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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-07
Personal and General.

T. W. Pridgeon, who was taken to the Robinson infirmary few days ago, suffering from stroke of apoplexy, died this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. No arrangements have been made for his burial, as his nearest relatives live in Chicago Jacobs & Son have charge of his remains and will hold until advices from his people are received. MT. Pridgeon is an old resident of Besse- mer being a bricklayer by trade, and is known as a good, honorable, Chris tian man, and has many friends who sadly lament his death.
 John Henry, colored, with many alias, who was shot by Detective Patton a few days ago, died this afternoon at the Robinson infirmary at A o'clock. This man was wanted on several seri- ous charges, and when hemmed in the other day by Officers Patton and Me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-07
Two Soldiers Killed.

Lawton, Okla. December 6.-Privates Bryant and Maxwell of Battery C., First Field artillery at Fort Sill were killed, and Orrivale Hicks of the same battery is not expected to survive as the result of the breaking of bridge over which detachment of artillerymen were rid ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-07
NU MBER OF BALES
 GINNED TO DEC. 1

Memphis, Tenn, December 6-In the annual report of the National Ginners' association, issued today, the total num- Der of bales of cotton ginned to De- cember 1 is placed at 11064000, and the total crop for the season is estimated at +, ,S73, 900 bales, exclusive of linters or repacks. The report by states follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-07
Special Notice.

Order Owls, who have been notified that they have been passed on are requested to attend the meeting at the Red Mems hall, 19171a First avenue, at 8 p. m. Monday, December T.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-07
Cotton Seed Wanted

We are independent buyers and crushers of cotton seed and shippers will find 1t to their advantage to communicate with us before selling.
 LOUISVILLE COTTON SEED PRoD-
 UCTS CO.,, Louisville, Ky. 12-4-10t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-07
Our.JeWelry

Learn to admire rightly and you will learn to pur- chase wisely.
 People of refined taste admire our jewelry most because real jewelry art appeals to them as only real art of any kind does.
 Wise jewelry buying be- gins with your selection of a store which provides jewelry of artistic and in- trinsic value extending deeper than the outside coat.
 To know if our prices are low, compare them with values as high. F. W. BROMBERG
 Jeweler and Optician
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-07
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 Hemorrhoids, varicocele, Hernia ma
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 nature, form and character are
 also treated and legal GUARANTEE OF CURE WILL BIB
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 Question list sent free on request of out-of-town persons.
 Terms liberal and confidence held in violate. Office hours a. m. to D. m. Sundays, a.. m. to 1 D. m FEW OF MANY REQUIREMENTS
 FROM THE PRESS.
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 The Birmingham News: Both Dra O. T. and Byron Dozier are reliable and experienced physicians and sur "a which has been and is theirs.
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New-York tribune., 1908-07-22
BISHOP POTTER.

Ideals of bishop are numerous and varied.
Transcribed into terms of twentieth century
practically, the Pauline prescription itself per-
mits many variations. The bishop may be
theologue OF ecclesiast. He may excel as
preacher administrator. He may busy
himself chiefly with the spiritual culture or
with the material advancement of his diocese.
He may seem strongest in the select conven-
tions of the Church or in the arena Of the world.
The theoretically perfect bishop would be he
who combined in just proportions all desirable
qualities. But as bishops are human we must
judge them by their possession and exercise
of those selected qualities which are most
suited to the needs of their special dioceses.
Regarded from that point Of view, Henry
Goldman Potter will be assigned TO high rank
in the hierarchy of the Protestant Episcopai
Church in the United States. For nearly d
quarter Of century he was the head of that
Church in this metropolis There is propapiy
no other diocese in this country in which
greater variety of episcopal abilities is required
than In New York, nor any in which there is
greater degree of ecclesiastical sensluVeness
or a stronger rivalry of competing churcnes Oh
various creeds. There is surely none IN whlch
the character of episcopal work is more Varleu
or its amount greater That in such circum-
stances under his direction the EplScopal
Church here should have enjoyed for twenty
6ya years practically uHDiohSu eoiSoiU
unsurpassed growth in numbers and influence
is one of the highest practical tributes which
can be paid to Bishop Potter, or indeed which
any bishop might aspire to win
1t was not uniting that this bishop OF a
great historic Church should be the son of one
and the nephew of another of It's distinguished
diocesans In a community which is the seat
OF an exceptional number of institutions OF
higher learning it was appropriate that he
should be man of fine scholarship and cultl-
waited tastes. Among literally 'all sorts and
conditions of men," it was desirable that he
should be capable Of flexible adaptation TO the
almost infinitely varied needs Of his mult1tu-
dinous parishioners. In q time and place IN
which active and sympathetic cooperation was
essential between a free Church and Tree
state it was we'll that he should be in touch
with the social order and with disinterested
public movements for the amelioration of social
conditions and relations All these things he
was and all the functions therein entalled he
faithfully discharged with devotion, tact and
an exceptional degree Of success, and he leaves
q grateful and distinguished memory in both
the Church and the world
New-York tribune., 1908-07-22
PRESIDENT AND CZAR.
Plans for Meeting at ReUalLA
Guarantee of Worlds Peace.

