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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
EnsIey and WyIam

These two prosperous suburbs could by joining hands with Birmingham make Jones valley the seat of the sec ond city in the cotton states. They could place a sub-treasury in that val ley and in many other ways they could increase it's prosperity and value.
 But the question Of their coming is to be decided not by all concerned, but solely by the citiens of Ensley and Wylam This distinction between the election of January 6, and the situa- tion in the two suburbs should not be lost sight of. The outside territory can and does invite Ensley and Wy lam to come in, and there duty and law stop. The issue is one to be decided by the people who are asked to come in, and by them alone.
 The Age-Herald is glad the people of the two suburbs have ample time to consider the subject before the day for action arrives. Itsis not question to be decided by local officeholders or locsl politicians. It is a question to be turned and returned, analysed and re- analysed, until all effects pro and con have been duly ascertained and weighed, so to speak. Many questions will present themselves to the people of Ensley and Wylam-questions, for example, like these: Will annexation or isolation increase values the faster. Will annexation or non-annexation aid the more when foreign capital is need best can the vast industries of Ensley and Wylam gain credit in the great outside world for what they accom- plish? These and similar questions will arise and the people of Ensley and Vivian constitute a jury to decide them.
 Nor should this jury of the people attach any blame to Birmingham be- cause the great outside world ignores all in this broad mineral district ex- cept Birmingham. It is the way of the. world. No one in New York knows anything at all about Duquesne or McKeesport or Homestead-it knows Pittsburg, and Pittsburg stands in the outside mind for all the iron and steel industries in Western Penn- sylvania. So it is everywhere So it will be here. Whatever Florence or Sheffield, or Gadsden or Ensley or Wylam accomplish will go in the out side mind to the credit of Birming- ? ham, This is unavoidable Local in- fiuences did not make and cannot un- make this system of simplicity. It is simply the way of the world. And when Ensley and Wylam consider the situation let them be just to Birming- ham, for it has done and will do noth- ing to steal the thunder of any local ity.
 Taking the ways of the world as we find them, the thing to do in Jones valley is to get together. When that is done no locality's achievements can be unjustly appropriated. Either Bir- mingham should be annexed to Ensley and Vivian, or Ensley and Wylam should warm up by degrees to Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

IN THE LAND OF NEVER CARE. In the village of Sweet Fancy in the land of Never Care All the shadow shapes of life are soon forgot; There are beds of bloom and blossom and delight is everywhere, And soft breezes, perfume-laden, haunt the spot. All the hearts we meet are kind hearts and the hands we clasp are true, And the dreams we dream will never end for aye; Dull despair and disappointment and the mocking forms of rue And the grisly ghost of sorrow fade away. Smiles are like the mellow sunshine, laughter bubbles full and free, And the music seems to be from heaven sent And the sun shines on a summer land and on summer sea, Where the harmonies of wind and wave are blent. In the village of Sweet Fancy in the land of Never Care, In the magic realm of Do-Just-As-You- Please, All this life Is like river, flowing on we know not where, To the song of birds, the drone of honey bees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT CONDITIONS
 IN BIRMINGHAM AND OTHER MATTERS

ness-like attention to the roads which conditions demand. A competent engineer should be in charge of the building and the keeping up of the roads. Enough money Is being expended on the roads of Jefferson county annually to give it the best roads of almost any county in tho south. The trouble seems to be that too much of the money goes out in salaries and too little in actual construction and inn provement work I hope to see the Board of Revenue put competent road builder in charge and let him do the practical work which is necessary.
 The anti-Bryan movement in the demo- cratic party seems to have completely collapsed and 1t now seems a matter of course that MT. Bryan will be the unan- imous choice of the Denver convention. The only question among democrats now IS whether we can elect nm. The chances are practically even.
 The republican party is badly divided. Taft stock has gone up like a skyrocket within the past week. Of all the republi- can candidates he is the most attractive personally. He is big in body and brain a man of good nature and magnetic personality. Where he has spoken he has captured his audiences and is ap- parently sweeping everything before him. The Fairbanks, Cannon and other booms are falling before his aggressive charges; and, with Roosevelt's help 1t looks like Taft will be the man to cross swords with Bryan next November.
 What the result will be is doubtful. but the chances are certainly equal that Bryan may be the next President of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A girl can forgive any kind of kissing unless it musses her hair.
 The time a man enjoys being poor is when his relations want him to help them.
 This is such an expensive age that n man can't even try suicide without being fined for it.
 of her if he has so much poetical senti- ment in him that he talks it even about things to eat.
 ciety when her name is printed as a pa- troness for a charity, and a man into poli- tics' when he's asked to march in cam paign parade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Hard To Keen Whisky.

