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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-27

WY HATEVER little opposition to
M immigration to the south has
w existed and still exists-op-
position which originated from a false
conception of the whole matter and
which was nourished by the many
plunderers and swindling schemes per-
petrated in the name of immigration
is vastly disappearing, to give way to
q sounder and more progressive judg
ment.
The heads of the growing industries
of the south, the owners of large tracts
of land, the men of large commercial
enterprises the prosperous planters, in
short, the people in whose hands lie
the destiny, welfare and progress of
the south, recognize more and more the
two urgent needs of our fair southland,
viz: Reliable white labor. skilled and
unskilled, and a great rural population
of real practical and thrifty white
farmers, to take the place of the negro
tenants and to cultivate the many
thousands of acres of lands now lying
idle.
l have discussed this important but
nevertheless neglected factor in the
development of the south, many times
with the people throughout our state,
and / do not intend to repeat in this
article all 1 have said and written upon
this matter but in recent times new
contention has been raised, by some
people. and this contention is prohibit
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Edwin A. Nye

mayor. NJ. Madelaine, is an impossible
creation. Here is the same hero of al
truism."
And if anybody asks it is answered
that this little old Jew is the happiest
man in Seattle.
And why not?
He has practiced the formula pronounce
ed 1,SO0 years ago by a young man, also
a Jew, ut is more blessed to give than to
receive"
This is his secret of satisfaction: He
has had two Joys where most men have
had but one. He has had the joy of maxi
ing money and the joy of giving it away.
And, as for the rest why
All you can hold in your dead cold
hand is what you have given away"
There are redeemng features in al
most every life
Note what Richard A. Wade of Chicago
did.
Wade was a criminal lawyer. Growing
greedy for money, he went into partner
ship with one of the thieves whom he de-
Tended He was made custodian of cost
ly stolen furs, was arrested tried and
found guilty.
The wretch
Yes, but wait. There's an exquisite
chivalry mixed up with this matter.
From the time of his arrest Ware
kept all knowledge of his disgrace from
his wife, who was slowly dying with con-
sumption. She died utterly ignorant of
her husbands crime.
To the last Wade's wife believed him
a noble minded man. And he was noble
tic her.
After his preliminary trial he was adj
mitted to bail and went back and forth
from his office to his home, keeping the
newspapers from his wife.
He practiced the same merciful decep-
ton during the trial.
And then, his wife being upon the point
of DEATH Wade secured a delay in the
execution of his sentence, interposing
every legal objection he was able to raise.
He fought for time until his wife could
die!
pected. She died with her arms around
her husbands neck, believing in and low
ing him to the very end.
He said he wanted her to die easy in
her mind"
After the funeral Wade told the court
he was willing and ready to take his
punishment.
Well
There is something fine in that mans
makeup.
1t Is Dickens, is 1t not. who says there
Is a door to every human heart? 1t may
be up a winding stair, but If You will
climb the stair and knock at the door
and utter some sacred name the door OF
that heart will open to you.
The door of Wade's heart opened to
the sacred name of his dying wife.
Try as you may, you cannot think toe
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harshly of Richard A. Wade.
And, Furthermore, 1t is a fact that
The doctrine of total depravity' is
absolutely untrue. 1t is one of the hideous
things remaining to us from a harsh scho-
lastic theology of the dark ages.
There is some good in the worst of us,
as there is some bad in the best of us.
Mrs. Hael Avery Of Chicago stole lit
tie Alice Furlong, aged two and a half
years.
But Mrs. Avery was not a criminal.
She did not steal the child for the sake
of a reward or for any vicious purpose
She was simply child hungry.
Mrs. Avery met the little one on the
street. She was a sweet child. but dirty
and neglected. 1T did not mean any
harm. she said when arrested. "I love
children, and 1 always wanted a baby"
Mrs. Avery kept the child for week.
and when the police inspector came to
take her away she chung to the woman,
saying, II want to stay here"
And the child stealer went to her knees.
sobbing: "Oh, sir, don't take her away.
You will break my heart"
Mrs. Avery was sent to jail, and the
child was taken to it's parents.
Alienists have studied the woman and
say there is nothing bad about her. They
say she is a natural mother" She
ought to have children of her own.
Being denied them. her heart hunger be-
came ravenous.
The woman's greatest virtue was her
undoing, which paradox Is often enacted.