ST Petersburg July 21.-The Official plans for tho
reception of President FalIieres Reval follow the
general lines Of those adopted at the meeting be-
tween King Edward and Emperor Nicholas. There
will be exchange of gala dinners. the first night
on board the Russian imperial yacht STANDARD and
the second night board the French battleship
Verite. A serenade will be given by the Esthonian
singing societies. as the occasion OF King Ed
wards visit
The duration Of the French Presidents stay. IT
is expected. will be about thirty hours He will
rive about o'clock In the afternoon Of July II and
will depart about 10 IL o'clock the evening
of the following day.
Emperor Nicholas and his suite will leave Peter
hof the evening of July 26. going aboard the
STANDARD. NJ. Iswolsky. Minister Of Foreign AZ
fairs and Vice-AdmiraI Didof, Minister of Marine
will accompany the Emperor aboard the dispatch
boat Neva- Premier Stolypin. who was of the
principal figures at the meeting of the Emperor
and King Edward, will not attend the meeting be-
tween the Emperor and President Fallieres, as he
is cruising in the Baltic with his family hav-
ing his first vacation in several years
Russian official circles fully concur in the French
declarations of the great significance of the French
Presidents visit, tending to strengthen the en-
tente among Great Britain, Russia and France,
peace.
The quieter tone of the German press comments
concerning President Fallieres is causing satsfac-
ton here. The French colony in ST. Petersburg is
sending special deputaton to Reval.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-22
THE FREIGHT R4TE QUESTION.

The DEVELOPMENT of strong difference of
opinion among the railroad presidents at Chi
cago in their conference on the question of rails
ing freight rates illustrates again the difficulty
Of resisting an economic law by joint action.
Just as the steel conference had finally to aban-
don its policy of keeping prices firm when eco
nomic conditions called for cut, so the rail
road presidents face practical difficulties in the
way Of raising rates when business conditions
are certainly not favorable TO an advance.
Various railway men assured the conference that
sbippers along their lines could not stand the
proposed increase, and so the project was post
poned. One advantage of delay is that the sub
ject will be sufficiently discussed TO be under
stood by railway managers shippers and the
public before action is taken, so that it can be
taken with full understanding of its conse-
qnences 10 all concerned. If the business inter
ests Of the country cannot stand an advance in
rates as some railway managers and all ship
pers contend, then the railways cannot afford
10 make one, for what the railways need is a
prompt restoration of general prosperity, and
Increased cost of transportation cannot be
looked upon as promising that. 1t Will not be
regarded as q sufficient justification for ad
yancing rates that the railroads are now sui
fering from a heavy decline in earnings. SO
is practically every other business, and the sug
restiOn that they should all raise prices and
Thereby become prosperous would be ludicrous
Rates i'm the end viii probably be determined
moi by what the railroad presidents would like
10 do but by what business conditions will per
NIT them 10 do.
Meanwhile the real question is not whether
the present rates are sufficiently profitable in
times Of restricted business but whether they
are too low under ordinary conditions. Has the
cost of operation so increased despite all the
various economies that ii is no longer possible
To carry freight at the existing rates. Thf
railroad men point to the advanced price OF
every commodity they use and TO the increased
cost Of labor as reasons why rates made a fe"
years ago are no longer profitable. But the
problem is not so simple as that An lmpor
fant shipper Is quoted in THE Journal OF Com
nlerce TO the effect that with the rise in the cosl
of labor and commodities there has been real
corresponding advance in rates. Though the
nominal rates have generally remained the
same, until within a few years most shippers
received rebates, sometimes TO the extent OF q
Der cent while now the railroads are collecting
The full rates. There is certainly great force
I'm that contention Nor, again, are the figures
as 1aOeaO7. quoted by the railroads TO show that
even under conditions Of prosperity they were
Ceiling behind II net earnings. a convincing
,,ro,f that the present rates viii not pay evel
8, GOOD times. The railroads were then suffer
s,g from an excess Of prosperity The trans
s>x1lug Of goods Was stncrna1U saehs a09 oss
New-York tribune., 1908-07-22
.J7DGE TAFT ON THE COURTS.

