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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
The Peach Crop.

.'I think it is safe to predict a good peach crop this year, said a farmer. 'erhe crop was failure in Georgia and Alabama last year, but it is not often that we have two failures in succession; and that is why I. shall look for big orchard yield next summer.
 Peach orchards are profitable, for even if we do not have a good yield but once in three years they pay. When the crop is both large and of fine variety the peach is a great money-maker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

Secretary Taft fits about soffapidly it is dinlcult tosay where Reiyill Sun day today. s,s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
ADRAFT WITH THE TIMES
A MoRN1ANG SONG.

A MoRNIANG SONG. When the sun is skhining, shining And the sky Is fstir and blue, Say goodbye to piniAng pining, Shake the cares tAaat trouble youi Clouds reveal their tilver lining, Life assumes brighter hue When the sun is shiI ming, shining And the sky is fair Nand blue
 WHAT'S THE\ USE? woman beats her fiAts desparingly against a door which othker women who constitute themselves the &lect have seen fit to bar.
 Men snarl and backbite aSnd wallow in the mire to play the dirty kame of poli- tics.
 A half starved poet writAs his heart into sonnets and lays them Aat the feet of Fortune whose lips are hurled in a scornful smile.
 In his garret the poor dauher paints advertisements for a living anNd dreams of the picture that will some d ay make him famous.
 At the head of a vast organization the captain of industry crushes cophpetitors beneath ruthless heel and sells7his soul for money. And yet, what difference does ye make who gives dance, who holds offitnI, who wins the laurels and who getsfhrich? They will all be dead and forgottfn in 100 years from now
 SPRING IS COMING.
 A song is in
 The bluebird's throat.
 Twill soon be time
 To rock the boat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A man can be a hero by staying mar ried to a red-headed wife
 When a girl kisses r brother she you. AkTH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
About Persons.

P.D. Tureman of Montgomery Is at the New Morris.
 P. c. Watts of Montgomery is at the New Morris.
 A. II. Avery of Shelby is at the New Morris@
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
LEAP YEAR.

I must confess the bitter truth, With traces of regret. Altho I hope I'm not uncouth, Nobody's asked me yet!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

The Easter wice will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

Peerless Lillian is due here shortly. The billboards picture her as a sweet young thing of perhaps 22 summers, when toute le monde-everybody-k that Lillian belongs to the vintage of 1860.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
GENERAL ATTRIBUTES.

WEN Nr1ItAb A Iti15 C T I7E5' -'~ Say I'm grouchy When I'm cross, Say I grunble At a loss: Say I'm foolish. Say I'm weak, Say I'm cranky, So to speak. Say I'm silly When I'm glad, Say I'm tiresome When I'm sad; Say I stumble, Say I fall. Say I'm hnman-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

Misery acquaints man with strange bed-feiloWs.
 Tempest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

An Indiana man borrowed a parlor to get married in. He's the sort of fellow who would borrow a house to live in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
AZ - 7 21e91,5,zs,

ton Post. Every suffragette who reads that statement will want to quit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
Voice Of the p eople
Holds No Cosbiil Paper Now.
OF Tho TImes.Dispatch:

Edito OF Tho Tltnes.Disphtch:
Sir.-In Saturdays Tlmes-D Dispatch,
there appeared a statement undertake
Ing TO give the names OF banks hold
Ing as collateral policies OF insurance
on the life OF b. u. Cogbill. and among
such banks Williams & Goode. OF Boyd
ton. were named. We desire to state
that we do not hold any policy OF
y. u. Cogbill, VIZ do not hold any COL
lateral Of any Kind Of 3. u. Cogbill,
and we do not hold B. r. Cogbill's
paper.
The policy referred to, we presume,
Is policy No. s3S228, in the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Company. This
policy was at one time hold by us as
collateral but the Indebtedness for
which 1t was held has long since been
paid off, and we have no interest IN
this or any other policy OF B. Z. Cog
bill.
During a long business career IT
has been our policy to keep out OF
print, but In view OF the fact that
both as firm and as individuals we
have no connection with any paper OF
B.. Z. Cogbill, we think 1t we'll to so
state. WILLIAMS q GOODE.
l3oydton. Va, June 22, 1908.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
The Derby Day Dinner.

