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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
THE volCELESS.

By Oliver Wendell Holmes. We count the broken Tyres that rest Where the sweet wailing singers slum|
 Der,
 But OCT their silent sisters breast The wild liowers who will stoop to nuns
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 A few can touch the magic string, And noisy fame is proud to win them Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them! Nay, grieve not for the dead alone Whose song has told their hearts sad story Weep for the voiceless, who have known The cross without the crown or glory! Not where Leucadian breezes sweep Der Sappho's memory-haunted piliow, But where the glistening night dews weep On nameless sorrows churchyard pil>
 low.
 Q hearts that break and give no sign Save whitening lip and fading tresses, Till death pours out his longed-for wine slow-dropped from misery's crushing presses If singing breath or echoing chord To every hidden pang were given. What endless melodies were proud, As sad as earth, as sweet as heaysni !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Saving Men from Crime

Tn the Home Herald. published in Chicago, the work of saving men and boys from crime, the best opponents of which are Judge Lindsey of Denver, Chief of Police Kohler of Cleveland and Judge Feagin of this city, is fully presented, and the Literary Digest for August 2S devotes over page to a summary of this work. Pictures, too, of Judge Feagin and Chief Kohler are printed, and the one of Judge Feagin is an excellent likeness.
 All three of these men are striving to save boys and small offenders from becoming criminals, and Chief kohler |, distributed six excellent rules to
 the police force in his charge.
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 were never to be placed in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
IMMENSE DAMAGE
 BY CLOUDBURST

Rawhide, New, August 31.-Squatter- town, a settlement just south of Raw hide, was swept by ten-foot wall of water following a cloudburst in the hills to the north tonight, and 19O buildings were destroyed It is reported that two women and four children are missing
 The cloud broke on the summit of the low hills to the north of the camp. In a few moments a three-foot wall of wa ter was pouring down the slope.
 Several structures were torn from their foundations and fioated down the street, while the crest of the flood was covered with furniture, animals and all sorts of debris. Gathering force as it poured down the channel, the flood swept into and over Squattertown, half a mile fur ther down. The water formed a wall ten feet high as 1t crashed into the struc- lures.
 Before the wave had passed 300 por- sons were homeless and their property piled in a tangled heap in the basin at the foot of National hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Motion Picture Singers

The Second Baptist church in At lanta, containing 400 members, has, with the accustomed ease of It's city, acquired an issue, and the working out of that issue is agitating the entire population. A lady member of the choir o. the church in question is a delightful singer, and she is now a professional of the motion picture stage. This creates the issue-should a professional singer in picture show be permitted to sing also in the choir of the Second Baptist church? Dr. White, the pastor of the church. takes the affirmative side of the question, but there are many lined up on the negative side. The lady in question stands high and has many friends. She has no intention of leaving the motion picture stage. She is ready to leave the choir if her stay in it offends over- sensitive and overcritical members of the church mentioned.
 The Puritans of three hundred years ago held to standards and ideas that are altogether out of joint in the pres ent century. Federation coupled with concessions that no one is keeper of onother's convictions has changed the course of things. If the lady in ques- tion sings in motion picture shows un- objectionable songs-and this is con- ceded--there is no more reason for ob. lection to her work than there would be if she sang by request in private home. A motion picture show may present excellent ethical lessons. AS . matter of fact, such shows often do Under such circumstances Atlanta if harboring piece of Puritanism that is at once sadly and laughably out oi date
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Cotton Spinning and Printing

