The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-02


tnues to soar upward, but blackberries
are plentiful although the plum crop is
short.
Mobile Herald: A Chicago woman is ac-
eused of putting hair in her husbands
morning pancakes. Thus another divorce
suit begins
Ozark Southern Star: 1t seems to be
about as hard to convict a man of muir
der in Houston county as the Biblical
saying about rieI man getting into
Heaven.
Marion County News: We want DEM
/ oerat for President next time. We don't
/ care whether he comes from the north,
SOUTH east or west. The man is what
we desire
Ensey Enterprise: When noted republic
/ cans visit the south they laud us up with
hot air. When an issue comes up in Con-
gress beneficial to the SOUTH they throw
chunks of ice at It,
Collnsville Courier: Birmingham's base
ball team the Coal Barons. have some
pretty strong supporters around Collins
vile who regret to see them sliding off
the end of existence.
Pine Belt News: The prophets who own
! up to having predicted the California
earthquake ought to be invited to take
a guess at the date of the completion of
the Panama canal. They would never live
to see it verified.
Dadeville Spot Cash: Property in Ala
bama is increasing in value Great devel-
opment is going on all over the state and
money put into Alabama land is a good
investment. The advantages and induce
ments that this state has to offer settlers
are unsurpassed.
Mobile Item: A Chicago man arrested
for assault was fined SIS. In payment of
the fine the man filled out a blank check
drawn on the Wilmington Sand bank. The
magistrate accepted it. and is now look
ing for a sand bank where he can get
his check cashed
Atmore Spectrum: New York editors are
| all worked up over the brutality of a sub
way conductor who slugged a passenger.
1t Is safe to say that had 1t happened
anywhere south of New York nobody but
the coroner would have had any interest
in the conductors case.
| Marion Standard: We'll I'll admit l
am an awful liar" was the confession Of
a Danville Ill, boy. who had been ar
rested for theft and tried to implicate
other boys. That boy will never make
a statesman of the Roosevelt type. nor
even climb to the position of Chairman
| Chandler.
Prattville Progress: Too many farmers
are trying to farm more land than they
can handle we'll. There are too many
half-section farms managed by quarter
section men Many a man gets a poor
living from 100 acres of land who might
do exceptionally well on 40 acres.
Huntsville Mercury: The Senate may
allow Senator Burton 10 resign before he
is placed in jail. but if it does it will
not relieve the Senate of the odium Of
having a convicted criminal on its rolls.
Burton should have been expelled long
since If the Senate desired to keep Its
record unspotted.
Montgomery Advertiser There was a
saying few years ago that towards the
closing hours of the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture some member would say: IF the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad has no further use
for this body, I move we adjourn sine
/ I,,1o
the Senate of the United States is in
position for some member to say, when
the senator from Rhode Island, Mr.. AL
drich, is through with us, 1 move we adj
| journ."
Shifted Reaper: Senators Morgan and
Pettus of Alabama composed two of the
three senators who voted against the rail-
road rate bill in the Senate. These able
lawyers and statesmen hold that the bill
violates the constitution of the United
States in that it takes away from the
states the rights guaranteed by the con-
stitution. They also hold that it will
practically nullify the power of the rail-
road commission of Alabama. There has
! been some criticism of the Alabama SEN
ators for their opposition to the bill. but
ii is unjust II they are honest in their
oplnions--and we think that no man will
question their integrity-they are right In
the course they have taken
| e-Gurley Herald: The Charleston News
and Courier, one of the ablest edited and
most influential daily papers in the south,
express our, sentiments exactly when it
says: "The people are getting tired of the
Big Stick. and very tired of Mr. Roose-
welt, his homilies his querulousness, his
assumption of superior virtue, his cowboy
manners In our opinion the Standard
Oil people ought to be put In Jail, but
il they intend to fight it out with the
| President on the lines suggested in the
answer of Rogers and Archbold to the
| Presidents message, we trust that there
| will be a suspension of sentence at least
until the country can enjoy fully the en-
| gagement between these doughty cham
! pions in the art of mud singing
THE LITTLE BENT PIN.
From the Philadelphia Press.