks,
 Pictures, paintings,
 Works of art,
 Things to please a
 Womans heart,
 Tapestries and
 Silverware,
 Cut glass that is
 Marked '.With Care"
 Trinkets, jewels,
 Garments fine,
 Nameless things that
 Clean and shine;
 Rric-a-brac, stuff For the house,
 Hose we see when
 There's a mouse.
 Every day brings
 More and more.
 Alice has a
 Mighty store. Paul Lawrence Dunbar. the negro poet, who died Friday in Dayton, Ohio, had a peculiar gift for transferring the home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11

A New Jersey clergyman has ofhciated at 1000 funerals. If he has been equally fortunate in performing wedding cere- monies he is probably well off.