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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-15

At the regular monthly meeting Of
the Town Board, last Tuesday night,
bills were voted amounting to about
5000, mostly for street improve
ments. G. +. Hanson was authoriz.
ed to proceed to collect the subscrip-
tions made for pikeing the street from
the station to the bridge. 1t was vo-
ted TO get the stone .crusher out and
prepare stone for repairing the
streets. No bids we're offered for
the electric light franchise, and so
nothing was done in that matter.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-15

number. will be given Saturday night,
December Sth, by DR.. George Hind
ley on "Will It Take?"
Mr.. Byron Lamson, of Spokane,
Wash, the only uncle OF Mrs. Dodge,
has been Visiting at Prof. Dodge's
home. He left last Monday for Cleye-
land. o.
Col. Moss of Louisville, was in Be
rea on business Friday.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-15

The law made 10 keep cattle and all
other stock from running loose on the
streets, dirtying sidewalks and dam
aging gardens and other property is
not being kept here now, SO well as
II has been during the summer. Some
OF the small mountain towns are get
ting ahead Of Berea In this respect.
II care Is not taken some one will be
greatly hurt when he has TO pay a
fine for this careless violation Of law
and decency.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-15
Telegram from President Battle.
Boston. Mass, Nov. l3

DVotvHi NIuo5'i -NVF' TUT
To the Editor Of The Citizen:
Permit me herewith to express my
countless thanks and overwhelming
appreciation to Berea College to
Berea Churches and to all Bereans
for their generous response to our
trustee here Prof Dinsmore in behalf
OF Okolona Industrial College The
Godlke spirit Of Berea is turning
these sacred ashes into stone.
WALLACE A. BATTLE, Pres.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-15
ADVERTISEMENTS

Copy for changes in advertisements
or for new ones should be handed in
as early as possible. To be sure Of
getting into the current number they
must be In editors hands by Monday
night.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-15
West side OF house for rent.
NJ. X. PAsoo.

j. w. Stephens new coal bin is
open and filed with all grades Of
coal. Prices reasonable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
Locality of Justices.

The supreme court consists of Jus tiees Stinson of Lauderdale, Dowdell and Denson of Chambers, Anderson of Marengo, Tyson of Montgomery and Haralson of Dallas. A central east and-west line fin this state passes through Calera, and at present five justices of the supreme court live south of that line, and only one north of 1t. Five to one is disportionate, especially when the population and in- creasing business of the mineral dis triet is taken into consideration.
 Locality should not be all-controlling in the selection of justices of the su- preme court. The best man who can be induced to serve is wanted there. When, however. the man and the To- cality claim coincide, it is certainly just and reasonable to give the latter some weight.
 Birmingham has been accused of being politically hungry, but today 1t has no senator, no governor, no justice of the supreme court, and not much representation in the offices in the capitol. Modesty in asking for prefer ment is Birmingham's failing, not greed for office. But Birmingham pre- sents now Samuel D. Weakley, a law yer of high attainments and excellent personal qualities. It is good time to do this part of the state justice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
INTERESTING STORY OF
 THE TOBACCO PLANT

leaf is kept by itself, not packed against a medium or ordinary grade where 1t may absorb undesirable qualities.
 "A stemmerie? That's the branch standing between the curing barn and the factory as new and scientific means or improving the quality of the tobacco and insuring uniformity. The tobacco is blended there. Ordinarily a workman takes a few bits of leaf from two or three piles and rolls them into a cigar: that's mixing, not blending, and 1t makes the difference between perfect smoke and a poor one.
 "The standard of workmanship in re- gard to cleanliness, healthfulness and in- telligence is improving all the time; 1t has reached a high plane today in most of the big factories. Cigars are made by hand' but in all other particulars modern methods have done away with all hand ling wherever possible. A trip through an old fashioned cigar factory of famil- iarity with conditions that once held will make a man appreciate what this cleanli- ness means"
 There are men in Kansas City who have their cigars mace to order. Charles W. Armous smokes ''panetela' cigar made of Havana tobacco. They are made in just the size and weight he likes. Sold in store, these private cigars would cost 15 cents each; they are good enough for MT. Armour, but he keeps finer stock for his friends.
 w. H. Winants, vice president of the National Bank of Commerce, smokes six domestic cigars a day, but has a box of heavy Havana grown stock on his desk to give to people who call on him. They're very choice, but one is enough to make the ordinary visitor see things. MT. Win ants Is tidy" smoker, drops ashes on his waistcoat and never lets a cigar go out till it's mission has been accom- plished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
Blrmlnsham's Young Men.