This country grows five-sixths of the commercial cotton crop of the world, but it spins only one-ffth of 1t. Out of 130,00O,00O spindles in the world. this country possesses but 26,0OO, ,000. The Foss syndicate in Boston is at- tempting to increase the spindles in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. and all through the rest of New England there Is a conviction that the time has come to put up more American cotton mills. America is not keeping step with the rest of the world in this mat ter, especially with England and Japan.
 Of the 26,000,00O spindles in this country, about 100000 are located in the cotton states amid the cotton fields. New England has no intention of abdicating in favor of the south. New England has no advantages of raw material, fuel or labor, and yet it does the larger share of the spinning in this country. And so far as weav- ing is concerned, the situation is even worse and so far as printing is con- cerned, not yard Is printed from one end of the cotton belt to the other. And yet William Hartley Chadwick of Providence, R. l., says there would be good money in cotton printing in the south.
 The Birmingham district is located in the heart of the cotton belt. Rail- roads radiate in all directions, and within two years there will be slack. water navigation all the year round to tidewater. A print mill located in this district over seam of excellent coal would simply have to be fearfully mis- managed in order to avoid making good money. Print cloths are made in large quantities in this city, but no where in the south is a yard printed. This should not be permitted to be the case much longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
PRISON SENTENCE
 IS LIGHTENED

Atlanta, August 31.-Yielding to the pleading of his rich and influential friends the prison commission today recommended that the sentence of W. H. Mitchell be commuted to a year on the prison farm instead of one year on the chaingang.
 The family of Mitchells is one of the nose well-known in Georgia. One day last year Miss Linton of Tn omasville received a note telling her that her brother was in serious condition and asking her to come to him with the bearer. The bearer was apparently an old negress. The young woman, who was of good family and of more than ordinary social standing, wealth and beauty, obeyed the summons. When, upon lonely road in a buggy, the supposed negress dragged the young woman from the buggy and attempted an assault. He was driven off by passerby and Miss Linton swore that she recognized Mitchell in the disguised negress. The horse and buggy used by the assailant was one that Mitchell had hired from a local liveryman. Mitchell was convicted and sentenced to the chaingang for 12 months.
 The friends of Miss Linton contend ed that the penalty was inadequate and when Mitohells friends applied for a pardon the young girls friends ral- lied to oppose 1t. The prison commits sion heard the case for two days. Mitchell's friends argued that if he committed the crime he was crazy, be- cause he was wealthy, had social post tion, influence and a charming family. They also brought certificates from physicians that the convict would en- danger his life by serving on the chain gang. Some of the most influential and prominent men in the state appeared on his-.behalf. His attorneys argued that the opponents of a pardon mere ly wanted to see rich and prominent man suffer.
 The decision of the pardon commits sion was sent at once to Governor Brown, who granted a hearing to both sides.
 The governor probably will not an- nounoe his decision before Friday or Saturday.
 In the meantime Mitchell will re- main out on bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
A Famous Band.

ITO those who have read the simple announcement that the Ma Vassar band Is to furnish music at the Alabama State Fair, October II to 20, the real musical import of that statement has not been fuuly appreciated" said an official of the State Fair management, who is also a member of the Festival association.
 Why, one of Birmingham's best known music lovers shrugged his shoulders at their coming and said, Well, I suppose you can get a wom- ems band so much cheaper than one composed of men,.
 of course We don't want to go into d suffragette argument but it is 8 pos itive fact that the Ma Vassars, which have been booked exclusively for Bir- mingham, cost the State Fair manage ment more than the musical feature provided by either Nashville, Memphis or Montgomery"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
THAT GOT HIM.

From the Pittsburg Press.
 A theatrical manager delighted in talk ing rise out of conceited or vain mem bers of his company
 1T see you are getting on fairly well" he remarked.
 Fairly? I am getting on very we'll" replied the hero of the play, proudly. "I played Hamlet for the first time last night. You can see by the papers glow ing criticisms how well got on."
 1T have not read them," replied the other, quietly, fbut I was there"
 "Oh, you were. Well, you noticed how swimmingly everything went off? Of course, I made bungle of one part by falling into Ophlia's grave, but I think the apdience appreciated even that"
 "I know they did" said the manager with slight smiIe but they were fright fully sorry when you climbed out of 1t again."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
TOOK HER AT HER WORD.
,m the Milwaukee Journal.

