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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-25
Supreme Court Decisions

Montgomery, May 24-(Special.) )-The supreme court handed down opinions in the following cases today:
 Simpson, J.-W. s. Reese. Jr., ct al vs. J. R. G. Ivey ct al, appeal from Mont gomery city court; affirmed.
 Jennie Houston vs. C. A. Howze, appeal from Birmingham city court; affirmed in part, and in part reversed and rendered and remanded.
 w. R. Johnson vs. J. M. Miller, appeal from Walker law and equity court; af- firmed.
 Fidelity & Deposit Co.,, of Maryland vs. Art Metal construction company, appeal from Anniston city court; reversed and remanded.
 Pickens Pearson vs. c. D. Alberson, ap- peal from St. Clair probate court; af- firmed.
 Merchants bank vs. Acme Lumber and Manufacturing company. appeal from Lauderdale circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 Mike Hill ct al vs. J. W. Gay, appeal from Jackson circuit court; affirmed.
 Anderson, J.-Belle Houston vs. s. V. Davis, appeal from Barbour circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 Henderson Law company vs. W. J. Wilson, appeal from Coffee chancery court; affirmed
 J. E. Wilkerson vs Sellers & Drum Co.,, appeal from Crenshaw chancery court; af- firmed.
 sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company vs. Willie Morton, appeal from Jefferson circuit court; affirmed.
 Tom Turner vs. Louisville and Nask- vile Railroad company, appeal from Bir- mingham city court; affirmed.
 Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, vs. Claud L. Huey, appeal from Birmingham city court; affirmed.
 Ida Gains vs. Birmingham Railway, Birmingham city court; reversed and re- manded.
 J. Rapport & Brother vs. Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, ap- peal from Birmingham city court; af- frmed.
 Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany vs. James George. appeal from Bessemefs city court; reversed and re- manded.
 s. l.. Weinstein vs. Yielding Brothers & Co.,, appeal from Bessemer city court; reversed and remanded. Mrs. M A. Lipscomb vs. City of Bes- semer, appeal from Bessemer city court; affirmed. Birmingham Belt Railroad company vs F. T. Norris, appeal from Birmingham city court; affirmed. John de B. Hooper vs. J. H. and w B. Bankhead. appeal from Walker law and equity court; affirmed. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company vs. William E. McMilllion. ap- peal from Birmingham city court; af- firmed.
 Aughtie Ashton ct al vs. Gertrude bod. son. appeal from Marion chancery court appeal dismissed. w. F. Nolan vs. Mrs. Elizabeth Brophy appeal from Bessemer city court; re- yersed and remanded.
 Rich Bluitt vs. the state of Alabama
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mend to the railroad commission, which under the law has adequate power to take up with the railroads and their agents a final settlement of all these questions, to adjust them, doing what is fair to shipper and carrier"
 Why should not the Louisville and the Central railroad of Georgia test these promises of the governor of Ala bama? Whatever the officials of these roads may consider "confisoatory" could be tested under the promises of ihe governor of Alabama, and this tes- has more in it for the railroads than any "conGscatory" test they can con duct alongside Georgia.
 The Alabama shippers are tiring os the friction that the two ailroads are maintaining. They want a settlement. They want peace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-25
 A POETS COMPENSATION,

From the Smart Set.
 The profession of a poet Is a tragic one-as painful and tragic as motherhood. That making a poet out of man. is a mysteriously painful business. Is there no other way? "No way but this" would seem to be natures answer. Yet where is the mother that would renounce her motherhood? And where is the poet though he be Dante walking the cir cles of hell or villon weaving ballades in the shadow of the gallows, be he staving in a garret or the outcast of some imperious love or the victim of some memorable poison-where Is the poet that would change his lot for any other?
 A tragic, but how lovely and pleas ant a calling His task to read the ways of heaven and the hearts of men, and to write down all he reads in fair faced, sweet voiced words that come to him singing strangely out of the air; words shaped like flowers and fragrant like honey words like the rustic of woed- lands, or the rising of the moon, words swift as birds and rooted as the moun- tains, words stern as bronze and soft as tears
 Magic consolation; who shall explain it!
 And always, too, be he Virgil crowned with Augustan laurel, or a yerlaine in the slums of Paris, or a Francis Thomp- son sleeping under London bridge, he carries with him the knowledge of sub lime distinction, of a romantic destiny. Sin-stained and sorrowful, hungry and in mean raiment, yet is he high of heart and proud of glance, for is he not na- tures confidant? Is he not servant of the gods?
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College Education

