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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
The amty that wisdom knits not, folly may easily unite.
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CAInese PiQ Iron

sSg hundred miles up the Yangtse river. which cuts China into two parts. Is located the Hanyang furnace plant. and it is from this plant that cargoeS of iron are occasionally sent to this country. Such cargoes may seem to outdo the carrying of coals to New castle, but several large lots of basic iron and foundry iron have actually been sent here to be sold in competi' tion with irons made in this country, Chinese iron has to pay duty of $4 and bear transportation charge Hanyang works half way arou world.
 These shipments at least sht China is beginning to become duser of iron The Hanyanl includes two blast furnaces, t semer converters and four opeI furnaces. The ores are mine 
 45 miles down the river In tht district. The ores contain a per cent of metallic iron, beint the best in the world. The iron and steel plants get tn chiefly from the Tayeh distr the deposits in that district sidered pretty nearly inexhau
 -rt.v a~awbacll at Hanyang coke, which is made in Hun ince or at a coking plant near coal deposits lie nearer 10 ] but they have not been develt one doubts the value of ChiI ore deposits, but the OrieI slow in his methods, and it many day before he nal coke and puts his iron plal modern footing. There are, great possibilities in China, coal and the ore are there ties large enough to affect tn dustry if they should be full and handled in an up-to-date
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
THE GENERAL DESTINATION.

THE GENERAL DESTINATION. A brief encounter with the years. Earths heartache and it's bitter tears, The blessings of the kindly sun, Poor gauds by deprivation won, And then-to sleep upon the hill Beneath the sod. where all Is still And where no sound of bird or bee May break the rest of you and ms. From April bloom to winter snow And back agaln-we shall not know. Nor, haply. if a single word Of praise or blame Is ever heard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
' HOTEL LOBBIES.
,untry Merchants Prosperous.

ountfy Mercnants Ffospcfous'
 ind country merchants in good finan- eondition." said J. l.. Payne of St. ,, a well known commercial trav-
 'I have spent some time in Texas, the last 10 days I have divided be- n Mississippi and Alabama. The try merchant is well off, and is buy as literally as he was year ago. the cities l expect to find slight less, but as everybody expects the lcial situation to become normal very business in my line will be brisk ver the south before the holiday sea- arrives"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
Oriuin of the Eleventh An

The eleventh amendment W ed in 179S, and the Atlant shows that the adoption of 1t of a suit begun against the Georgia by citizen of anot Georgia ignored the suit suitor. She claimed that ar the federal constitution perm to be plaintiff in a suit agaiI zen of another state, but nc ant. She therefore ignored begun against her by a citiz other state, and judgment dered by default, but the was never enforced.
 Out of that suit grew the amendment, which said a jurist "is a rebulxe to the court of the United States to chansr tie constitution tense o2 construing it: for hold that the constitution W be strictly construed even il of remedial powers which gates"
 The eleventh amendment follows: "The judicial pow United States shall not be to extend to any suit in law commenced or prosecuted a. of the United States, by another state, or by citizel jects of any foreign state" tainly should be clear enou one, and yet by the injuncti efforts are being made to decisions of the last years 0 teenth century directed as ereign states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
About Parsons.

C. A Benscoter of Chattanooga, assist ant general passenger agent of the South ern railway, arrived in Birmingham last night. He will proceed to Annston early this morning and will return to Birmng- ham at noon.
 from New York.
 Austin Sims has returned after 13 months in New York and Cincinnati. Mr. Sims will be permanently in Birmingham again.
 B. T. Selman, for several years with Moore & Handley Hardware Co.,, will leave Birmingham for the winter within the next few days. He will go through Mexico, Central America and South Amer lea, representing manufacturing ,pn- cern of Ohio MT. Selman has visited these countries before, speaks Spanish fiuently, and anticipates a very haspy journey.
 P. W. Hart has returned from an ex- tended trip east, and speaks interestingly of financial conditions in that sectpn Returning, he found all along the rcpte no one is seriously worried anent the speculations and failure of specula crs on Wall street
 Frank Smith, formerly of Birmingham and now of Atlanta visited relatNes In this city yesterday.
 