Mr. Taft's remarks upon the courts, made at
the dedication Of Virginia courthouse, were OF
q character to commend them generally to per-
sons of good sense and familiar with the spirit
of American institutions While he is jealous
of the dignity and Importance of the judicial
station, he has sympathy with the desire OF
a certain element to treat the judiciary as a
caste free from responsibility TO the people.
In his view that branch of the government just
as much represents the public as do the eXecu-
tive and legislative branches. "As long" says
Mr. Taft "as the people feel that these are their
courts that this is their justice, that when it
"goes wrong when it results in injustice they
"ought TO be ashamed for it, and they are re-
''Sponsible for it. we can count on continuance
"of free government" Those who are on the
bench should feel that they under the
critical eve of men" who have q right to "crt-
"icise in a proper way the rulings of the court
cor the verdict of the jury
There is no sympathy here with the notion
that the courts are going to save us from the
people that the judges should have no sense OF
responsibility TO the public, that TO critcise the
courts or the administration of justice is hei-
nous offence. On the contrary, Mr.. Taft thinks
that the best government is TO be had through
the peoples feeling that they are the courts
and the judges are their representatives, just as
it is to be had through their feeling that they
are the other branches of government. Judge
Taft has democratic conception of the courts,
in harmony with the principles which underlie
the whole foundation of the government. He is
not finding fault with them for being something
different from what he thinks they should be,
but stating what they are, and what for the
safety of the country, they must and will con-
tinue TO be.
Mr. Taft's views regarding the courts are I'M
portant because the next President will prob
ably have the filling of unusual number of
vacancies in the United States Supreme Court
The people are taking keen and lively inter
est in the courts Just now, as the judicial pro-
cedure planks in the platforms Of both the great
parties clearly show. They do not want them
turned into an agency for blocking the progress
of popular government-a function which some
vainly imagine they should fll-nor do they
wish them to become tamely acquiescent in any
hasty movement away from constitutional forms
Judge Tafts conception of the essentially demo
cratic character of the judicial system will
doubtless be generally acceptable TO the coun-
try. which will gladly trust his good. Judgment
and his long experience TO fill such important
vacancies as may arise with men of the right
character and temperament.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-22
GERMANYS NAVAL CRUISE.

The United States is sending around the
world the greatest feet that ever undertook
anything like so long voyage. 1t Is not un-
expected nor inappropriate that Germany the
friendly rival of America for second place in
naval power likewise sends forth a great feet
on a long voyage. Its precise composition is
not made known, but we are told that 1t will
comprise sixteen battleships-the same num-
Der that our own fleet in the Pacific COM
prises-three armored cruisers, six cruisers,
two tenders and lot of torpedo boats. There
are twenty-four battleships listed in the Ger
man navy, SO that eight will be left at home
or elsewhere. Five of them are fifteen or
more years old and are thus somewhat out of
date, and we may assume that they will be
among those omitted from the cruise. There
are eight armOred cruisers on the list Of which
only three are to go on this voyage, and Of
course only small proportion of vessels of
other classes will be drafted.
The cruise Is therefore emphatcally bat
tleship cruise 1t will be only about one-tenth
as long as the voyage Of our own fleet, and
yet it will be little short of equivalent to &
round trip across the Atlantic. From Bruins
baettel to the Azores is more than 1SOO miles;
from the Azores to the Canaries is nearly LOCO
miles, and from the Canaries home again is
nearly 1000 miles. Thus the ships will travel
not far from 5000 sea miles, all either on the
high seas or in alien waters, and with no
home base nearer than the starting point.
Such a performance can scarcely fail to be
of value for the purpose designed namely,
1.-The training and schooling of officers and
men,"
We have heard no hint from any source that
the cruise is In any sense a menace to any
ether country, is vainglorious display of
force, that it is not entirely courteous and
proper-a circumstance which may be of inter
est to those who affected to regard our own
fleets cruise as grossly absurd and offensive.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-22
Abouf People and >Social Incidenfs

