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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
Distinauished Divine.

Dr. J. T. Plunkett of Augusta, Ga., who will preach in the Highlands Presbyterian church at the Il o'clock service today and again tonight, enjoys the reputation of being not only one of the best Presby- terian pastors in the south, but one of the most attractive pulpit speakers.
 ''Dr. Plunkett is very able divine" said gentlemen who is personally ac- quainted with him, "and the Highlands church will be fortunate indeed if he ac- cepts the call which has been practically extended to him. He has another call, and an alluring one it is, namely that of the presidency of the theological seminary at Columbia, S. c. I pray sincerely that pr. Plunkett may see his way clear to give Birmingham the preference"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

manded by General Beauregard, and the Federal army confronted each other at Manassas, it was seen that the Confed- crate flag and the Stars and Stripes looked at a distance so much alike that 1t was hard to distinguish onefrom an- other General Beauregard, after the battle of the 18th of July, at Blackburn Ford, ordered that small red badge should be worn on the left shoulder by our troops. and as l was chief quarter master. ordered me to purchase large quantity of red flannel and to distribute 1t to each regiment.
 During the battle of Bull Run it was plain to be seen that large number or Federal soldiers wore a similar red badge. General Johnston and General Beauregard met at Fairfax Court House, in the latter part of August or early September, and determined to have battle flag for every regiment or de- tached command.
 .General Johnston's flag was in the shape of an ellipse-a red flag with blue St. Andrews cross and stars on the cross (white) 10 represent the different southz ern states. (No white border of any kine was attached to the cross) General Beau- regards was a rectangle, red, with blue St. Andrews cross and white stars, slml- lar to General Johnston's.
 After we had discussed fully the two styles, taking into consideration the cost of material and care of making the same it was decided the eliptical flag would be harder to make; that it would take more cloth, and it could not be seen so plainly at a distance; that the rectangu- lar flag, drawn by and suggested by General Beauregard, should be adopted. General Johnston yielded at once. /
 No one else was present but we three No one knew about this flag but we three until the order was issued adopting the Beauregard flag, as it was called, and directing me, as chief quartermas- ter, to have the flag made as soon as IL could be done. I immediately issued an address to the good ladies of the south to give me their red and blue silk dresses and to send them to Capt. Colin McRae Selph quartermaster at Richmond, va. (Captain Se1ph is now living in New Or leans), where he was assisted by two ele- gant young ladies, the Misses Carey, from Baltimore and Mrs. Henningsen, of Savannah, and Mrs. Hopkins of Alabama.
 '.The Misses Carey made battle flags for General Beauregard and General van Dorn and, I think, for Gen. J. F. Johns ton. They made General Beauregard's out of their own silk dresses. This flag is now in Memorial hall, New Orleans, La with a statement of that fact from General Beauregard. General Van Dorn's flag was made of heavier material, but very pretty.
 'erhe statement going around that this flag was first designed by Federal prls- oners is. false.
 General Beauregard's battle flag is in Memorial hall at New Orleans, La. The Washington artillery battle flag can be seen at the, Washington Artillery halln
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
WhaL President Nelson Stands For

When Frank Nelson, Jr., was in- stalled on Friday night president of the Chamber of Commerce of Birming- ham he asked the aid of every citizen in his efforts to promote a broad policy. He wants. to begin with, a Greater Birmingham, for the next census would then indicate to all where the chief city of the central south is to be found. He proposes to work untiringly to make Birmingham a better freight rate point to the end that small manu- factures will be established here in great numbers. And for the general good he stands for salaries as against fees in the public offices because he desires 10 bring the courthouse busi- ness down to the level of other branches of business. It is now so far above normal that it is difficult to get jail room or courthouse room to ac- commodate it. This abnormality taxes, says President Nelson, every man, woman and child in the county. And lastly he desires a more beautiful Bir- mingham
 This programme is broad, varied and promising. It is excellent in every respect, and Frank Nelson is the right man to lead the way ID carrying it our.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
WALKING AS EXERCISE.
Edward Payson Weston and Some
 Other Men of Seventy.

