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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
THE LOST PIE.

From the New iork sun.
The white 'possum was sent to the
zoo, but where is the 10o-pound mince
pie baked by proud Newark pastry cooks
for the Presidents Thanksgiving table
and sent with a guard OF honor to rne
capital? 1t was no myth. Were not the
ingredients given by weight with the d.
mansions, and was not picture taken
of the great pie as it was pushed INTO
the oven by two white capped and
aproned artisans? Where is the mass of
apples, citron and crust, humid with cider
and dashed with brandyf Who has made
away with the bearers?
An anxious inquiry from Newark
brought this responses mo such pie
has been received here Fred w, Car
penter." Is the Presidents secretary to
be made a scapegoat? The interrogation
should have been put not to him but to
Capt Archibald Butt, the Admirable
Crichton Of major domos. It was the
captain who brought Mr. Taft through a
thousand bsnQuets unscathed and una
fraid. No man knows more about the
diversified cuisine Of the American ma
IlOus III A1llAC0 QASS, - VA go Ss@>SA
CONNECTIONS Of the festival board, he is
the eonsunnate authority. we nave
noticed that in this confusion and up
roar over tho Disappearance Of tho mann
moth pie Captain Butt. usually the nrst
to step between the President and the
undesired, has remained nnysteriously
silent. II the Newark pie builders want
to know the truth they should buttonhols
Captain Butt.
How high resentment RACES TN nssex
county we do not know. but the Presi-
dent had better not look gift horse In
the mouth. Injections in New Jersey often
turn on the vote of Essex It was q case
for moral courage. Mr. Taft's digestion
is q concern Of the country. but It would
have been well to 60 through the form
of tasting the minoemeat. or trying II
on Captain Butt before sending the pie
to the White House broken vtctuals door
or to the Smithsonian institution.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
THE FIGHT IN ALABAMA

to amend their own laws through the
regular course of legislation should 1t be
deemed necessary. This does not mean
that the majority of the people are deter
mined to repeal the present laws, or that
the prohibition policy is to be condemned
ponents of the open saloon voted against
the amendment. But the election means
that the people of Alabama propose to
try the laws now in force to see how they
work and whether they will be of the
best advantage to the state
Macon Telegraph: Fanaticism, combined
with political designs, rode on the black
camel in Alabama Monday.
Nobody denies the fact that a great
prohibition wave has been rolling over
the country, or doubts that there was
just cause for some sort Of revolution
against the whisky habit.
But some politicians would ride on their
grandmother's coffin just as they would
ride on the prohibition camel or the re-
publican elephant, or the democratic ass,
for the glory of brief triumph in tho
game of politics.
Natchez Democrat and Courier: This
election shows how the electors would
have voted on Statewide II they had
been given an opportunity, but the legis-
lature acting without instructions from
the electorate voted the state dry and
the election Of yesterday comes as re-
buke to the house, senate and guberna-
torial headpiece. ;,
Nashville American: There Is lesson
In the sweeping victory of the anti
amendment forces In Alabama which the
people Of other states will barn and
from which they will profit. IT Is that
men elected to do one thing Will not be
privileged to do a contrary thing without
stern resentment from those who create
their official life.
The Alabama legislature was elected on
q local option platform. The governor Of
the state, the Hon. B. B. Conner, advo-
Gated local option in contradistinction to
statewide prohibition in his campaign
for governor. Naturally the people Of
Alabama expected these men to stand by
their pledges.
Carried away. however, by the frenzy
of the hour more concerned about what
they foolishly imagined was their person.
al interests, they ignored their promises
and foisted upon the people laws the peo-
pie had not requested, and which at the
hrst opportunity they have emphatically
repudiated.
What Is the lesson?
It is that men honored with public sta
ton must not breach public faith. If the
people elected them to do certain things
they must not go beyond the commission
given them.
Conner and his followers imposed on
the confidence of the people Retributioa
has followed, and where yesterday they
considered themselves all-powerful. to-
day they are discredited and defeated.
Savannah Press: The reaction which
set in in Alabama is the same one which
was pronounced in Georgia and which
has shown itself in other places. Gov
ernor Conner of Alabama. Governor
Smith Of Georgia and Governor eileen OF
North Carolina were the three men
marked for defeat, and this was practi-
cal1y brought about.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
THE POLITICAL ruRNcoAr.

