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tate, and was made even more at
 than usual for the occasion. The
 entertainment was a guessing the subjects being sketches made in of the guests while blindfolded. lest was at once entertaining and ize for the most correct guesses lrded to MT. r. K. Gentry, this copy of "The Princess Martza." "
 was enjoyed later in the evening, which delicious frappe was dis tnd ices and cakes served. Mrs. 9 was assisted in entertaining by s. Van de Graaff and Mrs. Wal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-26
Read the ad on page 9 and see Lovett.
AUBURN MEN. Please meet at Birmingham Athletic Club Friday night at 8:30. w. K. Terry.

If you go to Ii 1916 First Avenue a big cool schoon direct from the k never vote the ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-26

nd Mrs R. J. Hargrove entertained
 fully on Tuesday evening fin horor iss Mamie Brown. A sister of Mrs.
 rove. Miss Brown Is an extremely ctive young lady. and has made many ids here during her visits. The Har- we home is one of the most handsome
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-26

The marriage of MT. s. H. Mccall of LaGrange. Ga. and Miss Jennie Brown of Tuscaloosa occurred here yesterday at the home of the brides sister Mrs. Marcie I. Carroway The affair was an exceed inely quiet one, only few relatives of the bride being present. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. John Van Lear of the Presbyterian church. and took place at o'clock. MT. and Mrs. Me- Call left on the 2:30 Mobile and Ohio traln for their home at LaGrance, where they will in future reside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-26
Mrs. Bealle Dies.

Mrs. Caroline Bealle died yesterday aft ernoon at her home near Sylvan, few miles from here. She had been in feeble health for some time. and her death was not altogether unexpected At her death she was surrounded by all of her living children, these having been summoned several days ago.
 Mrs. Bealle was Miss Caroline Martin and married the late Charles Bealle, . very prominent citizen of this county dur ing his life. Mrs. Bealle had reached her Sath year She was q staunch member of the Baptist church. and woman of many Christian virtues and graces. She is sur vived by one son, Charles Bealle, and three daughters, Miss Emma Bealle, Mrs. Maria E. Foster and Mrs. Henry J. King, and the following grandchildren, living here: Glen Foster, C. D. townsend ana Mrs. Robert Cornell. The funeral oc- cured at 10 o'clock this morning at Syl- van.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
HAVE YOU REarsrEREpf

The registration places will be open
until 9 p. m. today. With eight hours
time to register no citizen who is in
health or is not unavoidably detained
out of town can have any excuse for
not registering. 1t is an old and oft
repeated reproach upon business men
that they are the worst delinquents
in respect to primary duty and regis
try; that they are so engrossed in their
private affairs that they can spare not
even a few minutes for a public duty.
Considering the fact that every
loafer who has his vote on sale is
scrupulous to register his name, this
negligence of men who have the most
interest in good government is unpar-
donable. We hope to see a big regis
tration today to add to the light regis
tration at the primaries last month.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
NO INTEREST ON DEPOSITS.

In whatever direction public investi-
cation into official acts turns it shows
up a case of deposits of public money
in banks without any interest. The
latest case of the kind is that of the
County Collector in Hudson, and If in
vestigation should take in all the coun-
ties and municipalities of New Jersey it
might be found that interest payments
on public deposits were a rare exeep-
ton.
In the course of a year many millions
of dollars are handled by county and
municipal officers in New Jersey, and
all this money goes through banks and
is held on deposit by banks. Every
public official knows that the banks are
willing to pay 2 per cent Or more for
deposits, and yet the general rule is
that no interest is asked or received.
Why should public officials thus favor
private banks at the expense of the
public?
Again it might be asked why it should
need a legislative investigation to smoke
cases of this kind? There are Boards
of Freeholders and Common Councils
and Mayors who would be supposed to
have some curiosity in the matter.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
D1sARMrNe THE NEXT SHERIFF..

If the commission plan of drawing
grand juries shall be adopted by the
next Legislature the election for sheriff
in Essex County will be robbed of much
OF its interest. In Hudson, Passaic and
Atlantic counties the sheriff very liber-
ally constructs the Bishops law so that
in those counties there is little or no
restriction upon personal liberty on a
Sunday. In Essex the situation is diff
ferent for the reason that Sheriff Som
mer constructs the law strictly. The
election of a liberal sheriff next year
would change the situation.
Evidently it is with this contingency
in view that the proposition for a jury
commission has been revived. A COM
mission plan can be devised to keep
Essex County closed as tight as a drum
on Sunday. Establish such a commits
sion by legislation next winter, and the
liberal element may elect a sheriff in
the fall and fail in it's object, for the
commission will draw juries to indict in
all cases, and a volunteer organization
with a corps of sleuths would furnish
the evidence. Even the sheriff could be
indicted.
1t has been suggested that an indirect
way to secure the majority sentiment
of a county on the Sunday closing ques.
ton would be the election of a sheriff
II a majority of the voters did not want
strict enforcement they could elect q
liberal sheriff. A jury commission
would defeat that kind of local option
as the sheriff would be stripped by il
of his present power. 1t may be appre'
hended that the proposition for a jury
commission will meet with strong oppo
sItion when it is brought up in thu
Legislature.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
H INJUNCTION ISSUE.