 O. l.. Mitchell of Chattanooga gen,fal southern agent of the New York Centel, spent yesterday in Birmingham
 R. H. Harlan, formerly superintendht of the Frisco with Birmingham hea- quarters, now superintendent of the Nh con division of the Southern, was ln the city yesterday.
 H. B. Crawford, superintendent of te Birmingham division of the Central bf Georgia, was in the city yesterday.
 Dr. Russell M. Cunningham was se3n in Birmingham yesterday. The genial dt- tor states that he is happier and makitg more money than If he had been chossn the states chief executive He gives io indication of deeply regretting his defdt at the hands of Governor Conner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

Mime. Anna Gould is reT on the point of marryi nobleman who has all of ] and none of his good quail be so, he must be a rake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

stances will permit. The big crops will cure the mo and nothing else will. The New York and Chicago vii gather currency for the l commodities as rapidly as and no great delay in u need be anticipated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
BIRMINGHAM GOESDRY

Atlanta Journal: It is conceded that Jefferson couny. in which the city of Birmingham is located. has gone dry by a substantial majority. This is regarded, particularly by the advocates of prohibi- ton, as another step in the movement by which the entire state of Alabama will be made dry within a comparatively short time, and indeed 1t seems part of great movement which is sweeping all over the state.
 This new triumph for prohibition has started the usual controversy among the advocates and the opponents of the meas ure, and the familiar arguments are be- ing threshed over on the street corners. Alabama Is as highly excited today as Georgia was a few weeks ago. Specula- ton is now rife as to how soon 1t will be before the entire state goes dry, and there are the usual prophecies of disaster, on the one hand, and of a great moral awakening on the other.
 The Jefferson county election is at least in conformity with the contention of the local optionists. It is not open to the ob- jecton of those who oppose state prohibit ton for the reason that 1t was contrary to the principle of local self government. Jefferson county spoke for itself alone, and decided to vote out the open saloon.
 The greater number of contiguous states which go dry will make 1t all the easier for prohibition to be enforced in letter and in spirit in Georgia, and this will make 1t all the easier to give the new law a fair test. It is only by experience that we can ever determine just how ef- fective prohibition Is to remedy the evils of intemperance. If 1t Is not to be sus- tained by strong public sentiment, and if blind tigers and various subterfuges are to spring up to take the place of the open saloon, we will be but little if any better off than we have been before
 No man can say until the matter has been put to the test just how effective the new laws will be. and as the tidal wave progresses and places all the adjoining states in the same category the better chance we have of securing fair test of the prohibition law.
 It need only be added that if we are to have this fair test of the prohibition law it must be enforced in Alabama a. well al in Georgia with absolute fidelity. If ex- perlence should prove, after such a test that this Is not the best way to handle the liquor traffic, then the law should be re- pealed and other measures in the inter- est of temperance should be adopted, buy in the meantime the law must be sus- tained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

Washington's union stat and Birmingham's will b in the course of eight IT people of Washington will patient for years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

The ducats that MT. Cortelyou placed New York have done the people ex- client service in trying time. He i'd good work even if he did once lndle slush funds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
HEIR AFFINITY.

At least. we haven't servant girls trust"
 No. the servant girls trust is usually in a policeman"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

A contemporary mentions "a substi- ute for sprees." Something like that will be needed in Birmingham after January 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

The President having proclaimed Thanksgiving, the sorrows of Wall street will not be able to keep us from observing that day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

Wall street is getting on it's feet again, and in the course of another week it will be looking for fiocks of incoming lambs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

President Roosevelt, who is always spectacular, celebrated his birthday anniversary in the midst of financial excitement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

The corporations do not like the choice affS Srded them-Taft and Hughes on one side, and Bryan and Johnson on the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

The dukes and counts in the old world fear the New York furry will depress the demand on the part of American girls for titles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

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 satlon to the .u when g parce - 4ost. The railways also carry parcels on passenger trains at about 2 cents a pound and this in- cludes both collection and delivery from or to residences or business places. The English people are well served in the transportation of parcels, although they have no express com panies.
 Postmaster General Mayors bill has not been made public, and until it is it is not possible to say how Congress- men will line up on it. The express companies will certainly oppose it nc matter how many concessions or mod 1 ifications it may contain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

An eastern paper announces that a Pennsylvania man advertises to teach the art of truck driving by mail. Does that include the art of coaxing a mule?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
BRRRl

The phonograph's a funny thing great device, of course. But every time we hear it sing It seems a trihe hoarse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
DECLINED WITH THANKS

DECLINED WITH THANKS. It Is announced that we'll known firm of Birmingham undertakers are distribut- ing paper weights among their friends" We'd like to have a paper weight but not from an undertaken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
THE sCoFFERs..

They stand on the corner. they sit in the
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 They measure the world with disdain. And ever they laugh when we're left in
 the lurch And swear it will happen again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THAT OLD REFRAIN.

i of the six best sellers we'd rather lay
 our pen down and quit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31
THE MEMBERSHIPS.

