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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
REFORM IN CHINA.

From Golfers Weekly.
 When the Empress Dowager became a reformer 1t seemed as if there could he servatism, but one even more startling has been the appearance of the Holy Duke the lineal descendant of Con- fucius, as an advocate of modern ideas. The family of Confucius has been called the most ancient and eminent in the world. Its present head, the Holy Duke Yen" is the seventy-sixth in direct de- scent from the sage, who taught before the marbles of the Parthenon were quar- ried, and whose own ancestry was traced college was about to be founded. by im- perial command. at the birthplace of Con bucius, and was to be devoted to the study of the Confucian classics. Duke Yen went to Picking to oppose this plan. and in a memorial to the throne urge1 that the college should teach not only the classics but modern foreign lan- guages, the naturel sciences and political science. The government had previously taken steps In this direction in the field of general education by modernizing the ancient requirements in the civil service examinations on which all official prefer ment in China is based. but when the ideas of the twentieth century rise from the very shrine of Confucius, there seems to be no refuge for conservatism left in all the world. unless, possibly, at Syra- GUS university
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
RIDlCUlES WEARING OF WIGS.
Pastor off Rockefeller's New York
 Church Rebpkes Men for Vanity.
Cincinanti Enouirer

From the Cincinanti Enquirer.
 What would John D. Rockefeller say to that?" whispered the visitors at Chau- tauqua assembly yesterday when the Rev Charles F. Aked pastor of the oil kings New York church, designated wigs as silly and foolish relics of 'the bad old days of England. The pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church further termed wig wearing "thatching ones roof by an arti- flcial process" and poked fun at the peo- pie in the old days who resorted to the wearing of other peoples hair to cover the deficiency of their own. Not only that but mllionaires and idiots were placed to- gether among the uneducated classes.
 With loud applause from an audience largely feminine the former English pas tor further asserted that men, not women, are the gossips. and that the women take second place after man when it comes to fusslness in dress. "Women have done foolish and silly things in their time. said Dr. Aked among other observances that of the bad old times in the mother land, but they have never worn wigs IS men have. That was a common enough partctce in the bad old days. We read about Louis XIV, who went bald when he was an old man. Not liking his bald he sarted in to thach his roof by an arti- ficial process After he set the fashion 1t became common for everybody to wear a wig"
 After sketching the social and civic con ditons of England up to the present time Dr Aked referred to the subject of transportation.
 You know that we have three classes of coaches on our English railways ne said.
 Most people travel in second or third class. The only people who travel first class are millionaires and idiots. Yes, and sometimes preachers and lecturers go first class. which you see is to keep in touch with the uneducated clas&"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
THE SARATOGA TRUNK.
, the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 The mention prominently in a column of newspaper society talk of the Sara toga trunk takes ones memory back to thirty years or more ago. The Saratoga trunk belongs to the dim past of the Saratoga potato chip. Perhaps they both survive, but remotely. Who now uses a Saratoga trunk or eats a Saratoga chip?
 Yet the Saratoga trunk was an insti- tuition in It's day, the pride of the feni- nine American traveller, the bane of the baggage handler. We Americans still use too large and unwieldy boxes for our clothes, but they are unwieldy probably, because they are made extra strong to withstand the baggage smasher. trav- cling trunk Is short-lived in this country. In Europe a basket with @ canvas cover will last ten years, while an ordinary wooden trunk reinforced with metal and leather Is good for a lifetime, but the railway porters will despise you for own ing it.
 Perhaps if we used lighter luggage we might reform the morals and man. ners of the American baggage smash CTS. The subject Is timely. We under stand that even more than the usual number of trunks have been nearly de- molished in transit thus far this sum- per. The big dress trunk of the pres ent hour is nearly as heavy as the old Saratoga. Travellers and tourists might work a reform by trying But we fear that everybody's tendency will be to let somebody else try first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
Governor GIenn's Policy

In a few terse sentences Governor Glenn presents his side of the conflict that has arisen in North Carolina, when he says: Our state contends that its rate law is constitutional; that it is not conf1scatory of the prop erty of the railroads, and that penal ties and indictments against parties violating the law are just and right. The federal court, without finding that the act was unconstitutional, has at tempted to stop all proceedings what soever in the state court, even to stop ping indictments therein made. Our having jurisdiction, we have the right to proceed to final judgment, and that if aggrieved, the railroads can only ap- peal through our supreme court to the supreme court of the United States It Is the orderly method the railroads desire to enjoin us from making by taking all cases into the federal courts"
 Two points are directly involved in the important and really basic asser- tion of the rights of state in North Carolina, as follows:
 1. That pending litigation an act of sovereign state shall not be sus- pended by the federal power.
 ?. That state issues shall be tried in state courts-that the injunction route shall not be permitted to cut out state courts, especially the SUI preme court, in state questions.
 The new practice enables a federal judge to suspend a state policy, and to eliminate the state courts altogether in state matters. Governor Glenn de- clines to be party to any more of thls sort of thing. He stands by his state. He has sworn to uphold the laws of North Carolina and he pro- poses to do it. The spirit of the Meek lenburg declaration of independence is in his veins, and he has said that Judge Pritchard shall not overrun the states statutes and the states courts.
 It is a big issue and a plain issue, and unless the railroads of North Car tory of far-reaching importance. The hour and the man are here, and the power of the federal injunction in par ticular and of federal intervention ir not been tested in our history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
sherlff,s Related Fees.


