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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
This sorrows, heavenly, 1t strikes where it doth love.
 -Othello.
GeOrgia'S Great Peach Crop

Int Georgia peach crop is being moved rapidly in refrigerator cars. The crop will not be fully marketed until the last days of July, but in the interval 1000 carload lots, or 21,O0 10000 baskets, each containing 26 rich elongated yellow Elbertas will have been marketed. The canners will, however, absorb about one-third of the crop, leaving two-thirds of 1t to be dis tributed among a peach-loving people. Alabama will add thousand cars to the shipments, and Tennessee will do nearly as well.
 The crop is this year unusually free from worms or diseases of any sort The fruit is excellent in every respect, and the growers in the three states will pocket about s6,000,000 for their pains and skill as fruit growers. Tho peach crop of Georgia, Alabama and the orange crop of both Florida and Tennessee promises to rival in value California. When a crop that fills 1000 cars can be grown in single state it will no longer be fair or just to consider it as a passing fad. It is great industry, and 1t has come to stay as long as the fruit appeals to the human Dalate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
Assassination of William GOebel

Way back in January, 1900, Gov ernor Goebel was cruelty shot dead from window of the state house which he was about to enter. The crime was as cowardly as it was cruel It was a tlow aimed at the entire state, for when the chief executive is struck down the entire machinery of law, order and justice is assailed. And yet no one has been hung for that great crime.
 It was plainly a conspiracy on the part of the republican politicians whom Governor Goebel would have driven out of the state house. Five men were uspected-Taylor, Finley, Powers, Howard and Youtsey. Taylor and Finley fled to Indiana, and the governors of that state, being repub,i- cans, refuse to extradite them. Yout- sey made confession, and he is serv- ing life sentence in the penitentiary Powers had been tried four times and was awaiting a fifth trial when he was pardoned by Governor Wilson, q republican Howard was sewing life term when he, too, was pirdoned.
 Politics enters into if k semi-civil. war business from begifning to end. The sorrowest featur4 of it con sists in the fact that tN Ne courts and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
THE OLD WATER-WHEEL.

By John Rusl1in. if lies beside the river, where it's marge Is blacl, with many an old and oarless
 barge, And yeasty filth and lea1age Wilu ana
 rank Stagnate and batten by the crumblins bank. Once, slow revolving by the industrious
 mill, It murmured-only on the Sabbath still: And evening winds its pulse-like beat
 ing bore Down the soft vale and by the winding
 shore. Sparkling around it's orbed motion flew. With quick fresh fall the drops of dash
 ing dew, Through noontide heat that gentle rain
 was flung, And verdant round, the summer herbage
 sprung. Now, dancing light and sounding motion In these dark hours of cold continual
 peace; Through its black bars it's unbroken
 moonlight flows. And dry winds howl about its long re.
 pose!
  And moldering lichens creep, and mosses
 gray, Cling around it's arms, in gradual decay, Amidst the hum of men-which doth not
 suit That shadowy circle, motionless ana
 mute! So. by the sleep of many a human heart 7. he crowd of men may bear their busy
 part. Where withered. or forgotten, or suh-
 dued, It's noisy passions have left solitude An! little can they trace the hidden
 truth, What waves have moved it in the vale
 of youth! And little can it's broken chords avow How once they sounded. All Is silent A~4@NA - '-- 4. ---~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
Tribute to Old Glory.

Although the recent reunion was ram pant with the spirit of the sixties" said $. E. Cowin, commercial agent of the Central of Georgia, T was glad to note the signs among the veterans of the com- plete acceptance of the verdict of tlIe war and to note that the love of the old men for the stars and stripes is un- I witnessed during the reunion was two old men walking down the street arm Tn arm. Suddenly they came to d big United States flag floating in the breezes, and one of them, taking off his hat, shouted: Hurrah for Old Glory We couldn't whip her, and neither can anybody else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
The Denver Convention.

'Denyer's democratic convention will open July [, more as a glad holiday than the dry proceedings of a political party" said travelling man. ''It seems certain that Denver will have the banner crowd of its history at this gathering of Demo- crats. Not only Democrats but peo- ple from every section of the country and every political faith are planning to go to Denver It is believed by those in charge of the convention that the at teneance will reach 100000. This is one of the largest crowds Denver has ever handled. When the members of the Grand Army of the Republic were In tie city the attendance reached that point and the hotels were filled to the limit.
 During the time that has elapsed since the old soldiers were in Denver the hotel capacity of the city has been enlarged fully 10000 and there will be no trouble in caring for the delegates and visitocs who come to the convention. Early in the year there were many reports sent abroad throughout the country to the effect that Denver hotels would charge rnore for their accommodations than a. times when conventions were not in the city This is not the case; the prices for meals and rooms will be .he same as during other seasons of the year when there are no large crowds
 'There Is usually great influx of tourists to Denver about the latter part of June and exceptionally low rates for the convention will attract much larger number of travellers at that time than $ usual. Judging from the hotel reserva- tions made in Denver up to the present time and the number of special trains chartered from various sections of the country, the travel toward Denver in the carly days of July will be the largest ever known in the same number of days in this country.
 "Denver citizens are anxiously plannin 2 for the comfort of the visitors. The Chamber of Commerce has arranged for the residents of the city to act as a re- oeption committee.
 "The immense new auditorium, capa- ble of seating 14,00O people, will permit an immense audience to hear the deliber- ations of the convention. The weath 1T will probably be delightfully."- cool-for Denver is a mile high-and the conven- ton ought to bs great success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
UnfaiIinq Sign.