It used to be that with college com mencements over all study and all pedagogic work was at an end for the heated term, but in these days of strenuous culture the summer school is not only an established institution but it becomes all the while more popular. Young men, eager to pursue special courses, are found in large numbers at the State university at Tuscaloosa, at the University of Ten nessee at Knoxville and at other edu- cational centers in the south.
 All the southern colleges are pros pering. Not only are parents, as a rule, showing greater appreciation of college training for their boys than in former years, but fathers, especially those in the rural districts, find them selves better able now to send their sons to college. And best of all far larger percentage of southern boys are more desirous of receiving a college education than used to be the case Every bright young man of aspiration feels that he will be greatly helped in any career he may choose by the solid culture that is to be gianed in an in stitution of higher learning.
 The successful college of today com pines with letters and scientific theory much that is practical; and in fine college pedagogy is progressive and is better than ever fulfilling its mission in preparing boys for the work of life.
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INGALLS, ON IMMORTALITY.

John James Ingalls,: Many years ago l heard a distinguished American ora ! tor deliver lecture upon the evidences of immortality outside of the Bible. In the stress and pressure he held the rapt and breathess attention of an immense audience, comprising all that was most cultured, brilliant and renowned in the social and official life of the capital
 He dwelt with remarkable effective ness and power upon the fact that no where in nature, from the highest to the lowest, was an instinct, an impulse a desire implanted but that ultimately were found the conditions and the opportuni- ties for it's fullest realization He in- stanced the wild fowl that, moved by some mysterious impulse, start on their prodigious migrations from the frozen fens of the pole and reach at last the shining south and the summer seas; the fish that from tropic guIfs seek their spawning grounds in the cool, bright rivers of the north the bees that find in the garniture of fields and forests the treasure with which they store cells and even the wolf, the lion and the tiger that are provided with their prey.
 Turning to humanity, he alluded to the brevity of life! It's incompleteness, its aimless, random and fragmentary ca- reers; it's tragedies, it's njustices, its sor- rows and separations. Then he referred to the unsuitable hunger for knowledge, the efforts of the unconquerable mind to penetrate the mysteries of the future; its capacity to comprehend infinity and eternity, its desire for the companion ship of the departed; its unquenchable aspirations for immortality; and he asked, "Why should God keep faith with the beast, the bee. the fish and the fowl, and cheat man?''
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Equity In Railroad Rates

It seems absurb in any railroad to accept rates in Georgia and to contend at the same time that similar rates are "confiscatory" under the fourteenth amendment in Alabama It would be the height of unwisdom to go to a Jury on such proposition, no matter what the instructions of judge might be.
 Why then is the rate clamor main- tained? It is hurtful to private busi- ness. It affords the shipper no basis for trade activities. 'If any of the railroads" says the governor of Ala bama, believe that any of our rates would prove hurtful to their interests h Alabama, ! would be glad to recom-
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Altitude Toward HousefIy.