Less than two months hence Con-
gress will be in session 1t will convene
on the eve of a great national cam
paign, and some of the great questions
of that campaign are sure to come up.
On. of them is that of the judicial in
junction. The use of the injunction by
Federal judges in States in behalf of
railroad corporations and in restraint
of the power of the State to execute its
own laws within it's own boundaries
has greatly magnified the injunction
question.
In all probability Congress will have
a majority in favor of restricting
the use of the Federal injunction in
dealing with the operations of State
laws. 1t is certain hat this will be
one of the first questions Congress will
have to deal with, and, in view of the
approaching Presidential election, the
on the Federal injunction. The attor-
neys-general of seventeen States have
formed an organization for the purpose
of changing the procedure in injunc-
lions for the restriction of their use
against State statutes.
The West and South are united in
sentiment in favor of such restriction
and there is a powerful sentiment the
same way in the East. The railroads,
which, in a number of States, have re-
sorted to the injunction to set aside
common law remedies. making the
State government Inferior in authority
to a district judge, have most unwisely
provoked the feeling that will rise up
against them in national legislation this
winter.
At the last session of Congress a
strong effort was made to curtail
the power of the injunction. 1t failed.
The railroads can thank themselves
that they have now by their own acts
so greatly fortified the sentiment
against Federal injunctions hat Con-
gress is very likely to pass a law limit
ing their use and stripping the Federal
district judge of the powers which he
has made so offensive.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

Jersey from taking such q backward
step in Christian civilization"
The Governor has no constitutional
right to influence legislation, and If
public men are to be believed, the exer-
else of that influence has been a bane
in State legislation. The only influence
the Governor can exercise is by the use
of his official patronage, which is a
re~prehensible practise always. The
power of veto which Mr.. Mason SO
grandiloquently talks about amounts to
no more than this: The Governor can
veto a bill, and the Legislature can
%thereupon repass the bill by the same
vote precisely by which it was passed
in the first place, and the bill there
upon becomes a law. Mr.. Mason needs
coaching in the elementary principles of
State government.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
Fort ON the Excise Question.


Gradually the question Of Sunday
liquor selling is forcing itself into consid-
Grafton by the gubernatorial candidates.
Judge Fort, the Republican standard-bear-
err, took it up in his address at Newark,
and while he handled 1t as cautiously as
an inexperienced man would handle a loaded
gun, his treatment OF the subject at all in
dictated his belief hat some sort of decla-
ration was expected by the voters. A
careful analysis of the candidates utter
ances, however, fails to enlighten us as to
how he would view legislation favorable to
Sunday selling. He says that he would
fulfill his duty under the constitution by
enforcing the bishops law so long as 1t
stands on the statute books, n then he
goes on to intimate, with respect to reme-
dial legislation, that he has no personal
opinion to oppose to the will Of the people
clearly expressed through their legislative
Representatives. But sust when we think
we have Judge Forts position s~quarely
stated he turns around with the qualif1ca-
ton that he will always reserve to him
self the right even against what may for
the time seem to be a popular demand, to
stand for what my judgment and consci-
ence dictated to be right"
The speech on this particular topic reads
like one of the predictions of the Delphic
~oracles, which might be read two different
ways and were true however the event
turned out. There was room for the liquor
men, reading Judge Forts speech in the
nominating convention. to believe that he
personally stood for ''home rule'' on the
question of Sunday selling. but Friday
nights utterance makes the candidates
position more equivocal.
So far as concerns this particular issue.
it seems to us there is little to choose be-
tween the ~platitudinous declaration of
Judge Fort, or the discreet silence of ex-
Mayor Katzenbach.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
SAVE THE RIPARIAN LANDS.