 Only the other day the last fees earned by Sheriff Truss, who preceded Captain O'Brien, were paid. It came about by checking up," said a former attaehe of the Sheriff's office
 The bankruptcy law has deprived the sheriff's office of many good fees formerly earned in the matter of levying attach ments, selling the property. etc.
 Many fees in civil suits as well as criminal are not collected for years after the cases are tried in the local court. The delays are for many reasons. In the matter of criminals where sentenced for two or three offenses each separate sen tence has to be worked out in due order and the fees are paid accordingly.
 What does 1t cost man to be ar rested? Five dollars if he makes bond. Two dollars for the arrest. $1 for locking up, S1 for approving and S1 for releasing Tn feeding, if a prisoner comes into the jail at minutes before 12 midnight, and is released 10 minutes after midnight, the sheriff receives from the state two days feed 60 cents although the prisoner does not get a mouthful.
 What does it cost to feed prisoners It varies some. One sheriffs cost inelud- ing guards. was 7A cents per day for each prisoner for his entire term. If a sheriff could collect all his fees he would indeed get rich"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
New Club at EnsIey.

We expect to have our new club house in Ensley open in about two weeks" said a member of the newly formed Tennessee club, and at that time we will have formal opening.
 "A house has been rented temporarily but we expect to have a building of our own in the future The membership is confined to employees of the Tennessee company and the club will be equipped with everything that goes to make club life pleasant. The club has the hearty endorsement of high officials of the com pany and In fact 1t was formed at the suggestion of President Croekard. We are starting out with a charter membership of 200 and the membership will increase as employees realize the great advantages offered by club life.
 One of the features of our constitution is that no member Is allowed to treat an- other. This will protect a wholesouled, liberal fellow from being extravagant be- yond his means, and I think it wise pro vision
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

handles. near the beam to be dragged along the rows of cotton as the blow goes.
 It does not appear how the field is to be turpetined when the cotton be- comes too large to be cultivated, but no doubt some way can be devised to carry the remedy right up to the time when the weevil becomes powerless to reduce the crop. Coushatta is happy over the discovery, and 1t at least has confidence in the efficiency of turpentine as means of persuad- ing the Mexican pests to depart to other fields and pastures new.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
What the Reactionaries Want

As the preliminary presidential cam paign progresses 1t becomes plain that , the two fayorites of the reactionaries are Fairbanks and Philander Knox. Either the one or the other will draw out of the race, and at this time it Is difficult to say whether the Fairbanks boom or the Knox boomlet will be withdrawn. The wires are pulled by magnates in Wall street and they are watching public sentiment closely No doubt they would prefer to make Fair banks president, for he is an ideal reactionist, while Knox is man who sometimes has an idea of his own.
 The reactionary programme goes further than the nomination of Fair banks or Knox. It includes the repeal of the antitrust act of July, 1890. This act was passed when the tariff was carried to trust-creating figures. and 1t was passed to stand idle on the statute books. It was not intended to be fitted to the railroads, and the su- preme court had declared it could not be applied to manufacturers. But In the present condition of public sentl- ment it Is being applied to both, and the interests say it must be repealed. It Is known as the Sherman act, and John Sherman never knowingly did an unkind thing to "the interests" There is now, however, some chance of enforcing it against the monopolles that are increasing the prices of the necessaries of life, and the reaction aries, therefore, desire its repeal
 The full reactionary programme Is in truth represented by Charles War. ren Fairbanks and a repeal of the Sherman act. Watch the unfolding of the plot, all the strings of which are centered in Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
DRY GOODS AS READY CASH.

From the New York Evening Post.
 q never really go broke" said the busy woman, because I always keep something on hand that I can take back to one \of the big stores and get the money refunded. Such goods are the best kind of an investment. Only yes- terday returned six pairs of silk gloves. 1 bought them a few weeks ago, when l was flush. I thought l might need them some time; If didn't it was an easy mat ter 10 get my money back. Last week, being a time of financial stress, I took back a s15 silk dress pattern. Fortunate ly, 1 had never had it cut into, and nen found I wasn't going to need the d. ass this season. I got the money re- funded. I stal have on hand two lace waists that I haven't worn. If business doesn't pick up soon I'll return them But just as soon as l get in good luck again I'll lay in another supply of re- turnable dry goods. They are as good as a bank account any day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
Fast Railroad Time.

