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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-18
Mr.. Bankhead's Letter.

Mr.. Bankhead's letter addressed to
the senators and representatives-elect
of this state is eliciting not a little
comment. He seeks to ascertain how
the members would vote in case a
senatorial vacancy occurs before the
legislature meets and adjourns. He
seeks this knowledge because the Sep
TENDER convention declared that an
appointment of a senator by the gov
ernor in pursuance of the vote of the
people is ito continue and be effective
only until the next regular session of
the legislature
Two questions arise at this point.
The first relates to the post-facto &C
ton of the convention of September
10. The people, on August 2S, placed
two Alabamians in the line OF sena-
torial succession. The vote of the
people is the law of the party, and it
is indeed doubtful whether the con-
vention of September 10 could set any
bounds to the vote of August 2S. The
people alone can do that, unless in
deed the instrument is greater than
the force itself-the creation than the
creator-the agents than the princi-
pals. The people named the success
sion, and the people four years hence
can undo their work, but no conven-
ton can manipulate the people.
The other question relates to the
spirit of the votes cast on August %.
The spirit of any action outruns its
letter. The people said Vacancy No. l
is to be filled by Mr.. Bankhead, and
Vacancy No. 2 by Governor Johnston.
There was no When or How in the
case. That is what the people said
and the man who monkeys with the
people will wish he had never become
a political manipulation.
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practically say that all southern wo-
men should be installed as sponsors,
and that no particular few should here
after be designated. They are right,
and the veterans should heed the adj
vice of their sisters in this matter, for
the latter know what they are talking
about. aud their hearts beat true to the
survivors of the war and to the cause
for which they fought. The question
cuts deeper than appears on the sur
face, and no doubt the veterans will
see the wisdom of accepting at once
advice proffered out of more consid-
Grafton for themselves.
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Sponsors Versus Veterans.

The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy have voted to dispense with
sponsors and maids of honor at re-
unions of the old soldiers or the war.
The Daughters may lack the power to
stop the practice of appointing spon-
scrs and maids of honor, but they do
not lack the power TO express an opin-
ion thereat, and they are always right,
because their hearts are right.
They believe that at reunions the
veterans should be the first considera-
tion--that, to use their own words,
sponsors and maids of honor should
not be lodged in the best hotels at pub
tic expense while the veterans are
lodged in vacant hotels and bedded on
cots. AS things are going we will soon
have reunions of sponsors and maids
of honor, the veterans being but a
back number incident ana excuse.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
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TALE OF A COAT.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The clawhammer, or evening coat, has
many oddities of cut. These oddities
were once essentials. There was. in fact.
a time when every idiosyncrasy of the
clawhammer served some useful pur-
pose.
The cutaway front of the coat, for in
stance. was originally cut away so that
the wearer when on horseback would not
be incommoded.
The two buttons at. the back We're for
fastening up the tails out of harms way,
each tail having in the past a buttonhole
at it's end.
The sleeves, with their false cuffs, are
relics of the days when sleeves were
always turned back, and, therefore. We're
always made with cuffs that unbuttoned.
The collar, with its wide notches, is
a survival of the old collar that was
notched in order that its wearer could
turn 1t up conveniently in cold or stormy
weather.
The dress coat in word, Is a patch
work of relics. relics once essential, but
now of no use on earth.
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A Siun of the Times.

"The transfer of control of the best
equipped noith-and-s railway lines,
between the lakes and the gulf has prob
ably given fresh impulse to the promoters
of the Improvement of the Mississippi
river" said a thoughtful man of affairs.
"Harrman's capture of the Illinois Cen
trail is looked upon as part of his plan
to anticipate the effects of the Panama
canal upon transcontinental freight rates.
The opening OF that waterway would di-
vert much of the freight from the lower
lakes southwark through the Mississippi
valley, and round by way of the gulf
and canal to the Pacific coast. Hence the
Importance to him of controlling the best
line traversing the country of origin of
this competitive freight.
1.-The waterways convention, to be held
at St. Louis, beginning yesterday after
noon. for the encouragement of river inn
provements in the United States. is bound
to find fuel for its fire in this recent
transfer of control. The advocates Of
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IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Violin and NioIInoeIIo.

