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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
ENGLISH CATHEDRAL TREASURES


What hidden treasures, chiefly in the
way of ancient documents, still lie buried
and undiscovered within the walls of our
ancient cathedrals it would be difficult
to estimate. That there are such is proved
by the recent discoveries at Worcester
cathedral. where some thousands of doc
uments hitherto lying unnoticed in the
Edgar tower of the cathedral have been
brought to light. Through the influence
of a committee specially formed under
the presidency of the bishop these docu-
ments have been cleaned and cataloged
and packed in boxes for preservation.
Many of these papers are of great value,
bearing upon the history of the see and
illustrating religious life in early times
One Of the most interesting of the docu-
ments is four pages OF very early
copy, supposed to have been written un-
der Italian influence in the south OF
France, of the "Romaunt of the Rose"
It is surprising that all these papers We're
not previously unearthed; their discovery
now should prove an incentive to deans
of cathedrals to look around for the
possibility of similar discoveries
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
Rear Admiral Raphael SemmeS

On September 27, next, will occur
the centennial anniversary of the
birth of Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes
of the Confederate navy, and Gen.
Clement A. Evans, commander-in-chief
of the United Confederate Veterans,
has issued an order calling for gen.
eral observance of the day.
The day certainly should be OBJ
served in this state. The home of Adj
miral Semmes was in Mobile, and
there he spent the later years of his
life practising law. He was born in
Maryland in 1909, and he became a
midshipman in the navy in 1926, and
he served in the federal navy until
the Civil war came on when he be-
came a commander in the Confederate
navy. His brilliant services, first on
the Sumter and then on the Alabama,
both of which he commanded, Is a
part of the history of the country. AS
rear admiral he was then given COM
mand of the James river squadron, and
when the squadron was destroyed in
connection with the evacuation of
Richmond this devoted son of the south
sought service in the army, and he
was finally surrendered with the army
of Johnston in North Carolina.
No man could have done more than
he did to aid the Confederacy. He
worked his opportunities to the ut
most, and the record of the Alabama
will endure as long as American his
tory does.
This eminent sailor returned after
| the war to Mobile where he died a
citizen of Alabama. This state gave
to the Confederate navy it's most dis
tinguished officer. and it will be fit and
proper indeed to celebrate in it tho
centenary of Raphael Semmes He
died in 1877.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
ADVERTISING PHILOSOPHY

was prostituted to serve the turn of every
hawker of patent medicines. The king
dom of patronage was taken by violence,
and an anarchy of bad taste was let loose.
But today this pandemonium has become
much subdued. The individual advertise
ment is commonly in good taste, both in
legend and in illustration. Many are pos
itively beautiful; and as a wit has truly
said the cereal advertisements in the
magazines are far more interesting than
the serial stories 1t is true that there
still prevails a lamentable lack of artistic
coordination of advertisements. But this
only reflects the lack of coordination so
evident in many of the social arrange
ments of our day.
1t is curious that with all the thought
which has been devoted to the study of
this matter, the natural sources of the
evolution of advertising have never been
investigated. We may expect that when
the work is done, the origin of advertise
ing will be found in the decorative char
acteristics of living species. illustrated in
the song and plumage of the birds, and
in the wondrous coloring and still more
marvellous flight of the insects. If arch-
lecture deserves the name Of frozen music
advertising may yet prove to be the liv-
ing coquetry of trade.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
THE GREAT GUEST COMES.

