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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
A STORY OF THE WIRE.

The Louisville Courier-JournaI nuhIisbe, the following story, drawn from a source fertile in good stories-the telegraph room:
 A newspaper story which has gone the rounds for many years. but which has never broken into print concerns the cause and the manner in which far famed telegraph operator who worked on Louisville newspaper. now defunct, managed to get fired. It Is such a good story that it ought to be true if 1t isn't. It was bad night, and the wires were not working well. All over the circuit the telegraph operators were uttering maledictions as they strove to make out the blurred and jumbled signals that came over the twisted wires The news service association was sending out it's bulletins outlining the news of the night and as this was one of the most important pieces of work the operators had to take. they were straining every nerve.
 Suddenly this bulletin clicked out:
 "Ten thousand Bashi- -Basulzes killed in battle with British in Abyssinia-"
 As soon as he took that bulletin the operator, who may or may not have been three sheets in the wind, cut in with his instrument stopping the sending of news over the entire circuit and ''balling up'' about 25 operators This is what the Louisville operator said:
 Rush names on that Bashi-Basukes story"
 You're fired" announced the chief op- orator over the wire from Chicago.
 Click, click-click. and the bulletin ser vice was resumed without further inter- ruption.
 WHEN THE WINDS RIGHT. ''rhe early bird gets the worm.'
 That may be so but the man-bird wins most of his prizes late in the after noon."
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
The Royal chrysanthemun,.

''The chrysanthemum is just beginning to burst into bloom and during the next few weeks some very fair specimens will be shown,' said a florist.
 ''I think this seasons blooms will sur pass anything yet seen in this magnifi- cent flower. The past culture season has been very favorable and we may expect to see a plentiful supply of this queen of the autumn. Every season there are some new candidates for popular favor but all the old favorites will hold their own"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
Sincerity Needed In This Campaign

Today liquors are OuJSlde lile law III
 Alabama in all places but mans
 home. They are safe there just so long as the people in that home do not contemplate the commission of an in
 dictable offense in connection with those liquors. They are safe in the home for home use, because Section , of the first article of the constitution is a guaranty that the homes of the people shall not be unreasonably searched.
 Now comes along Section of the pending amendment to enable the leg islature to say where liquors may not be stored or kept. If the amendment leaders, particularly Judge Weakley, would inject a bit of sincerity in their campaigning they would admit that 1 Section was written to drive liquors out of homes.
 Section 2 would, if ratified by the owners of homes, not only authorize i the legislature to extend prohibition to the homes of the people-the only place where prohibition does not at this moment exist in this state-but it inferentially invites legislation in sup port of such prohibition.
 The power to prohibit by legislative enactment the storing and keeping or liquors in homes carries with it the power to enact statutes for the search ing of homes without any limitation whatever. Nothing in the constitution mark the words-shall be construed to prevent the legislature, under the nolice mower. from excluding liquors from homes. This means that home may by virtue of laws in that case made and provided be spied upon and searched whenever any enemy of that home may desire to have it searched. The words, Nothing in the eonstltu- ton of Alabama" take away the pro lection of Section of the first article so far as liquors are concerned ln the homes of the people Judge Weakley knows this full well, for he is an excel lent lawyer, and he also knows that constitutional power to shut liquors ont of homes carries with it unlimited authority to legislate in the way of es- pionage. searches, and the like. The grant of constitutional power of that nature to the legislature would be far cical if it did not imply authority in the legislature to enforce it, Nothing in the constitution of Alabama" is to stand in the way.
 Are the people who own homes ready to have them placed under the eyes of a constabulary, subject to search at any moment? Are the peo- pie who pay taxes ready to let gov ernor who loves an extra session call another in the lifetime of the present legislature, which stands committed to any legislation that extremists may demand? Are they ready to see huge state constabulary established as a part of the Conner machine?
 Before Judge Weakley or anyone else attempts to controvert the law presented in this article, let him first tell the people what these words in the pending section mean, "Nothng in the constitution of Alabama shall be con strued", etc. Even Senator Henry Reese of Selma, who led the extremists on the floor of the senate recently expressed his regret over the inclusion of the home in the second section, but if that section did not include the home if would be superfiuous and senseless. And this Judge Weakley also must l know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

In Birmingham Sunday is great day for politics. It was not ever thus, but with the introduction of new school of morals it is claimed that politics is now part of religion. There are some people left in this town, how ever, who stick to the old-time religion and who believe that rallies in the in- terest of aspirants for high office should be held only on week days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
FIORRIH.

florrie,s neat and sweet and winning. b4orrie has a taking way. BOSS says Yes" politely grinning,
 When she asks a holiday. Florrie makes the office br,1bter
 And a pleasant place to be: Florries sure a swell typewriter.
 But she can't spell ''C-a-t',l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

scales but insisted on my paying excess on a trunk which had travelled thousands of miles and which had never before been held for excess
 There is so much complaint about the matter in Birmingham that 1t seems to me 1t would be a good subject for some of onr examinations to look into"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
HER HANDS.