A decided acquisition to Birmingham 8
musical circles is Clarence Klenk, who
has become associated with the conserva-
tory as teacher of violin and violineello.
Mr.. Klenk has visited this city frequently
and has many friends here who will be
glad to learn that he has come this
time to stay.
Mr.. Klenk is an artist of the first
rank. He is not only an excellent Vio-
linist but is no mean performer on the
violincello. He has had large experience
In chamber music. Mr.. Gussen, Mrs.
Gussen and Mr.. Klenk will play trios in
public soon. 1t will be a treat to hear
the works of the masters, old and new,
rendered by these accomplished musi-
clans.
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A SeIid North.

After March next the republicans
will have more than two-thirds of the
Senate. At that time there will be
but two democratic senators from the
north, namely, Teller of Colorado,
whose state went republican in the re-
cent election, and Newlands of Ne
vada.
Instead of a sectional south we have
now a sectional north. The south is
not solid in the Senate because Della
ware sends up two republican sena-
tors, Missouri one and West Virginia
two. All these were slave states be-
fore the war According to recent
votes, Nevada will soon be the sole
hope of the democracy in the north
and even that state is in transitory
newcomers attracted by the gold and
copper and silver mines in the south
ern part of the state. If we lose Ne
vada we lose all in the north unless
a change in public sentiment occurs.
The men who have shouted them
selves hcarse over a solid south should
lower their tone in view of the fact
that the solidity is in the north. The
youth is not solid. The north is ap.
preaching that obnoxious point yearly
and the charge of sectionalism and
political monopoly lies against it rath
er than against the south.
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NO WONDER 1T FOUND OUT.

From Life.
The papers relate it as remarkable
fact that Frank Bookwalter of Spring
field, o., returned to his choldhood's
home after an absence of sixty-five years
and found a dime that he had lost in
crack in the front steps when he was
years old.
There is nothing remarkable in this
story. Mr.. Bookwalter is described as
a millionaire. After sixty-five years ex-.
perience in picking up money, it would
have been wonder If he had not found
his boyhood's dime, especially as he
knew where it was.
If the lost dime had been Mr.. Rookie
feller's, he would have found dollar
Mr.. Rockefellers money breeds.
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TERRIBLE FAMILY AFFLlCTION

From the Atchson Globe.
An Atohison man and his wife sat down
last night and talked it over. I'VE have
been facing it for six weeks he said.
''and dread of doing what lies before us
is not making it any easier. We have it
to do; let us begin now His wife
agreed with him and departed sadly for
the cellar. When she returned she carried
a jar of preserved fruit. They had de-
cided to begin to eat their way through
1877 quarts of peaches, AZ quarts of straw
berries, 76 quarts of cherries and 40 quarts
of plums put up last summer.
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Iron and Steel.

Domestic pig iron markets are un-
changed as to prices, except for spot-south-
ern and northern, of which there is very
little to be had" says the New York Sun.
Several southern furnaces of Importance
have no iron for shipment earlier than
April For shipments during the first
half of 1907 several of the larger southern
furnaces are selling on the basis of foun-
dry No. 2, first quarter, $l9.5Oa$20; sec
ond quarter, $19d19.50 at Birmingham;
eastern Pennsylvania foundry, No. X,
at furnaces, is strong at s26 for prompt
and So. 5OG23 for the first half of 1907.
Scotch foundry, No. l, is at s24 to $25,
and Cleveland is at 1923 to $24, at dock
while the markets abound with con-
sumers picking up small tonnages of do
nestle pig iron for nearby use there does
not seem to be the likelihood of the stop
page of any foundry on account of lack
of iron. Among steel makers the belief
is general that pressure for Bessemer and
basic iron will be intensified during the
fore part of next year.
I'm the steel markets an immense
amount of forthcoming business is con-
ditioned for placement with makers Of
structural steel under specifications from
local architects and CONSTITUTIONAL en-
gineers. Under constructs for structures
on Manhattan Island which will be let
within three months $1,000 tons of struc~
tural steel will be required. Industrial
plants in North Jersey for which specifi-
cations will be ready within two months
will require 5000 tons for delivery by
July. More export trade for certain
sorts of steel products is proffered than
the larger producers are conditioned for
entering for shipment within time liqui-
dations set by prospective buyers. A
good deal of this business is offering from
purchasers who have hitherto bought
largely in Germany. German steel inter-
ests are finding their home market so
hungry for all kinds of crude, semi-fin-
ished and finished steel products that they
are declining a considerable part of the
Offering export demands"
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THE USUAL WAY.