That was a speedy run I was giving our manager one day when the clock in his car showed that we were making S4 miles an hour" said Engineer J. V. Dowd of the A. G. s. railroad.
 He sent me his compliments. saying 1t was a splendid showing, but that l need not hurry. as he had plenty of time, and a small stock of nerves.
 "The best train record have made was 136 miles in 134 minutes, with three stops and 'Wabashing' for water. We are all lowed four minutes to take water through a ten-inch pipe.
 "The dining car folks don't like to spill their tea and soup on a burst of speed or quick stop or start. but to make time an engine has to move and move instantly and rapidly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
WHAT BECAME OF DRIED SCOTT

Frederick Trevor Hill In Harpers.
 Neither of the parties in this great legal battle lived to see the war that followed 1t. John F. A. Sanford died almost directly after the decision, and Scott fell a victim to consumption on Sept. IT, 1858. in St. Louis, his death being scarcely noted in the fierce polit- ical excitement then raging. But though he died in poverty and neglect, and the location of his grave Is uncer tain, the famous cause with which his name is linked will outlast any monu ment and as pawn in the great con test over slavery his fame Is forever assured,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27

During his eight years in the senate from January %, 1895. to March 3, 190S- Judge Prltchard induced congress to cod fly the laws of the District of Columbia, for which fruitless efforts had been made for fifty years. As reward President Roosevelt made him a member of the bench of the supreme court of the Dis triet of Columbia, sending his name to the senate on March 90, 1903. Judge Pritoh- ard was the Roosevelt manager in the carolinas while the president was gather Ing up delegates to the national conven- ton of 1904 and advised him to return the contributions made to his campaign fund by the tobacco trust, which contribution the president said was $50 900.
 He was on the bench in Washington little more than a year. He was ter TOT to burglars and all other offenders against property, giving them the limit of the law. On April T 1904, President Roosevelt appointed him to a vacancy on the bench of the United States court of the Fourth circuit.
 Until he granted the writs of habeas corpus in the North Carolina case he had done nothing in this court to attract at- tention. As senator his course indicat- ed a desire to be a consistent party man, voting for the policies of Mckinley and Roosevelt, advocating the ship subsidy bill and speaking for the payment of mall subsidies to the Southern railway. Just before leaving the senate he stirred up partisan feeling by making a speech about the red shirt campaign waged by the democrats of North Carolina while the constitutional amendment embodying the randfa fher clausa was hefnra the rnannla
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
THE HORRORS OF ROBSON.

From the Providence Journal.
 Happily, Capt. Richmond Pearson Hob son heard from before the crisis Is qui,e passed. Discovered in St. Louis. he diffidently confesses his identity and proceeds to the revelation that Japanese army corps is at present located at Ha- waii in the guise of worlxingmen. Japan is not only prepared to swoop down upon our defenseless Pacific possessions, but is striving hard to fine a decent pretext. To that end there undoubtedly is discov- erable much encouragement In San Fran- cisco hoodlumisn. What is to be done about it? Captain Hobson would have the whole United States navy sent to take station of Honolulu and Manila. The proposal is courageous and to that extent admirable. But considering that, accord ing to the proposer, the Japanese fighting fleets are far better prepared for War
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
Across the Bridoe at Niaht.

If a visitor wishes to get view of Birmingham at a glance as to its great ness and beauty. let him take Highland avenue car and cross the Twenty-second street bridge at night" said an enthusi- astic citizen. ''The view from the car window covering the miles of trackage filled with cars. moving engines flickering lights, the brilliant flashes of the Sloss furnaces and coke ovens all conspire to paint picture of progress.
 Passing along the way of the resident section of Twentieth street around that grand boulevard, Highland avenue, with splendid homes, beautiful lawns, viewing the extensive grounds and picturesque club house of the Country club, on through another pretty residence section, a fine impression may be had of Birming- ham and for the mere pittance of cents car fare"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
NEW WORKS HORSE CARS.
From the Louisville Courier-Journai.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 New York. with her subway, her White Way and her many fascinating ways, is a source of varied rainbow-tinted joys to the provincial as long as his purse is not too fiat or his head too swollen to admit of his continuing to investigate new fields of adventure or retrace his steps ir old familiar ones. But the plod- ding horse cars of the metropolis cause Homerio laughter when they burst upon the amazed visioin of the man who comes out of the west, where cities have sprung from the prairies in the twlnlSling of an eye and the turf trodden by the aboriginal bison Is yet untirned by the blow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
TOO MUCH.
From Judge.

