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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

power. For it was they and they alone
that asked Mayor Weaver to stop the
play in Philadelphia.
True, the presentation of the play
was forbidden in some southern cities,
but had the riots in Atlanta not oc-
Cured no such action would have been
had. The play was presented last sea
son in all parts of the south, and no
one offered any legal objection, al
though few admired or desired it.
The action taken in Philadelphia
goes to show that the negroes in
northern cities do not consider them
selves safe from mob violence, AMI
when Mayor Weaver ordered the play
off the stage in his city he virtually
admitted that race riot was possible
in that city. What is possible in that
direction in Philadelphia is possible in
any other northern city. The entire
situation is not creditable or desirable,
but it is best to look the facts squarely
in the face, hoping in that way to find
a remedy against any of them that
need special treatment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26
New Wholesale District.

"one Of the recent results of Birming-
hams growth is the building up of a new
wholesale district" remarked a CONNER
clal traveller at one of the hotels last
night.
when 1 first made this town a few
years ago, practically every wholesale
concern was located on Morris avenue
/ see now a new wholesale district has
sprung up in the neighborhood of Ave-
nue. A, west of Eighteenth street. Several
of the large companies have erected stores
and warerooms In that section of the
city. This location Is extremely good
for that business. too. The Belt line
passes in easy reach, and spur tracks
from other roads are constructed to the
doors, making the transportation question
easy. l hear, also, that the avenue is
soon TO be paved at that point. Morris
avenue has long been the wholesale street
of Birmingham, and in fact will always
remain busy street, but the growth of
the wholesale business out of this city
has made more room imperative. This
new section will grow in favor as a whole
sale center"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

From the New York Press.
Sometimes a woman does a thing the
way she sets out to unless you expect
her to.
When a man bets on an election he
is sure the country Is going TO the dogs
unless his side wins.
The reason most people don't lose more
money In their investments is they haven t
1t to lose
A girl is no longer a bride, but mar
rled woman. when, instead of crying be-
cause her husband doesn't praise the bis
cults, she gets mad.
one of the truths man learns by get
ting married is that II doesn't cost any
more 10 feed two than one: hut at the
same time he learns 1t costs fifty times
as much to dress them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26
Or. Wiley's Labels.

There is trouble in Kentucky and all
along the stretch Of states over the
Interpretation of the pure food law
which goes into effect on January
next. Secretary Wilson is the chief
executive officer and Interpreter Of that
law. and DR.. Wiley of the bureau of
chemistry is his right-hand man.
DIR. Wiley differentiates blends from
compounds or mixtures. When two
WHISTLES are put together, blend says
DR.. Wiley, is the result, but when a
whisky is put with distilled spirits or
nike substances" compound is the
nroduct. So far SO good, but the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26
Mr.. Straus a Surprise.

Those who think Mr.. Roosevelt acts
impulsively, guided by convictions
only, do not know the man. for those
who have watched him closely agree in
saying that no man steers more closely
by public sentiment than he does. He
knows public sentiment in its earliest
stages, and he is an expert in placing
himself at the head of it. This is his
strong suit He sees the drift of pub
lie sentiment early, and he proceeds
at once to become its apparent leader
In other words. he knows how to
play politics-modern politics, not ma
chine politics, which is as dead as
Hector. The study of public sentiment
has supplanted machine methods, and
today Mr.. Roosevelt stands without a
peer in that department of politics.
Nor does he hesitate to play politics
in minor respects. He desires above
all else to keep his own state in the
republican column. He fears Mr..
Hearst. He thinks the aspiring editor
may be swept into the gubernatorial
office by popular tidal wave. He
sees the Jews who live in the crowded
East Side of New York preparing to
vote for Mr. Hearst. No member of
their race had ever received in this
country cabinet honors. Mr. Straus
who is alike competent and popular, is
ambitious. The appointment of Mr..
Straus to the leadership of the depart
ment of commerce and labor is, there
fore, announced.
New York already has two men in
| the cabinet in Mr.. Root and Mr.. Cortel-
you. Mr.. Straus will be the third
cabinet officer from New York-three
out of nine. And, besides, Mr. Straus
is not to enter the cabinet until March
next, but an announcement of his
| appointment could not be deferred to
| that time because that would not have
been good politics" 1t comes now In
the hope that landslide of the Jewish
vote to Mr. Hearst can be averted.
The chances are, however, that it
comes too late TO be effective. The
Jews in Wall street and the Jews on
the East Side have few common ties
outside of lineage and tradition, and
the latter are tied to Mr.. Hearsts cause
in many ways. No doubt they are
pleased over the appointment of Mr..
Straus, whose gifts have been of a
popular nature, but they will not sur
render their preferences at the polls
because a member of their race is 10
be put into the cabinet. 1t is a good
scheme, but it will miscarry so far as
the East side vote is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

