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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Temperance Societies.

What has become or the temperance societies." asked an old citizen. 'When l was 9 young man the Sons of Temper ance. the Temple of Honor and-Temper- ance and the Good Templars were estab- lished in every state.
 T remember when the Sons of Temper ance had q division and the Good Tenn plars q lodge in every town. The Good Templars swept the country in the sev- enties These total abstinence societies did much good. They were far more eff feotive in reforming men and in keeping boys away from rum shops than prohibi- tion. The Sons of Temperance and the Good Templars still maintain their respec- tive organizations, but their members are few. | would like to see interest in them revived" !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Tennessee-To-GuIf

The business men of Mobile are be. coming deeply interested in the forth coming Tennessee-to-Gulf convention to be held in Birmingham next month. The rivers and harbors committee of the Mobile Commercial club urges a widening of the call, so that eastern Tennessee, eastern Mississippi, west ern Georgia and all Alabama will be included in it, for all these sections would be benefited by the proposed canal link both in transportation facil- ities and in lower rates.
 This entire section should be awakened to the value of canal that would be a saving of 1500 miles in the case of water-borne Tennessee prod ucts, and that would give an immense impulse to the coal districts of three states.
 When it is remembered that the government has spent many millions in improving the Warrior and the Ten nessee it seems incredible that the government will refuse to make both useful by linking them together East Tennessee should lead in this move ment, letting Alabama come in to sec ond all of its advances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Sacrifice Sales of Cotton

The furry precipitated by grasping, speculating financiers has robbed the wheat farmer of about cents a bushel and the cotton farmer of about $5 a bale. Middling cotton, which was worth a week ago II cents on the farm is now worth but 10 cents.
 These reductions would in case of immediate sales be taken directly out of farmers pockets and they would go directly into the pockets of foreign spinners, for they consume about two thirds of the American cotton crop.
 Every southern farmer should con- slider the situation with care and in- ward thought before he consents to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
A PAIR OF PHILOSOPHERS.

FromNthe Washington Herald.
 He sifted into the grocery.
 "A friend in need" murmured he, as he reached for the dried beef, 'fs better than much parsnips."
 Yes" responded the grocer. placing a wire cage over tho dog biscuit, but fine words discount no butter bills.'
 ''Kind hearts are more than corner lots, and simple faith than Mormon blood" "True; but pay as you go is the best policy"
 The stranger leaned against the pickle barrel.
 .'How about little line of credit for the approaching winter?' he inquired. Mary little line of credit"
 s.Not a trifiing little line of credit, not necessarily for publication but merely as an evidence of good-will?'
 "Nix.'s
 "No harm done?,' sighed the wanderer, reaching for the shredded codtish.
 None whatever" opined the grocer as he placed the mottled cheese in the safe.
 "A rolling pin gathers no moss roses. "And a gift cigar should not be placed in a horses mouth" /"Too many cooks dread the burnt child"
 And all is not gold that is estimated as such in the mining booklets
 The stranger garnered handful of prunes.
 ..Good-day," said he.
 ..Csood-day," said the grocer
 He sifted out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

AM glad that this prohibition contest is practically ended, and l sincerely , hope the people of Birmingham on Monday will vote against prohibition.
 Since the contest started. investment of foreign capital in Birmingham has almost entirely stopped. Real estate values have depreeiated and the town from progressive point of view has been materially retarded.
 Even before this financial panic in New York, no money could be borrowed on improved real estate in Birmingham on account of both the prohibition agitation and the discussion of an extra session of the legislature.
 We are indeed having too much politics ini Birmingham and in Alabama. The quicker we get through with it and de- eide upon policy to be continued the better it will be for the state
 Speaking about prohibition, this con test has really been brought about be- cause of the conduct of the low saloon keepers and of the dives If the people vote against prohibition it will be as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
THE oEEP.sEA CABLES.

