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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31

The Birmingham Motor club a month ago started movement to get a wide, smooth road between Birmingham and Atlanta, and already their efforts are bearing fruit A slightly good road was found via Gadsden, but the people of An niston and Pell City are fighting to have the route come their way. The result has been to start good roads move ment in the counties through which the Anniston route passes. It Is now up to the people along the Gadsden route to get busy, widen their roads and fill In the little dips across the roadway. These little dips are caused by the washing rains and they are the most deceiving things imaginable. 1t being impossible to see them until the machine is right on them.
 From the present outlook there will be an unusually large number of Bir- mingham people to run over to Atlanta to see the automobile show and races next week. Many of them will make the trip in their cars and an effort is being made to have them all leave Bir- mingham at the same time.
 The Atlanta Automobile club has re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Vanderbilt 17. Mississippi o.

Nashville, October 3O.-vanderbilt de- feated the team from the University ot Mississippi here today 1T to 0. The score does not indicate the difference between the teams however, as the Vanderbilt men were at all times well within them selves Their interference at that was the best ever seen here, when outside or tackle Vanderbilt's line was mainly put into use and the backs had sinecure, All the scoring was done in the first nalf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Tulane 2, Missipplppl A. and M. O.

New Orleans. October sO.-Tulane de- feated the Mississippi A. and NJ, 2 to O. this afternoon in one of the hardest fought battles of the local season.
 President Taft was for few minutes one of the most interested among several thousand spectators. The only score was made near the end of the first half when Moore captain and fullback of the Tu- lane team, threw Williams, of A. and NJ, over his own goal line with the ball in Williams possession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Vale 34, Amherst 0,

New Haven, October 30.-(Special.)- Yale made easy victims of Amherst today, scoring 34 points and blanking the little Massachusetts college. Yale sent more than two full elevens into the game and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
MeneIIk Has ApopIexy,

Addis Abea Abyssinia, October 3o.- King Menelik was stricken with apoplexy on Thursday night His condition is considered dan9eroua
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31

Now there is a perfectly smooth highway the entire distance between Atlanta and New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
WANTED-Ten experienced coat alteration hands at once. Apply Burger Dry Goods Co.

FOR RENT-A suite of rooms, second floor, Steiner building;
 large office space. ground floor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31

Su1nmaTy: Refefte, ButIer, North Car- olina. Umpire, Elgin, North Carolina. Field judge, Petty. Head linesman, Whit ing, Vanderbilt. Time of halves. 30 and g minutes. Touchdowns, Austell, Baum gartner. Goal from placement Pratt. Goal from touchdown, Pratt.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11
THE MARCH TO
SEA MRT

when they 90 into rncampment. Some sautary changes have
already been made. In former years when a regiment reached
camp in u railroad train il found the tents already erected and
everything ready. The food during the cncampment WAS prepared
and served by contractors. THESE and other ridiculous nsagcs
made the annual encampment a mere outing. As far as utility
went, the State might just as we'll have thrown The appropriation
food contractor was dismissed, and the food supplies are now fur
nished by the conmissary, while detailed enlisted men do The cook
tme encampment closes takes hem down and policies the camp.
The change that is now introduced is the march 10 camp. The
cavalry troops and artillery batteries began this system, and the
Second Regiment took Il sixtymile hike to Sea Grt, by easy
stages, and reached camp in three days. Experience ON the
march is Of more value than life in camp. 70 the soldier in
active service cncamplnent means rest. His principal business is
on The march, and the ability 10 take a long march without undue
fatigue is the chief merit of troops. Naporon's battalions per-
formed wonderful marches, and were fresh enough to fight and win
desperate battles after Il long, forced "hike." In this generation
walking has almost gone out Of fashion, and a march Of sixty miles
seems a hardship. With a little seasoning, however, and IN the
fine New Jersey roads, n National Guard regiment ought TO cover
the distance in two days on a forced march, and with few stragglers.
But railroad transportation 10 camp should now be abandoned alto.
gether. Men who are physically unable to march distances at the
gait of the Second Regiment are unfit for military duty, and
should be dropped from the rolls.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11
fAMOUS BITS OF PROSE
BY FAMOUS PIE OPLE
Westminster Abbey
Died l719
Born 1872
NO. XXXVIII.

