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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Read Aladdin of Id Pndon, by Max Pemberton, now appear ing in the Sunday Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Mrs. James C. White of Memphis is the guest of Miss Jamie Greene at Earle Place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Mrs. c. R. Brooks. mother-in-law of Mrs. w. E. Fort and Mrs. George F. Erannh. who have been away for some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
RECORD OF THE COURTS.
Criminal Court.

Almost every excuse known to man was put up by jurors in the first division of the criminal court yesterday morning when Judge Dan A. Greene undertook to empanel jury in the case of New York Harry, charged with robbery. Good ex- ouses were accepted, challenges for cause were numerous, but eventually the requisite twelve men were secured and turned over to Judge Nesmith. Another jury was speedily organized and proceed ed with the trial of George Miles. colored, charged with the murder of Patsey Co., ney, negro woman.
 The case was concluded and went to the jury at 6 O clock. and at 6S0 the jury returned into court with a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed the punishment at fifty years in the penitentiary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Criminal Court Docket.

The following docket is set for trial in the first division of the criminal court today. Patton Cade, murder; George lost, murder; Clara Avery. murder: William Taylor, robbery; Robert Jackson, mur- der; Arthur Allen, criminal assault; Will Cole murder
 The proba abilities are that either George Jost or Will Cole will be tried today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Chancery Court,

In the chancery court yesterday final decree was rendered in the case of w A. Hodges ct al vs r. H. Kinney. 1t was ordered, adjudged and decreed that defendant had no right, title or interest in the property described in the bill.
 M. A. Odom vs Birmingham Belt Rail road company; decree overruling moi,on to dismiss bill and allowing defendant twenty days to plead further.
 T. Byron vs. Mrs. NJ F.. Belsher: de- cree overruling demurrer and motion to dismiss bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Hauan's Magnolia Balm,

and hands like it Does Lyon Fifth BrooknNY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Mrs Charles l. Graves of Rome. Ga, is the guest of Mir. and Mrs. J. H. Cla- baugh She will be the matron of honor at the Thornton-Clabaush wedding on Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Mrs. c. B. Spencer has returned from the East, where she passed the summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Complain About Street As sessments.

"W. M. DRIENNEN. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Mrs F. G. Kinney and Hubert Kinney recently joined Mrs. Culpepper Exum and Miss Mary Kinney in New York, where they have been staying at the Marti-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
THE COUNTY TAX BOARD Law.

Members of the State Grange who are
moving for the repeal of the law ere
ating county boards Of equalization of
taxes seem to have taken alarm on
very short notice. They claim that the
rural communities are being forced TO
pay heavier taxes while city political
leaders are able TO secure pruning OF
taxes. If there have been such In
stances the cases must be isolated and
are the fault of the men on the indi-
yidnal boards, and not Of the law or the
system created by it.
The law is designed to equalize as
sessrnents for taxes. and in It's work
ing doubtless the farmers have felt the
pinch. for II Is notorious that property
has for years been greatly underassessed.
It is a new law and may not be per-
feet yet. 1t has been in operation toe
short a time for the taxpayers to have
realized Its benefits, but it was care
fully framed on right principles, 1t viii
not be repealed. though 1t may be bet
tered when it shows the need Of 1t.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
Sentence FOR wIrEBEArERs.

There was not a day nor a penny too
much in the prison sentence and fine
given the New York vifebeater whose
fate Judge Bowling, in the criminal
branch of the Supreme Court, has just
settled. This fine specimen of manhood,
who allowed his wife to support him
and beat her when she refused to give
him money for whiskey, will have five
years in which to think over ways OF
arguing with a woman more becoming
than hitting her over the head with an
iron bar. 1t Is likely he will have more
time for repentance than that, for his
fine is 81, 900, and this probably means
1000 days additional of richly merited
Imprisonment.
There is frequently talk Of reviving
the whipping-post for w~ifebeaters, but
that method unouestionabiy is more
harmful and brutalizing upon those
who administer the punishment than 1t
is ~enicacious as a punitive measure and
an influence to deter others from a ike
crime. The best way is to follow the
example of this New York judge and
give this meanest of all offenders the
limit of the law. That in some cases,
by depriving the mans family OF its
source Of support, hardship MAJ result
and the family becom a charge upon
the state is all true enough. But in
the case mentioned, and probably in
most cases, the wifebeater is a drunken
brute who is not only no help TO his
family, but a positive drag upon its re-
sources. TO put him away for as long
a time as possible is the kindest for all
concerned.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
THE RAILROAD TAX CASES.