"Birmingham's young citizens are as active and intelligent lot of business men as I have ever seen," said George B. Watkins of New York at the Eillman last night. ''rhey have impressed me more favorably than can express, and I want to say now that with such a fine set of business men the city and the entire dis trict cannot do otherwise than move for ward continuously toward the desired end.
 "I cannot recall single city anywhere on the globe where the young men have so effectively taken charge of large busi- ness enterprises and have so successfully brought them up to the highest state of prosperity. Birmingham has more young men as leaders than any place I know. I suppose the older men are still doing fine work, but it is the great number of the youngsters which attracted my atten- ton before I had been in this district many hours.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
Bessemer's AngIo-Saxon Sunday.

Bessemer is indulging in closed doors on Sunday, even to an extent that would have delighted the souls of Puritans three hundred years ago. All places of business except those favored by state legislation are closed on Sunday. Common carriers may con tinue to carry things about on Sunday, and druggists may sell on that day Peruna and other articles said to be re- lated to the healing art, and restaurant keepers may feed the hungry, but all other places of business are closed in Bessemer on Sunday by order of the police department. The inviting fruit stand cannot display it's goods, nor can the bootblack ply his trade, nor can the newstands keep open doors beyond an hour named by the police, nor Is It certain in Bessemer that a milk man can distribute Sundays product.
 The statutes of the state are, how ever. unreasonable in one respect. While they do not command the people of this state to select some other day than Sunday for their final exits from this world they do not authorize un- dertakers to do business on that day. This created a deadlock and the Bes- semer police court, Mayor Sullivan pre- siding, was forced to decide that un- dertakers need not obey the Sunday closing regulations.
 The line between Sunday business and weekday business is not easily drawn, and Bessemer Is not to be seoffed at if it does not make the pun ishment fit the crime every time. An Anglo-Saxon Sunday is not a German Sunday, or a Russian Sunday, or French Sunday, and Bessemer Is sim ply trying to restore the Anglo-Saxon Sunday of tradition and precedent, It is not finding the task altogether easy and pleasant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
lJp-te-Date Flats,

A we'll known Chicago capitalist pro poses to outdo even New York in the construction of an apartment house for the use of automobilists, for he proposes to build flats that will by means of a special elevator have each it's own garage The flat dweller can in other words step right into his motor car in his own living rooms, be conveyed to the street by means of a mammoth elevator, when he can go on his way rejoicing at the highest speed the city recognizes. He need not put foot on ground until he arrives at his place of business.
 But a garage is well-nigh valueless unless a repair shop go with it, and a gasoline tank, and the insurance men would object to the presence of the latter. A garage with every fiat may be feasible, but it is plain that the Chicago capitalist and the Chicago architect has several problems to solve before the combination can be made wholly feasible and acceptable.
 The additions to flats are innumer- able, but no one of them is so daring as the proposition to bring the garage and the fiat together, making them one for all living and moving purposes The proposed structure in Chicago is to be built as rapidly as good archi- lecture will permit The architect Is Peter J. Webber, and 1t may interest those who know Chicago to be told that it is to be located on the Lake Shore drive, at the corner of Elm street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16

day. Mr. Gordon Is popular and suc- cessful newspaper man. The Star is one of the most up to date afternoon papers in the state.
 Fred Watson of Winston, N C., Is at the Birmingham
 T. L. Norman of West Point Ga, is at the Birmingham.
 II. B. Johnson of Louisville is at the Birmingham.
 MT. and Mrs. II. C. Hopkins of Gads- den are at the Morris. g. J, Morgan of Bioeton is at the Nor ris.
 B. c. Duncan of Dadeville is registered at the Morris.
 J. Aitmeyer Of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 John Hightower of sylacauga is regis tered at the Morris.
 MT. and Mrs. c. E. Meeks of Gadsden dtN cl lIH NloiiiSf
 F. H. Brown of Louisville is at the St. Nicholas.
 