By Rudyard Nipling. The wrecks dissolve above usj their dust drops down from afar- Down to the dark to the utter dark.
 where the blind white sea snakes are There is no sound, no echo of sound, m
 the deserts of the deep. Or the great gray level plains or ooze'
 where the shel-burred cables creep Here in the womb of the ,water-nere on
 the tie-ribs of earth Words and the words of men, hiche'
 and fiutter and beat Warning sorrow and gain. ~salutatloh anu mirth-
 For Power troubles the Stin that nas
 neither voice nor feet. They have wakened the timeless Ihinss'
 they have killed their father llIne' Joining hands in the gloom, iesspe
 from the last Of the sun. H lush, Men talk today O CT the waste or
 the ultimate slime,
 And a new Word runs hetween., wn1ss
 pering- Let us be cne,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
About Parsons.

Lucy Daly, the popular comedienne at the Bjou theatre, last week. in her ex- cellent parodies. warned the people to let well enough alone" She pictured Birmingham as thriving city and ad- vised the audience to fight shy of d dry" town. Her singing was the hit of the week, and judging from the repeated and boisterous eneoWs, what she .said pleased well. She also took a hand in the old and new police commission fight, and by boosting Mayor Ward captivated her hearers. The Daly family numbers several players, and Lucy is probably the best known and most popular.
 
 Senator Jake Weiss, the well known travelling man who as a politician "on the side is noted for his accuracy Of prediction and excellent judgment, stated that Jefferson would remain wet"
 "A month ago" continued the "sena- tor" q considered it probable that Jef- ferson would follow the other counties in which prohibition fights have been waged. But now for some reason. there has been a change, and l predict that prohibition loses here.
 The Senator stated that the wave" had not us yet struck Mobile.
 ..
 Cecil T, Young. a well known young at torney orfAnnIston. was registered last night at the New Florence. Mir Young was Il popular member of the 1l0a class at the University of Alabama.
 A. Mcintyre, auditor of the Corona Coal and Iron company of Corona, was regis tered at the Hilman last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM


 Montgomery Times: The tension grows tighter in Birmingham as next Monday rolls this way.
 Elba Clipper; If Birmingham and Mont gomery go dry" the whole state will soon be "sptting white.''
 Montgomery Advertiser: Birmingham has been entertaining the press clubs ard We understand she did the square thing by the pencl-shovers
 Florence Times: Birmingham is trying 10 do violence to the new municipal code. The factions there are rank, and they will carry the code into the courts.
 Montgomery Times: Mayor Ward, it IS said. has shocked the Birmingham preachers by his anti-prohibition attitude. Ii is not his first earthquake proceeding from what we gather from the Birming- ham papers. !
 Montgomery Times Mayor Ward of Birmingham has actively taken up the cudgel for anti-prohibition in the Magic City. This fact will in no wise distract from the spectacular interest of the Bir- mingham campaign.
 Centreville Press: An Italian woman gave birth to a child in the Louisville and Nashville depot at Birmingham last week. If this happened in Montgomery. where they are making such an effort for the 10000 mark by 1910, we should not have been surprised.
 Montgomery Journal: The meeting of the International League of Press Clubs in Birmingham has noe been wanting in one thlng-it hasbeen well advertised. If the meeting is not a success it will not be because the advertising end of it has nSt been well managed
 Chattanooga News: The prohlbitlonsts of Birmingham have hurt their cause by threatening to put Mayor Ward out of politics because he does not agree with them as to the best method of handling the liquor question. If they lose their fight it will be because of this threat to boycott the Mayor.
 Chattanooga Times: The public will be in entire sympathy with the Birmingham girl who has made protest in the form of a damage suit against the street rail- road company for insults and indisnities heaped upon her by one of the companys car conductors. It is a duty these com panics owe their patrons that they employ only men who know how to behave as conductors. The case in point reported in these columns yesterday morning will bear study at the hands of all concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

