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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
Didn't Know George.

A man applied at the Gayety box of- flee for a matinee ticket, laying down S5 cents to pay for it. "Give me the best you've got" he said.
 Fifty cents," replied the treasurer. nonchantly. Night prices rule on holi- days"
 What holiday Is this?" asked the stranger.
 "Washington's birthday"
 "'Washington? Who is her"
 "The father of his country"
 "Well, we'll" muttered the man. I've never heard of him before"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

A library of proper proportions cannot be built in day, but plans can be speedily formulated that will, if ad- hered to, lead to the accomplishment of the task.
 There is no occasion for arguing or presenting the need of this city in the respect of public library. Everybody knows we need and must have one. The sole question is, how best can we be put in the way of getting one? This is the question before this city today, and this is the problem that the wo- men of Birmingham are organizing to solve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
REPLIES.

The average bachelor would rather be taxed than henpecked.
 The fellow who gets most out of life ought to be willing ito put some of 1t back.
 It is safer to kiss a married woman than to write her a letter with Ella Wheeler Wilcox poetry in 1t.
 When opportunity knocks at the door some men are so busy telling funny sto- ries that they haven't time to answer.
 While the art of cheering up may be ridiculed by people intent on making money, the time will come some day when they will be sorry they cant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
PRESS POINTS

Kansas City Star; One of the most notable book reviews of the month is Senator Beveridges flattering indorse- ment of the old Testament.
 Boston Globe: Ambassador Bryce with his $50, coo salary and $10,0OO extra for re- moval expenses, is another of them pow erty-strcken literary fellers."
 Louisville Courier-Journal: By an ac- tual test 1t has been shown that pure whisky is a good fuel for motor cars. This explains that forty-seven horse power feeling.
 Memphis News Scimltar: A German scientist has discovered that gold emits an odor. That being true, John D. Roclle- fcller must have sense of smell as keen as that of pointer dog,
 Shreveport Times: Ella Wheeler Ni1 cox says thot /ets rarely pour out their heart secrets in verse. Life would be more worth the living if some of them would let other peoples heart Secrets alone,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
PRINCE HENRY'S SPEECH ON THE
 DEATH o HOTSPUR.

By William Shakespeare. Fare thee we'll great heart. lll-weaved ambition, how much art thou
 shrunk! When that this body did contain spirit, A kingdom for it was too small bound, But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough-this earth. that bears
 thee dead, Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. If thou vert sensible of courtesy, l should not make so dear show of
 zeal But let my favors -hide thy mangled
 face; And. even ,p thy behalf, I'll thank my
 self For doing these fair rites of tenderness. Adieu, and take thy praise with thee to
 heaveT. Thy ignomy sleep with thee in thy grave, But not, yememberd in thy epitaph!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Cement Manufacture.

A movement is on foot among some of the most prominent business men in the state to establish new cement plant at Demopolis" said L. c. Lane United States inspector in charge of the lock construction on the Tombigbee river, near that point yesterday.
 'I have been in Alabama for four years and have taken occasion to study the cement proposition very carefully and must say that It offers one of the most fruitful opportunities for manu- featuring success in the country. The opportunities around Demopolis are es- peeially fattering.
 There is already one cement plant at Demopolis which is very successful and which is unable 10 fill all orders re- ceived for it's product. There is a strong and growing demand for cement and Demorolis offers an exceptional opportun- ity for manufacture
 "Demopolis is one of the most prom ising towns in the state and is growing rapidly It has population of about 1000 which Is constantly increasing.
 Lumber, cement and cotton furnish the principal items of industrial activity. The construction of the government locks within half d mile of the city provides labor for q large number of laborers and helps the business of the com- munity.
 ''rhe history of the founding of De- mopoli5 is of international interest and is full of romantic incidents.
 fhe place was first settled in 1919 by a colony of refugees from Napoleon's army It remained a struggling village for some time, but in recent years has taSen on wonderful development and promises to become one of the largest cities in southwest Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE
 AND OTHER THINGS OF GENERAL INTEREST

