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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

CUDDLE TIME. When day is dene
 And the shadows fall And night draws near In a purple pail, And the worlds tired heart Is laid to rest. The ship of dreams Plies down the west, With sil,-en sails
 And a golden prow. And 1t bears us far From the realm of Now To another land Dreamland so fair. Just shut your eyes And you'll scon be there!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

The groundhog did not see his shadow in Pittsburg, but Pittsburg can not make weather as 1t does steel prices for the rest of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

MT. Taft certainly did not need his tub when he got to the Pacific ocean. It's size has never been overestimated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

February 12 is national holiday, the only one we have. The banks will remind you of the fact even if you for get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

There are to be no Rough Riders in the inaugural procession. Times change and customs change with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

President Roosevelt will cease to swing the country by the tail at the end of single month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

Emperor William of Germany is a grandfather in his f1fty-frst year. He can no longer pose as boy Kaiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

The far west does not mourn the loss of the billboards that the recent blizzard blew down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

If warm words of sympathy could get Charles w. Morse out of prison he would not stay behind bars a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06
Iron and the Tariff.


 Tho Jig iron market is quet just now. The metal trade Is the barometer for business in general and while the indica- tons are anything but promising, within two or three weeks a strong buying movement may be under way and sales agents may find their order books well filled. In the meantime business must wait.
 Matthew Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati re- port says:
 There Is some improvement in demand this week over last. Scattering orders have been more frequent and inquiries have been better. There is nothing great to chronicle, yet unquestionably business is slightly improved. Apparently, how ever the whole trade is more or less in a comatose condition because of the un- certainties regarding the tariff A good many iron men are wondering what would happen if the tariff really were changed. seeing that the mere threat of a reduc- tion and the present tariff agitation has resulted so disastrously. At the pres ent the south is doing better than the north, and more southern iron is being sold and more southern iron is being shipped than is the case with northern iron. Yet things might and should be so much better that no one is satisfied. However. the feeling that the year will be fair is general.
 Prices on southern iron are being bet ter maintained, too, as the schedule price of No. of $13, Birmingham, is being rigidly maintained. The whole situation, however is one of perplexity and embar- rassment. It is difficult to tell the imme- diate future and the sentiment is abso- lutely general that the tariff question has to be safely and properly settled before the iron trade will come to its own again"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

Mr Taft has stood on the Gatun dam site and he knows 1t has good founda- tiOns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06
AND LATCHKEYs

"old maids don't keep cats and canary birds any more"
 Indeed? What do they keep?' Late hours"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06
THE TOURISTS.

III TO OINIo 1s Keeping always on the go- That's the modern notion; Posting up and down the land, Flying cross the ocean. Every wight you see these days Seems to like to roam; 'Twould be quite a novelty Just to stay at home!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06
EVERY TIME.

ID ' Ift IIME. When beauty is only skin deep" "Yes?" Love is skin game"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06
SOMETIMES HAPPENS.

It rained on my new typewriter today" Did you leave the window open?" No, she forgot her umbrella"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06
A JOKES LIFE.

A JOKES LIFE. A thousand years ago a joke Began it's blithe career; A clipper sort-indeed no poke Today it doth appear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06
ARDICATION.

"Ponsonby used to think he was born to command"
 About what time in life did he change his mind?"
 .'The day after he became the property of Mrs. Ponsonby."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

STUCK. A bardlet wildly tore his hair And muttered accents of despair. What was the cause? Twas closing time And still he couldn't seem toArhyme Worth two centsl Alas, he dearly earns his pay, The bard who has to write each day. Although he's feeling cross and gium And in mood to flicker, some Cheer-up verse;
 THE LUNCH COUNTER LIFE. Three times day he climbed a stool And ordered ham and eggs. Until he learned to grunt and grew Pin feathers on his legs.
 REPLIES. Women seldom indulge in retrospection before company
 A touch in the region of the heart doesn't amount to much unless the touch extends to the region of the purse. If some people were as careful with their tempers as they are about not get ting their feet wet, the world would be much more agreeable to live in. Speaking of firearms and fools, it is as- tonishing how often they get together. When a man goes wrong a great uproar is made in all the papers, but when he reforms he has to tell the news himself.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

An Englishwoman in the Queen, London.
 N EOPLE live more simply there. N The rich, who can afford ser
 wants, keep only third as many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06
A PROMOTERS PLIGHT.

