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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
THE LACY REALTY CO.'S SPECIALS

you may have 751S 2d avenue, north for s1600; SS5O cash, balance s15 per month. Stop Ten lots Ga bloclO, blocks of Howard college, on car line; if sold Mon day morning s900 buys them. See No. 7616 Underwood avenue, F block from Baptist church; price, $160o; easy terms.
 Nos. 6s21 6S25, sS29 and 6S39 1st avenue are beauties and the price is right and the terms are yours. s22 50 per acre, 205 acres on and near Louisville and Nashville railroad at Parkwood; one-third cash, balance 1 and years at per cent; worth double the price asked; fee simple. $35, ,000-150 feet, improved and well rented, near in, on 4th avenue; terms easy. low rate of interest. Twenty-two years in the real estate bus mess justifies us in saying that we will, show you more bargains and better ones than the other fellow or quit the busi- ness.
 CAUTV CN 000Q f-0 0nd Avo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
LEGAL NOTICES.

SALESMEN WANTED in every town to take wholesale and retail orders for newest patented nov city. necessity to everyone using a desk Unique and fast seller. Our agents are already making $50 to $100 per week. Bank reference. Write for our special offer to salesmen.
 Suitall Deskpad Company, SIS Macheca Bldg, New Orleans, La.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
S35O0 BARGAIN.

It pays 14 per cent; can make it pay 20 per cent. It is enhancing. Call to- morrow or you miss it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
FOR RENT.

Building 25x140. brick, 1715 4th ave, also vacant lot connecting; fine loca- ton for Wareroom, small shop, or garage.
 Small store, 11S S. 22d street, at great 1y reduced rent, good opening for grocery and market. Office space. large or small. 2d floor of building 113 21st street; to party renting entire space alterations will be made to suit need. Neat 4-room cottage in best part of Kingston; nice lot; will put in city water; 300 s. 18th street. Broom cottage, brick. water free, Kingston; rent only $S.50. Nice 4-room cottage for colored people, 906 g. 23d street.
 GEORGE BILBE, Agent. Bell 61. 113k Fist St.
 FOR SALE. Bargain in business property-Birming- hams best suburb. Ask about this. Lot 50xa0 South 30th st., one-half block from Highland avenue; the place to build pretty home. Five acres suitable for subdivision in a most desirable location.
 Modern homes close to Highland ave- nue, between Waucoma and Avalon.
 WHITE 6 HEFLIN, 201 Brown-Marx Bldg. Bell phone 237S,
 Peoples 19S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
B. F. EBORN
FOR SALE

Suite s1s-17-1s Brown-Marx Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
B. F. EBORN,
FOR IMMEDIATE SALE

Suite s1s-l7-1s Brown-Marx Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29

Real Estate. Insurance and Loans. 919-2O First National Bank Building.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Passing Of Morocco.,''ssfIs living in London,
where he was married recently to a young
Eng ish woman. s Mr.. Moores home was
formerly In New Orleans. but his duties as
war correspondent have taken him to oil
parts OF the world. 6ssF
The..up-to-date butcher shop Is now pro-
vided with an electric meat saw, and tho
iold handsaw Is relocated to the Junk nile
IN It's place Is a small bandsaw. driven by
an electric motors which sewers all bones
IN neat and expeditions manner.
It is proposed to bulldSsa medical college
At Lucknow as a memorial soft the visit OF
the Prince OF Wales. In o05, q al u cost OF
iSl,250,0o0 It Is to DO the most complete OF
any institution of that character IN India.
and Will have all modern appointments and
European faculty. =. ~,
DR.. Ezra Brainerd, for twenty.three years
pres. OF Middebury Col lege. Middle-
terday and his successor, Rev Dr.. John M.
,Ihomas Of Orange, n. j.. was indicted int o
tho office with imposing ceremonies. United
states Senator John W. Stewart presided
I John Hays Hammond. recent candidate
TOT f the the vice presidential nomination. has
fnnd Of $4,000. which DR.. Richard D..
Harlan, special representative Of the Gorge
Washington University Movement,"a sis rails
ing Tor the enlargement OF the new college
o. political science OF the university.
Tho smoke density meter OF Edmond ].
hunze comprises short length OF one In CHI
brass tube. to one end OF which is piyoted
q revolving disc Of transparent celluloid In
Tour sections. These sections are tinted
dlrereht shades of gray to correspond to
dehsltles between no smoke and tete black.
ana each has hole in the centre. Tho OBJ.
s s,s looking toward the smoke, turns the
dlsc until tho tint nearest the smoke is
found. sis,, - -. - - -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
y1ncIS1A,s TAX RATE,

