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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
Garbage Disposal

Perhaps no question in the Greater City is more pressing than that re- lating to the disposition of garbage. The dumping of garbage is always ob- jectionable. It is everywhere offensive to the eye and to the nose, and 1t is positively insanitary, not only to the locality but to the pickers, who cannot readily be kept away from 1t.
 This city needs modern plant that will burn all garbage into cinders or slag. One central plant for the Greater City will do the work, because steel-covered cars can bring garbage over the trolley lines from all points of the new city. The garbage in these modern plants is its own fuel. and 1t is possible to conduct one of them with not only excellent results, but with economy.
 TEe subject deserves careful con- sideration. A model of plant has been placed in the mayors office, and citizens should drop in and see 1t and study the method employed in 1t The question of garbage disposal will in- evitably come up, and other cities have sought . solution in a plant that de
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

There are enough good men in Ala bama who know the right, and the good. and the generous who can be elected to legislate for us. There are men in Alabama who are imbued with the generous and patriotic spirit of real statesmanship who would consecrate themselves to the public veal and propose. and draft, and pass laws which Alabama would welcome and ac- cept.
 The time has come when the "Old Guard" the best and the real people of Alabama must get at the sail ropes and the helm.
 This ship of state Is tired of run ming into the mud banks to be boarded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE BUTLER IN KANSAS.

Says the Atohison Globe: U. E House, the srouch who is dramatic critic on the Topeka Capital, didn't like The House of Thousand Candles and his objection was based solely on the butler, the lead ing character in the play, and which was played by Hugo Koch. The explanation of the opinion of Mr. House is that over In Topeka they don't know what & butler should be like, or of what his duties con sist. They think he is a sort of a man. soubrette; one who brings in kindling. and throws 1t down with the exclamation of By gosh, or Cricky, who chucks the women folks under the chin,~ and is A cut-up, receiving for his work his board and clothes and the privilege of reading out loud the old jokes in an almanac. When the butler in The House of a Thou sand Candles appeared, dignified. refined, thoughtful of those he served, and more a friend to the family than servant, Topeka was naturally disappointed, and House voiced their sentiments. In Topeka the man who takes care of the horse and cuts the grass, buffers on the side when there is company, and eats with the fam fly when there isn't"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
Great Future.

"Birminghams future Is brighter now than at any time in it's history" said a banker When John w. Gates predicted about four years ago that Birmingham would have a population of 100000 in the course of 20 years, meaning Birmng- ham and it's environs, many people thought his ideas exaggerated; but when one sees what is being done by the United States Steel interests to say nothing of other important interests here it is not at all important that what is strict ly speaking the Birmingham district will have 100000 inhabitants before 1925. In the next census Jefferson county, which will be chiefly Birmingham and suburbs so far as population goes. will be found to contain about soO,00O people. In 1920 1t is safe to say that those figures will be doubled The larger our population the faster will be It's ratio of increase For 1925, count on 100000.
 'Ths Tennessee company has been ex- banding very fast but next year will wit ness new high record in development; and within the next three years the Ten nessee company and other subsidiary companies of the United States Steel corporation will bring realizations or many wonderful dreams"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

By G. Watson James, Jr. An, the river, how 'tis singing, Sweet its verdant banks are ringing. Singing, always singing To light hearts upon its shore, Telling of the golden morrow, Whose dawn is free of sorrow, Singing, ever singing
 To light hearts upon it's shore. An, the river, now 'tis moaning, Al seaward 1t h flowing. Moaning, always moaning, For the souls that are no more, Telling of deAth's horror, Which may i'll that golden morrow, Moaning, ever moaning For those sleeping on it's shore. Once my heart was like that river, gweetly singing: happy ever, Singing, always singing Of the one that adorsd. Till she thought I lightly loved her, scoffed at all my soul could offer, Now I'm moaning. ever moaning, That She scorned me evermora
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
A Good Advertisement.

Alabama is getting the best sort or advertising out of the result of last Mondays vote" said Charles F. Vain wright of Chicago. T was in St. Louis on Wednesday and in Cincinnati on Thursday. The papers in those cities caled attention to Alabamas splendid victory over fanaticism and radical ten dencies. The press everywhere will be singing Alabamas praises for some time to come.
 Suppose the result had been in favor of constitutional prohibItioni It would have been little short of a calamity. Prohibition may fit in the constitution of Kansas without any serious detriment to that state. l have spent a good deal of time in Kansas and know that In her larger towns prohibition does not pro- hibit; but as Kansas Is an agricultural state with no cities of importance pro- hibition may be all right there as a gen. eral proposition.
 Alabama on the other hand is g. state of varied intersts and as it boasts of several large and growing cities. drastic sumptuary laws would always be a misfit here and would retard the state s industrial and commercial development. That at any rate is the way investment capital regards the matter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