Poor, tired hands. lifeless now and still, Never more will they obey any human
 will, Never morea essay the task tried so
 long in vain, Never more will soothe the brow all
 a-throb with pain. Poor tired hands. pitifully thin, Scared by all life's bitterness, saving
 only sin; Gentle deeds for others wrought, those
 patient hands and true, Folded on a quiet breast, freed at last
 from rue. Poor tired hands. our tears may fall
 like rain, Uncounted tears can never bring loves
 tender touch again; But ever on, through crowded ways and
 much of good and ill., Their memory shall be for me a ben
 ediction still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt says she has never thought of running for Con- gross, and she asks the wicked report CTS to cease inyenting stories concern ing her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

When the Czar views the Italian scenery he will chiefly see 11,000 Ital- ian soldiers placed along the railway to keep him from being blown sky high. It will be difficult to enjoy the scenery under such circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

While Mr. Parkhurst is booming Barnard for mayor in New York, Mrs. Pankhurst will boom the cause of wo- man suffrage. New York should be happy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
AMENDMENT IN SHELBY.

From the Columbana Peoples Advocate.
 If the amendment stands no better show of being carried in the other coun- ties of the state than 1t does in Shelby, its defeat is almost certain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

The old Roman law that land own CT owns all the air above him will have to be modified in these days of avia- tion, lest trespass cases clog the court calendars,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
sCATTERING THE- MoR.

Sir reported the police sergeant, "a large crowd of suffragettes have started a riot down the street"
 Hap exclaimed the doughty captain. call out the mouse reservesr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

The weather clerk should not ex- pend his entire stock of good weather. He should reserve some of it for the Taft days in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
MAT HENSON'S LECTURE

when he tells why i've" know Cook never got to the pole It was just be- cause The sneaked up north ahead of us."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

\ The British house of lords will soon conclude the budget might have been worse. It prefers to accept it rather than be downed in a general election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

Cannon says he is not republican if Cummins and La Toilette are repub- licans. It is a scratching and hair pulling time in that party in the mid dle west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

The duty on French champagne may be advanced from $6 to $17.10 dozen quarts. This would not, however, rob the average man of all the joys of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

The amenders bring Judge Coving- ton of Georgia to this state to tell Ala bamians how to vote The judge ought to explain about the beer tax in Geor- gia and why it is that his state has abandoned prohibition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

Now that Maura has become the scapegoat the paragraphers are ex- pected to let poor Spain and little AL fonso alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

The honk of the wild goose and the shouts of the amendment orators vex the air in these cool evenings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

President Zelaya of Nicaragua still refuses to pack his grip for Europe. He declines at present to settle down alongside Castro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

The Czar prefers travelling in other countries to travelling in his own. He is safer in the former.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

Theodore Roosevelt is the only man who can successfully referee the Cook Peary rumpus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

Dr. Cook may lose his reputation, but he will at any rate have gained $200,000 in filthy lucre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

Richard H. Edmonds speaks wisely would be mighty asset; cotton as our king is always likely to be dangerous liability"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NOT DEAD YET

go eventually, but all I ever saw were going back to Broadway"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

The Eiffel tower is now serving as a stake-buoy for airshiDs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED.

''The audience is calling you," the play wright was informed.
 'I hear them," he answered. "Show me the quickest way to get out of here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
ANNIE RIIssnH

Annie Russel's feeling blue Says she'll quit the stage And devote attention to
 A dramatic page. Here's a wish that Annie may Have the best of luck Make as many friends that way As she did as Puckl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
so IF IS

T see where Boston observed Apple day."
 'When is Bean Day in Boston?' "Oh, every day Is bean day in Bos- ton."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

prominent Kansas man has sounded the deathknell of noted politician" What does the politician say?"
 He says it's false alarm"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24
TROUBLES OF A PEw-HoLDER.

