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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Fair on Great Scale.

Birmingham is going to have great State Fair this fall. the greatest from all points of view the city has ever wit ! nessed," said one in touch with the man agement. "The fair has the backing of the most public-spirited and progressive men of Birmingham. It is the business men of the city who are behind the en- terprise and whose time and money have been given and are being freely bestowed to make it the greatest of all Alabama fairs.
 "rhe Alabama State Fair, which will be held here from October Il to 20 is a public enterprise and deserves the sup port of all the pubc-spirited citizens of the city and the entire northern part of the state. The fair is significant, not only as fair and a show for the amuse- ment of the people. but as an indicator of the progress of the territory around Bir- mngham and in the neighboring sec tions In fact. this fair will show up the progress of the entire state.
 AS an educational feature it will be almost invaluable Every branch of the fair is being arranged with a view to it's educational value. In the agricultural live stock, womans department and every other department a better way of doing things and way of obtaining better re- suits will be shown.
 "The men who are directors of the Bus mess Mems league of Birmingham and who are doing so much for the city in every way possible. are the men who are running the State Fair. It is the inten- ton of the fair association to operate the fair for the greatest good of the public and to. make it a regular part of the years commercial and educational work
 "The support of the citizens is the only thing necessary to make this fair not only one of the most enjoyable events in the city's history, but one of the most profit able"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

trade and all branches of business closely related to it.
 Conservative furnace interests usually sound a note of caution when iron prices begin to spurt, but when the market climbs fast and reaches for high levels it is not easy for iron makers to resist the temptation to get in the game and book contracts at fancy figures. Runaway markets were not uncommon prior to the panic of 1907, and within the past few weeks it has looked as if we might see something of the same kind in the near future. But the buying movement Is revealing remarkably healthy tone and inquiries, while brisk, are free from nervous symptoms. The mar ket is strong enough to satisfy any reasonable seller and it is generally felt that $15 market. which we now
 
 nave, is better, for the present at least, than $16 market. Fifteen dollar iron in the Birmingham district is high, and if it holds at that price for some time, and everything indi- cates that it will not decline, it will contribute largely to Birmingham's prosperity.
 But the public will bear in mind that most of the pig metal be- ing shipped now was sold at prices considerably below present quotations. A great deal of it was sold last spring at s11. It is the iron for 1910 de- livery that is contracted for at $15. Few if any sales have been made for next year at prices below $15. With the beginning of the new year, then, all the iron companies will be pro- ducing at practically a full capacity rate and will be making fine profits. In the meantime the $11 and SIP iron going forward to consumers en- ables Birmingham ironmakers to more than make both ends meet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
Automobile Routes

The Birmingham Motor club is be- coming aroused to the importance of establishing automobile routes be- tween this city and certain other points. The automobile highway be- ing established between Atlanta and the east Is attracting much attention; but Atlanta will not long remain the extended in several directions, not ably to Birmingham.
 Birmingham and Atlanta should have been connected by an automo- bile road before now. But the work Is to be taken up and promoted with out further delay and within a req sonable time it should be easy for good auto cars to make the trip be- tween Atlanta and Birmingham in 10 or 12 hours. The route by the way of Gadsden takes In good deal of excellent road and after the route has been shortened, which it is sure to be later on, 1t should be possible for the running time to come inside of nine hours.
 AS a matter of course, Birmingham and Montgomery should be con- nected by a frst-class automobile road. The community of interest be- tween Birmingham and the state cap ital increases year by year and We should lose no time in establishing this route. After these two routes to Atlanta and to Montgomery-be- come accomplished facts the Birming- ham Motor club should proceed to pro- mote route from Birmingham east via Chattanooga and Knoxville, which would embrace some of the most beau tiful scenery in the country. Within the next three years the south will become famous for it's good roads and Birmingham should be one of the noted good road centers. All that is needed is cooperation and fair de- gree of work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
ALABAMA WORKED UP.

