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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24
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Regulating Taxation Values

If New York and Alabama be unlike,
Louisiana and Alabama certainly are
not. and Louisiana has a state equali-
cation board. The chief duty of the
Louisiana board is to see that one par
ish does not rob another parish-to see
that each parish in that state pays it
proper proportion of state taxes.
In Louisiana the equalization board
Is expected to ascertain and say what
the average value of land in each parish
is. For example, land which is as
sessed on the basis of 500 an acre in
Avoyelles parish has been assessed in
adjoining parishes on the basis of $12
an acre, the land in all being of SINH
lar nature. All such variances are to
be done away with.
Greater discrepancies exist in Ala
bama. Recently a Tennessee valley
paper complained that assessed values
in its county were doubled, in some
cases trebled, the assessed values in
the rich agricultural counties of the
Black Belt Discrepancies. glazing and
unjust, exist in every part of our crude
taxation system, and the legislature
cannot afford to adjourn until it finds
a remedy. A duplication of the Louis
lana statute is probably the surest and
best remedy in sight
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

bales nowadays, and they will not
ignore Texas by going to a South At
lantic state. The headquarters Of the
association should be located either
in Birmingham or Shreveport, and Bir-
mingham is perhaps the better point,
because the southern cotton mills de-
serve consideration. Cotton is largely
made in the southwest, but the market
movement is towards the southeast.
and Birmingham is central and acces-
sible. Trans Mississippi lines come
here-the Rock Island and Frisco, the
Illinois Central, and the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific. The great
southwest can be rallied to the support
of Birminghams claims for the head
quarters of the association that repre-
sents the general interests of the great
cotton industry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Tennessee, Kentucky and other states for
many years, and they are not educated up
to raising what they need themselves.
"The people of Alabama have never
paid attention to the raising of horses.
They have left what little breeding they
have done to the negroes on the planta-
ton instead of studying the matter them
selves The feeding of the horses has
a great deal to do with the raising of
them, and the people of this state should
begin to study the matter of feeding their
stock more carefully.
'All through the gulf states the people
are now beginning to realize that they
can raise horses much cheaper than they
can buy them. When they buy horse
in Kentucky they pay three middlemen's
commission on it, which runs the price
OF the horse away up. The horse dealers
in Tennessee and other states tell me that
within recent months they have begun to
feel the result of increased interest in the
raising of horses In Alabama. They state
that sales have dropped off materially,
due to the fact that many people in Ala
bama have commenced raising their own
stock.
"Alabama raises Just as good feed
stuff for horses as Tennessee or Ken
lucky. This is a good state for oats,
which need very little care. Few farm
ers realize it, but they can make more
money raising oats than cotton, and with
less trouble.
zone trouble Alabama has Is lack of a
natural winter grazing for horses, but
this could easily be overcome by planting
winter oats"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24
OPERA STARS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
Enrico Caruso, Lima Cavalier and Rich
ard Barthelemy attract much attention
every day when they lunch together at
one of the popular refectories on the ave-
nue.. Cavalieri Is the only woman | have
ever seen who looks really beautiful while
in the act of masticating food, while the
gifted Barthelemy is the one sole human
being ON earth who can eat and wear a
monocle at the same time without drop
ping his eyeglass into the soup.
It is quite the thing for the chappies
from the Knickerbocker club to gather at
neglhboring tables to that occupied by the
distinguished trio And 1t isn't Caruso's
greatness nor Cavalieri's beauty which at
tracts them-they want to see how Bar
thelemy does it.
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Talks of Columbiana.

Mrs. Max Lefkovits. Miss Rosser Chris
tian and Mr.. and Mrs. II. e. Whitaker
composed little theatre party from Co
lumbiana last night to see Rip Van
Wrinkle at the Jefferson. Mr.. Whitaker is
editor of the Columbiana Sentinel, and
in speaking of his town said:
Our people are very much interested in
the subjects of water works and electric
lights just now, and the matter also of a
cotton mill is being discussed There is
every indication that Columbiana will inn
prove more this year than it has at any
time in the past for number of years.
Our new court house. which, by the way
is the only marble court house in Ala
bama, is nearing completion, and 1t is a
beauty.
shelby county has n contest for the
office of sheriff, II. NJ Norris, populist
contesting against j. II. Fulton, who was
elected by seven majority on the demo-
cratic ticket.
There is little doubt" said Mr.. Whit
al1er, but that Mr.. Fulton will win the
contest. and If l remember rightly he Is
the first democratic sheriff for Shelby
county in ten years"
Mr.. Whitaker and party are at the Hill
man
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24
Buyer From Wonderful CITY.