Tt is interesting to study the changes that have taken place in mans atti- tude toward the house fly,' said man interested in health conditions.
 Years ago a great many of us, when children, were taught that it was cruel to kill flies; that they were created for some useful purpose, and should not be destroyed Then as we grew up the fly was looked upon with distatste from the aesthetic standpoint, and they were either famed away or smoked out of the house. Later screens Of the little cone-shaped type were introduced and set over the molasses pitcher, sugar bowls or what ever food attracted the fly most strongly. Later still the whole house was screened but it is only in recent years, since the house fly has been convicted of being one of the worst of disease carrierss that the fight against 1t has been put upon scientific basis.
 Science learned long years ago in stud ying cause and effect that in order to put a stop to any evil we must find its source and expend our energy there. So, when preventive medicine demanded the extermination of the fly, it directed us to his breeding place. I use the singular term purposely, for while it Is true that filth breeds disease.' and is still truer that filth breeds f1ies,' for 1t is true that they feed on any kind of filth, and will breed in any kind of moist filth to a limited degree. Yet we are always in danger of not accomplishing the end sought unless we concentrate our efforts. General cleanliness should certainly be encouraged but in our fight against the fly we should concentrate our efforts on the horse stable, for here we find the breeding place par excellence for the house fly, and here the vast majority of these disgusting, disease-spreading, death dealing insects are hatched.n
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Talks of Early Days.

'I have an idea now how old Rip Van Wrinkle felt when he came down out Of the Catskill mountains after his 20 years sleep" said w. T. Roberts of Limestone county. T haven't seen Birmingham in more than a score of years and its spfen- did growth from a little muddy, rough mining town to the great bustling city you have today is far beyond anything the most sanguine citizens of those days expected.
 q came here along in the sos, coun- try lad under 20 and you know l thought the town was about as big as 1t ever would be. At that time the heart Of the town was First and Tweptieth and 1t didn't reach out much either The streets were not paved and they got about as muddy as any cross country road you ever saw. Vehicles would sipk
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AN IMITATION.

Possibly by Walt Whitman) Small colored boys, bearing baskets of
 mint passed through the city Baskets green, fragrant and reminiscent And l said, 70 my soul what mockery To peddle mint in the arid void of Sa-
 hara- In waste where parching thirst grips
 mems vtals In a grasp absolutel In a region of drouth and statutory dry
 ness, Where only the blinking blind tiger leers
 in the face of the law And the willy bootlegger plies his nefa-
 rious traffic. In the alley ways, selling pint for a
 dollar Mint-green fragrant and reminiscent peddled by pickaninnies. What has mint to do with near-beer
 and bottles of adulterated lightning? Who dares to begin the pleasant task of
 concoctng a mint iulep, When the frenzied minion of law and or
 der Is apt to break in And seize the green splendor of foliage
 from the glass seize it. And trample it under foot cryingoin judg-
 ment, You are arrestedi'
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Cuba and Alabama

Cuba contains 45.SS3 square miles; Alabama, 52,251 Cuba has 1,722, ,953 people, and Alabama had in the last census year 1,82S,697. Alabama is the larger, the richer and the better of the two.
 And yet it costs Cuba at least ESQ., 000,000 a year to conduct it's govern ment, while Alabama gets along on less than SS,500,000 a year.
 The two cases are not exactly parallel. Cuba is a republic and she has an army to support. She has, how ever, no navy, and she has custom houses in which a fine income is col lected. It is not possible to institute a close comparison between the two, be- cause one Is state in republic while the other is republic complete.
 But it is plain that Alabamas gov ernment is more economically con- ducted than Cuba's. Some authorities think the expenses of Cuba in the coming fiscal year will go to $40,000,- }000, and that there will be deficit of at least $10,000,000 at the end of the year. The Cuban government is ex- travagant and the issue of bonds will  no doubt go on as long as bonds can be placed and the people can stand the burdens of taxation. All in all the outlook for President Gomezs ad- ministration is not the brightest.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
Prom the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 It's better to have spent and gone into debt for 1t than never to have had any fun at all.
 A woman goes on yachting parties when she's away for the summer if it's only taking the children out rowing on a pond
 When a man is a failure in his own business it's a sign he is always explain ing how the government ought to be run.
 A woman would much rather be talked about for her conduct than called a poor thing who never had chance to do any thing out of the way.
 The thing that makes a man sure he has streak of genius in him Is for him to read something he could have written himself if he had thought of 1t.
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]. Combination Man.

