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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
CRITICISES THE
 OLD MANAGEMENT

Albany, N r., October 26.-Nelson B. Hadley, an examiner in the state insur- ance department, who recently made an examination into the condition of the Providence Savings Life Insurance society of New York, criticizes "the extrava gant management of the so- called Philadelphia syndicate, which until recently had control of this com pany MT Hadley's report was made public tonight by Superintendent Kel- sey.
 Referring to the old management, the report says in part
 Their own testimony shows that their only object was private gain, re- gardless of the interests of the policy holder
 .sThe present management of the company has. so far as l am able to judge from their actions since obtain ing control. been working for the best interests of the poiicyhoIders."
 The report shows that the impair ment of the compsnys capital had been reduced from s4l4,s01 to about 3270.00o and the surplus Increased from sl54,- 32s to about s3oD,o00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27

Hoy-Rattern1ann Carpet Co.
 Home Decorators
 Opening Tuesday G Wednesday, october 27 and 28
 A. M.
 The New Carpet Drapery Store will be hailed by hnd with delight Our city has reached that size when can maintain Exclusive Carpet and Drapery House institution has marched upon us with grand strides demand larger stocks wider variety more facilities demand for closer attention to details expert selections seming knowledge Of lighting and shading the comprehensive that produces the grand final effect general stores have time nor thought TOT nng Wcn
 very livelihood of the exclusive house. The Hoy Rattermam Carpet Co is Complete Home furnishing Store full line of all grades and varieties o Carpets Rugs Curtains Pore Draperes and Upholstery Materials
 Mattngs, LinOleums, Windows Shades, etc. Yes prices popular and policy is One Price and that reasonable enough to keep us busy. Customers here will
 welcome look to buy. Hoy-Rattern1ann Carpet Co. Home Decorators 2O1S Second Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Woman Gives Her Reasons.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 It is with reluctance that, as woman, rush into print on this new county m1estion believing that, in most cases. these matters are much better left to men. but l beg to be allowed to make a brief plea for an impartial consideration of Bessemer's side of this question
 We are not financially able to bring this matter before the people at large as we would wish nor have we the con nections or influence that many years of political domination in the state has given to the politicians of Birmingham. We have no pulls. There are none to be ap- nailed by threats from us We have no way 10 get even nor should we desire to. should the people of the state vote down the amendment All we wish is that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
TARHEELS PLAY TIE
 WITH GEORGETOWN

Washington. October 26-The elevens of cieorgetoyn and North Carolina battled to tie in well contested game on the Georgetown gridiron today. Both teams scored a touchdown in the first half. In the second period of play the pigskin was in the territory of the Tar Heels during the greater part of the time, but neither team was able to score. Thomas of North Carolina attracted attention for his punt ing and good line bucking, while Shea was the star player on the Georgetown fpaTo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
Locals SfiH Trailing
 M We BOhIing LeagHe

following information is gathered: High team score. Macon, 2627; high team aver age, Macon, nine games, s7S 5-9; high team score, one game. Macon, s72 high individ- ual score. Cheshire. Macon, 237; high in- dividnal average, Cheshire, Macon, nine games, 1884; individual making most strikes. Cheshire. Macon. F; individual making most spares. Meek, Birmingham, 5l Tonight there will be a special game on the floors of the Apollo club between the Knight Pin Busters and the Bir- mingham club Admission is free.
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 v square miles New York county proper has 63 square miles; Richmond county has 57 square miles and Queens county has 129 square miles. There are four million people within the limits of Greater New York and the largest of tho coun- ties above named has only one-eghtil the area of Jefferson county. Alabama. When Greater New York was established there was no talk whatever of abolishing the county government of the different counties which composed it. These coun- ties were regaroed to be conveniences to which the people were entitled and 1t would have been thought absurd to deny those people the benefit of their county government merely to promote the inter- est of the city of New York.
 If our friends who are urging this matter really wish to help Birmingham by denying the people of Bessemer a convenience to which they are entitled they should insist upon the federal gov ernment abolshing the postoffice there. This would really bring many of them to town who can at present stay away There would be just as much reason and logic and far more business sense in abolishing the Bessemer postoffice and requiring them to come to Birmingham to get their mail than it would be in denying the people an opportunity to transact their public business affairs at home.
 But this Is far more than local Question--it Is state question. An hon. est difference of opinion may exist in some quarters as to the necessity of a new county including Bessemer. I can see no possible reason by which any one could find an argument opposing new county to include the towns of Demop- oils, Faunsdale and Uniontown. The req son for this is apparent. The only way to get it is by the adoption of this amendment to the constitution. It is only common justice that the people who want and are willing to pay their own money for public convenience of this character should be permitted to do, so. This is merely home rule and local seIf-goveln- ment These things are more than dem ocracy They mean fair play and no selfish interest should be permitted to stand in the way. SIDNEY J. BOWIE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
WiH Birmingham Enter
 1Fat Neh Racing Circuit

