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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
EVOLUTION AT DANvlLLE, VA.
The Industrial Growth of Great Cot.
 ton Town.
From the Danville Register.

From the Danville Register.
 brief reference to economic factors put in operation here during this period (ten years). and some of them of quite re- cent origin, will be interesting and con- vey information which we dare say many of our citizens do not now know. Dur ing the last ten years Danville has start ed. in the manufacture of cotton goods, 4sOOs spindles, 1906 looms and put to work S75 operatives. On July 1 of this year this new plant will be exactly double. making a total of S6.016 spindes, S2l2 looms and 1750 operatives. to which Is to be added 73,96O spindles. 2653 looms and 1850 operatives in operation prior to this pe- riod, making a grand total of 1876 spindles, 5Ss5 looms and 33o0 operatives, with an annual pay roll of $9a0. .0O0. and do- ing business of $45O0000 a year. During this period Danville men have put in op- eration plant which manufactures pants coats, shirts and overalls. putting out from 25.O0O to 300OO dozens per year. employing 1o0 operatives and does a busi- ness of S1600O0 annually. During this pe- riod Danville men have started Q knitting factory which employs 135 operatives and puts out 135.O0O dozens of its product an- nually. and we are informed by the presi- dents of these respective enterprises that the capacity of both will be practically doubled in the immediate future.
 During this period Danville men have built and equipped furniture factory which employs 80 skilled men. put out 10000 finished pieces, and does business of $135.000 per annum. The products of these factories go east, west, north and south, and into Mexico. We were really surprised 10 learn that every one of these concerns ship goods into New York City. They are equipped with latest improved machines for their respective work. and some of them so wonderfully automatic that VIC can but stand and marvel at a budget of inorganic matter so nearly approachins human reason.
 In . mercantile way we will only speak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Immunity Baths.

In the rush of bills in the closing days of Congress the immunity bill should not be overlooked It was originally a Senate bill. The Senate passed it. It was amended before pas sage in the House, and doubtless the differences between the two Houses will be settled in conference. The bill is booked to become law before ad- journment
 As the bill stood any one from whom any information had been derived could claim immunity from prosecu- tion. It was in this way that the beef trust principals were released by Judge Humphreys. The House bill provides that immunity shall be granted only to persons who testify on oath in some proceeding authorized by the federal statutes or in obedience to a subpoena to produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, and establishes definite legal standard by virtue of which it can be determined by a public record when and to whom immunity has been granted. It also confines immunity to witnesses on the part of the govern ment. When the pending bill becomes law the government will know when it Is conferring immunity on it's investi- gations, and the Judge Humphreys in the land will be deprived of opportuni- ties to turn loose without punishment offenders of the beef trust or any other trust or corporation. Immunity will be put on a definite and intelligible basis, and the Senate will assuredly meet the House half way in the attempt to put an end to unjust decisions under the interstate commerce act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

of what has and is being done in a strict ly jobbing way. and we mention these only in order to point out where, in our opinion, we may largely increase this branch of the city's commerce, and at the same time be helpful in establishing a prestige for this city as a general job- ping center. The general merchant in our territory when he goes to market wants a general mixture of goods, and he is apt to go to the city in which there are jobbers carrying every line he wants. We now have a number of wholesale grocery houses. all of which, we believe, started with small capital and have worked up by energy and industry to a solid and suo- cessful prosperity. We have hardware concern that dropped the retail business some six or eight years ago and went strictly Into jobbing. It's sales for the first year therafter amounted to siO,Oo0 Its sales for the year now ending is $l65,000. It is modernly equipped and trav- els five men. These facts show that a general jobbing business can be done from Danville.
 There is no point in the state that of fers better opening for the jobbing of shoes. dry goods, notions. drugs and mill supplies than does this city.
 We believe that either or all of these can be worked from Danville on just as good paying basis as from any other place. Danville is now sending out about fifty live, intelligent salesmen. These men can- not do their work and succeed with out advertising Danville wherever they go and If this be true, suppose we were to double the number-what must be the result? Furthermore the sole work of every enterprise to which we have referred is to bring money into the city that would not otherwise come here. The up- p-to-date idea now Is to get or make the goods and go after business. It seems to us that there Is a good opening for a live, intel ligent colonizing and labor agency here. There is a demand for labor of all kinds and it brings good price.
 We have not touched upon our main in- dustry-tobacco. It would fill a whole col- umn for a meager recital of what is do- ing in that line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
A SHOP GIRL DIALOGUE.

