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Macon beacon., 1909-11-06
BerberS of
Morocco
Are a
Bad Lot
BY PROF. PAUL DU B0IS
University Of California

age nomads, unconquered,
off their herds and fiocks.
Morocco. They have no
Arabic.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-06
Women
Workers
Every WAGE
Garner Should
Join Union
BY MARGARET L. FOLEY

VERY should belong trade organiza
ton 1t is only through organization that anything is OBJ
ained In every large community of intelligent working
people trade union legitimate savings bank. Capt.
asts combine into corporations and trusts to lower
and increase profits and combine into unions to
reduce the hours of labor and raise wages.
Any person, whether capitalist wageearner who does
not protect his business interests by organizing with others
like iC to The
Macon beacon., 1909-11-06

do
of permanently lettering his condition.
Women workers. especially when unorgnized the most helpless
class the with the exception Of the child because
of their life They the
community where they competition with when
Izcd they invariably tend to lower
Women start out in the labor world with the idea that their
period will be Of short duration They therefore often
than would
eenng the possibility for that and support family
according to the American standard.
Again the large number of working after marriage indca
tive of the the with
that the normal family relation be maintained
Every should strive for q.
living eight-hOur day and ZzS7-1AAA< 1(@&
good sanitary conditions, which area
found trades. II
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
PALATIAL BLACKSMITH SHOP.
Will be of Marble, With siIver-PIated
AnVlls,

Atlantic City Cor. Philadelphia Inquirer
To have a blacksmith shop that will
rival IN beauty and luxuriousness any
that the world now possesses Is a proba-
bility of the near future for this resort.
Provided, of course, the promoter Of it
does not change his mind in the mean
time.
city Assessor Hugh Genoe, who is also
identified with such important organiza-
lions as the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
knights of Columbus, etc, and who is
also quite factor in Fourth ward poll
ties here is the originator of the scheme.
According to Mr.. Genoe's proposition,
he is looking for a site Atlantic ave-
nue. upon which he will erect a marble
blacksmith shop, which in the matter of
ornate beauty and convenience will out
rival many of the other buildings along
the big thoroughfare.
The building will be constructed, accord
ing to his plans, of the most expensive
marble used for such purposes and will be
equipped with every modern appliance.
There will be an armor-proof vault in the
basement wherein expensive horse shoes
valet to the classy" horses who will be
patrons of the shop, and the anvils will
be silver plated and kept bright and clean
at all times. They will be polished each
morning and kept wholly sanitary, while
a smoke condenser will afford relief to the
nostrils of the equines who need their
feet treated.
Mr. Genoe owns an automobile and has
the contract for supplying footgear to the
horses belonging to the city. He is of the
opinion that II local bank can erect
a marble palace, and If a garage can af-
ford a marble front, there is no logical
reason why he shouldn't have a smithy
shop that will be the talk of the country
1t is understood that he has consulted an
architect and that the plans for the
unique structure will shortly be made
public.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
HABITS OF BLACK BASS.

From Golfers Weekly.
Why the black bass bites on one, day
and refuses every bait the next, why he
takes helgramites, and only helgramites,
on Monday. grasshoppers on Tuesday and
frogs on Wednesday; why he bites only on
dark days for a fortnight and then shifts
his biting humor to days bright and
breezy; why you find him today on sandy
bottom and tomorrow on mud, and the
day after on the rocks. are baffling traits
of the bass that relate merely to his
| sporting relations with the angler. But
there are other mysteries that puzzle the
/ naturalists and bear on the organic life
of the fish
Up In Maine are two bass rivers not far
apart. In one the fish run often to four,
even to five, pounds; in the other rarely
above a pound and half In one of the
largest lakes of New Hampshire the
writer's score for a whole season once ran
up to 1893 fish. Food was evidently Album
dant for the bass were Chunky and the
viscarea thick with fatty tissues. Yet the
post mortem showed in the stomach only
glutinous. unrecognizable white matter;
and the largest bass of the whole season
drew the scales at but a pound and three
quarters, What did those bass live on
and why didn't they grow bigger? Again,
in the uplands of Connecticut are two
lakes some eight miles apart. In the one
bass are often caught In winter ice fish
ing; in the other lake almost never in win
ter; though In it's open summer waters
bass fishing is the better. Remembering
that the bass are supposed to hibernate,
and in fairly deep waters would not that
fact argue in the late season darker out
ward hues and deeper bronzes? Yet the
head of large bass hatchery has OBJ
served a silvery change of the bass at
the approach of winter when his habit and
habitat would imply the exact reverse.
Such are a few of the anatomical enig-
mas of the black bass that make him and
his paradoxes an interesting study for
that open minded angler who blends the
naturalist with the SPORTSMAN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
Weeds Must Be Cut