BY JOSEPH ADDISON.

vvTT HEN | al in a serious humor l vey often walk by myself in Vest
M minister Abbey. where the goominess of the place and te use to
" Which it is applied, with III solemnuy of the building and thu con-
dillon of the people who lie in it,, are apt to I'LL the mind Will a kind of mel
ancholy, or rather thoughtnlness, that is not dlagr eeable 1 yesterday passed
myself with the tombstones n inscriptions that l met with in those several
regions OF the dead Most of them recorded nothing else of The buried person
but that he was born upon one day n died pon another the whole history
of his life being comprehended fn those W ireumstances nat are commont o
all mankind. could not but look pom these registers of existence whether Of
brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons, who had left
no other memorial of hem but that they were born and hat they died. They
who ave sounding names given them for n other reasonb but that they may
be killed and arc celebrated for nothing nut being knocked OF the head.
have left he repository OF or English kings for the contemplation OF a.
other day. when l snail find my mind disposed for so serious an musemen I
know that Entertainment Of this nature are apt % raise dark and dismal
thoughts in tinorous minds an gloomy imaenadons bt. for m Y part though
am always serious 1 do nt know what II is to be melancholy, and can, there
me as in her most gay M delightful ones When see kings lying by those
who deposd them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy
men hat divided the world with their contests and disputes | reflect With sor-
row and astonishmont upon the little competitions, factions nd debates of
mankind.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11
Lockowonna 1913, 900, 900 Outlay
to Saue II MHesSeems Like Fairy Tale

one of the great problems of the an
thracite roads has been that of getting
the coal over the hills which shut in
the coal fields. To this has been added,
in the case of the Lackawanna railroad,
the problem of getting the black dia-
monds over the divide between the
Delaware and the Passaic and Raritan
valleys. This has meant a forty-mile
detour to the south of a direct wester-
ly line, with grades of sixty feet to the
mile and a tunnel through the backbone
at oxford in order to reach these val
leys.
OF this approximately thirteen miles
were Of curved track, comprised Of
fifty-seven curves, many of which were
sharp. Curves mean great wear on
wheels and rails, not to mention in
creased danger of derailment with the
resultant damage to property and the
possibility of loss of life. The oxford
tunnel also has been a thorn in the
flesh of the Lackawanna Railroad, for
only one train can pass through the
tunnel at a time, and trains coming in
the opposite direction are forced to
await its passage. The frequency of
passing trains made the problem of the
enlargement of this bottle-neck a very
serious one, so, having a surplus in its
treasury, the company set out to get
aroung the bottle neck and the accom-
panying curves and grades.
Northern New Jersey cannot boast
Of the fairness of its surface. The
country is a series of ups and downs.
In order to obtain a comparatively
level line the engineers found that
their problem was literally that of
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11
Cutoff Will Lower Grades More
Than 0ne-half and Abolish
Tunnels.
TT HE unlnitIated are quite likely t,

IT HE uninitiated are quite likely to
wonder how a railroad can spend
money in the lavish way In which some
roads do In improvements IND continue
TO pay dividends. says the New York
Tribune. Statistics seem to show that
the most prosperous roads are those
which spend the most In making inn
provements that reduce the operating
expenses. That explains why the di-
rectors of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad have thought it
worth While to spend more than $13,
900, 900 for the construction of a cutoff
which win save only eleven miles in
the journey between New York and
Buffalo. The cost of the cutoff, which
viii be SAC miles long. will approx
mate $4,000 a mile, a cost which viii
make it one of the most expensive
pieces of eross-country open railroad
building in the United States.
This cutoff, which leaves the present
main line of the railroad about a quar-
ter of a mile west OF the land station al
Lake Hopatcong. strikes north across
Sussex. county, to AEdoVer, and ther
west to the Delaware river In nearly a
straight lIne. After crossing the Della
ware river the line, which will be OF
two tracks, will swing around to the
right and thus Town to the level of the
present tracks at a point just south Of
Voter Gap.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11
New Bridges Also Will Add to
the Better Operation of
Trains on the Line.

fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy regarding
the dwelling of every mountain and
hill n Strengthening of everything
that was crooked. Making straight
their highway, however, was not a
case of, laying it through a desert, for
Sussex and Warren counties not only
delight the eye, but there are plenty
of cattle on the thousand, more or less,
of hills into which their surfaces were
heaped in the day of their creation.
If the construction feature of the
eastern end is great cuts and embank-
ments that at the western end is
bridges. There are to be two, one sixty
five feet high and formed of five 49,
foot spans, two 120-foot spans and two
3O-foot spans to carry the trains over
the Delaware river, and a second liz
feet high n formed of five 120-foot
spans and two 100-foot spans, with
suitable approaches to cross Paulins
Kill. These will be of concrete, the
spans being arches supporting smaller
arches called spandrels. =,
In point of time the cutoff will save
twenty minutes on the running time OF
every passenger train, inc an hour or
that of every freight train. This will
mean a corresponding increase in earn
ing capacity of every engine and car ir
the serviqe, and a reduction in per diem
charges for the use of cars belonging tc
other roads.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11
SUBWAY EXTENSION
JERSEY