"Harry Netherland, formerly of Rich mond, but for 15 years a government clerk in Washington, has just been ap- pointed to a 5000 position in the post office department" said a member of Birminghams Virginia colony. When I first knew Mir. Netherland he was a tele graph operator for the old Richmond and Danville railroad (now the Southern). A little later he took the civil service examination and entered the government service as a clerk in the agricultural department. He was a high-class pen man and in time came to be also an ex- pert stenographer He was soon pro- noted and transferred to the war depart ment.
 ''In 1898, when the -Spanish-American war came on and commissions for army officers had to be filled out by the hun dreds, the clerical force in the White House had to be augmented. The work in the executive office generally was &C., Qpmulating fast Additional stenographers were needed and also one or two addi- tional telegraph Operators. President Mc- Kinley's secretary telephoned one morn ing to the war department and asked if man could be found there who was at once an artistic penman and a rapid stenographer. The reply was in the af- firmative-Mr. Netherland was such a combination man. It was further stated by the secretary. however. that the scribe and shorthand writer must also be a telegraph operator. Well, MT. Nether- land answered all three of the require- ments. He was forthwith appointed an executive general utility man. Tn short time he was advanced to the position of chief clerk at the White House. He had the handling of all the mail and is- sued all the invitations to state dinners and official receptions. President Roose- welt was greatly attached to him. But MT. Netherlands health was breaking down knder the White House strain and I understand that President Taft had a light job in the postoffice department picked out for him. It is a noteworthy fact that MT. Netherland was dyed in-the-wool democrat at the time he was appointed to White House clerkship and so far as I know he has never changed his politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-25
No Trains on the Georgia Railroad

The Georgia railroad is completely tied up Passenger and freight trains are alike abandoned, simply because public sympathy along the railroad de- mands that trains shall not be permit ted to pass that carry negro firemen or non-union white iremen This makes the strike both a racial and union proposition.
 The strike is directed against the 1essees of the Georgia railroad. The lessees are the Louisville and Nash vile railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line. If the strike could be confined to the I'll miles of track between Au- gusta and Atlanta it would not perhaps attract general attention. The fact, however, is that a question is being fought out between Augusta and At lanta that affects every southern rail road line, for all, or nearly all, employ negro fremen and trainmen. The question is as broad as the south is broad, and the result will be watched with interest in all parts of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-25
Business Conditions Better.

Superintendent H. M. Waite of Nlie Seaboard Air Line has returned from a ten days trip. He spent a day or two at Seaboard headquarters at Ports mouth, Va, and then proceeded to New York. On his hcineward journey he came by the way of Cincinnati and Lexington, Ky, stopping a day in each of those cities. Business men whom met were talking about improved con- ditions," said Mr. Waite. Until re- gently feeling of depression seemed to prevade New York, but everything looks very busy there now.
 "I found Cincinnati more prosperous looking than ever. and as eo- Lexing- son and Blue Grass Kentucky gener- ally, one sees only signs of thrift. Kentucky verdue was certainly never more beautiful that it is at this tjrne."
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LIST A LITTLE SONG

Just little song for morning
 Makes the whole day seem more bright, Drives away the frown of trouble
 And the shadows of the night, And, no matter what you're doing
 Nor how lowly is your lot, If you'll go to work a-singing,
 All your cares will be forgotl Just little song for morning,
 Just a cheery little tune, Makes you think the world is fairer
 And you'll win the battle soon: Fires your fainting heart with courage. Builds your blighted hopes anew And so keep fellow hoping
 For the best in spite of ruei
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The Musical Union.

