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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
Fore heaven, an excellent song.
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Governor IeIks on LYnchInq.

The appeal that Governor Jelks made to his former colleagues of the press should not go unheeded. The laws of Alabama are sufficient They may not be perfect, but they are good enough to meet all demands made upon them by society and good gov ernment It is in the execution of those laws that the troubles of the state begin. Public sentiment is un- sound. and Governor Jelks told the editors of the state that they make public sentiment.
 It is the contempt for law that leads to lynchings which are a disgrace to the state. Worst of all, the lynchers, said Governor Jelks, seem to draw the line at white men. All parties agree. he added, that we ought not to lynch white people"
 This is a distressing state of public opinion, and if the editors of this state created it they have a great deal to answer for. Whatever it's origin may have been the prevalent contempt for law is plain and undoubted, and all should pull together to change it. Gov ernor Jelks has done excellent work in that direction. and if every editor would face perverted public senti ment as brayely as he has during his five years of service as the states chief executive, lynching would soor disappeary and respect for law and or der would take it's place to the credit and welfare of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
Travelinu Dentist.

Daniel Cherry, trayelng salesman with headquarters in South Carolina, in con 'versatlon with local dentist yesterday. told a remarkable story of dentistry in the "forties."
 My father was a dentist" said he, "and while he made his headquarters in South Carolina, he practlced in Georgia and Alabama, as well. In Georgia he visited Atlanta, and four other cities. and in Alabama. he made Selma, Mo- bile, Montgomery and one or more towns. Birmingham was not on the map On &C., count of the scarcity of dentists in those days, my father did a lucrative practice. in spite of the fact that his enormous territory handicapped him seriously. For instance, he would make an impression of the gums on one trip, and bring the plate on his return, some six months later. I remember that he was paid s15O each for plates, and $500 for both the up- pers and the lowers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28

appropriation, hoping in that way to bleed the rich counties still more. It is an actual fact that some of the counties are not taxed at all, because they get back from the state treasury as much school money as they had paid into the treasury for all purposes. Possibly no county fully reaches the non-taxation line, but about twenty counties are close to it.
 Those twenty counties should be req sonable They should not demand too much from the rich counties of the state. They should not at any rate stand in the way of local taxation, for that would not lessen the present state school appropriation a dollar
 The friends of our public schools should, however, be alert. Local taxa tion is needful The children of Ala bama can not be properly educated without it. And when you think of it, why in this free country should not a district be permitted to have as good a school as it desires? It will pay the extra expense, and a good school Is a good thing at any time and in any nlace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
In the Next Leqislature.

Every friend of the public schools should scrutinize his list of legislative candidates carefully He should ask himself, What man in this list will be most apt to do good work in favor of the submission of a constitutional amendment granting to each school district the right to have as good a school as it is willing to pay for?" When that man has been selected he should be pushed as the school man of the canvass, and the school vote should be cast for him.
 It will not be easy to put through . constitutional amendment in favor of full local taxation for school pur- poses. Although the rich counties are contributing handsomely to the sup port of schools in the poorer counties, yet the latter want still larger gifts. By defeating local taxation they would acheme to increase the state school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
THREE GREAT DIAMOND
 KINGS ARE COMPARED

Belt continued to be partners in things financial and political after Barnatos star had paled in the speculative sky and he had found hls level Alfred Belt was probably the greatest business man in the world at the time of his death, his interests including copper mines in the United States gold mines in South Ameri- ca, Siberia and Corea, and shares In steam and electric railways in all parts of the world. besides his enormous in- vestments in South African mines lands and industrial and traction companies
 Both Belt and Rhodes went to South Africa originally in search of health as very young men. Rhodes without any re- sources at all and Belt as the son of prosperous Hamburg merchant. Born in the same year, 1853, they became interest ed in the Kimberley diamond mines at about the same time made great for tunes at an early age, and succeeded In forming what may Justly be called the diamond trust, since 1t controls the price of diamonds the world over. The dream of imperial expansion was Rhodes, but he was always able to enlist his friend Belt in the promotion of his railroad and char ter company enterprises. If Belt was involved in the hgh-handed Jameson out rage he had Rhodes to thank for It. The firm name and business might have read: Rhodes & Belt, Exploiters of Africa From Cape Town to Cairo"
 The two men had many tastes in com mon as lovers of the arts and as collec- tors. Rhodes was an Oxford man and read the classics in editions specially brought out for him They were both generous gvers for educational and charitable pur- poses Belt was a man who shunned mo- toriety and his methods were subtle and soundless. Rhodes was proud of his fame, and did things on lavish scale and in a royal way, as one who should have been born in the purple and could not but make noise in the world. Had Rhodes lived to old age there is no know ing what part he might have still played as British statesman; had Belt long survived he would have become billion aire. Barnato would never have be
 anything but happy -go-lucky gambler
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
MAKER OF MATCHES.