'''The most wonderful city in the United
States" says w. r. Cox of the Cox Shoe
company, Birmingham Ala, In speaking
of that place to representative of the
Boot and Shoe Recorder.
1--WE have continued Mr. Cox. "a pop-
ulation now of 10000 and we are trade
center for 10000 people. The population
is increasing every year. and John w.
Gates, the steel magnate, says that IN
twenty years from now Birmingham
will have a population of 100000. This
sounds big, but men who know the pos
sibilities of Birminghams development
and the wonderful resources which sh.
has, regard these figures as conserya-
tive"
Mr.. Cox, who comes to Boston fire.
quently to buy goods, is justly proud of
the wonderful progress which Birmins-
ham has made, and the important posi-
ton which she now occupies among the
cities of the United States. He says that
business with his house is in a most
flourishing condition and that everything
points to a strong and steady growth.
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Headquarters of Cotton

The Age-Herald urges the Commercial
club and all good citizens to push as
hard as they respectively can towards
securing the location in this town of
the headquarters of the Southern Cot
ton association. The prize can be
landed il all will work earnestly for it.
Tine desire of Birmingham to get it
should be declared, and that desire
should be made known in the most en-
phatic and telling manner. The city
council should pass resolutions as well
as our two trade organizations. Let lis
work together, and the general facts
will aid us.
Cotton is no longer made in the
southeast. It's chief seat is in Texas,
and if Birmingham cordially invites
the association to make its home here
1t will be done because it cannot af
ford to go further from Texas. This
town has a direct railroad line to
Shreveport as well as to New Orleans
and Memphis, and every part of Texas
is quickly accessible from this city.
The lines that lead out of Shreveport
do in fact penetrate every part of the
great cotton growing state.
President Jordan and the executive
committee of the association under
stand All these things. They know
where cotton is made by millions OF
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Raising Horses In Alabama.

Before the war Alabama raised some
of the most famous horses of those times,
and there is no reason now why the
state should not raise all of the horses
and mules that 1t uses.' said George
Campbell Brown OF Tennessee yesterday
Mr.. Brown attended the Southern Breed
ers association meeting here, and is
large breeder of horses as well as one
of the best authorities on equine flesh in
the south.
1T is only matter of education with
the people in the south, They have been
buying their horses and other stock in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

II oMORROW is the birthday OF
w Robert Burns. Burns fans"
are at liberty to observe the day
in any way that seems proper. whether
in silent reverence or in wassail, typical
of the bard in his lighter hours. Indy
iduals who do not go in for display
could not pay tribute to the poet in more
appropriate fashion than by reading over
again that immortal legend of Tam O.
Shanter. and when midnight draws its
magic spell and bed time comes on apace,
close the cycle with THE Cotters Sat.
urday Night"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24
KINDLY TRAIT IN A KING.

From the Cleveland Leader.
King Edward starts many fashions. He
has been doing 1t all his life. Usually his
ideas are sartorial. Occasionally, though,
King Edward strikes out an idea which
all the world fashionable or common
place. can approve. His latest is one
of great humanity. No horse Is ever
sold from the royal stables after 1t has
outlived its usefulness. 1t is put to death
painlessly. This is source OF much
financial loss to the king. always hard up,
for England is crowded with tuft-hunters
who would pay exorbitant prices for his
old horses lust to brag about them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

VrIS
It's awful lad luck to have 1t.
Wonder what happens when a plumber
gets hold of Rockefeller?
When man isn't afraid to call a
waistcoat p vest he is so rich he knows
he can do anything he wants to-
girl is SO afraid a man in street
ear will look at her that she keeps look
ing at him to see If he does until he
does.
What a woman likes about trip to Eu-
rope is the way it makes her friends mad
when she announces she Is going
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24
WILLIE'S QUESTION.


From the Minneapolis Journal.
Little Willie's sister was being baP-
tzed. Everything went well until Willie
happened to catch a glimpse of the water
in the font, when he began peering about
anxiously, and finally exclaimed in
piping voice. audible to the whole con-
gregaton: where's the soap?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24
A SANITARY MESSAGE.