stroys by fire all garbage, including ashes and cinders, and the resulting slag is used for street-making pur- poses The subject needs consider ation here, for it exists in acute form, and the Greater City will serve to increase the need of a modern dis posal plant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
THE ALABAMA RESULT

islature to make the storing or keeping of liquor of any kind such a crime for the suppression of which officers of the law might enter and search any mans, "cas- tle'' on the merest suspicion, as has al- ready been attempted under existing statutes, attended by bloody consequences. The people of Alabama would not stand for this, as no American community will.
 Finally, 1t must be clear to every think ing man that this question of temperance legislation cannot be settled by radical fanatics of prohibition on the one hand or the whisky makers and dealers on ths other. but that 1t must be settled right. and by the sober, conservative thought of practical. sincere temperance advocates and by the judgment of a sound public sentiment. It may be that this sound sentiment will be against a return to the open saloon or to the licensed tippling of strong liquors at public drinking places, but we are quite sure that the sentiment win be overwhelmingly against tho in- tolerable conditions existing now in the larger cities of so-called prohibition ter ritory and that some sane method must be provided to relieve that condition and remove the menace of the rapidly grow ing tendency to contempt for all law. .
 The whisky interests must not take this result in Alabama as meaning a vote of confidence in their business; 1t Is rather a note of warning to them that they must acquiescs. and that, too, without protest, in whatever plan sound and rational public judgment shall fix upon as the measure of protection the public is en- titled to against the destructive and de- stroying possibilities of their business, If they will not voluntarily be decent and law-abidins they will have the tremen- dous majority. not only in Alabama but in other states. against radical legislation to reckon with touching their own future existence. ...-. ,. ..--..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Music Festival For 1910.

The board of directors of the Birming- ham Music Festival association will hold an important meeting Monday at noon at the Chamber of Commerce. As one of the members of the board said yesterday, there Is no time to be lost in completing arrangements for festival next spring. It Is the intention of the board to en- gage the New York Symphony orchestra, of which Walter Damrosch is director Mir. Damrosch gave such a delightful fes- tival here last April that the people of Birmingham naturally want him again for 1910. The guarantee fund is not yet raised. but 1t is understood that 1t will be during the early part of the coming week.
 ". Spencer Jones, Damrosoh's agent, Is now in the city and will remain here until Tuesday or Wednesday. He says that MT. Damrosoh's southern bookings for the season 19os-10 are the best in the history of his organization. All the spring dates are filled except April 1s. 20 and 2i, which have been kept open for Birming- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
AFTER woRDswoRTH.

(l Considerab1e Distance.J .'We'll talk of sunshine and of song," And happy days of dream, And walk apart from troubles throng, Beside a hermit stream, Where willows murmur in the breeze And birds sing on the bough, And every prospect seems to please The contemplative brow. 'ewe'll talk of sunshine and of song," And roam the tranquil plain, On wings of fancy borne along Past all confines of pain. The sun above, the world below, With countless blossoms gay, Shall make a mock of every woe And drive our cares away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
USED TO TT.
From tho Chattanooga Times.

From tho Chattanooga Times.
 @HE result of the election in Ala
 (OD bama, the voting down of the
 prohibition amendment to the state constitution, is significant of several things, in addition to . manifestation of public sentiment against putting pure ly moral question in the organic law. While 1t means Q) that the people haven't any confidence in mere statutory moral reformations, yet it does not mean @ that there is any popular tendency to give license to intemperance or to sanction the return of the lawless saloon. It does not mean that the people of Alabama desire to encourage drunkenness or insbriety or that they approve the old system under which the dives and dens of debauchery and vice thrived and Haunted their in iqufties in the face of deoency and morality.
 The outcome of this election rather points serious and solemn lesson to every friend of temperance whether for or against prohibition as to a means of achieving it. The issues in Alabama were manifold and not confined to the single question of prohibitive legislation. There was a widespread protest against the mix ing of the churches and the mingling of religious sentiments In . question that was in this case 50 closely Identified with an ambitious political movement. Politics and religion cannot successfully mix-not in their organized capacities; that much tho people of Alabama have decided There was also very decided senti- mont against putting an untried experi- ment in the organic law. The prohibition laws of the state have not proven satis- factory; they have not been observed by the very people who favored and pro- noted them and, as . consequence, they have not been enforced. A law that is neither observed nor enforced is in con- tempt; the constitution is respected. and the voters of the state simply did not in tend that that instrument should be re- duced to the condition of the statute. There was another fatal defect in the proposed amendment The American citi- zen rseards his home as his castle, and that no man has . right to invade it. In recognition of that principle the constitu- tions of svsry stats exempt the home from ssasure or search, except under the gray. est circumstances wherein there are req sons for believing that a heinous crime has been committed The proposed amend msnt opened the doors to any future leg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

