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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
The News From Georgia.

1.-The interest in Birmingham in the
Georgia primary was almost as great as
II 1t had been an Alabama contest" said
a business man last night Gov. Hoke
Smiths defeat created considerable sur
prise among those who had not watched
the Georgia campaign closely Many
seemed to feel that as Governor Smith
was a man of marked ability and that
as the unwritten law in Georgia was to
give the governor a second term, he would
win against Joe Brown. But as the re-
suit of the primary meant reaction
against radical reform it was accepted
here with enthusiastic approval.
lone of the happiest men | met today
was Eugene Jacobs. a former citizen Of
Atlanta. He had a telegram from his
brother, Joseph Jacobs of Atlanta, which
read This is the greatest day in Geor-
gia since we redeemed it from repub-
lican misrue nearly 40 years ago. Joe
Jacobs is the head of the Jacobs phar-
| macy concerns and is one of the most
prominent men of Atlanta. In his jubllant
expression he represents the sentiment of
business men generally"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
PERSUADED HIM.
e PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

From the Philadelpnla Ledger.
It becomes evident from the following
story, which halls from a north country
English town, that there are widely vary
ing ideas in existence as to what consti-
tutes voluntary testimony on any sub
ject.
did I understand you to say that this
boy voluntarily confessed his share in the
mischief done to the schoolhouse?' asked
the magistrate, addressing the determined
looking female parent of a small and
dirty boy charged with being concerned
in a recent raid upon an unpopular
schoolmaster.
YES sir, he did" the woman respond
ed IT just had to persuade him little,
and then he told me the whole thing
voluntarily"
How did you persuade him?' auered
his worship.
well, first I gave him a good lick
ing" said the firm parent. land then
I put him to bed without supper, and 1
took his clothes away and told him he'd
stay In bed till he confessed what he'd
done, II twas the rest of his days, and
I should lick him again the morning. And
in less than half an hour he told me the
whole story Voluntarily
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
AyODdale'S Decision

The vote in favor of immediate an
nexation in Avondale points to the
early, although gradual, establishment
of Greater Birmingham. The action of
the citizens of the prosperous suburb
is further evidence that the desire TO
found a great city in Jones valley ex-
lists in all parts OF it. That desire may
yet spread to Bessemer and Ensley
end Wylam, which at present conceal
1t if they entertain it. At any rate the
action of Avondale shows which way
the wind is blowing, and if it keeps on
blowing in the like direction it will
bring together all parts of Jones val
ley until a city is founded that all will
be proud of.
Such a city will not, however, be
matter of pride only, for it
will operate also to increase the
values of all property in Jones
valley, suburban as we'll as cen
trail property. The upward lift Of a
city exceeding 100000 population is
something remarkable, and this may
have been one of the motives that
prompted the citizens of Avondale to
vote in favor of immediate annexation.
Patriotism and laudable civic pride
were also operative. Let us all see
that the Avondale people never have
reason to regret the vote they cast
on Thursday. 1t is the beginning Of
Greater Birmingham. 1t will serve
excellently as start toward a city
that will be really and truly repre-
sentative.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
FOOD KILLS STARVING MAN,

From the New York World
While Mrs. Alice Cahill and her 15-year-
old son James were at dinner in their
home, 40S Second avenue feeble knock
sounded on the door. Mrs. Cahill opened
the door and saw looking old
man, his shabby clothes sodden with rain,
shivering on the threshold.
What is it?" she asked kindly.
'T am hungry" replied the stranger.
1--WE had nothing to eat for two days"
Come right in and eat all you want
said Mrs. Cahill.
The old man refused to enter the room,
but sat on the top step of the staircase
and ravenousy ate all that Mrs. Cahill
brought him. After he had finished his
meal James came out in the hall and
found the man gasping on the floor. The
boy in alarm called his mother.
Pick me up said the man; stand me
on my feet"
At the foot of the stairs the sufferer
begged them to let him sit down. He sal
there a moment trembling, and whis-
spered, I'm awfully obliged for the meal
but I'm sorry to have disturbed you
| Then he leaned over and died
DR.. Miller of Bellevue said the old
mans death was caused by eating toe
much after a long and severe fast.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
The storm is up, and all Is on the
hazard. JULIUS Nsesa''
Thomas, F. Ryan'S $4,000

