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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
THE TRAVELLERS.

A man who hailed from Tfmbuctoo Saw a friend of his in Kalamazoo, And he said, "Ten years ago we met On the Champs Elysees and we made bet That we'd meet again, and here we are, Though the way is long and we've trav-
 eled far
 It's a little old world, after all. Then they said goodbye and went their
 ways.
 For the wanderlust in the blood still
 stays,
 And the years rolled on till six or more Old Father Time had made for score. And both kept roaming all the while, Till they met one morn with merry
 smile,
 By the beautiful bay of Rio town .'Why, hello. Smith!' "Why, hello,
 Brownl''-
 It's a little old world, after all. The tale I am telling is a tale soon told Both Smith and Brown were growing old And it chanced they both to Cairo went, Where a pile of tourist gold is spent. And Brown was shocked as ne'er before When he learned that Smith, in the room
 next door.
 Had passed away and didn't know Brown Had come that day to Cairo town It's little old world, after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
WAITING.

Waiting round for summer,
 With it's golden glow, When the bees are winging
 Blithely to and fro; When the birds are trilling Love songs in the trees Butterflies careering
 On balmy breeze. Waiting round for summer, Flowers on her breast, When a way-worn toiler
 Gets a chance to rest; When we watch the cloud ships, Drift across the blue, Stretched out in a hammock,
 Nothing much to do. Waiting round for summer
 Sleepy, slumber time, Fittest of the seasons
 For a poets rhyme; When the roses blowing
 Make the valleys sweet And the days are piling
 Blossoms at our feet. Waiting round for summer Drowse time of the year, When the call of duty
 Falls on languid ear; When we sigh for millions
 And we sadly say. would that life were always Just a holiday!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

is merely the man and not thinking of the politics of four years hence.
 Judge Taft is a very different type of man from Roosevelt. He has none of Roosevelt's scrappy nature. He is not playing to the grandstands. He would not give a cent whether there was se- cret service department of the govern ment or not. He is possessed of the nerve of Grover Cleveland and the suavity and pleasantness of William Mckinley He don't want to upset things. We wants to make things smooth. He is a plain, ordinary good type of the American cit- izen and business man.
 By the way, Roosevelt has troubles ahead. He barely has two months more in the White House and he certainly has Congress upon his hands," He picked up hot coal when he jumped into our friend Ben Tillman of South Car olina through his secret service agents. Tillman is rabid of speech and rancorous at times. but no man can say that Ben Tillman has ever intended to do a dishon- est thing. Indeed. Tillman has done mora to kick the rascals out in his political ca- reer than almost any man in America. and he is not a man to stand aside ana allow even the President of the IJnited States to attack him, or to reflect upon his character.
 When he does reply in the Senate 1t win be a hot one; and as a matter of fact if he will delve into 1t he will have an abundance of material.
 Roosevelt has assumed during the latter part of his administration to be the dic- tator of this government. He has as- stunned to ignore Congress and the judic- iary when he has seen fit and to dictate that which he desired done. The turn of Congress has now come, and between now and the 4th of March there Is liable to be something readable under the Wash ington date lines in the newspapers every morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
THE DESIRE OF THE MOTH.

3y Shelley.
 One word is too often profaned For me to profane 1t, One feeling too falsely dfsdain'd For thee to disdain it. Our hope Is too like despair For prudence to smother, And pity from thee is more dear Than that from another. I can give not what men call love; But wilt thou accept not The worship, the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject not; The desire of the moth for the star. Of the night for the morrow. The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrowf
 By shelleg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

rections work has not been very we'll un- derstood in the past but it is generally coming to be regarded of vast importance. The organization has no fixed policies, but works especially to the end of causing publicity and arousing sentiment against social abuses. The field Is wide and In Alabama there will be some very inn portant work done in the next few years. The convention at Montgomery was very helpful and the spirit among the delegates was one of intense earnestness. l think we may confidently expect great results from the Charities and Corrections work in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press. don't.
 It's very easy for a man to get married if he doesn't want to or oughtn't to.
 The most fun that girl has at a mas querade is how everybody guesses who she is.
 The greatest pleasure in owning an automobile seems to be talking about it to those who don't
 When a girl goes up to her room to write a love letter, it's a sign that when she comes down she Is going to say she was sewing,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
ANY of the southern newspapers
 have been giving my friend ! Rufus N. Rhodes a roast about

