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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
Judge Weakley'S CAMPAIGN Law

The amendment people are hard
pushed and they are resorting to all
sorts of misfit arguments. They are
asking the people to believe that the
legislature which passed the Fuller bill
would not attack the sancity of
homes under section 2. Governor
Conner, too, goes about declaring that
homes can be stuffed full of liquors
and so can ones guests, and all this
under section g Not-a few ask us to
believe that this is no mans campaign.
and yet Governor Conner goes from
stump to stump demanding an indorse-
ment Of his administration, and Judge
Weakley is the open and avowed candi-
date of the amendment people.
But the boldest device of the amend
ment people under severe pressure
came from the lips of Judge Weakley
at Oneonta when he admitted, as he
Carmichael bill, pushed through by
his own coterie, does prohibit for
any and all uses the making of wine.
He points out, however, that the adop-
ton of the pending amendment would
restore to housekeepers the right to
make wine, because the word "vinous"
does not appear in it. This certainly
takes the blue ribbon in a period full
of Misrepresentation. In order to
bring the truth out the amendment is
given in full as follows:
Section l. The Manufacture, sale and
keeping for sale of alcoholic and malt IL
quors and other intoxicating beverages
shall be forever prohibited in this state,
but alcohol may be sold for medical, sci
entifc and mechanical purposes, and wine
for sacramental purposes under such reg
ulations as the legislature may have
prescribed or may hereafter prescribe.
Sec q Nothing in the constitution of
Alabama shall be construed to prevent the
legislature under the police power from
designating places where such liquors may
not be stored or kept.
These two sections constitute a new
article in the constitution, and they
are to be considered together. When
the manufacture Of alcoholic and malt
liquors and other intoxicating bever-
ages" is prohibited all know that wine
| Is included because all know that wine
is an intoxicating beverage. The more
one drinks of it the more intoxicated
he becomes.
| And section includes wine because
it includes "other intoxicating bever-
ages" There is no call for the word
vinous, because wine is an alcoholic"
liquor and it is also an Intoxicating
beverage" 1t is caught both ways.
The amendment people know that the
Carmichael bill is operative and will
remain operative, and they want sec
ton ratified so that they can drive
wine out of the homes of the people.
This is the plain truth Of the situation
and Judge Weakley's "vinous" techni
oality is too thin to deceive any voter
who desires to see things as they
really exist.
| The connective "but" in the first sec
ton shows that the making and sale oil
wine Is prohibited, because its sale
for sacramento purposes is permitted
under legislative regulations. That
but alone condemns Judge Weakley 8
"vinous' law for campaign purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

For some time past amenders close
to headquarters have been whisper
ing it around that a sensation would
be sprung on the public just about
now which would produce cold feet
in the ranks of the defenders, or words
to that effect Was it that st. Louis
story which was to prove sensa-
tional? Why, as Frank V. Evans
would say, that was enough to make
horse laugh.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
SPEAKING AT BoAz.
Anti-Amendment Speakers Are En-
Enthusiastically Received.

Boaz, November 4.-(Special)-J. A.. w.
Smith and William Vaughn of Birming-
ham spoke here today against the pro-
posed amendment to the constitution.
The speakers were met at the train by a
large crowd and were escorted to the
place OF speaking
The meeting was attended by about 300
voters, an overwhelming majority of
whom signified their intention Of voting
against the amendment Both Mr. Smith
and Mr.. Vaughn handled the amenders
without gloves and the addresses were
enthusiastically received.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
A girl is born completely educated how
to handle them.
1t takes a gossip to feel outraged when
somebody hands back some.
The average man plasters his sympathy
on you as If it were flaxseed poultice.
folly in the check book; insanity in the
love letter
The thing that convinces a woman her
husband is financier is for him to win a
SIS bet and buy her so cents worth Of
flowers out Of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
Iron Market Strong.

