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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
The A. T. o. CsncIave.

Birmingham feels honored in being
permitted to entertain the delegates to
the conclaye of the Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity. They are a fine body of
men, imbued with the college spirit
and the fraternity ideal. They reflect
credit on the society whose emblem
they wear. The citizens Of Birmingham
have seldom had the pleasure of greet
ing more gentlemanly body of men,
and no effort has been spared to make
their visit one to be pleasantly remem-
bered.
The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
ranks high among the Greek letter so.
cieties of the United States, and justly
so. It's membership is in the best sense
exclusive. Both in an academic and a
social way Alpha Tau Omegas exert a
potent influence on the college life of
the country, while it has sent out men
who have made enviable records both
in public and in private life.
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A bin 10 prouofe stlo1 has
been prepared ard - ready been
printed and pr intoa - AS - men
bers Of the leEislssrrs - IAN pro
vides for the estaeF- -.i, g % an I'm
migration hzrsau. arE 81 49, snsnenf
BY the governor q q - Il ssiu-er Of
immigration. Ehose g. sz-ion is 10
be s2400 a year. and X Is TO Re
paid $500 a year. H. DIN also sets
apart $4,000 a year TO encourage and
promote immigration.
One section Of the bin gives the pro-
posed commissioner power 10 enter
into arrangements with oceanic and
river steamship companies and immi-
grafton agencies throughout the coun-
try and abroad to encourage immigra-
ton, and to seek for a desirable class
of immigrants from England. Germany.
italy, Ireland. Scotland, Switzerland,
France and the Scandinavian countries.
The Montgomery Advertiser says
that still another immi grafton bill has
been prepared, and that it, too, will be
laid before the legislature The more
bills the better, for the subject is one
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
THE IMMORTAL MIND.

By Byron.
Ah whittier strays the immortal mind 7 +
1t cannot die, it cannot stay,
But leaves its darkened dust behind.
Then, unembodied, doth 1t trace,
By steps each planets heavenly way;
Or fill at once the realms of space,
A thing of eyes that all survey?
Eternal, boundless, undecayed,
A thought unseen, but seeing all;
All, all in earth, or skies displayed,
Shall it display shall it recall;
Each fainter trace that memory holds
So darlly of departed years,
In one broad glance the soul beholds,
And all that was, at once appears.
Before creation peopled earth,
Its eyes shall roll through chaos back:
And where the farthest heaven had birth.
The spirit trace its rising track.
And where the future mars or makes,
Its glance dilate on all to be,
While sun Is quenched or system breaks,
Fixed in its own eternity.
Above or love, hope hate or fear,
1t lives all passionless and pure:
An age shall fleet like earthly year:
It's years as moments shall endure,
Away, away, without a wing,
Ore all, through all It's thoughts shah
fly
nameless and eternal thing.
Forgetting what II was to die.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Nine. Nordica Comma.

belong Rice, manager of the Rice Ly-
ceum bureau of Nashville is in the city.
having just returned from New York
where he recently went for the purpose
of closing a contract for the appear
ance of Nine. Nordca in two or three
southern cities, including Birmingham.
The contract has been signed so it is
a certainty that the great singer will be
here. Her Birmingham date is January
"a and she will be heard then at the JEFF
ferson theatre.
The stage will be carpeted and beau
tifully decorated With palms and ferns
and cut flowers, so as to be in harmony
with the costumes of Nine. Nordlca,
which will be the most elaborate and
costly, it is said, ever worn in Birming-
ham before the footlights.
Nine. Nordica will come in her private
car, and will be accompanied by the same
attendants who have been with her on
her tours around the world during which
she has sung before the crowned heads
and royal personages of almost every
civilized country from London to St. Pc
tersburg and from Italy to Paris.
When, questioned as to prices of tickets
to the Nordica performance here, Mr.
Rice said: ut win be the policy of the
Rice bureau to fix such prices as will be
fair to the people of Birmingham. 1t
will cost the Rice bureau nearly $4,000 to
bring Nine. Nordica here, but the seating
capacity of the theatre is such that we
can establish scale of prices ranging
from SO seat down to 81. The gallery
seats will not be sold In advance, but
will be sold Nat the door at 20 cents. The
public will, / feel sure be gratilied to
learn that they can hear Nordica for
lust about half what they have paid to
hear some other great singers. This may
be bad business Judgment on my part
as would probably realize u larger sum
total by charging S., but l am willing
to take the people of birmingham into
partnership in giving them reasonable
prices.
'The advance sale of seats will be
handled by the Seals Piano & Organ COM
pany, sol7 First avenue, and the sale will
open on the morning of January Is at
3 o'clock"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
KNOT NECESSARY.