From Recreation.
 The average man who has rounded out his three score and ten years makes a speciality of polishing chair seats. His chief worry is the east wind and his mainstay ugar-coated liver pills. His chest expansion varies from an iHeh to an inch and an eighth, and he cannot "hex' a single muscle on his person. His pride is apt to be centered in the length of his beard or the size of his bank ac- count, but never in his physical excel lence. To him this man Weston is a marvel-a perpetual motion automaton in pants And a marvel he is, indeed, al though it is his head that distinguishes him, not his legs. Weston is so everlast- .ingly consistent that, having found pedes- frianism a benefit, he has stuck to 1t day by day, year in and year out. By keeping in the game, as 1t might be said among athletes-when he could well af- ford to give 1t up and ride in an auto mobile-Weston is today better man at 70 than the average man at 50.
 Taken in moderation. any form of exer- else is beneficial. There is nothing bet ter than walking in the open air, provided you keep 1t up. Even a man who be- lieves he hasn't time to bother with regu- lar exercise-detests routine, anyhow-is getting fabby. short-winded, and stiff in the joints, carries pillbox in his vest pocket and wears one of old Dr. Sock ums electric belts, can walk back to the pink of condition and his proper senses. long walk every other Thursday, how ever, and half of the time under protest, does one no good. You must get into the game and stay in for the fun you get out of it. When you once become a good, consistent go-os-you-please walker with no ambition to hang up record, you will not need the huzzas of populace, the blare of brass bands. or silk shirt waist to keep you pounding ballast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
Tarrant Against Fee System

Dr. F. I. Tarrant, the first announced candidate for the legislature to fill the vacancy from Jefferson county, caused by the resignation of Dr. R. F. Love- lady, comes out strongly against the fee system. If his discussion of the matter a few days ago lacked definite ness there is nothing uncertain about his position now. Dr. Tarrant's card in another column of this issue of The Age-Herald has the true ring and will be read with all the greater interest since he shows that he was on record months ago against the iniquitous system.
 The people of Alabama want to be rid of the old fee system. There was never a public issue in this state, per haps, upon which the voters were so nearly of one way of thinking, and Dr. Tarrant, if he be elected, will be in a position to interpret correctly his constituency on this great question. There are three other announced can didates in this county besides Dr. Tar rant Let each one speak out on the fee issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
General cabeIl Tells How They Were
 Designed.
From the Chattanooga Times.

From the Chattanooga Times.
 The preparations now being made throughout the south for the reunion of veterans makes of unusual interest at the present time a statement made a number of years ago by Gen. w. l.. Ca bell, of Dallas, Texas, in regard to how and where the battle flags of the Con- federacy were designed. General Cabell is commander of the Trans-Mississippi department of the United Confederate Veterans. He declares the following to be a true history of the flag:
 When the Confederate army, com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
Pentecost or whitsunday.

In the liturgieal churches today is Known as Penteeost or Whitsunday, originally written White Sunday. It is the seventh Sunday after Easter and com memorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Penteoost. It is so called because of the fact that in the early cen turies those persons who had been newly baptised appeared in church between Easter and Pentecost and more especial ly at Pentecost, clothed in white.
 In England Whitsunday is very gener- ally observed. The London exchanges are closed on Saturday and Monday and the New York exchanges do likewise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
We'll Advertised.

"The southerns Birmingham Special Is doing it's part well in advertising this city, said " H. Woodward who re- turned a day or two ago from the east.
 T found this special Birmingham train conspfeuously placarded in the New York hotels. and what pleased me no little was the fact that the hotel clerks had been well instructed con corning it-could not only tell you when 1t left New York and arrived there but what time it was due in Bir- mingham. The value of such adver- Using cannot be well overestimated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New YorK Press
 A man can brag a heap about his gout till hee gets 1t.
 The thing that makes a woman happy is imagining she is.
 An unlucky thing about having a house full of children is when you would like to sleep in the morning.
 Where a wife is an economy for man is .she teaches him he can't afford to spend any of his own money.
 The reason a mother knows the baby will probably be president. if he isn't so good that he has to go into the minis try, is every president was once baby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
Tomorrow Is Holiday,

Today being federal Merorial day to- morrow will be observed as holiday by the Birmingham postoffice The post office will open from 8 to 10 o'clock in the morning with the exception of the money order and registry departments. During the morning there will be two mail deliveries in the business section and one in the residence sections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
NOT FOR LONG.

The heartache and worry, ! The toil and the hurry, The praises We win and the blame; The tears and the laughter And death, that comes after,
 Are simply part of the game. A truce to life's fretting- We'll soon be forgetting
 The wearisome world and it's scars, When fast we are sleeping Where shadows are creeping
 And our souls are at home with the
 starsi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

new policy. In that way a monopoly Of bookings can be broken up and the system of 20 years ago re-established. IL is a policy worth striving for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
POOLED THEM ALI.

No other deacon prayed so long
 Before the throne of grace, Nor wore a more benignant look
 Upon his pious face. That's why the town, astounded heard With scarce believing ears. How he who seemed so good had lived A double life for years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Tn Nightmare Land thousands of German walters have been discovered, and the nervous in London are de- manding their expulsion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

The men in the middle west who did not feel the earthquake are accused of a lack of sensitiveness and an excess of thickheadedness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
WEATHER NOTE.