A PROMOTERS PLIGHT. A man who lived in Boasterburg, A chinch bug of a town, Was always in a peevish mood And always wore frown. When asked why he still fingered there, Disguised with the spot, He stamped the ground, he tore his hair And waxed exceeding hot ''I'm founder of this town" he said; Now, if I moved away And sought a more congenial place, What would the people say "Who've purchased corner lots from me Alas, I fear they're undone- Believing Boasterburg would be Some day as big as London?"
 DECADENCE. 'Methinks, it is pathetic sight, ''what is, Eoratio?' ''The noble red man taking the Keeley cure"
 MATERNAL PRIDE. Little Tommy was terror,
 But his mother said,
 Isn't he the darling creature?'
 Stroked him on the head, Dragged about his lovely manners,
 Even when at play.
 Don't think her unduly foolish
 That's a mothers way. 
 CONCEPT. .Jimpson says he had his eyes on good man this morning" Where was Jimpson?' "Standing before a mirror"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

Talladega Reporter: Birmingham is to have a big music festival in May. Good for Birmingham. It is a sign of growing happiness and culture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

Nashville American: Taft's appetite will revolt when they try to feed him on Bir- mingham pig.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

Knoxville Journal and Tribune' Taft will visit Birmingham but it is not said yet what they are going to feed him while there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

Rome Tribune-H Herald: The water wagon has gone into bankruptcy in Birmingham. We have never believed that city was fair field for exploiting prohibition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

Bessemer Workman: When Bill Taft hits Birmingham he will be made 10 reel as though Atlanta wasn't on the map.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-06

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421 | street. N. W.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24
More Money.

The Bee would like to know who is
responsible for the small appropria-
ton of money for the colored schools,
Is this not the time for the colored
members of the Board of Education
and the colored assistant superintend-
ent of schools to look into this mat
ter? Senator Challenger has made a
favorable reply to the citizens for a
new normal school. The colored peo-
pie would be more than glad to have
a colored business High School.
There is great need for such a
school for colored children, What
the colored schools want is a good
business education. The young col
ored boy and girl are in need of a
busines education. The young boy
and girl are not put in a position
whereby they can obtain a business
education. While the whites are ask
ing for a new normal school let the
colored people ask for o money
for their schools and a business high
school.-The Washington Bee,
The noted Separate Car Law en-
acted by the first legislature of Okla
homa-and by the way, the first bill
on the calendar-and fought ever
since by the State Constitutional
League, came up in the Circuit Court
of Appeals at st. Louis, Mo, 18th inst
The railroads claiming u%nreadiness and
a continuance of the case, the attor'
neys of the League asked and were
granted that a final hearing be given
in May, 1910, at st. Paul, MINI. The
foregoing facts should lend encour'
agement to those who doubted there
was a ghost of a chance for us in
this fight. Now everybody pull to
gether for a decisive victory-The
Oklahoma Tribune.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24
EDITORIAL CLIPPINGS.
One More February Election.

One More February Election.
The County Commissioners call at
tention to the fact that a primary
election will be held in January pre-
liminary to the regular election in
February, Members of Councils and
the sectional school boards will be
chosen.
This is the last time that the citi-
e of Pennsylvania will be called
upon to go to the polls in February,
and for that relief there ought to be
general rejoicing. Yet this matter was
so little understood that the reform
was adopted at the November election
by only a slight majority.
Hereafter we shall give attention to
local offices in November of the odd
years and to State affairs in Novem-
Der of the v years. Why any
voter should have hesitated to sever
local and State elections, we are at a
loss to Observation-Disclosures
Tribune.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24
COOKS FATE.

From the dispatches that are ap-
pearing in the press of the country
it looks like DR.. c. s. claim To- the
discovery of the NortnsPole is about
to be set at naught. There we're and
are still thousands of people in this
and other countries who sympathize
with DR.. Cook and who had hoped
that he would be able to establish his
claim, and it is regrettable that he
saw fit to leave his case to a foreign
country. If failure must come to the
Brooklyn explorer it would have been
more honorable to have failed at
home than abroad.
After all, there is a "fshy" smell
about this pole business. In all So
berness, who knows that any n has
reached that coveted spot? To our
mind, it is a matter yet to be verified.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24
OMMUNICATI0N.
00CCCC0o0O0COCC0GO
speaks a Good Word.

