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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11
SENATE GAINING GROUND.
Budget Committee Increases It's As
 cendancy Over House.

From the Hartford Times.
 In the time of the civil war the expend- lures, well as the methods of pro- vlding the government with revenue, were supervised by the committee on ways erful committee in either branch of Con gress. After a time the committee on appropriations was organized, and for a good many years this committee had charge of the preparation of an the an- nual appropriations While 1t was charged with this duty James A. Gar field was for a number of years the head of the committee, and the chairmanship was held. by Samuel J. Randall when the democrats obtained control of the House. But it was thought that the committee held too much power, and this led to the distribution of several of the appropria- ton bills to other committees, the con- mittee on military affairs taking charge of the army bill, the committee on naval affairs of the navy, etc. The large gen. eral bills. such as the legislative, execu- tive and judicial bill and the sundry civil bill, were left in the hands of the committee on appropriations. but there was no central committee with power to lay out general plan of expenditure and exercise the restraint on extravaganza that was possible under the single appro- pration committee arrangement.
 It Is in the House of Representatives rather than in the Senate. that the pro- posed budget committee should be consti- tuted and should exercise effective con trol over the expenditures of the govern- ment. Of late years the Senate has K ercised moro control over appropriations than the House of Representatives, and there seems to be a tendency to continue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11

1t would be easy, too. if there weren't so many benders over the different big boxes at the same time. But they all de- scend upon us at once for collar bar gains. and they all want to dip into the boxes at the same time. and that's where the devil is to pay Only a certain num- Der of men, of course can assemble around one of the boxes at the same time. but the men bargain hunters don't appear to take this quite obvious fact for granted at all Every fellows in more of hurry than the other one, and the way they do crowd and joste up to those boxes re- minds me quite a heap of the way cer- tain grunty animals shoulder and nuzzle each other to get up to the trough.
 They are often so eager in bending over the big boxes to paw the various styles of collars over that they butt their halted heads together and knock each others hats off, and the hats fall in a tumble into the boxes, and then the blenders begin to fume and cuss, and on several occasions I've seen 'em take swing at each other Just for luck, sort O. These scraps are always broken up by em- ployes us soon as they begin. but I've seen quite a number of good, healthy jolts handed out over the collar boxes at that.
 Yes it's time to can this comedy about women bargain hunters. They're keen and nifty at that work, but they don't know the rudments of bargain hunting compared with men"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11

,u man away back in the rear row reached out a hand and grabbed the seal brown hat off the head of t>e man who hated to give 1t up.
 Can't you see that it won't fit you. YOU gink? growled the grabher at the man from whose head he's snatched the hat And it's just my size, he added as he put it on, and he loped up to one or inc clerks. stuffed s1.25 into the clerks hand and vamoosed like man running away from cloudburst.
 well. of all the gallv grunted the man from whose head the bonnet had been grabbed.
 ".He was dead right growled the fel- lows in the rear rows who,d opserveo tis incident. 'Whatchoo want t do-hang' around up there in front all day and give nobody else a chance?
 You see, it's only in quite recent years that men have come to appreciate the cleverness of the women's idea in buying bargain stuff out of season women, for example, right now are taking full ad- vantage of the really worth while sales of shirtwaists They're fixing themselves up with shirtwaists for the warm weather of 19O9 And there are thousands of women who pick up decided bargains in furs when the weathers metingly hot. We'll the men, as I say, have got next to what a good scheme this is, and that's why they're so snoopy after the mems bargains these days.
 "A little while ago we had big sale here of mems shirts. Most of the shirts were of the lively summer patterns, and they were sure enough values. We get rid of such stun at this time of the year solely for the purpose of making room for the new lnes and the shirts are sold for about one-half what they brought during, the regular season. Well, there were times during the progress of that shirt sale when 1t looked as if we might have to call in the police. The men el-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11
TREE CULTURE IN HOLLAND.
EIms on Canal Banks and Llndens
 French Monarch Guarded.