E,.on the Chattanooga Times.
 rha Hon. Jesse Stallings, one Of the ,eaa,ne men of Alabama ana an eA ooneressman. made speech al the iha'' rnaating of citizens of Birmihshahi' .o,oh,ne the controversy over the adop- .,. o, Q nroposed amendment to the con stitution which, he deciareo' was nromoted by "a certain class oi pr are D and the issue was fast pelhs ia'se0 In the southern states: 'Snaii .he po' roocher rule the state. or snail the ,1ao" He declared that at present the neople had their minos fhaue up raen their religion and their po'i'ies sepa ...sd but that 1t would not pc so IL ..-,a r,en did not fight for the liberty
 ..o,+ and action. You will never
 u,,s vorr liberty of conscience ana .,u,+ of action if you turn you CIVIC so'- .rnment over to the cheap ciass VI nreacbers. Do not fear tnem' ""'N ,hev strike, you strike, and In SD uo"e do the country a service III "hnpp.s .h. ,ol,tical preacher back to the puip''' .,.ro to nreach the gospel ana not o's cord and hate. Decent peopie ca'
 ,ow that sort any further. Tell 'he"' " ..a thai,. aocks in the old-rashioheo
 ar vou will cut off their Quai'e'' ..-ov. +ba fire from the boiler ana sec what happens. Never nes'a' .,,a the cloth when the cloth s'f'hes
 constitutional rights of Alanamiahs-
 rhase are strong words, but the at'i- +rae os some so-called preachers their vanomous islanders of their neisnpors' the,r nersistept efforts to frighten ana muzzle the newspapers py oe'rao''o"S' abnse and yrlification and their apparent aat.rm,nat,on to "excommunicate all ..,,-resnecting voters who have con sciences and opinions toucnaps eNio affairs that are not amenapie 10 ecciesaS tical decrees seem to justify strong words. Our Alabama friends are having a rich experience with the clerical poll t,cian. whose very life depends upon agi- tation. discord and the riot of acrimony and bitterness he can stir up among ne,ehbors and friends. He Is generally of the peripatetic variety-here today and there tomorrow, making community .ores and leaving them to heal as best thew may: and the shocking mockery If ,t all Is that 1t Is done in the name of a God of love, of peace and harmony.
 These men are pretenders; they are usurpers, and 1t grateful to know that they do not represent the sentiments of their people. The church is all right; it's mission is benevolent, and the spirit of the times is, out of regard and esteem for the church and the things for which 1t stands. to say of the puny pulpit sem sation monger who would if he could. bring righteousness and disrepute: God made him for a man; therefore let him pass"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

washed away. The report that this prop erty was so seriously damaged that it may never be rebuilt Is unreasonable. be- cause the traction company has too much at stake to allow the line to go to ruin.
 "The railroad bridges over the back bay at Biloxi and at Bay St. Louis were washed away. I cannot estimate this loss.
 There was no loss of life but the beach was covered with wreckage. Thou sands of bath houses were washed away and demolished strewing the beach with tons upon tons of debris. Many of the fine shell roads were washed up and in- undated and the fine shade trees, or many of them were uprooted and utterly ruined.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
Strong Iron Market

The fact that the price of pig iron has advanced steadily but without feverish excitement is one of the best indications of the stability of the pres- ent business revival When the iron market shows disposition to run away there is danger of a sudden break and a consequent period of dull ness. A quick decline is naturally followed by waiting market Con- sumers hold off, hoping to see prices touch bottom. At any rate they wait until conditions settle. The same thing is to a certain extent true of the stock market. When the advance in stocks is rapid and abnormal a sharp reaction Is due. But a sky rocket tendency in the iron market is especially harmful to the metals
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
ENTIRE FAMILY
 IS MURDERED