Tt is harder to keep whisky these days than it is to buy it." remarked a promi- nent citizen.
 'I bought a quart just before the sa- looms went out of business I took one drink and handed the bottle to negro janitor to be held securely until want ed another drink. I called for it three days later and to my chagrin the bottle was empty. I cussed the negro and ac- cused him with drinking the liquor. He declared that he had not opened the bot tie but said he supposed some sneak had been nipping at it.
 f'Several friends have told me that they had had experiences similar to mine''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
GREATER BIRMINGHAM

Atlanta Journal: Would clink glasses with Greater Birmingham, only
 Gadsden Journal: It's Greater Bir- mingham by an overwhelming ma jority.
 Savannah Press: Birmingham hopes to become greater if drier. Can a Jumbo be jejune?
 Columbus Ledger: One of the reasons Birmingham wants to be Greater. is that she will then be bigger than At lanta.
 Talladega Mountain Home: Speak ing of growing towns, how about Birming- hams sprint in one day from 40 900 to 125,000?
 Rome Tribune We presume the Bir- mingham newspapers idea of Greater Birmingham is all of Jefferson county and some more.
 Atlanta Journal Birmingham ought { to know how to become greater. Sl,e has had Atlanta for model for nigh on to 40 years now
 Columbus Ledger: Greater Birming- ham" is wearing the smile that won'es come OH. The victory IS something which the city should be proud.
 Columbus Ledger: It will be Greater Birmingham" and it will be a great thing for the city. It would be well for Columbus to be Greater Column bus" Why not?
 Montgomery Times: Now that Bir- mingham has decided to be greater she must likewise become better. 'Bad' must be permanently rejected as a qualifying term.
 Dadeville Spot Cash: Since Greater Birmingham has become a reality At lanta had better look to her laurels. Atlanta is already casting an envious eye at Birmingham.
 Opelika News: The city of Birming- ham Is now beyond all doubt destined to be the larga9 and leading city of the south, the citizens of all the sur rounding towns except Ensley, Vivian. East Thomas and Mary Lee voting to come into Birmingham Monday, and there is but little doubt that these places will also come in later. Here's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
FALSE POETS, AND TRUE.

By Thomas Hood. Look how the lark scars upward and 10
 gone, Turning a spirit as he hears the sky! His voice is heard, but body there is none To fix the vague excursions of the eye. So poets songs are with us, tho they
 die Obscured, and hid by deaths oblivious
 shroud And earth inherits the rich melody Like raining, music from the morning
 cloud. Yet few there be who pipe so sweet and
 loud Their voices reach us through the lapse
 of space; The noisy day is deafen'd by a crowd Of undistinguish'd birds, twittering
 race; But only lark and nightingale forlorn Fill up the silences of night and morn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Lacey-Buek Furnace.

Whether the reorganization of the Southern Steel company will include the merged properties or whether the latter are bought by the underlying bondholders- it Is safe to say that the Lacey-Buek furnace at Trussvil1e will be in operation again within the next few weeks" said a man prominent in the iron world.
 "The Trussville furnace is one of the most modern and complete in the district and it can make iron cheaper than any of the stacks in Jefferson county, unless 1t be those at Woodward"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The United States holds and owns one-fifth of the money of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Presient Eliot of Harvard will take the stump in the spring in favor of the commission plan for governing cities. He should come to Birmingham where there is long-felt want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

After the London Times has been modernized perhaps Russia can be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Foraker's only chance consists in getting out an injunction restraining the Taft voters from attending the primaries. He has overlooked this popular republican method.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The tunnel route to Brooklyn has relieved the bridge crush and to that extent the East river has been abol- ished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

James R. Garfield, secretary of the interior, is posing as dark horse. He seems to think lightning may strike twice in one family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
REPLIES.

REPLIES.
 A man has to be conceited to think him. self in danger during leap year. It's a good thing for landladies that prunes don't fuctuate like copper. The year 1907 was record year for hard coal; also hard knocks.
 Tainted Money" is being received in good society again.
 The diamond business is suffering from depression. To tell the truth, we hadn't noticed 1t.
 If there is no other reason for you to be glad, rejoice because you haven't as much trouble on your hands right now as Fritz Heinze.
 Every Birmingham policeman is sup posed to be game warden. The game is usually located on the top floor of a build ing. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The Thaw jury is complete and there is a disposition on the part of the court to hurry the trial to conclu- sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The Thunderer will not thunder in it's old-time manner, and some English men begin to think the British empire is going to the dogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

J. Hams whiskers will not save him now, for he has said that "an oath means nothing to woman" He is up against his own tongue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Queen Wilhelmina goes a-skating, but she does not go down to skato- rum. She puts on a hood and goes over to the nearest lakelet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Speaker Cannon would be available as a presidential candidate but for three things-his age, his profanity and his stand-pat views.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The old fogies in England were not numerous enough to support the Lon- don Times on antiquated lines. It simply had to reform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Municipal squabbles are fast becom- ing more than a bore. They begin to vex even the patient.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
About Persons.