A LITTLE SONG OF JOY. Some days we do adore the world And all the world contains The clouds across the blue unfurled The field the poppy stains; The whisper of the breeze that blows, The tinkle of the streams And every laughing heart that goes sAdown the lane of dreams. Some days we do adore the world And all the world contains The daisy by the dew impearled, The song of gentle rains; The seasons marching in review, The sun, the stars at night, And every little task we do Us but a new delight. Some days we do adore the world And all the world contains The fairy in a blossom curled A brighter beauty gains. Ah, life is sweet on days like these And filled with melody! The birds that warble in the trees Could not more happy be.
 SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO. 'Ive noticed one thing" What is that?'
  bothering herself about woinan's rights" THE LESSON OF A CROAKER. He's very sure the world is wrong, The times are out of joint, Disasters due ere very long In fact, we've reached the point Where not ray of hope remains To save us from the pit, And so he takes the greatest pains To make the most of it. He can not see the sky above, = He can not feel the sun, No flowers bloom for him in love, No laughing rivers run. Instead, his life is all blank, His days are days of woe, His heart Is cold, his fingers dank, His spirits very low. What good can such a man achieve? This much, if nothing more: When we are ready to believe Our better days are OCT, The spectacle of such a chap Doth fill us with disgust, And so we vow through all mishap To laughsa bit, or bust!
 OUT OF SEASON. Here's poem on spring" 'eWait six months and then spring it.
 A WORD TO THE WISE.
 A good excuse
 Will save the day
 For married men
 Whot get too gay.
 KNOWS THE GAME. "What makes susette so populsr?' "sbe's great corner girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
PRESS POINTS

Louisville Herald: stage roeber IS oneratiug in Montana. lot of them are getting big money in vaudeville in the cast.
 Washington Post: Often when man arrives at the conclusion that he is a fool lie finds that his wife's mother beat him to it.
 Washington Herald: We hope, for old times sake. that the prohibition pros pect ahead isn't going to cause gen eral flight of Georgia editors to New York.
 Houston Post: While it is true there are more wildcats in Texas than anywhere else, it is likewise true that the kitties of Houston are so doce that they will eat from anybody's hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 There's a heap of sense in not knowing too much.
 woman can enjoy going anywhere. though it's only trolley ride. by calling it tour.
 It's very bad judgment in a thief to steal such a small amount that they'll send him to jail.
 Everybody is supposed to he paid for working hard for others. except the mother of large family
 About the only way to get ever with 8 man who takes your money away from you is to wait for somebody to take It from him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
The savinos Habit.

"One of the largest advances in the prosperity of the people of the Birmins- ham district consists in the savings of wagearners and others of moderate in- comes, asaid a banker "A few years ago people who could save little each month did not do il, because they did not think few dollars worth putting in bank. It is very different now Our people have cultivated the habit of saving, and the volume of money deposited by wage workers drawing interest is not only good for the individual. but it is good for the business community, as banking funds arc thus greatly increased.
 While the savings department of the Birmingham banks is comparatively new some prudent wage-earners started to save 20 years ago. I know coal miner a slav, working for the sloss-Shefield company at Brookside, who has some thing like s20,O0O In bank He has SSO0O in my bank, $5Oo0 in another, S4Oo0 in an other. ss5o0 in another, s25oo in another and sl5O0 in another He is still working in the mines, but his interest income is sufficient to support his family in comfort whenever he chooses to retire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
BOTTOM FACTS.

From Judge.
 Landscape artists like garden hose Jewellers are partial to stockings with clocks in them.
 As long as men are fwholesouled let their hose be half
 Those who are given to worry like stockings with fretworA in them.
 We wonder whether our stockings wear out so quickly just because the colors are so fast.
 Let all your actions be above board; i; whether your stockings are open work need not bother you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

A Missouri woman asks $lO.OOo Tor a stolen kiss, and the Washington Post says, "How can she have the face to demand price like that?" Walt until you see her face before asking ques- tions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
ONE ACCOUNTED FOR.

