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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
The Court House Question.

Il think the proposition to erect in
Capitol park a court house with the
county Jail in the top is meeting with
very general approval" said ex-sheriff
Frank 2. O'Brien 1.-The present court
house is a handsome and well built struc-
tire, but the country has outgrown 1t.
1.-THE city, in exchanging the park for
the court house, would obtain possession
of a building that could be converted
into a public library or be utilized In
some other way for the public good and
the county would at the same time, Sc
cure an ideal site-the best for the pur-
pose In Birmingham.
"As 1t is now, the jail is a nuisance
to an elegant neighborhood, whereas, if
the proposed plan is carried out, the jail
would be so high above the ground that
not sound from the prisoners would be
heard by the residents in that section
of town.
From sanitary point of view the
prisoners would be greatly benefited by
the change and the county would save
expense in many ways. For example, the
county now employs four guards for the
uty warden employed by the sheriff With
the jail fourteen or fifteen stories in the
air the prisoners could be locked in and
guards could be dispensed with. The war
dens would be sufficient to preserve order
and look after the keys. No prisoner
would try to gain his liberty by jumping
out of the Jail, for dash from the four
teenth floor would mean instant death.
I'm a skyscraper court house there
would be many rooms available for at
torneys' offices, and the revenue from this
source would be considerable. Then an
other point has an economical bearing.
In the court house in service today much
time is lost in the trial Of cases on &C
count of the noise from the street. The
din is so great that the judges frequently
have to stop the testimony because they
cannot hear the witnesses. There are no
street cars around Capitol park and that
entire neighborhood is remarked for its
freedom from noise. Trials would pro-
coed without interruptions and a saving
of time always means money. Altogether
therefore, the change would prove profit
able to say nothing of comfort
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
TO SLOW MUSIC.

| From the Washington Herald.
The peach trees are blooming in Geor-
gia This is the usual January curtain
raiser to the great melodrama' killing
| the Peach Crop"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
LOVE PHILTERs.

1t is hard to see how Cupid can keep
a straight face sometimes
After two people get married Cupid
leaves them to shift for themselves.
When Poverty knocks at the door Love
says WELL I must be going"
Love may be blind, but Jealousy has at
least a thousand eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES

is pronounced as the e in rose" usual
" with exclamation points at the end of
the word See Tillmans speech on the
Brownsville affair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

In Indian territory some want to
Withdraw the lfnds from the Indians,
while others desire to have the Indians
withdrawn from the lands. 1t is a
great game either way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Cheap Coal at Mobile.

William r. Tebbetts. collector of the
port of Mobile, who is in Birmingham,
said yesterday that the statement in the
Age-Herald of yesterday morning on the
Warrior coal fields was one of the most
interesting he had ever read. He said
that when the Warrior is opened to the
Forks of the river and coal is shipped
to Mobile for SO cents per ton, it will
mean great things for this city
THAT statement was a surprise to me
as it will probably be to every man
who Is not an expert on the coal fields
of Alabama" said Mr.. Tebbetts yester-
day. AS a matter of fact it is easier for
ships to get from the mouth of the Miss
issippi river To Mobile than to New Or
leans, and with cheaper coal we could Sc
cure great deal of the trade that goes
to New Orleans. It is easier to get to
Mobile from the lighthouse at the mouth
of the river because a ship has the CUR
stream with 1t, which aids materially
IN going from the mouth of the river
to New Orleans a ship has to breast the
strong current of the river, which Is no
small matter It is fifteen miles further
from the lighthouse to Mobile than New
Orleans, but the trip can be made in
less time owing to the conditions 1 have
named.
''MobGe is anxious for Birmingham to
get the sub-treasury and is lending what
aid lies in her power. If Birmingham
gets the sub-treasury then the receipts
of the port would be sent to Birmingham
instead of New Orleans as at present.
Like Birmingham, Mobile is growing
rapidly and the port receipts showed a
nice increase this year, one of the best
increases ever shown. But l do not know
OF anything that would mean more for
Mobile than the opening of the Warrior
river higher up. which would open these
immense coal fields"
The statement in the Age-Herald to
which Mr.. Tebbets referred was one that
the report of the rivers and harbors COM
mittee of the House favoring an appropri-
alton of $22o0,OOO for the Warrior river
would make it navigabe forty-one miles
above Tuscaloosa, and would put 100000
900 tons of coal within reach of water,
making it possible to put coal at Mobile
for so cents per ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
NO KICK COMING.

