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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
Corey'S Great Wire Mill

The Importance to this district of
the action of the Steel corporation in
authorizing the building Of an up-to-
date wire and rod plant without delay
near Corey, the new town being estab-
,ished just beyond Ensley, cannot well
be over-estimated. with the building
of this plant" says the Manufacturers
Record, 'the iron and steel interests
of the south make one more great step
forward. Carrying out the idea which
the Steel corporation has developed at
Gary, where the American Steel and
Wire company and other subsidiary
companies owned by the corporation
together probable that other subsidiary
companies will build works at Ensley
Every move made in this direction en-
phasizes the advantages of the south,
broadens the field OF development In
this section and hastens the time when
the natural resources in iron and coal
will bring to the south a degree of
wealth somewhat commensurate with
the enormous wealth created by coal
and iron development in Pennsylvania
and the west"
When the United States Steel cor
poration came to this district develop
ment Of the latter was assured, for
that great company has no time or
skill or energy to waste in weak and
idle efforts. There has never been a
time when it was not plain that the
Steel corporation has all along in
tended to make the most of its Ala
bama properties, and the announce
ment that a large wire and rod plant
is to be built near Corey is but a
single incident in the general effort of
the Steel corporation to get ready for
an Open Warrior and an open Panama
canal. This is the day and hour of
the optimist In this district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
Conditions of Voting

Il did not" says a correspondent,
register before the last election, but
/ have a life certificate, and my poll
taxes are paid. Can | vote in the
coming election?'
You certainly can, but it might be
prudent on your part to appear before
the board of registration when it meets
next week for the purpose of seeing
that your name appears on the regis
tration lists. 1t is always better to at
tend personally to important matters
than 1t is to let mistakes creep in
through official neglect and careless
ness.
The conditions of voting are simply
and fully stated in the constitution
itself, as follows:
Section 17s. To entitle person to vote
at any election by the people, he shall
have resided in the state at least two
years, In the county one year. and in
the precinct or ward three months. i'm
mediately preceding the election at which
he offers to vote, and he shall have
been registered as an elector, and shall
have paid on or before the first day
of February next preceding the date
of the election at which he offers to
vote, all poll taxes due from him for
he bnp M
for each subsequent year; provided, that
any elector who, within three months
next preceding the date of the cleo
ton at which he offers to vote, has re-
moved from one precinct or ward to an
other precinct ward in the same coun-
ty, shall have the right to vote in the
precinct Or ward from which he has
so removed If he would have been en-
tiled to vote in such precinct or ward
but for such removal
Section 1877 of the constitution pro-
vides that the holder of life certifi-
cate who had registered prior to jan
uary 1, 1903, shall remain an elector
during life, and shall not be required
to register again unless he changes his
residence, in which event he may reg
lister again on production of his certifi.
cate The holder OF life certificate
who had paid all poll taxes assessed
against him can vote, and no careless
act of an official board can deprive
such a person of his electoral rights.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
Fort PAYNE Growing.