The Hague Con of the Chicago Nsws-
 There is perhaps no other well popu- lated country in the world which has so many wefl-wooded towns as has Holland. Most of the streets and grachts or canals have avenues of trees. Utrecht has two rows of trees on either eide of its quaint canals. It's canal banks are constructed ss if ip two stories. The lower story, almost flush with the water level, is lined with warehouses and vaults, while the upper story has dwellings and shops. Both levels are planted with trees.
 So many avenues of trees make a Dutch town exceedingly pleasant, espe- oially on hot day. The foliage tempers the s1are of the sun and the vtstas of green are refreshing to the eye. These abundant srowths in thicldy populated towns are highly useful as well as orna- mental It is recognized that, from hy- gienic point of view, they arc valuable to the citizens.
 In Holland these useful services ars gratefully recognized and tho trees are carefully tended by the municipalities. The cost of this care per capita in the different towns varies somewhat. Last year, for example. Utrecht devoted 21 cents Outch) to its trees for each inhab- itant, and The Hague 2S cents for each of its Z59,000 citizens. It takes 25z Dutch oents to equal an American cent. About ten years ago the average cost of caring for the trees of The Hague was 1S cents tDutoh) per capita, but since that time many new trees and shrubs have been planted throughout the city and new parks have been laid out.
 It has been found that not every kind of tree will thrive in the streets of a town, for trees have many enemies both above and below ground. Gas escaping from pipes underground is the worst enemy of trees, because quite small quantities of 1t are deadly. For this req son special precautions are taken against the leakage of gas in Dutch towns. How electricity escaping under ground acts upon trees as yet has not been sufficient iy studied to be understood. Trees will uot grow in very narrow streets. where houses are high: neither will they thrive if the pavement does not let in moisture and air in sufficient quantities,
 The best trees for street planting in Holland are elrns and lindens, but the eim is tho harder of the two and will krow where a linden will not Trees of these kinds reach g great age, like the old elms along the quiet grachts of Edam, one of the dead cities of the Zuyder Zee, which saw the fleets of Van Tromp and Dc Ruyter in the harbor of Edam- the harbor which appears so tiny to mod crn eyes that ono with difficulty imagines the terror of the North Sea" anchoring there. Then there are the magnificent lin- dens of the Mallebaan in Utrecht, which appealed to the French monarch, King Louis XIV. These nndens-he commanded his soldiers to spare on peril of their lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11

the aggrandizement of the Senate at the expense of the House. It has long been the custom of the Senate committees to make very large additions to the appro- priation bills as passed by the lower branch of Congress, and much of the waste of public money has been due to that practice But the House deliberately abandoned the opportunity and duty of maintaining an effective restraint of ex- penditures. and thus gives the Senate a chance to increase its power. That power will become greater than ever if the plan far a general committee of control is carried out, as is now proposed. and the House of Representatives shall continue Its helter-slxelter method of dealing with appropriations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11
School Room Humon

From the Chicago Reoord-Horald.
 The following are some ''gems" from O recent elementary examinationi
 One young thinker was asked to define the sign Etc" The Answer was: "Etc is sign used to make you believe you know more than you do."
 In answer to the question: (Which is the first and greatest commandment? an unconscious humorist replied: 'Hang all the law and the prophets"
 'Jf man walking at the rate of four miles an hour gets an hours start of @ man walking five miles an hour, where will the second overtake tho first?"
 Please. sir, at the first public house."
 'If I bored hole right through the earth till I came out at the other side where should I be?" of your head You can't do it!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11