zzN ANY of the southern newspapers NVh have been giving my friend Rufus N. Rhodes a roast about his speech in Augusta inviting President elect Taft to Birmingham. The truth of the matter should be told.
 In going over on the train the delega- ton from Birmingham held a meeting and elected MT. Rhodes as spokesman to in- vite Judge Taft to Birmingham.
 Evidently before reaching Judge Taft's house judging from MT. Rhodes man ner, he had taken time to think out speech. He looked nervous and seemed 10 be thinking it over.
 When the delegation arrived Judge Taft had not reached home and the Birming- ham delegation stood upon the broad front veranda of the old Augusta resi- dence looking as serious as a crowd at tending a funeral. The housemaid an- nounced that Judge Taft was not there but was expected soon John Kaul inn medlately replied tO tHe "Hite-apio maid that this was the Birmingham del- egation and that it had an appointment with Judge Taft.
 While MT. Raul and the maid were hav- ing further barley Judge Taft, his wife and several others ran up in an automo- bile to the front gate, which is some 15o feet from the front veranda. The judge called out something, the automobile backed away, twisted around the corner and the party came in the rear entrance, going through the back piazza.
 Mrs. Taft came first and as MT. Raul was still parleying with the maid, ap- parently to prevent further Irritation, she spoke to MT. Raul and told him the judge was getting his golf clubs out of the automobile and would be in in few mo- ments She then retired into one of the rear rooms.
 In a few moments Judge Taft came in attired in his golf costume of either brown linen or khaki and announced, "Gentemen, I won't keep you waiting if you will take me as I am." He then walked into the front parlor and was in- troduced to the twenty-odd Birmingham citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
WHY IT FAILED.
rper,s Weekly.

Froni ffarper WeeK1y'
 The Doctors Wife: Well, Jane, so your poor husbands gone at last. Didn't you give him his medicine properly?"
 Jane: "Ah, poor dearl how could I? Doctor said as how it was to be took in recumbent position, and as I hadn't one I asked Mrs Green to lend me one She said she had one, but it was broke So 1t wasn't any good- l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

A Brazilian syndicate has been formed to make $77,00O,OO0 out of val orized coffee hurried into this country before a coffee duty could be put into effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Charities and Corrections.

Tt is very gratifying to note the in- creasing interest in Alabama in the work of Charities and Corrections" said Maurice Willows, superintendent of the Birming- ham Boys club, who returned last night with the Birmingham delegation which has been attending the annual convention in Montgomery. "The Charities and Cor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Virginia Going Dry.

Since last November have spent most of my time in Virginia" said F. P. Insly of Baltimore, "and it seems quite evil dent to me that the Old Dominion will have statewide prohibition law just as soon as the legislature meets. That will be hard on Richmond and Norfolk, large cities with important jobbing trade in liquor where public sentiment is decidedly against statutory prohibitions but in the south prohibition seems to be like the measles. It is inevitable.
 Tn the large cities, like Baltimore saloon will always be found, and of course the wholesale trade in whisky and other drinkables will always form an im- portant part of commerce. But for the next few years at least the south will be known as a prohibition section.
 "I am not interested in the liquor trade and as a matter of fact am a strong ad- vocate of abstinence from John Barley Corn; but until human nature Is changed there will always be those who will de- mand beer, wine or whisky, and statu- tory prohibition will not. in my humble judgment, hold good in states where growing cities are found. Figures are often misleading. Nothing can be jug gled with more ease than statistics. But in time the sound statstlcians will be lined up on the side of regulated saloons as against blind tigers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
IN DAYS OF OLD.

In days of old, When knights were bold.
 They had no fear of Towsers; And, lucky dubs, No pressing clubs
 Kept creases in their trousers. The suits they wore But seldom tore
 Of metal they were fashioned; And when thames fought You would have thought
 Them pots and pans impassioned!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
NOT A MONEY MATTER.

"Ponsonby conresses that he has never settled with the preacher who married him to Mrs. Ponsonby."
 What explanation does he offer
 'why, he says he hasn't been able so far to catch the preacher out after dark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

There is to ne DO baseball war next summer, no Abruzzi-Elkins incident, aud the Balkans will have to furnish the gunpowder act if there is to be one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Congress is engaged in rebuking our present President and in appropriating about $1,OOO,OO0,OoO to be spent by the next President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

One view of Uncle Toms Cabin" about 20 years ago seems to have taken away MT. Tafts dramatic taste altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
A SONG OF GOOD CHEER.

A SONG OF GOOD CHEER. Beyond the hills-the hills of time A ray of hope to borrow. we'll blithely weave a simple rhyme Of better luck tomorrow What though the world still wears a
 frown
 And bread Is hard for earning, Success may all our efforts crown Where the road of life Is turning. And though the part we're called to play Forbids the spotlight glowing, We yet may spend the closing day Where lotus blooms are blowingl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
FOR A FACT.

"There seems to be great deal of repartee in married life"
 "It doesn't always reach the dignity of repartee, but there is considerable back-talk."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

The bluebirds are no longer singing nor the strawberries ripening in Mis- souri. They have recently had weather up there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
A GOOD PLAN.