J. Henry Miller of Huntsville is at the New Morris.
 J. K. Dimmick of Philadelphia is at the New Morris.
 D. M. Scott of Selma. is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The proletariat and the Kaiser are each getting taste of Russian meth ods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Insanity experts in the Thaw case are confident prosperity is returning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The lynching industry also fell off about 50 per cent in 1907
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The Cannon brand of language is not taking delegates away from the speaker at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Count Boni can be retired to private life, but there is no guaranty that he will stay there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
THE ULTIMATE REWARD.

THE ULTIMATE REWARD. A care-worn figure toiled up to the gate of heaven and stood there in painful uncertainty.
 Well, my good man." said Saint Peter kindly what can you say for yourself?" "On earth I was a humorist'
 "One of those newspaper fellows who tries to be funny every day in the week, every week in the month, every month in the year, whether he is glad or sad, sick or well, in love or out?"
 "Yes, sir"
 Walk right in! Heaven was made for people like your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The hog and beef market is lively even if there is stagnation in the dia- mond trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The night riders should save some of that hurley to be smoked in the pipe of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
EAGLE RoBs A HUNTER.

Receivers charge even larger fees than lawyers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
AN EPITAPH.

AN EPITAPH. Here lies a man whose presence filled < The neighborhood with light He couldn't make a living, but His heart
 was
 all
 righti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

A PHILOSoPHIC- SORT.
 He lives the best who laughs the most And never seems to care, ! Not even when he'd like to sup | And finds the cupboard bare!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

TRUE WISDOM. There goes a wise man." Why do you say thatT' He knows enough to know that he doesn't know so much after all''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

@%HE financial situation has settled
 (0 down; the New York banks show
 s60OO,OO0 in excess of the required legal reserve, and the Birmingham banks have more cash money on hand than they have had at any time within the past five years. It looks like another era of prosperity. Everybody is doing a good business. Manufactories and mines which have recently been closed down are to start up again immediately and look for the year 1908 to be one of the best we have ever had
 Greater Birmingham is now an assured thing and it begins to look like the pros- porous little city of Ensley itself wants to come in and be part of the greater city.
 But, with it all, it looks like we can't get settled down to real business in Bir- IllnSndHl. The pOlluclanS seem 10 De always in the saddle. The Mayor and the Chairman of the Police Commission are littering up the columns of the newspa- pers with attacks and assaults upon each other. They are doing all sorts of talk ing about gambling houses and blind tigers and yet nobody seems to be able to find real big gambling house do- ing real business and the only blind tigers discovered recently are those which have been conducted from over coat pockets and some who were dis posing of a few bottles of mean whisky left over from the cheap bar-room of former days.
 Without discussing the why's or where flores, it is fact that in George Bodeker,. the present chief of police, Birmingham ought to have a real, practical police officer. He is a man of perhaps fifty years of age and has been a police of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
THE FINISH.

Dead amid the ashes of his hopes Observe how cold and pale and stinl The moveless hand no longer gropes The bubble fame, the dauntless will No longer flashes fire through eyes That looked upon the world without d
 fear. Dead-as any common pauper dies. Brave heart-it is a sight to draw a
 tear!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Ae36,eus,.

HUBUB 1908.
 What with old maids popping the ques- lion, the big stick whacking here and there and presidential election under way, 1908 promises to be a noisy year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
AFTERMATH.

AFTER MATH.
 The tin soldier was bewaiiing his luck. "It is not quite three weeks after Christi mas,'he said, 'and here I am on the trash pile with my musket gone and a broken leg, I wonder what has become of Little Boy Blue?' Whereupon, he cast la love-sick glance at French doll who lay close by, all tattered and torn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Atlanta Journal: Would clink glasse with Greater Birmingham, only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
D1rFERENr MATTER.