The republicans are sore-pressed LOT
campaign material when they start
stories of the Thomas F. Ryan sort.
They assert that Ryan contributed
$4,000 to a Nebraska democratic cam
naipn in 1904. Mr.. Bryan was not
candidate for President in that year.
He was not particularly interested N
Nebraska politics, and yet if Mr.. Ryan
or his lawyer, Mr.. Sheehan, Will say
that the former gave $4,000 to be used
in the Nebraska campaign of 1904 ME-
Bryan says he will see the money is
returned to Mr.. Ryan. This should
settle the New York Worlds conten-
tion. If the World cannot sustain its
assertion that the money was paid over
to the Nebraska democratic state com
mittee then its contention is but a
mere unsupported campaign story.
A few days before election day In
1904 Mr.. Roosevelt induced Mr.. Harri-
man to raise $3.50, 900 in order to carry
New York. The World should demand
that this money should also be re-
turned. for the facts are well known
They are not even denied. They have
been fully Established, whereas there
is not a particle of real evidence that
Thomas F. Ryan sent 100000 to Ne
braska in 1904.
All these matters but serve TO snow
how nee6ful a campaign publicity law
is and long has been. If the late SEES
sion had passed one it would have pre-
vented endless corruption in the COM
ing campaign-a corruption that viii
extend into millions collected from
tariff benefciaries alone. To the tariff
beneficiary the one issue before his
ayaricious eyes is the better manner
of retaining his present Dingley duty
and his campaign contributions will
be adjusted to the overshadowing task
that stands before him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
Alabama'S Coal Output

The reports of the state mine in
spectors and of the United States geo.
logical survey show that 14,250,4
short tons of coal were mined in this
state last year. The production in
1906 was 1851, IT'S tons. In 1905 it
was 11,900,153 tons; in 1904 the pro-
duction was II, 163,194. The uplift has
been steady and continuous, and the
gain in 1907 occurred in the first nine
months of the year, for the last three
months of the year were months Of
depression and inactivity In which fur
naces were blown out, coke ovens were
cooled, and consumption throughout
the district in all respects was checked
and diminished. This makes the in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
immigration and Emigration

immigration has fallen off so far this
year more than one-half In the first
four months of the calendar year the
arrivals were but 124,392, as against
4n4,332 in the corresponding months of
last year Nor Is this all, for In the
four months 5000 went back to their
old homes, as against 96,731 in the cor
responding months of last year.
Let us see, then, how the account
stands. The number of immigrants,
124,392, was exceeded by the number
of emigrants, 10000, to the number of
105,61S. In the first four months our
net loss by sea was therefore enough
to have peopled an Atlanta or Nash
vile. If this pace be maintained much
longer we will have lost population
equivalent to that of Greater Birming-
ham.
Still later figures show that up to
June l 311,395 alien laborers had left
our shores this year. while 153,027 had
arrived, showing a difference against
us of 158,36S in the first five months
of the calendar year. Experts estl-
mate the years emigration at 75O, 900,
end its immigration at 100000 net
loss of 1000 persons In single year
Not since the year 1900 have the ar
rivals been below 100000. In that year
only 44S,918 came in.
The more enterprising of those who
have gone back to the old country will
| return as soon as there is a return u
industrial activity-as soon, in othei
words, as their services are needed
] The repatriation movement is whole
some and altogether excellent 1t Is &
conformity to the situation, and 1t IL
safe to say that the Uitlanders will be
come in their old homes advance
agents of American opportunities
which will bear fruit when affairs be
come prosperous and active again il
this country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
The Iron Market.

Inquiry has kept up surprisingly we'll
during the past week." says Matthew
Addy. Usually after a buying move
ment such as we have just experienced
things begin to quiet down and buyers
pause to find out where they stand. While
of course there has beCN some falling
off in inquiry and sales the interest has
kept up wonderfully well. Everyone is
watching the market closely. Each day
is bringing a fair run of new orders and
the tone is decidedly healthy.
Now that the blast furnace situation
has been settled for some time to come
by the large tonnage of pig iron that has
been booked, a great deal of the interest
has been transferred to finished lines,
and we note that some of the railroads
have issued orders to repair their rolling
stock and contracts have been let and
are pending for a number of bridges and
a tonnage of rails. This is particularly sig
nificant as the railroads consume such
a large tonnage of the steel made in the
country, and the repairing of their cars
shows that the railroads appreciate the
fact that they will be needed before
long"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
IN HOTEL LOBBlE5
Should Use Both FLAGS.