GOOD ELAN. When Trouble knocks on the door what do you do?" "Oh," said the optimist, q just pretend it's Opportunity and get so busy that Trouble goes away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Governor Johnson may be said to be a fixture in the state house of Mime sota despite her intense republican tendencies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

The hens should be taught to imi- tate the ants. Any good mt will lay 5000 eggs a day,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

The coal man welcomes a cold wave flag. He does not shiver a particle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

The white plague can be kept under by sweeping with your windows open and your mouth shut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Gifts of Carnegie libraries to small towns are apt to become as the years roll on white elephants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
LOYAL,

He stood on the firing llne, With none his worth to tell, But his arm was strong when the day
 went wrong.
 And his weaker brothers fell. He stood on the firing line And bravely fought for the right, Till Death came down with a martyrs
 crown
 And he told the world goodnight!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Castro says "honor and duty imper him to return to Venezuela, but he fails to say how soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

The backbone of winter is broken again. and it may conclude that it's grip is not good this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

The New Jersey officials are schem- ing against the mosquitoes. This is ali right. The mosquitoes will reply about June L
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

The House and Senate are testing Mr. Roosevelt's capacity to stand the fierce opposition of the jungles in Af- rfpa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Double Tracking In the South.

Fifteen or 20 years ago not many peo- pie imagined that the double tracking of southern railroads would be common in the decade of 1910 to 192O," remarked an old transportation official; "but 1t is safe to predict that within the next five years many of the large southern lines will be double tracked and that by 1920 nearly all of them will be. The Louisville and Nashville has made good start in Ala bama; the Southern Is double tracked from Charlotte, N. C., to Danville, Va, and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac used jointly by the Seaboard and several other roads, is double tracked all the way from Richmond to Washing ton.
 Double tracking not only safeguards life and property but it greatly reduces running time. The distance between Richmond and Washington is about 115 miles. It used to take the fastest trains over three hours to make the run. Now they make it in considerably less than three"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

They do not call them prohibition ists in Tennessee. They are State Widers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Mrs. Maybrick's lecture engagements will not be decreased by the reports of her marriage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

One explanation of an earthquake is as good as another. neither being in toucif with the depths of the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

The full name of Ohio's new Senator is Theodore Elijah Burton, and he is bachelor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Our proposed 25,OOO-ton battleships may make the sea powers sit up and take notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
SIIITARLH.

"What sort of curtains ars used for curtain 1ecturesT'
 Asbestos, I guess"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

WHERE PROHIBITION RULES. 'Do you believe in signs?''
 Some signs. For instance, the high sign always gets results in dry town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

The northern states are still in the grip of sub-zefa weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
And he told the world goodnight!
REPLIES

The world is full of people raising hob who can't raise the rent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Don't drop your optimism" says Cin- cinnati paper. Especially If it is the fragile kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

''Listen." says a sweet singer She's woman and we'll have to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

All of Kentucky is dry" except four counties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Good morning." says the Altoona Tri- bune. Good morning. yourself Hows your head?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

There is to oe DO baseball war next ! summer, no Abruzzi-Elkins incident, aud the Balkaus will have to furnish ] the gunpowder act if there is to be one.
 Congress is engaged in rebuking our present President and in appropriating about $1,OOO,O 100000 to be spent by the next President.
 The bluebirds are no longer singing nor the strawberries ripening in Mis- souri. They have recently had weather up there.
 Governor Johnson may be said to be a fixture in. the state house of Mime sota despite her intense republican tendencies.
 
 The New Jersey officials are schem- ing against the mosquitoes. This is ali right. The mosquitoes will reply about June 1.
 The House and Senate are testing MT. Roosevelt's capacity to stand the fierce opposition of the jungles in Af- rica.
 One explanation of an earthquake is as good as another. neither being in toueli with the depths of the earth.
 
 The backbone of winter is broken again. and it may conclude that it's grip is not good this time.
 -.s.-- Gifts of Carnegie libraries to small towns are apt to become as the years roll on white elephants.
  The white plague can be kept under by sweeping with your windows open and your mouth shut.
 Castro says "honor and duty" imper him to return to Venezuela, but he fails to say how soon.
 
 Mrs. Maybrick's lecture engagements will not be decreased by the reports of her marriage.
 Our proposed 25,0O0-ton battleships may make the sea powers sit up and take notice.
 The full name of Ohio's new Senator is Theodore Elijah Burton, and he is bachelor.
 They do not call them prohibition ists in Tennessee. They are State Widers.
 The coal man welcomes a cold wave flag. He does not shiver particle. The northern states are still in the grip of sub-zefa weather. All of Kentucky is "dry" except four counties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

''Is there danger?" asks an exchange. Depends on where you are standing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 142l G street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age Herald says: Andrew Carnegie evidently considers himself so rich he can afford to tell the truth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

L. H. Russ and C. D. Morgan are tne only auth orized travelling representa- lives of The Age Herald in its circula- ton department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

No communication will be puolished with out its auth ors name Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are, inclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala'' postoffoe as second-class matter unoeF act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10

Washington Herald: He's never at loss for words" sings Paul Cook. the Br- mingham Age-Herald's poet. The poem isn't about MT. Bryan or MT Roosevelt however.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-07-01
Mr.. LYDIA Makes COMPLAINT.

