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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-01
FEDERAL COURT
CONYENES MONDAY

The United States circuit court will
convene in Birmingham next Monday
with Judge Sheppard Of Florida on the
bench to try a number of civil cases,
mostly damage suits against corpora
lions. Judge Oscar R. Hundley relieves
Judge Sheppard in Florida on account
of the fact that the Florida judge was
district attorney when several of the in
dictments were drawn and is incompe-
tent to sit. Here is the docket:
Monday, December 7, 1905:
James Hayes, administrator, VS.. Alaba-
ma Consolidated Coal and Iron COM
pany.
Mrs. Mary E. Taylor, Administrative.
VS.. Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad
company.
Tuesday, December s, 1908:
i. II. johnson VS.. Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railro& company.
II, L. Prickett VS.. Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company.
Imre Varady VS.. Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company.
Wednesday, December o. 1908:
Annie Dean, Administrative, VS.. Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company.
Anna B. Barksdale VS.. Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company.
N F. Riddle VS.. Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company.
Thursday, December 10, 1908:
Howell Porter vs. Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company.
w r. Taylor, administrator, VS.. South
ern Railway company.
Perry F. Stone, administrator, VS.. Louis
Vile and Nashville Railroad company.
Friday, December II, 1908:
Carl Roberts VS.. Southern Bell Tele-
phone and Telegraph company
John S. Coke VS.. Hargadine- McKittricl
Dry Goods company.
Mary A. Tackett VS.. Southern Railway
company.
Monday, December IA, 1908:
Vannie Reynolds VS.. Southern Railway
company.
James Mitchell, pro ami, VS.. the Repub-
lie Iron and Steel company.
Burnley p George VS.. st. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad company
Tuesday, December Is, 1908:
Vernon l.. Logan VS.. st. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad company
A. L. Norris VS.. Southern Railway COM
pany.
The Lookout Mountain Iron company
Vs. the Ocean Accident and Guarantee
corporation, Ltd, of London, England.
Wednesday, December 16, 1908:
Leon Thomasino, administrator, VS.. the
Republic Iron and Steel company.
f.. w. Rucker VS.. r. l.. Brown.
william Quinn VS.. Tennessee Coal. Iron
and Railroad company
Thursday, December II, 1905:
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Campaign Causes Inconvenience.

New York, November 30.-The thorough
ness of the campaign being waged by the
United States department of agriculture
against the foot and mouth disease Is
causing inconvenience to merchants here.
The pinch began to be felt today with re-
oeipt of a federal order requiring disinfec-
tion of all straw and hay used for pack
ing goods to be sent out of the state.
Railroads are prohibited from receiving
merchandise of any kind for interstate
shipment thus packed unless this regu-
lation has been complied with.
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Bank Deposits and ClearlngS

Bank clearings are so per cent
larger than they were a year ago.
They are nearly 80 per cent larger in
New York, where the transactions in
stocks and bonds are very heavy, but
for the country as whole they are
just about so per cent larger.
This means not only resumption of
trade activity, but it also means that
much money is coming out of hiding.
In the two weeks succeeding the cleo
ton the New Orleans Times-Democrat
says million and a half dollars has
been deposited in the banks of its city.
This money" 1t says, was taken out
during the panic and hidden away
about the houses and premises. Even
when conditions improved somewhat
and business began to revive. the
hoarders hesitated to produce their
money, and waited until after the
election, being apparently impressed
by the statement made by some ire
sponsible political orators that the re-
suit of the election might interrupt
the return to prosperity and develop
new panic AS soon, therefore, as the
returns were in money began to pour
Into the banks. In New Orleans there
seems to have been an excess of eau
hon, for while some OF the boarded
money came out at once. it is evident
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A Great Soprano.

A member of the Treble Clef club,
who has heard Madame Langendorff, the
artist appearing in the concert tonight,
speaks of her thus rapturously:
Such luscious, passionate, glowing
vibrant voice! Hauntingly beautiful in
quality; golden and liquid in tone;
pulsating with fire and fervor and full
of subtle something that goes into
ones veins like wine. There is, too,
force and presence about this splendid
woman's personalities fine physique,
a lovely, laughing, melting brown eye;
a mobile, sensitive face. Something
strong and true is stamped all over her
She is a second Schumann- Heink with
all the added freshness of youth"
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Safety Appliance Law.

Washington, November 30.-The ques-
ton whether the safety appliance law
requires railroad companies to maintain
automatic couplings in good order as well
volved in the case of E. M. Delk VS.. the
st. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
company, in which the supreme court OF
the United States today authorized the
issuance OF writ of certiorari. The case
originated in Tennessee, where the trial
court granted damages to railroad en-
ploye who was injured. That verdict was
however reversed by the United States
circuit court of appeals for the Sixth cir
cult. The effect of todays action will be
to obtain a complete review by the SUI
Dreme court
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Popular Man Returns.

