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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
EX-GOVERNOR JOHNSTON

congratulating him upon his superior gen
eralship over Atlanta in the management
of the fight of Birmingham for the sub
treasury and for his clever speech which
captivated the congressional committee,
and somewhat appalled, the Atlanta crowd
of hustlers and orators.
Perhaps the thought came to them, III
Johnston can do so much in securing a
prize for his city as a private citizen,
what could and would he accomplish IL
he were an ambassador from Alabama
in the federal Senator" We say this
thought might have come to many OF
them. We don't know. Anyhow, he was a
prime favorite in both houses, and his
reception almost amounted to an oya-
ton.
This after six years. This after the
sober judgment of men has had time to
prevail This when men can review the
past calmly dispassionately, free from
partisanism and personal and political
bias. 1t was indeed a high tribute to
former Governor Johnston.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
Atlanta is Weakening

The Atlanta Georgian sees the foot
prints on the wall, to use the version
of the wild and woolly west. Those
footprints came from the shoes Of Con-
gresham Underwood, and the Gecr-
gian does not disclose what size of
shoe our representative wears. 1t sim
ply but mournfully speaks from its in
most soul, as follows:
'Birmingham's strength and opportun-
tty rests in the fact that the ways and
means committee have it in their power
to name the place for the location of the
subtreasury. Neither Georgia nor South
Carolina have a member upon the ways
and means committee. Birmingham is
so fortunate as to have upon this conf
mittee most genial and capable gentle
man. richly deserving the esteem and
respect of his fellow understandable,
accomplished and of most pleasing man
ners and a clear head. This is Repre-
sentative Underwood of Birmingham.
Under the rule of courtesy which pre-
walls both in the senate and in the
house, it is undoubtedly a strong point
for Birmingham that she should have
upon that committee a member whose
appeal is so personal and so powerful to
mis- fellow members. After his long years
Of service upon that committee and with
the high esteem in which he is justly
held, it may be difficult for the ways
and means committee to refuse Mr.. Tn
ierwood his wishes in this personal mat
ter, as there is no other representative
from Georgia or Carolina to oppose
aim'
Our sister city" adds the Georgian,
"is fortunate in the possession of a
representative so capable, so popular
and so fortunately placed as Mr.. I'm
derwood is at the present time" 1t
sees those footprints, sure enough.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

this state will not begrudge him bit
Of it.
But as Mr.. Leake shows, We all have
a duty to perform in this emergency.
We should begin to show Chairman
Burton that we know and appreciate
an open river. Our operators should
begin to make preparation to ship coal
on it to tidewater They should fill the
gulf ports with Alabama coal to the
exclusion of coal mined two thousand
miles away. Mr.. Leake says there are
240,OO0,000 tons of coal in this district
that can be sent down the river on
barges when it is opened to the forks.
While the government is putting in
the seven lacking locks, let us put in
stub lines to the river, thus enabling
us to begin the shipment of coal as
soon as the locks are completed In
that way we can induce Congress to
continue the improvement of the river
even TO Birmingham itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
I he Cotton Convention

The mass convention of the Southern
Cotton association, which began a
three days session at the Hippodrome
in Birmingham yesterday, brought TO-
gether body of men thoroughly rep
resentatiYe of the souths greatest in
terest. While iron is king in the Bir-
mingham district, cotton is king and
will ever hold that rank in the south
at large 1t is we'll, therefore, that the
cotton farmers and the men who
handle, manufacture and finance the
staple are organized for their mutual
good.
The addresses and the discussions
at the first days session were at once
animating and practical. The men who
produce cotton have been at the mercy
of the spectators too long. How to
escape from the clutches of New York
sharks is the question. This was tho
burden of many of the speeches at the
Hippodrome yesterdayand the discus
sion will continue along the same line
today. A compact, harmonious organ
ization of cotton men will work out the
problem and will prove profitable to all
the states of the cotton belt. Concert
of action means power, and there is
every reason to believe that this con-
vention will mark an era in the south S
forward movement.
The action of the executive commit
tee in re-electing by reclamation Har-
vie Jordan president of the Southern
Cotton association, in spite of the fact
that he was not candidate for the
honor, is regarded as a deserving trib-
ute to the man who organized the body
and who has led it with conspicuous
wisdom and ardor.
Birmingham extends hearty wei
come to all the visitors here this week
This town is the hub of the cotton
country, and it is hoped that the asso-
citation will hold many, if not all, its
annual meetings here. Birmingham
will be only too ready to extend cor
dial "Howdy" again next year and all
the years after.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
A SkYscraper Court House