From the Chicago Tribune "Saylil.' exclaimed the girl at the handkerchief counter.
 "Wotsmatter now?" asked the girl at the ribbon counter.
 intchoogittinnufteet? "Wojjaskinthatfur?" ''Yooraookinkina thin" "Yartoo. Betterficksher back hair Scummin down.
 "Quitcherrubberin. Mine jeroan big But she fixed her back hair. "Saylil.
 ''Saycherseff'
 "Jevvergitcherforshun told?" "Yeh-wunseruwce. Ever gichoors?" ''Yeh. Ootole 1uh?''
 "Erdkitsmlth sayinso Cumtroo?' ''Notchet."
 "Thinkitwill?'
 ''I.kasnot Letchoono fit does" ''sayjen. Juno Kitenbills keepincump- ny?'
 "Awka moff.''
 "Stroo zima stanniheer." ''Howjeerit?"
 "Salright. Yoolerabout 1t soonuff. Say jen, canchooket on.'
 Say. there, you girls" interrupted the fioorwalker. who happened along at this moment. GO back to your customsrs."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
Jamestown Exposition.

"1 find that many persons are under the impression that the Jamestown ex- position Is to be held at Jamestown, but the site of the buildings Is on Hampton Roads about six or seven miles from Norfolk" said man who recently vis- tied Virginia.
 fl Jamestown is on the James river 40 ebiles above Norfolk and the only rem nant of the ancient settlement is the ruins of the tower of the church in which the early English colony worshipped. The his- toric spot is only seven miles from Will liamsburg, which is on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad Tourists will have easy access to the place where the Eng fish landed, for there Is an excellent boat line from Norfolk and a trolley line is being built from Williamsburg to James, town.
 ''I visited the exposition site The grounds have been laid off; miles of macadam roadway have been made and cement sidewalks have been completed, but work on the buildings has not been started. It is said that the buildings are to be erected without further delay and that they will be completed within six months. Several large hotels are in course of construction in Norfolk to accommo- date the exposition crowds. The exposi- ton is to open May l."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
OPPORTUNITY
From the chattanoopa Times

From the Chattanooga Times.
 According to the Birmingham Age-Her- aid, John James Ingalls, says that op- portunity knocks but once, whereas 1t rains blows continuously on some doors and gumshoes by other doors. Ingalls view of opportunity. was strictly poetic" Yes; and plagiaristic. He came by the idea with poetic license, merely trans lated from the Italian the little verse so generally attributed to him. Of course, he deserves credit for that. but not so much as if he had originated it. Nobody ever speaks of Browns or Smiths Les Miserables." but always of Hugo's. He was the author of the immortal work, the others were translators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT.

By John Henry (CardinaD Newman. Prune thou thy words; the thoughts con-
 trol
 That OCT thee swell and throng;- They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft. luxurious flow, Shrinks from hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. Faiths meanest deed more favor bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed. Than brightest transports, choicest pray.
 CTS,
 Which bloom their hour and fade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
TN HOTEL HOBBIES
Wishes He Lived Here.