A. H. Carpenter, one of the most popu-
lar men who ever lived in Birmingham,
but who strayed off to Chicago two or
three years ago as a sales representative
of the Tennessee company, has moved
back to this city and his friends are hop
ing that he will end his days here. He
was elected yesterday vice president and
general manager of the Birmingham Car
and Manufacturing company, of which
C. E. Foust is president, and will take
charge of his new work today.
'The Car and Manufacturing company
has first-class modern plant at North
Birmingham and is doing successful
business said Mr.. Carpenter. Next
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Formulation Of Greater Atlanta

The issue of a new city directory
has carried the population of Greater
Atlanta up to 202, 1929, and word has
been sent out far and near that that
city must be hereafter be put in the
200,0 900 class. All suburbs become parts
of that city on New Years day, and the
feeling is general that the population
must be carried over the 100000 line
by or before the taking of the federal
census in April, 1910.
The Atlanta spirit is admirable, and
if Jones valley had any spirit Of that
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What's brave, what's noble, let's do it.
Antony and Cleopatra.
Do Your Christmas Shopping Now

About 20 shopping days remain be-
fore Christmas, and these will quickly
glide by. Those who desire to apply
their money intelligently and to the
best advantage should get busy. The
Christmas buyer who waits until
stocks are depleted and stores are
crowded with customers is not the one
that secures the worth of his or her
money. Early buying does not, or at
least need not, promote extravaganza.
It simply calls for a timely use of en-
ergy and money.
The shopper who serves herself best
in this respect is the one who will be
the most merciful to the oyerworked
clerks and delivery horses. Early
shopping should indeed be carried on
to such an extent as to render the buy
ing at the eleventh hour light and
without heavy burdens to the toilers.
This would be the ideal Christmas buy
ing, and every one who has prepared
a list of holiday presents can assist
in bringing about this ideal by making
all purchases this week.
The merchant and his workers
should not be forgotten in the tide of
Christmas joys and plans The way to
aid them-the way to give them q
happy Christmas-is to make all DOS
sible purchases in the next few days.
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to one and two in every 1000 employed.
Perhaps the most important demonstrarr
ton and the one that will be most x4ts|
reaching in stopping the slaughter ~ tHH
miners, was that in which it wa Ter
peatedly shown that coal dust wf{1<u<
the presence of gas, was an exploslvz so
dangerous as the fire damp itself, II nc{S
more So Several weeks ago theH UH{9
mining commission visited the experIn1z<1<
station, bringing 20 samples of coal d{1zf
Tests were made of these samples III fzI&l
explosive chamber, and hardly one %
them failed to explode. The explbsiou<A
were more severe than those CAUSED IkI53
fire damp. These experiments will lead ~
a more careful watering of the mif1es.
and this, it is believed, will prove
largo factor in reducing the mine deatA
rate. 74
From unofficial sources comes til&kH4<
innate that the number of men I{eI 4
this year in the mines will be frcIH. so d
to 1000 less than in 1907, providing t1ex@ 3
is no unusual accident in the closing
month of the year. This is due, it is as
serted, to the agitation that followed the
explosions last December, the decision of
the government to probe the causes of the
disasters and the experiments already
conducted at the government station.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

It 4NtW t
woman can always convince herself
you are in love with her unless you
are.
mean trick for man to play on a
girl who rejects his proposal is to take
her at her word.
girl wants to stay in bed when she
has a cold so that men can't see the red
nose tht goes with it.
mans idea of being popular is being
allowed to buy drinks for people who
wouldn't do anything for him IL they
could
The kind of a novel a woman dotes on
is where the beautiful clothes and cost
ly Jewels of the heroine are an adorable
setting to all the heart agony she has to
suffer-
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Hunters Welcome Rain.

This rain is gladly welcomed by the
hunters" said an old hunter last night
Hunting has been almost an impossi-
bility during the last few weeks on ac-
count of the extreme dryness, which
made it exceptionally hard for dogs to
scent quail So dry was it that hunters
experienced the maddening spectacle Of
their finest dogs walking right into the
midst of a covey and flushing it without
eeYr pointing. never seeming the quail at
all. There were disappointed hunters ga
lore last Thanksgiving. If this rain will
just come down good and hard now,
though, the next few days will present
some splendid hunting
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A Varsity Idea,

Il am glad to see the local Young
Mems Christian association taking up the
varsity idea said a lover of sports
yesterday. Il understand that hereafter,
in order to wear a ". M. C. A on
jersey or shirt, a member must perform
some feat to bring honor upon his as
ISOLATION Rules will probably be set out
such as exist in the various colleges, such
as at Yale where a man must make his
varsity football team or the crew or
win points in the intercollegiate meet
before he is entitled to his "
This will encourage the members of
the association to do their best and re-
ward them for service. 1t should become
just as much an honor to wear the Y.
M. c. A. emblem as to win a medal
of god'
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A GOOD EXAMPLE.