Of detached parts. The present subway system was built with
The idea Of extending il throughout The various boroughs, 10 in
lime form Il complete and harmonious plan Of transportation, to
include subways. surface and elevated roads. That object should
be held in view in The construction OF new subways. The problem
is 10 be worked ont for future generations, as we'll rs for the
present one, There is 10 be- considered, also. the future growth Of
population ON the west bank of the Hudson. In time this popu
1afion within u radius of n few miles will exceed that of Greater
New York as il is now. Many more tunnels will be in operation
under the Hudson; The river will be spanncd by a colossal bridge,
and the west bank will be in ne close touch with Manhattan Island
as Brooklyn is. Transportation plans in New York should, there
fore, contemplate direct connections with New Jersey, not only at
The present points of intercourse. but elsewhere ON the west shore
where population and property interests are to have "A large growth.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11
III PEOPLE X
TO SURRENDER POWER

important part Of his own power in the affairs Of The State GOV
eminent and in the administration Of Justice One amendment
BY lengthening The terms Of Governor and legislators. removes
those officers further away FROM the popular control. The judiciary
amendment makes the judges altogether independent Of the peoples
representatives in the Legislature. or lat" years the people have
shown a disposition 10 assume a greater direct power and inhu
cncc in State affairs. and il il hardly credible that Il majority
Of The voters will be 50 blind 10 the effect Of the proposed amend
nents as TO deliberately make them a part Of the State Conslitu-
ton, from which they cannot be removed for the next fifty years
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11
BILLIONS IN THE
YEARS CROPS

over last year, The crops are also nearly harvested. The aver
age of corn indicates II yield of three billion bushels. exceeding
last years crop by half a billion. \ nations wealth comes from
the soil. The American people are blessed this year with II newly
created wealth that amounts in round numbers 10 seven billion
dollars
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11

Among The future changes
in the National Guard
methods will be the abolition
Of the system of carrying
troops on railroad trains
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11

In extending The subway
system in New York the
plans should provide for IA
uniform system Of trans
portation. and moi Il series
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11
Uncle Walt Mason
The SanfLoquer Poet OF Enapora, Kansas, Says Today

= Tie CVHTIOUORT o " LWPOTd, AdESdS OdVS 1OUdy :
At night you seek your downy bed, and ere you sink to sleep and Dreams
that strange machine o. call your head is full OF weird I'M wondrous Schemes:
. they seem too grand and great to fail; they'll fill your
uc,u.. treasury with dough; but morning shows them fiat and
NlUuI , sale-I onen wonder why its So At eve you are bhthe-
TT ucYoNc O soul, your future is the ne good bet; you gany quaf
.Eo9-YS the howing>bowl OIL dance the stately minuet; your joys OBJ
truIve ant intense; but morning finds you full of woe; you'd
sell yourself for twenty cents-Io nen wonder why tits so. At night you walls
beneath n stars, and high ambitions fill you soul; you'll batter down
opposing bars and fight your way and wi the goal; but morning passes you
tn ice, you visions fade, your spirits low; yu spend he long day shaking
dce-I oten wonder why its 10. At night o. think of things sublime and
inspiration ns your heart; you think you'll write a deathless rhyme, or cut n
sNath in ealms of art; but morning finds you looking sick; you feel you haven't
any show; yu dig some bita n seek the creek-I otter wonder why tits o
Copyright 1900 by George Matthew adams
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11

Government crop reports
are re%assuring. The total
yield Of wheat This year will
be about 100000 900 bushels,
an increase of 36,OOO.O 900
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-11