"I wish l had my stock of goods in Birmingham and that l lived here, so far as business interests are concerned, ? said Lowry Porter of Atlanta, agent in several southern cities for big tin com pany of the east.
 ''If I had my stock of goods here I could dispose of it in about one-half the tune that it requires in Atlanta. All the big eastern concerns are putting agencies in Atlanta and the competition there is very great
 Birmingham is a big city, much bigger in faA than I thought it was, and l see signs of progress on all sides. I like the city and like the people have met here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
VARIED CAREER WAS THAT
 OF KIDNAPER J. J. KEANE

From the New York Commercial.
 JOHN J. KEANE, the kidnaper of (OJ little Charles Frederick Muth. O who was arrested yesterday at the point of a pistol, has had varied career. His history records him as:
 Kidnaper
 Bank robber.
 Embezzler.
 Petty thief.
 Wife deserter.
 Confidence man.
 Probably burglar
 This is one side of the character of Keane. who at last faces life-imprison- ment. The other side of his character is recorded as:
 Inventor.
 Author.
 Studied for priesthood.
 Fine mathematician.
 Chemist.
 The 42 years of his life have been crowded with exciting episodes. He closed his career in New York by stealing s20,- 900 from the Harlem Bank in 1894 He has since lived here, a life of mystery, even to his family, according to their story and his capture brings to an end the public life of a man described by the police as most dangerous
 Keane has stolen one fortune, made one fortune and lost both upon the race track and in the offices of stock brokers. His desperate course in capturing the Mutf boy was to prevent his arrest for em- bezzling sS2O, and, the police say, to pro- vide funds for a woman with whom he was intimate. Keane comes from an ex- cellent New York family. His parents and one brother, Eugene, live at 967 Park avenue, New York. His father recently died of apoplexy, and his mother is a sufferer from heart trouble. Two other brothers, Edward and Thom- as, are in the real estate business in New York and fourth brother. William, is to be ordained a priest at Woodstock Md, on June 26. The kidnaper was the black sheep of the family. At the early stage of his career he gave no evidence of the evil tendencies which afterward ruled him. He began life as student in a Catholic institution in New York, and studied for the priest hood. Then the craze to make money came to him and he entered the office of a real estate broker. He was unusually kuick at figures and went ahead rapidly In connection with the real estate busi- ness he became an inventor, securing a patent for sanitary lavatory.
 To promote this he organized stock company and finally sold out his interest after having made about ssO.ooo Mean while he had become connected with the Harlem bank. He began speculating ir the stock market and quickly lost all his money. As his resources diminished he married a Miss Geroux. With the evi- dent intention of trying to begin life anew. he stole s2O GOO from the bank where he was employed. The bank officials made every effort to prevent this crime from becoming public at the time, but they have never ceased to prosecute a search for Keane.
 The moment he was arrested in Phil adelphia the police received dispatch from Inspector Mclaughlin of New Yorh asking If Keane was the young man wht had robbed the bank. He went to Phiia ] delphia F years ago, taking . house il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
County Teachers.

"The summer school being conducted in the corridors of the city hall is the nucleus of a permanent review school for teachers" said Prof. R. G. Hewitt, one of the faculty, yesterday. We have about sixty students thls year, where we only had about twenty last year"
 "The fact Is that the county is de- manding more and better teachers each year The standard Is being perceptibly raised and the present institution was founded for the purpose of helping to meet the demand. Students that graduate from high schools and normal schools ire quently require some little coaching to pass a successful examination for the higher grade certificates, and they are finding that this is just the place to get that help. The work is well and thorough ly done, and the school is destined to in- crease in usefulness and prestige"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
NOT A NEW IDEA.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
 What is your idea of true love?" ask ed the romantic maid.
 True love-" answered the practical young man. lis the art of saying noth- ing and trading kisses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
About Persons.