Thrice blessed the man,
His story ended,
Who leaves a world
That he's befriended.
Though seant his store
OF earthly gain,
Ger his grave the tears
Shall fall like rain
And the flowers bloom
More sweetly there
For one who learned
To bravely fare
'Gainst all the foes
That lie in wait
Deceit and greed,
Envy and hate;
Who lived and toiled
And did his best,
And smiling, left
To heaven the rest
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Killed by Train.

Dalton, Ga, November 30.-Evidence
before the coroner's jury this afternoon
in the case of the death of Douglas Steele,
whose body was found on the Southern
tracks early yesterday morning, COM
pletely changed the aspect of the case.
The murder theory was abandoned and
after a short consultation the jury rem
dered a verdict that the deceased was
killed by a train.
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Fl. c. Hatcher, Jr.,, pro ami, VS.. Sloss-
Sheffield Steel and Iron company.
Bob Allen vs. Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company.
]. H. Gordon VS.. Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company.
Friday, December Is. 1908:
David S. Greed VS.. Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company
William Quinn VS.. Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company.
Maggie Moore VS.. Southern Railway
COMPANY.
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About Persons.

j. c. MeAuliffe of the Augusta Herald
was in Birmingham yesterday.
President George G. Crawford of the
Tennessee company has returned from
New York.
c. w. Butt, popular citizen of Nash
vile, was among those in attendance in
the convention of Equitable agents yes
terday.
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NOT QUITE THE TOP.

st saw a fellow riding in a private car
yesterday who once counted crosstles over
the same road while tramp
you don't tell me! This country ia
wonderful for rapid rises. Is the gentle
man you refer to president of the road
now?''
II should say not! He has a job as por-
ter in the private car of division SUI
perintendent."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-01
Jewish Women in Session.

Cincinnati, November 3O.-Nearly every
train today brought delegates to the ma
tional convention of Jewish women.
which opens it's session tomorrow The
convention will remain in session one
week, with three daily sessions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-01
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Great Labor.sauinn Device.

The Covington Machine company of
Covington, Va, which recently installed
two of its coke drawing and loading ma
chimes at the Birmingham Coal and Iron
company's up-to-date plant at Short
Greek will probably install many of these
machines in the district within the next
six month. Scion Jacobs & Co, the
agents for the Covington concern, carried
a large carty of representatives of the
various furnace corporations to Short
Greek about two weeks ago to see the
the coke drawers in operation and all eX
pressed satisfaction at the success of the
great labor saving device
Only three companies thus far have
equipped ovens with the coke drawers
the Central Coal and Iron company at
its plant in Tuscaloosa, the Alabama Con-
solidated Coal and Iron company, and
the Birmingham Coal and Iron company
but since the Covington machine is used
to wonderful advantage in the Pennsyl-
vania plants of the United States Steel
corporation and in other modern plants,
the principal Alabama coke makers will
get in line
Mr.. James Bonnyman, general manager
of the Birmingham Coal and Iron COM
pany, in speaking of the coke drawers
which he is using, said: Il do not see
how any manufacturer of coke can afford
to be without this machine, especially
since it practically solves the labor prob
lem. 1t costs comparatively little, it
does its work we'll and the economy is
obvious And aside from the economy
from a cost sheet point of view, there
is high satisfaction in being able to
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Good Speeches.


The life insurance agent is a trained
talker and his convincing eloquence is
proverbial and when these insurance-or
assurance-men come together in body
at the banquet board as did 100 or more
of them last night as the guests of
C. T. Sibley, manager for Alabama Of
the Equitable Life Assurance, the oc-
casion is notable for the pith and enthu-
siasm of the speeches. A brighter, hap.
pier company of men never assembled in
the big dining room of the Hotel Hill
man than those on the occasion referred
to. Mr. Sibley, the host, was in fine
form; Mr.. Hazel of New York, who acted
as POSTMASTER, was felicitous and all
the speeches were listened to WITH keen
interest. And the Equitable yell, both
in volume and ensemble finish could not
have been surpassed by the lustiest foot
ball crowd. 1t was a great evening for
the Equitable and the visitors will doubt
less be glad to have yesterdays meet
repeated at short intervals
while all the addresses at the ban
quet were capital, 1 think it safe to say
that Vice President George T. Wilson
of New York has few equals and no supe-
rior as an after-dnner speaker" said
one of the especially invited guests. He
combines all the best qualities of the
stump orator-snap, wit, a ready COM
mand of racy English, and genuine elo-
quence. He is one of the master men of
the Equitable. His heart is in his work
and his enthusiasm is contagious. A man
capacity, honesty of purpose and lead
ership would make a success of any I'M
dertakng; and the agents of the COM
pany who heard him at the banquet must
have felt keyed up to a high pitch.
Certain it is that If any agent had been
lacking in aspiration he went to bed
full of heart and vim and iron resolve.
After all nothing so tones up a man as
listening to a spontaneous, rafting,
wholesome speech
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REGULAR EXERCISE

