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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Rescue Home Of 7he Salvahon A,my

them year ago." she said, and I went and told them in my simple way just
 what we were doing and how great was our need of help, that we might not be obliged to give to these material cares the strength that we needed for higher ends The kind-hearted ladies were much in terested; some of them shed tears of sym thy, and they promised me that they would see to it that $50 more should be
 regularly added to our monthly income. I
 was so happy and grateful. But, dear
 lady, although year has passed, one donation of s5 is all that we have had from that clubl'
 Oh, women, good women, of Alabama. , while you are studying about Titan and ! Tintretto. Dante and Tasso, the souls of your young sisters are crying out for your
 help. This ought you to have done and
 not to have left the other undone" If every woman's club in the state would
 pledge just few cents every month to this work of uplifting their unfortunate sisters, there would be no lack of means. The home is also badly crippled for
 lack of space; the captain is very anxi-
 ous for a larger home and one situated
 farther out of the city. She wishes to
 sell this home and build larger and
 more suitable one. No doubt when their
 need is generally known the Christian people of Birmingham will respond gen erously.
 Tn her report on the rescue work of the
 United States. Evangeline Booth says
 that while this work has been general ly regarded as the most discoiraging branch of philanthropic effort, the Saiva tion Army has found it the most encour- aging. The secret of their success is
 doubtless in their methods; they have not passed by on the other slde;" but have
 followed the example of Him who said to the pentent woman: Neither do 1 condemn thee; go and sin no more."
 Some time ago 1 had the privilege of
 hearing a sermon from that grand old
 man, Bishop John Heyl Vincent, the
 founder of Chautauqua His subject was
 ''The Writing on the Sand" He said. What was it that He wrote on this. the only recorded instance, when His hand traced mortal words? Would that we knew
 The next day I sent him the following lines:
 THE WRITING IN THE SAND. l. He stopped and wrote upon the sand: Browning, they watched the patient hand That shaped each line and curve with care
 Were these the words he fashioned there? Where is the man? IT. Oh! still when scornful looks are sent On her who walks with brow down-bent I see that firm yet tender hand Write, sad and stern, upon the sand Where is the man? III. Another trial-day shall come, When nations wait to hear their doom. White robed--redeemed-I see her stand<
 His trophy-at the Kings right hand:
 Where is the man?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

A RING at the door of modest A frame house on Thirty-third 4 \ street brings to the visitor the sweet, motherly face of Captain Evans. Captain Evans has just recovered from six weeks of typhoid fever and is still weak and weary, but like true soldier she is at her post of arduous labor. full filling faithfully the duties of her calling. 'I have heard something of the good work you are doing here and would like, if it is permitted, to see the interior of the home"
 Certainly, dear lady; come in. We are glad of the interest of friends in our work and will show you everything here except the inmates We feel that our duty to them requires that they should never be exhibited even to a friendly eye; and too often 1t might be the eye of idle curiosity They come to us for privacy and we never betray their trust"
 So we'll understood signal was sound ed, and every girl went into room of the house into which the visitor did not penetrate, and there they remained until
 
 Nothing in the management of this home seemed more admirable to the visitor than the delicacy with which these poor refu- gees are shielded They are called in the home by the first names only; their surnames are known to no one but the home mother.
 We saw the neat dormitories. their pure white-enamelled beds with snowy cover ings so sweet and clean that the highest lady in the land need not scorn to oc- cupy them. Then the infirmary. where in one year nearly hundred infants, the offspring of shame and sorrow, first see the light of day. Then into the nursery, where several little wailing voices greeted us. In the cribs some tiny little inmates had awakened and were calling for their mothers in the interna- tional language of babyhood. o, the pity of it! The pity of it! While other babes are welcomed with joy and pride, these poor little innocents come un-welcomed, undesired, bearing even from the cradle a burden of shame. What good woman can look at their helpless innoncence with out tears?
 .What becomes of these poor little crea- tures?" the visitor asked after she had taken up one little one and stilled its wailing.
 we think" said the good house-motAer, ''that it is best for the mother to keep her child. Its coming is the voice of God to her soul. and we believe this voice often leads her back to penitence and purity. To keep it and care for 1t, bray ing the scorn of the world, requires cour- age and faith; but this course lifts the mother to plane where she is above such considerations. and hears only the voice of God in her soul.''
 "But can they obtain employment when burdened with young child?"
 "Yes; in the homes of true Christian women. who wish to work for God and humanity by thus stretching out helping hands to their unfortunate sisters. Still. many mothers of these children of sin have not the strength of mind to take
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
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By ALFRED BATTLE BEALLE.