due every official of every county in the state. The people have a right to know the financial details of the city, county and state governments.
 Well, the city election Is over: the rough places of the contest have been raked over and the surface of progress is smooth again.
 Mayor Ward is up and doing already, as active as an acrobat, and energetic to make good. He wants to abolish the po- lice commission and put the responsibil- tty of policing the city under the Mayor and Aldermen. In other words if the Mayor is to be responsible he wants to boss the job. think he is right. If yon have good head, such is best; otherwise police commission is a curb As 1t is let us abolish the police commission-not that there Is any criticism of the per- sonnel-but to avoid possible conflict; and make one head and hold such head re- sponsible. It would be unfortunate should we ever make mistake in selecting a Mayor; but we must trust to the people to do that well
 It would be unjust to protest against the legislative act providing that the voters of a county may say what pro ,yfSiaps fbav ,,oigbt daeira to rao,,Iot. ing the liquor traffic. I believe In high license, an excise board, supervision and examination of the quality of liquor dis pensed, a curtailment of the number of saloons, and thorough regulation of the same
 But either dispensary, or prohibition We want no contest. Let Mayor Ward. the Aldermen and the excise board of the same curb the traffic within reason.
 Clean out the dives: police the streets in front of the saloons; make the side walks in front of them as free of ac- cess as other places; drive the fruit SURPLUS Wlln lHelr HUI run lHe SlicSlS beside the saloons and give the women and children of Birmingham opportunity to walk on either side of the street. Don't force them longer to pick their way and be jostled by loafers who stand under the dirty and low hanging, be- draggled awnings extended far over fruit stands which have no rights to the public pavements. If fruit stands have rights to three feet of pavements. and trash bar rels outside or inside the curb, why not let all the merchants extend their show windows2
 Where else do you find the fruit ven- dors with awnings, and stands and habitations on the streets, surrounded by peels. and parings and nut shells, waste paper, trash barrels and all other objec- tionables.
 Let us clean up and keep clean and clear the Birmingham we have, and go forward extending 1t, keeping clean and in good order as we go.
 All the above may look bit like a lecture. I would not injure nor offend any well-meaning one but if those of us who have opinions don't express them no one else will. Therefore these thoughts of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
Educational Measures.

''The friends of the University of Ala bama," said Hill Ferguson yesterday aft ernoon, ''are delighted with the news from Montgomery that the senate has just passed the greater university bill by a vote of 1T to 2, and nothing now re- mains but the governors signature to put the law into effect
 ''rhis measure and the bills pertaining to Auburn. Montevallo and other higher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
The country editor is eliminated. He |

educational institutions, would not have passed the house and senate as they did had 1t not been for the determined stand taken by Governor Conner on their be- half. He insisted not only that the com mon schools should have all they could use. but that the higher institutions should have as much as the state could afford in equipping and maintaining them, thus making a well rounded educa- tional system in all departments.
 Naturally. the friends of the differ ent educational interests are jubilant over the outcome, and think that Cover nor Conner is making the greatest sxecu- tive the state has ever had"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New orll Press.
 It's cheaper to have bad habits than an automobile
 Everybody is always trying to make money without earning 1t.
 If there isn't any reason for girl to fall in love with a man, it's sign she will
 A woman always speaks of her ser want in the plural. even when she hasn't a single one.
 The reason bachelor never enjoys having a good time is because he can have it whenever he wants ta>
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
 Batcheller-Well. if l ever do take wife I'll make 1t q point to pick out an enconomical woman.
 Wiseman--Impossibe. my dear boy! There's no such thing as an economical woman. A woman is either extravagant or stingy. n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Slush is plentiful in the effete east where the busy grip germ is making its rounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

It Is nothing to the newspapers of the cities of Alabama. There are rival lines in all of them and the railroads are striv- Ing for business, competing, as are the merchants, for trade and have to pay their money to the city dailies for what they advertise as do the merchants who sell "$999 suit of clothes, cut from s15 for this winter clearance sale" But the country editor is cut out of trading and barterng. He cannot even negotiate 8 ninety day note with advertising space as collateral. He is put down upon a blacklist by this legislature as not en- titled to credit or consideratlon-as un- worthy of his obligations-as a man liable to be corrupted because his due bill for the goods he owns and can be delivered any week, possibly Is not to be cashed for sixty or ninety days. Why not pre- vent the country merchant from discount Ing with Birmingham or Montgomery bank the farmers note secured by a mortgage on two mules, a brindle COW, one wagon, blow, and two pigs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

the highways that are now in darkness. More light" is especially in order in Birmingham since the police force in point of numerical strength Is inade- quate to protect properly our homes.
 It is hoped the Mayor and Aldermen will act promptly in this matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The press gallery of the Kansas leg islature is closed against all who tell the naked truth about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

. has no consideration He may have been the advocate and the primary cause of electing Bill Jones to the legislature and John Smith to the city, circuit or su- preme bench. He may have carried his county for this or that state officer.
 Yet all of his good friends get to- gether in Montgomery and resolve among themselves that our country editor friend can continue to barter an annual sub scription Of his paper tor cord wood. or chickens, or eggs, or potatoes or he can trade advertising space with the town merchant for coffee and sugar and cheese and some furniture for his home, a cooking stove, or school books for his children. He can even trade advertising space for patent medicines: but he can't trade 1t for railroad ticket to Mont gomery. although if he could get there tisIng space for a weeks board at a hotel.
 