From Life.
BY all means let us cling to the old
spelling. If the present style of spelling
was good enough for our parents why not
good enough for us?
Take "gnat," for instance. Instead of
dropping the z, why not, If 1t is a good
thing, use it more freely?
why not raise your CHAT to a goat if
she is gfat?
And k-what harm in a little more of a
sensible custom? If you have the knowl-
edge why make a knoise? Knobody is
knaughty. A knife is knever knice unless
Unnecessary And why should not a knave
knail knaplSins to Narcotics? And are
napkins better than gnapkins?
Kno; decidedly knot!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Damage Suit Brought BY Mother,

Gadsden, December 2S.-(SpecaD-A
damage suit for $4,000 was filed today in
the circuit court by Mrs, Missouri Burns
against the Southern Steel company
through her attorneys for the death of
the plaintiffs son, Roy Burns, who it is
alleged in the bill, was killed on Decem-
Der 10, through the negligence of the
company. This Is the second suit grow
ing out of the same accident. The bills
are very lengthy and cover many type
written pages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
ESCAPED coNvIcTs RIDE TRAIN
TRUSTEES Brighten Passengers and Are
Repeatedly Put Off.

st. Louis, December 2S.-Three me-
gro conyicts working at the prison
power house, just outside of the prison
walls, at Jefferson City, made their
escape last night and rode sixty miles
toward st. Louis today on the "blind
baggage" end of a Missouri Pacific
passenger train. The passengers were
panic-stricl1en when it became known
that three conyicts in prison garb were
on the train. 1t was feared they would
attempt to rob the train and passen-
gers. The negroes were driven from
the train at each station by the train
crew, but as soon as start was again
made they would get back on. At
Kent they finally left. The negroes
are Henry Ingram, two years, from st.
Louis; Samuel Thompson, st. Louis,
five years, and John Higginbotham,
Jefferson City, two years. The negroes
were TRUSTEES, and escape was not diff.
ficult for them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Pay Your PsIl Taxes.

In round numbers, one hundred thou
sand white men of Alabama are delin-
quents in the matter of poll taxes, and
this greas army has just thirty days in
which to wipe out the stigma by pay
ing all assessable poll taxes. For ey-
cry year of delinquency one dollar and
fifty cents is due and payable ON or
before February l next.
If the delinquent is not willing to
pay the sum in order to regain full
rights as an American sovereign, he
should at least be willing to contribute
that much towards the maintenance
and support of the public school in his
district, for every poll tax is applied
where it is paid. 1t does not go to
any other county.
No man between the ages of 81 and
40 can become qualified elector in
this state unless he has paid by or be-
fore the previous first day of February
all assessed poll taxes. The cumula-
tive feature of the poll tax was mis-
take of judgment on the part of the
constitution trainers of 1901. They
were over alarmed. They overdid their
task. But what has been done cannot
be easily undone, and it becomes the
duty of every good citizen to conform
to the organic law by paying all poll
taxes assessed against him. This he
should do in the next thirty DAYS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Mr.. Maben Returns.

President ]. c. Maben, of the Sloss-
Sheffield company, has returned from his
vacation Of three months spent in Europe.
I have been abroad several times, but
never have l enjoyed trip so much
as this one" said Mr.. Maben yesterday.
Heretofore l have divided my time be-
tween the large cities. On my recent trip
l spent most of the time in the small
towns of Italy. 1 visited the old churches
and reveled in art and religion. For the
best art go to the villages of Italy"
Mr.. Maben comes back the picture of
health Mrs Maben accompanied him to
birmingham, but his daughter remained
abroad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29

their population or intelligence. Out
of eleven million voters the conserya-
tiyes have less than a million, the ma
tional liberals about one-half of mil
lion. and the clericals about 100000.
Under the unjust apportionment the
new reichstag may readily be con-
trolled by minority, but still the So
cial democrats and their associate
groups are not dismayed They are
even hopeful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Look for Ancestors of Elephant.