MERRY-0O-ROUND IN CHINA.
, Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
Andy" Crane l5-year-old boy of this
city. is in Tientsln, China operating an
American "merry-go-round." He is a step
son of Gus Baughman, the gambler,
who has been in Tientsin for several
years and is conducting large gambling
establishment there. Two years ago
Baughman sent for his stepson to come,
and he went. He looked around awhile
and decided that ''merry -go-round"
would appeal to the childish natures of
the Cinnamon. His stepfather gave him
money enough to buy one and he ordered
it from America. 1t was the first one
ever seen in that part of China.
The boy writes to his folks here that
the Cinnamon "go wild over the whirl-
ing machine and the music of It's me-
chanical organ.
"They almost break their neclls to get
on top of the glded lions and horses" he
wrote.
. lie is making from $50 to $50 dayswlth
the machine.
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ALABAMA PRESS

West Point and Lanett News: So far
the air ships that have come south have
been mostly operated by hot air artists.
Alabama Courier: The State Fair at
Birmingham was a decided success and
ended in a. blaze of glory Saturday night
Union Springs Herald: The republican
political bosses like the Pittsburg mill
lionaires seem to be an easy mark in
matrimony.
Marshall Banner: These persistent an
nouncements that 1.-The administration Is
after the trusts" leave the inference that
the trusts are still ahead.
Livingston Southern Home: HAS Mon
tana a volce?" asks the Helena 1ndepend-
emit Doesn't the Independent remember
how Senator Clark's money talked.
Alabamian Herald. Twelve women were
injured at bargain sale rush in st. Louis
recently No doubt some of these same
women are among those who faint at the
thought of the cruelty Of football
Collinsville Courier: The rains maven
damaged the egg crop in this neck Of the
woods enough to tell. the thrifty old
Wills valley and Sand mountain hens
are still doing business at the same old
stands.
Talladega Mountain Home: There were
men who paid railroad, hotel and other
fares, to go to Birmingham last week to
see Dan Patch, who wouldn't give 10 cents
to see Mansfield or hear Patti. Tastes are
as varied as there are kinds of people.
Montgomery Journal Hon. Joseph c.
Manning, the Alabama republican orator.
Is said to have made speech in New
York recently that has given him con-
siderable prestige with the party leaders
in the east. It is the talk among Alabama
republicans that Mr.. Manning has the
consideration of those north who shape
the affairs of the republican party.
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GROWTH OF WESTERN CITIES.
I'm the Minneapolis journal.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
Apropos Of the mushroom growth of
new towns on the western frontier loco
motive engineer relates the following:
Zone day I was driving my engine
across the prairie when suddenly a
considerable town doomed UP ahead where
nothing had showed up the day before.
What towns this?' says 1 to my
fireman.
Blamed II 1 know says Bill. IT
wasn't here when we went over the road
yesterday
'Well, 1 slowed down. and directly we
pulled into the station, where over FIVE
hundred people were waiting on the plat
form to see the first train come in.
THE conductor came along up front
and says to me-
"Jim, first we know we'll be run
ming by some important place. Get this
town down on your list and I'll put
brakeman out on the rear platform to.
watch out for towns that spring up after
the train gets by! ~
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NEW YORK SPELLBINDERS

the man sent by the committee to report
on your speech.
''The late Speaker Reed used to get
very angry when he did not make an
immediate hit-which did not often hap
pen-and his way of getting laugh may
be of interest to you. It's the first laugh
or show of interest that catches the whole
house. Reed was speaking out west,
and was annoyed by a man who sat
directly ahead Of him, sound asleep. The
audience was cold. Finally the sleeping
man leaned back too far and fell.
Well, Numbered Reed. Tn damned
glad that some one out there dropped to
something He had his audience after
that"
To the cart-tail orators Mr.. Fairchild
gave some few words of advice
Choose" he said, 1.-THE style of Webster
rather than the attitude of Hamlet"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26
ON THE CASTLE OF cHiLLoN.

BY Lord Bryon.
Eternal spirit of the chainless mind
Brightest in dungeons, liberty! thou art,
For there thy habitation Is the heart
The heart which love of thee alone can
bind;
~s
And when thy sons to letters are con-
signd,
To letters. and the damp vaults dayless
gloom, II
Their country conquers with their mar
tyrdom,
And freedoms name finds wings on every
wind. ~as
~.
Chillonl thy prison is a. holy place
And thy sad floor an altar. for twas trod,
Until his very steps have left trace
Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod,
BY Downward. May none those marks e..
face,
For they appeal from tyranny 70 God
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
New Insurance Plan.