After Monday next all citizens who
have weeds growing ON their lots will
be subject to arrest and the penalty
of fines. Mayor O'Brien gives due
notice that the law prohibiting the
growth of weeds will be strictly en-
forced. Owners of lots will be ar
rested. The owners of vacant lots are
especially open to arrest, and those
who know the mayor best know he
will be no respecter of persons. The
rich offender will fare no better than
the poor one.
This has been a wet, moist sum-
mer, and weeds have rarely been
ranker or higher They need cutting,
and the Mayor says they must be cut
nolens volens. There is no way out
of it. The property owner must re-
spond, and after Monday next he will
be subject to arrest at any hour of
the day or night. This is the last
call, for the days of grace will be
ended on Monday next
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21

memory. The funeral is to be held
today at Colorado Springs, and the
urn will, in the fall, be conveyed to
Richmond, where it will be inferred
by the graves of the other members
of the family. Like her distinguished
mother" says Gen. Clement A. Evans,
in his official order, Mrs. Hayes did
not enjoy the best of health, and was,
on this account, denied the pleasure
of attending the reunions of the United
Confederate Veterans to the same ex-
tent as her charming sister Win
ME Yet she was often able to be
present at these annual gatherings,
and the boys of the Confederate
armies ever greeted her with that
hearty affection that they felt for her
immortal father Gifted in mind, charm
ing in manner, winning in behavior
she won the affections Of all who knew
her intimately. She will long be re-
membered by all the members of this
order"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
Last Surviving Child Of Jefferson Davis

The death of Margaret Davis Hayes
at her home in Colorado removes from
this world the last child of six in the
family of Jefferson Davis. She was
years old when her father became
the president of the new born Con-
federacy, and at the time Of her death
sire was 81 years Of age. Her sis
ter, Winnie, died in 1898, and four
brothers had passed away before her.
Jefferson Davis died in New Orleans
in 1889, and Mrs. Davis died in New
York in 1906.
Mrs. Hayes was the wife of j. Ad-
olson Hayes, banker, of Colorado
Springs, and she alone of Jefferson
Davis children left children. Two
sons and two daughters mourn her
death. The elder son has, by legisla
tive permit taken the name Of JEFF
ferson Hayes Davis, and In that way
the name of his historic grandfather
will be perpetuated. Mrs. Hayes led
a quiet home life in Colorado, but
she was greatly beloved by all who
knew her. Many tributes of affec'
ton and regret are being paid to her
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
Alabama FaVOrS An Income Tax

Governor Conner when he prepared
a programme for the extra session
failed to include a ratification of the
federal proposition now before the
country. But the fact that the Gov
ernor did not see fit to suggest this
important matter in his call is no
reason at all why the legislature
should not take it up. A two-thirds
vote is needed in each house.
Public sentiment in Alabama is over
whelmingly in favor of giving the fed
eral government power to levy an in
come tax. This power had been ex-
ercised by the governemnt in the past,
and for 100 years no one questioned
the power of the government in this
respect. The supreme court repeat
eddy sanctioned it. But all at once
about IL or 13 years ago that court.
in a five-by-four decision, reversed it.
SELF and the power of the general
government to levy an income tax
was taken away in jiffy. The power
can be restored by constitutional
amendment only. This is known as
the sixteenth amendment, and it reads
as follows:
Article is. The Congress shall have
power to lay and collect taxes on incomes
from whatever source derived without APP
portionment among the several states
and without regard to any census or
enumeration.
1t is before the legislatures Of the
country, and an affirmative vote from
Alabama at this early day would be
beneficial to it. The legislature is
in nowi,e committed against it by the
non-action of the Governor, and il the
/ sspatass and representatives will con-
suit their respective constituencies
they will assuredly give the pending
amendment boost.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
COTTON MILL CONDITIONS.