The pig iron market is in a firm,
healthy condition. Buying in Birming-
ham has not been as brisk during the
fall, and the SIS schedule was shaded
here and there, but now the market is
as strong as ever on q sssfs of SIS for
No. 2 foundry Rogers, Brown & Co. S
Cincinnati report is as follows:
1.-THE records for October in almost
every line will eclipse those that have
gone before and set new standards.
Pig iron transactions have been in
good number, some of the larger pipe
has been strong demand for malleable
and steel-malking irons. Basic and Bes-
semer are exceedingly scarce.
1.-The spot market has kept up and the
demand for immediate shipment is I'M
changed. Buyers have had an unlocked
for increase in business, which has made
necessary the purchase of additional iron
from week to week over and above what
they thought would carry them to the
first of the year.
In general stocks at the furnaces
nave Deen reduced IN spite OF increase
in production, and a great amount OF
that now on hand is sold and only await
ing the arrival of contract dates to move
AS nearly as can be gathered at this
time, the production of pig iron is pro-
ceeding at the rate of about 81, 600, 00(
tons per year.
1.-THE railroads have ben important fac
tors in anv consideration of metal mar
kets during October, as they have as
sumed the role of large and steady buy
ers Orders for rolling stock of all kinds
have approached an unusual amount
Cooke continues active and strong with
an increase in production, the direct re-
suit of efforts which have been made
for weeks to improve the labor supply
and get out a larger tonnage"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

stead of less. The new water supply
construction of the Tennessee COM
pany is to be of vast size and at least
two years will be spent in completing
the work. On every hand industries
are starting up, and the district calls
for men. The call goes out to the
lesser towns, to the farms, and even to
the cities of the state. This district is
short in men but not in orders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
NOT A FANCY WORKER

NOT A FANCY WORKER.
A Birmingham man relates the follow
ing story:
A group of Cleveland white wings"
as the street sweepers are called in Amer
lean cities, were discussing the merits of
fellow worker who had recently passed
away His personal traits were carefully
gone over. not without finding much in
him to praise. Finally one man spoke up
and said, well, Bill was a good man on
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
VIII face Murder Charge

Huntsville, November 4.--(Special.)-
John Holland, charged with the murder
of a town marshal In Cullman county.
has been taken back to Cullinan to s4i.i8
trial for murder Holland has been con-
fined in the Madison county Jail IA
months He was brought here to escape
a mob and while here he was model
prisoner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
ASKED TO RESIGN.
Mayor of Amsterdam Talks Too Much
at Celebration.

London, November "A dispatch to
a news agency from Amsterdam says
the government has called upon NJ Van
Leeuwen to resign the mayeralty of
Amsterdam because during the Hud-
SON Fulton fetes at New York he de-
clared that the United States would
Interfere if Holland was menaced by
Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
STAR DUST.

There was a man in our town
Who had an auto car
And paid a fond devotion to
A comic opera star.
Most every night he took her out
And had a little ride,
And wore a look of happiness
To see her by his side.
The lady rolled her wondrous eyes
Until She ran him wild;
He didn't seem to have much more
Discretion than a child
And blew his money right and left,
From her a smile to get,
But when his stock of coin was gone
He found his star had set.
Alack, alas, no use to sigh,
No use to rave and scuss;"
Since razzle- dazzle's first began.
1t has been ever thus.
A star without the trimmings is
A sad nonentity
And when one angel cashes in
She gets another See?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

President Taft, like former Presi-
dent Roosevelt and all other dis
tinguished men of the presidential
type is against prohibition. He has
so expressed himself on many oc-
casions. He takes as much stock, in
deed, in fanatical legislation or So
called temperance reform as the late
Abraham Lincoln or the late Jefferson
Davis. Prohibition agitation in this
country dates from long before the
war. Some good, honest men in pub
lie life have favored prohibition, but no
man ranking as a real statesman has
ever come out for it, or ever will.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

That syndicate brewers fund of 49,
000,000-or was it $500, 000?-being
raised in ST Louis to corrupt the
voters of Alabama may contribute TO
the gaity of nations along about Christ
mas time. From all accounts money
is coming too slow to do any good in
this campaign against the amendment
The fact is, that the amenders have
raised more money and have spent
more than the defenders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

Long distance weather forecas..ng
is now practical art in Washington
and the governments experts are
drawing the almanac makers out of
business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

1t is an amusing coincidence that
just as the amenders in their des-
peration "shoot their bolt Senator
Bankhead and other distinguished
and long-headed politicians come out
against the amendment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
OFTEN THE CASE

~ know a so-called captain of industry
and to save my life | can't see how he
has been successful"
Maybe it is because his wife is his
first lieutenant
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

Illinois thinks an expurgated Joe
Cannon would still be useful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
ADRIFT WITH TIE TIMES
A TRYING POSITION.

straight work, but he wasn't worth q
damn on lamp posts and corners
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

It is claimed that life can be sus-
tanned in New York city on 13 cents
a day, but few are willing to test the
matter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