G While the value OF taxable property
1nvirginia has steadily advanced from
4 s7o7,oo0,o0o in 1880. to s1l95,1ao.93S in
1909, an increase Of over so per cent.
the tax rate has steadily come down.
In 1880 the tax rate for each 500 Of
property at Its estimated true value
& was sixty-six cents. while in 1909. on
the same basis, the rate had fallen to
fifty eight cents. So Vlrginia's bur-
dens were lessened. while her wealth
Increased.
This showing is thoroughly in accord
with the frequent publications in this
paper OF the indubitable evidences OF
virginia's prosperity.
But there is another and less
pleasing side to the story. The United
states Gems US, from which these figures
are taken. illustrates forcbly the
1nequitahle system Of assessment Which
prevails not only in Virginia, bu
throughout the whole United State.
! as we'll. The census valued Virginia:
real property at s674,544.oo0 for 1904
while the same investigations SHOWED
that this same property was only as,
4 sessed for taxation at sS27. 900, OF
less THAN one-half It's real worth.
Such practices would work no hard
ship IL the reduction In assessmen1
were uniform. But where one count,
Is assessed at one-half value, another
1T one-quarter and a third at three
& quarters its true value the state get.
the same revenue. but the county tina
comes nearest to doing its duty i.
heavily penal!zed.
4 az this unfairness that makes take.
doubly grieyous. Honesty and goot
sense alike demand fair assessments
without i,lchimpartial taxation is irs
4 possible.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
Tur .pEDAGOGuD,s PROxr.

Further scrutiny OF the columns Of
tho esteemed Norfolk Landmark con.
firms our suspicion that the Little
Soho olmaster editor Is away from the the
office OF, a well learned vacatton,l But
what imposture Tor the q ttlce!-. boy, ak ak
Ing adyan "a go:s Of that absence to slip
into the vast and dusty chair. to dol don
the colossal spcctacles and weakly
strive to rattle. the i giant rules OF
rhetoric. In, tho peerless manner OF
his masters q.
That tho lad Is amiab1e and well.
meaning we do not question. but that
ho lacks tho crudte and candid quail
ties Of Squeers the Real must be pat
fent to the very babes of Norfolk. So
far from acknowledging with simple
and manly gratitude. our recent addi-
tion to- his stock OF lcarning-as the
revered Pedagogue would have has
tened to do-this uncertlfled proxy
must needs sidestep the points at Is
sue, and summon "a welI-known gem
tleman ana cholar"-otherwlse not In
troduced to fame-to cross his trail
and confuse tho scent. Also. with a
icarelessness which his absent chief
never permits himself, he lays most
tempting bait for US In fresh spcci-
men OF eccentric English. But we
shall allow ourselves to be moved by
mono Of these things.
The Landmarks earlier article, the
first effort OF the intrusive under
strapper. made 1t too sadly plain that
the history of "you vas was us yet
a sealed book to 1t. In the nero open
ing OF that book, in the. knowledge
that we have struck the hldeous scales
from the feeble and fatuous eyes OF
Ignorance. we find our complete re-
ward. Whether buffets or praise he
our guerdon is Of small consequence.
Our only emotion at the moment is
a cold fear, amounting to dreadful
certainty. that tho audacious Office
boy will BIO discharged at the end OF
the present week
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
Prote ct Game.