The proposed plan to erect a sky
scraper court house in Capitol park
presents many advantages, and posi-
bly, the plan will turn into brick and
stone and steel at day in the near
future. The city, the county and the
neighborhoods most concerned seem to
be willing, and no opposition has thus
far appeared.
But there is in the plan one disad-
vantage, namely it will rob the crowd
ed north side of its most desirable and
attractive breathing place, and this is
a real loss indeed. But it is a loss that
seems to be inevitable, and it may as
well be accepted as part of the march
of the city to great population.
If Capitol park is to be covered with
buildings the north side has a just
right to claim the selection of another
park-one as large as the one recently
purchased on the south side. The park
about the big spring at North Birming
ham would serve admirably we'll, and
perhaps it could be secured at no great
cost, provided the city would agree to
maintain it as a public park. The sub
ject is one that deserves consideration,
for the greater the population the
greater will be the need for parks, and
the more they will cost.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
Weather Past and Present

The weather bureau was organized
in 1872, and the country's weather rec
ords do not go back of that year. Rec
objections of milder winters may smoul-
der in the mind of the Oldest Inhab-
liant subject at any time and on short
notice to temperance in full life and
form. But no milder winter than this
stands recorded in the official docu-
ments of the weather bureau.
In the year 1900 there was a January
day warmer than any we have had this
month, but this winter outruns all the
other official winters in the persistence
of its mildness. 1t is not only mild, but
it is persistently mild. Up to today
there have been this winter but four
wintry days, and the astronomical and
almanac winter is slipping by us.
All the country is not enjoying fine
weather, however, for twelve hours
away as lhS ioeoholi'e runs, III OF.
l.ouis, sleet storm prevailed on
Wednesday last. breaking. down trees
and telephone wires and demoralizing
street car ttaffic and even the steam
trains. Let Ibs be thankful for what We
have and n inquire too curiously into
storm tenJers and atmospheric press
ures. Let us speak kindly, too. of
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tives of the business organizations there
will keep up the fight a little While
longer" said prominent merchant.
1T would be well for Atlanta to retire
gracefully now that it is settled that Biz
mingham's claims are stronger than those
of the Georgia metropolis. for If Atlanta
could succeed in having action postponed
until the next congress Birmingham
would make a still stronger showing in
banking way. One Birmingham bank
alone starts the year with total trans
actions at the rate of 100000 per annum
and the seven banks of the Birmingham
clearing house would show combined total
transactions Of something like s1,5O0, goo 600
for the year, as against the combined
total transactions of the seven banks o.
the Atlanta clearing house of about ST.
0oo,o00O00 for 1906. There would probably
be some increase in Atlantas total trans
actions. but not enough by a great deal
to match the Birmingham figures. AS for
pay rolls Atlanta is not in Birmingham
class and every year will put this city
much farther ahead. And Birmingham is
yet in its infancy"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
Biennial Legislatures

The tentative trial of legislative ses-
sions four years apart has about run
It's course in this state. No other state
has ever tried the scheme, and it is
safe to say that in this busting, pro-
gressive age none will.
If Alabama clings to it any longer
she will do so at the expense of her
development. When legislation is
needed it should be forthcoming within
4 reasonable time, and the holding of
quadrennial sessions is therefore a
piece of folly. The cry of "too much
legislation did it," The constitution
makers carried the cry too far by two
years at least.
Governor Conner recommends bien-
nial sessions, and some think the inter
ests of the state would be best sub
served in annual sessions. The sub
Iect at any rate should be referred to
The people in a constitutional amend
nent. The constitution of 1901 cannot
png be maintained except through a
Ieries of amendments. Its sore points
should be resubmitted to the people.
ino quadrennial-session section is per-
laps the sorest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
LONESOME MILLIONAIRE.