"The evidences of returning prosperity are so numerous, said J. E. Shelby, that the most casual observer recognizes them. And among the best signs of improve ment in the present month is the demand for pianos. True, the demand is not brisk but it is beginning, and that means d good deal
 During the winter and spring the piano trade was at a standstill Now sales are being made and it is a proverbial saying that when the piano business begins to move, prosperity is in sight. It is an un- failing sign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press

From the New York Press.
 When a man is in love with girl 1t s sign she convinced him of it.
 The bigger an armful woman is, the more she expects you to call her your little pet
 The more any particular fashion shocks q woman, the surer she is she has to wear it.
 very embarrassing thing about being married Is to how many people you have to pretend you are glad of 1t.
 From the tone of voice in which q woman says some other woman hasn't t called on her, you'd think she ran baby murder farm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Lunching with the President is too common to be great honor, but an invitation to play a game of tennis with him is an honor, indeed, in court circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Gen. Leonard Wood Is also men, toned for the vice presidency. The presidential pets are all in the run- ming
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Even his political god father, Henry Watterson, has forsaken John Albert Johnson He is an orphan now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

The string tie and Prince Albert coat is much in evidence in Chicago at present. They hail from the southern federal offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

George Gould has given his consent to the marriage of his sister, Anna, and Prince Helie. Helen Gould has not been heard from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

And now the Lusitania has come in an hour ahead or the Mauretanias rec ord. This kind of advertising is be- coming monotonous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Taft men feel sorry for the favorite sons, but they continue to annex all the delegates in sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
SAME THING.

mer?'
 "No, but I have decided to quit adver- Using for a month
 At this season of the year it would seem that kisses are on everybody's mind if not on everybody's lips. Here is 6
 
 the eighteenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans and the simultaneous reunions of all related or ganizations. Every time it is heard thun- derous applause follows, and men and women yell like rebels of the old days The popular air seems to epitomize the feeling of the Confectionery. When thou sands gather in the Hippodrome-which is a tame looking building on the out side-led by the hundreds of men and women of the Confederate Choirs of America and other hundreds of the chil- drens chorus, the structure fairly trem- bled when the band struck up Dixie V and every voice joined hiariously in the strain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

The rise in the price of beef is no sign of prosperity. It is a sign that a trust is lurking in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

A nominee by the patronage and southern delegate route Is one that the country cannot be induced to endorse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

It Is good rule to keep on the shady side of the street and avoid all thermometers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Newport has lost by fire its only summer hotel, but it Is not town that solicits trippers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Pinckbeck and Yarmouth of Louisi- anal Think of it and the fraud Of '76 Both are to be seated at Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

The directoire gown has a host of excellent press agents, although it has not arrived on this side of the sea-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Freight car tourists are glad to hear that they are to have increased accom- modation hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

John Albert Johnson, an old base ball player, will be benched at Denver for four years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Hoke came down hard. Also quickly.-- Charleston Evening Post.
 The way those Georgians threw down Hoke Smith was a shame.-Rochester Herald.
 Governor Smiths adherence to popular causes and his cheerful sacrifices have alike been in vain.-Providence Journal.
 The Georgia primaries have registered d clear protest against the long leash for the professional agitators The pendu- lum is swinging in the other direction.- baltimore American.
 The defeat of IIolxe Smith for governor of Georgia is a flaming beacon of warn ing to overzealous politicians who try b make capital out of the persecution of corpora tions.-W Washington Post.
 We don't know anything about Little Joe' but we have been for some time sat isfied that Brother Hoke is a demagogue of the first water, and we, therefore, rejoice at his downfall.-Norfolk Land mark.
 Hoke Smith can say, like the banished wise man of Greece when he saw his en- oangered country fading on the horizon of the sea- Tt is not that I am losing Athens, but that Athens is losing me- Detroit Journal.
 Smith stood hard and fast by the pro- hibition law which he had failed to sup rort when it was in the process of ere l. ton. Brown has won. Prohibition has St. Louis Times.
 A cheer for Brown will go up in every footing, brighter day is dawning from the Potomac to the Gulf. The les son in Georgia will not be forgotten.- Birmingham Age-Herald.
 preferred to take a chance with Joseph Brown whom they did not and do nos know, to continuing another term with Governor Hoke Smith, whom they do know.-Boston Advertiser.
 It is learned by telephone that Joseph M Brown was not excited a whit yes- terday; that throughout the day, as he had been throughout the campaign, he sat steady in the boat" composed, se- lene and calm.-Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. The coroner's verdict on Governor Hoke Smith seems to be that he tried to ride on top of any kind of a presumably pop uar wave without discriminating by nreasting one occasionally. That is fre- quently perlous in the long run.-Boston Herald.
 We don't know what kind of governor Mr. Brown-"Little Joe Brown"-wll make nobody knows But in any case Le cannot well help being, in some very desirable ways, an improvement upon the man whom he has overthrown-Hart- ford Courant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