He said she was the sunshine of his lfe.'
 And now that they are married?" Its cloudy all the time."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
ON SUNDAY.
FXCFIIENT COMPANY.

EXCELLENT COMPANY. Saw old man Bliggsley on the wa, me just now" Did he have any company" Two quarts of the best lickerv'
 RALLYING. Up from the depths
 And into the light, The glory of dawn
 Still follows the night, Happiness reigns
 Where sorrow held sway, Singing for joy
 At the newborn dayl Up from the slough
 Of pain and despair, With hope for the years And courage to bear Whatever the fates
 In time may allot- If we are to be crowned By fortune, or notl Up from the mire
 Of shame and defeat, Dauntless, whatever Reverses we meet; Trustful and true
 And patient and strong, Wooing the world
 With a holiday songl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

The French heroes and the Amer ican heroes of the Carnegie brand may yet hold reunions in Bermuda or some other island in the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Illinois acquires a feeling of remorse when it sees it has conferred an office on Billy Lorimer that it denied to Abraham Lincoln.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

The German peril is felt also in the United States Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

If the world can wag along month more the college graduate will be ready to swing it by the tail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
AN OFT TOLD TAU.u

AIN UT IOIID TALE. There was a little editor
 Who dearly liked his booze; That's why he wore a battered hat And holes were in his shoes, And why his paper flickered out Before the year was done, And why the sheriff with a writ Soon had him on the run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

The Hitchcock steam roller Is being beaten daily in the Senate by the Rhode Island juggernaut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
THERE ARE WORSE FLIGHTS

THERE ARE WORSE FLIGHTS.
 Senor Castro was talking to a newly made acquaintance in Spain Sir" he bewailed, smiting his chest three times, T am man without a country!"
 Cheer up," said the other, an eminent ly practical person. Just think how you would feel if you were a man with- out a wad."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Wall street is beginning to despise the courage and sagacity of the king of beasts in Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

From the St. Louis Times.
 When Charles w. Morse, promoter. banker and high fnapcier. lost in the crash following oetobert 1907, the s25.ooo.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

It begins to look as if the people of the jungle will soon have to visit a zoo in the western world to see what a lion is like.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Chicago had an earthquake but il was of highly decorous type.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Mombasa Indignantly srepels the reference that it is a jungle outpost when as a matter of fact it has nickolo- deons and a real estate boom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Earthquakes in the middle west are bringing the subject of tremulous earth closer to us than Messina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

The earthquake hit Illinois on the same day that Billy Lorimer copped the senatorial prize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

King Edward should be painted as he appeared leading his horse from the judges stand to the paddock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Uncle Joe's machine career promises to be interrupted by a democratic House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
WIFE AND HELPMATE.

Senator Lorimer's joy ride will ex tend to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Chicago expresses a preference for earthquakes of the bantam variety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

The Wright brothers can be trusted to keep block or two in advance of all foreign flyers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Maud doesn't notice things as much as she used to-"
 What's the matter with her, any way?"
 Haven't you seen the hat she is wear ing2"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

Railroad men think water should keep away from their tracks, content ing itself with a free field in their stocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

The Chicago papers seem to think MT. Hopkins tex has been soldered on with every appearance of per manence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

France has a hero fund, thanks to Andrew Carnegie, but she has no crop of heroes ready.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
TWO KINDS.
CAN'T SEE OUT.

He is the noisiest person I ever saw.' Clothes or conversation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
GOOD ADVICE.

GOOD ADVICE. From the Cleveland Leader. "Pm going to lick Smith?' "Why& "ne said I was 4 horse thief and liar" Did he prove it" No" "Then let well enough alone, and don't get him any madden"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
AS A DRESSING.

''There is a little lamb in Kentuclxv that can turn on faucet, help himself to ice water and then turn it off again. i"
 Remarkable. I wonder if that little lamb knows the value of mint sauce."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
QUITTING.

QUITTING. When you are weary of life's bitter cross And long to lay you down somewhere and sleep, Beyond this vale where toilers mourn their loss And through the night the thralls of sorrow weep,
 fain Would turn away before the battles done With after heights of glory still to gain And laurel wreaths of fame that might be won.
 ON SUNDAY. "Pa, what are blue laws?" "The kind that make people blue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
CHEAP DIRT.