New York, December 2S.-Prof.
Henry Fairfield Osborne of the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History, will
sail for Egypt on January 5 to look for
the prehistoric ancestors of the ele-
plant in the Sayoum desert. In 1902
members of a British surveying party
unearthed the bones of a small animal
which they were sure belonged to a
prehistoric elephant of the pliocene
or the oligocene age. Morris E. Jesup,
president of the American Museum,
heard about the find, became interested
and organized the expedition, which
Professor Osborne is to lead. The pro-
fessor will dig in the Sayoum desert
at about seventy miles southwest of
Cairo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Congressman Rankhead.

Congressman j. H. Bankhead of Fay
cite arrived in Birmingham last night
and will remain over until tonight, when
he will go on TO Washington to attend
the meeting of one or two important
congressional committees Monday.
Congressman Bankhead stopped over in
the city to attend meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Alabama Good
Roads association at IL o'clock this morn
ing and to attend to some other business
of personal nature
He has prepared n rough draft of a
bill to be presented to the good roads
committee in which he makes some sug-
gestions as to legislation that might be
of benefit to the people of the state in
the way of building and improving the
public highways. lie will address the
committee, explaining the features of his
proposed bill.
In discussing the matter last night,
Congressman Bankhead said: 1.-THE ques-
ton of improving the public roads of the
country is one of the most important now
before the people of the United States
as well as the state of Alabama.
This is a matter that affects every
business in the country and one that de-
serves the careful attention of our legis-
lators. The counties independently of
each other can do but little in the build
ing of complete systems of good roads,
and the several states must lend some
assistance. 1t is very probable that the
next legislature will be asked to make
small appropriation to assist the coun-
ties in building and improving roads.
Il believe that If reasonable demands
are made that the legislature will make
an appropriation as an experiment at
least and l feel confident that 1t would
prove of such value that it would be con-
tnued."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29

of the most important that will come
before the legislature when it meets
on the 10th day of next month.
It is to be hoped that the friends of
immigration will not quarrel over non
essentials; that they will get together
by the time the legislature assemblies
at the capitol.
A careful study of the South Carolina
immigration bill is advisable, for that
bill has been passed upon at Washing
ton and declared sound in both law
and practice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
S. A. E. ELECTION AND BALL.
Atlanta Convention Closes Tonight
With Banquet.

Atlanta, December 2S.-The business
session of the annual convention of the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon College fraternity
today was devoted to the election of
officers, which resulted as follows:
Past eminent supreme archon, Col.
John B. Rudolph, Pleasant Hill, Ala.
Eminent supreme archon, George D..
Kimball, Denver, Col.
Eminent supreme deputy archon,
Carl L. Sheldon, Sterling, Ill.
Supreme treasurer, Charles F. Stone.
Atlanta.
Supreme recorder, Clarence w. Sto-
well, Providence, R. |.
Colonel Rudolph is the only SURVIVE
ing one of the eight founders of the
fraternity, which had its origin at Tus-
caloosa, Ala, March 8, 1856.
The semi centennial ball of the con-
vention was held tonight. The conven-
ton will close with banquet tomorrow
night, at which number of prominent
speakers will be heard
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
The New York Press,

From the New York Press.
Girls seem to think that the only dis.
grace worse than having big feet is hay
ing cold ones.
You can always tell who is winning an
argument by the way he doesn't need to
shout.
One good thing about having plenty o.
money is how much more you can try
to get with it.
Unless there is a .cuddling girl in a
novel women will never recommend it as
having any sentiment.
Either men kick because they can't get
government jobs, or, il they set one, be-
cause it wasn't better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
NEWS OF OPELIKA.
Fire Chief George S. Robinson Stricken
With Vertigo.