BY EDWIN Markham.
While the cobbler unused there passed his
pane
A beggar drenched by the driven rain
He called him in from the stony street
And gave his shoes for his bruised feet
The beggar went and there came crone,
bundle OF faggots bowed her back,
And she was spent with the wrench and
rack.
He gave her his loaf and steadied her
load
AS she took her away on the weary road.
Then to his door came little child,
Lost and afraid in the world so wild,
In the big. dark world. Catching 1t up.
He gave her the milk In the waiting cup,
And led it home to its mothers arms,
Out of reach of the worlds alarms.
&
The day went down in the crimson west
And with it the hope of the blessed Guest.
And Conrad sighed as the world turned
gray!
Why is 1t, Lord, that Your feet delay?
Did You forget that this WAS the day."
Then soft in the silence a voice he heard:
Lift up your heart, for kept My word.
Three times l came to your friendly
door;
Three times My shadow was on your
floor
was the beggar with bruised feet;
| was the woman you gave to eat,
was the child on the homeless streets
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
Work Of the Legislature

When Governor Conner recited be-
fore the joint committee Of the legis-
lature It's record and wished the men,
bers of it the highest Endorsement
of the people, he left out, inadvertent-
1y perhaps, part of it's record Rep
resentative J. Lee Long of Butler coun-
ty OPPORTUNITY presents the omission
when he says 1--WE found a full
treasury. We gave the money away
and left the state treasury empty. We
bankrupted the cities by taking away
their license and saloon money and
the cities cannot pay their debts. But
the counties had money, so we went af-
ter that. We increased the fees Of
county officials and we gave county
commissioners the right to spend the
county money in building schoolhouses.
oh, we made record that will be
heard Of in years to come"
WACn 0ObcilOl OOlu6T asked the
people to indorse the legislature he
should have presented its record com
prehensively. He did not do this, but
Represen tative Long, who warmly sup.
ported the governors anti-railroad pro-
CRANE, came to his relief, and between
the two the record is made up
Whether the Comer-Long record will
be Endorsed by the people is not Sc
clear and certain. The election over
the prohibition amendment in Novem
Der next will to some extent determine
of it we will have to want until No
vember of next year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
Alabama In the SDOtlieht

The st. Louis papers are freely dis
cussing the ten prohibition statutes of
the late lamented extra session. The
GlObe-Democrat says all the world is
watching this state. 1t goes ON to say
that the experiment us well worth
the watching, and will be until after
the result of the special election, for
amendment of the constitution to pro-
vide for prohibition, is known. One Of
the most interesting of situations has
been raised and forced by persistent
demand of the temperance elements
in Alabama that the sale Of liquors in
that state shall totally cease. If the
temperance movement can be called
fanaticism in other states, in Alabama
It must be called conservation. For
there an element has arisen which,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
One Who Voted Dry.

"I regret to see the newspapers of the
country pointing to Alabama as the state
of freak and frenzied legislation and
poking fun especially at Mobile and Bir-
mineham on account of our drastic pro-
hibition laws" said a prominent man
who voted dry in 1907. "but the outside
nress cannot be blamed, even If some of
the articles and pert paragraphs are bit
overdrawn. The legislature certainly
went too far and the result will be a
sweeping reaction.
"At one time it looked as If the old
democratic party in Alabama would be
overborne by the prohibition party, but
now l can see that the conservative and
patriotic voters are going to assert them
selves and save the democracy from ex-
tinction.
1.-THE democratic party is committed to
the local option principle. but some OF the
leaders lost their heads and fell into the
statewide prohibition trap. Many DEM
ocrats and local optionists will feel as II
they have been betrayed. That is the
way I feel, at any rate When l cast
my ballot in Birmingham In 1907 l did
not vote for state prohibition and could
never have brought my mind to vote
that way I simply felt constrained to
give local prohibition trial. I did not
think a dry experiment would hurt,
but on the other hand I thought 1t might
possibly minimize the liquor evil In JEFF
ferson county. 1 see my mistake and
will be ready to vote against the prohi-
billion party when we elect new legisla-
tors. By the way, the people of the state
have never had an opportunity of ex-
pressing themselves at the ballot on this
question of statutory prohibition. I have
never been promiscuous drinker, and
really wanted to see the saloon put out
of business. But the Fuller law is intol'
cradle and the constitutional amendment
should be negatived by big majority
and 1 believe 1t will be.
Many of the members of the legisla-
ture who voted for all the drastice bills
drawn by Judge Weakley obviously failed
to interpret the sentiment OF their
constituents. l desire to stress the fact
that the people Of Alabama have not yet
spoken at the polls on this statewide
prohibition matter"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
THE SPELL OF MONTE CARLO.