1T. thought you said he was musi- cian?"
 Not at all He merely plays second fid- dle at home.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

BLANK VERSE. Much work is being done on Easter hats, From which we infer that father will
 soon Be up against the same old racket which Made him so sore last year. In very
 truth, The millinery bill is not the least Of all the bitter woes that man must
 bear Meaning, of course. the gentleman who
 has A wife and many daughters in the swim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

hoping that Alabama's Magic City" Will continue to grow and become more famous than it's English namesake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Scottsboro Progressive Age: At an election Monday the various suburbs of Birmingham voted to come into the city proper, and, as by a flash, the population of the city of Birmingham jumped from 50 900 to 150000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Man Is a gddy thing, and this is my conclusion.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Sylacauga Advance: Birmingham has made herself secure for first place in the list of Alabama cities in the next census by the action of her voters in Mondays election. We all rejoice with her in the wise step she took
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Pensacola Journal: Birmingham has expanded until at one fell swoop she has gathered unto herself some 110,000 population. If Montgomery had not been so far away she would probably have fastened onto the capital of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
THE REASON.

You never hear of poet being bank rupt."
 "They never get that far along in bus inees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Guntersville Democrat: Whoever may have voted for the unification of Birmingham and it's satellites the three great newspapers of that city are en- titled to the credit for the victory won on Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Gadsden Times News: Greater Bir- mingham is now nearly as large as Greater New York. The latter village is a little more thiekly populated, but that is a thing wh ich time will remedy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Gadsden Journal: It's Greater Bir mingham by an overwhelming ma jority
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Columbus Ledger: One of the reasons Birmingham wants to be Greater. is that she will then be bigger than At lanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Youngstown Telegram: The voters have decided that it shall be Greater Birmingham October l. 1909, with a population of 125,000, destined to be the greatest city of the new south. Long may she wave and great may be her prosperity!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Savannah Press: Birmingham hopes to become greater if drier. Can a Jumbo be jejune?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

''Pve allers noticed" said Si Hinkey, that mighty few of these here reformers works for nothin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

The lines above represented procession of Birmingham gentlemen going to the express office to see if there are any express packages from Chattanooga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Entered at the Birmin gham. Ala.' postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 142l c street, N. W.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-11-07
Mr.. RUSSELL rs GOING TO BE A
PLAYWRIGHT,

Sylvester Russell, the well known
stage critic and baratone-tenor singer
Is. according to rumor. to become a
playwright. He is at work on a com
edy which It is said. would attract
considerable attention which he is to
ofter to Manager Motifs. Of the Pekin,
for 500 and royalty. II this arrange
ment can be effected a comedy by
Mr.. Russell win probably be seen at
the Pekin this season. Mr.. Russell
has disposed of his Hazelton, Pa,
publication to return to New York or
some other city to get into the lime
light.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-11-07
ENTERTAINED coLoRED PIANIST

Miss Hazel Harrison, Of Laporte.
Ind, who has attracted attention by
her talent as a pianist, was the guest
Of the Woodlawn Woman's Club at
a luncheon Tuesday, at the Masonic
Temple, woodlaHn. After luncheon a
musical and literary programme was
enjoyed, Miss Harrison taking part.
Three years ago Miss Harrison played
in Berlin. Germany. She leaves for
England IN the spring to give a ser
les Of recitals In London.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-11-07
PAINTS HER CHILD TO MAKE HIM
LOOK LIKE WHITE FoLk.g y.

PTTTsBURG. Pa, Oct. ST. Jus.
couldnt bear to see ma Iii' boy goln'
aroun' with a black face, boss, when
an de other IN ehillun had white
faces. an 50 I put de paint on to make
It white"
That's what Martha Philips. a ty-
pical NANNY" with bingham apron
and a smbonnet, told Judge schanter
in the Juvenile court this morning.
Between many tears and much use Of
the apron. she sobbed out her story.
William Mckinley George Washing
ton Phillips. aged 5. was with her,,
and 50 was q Juvenile court ofacer.
His face booked like the sacred white
elephant that ''Tody" Hamilton
brought across and palmed on the
public for the real thing.
The NANNY admitted that she had
applied the white paint to the face Of
William Mckinley George Washing
ton, but It was only to make the pick
aninny look like the white %chillun."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-11-07

ty ticket and William J. Bryan" One
hundred years from now Mr.. McGil-
len. may learn that the majority Of
the men at the head Of the labor or
CARNATIONS ir>this city are always viii
ling TO sen ont to the Republicans for
money. after the Democrats load their
ticket down with. candidates selected
By the labor leaders. snd that the
Democratic party IN Chicago. cannot
elect SIS county ticket, By constantly
ignoring the AfroAmerican voters. In
the way Of putting one on the slate
for County Commissioners or for some
lother elective once.