Editor OF The Times-Dispatcll:
Sir,-Will you please call the atten-
tion6of those Interested in game pro-
lection to the great havoc played by
dogs running loose during the breed
ing and nesting season OF our game !?
Four columns have carried many a
letter from sportsmen IN ull parts or
Virginia complaining Of hawks, foxes
and other game -des troSing creatures,
but little has boon said on tho subject
Of tho dog. 81. !,SS
The common vel low cur isSvery3 active
Just now breaking up quail nests and
killing young rabbits; early morning
and late evening he gets in his deadly
work * II 81 5 a s
Settlers. pointers and hounds arc Just
as bad, or Worse. 4; iSH3ss8
Ss A simple, inexpensive, humane way
OF combining dogs during hot Wea Their
Is to string "a wire rs long as cons
yenient. put several rings OH it (if
to be used or more than one dog) ,atie
a@stout cord, or one strong enough to
hold, to the ring and to- the dog col y
lar, If you have branch Or water
course, you can run tho wire near It
and the dog can set water,
Calculating that the ayerag Sc. dog
destroys one quail's most and catches
one-half dozen young rabbits In a sea-;
son,amultiplying this by the number OF
dogs in aScomnlunity. some idea can
be formed OF the Importance Of con-
filming our dogs during the summer
months. Md. HART,
Secretary Treasurer Va,s Div L. "A, S.,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
Voice Of the r ople
"A CRY From sIiddIcsex.
Editor OF The Times-Diapatch:

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Dear Sir.-The people OF urpanna
and Middlesex county feel gratefu! 70
the Supreme In Virginia for sending
its Industrial editor. to our section to
tell the outer world of the fertility OF
the SOIL and the varied products and
the. enterprise and inducements Tor
new enterprise. IN urbanna. Il KS y tT 1S;s
section needs railroad In ordersto
give 1t better facilities and quicker
transportation. and It is to be hoped
your Richmond merchants will display
by giving 1t their. attention. Mr.. Wood
son has truly told them about what
tho people raise down here. and how
they desire to trade with Richmond
fine themselves exclusively to Balti-
more, by reason Of having an outlet to
no other market and that by water
only. Now. II this section OF Tide
water Virginia can be connected by an
at West Point Ga distance in direct
line of not over twelve or thirteen
miles, with no grade scarcely, there
would be such an influx of trade with
Richmond r. nd from here as would surprise
would cost over s15o0oo or 5000. 900,
and would well pay any capitalist as
an Investment; or. what is better. II
the Richmond merchants would take
. ..oAu Va <AH0 llSu0S Il EucipluS manu-,
they would find two-fold revenue
from such an Investment, and the peo-
pie down here hope your paper will
not let up on this important subject
until this road is built For it does
look unreasonable that all the trade
and travel Of this section OF Tide
water. as we'll as Northern Neck 9(just
across the river from tere). sh Mould be
akeptzaway from Richmond for the lack
OF enterprise and capital to build a
short road OF twelve or thirteen miles
to connect 1t with that city.
Only, few days ago the manager
o. that fine farm of 1000 acres (Rose-
igilD, which Mr.. Woodson wrote about,
r. re- to NOR liant in this town.
that II ne could get proper transport
tatton with Richmond. such as the line
to West Point would afford, lie would
buy every dollars worth of goods they
needed on his farm in that city, as
well as do all his other trading there.
And this is about the way all the other
citizens of this section express them.
selves In the matter. +.
n Urbanna, Va, June 25th. ES Al
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
IpIrrsDunG AND DErr1LLoN.

Perturbed by some s6,OO0,0oo Of
defalcatlons within tho last three years,
the Plttsburg& bankers have taken the
bull by the lornsSSwith a ssruling. which
callously assumes that every man is
an embezzler At he gets the chance.
Hereafter all employees OF the. banks,
from president to runner, must have
their measurements taken according to
the system OF DR.. Alphonse Bertillon,
hitherto reserved for caught criminals
only. Hence, on the next fine morn
Ing that the vault is discovered empty
and the cashier not discovered at all,
perfect anthropometric description
Of the fled rascal may be. flashed to
tho. police of all these United States,
and more particularly OF Canada.
The idea Is. SO neat that the banks
should never be allowed to monopolize
it. It should be promptly extended to
that Society In which bankers and
their Wives freely move. and in which
awkward and eccentric things some
times occur. for all the lynx-eycs Of
the detectives who hover. In iinlpccca bio
swallow-t tails, SO alertly near the sill
verware or tho wedding gifts. The
major-domo In every Pittsburg house
should be trained antfropometrician
Greeting the dinner guest at tho door,
ne waves her to the prepared chair,
whips out his compasses and begins:
Mrs. Horatio sm1th--first offense-
all. that is, first visit to the house."
Mrs. Horatio Smith," echoes the as
slstant, who Is writing the details on
card for the catalogue. Length OF
head" continues the grave major
domo, y SO millimetres; width OF head
81 millimetres: color Of eyes. green"
i They're gray!'' interlccts Mrs.
Smith, Indignantly, but tho assistant
at a wink from the chief, writes then
down green,
i "Length of little finger, twenty-five
lmillimetres, Mole two centimetrea t,
left ofright eyebrow. Vertical scar OF
1back OF second phalanx Of left fore.
Finger two mIlllmetres above middle
Length ofleft foot. 800 millimetres."
(. villain!' cries Mrs. Smith. on thu
verge OF tears.
The compasses never; lie. madam
says the major-domo, obdurate. L
4 "These shoes are too big for me
|anyway," sohs Mrs. Smith, and
Ebounces In to dinner.
(. Two good men can Rertillonizo 7,
candidate in five to six minutes.
dinner party OF ten could thus b,
handled within the hour. which is yer,
/ reasonable considering the lmmengs
sense OF security ensuing, Afterwards
1 when the roll call Of tho spoons 1.
\ taken and some fall 70 respond to thei
names. Mr.. Plnkerton can ipstantl,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28