4 want no money" said man.
VINO had firm conviction
mat lucre was an evil thing,
And brooked no contradiction.
Give me the simple comforts that
10 make the poor man cncerful
stack of coin would worry me-
The mental strain be fearful
Il have no use for sordid men
Who spend lifetime piling
fortune up, until they quite
Forget the art of smiling
Twas thus he talked until he get
His fiippers on million;
And now he's working day and !. ght
To swell it to a billion.
Simplicity marked the marriage of
Bourke Cochran, which is more than can
be said of his oratory.
The joy of eating pie Is a popular theme
among poets just now but all don't speak
from experience.
When airships come into gener al use,
1t is to be hoped that there will he some
way VI SctlIS d ClOSe HIllSl Rets
ting a crick in our necks.
A PROBLEM
A bard who warbled of honey bees
And garands of flowers sweet
Was puzzled to know just where he could
find
The price of a pound of meat.
The cranberry crop is safe. by the way,
how is the raisn crop and the citron
crop?
FULLNESS
Thanksgiving day is near at band;
We're trimming full of glee.
Well soon be full of turkey meat,
And full of misery.
THE SAME.
Tho men may come and men may go,
And things may change lot,
It's always cold in winter tine
In summer always hot.
PAUL COOK.
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Barnum & Bailey's circus is to tour
the country next year in automobiles.
The elephants in the automobiles may
object when they come to weak rural
bridges.
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Some one must have tried to touch
young Mr. Rockefeller, for he has
warned his Sunday school scholars that
if they have joined his class for 1other'
motives they will be disappointed. He
seems to have troubles. of his own.
Notoriety-seelers generally do have.
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AS YOU GO.

Jolly along. jolly along:
This life at its best is a joke
The man right in style is the man who
can smile,
And never has learned 1ow to croak.
The journey is brief-theres no time for
grief
The minutes are fitting away.
Find pleasure in duty; in life there is
So jolly along and be gay.
Jolly along, jolly along
Be merry-forget how to sigh.
Tho you have not cent, the way TO con-
tent
Is Just to let troubles go by.
A face always long is decid sd.y wrong
W mines never drove troubles away.
but light,
So jolly along and be gay.
What is the most useless thing in the
world today? We guess straw hat.
What do you guess?
1t is safe to assume that the people who
say "chawffer" never smell the odor of
gasoline.
Chorus of American ctizens-"Not
guilty."
GIRLS.
The summer girl, the winter girl,
The girl of gentle spring,
The pretty girl, the witty girl,
And other girls we sing.
But all the girls and all the curls,
And all the dmples, too,
Much safer are when vieWe1 afar,
And not too close to You.
A contemporary tells us what to do
when the burglar comes. We don't i'm
agine that we would do anything.
Cora A MatSon-Do1son nineS "Wh3 [
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

Does the Great World Ask of -Me?'' Well
bet It's money, Cora.
An Indiana bride who requested tilat thu
bridegroom be handeuffed had no noti1n
of waiting at the church.
WHY?
This life is brief,
So why regret
The sugar pums
We failed to se.?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-18

Simon Guggenheimer, whom the re.
publicans of Colorado intend to elect
Senator, is campaign subscriber of
high degree. Colorado should be
ashamed of herself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-18

President Roosevelt in rain storm
on steam shovel is sight for the ma.
lions, all of whom are interested in
the digging of the canal
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The cost of living may drive the
boys back to the farm, where plenty
of work awaits them.
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Mr.. Hearst's speciality is intelligent
discomfort" We need a lot of it, for
our public affairs are full of tainted
spots
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A Chicago preacher who wants to
lead people to heaven with brass bands
should try harp music, so they can get
used to it before reaching heaven.
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Since churches are said to be head
quarters for germs, people who don't
go will have better excuse than ever
for staying at home.
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NOTIONS.

Next to a pipe, there is 70 better COM
pany than a roll of twenties.
Short cuts often lead to blind alleys.
An auto is known by the smell it makes
"a man by the company he Nesps
IL a lot of people knew as ,luch as they
thlnk they know, they would have better
sense than to think they know more than
they do.
You never hear a married man airing
his knowledge of women.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-18