THE POLITICAL TURNCOAT.
The topper f1ops this way and that,
According as he thinks
One side or t other will win out,
And probably hoodwinks
Some two or three lunkheads who dom
Know who they ought to blame,
But you may rest assured the crowd
Soon gets wise to his game.
And when he says, 'T think I'll be
A candidate for this;
The honors and emoluments
I can't afford to MISS"
And tries to fool the clan with which
He's lately been SO thick,
Defeat descends upon his head
Just like ton of brick.
And SO the lesson that we learn
Is brief and plain enough:
Sincerity is better far
Than putting up bluff;
A fool will never change at all
AS stolid as the Dutch
And, vice versa, no one trusts
The chaps who change too muchl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
THAT PRuNN OFFER.

Relative to an offer by this department
of couple of prunes to any person sub
shutting the missing letters for the blanks
in the sentence. "Do your Christmas
shopping now" a scholarly tenant of the
Hood building writes as follows:
Mr.. Cook:
In haste to claim the reward you offer,
write with pencil, 30 excuse 1t. After
looking at the inclosed article-"Ab uno
disco omnes," as the French say-do not
think that am carried away by the VIC
tory of Monday today and want to get
full of 'prunes." A few will do "ad
gustum." "Do your Christmas shopping
now" (of prunes) and send me couple
of prunes, as I feel am the only win
ner of your prunes. I'm hoe signo spes
mea."
AS old man willoughby used to say, it's
been ''quite spe1l'' since we have had so
much Latin fired at us In one letter.
However, I'm vino veritas." You win the
prunesi
ENGLISH IN THE PHILIPPINES.
The following letter was received by
well-known business firm Of Iloilo. p. L.
and was written by native school teach
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

From the Houston Post.
The Montgomery Advertiser will now
kindly rub the .bloodstains from the
sword of the Lord and Gideon and re-
turn 1t promptly to this office. The
Birmingham Age-Herald will also kind
ly return our gaffles and the Mobile Reg
lister our steam roller. These contempor-
aries have used our implements very
creditably, indeed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
DARK DAYS.

=
Poor mothers now
In deep disgrace;
Last night she trumped
Her partners ace.
Detroit Free Press.
And dad Is feeling
Far from funny;
He bet and lost
The Christmas money.
Boston Traveller.
And Bud is feeling
Glum and reckless;
His sweetheart's limiting
For a necklace.
Houston Post.
And sister feels
Inclined to pout;
With "Chaw1es" she's had
A falling out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
More Than Eigh' Bi lions

eecretary Wilson puts the value of
the crops grown this year at $780,
900 900, an increase Of $S69, OO0, 900 over
the values of last year. This year has
proven to be the farmers best year,
not because the crops were exception.
ally large, but because prices have
been as a rule high. Secretary Will
son presents this table of the leading
crops this year and their values, as
follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
A SOUTH CAROLINA VERSION

From the Houston Post.
A South Carolina version of the Ala
bama result: We hear the roar Of
Freedoms fame Alabaml Be sure and
plug their wicked game. Alabam She is
not blind, nor deaf nor lamel Huzzai
she gets there just the same! She
breathers She burnsl She's came! She's
camel Alabam, my Alabam!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
MooEsTY PERsoNIFIEDl

From the Houston Post
We are proud Of the implements we
loaned to the patriots Of Alabama. Our
sword OF the Lord and Gideon slashed
the radicals, our gaffles punctured them
at the rate of 40 f1utters to the minute and
shuttle to ever nutter, while our
sanity steam roller fflattened them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
LIFT UP THINE EYES.

BY James montgomery.
Lift up thine eyes, afflicted SOUL
From earth lift up thine eyes.
Though dark the evening shadows roll
And daylight beauty dies;
One sun Is set-a thousand more
Their rounds of glory run,
Where science leads thee to explore
In every star a sun.
Thus when some long-loved comfort ends.
ends,
And nature would despair,
Faith to the heaven OF heaven ascends.
And meets ten thousand there,
First faint and small, then clear ana
bright,
They gladded all the gloom,
And stars that seem but points Of lighn
The ranks Of suns ASSUME
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
AcE-HERALD ON TOP.

From the Walker County News.
Isn't 1t a glorious victory and one well
deserved for the Birmingham Age-Her-
aid? That newspaper has done and IL
doing valiant service in Alabama. It's
on top in this end of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
MORE HORSE SENSE.
the Columbus Enouirer-Sun.

From the Columbus EnQuirer-Sun.
Don't buy your food by phone"
say the women OF Boston. Go your
self and see what the shop looks like"
Good horse sense.-Birmingham Age
Herald. And when you get it homo put
1t in a place where the flies can't get
to it
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
Arrested In Vienna.