Charles F. Russell in Everybody's for
 August
 Sometimes the Japanese government does not proceed along It's chosen path without stubbing it's toes One of its cher ished designs Is to- add to It's lucrative business the exclusive manufacture or matches. This is quite in line with the rest, for the match industry Is one or the sprouts of government culture, and speaking generally the governmental poll icy seems to be that as soon as an in- dustry begins to make profits from sales abroad, that industry Is to be added to the governments enterprises. According ly. bill was prepared two years ago for the taking over of all the match fac tories.
 As I have tried to point out before, the battle between private gain and the com- mon good is worldwide. In Japan the in- fiuences corresponding to our Rockefellers and Morgans are chiefly comprised in the great Mitsui family. The Mitsuis own banks, railroads, factories. They were heavily interested in the match business. and did not relish the prospective loss Of Its rlcn DrOIltS. MOTSONtl, III tOihiioit with other great families and interests, they regarded the governments intrusion into trade as revolutionary. fraught with peril to the better classes and not to be endured by those to whom Providence in it's wisdom had intrusted the property interests of the country. So they brought certain influences to bear upon the na- tional house of representatives and de- feated the match bill. It was like Ameri- ca; experienced Americans watching the progress of the bill almost fancied they were at home
 The government was defeated, and the match bill was dropped. But the Japanese are patient; they can always wait. The match bills coming up again before lonf and this time It will pass. This is not a government that must needs twice learn it's lessons. It had it's lesson about matches and the Mitsuis. Consequently 1t is now proceeding in way to eliminate the Mitsuis from its future problems.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
Need Better Schedule.

M W. Camper of Florence and Frank Julian of Tuscumbia were in the city last night on their way from Gadsden, where they attended the meeting of the Alabama Press association.
 Mir Camper Is editor of the Sheffield Reaper and MT. Julian is editor of the North Alabamian and is also candidate for secretary of state.
 Both these gentlemen are interested in securing a daily train on the Southern railway from Florence to Birmingham by way of Parish, and while in the city yes terday called on a number of local busi- ness men in the interest of the train. It is believed that the Southern will put on the service desired if proper influence is put forward.
 In speaking of the desired service MT. Julian said: The people up in our section need a better service into Birmingham and we are doing all in onr power to get it.
 With the present schedules and connee- tions 1t takes us all day to come to Bir- mingham and return. We only have about one hour in Birmingham.
 'The people of Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia want train that will leave Florence early in the morning and re- turn at night, giving serveral hours stay in Birmingham. Our plan Is to run the train as a local from Florence to Parish over the Northern Alabama branch of the Southern and as a through train over the main line of the Southern from Parish to Birmingham.
 "The distance from Florence to Birming- ham is a fraction oyer 12S miles. The run can be made In five hours very easily. Such a train would not only be great convenience to the people of our section but would be of much advantage to Bir- mingham.
 MT. Camper and myself called on sev- eral business men on Morris avenue today and succeeded in securing the promise of assistance from almost all the men called upon. In fact they are very much inter- ested and we feel confident that the new service will be granted by the road when petition is presented.
 Everybody along the line to Florence Is very much interested and I believe the train would be very popular and paying institution for the company"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
GRACEFUL DANCES OF SPAIN.

From the Nineteenth Century.
 In dancing the Spanish woman Is queen of her sex. To see the real thing you must set hold of gypsy band or visit some humble dancing place in Seville or in the south. There is no dancing in the world so poetic. passionate, suggestive or grace full
 Soain Is the true home of the dance. There are the jota, or Aragon, with It's fine abandon but stately time; the tango, resembling the danse du ventre of Moor ish Spain-the dance of gesture and sug- gestion; the graceful cachuca, with its chironomic play of head and arms; the jaleo de Jerez. which gypsies dance in whirling measure; the quaint dances of the Basque provinces. and scores of minor local dances more or less alike peculiar to different localities.
 But the great dances are the bolero, the seguidilla, the chaeona and the fandango of the south These dances are the soul and epitome of Spain. In all of them prose gesture-the mystery of true dancing plays an important part; in all of them the poetry of love and motion is exhibited with extraordinary subtlety and expres- slou
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
From the New York sun.