"Over across the river New York
owns its docks and wharfs and col
lects dockage and wharfage for them,
n last year drew from that source
Sa,100,000. Suppose New Jersey had not
sold its riparian land, how much would
% be getting? This is lost to us by
the policy pursued by the Riparian
Commission in granting these lands
to railroads n other corporations.
The money should have been turned
over to the municipalities and the
State, but it was not. The land was
sold outright under a law passed in
1859. with what result?-a small reve-
nue. for the school fund. If New Jer-
sey had followed the policy of pre-
serving those lands to the State or
city and collected the rental, the re-
turns would have been sufficient to ac-
commodate every unschooled child in
the State."-Judge Fort at Hoboken
last night.
h whole riparian question is
summed up in the foregoing. Judge
Fort confirms and emphasizes what
has been said and repeated by the
STAR.
- Ao6I YCdi ~ iCSici1tiN6 COiilltilttCC IL
v~estigated riparian affairs and adopted
a report recommending the abolition
of the Riparian Commission and a
change of policy in the administration
of riparian affairs. That report was
suppressed until the Legislature was
at the point of adjournment. Since
last June the State Riparian Commits
sion has privately and without public
knowledge disposed of many valuable
tracts, and it is still engaged in loot
ing the States lands.
Should not the words of Judge Fort
at Hoboken be a clarion call to the
Legislature at it's session next Friday?
The long-suppressed committee report
in charge of Senator Wakelee, of Ber-
gen., should be called for and acted on.
; TIE Legislature should be informed
about the actions of the State Commits
sion this year, and that commission
should be at once abolished and its
affairs turned over to the school fund
trustees. The policy of absolute grants
should at once be abolished.
The State may not recover the vast
land values that have virtually been
stolen, but we can save what is left
from the spoiler. If there is delay UNI
fill hex year the Riparian Commission
will leave the riparian domain stripped
to the hide"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
A ResourcefuI Legislator.

ut will be impossible for us to
~ransaot any public business tonight
aid the president of the City Council,
because of the lack of a quorum
Mr.. Chairman" said the new MEM
Der, arising quickly, Il have been elect
ed on a pledge to my constituency that
l shall work untiringly and increasingly
for the u~pbuilding and uplifting of our
city. and / now and here move thatsa
committee be appointed to consider the
immediate purchase of as good a
quorum as the market affords, and that
the committee be instructed to secure
the auorum IND have 1t properly In
stalled by the next meeting night.
And Furthermore" he said, with a fine
patriotic touch, "let us obtain a good
American quorum. and not one of those
ancient Roman things!"-Success Maya
zine.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
PAPERS ON CAMPAIGN
Fort ON the Excise Question.
[From the Camden Courier, Rep.l

LEiOh1 llC dAhNA / AhCRsl
Judge Fort, Republican candidate for
Governor, formally opened the campaign
when he addressed a vast assemblage Of
voters at the Kruger Auditorium in New
ark, and told his hearers where he stands
on the issues OF the campaign. As the
Courier predicted the day after his nominal
ton at Trenton he would do, he stands
firmly by the Bishops excise act and for
the maintenance of the sanctity of the
in detail and put to his hearers a series of
questions as to its efficiency in preventing
the sale of liquors to minors and the estab-
lishment of the back room in saloons, and
the screen provision. His lucid presenta-
ton of the question and comment showed
he was heartily in favor OF maintaining the
Bishops law in force, until the people UNI
m~istakably demanded a change. He drew
attention to the fact that when the peo-
pie wanted a modification of existing law
their remedy was to elect a legislature
that will make it. He declined to commit
himself as to what action he might take
If elected Governor, as any given case now
might be entirely changed when called
upon to act. In concluding his remarks
on the excise question, he declared that
he had no personal opinion to enforce
against the people, but that he would al
ways stand for what his Judgment and
conscience dictates to be right, closing
with the remark that all good citizens will
indorse and applaud, w must put his
campaign not In the slough of despond. but
on the hilltop of civic righteousness" The
people know where the Republican candi-
GATE stands on the excise question, and will
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
Mr.. MASON NEEDS COACHING.

The Rev. John r. Mason, who is at
once the prohiDitionist and license can
didste for Governor, evidently has
exaggerated notions about the guber-
material prerogative. He tells the In
dependent party in Essex County that
II he is elected Governor he win mot
only use all the Influence of the chief
executive to prevent any repeal of the
Bishops law, but will use the preroga-
tive of the veto which is vested in the
Governor for the purpose Of protecting
the commonwealth from vicious legis-
lation, and to protect the State Of New
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
The GargoyIe.


To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
What is the history Of the use and de-
velopment of the ~gargoyle in architec-
ture? 8. G.. M.
Ia gargoyle is a projecting spout, dis
charging the water from the roof cutters
Of buildings. Gargoyles OF various forms
have been used in almost all styles of
architecture. Early examples are found
In the temples of Egypt. Those of painted
terra Gotta and of marble, often in the
shape of lions or boar's heads, were a
prominent part Of classic and Etruscan
temples. But the term is especially APP
Piled to the varied development of the
spout in connection with gothic archi-
lecture.
The gargoyles of French buildings have
usually more prominence than in Eng
land. Some gargoyles are small and plain,
others large and ornamental, according to
their various positions. They are carved
In all conceivable forms-angelic, human,
bestial and grotesque; and as in fountains,
the water is generally spouted through the
mouth. The medieval love of the gro
tesque found original expression In Gre
ating weird and deformed heads and
figures for them. Some of them are
famous, as at st. Jacques and Notre Dame
in Paris.-Ed.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