bowed and dug and gouged and pushed and showed to get up to the counters where the shirt sizes were indicated by big placards tackled on poles raised above the counters, and the remarks that they tossed at each other were certainly cal oric. It often happened that. two men would grab at one shirt at the same instant, both of them succeeding in getting some kind of a clutch on it. Then they'd tug and haul and pull all of the fold together pins out of the shirt, and even then some of 'em wouldn't let go.
 Hey, you, got my mitt on that first, one of 'em would say, and You did like blazes-I beat you to 1t by block, the other one would hotly retort, and then. neither man letting go of the shirt they'd jaw and chaw back and forth, and they'd hang right on to their piece of the shirt too until some clerk, necessarily consti- tutng hln,sclf an arbitrator, would swing along and p>ur oil on the troubled wa ters.
 I've seen some actual mixes over collar sales. These collar sales, as matter of fact are about the most diverting things we have around nere, and we've got into the way of sort of looking forward to them, because they break the monot- ony of the grind.
 Every little while we ease on by the bargain route some tens of thousands of collars that have become soiled by hand ling. They're all of the staple two for q quarter brands, these collars, and we sell them for cents throw. We heap 'em together In punches of dozen in big boxes, set together along the middle of the aisle according to the sizes. The boxes rest low on the floor. All the hun ters for collar bargains have to do Is to bend over the boxes, pick out the kind of collar they want or think they want and they're fixed out.
 Sounds easy enough, of course. And
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11
A Disappointing Rooster.

From the Delineator
 Little 6-year-old Jack had never seen much of chickens. Last summer he was visiting in a small place where the family kept a few. One oay he was out watch ing them for quite a long time, and came in looking very much disgusted. Step- ping up to one of the young men he saidi
 Say, Cousin Ned, your old roster has been coughing and coughing all the morn- ing, and l was watching him and he hasn't coughed up an egg yet"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
MORE OVENS BEING
FIRED AT BLOCTON
Tennessee Company Is Now Shipping
Coke ReguIarly-Work on Streets
Progressing Finely.

West Blocton, November 23.-(Special.)-
The Tennessee company continues to fire
up more and more of it's coke ovens at
this place, and is now shipping coke reg
ularly Extensive repairs are now being
made on the ovens the surrounding
tracks and other properties.
The work on the streets here is practi-
cally finished The curbs and cutters
are down and properly connected to the
storm sewers, the streets graded and sur
faced with good grade of ebert that is
fast forming a splendid and durable sur
face. West Blocton now presents a much
more up-to-date appearance, and when the
sidewalk work now in progress and In
contemplation is carried out the appear
ance will be still further improved
The annual memorial service of the
Blocton lodge, No. 10, B. P. O. E., will
be held at the Methodist church, Blocton,
on Sunday afternoon. December s. The
address will be delivered by a visiting
brother from the Birmingham lodge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
Judge Evans Takes Seat.

When Judge A. A. Evans appeared in
the historic supreme court room and
took his seat on the bench that has held
men of note in the legal Jurisprudence not
only of the state but the nation as well
on Tuesday morning, he had changed
places In his attitude to the profession
He had been elevated from wondering
what he would do as a circuit Judge to
wondering what he will do with circuit
judges He was elevated to the supreme
bench only short time taking the place
of Judge N. d. benson. resigned
The second week brought out the sec
ond division, composed. with Chief JUS
tice Dowdell, of Justices Anderson. Sayre
and Evans. Each had an opinion Judge
Evans dealing with a complicated case
of bankrupt in Mobile being exempt
for certain amount of his wages from
garnishment and relieved from other
amounts on a showing of bankruptcy
There were a number of legal points to
be passed upon and the opinion of the
Barbour county man, his first, was fairly
long, though it would not indicate that
he was going to be what might be called
long winded'' in opinion writing.
Judge Sayre had a case of navigation
rights. 1t was shown that C. NJ Maud
in owned a mill on the Choctawhabee
river in Dale county, having built a dam
to keep it going. For a time he kept up
a chute for logs but this was allowed
to run down, so that when j. C. Black
man wanted to float down some square
timber he could not get it by He brought
action and won in the chancery court.
Now the supreme court says in effect
that every stream is a navigable stream
upon which logs or other bodies can be
navigated, and the said chute must not
only be- kept up or the dam taken out
Or the mill moved
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
STILL NEED MONEY
TO PAY TEACHERS
Pay Rolls for State viii Proba-
bly, Run to 100000
JUDGE EVANS TAKES SEAT
Alabama Rifle Team Goes to Vicksburu.
Mandamus Against Oyster Com
n1ission-Greater Birmingham
Cases Come Up Tomorrow.