From the New York Sun.
 1 HE death of Alfred Belt in London 9 on Monday recalls his association rsoll Barnato in exploiting the Kimberley dia- mond mines. Barnato, in i'll health and suffering from despondeney, committed suicide by jumping overheard from a Cape liner in 1897, at the age of 45. Cecil Rhodes was less than 50 when he died, and Alfred Belt was 5. It is probable that all of these great promoters succumbed to the strain of managing their business affairs. which, in the case of Rhodes and Belt, were colossal and in that of Bar nato intricately speculative and hazar- dous.
 Barnato was merely a daring and reck- less gambler, without education or refine ment; but it was no small thing for a man who began life In South Africa as a clown in circus to become in a few years q power on the London and Cape Town exchanges and sit in the legislature of Cape Colony as the member from Kim berley. One of Barnatos transactions was the sale of diamond mine, of which he was chief owner, for $27 .500O00. It was not until he matched his wits against the wiles of the specialists on the London Stock exchange that he suffered eclipse
 But for a time he carried all before him, and the rush to subscribe for shares offered by the ex-clown, whose original slum name was Isaacs, exceeded in en- thuslasm anything of the kind known before in England. At one time he was rated at $s5oOO,0OO and he had the doubt full distinction of being mentioned as one of the underwriters of the Jameson raid. It was charged against him in the old days that he got his first start in finance" as an illicit diamond buyer
 Their association with Barnato was only an incident in the lives of Rhodes and Belt They were made of finer clay, and each In his way was an idealist. Belt as a genius of business, Rhodes as an em- pire builder
 They had to work with Barnato, as 8 gambler born under a lucky star, until he could be eliminated as factor in South African affairs; but Rhodes and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
QUAINT YARNS ARE TOLD
 ON MEN OF PROMINENCE

them an Arab In his loose. flowing robes with head proudly erect and the peculiar swinging stride of those sons of the desert. As he strode backward and for ward he drew nearer and nearer to the little knot of officers, till at last, as he swept by, the flying folds of his burnoose brushed against one of the officers. "D--n that fellows impudencer' said the officer. If he does that again I'll kick him." To his surprise the dgniied Arab suddenly halted, wheeler round and exclaimed Well. Hawkins, that's fine way to welcome a fellow after two years absence It's Ruffian Dick" cried the astonished Hawkins.
 Baron Hubner went one evening to call upon President Thiers, who was then at the head of the French republic. The baron found the door of the house open and walked upstairs. In the dim light a man crept stealthlly toward him. Know ing that the President went in fear of his life and, unwilling to die martyre in cause not his own, the baron hurriedly explained: q am not M. Thiers." T know you are not M. Thiers," answered the mysterious stranger, but ] want to know who you are.' Before answering the baron insisted upon knowing the identity of his companion. "Oh am M. Theirs butler" was the answer Hubner declared himself. "Ah,' said the butler with a sigh of relief "I have your name first on the list of visitors" Each had taken the other for an assassin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
Senator Meruan at Gadsden.

Senator Morgan's speech, two hours long before the Alabama Press asso- citation, was in his best vein. He put into it the humor and poetry of his younger days and added the wisdom and dignity of his riper years. It was admirable throughout, and 1t should be read by all who love Alabama.
 Senator Morgan sees in the pros pective building under national con trol and supervision of ship canal connecting Pittsburg with Lake Erie an opportunity for the construction of like canal connecting the Tennessee river with the Coosa and the Warrior. If one be feasible he thinks the other also is. If one can be built through the combined cooperation of the na- tional government and of states, so may the other be.
 These waterways are needed in or der that the remarkable natural re- sources of Alabama-coal, iron ore, cement rock-may be developed. Sen ator Morgan says that the 52,Oo0 souare miles of Alabama has more mineral wealth, in greater variety or usefulness. than any equal area in the world To our mineral wealth. he said. should be added yellow pine, cot ton and water powers.
 Senator Morgan selects from these sources of wealth one alone-cotton- and his glowing tribute to 1t has all the fire and imagery that one would expect from a young man. And yet a veteran statesman with long and no- ble record stood before the editors of the state. Our senior senator is in- deed a remarkable man.
 The greater part of the senator's Gadsden speech was devoted to King Cotton. He re-enthroned the fleecy staple, and he showed that its i'm movable throne is In the southern states of this richly endowed country. The laws of nature have determined it's habitat, and the other nations can mt overthrow or thwart nature. Heat and moisture are here combined in proper proportions. Not so elsewhere. The value of temperature and of the gulf stream are dwelt upon. In short, Senator Morgan shows that the cotton helt is the choicest portion of the earth's surface.
 It's great crop has survived the la hor troubles of the fourteenth ana fifteenth amendments of the constitu- tion. and today the mortgage era of capitalism is passing out. When cot ton ;s fully emancipated, we will be able to own and to develop mines, 1 ouarries cement beds and water pow CTS. and then Alabama will begin to attain to her great possibilities.
 Thus Senator Morgan drew in vivid, but reasonable, colors this state and | it's future, and this is why we say again that his Gadsden speech should be pxinted and reprinted until it reaches every voter in this state. Aere is hope and faith ana strength
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Peaches In Morqan.