The Jersey City Journal yesterday, in
an editorial four columns long, demon
strated why Mayor Pagan should not
be reelected. The Journal has always
been an orthodox Republican paper,
and its present course is entirely a new
departure. That a stalwart party news-
paper as uncompromising as the Journal
has always been should turn squarely
against a duly nominated candidate of
its own party is evidence of the great
breaking down of party lines that has
been witnessed within the last two
years.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

Henry" said the young wife. who
had k up physical culture, how do
you think I am bui1t?"
My dear" replied her husband, fond
ly. you are built like a watch"
Thank you, Henry. And, Henry
"Well?'
Tiff I am built like a watch, don't
you think I should have a few jewelsT'
And then Henry frowned and said the
man who compliments a woman is an
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
VIEWS OF EDITORS.
Means Business.

That New Jersey revolt against the
voting machine seems to mean business
it certainly has meant bother for Colonel
Sam Dickinson, Secretary of State, who
has the power to say whether the machine
shall be used in a town or not. He has
been hearing daily from the voters who
for one reason or another-because they
can't work the machine, or because they
have no confidence in it, or just because
they don't like it-want to be rid OF it.
and to go back to the old-fashioned ballot.
Hartford Courant.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
she was Killing.

The lank, long-haired young man
looked dreamily at the charming girl
on whomshe was ~endeavoring to make
a favorable impression.
Did you ever long for death?" he
asked, in a low moving tone.
"Whose?" inquired the charming but
practical young person.-Youth's Com
panion.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
definite Enoueb.

With Kisses and groans an audience
greeted the great scene of a new drama.
All the hope of success was at an end
TITS hard to tell what the public
wants." murmured the heart-broken
playwright.
IT'S easy enough in this case" said
the manager, grimly, TT wants it's
money back!"-Tit-Bits
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

the candidate for County Clerk, on per-
sonal liberty and the excise question
would convince the most skeptical that
with the great mass Of voters the excise
question is the dominant one IN the
campaign. And DR.. Kraemer wasn't
addressing an audience Of saloon-keep-
ers.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

Yes" said the Reverend MT. Good
ley, II opposed the contemplated prize
drawing for. our building fund. I can't
connive at any form of lottery"
Except a marriage in the church, .
suggested the crusty bachelor.-Phila-
delphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

Stubb-Yes, the fancy gardener has
named his special radish after his wife.
Penn-Rather a warm compliment.
Did he say why he did So?
Stubb-Yes, he said they never agree
with him.-Chicago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
A willing Martyr.

George, dear" said the pretty maid,
As they sat in the pale moonlight,
Kissing is harmful, h doctors say,
So, of course, it cannot be right"
Darling" answered the noble youth,
As his color mounted real high,
II don't believe being kissed to death
Such a horrible death to die"
Chicago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

The chronic delay and neglect in all
State work is shown again in the mat
ter of constructing an electric plant at
the State Prison. The law went into
effect March !. more than seven months
ago, and the plant isn't ready yet. BY
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

Colonel Corn Gas he saw for the first
time an automobile going at a forty
mile clip)-By gravy, but them horses
must a gave that ago a good
start before they broke loose!-Judge.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

Candidate Katzenbach now has the floor. Is he for the
bishops bilp' with or without trimmings? Does he approve of
the attempts made last winter by the Democratic Assenblynen
to repeal or modify that lawf What is his understanding of
the Democratic State Conventions declaration in favor of Home
Rule? He has publicly said that he indorses the platform from
top to bottom and, that being SO, he must understand Just what
the plank in question actually does mean.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

reason of the delay the executions of
two british murderers of women have
been postponed beyond the date tixed
by the court.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08

1t would have been political folly for Judge Fort to do any
thing else but advocate Mayor Fagans reelection. The Mayor
stands for clean, honest and independent municipal government,
and a belief in that, despite mistakes OF his part, has caused
his election and reelection despite the opposition of powerful in
teress. Possibly Judge Fort may lose some votes by his cham
pionship of the Mayor, but he will gain half a dozen for every
one that scratches him on that account.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
CANDIDATE KzTzENBAcH NOW HAS THE RLooR-VOTERs WANT
TO KNOW WHERE CANDIDA TBS STAND.

Candidate Fort has told US, with some butts and ifs, that
he stands by the Bishops BILL" The campaign is young yet,
however. and before the first Tuesday in November rolls around
he will probably be more specific as to what he favors and
what he won't stand for. Probably most of US expected too
much from his first delverance on the excise question, but
for a beginning it wasn't SO bad.