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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21
Truth About Moonshiners.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.


Novelists who have written about moon
sinners have cast about them a glamour
that is not real. We are led to infer from
works of fiction that the moonshiner makes
whisky and refuses to pay tax on it purely
on principle. He does 1t to show that he
has free and untrammeled soul, accord
Ing to the writers. And he is always pos
sessed of a pretty daughter AS matter
of fact, the moonshiner makes whisky and
avoids the tax for revenue only, and his
daughter is fright" The whisky. too L.
atrocious. The oleomargarine MAKER is q,
nicer person than the moonshiner; he II,
not so averse to, water that he never takes
bath and he does not regard murder AZ
a pastime. So We would commend him 70,
our writers Of romance az worthier SUBJ.
ject than his mountaineer prototype He 10
more accessible and safer and in time can
be made q picturesque figure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21
The Worlds Cash.
From Leslie,s Weekly.

From Les1ies Weekly
Let US see how much actual cash there
is In the pocketbooks of various nations
and understand by comparison how rich we
really are. The total stock of money, IN
gold. silver and uncovered paper, in the
whole world amounts In round figures to
twelve billions of dollars. In the United
States the total stock OF money amounts
to about two billions Hence. we have in
our own purse one-sixth OF all the cash OF
the globe. These hgures-and thissis fact
which must be emphasixed-do not repre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21
SALES

Various departments contribute the
greatest values put forth within the year
to the success of this event.
and remnants regular
what price takes close them They've
stock goods
bit of desirabilty from dpont
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

connected one with another by rail. Here
is earnest, sober population engaged III
the business of extracting precious metals
from the mountains to the tune, some
years, of sos, eco coo. So much for the work
os IN securing thee raw material tor
money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

And my father says that beyond that Is
the Eyerlastin' Death"
DO you think you can frighten me? Give
me that glassp' He snatched the glass from
her hand. scrambled to the top OF the rocks,
and flashed the light three times upon La
Soiedad.
white star answered.
eTo be continued tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

Clover Art Squares
In old blue and olive effects. Neat
designs.
Reg. Sale
value price.
3x4 yds. Observation-Disclosures. $500 $500
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Repairing County Roads.

Road repairing has started earlier than
usual this year on account of the damage
done by the heavy rains that fell recent
w." said Hugh McGeever.
"The regular road parties will not go to
work until next month, but the board Of
revenue decided to buy mules and wagons
and begin making repairs at once. We
have eleven teams at work now, some on
the macadam roads and some on the dirt
roads.
There are two classes of roads in JEFF
ferson county, the macadam road and the
dirt road. The macadam road is the main
road, such as is Travelled between here
and Bessemer or Leeds while the dirt
roads are usually settlement roads. The
1O-cent road tax levied upon property val
uation is applied to the maintenance of
the macadam roads as we'll as to pay the
interest on the 10000 which the county
borrowed to build these roads. The dirt
roads are maintained by road tax of So
per capitum of the male population ELI
gible for road work This sum may be
worked out in six days if the party pre-
fers to do so.
1.-THE board is taking great interest in
the good roads movement. and intends to
do all in its power to make the roads of
the county equal to any in the country.
Several iron bridges have been built in
the last couple of years, and many more
are under consideration 1t is all ques-
tion of money. Without 1t you can't build
roads or bridges"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Outside of Lake Sunerior.

The Iron Trade Review thinks one
of the effects of the Hill ore deal will
be a fuller exploitation of other iron
ore deposits. There are" 1t goes on
to say, "other deposits which are well
known, and undoubtedly there are
others yet to be discovered" The rise
in the market value of Lake Superior
ores increases the value of other de-
posits. American iron manufacturers
have been too busy to study those de-
posts. "There is good reason" adds
the Review, "to believe that when
there is more thorough investigation
by iron makers of costs of mining,
concentration, roasting. ETC., in con-
nection with other deposits. surprise
will be produced that these things
were not more carefully studied be-
fore"
No doubt this opinion is justified by
the situation. Iron ores are now too
valuable to be longer ignored, and
there will be both hunt for new de-
posits and a close investigation OF
known beds.
The Review does not ignore the pos
sibility of imported ores, although the
Dingley bill levies a tax OF forty cents
ton on imported tax ore. Cuban ores
are. however rich enough in metallic
iron TO stand Dingley tax of forty
cents, and this district can, if need
be. barge ores from that source.
The strength of this district con-
slsts in it's immense supply of cokins
coal, and in its prospective barge nav
igation to and from the sea. When
there is six feet of water the year
round in the Warrior it is difficult 10
see how this district can be under
mined or outdone even by a gigantic
rival at Pittsburg, because that rivsl
Is far from an ore supply and far from
the sea. The Lake Superior ores are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Success of the Fair.