CHEAP DIRT. T wonder why Biffkins the bard is al. ways wishing he were a chameleonr' "Havn't you ever heard that chameleons live on air?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30
REPLIES

A Colorado town advertises for A woman to teach school who has glass eye, gray hair and a cork leg. In other words, one who won't fly the coop and get married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

The Philadelphia Inquirer puts the ques- tion in a revised form thus: "What is a democrat these days?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

'Why does COW moor" asks tho learned Charleston News and CouDer. Perhaps bossy labors under the impress sion that she can sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-30

An Indiana man caught $500 pearl on his shoestring when he was baptized It is almost as if the church had a press agent.
The Washington times., 1909-03-12
CURRIER A HUSTLER.

Speaker Cannon's friends have select
ed Representative Frank D. Currier OF
New Hampshire to preside over the Re
publican caucus of the House tomorrow
night In doiag so they have picked
out man who can be counted upon q
rush the proceedings through like light
ming, and who knows parliamentary
procedure from A TO 4. and therefore
viii not be at all troubled n an in
surgent should pop up and attempt to
start something
or all the men who are called upoR
rom time TO time to preside over the
House IN the absence of Speaker Can
ron, Mr. Currier is the one member
who Is q real martinez when il comes
10 Insisting on order The moment he
takes hold Of the gavel, conversation
Is under the ban, and any member de-
string TO talk must retire to the cloak
rooms.
Should parliamentary tanSIe arise.
MI CuTrIer Spurns the assistance Of
Asher Hinds, the Speakers right-han1
man, for he figures that ne can taks
rank with Hinds- A P Gardner. and
any of the other parIia mentarfans Il
Lhe House Consequently. he can bs
counted upon 10 conduct the CAUCUS
with an iron hand, and fully reaHzinS
that trouble may be on TAP he will 20
INTO the caucus prepared to squeIch any
one VINO Is looking for trouble
The Washington times., 1909-03-12
SOMETHING BETTER THAN A
HINT FOR THE HOUSE.

The editors of The Outlook are for
revision of the House rules. One of
those editors is certain Distinguished
Citizen with an u1sur5 assed faculty
tor keeping in touch with American
voters. Here is a circumstance which
puts new face on the fight.
OF course, Theodore Roosevelt will
bring no pressure TO bear upon any
member of Congress. OF couse. he can
rot interfere at all with the Taft Ad-
ministration. Particularly would he
4eei' himself so preclUded in any mat
TER where the President has already
taken a stand other than that of The
Outlook's new editor.
This information is not Big Stick.
therefore. it is more of an identified
tiOn tag. 1t puts the Insurgent in
class with L. r. 1t leaves the regular
in a class with J. G. c.
Now revision is anti -Cannonism. A
vote against Cannon for Speaker is a
vote for revision. If there are anv
among Congressman who feel that
Theodore Roosevelt's judgment in such
matter is worth following, why they
have the hint. Thirty with such a
faith are enough not only to revise the
rules, but TO break the spell of absolut-
ism in the House for good and all, by
electing some other than the Speaker
Of the last Congress. Some constitu-
encies have already put themselves on
the side the new editor OF The Out
look has chosen. But they are not the
only ones who win watch now to see
where their Representatives will land.
The Washington times., 1909-03-12
A NEW COURT WHICH DOES
NOT BEGIN WELL.

The new Municipal Court does not
begin well. 1t Is largely a creation
of local business men who made the
right for the old justices Of the peace.
They also maze successful warfare for
an increase in the pay of the Judges
from $1,000 each for salary and cx-
Penses TO $500 each plus an allow
snce for expenses. Yet for several
weeks these same business men have
neen denied any court whatsoever of
jurisdiction corresponding to that
Of the old justices of the peace
This newspaper printed yesterday an
explanation from the judges Though
the new court was brought into existence
- law approved February II, they
say, the funds did not become available
until March 3. Further, the home OF
the new court is not vet ready for
occupancy
Between March 3 and this instant
has elapsed period of nine days. In
that time business men had every
right to assume that their more urgent
cases would be tried Those which
were then TO be sUbmittec are most
ly of 2 class requiring instant action
to become effective. More than one
office has twenty such suits ready for
filing The wait has already made it
possible for practically all the defend
ants to avert execution. For such a
situation, the judges of the new court
should he able TO urge an eXplanat ton
much more impressive than that their
new home Is not ready.
Why not have sat anyway? 1t is
practical certainty some room IN the
new building could have been cleared
for use before this docket Of unheard
cases further extended itself. Or. ii
that was impossible and there was no
fund to rent another room, why not
have used the quarters of the Chamber
OF Commerce. A committee from that
body has now obtained room for this
court in the City Hall. Why did not
The court itself obtain that room long
ago! Why, in short, was there no