Gerald Stanley in Mount Tom
The man who has a million dollars
In his pocket and a philanthropic work
on his hands soon finds that so far as
his philanthropy is concerned he is one
of the most lonesome and helpless OBJ
jects in the world.
The world does not want his philan-
thropy. 1t wants his million dollars.
L does not even want to hear what he
has to say about his philanthropy. 1t
wants to hear how he got his million
dollars.
II there Is a particular set of poor
people he is interested in the best way
for him to raise money for them would
be to tell other poor people how to get
rich If he were to open an office and
give private consultations heart-to-
heart talks on how HE supported him
self, he could support dozen charaites
with his daily fees.
If there were any arrangement by
which millionaire could be told at
sght-if he were compelled by law to
wear a coat. for instance, with dollar
sign on it, amount specified-there is
scarcely a city in the world where he
would not be followed by crowds in
the street Even as it is, he is often re-
minded that he is a sight in spite of
himself The word passes around II he
enters a restaurant and when he hides
in his hotel people stand in line to see
his name on the register.
The world envies him for one thing
and that is the thing it never forgets.
Whichever way he turns in his attempt
to carry out some larger design for the
world he finds that his million dollars
are in the way. He cannot do the work
alone and he cannot find the men to
help him.
He spends nearly all his time in DIS
covering that the men who appear ito
help him are helping themselves They
are not the same men with him that
they are with others. They are polar
lied by his money. He cannot get at
men somehow, as they are
He finds himself defeated at every
point either by his own million dollars
o. by some one else's million dollars,
or by some one else's desire to have his
million dollars. The whole getting-a-
living machine of modern life is across
his path.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
Vulcan Again.

II am in favor of sending Vulcan to
Jamestown" said Col. l., w. Johns. THE
only thing 1 am afraid of If the iron man
goes from home again he will never re-
turn.
1--WE have joked good deal about old
Vulcan--about his debts and about his
final pedestal, but seriously. the people
of Birmingham are attached to him and
would lament IL he left us for good
There is no doubt of the fact that the
colossus would we'll represent this district
at the jamestown exposition. 1t could be
placed in the open air near the entrance
to the grounds where the multitude would
have clear view of it. In raising the
money to pay Vulcan's fare to Virginia,
the amount should be made large enough
to buy him a round trip ticket
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
Street Cars at Crossings.

when street cars song in opposite
directions, stop at the same street or
avenue, think one car should remain I'M
til the other has had time to clear the
crossing" said j. j. Platten yesterday.
Several people have been injured and
some killed by approaching cars which
they did not see.
Il have watched people who get off cars
and find they nearly always remain stand
ing in the street where they alight until
the car goes forward, and then they pro-
coed to cross. but just at that moment
the car coming from the other direction
runs against them and either death or
serious injury follows.
'''rhis precaution should be taken, es-
pecially in the interest of children, who
never stop to look out for approaching
cars, but Immediately the car from which
they have alighted moves forward they
make a dash across the street. l have
seen some very narrow escapes on our
streets Just from such causes, and be-
lieve | have prevented accidents more than
once by restraining children until the car
passed.
Il know that rapid transit is what
everyone desires who travels on street
cars. but the speed might be increased
outside the city to make up for the de-
lays caused by the frequent stops in the
city. Life and limb count for something,
and ought to be safeguarded. even at
the expense of few additional seconds
delay at street crossings
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
Our Coal at TideWater

W. e. Leake, who rendered this dis
riot excellent service at Washington
before the ways and means committee,
brings the intelligence that the pro-
posed appropriation to the Warrior of
1920 900 will build seven locks, thus
opening the river to the forks, and per-
,aps a few miles above. 1t would open
he river to the very heart of the coal
deposits in this district. This is the
,onsummation long hoped for and de-
foutly wished.
Too much praise cannot be awarded
o Congressman Bankhead in this mat
er. Seconded by Congressman Under
.-good, he has worked long and success
ully to open. the Warrior The appro-
,riation of $2,20O,OO0 crowns his work,
md practically hands over to the dis
riot and the stale an open river. The
onor falls chiefly TO Congressman
,ankhead, who has long been a mem
,er of the rivers and harbors commiA
ee. Mr.. Underwood has never been a
member of that committee, and he has
worked for an open river as an indi-
tdual member. He has aided Mr..
,ankhead. who sat in the rooms of the
ommittee, and on whom the chief bur
an lay. The latter deservesA great
-.dit and his fellow membersN from
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
SOME ADVICE.

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
The newspapers of Atlanta are trying
to create the impression that Atlanta
has cinch so far as the sub-treasury Ia
Herald.
That's Just the way the papers made
Atlanta, too, and il they are not watched
they will get cinch on that sub-treas-
ury. We heard once that if an Atlanta
paper said the city was on the Atlantic
coast, all they wanted was a little time
and they'd prove 1t. The Age-Herald must
get to work and cinch that sub-treasury
for Birmingham. Seeing dt in the pa
nersl Is believing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