From the Pensacola Journal.
birmingham for the sub-treasury
sounds all right in Pensacola
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

The Kaw nation has broken into the
United States Senate The mother Of
Senator-elect Curtis of Kansas was a
Kaw
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Governor Pennypacker is in his den
devoting all his time to bugs and books.
He is subsiding into his natural condi-
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

"The distant hills are always
steep" chirps a poet. Getting close to
them does not make them any less
steep.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
The Sub-Treasury.

while most people in Atlanta have
abandoned all hope of beating Birnling-
ham out of the sub-treasury, representa-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Admiral Togo has abandoned his
American trip, and he may not come
here until San Francisco declares war
against Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Jeffries is wise in STIMULATING for a
big purse before he will fight. There
is remote possibility that he might
get licked
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

The Colorado keeps right on filing
up the Salton sink, never needing the
politics and railroads Of two countries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

An Illinois judge rules that whisky
jug is a deadly weapon, despite the
single barrel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Nearly every legislature is assailing
the vitals of the octopus, and the Ala
bama legislature is not far from the
head Of the procession.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

The Duke of Marlborough and Count
Boni should do" the, vaudeville cir
cults together. They would be attract
i've on the first round.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Kansas now elects native sons, part
ly Indians, to the United States Sen
ate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Slot machines infest New York's
subway. The subway is big slot ma
chine itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Mr. Carnegie and young Rockefeller
both deprecate wealth, but neither lets
any of it go unless there is a string
tied to it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Colorado has a preacher governor,
and he should teach that Guggenheim's
title to a senatorial seat is not all it
is cracked up to be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Canada is planning eight railroads to
Hudsons Bay. She must desire to get
in touch with an oldfashioned winter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Brownsville should be represented in
The Hague conference of next sum
mer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
THE BEAR CRAZE

THE BEAR CRAZE.
Mother, being up to date
Has a Teddy bear
Baby Bell, demure, sedate,
Has Teddy bear.
Little Bobby. loud of voice.
Has a Teddy Bear.
Father only-due to choice
Has no Teddy bear.
A well known Alabamian formerly
edited newspaper at Gadsden at the
time when "Bi11' Nye was publishing the
Boomerang at Laramie. The Albanian
sent Nye copy of his paper and marked
an X on the margin for an exchange.
The offer was unnoticed, so he sent an
other and still another. The last time he
marked three KS and added, "Or be
damned" Nye wrote back, after seeing
copy of your paper. l prefer to be
damned There was no exchange.
QUITE TRUE.
Some long for fame upon this earth,
Some pine for sweet content.
We'd all be rich if we but had
The money that we've spent
.oren Nights in Bar Room is being
played in Houston, Texas, where ten
nights in a bar room is nothing to speak
Of
The smartest and most original chaps
in town will talk about the weather when
: : nv PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

a silver-haired woman with state
ly ante-bellum grace paused TO chat with
a little boy in soiled trousers who looked
up at her timidy. Placing her hand on
his tousled head, the old lady bent down
and gazing into his face, she talked low
so that none passing could hear. "A
study for an artistn' exclaimed an i'm
questionable person. Would It not be adj
mirable, done in black and whte?e said
another The incident was charming
viewed casually, but the old lady was
that urchin's grandmother and what she
really said was, Go straight home, you
dirty little rascal! I've half notion to
make your mother spank you for running
awayr
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

John Wesley Gaines may yet have
to be controlled by a holding com
pany.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

The Mobile Item came out on pink
paper Wednesday, and blushed to state
that the color was due to a delayed
shipment of white paper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

In Wisconsin the railroad commits
sioners require the railroads to run
their trains on time, or else to have a
good excuse ready to present to the
commissioners.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

A lady is now defined to be woman
who never calls herself anything but
woman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
Ar THE JAMEsrowN SHOW.