The idle box car is preparing to shed the rust on it's axles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
Visitors At the Reunion
Iron.

In four days of last week-Sunday railroads brought into Birmingham 43,342 persons. The total number brought in by rail during those four days may therefore be put in all pru- dence at 45,000. At least 10000 more came by rail on Thursday, and at least 5000 came by wagons or afoot or in autos and the like-60,000 arrivals from a distance all told Jones valley outside of the city, contributed 50,000 more, and the population of the city that turned out may be conservatively estimated at 50,000. We therefore have this table:
 Visitors by rail ............ 900
 Visitors by trolley ....... 5000
 Home folks ............... 50,O0O
 Total .......................16 .16O,O0O
 The visitors in our streets last week gre therefore accounted for without exaggeration. At least 150,O00 persons witnessed the floral parade of Wednes- cay and about 100000 were present when the veterans made their eign- teenth annual march Thursday.
 Beyond all doubt it was the largest attendance of people that Birmingham bad ever been honored with, and it may be many day before our streets are packed full with an equal number. The occasion and the attendance were both memorable, and the boys of today will, no doubt, tell their children about this marvellous outpouring of people generation hencH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE MAN OF THE HOUR" The man behind the pocketbook Is master of the show And he's the final arbter
 In all things here below. He makes the blooming world go round Or stops Il with a word; Of any wight more powerful
 I guess you've never heard You run across him everywhere His wallet in his hand Prepared to pay for what he gets On sight or on demand. The price tag holds no terrors for A spender such as he, And nothing ever gives him pause On land or on the sea. The man behind the poeketbook
 Can do just what he likes; He'll loaf at home a little while And then away he hikes To other lands meath other skies, And on a foreign shore His money will be heard to talk As loudly as before. We're bound to envy one who has The whereWithal to buy The most expensive fripperies
 That chance to please his eye. And what is more, though we suspect His honesty, we look With admiration on the man
 Behind the pocketbook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Olllahomists are wondering if a Hoke-Smith reaction is due in their state, also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Augusta Chronicle: The Birmingham Age-Herald certainly handled the Con federate Veteran item in approved journa- ,istic style.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

The crest of the Cortelyou vice presidential boom is not near the dan- ger line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

ALMOST A TRAGEDY Well, sir, he struck at the darned thing and missed. Bracng himself, he made tremendous swipe and missed again. The suspense was awful. Again he struck with all his strength and missed"
 .'I presume the umpire then called hin cut and another man took his place at the bat?" queried the man who wss listening.
 "Pshaw," exclaimed the first man. Nothing of the kind. He was trying to kill a fly with folded newspaper"
 EEVERY. At the close of the day when the sha1-
 ows fali
 And the glow dies out of the west, And a toiler lists to the homing call As he plods to his nightly rest Iris sweet to walk through the evenings
 calm
 Down the lane of golden dreams, For the twilight spell is natures balm And the cares of a life redeems.
 REPLIES.
 Santa Barbara says. "'Taint sol"  water in a wet town.
 This is weep week in Birmingham. The bill is East Lynne"
 This is the season of love, languor and malaria.
 The pinch of poverty will convince man that life is no dream.
 The glory of work is usually preached by a man who has never handled a pick. PAUL COOK. ........................... triumphs and achievements. Birmingham sltnows not how to go to sleep when op- portunity fits and hovers around. It is a lamentable truth which we take no pride in confessing that the same thing cannot be said of Mobile or Montgomery. As long as this Is true Birmingham will move and grow while Montgomery and Mobile may grow-nay, do, and will grow-they will not become dizzy under the rapidity of motion.
 It is pluck. courage and eternal vigil lance' that form the worshipful triad of a great city's success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
CHEAP CUTS.