A weekly journal. In n dissertation
on the Kings Derby Day dinner to
the members OF the Jockey Club. states
that this entertainment was establish
ed by George Nv. when Prince OF Wales.
was continued by William w. was sus-
pended during the reign OF Queen Vic
toria. and was resumed in the sos by
the King, then Prince OF Wales. George
~. only started an annual dinner to
1he boeke wno evb of 9
ed by His Majesty when he returned
to the turf in 1927 after the death Of
the Duke Of York but this entertainment
by Day George ~. gave only M, . two
IS, 1928. The company assembled IN
in the great spper roo There eT
only thirty guests. as only those mem
bers were Invited whom the King wish
ed for. and he had himself struck sev..
been prepared The King sat in the
middle OF the table. with the Duke OF
Richmond on one side and the Duke
OF Grafton on the other side. while the
table. Mr., Greviile has let Al, account
OF this dinner. and relates how the
King made him eat a dish OF crawhsh,
soup after q quantity OF turtle. It'll
]
king made two or three short speeches.
In one OF which he recommended very
senstbly) that stop should be put to
the expectation OF horses. 1t has been
lately stated that this dinner ended In
IAN orgy" which is quite untrue. for.
according to Mr.. Greville. the King
Ordered psns. paper ETC.. and they. be-
gan making matches and stakes"
The second dinner took place on June
10. 1929. which was more numerously
attended; end just as magnificent gn,a as as
and joyous" The Kings health was
drunk ''as patron OF tne Jockey Club"
In 1880 George ". was at Windsor
Castle on his deathbed. and there was
no racing dinner. Mr.. Grey!lle records
By William ~. although It is usually
stated that he continued his brothers
annual entertainment to the members.
The hrst of these dinners took place
on May is, 1899. and the other one on
June s; 1895 and on the e, latter .s ,e oesa
Club as "the most truly British OF
ali the societies which he had to en-
terrain. In 1870 the Duke OF BEDFORD
who was the private adviser OF the
that Prince Albert should give an an
nual dinner TO the Jockey Club. but
the proposal was not favorably re-
celved, as n. r. II. had no liking for
| the turf or Its votaries. For mum,
Der OF years after 1853 the Prince ?,
Lord Wilton, who gave Derby din
ner every year, and 1t was after his
death Din 1885, that a Jockey Club
dinner at Marlborough House was
in years when the royal family were
lin mourning) until the Kings aces
| sion, and was then removed to Buck
| ingham Palace.-London Truth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23

Mr.. Gompers, to demand and obtain a
hearing from Mr.. Roosevelt that has
not been accorded to any other body
Of citizens OF like numerical strength.
Despite this. the plank adopted by
tho Republicans at Chicago IL q broad
and platitudinous statement OF accept
ed principles. In that plank there is
no attack on the power or privilege
OF courts, and no direct promise to
give the labor unions any advantage
that is not accorded to- every other
class OF citizens.
The clan,or that has been raised
shows how deep is the interest OF all
that large body OF Independent voters
who look beyond platform promises to
the essential facts These voters-at1d
they will decide this election beyond
nil doubt-are waiting to see what
Denver will do. and there will be no
help from them II Denver attacks the
courts for party advantage. or seeks
to make the Judge the servant Of the
demasogue.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
Rcotcn In comnctltion.

The abandonment OF the port Of
New York by the White star Line
grain can be loaded at L. cents a
bushel cheaper than in New York. is
unwelcome proof OF the enterprise
and SUCCESS OF Canadian commercial
competition. Montreal Is 1000 miles
frog. the sea, but the Canadian govern
ment is spending millions each year
to make the connecting waterway more
available. and Is also encouraging b..
liberal policies, the development OF
channels of commerce from the inte-
rfor to the port. Unless American en-
terprise matches the determination
and resource of Canadian competition.
Montreaf will become the outlet not
only of the great British American
Northwest, but also OF Northe rn grain
fields within the United States boun-
daries-Boston Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
sun Rou.t. we.,moreland.

