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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-11
FAILURE OF PROHIBITION.
Testimony of Men In Position to
 Know.


 Hon. Charles P. Libby Portland. Maine tEx-President State Senate. Ex-Mayor Of Portland and States AttorneyD
 "l kept q record of all these men and the number of times they came before me. looked if all over to see what l had accomplished at the end of my term. 1 found that l had driven out of the busl- ness one set of men and another had come in and. so far as | can judge from my experience, the last set of men en- gagged in the business was worse than the first In addition to that, found that when the law was very stringently en- forced it created demand for club houses, and found that young men were establishing club housese here in this city. and not only did they become places where drinking was carried on, but by supplying larger quantities than they gen orally would have In their possession as means of gratifying tleir appetite for drink, they were also getting 10 gambling and other vices. l found that, while l was driving the liquor out of the ordi- nary shops, where it had been sold. T was ] driving 1t into tine houses and kitchens, where the children of the family, who. up to that time, never saw il. were accus- toned to see it dealt out in that surrepti tious manner. The rigid enforcement Of
 
 peddling- something which We never had in The city before"
 Hon. s. K. Shepherd Leavenworth, Kan. (Ex Secretary of State1
 "fhe consumption of liquor has been Increased rather than diminished. and men have been made worse instead Of better Prohibition has Nebauched our stale. The attempted enforcement has brought out the worst element of human character on both sides of the question. Men Who once had respect for ths law have grown to hate and despise IT, and tuer sons are following n their footsteps in places of saloons were have drug stores, joints. club rooms aud secret hell holes where vicious stuff F. sold 10 all who want T., old or young
 Fl have lived too long in Maine. ana. coming of Rhode island family. have blnshrd too often al the wicked sham and shame of prohibition in that state also to wish to see the experiment re- peated'-'the Rev W. II. Lyon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-11
Secretary of State.
AN Acr

No. 639) AN ACT (Il. F. l2gl. For the relief of W. C. Evans, d Com
 iedorate pensioner of Plckens County,
 Alabama.
 Whereas, N. C. Evans. needy Con- federate soldier of Pickens County. Ala bana was on the pension roll of sail county and entitled to participate in lne distribution of the funds for the relief Of needy Confederate soldiers under the a [ approved February 10th 1899; and. where as during the year 1905, the State Boar1 of Pension Examiners. through error. had the name of said ". C. Evans stricken from said roll AS dead, thereby depriying him of the amount due him under dlstri- button of said fund made on October lst lgo5 and on October 1st 1906 Be 1t en- acted by tine Legislature of Alabama that the auditor of said state be and he is hereby authorized and directed to draw warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of said W. C. Evans for the sum of sixty dollars, the same being the amount due him as a Confederate pen sioner of said county for the years 1925 and 906, said amount to he paid out of the funds appropriated especially for Confederate pensioners of said state
 Approved August {, 1907.
 Oficial:
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-11

Seaboard will sell round trip tickets to Washington, D. C.. Sept. 8 to Il inclusive, limited to 15 days with privilege of ex- tension to Oct. 4, at the special low rate of S21.25. These tickets can read via Richmond or Nor folk. Apply at Seaboard City ticket office for berth reserva- tions. Phone 2382.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-11
Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.

