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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
Work Of the $500 Club

1.-The people of Birmingham have an
excellent opportunity in the 500 club
movement to forget past differences and
unite In upbuilding Birmingham" said
a citizen yesterday. THE plan adopted
by the Chamber of Commerce to assist
in locating new industries in the Bir-
mingham district has been carefully con-
sidered. 1t is not a hot air proposition.
but a well-digested method for increasing
the payroll of Birmingham.
Subscriptions to this 500 club ought to
prove good investments. The corporation
will be handled by expert business men
and will prove financially successful
Payments of subscriptions have been ar
ranged SO that no matter how small a
mans means he can invest in the COM
pany.
1T is a community enterprise pure and
simple. to build Birmingham, to enrich
Birmingham, to insure Birmingham
against panics and financial reverses and
to hasten the coming of Birmingham into
her own"
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WILL ACT AGAINST
OPEN SHOP POLICY

today the presidents of five labor asso-
Citations will meet In this city to take
action against the open shop policy of
the United States Steel corporation. The
conference will be far-reaching. IT is ex-
pected the strike trouble at bridgeport.
tins Ferry o., Wheeling. w. Va, and
Pittsburg, In the plants of the American
Sheet and Tin Plate company, sub
sidiary concern, will be given attention.
The present strike in the cities men,
toned, 1t is apparent, Is struggle for
life on the part of the Amalgamated
Association Of Iron, Steel and Tin Work
ers against the Steel corporation. The
meeting here next week was authorized
by the Toronto convention at the solicita-
ton of President McArdle Of the A-nalga-
mated association.
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All are pulling together ae

All are pulling together against
the unionists who alone represent the
house of lords. 1t is conceded that the
unionists will gain some seats in Lon
don where the liberals now hold a ma
jority of twenty three seats, but no one
sees where they can gain 1863 seats all
told, which they must do in order to
carry the January elections and stay
the course of the liberals in the bud
get matter and perhaps in the reorgan-
ization of the upper chamber.
Both sides do in fact seek a change
in the British constitution. The tariff
is not feature of the campaign. All
relates to the house Of lords. The
lords themselves demand the veto pow
er over finance bills, while the liberals
say hereditary chamber has become
an anomaly and should be abolished to
make way for an elective chamber Of
some Sort
The election is but about six weeks
away, and it would be idle to speculate
over the result. There are many I'M
known quantities In it. The most that
can be said is, the liberals are aggres-
sive and hopeful, while the unionists
are on the defensive and are not a bit
optimistic.
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lie interest will be centerAd in the fight
that is to be conducted within the re-
publican party against Aldrichism IN
the Senate and Cannonism In the
House. The breach in that party over
the vilest tariff bill ever passed Is
widening daily, and it will crop OUT
from time to time during the present
uaSsinn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
PHONE COMPANIES
IN Big MERGER

Louisville, December Sine merger
of about 100 independent telephone
companies in Kentucky with total
capital of 100000 was favorabiy
voted upon by representatives Of the
companies at a meeting here today. A
committee was appointed by President
F.. G. Hoge of Hopkinsville to agree
upon terms of the merger.
Reports of the possible encroachment
of the Bell interests caused the meet
ing to be called.
Delegates were elected to attend the
annual convention of the National In
dependent Telephone association, which
will open tomorrow in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
SITUATION QUIET
In GREAT BRITAIN

London, December 6-Ths political sit
uation was rather quiet today. The union
list leaders are still conspicuous by rea-
son of their silence in regard to the cleo
ton campaign.
winston Spencer Churchill. president OF
the board of trade. who thus far has
been the most active on the liberal side,
made another speech at Manchester to-
night He pointed out that the imposi-
ton Of tariff would exclude imports
which the Manchester canal was built to
encourage He instances the quintupled
value Of the land in the vicinity since
the canal was buff as a justification fol
nIacin9 the increment tax In the budget
Lord Rothschild. liberal unionist, spoke
from a train in Herefordshire tonight. He
declared himself convert to tariff re-
form.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
YOUNG WOMAN SUICIDES.
She Was Dependent Because illness
stopped College Work.

Fishkin Landing, N. T., December e.
The body Of Margaret Doherty. vassar
student, who disappeared yesterday. was
found late today in. the cistern Of her
fathers home at Hughesonville.
Miss Doherty had been respondent be-
cause illness had terminated her first
year at vassar and had nullined sacri-
fices made by her father, the Rev. Will
liam II. Doherty. to send her to that col-
lege.
An all-night and day search followed
her disappearance The cistern top
seemed to have been lifted Just enough
to make room for the girls body.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
REFLECTIONS OF A 1AcHELo

From the New York Press.
Income turns into outgo even before it
arrives.
Conscience doth make towards of US
all for fear we'll get found out.
Girls know better than to love a man
for any other reason than just to be in
love.
Some men seem to be afraid If they
don't make a fuss about their meals
their wives might love them.
The trouble with college is It's such a
long time before the boy gets out and
has chance to learn somethin&.
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Still Talking Politics.