Ed has it on us. For instance: a We never build a song by day or night, Of Sway folks, or poker themes, or gin, But in some wondrous, unexpected way, Some agent or installment man comes
 in.
 John D. Wells, in Buffalo News Johns got us slxinnedi We never weave a song by day or night Something we think will make the whole
 world grin But in some wondrous unexpected way ! The morning paper doesn't have 1t in.
 Judd M Lewis, In Houston Post. , Judd has us beaten to frazzlel We never try to trill a little song. In summer. autumn, winter time, or
 spring,
 But in that same old thought-dispelling
 way,
 The busy telephone begins to ring. Paul Cook, in Birmingham Age-Herald. Paul puts 1t pretty pat. but We never try to turn an honest cent F With thoughts in verse that will be
 printed. maybe, But wifey interrupts our eager bent With "There's deari Please come and
 mind the babyl" Robbie Babble. in the New York Tel
 egram.
 Paul is lucky fellow! We never yet have had the Muse to poise On widespread wings above this luck less spot, As . As if at last deceived by our decoys, But what some bill collector spoiled the
 shot, Clark McAdams, in the St. Louis Post
 Dispatch. s
 THE WAY HE FELT. How much are you going to give the waiter?" "If had any backbone I wouldn't give the triiing rascal penny. Since I'm a moral coward, I'm going to give him quarter" B..
 A BARD's CONFESSION. I always sing with a frightened look, For fear some one will say, "Get the
 hook!"
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

After weeks of political turmoil, with the Sundays in Birmingham as noisy and feverish as other days. this blessed Christian Sabbath comes with its tranquilizing atmosphere and it's message of love and peace. Sunday has been ordained as day of rest and worship and may this community cherish it as such in all the time to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
SIGNS THAT FAIL
he Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 Unless all signs fail, the state of Ala bama is going to write prohibition into it's organic law so hard today that 1t won't be erased in go years" said the Savannah Press Monday. Presumably 'all signs are in the bankruptcy courts at this writing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE RESULT
 AND THE EFFECT OF MONDAYS ELECTION

by pirates carrying the polished tiu swords of politics.
 
 There is too much to Alabama to mess with the mushrooms of nights growth. Kick them aside and let us go ahead and do something for the substantial and permanent upbuilding of those things which we require and which should make us the supporters of those institutions which bring us closer together and cause us upon Sunday morning, at least, to believe that we are trying to be as one united people. a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

ter Peabody and other men of national reputation who are trustees will also bs in attendance. The meeting is called for December IS at p. m.
 Senator John H. Bankhead of Jasper was in Birmingham yesterday and will leave today for Washington to take up his duties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
A WISE BOY.

well. Bobby. hope you are solid with Santa Claus"
 ''You bet your life am! told pa this morning that if Santa Claus didn't do the right thing Christmas, I'd tell ma that pretty Mrs. Fiipp next door said pa was such a dear -"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
4 Political Viewpoint.

Several things have been made clear to my mind in the aftermath of the amendments overwhelming defeat said a man who was once prominent in pol itics but who Is now leading a quiet life.
 "In the first place the big vote against the amendment contained a very large percentage of protest against prohibition as a statewide policy. Alabama is democratic state; always has been and will be for some years to come. Local option, not statutory prohibition was in our democratic platform of 1906. This was the platform upon which Governor Conner and the present legislature were elected, but professional prohibitionists threw dust in our lawmakers eyes and got these men badly scared. As a result we have the severest prohibition laws in existence.
 Tn the next place the sentiment of the majority of the people Is strongly in favor of temperance-real temperance. The next legislature will modify the present laws. but the changes are almost sure to be along moderate lines. The local op- ton law will eventually be restored and then it will be for each county to say whether or not it is to be wet or dry.
 Another thing made clear by the re- suit of the election was the fact that women and children are out of place at the polls. The intelligent, patriotic men of Alabama can be counted on to vote their convictions. They will not be led astray by false issues or by sentimental appeals.
 Many politicians and number of near politicians got in the amendment band wagon at the beginning of the campaign. Thousands of the amenders were as hon. est as the defenders, and some of the officeseeking amenders doubtless had convictions; but many of the politicians had no convictions. They simply sought to be on the winning side and I was amazed at their lack of political sagacity. If there ever was a time when prac- tical politician should have known how the farmer vote stood on this amendment question this was that time. The wisest of politicians make mistakes now and then, but there was no excuse for the average politician being misled this time The legislature that submitted the amend ment had hardly adjourned when some of the leading prohbitionists began to whis- per among themselves that tactical blunder had been made. The politicians of anything like penetration or acumen saw from the start that the amendment and the prohibition party in Alabama were doomed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
ANOTHER MATTER.