Bluefield, W. Va, September 22.-An entire family of < X persons w:re n'ur' dcred and the br t,es of all ,u. one f the victims were burned with their home at Hurley, Buchanan county, virgnla, early today. The motive was evidently robbery as the owner of the house, an aged woman, known as Aunt" Betty Justis, was generally supposed to keep a large sum of money about the place.
 Mrs. Justis, her son-in-law, George Meadows. his wife and their three chil- dren were the victims. Meadows body, badly mutilated was found this morn ing lying in the yard of his destroyed home, the funeral pyre of his loved ones. Two bullet holes through the body and a ghastly wound in the neck which all most severed the head from the body gave the discoverers their first evidence of the extent of the tragedy.
 A search of the ruins of the house disclosed a sckening spectacle. The blackeneds masses of half burned flesh and charred bones of the two women and the three children were found be- heath the debris, each body bearing evi- dence of murder committed before the house was destroyed by fire, evidently for the purpose of hiding the crime. The elder woman's skull was upturned some distance from the remainder of her half burned body amid the smouidering ruins.
 Another daughter of Mrs. Justis told the police that her mother had a large sum of money buried under the sill of the house and they succeeded in digging up s950 in gold and silver. The mur- derers are supposed to have secured the s600 which Aunt Betty" always carried on her person.
 Bloodhounds were rushed to the scene and in a short time they took the trail of the supposed murderers in a corn field which joined the Justis home. There the footprints of three men were found impressed in the soft soil posse of citizens. heavily armed are following the bloodhounds, bent on lynching the murderers if they are captured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
BIACkMAN A BIRD.

From the Selma Times
 Cartoonist Blackman of The Age-Herald is a bird. Sundays issue of that paper carries a cartoon. the principal features being Messrs. Mallory and Weakley. The cartoon can be understood through the reproduction of these lines, which ap- peared under the drawing: "Old Mother Hubbard went to the cup
 board
 To get her poor cat a crust; But when she got there the cupboard was
 bare.
 Cause Mallory had been there 'fust. The "iedge" being done up as Mother Hubbard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
IN SCHOOL DAYS.

by J. G. Wnlttief. Still sits the schoolhouse by the road. ragged beggar summing; Around 1t still the sumachs grow,
 The blackberry vines are running: Within the masters desk Is seen,
 Deep-scarred by raps official; The warping floor, the battered seats.
 The jackknifes carved initial. The charcoal frescoes on the wall;
 The doors worn sill betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school Went storming out to playing. Long years ago a winters sun
 Shown over 1t at setting, Lit up its western window panes
 And low caves icy fretting. It touched the golden, tangled curls.
 And brown eyes full of grievinR, Of one who still her steps delayed
 When all the school were leaving. For near her stood the little boy
 Her childish favor singled; His esp pulled down upon a face
 Where pride and shame were mingled; Pushing with restless feet the snow
 To right and left he fingered; As restlessly her tiny hands
 The blue-checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes: he felt
 The soft hands light caressing, And heard the trembling of her voice, As if fault confessing: T am sorry that I spelt the word;
 I hate to go above you. Because'-the brown eyes lower fell Because. you see. love your Still memory to a gray-haired man
 That sweet child face is showing Dear girl! the grasses on her grave
 Have 40 years been growing. He liven to learn. in life's hard school
 How Few who pass above him Lament their triumph and his loss,
 Like her. because they love hin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
GIANTS TO GUARD TAFT.
From Leslie's Weekly.

,
 The safety of the President Is be- coming very important question. When President Taft arrives in Fl Paso. Tex. while swinging that big circle of his this fall, he will find 1t literally true that he will be protected by giants to the left or him and by giants to the right of him. The Dig four" who will compose this bodyguard are G. E. Fletcher, feet 3 inches; c. II. Haynes, feet 3h inches: C. R. Tillman. feet 1 inches, and R. P. Parsons, feet inches. While Fl Paso is to be congratulated for the way 1t 's going to protect the President, those who were students at Yale when Presiden. Tart was an undergraduate and who saw that famous tug-of-war when Big Bill" caught hold of one end of the rope and the rest came tagging after'' say that the President needs no bodyguard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
oratorIo Society Tonight.