The Atlanta Georgian, a short time
ago, in harmony with the gentle spirit
that pervades this sacred season, be-
came reflective and in an article worth
reading a second time, commented de-
Gently on the worth and character OF
the anti-belIum Negro and also went
to the gracious extent of quoting at
length Henry w. Grady's tribute paid
to the Negro people in that mastery
effort Of his in Boston years ago, That
was a noble tribute by a conscientious
man, a tribute than which no nobler
was ever paid to the splendid charac-
ter of a splendid people.
1t is meet to observe that what The
Georgian had to say in the way OF
favorable comment regarding the ante
bellum Negro cannot be confined to
them only, but is equally applicable to
his descendants, the Negro Of to-day.
For he is certainly trying with might
and main to make a useful citizen
by making the best Of his Opportuni-
ties. It is hoped that The Georgian
feels somewhat better that it had the
courage to perform a little service to
a people who have been of infinite
service to the South. The Negro peo-
pie are the most grateful people in the
world, and so manifest that fact on all
occasions for the least or greatest
favor.
Were it possible for other great and
small journals, engaged in moulding
public sentiment, to constantly give
expression to favorable comment on
the m~eritorious things being done by
the masses of the Negro people and
not conine themselves severely to NOR
bid portrayal of the misdoings Of the
derelicts, there would grow up a heal
thy condition Of things that would re
dound to the good of all. 1t should
be remembered that the ratio Of evil
doors to the entire Negro people IL
no greater than the %evil-doers Of othel
races are to the whole number consti
tuting any particular race.
JADEoEE.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24
Jefferson and Black Patty.

We notice the big stir in our city
this week because of the widely-ad-
vertised Black Patty show to be had
at the Jefferson Theater Tuesday
night. Many theater-goers who have
sworn that they would lever again
climb those back alley ~fire-escapes to
see any performance, regardless OF
it's nature, and because of this show
being almost or entirely Negro tai
ent, it is causing much sensation on
the part of many to see their fellow
kinsmen through the straight gate or
the front entrance. We here COM
pliment our people, since they feel
they must see this performance out
of respect to the developed talent in
the race and seek necessary accom-
modations for them as a civilized
people. The question is, will the
Negroes climb those dangerous back
alley ~fire-escapes If the white fail
to accord privileges sought? If so,
then they are less than men and wom-
en- who would be expected to bring
about such an agitation of self-re-
spect, but reduce themselves to a
mere bluff to have some passion
pleased for the time being. We don't
believe that you have any right there
at any rate, we know that it is bet
ter for every Negro to stay away
from these places of ace disgrace
and race suicide of luxurious sport,
most especially until proper and civil
accommodations a be had. Moth
ing is more absurd and ~nauseating
than to hear young men and women
of supposed intelligence say that
they must go to these unwholesome
places because it is their privilege.
All the privileges that we have as
men and women are given to us by
God and man with an expressed un-
derstanding that they will be used
to the best interest of u country
and our God. And not that you will
enhuman a whole community or race
of people because of your lust for
such dangerous evils. The proper
procedure for the colored people is
not to enter the theater Tuesday if
they cannot enter with and in the
place provided for citizens. 1t will
take men and women to do this,
while forms of human existence will
accept anything.-The Birmingham
Reporter. -"
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24

they come into close contact and their
passions infiamed, their pugnacity ex-
cited by bad whisky, overthrow in
an hour what the better element has
been months IN building. II 'efeld's
proposed ordinance N,ifl 4ethis
danger, for whites W. estricted
to saloons conducte of their
race, while til res must get
their booze" from a Negro or go
without.
Again, the ordinance will compel
them to ~patronize a business CD man
of the race. And here again it is a
questionable blessing in disguise.
Without it, the white liquor dealer
would get many a dollar which will
go to a Negro, to be used, we trust,
in healing some of the wounds which
his establishment is sure to make
The CIV. W Advocate.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24

Entered as second-class matter January 10,
1906, at the post-ofice at Nashville, Tennes-
see, under the act Of Congress of March 3,
1879.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24
FRIDAY, DECEMBER II, 1909.
THE MEDDLEg0MB STUDENT.

Vernon must go, is the decree of
the Tuskegee Wizard, and that ]. c.
Napier, of Nashville, is to get the
plum.
Booker Washington has not ceased
to work against DR.. Vernon he OPP
posed him all along; but he opposed
him without reasons, which would not
work with Teddy, and hence. he
failed, as he should do now.
Booker T. Washington, however,
is backing ]. G. Napier, who, by the
way, is showing Booker Washington
over the State of Tennessee, with the
hope of riding Washington into the
Office of Register of the Treasury of
the United States-a big thing, in
deed, if J. G. Napier car keep his
horse from falling. The promise of
that great big plum is costing the
little Negroes of Tennessee dearly for
Booker's ride"
Again the ever-meddlesome and
over-wise editor of the ALLEN Student"
has out his war paint. Having de-
voured everybody digestible in the
A. M. E. Church, he has licked his
lips and sharpened his teeth prepare
tory to an onslaught on the Nation.
No one familiar with the tempera-
ment of the ~ex-secretary is surprised
at anything that appears in the col
umns of the Student" but we simply
want to inform our friend that the
people in Tennessee know how to at
tend to their own affairs, and that
those who honored DR.. Washington
during his visit in Tennessee are not
starving as a result.
We do not know whether or not
there is any feeling between Mr.,
Vernon and Mr.. Washington, but we
do know that Mr.. Napier is able to
take care of himself. He is Tennes
sees leading republican, having stuck
to his party through thick and thin
There have been times when it seemed
that every Negro in the State would
desert the party, but Mr.. Napier il
every instance proved that he is {
firm believer in the doctrine of thu
late Frederick Douglass, who declared
in the midst Of the greatest crisis tina
has ever threatened a political or
g~anization that "The republican part.
is the ship, all else is the sea-" So
if Mr.. Napier is recognized by the Fed
eral Government it will not be duI
to the influence of DR.. Booker 7
Washington or any one else, but
recognition Of the fine qualities il
the nan
The editor ofthe Student" would d
well to attend to matters Of which h
has some knowledge and that woul
be more conducive to his success
than the meddling with other people
affairs.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24
TO THE PERLIC.