Now, if the Alabama legislature had previously rejected that prohibition con- stitutional amendment of Governor Co., mer. his political fortunes might have been greatly helped and aided; but since the people themselves rejected it--well, that's different
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
LABAMA has redeemed itsel

LABAMA has redeemed itself.
 A This great state has defined its \ policy to the world. It has de- clared that it shall not put an hundred year time lock upon the public safe. It has declared that 1t shall give good time to the people to test an expert. ment
 Alabama wants to try prohibition honestly. The laws existing should and must be enforced to the letter. 1t Is the duty of everyone of us to uphold them and aid in enforcing them. If they prove good and practical we shall continue them. If they prove imprac- tical we shall repeal them and make new laws which will be practical and right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
Solicitor Mcousen.

Solicitor John Mcqueen. who has been making high records in the criminal court of Jefferson county, will be candidate for reelection rumors to the contrary notwithstanding
 q will be a candidate said hss and will make formal announcement at the proper time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
ALL SETTLED NOW.
the Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 It appears that Governor Conner spoke more wisely than he knew when recently he declared: .T am not going to the United States Senate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
NOT FOOLED.

From the Fliesende Blaetter.
 He-I would go to the end of the world for you.
 Shelf I didn't know that the world were round would believe you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR From the New York Press.

The satisfaction of having a duty is unloading 1t upon somebody else.
 The most inpenetrable disguise wom- an can wear. is frankness.
 The danger of doing a man a favor is he gets . grudge against you for not doing more.
 The way the devil catches so.many peo- pie is making them think they are just dodging him.
 It helps . woman an awful lot about her religion to feel how much good her havfnx lt does her hunband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

The herrings along the coast are now headed towards the sardine can ming factories. It is poor herring that cannot pose nowadays as sar- dine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

President Taft no longer chews the end of his lead pencil in writing his message, for it stands complete ready to be laid before the newspapers in advance copies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
About Perxns.

Belton Gilreath leaves for Washington December 15 to attend meeting or the Jeanes trustees at the White House. bres- Ment Taft, Andrew Carnegis, Georgs Eos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
LEssoN FOR PoLITlcIANs.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. '.f
 The Alabama election seems to mark the turn of the tide. At any rate. poli- ticians will stop, look and listen bsfore they tie up to the prohibition movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

This mild weather is attributed to the approach of Halley's comet, and it might be well to invite 1t to finger in these parts until the spring season is in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

The British lords will find that magma charta still has deep hold on the British masses, and that they will vote as they think
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

The late month of November was the hottest one in 35 years, and De- cember is trying to outdo it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is anxious to know how the vets cele- brated their victory in Alabama,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

No one is in a good position to vim dicate Dr. Cook, for no one was pres ent to see him make his touchdown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
PROUD OF ALABAMA

From the Houston Post.
 We are so proud of Alabama that ws are considering the feasibility of stopping at even the flag stations when our next itinerary is arranged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
TIT OF TAT

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Alabama went wet just as MT. Bryan'l lectures got in the dry column.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

Mrs. Pankhurst has sailed away and the suffrage associations are becoming
 weak-kneed again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

Even the peers of the realm may be sent to join the voteless women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

When women become voters men should be entitled to alimony along with their divorces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
INFORMATION WANTED.

From the St. Louis Times.
 Has anybody interviewed General Grant on the prohibition returns in Ala bama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
LOOKING UP.

From the Atlanta Journal.
 Since the Alabama election, distinct note of optimism is felt in Savannah, Memphis. Chattanooga, Jacksonville asA other centers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
ALL's WELL.
inc Houston Post

From the Houston Post
 Alabama now points with pride, the day for viewing with alarm being hap oily past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

Every mild day now is slice cut of from a freeze-up-the-pipes winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

All the lords demand is representa- tion in wholesale lots without taxation even at retail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

In New Jersey people go sleighing past gardens full of roses. June and December again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

The chautauQua circuits attention is respectfully called to President Zelaya, who will soon be man without job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05
THE RIGHT SORT,

From the Houston Post
 Texas has already 100000 Alabamians and we are willing to take over another hundred thousand of the kind that voted down that amendment last Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

Christmas trees are on the market, and yet that shopping is not com pleted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

Texas never feels happy unless it is trying H. Clay Pierce for something or other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-05

MT. Hartman left the earth and $149. .O00. 900 behind him.