opsnsa ON lllursaaS,. and en- tllcr VII
!. $50. ~ - aio1aAs 2. = o,oio ''s
:, haa, III. -, 80, = = I. -
noon. ana Tin nnb,tc ne wo,, =. tha
cb,,dr,n .ra rhnor.,,,, ,a,,,.a., a: n ~
&, !. b =. I. - - &
80 = ~. lo " =, ''no e saA X - \.
~ ,a,,s, y. rs,s,, sc.,, u, D. ~ !. !.
do,n,. s.hao, - S:sis1 - All
& Es.s., 1
A,feuas 'no a'seiiuu''oe - Spf4ns I,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
Canada to the Front

THAT the nineteenth century belonged
to the United sta tesS and that the TWEEN
tieth would be Canada's has been tho
jubilant attitude Of the Canadi ans for
ten years and more. Now tho y grain
carrylng trade OF New York Is suffer-
ing from the compel ition OF Montreal.
with tho result that the White star
Limo has Will drawn3 fiveSot Its freig hters
from the service this PER- other
and one-hnlf cents can bo saved on
each buhhel by Shipping by way Of
Montreal j, md Tho gra IN trade wi fol-!
low the llnp. os least resistant es--Ne w
York; Sun, All
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
WANTED, $4,000.

A Chuncc of Immortality Going
Commander Peary has carried on his
preparations for his next Siege OF the
role as II he had only to sign checks
Tor e, t =. eoSt, The fact is, however, that
some well-to-do raven does NOT bring
the NECESSARY mama by July list tho
expedition will have to BIO given IN.
II T. mat "a case al the expense OF putting
me me q roosevelt into commission and OF
~, = ohn. Newfoundland, to New York,
keeping them q month and sending
aMe nome VIII have been thrown
a ,,~Miy What Is Infinitely more Inn
lost the. ,pcst chance any nation ever
r maa tosWln an honor that can never be
J, a dozen countries have their eyes
on tho North Pole, tho greatest prize
oopen to the explorers OF the past CEN
,ury, and semo one of them will cer-
tulnly capture It before long, It hap
i,ans aIasS ~ Gpmlnander Peary America
p hs.,s l,le. explorer, WHO OF all
commencement, by trimming, ana by re-
sources TO carry out this enterprise,
= has had a longer and q moro con-
5 w Is .nxper!ence than any other liv.
atroute on which he is Thoroughly at
home up To TIE point of tho flnal dash:
ne has enlisted the help Of the most
n0rtherly triho OF mankind lie has
Just the right equipment for the yoy-
age. including the best ice-buckingsh ship
eyer built, and the tight crew to sail
iier; and his own great powers, which
before Iona, rust naturally decline, IRE
new IN their. prime. Ut would seem q
ply TO s,.cr.flce these unique ndyan-
!ases, W llcll are never kelly to exist
trlye this country OF an Immortal glory
Tor lack Of the priea ~ a fancy. dress
kRlL--Collier'H yYaakIn. ~ y.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
To-Day
THE uNFoadorrEN FoU1,.
KNEW four girls In Springfield
Mass