No. 792) AN ACT tH. B. J,7. To authorize the board of revenue and
 road commissioners of Mobile county to
 issue bonds for the purpose of improy-
 ing the harbor and river front at Mo-
 bile, Alabama
 Section l. Be 1t enacted by the Legs lature of Alabama, that the board of rev. enue and road commissioners of Mobile county is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of Mobile county for d sum not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars the form of the said bonds, the rate of in- terest and the time of maturity to be fixed in the discretion of the said board of revenue and road commissioners.
 Sec. ? That the bonds hereinabove pro- Vided for shall only be issued after an election by the qualified electors of Mo, bile county, held under the direction of the board of revenue and road cummis- sioners in the manner and form pre- scribed by law, in which said election, a majority of the votes cast thereat shall be In favor of said bond issue. And the said election shall be conducted in all things as is provided by the constitution and laws of the state of Alabama
 See. 3. That after the sale of the bonds above provided for, the money realized lherefrom shall be deposited with the treasurer of Mobile county, and shall be paid out only upon warrants drawn by the supervising engineer in charge of the work of harbor improvement, such war rants to be countersigned by the president and secretary of the board of revenue and road commissioners.
 Sec. f. That the board of revenue aad ,road commissioners shall have full pow CT and authority to carry out the pllr- pose of this act, by holding the election herewith provided for, offering and sell ing the bonds to the highest bidder, and executing through q supervising engineer or engineers to be by them selected. the improvement of the river and harbor of Mobile from the mouth of Mobile river northwardly 10 the mouth of Three Mile Creek.
 Approved August 1907.
 official:
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-11

No 721) AN ACT GIT. E. i391. To amend An act to make approprid-
 tions for the ordinary expenses for the
 executive. legislative, and judicial de-
 partments of the state, for the interest
 on the public debt and for public
 schools
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama:
 Section 1. That subdivision twenty-five C25) of Section one 0) of an act entitled An act to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses for the executive. leg islative and judicial departments of the state for the interest on the public debt and for public schools approved Feb ruary s, 1907. be amended so as to read as follows "25. For public printing and binding. including the reports of the heads of the departments. supreme court decisions, acts and journals of the Leg islature, advertisements and procama- lions, and other public printing required by law for the year ending September 30th, 1907 fifteen thousand dollars; for the year ending September 30th, 1905 twenty-five thousand dollars, and for the year ending September 30th, 1909. and 1910, ten thousand dollars for each year.
 Approved August II, 1907. official:
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Darinq Of the Past.

The criminal industry of holding up
and robbing railroad trains has Ian
suished of late, but an instance is re-
ported from Gallup, N. NJ, where the
robbers secured several hundred dol
lars from passengers. This is small
business compared with the daring
deeds of the past, when the brigands
have often made of with the contents
of an express car, sometimes run
ming up into the thousands of dollars.
But train-robbing has become peril
GUS since the companies have taken
vigorous steps to prevent. On some
lines there is a well-organzed STAFF,
every person being a dead shot and
a skilled rough rider, kept ready to
start in instant pursuit of a band Of
robbers, and generally the miscreants
are caught. The practical certainty
of adequate punishment robs the bust.
ness Of its old-time charm and ro-
nance.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
In the Show Business.

It seems strange and not altogeth-
er pleasing, that the United States
government, as represented in the
navy department, should be Obliged to
so into the show business to encour-
age enlistments, comments the
Youths Companion. The latest and
most successful scheme is the moving
picture machine which shows the life
of the bluejacket on shipboard, and
some of 1t on land. The advertising
value of the plan lies in the readiness
and completeness by which it enables
the recruiting officers to give appli-
cants an accurate idea of their duties
and pleasures. 1t is especially eff
cacious in the west, where less is
known about life at sea. A recruit.
ing party in Nebraska lately displayed
the moving pictures to a crowd of
$4,000 people.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

A mother should come to her child's
aid at this critical time and remember
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound will prepare the system for
the coming change and start this trvs
ing period in a young girls life without
pain or Irregularities.
Miss EmmaC Cole of Tullahoma, Tenn.
writes: 81
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
81 want to tell you that I am enjoying bet
ter health than l have for years, and / owe
tall to Lydia E- Pinkham's Vegetable CONF
pound. n
"When fourteen years Of age I suffered al
most constant pain, and for two or three
years l had soreness and pain in my side,
headaches and was dizzy and nervous, and
doctors all failed to help me.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
was recommended, and after taking it my
health began to improve rapidly, and / think
it saved my life. 1 sincerely hope myexperi-
ence will be a help to other girls who are pass
ing from girlhood to womanhood. for l know
your Compound viii do as much for them"
If you know of any young girl who is
sick and needs motherly advice ask her
to write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass,
and she will receive free advice which,
will put her on the right road TO
strong, healthy and happy womanhood.
Mrs. Pinkham is daughter-in-law of
Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five
years has been advising sick women
free of charge.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
Red River PrOspectOr
AED RIVER NEW MEXICO.