1t Is given out. evidently by authority,
by the state Board of Equalization that
In the railroad fax appeal cases ''the
Court of Errors and Appeals feels that
the Importance of this subject demands
as prompt a decision as possible, and
they nay take an interim adjournment
in order to make a speedy
nent.' The judges are well aware of
the exigencies of the situation, and it
would be strange If they did not depart
somewhat from the even tenor of their
placid way to make an early decision.
The necessities of the State and It's
municipalities are superior to judicial
convenience.
That the court will sustain the su-
pren1e Court on all essential points is
now morally certain. II there is any
dissent from the opinion of the Su-
preme Judges 1t will relate to method
rather than to principle. The equity of
the new system of railroad taxation
may be regarded as established by the
opinion of the lower court. 1t has
seemed that If there was a vulnerable
point in that opinion 1t WAS the plan of
assessment provided by the Perkins aet.
whether the property of a railroad
company could be divided and assessed
by two different authorities, one state
and the other local,
Whether the railroad companies viii
carry the cases TO the United States
Supreme Court will depend upon the
State courts action. If the opinion
shall be divided between the state and
the railroads to give to the latter re-
lease from the authority of local tax
boards the railroad companies arc not
likely to so any further. They would
probably consent to pay tax at the
average local rate IN property assessed
only by the State Board of Assessors.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
THE CORSET

Hereafter the who practises
tight lsclng and wears gowns cut low
In the neck will have medical authority
for it. The bare shoulder and the wasp
waist have at last their defender and
champion. The forces OF the scrawny-
necked and bsrrel-waisted are for the
moment at least put to rout. Genera
tons have passed while the Anthony
Comstocks have not spared their
bushes and the medical exports have
denioFed the use OF the costume with
the neck and chest Examinations sup
posed TO constitute the s~taunchest
friend of influenza,
But at last a voice is raised in
its behalf. DIR, Woods Hutchinson Is
the heretical Individual who deHes
the rerormers of the ages to de-
clare that lew-necked dress is not
harmful, but beneficial, and that
the objections to corsets are ill-founded.
Colds are not caught by direct ak
posture of the upper part Of the lungs
TO even chilly air." he says, and, with
the correct, he thinks the trouble is not
so much with our false ideas Of beauty
as Of MORALS lie Ands that "at bot
tom the corset is but a device for en-
aiding us to wear and retain the yolum-
inous clothing which modesty and COM
fort demand without totally losing all
semblance of figure
BEING a mere man and a modest
one, we decline to commit ourselves
regarding any such theory. es-
p4eislly when he adds: Get rid
of the absurd superiority of skirts
and pettleoats and the corset will take
care Of ITSELF But we do contend tina,
a physician who so Ear departs from
the common medical view and The
sound p~rearnments usual with his pro-
fsssteH as Or. Hutchinson does in many
OF his statements is-ReiI, maybe hs Is
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
A MUNrCrpAL ZOE PLANT.