Despite the recent finish of the gruell-
ing amendment campaign and the near
approach of Christmas 1t would seem
shat politics is not dead issue for the
present. To take the words OF Jules Fal-
arc, travelling for the Larkin Co., of Rich
mond, Va, it would seem that the
amendment only served as an appetizer
for a real political campaign. Since last
Monday Mr.. Falaro has covered prac-
tically all of Jefferson county and yes
terday expressed surprise at the status
of affairs In the county.
Last Monday l spent in idleness in
Birmingham. knowing 1t would be i'm
possible to take any orders on that hot
election day." said he. at had arrived in
Birmingham on Saturday night and dur
ing Sunday and Monday learned much
Of the political situation here. When
started out Tuesday morning I felt as
sured that business would be good as
politics had been killed for the present.
I found business good all right but
discovered very quickly that the people
had forgotten all about the amendment
and were talking of the governors and
sherlffs' races for all they were worth
The sheriff's race is an especially live
issue in the country settlements and
there should be live time before your
democratic primary.
LAS man who has travelled for over
20 years, I would express my opinion
to the effect that Jefferson county is just
turning into a long lane of political dis
cussion and there will probably be moth
ing but politics talked around here for
several years.
II noticed this morning that The Age
Herald started talking about the judges
race. and this, judging by the others,
promises to stir up a great deal more
of excitement. You people down here Ger
tainly know how to mix things up hot
and your campaigns are attracting at
tention all over the country. You bare
ly finish one thing before you begin to
make the air blue with the fire and ex-
element of another
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
kInIoeh staxs Indspendent.

St. Louis, December 6.-The Kinloch
Long Distance Telephone company, which
has traffic wires With $50 Independent
long distance and local telephone COM
panies of Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and
Indiana, today took steps to insure Its
Independence Of the American Telepnone
and Telegraph company by pooling ma
jority Of Its stock. The voting trust
which began toeay' will continue TOT nv'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
CUPIp AND CAMPASPE'

BY John Ly1y
Cupid and/my Campaspe played
At cards for kisses-Cupid paid;
He staHes his CULVER d
His m/ther's doves. ant Paf-
r6ws-
Load them too; then deHn re throws
Thu coral Of his lip. tn es
Growing on his cheek set - o-ya
how;
With these the crystal @ aal pfq#
And then the dimple OF ~@ eAs@
All these did my Campaif va,
At last he set her both ages
She won. and Cupid Bill q fltn
Oh Love! has she done tbs g tAfAsf
What shall. alas! become q st
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

A new post card bearing double or
reply card will be on sale the first of
the year. One card will bear the like
ness of George Washington and the
other that of Martha Uncle Sam is as
impartial as he Is sentimental.
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All happiness bechance to thee!
Two Gentlemen OF Verona.
Edwin HaWIey'S New System

Segregation is following aggregation
in the railroad world, though possibly
the reverse is the case among the
banks. The latest severance among
railroads is that of the Rock Island
Frisco combination The Rock Island
remains a great system of about 5000
miles, while the Frisco, headed by b.
F. Yoakum, goes to the Hawley sys-
tenn, which stands to date as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

The feebleness of Thomas C. Plat
gives Mae Wood freedom from further
prosecutions in court. The general
public will have to get along without a
new recital Of her story.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

bait" The next day. promptly at noon.
an old gentleman with chin whiskers
stalked into The Age-Herald's business
office, planted himself confidently at the
advertising window and said, "Well, by
gosh, I'm hereI'
Il see you are" answered an ad man,
smiling. What can do for your"
why" said the other, In some sur
prise, i've come to get that dinner you
folks promised to the voters at Wig
gins
The boss and the business manager
held hurried consultation over the tele-
phone
Must be a mistake somewhere"
Maybe it's a practical joke"
well, give him dinner, anyhow"
So the lone Virgins voter was taken
out to restaurant and stuffed till his
eyes bulged out.
by Georger he said later, ST hadn't
been in Birmingham in four years until
today. but I certainly have enjoyed this
tripl''
A FEW BEN BOLTS.
Oh don't you remember, poor Trilby
How you wept DER her trials so sore?
The world has passed on and forgotten
her, Ben
And we hear of poor Tfilby no more.
Chicago Tribune.
And what has become of Salome, Ben
Bolt,
Who once did attention engage?
Is 1t true that she's put on some cloth
ing. Ben Bolt
And wiggles no more on the stage?
Birmingham Age-Herald
And don't you remember-your memory
Ben,
Has been praised very warm in a book
Say, don't you remember that Polar man
With nan,e inst was-er-was it cooka
Boston Traveller
And don't you remember last year, Ben
Bolt,
The swear-offs you made New Years
Day?
And how you fell off of the wagon, dear
And hollored: p-hic-hic-hoorayr
Houston Post.
A CHOICE OF ROLES.
when Madame steinheil was younger
she looked like an angel"
Perhaps so, but even then she seems
to have had a. happy faculty for playing
the devil"
TOO MUCH PUNK
Gertrude Atherton says Chicago is punk
Gertrude Atherton says William Watson
is punk.
Better be careful Gertrude. Somebody
may say you are punk.
1T DOES SEEM So
Alas and alack,
The more a man tries
The more his life seems to be
A tissue of liesi
HANDICAPPED.
Shop early If you really want
The shopgirls lot to soften;
l can't do that-the reason why
The same why 1 can't shop often
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
W ELL, YEsI