CHEAP CUTS. Busy times in the operating room," said the first interne to the second :n- terne.
 ''Yes, this is bargain day for appe1- dicitis operations" said the second in- terne to the first interne. '"The price has been reduced to S9.99 for each appen- dix removed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

delightful little story in verse about the favorite theme of June.
 A KISS IN TIME. T saw him kiss your cheek!' "'Ti. true"
 70 Modesty!" Twas strictly kept; lie thought me asleep at least l knew He thought l thought he thought ] slept" Coventry Patmore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Beef and mutton are rising, there is a fall in pig-iron, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Galveston Tribune: Birmingham prom ised to do the handsome thing by the Confederate Veterans and Birmingham has made good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Governor Smiths adherence to popular causes and his cheerful sacrifices have alike been in vain.-Providence Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

The Georgia primaries have registered clear protest against the long leash for the professional agtators. The pendu- lum is swinging in the other direction.- baltimore American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

The month of roses is also month of politics this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Memphis Commercial Appeal: We are reliably informed that the band played Dixie" Tn Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

MOST UNUSUAL. I loaned book To a friend of mine l loved the book, Though it was old And worn to tatters. You smile with a crafty air. You are about to say, q know the rest. He didn't bring it back That's where you're wrong. He did bring 1t back The next day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

We are now knee deep in June. the lovliest of them all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
THE FALL OF HOkE.

Compiled by the New York Globe.
 Hoke came down hard. Also quickly.- Charleston Evening Post.
 The way those Georgians threw down Hoke Smith was a shame.-Rochester Herald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

The defeat of IIolSe Smith for governor of Georgia is flaming beacon of warn ing to overzealous politicians who try b make capital out of the persecution of corpora tions.-Wa Washington Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
REUNION AFTERMATH

Atlanta Constitution: The boys of the old brigades are still booming Birming- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Gadsden Times News: Birmingham is taking stock of the larder and the popu- lation and ascertaining whether there IS anything left of either
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
EXTINGUISEED

EXTINGUISEED. The bard was ablaze With poetic thrill, When in came a chump And polxed out a bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

NOT POLITICAL. What is your platform?' Sunny smiles and peekaboos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
PERHAPS.

'I hear that a well known astronomer is to be married
 "Perhaps his wife will help him to see stars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16
A FINE CUTTER

A FINE GUTTER. There goes qultter whom everybody in town praises.'' What did he quit?' "He quit growing and went to work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Sumter County Call If Birmingham kept pace in entertaining her distin- guJshed Veterans, that her two leading daily papers did in giving the news, It will be one reunion of all the reunions that will shine like bright star in the memory of the younger ones who attend ed, when there will be no more reunions of the old Confederate Veterans, for time will have passed them over. The Age Herald, not being content with issuing one of its best daily issues, gave a 4-page supplement- a veritable history of the Confectionery and her distinguished men. The News, followed with one of her best issues, and colored supple ment of eight pages, giving the exact color of the 13 banners of the states they represented. A cut of all the prom inent officers of the Confectionery, and a life-llke photo of all those beautiful young ladies. sponsors for the company they represented In fact, we do the subject an injustice in trying to show the enter prise that was displayed by those two leading daily papers.
 Woman's National Daily: Dixie, Dixie" everywhere Dixie" But nei- ther veteran nor citizen ever tires of the inspiring air. Not concert but the stir ring southern melody is heard. Not a band but plays 1t repeatedly. Even the Salvation Army, which Is here in great force prosecuting vigorous campaign, plays 1t and sings different words. DIX ie" might truly be called the climax of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

FORGET IT. When down and out And on the blink, Tine safest way
 Is not to think.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: The general opinion seems to be that Birmingham did well by the veterans and the reunion was the most successful that has yet been held.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

We don't know anything about Little Joe'' but we have been for some time sat isfied that Brother Hoke is a demagogue of the first water, and we, therefore, rejoice at his downfall.-Norfolk Land mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

It looks as if the Georgia democrats preferred to take a chance with Joseph Brown whom they did not and do nos know, to continuing another term with Governor Hoke Smith, whom they do know.-Boston Advertiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-16

It is learned by telephone that Joseph NJ. Brown was not excited a whit yes- terday; that throughout the day, as he had been throughout the campaign, he sat steady in the boat" composed, se- lene and calm.-Augusta (Ga) Chronicle.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-10-30
H. T. French, Mrs. Fred Pittinger and

H. T. French, Mrs. Fred Pittinger and
Mrs. s. H. Hays as alternates.
Report of resolutions committee
read and adopted as a whole.
The retiring president called the
incoming president, Mrs. Forney, to
the chair After brief speech from
Mrs. Forney, Mrs Butterfield was
called upon and gave a moving fare
well, concluding with pledge of sup
port and cooperation of the fedora
ton to the new president.
The new president then took up the
consideration of the matter of club
seal. 1t was the sense of the fedora
ton that such seal be adopted and
upon motion club of three with
power to act was appointed to deal