H. D. CCurley') Brown. the well known southern race horse man, accompanied by three associates. spent today in Mobile. He announced tonight that party is en route to Jacksonville. Fla, where the State Fair association will be re-organized and the capital stock increased from S25, 900 to s3O,000.
 A gigantic racing plant will be estab-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
Will Join Husband.

Copenhagen, October 26.-Countess Won Moltke. who remained here to at tend the Kings dinner party last even ing, left tonight to join her husband, the Danish minister to the United States. Count Von Moltke left here aturday for Rome for the purpose Of relinquishing his post there, after which he will proceed to Washington, accompanied by the Countess. who was Miss Thayer of Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
eookkeeper Is Arrested.

State bank of Fallis, in Lincoln coun- ty. was robbed of $3500 in currency and gold last night. George Schmake, the bookkeeper, was arrested today on suspicion of knowing something of the robbery.
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lished and will be ready for use in Jan- uary next
 Little Tim Sullivan of New York and other prominent racing people are men, tioned in connection with the deal. Some of the details of the scheme that have leaked out are that Birmingham, Mont gomery and Mobile are to be included in a racing circuit and ten-day meets an- nually held.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-27
GIANTS TAKE LEAD
 AT ATHLETIC CLUB

The Giants took three straight from the Pirates last night and also the lead in the Birmingham Athletic Club Bowling lea q11e
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
Temperance Notes.

The Southern States. owing 10
their peculiar social conditions are
practically dry"
The Atlanta Georgian, memphis
News-Scimitar and Kansas CITY otal
will not print whisky ads.
The sharp fall in whisky stock IS
said to be due to the temperance
wave in the West and South.
The cry that the rights OF saloon
proprietors are invaded by hostile leg
islation has ceased to worry poll
ticians.
Political economists may differ as
to whether Or not trade follows the
flag, but nobody questions the lac'
that poverty and crime follow the sa-
loon.
In Kentucky distilling continues
but there are few counties IN Whlcn
the sale Of liquor is not prohlDlteo'
The liquor traffic is to-day the
heaviest clog upon progress and the
deepest disgrace OF the nlnelcehtn
century.-New York Tribune.
Anv man who will vote to Keep
q saloon in his community become a
p.rty 10 every crime comnll1teo
through the influence OF that saloon
Kentucky Issue.
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Ethics in Japan.

The Japanese have a code of ethics
that applies from birth to death, and
on through all eternity, which pro-
vides a rule for customs in dress, hab-
it's, religion, morals and manners.
Each season has its w flower for
decoration, its own religious obserV-
ances, duties and games. Twice a
year you fly kites! Twice a year you
play %battledore and shuttlecock with
gayly colored feather cocks and bat
tledores done up in silken raiment.
Once a year little girls play with the
ancestral dolls brought out from the
godowns Cor s~torehouses), and little
boys play with huge fish. Once a
year you set your house in order and
prepare food for the annual vista
ton of the spirits of your dead. Once
you clean house, and no unkind au-
thcrity in]tereferes with your putting
all your worldly possessions into the
middle of the street, while you sweep
all the bad out.-Outlooh.
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CHAPTER XVI.