They never learn the lesson that Is taught them through the years The girl who buys title weds
 A coronet and tears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

AAA-A CA<iP ANlAA iA-al4As "I want to give you a pointer" No. thanks. l know what you are going to say" ''what?"
 Do your Christmas shopping now. 9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

"Oh. rapturous and ecstatic thought Our MT. Loeb is coming homel' exclaims the Washington Herald. Ours indeed! We thought he belonged to President Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

Atlanta Georgian: And so Birmingham has floated its white ribbon to the breeze of this reforming year and takes it's stand among the moral cities of the republic.
 The vote in Jefferson county was aston ishing to all participants in the campaign which closed on Monday It was regard ed as a doubtful battle with probabilities balanced between both sides. and with both sides anxious and in doubt
 And POGO majority in single county IS not a bad record for prohibition even in this year of tidal waves of temperance.
 It Is doubtful after the result in Bir- mingham if any city in tine south has any reason to be discouraged over the result of faithful and earnest fight for prohi- bition. There is not a city which cannot win and wear the white ribbon if it will only organize and fight es Birmingham did, and Annston.
 Fvs are 'ft'it- Sure that chattanoosa and Jacksonville, whose jug trade zsvslI rnenaca Georgia on it's northern and southern bor- ders, will follow fast in the line of Bir- mngham's achievement if they only go at it with unfailing courage and with vigorous hope.
 For Birmingham was not a city nat urally expected to go for prohibition. It is a city of mills and furnaces, a city of work and industry. It's population was largely born and largely recruited from the foreign elements of our own Ameri- can population. It was population which ono would have expected to favor the continental Sabbath and to remember the beer gardens of Europe and the anti-pro- hibltion sentiment of the old world But that Ensley, the first industrial city of the south in proportion to its size should give a sweeping majority for prohibition, tells tale blazing with hope that the foreign element itself has come to realize that saving and thrift and happy homes and moral uplift follow the line of prohi- bition to the dethronement of the liquor traffic
 Birmingham is a strong strategic re- doubt which has been captured in the enemys country. The results of it's Mon days battle will have a far-reaehing eff feet throughout the industrial as well as the agricultural south.
 And we are quite sure that the moral people of Jefferson county will have some thing more than selfish or personal cause Of congratulaton in the splendid battle which they have fought and won for themselves and for this southern coun- tTV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

l THE TIMES of the six best sellers we'd rather lay our pen down and quit.
 THAT OLD REFRAIN. T want to give you pointer" No. thanks. l know what you are going to say" 'WhatY" . Do your Christmas shopping now''
 THE sCOFFERs.. They stand on the corner they sit in the church, They measure the world with disdain. And ever they laugh when we're left in And swear it will happen again.
 BRRRl The phonographs a funny thing A great device, of course. But every time we hear it sing It seems trihe hoarse.
  Pennsylvania man advertises to teach the art of truck driving by mail Does that include the art of coaxing a mule?
 THE EXPRESSES. They never learn the lesson that . Is taught them through the years. The girl who buys a title weds A coronet and tears "Oh, rapturous and ecstatic thought Our MT. Loeb is coming homer' exclaims the Washington Herald. Ours" indeed! We thought he belonged to President Roosevelt. It is rather hard to explain exactly what is meant by the terms yellow dog'' and holding company" However, no poor man ever has anything to do with either of them. Autographs are said to be rising in value. Ours may still be had at two for a quarter.
 THE POETASTER.
 The chap who has
 job like this
 Should say goodbye
 To earthly bliss. Get the smelling salts for the Taft boom!
 If Harry Thaw isn't orazysby this time he ought to be. Fencing Girls can also break up few homes. Hark, the college yell!
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

Austin Sims has returned after 13 months in New York and Cincinnati. Mr. Sims will be permanently In Birmingham again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postofice as second-olass matter under act of Congress March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

It is rather hard to explain exactly what is meant by the terms yellow dog" and holding company" However, no poor man ever has anything to do with either of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

". D. Lanler, F. A. Griswold ana z E. Morgan are the only authorized traveling representatives of tho Age Herald in It's circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

No communication will be published without its authors name. ReJected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

Robert Jemlson returned yesterday from New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-31