The oratorio society, of which Fred L. Grambs is director, will have it's initial rehearsal at the Advent parish house to- night.
 Eli" by Sir Michael Costa, is the work which the society will endeavor to mas ter during the first season. It is quite a long oratorio, but is said to be interest ing and beautiful throughout. Professor Grambs says 1t was given in Cincinnati years ago and made a grand hit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
Prohibition Condemned.

Indianapolis September 22.-The Ger man Roman Catholic Central verein to- day adopted without debate resolu- ton condemning prohibition as cure for the liquor evil. It was one of a score or more resolutions of a reliN- ious and social nature on which the organiza ton took action and was one of the few which escaped lively re- bate over some of the provisions The resolution against prohibition Is in line with former action of the central verein. and while denouncing en- forced abstinence from liquor. recom- mends temperance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press.

The reason girl won't let man kiss her Is she knows he will do 1t anyhow
 A woman gets her theories out of read ing novels; her facts out of raising babies
 There's nobody who wouldn't rather be a live liar than dead truth-teller.
 No amount of money can reconcile a woman to lack of sentiment; no amount of sentiment can reconcile a man to lack of money. ~
 What a woman likes about a servant Is when she smashes an old family cup she can make up for it by telling the latest .eiuhhnrbood gossin-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
Big Fire Loss In Tampa.

Tampa. September 22-A fire which broke out at 12:9o this morning destroyed in one hour the plant of the Tampa Havana Lumber company and many thousand feet of lumber in their yards in the government section. Tho Florida citrus exchange lost large number of orange washing and sorting machines, which were being built by the company. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss on the lumber companys plant and the lumber in It's yards will reach a to- tai of s100,o0O of which sb5.oo0 is covered by insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
Rear Admiral Clark III.

Fremont. O.. September 22.-Rear Ad- miral Charles E. Clark. U. s. N, wh o commanded the battleship Oregon dur ing the Spanish American war, was taken seriously III here today. He came here to make an address at the dedication of the gateway of the French and Italian trail of 1775 and the Harrison military trail of the war of 1912 tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
Independenoe Leaaue eoIts.

New York, September 22.-The Inde- pendence league withdrew today from the conference of allied anti-Tammany forces which for several days has been trying to agree upon fusionist candidates for municipal offices. It was stated that the league withdrew because it did not de- sire to be "a party to bargaining for offices" The action Is regarded as an ln- direct Tammany victory. The fusionist candidate for mayor will be made known k,S,,nrrn1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
About Persons,

A. Marr left yesterday for Durango. Mex, to examine the properties of the Zarragoca Mining and Miller company, a concern in which a large number of Bir- mingham people are interested The cop per mines of the company are said to have a most encouraging future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
Shooter Makes Good Record.

Durham, N. C., September 22.-In Caro- lima Virginia interstate shoot this aft ernoon George L. Lyon, winner of the eastern handicap last year and Durham Gun club promoter. broke 1s6 birds in 200. He also broke the North Carolina record but was debarred by the terms of the aRreemant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
Alabama Is Stirred

Nothing is to be gained by brag and buster, either in business or in pol tiles. Alabama Is now stirred by a bitter campaign. The advocates of constitutional prohibition are making large claims for the 29th of Novem- Der. The opponents of the constitu- tional amendment are likewise mal- ing large claims. In many counties the sentiment is overwhelmingly against the amendment and it looks as if the amendment would be defeat ed by a very decisive majority. But claims this far in advance of the day for voting settle nothing.
 The question is, will the freemen of Alabama allow self-seeking politi- clans, backed by fanatics and prohibi- ton agitators, to continue their des- potic sway and make life here intoler- able? Will any man who stops to reason. or who is animated by the spirit of justice. vote for proposition that will fill Alabama with spies and deputies whose business it will be to search homes and whose practice it will often be to insult defenseless women? It is an awful picture to con. template. The Age-Herald has faith in the people and 1t is led to believe that the iniquitous amendment will be rejected by sweeping majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
Preparing for the End.