 Now how about the other fellows who are cut off from riding upon the familiar pass for which, in the past. they have bartered nothing but inhuence-nothing tangible-in many cases nothing at all. To them the price of living has gone up and they must have more money G1 o,io1 fI,a4 much seeks to represent the plain people the people who want reform-runs riot in raising salaries. It begins with the supreme court itself; nearly doubling; takes in state officers and clerks, and assistants, circuit and county judges. and ruJhes pell nell to raise salaries of every official and officer and clerk of the state, county and city governments, over which offices 1t has any Jurisdiction. It seems to be trying to give everybody In an official capacity fin the state of Alabama enough additional money in salaries to neighbors
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 I am not kicker. I merely call atten- ton to this riotous salary raising era to bring out and make plain the injus- tice done the county newspapers. I be- lieve in good wholesome salaries. Per haps the legislature has not raised a single salary in the state higher than it should be. Good men must have good salaries to well perform the work as- signed them. No man overwhelmingly in debt can well and conscientiously do his work. The judiciary particularly, should be well paid-even more than the latest laws provide. Such must be to retain able men upon the bench.
 But certainly the people will protest and protest vigorously against the in constituencies of this legislature, which cuts in one direction, raises in another. protects the fee system and summarily throws it out of court, so to speak, be- cause the county officers are for it. and they have political influence Why should the Sheriff of Jefferson county, for in- stance, make net profit of thirty or forty thousand dollars a year out of the office, and keep or drawing money for years after he goes out? Why shouldn't these fees go into fund to build good roads and maintain them?
 An accounting should be made and pub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Congress is near it's end, but it pre- sents no token of repentance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The newspapers of Butte are stopped by strike, and general business has declined fifty per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The anti-railroad talk does not stay Harriman's hand, for he goes right along gobbling railroads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Nothing Dr. Mary Walker can ever say will attract as much attention as her trousers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Chicago has lost it's rank in the di- vorce percentage column It is not even a first division town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The Czar and Stolypin were among those who also ran in the Russian elections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The Thaw millions do not seem to have brought happiness to the Thaw family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Only twenty senators attended the com- memorative exercises in honor of George Washington. No more striking evidence could be given of the fact that George Is dead ons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

An optimist points out that it is just a month to spring-official spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Men who deny women the right to vote are set down as nasty, mean old things. It serves 'em about right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Princeton wants a gift more closely connected with higher education than a lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
SAID IN PASSING.

SAID IN PASSING. You'll find 1t hard enough, guess, To mind your own affairs, And as you go along the way Let other folks mind theirs. You never saw, I'll bet my hat, A busybody who Did much in life and spent his time In tagging after you.
 The investigation of the Kansas senate of itself, by itself, for itself, leads to the conclusion that it will clear itself While Senator Bailey often loses hls temper, he always manages to find 1t in time to lose it again.
 A father who chased an eloping couple in his nightclothes never stopped to consider how embarrassing it would have been had he caught up with them. Rest from the Thaw trial today. Ordered your Easter clothes yet?
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

New York has ten thousand crooks. She doesn't exactly boast of them she merely acknowledges their pres encp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
2,estG7oea.~
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES

been raised to $9.50 per This was no doubt due to q plea recently made in a Pittsburg paper by an admirer of the boys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

No one has the grip The grip has them, and that makes great differ ence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Editor Box seems to have an idea that he is the stepfather of this coun- try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Philadelphia is about to welcome back with honors Boss Israel w. Dur ham and all of his staff. It is too much trouble to be continuously good in that city, and it has simply relapsed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The obituary notices of Leslie NJ. Shaw are unealled for. The political corpse is forthcoming-not yet but soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Mayor Dunne and I. M. o. are still live wires in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The whole tattle of the Tenderloin is brought to the surface in the Thaw case and spread among good people by the wires that Morse innocently ill., Nnnfed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Jockey Miller will earn $60,000 this year. which is not half what the Pres ident will earn, but $10,OO0 more than he will get.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
ENOUGH SAID.