Motherhood is not entirely atrophied
in the old maid who loves and defends
cats. 1t is not abnormal that such one
should provide in her will for home for
cats. 1t is a species of motherhood.
So their. women who naturally feaI
motherly toward every child they see.
And when they chance upon a wee.
lonely waif their arms fairly ache to
take it up and coddle it.
Mrs. Avery was that sort of a woman.
And so when toddling little Alice Fur
long, with her baby face and winsome
ways, looked up the appeal was irresist-
ble. She was child hungry Holding
the baby close, she carried her to her
room
The woman was poor, but she lavished
all she had upon the tot who had crept
into her heart. She spent every cent she
could spare to buy pretty clothes and
cute little stockings and shoes and lace
caps for the baby.
In worshiping at this shrine of child
hood she was supremely happy.
Day after day the woman told herself
| she must take the baby home. But when
| the loving little thing nestled close and
| called her NEW mamma" she had not
| the resolution to do it.
Oh. ye of loving hearts and empty
armsl
| You will understand why this woman
! did this thing
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employment of these women in the trades
and says it is unusual"
1t is unusual to American eyes, and the
tourist is apt to pity the lot of these hard
worked women. 1t is arduous toll and to
us unseemly, but
There are American women who de-
serve full as much sympathy.
The women of Prague get so to 40 cents
a day. How to keep soul and body to-
gether. Well, in most instances the hus-
bands also labor, and the children.
What of our sweatshop women who
are paid a paltry cents per dozen for
making trousers? The women of Prague
work from a. m. to p. m, with an
hour off at noon. Our sweatshop slaves
toll not only from sun to sun. but far
into the hours OF night.
Besides the Bohemian women work in
the open air. They are strong and lusty,
and when you note how easily they do
their tasks and with what gayety you
can see that your pity is wasted They
are happy and hopeful.
The sweatshop workers live in cheap
and filthy tenements, where the air.
especially in winter, is foul the sur
rcundings noisome and the sanitary con-
ditlons are bad.
Or compare the women of Prague with
the wives of the common laborers of
this country.
Forty cents day is $2.4S a week. That
seems a pitiful sum for the hard labor
of a woman for a whole week, but how
many wives of workingmen get that much
money per week for their household Ia
bors, the most nerve racling and try
ing of all employment?
Or
Even compare the pay and hours and
labors of the Bohemian women with
those of the average busy wife and
mother. Does she get an hour at noon?
Dooes she quit work at 6 p. M?
Many wives do not get as much as $2.4S
for a week of close confinement and ner-
vous strain.
OF course the rough employment Of
the Prague women seems to us cruel and
unnecessary, but there are women In
America who do more and receive less.
This is the uncommon story of life
given over to helpfuness.
1t is the true story of Leon Kohn, who
has devoted the best part of his life to
the rescue of the homeless, helpless and
hopeless poor of the city of Seattle.
A Bohemian Jew, Mr. Kohn was born
in Pilsen fifty-seven years ago, coming
as a youth to this country.
In 1889 he went to Seattle and opened
a hat store. But he was peculiar In this
he gave half he made to the poor.
He prospered nevertheless and in
eighteen years of his business never turn
ed away deserving person unaided
Other besiness men often told him his
great generosity would land him in bank
ruptcy Some of them said he was "daffy'
but, as for him, he held to his unvary-
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T ONDON December 27.-The inces-
SAINT grind of life in London,
- with all its ceaseless work and
restless toll, was stayed for moment
during the past week in order to find
time to celebrate the Precautionary of
Milton, undertaken by the British acad-
envy and he whom Jeremy Bentham
called, on a tablet affixed to his house,
1.-THE Prince of Poets" received the
homage of the literary celebrities of our
country.
The meeting was a very remarkable
one; many were there, some who shared
the nationality of Milton from across
the water, and the Italian, Austrian,
German, Russian and Danish ambassa-
doris brought their tribute. Some fine
lines were written in honor of the occa-
sion by the veteran poet and novelist,
Mr.. George Meredith, and all hearts
present echoed the words:
Homa ge to him,
His debtor band, innumerable as waves
Running all golden from an Eastern
sun,
Joyfully render in deep reverence,
Subscribe, and as they speak their
Millions name
Rays of his glory on their foreheads
bear.
There are no hearts but must join in
these high sentiments, among those who
care for a country's honor and coun-
try's greatness, and that real worth
which goes to make supreme power for
all, must realize that the spirit of Mil
ton rises above the mists of earth and
uphold the highest for the individual
and the nation.