A dispatch to a Washington paper
sets forth that Democrats throughout
Virginia are exultant to-day over the
nomination OF Taft in Chicago by tbs
Republicans"
DO these "pemccrats throughout Nir-
sinia" include by any chance those
members Of the Westmoreland Club OF
Richmond who IN 1900 voted for NC
kinley or abstained altogether from
polling places rather rhan record them,
selves for Bryan? The Westmore land
rare exceptions OF Democrats and re-
presenting. the brains, The substance
and the responsibility Of the State. It's
large membership extends in all direc-
lions, touches every family OF inpor-
tance In a particularly clannisil Com
n. onwealth, and cUmprehends every
ramitication. OF the social establish
m.ent. The influence it exerts Is beyond
computation in these cosmopolitan and
yariegated parts. And yet the Vest
moreand Club in 1900 threw down
Bryan in disgust. though without
noisy declaration, and left him to the
llanguid process OF the machine. Dem
ocrats th:o,:ghout Virginia" rallied to
his standard then. The same Demo-
Gratis will doubtless repeat the per-
fnrmanca next November. But the men
who think, who stand for something OF
real consequence, and who are ind1s
pcnsable to anything inEthe nature OF
a Representative demonstration, are not
exultant over the prospect OF Bryan's
candidacy. They will not vote FOR MN
next autumn. 1t is even possible that
a man like Taft, pitted against so neg
lieible an adversary. lay carry the
o. To
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
TUESDAY. JUNE ss, 1908.
R1CHMoND,s MUNICIPAL LIGHT
PLANT.

rha ro,ncu cut through an inter-
minahie red tape tangle and passed 'he
ordinance for bonds for the city electric
n,ant last night over the Mayors veto.
The most important ground OF the
MAYORS veto was that II the bonds
were issued by holding special cleo
ton, the IS per cent. bond limit OF the
city would not have to carry the ad-
ditional burden. AS theoretical pro-
posit,on the Mayor was right. But there
was good sense in the position of the
Council also. City Attorney Pollard
had declared that the ordinance was
perfectly legal, and the Council felt
that as new assessment would be
made in 1910, the city could we'll afford
to assume the proposed obligation un-
iii that date, at which time a new and
ample margin would be given for adj
dltional bond issues.
Furthermore, the Council, which had
wrestled with the problem for two
years. did not at all relish the GER
tainty that tne Whole question "oulo
have to be fought all over again and
perhaps Indefinitely delayed II it
should be left to the incoming adj
ministration The Times-Dispatch be-
lieves the people would have supported
the bond issue at the polls. In any
event need for more pumping service
is pressing. Now let the Aldermen
concur and the city build its plant.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
Smoke Means Waste.

An interesting story WAS printed LIN n
lev Of smoke suppression that has been
BY the Th psnn no,ey lad Fats It's
origin in demand for economy. The
road has learned that smoke means
waste and 1t does not propose TO let
the waste continue.
The economic argument, should APP
peal to every smoke producer, for It
would seem now that it had had time
topenetrate the smoklest kind Of brain !, =,
demonstrated beyond question. many
times, and examples such as as, that "a :, o.
add greatly to It's force. But It IS
curious how Ions It has taken to con-
vince smokers that the smoke actually
meant waste, and how stubborn some
Of them are stu II spite OF Al !, t the 2,
teachings by precept and eXample.
Conditions prove that they would never
learn except under compulsion, under
the determined attempts OF the public
authenticate abate nuisance and to
protect the thousands against the
stupid selfishness and indifference OF
the few,-Chlcago Record Herald,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
On to Victor
",IY DEAR saERMAN.p
The Participant In an Eliminating I,
cident of Recent Political History.