Despite wet weather and many dis
appointments the fair stands this
morning a success in many respects.
As a whole it is better than any Cf
its predecessors. There are more and
better horses, more and better live
stock more and better chickens, anu
the machinery building and the hail
of general exhibits are well filled. The
special features of this fair are Vulcan
and the Beachey airship. and both are
well worth seeing. Both are famous.
The officers of the fair association
from President Exum down all along
the line deserve credit for what they
have accomplished
This fair makes plain one fact that
should not be forgotten, namely. the
people of Alabama desire an oppor-
tunity, an excuse as it were, to visit
Birmingham once a year. They came
this week thousands in number, AMI
they will come every year when in
vited to come as they have been by
President Exum.
The annual event should be made
better each year. Those who said
that a fair without the accompani-
ment Of boolmalSing and betting
would prove a failure did not know
the people of Alabama. This fair
demonstrates that the feature of bet
ting is hindrance to success. not a
help. All that needs be done is TO
secure more and better exhibits and
special features, and the people will
hurry here. The present fair has no
midway and no betting, and it stands
today confessedly the best fair Biz
mingham has ever knoHp.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Dlsfranchised Voters.

1.-The animated campaign now on in
Jefferson county for the office of sheriff
will have the good effect of securing the
registration of hundreds of voters who
have, through indifference, DISTINGUISHED
themselves by neglecting the payment of
poll taxes" said a prominent politician
yesterday.
Under the new election law and the
new constitution the payment of the poll
tax is left optional with the individual,
but the nonpayment of the tax disfran-
chises the voter. Thousands of good cit
liens in the state have been careless in
their duty in this respect, not from a
lack of patriotism.
THE result is that there are almost as
many white people disfranchised as ne
groes The recent state campaign will
have the same effect as the local con-
test in jefferson county. in inducing the
people to pay up their taxes and reinstate
themselves as voters in coming contests
In the state.
1T takes time for people to adjust them
selves to new conditions. and especially
to conditions as radically different as
some brought about under the new con-
stitution in Alabama. The personal liberty
In the choice of paying poll tax was a
novelty and the people forgot the real
Importance of the duty. Thousands of
good people have disfranchised themselves
in Alabama who will be prepared to cast
their ballots in future elections
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
SEARCH FOR kRUGER'S GOLD.
Thousands Spent in Hunt-Schenes
for the GuiIlible.

From Chambers Journal.
Since the late Boer war new phase
of treasure hunting has been in vogue.
Some one started a rumor that ere his
departure from the Transvaal the late
President had a quantity of bar gold.
variously estimated at value ranging
from one to several millions, conveyed
up country and buried. The story re-
ceived so much credence that the Brit
ish government at Pretoria has provided
special permits and police assistance to
various persons who protested to be able
to guide a search party to the hiding
place.
The degree of gullibility that even intel
ligent and educated men can attain when
excited by treasure mania was amusing
ly illustrated by a we'll known instance.
young Boer from the district supposed
to contain the treasure called upon
doctor near johannesburg and told
strange story. He said that one night
while riding to the farm of a relative
he saw lights in a wooded kloof or gorge,
and accommodating cautiously he saw a
party of men removing boxes from
wagon and burying them.
Carefully noting the spot he got away
unobserved and returned next day, when
he unearthed box, which on being brok-
en- open he found to contain bars of gold
and quantities of Kruger sovereigns mint
ed on one side only. In confirmation of
the story he produced three discs of gold
which appeared to have been struck on
one side with an imperfect die.
His object in calling on the doctor
was to borrow ESQ in order to procure
a wagon to remove the treasure. He was
asked why he did not bring away the
portable coin and thus make himself in
dependent of outside financial aid. His
explanation was ingenious. He feared
to bring more. lest he might be found
with them upon himl
1t is estimated that more than 10000
has been expended by the various search
parties that have undertaken the search
Gov tho Lrnypr millions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
ALABAMA PRESS


PrattviIle Progress: what are we eat
ing?" asks a western paper. Let us hope
that it is not the label that was on the
can.
Headland Post: Pugilist Nelson's sweet
heart has forsaken him because he got
whipped. Cupid never did have much use
for a loser.
Elba Clipper: Governor Jelks plain talk
to the negroes about their part in keeping
off race trobule and lynchings has been
widely commended. Governor Jelks' pub
lie utterances have generally been wise
and appropriate.
Atmore Spectrum: Capt. r. p. Hobson
is going to attend the encampment of the
Spanish War Veterans in Washington.
but 1t is understood that as a matter of
protection, he will wear his marriage GER
tihcate on the outside
Mobile Register: Charles q. Magoon. the
new provisional governor of Cuba. is said
to be skilled in the art of making him
self popular with the natives of Latin
America. Does this mean that he is an
adept at Spanish diplomacy?
Selma Times: The fight up in Jefferson
over the office of sheriff is getting to be
very warm, indeed. and there is no tell
ing how 1t is going to turn out. Higdon
and stiles both have strong followings
and the matter is likely to get very bitter
before the end arrives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Friday Mornlnq's Disaster.