Local Knights of Pythias are interested
in the report of the special committee on
insurance which was adopted at the
meeting of the supreme lodge at New Or
leans a few days ago." said a member of
that fraternity yesterday.
The report effects almost a complete
revision of the insurance plan of the Pyth-
ian order and some of the changes are
very far reaching.
1T directly affects $1,000 policyholders,
carrying 1927, 100000 in insurance, and indi-
reetly affects everyone of the 100000 mem
bers of the order.
Perhaps 1t will be interesting to know
that in twenty-nine years the Pythians
have paid out over s2s 100000 in benefits.
THE new system adopted by the SUI
preme lodge includes among other impor-
tant things the following salient features:
An increase In the maximum policy
from $4,000 TO $1,000.
AN increase In the age limit at which
members can be insured from 50 to 60
years. This is now the only fraternal So
sciety in the United States that will insure
up to 90 years.
THE creation of a new fifth class.
privilege is given old policyholders in
the fourth class to transfer into the new
fifth class taking the same amount with
out any new medical examination.
"a complete change from the old fra
ternal congress to the American expert
ence table, with interest at 31A per cent.
There will be an annual accounting;
an annual dividend policy, returning to
the members at the end of each year
all over and above the cost of carrying
the risk and expense of management.
'All policies under the new system be-
come incontestable after three years"
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POLITICS IN JEFFERSON.
the Selma Times

Prom the Selma Times.
The newspapers. up in Jefferson do not
seem to be taking a very decided stand
in the matter OF the contest over the
office of sheriff in that county. We do
not blame them much. These local fights
always engender great deal of strife
and II paper can consistently keep
from taking sides we think they are act
ing exactly right. 1t will take years
for the bad feeling that has been engen-
dered In Jefferson and Walker counties to
die completely out. The party should see
to it in the future that no such squabbles
as these come up if it is possible to avoid
them.
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Bulls In Cotton.

Although the ginners' report issued by
the government yesterday was evidently
construed as bearsh," said man last
night, at must not be thought that all
the bulls are dead. Nor are they even
out of the running. They have two strong
cards yet to play-Providence and Mr..
Price Rains and frosts are yet to come
and the big operator is man of many
resources. Sometimes he moves as mys-
terously as nature itself.
''Who knows but that by the opening
of the market in the morning that over
night he will have doped Liverpool so
full of bullish ginger that it will fall
all over itself buying cotton. The con-
sequence? Why. you won't be able to see
the bears for the dust.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26
The Marvel Theatre

BY request the Passion Play, which was
presented at the Marvel theatre the first
of the week, will be put on today and to-
night and Saturday and Saturday night.
The historic interest surrounding the Pas
sion Play has attracted a large patronage
TO the Marvel The film is one Of the long
est made, and is shown in two parts, with
a few minutes intermission.
The seats at the Marvel have been ele-
waited and the floor given the regulation
slant, making the vision from all seats
clear
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

France put off and on ministers with
celebrity and dispatch. She does 1t as
readily as a man changes his shirt and
oftener than a man changes that gar
ment in some localities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26
PRESS POINTS

Jackson Llarion-Ledger: Congress should
enact a law regulating bargain counter
rushes.
Dallas News It must sting Deacon
Rockefeller to know that the jury which
convicted his oil company were SO IA
miliar with the hymn book.
Arkansas Gazette: New York Republic
can State Chairman Woodruff fears over
confidence, and yet confidence is the very
thing the New York republicans don't
seem to have right now.
Baltimore News: The danger attending
the use of floating mines is shown by the
fact that a steamship was struck by one
while leaving Vladivostolz and sank with
200 passengers. 1t was a Russian ship. so
that in this particular case the disaster
is the direct concern of the government
whose policy brought it about; but the
Importance of an international prohibit
ton against the use of floating mines is
emphasized.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