From the New York World.
A few years ago when jubilant young
man telegraphed various friends In Amer
lea that he had broken the bank at Monte
Carlo they smiled incredulously. for they
had heard something of the kind before.
Presently they immortalized him In song
and his fame still pervails in the music
halls.
There is something In the atmosphere or
in the life of the Riviera which has a
strange effect upon Young America. Not
long ago the cable told of an attempt at
suicide by a youth from this side whose
condition was said to be pitiable. After
his parents had been drawn upon literally
for financial supplies it was found that
the sufferer had sent the telegram him
self He had destroyed nothing but his
credit and his parents peace of mind. In
the same fashion person from New York
whose assassination at Monte Carlo was
announced last week is now said to have
written the report with his own hand.
Probably congratulations and remittances
are in order.
When inexperience finds itself for the
first time in Fortuna's realms it is apt to
take itself too seriously. If it wins 1t
wins all. If it loses 1t despairs. 1t
feeds on exaggeration. 1t is richer than
Croesus or 1t Is more wretched than Lag
arus. The elation Is bad for the individual
who experiences 1t. The depression makes
misery for others. To see things they
are and to avoid suicide, assassination and
other forms of sudden death, as we'll as
financial embarrassment, young Ameri-
cans speculatively and imaginatively in
clined should avoid Mote Carlo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
listing The Corporations

The commissioner of internal reve-
nue. is engaged today in making up a
directory of corporations. and some
of the collectors feel overworked
Those located in industrial or COM
mercial communities begin to think
they are to have no vacation this
year.
According to instructions the col
lectors are to classify the corporations
in their respective districts, as follows:
financial and commercial public SER
vice; industrial and manufacturing;
mercantile and miscellaneous. The
corporations, companies and associa-
lions are to be listed alphabetically
and numbered consecutiyely in each
class. In this way each one will come
to have a class letter and list num-
Der. This need not be considered dis
graceful even If convicts in the peni-
l6nIldIy are llotSu duu oColSH1tCd III
this manner.
This listing is strictly preliminary
work, and between January l and
March 81 will follow the far greater
task of assessing the tax each is to
pay under "the net income pro-
vision of section SO of the tariff law.
To say that this is no easy task is to
state a self-evident proposition. 1t is
a huge task, and no doubt many cor
porations will simply assess them
selves. Inaccuracies may or may not
be corrected before the first tax be-
comes due on June 1. Such tax must
be paid by or before June 80, which is
the end Of the fiscal year.
Many believe the aggregate of the
new tax has been moderated. The
revenue from it has been put at $780,
100000 year, but it would not be sur
prising if it went to twice that sum, al
though all corporations that have an
income less than $4,000 go untaxed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
Gadsden,s Prosnerity.

"Gadsden is growing fast and it Is hard
to see how anything can retard its
progress" said f. F. Dawson of the Daw-
son Piano company, popular institution
of the rod and wire mill city. I'VE were
holding our own before the reorganiza-
ton of the Southern Steel company, and
now that the new corporation is strongly
backed financially and is admirably Off
cered Gadsden has a great future. The
fact that the Southern Iron and Steel
company is erecting a large and complete
rod and wire mill in Gadsden means
much, of course, from an industrial point
of view And the further fact that the
citizens raised $4,000 as a bonus for the
Southern Iron and Steel company in
order to secure the removal of the rod
mill from Ensley to Gadsden has demon
strated to the public the progressive
spirit of our community.
"Gadsden is now one of the best adver-
tised cities in the SOUTH
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
HAS WIDE FIELD,