Opelika, December 2S.-(Special)
s. Robinson, chief of the fire department,
was stricken with vertigo this morning
about 10 o'clock, just as he was about to
descend the steps of the city hall build
ing on Avenue A. and fell to the bottom
of long flight of steps He was lying
unconscious on the floor when other city
officials, hearing the noise, rushed from
their offices and found him.
Mr.. Robinson has for sometime been
superintendent of the street department
until the establishment a few months ago
of the fire department, whe he was elected
chief. He Is about - years of age, and
has large circle of friends.
Mr.. w. o. Harwell, a prominent whole
sale merchant and capitalist of this city,
al weeks with intermittent fever. is now
convalscent and able to be up in his
homA
Rev. j. M. Dannelly, the new pastor
of the First Methodist church, arrived
this afternoon with his family from Troy.
Mr.. Dannelly was met at the train by
committee from the board of stewards
and was accompanied to the parsonage,
where a committee of ladies were in
waiting to welcome them to Opelika.
L. b. Whitfield and children, Katherine
and Louis, with NJ S. Whitfield came up
from Montgomery yesterday to spend two
days with their mother, Mrs. M. b. Whit
field.
The large advancing firm of Meadows
& Fletcher will undergo a change on
January 1. Mr.. Walter Fletcher will
retire and Mr.. Robert NJ. Meadows will
continue the business
The firm of A. l.. Dowdell & Co., COM
mission merchants will have a change on
January 1. Mr.. w. r. Power, of this
firm will accept a position with the
Opelka Grocery company, and A. l.. Dow
dell will continue the business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
SUICIDE NEAR PENSACOLA.
News of Other Violent Deaths During
Holidays.

Pensacola, December 28.-News
reached here tonight of the suicide
near Chipley. Fla, this morning or
James Faircloth, a prominent citizen
of this section of the state. He fired
a bullet through his brain, death being
instantaneous.
Meagre details of another murder
which occurred Thursday night
reached here today. Near Sneads,
Fla, Tom Mcdaniel, young man, met
the two Gibson brothers, and fight
ensued, in which McDaniePs throat
was cut from ear to ear.
At Milton, twenty miles from Pensa-
cola, Christmas night, one negro is re-
ported killed and several white per-
sons wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Whites Friends Alarmed.

Gadsden, December 2s.-(Special Tho
friends of Chief of Police H. c. White are
very much alarmed over his condition and
1t is now feared he has pneumonia. Two
physicians are at his bedside and every
thing possible is being done for him. Mr..
White was taken i'll Wednesday while at
tending a session of the police court and
faint ed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
William Davis Burned to Death.

Montgomery, December 28.-William
Davis met horrible death by burning
near Andalusia. Being either i'll or
drinking, he sat down by burning
stump to rest and fell over into the
flames. Part of his body was literally
cooked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Echols Gives Stag Dinner.

Gadsden. December 2s.-(special Jerry
Echols was host at am elegant stag din
ner last evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. +. w. Belenger on Fourth street,
given in honor of several of his college
mates from Auburn and few friends.
The decorations were in orange and blue,
the college colors, and the menu was most
elegant. Thos present were: Joseph Nc
Clesky, Boaz: Talmage Hughes, Coats
Bend; Rex Lefevre. Orville Lay, Kirby
Smith, c. ID. Clarke, Jr. F. X. Sitz. C..
IT. Echols. Oscar Noojin. w. G.. Bellen-
ger. f. w. Bellenger and Jerry Echols Of
Gadsden.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Syrian Woman Injured.

A Syrian woman was taken to the st,
Vincent hospital last night, suffering from
slight Injuries caused by being struck
and knocked down by street car. There
were no bones broken, the sudden shock
causing Inconsistencies for a time. She
could not speak English and her name
could not be discovered.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Jacob Martin Killed.

Montgomery, December 2S.-Jacob
Martin shot and killed Jack Kennedy
at Talco. The shooting was done with
a shotgun. which was so close that it
burned his clothing. Both were well
known citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Grover Cleveland sIlqhtIy III.