BY Bret Harte.
Last night. above the whistling wind.
heard the welcome rain
A fusilade upon the roof,
A tatto on the pane;
The keyhole piped; the chimney top
A warlike trumpet blew;
Yet. mingling with these sounds OF strife,
A softer voice stole through.
"Give thanks, brothers!" said the
voice,
.sThat He who sent the rains
Hath spared your fields the scarlet dew
That drips from patriot veins;
I've seen the grass on eastern graves
In brighter verdure rise;
But oh. the rain that gave II lie
Sprang first from human eyes.
'I come to wash away no stain
Upon your wasted lea;
1 raise no banners, save the ones
The forest waves to me;
Upon the mountain side. where spring
Her farthest picket sets,
My reveille awakes host =,
OF grassy bayonets.
1T visit every humble roof; = q
1 mingle with the low; y
Only upon the highest peaks i
My blessings fall in snow; :.
Until, in tricklings of the stree,
And DRAWINGS of the leaT N
NV unspent rounty comes al las
To mingle with the sea. III
And thus all night. above II
| heard the welcome rain
A fusillade upon the roof
A tatto on the pane;
The keyhole piped; the chimney
A warlike trumpet blew;
But. mingIing with these sounds of slr1fSS
This hymn Of naseA stole through.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

IIIt tdTIH, tt IS DeCf % lie S1AOH dIOne
of modern peoples has preserved the old
Greek instinct of local independence, of
loyalty to the soil. 1t is a. stinet easily
reused on petty or mista issues, but
it Is the chief safeguard of liberty mono
the less, as decentralization 10 and al
ways has ben the precursor and the in
strument of despotism. If you would pre-
serve liberty you must risk rebellion.
There is no other way
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Oklahoma passed up the mistletoe
for alfalfa in choosing a state emblem.
Oklahoma will make hay while the sun
shines and leave the kissing to the
Young
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24
WESTERN VIEW OF GEN. LEE

Anglo-Saxon thank heaven, is seldom
a born soldier He is the last remove
from a coward, but he is none the less
a man of peace. War is to him a trade
to be carefully learned and conscientious
ly practieed mistress not to be wooed
with the ardor of the Latin or the Frank.
All must critieise Lees action in choos-
ing his state rather than his country.
None has impugned his motive. He took
the course which he believed his duty re-
quired him to take, well knowing that
every tie of interest pointed the other
way He knew that he was slated to
succeed Scott as the head of the f,aderaI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

1t is pleasure to announce that DR..
Hills is not so much in the limelight
as formerly. If Chancellor Day could
be extinguished by some means life
would be sweeter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

1t must be great disappointment to
writer's of big headlines that there VIII
be no fight between Great Britain and
the United States over a nimcompoop
of KINGSTON
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

In December more pig iron was i'm
ported than Alabama made-1S5,000
tons. The years imports foot up
,096,226, tons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Woodrow Wilson is bravely endeav-
oring to keep out of politics in New
Jersey. He declines to be candidate
for United States Senator.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

The House of Representatives passed
the bill providing for themselves a so
per cent increase in salary by a viva
yoce vote. A roll-call vote was not
considered desirable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Mrs. Hetty Green is outranked by
Mrs. Russell Sage, who is our richest
woman. Mrs. Eddy is said to be the
richest woman who made her own
money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

commonplace individual was riding
on a train. No one paid any attention
to him until the conductor came along.
The commonplace man offered him a
pass which the conductor 'took with a
cheerful smile. Instantly there was a
commotion in the car. Steel magnates
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Senator elect Smith was once a news
boy, and he is now on the staff of the
Congressional Record, one of our
valued exchanges
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Chancellor Day says workingmen
get too much wages, but he does not
consider chancellors of universities
WorNngmen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

rs liberty in danger?" queries an
excitable contemporary. Well, she
seems to be pretty we'll tied up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

South African peaches sell in New
York at 95 cents each, thus outdoing
the diamonds of Kimberly in net
profits.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

1t was not Mr.. Bryan's bandwagon
that ran away and dumped him in a
snowbank. His bandwagon is storm
proof
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

The label on the package has to be
searched with microscope in order to
ascertain what is inside.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Thomas w Lawson continues to
make little talks on copper, but he
pays advertising rates for each talk.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

The open winter has returned smil-
ing and clipper, and the chances are
it has come to stay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Freight cars should be fitted with
COW bells to keep them from straying
off and getting lost.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

The Brownsville incident declines to
pass into the closed class.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

The Colorado river flows smoothly
on, never needing the talk or the action
of governments.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Let us hope the legislature will not
be so inhuman as to bury good bills
alive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Cincinnati has had more wataer than
beer for the past few days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Senator Carmack says President
Roosevelt has kidnapped the democratic
platform.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Did George Smith marry?" asks
contemporary. See George AIDE about
the cap'n.
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armies. He knew b
any other southerner
per and tremendous
north. We may regre
atty, but we cannot
one with the spirit -
ton. If the Saxon t
the earth, IL Is beci =.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Ostrich feathers are not worn as the
ostrich wore them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Senator elect Curtis of Kansas has
no honest Injun blood in his veins.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Cold waves are not agreeable, but
they are better than earthquake waves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Germany will hold the chief elections
this week. Tomorrow is her election
1aV
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Simon Guggenheim will stand as
corruption's fullest and rottenest bios
som.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24
AN EPITAPH