 Dr. L. NJ. Hand of Gadsden is at the St. Nicholas.
 J. E. Denhale of Gurnsey is at the St.. Nicholas.
 c. c. Morgan and Ithis Nixon of Oxford are at the Metropolitan Judge A. F. McGee of Anniston is the Metropolitan.
 R. A. Aston of Atlanta Is at the Metro politan.
 Charles Henderson of Troy is at the Metropolitan.
 Dr. J. c. Walker of siluria is at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
BRIDAL LORE.

From the New York Press.
 From year to year bridal lore changes slightly and brides continue superstitious enough to believe in anything handed out by so-caled oracles. Here is the latest version of old roads to connubial bliss:
 January Bride-Prudent housekeeper snd sweet tempered.
 February-Affectionate wife and tender mother.
 to quarreling.
 April-Inconstant, not intelligent. fairly good looking.
 May-Handsome, amable and of a happy disposition.
 June-Impetuous and generous.
 July-Pretty smart and quick tempered. August-Amiable and practical.
 eptember-Discreet affable and much liked.
 October-Pretty, coquettish and jealous. November-Liberal and kind. but of a wild disposition.
 December-Well proportioned, fond of novelty, entertaining and extravagant,
 It is unlikely that any tried, true and sensible bachelor can be persuaded to choose an ugly old maid for a partner be- cause of a belief that if they marry in May she will be handsome, amiable and of happy disposition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
Treatment of Pneumonia.

In the census year pneumonia Killed TOE, 1000 persons in this country. One h evtry four attacked by the disease died. and medical scientists have ever since been endeayoring to curb the dread trouble. They seem to prefer the outdoor air treatment which may be considered pretty well established Wards on the roofs of hospitals Nare now freely used, and air from outdoors is brought in by means of rubber tubes for breathing purposes.
 "The plan of treatment" 1t Is ex- plained, "is simple in the extreme, and is based primarily on the recognition of the fact that a patient with a high fever and a dry skin cannot catch cold. It is also recognized that the feet must be kept warm. Plenty or water, in small quantities at time, is administered on the theory that it helps sweep from the system the poisons generated by the disease Food easy of digestion must be ad- ministered, so as not to tax the di- gestive functions unduly when the en- tire physical system is organizing to combat an army of germs that have attacked particular part of the body"
 The open-air treatment is the antith- esis of former practices in combating the disease, but the old method did not save the lives of patients, whereas the new treatment does lead to large percentages of recovery, especially in the cases of children. There seems to be no reason why it should not fit adults equally as well. At any rate it has obtained a favorable start, and it promises at present to lead to a beneficial revolution in the handling of an unusually deadly type of disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
The Chief Justlceship.

The Tyson campaign, said a politician yesterday, lis being pushed in a sys- tematic and strenuous manner Petitions in his favor for the chief jesticeship or Alabama are being carried ahout in Huntsville Anniston. Gadsden, Tailadega' Camden, centreville. Luverne, Alexander City, Opelika, Andalusa, Birmingham Mobile, Tuscaloosa. Demopols. Bay Ml- nette. Dothan, Geneva, Enterprise Ozark Dadeville. Ashland. columbiana Wetump- ka, Prattvllle. Clanton Tuskegee and Haynevile.
 'sThe Jefferson county bar is strongly in favor of Samuel D. Weakley and his chances for appointment are excellent
 The new chief justice will sit on the present term until June, and he will pre- side over the November term until his successor is declared elected in January
 The state executive committee has not yet decided how successor is to be chosen, but 1t will no doubt do so at an early date"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
Inspecting Alabama Rivers.