From the MilWaukee Journal.
 A woman came into the general store with jar of butter. She desired to ex- change it for another jar of butter In churning her butter she had discovered a mouse in the churn.
 'Tt didn't injure the butter" she said to the storekeeper, "and to any one who did not know the circumstance it would taste all right"
 Taking the woman at her word, the merchant carried her jar into the back room, transferred her butter to another jar and the gratifed customer took back her mouse butter with 1000 thanks for the accommodation.
 There is a great deal of needless trouble in the world on account of squeamish sentiment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
JUSTICE MOODY
 SERIOUSLY ILL

Haverhill, Mass, August a.-With much secrecy Associate Justice W. H. Moody of the United tSates supreme court was removed in a police ambulance from the Bradford railroad station to his home here tonight. It is understood that his condition is serious. He appeared to be helpless during the transfer from the train to the ambulance. Although Jus tice Moodys ailment was announced off, cially as case of rheumatism and gout, local physicians who have known him for years believe 1t to be more serious
 Justice Moody came here, it is under stood, from sanitarium in New York state, where he had been for several weeks following a short stay at Hot Springs, Ark. No intimation of his in- disposition had been received here pre- YiOuSly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01

there veil a few stars, are about to speak and one catches himself listening to hear what they will say and wondering the While how 1t fares with the human be- ings who, but few hours since. filled them "lth the stir of countless pursuits and are now presumably at rest. Do they toss on beds of care? Do they sit by the piers or departed friends? Are they lulled by the sweetest dreams? Just as a pub lie square, which has been thronged all day with hurrying crowds seems. after midnight, to be haunted by ghosts of sound and the echo of departed feet, so do the office buildings seem to be in an attitude of waiting-waiting for the hu- man tide to resume it's ebb and flow when morning comes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES

THE ROAD TO sHADoWLAND. The road that leads to Shadowland Is trod by weary feet; No more they bear, that hopeless band The blooms that make life sweet. No Hit of song, no cheerful word, No smile, day after cay But only sobs and sighs are heard Along the toilsome way. Come back, come back from Shadowland Before 1t is too late. Still Hope, with blossoms in her hand, A little while will wait. A better road is calling you
 Choose ere the day be spent That leads afar from ways of rue To heart s-ease and content!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01

French, began to be the rule in Ger many, Holland, Norway and Sweden.
 "A few years ago listened to the Rev. Father Stahl. born and reared in GerA many, preach a sermon at St. Paul's church. He had landed in New York and come direct to Birmingham, arrv- ing here four or five days after setting foot in America. He had never before been in an English-speaking country. When heard him he had not been in the United States longer than two weeks. The discourse was in the best of Eng fish. It was delivered without notes, and its delivery was marked by naturalness and singular fuency. Father Stahl is now pastor of the Catholic church at An niston"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Home Insurance,

"The legislature took one important step in the interest of domestic or home companies said ex-Gov. William D. Jelks, president of the Protective Life Insurance company of Birmingham to a vertiser Monday.
 Ut passed a comprehensive bill pro- yiding for the deposits of capital, the reserve portion of each policy, premium and additional amounts beyond the ag- gregate of the two sums, covering mora than every possible liability. These de- posits are to be of a certain class cf interest-bearing paper provided by law. The bill charges the insurance commits sioner with careful scrutiny of every piece of collateral and further charges him with carefully and constantly esti- mating the companys liabilities to policy holders to the end that the collateral shall be effective at all times In covering at least every such liability. This 's a far-step in advance, and probably fore- shadows a day when the state will as- sume the responsibility of carrying life insurance in Its own name on the lives of its citizens as is now done in num- Der of countries.
 This action" continued the ex-gover- nor lis a forerunner, in my opinion, of state insurance. The state Is not rire for writing the policies itself. but l think it will be some time in the great future. It contents itself now to domestic com panies, with the care and scrutiny day by day of their collateral and their liabili- ties, following, in this, the lead of some other very progressive and aggressive states in the union. It is a far step for Alabama to take, and ought to secure at once the entire confidence of all the people of the state in this, the most po- tent factor in the states upbuilding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
The Business Situation.