while many cottagers. as usual followed IN -.
riages and automobiles.
Rear Admiral John r. PilIsbury U q NJ
Washington. and Mrs. Pflsbury are guest, q, .el
summer colony.
Henry Carnegie Phipps and Isaac r CIots,.-
father of william n Clothler. the wei known -.
mis- player. registered at the Casino to-day
Robert Goelet. who has been making a .,
visit in New York has returned TO Newpor. ~
Robert Goelet returned tits evening
Commodore Edwin ID. Morgan has added aao.,-
boat to his feet by purchasing the New 80
20-footer Pintail from August Belmont
LLspenard Stewart IS again able 70 b. ous no..
Illness which has kept him confined 70 hi, zr-~
home for couple OF days.
General Horace Porter, who has been v,,,4-
Mr.. and Mrs. William Storrs Wells IA no,v -
guest Of Mr.. AMI Mrs Edward J. Bervfud a, ~
Elrns
Mr.. and Mrs Eugene s. ReynaI made raz. 81.
between New York and Newport recently In -
automobile Upon their arrival at their sr,,,...
home they reported having covered the disfa-s.
In s hours 81 minutes
Mrs. william B. Leeds Is expected In yaz,,
from Bar Harbor next week. She will probahl,. -
main for the rest OF the sumner at Rough po,..
She VIII be visited by Mrs. o. H. p Belmont s,,rI~
August
New-York tribune., 1908-07-22
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph to The Tril

IBy Telegraph The Tribune
Newport, r. l., July 2--The best women tennis
players I'm Newport, New York. Boston and Phila-
tation women's tennis tournament at the New
port Casino next month Mrs Barger Wallach has
the arranging of the tournament In hand and IS
preparing issue the invitations. No date for
the contest has as yet been fixed
The second dance of the summer season will take
place on Saturday night Mrs. Edward j. Ber-
wind at that time will begin her season of Sat1r-
day evening entertainments with dinner party
at The Elms, followed by dancing.
1t was rather quiet day for entertaining with
the summer colonists to-day. Mrs. James P. Ker-
nochan gave a luncheon party at her summer
home and Miss F'reda Payne entertained a num-
Der of her young friends with q luncheon at the
Clam Bake Club.
Mrs. F. o. French intends making her permanent
home abroad In the future. 1t said in New
port to-day that she would not return to this
country with her daughter. Mrs Alfred G. Wander
bilt, in the fall.
Isaac E. Emerson and family, of Baltimore, are
expected for the at Villa Rosa August
l. while Mr.. and Mrs. III. o. Havemeyer are ex-
pected for the season tomorrow.
The second drag hunt of the took
place this afternoon. The hunters. with Peter F.
Collier as master of the hounds, met at the One
Mile Corner, and went cross country for about
five miles before the kill Philip A Clarke and
several others we'll up the end Of the hunt,
New-York tribune., 1908-07-22
IN THE BERKSHfREs
fRv Terexranh tn ~ rr,,rD. !,