E. ". BARRETT. ...........E Editor
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

Resolutions adopted by Smyrna Grange,
2. of II i, No. 81, Jan. 26, 1907.
Z Whereas, 1t has pleased our Heavenly
Father to remove from our midst our be-
loved brother and Worthy Secretary,
Joseph E. Garter, therefore be it
Resolved, That in our hour of loss we
grieve not as those who have no hope but
assured that by our upright lives we shall
meet our Brother in that Home where we
believe he now awaits our coming. That
to the wife, our sister. and to his mother,
and relatives we extend our sympathy in
their great loss and commend them to Him
whose sympathy is far beyond our own,
and who knows why He thus afflicts.
That we as Grange have lost an inval-
liable member and while we cannot fill his
place we will seek to emulate his example in
Willingness to work and sacrifice for our
beloved Order.
That our community has lost one of its
substantial citizens and one whose influence
IN the life of the community has been for
Its moral and intellectual uplift.
That we drape our Charter and our rega-
liza for thirty days. That copy of these
resolutions be given to our beloved sister
and copy be spread upon the minutes.
That copy be sent to our town papers.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30
DEATH OF JOSEPH E. CARTER.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE

Rev. Vaughan S. Collins, Port Deposit
Md. REV. Alfred Smith, D. D., Dover;
and Presiding Elder w. q. Koons and
Rev. Albert Chandler, Smyrna. His
pastor, Rev. DIR. Watt, and his former
pastors, Rev. Charles A. Hill and Rev.
Vaughan S. Collins paid touching tri-
butes to the life and character of the
deceased. Prof. Burdette read the re-
solutions of sympathy and respect
adopted by the Official Board of AS
bury M. E. Church in memory of their
associate deceased, and Mr.. L. NJ.
Price, superintendent, read the minutes
adopted by the Asbury NJ E. Sunday
School in memory of their departed CO.
worker. The floral tributes from the
various societies of which he was a
member, and personal friends were
many and handsome. At the close of
the ceremony an opportunity was given
the friends to view the remains. The
services which were sad and impressive
were attended by Harmony Lodge No.
13 A. F. and A. NJ, which acted as a
guard of honor. Interment was
made at Odd Fellows Cemetery, the
masonic bnrial service being used at
the grave. Six masonic brothers were
active pail bearers: Edward G. Walls,
j. Edward DeFord, Joseph B. Hum,
Harry B. Grieves, Jefferson D. Scout
and George M. Stevenson. The funeral
was one of the largest ever witnessed
III Smyrna. The church was we'll filled
and many followed the cor tege to its
last resting place.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
People Who Come and Go
- and their Social Doings

Mr.. and Mrs. George Carter, Brook
lyn, N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs Fred J. Car
ter, Mr.. William Carter, Miss Mary
Carter, Miss Ethel Armstrong, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Massey, Mrs. j. G.
Massey, Mr. Gilpin Massey, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Massey, Miss Hance, Mr.. Warren
Elllcott, Mr.. Samuel Ellicott, Miss
Florence Ellicott, Mr.. Aubrey Van
dever, Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Hayett, Mrs.
W. FL. Colpitts, Miss Gladys Colpitts,
Wilmington; Miss Emaline Massey,
Middletown; Mr.. Albert Massey; Mr..
E. W. Jenkins, Mr.. G. d. Jackson,
Dover; Mr.. Charles Peters, Miss Car
rie Peters, Miss Anna Peters, Mr..
Reese Peters, Berlin, Md; Mr.. Ollie
Wood, Mrs. Ann Wood, Philadelphia;
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Price, Mr.. Donald
Price, Elkton, Nd, were those from
distance who attended on Monday the
funeral of Joseph E. Carter.
Mr.. Ralph Cahoon Whitnack, of Will
mington, grandson of the late William
r. Cahoon, so we'll known in Smyrna,
and great nephew of r. d. Hoffecker,
Sr., Editor of the Smyrna Times, who
was recently appointed to an import
ant commission to his Highness, the
Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda, India :,
writes that with the help of his High
ness he has been able to establish
large bank, the first in the State of
Baroda. He now intends to establish
cotton mills and mills for the extract
ing of cotton seed oil. Mr.. Whitnack
will represent the Prince at the coming
India Indsutrial Congress at Calcutta.
Mr.. Whitnack is recent graduate of
Brown university and was prominent
among his fellow students aud college
fraternities. He has splendid future
before him and he has many relatives
and friends in Delaware who will be
glad to learn of his progress.
Mrs. Mary FL. Carter, of this town,
of the death of her nephew, Capt. G.
Herbert Carter, of the Gladstone Line
of Steamers of England. His death
took place at Newcastle on-Tyre from
paralysis. He was comparatively
young man and his death is deeply de-
plored. He was a frequent visitor to
the States apd year or so ago made a
visit to Smyrna.
Miss Emma F. Stevenson is visiting
in Wilmington.
Mr.. Oswald Denney, of Philadel-
phia, was a visitor over Sunday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Denney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Il. Register,
who have been making an extended
visit to Wilmington, returned hom c
last week.
Mrs. Alexine Thompson, of Dover,
is visiting her cousins, Mrs. John Van
Gasken and Miss Mary English.