The bad outlook for cotton may have tendency to depress business in those sections of the south dependent chiefly on the fleecy staple,' said l.. H. Richter of Chicago, but as the in- dustrial revival is being felt every where and as general trade is good throughout the north, east and west, the railroads are busy once more and that means practically everything.
 Here in the Birmingham district the industrial situation seems to be al most normal. In the matter of iron production fl 's normal and it is reas- enable to say that within the next 50 days all branch es of business in this city will be enjoying high degree of prosperity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Workmen Fatally Injured,

Marion N. C., August 31.-Three work men were fatally injured and several others were dangerously hurt this after noon when the middle wall of a hotel building being erected here collapsed. When the crash came the men fell five stories and were buried beneath the de- bris. The fatally injured were James West of Kings Mountain, Ambrose Strout of Lowell and James Ponder of Rutherford Several others are missing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Son Kills Father.

Wheeling, w. w., August S1.-Return- ing home from church with his wife, Robert Brown of Simmons, W. Va, found his son with a companion in the parlor playing the piano and raising a disturbance. The father reconstructed and ordered them from the house. The son, it is charged, caught up gun and shot his father dead. He was captured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Postmasters' Salaries.

Atlanta has a larger postoffice busi- ness than any city south of the Ohio river except Louisville and New Orleans" said business man who has occasion to use the post office guide.
 When the receipts of an office reach $scO,000 a year the sa .ry of the post master is s6o00, which is the maximum pay except for the postmasters of New York and Chicago, where in each case ths salary IS $SO00. The salary in Louisville and New Orleans is the same-s6O00. Only a few years ago the Atlanta salary was less than $400O. Five years ago in sev- eral southern cities postmasters' salaries ranged from $350O to S39O0 and in that list was Atlanta, Richmond. Chattanooga, Nashville and Memphis. As have stated, the Atlanta salary is now 5000, and Rich mond, Nashville and Memphis have $60O0 postmasters. The Chattanooga salary Is now $3700, but the wholesale liquor traf- fc having been discontinued in the city, the mail order business has fallen off and the salary will probably drop back next year to $3600."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Another klinu Story.

Kansas City, August 31.-John Kling, the baseball catcher. former member of the Chicago National Baseball club, will manage an eastern team in either tho National or American league next year.
 This statement was made by Kling to- day, after he had wired Clark Griffith. manager of the Cincinnati Nationals, de, clining Griff1th's offer to join his club next season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Good LInuuists,

q was greatly interested" said a pro- fessional man, ''in reading MT. Heching- CTS remarks about the peculiar aptitude of Hollanders who come to this country, and the example he gave of the young Dutch lady who at the end of a year ac- auired English and spoke it with scarcely a foreign accent.
 ''So far as my experience with foreign CTS goes all intelligent persons of Teu- tonic stock learn English thoroughly and with seeming ease. This has been es- pecially noticeable within the past 20 years, due to the fact that about 20 years ago the study of English. as well as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Torpedo FIotiIIa Sails.

Newport, R. T., August S1.-The At- Iantic torpedo fiotilla sailed today and later will join the Atlantic fleet for the Hudson,Fulton celebration. The first submarine fiotilla, with the parent ship Castine and the torpedo experiment ship Montgomery hay gone up Narra- gansett bay for two weeks maneuvers and target practice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press.

Save the pennies and your family will take care to spend the pounds.
 A boy has a chance to get some educa- ton by his father not paying too much for it.
 A girl can be so sure of her looks that she would know her eyes were blue if they were green.
 The chief reason a man believes in old fashioned whipping for the children is his wife doesn't.
 A mother can write 10-page letter on how she Knows the baby will be able to talk before anybody but her ex- poets 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Peculiar Naval Accident.