From the Gadsden Evening journal.
Walter Harper, a staff correspondent
of The Age-Herald, has written a very
interesting story of Alabama City, ap-
pearing in The Age-Herald of Sunday,
which should be appreciated by the good
people of the mill village for it puts
the lie to many a sensational writeup IN
reference to conditions under which the
cotton mill operatives live. or course,
at home here there is no misapprehen-
sion, as all who are informed know that
hte operatives at the Dwight mill enjoy
better homes and general surroundings
than the average work people find else
where or for themselves. If engaged in
a different occupation, but because of
reckless and untruthful statements, such
as were made two years ago by Mrs.
Vanvorst. there is a popular misconoep-
ton about the matter abroad that such
articles as that by Mr.. Harper will do
much to correct.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
From the st. Louis Giobe-Democrat

]
no sit in gorgeous box at some
(CD splendid theatre, amid a scene of
life and brilliant filter, and hear
the marvellous voice of Patti ripple away
on the melody of Way Down Upon De
SWanee Ribber," Is one thing, and to
travel through the south until, suddenly
with a squeak from the locomotive, one
looks from the window of a Pullman car
and sees for the first time in all his life
the clear. silent waters of this stream, Is
quite different thing.
How many have seen the Suwanee river
through the veil of sentiment and song,
under the environment of the first-named
ORDER and how few, comparatively, have
actually stood upon the banks of the
river itself, listened to the soft low muir
muir of It's meandering waters, so clear,
so beautiful and so blue in eddy places,
with trees bending over its bosom, all
festooned with long, waving Spanish
moss, which so abounds In the western
regions of Florida.
Just how a river, a narrow. sand-bot-
toned, blue-watered river, that plays so
small a part in the map of the United
States as does the Suwanee, could ever
have become so famous in this wido
world, does seem strange to one when
he comes to think of 1t, all because of a
mere song. But, after all, 1t has a
charm all Its own, and the average visitor
will find under its spell, that 1t will
linger with him with surprising tenacity
and grow upon him like the shadiw of
some mysterious fascination.
Way down upon de S'wanee ribber,
Far, far away;
Oars whar my heart am turnin' ebber,
Oars whar de old folks stay.
No such ideal picture book scngs as
this are ever heard on the Suwanee river
in real life, unless it be, now a2j ihssi.
when some resident OF this section
chooses to hum few lines of this same
song in a spirit much the same as that
OF the deacon in church vino says
amen when the preacher has finished
the morning prayer--simply agreeing to
what the author of this immortal song
has written.
But there are songs along the Suwanee
river that are characteristic and unique
in all their plaintive melody pathos and
humor. The negroes who are found at
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
COMIC SUPPLEMENT.
Newspapers vuIgarized and Debased
by Its Use.

From the Indianapolis News.
That the influence of the newspaper
comic supplement leads young readers to
disregard of authority. to vulgarity, to a
lack of obedience to their elders, is the
opinion of the Boston Heraid-an opinion
that is overwhelmingly Endorsed by clergy
ana lafty, and even by Newspaper men
who feel the slavery of the yellow peril
age of Journalism. The pranks that are
shown in these crudely colored pictures
are all to the glorification of the youth
full perpetrators thereof and the confu-
sion and distress of the moro elderly VIC
tims--fathers mothers, unoles and aunts.
This class of literature had its begin
ming in the stories Of "Peck's Bad Boy"
launched upon an unsuspecting public
nearly 80 years ago-a pernicious begin
ming which has not been lessened as the
years have gone on. This bad influence
was amazingly fertilized by dramatiza-
ton, and "Pecks Bad Boy for years
reveled on the 100000 stages OF the coun-
try, affording Indictment to mischief and
deviltry to myriads of impressionable
youths.
Children Oh the age OF those VINO ohce
read of the bombastio deeds of Jack the
Giant Killer. which was harmless and
really funny because Of it's palpable ex-
travagance are seriously corrupted by
the comic supplements. This literature is
debasing, creating an appetite for more of
its kind. These children will not care for
the pure and wholesome stories. many of
which abound in delightful humor and
which are being produced In books and
in the clean weekly publications for
youths today. Where are the readers of
these better publications to come from as
| the readers of this psrnicious stun In
crsass7
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
SOME PUSSY" SERVANTS