The night wasdark and ~bois.ercus;
the moon passed fitfully in and out
from great banks of clouds. The
wind tore round them in violent
gusts; but still the slight, dark fig
ure fitted on before them. and they
followed wherever she went. There
was no hesitation, not an instant's
pause or turn. On straight she went,
like a sleuth-hound on the scent,
through the rough forest paths.
The trees parted to right and left,
they emerged into the open country.
Before them lay the straight high.
road, cleaning like a ribbon in the
moonlight; then to the right, high
walls, on in front the lights and
shadows Of the trees. The three fol-
lowing her breathed hard, but not
a sound came from their lips. She
went with Il straight, swift motion,
so tranquil that at times they almost
thought that it was a vision thus Gid
ing before them. There were great
iron gates in the wall. Arthur recog-
nized them at once, and knew, with
q shudder. whittier they were bound.
The gates were partially closed, and
yielded to her touch so swiftly that
it almost seemed as if they flew open,
at EcT approach of their own accord.
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hficroscopic Writing.

George D. Chenoweth, formerly
constable of West Lafayette, Ind, has
completed a remarkable feat Of mill
iature penmanship, writing the Lords
Prayer six times, the Scriptural pas
sage, The Lord is my shepherd; l
shall not want and his name and
address all on a slip of paper the size
of q postage stamp. The accomplish
ment is all the more remarkable from
the fact that Chenoweth is sixty years
old. He wears two pair of glasses in
his microscopic writing, and uses the
finest pen made. The total number
CT letters On the slip is 1853, and
there are AL words. Chenoweth is
instructor in penmanship at Zion
Cjtv Ill
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100000 OUT OF WORK
m NEW YORK CITY
Must Dig Sideways to Aid Unen-
pIoyed, is Labor's Demand.
CONGRESS DISCUSSES MATTER
Central Federated Union Send Com
mittec to Albany to Ask Hughes
to Investigate Cause Of Delay in
Starting improvements.

T."
Starting improvements.
New York City. - Declaring that
there are more than 100000 unem-
ployed in New York City, and that
the letting of subway contracts would
offer the most immediate relief, the
Central Federated Union voted to ask
Governor Hughes to Investigate the
real status of the city's debt and
Comptroller Met2's reasons for de-
laying subway construction. A COM
mittee of three was ordered to go to
Albany to see the Governor.
The coming parade and d~enonstra-
ton of the unemployed Of New York,
now scheduled for the afternoon Of
Saturday two weeks hence, and the
discussion last week in Congress Of a
labor leaders statement that there
are 500, 900 idle in this city alone,
brought the question Of subway dig
ging home to every labor delegate,
and the report of the special commit
tee was put through with a rush. The
r%eopening Of public works was de-
clared to be the first duty Of the city
in view of the number of unemployed.
Representative Willett, of New
York, stirred up Congress with a let
ter Of Samuel A. Stodel, secretary OF
the New York Council of %Independ-
ent World Workers, giving the num-
Der of unemployed in New York as
503,500. Of this number Stodel esti-
mated that 147,500 are union MEM
bers and $4,000 non-unionists. Lead
ers of the Central Federated Union
were asked for their estimates of the
unemployed, and with few exceptions
they placed the number above $780,
900.
"A conservative estimate, based on
a v of the delegates Of the re-
spective unions affiliated with this
body, places the number of idle union
workers in New York at 100000"
said Albert Abrahams, vice-president
of the C. F. u, land if you count those
working two or three or four days a
week." declared Abrahams, 1.-The num-
Der will reach nearer 100000. We
estimate the number of unemployed,
union and non-union, in New York
and the suburban cities and towns at
100000. We are told here that of
he members of the PAYERS Union, for
Instance, ninety per cent. are idle;
the cigarmakers have one-third Of
their men out Of work, the building
trades one-half, and the printers,
compositors and pressmen, one
fourth"
The Unemployed Conference Com
mittee, which meets in the Labor
Temple in East Eighty-fourth street,
has determined to go to court, if nee
essary, to obtain permission to as
semble in the Union Square plaza.
The parade was to have been held two
weeks ago but was postponed, await
ing the result of the conferences with
the Mayor and Comptroller over pos
sible public improvements.
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Conversation Schools.