TROUBLES UT A PEW-f1OLDEfts ''I have grudge against our new pas tor"
 ''Is that so?" Whats the matter?" 'He has a peculiar way of clearing his throat and every time I doze off com fortably he wakes me up."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27

clothing for the poor runs as high as
50 cents a pound, while the tariff on
secured wool for the worsted clothes
which the weii-to-do wear runs as low
as Ia cents a pound This is one of
the tariff tricks that for over forty
years has deprived the American peo-
pie of low priced clothing and built
mp the great worsted trust. g..
Senator Lodge, who, by the way, =
financially able to buy worsted cloth
ing, avs that he made no promise
to help revise the tariff downward,
<whiss is iii entire tune with the sena-
tors past record. Senator Crane,
who is also able to buy worsted cloth
ing, is not saying a word, but as far
as is known is in full accord with Mr..
Lodge ii this matter.
If the Massachusetts, senators did
not promise to revise the tariff down
ward, President Taft did, and he is
distinctly on record as favoring
reduction in the tariff, which will
mean q lessening IN the cost Of com.
r. tiTties ~ t3ia consumer; lt8a that
the Massachusetts senator's have
abandoned the interests of the con-
sumers Of their state for a mess of
political pottage, the only hope of the
people is in the political honesty of
President Taft.
Is it any wonder that William Whit
man could afford to give a $4,000
present to a man who sits at the ell
bow Of the tariff committee when
they are making up the tariff sched-
ule ?-BostOn Traveller.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27
Public Opinion Throughout the Union

base is wheat, and that means so
much to children and invalids. DO
those grain manipdators consider
What the Patten deal means?
To those who find it hard whca
prices are normal to feed and elothe
their little ones, the problem is a Sc
rious one. 1t means hungry children
and half sharved mothers fainting at
the washtub, where they are striving
to earn a pittance that shall keep life
in the little bodies ana give them
strength for another days toll. No
gambling in any of the necessities Of
life should be permitted, but Of all
forms of stock gambling, that in
wheat is the most reprehensible. --Sa-
guache Crescent
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27
Price Five Cents
TOM WATSON ON MISSIONARIES

Like dear old Sam Jones, Tom
Watson also despises dull time. With
the horizon clear of all political
clouds, and nothing stirring worthy
Of mention, Tom sails into the foreign
missionary societies and kicks mp
rucus.
the current number Of the Week
ersonian Mr.. Watson hangs
y u. 'nty parson S hide on pole
an, ~ r.. shot at the Wesleyan
ChrlA z - ecate, promising to pay
his fun~ q, ITS to the editors of that
paper in >N.e Monthly Jeffersonian.
We've thought for some time that
the good we are doing in China, ia
pan, India and the other countries
where we send missionaries, was cost
ing too much We could get better
results with less money and energy
right here at home We're going
wild' as the saying goes, over
foreign mission work and neglecting
re he1ae mission work.
Since Tom Watson began discussing
the subject, thousands Of tirnid people
have been encouraged to speak out on
the subject, and we hear people say
on every hand that they are tired of
wasting so much money on foreign
mission work.-Nashville Herald.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27
TARIFF MAKING.

The extra session of the United
States Congress has almost been en-
tirely devoted to the discussion of
tariff revision.
The democratic members Of both
houses, as well as some of the dissat-
isfed republicans have frequently
claimed that the schedule as brought
forth by the stand patters', contain,
ed numerous lockers. +" The Chron-
icle does not claim to have a very
complete knowledge of tariff making,
but We are almost Convinced that the
whole affair is genuine joke.
It is probably safe to say that when
the Payne-Aldrich measures have
been enacted it will represent the idea
of fewer national lawmakers than WIS
can enumerate on the fingers Of our
two hands, as it appears that the law
Is not to represent the ideas of con-
gress or the president (if he was con-
scientious when making the race for
presidents, but the ideas of tie sv.,
men whose name 1T bears.
Every senator and representative
evidences great interest on items in
the tariff bill that affects his own con-
stituents, while no one seems to repre-
sent the whole people. Those remark
able Hstand-patters," Payne and Aid
rich, have abundantly taken care of
their home districts and no doubt
their constituents are very proud of
them.
We can very readily see that the
most unfortunate part of the revision
concerning the south is that the lead
ers of the party>in power did not hail
from this section.
The question Of tariff making is all
important one, and is one that very
few people know a great deal about,
only in a general way. However, it
is evident that when the present bill
becomes law the common people will
find it just as hard to make little
money go long ways as ever
We hope there is day near at
hand when the tariff will be revised
and revised by those who do not sub
scribe to the protective theory
Wrightsville Chronicle.
GAMBLING IN BREAD STUFFS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27
THE INEQUALITIES OF THE
TARIFF.
How the Poor Man is Taxed More for
His Clothes Than the Rich Man.