John D. smiles as he watches an
automobile contest. He is thinking
how rapidly the consumption Of gaso-
line is increasing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

No man should be judged by the
color of his auto. A buyer as a rule
has to take car as it is or let it
alone
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

Lombroca has not sent this way any
of his promised spirit messages, and
central may have given him the old
phrase, Zines busy"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

The fellow who supports the amend
ment is carrying a heavy burden UNI
der adverse circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

Speaker Cannon Is subject to crit
icism now, but when Congress meets
he will once more be Josephus Rex.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

Minister WI thinks women should
vote in the United States but not in
China.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
HAS TO STICK

HAS III SI1Ch.
He says he sticks close to his busi-
ness"
well. I guess If you were In the same
line of business he is in you would stick
as close to 1t as he does"
us that SO? What is his business7'
He is steeplejack'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

The corporations are struggling to
escape the new tax that Congress .m
posed on them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

This is November, but thus far it
has presented no melancholy days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

Halley's comet is beginning to look
brighter, and SO is general trade In
this country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

The sons Of Count Boni and Princess
Anna are to be turned over to the
state. Those sons are playing in great
luck.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

Football is taken very seriously a.
present It's fatality list makes peo-
pie stop and consider.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

The landslide against the amend
ment is gathering momentum and
breadth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

mo one has yet detected Halley's
comet with the naked eye.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

Governor Corners famous "skunk"
Grafton is not to be repeated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

Collector Loeb is endeavoring to helI
the administration escape another de
felt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

The hookworm is no doubt much
puffed up by the Rockefeller effort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

Joe Cannon cannot be hyphenated
with all his opponents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

'He claims to hold a mortgage on the
future"
What good will that do him? He'll
starve to death before he can foreclose."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05

The game may be giving out in
Africa, for Roosevelt is coming home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
metropolitan Ways.

Birmingham woke up last night and
realized that it was really metropolis.
The police department was the first to
realize the fact, and Immediately adopted
metropolitan ways" Thus spoke an au-
tomobilist last night.
This was evidence in front of the
Jefferson theatre last evening after the
performance of The Prima Donna with
FRITZ Scheff as the star. The house was
packed from pit to gallery, while nearly
hundred autos graced the street in
front of the theatre
1T was in the handling of the machines
that the police showed their realization
of the fact that Birmingham was a great
big city and that modern methods We're
an absolute necessity. A graceful copper
stood at the curb in front of the entrance
and as each party of autoists poured
from the theatre called the number of
their respective cars in stentorian tones.
1t made the owners of the machines
rub their eyes, wondering If. perhaps.
they were dreaming after all. When
they had caught their breath and fully
realized that the internal workings Of
the city had all modern improvements
they didn't break across the street in
search of their machines as they had
been accustomed in the past, but acted
perfectly ladylike and stood in aristo-
cratic pose upon the curb until the
wonder-struck chauffeur had sufficiently
pulled himself together and brought the
machine in front of the entrance.
words of commentator for this new
el,rx ba He
of the policemen and a vote of thanks
rendered Chief Bodeker by every auto
mobilst there. Another thing which
brought forth complimentary remarks
was the fact that although 1t was tina
policeman first time on the Job he
handled it in a perfectly systematic way"
To Man Up Tree.
ut is an interesting fact that Ala
bama, which has the most drastic pro-
hibition law in the whole world, is now
for the first time voting in a state cleo
ton on prohibition question:" said
James j. Healey of Cincinnati. who is
engaged in the dry goods business.
"One might have imagined, from the
way the advocates of the proposed
amendment to the constitution talk,
that radical prohibition measure had
been submitted to the people and car
ried some time ago, and that it was
simply sought now to embody in the
organic law which nearly all the peo-
pie had passed on. I have been in
Alabama three weeks, have heard joint
debates and have read newspapers. pro
and con. I would be willing to risk my
last dollar that the amendment would
be defeated by 5000 to 10000 majority.
MANY people / have talked with say
they are prohibitionists but not of the
Carmichael Fuller-enactment sort. To
a man up tree it looks as If the pro-
hibition leaders made an inexcusable
tactical blunder in submitting the
amendment proposition at this time"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
In the valley of Content
RISKY BUSINESS.