HI AI<AA = nave Bt4llcnlld1lHHt SAWS
WV Secretary Wilson. shaking
w his finger at the beef packers.
Penitentiaries don't spell anything when
a trust is concerned. How the jolly beef
barons must laugh in their sleeves at
such a threat and blithely hearken back
to their boyhood days, when the upllfted
hickory switch failed to keep them from
resorting to the old swimming holel
IT PAYS TO DODGE.
Events will prove, beyond doubt
That men with nmble feet
Alone may dare to venture out
Upon crowded street.
It's never safe in modern times
To slumber as you walk,
Or pause before a trolley car
To have a friendly talk
And If you'd watch an auto speed
In which rich people ride
Don't stand in front to see 1t come,
But lightly step aside.
Ignore the beer casks on a truck
That's bearing down on you
Until you've had n chance to find
safer point of view.
Don't count skyscraper stories while
You're visiting in town.
In case you do a millionaire
Is sure to run you down.
Experience will teach you not
To loiter in the way.
If not killed instantly. you'll have
Doctors bill to pay
CANNED eoaenbas ara bnioo sAr,aa -
New York voters. We said speeches."
and not peaches"
The per capita circulation. SO far as
We are concerned, may or may not be
$3S. 0S.
NOT IN HIS LINE.
Wouldst know the cause of worrying?
Don't ask cheer up poet
lie IL Just refuse to tell because
He can't afford to know It,
There's law against being ugly"
says Madame Yale. People break 1t every
day
II Dioeenes were here would he be
for Hearst?
Down with billboards!" cries the Amer
lean Civic association. Get the wind to
help and they'll go down all right.
SAME OLD THING.
What makes the masses toll and slavAP
What makes the loud reformer rave?
What makes some people try to save?
Money.
What breeds unrest and brutal crime?
What springs from sooty forge and Crime?
What curse is welcome all the time?
Money.
!
What haunts the n1agnate at his ease?
What lets us do just as we please?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

II ex-senator Burton had taken his
medicine when it was first prescribed
he would long ago have been free and
ready to begin another campaign for
senatorial honors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

The submarine boat is crowding the
airship as a casualty creator.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

President. Roosevelt's appointment
of Straus was shrewd political move.
however disturbing that thought may
be to Mr.. Straus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Papa Zimmerman has no more
money to send abroad, and the cable
may soon bring news that the Duke
and Duchess of Manchester, too, have
separated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Link" Stefins sizes Hearst up in the
American Magazine for November as a
man of mystery, half fake and half re-
former, with Napoleonic dreams.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Mrs. Burton says she is sorry she
can't go to jail with her husband. He
is having such a pleasant time that
she may we'll envy him his lot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

1t costs a Kansan $40 to swear over
farmers telephone line. 1t is cheaper
to go out and swear at the hired man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

It Is less than fortnight to the de-
cisive shower from the hands of al
legged freemen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

The Cubans who do not desire office
are beginning to favor annexation in
the interest of prosperity and develop
ment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Cannon is going to speak in Penn
sylvania for the Penrose gang, but in
such cause he will be but popgun.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

The Marlboroughs and DeCastellanes
stayed hitched longer than any one
expected. Such matches are not made
for keeps.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

The differences between the Duke
and the Duchess of Marlborough CON
sisted of pounds, shillings and pence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

1t will be a sad day for the prairie
dogs when on December the big pas
ture of 505,000 acres is sold In Okla
homa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

After all that has been said and writ
ten on the subject, Bryan announces
a book on his European travels.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Secretary Root sees his chances fad
ing and the cabinet has lost It's charm
for him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Burbank is trying to rob the sur
geons of half their income by making
fruit seedless.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

From all that can be gathered, the
San Francisco earthquake failed to
shake graft out of the town.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

The New York Life can give the
ward politicians cards and spades and
still beat them at their own game
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Colonel Bryan does not hesitate to
make thirteen speeches in one day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

The President is going to Panama
to see if Shonts has really thrown any
dirt
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Mr.. Bryans Commoner has only kind
words for Candidate Hearst of New
York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Defaulting bankers are going to jail
with gratifying regularity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

As soon as 1908 is off the docket
1912 will be moved up and lines formed
for it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

England is SO proud Of her Dread
nought that she is going to build right
away three duplicates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

The Gould and Vanderbilt families
are now in frame of mind to condole
together.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Life insurance politics has caught
the New York saffron hue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Governor Magoon seems to have set.
fled down for an indefinite stay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

No party is Dragging this year about
the size of its campaign fund
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

The suppression of George Bernard
Shaw has not yet been accomplished.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Secretary Loeb is back from hunting
trip and If he made any noise while away
the most alert agrapher failed to
hear it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

REMEMBERED ONE THING.
Bill Highball was a careless man,
His memory was slight,
And yet, he never failed to bring
A package" home at night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26
About Persons.

Jesse d. Beale, formerly of Montgomery.
and who for several years has been social
editor of the Asheville. N. c., Citizen is
in the city. Mr. Beale Will reside IN BIZ
mingham permanently.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-26

Fathers, that wear rags,
Do make their children blind;
But fathers that bear bags,
Shall see their children kind.
king Lear.