Chief Justice Weakley leaves the
bench after making an excellent record
as a strenuous worker and a profound
lawyer.
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Even Mrs. Hetty Green has declared
against the trusts. They have no
friends, and anybody can hit them now.
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The sponsors and the trusts are play
ing in hard luck
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The Platt style of divorce is easy,
and besides certificate of character
goes with it for each of the parties.
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The standpatters will now accept a
sane" revision of the tariff, provided
their own items are not touched.
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All the football field at West End
lacked yesterday was about three
inches of muddy mud.
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The country's wealth is estimated at
S106,SS1, 414,000, and there won't be
any general distribution soon.
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ably expect big crop OF Christmas
presents.
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New York hopes to unload her two
senile Senators, both of whom have a
tainted record.
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Football players held the fort yester-
day. and there was no one to question
their right.
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1t is interesting to note that a negro
accused of rape was acquitted by an
Atlanta jury.
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The Meanest Man was he who stole
from the San Francisco relief fund
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Every now and then we hear an eche
of the Chadwick case.
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The prophetic goosebone has not
been vindicated up to present time.
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Suspicious characters seen going
south may be Standard Oil officials
from Ohio.
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Major Rust, a friend of John Brown
is dead, and fully as dead as John
Brown.
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So far, Walter Wellman has been
safe and comfortable north pole
hunter.
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Let us hope that the Panama canal
will feel better for the Presidents
visit.
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The sugar trust is guilty or rebating,
and it should beSpacked off to the peni-
Tertiary.
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Rockefeller, Rogers and Archbold
may soon be marched lock-step style
to jail
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An old Star.

"Anyone who say the Alabama-Auburn
football game at the fair grounds yes
terday afternoon and watched the work
OF the different players, could not help
being attracted by the playing of Burks,
Alabama's wonderful left halfback," said
a lover of sports.
"Burks is an old star, and will be one
as long as he will play football. He has
the making of a great player and his
worth to Alabama cannot be overesti-
mated Burks is big man, clean
player and one who throws his whole
heart into his work in the game
Back in 1902 Burks started his career
as a football player with the University
of Alabama and has every year since
been one of the mainstays of the team.
In his first year he attracted consid-
cradle attention in football circles, and
easily made good on Alabama's great
team of 1903. In the season of 1904 he
was a decided star and he and Sartain
were the center of attraction on the
Crimson and White team.
yesterday his work was, perhaps, the
most effective of any of the other players.
His persistent hammering on the Auburn
line told plainly and he doomed above
everybody else when he made his beau
tiful end run for a touchdown in the
latter part of the second half
"Burks is beyond doubt the most per-
severing son of the gridion' that has
ever appeared in Birmingham. He could
and would il he SO chose make star
on any of the bigger teams and next
year will no doubt perhaps, find him in
such a situation. This in all probability,
is his last year at the University of
Alabama, and his departure from the
team will be sincerely regretted by those
who love the true sport of the gridron."
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Spain is going to build new navy
to go in the long run to some other
nation.
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Omaha is one of the country's di
yorce capitals.
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Taladega Mountain Home: Mr.. Hearst
though defeated, at least so badly fright
ened the republicans that they'll Civ,
their house a busting.
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ALABAMA PRESS

Sumter Sun: Spain is spending $1,000
600 on a new navy This news will also
help the construction of the Skeered-
o'Nothing.
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Guntersville Democrat It will be some
thing of a strain on the Panamans, not
to have little revolution for Mr. Roose-
yelts entertainment.
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Alabama Beacon: Winston county has
elected republican legislator. We are
sorry for him and also for Winston
county. He will be too lonely for words.
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Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. post
office as second-elass matter under act
of Congress March 8, 1879.
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Greenville Living Truth: There seems
to be scarcity of turkeys this season.
Very few have been brought here and
unless conditions change, there is likely
to be turkey famine.
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Mobile Register: There is a portion OF
Philadelphia population that is accused
of not living up to the city's reputation
and of insisting upon wakefulness thai
is at times distressing-the babies.
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Marion County News: Montgomery
county, Alabama, has voted to issue $780,
COO of bonds to be used on her public
roads. This is as fine an investment as
the people of this county could make,
and will add much to the prosperity of
all the people.
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W. D. Lanier and A. ]. Eaton, Jr, are
the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives of The Age-Herald in It's
circulation department.
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Albanian Herald: The democratic
party was a little bit disfigured in the
scrimmage but at any rate we didn't
lose the ball. It's a long kick but w. j.
Bryan may be able to make a goal in
1908
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Demopolis Times: An item of note that
occurred last week. was the fact. that a
ship load of immigrants were landed at
Charleston. s. c., which is the first load
of immigrants landed at South At
lantic port in fifty years. The tide is
coming our way.
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Montgomery Advertiser Some of the
Japanese papers, it is said, want that
little bantam to pick a quarrel with the
United States. What they say isn't worry
ing us, because we can't read a word
of their lingo.