Lorient, France, August 31.-An ev- traordinary accident occurred today dur ing gunnery practice off Quiberon. Ow- ing, 1t is believed, to an error in aiming one of the guns aboard the French ar mored cruiser Gloire, six shells were fired into the cruiser Marseillaise, one of which penetrated the hull and burst inside No one was injured, as the crew were in other parts of the ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Butcher Is Murdered.

St. Charles, Mo-, August H.-With hands and feet bound with wire, the body of John McNealy, a butcher, was found this afternoon in trough in slaughter house on the outskirts of this city. The head and face were partially submerged under six inches of water. It is thought McNealy was murdered. There were no bruises on the body. He was last seen alive at o'clock this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Balloonist Is Injured.

Macon, Ga., August 31.-Falling a dis tance of 90 feet from ballon here to- night, when the hold of his left hand became disengaged by the premature ex- plosion of a large cannon cracker, H. w. Churchill of Carson City, Mich, sus- tained no further injuries than the se- were mangling of his hand by the ex- ploson. The hand will be amputated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Postal Changes.

Washington. August s1.-(Special.)- Rural carriers appointed: Danville, Route 4, Dennis M. speake carrier, G. w. Lind sey substitute; Union Grove, Route 8, Frank M. Hipp carrier, no substitute; Bessie Jordan is appointed postmaster at Redemption, Choctaw county, vice w. B. Winstow, resigned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Chinese Bandits Active.

Vladivostok, August S.-Chinese ban dits arc active along the line of the Si- berian railroad. They recently blocked a section of the road with heavy stones. at the same time cutting the telegraph and telephone wires burning large quantities of fuel for the locomotives and pillasing the local guardhouse. A detachment of the frontier constabulary has been sent in pursuit of, the bandits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
RaIIoonist Is Killed.

Monon, Ind, August S1.-A balloon that was being filled with gas escaped from its moorings today, and Henry Moore. the aeronaut's helper, was caught by trailing ropes and carried up among tel egraph wires. Torn from the ropes he fell to the street and was instantly killed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Regarding Unsigned Contributions.

Many pieces" received by The Age Herald fail to appear because they are unaccompanied by the name of the send CT. Such would-be contributions are not only harmless usually, but often they would prove of decided interest to many readers. But this paper has a rule not to publish any article or letter, no mat ter how timely, unless the real name of the author is known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Aged Woman Is Dead.

New Orleans. August 31.-Only a few months short of the century mark. Mrs Frederick Hernsheim died here today in the one hundredth year of her age. Mrs. Hernshem was the mother of the late Simon Hernsheim, one of the pioneer to- bacco manufactures Of the far south, who accumulated a vast fortune and de- voted the latter part of his life to phil lanthropy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Steamer LucanIa Ruined.

Liverpool, August 31.-A survey of the Cunard line steamer Lucania, which caught fire at her dock here August IA and was sunk in order to quench the flames, shows the damage to be so ex- tensive that the Cunard company will decide not to expend the $500,000 neces- sarY to repair the vessel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
Plea for Dumb Brutes,

Paris. August 31.-M. Barthou, minister of justice, has sent @ circular to the district attorneys throughout France. calling attention to the distressing prev alence of cruelty to domestic animals. and ordering the rigorous prosecution of persons guilty of cruelty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01

Don't throw away your benzoate of soda, for the highbrows have decided that you may eat four grains of it a day without getting pellagra or any other dreadful disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
A MIDNIGHT REvERY.

Tall buildings have a singular quality of eloquence when they are bathed in the silver of a perfect moonlight night. When the streets are silent and the city that has throbbed all day with toll and traffic lies sleeping beneath tranquil skies, her skyscrapers loom up larger and grander than they did during the day. It seems as if those huge structures tower ing toward wisps of cloud that here and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-01
EXPLANATION

There is a decided difference between a man being well to do and easy to do." 'No doubt. For instance?'
 "The average millionaire got his money by the same methods person would nat urally employ to take it away from him, so he's wise to the game.'