In voting on the proposed
constitutional amendments
next month fhc citizen will
keep in mind the fact that
he is asked 10 surrender IN
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
30. 81. A. Published May y, 1909.
CHAPTER 1877, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create sections 9oo-4ll,
g59--ilm and 9Jy-41n of the statutes.
relating to police and fire commissioners
in cities of tie fourth class.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section /. There are added to the stat
utes three new sections to read section
95a-i1l. /. In all cities of the fourth
class however Incorporated there shall be
a board Of police and lire commissioners
consisting Of five qualified electors, not
more than three of whom shall belong to
the same political party when appointed
No salary or other compensation shall he
paid 10 any member OF such board. Ihree
nemlers shall constitute IA quorum Mem
hers OF sad board shall be appointed by
the mayor in writing. and such appoint
ment filed with the secretary of such board:
2 1t shall be the duty or the mayo, Oh
every such city. between the last Monday
of April and tbe first Monday OF May.
1910 to appoint the i've members OF such
board. one Of whom shall be appointed Tor
the term of one year, one for the term OF
two wears one for the term of three years,
one for the term of four years, ana one Tor
the term % five years, ana anuua!G there,
after between the last Monday OF April ana
the first Monday of May he shall appoint
one member Of said board for the term or
five years. Members of said board IS sh aI
pointed and qualified. Every person so APP
pointed shall, before entering upon his du,
Ties take and subscribe the constitutional
oath of office and file the same win the
CITY clerk Vacancies in the board shall
he fled by the mayor for the unexpired
term. ,.s 90,
Section 950--4lm. All provisions Of sec
tions g5g|4l 959-42, 959-43, 959-44,
Q59-i5 and 059-46 of the statutes rs
heretofore or hereafter amended shall apply
and be in force as to all officers and mem
bers of the police and fire departments or
cities of the fourth class mentioned in sec,
ton one of this act and all the powers ana
duties conferred and imposed by law on the
boards of police and fire commissioners OF
cities of the second and third class are
hereby conferred and imposed upon the
boards of police and fire commissioners con
stituted under this act.
Section 959-41n. All provisions con-
tanned In the charter or ordinances OF any
city of the fourth class mentioned in the
first section Of this act for the election or
appointment of Il chief of police policemen,
marshal. chief or chief engineer OF the hre
department or members of the ilre depart
meut are hereby repealed TO take enect
from and after July |, 1910, ana no such
officers or members shall be elected or ap-
pointed to hold longer than until July /,
1910 from and after which date the once
of marshal shall be abolished and his duties
performed by the chief of police. and all
nther officers and members of the police
and fire departments shall be appointed by
said board and hold their offices pursuant
TO this act 50. o,,,
Section . This act shall take effect ana
be in force from and after its passage ana
publication.
Approved May 20, 1909.
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10 h34 81 Published Nav 81 1909.
CHAPTER 1873. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create section i31m of the
statutes relating to ATTENDANCE upon
school and powers OF d f oIJgrS
resented in senate and Assembly. do en-
act as follows
Section J.. There Is added To the star
utes a new section to read Section 45'an,
l. In all cases whore there are children
of school age In a home located more imam
two miles from the school house IN lht
home district and transportation Is not
prov .ded. the distance to be measured by
the nearest Travelled highway. ana there
is another school In an adjoining district
more nearer to such home, the children OF
school age shall be privileged to attend the
nearer school, provided that the facilities
will permit and such attendance snail NOT
cause the enrolment in the nearer school
to exceed sixty-fve during any one term:
. The board Of the district IN Whlch
such family resides Is duly authorized by
this act and shall pay to the treasurer OF
rho district I'm which the nearer school is
located as compensation for the attendance
Of such schildren the amount or schooi
money derived from the per capita appor.
tiOnment made by the state superintendent
from the school fund income and also the
amount derived from the tax levy upon the
town under the provisions of section loi4
of the statutes which would otherwise re-
main In the treasury Of the home district,
provided that the children between seven
and fourteen years of age attending the
school outside the home district shall con"
sory attendance law and all other children
from like homes and attending under IKE
conditions shall be in attendance for pc
Rod Of not less than four months
8 Failure to comply with these pro-
visions regarding periods Of attendance
shall relieve the treasury OF the district in
which such children reside from 1abilltV
for the tuition and shall place the obllsa-
ton for tuition upon the parents or guard
ians of the children so attending.
Section . This act shall take effect
and be In force from and after its passage
and publication,
Approved May &c, 1909.
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COPY LAWS OF WISCONSIN PASSED DURING SESSION OF 1908

partnership, association. corporation.
Any person or persons violating any or the
proyis .ons OF this section. either indiVldu-
ally as an interested party In any CO.
partnership, association. or corporation.
shall he guilty Of Il m!sdemeanOr, ana on
conviction thereof shall be fined in Il sum
not less than three hundred dollars, nor
more than one thousand dollars. or by i'm
pfisOnment in the county jail not less than
sixty days nor more than one year, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
Section 2024-TTu. Section 1222k of
the statutes IS hereby repealed The CAPT
tai stock and property OF corporations or
gani2ed, continued. or re-organlzed under
this sub-chapter shall after January /,
1910. be assessed and taxed in the same
manner as the stock and property of state
banks.
Section 2o24-77r. Sections 17o1d to
179li-J. inclusive. of the statutes, are
hereby repealed. such repeal 10 take effect
on February LIST, 1910. After the passage
and publication of this act no corporation
shall bc organized under said sections
1T0ld TO 11o1i-5. inclusive, of the stat
utes.
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved May 90, 1909