Fire, it has long been said, is a
good servant, but a bad master. The
appalling fire In Third avenue brings
this statement anew to mind. The
fiery element had gained full mastery
before person in the crowded room
ing house had discovered its pres
ence, and a fearful loss of life had be-
come inevitable.
Sad as the loss of young and valu-
able lives were, It Is even sadder to
think that no remedy against similar
CONGREGATIONS seems to be devisable.
So long as accidental fires have frame
buildings to feed on just so long will
fire at times in the hours of darkness
and Inconsistencies become master,
and lives will be sacrificed. Before any
one knew what was going on in the
house that stood in Third avenue it
vas in flames beyond the limit Of
hope.
No lesson can be CLEANED from tho
loss of many young men except
possibly the need of extra care in
guarding against the starting of con
fagrations. Eternal vigilance is said
to be the price of liberty, and we may
be sure, too, that it is the price OF
safety. No other lesson can readily
be cleaned from the present scanty
knowledge of the distressing calamity
in Third avenue.
The people of this city will mourn
so many valuable lives cut off at the
outset of their careers. They died al
their post. They were recuperatina
from day of toll in order to resume
| their respective tasks on the morrow
They were serving the people, and in
all material respects they died as the
soldier dies on the battlefield. Friends
and relatives will long cherish thelr
memory, and the great general public
will not fail to regret their untimely
deaths, and to sympathize with the'l
afflicted kinsfolk. The great general
public should also demand an exhaust
i've investigation of the fire with a
view to the entertainment, if possible
of its source. The investigation
should be searching and unf1inching
and the truth, if possible, should be
uncovered and disclosed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
SOUTH AND IMMIGRATION.

From the Wall street summary.
Despite the attitude of certain southern
congressman in the debate on the imrn1-
grafton bill in the House of Representa-
tives last June, two newspapers in Ala
bama hold pronounced opinions on that
subject. The Birmingham Courier recently
issued a special number devoted exclu-
bama, and calling particular attention to
the advantages that it offered to settlers.
The climate, resources, soil and land val
ues were all discussed. and 1000 copies sent
to Europe for distribution in parts of
Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This
issue was illustrated with pictures of the
states great industrial plants and prin-
cipal buildings. Agricultural scenes like
wise appeared. For instance, cotton and
corn fields, fruit and vegetable gardens,
and pictures of homes of industrious farm
ers. Through the reading rooms of the
countries mentioned 1t is expected that a
number of immigrants will be attracted to
Alabama who will add to its economic
wealth by their exertion and industry
Our esteemed contemporary, the Bir-
. Tn1nSndHl ASe-f1eTdiQ, 10 IhoWioc d DciiCN-
err in immigration. Referring editorially
to the Manchester cotton spinners' delega-
ton which travelled over our cotton grow
ing district last fall. and which. The
Age Herald believes, will lead to the pur-
chase of a number of large plantations
by the Lancashire spinners. 1t says:
There is ample opportunity here to grow
cotton In the s12 cotton-growing coun-
ties of this country lie BOG, 922, $40 acres.
Only one-tenth of this acreage is planted
to cotton at present. The other nine
tenths are open to the spinners from Ian
cashire The only difficulty in the way
is summed in the phrase the labor prob
lem The British spinners should bring
along their own labor. Let them bring
over white men by the shipload, the more
the better. Let them come on. They will
be warmly welcomed to the south. They
have the advantages of ample capital, and
If they will secure ample labor also, all
will go we'll with them in their proposed
undertaking.
This is plain direct speaking, and from
two influential journals, conversant with
the needs of Alabama and more generally,
the entire SOUTH For all opposed to inn
migration there is food for reflection
therein.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20

of public schools called Oriental
schools" to which are to be sent chill
dren who are not of Caucasian de.
cent. Only one of those schools has
been opened, and in that school jap.
anese, Chinese, Indians and negroes
sit side by side, and the scheme
worked satisfactorily until the Jap
anese became angry over 1t. The
Japanese consul has protested against
the line thus drawn by the board of
education, and he proposes to test the
constitutionality of the school law III
the courts, and if it is sustained in
the highest court of the state he viii
appeal for help to the japanese min
lister at Washington.
The San Francisco color line is full
of ginger and new questions. It is
more international than domestic,
more Oriental than African. Il has
no meaning to the cotton states where
a Jap is rarely seen. The establish
ment of Oriental schools in this coun-
try is a new feature in the public
school system, based as they are on a
color line, and the contention of the
Japanese will be watched with inter
est if 1t has no direct relation TO con
ditions in these states. San Frau
cisco is endeayoring to maintain the
popularity and usefulness of its pub
lie schools, and 1t encounters at every
turn, and almost at every ward, novel
and difficult obstacles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Aerial NAVIGATION.