r.
cident of Recent Political History.
Whether elected to the vlce.presi-
dency or not, the Hon. James School
craft Sherman. of Utica, already shines
In history
i was Mr.. Sherman, who, as chair;
man OF the Republican Congressional
Committee, In the fall OF 1905 invited
that pure-minded plutocratic patriot.
Edward II. Hartman, to contribute
some of the unearned increment to-
ward the election of Republican
House OF Representatives.
IT was Mr.. Sherman who carried the
news OF Mr.. Harriman's emphatic re-
fusal to the White House. together
with some account OF NJ. Harriman's
e sea'sa eonssaen IL ] e
Republican campaign 1und in 1905 az
ter a confidential conference with the
President of the United States.
It was to "My Dear Sherman" that
uglier-word. letter OF october 8. 1905.
which reviewed the Hartman. con-
sersation In which che expressed great
dissatisfaction with me- and said in
effect that SO long as I was at the
was dominated by the policies which I
advocate and represent he would not
support It, and was quite Indifferent
whether Hearst beat Hughes or wheth-
er the Democrats carried Congress or
not"
II was to Mr.. Sherman that Mr.. Har-
riman had confided his Views OF con-
sttutional government which Mr..
Roosevelt summarized in the follow
ing language: you inform me that he
told you that he did not care in the
least, because those people (Hearst's)
We're crooks and that he could buy
them: that whenever he wanted leg
islaton he could buy it; that he could
buy Congress-, and that ii necessary
he could buy the judiciary"
Just why the convention named Mr..
Sherman is difficult TO understand.
Partly, we assume. because the Iowa
delegates could not. agree as between
Dolliver and Cummins and shermans
nomination was highly satisfactory to
Speaker Cannon and the so-called con-
gresslonal crowd. Chiefly because the
administration was anxious 20 do
something for feeble and futile Re-
publican organization In New York
hughes declined the nomination, and
Sherman was less Objectionable than
Cortelyou Or Woodruff. Incidentally
| because Mr.. Roosevelt could not think
Of anybody stronger than Sherman
who would take the nomination and
| not tax beyond safe limits the patience
of an unprecedentedly patient conven'
| ton.
Anyway, Mr.. Sherman is the candi.
date. He is ofHclaiiy Endorsed as a
! Man of My type. and that seems to be
| what the Republican party wants.
! New York World.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
Innovation That Has Annoyed Rich
jnondcrs Introduced In Baltimore.

Innovation That Has Annoyed Rich
mondcrs Introduced In Baltimore.
In a courteous letter to. the Sun Mr..
Edward +. Kirkness. clerk OF the city
division in the Baltimore posts fhcc,
defends the aiscontinuance OF the old
practice of stamping upon letters the
day and hour OF their arrival. The
Baltimore post-of1ice has long been
compelled TO do It's work In insulf-
cient quarters and with an insuincienI
clerical force. 1t Is. perhaps, natural
for Mr.. kirkness TO look with favor
upon any order which Will relieve
overworked clerks OF q portion OF their
lahors. But there can be no doubt that
the general sentiment of the business
people In this cty--the people who
get the bulk Of the letters-is in favor
serious dissatisfaction over the omts-
sion OF the stamp showing the date of
receipt. And in defending the order
which has caused ANNOYANCE to me
doing that which Is hostile to the city.
Congress is not niggardly in appropri-
ating money TO various different and
many Indifferent objects. The Balti-
enue producer. and II should be equip
ped with enough force for the proper
and speedy Transaction of business
upon the most approved methods.
Inc only argument WHICH 10 maui II
favor of this retrogress!on Is that it
facilitates the speedy delivery 9., q the
patron OF the Baltimore Office has been
able 10 discover the siish,es, direr-
tiers since thb new rule went INFO
effect; in fact. the contrary is the eas +,
and there Is positive complaint In
many quarters OF impaired service and
less promptness. And in judging o.
this the outsider" who. according to
Mr.. Kirknesa. Is stranger to these
things has. in fact, the better oppo--
tunity
Some record OF the time OF the de-
livery OF a letter is frequently OF the
greatest business Importance and large
losses may occur unless II can be
proved tina: an order. or a notice, o.
the recall OF an order. was received
before a given time. What the Balti-
| more postmaster should do Is to give
some aid to the desire OF his patrons
and try to induce the general post
Office to rescind the obnoxious order.
This would be a far better service to
| the public than its defense.-Baltimors
sim
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The bone frame of the average whale
weighs about forty-fve tons.
Sign in Stone Street. New York: Pan
anna Hats, Bay Rum and Shovels.'
Plttsburg has seven more national banks
than Boston, but their total capltalizaton
is s3s,0o0,0oo less.
a steer owned by Elijah e. Rice. of
Charlton county. NO.. originally valued at
$50. on account OF quarrel between two
farmers, has cost In litigation $4,000.
return 10 this country at the end Of th his
week. lie has been abroad. chiefly In Italy.
since the beginning OF January.
In Germany. the vaccination Of cattle
Ing general and very effective, as only three
losses In Hve years are reported.
sleeplessness Is often caused by the head
being exposed to the cold, while the rest OF
th se bedy Is warm In nine cases . out Of
handkerchief It will induce sleep.
Take water in which. walnut bulls have
soaked over night and pour It on a spot OF
easily be secured for your expedition:
Wu Ting Fang. Chinese minister to the
United States, delivered the comm encement
addIess at Iowa University, speaking upon
whose influence he said, he relied "for pre-.
servatIon and iurtherance OF friendly rela-
tions between the United States and China
Minister WI was given the honorary degree
of LII. D.
Mckinley, Garry and Hanna Cara were
pages az the Republican National Conven-
ton last week They are black twins and
their names--whIch won them their official
dlst!nctton--were conferred upon them not
long after the st. Louis convention of 1896
They are sons Of Professor D. W. Garry
president OF the Alcorn Agricultural and
Mechanical Institute, of Alcorn. Miss. q
negro institution modelled after the plans OF
Booker 7. Washington.
Secretary OF the Interior James r. Gar
hcld. who Is now en- route to Honolulu on
inc battleshiP Maine, flagship Of the specia
service squadron. which Is dua to arrive II
Islands on a steamer especially chartered
Tor that purpose This will enable the
Secretary OF the Interior during his short
stay to thoroughly aoduant himself with
the land, labor corporation and immlgra
llon Questions and problems affecting the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
SAVING THE BABIES