West Duxbury Mass September 22 flrm In the conviction that the world VIII come to an end at 10 o'clock next Friday forenoon, q colony of about ROO members of the denomination known A the Latter Reign of the Apostolic Church." are spending what they be- lieve to be their few remaining hours In prayer, song and exhortation. The scene of their religious ardor is Ashdod' a little wooden chapel on the main turnpike between Boston and Plymouth, in this town.
 Worldly tasks have been laid aside that the faithful may prepare for the millennium
 The services are practically continuo,s In all branches of the worship the con gregation participates. singing the hymns with fervor. and prayer and exhortation with pious ejaculations
 occasionally the services at the chanaI are suspended long enough to permit trip to the neighboring pond, where the converts are baptized
 TO reed the crowd that is attending the meetings big tent has been erected near the church. while the houses in the helghoorhood. and even the church horse sheds' furnish lodging for the people.
 None or the faithful appear to have A shadow of doubt that the world will end Friday forenoon. When asked vbat they will do if the expected event does not matedialize, most of them refuse to entertain such a supposition. Some sup- gest that love feast be held for 10 d.v. or so, while others still say that if the millennium does not come on Friday if VIII come next year at the same season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

Thousands are in favor of pro- hibition in some reasonable form, but few Alabamians who stop to think or who have laudable civic pride, are in favor of this state putting on the east off garments of New England"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

IL has usually been considered the preachers duty to vote according to his convictions but to leave the men in his congregation free to exercise their own judgment and vote as they see fit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

The bitter political campaign now quieting effect on business but not to an extent that will lessen the circus receipts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

Some straw hats are defiant, but they must go nevertheless. The seed fest seem to be the most obstinate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

The British suffrasette seems to be a bundle of energy and bundle of trouble combined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

A Spokane man has produced what he calls lemon cucumber" Sounds like some sort of nature fake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

Surgeons are sharpening their knives. Football is about ready to begin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

A Louisville judge cured deaf mute by asking him if he would like to go free. The deaf mute said, Yes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

When pert paragrapher can't think of anything else to say he extends sympathy to Bwana Tumbo in eclipse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

Much comment has been called forth by the fact that trained mon- key acted like gentleman. Gents" might profit by his example.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

A Youngstown man is dying of too much sleep. Not even the polar con troversy can keen him awake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

The Chicago News says the man who discovered Nome has been ar rested. Be ause he discovereu Nome?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES

THE MELANCHOLY MUSE. Autumn's wailing
 Through the trees Time was when we
 Sang of bees;
 Sang of roses,
 Violets, too:
 Golden sunshine,
 Skies of blue.
 Now we sound an-
 Other tune
 No more lovers,
 No more June.
 Iris the sere and
 Yellow now
 Gives each bard a
 Thoughtful brow. Listen while each
 One doth sing
 Of Tyre with
 Broken string;
 Of a heart with
 Ashes filled.
 Of a bloom whose
 Warmth is chilled; Of day that
 Comes no more, Of a life all
 shadowed of
 Sadness holds our
 Hearts in thrall
 When the poets
 Sing of fall PATHOS IN ALABAMA. ''why does the colonel weep?' "He has just been reading an article in newspaper entitled The Way to Get the Best Results From Mint Bed TWO OF A KIND. Two departed shades met on the shore of the river Styx. ''What business did you follow on earthY' asked the first shade. .'I was a baseball umpire. What did you do?'' ..I was a custom house inspector" Thereupon they shook hands feelingly and took seats in the forward end of Charon's boat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

MT. Roosevelt is not vegetarian. How can he be when he "eats 'em alive?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
JUST A GUESS.

Would you like to know why the Mis-
 sourians are Quite famous for blurting out, Show
 me-? They picked up the habit, I'll bet a cigar, The first time they saw the "Salome."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23

NOTHING LIKE IT. With a song in your heart And smile on your face, No onslaughts of trouble Can ever erase; With the purpose to do And the purpose to win If so, you're equipped Ere long you'll begin To see the sunshine Dispensing the storm, For there's nothing like hope To keep a chap warm