He often took little walk
Declared it did him good,
But people round who heard him talk,
1t seemed they understood.
Now this is why he strolled so oft
You should have know at first
He went for something far from soft
With which to slake his thirst
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Uncle Joe Cannon cannot bring HIM
self TO accept Andrew Carnegie's new
platform. He prefers his old platform,
The one on which Carnegie made a CO.
lossal fortune.
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Nav Be Barred.

Referring to the possibility of the case
being barred in the state supreme court
by the statute of limitations the opinion
said:
I'VE express no opinion upon the mat
ter. which Is for the state tribunal 10 de-
eide, but simply notice a possibility. Ii
the present bills should be dismissed and
then that possible conclusion reached, in
Justice might be done. AS our decision
does not go upon a denial of power to
entertain the bills at the present stage
but upon our views as to what is the
most proper and orderly course In cases
of this sort when practicable, it seems to
us that the bills should be retained for
the present to await the result or the ap-
peal if the companies see fit to take them.
If the appeals are dismissed as brought
too late. the companies will be entitled
to DEGREES If they are entertained and
the orders of the commission affirmed,
the bills may be dismissed without preJu-
dice and filed again..
In his dissenting opinion, Justice Har-
Ian said:
I'm my Judgment the Virginia State
Corporation commission is a state court
within the meaning of section 72O of the
revised statutes. If the final action of
that commission in any case of rate
making should be confisoatory and, there
fore. liable to the objection that by its
operation it will amount to the taking of
property for public use without just COM
pensation, and therefore without due pro-
cess of law, and if such action should,
upon appeal, be approved by the highest
court of Virginia, then that question
could be brought here upon writ of
error. and thereby any rights secured
to the aggrieved party by the constitution
or laws of the United States could be
recognized and fully protected in our final
Judgment The way is open under the
law creating the commission, for the pro-
lection ultimately by this court of any
right especially set up and claimed which
that tribunal may violate or refuse to pro-
tect. / am of the opinion that the judg-
ment should be reversed with instruc-
tons to dismiss the suit brought in the
circuit court of the United States"
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A FINE ADVERTISEMENT.

ut is reported that the police had to
guard the chorus of a certain comic opera
company from stage door Johnnies."
Welt Well! And what conclusion do
you draw from that?"
AT the very next town the company
visits it will probably require twice as
many policemen to guard the chorus
from stage door johhnies."
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year is sure to bring great prosperity, and
the concern have just connected myself
with will enjoy its share. We will see
that if does
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The Hague no doubt hopes Castro
will let a Dutch surgeon operate on
him-one that would cut where cut
ting would be conclusive.
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As soon as the Cubans take ho'd CT
Cuba they propose to enter the bond
riarket to place $4,000 900 of bonds.
That, in their minds. is what govern
n.ent is for.
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Germany is suffering from an at
tack of Wilhelmitis, and it is seeking
a remedy at the hands of DR.. Won
BueloW.
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No one objects to strawberry plants
that blossom and fruit in November,
hut no one wants in that month Sc
ries of spring tornadoes.
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Life and limb are now reasonably
safe until the Fourth of July, row that
the football season is ended.
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The Kaiser may feel uncomfortable,
but he never was greater than he is
now, when he is putting his country
first.
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The Poles, Italians and Slavs who
went home last year are coming back,
bringing their neighbors with them.
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4. PRoMIsR. TO YOU.

Remember this
When tired of the quest,
Somewhere there is peace,
Somewhere there is rest.
If early or late.
Twill come to us all,
To tighten the gloom
When the shadows fall!
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That memorial arch at Santiago
cannot we'll be dedicated without the
President and the Rough Riders.
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The standpatters feel like taking Mr.
Carnegie behind the woodshed to give
him a good talking to.
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Senator Cummins of Iowa will ar
rive on Monday week fully equipped
with Iowa ideas.
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The Iowa idea" will soon appear in
Washington in the person of Senator
Cummins, who will come prepared to
combat the standpatters from Joe Can
non down.
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The let-us-alone platform. was in
vented by the standpatters and trust
organizers.
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Marconi is not to get Nobel prize
this year He is to have one here
after, and he is young.
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Charles P. Taft feels that he got his
$4,000 worth in the late esteemed
campaign.
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The standpatters do not relish the
manner in which Andrew Carnegie
has butted into literature.
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The Gatun dam is the problem, as
all expected. No one Is surprised or
disappointed.
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The farm uplifters are now in Tex
as, where they have good sized task.