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ter, standing or reputation OF any person,
firm or corporation, which may appear in
the columns ofTHE NASHVILLE GLOBE
will be gladly corrected upon being brought
to the attention OF the management.
Send correspondence for publication 80 as
to reach the office Monday. No matter in
tended for current issue which arrives as late
as thursday can appear in that number, as
Thursday is press day.
NAN news matter sent us for publication
nj, be written only On one side OF tho pa
per nd should be accompanied by the name
OF thScontrlbutor, not necessarily FER publ
cation, but as an evidence OF good faith.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24

With turkeys selling at a quarter
Of a dollar a pound and a curtain of
snow looming up here and there, a
great debate will have to be decided
between the coal man and the poul-
try man as to which shall have the
customer.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24
HApPY eRANn EArHER.

Mr., Chas. H. Burrill, Dean of the
Globe Publishing Company, who is
now in Brooklyn, is again a happy
grandfather. The new arrival is a
girl and was named Margaret Eliza
beth Burrill. She is the second
daughter Of Mr.. Burrills only son, Mr..
G. Willis BurTill, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24

The Negroes Of Davidson county
are awaking from their Rip Van Win
kle slumber and are making a strong
bid for the State Normal. But the
business leagues cannot be induced
to join the procession.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24

And now, after spending millions
on a lock canal, the conclusion is
reached that the branch will not be
worth a continental when completed.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24
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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24
eIuefeId,s JIm crow ordinance.

BIuefield's Jim Grow Ordinance.
Since Bluefield will have saloons,
it is not such a hardship as it appears
from first sight, that the liquor
drinking Negroes in that city should
be compelled to purchase their re-
freshments from the sole ~saloonist of
color, or pay a stiff fine.
The commingling of the races in
Dar-rooms Is responsible for much of
the friction existing to-day. There
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-31
IN THE FIELD OF FRIENDSHIP.
There We Are in Contact with Some
Of the Finest Issues Of Life.

The field of friendship is a wide one
and all our neighbors, both near and
far, should be candidates for admis-
sion there. The appearance of cold
esteem, the passing salutation, empty
of everything save chill formality,
have larger possibilities behind them
than we are wont to imagine. At any
rate, to believe SO, honestly and con-
scientiously, is an indication of an ac-
live faith, and is far wholesomer than
the suspicious that do their utmost to
master us. 1t is only through this be-
lief that we shall bring ourselves in
contact with some of the finest issues
of life and come to understand the
unities and harmonies of existence.
Nevertheless, it is well to bear in
mind the important fact that man is
not our only friend and neighbor.
Neither patience nor investigation is
necessary to the discovery that all
hings about us are capable of invit-
ing neighborliness and dispensing it
to those who are wise enough to take
advantage of the hospitality that Is
constantly proffered. The towering
trees Uhough they do not seem to
tower as high as they did when we
were Younger the humble creeping
vines, the delicate flowers that spring
up in night, casual and ravishing.
the whole movement and rush of ma
ture in her vigorous and insistent
moods, belong to neighborliness in the
most significant. and satisfactory
sense. 1t is something of relief to
discover that we need not depend en-
though beyond all doubt the best OF
his kind are to be treasured in what.
ever relation or condition they are
saund.-The late Joel Chandler Harris.
The Glenwood post., 1909-07-31
Utah Coal cases Settled.

Washington. - Attorney General
Wickersham has discontinued equity
suits recently instituted against the
Utah Fuel company to annul title to
500 acres of coal lands in Utah, valued
at 100000. This action is caused by
the settlement between the govern
ment and the fuel company under
which the company agrees to pay the
government $4,000. reconveys the
eight hundred acres to the United
States besides forfeiting $14 900 paid
to the government when the patents
we're isued on the land.