New York, December 3.-The arrest in
Vienna of A. Jacobs Seidmann. alias AL
per, who is wanted here in connection
with the forgery Of an order by which
he is alleged to have procured $4,000 from
the Title Guaranty company, was reported
to the New York police today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
AN EARLY ON EN-.

From the Washington Herald.
Post-electionly speaking, it looked omi-
nous for the prohibition amendment in
Alabama when the Hon. John Hollis
Bankhead first began to view 1t with
alarm.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

There is a lot Of virtue that IL Just
from force Of habit.
You can get people to hate you very
hard for enjoying life more than they do.
A cynic makes the same sort of face
over happiness as child makes over
castor oil.
l If woman was going to be killed in a
railroad wreck. she'd rather be dressed
n her best clothes for 1t.
What q man cant understand about a
koman ID how she never realises how
Inart hs has to b. to shave himself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
About Parsons

Senator Joseph 3. Johnston left yes
terday morning for Washington, to pre-
pare for the opening of Congress. He is
in fine health and expects a stormy but
interesting session.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
OH, CAROLYN,

OH, CARoLYNt
remember, remember
The girls I used to WOO;
The pretty roundness of their forms
Was pleasant to the view.
They never seemed bit too plump.
30 sweet and fair were they;
But now, most all the girls meet,
A breath would blow away!
Carolyn Wells In Harper's Weekly.
Oh. Carolyn. oh, Carolyn,
The GIRLS you used to WOO?
Why did the maids SO fair receive
Advances made by you?
They may have been just plump enough,
But tell us. II you please,
What right you had to sit around
And hold them on your knees.
Chicago RecorS-Herald.
And. Carolyn. oh. Carolyn,
Another word with you.
But not about those pretty girls
You had no right to woo.
Dost mean to say the maids you meet
Excuse me II smile
Are thin because they're built that way,
Or just to be in style?
BEHIND THE TIMES
Said Gingelfogle, when disturbed,
IT have some weighty matters on;
first must find out who 1t was
That struck one William Patterson"
KNOWS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
TITS funny you never hear Speck say
ing he understands women
"It isn't funny at all; he's married to
one"
ALL TOGETHER
Here's some advice
Think you can match 1t?
Learn to think twice,
Bury the hatchetl
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Senator Aldrich says the panic Of
October, 1907, cost the country $25
per capita. He hopes his central bank
hobby will prevent such losses in the
future. But Christmas bills are also
expensive and the Rhode Island sen.
ator does not mention them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Alabama, says the Pittsburg Dis
patch, sticks to the traditional south
ern attitude and mintjuleps by large
majority. The Dispatch does not know
what statutes we have on our es-
teemed statute books
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
PROUD OF ALABAMA.

From the Houston Post.
We are proud Of Alabama. May the
germ of sanity she has generated multi
ply and spread over q fanatic-infested
country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Governor Glenn of North Carolina
openly advocates the nomination Of
Governor Harmon on the democratic
ticket in 1912. He must, however, first
be reelected governor next year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
NO WONDER.

From the st. Louis Times.
Judge S. d. (stay Dry) Weakley was
the assistant chief prohibition booster
in Alabama No wonder the weak tea
diet lost.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Convict Patrick is the most per-
sistent dead man who has ever ap-
peared in the courts of this country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

The Baltimore News hopes the rail-
roads will afford adequate facilities for
handling the great hosts of colonels
who will migrate to Alabama But
colonies do not like Fuller bills.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Mr.. Knowles, the new minister to
Nicaragua, is still in this country get
ting loaded up with ammunition to be
used against Zelaya.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
West point AppoIntment.

Buffalo, December 8.-Representar
tive D. s. Alexander announced today
that he would appoint Louis Thomas
Byrne OF this city to I'LL the vacancy
at the United States Military Academy
caused by the death Of Eugene @
Byrne. his brother. as the result OF In
iuries received In football game.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
MORE IMPORTANT.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Have you read the latest contribution
to the Peary-Cook controver-"
Darn the Peary-Cook controversy!
How did the election 60 in Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

In two years 10000 places have been
added to the government service with
cut preceptibly lessening the ranks Of
the officeseekers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
PLAYED OUT.

From the washington Herald.
We fear prohibition is not as good
politics in Alabama today as 1t was q
week or so ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Westminster Abbey has been saved
from decay by chemical process, and
some think that process should be tried
on the house of lords.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

The big capitalists who are backing
the Wright brothers must prefer the
sky line to the ground floor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
GRATIS.