We nave been asked repeatedly 10
explain the reason for the statement
so frequently made that under the
present tariff the poor man is taxed
for his clothes more than the rich
man. Like the tariff on other com
modities, the tariff on wool goods has
been in process Of construction since
the civil war, and it is a part Of the
game to confuse the law with phrases
like cad valorem," "specifc, 4"
secured wool,'' etc., which makes
confusion worse confounded and to the
average individual the wool schedule
is as clear as mud. The bewildered
consumer has long ago practically
given up the attempt to understand
it. ALL he knows is that his clothing
is getting poorer and costs more
every year. There is a reason, how
ever.
Combing WOOL so called, makes the
worsteds which go into the clothing
of the well-to-do.
While all kinds of wool are appar-
emily taxed the same by the Dingley
and Payne bills, as matter of fact
the tax is much higher, in some eases
four times higher, on the clothing
wool used for the clothing of the poor
than on combing wool used for the
clothing Of the well-to-do. This re-
suit is brought about by placing a
duty OF IL cents pound on unscour-
ed wool. The manufacturer of worst
ed for clothing of the well-to-do gets
as much as 800 pounds of secured
wool from 1000 pounds of unsecured
wool, while the manufacturer of card
ed wooden cloth for clothing the poor
gets as low as 200 pounds Of secured
vol from 1000 pounds of unsecured
wool. And yet the tariff tax on the
1000 pounds Of unsecured wool is the
same, ITO, in each case.
Thus the tariff on secured wool for
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27

The silver service which will be
presented to the battleship Mississip-
pi, by the good people Of the state on
the first of June, will have on one
piece Of the plate a portrait of JEFF
ferson Davis. This is to be, in spite
Of the rantings Of the Ohio congress-
man some days since. -Greenville Ad-
vOcate.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27

The officers of the Americal Naval
Stores Exporting Co., now on trial in
Savannah for violation government
laws, are contending that they are not
guilty and do not fear the conse-
quences of the trial; yet their ator-
ney took up a half day arguing to the
court that the case ought not to go be-
fore the jury.-Coffee County News.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27

Governor Smith stands ready to
pardon anything that comes along ex-
cept the members of the prison com
mission and Little Joe" Brown
Valdosta Times.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27

Will you renew your subscription
now and get a handsome knife free,
or will you be cut off our mailing list
when your time is upq 1t rests with
you.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27

The ultimate consumer should stop
growing and get ready to prepare his
ballot for use when a new house of
representatives is to be elected.-Bir-
min9ham Age-Herald.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-27

GAMBLING IN BREAD STUFFS.

From Ohio a strong plea has been
sent to congress for the enactment of
legislation that shall make gambling
in wheat and other food stuffs illegal.
In fact as constituting an illegality
punishable not by fine alone, but by
fine and Imprisonment What would
a fine of $4,000 be to a man who by
skillful manipulation of the grain
market "cleaned up" in one deal
100000. Patten s work IN that line
sent up the price Of wheat all over
the land, and not bread alone felt the
rise, but the prepared foods whose
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-12-11

enough to work. The gold of the
Colorado river sands is very light
fakey material and hard to save. and
SO far as known only few of the bars
far up the river have shown workable
values.
During the early days of The com
pany, great secrecy was maintained by
the promoters, some even going so
far as to assume other than their
right names Meyers and his fellow
promoters would give out nothing re-
garding the intention of the company
until the first machinery was placed
on the ground. A glowing report
from a supposedly well known English
expert was exhibited as the basis
for the extensive plant and the heavy
financial backing demanded by the
company. VIM. Bramhall. an attorney
Of Minneapolis. perfected the organi-
zation Of the company, while another
well known lawyer and philanthropist,
John W. Arctander of Minneapolis,
financed the company. Now, after
spending more than 100000 the man
agement has concluded that there is
no pay dirt in the canyons Of Colorado
river and have suspended operations
permanently.
Meyers, who put the proposition up
to the company originally, was de-
posed from management Of affairs
some time ago and is now said to he
in the east organizing another dredging
company to work placer bars near the
old Pot Holes, in Yuma county. and
also bars along the Colorado river
near Bulls Head. in Mohave county.
The loss viii be heavily felt among
the farming community of Minnesota,
investments in the shares Of the cor
poration beng made at the personal
solicitation of Judge Alexander.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-12-11
feel UNCERTAIN
IN GLOBE ELECTION
DEFECTIVE PHONE SERVICE BAR
AscERTAININe CACTUS PRE-
cINcT sALLoTINe RETURNS

GLOBE. Dec. 10.-Owing TO the
fact that no returns have been re-
ceived from the Cactus precinct, the
outcome of Tuesdays election of the
Globe Miners union is unknown.
Tint Cactus precinct was expected
to poll a heavy vote and as practi-
cally all of the competing candidates
ran very close, Secretary Page was
unable to state last night the names
of any of the successful candidates.
Telephone connections between
Globe and the Cactus camp were i'm
paired by the recent storm and as
the result, no returns will be re-
ceived until late this afternoon.
As the result of the closeness OF the
campaign, an unusual amount of in
terest is displayed in the outcome Of
his election and the Cactus returns
and the final result of the baIloting
viii be awaited with interest.