The airship at the State Fair
grounds is an object lesson that Will
not soon be forgotten in this state.
All see at once how hopeless aerial
navigation is so long as 1t is tied TO
a bag of gas. A cigar-shaped bag is
no better in any material respect than
the traditional and shapely form OF
fifty years ago. So long as the at
traction of gravitation can be over
come by a bag of gas only just that
long will aerial navigation be a play
thing and a marvel instead of an use
full agent of transportation.
The ship at the fair grounds is mod
ern and dirigible. 1t can be readily
controlled and governed provided the
wind does not blow faster than twelve
miles an hour, but dirigibility In a
balloon settles nothing. The ship at
the State Fair grounds is a fine ex-
ample of all that has been accom-
llished towards making the air a
means of communication, but the OBJ
server says at once on beholding its
motions that the gas bag is an insur'
mountable obstacle.
Birds and insects have no difficulty
in overcoming the attraction of gray
itation, and the hope is ever presen
in the human breast that man can d;
likewise. The birds and insects d.
not tie themselves to gas bags, ant
possibly the time will come wher
man will not do so. Some striking
and fundamental device is lacking
The gas bag may be a halfway house
leading up to some plan, some meth
cd, that at present seems incompre
hensible and almost beyond the pow
ers of man. Time alone will decide.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
San Erancisco's Color Line.

San Francisco had in the census
year $4,000 inhabitants. Including
Oakland it must have today about
half million people. This population
includes many Chinese, a few Indians,
and GOT many negroes There are
POSSIBLY 10000 negroes in San Fran.
cisco, three times as many Chinese
with a slight spr-nkling of Indians
and Japanese.
Its board of education was brought
face to face by these cosmopolitan
conditions with a complex race prob
lem, and 1t proceeded to attempt to
settle it by establishing here and
there throughout the city a number
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
PLAYER AND PRESS AGENT

But for full generation the wise French
woman has found it paid her well to be
the most pliable sort of clay in the hands
of her press agent.
There is another mater for considera-
ton. also, before the extinction of the
species is adjudged. Magazine and news
paper readers have been accustomed to
much reading matter supplied by their
favorite players. They rejoice over the
merry quip or epigram or sparkling
repartee uttered at the Lambs or Players
by the handsome young hero of their
matinee dreams. They read articles on
the influence of Isben on musical comedy
or the proper way for stage-struck girls
to meet managers, signed by the actresses
they idoize. If they are collesians or
members of semi-literary clubs. they hear
an occasional address, witty. scholarly
and well phrased, by a player who will
ever afterward have their patronage.
They need expect no more such amuse-
ment, If they extinguish the press agent
Those actors who have the intelligence
seldom have the time to prepare essays
or addresses. Such things, like the
strange adventures of show girls and the
myriads of star myths, are all in the press
agents days work.
He has no power to force the printing
of what is not worth the space of news
paper or magazine. He may not be adj
mirable; but he is an efficient managerial
factor, or he would have been eliminated
long ago in this commercial era of the
stage. So efficient is he. in fact. that
we confess the fear that at this moment
we are woodcock in one of his latest
springs, and that the idea, if not the
matter, of the letter that prompts this
comment was born in the brain of a
member of his craft.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
MODEST REPLY.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Henry Wattersons prediction two years
back that the pert paragraph must go"
is not borne out by the sudden advent of
daily string of them in his paper.-Mil-
waulxee Sentinel.
Dear, Dear, How funny this reads. The
paragraph was born In these columns
and has made them its abode for seventy
six years-that is. since the advent of
George d. Prentice, it's father. Mr.. Wat
terson spoke of the pert" paragraph, the
fool paragrap phi. not the paragraph of
wit, wisdom and humor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
IN THE PRIME OF THE BUFFALO,.

From Scribner's.
The total area inhabited by the buff
falo was about 100000 square miles. OF
this the open plains were one-half. Ac-
cording to figures supplied me by A. F.
Potter of the forest service, the ranges
of the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming,
Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado. Texas and
Oklahoma Ca total of about 10000 squara
miles, or half of the plains) were, ac-
cording to the census Of 1900. carrying
600 head of cattle and horses and
about 100000 head of sheep. This means
that when fully stocked they might sus-
tain number of buffalo at least equal
TO the number of cattle and horses. The
buffalo had to divide their heritage with
numerous herds of mustangs, antelope
and wapiti; on the other hand, a. buffalo
could find a living where a range animal
would starve, many of the richest bot
tom lands are now fenced in and we
have taken no account of the 6,0O0,O0c
sheep. Therefore we are safe in placing
at 100000 the buffalo formerly living on
the entire plains area