ANuW TOUR girls IN Springfield
Mass. s} .ip9
Long, weary years ago,
And thus some trouble cnme to pass,
AS Ill proceed to show
The girls were witty, sweet and cute,
Adorable and tall;
And seeing each was such q bcaut,
I needs must love them all.
It isn't cheap to love quartets,
E Ny friends, for who adores
"A bunch like that buys violets
And candy-glfts by tours.
But I--r spent my money free-. Z
They never thought mo mean:
Yet ah, all looked so good to me,
] couldn't choose between.
All smiled on rne--you bot your lifei
All loved rne-take my word!
But could they all four. be my wifo7
The question is absurd.
Tho years; slipped by without a break.
AS years hnvo ever done:
i could not think Just which to take.
And so-ah. me!--took mono.
They kissed mo ood-by now and then,
The Unforgotten Four .. Il.
Eftsoons they married other mem
IL s. H.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28

rramways in Rome have tried 10,
keen mace with the extension Of tn Q!
,city. but local topographica condlt Ions
are not very favorable, bothson account 7
Of the .hi!ly Character Of the town y.
self, as we'll as of the narroW = 81
company Complains in Its last annual
report ,st that its efforts to extend the.
'seryiee do not find a satisfied Dry
snonse On the part Of the municipal.
who seem either slow or
reluctant in sanetionlng ina nesl 81
ni,nicipal funds a sum Of f27,57a,, their,
share 81 the years profits, as against
Ea7,346 distributed among the snare
holders. Tho passen ger traffic 1.-The
line seems TO BIO Slncreasin 6. re ularly.--
ti-ss5i si3 Ss il 5i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
PLATFORM POssID1L1-
TIES-TARIEF REFORM.

There IL no doubt that tho Demo-
cratic platform will declare for tariff
reform; and OF the Democratic party's
sincerity Of purpose to bring about
tariff reform there is no skepttcism
such as attaches to the vague promises
OF the Republicans in this direction.
The phase OF tho subject left for
discussion, therefore, is to what ex-
tent and In what manner tho Demo-
Gratis propose to undertake this very
Important task. Their plan should
contain two essentials: 1t must not
alarm the business interests of the
country. and It should promise to refer
the whole subject to q commission OF
experts. on whose recommendations
Congress could act. The first Of these
essentials would be complied with by
adopting the other.
No reform Is more needed than such
revision Of the tariff that business
and manufacturing will not be dis
arranged by It, and yet under which
the cxorbitant exactions and special
privileges existing by reason OF the
present rates and schedules Will not
be allowed and the only method OF
i effecting this is to appoint commits
sion, composed OF men who are IA
miliar with tho economic needs OF the
countr1, the conditions OF production
at hdCS and abroad, and who will deal
with Ao subject in spirit OF truth
finding investigation. Tho nation
should have the benefit OF such talent
and the information 1t would give.
The old. careless. log-rolling, unin-
formed method OF fixing rates and
classlfications has made our tariff
laws a disgrace and burden-indeed,
a farce from any sane. equitable point
of view.
Some of the absurdities that illus
trate the beneficent working OF our
existing tariff can be seen from the
following words of Senator Beveridge:
"Will any one contend that simple
article like nails or wire requires the
same amount Of protection as so COM
pick q mechanism as revolver or an
electric dynamo? Is there any logic
in CHASING buttons and stoves to-
gether? Should bullets and buggics;
should automobiles and bulfs-eye lan-
terms, pay the same duty? Is there
any connection between carriages and
dress trimmings? Why class railway
cars and enameled portraits together?
WHY should cannon for war and crosses
for churches be put in the same class!
Eft oil these are In the same classifi-
aE)ion. and pay the same rates"
But this is only the absurd aspect OF
the pIngley bill. 1t weighs heavily
against the expansion Of our trade
and Industry. ana Its thorough reform
is necessary. The business interests Of
she country. need tariff revision; the
n,anufac curing interests have demand
ed it. almost as earnestly as rest and
recupcration.
In promising that tariff changes
shall be undertaken In an adequate,
< genuine and scientific method lie both
the duty and the opportunity OF the
Democratic party.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
PLAYGRouNpsI Ar LAsr.

AS q direct consequences Of tho es-
cellent work done by "the Federation
OF Mothsrs' Clubs" four Fairgrounds
for children will be opened In Rlch-
nond- One at Spr!ngteld School was