Some of the residents who are deco
rating the exterior of their places fcS
the reunion have evidently forgotten that
these decorations are in honor of the
Confederacy," remarked man yesterday
afternoon. You will see a number Of
the places are decorated solely with the
Stars and Stripes and never a sign of the
Stars and Bars. 1 don't want to be
understood as kicking against having the
Stars and Stripes, for all my loyalty is TO
them now, but a place decorated without
a single indication of the Confederaey
appears to me "a lack of cordially to the
gray-haired warriors who strove so val
iantly for the Stars and Bars. l think
both flags should be draped together
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
TOO MUCH FOR JUNGLE JOE"

From Success Magazine.
BY the side Of a certain Illinois subur-
ban railway stands fertilizer factory,
which gives out particularly offensive
smell. A lady who frequently has occa-
sion to travel on this line always carries
with her a bottle of lavender smelling
salts. One morning, Speaker Cannon
took the seat beside her. AS the train
neared the factory. the lady opened her
bottle OF salts. Soon the car was filled
with the horrible odor of the fertilizer.
The Speaker stood 1t as long as he could,
then addressing himself to the lady,
whom he saw holding the bottle to her
nose he said: Madam, would you mind
putting the cork In that bother"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
Artistic Decorations.

THE reunion decorations are not only
more general than usual but they are,
as a rule, much more artistic in effect
than ever seen before in Birmingham -
said a member of the reunion committee.
by Monday morning the business dis
trict will be a mass of color. The hotels,
the city hall. the courthouse and the
clubs are being deliberately decorated.
1.-The reunion visitors will arrive in
large numbers Sunday and before Tues
day the city will be crowded
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
THE PLAYERS.

BY Bliss Carman.
We are the players of a play
AS old as EARTH
Between the wings of night and dav.
With tears or mirth.
There is no record of the land
From whence it came,
No legend of the playwrights hand,
No bruited fame
Of those who for the piece were cast
In that first night
When God drew up his curtain vast
And there was light.
Before our eyes as we come on,
From age to age,
Flare up the footlights of the dawn
On this round stage.
In front unknown, beyond the glare
Vague shadows loom:
And sounds like muttering winds are
there
Foreboding doom.
Yet wistfully we keep the boards;
And as we mend
The laundering forgotten words
Hope to the end
TO hear the storm-beat of applause
Fill our desire
When the dark Prompter gives US pause
And We retire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
NEW YORK THE FIRST IRISH CITY

From the New York World.
Just think of it, New York is the first
Irish city of the world. Belfast, the
biggest city in Ireland, has a population
of only 100000, while this city has an
Irish population of nearly 100000. 1t is,
moreover, the real metropolis of the
Jewish race, since it has population
of 7250OO. Warsaw has not quite 100000.
AS for Germans. 1t is the third German
city in the world with nearly 100000 ma
tive German inhabitants, Berlin and
Hamburg alone exceeding in this respect.
New York is. further. the second Aus
TRAN city in the world the fifth Swedish,
the sixth Norwegian, the seventh Italian
and the eighth Russian city in the uni
verse.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
A TRUTH TELLER.

TRUTH TELLER.
He told the plain, unvarnished truth
To men and women, too,
And spoke his mind in meeting out
No matter what they'd do.
If any dame gave him a smile
And asked him how she looked,
He answered, Just like thirty cents
Such candor can't be brooked.
When neighbors fished for compliments
He had not one to give,
Unless they did deserve his praise
As surely as you live.
He tried the game of politics
But didn't get a vote,
Because he couldn't rattle off
His promises by note.
He failed to wed-no girl would have
A chap who said, Your face
Would not be half bad looking, IL
Your nose weren't out of place."
He didn't pile a fortune up
He was so blunt and plain
In every deal he undertook,
He overlooked the gain.
And finally, as mortals do,
He quit this vale of tears,
In drest need of worldly goods,
But rather long on years.
And those who saw him pass away
Evinced no sign of ruth
IT'S hard to tolerate a man
Who can't embroider truth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A woman knows she has a soul because
there Is no proof of it.
One reason so many men get married i3
they don't intend to, but the girl does.
1t makes a girl awful ashamed to sit in
Il mans lap without saying she won't.
It's better to have wed and been divorc-
ed than never to have imagined you
loved at all.
What fatters a man about being a cynic
Is the disagreeable things he expects al
ways coming along.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
THE OBVIOUS INFERENCE.