from Judge.
 You say that you love me- she said; that you would do anything for me. I am going to put you to the test.'
 Darling, I am ready to do anything, to dare anything for you. If 1t will make you happy to see me enter a den of wild beasts I will do it. If you would have me jump from a high building to prove that love you am ready to take the risk Bid me navigate the rapids of Niagara in a barrel and I will make the effort, so that you may know how deep is my affection for you"
 q shall not ask you to do any of the foolish things you mention; but won't you, if you really love me, go out in the back yard and play croquet with Aunt Mehitabel? She says she gets so lonesome knocking the balls around alone"
 With a groan of despair he grabbed his nat and ran. She had asked too much. He could not, even for her love. assume the risk of being referred to as a molly coddle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Progressive Age: It Is very evident that Governor Conner and the Alabama Press association are. not congenial, and here af-er each should play in his own back yard.
 Fayette Banner: A report from the treasury says there is a great demand for small bills. The grocer and ice man everywhere are making a great demand for large bills.
 CentreYille Press: Standard oil Rock efelled may not have known. much about the workings of that great corporation but he knows enough to keep the court from finding out what he did know.
 Demopons Times: One good law that the legislature has passed is the one mak- ing burglary at night capital offense and burglary in the day time a capital offense when there is a woman in the house burglarlzed.
 Marion County News: There are a lot of fellows in the legislature that are bent on taxing the democratic party cut of power in Alabama. The people are tired of being so heavily taxed. and a sight
 Green County Democrat: The Sunday freight train bill was defeated, and il is now proposed to give the railroad | commission authority to suspend Sunday freight trains whenever it thinks the railroads can handle the freight busi- ness ir six days. A dangerous power Huntsville Banner Holse Smith, the new Governor of Georgia, is perhaps the only governor of a southern state who has gone into office on a strictly anti-lynch- ing platform. In his recent inaugural ad- dress Governor Smith declared he would make strenuous efforts to prevent lynch ings.
 Southern Democrat: Dr. Shirley Bragg prison inspector, Is the right man in ths rlg-t place. He does not believe in mur- derng poor unfortunate people before they are tried and convicted. He has de- clared his intention to move seventy-hve prisoners from the Jefferson county jail because the crowd is too big for the room afforded by that prison. Andalusia News: Governor Conner says the Alabama Press association insulted him last week at their annual meeting in Montgomery. Turn about is fair play hasn't Conner repeatedly insulted the edi- tors of Alabama by saying that they were hired by the railroads" Conner can give a lot of hard words, but they cut when they come back. Cheer up, old man--be game-don't be a quitter. No use to cry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
A COUNTY CHAMPION LIAR.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 A champion liar In Bradford county makes a complaint of losing cherry tree growing in his garden. Cherries are not plentiful this year, and the birds were robbing him. So, catching up his double barreled shotgun, he hastily load ed 1t, but, finding he had no shot, he substituted tacks. He fired both barrels and succeeded in tacadng every bird fast to the cherry tree, but there were SO many of them they flew away with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
CAT LEAPS OFF SkYSCRAPER.
From the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post
 The falling of a black cat from a win dow on the thirteenth floor of the Repub- lie building State and Adams streets, shortly before 9 o'clock this morning, caused excitement among early shop pers and pedestrians. It was suggested by policemen that the cat committed sui eide Two men were at work on a scaf- folding at the fifteenth floor, where they were washing the tile front of the build ing. The workmen said the cat appeared to jump from the window, but that it might have made an attempt to catch a bird or an insect, thereby losing its foot ing on the window ledge. The animal was so badly injured that it had to bo killed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-27
A PEEP AT PRITCHARD

Washington Dispatch in the New York
 World
 EUDGE JETER CONN LLY HO1I PRITcHARD. who has clashed O with Governor Glenn of the state of North Carolina over rate-law penalties, is a product of the short-lived alliance between republicanism and populism in the south. Under the rule of that alliance Pritchard and Ma rion Butler were elected senators from North Carolina. But the democrats put the grandfather clause into the state con- sttution and made 1t impossible for the coalition to survive. Butler is now the Roosevelt political manager for the Car olinas.
 Judge Pritohard was born at Jonesboro, Tenn. July 12, 1857, but has lived in North Carolina since 1873. After receiving an academic education he entered upon the career of a country editor. His first po- litca1 prominence came to him in 1880, when he was nominated for elector on the Garfield and Arthur presidential ticket. Four years later he went to the legisla- ture and was reelected, serving four years. After being out two years, he re- turned to the legislature. Next he had the honor of the republican nomination for lieutenant governor. While serving his second term in the legislature he was licensed to practice law.
 In 1892 he was sent as a delegate to the national convention at Minneapolis. He was made the caucus nominee of the re- publicans for United States senator. Two years later the republicans and popullsts were in control. and Pritchard and But Ter were sent to the senate.