Fort Payne is enjoying a very sat
isfactory growth just now" said ex-Con-
gresham NJ w. Howard who was in
Birmingham last night. "A number of
the Industrial enterprises that closed
down with the bursting of the boom
bubble a number of years ago are be-
ing gradually revived and on a perma-
nent business basis.
zone of the most important Of these Is
the brick plant which was recently or
ganized under the name of the Ladd-
Birchy Brick company. During the year
this concern has put in several thousand
dollars worth of new machinery and put
the old plant in first-class operating con-
dition.
1.-THE company owns some exceptionally
flne clay deposits, said to be superior for
ornamental purposes. Machinery for the
manufacture of this class of expensive
goods has been put in. and there is every
indication of success.
"Fort Payne now gives ample assurance
that it will become one of the most pro-
gressive and prosperous towns in North
Alabama"
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make up for lost time. The biggest loco
motive works in the country tell us that
their business is only limited by their
capacity to turn out engines. for they are
offered more than they can do. And
elsewhere we hear the same story of
great industries full of orders and pros
poets for future business all they could
desire.
''Pig iron orders this week In this
market have been fair. It is a scatter
ing market, consumers buying here and
there to cover new tonnage which they
have taken, or buying odd lots whenever
prices are attractive enough. In the
east, inquiry is very large. but the GEN.
trail west market is taking something OF
breathing spell. Yet the fact remains
that all consumers are steadily melting
moro iron. This Is the big thing in the
situation"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
FOOTBALL THAT KILLS.
I'M the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
There has not been week end since
the 1909 football season began which has
not been marked by report of a serious
casualty resulting from one of the num-
erous contests which take place on Sat-
urdays between college football teams.
There have been numerous deaths this
season from football collisions, and In
other instances the victims have been
MANNED beyond recovery. In the game
between the University of Virginia team
and the team of Georgetown university
on Saturday, Archer Christian of the
University of Virginia eleven was so
terribly, injured that the hospital ply
sicians Immediately pronounced his con-
dition to be practically hopeless, and his
death followed yesterday morning. This
rapid succession of football fatalities
cannot be explained away upon the easy
theory that they might have happened
in rowing, baseball or pretty much any
other athletic sport. AS matter of fact,
there is no other sport which results in
tragic mishaps so frequently as does
football. 1t is absurd to keep up the
pretense that this particular pastime, as
it is played between American college
teams, is not dangerous affair And
it is now apparent to the most casual
observation that the so-called reform of
the game which was supposedly brought
about a few years back did not in the
least result in reforming the brutality
out of the sport. The assurance was
given out and generally accepted in good
faith that under the changed rules foot
ball was to be game of scientific tactics
and not q smuggling contest.
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sible to extend the telephone business
without an expensive duplication of
equipment, especially in sparsely set
tied districts.
This is said to be the true explana-
ton Of the recent merger, but the pub
lie is suspicious, and no doubt Con-
gress will proceed to investigate the
new story of the wires. Thus far the
hand of the Postal company does not
appear in the merger, but quick
changes may take place. The Bell tele-
phone people have wonderfully forti-
fed themselves, and possibly that may
be the extent of the effort. It may not
mean a general wire trust. The peo-
pie are in no mood to welcome a trust
in the means of disseminating news
and intelligence of all sorts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
Great Britain'S Constitutional Crisis

The commons passed the financial
bill of the year-the budget-by a ma
jority of 23O in a house of 528. Lord
Lansdowne's motion to reject 1t indi-
Gates plainly the intention of the house
of lords. The issue now goes, or soon
will, to the people for decision. Par
lament will be dissolved and a gen.
eral election ordered, and upon the
result of that election will depend not
only the fate of the liberals and the
Asquith ministry and the pending
bridget, but also the great constitu-
tional question as to the right of the
lords to reject, or even to amend, a
financial bill.
Once the lords attempted to prevent
the repeal of paper duties. This was in
1860, but in the end the commons tri-
umphed and the lords accepted their
defeat. Lord Lansdowne's motion
will be adopted and both sides will get
ready for historic contest. This con.
test may, If the lords prove obdurate
and the liberals secure the support OF
the country, involve a great change
in the Legislative system Of England
A house made up of hereditary lords
may cease to exist
The lords will discuss tariff reform
and socialism and the like, but the
liberals will insist that the British con
etitution is menaced and that the houl
has come to uphold the rights Of ths
house of commons. The commons has
ooatrolled the purse Of the nation 30f
years, and it will be strange, indeed, il
the country is ready to destroy It's his
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
LINES ON A CHURCH WALL

BY "A Stranger.
(The following verses were written by
an unknown poet on the walls of the Bris-
tol parish church in Virginia)
Thou art crumbling to the dust. old pile!
Thou art Fastening to thy fall,
And round thee In thy loneliness
Clings the ivy to thy wall.
The worshipers are scattered now
Who knelt before thy shrine;
And silence reigns where anthems rose
In the days of Aud Lang Syne.'
"And sadly signs the wandering wind
Where oft, In years gone by,
Prayers rose from many hearts to Him.
The highest of the high.
The tramp of many a busy foot
That sought thy aisles is DER,
And many a weary heart around
Is stflled for evermore.
"How doth ambitious hope take wngs
How droops the spirit now
We hear the distant city's din;
The dead are mute below
The sun that shone upon their paths
Now glids their lonely graves;
The zephyrs which once ff<nned their
brows
The grass above them waves.
"Oh. could we cab the many back
Who'ye gathesed here In vain,
Who've careless roved, where we do now.
who'll ne'er meet here againl
How would our very hearts be stirred
To meet the earnest gaze
OF the lovely and the beautiful,
The lights Of other days!
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cHAcK UND DER REANsPoLE.
Der Fight Nit der Chiant In der Swiss
Cheese Castle.