It Is as though we were on the eve of some mighty unheaval in the world thought, the nature of which no man can intelligently forecast. Only, we can safely assume that as our thoughts and deeds are stones in the social edi- fee, so shall that edifice be builded well or i'll to the degree that our thoughts and deeds are sane.
 We have not yet learned of what vital importance this thing of saying our hon. est thought is. Let us speak at all times without establishment, what we feel to be true. It is our exact thought that must be said. And in expressing our hon. estest, sanest thoughts, let us be sure that we but solidify, strengthen the social fabric. If the thought of the world can not be remoulded to please your fancy and mine, let us know that we are but links in the social chain; if we think fairly and act justly the chain shall be strength ened. Let us know that subsequent links shall be nobler welded because of us-that as our horizon enlarges, room is made for the mighty harmonizers of thought who shall come after.
 The final verities-verities that shall ring as truth in the ears of all men shall be pronounced only after the masses as whole are receptive to the mighty lessons. Among these theories that press for acceptance today and one that beats most commonly at the threshold of men s hearts, is the theory that there is no labor great or small in the universe; that any effort fairly launched, If it hampers the well-being of no man, Is august as any; that any discrimination which makes for the upraising of one group of work CTS and the down-treading of another, no matter how vast between the gulf may be, forwards injustice in the world. Shape me finer theory than this: this placard posted at our hearts gates today.
 It is a proposition placed between us and the light of the new dawn, outlined clearly, enthusiastically. It cannot be dis regarded or ungraciously put aside. It is not revolutionary-excepta as justice is rev olutionary. It must come to pass that all brave hearted effort, whether it be direct ed in hod- bearing or temple-building, shall have equal applause.
 If praise there be, let it be for him who through suffering and denial reaches his right effort-place; and if blame there be- see that it falls on him who shuns that task he was born into the world to do. Though we learn the lesson at sac- rifice of all the pasts teaching-thougha at sacrifice of prejudices we mistook yester- day for truths-in Gods name let the sac- rifice be made, and quickly.
 We are too seldom ourselves. Best achievements may not be got by long journeys through by-eadings and paths of quackery. Lost motion in right mental and spiritual exercise, as lost motion of any finely tempered mechanism, is fore runner of ultimate disuse.
 Work to the end that you may be on friendly terms with yourself; at all times altogether sure of yourself; at all times absolutely unafraid in presence of your- self
 Epes. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Ned Brace Talks AboNf zbe Card
 Of 7gveny-N1ne Very A6Ie CIhaens

more earnestly to cut out the low dives and crime-breedlng saloons which for merly existed in Birmingham than did The Age-Herald. It has fought for years for the regulation of the liquor traffic. and eventually I believe that those who have signed the preceding card will agree that either the prohibition law should be enforced to the letter or there should be the licensed sale of liquon with complete regulation.
 In response to paragraph 6 of the pre- cedng card, if Mir. Goodall, and Mir. Jack son, and MT. Sessions, and the others whose names are signed to 1t. would 6try to "see things" instead of writing about them they would see many. venture the assertion that any of the three could walk in the business center of Birmingham and employ either a newsboy or negro to go and buy them a bottle of whisky, pro- vided they would agree not to report the boy or the place from which 1t was ob- tained. It Is known fact that there are blind tigers on every side selling the meanest sort of connections.
 Instead of spending weeks in preparing such an article as these people have pre- pared. it would be far better for them to spend the same time in personally aiding in enforcing the law. I doubt not but that Sheriff Higdon will swear each one of you in as deputies. And feel sure that Mayor Ward and Chief Bodeker will make each of you special policeman for a week or a month, or more if necessary.
 Now, Is 1t not far better for you to get out and do the real work for the com- munity rather than to write cards ascrib- ing mean motives to those who are and have always been striving and working for the best interests of the development and purihcation of this community
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MT. E. W. Barrett, Birmingham, Ala. Dear Sir:-I was delegated by the sign CTS of the enclosed letter to deliver you a copy of the same, and request that you give the same space in your paper Yours very truly,
 JOHN B. WEAKTTY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

NN ELL, it looks like there is an PV other prohibition melee in Bir-
 w mingham. Tom Mcdonald is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Another trial-day shall come, When nations wait to hear their doom. White robed-redeemed-I see her stand- His trophy-at the Kings right hand:
 Where is the man?
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-08
Use Our Special Service Department Free