At the same time, there is no deny
ing that this austere spirit is not in
accord with much of the development
that has come about with more peace
full times, and with the deeper realiza-
ton of the love and the tenderness of
God, the Puritan narrowness which
made out Of God almost an avenging
spirit, which gave to the personal devil
a power which was scarcely overcome
by the might of victorious love, is one
which in these days 1t is difficult to fol-
low.
Probably among>the greatest changes
that have come about in popular senti-
ment since the austere Puritan wrote
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Copyright, 1908, by Edward A. Nye.)
A LITTLE chap with a bundle Of
~ newspapers under his arms lay
\ down on the ventilator just out
side a Broadway hotel in New York city
the other evinng.
way hotel in New York city the other
evening.
1t was about 10 clock, and the news
boy was tired and chilled and discouraged
over his poor sales. The draft of warm
air from the furnace soon put him to
sleep.
There he lay in the full glare of an
arc light, his cap tumbied off in front of
him, sound asleep.
People passed and smiled at the tiny,
cuddled figure Some, kind hearted,
dropped pennies into the cap.
Even the policeman on the beat, whose
occupation it was to whack with his club
the feet soles of sleeping men and boys.
looked at the sleeping child and passed
on.
The tired little fellow had lain in the
warm draft for an hour.
About II o'clock a well dressed lady
came out of the hotel entrance and, not
ing the boy, went over to him. Removing
one glove, she placed her hand on his
shoulder. Failing to arouse the child,
she shook him few times.
The newsboy awoke with a start but,
seeing friendly face instead of police
mans, he closed his eyes and murmured,
"Oh, let me sleep!'
Poor childn said the woman. "Ill
take you where you can sleep in COM
fort"
The boy had dropped back into the
heavy slumber of childhood and could
scarcely be got to his feet. The woman
hailed a taxicab, placed the child in it.
gave the directions to the chauffeur and
got in herself.
And that Is all.
Where this Lady Bountiful took the boy
is not known, but 1t is safe to declare
that his dreams were sweet that night
and his future less full of hardships.
You have puzzled yourself over the
problem Of vicarious suffering, and so
have I. You have written a mental
"Why?" after many picture of unde-
served distress and suffering innocence.
Lady Bountiful explains part of it, The
homeless newsboy touched her tender
susceptibilities and awoke her solicitude.
But for him her pity had not been born.
without distress there could be no ben
evidence. Without suffering there could
be no solicitude. Without pain there
could be no succor. Without despair
there could be no Savior.
Do you see?
If YOU have ever been in the city OF
Prague you will have seen the woman of
that city doing the rough work of men.
In Bohemia women mix mortar
They carry hods up long ladders.
They shovel sand and coal.
Our consul to Prague tells about the
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ing rule-half of his profits to the needy.
AS the city grew the demands on Mr..
Kohn grew heavy, but his spirit of gene
rosity never tagged Sometimes he gave
nearly all he made.
In 1896, having, despite his generosity.
accumulated a small fortune, he sold
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ing caps that he might give employment
to idle workingmen.
Finally the drain on his resources was
so great he was compelled to close the
factory. For years this man alone was
a whole city charitable society
When his capital had dwindled to a
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mere nothing Mr.. Kohn founded the
Charity Organization of Seattle and gave
his time and energies to distributing the
funds given to the charity by others.
And what is he doing today-on mea-
ger salary.
Do not say that Victor Hugo's good
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-06-19
WOODI0TS N JAPAN.

In these times OF great drains on
the timber supply, caused by the
heavy demand for forest products OF
all kinds, Americans may see in
japan an example Of what can be
done in growing wood on small
plots. That country contains q
million woodIots, about three-fourths
of which belong to private persons
and one-fourth to communes.
The average size Of the plots is
less than n~ine-tenths Of an acre.
They usually occupy the steepest,
toughest, poorest ground. In this
way land is put to use which would
otherwise 60 to waste, and il I'M
wooded would lose its soil by The
wash of the dashing rains.
From Japan's Noodlots, the yearly
yield Of lumber is about So feet,
board measure, per acre, and three
Ioulths Of a cord Of frewood. In
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Commissioners Sale.

Jno. |. Ncwhurg VS.. J. S. Blumenbure.
Admir-, ct. al.