From the Baltimore American.
'What kind of balloon is it in which
sion?'
His press agent forgot to mention that
detail but naturally it is one inflated with
hot air.
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Montgomery Advertiser: In Birming
ham there are great possibilities in case
goods: circumstances alter cases.
Elba Clipper: Twenty-Five thousand
people are expected to attend the Con-
federate reunion at Birmingham this
| month.
Tri-County Weekly; The Birmingham
Baseball club maintains its present place
in the Southern league well. 1t has not
dropped" for the past three weeks.
Savannah Press From the fuss Bir-
mingham makes over the Illinois Central
getting into that town, one would think
it was Birmingham first railroad.
Atlanta Journal: In Birmingham the
boom in the pig iron market will be
regarded as the forerunner of the boom
in the good old iron dollar market.
Mobile Item: Birmingham is preparing
to outdo her former efforts in entertain
ing the reunion of that mighty army
which once had the eyes of the whole
world upon them.
Franklin Times: Birmingham has made
great preparations for the entertainment
of the Confederate Veterans in their an
nual reunion next week. The Magic city
never does things in a halfway style.
Gadsden Journal: Birmingham sends
some $1,000 or $1,000 a day to Missouri and
Tennessee for poultry and eggs that
should stay nearer home. A thousand of
it each day distributed in Etowah county
would soon build many a farmer a new
house.
Washington Herald: Some of the fault
finders of Birmingham are complaining of
the near-beer of that town. says the
Houston Post. Doubtless some of those
people will find fault with the street paw
ing above, if they ever get there which
is more or less doubtful.
Charleston News and Courier: When
prohibition goes into effect in Alabama
and North Carolina travellers from Bir-
mingham and other points should bear
in mind that there are no dispensaries in
OOutu OdTOllHd uOIiu Oh 1OluHlDldY cA-
cept In Abbeville and Laurens.
Montgomery Journal: The reunion of
the Confederate Veterans of the entire
south next week at Birmingham will be
the greatest gathering ever gotten to-
gether in Alabama. The old soldiers are
coming from everywhere. and that they
will receive a genuine Alabama welcome,
the programme promises. The death of
General Lee will keep none away, but
they will come together to mourn the
loss of their chief.
Chattanooga News: Birmingham has
been making great preparations for sew
eral weeks to entertain the Confederate
reunion which begins June 9, one week
from today. Yesterday the committee no
titled the Associated Press that all ex-
Confederates who would accept the hos
pitality would be entertained free of
charge. That is very generous and pa
trotic spirit and will be appreciated by
hundreds of old Confederate soldiers who
are not able to bear the expenses of a
trim
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Secretary Taft was but Z years old
when Grant was making history, and
he must have got his facts from the
undertaking tribe of long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

The Australians are queer chaps.
They have offered free coal to feet
that belongs to Uncle Sam, who
stands ready to pay two prices for
such things.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

The doctors are now blaming measles
end scarlet rash on lettuce. They
stand ready to convict almost innocent
bystanders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Trade conditions are being bettered
month by month in a campaign year.
This is something new under the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

All is quiet and lovely now, for Con-
gress and the state legislatures have
been dispersed over an aggrieved
country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

The next news from high society in
New YORK may be that Aunt Hetty has
begun to attend the ball games.
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About Persons.

II W. Croft of Pittsburg, president of
the HARRISON Walker Refractories COM
pany, is in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

The masculine gender is congratulate
ing itself that there are no Merry
Nidower hats on sale in the hat store
windows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Gatun dam is still a problem, and
The engineers are still solving it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Colonel Stewards command is the
minimum in numbers and the maxi
mum in injustice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

No sound is heard in Washington
now except the low hammering of The
Taft platform builders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

An auto for an autocrat! Congress
man Lands took Speaker Cannon
home in devil-wagon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

We have an emergency currency,
but no emergency, and we don't want
one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Taft is his own Burchard. And at
an honored tomb, too!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Speaker Cannon is going home in
an auto, and Candidate Fairbanks in a
5uttermilk wagon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
EpANK. ARnI1T It

FRANK ABOUT IT.
I wouldn't go to Congress
And be a congressman
To rather stay right here at home
And do the best I can.
| wouldn't go to Congress
Not that | feel too good,
But just because. to tell the truth,
| don't believe I could.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Secretary Taft is almost as tactless
as Burchard, the blunderer of the
Blaine campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Gar Cannon need not think he can
rule the automobile speed laws as he
did Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Senator Plat is going abroad, but
that cat will come back only too soon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Every Monday in this district sees
more men employed,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
SURMISING.

While far from scientific, l
Can't help from thinking
That half the snakes we mortals spy
Are due to drinking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Elba Clipper twenty-five thousand
people are expected to attend the Con-
federate reunion at Birmingham this
month.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

The Suez canal cost s120000,000,
and it was a business success from the
very start.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

Montgomery Advertiser: In Birming-
nam there are great possibilities in case
goods: circumstances alter cases.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

The mercury is not at present try
ing to push the top off the thermom-
eter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
SMALL CROWD.

SMALL CROWD.
"Is there anybody in the house?" asked
the manager of stock.
There was until the orchestra went
out to get drink
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Columbus Ledger: Birmingham Is
ready for the big reunion of the Confed-
crate Veterans there next week
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06

UP-TO-DATE GIRL.
Clara Bell has winning ways
Lots of style and go.
Can't help smiling when she says,
"Surest thing you KNOW