What Americans Like to Read
Notwithstanding that the realistic
novel finds warm defenders like Mr..
Mangasarian, Americans as a rule do
not find pleasure in It. During the
past 20 years many such novels have
been published here, but who can re-
member one that has achieved great
popular success. enduring and grow
ing into permanent demand? THE
jungle" attracted a great deal Of at.
tention for a brief period, but to-day,
only a few months after its appear
ance, It is dead and buried. Zola's
novels, perhaps the strongest Of that
school, have had much vogue in
this country. George Moore is al
most unheard of on this side Of the
Atlantic. Frank Norris books had a
brief season of notice, but it is safe to
"a that nobody ever read n of
them q second time. The novels that
have the largest sale, in this country,
Ike those which have the most faith.
full clientele, are romances of adven-
ture, Gays the Chicago Journal. Even
such stories as those of George Barr
McCutcheon find readers in plenty,
ignoring their lack Of literary form
for the sake of the incident. It is per-
haps not altogether true that this
state of affairs is a good one, or that
American literary taste is sound. But
the fact remaina that the people at
large have no use for realism, In the
sense mat it is a faithful report Of
the sadness of life or it's horrors.
Americans prefer to have their leisure
ime filed with tales Of romano and
adventure, stirring their blood to
quicker flowing and exciting their
fancy to broader range. That Is a
good sign, so far as their moral
health is concerned. When the realis-
tic novel becomes popular we may
expect to find that a great change has
taken place in the people, a change
that makes them pessimistic and dis
heartened. But who could be pessi-
mistic or disheartened with the coun-
try more prosperous than any other
land has ever been since the dawn of
histo-y3
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
New Dictator Of China.

The most powerful Individual in
China to-day is Yuan Shi Kai, the
viceroy of Tientsin. He is virtually
the dictator Of the empire, having as
his ally the old empress dowager. No
decree is issued from Picking without
his approval. He is credited with
having caused the Chinese govern
ment to issue the recent ~antiopium
decree. Yuan is a man Of great
force of character and a believer In
progress. He has taken many steps
to mOdernize his country. Numerous
attempts have been made to assassin
ate him. 1t is hoped that through his
efforts China will be transformed into
a progressive land.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

Hetty Green's son, who owns a
farm In Dallas, is interested in Texas
railroads, and when boil weevil AFFECT
ed the cotton crop he saw that he
was directly interested in what hap
pened. Hearing that the government
was about to make experiments, he
offered the use Of his farm to the sec
Rotary OF the interior, who asked him
II he owned any greenhouses. Mr..
Green replied that he did not, but
that he would build as many as the
government cared to occupy. He was
asked 70 build two and dtd so
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
CUPID CoNoUERs PAULINE MORTON

Announte ment of the engagement of ]. Hop
kins Smith, Jr, to Miss Pauline Morton, daughter
of Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life
Insurance company and granddaughter Of the
late Sterling Morton, who was secretary of agri-
culture during Clevelands administration has
been made. The Mortons have just returned from
an extended trip through Europe.
Mr.. Smith, a member of an electric engineer
ing firm and a graduate of Harvard in the class
OF 1902, is The youngest son of j. Hopkins Smith,
a millionaire clubman Of New York city. Mr.
Smith is an enthusiastic sportsman and won the
German emperor's cup in the international yacht
regatta at Kiel in 1902.
Miss Morton, who is a very pretty young
woman and accomplished, is just 20 years of age
while her hance is %. The romance of the young
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