Montgomery, November 23-(Special. y
Before leaving for Luverne this afternoon
Treasurer w. D. Seed stated that in
order to meet the school pay rolls for
the month of October In full, it would
be necessary to borrow a part of $780,
900. 1t is supposed he had reference to
that amount of a loan said to have been
arranged for some days ago by Gov
B. B. Conner. The. total will run to pos
sbly 100000. as it is $4,000 with seven
counties left out, these not having yet
made up pay rolls in proper form
Several days ago 1t was stated about
the capital that the governor had ar
ranged to borrow $4,000 to take care of
the immediate needs of the treasury, but
so far there has been no notation on
the books of it's having been secured.
Later he stated that he had provided for
the money in Birmingham, but not Civ
ing the name of the bank which would
meet the demand TITS was not the
source from which it was thought the
$4,000 was coming. When asked about
it the governor did not care to discuss
tnt iIidtleT, DelnB Dusy Will Quiet tnlIiBS.
This was prior to the statement made in
Birmingham.
There is an interesting report to the
effect that Treasurer Seed, having sought
advice, will not allow any of the school
money used for anything else but schools
after the first of the year. The consti-
tuition is plain that the three mills is
for the schools With the old soldiers
1T may be different. This is by statute
and It Is likely that the courts would
hold that the act consolidating the funds
would control. But the school money is
not thus reached.
Mr.. Seed does not care to go into this
feature of the case, but there is no ques-
ton but what he has not only sought
advice about 1t but been told that the
use Of school funds for general expenses
- a practice that might come back to
him and make trouble. However, Mr.
Seed is looking to the credit of the state
and he will take no action that will
have any tendency to injure it in any
way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
INVESTIGATION OF
RAID ON BELL HOME
BeSsemer Committee Will Held
Another Meeting Today
FINDING NOT ANNOUNCED
New Switches Will Cut Down Time on
Electric Line Between Brighton
and Bessemer-PersonaI
and General.
FINDING NOT ANNOUNCED

Bessemer, November 2s.-(Special. 1.-The
police commission was in session this aft
ernoon at the city hall investigating the
charge of conduct not becoming an Of
ficer against Chief 7. B. Wallace, and
the search of the Bell home at East
Bessemer some time ago. 1t will be re-
membered that the search was made
upon the evidence of an anonymous iet-
ter to the mayor. All the evidence in hand
is in writing but the committee adjourned
this afternoon without a finding They
will meet tomorrow and complete the
investigation. 1t is understood that the
original anonymous letter was written
by competitive merchants who were hos
tile to Mr.. Bell. The outcome of the
affair is waited with great interest in
Bessemer as the case has attracted the
attention of the whole state
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
Mae Wood Appears In Court.

New York, November 23.-Mae Wood
kept her promise and appeared in court
today She was in the west last week
when her case was called, but sent word
that She would appear and answer the
charges Of forgery and perjury against
her in connection with the evidence sub
mitted some time ago in her suit against
Senator Thomas C. Plat, to whom she
claimed to have been married. Her case
was today put on the calendar for Mo-
yember 80.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
NEW SKIN REMEDY
STOPS ALL ITCHING
Skin Troubles of Adults and Infants
QuicIxIx Cured


Quickly Cured
When it is known that poslam, the
new skin discovery, will stop the tor
furous itching attending eczema with
first application and bring immediate re-
lief and comfort to sufferers from all
skin troubles, its merit will be appre-
ciated and its wonderful success under
stood. On the tender skin of chafing IN
fants, poslam may be used with sootn,
ing and beneficial effects. 1t is applleo
external ly, and its remarkable heaIhg
powers begin at once
All skin diseases, including eczema
acne, herpes, rash. letter. etc, yieid I'M
mediately to poslam. Occasional app,i-
cations, in small quantities, Will quickly
Danish pimpies, hives, biacKneaos'
blotches and will relieve and cure ncn-
ing feet. scaly scalp. humors, etc. A
special 5O-cen. package is prepared Tor
those who use poslam for these minor
skin troubles. This, as well as the reg
ular two-dollar jar, is on sale at JACOB
Pharmacy and other leading drug stores
In Birmingham.
An experimental supply of poslam may
be obtained free of charge by writing
to the Emergency Laboratories, ~ west
Twenty-fifth street, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
Fatal Shooting ARRAY.