From the Brooklyn Life.-
 .-rhere are couple of awful bores at my club"
 Indeed. Who is the other one?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Advertisement for Birmingham.

If Jefferson county should go wet, and l think it viii from what l have seen and heard. it will be the biggest sort or an advertisement for Birmingham said L. r. Thomas of New York. Atlanta is to be dry and nearly every city in the south is either dry or soon will be.
 "The fact that the Birmingham district is strong enough in modern spirit to re- sst the prohibition wave will make q marked impression on northern capital. Prohibition is the sign of a provincial community No great city ever goes dry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

The theory that ugliness can be cured by suggestion is something of a tax on credulity. There are some peo- pie in this world who are ugly, sure enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
 laes}1,1zs-.

GENIUS GONE TO WASTE. ''No doubt, there are men today who could fill Dickens place. "Yes?p But they are writing advertisements.
 CURRENT TOPICS.
 MRS. COREY. This is mor@ than we can brook, Mabel says she'll write a book.
 LOUISIANA. Bears are singing in their glee, Teddy didn't puncture mel"
 POLITICAL Sure as sunshine follows rain. "Peerless Bill' will run again.
 UP AGAINST IT. "I hate pun" ESQ do l, but can't help myself" "Why?' "I am press humorist.s
 DOUBTFUL REMARKS.
 The sumac's red,
 The grass is brownj
 Coal prices up
 And coal piles down.
 The Commoner.
 .Ah, very true.
 Iris sad to sec
 The sorry plight
 Of poverty
 POOR INVESTMENT. "The delegates to The Hague conference ate over s50O.O00 worth of dinners" And in exchange for that we get about thirty cents worth of peace
 POLITICAL NOTE. f'Is Fairbanks out of the race?' 'sY es, but he doesn't know it."
 AN EXPLANATION. 'Tis hard to keep cheerful air When sorrows are so thick, And that's why people everywhere Reserve the right to kick.
 HOW HE STANDS. T hear that Chapleigh is dead in love with Gladys Gold" ''well, he's dead one, if that Is what you mean.''
 A RULE. Remember this, in after years, Tho man and grief be kin, If you put your heart in what you do, You're simply bound to winl ''Can women propose?' asks a contem- porary Well, they can at least, make 1t easy. Persimmons are falling with thuds of ioy. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

A temperance evangelist says Texas women are fighters. Probably that, more than prunes, accounts for the fact that there are so many bald headed men in Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

George B. Cortelyou has his hand on the helm and he is cool and level headed in all emergencies. And this we say knowing that he has no money to deposit in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

The signing up of baseball players Tor next season goes merrily on, and we have MT. Vaughn's word that the men signed for the home team will all be first division folks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Muai Hafid was compelled to take four new wives in order to recruit men enough to defeat his brother. Politics in Morocco is peculiar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Charles w. Fairbanks repudiates the St. Louis interviewer who attempted to rob him of his beloved presidential bee He is still drumming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Ex-Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco has begun to serve his term in the penitentiary, but he has put up a Schmitz candidate for mayor, and some think he may be elected-- His name is McCarthy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

It is figured out that the Rockefellers were gold and silversmiths away back in the fifteenth century They have had the money getting habit long time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Chief Sprybuck, an Indian brave who drank quart of blue paint by mistake. probably isn't spry any longer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

"A Little Truth Injected Into Poli- tics" is the title of an editorial in contemporary The little truth, no doubt, felt sadly out of place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

We shall soon be up against a new magazine article entitled something like this: How I Sailed From New York to Chicago"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

The semi-panic in New York, Pitts burg and Providence is abating, and those bad towns will soon give more time to chorus girls than to finance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt has come into the possession of $60.00O,0OO be- cause his father disinherited his elder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

The pilots of the Pommern are going home to be given the freedom of the city and the skies overhead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