sequel to the suit for damages tried
in the superior court. November 81,
at which time the father was given
damages to the extent of $10,500
against Wannasscy, an Indian. The
Indian induced Meacham's wife to de
sert her husband and judgment was
given on the merits of the case. The
evidence was so vile, however, ana the
conditions pictured by the attorneys
being so inhuman and dlsgraccfuI that
outside parties finally decided to look
into the condition of the family ana
the report made is nothing if not ex-
asperating. Information was filed and
the above action taken.
Clcrgymcn Visit Family.
Six children of whom there are
nine, are to be taken in charge by
Rev A. w Laningham, agent here
of the Washington Children's Home
Finding association. A visit was made
to the home Saturday by DR. G. T..
Gibson of the Methodist church, Rev.
A. w. Laningham and j. r.. Fitch Of
the city health department. They
found a 10 year old girl sick on
couch which had been made by lay
ing boards over two saw horses and
scattering some rage over the boards.
Two of the children were absent hay
ing gone to Fruitvale to visit their sick
mother. A broken stove and "A frying
pan were the only articles to be
found, in and by which food might be
cooked, and three potatoes and n little
flour were all the food i'm the house.
The gentlemen named bought some
utensils and food and tried to make
the family more comfortable.
Meacham, 20 year old son and a
II year old girl are apparently ply
sically able to become wage earners.
That they are not successful at It OF
that the money does not go to the
family Is apparent from the conditions
It was found in
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-08
MULLINS BUYS CORNER SITE
Pays Ten Times Price Which Identical
Property Sold for Very Few
Years Ago.

Pat Mullins has purchased from Ed.
Parker for a figure said to be some
where about $4,000 the corner lot
50x140 at the southwest corner of A
and North First streets adjoining the
premises of J. B. Doust. He will i'm
prove it. probably starting construc-
ton about next week. This gives Mr..
Mullins three corner properties on
First street as he no whas splendid
buildings on the avenue corner and
on Chestnut street. The purchase is
another proof of the faith of Mr.. Null
Inns in the growth of this city and II
is also another indication of another
strange chapter 10 the history of his
transactions in North Yakima.
Five years ago. at the suggestion of
Mr.. Mullins, the property was pur-
chased by David Maule of Montana
from S. ]. Low for $1,000 and It Is
understood that Governor Lowe had
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-08

the cause thereof and the animus back
of such assertions may be conjectured
when 1t is known that Lydia McMil-
Ian Reed was a poor spinster, when,
but one year before his death, she
married Walter ]. Reed, at that time
sixty-five years and already nearly
dead with the malady which finally
resulted in his death and whose true
condition was well known to her at
the time of the marriage; that as soon
as they were married she Mrs Reed)
be gan Systematically to get as much
of his property in her name as pos
sible. and before his death she had
succeeded in having turned over to
her or had appropriated not less than
$4,000 or $4,000 in property and
money.
Mr. Reeds personal expenses were
necessarily heavy during the last year
of his life, all of which shows to some
extent why the estate has 'dwindled.'
THE Reed estate consists of more
than is intimated in the article foY
after Walter Reeds death his brother
turned over to the executrix, Lydia
Mcmillan Reed several thousand dol
lars in money and contracts amount
ing to several thousand more, and
there are several houses and parcels
of land in and about Gle Elum be-
longing to the estate and there are
still other contracts and notes and
mortgages amounting to many thou
sand dollars, all of which has been
well known to the editor of the Re
public for several months past.
Was Kept Prisoner.
Furthermore Lydia NJ. Reed prac-
tically kept Walter Reed a prisoner
during the last year of his life, not
allowing his own sisters to speak with
him privately, although he begged for
the privilege of such an interview and
even stated that he could not die in
peace without it, and finally his sis
ters were denied admission to his
house.
Mr.. Reed was also prevailed upon
by Mrs. Reed to make three separate
wills, each succeeding one being more
favorable to her, and although she has
received such large amounts and is
so well provided for in the will and
is now receiving from the estate an
income of $3.50 per month, she has
refused to pay for the lot he is buried
in and has also refused to pay the
sexton for caring for his grave.
Mr.. Robertson's statements Of
purported interviews is full of false
statements and half truths. Where il
suits him he omits entire staten nts
Mr.. Reed made to him.
"The facts mentioned in this com
,ta,
ing to the estate were given to Mr..
Robertson at the time he mentions
in his article and he cannot have for
gotten them for he made notes of
them at the time.
His ability to falsify as evidenced
in yesterdays article would have
done credit to Ananias.
MRS. THEODORE STEINER -
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-08
SAYS THAT HORSES
ARE MUCH NEGLECTED.
George Mastcrman Declares That lie
Has Not Found Police When
He Needed Them.

Allowing horses to stand all night
in the cold weather as il now pre-
vailing is. according to George r.
Masterman. an act which he says can
not be justified and he asks the Her
aid what Is the mater with the local
police force. Three times within a
very brief time. probably a month or
so. Mr.. Masterman has taken horses
to livery stables and asked that they
he fed and cared for. These horses.
belonging both to white men and In
dams he says, were tied out in plain
view of all passers on the streets and
remained there every night.
Two horses were taken by Mr.. Mas
terman to the Wenas barn Saturday
morning. They were hitched to- a
loaded meat wagon. he says. and had
been out all night as he had seen them
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-08
SHE THREATENED
TO MURDER HIM.
II. II. BlouGh Was Afraid OF the Coffee
Prepared by Wife and Gets
Divorce.