If Chinese laborers are
to be brought over to
Panama to help dig the
canal it need not worry
Americans very much.
All this cry against such
a course is illogical, in
my opinion.
The Chinese coolie is
better adapted for the
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

Collective insurance is necessary to public health. Wage earners Will
not and cannot provide for surgical and medical care at all commensurate
with their needs. AS individuals they will suffer from the effects of acct.
dents and occupational disease until the effects become ruinous and heredi-
tary before they will ask medical advice for which, as individuals, they
know they cannot pay An ordinary medical bill and other expenses Incl
dent to unemployment for prolonged sickness due to occupation represent
a years wages. Nor will voluntary organization meet the social demaad,
because associations and insurance companies select their clients by medical
examinations, and many who most need insurance are thus excluded.
Every class in the nation is directly and vitality interested in having
workingmen on low wages insured the children who are to be the future
producers and citizens armed with suffrage; the phianthropBs who are
now required to attempt the impossible task of meeting both the legitimate
demands of exceptional misery and also the requirements of a misery
caused by social neglect; the managers of business and enterprise, whose
capital is dead without efficient labor, not to speak of the millions of wage
earners themselves and persons on small income who not only toll but
suffer injury as part of their service in producing commodities for us ALL
AS we must crihcse the actual law in order to realize the benefceEt
ideals of the bill of rights, so we must overcome the traditional errors cor
nected with the catchword "indivduaism" in order to realize the value
of personality. For a genuine indvdualism is not, as some appear to
think, equivalent to selfshness and isolation. Only in society does a man
realize himself and make the most of himself. 1t does not speak vel. for
the sincerity and intelligence of men who advocated unlimited individual.
ism for the workingman while they themselves seek riches and power by
all sorts of combinations, some of them legitimate. 1t is too late in HIS
tory to return to isolated action, since the world has discovered to its ad-
vantage that collective effort mutplies the power of each member and
gives him a better share in that inheritance of civilization to which millions
have contributed through all ages past
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
JnRxrRnatuRttRHH nf
TrnR GarrtnRaa
BY DIR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS.

have grown in manhood or womanhood through the companionship Of
great books and conversation with wise friends. Nothing exhiarates like
a golden hour of personal growth. What a glow pervades the mind when
one approaches the last pages of an inspiring story, poem or oratonl This
pleasure is not fiery nor consuming. 1t is a gentle pleasure, like that er
perienced when we listen to high music, or look at a sunset, or behold a.
mountain side golden with autumnal splendor.
A higher form of happiness is the least expensive-the happiness Of
love and service. The keenest delight that ever ravished the soul of man
is the delight of serving the poor and weak. That wealthy Engishman
who took his art treasures to Sheffield was a wise man. He had marbles
that had come from Greece, pictures from the galleries of Italy, examples
of the French and Dutch schools. He did not take them to a gallery that
would spread his name and fame. He founded a school of art for the
working people who made knives and forks and spoons. He taught them
how to spread beauty over the walls of the dining-room and parlor, and
gave them models for beautiful chairs. beautiful carpets, beautiful rugs
His gallery is empty, but his heart holds something that it has never held
before happness-that the world could not give and could never take
away.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

the strain of his work and he resigned. He sought rest for his tired nerves
in California, where in earlier years he had held pastorates IS a. orthodox
minister. He remained there several weeks but did not seem to be benefited.
He then went to Cleveland.
DR.. Savage started as a Congregauonaist, but in a few years joined the
Unitarian church, becoming pastor of a church Of that denomination in Chi
cago in 1873. In 1874 he went to the Church Of the Unity, in Boston, where
he was pastor until 1896. In that time he became widely known. In 1896
he accepted the call to the Church of the Messiah, in Cleveland. OF late
years Dr. Savage had become much interested In the study of supeTnormal
phenomena and in the theories of Fammarion and other spirHuahsts. Many
of his congregation we're not in accord with him regarding these doctrines,
but the harmonious nature of his relations with them was not disturbed.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