If the ice trust can cut and store ice
in Maine and transport 1t hundreds OF
miles for sale in Newark at 4 profit. the
city of Newark should be able to cut
and store ice in the Peduannock, only
forty miles away, and sell 1t to local
dealers at prices to permit Of reason
able prices to
OF the ice sold in Newark the bulk
comes from the upper Hudson, and New
York experts have pronounced it unfit
for consumption because 1t contains
sewage and disease germs. Ice cut in
the Pequannock is absolutely pure. The
consideration Of pure and cheap ice for
the people of Newark appears to have
never entered the heads of the three
commissioners who spent a year in
cog1tating a report on a municipal ice
supply and yesterday made a one-sided
report condemning the plan.
The sanitary reasons offered in oppo-
sition to the plan seem ridiculous In
view of the fact that a subsidiary COM
pany of the ice trust has been cutting
ice. on a city reservoir for a whole dec
ade, without the slightest objection by
Newark officials. without n attempt
at sanitary precaution and without any
effect upon the water supply. Why a
municipal plant, operated without
horses and without nuisance, should be
especially objectionable is a conundrum
he commission doesn't attempt to
explain.
AS for the financial features of a
municipal plant, it may be asserted that
the 1sures of the commission are ex-
travagant. The fact is evident in the
report that the commission was opposed
In the beginning to a municipal ice
plant and that it's quest was simply for
reasons why the city should not estab-
fish one.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
Edward VII. and Henry YIN.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
VIII you kindly give me a complete ac-
count Of the reign of Edward VII. OF
England7 Also compare his power with
that OF Henry VIII. NJ. c. ALLEN.
tEdward VII, the present King of Eng
land, was born November 8, 1s4l. He
assembled to the thrcne January 20, 1901,
upon the death Of Queen Victoria. A com-
plete account of his reign could not be
adequately given in the space allowed. It
will probably suffice to say that his reign
has been nominal. and his duties have been
mainly Of q social nature. Beginning CEN
turtles back, and eliminating with the
benevolent acquiescence of Queen Victoria,
the actual political authority once enjoyed
by English monarchs has been taken from
them. A comparison of his power with
that enjoyed by Henry VIII. would be inn
possible, for there is no comparison. The
latter was one of the most powerful rulers
Of all times, and made a deep impresz
upon the political history Of the world
while the former possesses practically no
political authority. Because Of the lack
Of opportunity given the latter. = csm-
parison Of the two men il equaliy impoz-
sible.-lrd.l
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.
TO Kcarny!

To Kearny!
with apologies to Longfellow.)
The binding snow was falling fast,
When through the night there swiftly
passed
Atrolley car of faded hue.
Bearing this sign in Alice blue:
To Kearny.
Two men, with ears benumbed by frost,
Longing to ride at any cost,
Cursed at their i1ek-they missed that car
They Couldn't ~walk-they lived too far
In Kearny.
In happy homes there sat that night
Two weeping wives. unnerved with fright
All night they lay awake and prayed.
All night from home their bubbles stayed
And Kearny!
At break Of day the snow had ceased.
At noon the cold had much increased.
But still those men In silence stood,
Longing for home, and wives and food,
And Kearnyl
There in the twilight, cold and gray,
Lifeless, but dutiful. they lay,
When from the west, serene and far,
Slowly there erawled a faded car,
To Kearny.
-E. DeRey Koch.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

1t is doubtful policy Tor a munich
paiity to postpone public Improvement
contracts at a time when the financial
situation has compelled private en-
ployers to curtail operations and lay
off labor. The New York Board of
Estimate looks to the city's finances
when it takes action by which 1t IL
estimated work on caatracts aggre-
eating about slss, 900, 900 will be post
ponsd. II 1t is possible. necessary pub
lie work should go on for the sake of
giving employment to labor.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
rAxAH1RA FOR AMBAssADoR.

Assuming the reports of the recall of
Ambassador Aoki and the naming of
former Minister Takahira as his success
sor TO be authentic, official circles in
Washington will consider that Japan
has made a move that will not only be
to her own advantage, but to the pro-
motion and maintepance of cordial re-
iations between the W. countries.
With an experience earned here by
long practise both in the diplomatic
and consular service, Baron Taxa
hira, the new ambassador. is prob
ably one OF the best-posted Jap
anese diplomats on American affairs.
He made an excellent record as Min
lister at Washington during the trying
time of the Russo-Japanese War, with
Russia's most sstute diplomat as his
rival, and he left our capital with the
good will and friendship of everybody.
He will make a most acceptable and
able Ambassador and the Mikado can
rest assured that the interests OF his
empire in this country are in safe hands.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