ENOUGH SAID. Cheer up. say we To one and all. It's good advfce- The best of all. And If you can't Cheer up, my man, Just stand aside
 For those who can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

W. D. Lanier and c. L. Stricklin are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in it's circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

The poet wrote a lovely rhyme,
 With measured feet, in perfect time. Said he, q think that's pretty good.
 I'm sure it will be understood"
 The verse appeared in print one day, The printer man had had his way. The poet read what he had writ And simply fell into a fit. Twas ever thus in printing shops,
 No matter how O sentence stops, Or how begins, whate'er you write Will make you out a blatherskite. The mayor of Colorado Springs has given Colorado college 100 pedigreed cats. All sing well. sister Is to receive a $20C0,0O0 dot, since her pictures do not show her long on looks.
 STARTING OFF THE DAY. Sing a song of simple joys, Mullins good and brown, Bacon crisp, a brace of eggs,
 Coffee going down.
 Golden butter on the side, Great desire to eat. Breakfast when you're hungry is Mighty hard to beat.
 A chorus of cultivated bow VOWS from Boston informs us that a dog show Is in
 progress there.
 ~rba ealarv of tha Hall Room Rows has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Jack Palmer, the English champion, who is coming over here to take on" Jack O'Brien, does not wear his mono cle in the ring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The people are content. They have been shown in a joint resolution that it is "Missouree" with no "z" in 1t. This settles it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

When that cargo of 9O0,000 pounds of dynamite is shipped to Panama the captain will have every inducement to steer clear of rocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. $500 Daily and Sunday, per month.... ID Sunday Age-Herald. per annum. 2.oo Weekly Age-Herald, per annum. l.0O
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Governor Higgins lived in an up- stale New York village, and he was never called a plutocrat, but when he died he left sixteen millions of dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Tie woman suffrage movement should not be considered imminent un- til the fashion papers contain designs of the voting costumes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

LITTLE WISHES A little home,
 little wife,
 A little taste
 Of simple life.
 A little love,
 little cheer
 A little while
 To finger here.
 A little work,
 little play,
 A little sigh,
 And then-away. We arc reminded that the present seat of war in Central America is not large enough for Secretary Taft to sit on. We defy the world!' shouts a firm of piano manufacturers. Purchasers of these instruments merely defy the neigh bors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The aridity at Columbia renders a call by the governor of North Caro- lima on the governor of South Carolina improbable at present,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The Thaw will reads good deal like a problem play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

E. H. Hartman is the only man in the country who is not disturbed by the anti-railroad sentiment now ram pant in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The salary of the Hall Room Roys ha.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

The mayor of Colorado Springs has given Colorado college 100 pedigreed cats. All sing we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoflce as second class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1S79
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1421 G street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

1HE present legislature of Alabama kO is what I would casually call a jim dandy one. It Is running riot in doing what the people want done. It has pounded the railroads and corporate interests into a jelly. The people wanted them pounded. It has prevented railroads Issuing any intra-state passes-that is passes within the limits of the state-to state officials, county officials and judges or anybody else except railroad employees who are on the regular pay roll and their dependent families. It has prevented the country, as well as the city newspapers, exchanging schedule or excursion adyer- tislng space with railroads for mileage books or tickets. It has said that the weekly newspaper published in the county seat of prosperous county in South Ala worth of advertising space. for thousand mile book of transportation, for an ex- cursion to be run by the L. and N. Rail- road, at one fare for the round trip, for the people of that county to go up to Montgomery and view the legislators in session. That is giving something to the newspapers. It is corrupting the editor. It is making him a partisan of the rail- road.
 It may be that the L. and N. Railroad has decided in advance that 1t may run an excursion from Greenvllle to Mont gomery, or Birmingham or Mobile in June or July and knows It must adver- tise the same at the time, or weeks be- fore, and wants now to take due bill from the Greenville Advocate for twenty five dollars of advertising to be used with in the year in exchange for a mileage book of one thousand miles The editor of the paper might need the transportation now--he may be short on collections, and therefore cash. right now and may not care for transportation in summer. Yet he cannot barter Might as well the legislature say the farmer cannot trade a coop of chickens for so much lard, and flour, and coffee and sugar with the country merchant The cash must pass for everything over the counter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Twas ever thus in printing shops, No matter how @ sentence stops, Or how begins, whate'er you write Will make you out a blatherskite.