became a reporter o a New Orleans paper, when his literary career began
Mr.. Gable is a wtdowe. He has a fine country home at Northampton, Mass.
where he and his bride win reside.
Miss Stevenson, who is tall, slender, with hair turning gray, has always
taken a prominent part in club functions. She is not only of a literary tur
of mind, but a pianist of unusual ability. She is said to be about As years Of
age, or about II years the junior of Mr. Gable. She is independently wealthy
having a life estate left by her mothers brother the late Lloyd Tevs, the
western mining millionaire Miss Stevensons father, lobe Stevenson, now
where she was born and spent her childhood.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
CHURCHILL MAY GO TO SENATE


Winston Churchilrs fight for the governorship
of New Hampshire may bring him the brilliant
If indirect, reward Of a seat in the United States
senate. The prospect is held out by the fact that
Floyd, the Republican candidate for governor
failed to secure a majority of the votes cast in
the election, and that in consequence the duty
of electing a governor will have to be performed
by the legislature, which convenes in January
next. The constitutional candidates are Floyd,
Republican, and Jameson, Democrat, and under
the laws either of these gentlemen must be the
next chief magistrate of the state.
In view of the fact that the Republicans have
a strong majority in both branches of the legisla-
ture, 1t might be expected that Floyd would be
elected, but there are two kinds of Republicans
elected to the house, one known as the Lincoln
Republican club Republicans. or "Churchills." and
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
GEORGE W. CABLE TO MARRY

George Washington Gable, the celebrated
writer on Creole life in the south, whose novel,
"Old Creole Days." added to his wealth as well
as fame, has himself become the hero of a 70,
nance as pretty as any he has pictured in his
books. His engagement to Miss Eva c. Steven.
son, a Kentucky girl, has just been announced.
Mr.. Cables literary achievements had nothing
to do with his meeting Miss Stevenson. It was
after a lecture, in which Mr.. Cable had described
with glowing enthusiasm his pet hobby, home cul'
ture clubs, that Miss Stevenson met him. She is
prominent in musical and club circles in Ken.
lucky, and was interested in Mr.. Cables clubs,
founded to promote more cordial relations be,
tween divergent ranks of society.
Mr.. Gable is a native of New Orleans. He
served with a confederate cavalry regiment for
two wears during the civil war. He afterWard
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03

That the highest hap
piness is inexpensive is
seen in the fact that
mans chief pleasure
comes from mental cul-
ture. Upon reflection,
we all discover that our
happiest moments, day
by day, are those when
u,o oro o~onooso,o 4LoA -o
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
EMINENT DIVINE BREAKS DOWN

A wreck in mind and body, Rev. Minot j.
Savage, until last April pastor of the Church of
the Messiah in New York and one of the most
conspicuous Unitarian ministers in the world,
is now in a private sanitarium near Cleveland and
in a serious condition. His friends hope that his
life may be spared, but he is so weak and the
strain on his mind has been such that it is feared
he will not recover.
DR.. Savage is 65 years old and had held the
p~astorate OF the New York church for many
years. He became noted as the most ~forceful
Unitarian minister in the country and his reputa-
tion extended abroad.
AS heaG of his large church his labOrs were
heavy and a year ago his physicians advised
him that. tired in body and mind, he needed a
rest. He Rould not listen to their advice, but
lost ADril hA found that he could no longer stand
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-03
JnHttrattrE fur InrkntRtt
Il Stair 0hltDattnn
By CHARLES R. HENDERSON.
Processes sselolosy. University Of Chicago.

advocates of social insurance in the advanced nations are
not asking for charity nor for class legislation and special
privileges. Social morality means cooperative action for the
welfare, and social insurance is in our times necessary
to the general welfare. Life, education, health, economic pros.
perity of the nation depend on a secure and sufficient income
for wage earners and a fund for support when disease or acci-
dent stops income at its source. Who are the parties in inter-
future citizen.