From the Milwaukee Journal
Calder round me in front hdd1e chill
dren. und I will amuse myseIuf nit der
story of Chack und der Beanspole
Dfss young Teller, Chack. was der suri
of 1atty who kept delicatessen. Won
day she tolt him to take a piece of
mettwurst down by der Chamber of Kom-
mers to a man vich wass to busy SELL
ing stocks und bonts dot hart1y hat dime
to take light meals staining up SLIDING
down.
Veil Chack vass Walking along NIT hiss
feet near der posofis ven he met a
chant Diss chants name was schlingel.
He wass a six-footer, eft you measured
him across the vest, but he wass only
two feet high. Dot wass becoss he wass
Early Dwarf or kindergarten chant
"Blease. you better gife me dot nett
wurst Chack, or l viii take you away
from ID said Schlingel. Diss mate our
hero gickle to be spoke NIT SO larsch
by such fiddle. Shetland pony chant.
So he knocked der chant on der brain
NIT der mettwurst and utterlessly ruined
It.
"Ach, vot will I dit, now" Dried Chack,
from his face ouid. "Ef I take diss
by der Chamber of Kommers man, he
will nod belief am telling a lie. Ef
1 take 1t back to my mutter she will
kick me on her ankle nit a picks foot"
So Chack decidit to return in der OPPOSITE
direction und run away from hisseluf.
Quickly obening a can of kidney beans
NIT hiss four-bladed pickle fork he plant
ct Won OF der kidneys. Before you can
belief Id bean pole shot up NIT hantles
on for hiss feet like telegraph pole,
Den armed nit der remains of der nett
wurst. vich barked choyously like der
dumb trent Id vass. Chack climbed him
seiuf to der top, pushing himseluf Off
ad der fourteend floor. Dere he saw
familiar sound-a chants castle mate of
Swiss cheese. I'd belonged by a Swiss
chant named Anton und he vas ferry,
ferry strong. Sooch a llddle mite as
Chack coult easily oonoealment himseluf
in Won of der holes in der castle He
could hear der chiant sleeping nit hiss
eyes shut and his mout open like a alli-
agtor.
Chack tot dis was sa goot opening for
pright young man und he hoped in.
Right away quick der ohiant woke up
strangling NIT checking sensation. ID
vass yust on der tip Of his tongue to
explain, well, hat swallowed fly7"
but before he coult ask himseluf der facts
Chack oxtracet all his teet with hiss
pocket corkscrew. Consequently, der
chant wass impossible to bite him. Den
Chack sairched der chant for carfare
und font a $40 bill all in silfer. Nit diss
Chack vent back to der dictator. NOW
I can buy myseluf a swort to slice der
colt boiled ham NIT" he vispered about.
How happy mutter viii be-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20

here Of late, the proponderance of in
teingent opinion reaching the conclusion
that the continentals in every way. by
temperament, aptitude and training, are
far superior to the English and the Irish
the Scotch are not in ft-as servants. II
is certainly true that most of the chiefs
Is certainly true that most of the chiefs
of the successful houses began as sery-
ants and got their education and rose
from the ground up.
The newly appointed head of the Ritz
of London ran away from school to enlist
In Rhine hof as scullion; he was
promoted to be dishwarmer: from tho
kitchen he passed to the dining room:
thence TO room WAITER finally, so useful
and faithful had he shown himself. he
was taken into the Caisse, that is, the
office of the hotel. Here the claim of his
country for military service found him
and he promptly obeyed the call, going
home Che was a GERMANY to meet the
designated requirement. His duty done,
he came to Paris. He had studied his
art" in Vienna and Berlin. He could
speak fiuently fve languages. 1t goes
without saying that he possessed a charm
ing personality along with sincerity and
zeal. He was not ashamed of his call
Ing. He was proud of 1t. The English
man and American rarely is. AS a con-
sequence. before he was 80, he was head
Of house and. making this success,
he was called to the Ritz when q re-
organization was decided upon, to receive
n n MI ~ rir
minister.
such career would not be possible to
an average boy in the United States or
Great Britain. He would lack the adapt
ability. He would lack the self-repression
and assiduity, the underlying spirit, the
enthusiasm. the tenacity and the ambi-
tion- He would probably reject and resent
the tips" about which, by the way, the
misconception is SO great and SO general.
One of Ben Ridgely's best stories was
THE Man Who gave No Tips" 1t was
translated into every European language.
1t is wise. witty and full of instruction.
There is never traveller but should
read it.
In my many pilgrimages to the shrines
of the good In Paris and the haunts of the
great in London, and the frequent jour-
neys have made around Robin Hoods
barn in Germany and italy and Spain. not
to mention the Dutch lowlands and the
Swiss highlands. l have found no outlay
yield such satisfactory returns as a calcu-
lated and intelligent system of tips. To
my hotel bills I affix an additional 10 per
cent for the servants. Sometimes I have
paid this in bulk to the hotel bureau, ac-
cordng to an agreed arrangement. Cen
orally, however, I distribute it seriatim,
so much for the PORTER" so much for
the waiter SO much for the 'maid.'
and so on down to 'buttons;" not in ex-
cess; too much is as bad as nothing; just
what is generous from their point Of
view, fair from mine. 1t works wonders
And then one goes away feeling SO much
better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
Telephone and Tele9raph

1t Is now claimed that the American
Telephone and Telegraph company has
not secured majority Of the stock of
the Western Union, but that it has ac-
Quired sufficient stock to control the
situation, and it proposes to utilize its
newly-acquired power by using poles
and wires already placed, especially in
the boundless west, for telephone ex.
tensions. The difference in circuits u
such that 1t is possible to telephone
and telegraph over the same wires nj
the same time. This renders it DOS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
Melting More Iron.

Makers of railroad materials are
rushed" say Matthew Addy & Co. of
Cincinnati. This is the most pleasing
here. For two years the railroads have
had sad times, and the Industries that
lived by. for and on them have had sad
der times, for the railroads have been
skimping and economizing and getting
along on half rations. Now they have
apparently come to the hungry time and
are demanding locomotives, rails and all
kinds of equipment. The railroads did
not wake up AS soon as was the case
elsewhere, and now that they have
started they are seemingly trying to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
MORE ABOUT HER HAT.

MOft1 ABOOT HER Hail.
The hats are worn SO very large.
really think we might
Just put a motor on behind
And fly like Wilbur Wright.
-Minna Irving. In New York Times.
Oh, Mfnna, Mfnna, surely you
Are putting up a bluff
Methinks the hats for women are
Already high enough.
Birmingham Age-HeraM,
Speaking of hats we would suggest
One called the ''Suffragette''-
A dainty thing for talking through
On things we'd fain forget
Boston Traveller
We may sit on theft plea for votes
That's going Il too strong
But we can't sit on ladies' hats,
Their hatpins are too long.
Houston Daily Post
When woman buys a bargain plume,
And saves a plunk thereat
She thinks the feat is certainty
A feather In her hat.
Topeka Capital.
When woman buys a plume
For a hat big as a hearse
Her husband says IL certainly
Makes feather of his purse
st. Louis Times
MORE KIND THAN GREAT.
In dreamless sheep the legfons keep
Who walked the world before us;
A few survive in memory,
Like incense breathing DER us.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
McARRENs SENSE OF HuMoR