BY virtue Of the authority vested in
me as commissioner in the above STYLED
cause, under a decree of the Chancery
Court Of Lefore County, Mississippi.
rendered on the 9Th day of November,
1907, and a corrected decree rendered
on the Sth day Of April, 1908, ! will. on
Monday the 9th day of July, 1908. with
IN legal honrS, offer for sale 10 the high.
est bidder for cash, in front of tho sontb
door Of the Court House in the City of
Greenwood, Lef0re County, Mississippi.
the following descrihed property, to-wit;
n, Z. ! Of $. W. Sec. 35, r.. u, r. /
East.
W. Of n. W. Sec. /; F.. ! Of N,
E. Sec. ,; n. Soc. 3; y. +. Sec. 4,
all in T. %, r. /, Fast.
said land is hereby ordered to be sold
Tor the payment and satisfaction Of tho
vendors lien retained on said land
above described.
Witness my hand this Sth day Of June.
i9o'' c. W. CROCKETT,
Commissioners.
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many cases the yield is much high.
er. More than half a billion trees
are planted year J y to make up what
is cut for lumber and fuel. Assess
ment for taxatio q is low, averaging
Tor the Il mill ion lots less than a
dollar an acre.
With all the care IN cutting, and
the industry in replanting it is by
no means certai n that Japan's for
eSts are holding their own. If the
preservation of the forests is doubt
full there, it is evident that depletion
must be alarmin gly rapid in other
countries which cut unsparingly and
plant very little. On the other
hand, 1t is enco uraging TO see what
can be done wi th rough, steep and
poor land. The United States has
enough of that kind, without touch
ing the rich agricultural acres, to
grow billions Of feet of lumber,
The Commonwealth SI.5O.
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PROPOSALS FOR FEDERAL BUILDING SITE.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE
or SECRETARY, Washington, D.. G.,
June s, 1908 Proposals will be receiv-
cd, To he opened at 2 o'clock pm, July
u, 1908, for the sale or donation to the
United States Of a suitable site, central
" and conveniently located for the
Federal building TO be erected in Green
wood, Mississippi. A corner lot, of
approximately 120x130 feet is requir-
ed. Each proposal must give the price,
the character Of foundations o~btainable,
the proximity to street ears, sewer, gas,
and water mains, etc, and must he ac-
~companied by a diagram indicating the
principal street, the north point, the
dimensions and grades of the land, the
widths and paving of adjacent streets
and alloys, whether the alleys are pub
lie or private, and whether or not the
city owns land occupied by sidewalks.
the vendor must pay ali expenses con-
ucctcd with furnishing evidences of
title and deeds of I'm
Provem"nts on the property must be re-
served by the vendor; but pending the
commencement of the Federal building
they may remain on the land upon pay
mcnt OF a reasonable ground rent. The
grantOr must, however, remove all i'm
provemcnts on thirty days notice 50 to
do. The right to reject any proposal is
reserved. Each proposal must be seal
ed, marked Proposal for Federal build
ing site at Greenwood, Mississippi"
and mailed to the SECRETARY OF
THE TREASURY Supervising Archi-
Washington, d. C. No special
form Of proposal is required or proyid-
ed, GEO. B. CORTELYOU, Secretary.
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Trustees Sale.

On Monday, July 9Th, 1908, within
legal hours, at the South door Of tho
court house Of Lchore County, in the
CITY Of Greenwood, Mississippi, |, ]. q
smith, trustee by the written a%ppotnt.
mont of ", A. Bowles, dated June 10Th
lD0S, and recorded in book ~, at mage
~, OF the records Of Land Deeds al To-
More C"onty. Mississippi, will sell NJ
public cutlery, to the highest bidder. for
cash, for the purposes and pursuant to
the terms and provisions set forth In
that certain instrument Of writing from
NJ. A. hpFles to Matte KYLE. dated
Sentomb"r 18th, 1907. and recorded In
book 96, Mt page $3.50. Of the record of
deeds of said county. the following
described property, to-wit.
Lot eleven, in block seven. in ,bo
Addition 70 the City of Green,
wood, In the County OF Lefore, State of
Mississippi.
Witness my signature this the 18th dav
June, A. d. 1908.
j. G. SMITH,
Trustee. !
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( the west half n section i2. T. 10, X | L.