English investors paid s2,oOO.0Oo for Barnum's circns. and were glad to part with it for $400,0o0. The Ringlins trust took it in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Now, that we are up against a cir GUS trust, the next combine in order is a corner of pink lemonade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

nx-Vice President Levi r. Morton is sf years old, and he is in good health and spirits. He is candidate for the century line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

President Roosevelt has nailed his bearskin to the White House wall, and is. about ready to admit Oklahoma to the union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

You wouldn't think it, but the price of peanuts has gone up as result of the financial furry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Some financiers are now classed among the undesirable citizens, and they mostly live in New York. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

The express companies say the agi- tation in favor of a parcels post is un- settling business confidence. Why. of course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

The Emperor Francis Joseph is get ting ready to do a good deal of stand ing up as ruler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Young Heinze wants to go to the Senate. The salary of the office be- gins to look good to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

The comet that is approaching the earth has considerataely shied off and will not strike 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Hope and confidence Is the medicine we need. and we want it in allopathic doses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

The semi-panic never touched the south, not even the Southern Steel company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Out in Kansas they say Helen Gould must be very rich, for she scorns fnery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

The balloon is fast outgrowing the county fair. The latter prefers to stand pat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Jackson Claron-Ledger: The expert ac- eountant on the Birmingham Age-Herald says a meteorte recently fell upon the Russian town of Verlxhnednieprovsl1 without knocking out letter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Talledags Mountain Home: When the Age Herald staff sees things at night, We have no doubt it's blind tigers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

HOW HE STANDS. 1T hear that Chaplegh is dead in love with Gladys Gold" well, he's dead one. if that Is what you mean.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Columbus Ledger: In view of the fact that the world now has wireless tele- graphy, the Birmingham Age-Herald calls for "a spell of wireless politics" The call hasn't been answered let
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

the Birmingham Age-Herald consoles him. self with the assertion that we can have a real hot time in hades without spend ing money"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-08-01
Ex-Partner Of Clark Dead.

Amsterdam, N. Y, July William
R. Kenyon, twice mayor of Butte,
Mont, and chairman OF the Democratic
state central committee of that state,
is dead at his country home near this
city, after an hours illness Of acute
indigestion, aged 81. Mr.. Kenyon, who
for many years was business partner
of Senator w. A. Clark, was native
of Oswego, N. Y.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-08-01
jap Troop Occupy seoul,

Seoul July 30.-All the reinforce
.ments OF the Twelfth brigade have
landed. The garrisoning Of Seoul by
Japanese troops according to the new
plan Of occupation viii be completed
~ this evening. 81
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-08-01
Whipped Because He Talked.

Guthrie, KY, July 30.-John Lock.
ert was severely whipped by unknown
persons near here late Sunday night
with switches until his flesh was
gashed and portion of his clothing
cut into it. He is in precarious con.
diti on. The men told Lockert that he
had done little too much talking last
year about the time the tobacco-plan1
beds we're scraped and that they had
come for a settlement
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
By James Crawford

TT is Raymond Hitchcock's opinion
that the lyrics in "A Yankee
Tourist" pronounce their autnor'
Wallace Irwin, a rhymster OF ex-
eeeding versatility.
Irwin has triumphcd IN prnt ana
conquered the stage" the comedian
eiucidated, 'and versifiers who can do
that are even less numerous than
actable plays written by novelists or
readable novels written by dramatists.
Poetry for singing must be different
IN several ways TO poetry for perusal
only. II is no disparagement OF
poets ability to say that his work IS
unfit for musical expression, nor is
II reflective of discredit on a lyric
makers art if his verse IS considered
trashy reading. The brightest and
most scholarly gems that Irwin has
written would fail to provoke a hand
Clap if sung to an average theater
audience. and his lyrics that win most
applause would, I'm afraid, fail to ind
publicity in any other way
AS an example he quoted this one,
SING bv himself: