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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
REWARD.
BY Hildegard Hawthorne.

BY Hildegard Hawthorne.
All they who walk in Joy or in despair
The ways Of life. through shadow and
through light,
Ask for some boon, some guerdon, some
delight,
To crown their living. Tempted by the
glare
Some seek but gold; for fame some great
ly dare;
While nobly others toll to help the right.
To strengthen truth, to gain finer height
OF wisdom. But to me this seems most
fair,
And above all life's gifts I would choose
this
That one with loves deep voice should
turn and say,
When night drew down and it was time
to rest:
"sweet. you have helped me-" bending
down to kiss
My clinGing hands, and but for you tho
way
Would have been barren-you have made
II blast"
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FARM SUBJECTS
ARE DISCUSSED

Jackson, Miss, November 16-The
Southern States Association of Agricul-
tural Commissioners met at the state
mouse today with ten states represented
by their commissioners and state chem
lists and nearly three score prominent
planters, agricultural experts and rep-
resentatives of the United States de-
partment of agriculture In attendance.
Inc body was called to order by Press
ident II. e. Bakeslee of Mississippi.
whose address was the feature of the
forenoon programme. Mr.. Blakeslee dis
eussed at some length uniformity of the
laws, crop reporting in the common
schools. the boys corn club movement
agricultural schools, state and county
fairs, farmers institutes, education on
the farm, tick eradication, feed and fer
tlllzer laws, regulations of nursery stock.
shipments, highway improvement and the
war on the Mexican boil weeyil. On the
latter subject he declared cotton can be
grown in spite of the weevil and warm
~ approved of the farm work being
carried on by the United States depart
ment of agriculture
Addresses of welcome were delivered
by Gov. e. f. Noel and ex-Gov J. X.
Vardeman, to which response was made
by Commissioner Kline of Texas. The
remainder of the day was devoted to
committee reports and routine work. To-
morrow's session will be devoted to the
reading OF papers on various agricultural
topics.
AT tonight's session, which was largely
OF social character, educational matters
We're discussed by Superintendent of Ed
ucation Powers of Mississippi, Mr.. Pow
ers emphasizing the close Relationship
between the educational and agricultural
department of the state government Miss
susie V. Powell, under whose direction
school property in this state is being i'm
proved, also spoke,
At tomorrows session the good roads
question will be taken up, followed by
general discussion of educational mat
tiers In the south.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Censor After Movinu picturee

Wichita, Kas, November 16.-The
city commissioners today passed an
ordinance providing for censor of
plays and moving picture shows, in
order that they might legally stop the
motion picture reproduction of the Cot
feyville bank raid by the Dalton gang.
Emmett Dalton, sole survivor of the
gang, who was pardoned from prison
some time ago, closed the show when
told to do so by the chief of police.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Aviators VIII Appear.

Los Angeles, November 16.-The
management Of the proposed Los An
geles aviation week today sent tele-
gram to Paris, accepting the terms of
q syndicate Of French aviators, COM
posed Of Paulhan. De Lagrange. Le-
Bron, LeGrade and others for their
appearance here. The syndicate slip
ulates that following the aviation week
here In January 1t Is to be permitted
to fly In San Francisco. The syndi-
cate will be paid $4,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Marked lmnrovement.

Few cities have improved so fast as
Birmingham" said L. II. Thornley, of
st. Louis. II was here frequently in the
in recent years-in January, 1908. The
panic was being felt when I was last
in Birmingham, but there seems to be
little or no trace of depression left. SO
far as a visitor can see.
~ have been here three days on tafs
trip and have seen good deal of the
residence sections. As handsome as have
been the Improvements in the business
district, I have been even more i'm
pressed with the beauty and elegance of
the homes"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
No Notice viii Be Taken.

washington, November 16.-No Of
fetal notice will be taken by the treas
ury department, at least for the pres
ent, of the controversy winch mas
arisen between former Assistant Sec
rotary James b. Reynolds, now mem
Der of the tariff board and Richard
Parr, a deputy surveyor attached TO
the New York customs house.
The meat of the controversy appears
TO be the desire of Mr.. Parr to obtain
a moiety of the fine imposed upon the
sugar trust for the alleged frauds in
the importation of sugar into this
country. 1t developed today at the
treasury department that former en-
ploye Of the American Sugar Refining
company last spring presented to the
department a statement of these al
legged frauds in which he laid claim to
such an amount as the treasury might
allow him for the discovery of the
frauds The claim was to be paid out
of the fine imposed upon the sugar
trust, which amounted to about $4,000
900. The department has taken no ac-
ton on that claim. Secretary Mac
Veagh was not prepared to say today
whether favorable or unfavorable ac-
ffon might be taken on 1T in the future
1t can be said on the authority of
high treasury officials that practically
no change has taken place in the sugar
trust Investigations during the last
few weeks.
James B. Reynolds, who issued a
statement last night in response to tie
statement of Deputy Surveyor Parr,
said today that he had nothing addi-
tional to say. Whether the treasury
department will request or direct
Deputy Surveyor. Parr to withhold any
further statements he may have in
ha aScarfQined
Secretary MacVeagh declined to en-
fer into the controversy in any way
and would not say, even, that any in
timation would be given to Mr.. Parr
that arguments in newspapers were
distasteful to the department.
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influence of several minds over one had
been the evenings entertainment and
told her mother how six girls, with their
minds bent on one thought, had made a
man stand on his head; another man. at
their silent command, had tried on a
womans hat and another had tried to eat
water with fork, 1t put suggestion into
Mrs. Lysander John Appletons brain.
That evening when Lysander John came
home his wife and four daughters sat
In a circle with their hands covering
their faces and the faces and heads
bowed. To all his inquiries they said
nothing, and at last fearing they had
gone mad, he sent for the doctor. I'VE
concentrated our minds on the thought
that Lysander John must give us IS each,
and instead of that we have a doctor
bill to pay" sobbed Mrs. Appleton, and
they said 1t would be particularly easy
to work II the mans mind was blank"
COMMENT.
"What makes the hookworm hook?"
asks the Memphis News scimitar. His
wife.
A fine old sea captain sails into Boston
and tells how he shot the filing out of
six waterspouts with shotgun. Nautical
tales are nearly always interesting.
The pompadour Is said to be down and
out. Inverted thumbs please!
us Rome society corrupt" asks the
Rome Tribune-Herald. 1t was in Nero's
day.
A New Hampshire woman left will
five feet long. The length of the aver
age woman's will can not be determined
A woman reformer says the frying pan
causes divorce. No doubt of 1t, when
used as a weapon.
A Michigan man was given 80 days in
Jail for stealing a kiss. And all he has
is memory!
After % years of married life Balti-
more man thought so much of his wife
that he Rugged her until he broke sew
eral ribs. Just to show that his feeling
was reciprocated, she had him arrested.
How much should a cats funeral
cost ?" asks contemporary A funeral
by drowning doesn't cost much, as a
rule.
THE DAYS END.
A vesper bell in valleys heard,
Where peaceful folk, toil-free are wend-
ing;
Magnolias by faint breezes stirred,
Whose boughs with faultless blooms
are bending.
A song that dies on evening air;
Remote. a peal of girlish laughter;
The chirp Of birds in leafy lair
And purple twilight follows after.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Berry, RubinsteIn.

In musical circles here 1t is generally
said that Beryl Rubinstein, the boy pianist
who gave a recital at Gable hall last
Saturday, and who will give a second re-
cital tomorrow night at the High school
auditorium. is the most wonderful per-
former who has ever appeared before the
public at the age OF TO- He will be IL
years Of age in January, but not many
grown-up pianists can equal him either
in beauty of tone or poetic Interpretation.
He has remarkably well developed tech
nique, too.
This boy was born in Athens. Ga He
has studied in New York, but has never
been abroad. The music lovers Of Bir-
mingham are encouraging him to give q
series OF recitals for the purpose Of earn
ing money to assist In taking him to Eu-
rope for few years of study.
The recital at the High school will be
under the auspices OF the ladies of Temple
Emanuel chapter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
In Grasp Of Blizzard.

Duluth. Mimi, November 16.-The head
Of the lake district today was in the
grasp of a blizzard, the wind at times
assuming the proportions of gale. Nav
igation on Lake Superior was regarded
unsafe and few boats ventured out of
the Duluth Superior harbors. heavy
snow was failing, delaying traffic on rail-
roads and In the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Pinchot Wants Matter Settled.

Washington, November lett is ru-
mored here tonight that Clifford Pin
chot, government forester, has writ.
ten to President Taft expressing a
desire to have his status in the adj
ministration more clearly defined 80
as to set at rest the so-called con-
troversy between Secretary Ballinger
and himself in regard to the conserya.
tion policies. The report has it that
In his letter to the President Mr.
Pinchot requests Mr.. Taft to declare
himself emphatically either for Pinchot
or for Ballinger.
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the street every morning at the hours
when the clerks and laboringmen are GO
ing to their employment is still with us. It
would be well to instruct policemen to
warn porters and the proprietors of stores
first and after that If they do not do
their part to protect the public health
they should be arrested and fined.'
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WESTERN UNION MERGED
WITH PHONE COMPANY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE II

associates In the control of these COM
panies have disposed of their stock, re-
tanning sufficient to qualify themselves
as directors or voting trustees. The in
dependent companies concerned are the
United States dong distance), the Cuya-
hoga of Cleveland, the Toledo Home.
the Indianapolis Home and the new Long
Distance of Indianapolis.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

HAPPY.
Settin' in de sunshine
By NAH cabin do;
Pickaninnies playin' roun',
Done laid by nah hoe
Not a cloud up in de sky
An nah hearts at rest,
LAX er little child asleep
On his mammy's breast
L kin close nah eyes an see
Happy days ter come;
Don't care whut de weather Is,
| jes' can't be grum.
When de days so warm an bright,
So late In de fall,
Seems Jes' LAX de whole worl' sings,
paint nothin' wrong at alll'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
The Dust Question.

II notice that City Physician Hardness
is drawing attention to the dust danger"
said citizen Interested in hygiene.
1.-The much-needed rain which has come
at last has LAID the durt for some days to
come. The danger Of infection from
sweeping the dry dust OF stores out into
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Troops VIII Be Sent.

Springfield. Ill, November l6.-Follow-
ing the request of Sheriff Skoglund of
Bureau county for troops to guard the
burning St. Paul mine. Acting Adjt. Gen.
Frank Dickson Immediately arranged by
telegraph for the mastering and trans
portation of militia to Cherry. special
train was ordered to carry TWO COM
panies of soldiers from Gaiespurg ana
one company from Kewanee.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

The amendment people cannot find
eminent home people to speak for them
and they are forced to import speakers
from the middle west and even from
the effete east.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Alabama is afflicted with amendicitis
but the voters will administer dose
of common sense on Monday week
which will work a cure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

President Taft is trying to stuff into
his message all the subjects he dis
cussed in a 13,0OO-mile trip. He should
let bygones be bygones.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Help the defenseless women and
children, says one amendment paper
of Alabama. What is the matter, pray.
of the Carmichael statewide bill, to
say nothing of the Fuller bill?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

No traveller can rob the government,
but the trusts are doing the act with
skill and numberless repetitions.
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gaseous mine for two hours. The oxygen
is carried in two cylinders on the back
and is fed into the helmet through rub
Der tubes. The carbon dioxide thrown
out in the breath is caught up in two
tanks of potassium hydroxide and dis
sipated thus. There is a medium for car
rying the oxygen in constant circulation
In addition to his own equipment, each
rescuer carries a tank of oxygen and
an apparatus for resuscitating the vic
tins.
At the government station at Pitts
burg and its branches at Urbana, Ill.,
and Knoxville, Tenn. as many as 800
miners have been instructed in a week
in the use of the apparatus, with the
result that three of the largest coal COM
panies in Pennsylvania have established
stations with oxygen equipment of their
own and all others are being urged by
the government to do SO.
The equipment of mines in Europe with
the oxygen apparatus has helped reduce
the death rate among miners there to
0l5 per cent of those employed. In the
United States the death rate is o4S6 of
those employed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

The credit of China is so high just at
present that she is compelled by the
nations to borrow money she does not
want.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

DR.. Cook should not be blamed be-
cause he is so slow in preparing his
data. He may have accumulated a
polar hookworm
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NEW TURN TAKEN
IN SUGAR FRAUDS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE -

selection of its eligibles, but 1t has left
in the department unimpaired the power
of shifting such appointments. when once
made, to bottom, and exercising the pow
er of removal at any time that the IN
terest of the public service requires. 1t
interposes no objection to removal Tor
cause, and its processes, instead of I'M
pairing the right of an appointing OFFICER
to make inquiry into moral fitness, mas
supplemental them to the fullest extent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

The people of Chicago do not pro-
pose to let the present balmy weather
induce them to misplace the snow
shovel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Uncle Adee of the state department
holds on through all sorts of admin
istrations. No administration feels safe
without him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Bob Burdette Is back in his Los An
geles pulpit with health fully restored.
Los Angeles is happy.
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The Amendment.

! Section /. The manufacture,
sale and keeping for sale of alco-
holic and malt liquors and other
intoxicating beverages shall pc
forever prohibited in this state,
but alcohol may be sold for medi-
cal, scientific and mechanical pur-
J poses, and wine for sacramento
! purposes under such regulations
as the legislature may have pre-
scribed or may hereafter pre-
scribe.
Sec. 2. Nothing In the constitu-
ton of Alabama shall be construed
to prevent the legislature. under
the police power, from designating
, places where such liquors may not
be stored or kept.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Men Become Restless.

Signs of restlessness were apparent In
the streets at a late hour tonight. For
a few hours the saloons were open by
permission of the authorities. The lift
ing of the 'lid'' was opposed by some
persons who feared the effect Of the IL
quor on the over-wrought miners.
The saloon men were persistent in their
requests to be allowed to keep open as
1t was payday.
State Attorney Eckhart told them If any
trouble was caused by men finding IL
quor in town he would put the saloon
keepers out of business
Despite Eckhart's warning a number of
men were the worse for their drinking
and there was an agitated tone in the
talk of some groups in the streets.
The St. Paul mine will be opened to-
morrow morning under the direction of
Richard Newsam, chairman of the IL
LIMOS state board of mine inspectors If
conditions are favorable.
This was announced after conference
tonight between Sheriff Skoglund and
Coroner Mains. 1t was agreed the seal
of the hosting shaft should be opened
under the direction of the state.
This, it was reported was one reason
for the call for the troops.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

It is surprising to see how many
people in this state would be glad to
see Governor Conner bag that appoint
ment to China.
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MY, but don't they look sick?" says
the Dothan Journal, speaking Of the
amendists in its section.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

The great waterways session of Con-
gress will soon be assembled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Madame Steinheil is now in position
TO join the suffragettes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

The name of landlord is to be abol.
ished in Ireland, but it is strengthen
ing in this country.
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The turkey must be patrician bird
If 1t has acquired appendicitis.
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SUCH is LIFE.

SUCH is LIFE.
A little cot. that was his dream,
little cot-no more;
With sweet content, care to redeem,
And love beside the door.
Alas, how seldom dreams come truei
The man of whom l speak.
Who once thought all the skies were blue
On fourteen plunks a week,
Is now a master of affairs
And tolls from morn to night,
And finds. SO great the load he bears,
Scarce time to eat bite.
And as for love, contentment's glow
And exc that little cot,
Some twenty weary years ago
His day dream was forgot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Cairo, ILL.,. should remember that
lynch law is a pernicious habit and
avoid it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Jamaica is not sure which is the
worst-an earthquake, a hurricane or
a tidal wave.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

A busy winter Of pugilistic gossip is
before us.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Alabama's distinguished sons are
lined up against the amendment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

From lowest place when vrtuous
things proceed,
The place Is dignifed by the doors
deed.
-AIPs Well that Ends Well.
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This balmy weather makes the
Christmas numbers Of magazines mis-.
Ats.
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Washington. November 16-According
to the records kept by the technologic
department the Cherry disaster will rank
as the second greatest in the country.
Only one other, that at Monongah, w.
VA, in which 356 miners lost their lives,
can furnish greater death list At
Monongah, when the mine was penetrated
the bodies of some who had probably
lived 4S hours, were found Rescuers
equipped with helmets and resuscitation
apparatus might have saved them, it Is
declared.
Every rescuer now is equipped with
enough oxygen to keep him alive in q
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
MUTUAL SURPRISE.

'Welll' said the stern judge I'm sur
prised to see you here again"
Not any more surprised than I am
to see you, Judge" answered the pris-
oner, amiably. 'I>didn't have the slight
est idea of being caught this time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
HYPNOTTsM FATT,ED

Mrs. Lysander John Appleton and the
Appleton girls have been having some
more hard luck. The Atchison Globe
says:
When Daysey Wayne Appleton re-
turned recently from party where the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
IN ALL HER FINBRY

did you exhibit at the horse show this
year?"
yes; my wife was there"
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FEARED EXPOsuRE

FEARED EXPOSURE.
did you ever see pessimistic graft
err"
"oh, yes"
II presume he was something like
the chap who can't see anything but the
hole in a doughnut?"
well, yes, in a way. He couldn't see
anything but the rift in the loot"
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ONE WAY.

What is the best way to avoid crowd
ed trolley cars?"
Have you ever tried snubbing the mo-
torman?'
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Entered at the Birmingham An,
postoff1oe as second class matter unoe
act of Congress March Q. 1879.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-12-23
zeIsys RetIres; Battle Reported.

There have been important develop
ments in the Nicaraguan situation the
past week. Zelaya has resigned the
presidency, alleging his desire to restore
peace. DR.. Madriz has been chosen
unanimously by the Nicaraguan Congress
TO succeed him and has been inauguFated.
Madriz is of the Zelayan party, and his
secession is quite welcome to the late
president. He is, however, Of more gem
erai popularity than Zelaya, and it was
expected that the change would tend to
weaken the insurrection. Something of
this effect has been noted, one OF the rebel
leaders having laid down bis arms, but in
the main this Estrada forces on the east
coast show no disposition to be placated.
Tuesday, they advanced from their forth
fed line near Rama and attacked the gov
ernment troops over a distance covering
eight miles. They report a complete vic
tory, having routed the ZeIayans and oc-
cupied much of their line. The revolu-
tionists claim that the enemy lost many
killed, 100 wounded and 150 prisoners.
Capt. Godfrey Fowler, ex-U. s. A., COM
manded the insurgent artillery.