'I see where barber shop is adver-
Using close shaves at 10 cents EACH"
"Pshawi can cross a street where
the automobiles are thick and get all the
close shaves want for nothing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

The houst of lords has simply bit
off an appeal too large for it's equip
ment and standing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Trading ball players is an active
winter sport that all fans watch with
interest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

The palace of peace at The Hague
IS to be opened in 1918, but in the
meanwhile the court will hear appeals
from governments in trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

western prison holds a man who
has been in it II years and who has
never seen a trolley car.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
The Trade Situation.

The big iron market is firm out ouie'.
The price for immediate delivery is aoou'
$3.50 for small lots, but no iron Is pelns
offered for 1910, It is said, at inquire pc
low SIS for No. 2. Matthew, Adoy q 70
Cincinnati report says the main thiiis
about the situation today is the STEADY
demand for shipments.
Another decided feature OF the mar
ket," says this firm, 'fs the firm attitude
of the furnaces regarding prices. 1t 10
often said iron is such speculative COM
modify that 1t cannot stand stili-lt ~
either going up or going down. For -FOUR
weeks now there has been no large puy-
ing. as purchasing has consisted mainly
of scattering lots. But the furnaces nave
been firm In holding to their prices As
a matter of fact, the furnace order DOCKS
are SO well filled that they can anoro 10
walt. They have their tonnage oooAeo
for months and are in an unusually lnoe-
pendent position. From all appearances
this slack time In the market will con-
tinue over the balance of this year, pu'
early In 1910 there is bound to be an
other buying movement. There are some
consumers who are cautiously feeling the
market for the second quarter OIL next
year, or even for the last half
I'm finished lines the situation could not
well be more promising. Nearly all con-
Germs are far sold ahead, and many OF
them are being offered more business
than they can possibly take"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Speaker Cannon will no doubt seq
that his gavel is loaded when he picks
is up next Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

That ambassadorship to China still
goes a-begging, and it may have to be
I'D at auction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
Professor Appointed.

Ann Arbor, Mich. December s-Prof.
Percy Ash, dean Of the department Of
architecture of George Washington uni
versity, washington, d c.. was today ap-
pointed associate professor Of architec-
turs Of the University Of Michigan
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

James s. Clarkson goes back to Des
Moines to take up anew the scissors
and paste pot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Corn is King according to Secretary
Wilson and cotton comes next, but as
quick cash crop cotton has corn
"beaten" more than four blocks. The
turning of much of the corn crop into
cash II long and tedious process,
tpvulvins the fattsnins and marlzetir :
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Cuba is facing a crisis again and
she must possess the at-home feeling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04
HAND BACK THE TOOLS.

zelaya's hope lies in delay, and he is
good at that expedient.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

DR.. Cook is a prophet who is hon.
ored in Denmark but not at home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Zelaya is now engaged in cultivating
a large crop of remorse.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04

Mayor-elect Gaynor is not troubled
-Rith recount nonsense
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-04


while nearly every one agrees that the
size of the majority against the amend
ment was larger than expected, there Is
some lack of agreement as to all the les
sons of the landslide" said an old citixen.
at is known that thousands OF electors
who called themselves pronlpiaon1sts
voted against writing prohibition In the
organic law, and 1t is known, too, that
various men who declared themselves
openly against the amendment assigned
various reasons for so doing-some ponu-
cal and some constitutional; but ieei
certain that a very large percentage OF
those on the winning side were local op-
tionists and were therefore opposed to
statewide prohibition II the majority
had been snall-fve or six thousand
then It might have been safe to assume
that the question Of prohibition was not
much involved. But with q majority Of
q. 900 or more against the amendment In
the only election that had ever AFFORDED
the people a chance to vote on state
wide prohibition proposition. there was.
I venture to say, decided sentiment IN
favor of cities like Mobile. Montgomery
and Birmingham being taken on OF the
dry list.
IT am not in favor Of saloons hero IN
Birmingham as they we're two or three
years ago; but do think and believe
most of those who voted against the
amendment hold the same views, that all
frst-class hotels in large cities should De
allowed to serve beer, wine and other
beverages to their guests and that pan
qusts in public places should be exempt
| from any prohibition law.
"Ths policy of this state, 20 far a. IL
relates to prohibition, has never oeen
fixed by a vote Of the people. the pres
ent administration and the present lesis-
lature were pledged to the SOUND demo-
cratic doctrine Of local option. FaDri-
Gated public sentiment. based on proies-
sionally worked-up clamor. and faor1cateo
| petitions, combined with . tumultous ioD-
by. swept politicians in the Legislature ON
their feet. Tho result was, hrst. staeu-
tory prohibition. next the Carmichael ana
| the Fuller acts, which make conditions
| extremely drastic. Would the people nevs