William G. Walker of Union Springs is attending the annual meeting of the Scot tish Rite Masons being held at the Ma sonic Temple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

New Mexico Is passively sitting OH the fence, while Arizona is bitterly opposed to joint statehood. The pro- posed proposition will not be apt to crystalline into fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The Emperor dare not dissolve the Douma, because it's members would proceed to educate every district of Russia up to the point of revolution. They would take the stump. as we say in this country, in home districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

N PITEOUS bowling rose above the PV roar of traffic on Second avenue yesterday morning. Forthwith a crowd of ragamuffins and street loafers rushed to the scene of disturbance, where a diminutive darley had taken a stray cur with a wire loop attached to a pole, after the fashion of dog catchers. In vain the dog cried and besought his release. His captor remained stolid until there appeared & quaint vehicle driven by man in a blue coat and dlapidated felt hat The dog wagon of Birmingham is a curious affair. much resembling those dejected conveyances used by bakers in small southern towns. It Is black-eoy- ered-ominous shade!-and across the rear there is a rude wooden lattice which is swung open for the reception of arrested CUTS. Two little negroes lounged on top of the wagon, one sprawling flat on his back. Another was seated by the driver. who held his reins lightly over mouse-colored mule. While the crowd looked on in silence the unfortunate dog, his yelps rising at regular intervals on the summer air, was thrust into the wagon. Then came a red-headed. bare headed man with a protest. He seemed to be the animals owner But the sol emn-looking official was obdurate and speaking a word of encouragement to the mule, he drove off down the street his four black aids grinning sardonically.
 LET IT ALONE.
 Don't look for trouble as you go,
 No matter what you do,
 For trouble any day will have
 No trouble finding you.
 I've only minute to stay" said Mrs. B. to Mrs C., but she stayed two hours. and the neighbors to this day don't know how they fared
 There is nothing doing on Sunday in Louisville.
 It is rumored that Alexander Berkman. the anarchist, Is on the verge of writing a book entitled ''To Hell and Back" If he really went there 1t is a great pity that he ever returned.
 HOW THEY LOOK The shortsleeves girl doth venture forth
 NHch hd9o die uly anu uuSIy. Sometimes her elbows please the eye
 Sometimes they're hard and rusty.
 When you go to see the dramatized version of ''The Jungle" maids you had better take along your smelling salts
 Men and mosquitoes appreciate open work clothes.
 There is nothing more general in char acter than boarding house hash.
 Breakfast food manufacturers are wax ing arrogant
 THE POOR PEDESTRIAN. Who Is 1t gets it in the neck?
 The poor pedestrian.
 Who has small chance to live, by heck? The poor pedestrian.
 Who has to dodge from day to day? Who sadly blunders in the way? Who doesn't dare to stop or stay?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Roanoke Leader: The tide is setting in strong towards a democratic victory.
 Dothan Siftings: As the 27th of August approaches, the candidates become more sociable.
 Guntersville Democrat: The manner in which the name of Bill Bryan is received by an Alabama audience, is an indication of the political breeze.
 Talladega Mountain Home Some of the Alabama newspapers appear to be edited from the Conner campaign headquarters, located at Birmingham.
 Union Springs Herald: Whether the re- pubicans of Pennsylvania asked for bread or not they have been given a stone by Matt Quays successor
 Carrollton Alabamian- Herald: The Age Herald favors having a homecoming week for the sons of Alabama who have drfted from under the wing of their pa rental state.
 Gadsden Times-News: The peek-a- boo waist will never take the place of the bathing suit with the summer girl. The wearer of the peek-a-boo will only get tanned in spots.
 Colinsvile Courier: It has been sug- gested that Birmingham have an Ala bama homecoming week. as one of the state fair attractions. No doubt 1t would be drawing card.''
 Mobile Herald: H. C. Prick says Presi- dent Cassatt is O. K. q. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Senators Foraker, Knox and spooner and John W. Gates please send recommendations).
 Huntsville Mercury: Mayor Ward of Bir- mingham has recommended that the li- oense of five of Birminghams saloons be revoked because of their connection with gambling rooms. Birminghams mayor and police force are wide awake to their duties and responsibilities to the people.
 Jasper Mountain Eagle: "Is woman a cross between an angel and an idiot ?' is the head line of an article going the rounds. No, good woman is full blood angel, but the man-we know he Is a so-
  cross of some description, but is a de- scendant of no angel.
 Livingston Southern Home: The beef trust announces that it is confident that the Beveridge amendment Is unconsttu- tional. If the packers had had as much consideration for the constitutions of their customers as they now display for the constitution of the United States there would have been no meat scandal
 Alabama Courier: The gamblers of Bir- mingham are having a rocky road to travel. The mayor of that thrifty city has arraigned himself against the sporting element and the police are in behind the gamblers and they are being crowded out of their haunts Every particle of gamb- ling paraphernalia that the police of that city can lay hands on Is being destroyed. no matter the value or to whom it be- longs. Mayor Ward and Chief Wier are on the right road, and we hope that they will clear the city of the worst element that ever inficts any cty-the gamblers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The announcement of Robert J. Lowe for associate railroad commis- sioner has met with much approval throughout the state. Mir. Lowe is a man of ability and conservatism, and will make a most excellent associate railroad commissioner for the state Of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