The house committee on rivers and harbors has decided to inspect in per son the rivers and harbors of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. The committee will be accompanied by sev- eral members of the House interstate and foreign commerce committee. and its ten days trip in southern waters will be begun about March 6.
 The Commercial club should get in touch with this official expedition, and, if possible. it should induce it to visit this district with view of study ing it's tonnage, present and pros pective. It's present tonnage is inn mense. The railroads move every year in this district 2O,Ooo0OO tons.. and ten years from now they may move twice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
M EMoRIEs.

By w. E. Henley. When you are old, and I am passed
 away Passed. and your face, your golden face.
 is gray I think whateer the end, this dream of
 mine, Comforting you, a friendly star will
 shine Down the dim slope where still you stum-
 ble and stray. So may it be, that no dead Yesterday, No sad-eyed ghost but generous and gay, May serve your memories, like almighty
 wine,
 When you are old. Dear Heart, it shall be so. Under the
 sway Of death the past's enormous disarray Lies hushed and dark. Yet though there
 come no sign, Live on well pleased; immortal and di-
 vine Love shall stin tend you. as Gods angels
 may,
 When you are old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
Theatrical Coarseness.

There is really no excuse for coarse ness in theatrical performance, said Manager semon of the Bilou. It can readily be explained, however. There is always a certain element in a theatre audience that laughs uproariously at every risque joke. and performers think that they must throw out q few choice morsels, as it were, to the people who are hungry for something that Is sug- gestiye. Decent people do not like coarse ness in a performance. If they would hiss every objectionable reference and every vulgar attitude on the stage there would be a reform in hurry, l can as- sure you.
 Sometimes the inherent 'toughness' of some players. of whom there are few still In the profession and drawing good salaries leads them to commit offenses against common decency. These people reflect in their acts on the stage the kind of life they lead in private, and cannot be tco severely condemned for perpetrating questionable jokes.
 After all, 1t is the public that must be the judge. If the rough element in an audience would not applaud filthy jokes and the best people in the house would show their disapproval these highly scented bon mots would be elimi- nated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
TROUBLE.