lions for their own menus. 1t is said that
when the rumpus occurred the duchess
then and there ordered that the luncheon
prepared for her guests should be sent to
the servants hall and that arranged for
the hall brought to the dining room I'VE
can do with anything at PINCH said
, her grace. She was speaking the truth.
for Scotch people even in the front rank
of society are not usually in the least
fastidious about the table. On the oc-
casion mentioned Mrs. George Keppel was
one of the guests staying in the house,
and in referring to the incident friend
of hers said, "She (Nrs. KeppeD tackled
the cold beef and pickles rejected in the
servants hall with a relish which would
have done credit to hard worked gen.
eral servant"
1t may be remarked that guest some
years ago took to this particular house a
portmanteau of coal because of the miser-
able fires permitted in the guests rooms,
his grace. the hosts. pet economy being
coal. The portmanteau burst on the stairs
and the guest has never been received
since in the ducal abode.
More than few of the swagger SER
wants of smart women have their own pet
dogs, cats or birds which they insist must
accompany them when they are visiting
with their mstresses, while several also
regard it as i,npera tive that room should
be found for their bicycles. The up-to-
date maid frequently is addicted to music
and when this is so she expects to be al
lowed to take her guitar, violin or banjo
with her. Like her mistress, she has a
stamp or an autograph album. or more
likely still quaint STORY book" in which
are recorded all the amusing and smart
tales which she hears. 1t is a common
thing for mistress and maid to exchange
stories and it is admitted that the maids
are oftener more amusing and quainter
than those collected In the boudoir. The
most aristocratic visitors often contribute
to the servants autograph or quaint
story books.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
Ambassador RockhiII.

wv w. L.,ckhill who has been pro-
NOTED from the Chinese mission to be
ambassador at st. Petersburg. is sue
cessful diplomat and a high class man
in every respect" said one who knew
him as a citizen of Washington D.. c.
'Mr. Rockhill was appointed as a dem
ocrat to be assistant secretary of state
under Mr.. Olney in C1evelands second
administration. He rendered valuable
service in the state department and was
rewarded by being sent as minister to
Greece. From that post he was pro-
NOTED to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to China, and
now he heads the embassy accredited to
Russia.
Until recent years the United States
gave no attention to the matter of train
ing men for high diplomatic positions.
Political influence was usually necessary
and that was about all needed to deter
mine the President in making his diplo-
matio appointments. For England a man
of recognized ability was selected as a
rule; but for other important posts un-
tried and unknown men were often
chosen.
"Elihu Root, while he was secretary
of state, developed the practice of pro-
noting men from the smaller diplomatic
positions to the more important; and
now 1t seems to be an established ous-
tom. This is following the rule of the
European government, and its advantage
over the old way is obvious. If men OF
experience in any particular line of work
are needed in order to gesssood results
an ambassadorial offics should be Allied
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
Cast Pipe Officials.

e. C. Fuller and George Long, vice
presidents of the United States Cast
Iron Pipe company, are in Birming-
ham. They are on a tour of inspection
and yesterday inspected the large plant
at Bessemer.
Mr.. Long is vice president of the
company with h headquarters at Louis
Vile, and has supervision of the yari-
Gus plants of the United States Pipe
concern, while Mr.. Fuller is vice presi-
dent with headquarters at Columbus,
o. Among the latter's duties Is the
buying of pig iron. Whenever Mr..
Fuller visits the district his friends,
the pig iron makers, are astir and full
of expectancy. He Is one of the largest
buyers of Birmingham iron, but aside
from his Importance as a market fac
tor Mr.. Fuller is one of the most
popular of men socially and his ac-
qaintances here always give him a
hearty welcome regardless of whether
he is hungry for pig metal or lined
up with the bears. Both Mr.. Long and
Mr.. Fuller have hosts of friends in this
section.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
These Are the Dog Days