From the Washington Herald
By rejecting the legislative proposal to
revoke the doctrine that "a mans house
is his CASTLE the people of Alabama
probably headed OF good deal more
than a peck of trouble, moreover
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
NIRvANA.

NIRvANA
II I were the king of a tropical isle,
All alone on a southern sea,
Where q. tangled maze of blooms beguile.
And the palm and the cocoanut tree,
I'd dream all day where the waves roll in
Across the boundless deep
And the winds that cease and anon begin
Would rock my soul to sleep,
While the breakers sang this song:
s'And some will toll for paltry gold
. And some will toll for fame,
But a monarch's bed, when his days are
told,
And a beggar's bed are the same!,
And the DAYS would be sped on joyful
wings.
And the nights on wings of song,
With never the pain that repentance
brings,
Nor the hue and the cry of the throng;
And never the war of selfish hearts
For prize the world holds dear
Nor the stihed moan when hope departs,
Nor the splash of a scalding tear
Only peace and the breakers song:
-And some will toll for paltry gold
And some will toll for fame,
But a monarch's bed, when his days are
told,
And a beggar's bed are the samer'
DRIVEN TO IT.
st see where a man jumped through
the window pane of a passenger coach
while the train was going so miles an
hour and landed on his head"
Good graciousl What did he do that
forr'
He occupied a seat behind a young
married couple who referred to each 9TH
er as Duck and Piggy"
HAPPY ADAM
Whatever trouble Adam had,
No man could make him sore
By saying, when he told joke,
I've heard that thing before"
New York Herald.
And when, as twilight shadows fell,
He sat before his lodge.
There came no process servers whom
Old Adam had to dodge
JUST AFTER LUNCH.
"A man fell Off the pier this after
noon and drowned, although he was
good swimmer"
why couldn't he save HIMSELF"
HE was full of sinkers."
GET ONE
These be the days
When wild winds hector
The man without
A chest protector.
HEARD AT THE BOOKSTORE.
Have you The Hungry Hearth"
mo, madam; I'm happily married.,
HE GOT HIS DINNER.
In the recent election on amending the
state constitution what is known as the
Virgins box reported 30 to against the
amendment. The voters Of that precinct
were congratulated warmly on the show
ing they had made and some joker passed
the word around that The Age-Herald
would give a dinner to every Virgins
voter on the following day in Birming-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
MORE WISDOM.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
Not only did Alabama rise in her might
and hit the prohibition amendment"
a sockdolager, but upon maturer consid-
GRAFTON she does not like the Fuller law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

Lord Cromer, who did good work in
EGYPT, advises his fellow-peers not to
monkey with the buzz saw of the Brit
ish constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

There is a feeling abroad that Theo-
dore Roosevelt can be left to deter
mine his own future when he returns
from Elba
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

Kermit Roosevelt has killed ten
lions while his father has killed only
seven. The former is rather more than
a chip off OF the old block.
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A LIMIT TO ALL THINGS.

From the Washington Herald.
There is a limit, also, tt appears. tt
Alabamas thirst for prohibition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

The Congressional Record is getting
ready to show it Is not necessary to
pay a dollar a word for pure reading
matter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

The average Central American coun.
try has a habit of getting on ones
nerves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
ALL THE WAY FROM SYRACUSE.

From the Syracuse Herald.
The Birmingham Age-H Herald prints an
editorial on the anti-prohibition victory
in Alabama, headed alabama Itself
Again" Well, there's nothing like ac-
knowledsing the corg
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

Police headquarters in New York are
now in Grand street, but the popular
mind still turns to 300 Mulberry"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

There are rumors that the St Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico will be added
to the Frisco system. If the latter can
obtain trackage rights from its main
line to the Brownsville road it can es
tablish at once through routes from
Chicago, ST. Louis and Kansas City "
New Orleans and other gulf ports and
to the Texas border.
The fact that this district is tapped
by the new Hawley system should be
matter of congratulation The Harri-
man lines and the Hawley lines cover
a good share of this country, and Biz
mingham is linked to and is a bene-
ficiary of both.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