AN EPITAPH.
Here lie the remains of Mrs. G. Brown,
A husband and children bewall.
The cause OF her death was a shortage
of breath
Induced by clearing out sale
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

the dining room of the local hotel
have breakfast A grinning darkey sidio
up to his chair and asked, Boss, how
does yer want yo aigs?"
Abr exclaimed the southerner, with
a happy SMILE Now 1 know I'm home
again."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24
SKEPTICAL.

sKEPTICAL
Is pure food here?
Some people say
1t is. and more
Is here to say.
AS far as we
Will dare to go
Is just to say
We do not know.
In sooth, the jam
We ate this morn
To help the cakes
As sure's you're born,
Did have the same
Old tang, l fear,
That chung to it
Through yesteryear.
A contemporary bewals buffoonry IN
the Senate. 1t is reasonable to suppose
that where there are so many buffoons
there will be some buffoonry.
A picture of Evelyn lhaw at the age
of IS months is creating furore.
A new book of travel entitled "A Pic
mic in Widest Africa suggests a can
nibal feast.
NOTIONS.
A lot of choice humor is wasted over
the hash in a boarding house.
The average notion of genius is some
thing ASSOCIATED from heavy meals, and
the bath tub.
A great many people who talk to hear
themselves talk do that to get themselves
heard.
The poultry business and the poetry
business sound alike. For returns choose
the former.
II all the people who think they know
how this country ought to be run were
put to work digging the Panama canal
it would soon be finished.
More power for President Roosevelt?
He is sixty-horse power now.
Alabama's alternate senators are still
waiting at the church.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

A green winter in Chicago is making
fat churchyards.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

and some strd
in astonishme'
gazed at the
Who could he
The man with
of the road at
\
o, Swettenhs
But not the
That men d
He's just a
A traveller o
from a long j
fnutn dnu.n cn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

New York Post: A Pennsylvania viii
lage has just changed its name from
Vendetta to Welcome Lake. VIII Tomb
stone Ariz.; Deadmans Bay, Fla, and
Murderkill Hundred, Del, please take no.
tice?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Charleston News and Courier: If Pres
ident Roosevelt really has any stomach
for fight the way is open for the most
exciting time we have ever had in this
country since we whipped the British at
New Orleans
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Washington Post: "If cat on the
back Tense distrubs you" says the Day
ton (O0 News, do not destroy the fence;
destroy the cat" What folly! There will
ALWAYS be other cats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

A contemporary bewails buffoonry IN
the Senate. Tt is reasonable to suppose
that where there are so many buffoons
there will be some buffoonry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

Clemenceau is a great man to sit on
the lid.
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sUPPosING.

SURPRISING.
If you were a princess fair to see
And I were a knight of old,
A leader in wars and gallantry,
In blazing adventures bold,
I'd lnger beneath your easement, dear,
And MARBLE a stanza of love
With heart a-fiame for my lady fair
Asleep in her bower above.
If you were a ragged maid and I
Were a modern millionaire,
With oceans and oceans of money to
spend
And never a trace of care,
My life would be Swallowed by lasting
gloom
II you'd but refuse me a smile
I'd WOO you regardless of station and
The dictates of fashion and style.
But what is the use of an idle dream?
AS idle as breezes that blow.
princess you are, dear, but not in Il
court,
I haven't million, you know.
So, turning from fancy to facts in the
And leaving such visions afar,
I find that my work has been cut out
for me
In wooing you Just as you are.
What with the poor man advising the
rich man what to do with his money and
the rich man advising the poor man how
to get money, we manage to keep the
ball rolling.
IN DIXIE.
In Yankee land the papers talk
About the ice and snow
And Danger on the Sidewalks is
Proclaimed to high and low.
In Dixie land we smile and smile
The sun is shining, too.
And over-arching dreamy fields,
The sky Is fair and blue.
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PRESS POINTS

Columbia State: 4n Orient prophet pre-
diets that this year 1.-The rich will satisfy
their hunger at the expense of the poor"
This Is not prophecy; 1t is platitude.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

A picture of Evelyn 1haw at the age
of Is months is creating a furore.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-24

A new book of travel entitled "A Pic
mic in Widest Africa suggests can
nibal feast.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. post
office as second-class matter under act
of Congress March 8. 1879.