must go with ali directions sent to
the slums is that mothers inustnot feed
practice among. the Ignorant.
Philadelphia health authorities issue
circulars directing the. care. diet and
Clothing OF babies In the summer, AMI
Ice to alex babies. a plan favored by
, week into convenient church, settle
and baya y abont
teer nurses, and physicians lecture to
them on the proper feeding and dress
Ing OF their babies. 1t IS suggested
conferences and be weighed each week
tc see II each has gained its regulation
four ounces. while. practical demon
sstrntion IN the sterilizing and modify
The world has been watching with
Interest the work done at Client, Bel
GUM. This is great factory town:
no hospitals for children. and where
the majority OF the women and girls
are factory workers. a sociaty, of
Socialists found seven years ago that
pots where modified milk was had At
cost or given free. where mothers could
come and bring their babies for free
trained as nurses and regular Illus
trated lectures on child care were
gwen throughout the year. me pest
mothers are now delegated as visit
Ing mothers TO those who are ignorant
In the care Of children, and the death
rate has gene down to four per cert,
after having been reduced to twenty
seven per cent In the first year. Over
400 babies have been raised entirely
by this club.
In oden times it was believed that
the death of many infants was ineyi-
table. Modern science denies this most
emphatically, and tho shibboleth OF tho
times is, Save the babies!" This is
to be done chiefly through the food.
Tuberculosis, intestinal troubles and
typhoid AZ. spread TO their millions
through the milk given babies. When
1t is recalled that the laws OF Denmark
protect hogs and milk-fed cattle from
tuberculosis Ly requiring that the milk
be sterilized II seems to be a blow
at our national intelligence that we
have so long delayed doing this for the
babies Of the land
Copyright, 1908, BY Frederic ]. Haskin.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23

THE WAREHOUSE.
Great and Growing Factor In Price
Of Conn III OdltieH.

=
of Commodities.
One result Of the fall OF staple prices,
such as cotton, wool and other perish
ables whioh require storage, IS TO IN
crease the volume OF warehousinE
business. High prices and rising
demand for warehoustng space
AS soon. however. as prices begin
to yield the warchousing problem pc
comes more acute as It approaches the
pies or the manufacturers Of staple
goods feel that the market value at
which they may dispose OF their stocks
Is below what they should properly
have, under existing conditions OF pro-
duction.
The result Is as the de nn ! iaf Tor
3er quantity OF goods is conserved ~
hope Of ms as nsaoa nr ens
sstlll further For the buyer, knowing
or the existence OF these stocks. is lust
so much. easier to convince that lower
prices are necessary.
1t is a well-known law OF THE ware
housing business that when the sell
iers' estimate of the market Is too
much above the buyers to effect sales,
the burden q the market SET falls Is n pio
wei rosts rather on the banker
certificates as collateral are frequently
made, sometimes with altogether 100
little Knowledge Of the actual value
OF things on which the loans are grant
In accordance with this general
principle warehousing Is now likely to
t 'ns co cotton trade. The territorial wool
growers have already arranged to
warehouse large stocks az Mlnneh
nnlis and st. Paul No doubt st. Louis,
another storage centre, will participate
In tits tendency until the wool indus
tgy reaches more deeisiys s 81, Us,
movement, in4spite OF the current years
disappointment. is likely TO groW ~
influence on prices, especAally II they
fail materially below that at which
cottop is now held.--Wall StFeet.IoAr'
nal.