When you get up in the morning
And the world is smiling fair.
And the voice of hope is singing
And you say goodbye to care,
That's the time when work is calling
And you boldly long to do
Something big and broad and mighty
Nothing small appeals to you.
When you get up In the morning
And your eye is clear and bright
And you haven't any headache
Due TO staying up at night,
And you haven't any twinges
OF a conscience wide awake
Then you're ready for the struggle
For a day of give and take.
When you get up in the morning
With the rising of the sun.
Standing face to face with troubles
And defeating every one,
You'll acknowledge that the daytime
Is the time to win your fight.
Tackle duty in the morning,
Do your slumbering at night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Sometimes women play cards at card
party if there is nothing to talk about
A woman seems to be afraid that il
she wears anything ON her feet and chest
she might catch cold.
The more a man curls his mustache
the more he seems to think 1t takes
the place of brains
The reason a girl can fool her mother
so easily is her mother used TO do the
same things herself.
To woman it would hardly seem like
being married unless she worried over
whether her husband wore warm enough
flannels.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
IN THE EVENING.

(From the Italian of Countess Lara.)
From the Italian of Countess Lara, by G.
A. Greene.
/ sit alone and watch the cinders glare,
Or hear the pine-logs cracking sharp and
low.
wait him still; he went not long ago,
HGmming a tune, his cigaret ahare.
He was called out by some most grave af-
fair;
His friends, on cards intent, would have
it so;
Or some new singers style he fain would
know.
Who with false graces mars grand old
air.
And for such things as these he stays
away.
Till midnight passes, and, at one, the bell
Booms from the neighboring church its
single flight;
tt en- gaily he returns. and half in play
Kisses me lightly. asks II am we'll
And never dreams that I have wept al
night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

Jasper Mountain Eagle: This is said to
be the "soberest' legislature the state
has had in years.
West Alabama Breeze: The university
and other state schools will get additional
appropriations by the legislature now in
session. This ought TO be- The colleges
of the state must lead, or at least keep
abreast with, its progress.
Ozark Southern Star: Senator Mallory
of Florida has given notice that he will
be candidate to succeed himself in 1865
He has made splendid record in the
United States senate and there is no rca-
son why he should not be reelected.
Guntersville Democrat: The Age-Her-
aids cartoon of Senator Lusk shows him
armed with shield and buekler in char
acteristic attitude. The artist would
doubtless have added epaulets. but for
the fact they might have been taken
for chip on his shoulder.
Union Springs Herald: Southern SEN
ators are at work for $4,000 appropria-
ton to employ experts to work abroad in
booming the south's trade in cotton prod
ucts. An appropriation of ninety mil
lions should be railroad through to boom
the price of the staple at home.
Huntsville Democrat: The presence o.:
the military companies of the state at
the Inauguration of Governor Conner In
Montgomery lent an unusual brilliancy
to the occasion, and the railroads deserve
all the credit for their unusual generosity
in furnishing free TRANSPORTATION to the
state national guard The L. & N. alone
had in charge 300 men, and this in face
of the fact that engines and cars were
short. Railroads are not so bad after
ALL when it comes to real downright show
of generosity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
LIFE PASS NO GOOD.

From the Portland Telegram.
A ST. Joe. Mo, man saved Burlington
train from wreck a few years ago, and.
as reward was favored with a life
mass over that road. He has been notified
by the officials that, under the opera
ton of the rate law, the pass has been
rescinded This looks like rather mean
and unnecessary compliance with the law.
No annual pass was rescinded until its
term expired.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
FORAKER UNREASONABLE.

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
The Presidents latest message on the
Brownsville incident ought to satisfy any
one that he acted within his powers as
chief executive OF the nation and COM
mander in chief of the army and navy
of the United States. A politician who
has the presidential bee buzzing in his
bonnet to the extent that Senator For
aker is afflicted with, however, would
refuse to be satisfied with anything rea-
sonaDle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
GOOD WIFE GONE
Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
A Minnesota husband is heartbroken
because some man has stolen his wife,
who. he declares is the best cook in
Minnesota It is hard to condemn a man
for stealing a good cook these days,
and husbands having good cooks for
wives are foolish to leave them lying
round loose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18
THE OLD AND THE NEW

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daughter of the house had just
returned from boarding school.
rs your father out in the woodshed
splitting wood?" the caller asked her.
No" replied the naughty girl papa
is at the town meeting. splitting infini-
tiVes'
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pleads Guilty to Cruelty.

Frank Everett. shipping clerk of the
Armour Packing company. arrested sew
eral days ago plead guilty in the police
court yesterday of charge OF cruelty
to animals, He paid fine of Sl2.5 1t IS
remembered that he was charged with
loading horse with load weighing
5000 pounds.