VaruRa.
To the Ddilor OF the Evening Star:
/ claim that Varuna was one OF Nep-
tunes daughters; a friend says that she
was a Hindoo goddess. Please decide for
us. AMY.
Las to sex both are wrong, FOR Naruna
is one of the male gods. In the earlier
vedic faith, that of the Rig-Veda, he is
tina massive n simple conception Of the
all enclosing sky, creator OF tho world,
ruler OF gods and men, Abe sovereign law
OF the universe, which no power in nature
may transgress. Omnisfient and all-provi-
dent he Furnishes the guilty, who may not
escape bis eye In the uttermost realms Of
space or In the nethernaost shadows of
the abyss. Mercy is his, the power to blot
out sin and to push aside the chill clutch
of death. From his fingers distili the
drops of rain upon the place beneath, his
hands guide the streams from their noun
tain founts and at his check the tides re-
~sistlcss ebb and flow. Some dim reniem-
brance OF the almighty majesty of their
ancestral Varuna the Greeks carried in
their wanderings associated with the
name, which in their speech became Ou-
ramos. After the stern grandeur of the
Vedas proved too great for the races OF
Hindustan, varuna sank 10 a lower place
as no more thar a sea god seated upon
the monstrous makara.-Ed.]
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
Hearing 10th sides.

Last summer there died at Washington
a lawyer who for many years had shocked
a large number OF his friends by his rath-
err liberal views touching religion. A
friend Of the deceased, who cut short a
Canadian trip to hurry back to Washing
ton for the purpose Of attending the last
rites of his colleague, entered the late
lawyers home some minutes after the
beginning of the service.
''What part of the service is thisg he
inquired in a whisper of another legal
friend standing in the crowded hallway.
nv just come myself said the other.
but | believe they've opened for the de-
Tense. "-Harper's Weekly,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

The entombment of hundreds of
miners by a mine explosion at Monon-
gah, West Virginia, is a narrowing
event that occurs at the beginning OF
the Christmastide to cast a pail upon
the country. The nation has passed
through the year without the occur
renee of any great calamity. This one
is perhaps the worst in the history OF
coal-mining in the United States.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

Molly, has the butcher gomez"
mo. dear; he's waiting"
'And tho baker?"
"On the front steps, DEAR :
And the g~roceryman?' 3
II has surrounded the house"
And the man with the gas bill? ?"
Hes taking out the meter"
wei, I'm going TO climb to the roof
and finish my poem on Poverty in the
Sunlight s..
Il wouldn do that, dear, il / were
you the little wife replied. ''Tbe balliif
is up there levying on the shingles
Atlanta Constitution.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
Couldn't Discharge Him.

When the jury had filed in for at least
the fourth time, with no sign of coming
to an agreement in the bribery case, the
~disgusted judge rose up and said: Il
discharge this ,juryv'
At this one sensitive talesman, stung to
the quick by this abrupt and ill-soundRns
decision, obstinately facedseRs $3.50 :
You can't discharge me, udSst-hh e.
torted.
Why nof?" asked the astonished Judge.
Because" announced the talesman,
pointing to the defendants lawyer. I'm
being paid by that mar thcre."-Lippin-t
colts.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

In appointing a committee OF FIVE
20 investigate the charges Affecting
Alderman julius a. Meyer, of the
Thirteenth Ward. the Common coun-
oil failed to appropriate n money
70 pay the COST nc the investigation.
Evidently this was an oversight. Tbs
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
VIEWS OF EDITORS.


0yerstasine Then Welcome.
Thirty minutes prior to the initial session
Of the Sixtieth Congress a lone man Is re-
ported to nave taken his seat in the un-
tenanted Senate chamber. He sat thers
with his hands folded, an unobser~ed and
neglected figure as the chamber and gal
leries filled, and when the brief ceremony
OF organization was ended he disappeared.
No admiring eyes were bent upon him. NO
hand singled him ont for distinction. tie
was not noted in 1.-The medley Of the great
and on his departure he was not missed.
This was Thomas Collier Platt, whose poll
tics have always been Of the selfish KIM
and who long since fatigued not only MS
native State but the nation. Not so, now
ever. Chauncey Mitchell Depew. He had
the customary airs Of the man in motley.
and was constantly hitting we are told
in the dispatches, between the cloak room
and his seat 1t was the Depew Of June,
not the Depew Of December. %sprightly i'm
pingihg himself on every line of vision. and
with that incessent attitudinizing which he
fore he was all found out was his match
less possession. These two again from
New York. like in substance but different
in form. and all the people may well ex-
claim "Oh, Lord! How long!'-Philadel-
phia Evening Telegraph.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