Birmingham has had number OF
highly creditable music festivals but II
is safe to say that none ever anoroeo
the delight to the public which the DAM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

When Santa Claus comes he should
be asked If he saw DR.. Cook in all his
Journeys about the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

The temperature Of public schools in
England is so degrees; in this country
it ranges from zero to rs degrees.
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The first Dreadnoughts are already
well advanced toward the scrap heap.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

Copenhagen is about to pass upon
the Cook data, but it may not have the
final word.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

The Sherman antitrust act seems to
be strong enough to stand alone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

President Taft is still strong and
hopeful after travelling through 10000
miles Of dinner parties.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

The leftover turkeys were paroled
to Christmas, and the wise gobbler be-
gins to fear his finish.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

The British house of lords has trou-
bles of its own at home without going
to Germany to find more.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

There is just time enough between
Thanksgiving and Christmas to get up
a new appetite
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

John Jacob Astor prefers to remain
lost all winter. He breads the men en-
gagged In collecting alimony
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

Butter will keep years and years liz
the arctic regions II 1t is put where the
natl es cannot get it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

No court decision can lessen John
dee's stock of moral platitudes.
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New York'S Rank As a Seaport

The latest figures published by the
bureau of statistics of the department
of commerce and labor, in the respect
of foreign tonnage, show that New
York is nearly the greatest shipping
port in the world. We present the to-
tails of the six largest ports for last
wear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07
Strength Of English Parties

The house of commons stands at
present as follows:
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A CHOICE OF ROLES

A CHOICE OF ROLES.
when Madame Steinheil was younger
she looked like an angel"
Perhaps so, but even then she seems
to have had happy faculty for playing
the devil"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-07

In huntin, the condor always use an
aeroplane.
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GET ONE

HEARD AT THE BOOKSTORE.
Have you The Hungry Hearth"
mo, madam; I'm happily married"
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JUST AFTER LUNCH.

"A man fell off the pier this after
noon and drowned, although he was
good swimmer
why couldn't he save HIMSELF"
HE was full of sinkers."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-06
HEAD OFFICIALS
OF N. ?. in CITY
GEN. MGR. c. A. eooDELL, GEN.
suPT. E. c. BLANCHARD AND
OTHERS, OF NORTHERN PAcIF-
&c HERE IN SPECIAL TRAIN ON
INSPECTION TOUR.

A special train. occupied by Geo. A.
Goodell, general manager, p. c. Blan-
chard, geenral superintendent and 9TH
er prominent officials of the Northern
Pacific railroad, stopped in Fargo for
about an hour at noon today.
These officials are making a COM
plete inspection of the entire eastern
district, which embodies all the divi-
sions including the branch lines of the
road from Duluth to Mandan, N. d.
The train, which consisted of four cars
including the private cars of the Of
ficials and dining car, arrived off of
the Southwestern branch shortly be-
fore noon and left about 1 o'clock for
the west. They went to Casselton
where trip was made over the Cas-
selton branch and return and then
proceeded west.
The other officials on board were:
L. M. Perkins. assistant civil engineer;
G. l.. Gilman, master car builder; J.
E. Craver, superintendent of the Fargo
division; James Simpson, master me-
chanic and Fred Browne, roadmaster
Of that division and c. C. Burdick Of
the passenger department.
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wards was invited. The afternoon was
spent in playing bridge.
Mrs. Charlie Hanson of Darlington
was shopping in Fargo on Thursday.
-S,-
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Lasson of Cas-
selton were Thursday visitors here.
-=S-
Mrs. McLester of Casselton brought
her daughter into town on Thursday
for an operation for appendicitis. She
was taken to ST. Johns.
O.
On Tuesday, at 1 o'clock, Mrs. J. C.
Benedict delightfully."- entertained
twelve ladies at luncheon. The table
was prettily arranged with its center
piece Of yellow chrysanthemums. The
afternoon passed pleasantly with a
game Of 500.
Mrs. r. c. Akeley was hostess on
Wednesday to one of the wednesday
afternoon so clubs. Mrs. John Wyman
and Mrs. C. j. Gross were prize win
ners. A delicious luncheon was served
after the game. On next Wednesday
the club will meet with MIS-. ]. j. Jor-
dan.
-tel-
The Century club opened it's season
on Thursday evening with dinner
dance at 1880 at Prizes hall. Two large
tables Hastily arranged with pretty yell
low shaded candlesticks cast a soft
glow over the scene. Covers we're laid
for seventy and an elaborate menu of
seven courses was served. Parsons
orchestra gave specially prepared
programme for the dance which fol-
lowed, and played In unusually good
form.
-O-
DR.. Paul e. Featherstone and the
Misses Lewis and Bolm OF Valley City
attended the Babes In Toyland per-
Torrance at the operahouse on Tuesday
evening.