Princeton, n. j., December 2S.-Former
President Grover Cleveland Is confined
to his home here suffering from an attack
of acute indigestion. His physician says
the attack was brought on through lack
of exercise. His condition is not seri-
Gus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Anastasius Argiro.

The remains of Anastasius Argiro, the
Greek who was foully murdered Thurs
DAY night by an unknown negro, will be
inferred today at IL O'Clock in Elmwood
cemetery. The services will be conducted
from the chapel of Shaw & Son, under
takers
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

IN OW is the time when people are not
V reading their Christmas books;
the time when they are not wear
ing their Christmas ties; the time when
they are not smoking their Christmas
cigars, and the time when all the
useful presents" are being laid away
in the mists of forgetfulness. In fewer
words we are now in the midst of the
Christmas reaction. the sere and yellow
of Yuletide-two days removed from jan
uary l.
OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE KNOCK.
If we were a Millionaire we'd have
The jolliest sort of a time.
We surely would laugh our poor self to
death.
We'd always be feeling so prime.
We'd frolic around and frolic some more
And give away millions each day.
We never would stumble and never would
grumble
But always be cheerful and gay.
II we were a Millionaire we'd do
A thousand good deeds, we avow.
We never would snub the poor beggar
man,
With wrinkles and dirt on his brow.
We'd be for the world the l1indliest light,
Supporting all noble pursuits.
And careful we'd be so you never would
see
Us figure in big damage suits.
If we were Millionaire we know
just how we'd avoid all the cares,
The troubles and bubbles that always
burst
And mock amateur billionaires.
We'd skip Indigestion and loss of ones
hair,
We'd fight off old ages advance
Some corl1ng improvements we'd make in
our movements
If fortune would give us a chance.
THE BUSY POET.
When a poet can't think of any thing
else to do he sits down and pens new
definition of love.
WITH THE GOODS.
If the light of publicity were sudden
~ turned on every nook and corner OF
this country thousands of individuals
would be found hiding something behind
their backs.
EASY.
oh, She wasn't much for looks
And she hadn't studied books
ana her nose WAS WHAT lney Cdu-eF-
retrousse.
OF himself she let him talk
And she won him in a walk
For a girl like that can marry any
day.
PREFERENCE.
We'd rather have fly in the ointment
than In the soup.
The Courier-Journal was three days late
with its syndicate funny column Thurs
day, and that was funny, too.
Senator Tillman says Bailey Is straight
but Texas is worse than Missouri about
being shown.
FULL OF TURKEY?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29

One of the novelties was a Christ
mas tree for dogs on which hung pieces
of chicken, turkey, sausage. cake and
other delicacies. The dogs were
"sicked" in the tree, since there is no
dog Santa Claus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Fraud Order Is Issued.

washington, December 2s.-(special)-
The postoffice department has issued a
fraud order against the Rev. A. Z. Pear
son. as officer or agent of the Colbredi
Industrial Training school of Nashville,
Tenn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29

Now, that a Mexican sonora has
completed a dress valued at $4,000, 1t
should be given to woman who has
nothing to wear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29

The President continues to use sim
plified spelling in his private CORE
spondence, and sometimes applicants
for office are converted to the new
scheme.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29

An Iowa man goes the trial marriage
scheme one better by proposing to
have his wife picked by committee,
preferably of cattle judges.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29

James Bryce does not think handle
to his name would increase his efficien-
cy as a diplomat, and yet society wor-
ships titles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29

w. e. Corey declined to play Santa
Claus for his expectant relatives who
gave him cold deal in his domestic
troubles. He saved a lot of money
thereby
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29

When Jeff Davis, senator-elect, be-
gins to shatter all presidents, Wash
ington will think the British are sack
ing the capital again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29

If Japanese officers have been
sketching the Notifications of the Phil
ippines, they have sketched something
that existed in their imaginations only.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
Rabbits to Meet In Montgomery.

Nashville, December 28.-The execu-
tive committee of the Southern Rab-
binical association has accepted an in
vitation to hold its next years meeting
at Montgomery, Ala.