simply a good hand at advertising.
Whatever happens, his remarks Will
have the earnest appreciation of the
woman with the dimpled shoulder and
the pretty arm.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
Taking Chances.


Mister; amt you afeerd to sic yer dorsI
onto me?'' z
Nix. Why should / be?'
How do you know l ain't representa-
some magazine. investigator de standinr
OF dis community as regards hospitality
to strangers? Why. man. 1 might 90 AM
write an article on dis affair dat would
hold back yer miserable hamlet fer 200
years!'-Louisville Courier-Journal. =
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

Secretary Cortelyou will issue only
s25,O OO, 900 Of the Panama bonds at the
average price of 1903. The emergency
that induced the secretary to announce
the loan has passed, and therefore the
need no longer exists, The bonds is
sued will be useful for bank circula-
ton.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

committee will have no money for it's
necessary expenses, and the members
thereof will, consequently. have to foot
the bill and trust to the Council to
reimburse them.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
As nnit.

Mrs. A lover 'phone)-Can you send
me up a cook today. Mr.. Dwyer?
Head of Intelligence O~n1ce-sorry l can't
accommodate you, Mrs. A, but we nave
only one in the office.
Mrs. A-But why may't / nave her?
Head of Intelligence Oflce-oh, we have
TO keep her as a sampie.-Harper's Week
".
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

Il asked my nurse to marry me- said
the aged millionaire.
And when will the ceremony tak@
placer" I
II wont take place. or course l didn't
expect her TO render any bill. but she dbl
That woman was too cold and calculating
to appreciate a. loving heart like nine"
Louisville Courier-Journal
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

That the STARS will continue in their present course I
have the best of assurances. They are left in good hands-in
the hands of able, experienced newspapernen who realize that
they can best serve their own interests by being fair and
straightforward with their readers. Under such guidance there
can be no question about the future OF the two newspapers.
They will gain in usefulness and prosperity and may be counted
upon to render valiant service to every good cause and every
worthy movement for the betterment of humanity and the fur
therance of the square deal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

Manager-For heavens sake. fraulet
what have YOU done? You've gone and 81
cepted the hero's proposal IN tho fgst al
instead Of the dfthi \
This Sfar-Buf he begged 70 nfceigi An
why can't I just refuse him IA the nft
actf~Hliegende Hlattfr.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
Do We Love Kings.

It has long been supposed that this gov
eminent was founded on a hatred of kings,
but there are things happening once in a
while hat lead us to Believe that this
hatred Is dying out in spots.
For instance, an individual arrived in.
Pittshurg a short time ago who announced
that his business was the introduction Of
people of means into London society. and
their presentation to the charmed circle
Of royalty. He had scarcely hung up his
hat before he was overwhelmed with de-
mAnds for his services, and had not the
meddlesome police interferd he would soon
have been flush enough to have cut a
splurke equal TO a Carnegie millionaire.
Hundreds Of women were ready to hand
over good money for the chance OF breath
irg in the same room with King Edward,
and scores Of young men were willing to
pay $500 each for the privilege of being
the secretary of this social promoter.
1t shows that in Pittsburg. at least,
king-hating Is not universal. and 1t may
be that there are other places similarly
affected. This being the case, 1t seems a
pity that they must go so far from home
for kihgs.-Reading Telegram.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

Tourist-"Hay, one mark" What does
that mean? ! had no hay. (
Innkeeper-You said theA noise, from thA
stable made you nervous, 80 l had to sivd
the COW hay to keep her quiet.-Fliegende
Batter. q