No one seems to know just when the
dog days begin or end. But when the
brilliant Sirius rises with Old Sol the
Greeks and Romans considered the dog
DAYS at hand. That is what Sirius,
the dog star, is doing at present. In
the winter season this star shines in
the evening in the south, and there
is no more brilliantly white star in
the heavens.
At present Sirius and the fiery Sol
are shining together and from the earl
lest historic times this joint work has
been considered baleful as we'll as
scorching. The dog day period Is Of
long standing. The Greeks and
Romans dreaded it and so do the
Americans and Japanese of the present
day
When Sirius ceases to rise with the
sun the dog days will fade away, and
in their stead will come the cooler days
and cool nights of the autumn sea-
son. 1t is impossible to name the ex-
act period of the dog days, but Who
ever watches the dog star will not
go far astray. Perhaps the temper
AZURE is the best guide, for it is not
easy to watch a star that rises in
the day time. When the season of
greatest heat is ended 1t is wholly
safe to say the dog days also have
departed to come again another year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
Solid Improvement

While there may have been some
exaggeration about business improve
ment early in the year, due to the
optimistic tendency of certain leaders
in the industrial and financial world,
returning prosperity is now being felt
everywhere. There is great activity in
manufacturing centers like Chicago,
Cleveland and Pittsburg, and in job
bling lines the improved conditions are
being strongly reflected.
In 1908 in the Birmingham district
depression was not so much felt as it
was in Pittsburg; and as Birmingham
was slower in being affected by the
panic, it was somewhat slower in start
ing on the industrial upgrade. But
since the early summer there has been
gradual improvement and within the
past week improvement here has been
marked. Everybody is talking about
the improvement and everybody is
feeling 1t.
He Is a pessimist indeed who does
not take a bright view Of the out
look. By the first of October the pay
rolls hereabouts will begin to show a
large increase and before the end of
the year there will be serious COM
plant about labor scarcity. The COM
ing autumn will be a season of gen
uine prosperity and 1t Is generally pre-
dicted that 1910 will be a year of
new high records in production. 1t Is,
in short, the consensus of opinion that
1910 will be this districts banner year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-21
SOUTHERN MELODIES

, work along the river, either on the little
boats that haul timber UP and down from
the mills. or phosphate from the Mines
or out in the lumber camps and fields
along the river banks, seem to be all
given to song. They go about their work
in the morning with = song and sing
all the livelong day. grooming some plain
tive air in monotonous fashion or else
joining a chorus where there are several
of them, and making the woods around
fairly reverberate with the echoes of
their camp-meeting hymns, such as this:
jess look over yonder what I see
Angels bid me ter come
See two angels calm at me
Angels bid me ter come.
Rise an shine, mourner,
Rise an shine, mourner.
Rise an shine, mourner,
Fur de angels bid er me ter come
How their rich, mellow voices do melt
away in the distance as they join In this
sweet old air, and how the plaintive
strain seems to die away upon the sigh
ing waters of the famed riverl And when
they get to the chorus, how they swing
around at their work and bear down on
the loud pedal of their voices and throw
a genuine jubilee vigor of camp meeting
into the song. If they are cutting logs
for the sawmill nigh at hand, they are
apt to swing their axes in full time with
the measure of the song, and this gives
it all the more interest and peculiar
charm.
One of the lively Jig songs that are
often heard In the lumber and phosphate
camps along the Suwanee river runs
something like this:
Jayhird UP de sugar tree,
SpayroN on de groun'.
Jaybird Shake de sugar down,
Sparrow pass hit eroun.
Shoe, ladies, shoe,
iShoo, ladies, shoo
Shoe, ladies', shoe, my gal,
I'm boun' for Sugar Hill.
Five cents Is NY pocket change,
Ten cents is my Bill;
If times don't git no bettah hsah,
I'm boun' for Sugar Hill.
Etc, Etc
The music to this song is much in the
faahion OF the common negro songs,
livsiy, yet full of pathos and plaintive
melody. There Is that in all negro songs
that is plaintiye, even their most ex-
cooperating foot-shaking and soul-stirring
Jig songs.