Frank Arrico returned Sunday from Minneapolis, where he had been to rep resent the union musicians of Birming- ham in the annual meeting of the na- tional union. He says that it was very harmonious gathering and that re- ports from different sections of the country showed that the union was in better condition than ever before.
 All conductors who lead orchestras and bands of union musicians are meh- bers of the union, even when they hap pen to be sole proprietors of the or ganizations over which they wave the baton, as Sousa, Innis and other we'll known bandmasters.
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flown to the hubs and a pedestrian had to have boots to cross over dry. I've seen hogs wallowing in mud up to their ears on First avenue and the present Morris hotel location was a slimy,~ green coated pond. You only had to walk short way south from First avenue to the woods. On the skyscraper corners of today were cheap restaurants, ffult stands and rough barrooms.
 'I worked on the Louisville and Nash vile passenger station at that time near ing completion. We thought then this depot would accommodate Birmingham travellers for half a century I remember as though it was yesterday fellow workman and myself were adjusting d timber at the highest point of the train shed up near Twentieth street. The morning was frosty and my co-worber lost his balance and went down backward. The fall broke both of his legs I got him drink of whisky from a little bar where the Woodward now stands. few days later another workman fell from the lower end of the shed. He caught a swinging rope, however, and slipped to the ground unhurt, but the heavy leather gloves he wore were torn up The terminal station is certainly mag nificent structure I stayed over another train to see it for my friends told me it was the biggest thing in town-it is about the biggest thing I ever saw. Just think, 2S years ago I could have bought aereaee LID there and bought it cheap but didn't have any money and l didn't think it was much good as farm land anyhow.
 Ut is wonderful. like a dream to me to see Birmingham today. I can't express my amazement at the tremendous devel- opment of the city. I am coming here at least once a year to see its growth
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AFTER THE SINGER IS DEAD.

By Robert Louis Stevenson. Bright is the ring of. words
 When the right man rings them. Fair is the fall of songs x When the singer sings them. Still they are caroled and said On wings they are carried After the singer is dead
 And the maker buried. Low as the singer lies
 In the field of heather, Songs of his fashion bring
 The swains together. And when the west Is red
 With the sunset embers, The lover fingers and sings,
 And the maid remembers.
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Drought In Mexico.

Vera Cruz, Mex, May 24.-The drought is so serious in some sections of this state that many people are leaving The streams and ponds have dried up and hundreds of cattle are dying Wolves and dogs have gone mad, and natives In number of villages have been bitten by the crazed animals The region of Tantoyuca Is suffering the most from the drought
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That old easy mark, the ultimate consumer, is the butt of all jokes on the tariff debates, but things will be different when he goes to the polls. The joke will be the other way then.
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The United States supreme court says city may regulate the height of its buildings. So far no regulation of that nature has been necessary in this city, and will not be so long as the Martians do not object.
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REPLIES

'Uncle Billy" Gray, 99 years old, com- mitted suicide in a Michigan town. What Uncle Billy" didn't seem to have was patience.
 An Ohio man is suing for divorce be- cause his wife isn't fat. He doesn't seem to care rap about style.
 A woman disappeared from her home in Boston with $1O to go on a shopping tour. It would take some women slO years to spend $10 in cash on a shopping tour. She may yet return.
 "Elinor Glyn will never come back again." declares the Florida Times Union. Therefore, let us all be glad
 "I will stick to him. So do your worst :" declared young woman in Cincinnati. who loves an actor. Good lines She'll be on the stage herself some day.
 PAUL COOK. of the inferior court of Birmingham, ap- peal from Jefferson criminal court; af- frmed.
 Alvin Pinhardt vs. the state of Ala bama, appeal from Cullman circuit court; reversed and remanded.
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Senator Depew tells the people that while they may have thought tariff re- vision was to be downward what they will get will be much better for them. What he will get when his term ex- pires will not be better for him.
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ABSURD.

"Can she cook?" I'm sure she can't" Why so sure?" Whoever heard of a girl named Gwen dolyn being able to cook?"
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The United States supreme court is about to adjourn for the summer. It is a stern believer in long vacations All officeholders do.
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Sir Thomas Lipton is tea merchant and he should begin to get in touch with South Carolina, where good tea is grown.
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FOR A FACT.

Human nature is pretty much the same everywhere"
 Right you are. Even Boston takes an interest in baseball"
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Stanley Ketchel, the phenomenal middle weight, has punch that is as vicious ast Bob Fitzsimmons'. He and Champion Johnson are to meet in me fall.
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President Taft does a good deal of horseback riding, but he never in- dulges in the exercise in the limelight.