News note. A list of concessions for
the amusement street at the Jamestown
exposition contains many of the attrac-
lions that We're seen at preceding fairs.
There will also be another Inside Inn.
The streets of Cairo" as of yore,
viii lure US from our dough-
1.-THE Philippines" "The Orient"
And other shows we know.
The quaint Swiss Village will be there,
The incubator. too
Where little bits of babies are
Confined while they are new.
place to make us laugh we'll find,
A temple full of mirth
The funniest of all eonceits
Presented on the earth.
Wen probably see the Esquimaux,
The Indian in his paint
And panoramic battle scenes
To exercise a saint
Therell be some other crowded shows
Where dusky maidens dance
And proper shows where what's to see
Is mentioned in advance
Creation and a German town,
A horse that almost talks
And hosts of little trinket stores
To draw us in our walks.
The chutes and loops and all the slides
That people ever saw,
The wheels and reels and all the spells
Not covered by the law
And when we've tired of all the sights
And squandered all our tin
Well drag away to slumber at
The same old Inside Inn.
A brother-in-law of Harry Thaw has
been expelled from an exclusive club OF
Pittsburg for slapping women in decolletc
gowns on the back. While not denying
that there was plenty of back to slap,
even Pittsburg could not stand such Ia
miliarity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
THE FIRE-EATERs.

THE FIRE-EATERS.
Foraker and Tillman are
Powers in debate.
Strong in terms like 'blatherskite,"
"Imbecile" and skate"
So vituperative they,
We should like to know
What they say In winter to
Make the furnace go.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Bess-We presume that Carrie Nation
spells her name Garry" because she
has so much to bear.
Arthur-The double o" in Roosevelt
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Mrs. Reader is threatening to use a
pistol now, having found diplomacy too
SLOW
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

The planting of gardens should be
INDUCED in with caution and some re-
serve.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

e. II. Hartman is the greatest Dor.
rover this country has ever known.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

A Baltimore man admits that he
knows his wife, thus teaching lesson
to those husbands who never get ac-
quainted with their wives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

AT the hour of going to press Till
man and Spooner had not yet pulled
any hair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Now is the winter Of our discomfort
made glorious summer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Medicine Hat, lest we attract its notice
too signally and emphatieally. We are
not yet out of the woods
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Our guess is that our Midsummer
Nights Dream is now over and snow
shoes are due says the Memphis
Commercial-Appeal. Guess again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post
office as second class matter under act
of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

STRIKING picture was presented
to pedestrians on the street as
; a silver-halred woman with state
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

The water used in Philadelphia has
already caused fifteen hundred cases
of typhoid fever The Schuylkill did
it, although IL has not killed all of
them
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

The Car is said to admire Roose-
welt, which is easy to understand when
one reflects that the President is not
afraid to leave his own back yard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Daily and Sunday Age Herald. $500
Daily and Sunday, per month. 20
Sunday Age-Herald, per annum. zoo
Weekly Age-Herald, per annum. l.o9
Subscriptions payable in advance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1921
street N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

w. D. Lanier and A. j. Eaton. Jr, are
the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives of The Age-Herald In Its
circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
ALABAMA PRESS

Jasper Mountain Eagle: This is said to
be the 'soberest" legislature the state
has had in years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

No communication win be published
without its authors name. REJECTED
manuscript will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Medicine Hat, lest We attract its notice
too signally and emphatieally. We are
not yet out of the woods
=zz-
In Indian territory some want to
wItndraw the lfnds from the Indians,
while others desire to have the Indians
withdrawn from the lands. 1t is a
great game either way.
In Wisconsin the railroad commits
sioners require the railroads to run
their trains on time, or else to have a
good excuse ready to present to the
commissioners.
The water used in Philadelphia has
already caused fifteen hundred cases
of typhoid fever. The Schuylkill did
it, although II has not killed all of
them
The Car is said to admire Roose-
welt, which is easy to understand when
one reflects that the President is not
afraid to leave his own back yard.
Our guess is that our Midsummer
Nights Dream is now over and snow
shoes are due says the Memphis
Commercial-Appeal. Guess again.
A Baltimore man admits that he
knows his wife, thus teaching a lesson
to those husbands who never get ac-
quainted with their wives.
The Mobile Item came out on pink
paper Wednesday, and blushed to state
that the color was due to delayed
shipment of white paper.
-------------
Nearly every legislature is assailing
the vitals of the octopus, and the Ala
bama legislature is not far from the
head of the procession.
Colorado has a preacher governor,
and he should teach that Guggenheim's
title to a senatorial seat is not all it
is cracked up to be.
The Duke of Marlborough and Count
Boni should "do" the, vaudeville cir
cults together. They would be attract
i've on the first round.
Admiral Togo has abandoned his
American trip, and he may not come
here until San Francisco declares war
against Japan.
Jeffries is wise in STIMULATING for a
big purse before he will fight. There
is remote possibility that he might
get licked.
Mr.. Carnegie and young Rockefeller
both deprecate wealth, but neither lets
any of it go unless there is string
tied to it.
THE distant hills are always
steep" chirps a poet. Getting close to
them does not make them any less
steep.
| The Kaw nation has broken into the
United States Senate The mother OF
Senator-elect Curtis of Kansas was a
Kaw.
Governor Pennypacker is in his den
devoting all his time to bugs and books
He is subsiding into his natural condi-
ton.
Canada is planning eight railroads to
Hudson's Bay. She must desire to get
in touch with an oldfashioned winter
| -------------s%.-----------
The Colorado keeps right on filling
up the Salton sink, never needing the
politics and railroads of two countries.
An Illinois judge rules that whisky
jug is deadly weapon, despite the
single BARREL
--s----@
Slot machines infest New York's
/ subway. The subway is big slot ma
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-05-31
Deaths Decree.