What this country of ours needs to-
day, along with several hundred thou
sand other things, is a richly endowed
system of institutions for training
the conversational powers. Mr.. Car
negie is giving away libraries by the
score to train the people how to read
and think. Who will come forward
and found a chain Of schools to teach
men and women how to talk? We
are in a bad way in these United
States of ours, a sad way, in the mat
ter of our daily discourse, what with
our profanity and u exaggerations,
our weather drivel and our personal
health bulletins, our banalities and
our brutalities. We need a doctor
to treat our tongues for their cease
less, pointless, fruitless wagging.
Who "ifes?-Wash Star.
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EXPLOSION KILLS EIGHT.
Militia Guard at NatcheZ, Miss, Fol-
lowing Wreck and Fires.

Natchez, Miss.-Eight persons were
killed, n was severely injured and
property valued at many thousands
of dollars was wrecked as the result
Of an explosion of gas in the base
ment Of a five-story building occupied
by the Natchez Drug Company, at
Main and North Union streets, near
the business quarter.
The dead are Cleve Lanbat, Mrs.
Ketteringham, Miss Luella Booth,
Miss Lizzie Worthy, Miss Carrie Muir
ray, Miss Inez N~etterville, Miss Ada
White and Elias Hotchkiss. The lat
ter, a carpenter, a from the build
ing and fell, breaking his neck. John
Carkett, seventy-one years old, SUI
fered fractures of both legs. He is
not expected to live. The wrecHage
caught fire, and a stiff wind carried
huge sparks to the north and west,
setting fire to eighteen residences,
seven of which were destroyed.
All business has been suspended
and the local companies of militia
were put on duty.
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NeWSy GleaninSs.

Texas reports an orderly" lynch
ing.
Cleveland decided to close its
schools and spend 100000 to make
the buildings safe.
Senator Johnston, of Alabama, OBJ
serves that Washington, D. c., has
no Sunday observance laws.
Winchendon, Mass, rejects Mr..
Carnegie's $685. 900 and will build a
library out of its own hands.
James J.. Hill discussed the bust
ness outlook, saying conditions would
improve if they had an opportunity ID
do so.
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PHILANTHROPIST PENNILEss
DR.. Sill, of Worcester, Mass, Predict
ed His Death, Gave Away Money.

Worcester, Mass.-At the age of
eighty-three, penniless and without a
relative to turn to for aid, DR.. John
Wellesley Sill, a we'll known philan-
thropist and cancer specialist, has ap-
piled to the overseers of the poor
here, having been in want for some
time, and has been sent to the State
Poorhouse.
A year ago he predicted his death
within six months, and in that eXPec-
tation gave away all his property in
Wales and in Toronto, and all his
money to friends and charitable in
situations, keeping enough to live on
for six months. The time expired,
and his friends whom he had aided
refused to help him.
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Rhode Island Will Discover Just
How MANY Are Idle Pcrfor

Providence, r. I.-As a result OF
representations of the labor unions
to the General Assembly that there
are $4,000 unemployed people in this
city the police of the five cities of the
State have begun an enumeration.
This action is taken at the request
of George H. Webb, Commissioner of
Industrial Statistics. Means will be
employed to get returns from the
country districts.
Habitual idlers will not figure in
the enumeration.
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Pencil Cut Ont of Man.