"That part of Morgan county around Hartselle is rapidly developing into one of the finest peaeh-growing sections in North Carolina" said Charles B. Carter, editor of the Hartsele Enquirer who is in Birmingham looking after the market ing of Hartselle shipments.
 Day & Simpson have an extensive or chard of from one to five year old El- herta peach trees few miles from Hartselle. The orchard has 2o,OOO trees and the firm has already shipped this year 250O crates and 2OO0 dozen cans have been put up by a local cannery
 "The Hartselle peaches are very fine and are receiving great favor in Nor ris avenue and other places where they have been handled. The Hartselle peach commands a better price than any other on the market"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
PHlLANTHRoPlc sPARRows.
e Outing Magazine.

From the Outing Magazine.
 For several days four or five sparrows had visited a certain place on the roof near my window They always brought food for another little fellow. who never tried a flight from the spot. The visiting sparrows never came empty billed. They would drop tiny morsels of food near inc little sparrow. When it began to eat the crumbs the others set up a great chirping and then flew away.
 After watching this for few days went out on the roof and approached the lone bird. It did not futter away from me and made no resistance when picked 1t up.
 The sparrow was blind. Its eyes were covered with mlklike film.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 NA ERAIAN school masters are said kS to have had much to do with the
 victory of the Germans In their late war with France and in this connec- ton Sir Henry Roscoe tells this incident of his inspection of the professional school in Rouen, France: Among the usual objects I noted with surprise a Prussian soldiers helmet On being asked why he placed It there the sehoolmaster stated that 1t was picked up in the streets of Rouen during the German invasion. And he added that it was of great service to him. for when the scholars did not attend to their work he used to bring this down and put 1t on the desk and, pointing to it, say: Now if you do not make progress and learn properly this will happen to you again, The surest way to bring it upon you is to neglect your studies and grow up in ignorance and 10 become inferior in intellectual training The display of that helmet explained the director, never fails to bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of my stA- dents and to rouse their patriotism and their zeal for their studies.
 Sir Richard Burton was famous for his effective disgulses. One evening soon after his return from his famous jour ney to Mecca a party of officers, including a friend of Burton's named Hawkins, were lounging outside Shepherds hotel at Cairo. As they sat talking and smok- ing there passed repeatedly in front of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A man who has no bad habbits has the worse one of bragging about 1t to the rest of the family.
 Some people are so careful they wouldn't eat onions when they were go- ing to sleep in a sleeping car.
 If a man had to spend on medicine for his family one-tenth the money he spends on drinks for himself he would call him. self bankrupt
 The trouble with kissing a girl wher you are taking her home In the rain is the umbrella either gets tangled up in her hair or jabs you in the eye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-28
usED-To-sE.

By James Whitcomb Riley. Beyond the purple, hazy trees Of summers utmost boundaries; Beyonds the sands-beyond the seas Beyond the range of eyes like these,
 And only in the reach of the
 Enraptured gaze of Memory.
 There lies a land, long lost to me
 The Land of Used-to-be. A land enchanted-such as swung In golden seas when sirens clung Along their dripping brinks, and sung To Jason in the mystic tongue,
 That dazed men with its melody
 Oh, such a land, with such a sea
 Kissing it's shores eternally,
 Is the fair Used-ti-be. land where music ever girds. The air with belts of singing birds, And sows all sounds with such sweet
 words, That even in the lowing herds,
 A meaning lives so sweet to me,
 Lost laughter ripples limpidly.
 From lips brimmed OCT with all the
 glee
 Of rare Used-to-be. Lost laughter. and the whistled tunes Of boyhoods mouth of crescent runes. That rounded through long afternoons. To serenadng plenilunes-
 Then starlight fell so mistily,
 That, peering up from pended knee, l dreamed twas bridal drapery.
 Showed over used-to-be. o land of love and dreamy thoughts, And shining fields and shady spots, Of coolest, greenest grassy plots, Embossed with wild forget-me-nots-
 And all ye blooms that cunningly
 Lift your faces up to me,
 Out of the past I kiss in thee
 The lips of Used-to-be. And love ye all with wet eyes, Turned glimmering on the skies. By blessing like your perfumes rise. Till OCT my soul a silenc elies
 Sweater than any song to me N Sweeter than its melody
 Or it's sweet echo, yea, all three
 My dreams of Used-to-be