II. II. Blough was afraid to eat the
food prepared by his wife for the rea-
son that she had repeatedly made
threats to kill him: place poison In his
coffee. He found life unbearable
while in her company because she re-
peatedly accused him of associating
with the women of the underworld.
These facts were brought out at
the trial he instituted against her for
divorce by his attorneys, Allen & VIII
son. and which was heard in the SUI
perior court November 27, and upon
the basis sustained by the evidence
Judge Preble granted the decree Sat
urday.
The couple were married in Chicago
in 1901 and have one child.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-08
The Best Food for Workers.

The best food for those who work
with hand or brain is never high
priced.
The best example of this is found in
Quaker Oats. 1t stands at the top
among foods that supply nourishment
and vigor. without taxing the diges-
ton, and yet it is the least expensive
food one can eat.
This great food value and low cost
make it an ideal food for families who
want to get the greatest good from
what they eat.
Laborers, factory or farm hands, fed
plentifully on Quake Oats will work
better and with less fatigue than IL
fed on almost any other kind of food.
All OF these facts were proved and
very interesting information about
human foods were gathered by Pro-
lessor Fisher of Yale University in
1908. In addition to the regular pack
age Quaiser Oats is packed in large
sized family packages either with or
without china dishes. "a
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-08
Is 1T FOUL MURDER
OR ONLY SUICIDE
Physicians Agree to Suicide in Case
of Kansas Girl Who Cried Muir
der" Before She Died.

PITTSBURG, Kan, Dec. THE
belief of the police that Miss Ingberg.
the 20-ycar-old girl whose mysteri-
GUS death shocked her home early to
day, committed suicide has been
agreed to by physicians. The fact
that the girl, who was found on the
porch by her mother suffering from
carbolis acid burns and moaned
They got my diamonds; then gave
me poison" helps to sustain the muir
der theory.
The diamonds arc gone and every
circumstance points to murder. The
police advance the theory. however.
that the girl may have quarreled
with the person who gave her the
diamonds and returned them, and In
a tit of remorse killed herself ana in
order to protect the mtold the muir
order to protect them told the muir
dcrer must have dragged her from
her room to the porch and poured
acid down her throat, which is i'm
probable.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-08
YAKIMA FARMS TOO
VALUABLE FOR COWS
"A Dairy Route Established for
Farming Community
Patronage.

What do you know of a farmins
community without any cows?
Who ever heard of dairy wagon
running to supply farmers with milk /?
What do you think of a farmc.'s
wife putting out the milk can ana
enclosing the ticket every morning
the same as a city woman?
That is just exactly what is tallin {
pace around North Yakima.
The people in the country around
Selah and Wenas are doing this very
thing. These people are busy raising
apples and consider the ground too
expensive to waste with pasturage,
and it is no uncommon thing to hear
farmers Wife say: John, run to
own and get q dozen of eggs.
want to bake a cake today"
f. A. Cleman, a graduate of Pull
man, where he took the scientific
dairy course, is the latest one to en-
gage in the task of supplying the
farmers with milk. a regular route
IS maintained and the sight of farm
ing people buying milk and eggs re-
calls the statement of one eastern
man. who, when asked his opinion
of the Yakima country, stated that
the land was SO valuable and that
the people We're so busy making a
fortune that they had no time in
which to make a living"
The idea of apple raisers and
farmers buying milk appears as
strange and unnatural to the new ar
rivals as did the story told on one
of the Vanderbilts in New York, just,
however, to the contrary.
This wealthy man had a COW
staked out on a vacant lot in the
heart of the business section of the
city a few years ago. A man APP
preached him and asked if the lot
was for sale.
Il have not thought of selling it."
said Vanderbilt.
TN give you 100000 for it," said
the stranger.
100000 is a big price," said the
rich man, scratching his chin, "a
very good price-but what will l do
with my cow"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-08
MORGAN TELLS or BIG DEAL
Afraid of Others, He Takes Big
Concern Under Protecting
Wing.

ALBANY, n. Y, Dec 4.-Morgan's
purpose in purchasing majority
control of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society as stated by himself and
his partner, Geo. w. Perkins was
made public tonight in a statement
issued by state Superintendent of In
surance Hotkiss.
Morgan's idea is to make II impos-
sible that this great interest should
be used to the detriment of policy
holders and also to place the control
OF Equitable stock outside the pres
ent or any future financial situation
in New York or in the country and
to end for all time the dangers which
Turk in an individual holding. Nor
gan also is quoted as saying he de-
sires the cooperation of the insur-
ance department in working out a
plan whereby the stock. which means
the control of the company be safe
guarded in the interest of policy
holders.