A lead pencil sever inches long was
removed from the body of August
Peterson, who was operated on at a
hospital at Rh%inelander, Wis. Peter
0 swallowed the pencil while play
ing cards and keeping score Christ
mas Day. The pencil passed through
his intestines and into the colon,
whence the surgeons removed it. The
pencil still carried the hrass-tipped
rubber eraser, and not even the point
had been broken.
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Begin With What We Have.

God calls us to duty, and the onl,
right answer is obedience. Under
take the duty, and step by step GOD
will provide the disposition. We can
at least obey. Ideal obedience IN
cludes the whole will and the whole
heart. We cannot begin with that
But we can begin with what we have,
1t is better to obey blunderingly thar
not to obey at all.-George Hodges.
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Tuberculosis Colony Farm.

A farm colony for the after care OF
tuberculosis patients is planned ny
directors of Eudowood S%anitarium, at
Baltimore. The undertaking is alto:
gethcr new. Land near the present
Institution will be leased, on when
patients discharged from Eudowood
with the disease apparently cured or.
arrested, will be able to work IN the
open until all traces OF the disease
have been e~radicated.
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RreAkhS5f |
nUNb1G
JESUS MY ALL.

To-day, tomorrow, every day.
His will is best.
He is my Lord.
He knows my every secret sin
And all the rest
Ambitions high, the deep desires,
And conflicts sore,
And though He battles my designs,
~
To-day, tomorrow, every day,
He is the same,
He il my Friend.
More gentle than a mother, He,
IN times of pain.
He helps me as I'm needing help
With ready will,
And though He knows me as I am,
He loves ME still.
Yea, Lord and Friend and Saviour, too,
is He to me- !
My all in all.
Fyom Heaven Hc came for sweet loves
sake,
To make me free.
His heart is warm, and true, and big,
Full as the sea,
And though | cannot tell you how, -.
e. Leroy Dakin, in Home Herald.
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SniritUal Life.

I try to increase the power Goo
has Given me to see the best in every.
thing and every one, and make thai
best a part of my life. TO What
good I open the doors OF my pelhs!
and jealousy shut them against Wna'
IS bad,-Helen Keller.
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Brewer in Favor of Local Option.

Adolphus Busch, millionaire brew
err, of St. Louis, was quoted in an IN,
terview as saying that he favored
local option and partial Sunday clos, ),
ing. II am in favor of local option, %
said Mr.. Busch. IF a saloon IS oo.
noxious to a community, let 1t De
voted outn
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Russian Policy Pacific.

NJ. d'Iswolsky, the Russian Foreign
Minister, at st. Petersburg, explained
Russia's desire to possess relations
with Japan by which the maintenance
of peace in the Pacific might be made
certain.
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Extract From Q Famous Decision.

Extract From Q FamOus DeclsloH'
I'm view Of these holdings, based
as they certainly are, upon good rea.
son and sound common sense, 1t must
be held that the State cannot under
the guise of a license delegate to the
saloon business a legal existence,
because to hold that it can is to hold
that the State may sell and delegate
the right to make widows and or
phans, the right to break up homes
the right to create misery and crime
the right to make murderers, the
right to produce idiots and lunatlcst
the right to fill orphanages, poor
houses, insane asylums, jails and pen
itentiaries, and the right to furnish
subjects for the hangman's galloWs.
witt due appreciation of the re-
sponsibilities Of the occasion. con
scious of my obligations, under oath
to Almighty God and my fellow
man, I cannot by a Judgment OF TINS
court authorize the granting OF a sa'
loon license, and the demurrer to the
amended demonstrance is therefore
o~verruled, the amended remonstrance
is sustained, and the application IS
dismissed at the cost OF the appli'
cant. Judge -irtman.
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Worth OF PRAYER.

PRAYER is worth precisely what
the prayer will redeem it at, in worth,
according to his light, ability and op'
rortunity.
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The 5OOth anniversary of Leipsic
University will be celebrated in 1909
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british Sardirc Take.

-Four hundred millions Of sardines
are taken yearly off English coasts.