Atlanta. November pa dispute over
the price of two beers resulted in the
probable fatal shooting of Pools Dun
can aged %. by w. A. Cox, an expo
liceman, here today. Duncan. with his
brother Seth. entered the saloon where
Cox Is employed and the fight followed
when Cox accused Seth Duncan of cheat
ing him out of the price of the beers.
In the melee Cox pulled a Derringer and
fired at close range, the bullet entering
Duncan's chest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
BANK CASHIER ON TRIAL.
False Entries Are Charged In Regard
to Banks Liabilities.

Greensboro. November 23.-The trial of
Lee II. Battle charged with Irregular
titles while cashier OF the Def uniak City
National bank of this city, was entered
upon in the federal court here today.
or eight counts charging false entries.
the principal one is a sworn report OF
January, 1907. where under the head of
'foans exceeding the limit" the report
says, None" while the allegation in
the bill of Indictment is that the bank
had a loan TO the Pomona Cotton Man
ufacturing company of which Battle was
president amounting to $4,000.
Fred A. Hull, national bank examiner.
will be the first witness for the govern
ment tomorrow. The case probably will
consume the entire week
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
Costly Law. This.

Sheriff Horace Hood has asked the
board Of revenue to give him $500 TO
pay for erasing or painting over liquor
signs in the city and county. in ac-
cordanoe. with the Fuller liquor bill
which says there shall be no display of
whisky or other signs of intoxicating
liquors for sale. A number are painted
on the sides of brick houses and the
sheriff thinks it will cost at least that
much to get them covered up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
To Cut Down RUNNING Time.

A new switch and block lights ale be-
ing put In at Brighton by tho Birming-
ham Railway, Light and Power COM
pany In order to cut down the time be-
tween Bessemer and Brighton. 1t Is un-
derstood that when the work On the new
switch is completed the schedule of the
North Bessemer line will be rearranged
and material cut will be made IN the
time between Bessemer and Birmingham.
This is welcome news to the cteizens of
Bessemer as considerable complaint has
arisen about the service between the
two cities. The cars will meet each sIh-
er hereafter at Brighton instead Of at
Twenty-fourth street as formerly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
Couple Secretly Married.

Athens. November 23.-(Special.) -Ath-
ems society circles were given a dis
tinct surprise today when it was an
nounced that two of the most prominent
and popular young people Of the town
had been married for two weeks and not
even their parents had been made the
wiser. Mr.. Newton Hatchett, a young
business man of this place, and Miss Cal
lie Mai Hamblen, the only child of Mr..
and Mrs. c. M Hamblen, had stolen
away from their friends and, going to
Franklin, Tenn, two weeks ago, were
quietly married.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Buck Lewter Ends Own Life Near
Athens.

Athens, November, 3.-(SpeciaL)-Buck
Lewter farmer living in the east part
of the county, near Wooley Springs, was
found in an unconscious condition yes
terday in his wagon, at his home. after
having returned from trip to Tennes-
see, where he had taken his family on
q visit. He never rallied, having taken
a sufficient quantity of laudanum to pro-
duce death, which followed few hours
after he was found by neighbor. He
was in bad condition financially and this
is believed to have been the cause Of
his rash act He leaves a widow and a
number Of children.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-24
Greater BIRMINGHAM Fiqht.

The fight to kill the Greater Birming
ham bill is before the supreme court,
and will be well argued on Thursday.
Tehre are two cases relied upon. One
is fight made from Ensley and the
other a case from North Birmingham.
1t seems that the advertisement of the
bill, before passage by the legislature,
did not take in full 2s days, though the
records indicate that it was sufficient
under the law. The protest of Repre-
sentative Tarrant, however. indicates
that it was not hence the conflict.
Chancellor Benners has ruled against
the bill in two cases. both of which are
here for Submission.