TROUBLE. What makes the old world darker Than 1t really ought to be? What makes the days seem longer, Sometimes. to you and me?
 It's trouble,
 Nothing but trouble. What makes a man grow older And wear a look of care? What fills his face with wrinkles And powders white his hair?
 It's trouble,
 Nothing but trouble. What makes a fellow grouehy What makes him wax profane? What makes him drop good breeding And courtesies disdain?
 It's trouble
 Nothing but trouble. What is society? Nothing but a sham" says John D. Rockefeller, Jr. It is like his dear old dad. Chicagoans are planning to ride up to the top floors of flats In their auto cars. No. Maudie, the autos will not climb up there as you sometimes see them try Ing to climb trees out in the country. boom has been launched in Ohio to make Nicholas Longworth governor. Let's get him married first.
 AN OUTLET.
 Little cuss words
 Now and then
 Help to sooth the
 Wrath of men. "A man who would give dope to a race horse would poison a baby."-Col Biff. man can abuse his wife and get off at it, but when he abuses his stomach he has to pay the penalty. Edward H. Conger Is said to be looking for trouble in China. There is no reason why he should go so far from home.
 SINGS ANY WAY. When the leaf is sere and yellow, When it's budding in the spring Makes no difference what it's doing. It inspires a poet to sing. man in Ohio who had chewed tobacco for fifty years quit few months ago and now he is dead.
 ESPECIALLY AT THIS SEASON. Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones oh sea. For I'd rather have you breaking there Than breaking over me. It is gratifying to state that the comic valentine suffered woeful slump this year. May 1t disappear forever and a dayl
 A college professor advocates the dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 n@ HERE'S an interesting story 'VCD in the tobacco business, follow
 & ing the plant from the field to the cigar store counter, and few men know it." said Lewis Lewkowitz, at the Coates house Tn fact, you can ma something good to talk or write about in nearly every mans. occupation. How many men really know anything about the cigars they smoke? Men Will ask for one brand for awhile and then change to another, and two-thirds of them can't detect the difference if you switch cigars on them. Some men will smoke anything that costs 10 cents, and would have nt if vou offered them a box of 5-centers equally as pleasant to smoke, although not so good. Two-thirds of the men couldn't tell which was which if you gave them 5 and 1o-cent cigar to smoke without distinguishing mark on either.
 .Ever notice how many sizes and shapes of cigars are made now? Some brands grades from cents to $l each. There are 'panetelas.' the slim size that f1ts the mouth so comfortably; there are club housa' shapes that wouldn't fit anyone's face. short cigars for after breakfash; .panetelas' for luncheon big, black, husky cigars for after-dinner smokes and all the intermediate stages, too.
 "clgars are made to sell for 1 cent each. 11s. ?. 21a 8, 4. 5, 6, 10, 121s' b and 25 cents and. of course, the higher price goods, too Then, there's stogies and cheroots for xindling outdoor smokes, and many other brands.
 .The culture and handling of tobacco have been reduced to science. In Cuba for instance, men have spent months studying the conditions of temperature and climate in that country. conditions which are ideal for tobacco culture and for bringing out the best there Is in the leaf after 1t has been separated from the parent plant. The result of this study has been the perfecting of a system of handling American tobacco. grown under conditions closely similar to those exist ing in Cuba Cuban temperature and hu- midity are exactly duplicated in the field warehouses. where the ray leaf ferments; in the 'stemmeries' where 1t is scientiil- cally treated and made ready for man. ufacture and in the big 'humidors' where the finished cigars are preserved until ready to be sold.
 Cuban tobacco owes much of it's ex- cellence to the climatic conditions under which it is handled after having been har- vested. and the duplicating of those meth ods and conditions is adding wonderfully to the aromatic qualities of American grown tobacco. Immediately after the harvest the tobacco goes to the field stor- age houses, where the plants are sus- peended on poles until evaporation has re- moved all greenness and most of the rankness It stays there >for several weeks and gradually changes from viv7 id green to rich brown of varying shades. The tobacco is then packed in boxes or bales and stored in rooms where A certain temperature must be main tained until the natural fermentation is finished. This takes several months.
 'Srhere is no hurry in making cigars. The tobacco has to be kept in storage usually for two years before it is really matured. Did you know that? The best
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16

that number of tons. So great a ton mage is rarely met in any country, or in any part of this great country, and the heavy articles that cry out in. this district for water transportation to tidewater in order to compete in southern cities with Pittsburg pro ducts, should be impressed upon the minds of the members of the rivers and harbors committee. This can be readily done by inducing them to visit Birmingham, where a tour of two days could be usefully spent in acquiring information at first hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-16
STATE POLITICS


 Montgomery Journal: There is still talk of Col. John W. Tomlinson of Birmingham entering the race for alternate senator. There is always room for one more. Colo mel Tomlinson has many friends through out the state.
 Ensley Enterprise: If the voter of Jeffer- son county can't find man to suit his ideas of what a sheriff ought to be he is hard to please, judging from the com- plexion of the candidates in the present race for that position
 Columbiana Sentinel: The Sentinel be- lieves that Shelby county will make John United States senators in case of va- eancy. They are two of the brightest men in the south. and worthy to succeed the two able men who now represent Alabama in the highest lawmaking body in this country
 Mobile Register: Mobile has a distin- guished visitor in Mir. B. B. Conner state railroad commissioner and candidate for governor of Alabama. As the original banner carrier of rate reform in this state and through the persistency and consistency with which he has followed up the campaign he launched when he was before the people for commissioner, ho has a decided advantage in obtaining the public ear. The people admire earnest ness and this MT. Conner possesses in large degree.