BEwLEY Miss. Susan Bewley,
who moved, with her mother,
from the vicinity of Scribner
school. house to Salisbury three
months ago, died of consumption
Sunday night, May 26, 1907,
aged 33 year,, 4 months and l
day. Miss Susan was born, near
Keytesville, January %, 1874,
and was a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Simeon Bewley. She was
converted at a protracted meeting
held at Bethany, four miles north
of this place, four years ago, and
though she never united with
any church, she gave every other
evidence that she was q true
christian. Her father had been
dead several years and Miss Su.
can was the last of six childreD,
all of whom were victims of con-
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-05-31
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G., Herman O

Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Herman of
Platte City, Mo-, were called to
Dalton the first of the week to
attend the funeral of the form
er's half brother, Frand Kalin-
ka. Mr.. and Mrs. Herman drove
over to Keytesville Tuesday, in
company with Mrs. Herman's
sister, Mrs. G. w. Creason of
Dalton, to greet old friends, Mr..
Herman having been empl Dyed
in Chapman Bros harness shop
for some years. They are pleas.
ed with Platte City as home
and are doing we'll there. The
COURIER was among other
friends to whom they paid their
respects while in Keytesville
Tuesday.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-05-31

Henry G. Hudnall Of three
miles northwest of Keytesville,
who always manages to own
something first class in the horse
or mule line, says he has sur
passed all previous records for
himself in Rosa Rex, a beautiful
female colt that was recently
foaled by his first standard. bred
mare, Tan Silk. The youngster
was sired by the celebrated sad.
die stallion, Rex Mcdonald, ow
owned by DR.. Graham & Co. of
Columbia, Mo-, and purchased
from the late Col. F. w. Blees of
Macon, Mo-, at long price. Mr..
Hudnall is sure that $1,000
would not buy Rosa Rex, even at
her present age, as he regards
her as being by far the swellest
and most aristocratic equine in
Charlton county.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-05-31
Baptist Church Notes.

The church voted Sunday
morning to put in a new supply
of song books.
G. A. Cha pman was elected
last Sunday morning to the
superlntendency of the Sunday
school to fill out the unexpired
term of the deceased superin.
tendent, W. W. Hancock.
Miss Grace Closson leads the
junior meeting next Sunday.
The time of meeting has been
changed from 2:30 to 3 O'Clock
%. m.
Mrs. Alexander leads the B.
Y. P. U. next Sunday evening.
Subject: "How to Realize the
Presence of Christ" John
14:15.23.
The prayer. meeting hour has
ben changed from 1880 to
o'clock p. m. We hope to have
more of our brethern in the
prayer. meeting.
F. L. ALEXANDER, Pastor.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-05-31
Roll of Honor.

The following friends have done G
the agreeable by the COURIER man
by either becoming new sub.
scribers or by renewing their
subscription to the COURIER dur
ing the past week. May heaven
bless 'em:
NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
John Gabbart, j. w. Padgett,
Capt. F. NJ. Lewis, Mrs. H. r. Gordon,
Henry c. Hudnall.
RENEWALS.
Covey Heryford, W. T. Phillips,
n. n. Allen, B. j. Patrick,
VIII wittmer, G. w. Rrcker,
Mrs. Clara Jacquot, W. H. Finch,
G. W. Cunningham, John Carroll
w. F. Rehling, Henry Coil,
H. E. Taylor, j, F. w Wnitesides,
j. V. Veach, G. W. Guthrie,
Thos. Madison, col.