From the New York Tribune.
Within half an hour after the death of
Municipal Court Justice bowling, q Ger
man. well known in Brooklyn politics,
rushed into Boss McCarren's office and
excitedly exclaimed:
Senator. I want you to let me have
Dowlings place"
why. certainly" replied the dispenser
of patronage. without the ghost of a
smile. II haven't the slightest objection
II the undertaken hasn't"
And that was all the satisfaction the
German, got
Senator McCarren was cautious in his
promises. and he always kept them-not
always as the recipient of the favor ex-
pected, however. A young college man Of
football build, anxious to enter politics.
went to the senator and offered to work
through the campaign then pending II the
leader would promise him Job when 1t
was over. McCarrcn promised. After the
campaign was over the young man ap-
peared for his reward, and was put to
work with pick and shovel in an Italian
street construction gang.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
TO SEE THE WIND.
he Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
Seeing the wind is a rare but easy feat.
Tho object wherswith 1t may be seen is
a common saw. On any blowy day-the
wind being, say. in the north-hold your
saw with the end pointing, one to the
east, the other to the west. Take the
saw AZ II you were going to cut the air
upward, and let the teeth, which are on
top, tilt over till the fiat part of the saw
is at an angle Of Is degrees with the
horizon. You will then see the wind.
Looking along the teeth Of tho saw you
will see the wind pour over them as
plainly as you may see water pouring
over fall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Good People.

This amendment campaign has divided
the white people of Alabama more than
anything of a political nature that has
come up for action at the polls since
the war;" said an old democrat.
"A large majority of the preachers are
supporting the amendment. but not few
able and consecrated ministers are against
1t. The latter act on conviction based on
the principles of fairness and democracy.
The good men who want to see the
amendment win are influenced very much
by prejudice or environment, and while
many of them are honest in their views,
they are none the less governed by what
their associates say.
'1t takes an uncommonly brave preach
or to resist the tumultuous pressure of
pastors associations. But In every cru
SADIE or revolution in which ministers
take part there Will be here and there
a preacher of brains. courage. high re-
Election and blameless living who, like
DR.. w. I. Sinnott of the Presbyterian
synod, will take a stand against consti-
tutional prohibition.
at remember bitter wet or dry cam
paign in Richmond, Va, about 20 years
ago, In which every Protestant pastor
except the Rev. DR.. NJ D. Hoge was ac-
lively against the liquor traffic. Dr. Hoge
declined to join in tho movement to close
the saloons and the wholesale liquor
houses, but on the other hand he told
his friends when they asked him how
he stood that he would vote wet, not
because he was q friend Of the saloon,
but because license and regulation fur
nished the best solution of the liquor
evil. The vets carried Richmond by
large majority.
DIR Hoge once told me that he always
voted from a viewpoint of principle. He
took little stock in emotional politics,
emotional morals or emotional religion In
the 40s, when DR.. Hoge was young
pastor In Richmond, he voted the demo-
cratic ticket and 1t was at time that
all men of high social standing In vir-
ginia were wings. At one election only
Is democratic votes were cast In Rich
mond and DR.. Hoge's was one OF them.
The other "a democrats were men of low
standing-com thugs, gamblers
and divekeepers. Some of DR.. Hoge's
frlenoS trleu 10 inake MN 1851
of being in such motley company, but
the great divine was always ready with
this reply: L am democrat from prln-
ciple, not from expediency
Now, coming back to the question
which is engrossing the attention of Ala
bama people, we who are against the
obnoxious amendment measure are in
excellent company Most of the preach
ers are on the other side, but most OF
the God-fearins, patriotic laymen are
against the amendment"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press

The only kind of genius most people
have is for getting rid Of money.
Generally when a man is having q good
time it il at doing something he cant
afford.
A woman IL very intelligent to know
that beauty will do for her more than in
telligence.
A mother even thinks the baby has the
stom achache in 4 much more interesting
way than other children.
A danger a man runs in life is how he
can ask girl what sermon was preached
in her church. and she will tell him he
procosad to her
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20

Marie Corelli says that English pros
trate themselves before American
heiresses because of their charm OF
manner. Miss Corelli's imaginative
gifts are certainly unequalled any
where.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20

Vote against the amendment if you
desire to put an end to turmoil and
trouble this year. Otherwise 1t will
all come up again next year, and a
repetition of the present discord can
not be avoided. End it now by con-
filming police regulations to statutes.