1By Telegraph to The Tribunal
Lenox, Mass. July H--The thermoraete- a-on,.
to 60 degrees at 5 O'Clock this afternoon ana -
ing indulged in by many. Noticed on the rra,,
boulevard Mrs. Robert Winthrop. Mrs Robs-,
s. Brewster. Mrs Frank c. Grugan, Mrs Fe,.h
Wharton. Mrs. Frank K Sturgis. Mrs CbarIas
Lamont. Mrs James r. JesuD and Mrs. Francis
c. Barlow.
Mrs. John z. Parsons gave the annual enter-af,
ment and outing for her sewing classes to-dav =,
Berkshire Park Mrs Parsons maintains classs,
In Lenox. Lenoxdale and Lee. and directs their IN
struction during her Lenox residence
Mrs Robert W. Paterson has issued cards fo- =.
luncheon tomorrow
Mrs. Charles S. MeHen has gone to New Have,
Mr.. Mellen has bought two large properties adicln
ing Council HILL his country estate in Stockbrdys
Mrs Edmund Nash. Mrs Stuyvesant Wainvvrigbt
Miss Gwendolin Nash, Miss Eleanor Nash Of Rive.
Osman Ames. Of Morristown. y. J.; Stuyvesan,
Wainwright. jr.. and Edwin Nash have arrived az
Curtis Hotel. They making excursions into
the out-of-the-way places round about the Be-x-
shires. and to-day visited the Lebanon Shakers.
w. Roscoe BOnsal. Of North Carolina, arrived To-
night at Field Villa.
Miss Constance Folsom is visiting her sister Mn
Edward Delaield at Noroton. Conn
William B. OsgoOd Field departed to-day rUr New
York
Sussex D. Davis departed to-day for woodstock
VT.
T. Augustus Schermerhorn arrived to-day to at
tend meeting Of the Lenox Library Association
of which ne is a trustee
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Glider guests OF Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Watson Glider. In Tyrfnghlm
II is expected that later In the Mrs Grover
Cleveland will be Mrs. elders guest -Four
Brook Farm.
DR. and Mrs. Pierce Bailey and James 8. Black
have arrived IN LenOx.
Mrs Theodore A Mysenburg. who has been maxi
ing a tour of Canada and Maine, has returned to
LenOx-
Mrs. Frank NJ. Ware, Of New York. Is visiting
Mrs. Henry P. Jaques.
Miss Adele KneeIand departed yesterday for Mar
ragansett Pier.
Louis Hornblower has arrived at the Hotel As
pinwaH to visit his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam B. HornbIower.
Charles r. Scott. OF London, and General Thomas
H. Hubbard, who have been at the Hotel AsDnwal,
departed to-day for town
Mr. and Mrs Kenneth J. Muir. OF Mount Yer
non are at the Red Lion Inn, IN Stockbridge. Cards
have been issued by A Cortlandt Van Rensselaer,
for a reception tea in their honor Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. d. s. Bethune guests Of Mr.
and Mrs Thomas Shields Clarke, at Fernb:Ook-
Mrs Clarke entertained az luncheon to-day 1cr her
guests.
Dr. and Mrs. Tracy n. Williams and W. r. Har-
per- OF PhfadeIphia: Mrs. Frank H. Goodyear and
Frank H. Goodyear, jr.. OF Buffalo. are at the
Hotel Aspinwan
Among the arrivals at Heaton Hall. in Stock
bridge, are Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Jarvis. Mr.. and
Mrs H w Hail. Mr.. and Mrs. W r Mercer, r.
Mrs J. p. Ferguson and Miss Ferguson. OF New
York
New-York tribune., 1908-07-22
4 SUPERFLUOUS PLANK.

II is hard to understand why Samuel Com
pers should have labored so diligently FOR an
anti-injunction plank. Courts and 1n1unctions,
If the petition Of the Bucks Stove and Range
Company, Of st. Louis, addressed to the Court
of Appeals of the District of Columbia, be
true statement Of fact, are to Mr.. Gompers
merely annoyances to be brushed aside Wnen
they go counter to his desires.
when 1t comes to a choice between surren-
"dering my rights as q free American citizen
"or violating the injunction Of the court, l do
mot hesitate to say that I shall exercise my
rights as between the two" Mr.. Gompers said,
according to the petition with regard to obey
ing the injunction Of the court forbidding a
boycott of the Bucks company by the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor. This alleged utter
ance and other alleged acts are responsible for
summonses for the appearance Of Mr.. Gompers
and John Mitchell before the Court OF Appeals
of the District of Columbia on September to
show cause why they should not be punished for
contempt of court in disobeying the injunction
against the boycott.
Mr.. Gompers, if truly quoted, takes the stand
that his rights as an American citizen place him
beyond the Jurisdiction of the courts Would
he agree that manufacturer who, In defiance
of an injunction, uses the blacklist" against
labor is beyond the jurisdiction Of the courts?
The manufacturer, as an American citizen, mas
the same rights that Mr. Gompers has. Would
he agree that strike breakers who, in defiance of
an injunction, shoot down strike pickets, are be-
yond the Jurisdiction Of the courts?
Mr. Gompers, if he spoke and meant the
words attributed to him, is law unto himself.
His theory and practice of the rights Of an
American citizen are the theory and practice
of anarchy.
Does Mr.. Bryan welcome the support Of Mr.
Gompers on this platform?