North Gratz street, in the neghborhood
 where the Muths live It was this know ledge or the neighborhood and the peo- pie there which determined him to kid
 nap boy from that part of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

A New York reporter will marry the daughter of an Ohio millionaire and. will thus be in position to retire from the active pursuit of journalism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The taxable values of Georgia have crossed the $500, 100000 line, and five million peach trees were boosters in the rise to ante-bellum figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

While tobacco may not be as effect i've as picks and shovels in digging the Panama canal, it will be found as necessary, despite the protests of Pan anna
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Seasoned San Franciscans are not ruffled by the everyday small quake. It is the big ones with Assure attach ments that are annoying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Corea for the Coreans is a delusion. They are degenerates, and the Japan ese will take good care to see that they do not give much trouble
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
The poor pedestrian.

Who darts across city street,
 The poor pedestrian. Who has to move on nimble feet?
 The poor pedestrian. Who's menaced everywhere he goes. And hurt where'er he pokes his noss By sudden shocks and heavy blows? The poor pedestrian. Who very seldom sings a song?
 The poor pedestrian. Who's never right. and always wrong7 The poor pedestrian. Nobody wants to take his part, You'd think mankind did lack a heart His name is Dennis from the start The poor pedestrian. Who walks along in mortal dread?
 The poor pedestrian. who fears to earn his daily bread? The poor pedestrian. Hairbreadth escapes make life bore His chances dwindle more and more And grim Death queries, whats the
 the score?"--
 The poor pedestrian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The Coal Barons have secured, it is said, batting first baseman, and there is hope that one of that sort will be engaged to serve on third base.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Christiana Is full of people awaiting a historic event, an event that recalls Hamlet and the Norwegian banner that fiouted the sky in Denmark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Senator Pettus is bit unwell, and the wonder is that he can stand a Washington summer at all. He needs a vacation in good breezy Alabama air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
PAINFUL EXHIBITION.

From the Houston Post.
 It is humiliatins to witness a small fry politician like Jim Wadsworth knock out the President of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

New Orleans is preparing to welcome the mosquito of all sorts to hospitable destruction. Not even the harmless culex will be spared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The hitch question will soon be up to New Mexico and Arizona, and it will be strange indeed if they accept the national bribe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Fort Worth outdoes all the rest by indulging in hailstones as large as a mans fist Some men have fists all most as large as pumpkins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The action of the Princess Chimay in sending flowers to Rigo's funeral before he is dead raised question in tat artists mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Castro will resume at Caracas on July 5. But he will not spend the Fourth in celebrating and admiring the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Senator Morgan's plea for sea-level canal is a plea for the best possible canal-a canal that a rich, big country should build for all foreseeable time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The democrats are hopeful even in Kansas. No state will be conceded 10 the republicans hereafter-not even Vermont.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Nicholas Longworth was permitted to sit at the same table with his wife and Edward, although precedent or dered otherwise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The rate bill and the meat bill are shuttled from conference to House and Senate, and back again, with rapidity and freQuencY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

How would you like to have $25,000 year to spend on your travels?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Colonel Watterson says that 1t is a question of whether manhood or Mann mon shall prevail Mammon seems to have the largest score.