/ thence westerly with the meandcrings
of saEi pcIncia Raynu To low water mark
on the cast rank Of Yszpp River in sec
tiou 10. r. ~ II. | T. thence 200 feet
acr SO said Bayou 10 the south b2uk
Thereof. thence casteriy with the mean
trrirg- ~ eaid stream. 100 feet south Of
the cent ~ or thread thereof, To the east
side IL the west half OF section II, T. 10,
Il. T.: thence south TO the north side
Gf section q, r. 10. X. / L. Thence to
n 2 northwest corner thereof. Thence
south thfee-QHartprs Of a mile; thence
smith vest to the southeast corner Of
southwest quarter Of northwest quarter
section 90: thenca west TO the centre Of
section y: thence southwest to the
southwest corner ri section 81; thence
west one half mile; thence southwest
throu n the northwest quarter section
&3: thence soath TO a point 100 It. north
Of the centre or thread OF the stream OF
the south fork OF Pelucia Creek on the
east boundary section -, T. 10, X. 1 E..
Thence westerly with the meanderings
Of said stream to low water mark on the
east bank of Yazoo River in section 81,
4. 10. X. ! Z. Thence 200 IT.. cross
said stream 10 the south bank thereof.
Thence northeasterly with the mean
behring's Of said stream to the north side
Of south half Section 20, T. 10, II. | F..
Thence east to the line between Lelore
aud Carroll Counties; thence south to
the point OF beginning at the southwest
corner OF the northwest quarter Section
81. T. 10, X. , f.
Petitioners will ask a hearing on said
petition at nine o'clock A. NJ. on
the 18th day of July, 1908, at the Court
ia Greenwood, Mississippi.
Witness my hand and seal this 18th
day Df June, 1908.
(ScaD c. W. CROCKETT, Clerk,
of the Chanoery Court Of LeHore Coun-
ty, Mississippi.
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Administrators Notice.

The creditors of tho estate Of Louis
sherman, deceased, are hereby notified
that letters Of administration on the os-
tate of the said Louis sherman, dcceas-
ed, wcro granted to the undersigned by
the ]hanccry Clerk Of lenorc County.
Mississippi, on the twelfth day Of June,
1905; and all persons having any claims
against the estate Of the said Louis
sherman, deceased, are hereby notified
to have the same ]prohatCd and regis
tered Ivy the Clcrk ol the Chancery
Court OF Lr01ro County, Mississippi.
within u year from this date, and that
% Iailrrn tn probate and register said
claims tnr one year from this date will
bar the payment of said claims.
Witness my band this, the 18th day Of
June, 1905.
g. ". HOLMES, administrator.
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AND SHERMAN
ARE THE NOMINEES.

Tho RarraIiraps have
=,
nominated Iait Ol ONO and
sherman al New York for
President and kire-preSi-
.l.,. ,.-,...t,,.lr vto v,t.
''' "'" 20 '''' viz ','''"~
ana Inc lichrL Ntit DC nara
to defeat.
N'ts DE- b. I1'a@t'A N' daughter
dor. "'"'.'' a'' 3t'" ...- .'A ''ts 10
40 vi 'f''Aa'' A~fh'n'A, ' .'77e party
give. by airs, Agnes .'.f.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Nn. p,u. , ...
Mo-, rr,- p,
|rr v.n,. l,,,i., r,.., '''
''. w. '' ''" was over 'ro" it''
'''' last "''N'
over, ina, "h"r" SHE will spend the
next several months visiting relatives
ana friends.
MIR. > \. Steel" returned the first Of
ih" week from Tennessee, where Mrs.
steel" is visiting relatives and friends
tor "a few weeks
Mr.. j f. N"unkannon, the capable rep
res'ntatIN" of the lhickasaw Iron
Works, OF Memphis, spent several days
here the past week.
M"ssrS. ~ 7. Gardner, C. b. LnmaN, ].
j.. tiaI"y, j, 4 Tyson j. b. Humphreys.
y T. Montgomery, J. l.. Gillespie, Il. t..
walton, +. u. Strcator, j. ". Bradford,
Hf horn Tr,,. / ID. 900. - .
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Weller can do your repair work cbcan.
81 than the city iewelry stores because
MS expenses are less. His repair work
Is the best because he employs only the
highest class workmcn.
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j. +. STIRLING,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
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THE COMMONWEALTH $I.5O.
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Mr.. H. Weber left last week fir Han
over, Ind, wbcro she will spend the
next several months visiting relatives
and friends.