We asked for a change in the
poblic road over r. ]. Browns
lands, which is apublic necessity
and would greatly help the travel
in the Clear Creek section and
shorten the distance between the
Maxwell settlement and the Ed
NEVILLE settlement two miles. I
can't see what is wrong, unless
too many democrats signed the
petition.
We asked to have the Edney-
vile and Hooper's Creek town
ship line established. petition be-
ing signed by the magistrates of
Edneyville and Hooper's Creek
townships. Said line has been
giving us trouble for the last ten
years, but petition was turned
down with said trouble to con-
tinue. You boys who claim to
live in Hooper's Creek township
may look out. We had another
petition asking for a democratic
constable to be appointed in the
place of a democrat who had re-
signed. Sud petition, signed by
the majority of the magistrates
OF Edncyvil!e township, was also
ignored. | can tell you how it
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-07-01

+ sa u + 1 Z
got it's death blow. 1t was sign
ed by democrats and to defeat
our petition a jay-hawk by the
name of Jim Laughter, who re-
sides in the township of Hender-
sonville, and who had no interest
whatever in our petition, got up
another, signed by himself and 3
or 4 others, which was enough
for our commissioners. There
will be another legislature two
years hence, when our petition
will drift to Raleigh in the place
of Hendersonville.
The road petition through Mr..
Browns place was signed by
good republicans, but 'smelled"
a little too democratic for our
commissioners. We are badly
hurt as a settlement by their &C
ton. All of the men who live in
that part of Edneyville are
strong republicans and have tried
to desert Edneyville township to
get into Hooper's Greek, where
their interest lay now. or to T..
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-07-01

Hundreds of thousands of peo-
pie who had not heard of Hen
Jacksonville, N. c., two weeks ago
are now aware of it's existence.
On June 18th every newspaper
throughout the United States and
Canada carried the information
that the international Association
OF Labor Commissioners and Fac
tory Inspectors had selected this
city as the meeting place next
year. This is the kind of adver-
Using that helps a town. And
the event contemplated will bring
representatives from every Sec
ton of the Union and several of
the Canadian provinces. This
will be going some."
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-07-01

Hendersonville is improving
more rapidly than any town in
the State" said a well-known
travelling salesman to the writer
on a north bound train recently.
I hear that place spoken of Sc
frequently; it's beautiful streets,
the elegant sidewalks, clever
and hospitable people, that one
would suppose it to be a city of
10000 population. F" Exactly!
And if the present spirit of pro-
gressiveness continues, Hender-
senville will reach the 10000
mark in population in the not dis
tant future.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-07-01

G. Rhodes petition for constable.
He is the strongest man in Ed
NEVILLE, democrat or republican,
for the place. He ran against
Mr.. Mark Conner and beat him
badly. Still Conner was a good
man and a good officer, and he
will beat D. P. Moss "out of
sight. +" Mr.. Moss got it laid on
to him by Mr.. Brown. Oh! yes;
they say money did it. WE will
give any man $40 who will show
the use of even so cents on Mr..
Browns election; now give us
$40 and see if we can't show 50
cents spent on Mr.. Moss.
Democrats of the Old Liberty
section, you will never see our
names on another petition, it
makes no difference what the
cause is, or how badly needed, if
said petition is directed to the
commissioners of Henderson
County, that is, while T. A. W.
Lydia is a member of said board.
G. w. LYDIA.
June %. 1909
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-07-01

Today we offer White Belts
for ladies worth 10c for &c.
Pretty batiste girdles f o r
misses and young ladies at
only 10c. Ladies' cotton hand
kerchiefs, hemstitched only 2
for sc. Linen handkerchiefs
3 for 10c. Ladies' white shirt
waists, good quality at Acc.
All the better waists too, at
75c and CSC. Ladies' bleach
ed undervests SC.
eros Grained Mercerized
Dress Goods. in old rose, blue,
green and red, Zoe yard.
Sea Island, 40 inches wide
for only sc yard. 10-quarter
bleached sheeting for sheets,
splendid quality for 25c. Full
yard wide bleaching for five
cents yard. Pillow cases at
10c. Bleached towels &c.
Sheets at 39c. Paragon. high
grade SO inch bleaching SC.
Cream cashmere (wooD SO
inches wide at 29c. White
cashmere, 36 inches wide
(wooD at 29c. Side band fig
ured lawns at &c. White India
linen at five cents. White India
linen, extra quality at 8 1-3
and 10c. White lawn 10c.