From the New York Sun.
A young man in his shirt sleeves drew a
crowd about the window of a downtown
mems furnishing store one day last week
to watch his operations with a green tie
and a rundown collar. The point was
that he could slip the tie under the turn
over without unbuttoning the collar and
then pull 1t out and in, right and left, as
II 1t were ruDnjng over a pulley. The
men in the crowd looked on with amaze
ment and joy.
why is he trying to choke himself
with that tie?" asked pretty girl of her
escort.
HE isn't" was the reply Hes a DEM
onstrator for the Society for the Suppress
sion of Profanity
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
,onorino Automobile Laws.

ut is we'll known fact that of the
$50 automobiles now owned by citizens
of Birmingham only 1856 are registered
here In the probate office" said Sam M.
Blake. clerk of the probate court, but
few seem aware that failure to do SO
Is a violation of section 1922 Of the GRIM
tnal code of Alabama. The section pro-
vides that every automobile run on the
nublic highways Of the state must be reg
istered in the probate court office OF the
county in which it is owned. The pen
alty for violation of this section is a
fine of from $40 to 500 for the first Of
fense and from $50 to $500 fine or 30
DAVIS Imprisonment for the second VIOLA
ton.
1.-THE laws governing the use Of motor
cars in this state are not generally under
stood, If the open and fragrant violations
of the code provisions may be accepted az
proof. Five offenses are enumerated In
sections 1922 to 1927, each Of which Is
punishable with the penalty Of fine and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
Boom in Chicago.

81 have never seen or heard of any
thing greater in the way of business
prosperity than is now in evidence in
Chicago" said Felix M. Drennen, who
returned yesterday from a trip to the
lake region. Everything is booming
in that section. L talked with railroad
officials and representative business
men and all of them agreed that the
new era of property is fuller of prom
Use than had ever been dreamed of be-
fore. In the Marshall Field store 1
was told that the volume of trade
there this summer had been unparalleled
in the history of that establishment.
On the streets, in the hotels and at the
railway stations one sees crowds of
prosperous looking people and thrift
is in the very air.
Here in the Birmingham district the
Industrial situation is fast improving
and 1t is safe to say that before
Christmas all branches of business in
this city will be as brisk as they were
in 1907 just before the panic"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Wonderful Prosperity in siqhl

Robert Jemison, Jr., has returned from
an eastern trip. He spent week at At
lantic City and visited New York, Phil
adelphia and several other cities.
"one hears prosperity talk all through
the east. The revival of business that
started in the spring, has increased at
a much more rapid rate than even opti-
mists had predicted Conditions are I'M
mistakably good throughout the country
and business seems as active in New
York as it did two summers ago. l look
for a corresponding degree of prosperity
in Birmingham in the early fall. We are
scheduled. in fact. for a wonderfully
prosperous years end
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
BUSY HOTEL COOKS.

From the New York Herald.
zone hears lot about the fine view
from the roof OF the Hotel Astor," said
well, customers are not satisfied with
scenery, 1 can tell you, and the men in
the kitchen do not know anything about
the sight of the Hudson river or the
lights of Broadway.
There are ITO cooks under me. We
prepare every day 100 ducklings, 200 chick
ems, 800 squads and COO Holsters. The lob
ster never loses it's popularity in New
York, winter or summer. We have 500
different varieties of cold dishes to serve
on different days from the cold buffet.
This makes the kitchens very busy
places"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
Exempting Corporations

Alderman Walter Moore's resolution
paving the way for an ordinance CIV
ing the payroll-creating corporations
relief from taxation and guaranteeing
to new-coming corporations exemption
for, say, ten years is a measure whose
wisdom at this juncture is undoubted.
No one desires to reduce the payroll
of Greater Birmingham, and it GER
tainly will not be increased in volume
unless the policy advocated by Alder
man Moore be adopted.
The Board of Aldermen has ex-
pressed it's sense of the proposition,
and no doubt a reasonable and practi-
cable and legal ordinance will be pre-
scented and duly enacted into law.
Under such an ordinance no reason
would exist for stunning Birmingham
when factory is looking for loca-
ton. Many advantages go with loca-
ton in this city. Birmingham is known
in all parts of the world-in Liverpool
and in Shanghai, as we'll as in New
York and San Francisco. Once take
from the factory or furnace the bur
den of taxation, new companies would
seek instead of stunning this city.
There is business sense in Walter
Moore's resolution, and the Board of
this city approve its action in this
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
Quarantine of Cholera Cases.

Rotterdam. August 26.-Several sus-
pected cases of cholera have been re-
ported in Rotterdam since the discovery
of the disease here yesterday, notably
among the occupants Of a barge. on
board Of which a child had died previ-
ously. All the suspects have been
Quarantined.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
REFLECTION OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

Z
To get rid of the fools would depopu-
late the world.
The reason man can be so sure about
his politics Is he doesn't understand it.
The fascinating thing about girl who
fiirts is she seems to mean 1t more than
when she is In earnest.
The more times man has to swear of
in a month the more he can admire him
self for having the strength of character
to do It
The way for a girl never to suspect
what biz Ties you can tell is Uhen she
has fairly good teeth to tell her they are
the most beautiful you ever saw.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27

Four powers of Europe succeeded in
pulling down that Greek flag that flew
over the fortress at Canea, but they
were not able to swerve the Greek
leanings OF the island people particle
The Young Turks are, however, salts
fed, and peace -reigns in the Mediter-
ranean.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
About Persons,

Maj. Fred II. Lewis, general manager
of the Leeds cement plant, was in Bir-
mingham yesterday. He was accom-
panied by his daughter, Miss Margaret
Lewis, a graduate of Hollins institute,
Virginia. They were on their way to
Tate Spring.
Robert Jemison, Sr., has returned
from Chicago, where he and Mrs. Jem-
ison had been on a short pleasure trip.
DR.. F. A. Lupton returned yesterday
from Charlottesville, where he had been
to visit his wife and infant child, who
are spending the summer with Mrs.
Lupton's parents, Maj. and Mrs.
Micajah Woods.
Rev. J. T. Miller, pastor of the
Scottsboro Meth odist church, is spend
ing part of his vacation in Birming-
ham, where he is well known and has
business interests.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27

Moving picture shows do not cut
into the receipts of saloons in this
state whatever they may do elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27

The Chicago professor who wants
Indians and whites to intermarry has
not yet installed typical squaw in his
own household
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
FEMININE SCENERY

Been up in the mountains, eh?"
yes; for a month";.
How was the scenery"
Great! Every woman there changed
her clothes three times a day."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27

Secretary Ballinger once held a
courthouse job in Kansas, and the
Kansas City Star says he has never
quite outgrown it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27

The trouble with DR.. Eliot's new re-
ligion is, it does not say that the whale
swallowed Jonah
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27

When fortune means to men most
good,
She looks upon them with a threat
ening eye. king John.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27

Hetty Green's son is no humming
bird. He weighs 900 pounds, but he
proposes nevertheless to aviate some.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
A BLIGHTED ROMANCE.

A BLIGHTED ROMANCE.
Because she smiled at me
In such a charming way,
The whole world seemed to be
More fair, my heart grew gay
And I began to hum
A tender little tune
A song that told about
The silver nights OF June,
When stars are in the sky
And lovers like to spoon.
Because she smiled at me
So sweetly. passing by,
Ambition woke in me,
An inner voice said, TRY"
And 1 resolved to toll
And prizes win a few.
Still dreaming dreams of her.
Sweet maid with eyes so blue
Alas, she smiled because
My tie was all askewi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27

The Pirates and the Cubs are
studiously and strenuously trying to
avoid the toboggan slide.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27

The Red Cross nurses begin to see
their vocation will be largely changed
when land battles are back numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27

Dessicated eggs are rejected every
where. All demand eggs with shells
on as an evidence of good faith.