Some painful scratches on his mug
He's apt to get
The jailor who attempts to jug
A suffragette.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
CONTENT


When we've learned how not to worry
If the days affairs go wrong,
How to get the best of trouble,
Meeting sorrow with a song:
How to make our lives worth living.
Still with love and laughter blent
We shall walk the ways of gladness
In the valley of Content.
Gold and fame and worldly honor
Often lead men to despair.
Till the pangs of disappointment
Seem a bitter cross to bear.
He who climbs above his fellows
Fain would struggle higher yet
And the darling child of fortune
Weeps the prize he'll never get.
Money-Lust still piles his millions,
Drawing near DEATHS Swallowed strand,
With the grave step before him.
Reaches out a grasping hand
And his greed for sordid riches
Still unsatisfied, he dies,
With his mind upon the market
And the gold CLINT in his eyes.
So it goes-supremely happy
Folk are few and far between;
We can only hope to find them
In some sweet sequestered scene
And the prayer of many toiler
Who is weary and forspent
Is to dream a dream of roses
In the valley of Content.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
TWO OPINIONS.

There is something pathetic about
harp with broken string" said the
poetic person.
Maybe so,'' said the practical man of
affairs, but get a lot of personal salts
faction out of contemplating a phono-
graph with broken mechanism
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-05
A BUSY BROTHER

He hoped for the best,
But it failed to arrive,
So he shed coat and vest
And continued to strivel
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-06
C0NR0Y PIANO CO..
Purchas Buchanan's Piano Interests
Have Taken Charge-Three
Cars of Pianos Arrive.

The Conroy Piano Company of St
Louis. has purchased the piano in
terests of c. n Buchanan. Mr. Buch,
anan will remain in his present foca
ton No. i02 Commercial avenue with
the new company and will still be Il
dealer in musical merchandise. j T.
Chambers the manager for the Con
roy Piano Company, has taken charge
Of the place and is preparing room for
hree car loads of pianos which have
One of the cars was unload
ed yesterday The place will under
go repairs and a new set Of fixtures
put in, a large platform has been
built in the rear Of the store where
The pianos will be displayed. as there
IS not enough room on the floor
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-06
MOVING PICTURES
At OPERA HOUSE
SPRING AND SUMNER SEASON
OPENS TONIGHT VITA ST.
PERI PRoeRAM-EDD!E Al.
LEN IN ILLUSTRATED SONGS.

Tonight marks the opening Of She
spring and summer moving picture
season at the Cairo opera house, an
event warmly welcomed by the Cairo
admirers of this kind OF amusement,
and almost everybody in Cairo likes
moving pictures, especially the Cairo
opera house kind.
The program tonight consists Of
four beautiful subjects and one Illus
trated song The pictures are "A
Clever Trick" Jessie, the Stolen
Child, Learning to Dance" AMI
"A Strong Woman" In these subjects
will be found humor, pathos and
tragedy to please everyone's tempert
ment, The song. which will be SUNG
ny Edwin c. Allen a local singer wei
known for the melodious voice he
possesses, it being a tenor OF the
best developed sort is entitled 1 Miss
You in q Thousand Ways, and is one
'of the latest compositions of one OF
the best music writer's OF the day.
An excellent set of colored pictures
accompany this selection. Miss
Schlosser will preside at the piano
Her playing never fails to please the
audience.
Friday night of each week will be
partly taken up by the ever popular
amateur contest in which some Of
the best amateur talent of Cairo wi.
take part. Several have already en-
entered their names for the first am
ateur contest OF the season this com
ing Friday night and the first event
Of this kind this season promises to
set pace which will keep the anna
ours keyed up to the highest pitch
and some good stunts" are in pros
pect. The price of admission will'b'
five cents. but the show is well
worth several times this sum-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-06
THOS. w. WILLIAMS
ALDERMAN THIRD WARD.

One of the candidates that de.
veloped yesterday was Thos. w. VII
lisms as a candidate for alderman in
the Third ward. Mr.. Williams is a
newspaper man, editor and publisher
of the Star. He is one of he many
wcll-behayed, industrious, and sue
cessful young business men of Cairo
who are credit TO the city and
whose active interest in public affairs
can not but be beneficial to the com
AS a newspaper man Mr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-06
YECCMAN BURIED.
Man Shot at Tamms Buried Saturday
As Pauper-Could Not be
identified.

The "yeggman" killed at Tamms b.
DIR. Z. j. Duncan early Sunday morn
ing March %, and who is said to b.
VIII Davis, was buried Saturday
at Beech Grove as a pauper. The
man was shot while he was attempt
ing to burgarizc Dr. Duncans resi-
dence and the remain have been held
at Mrs. Feith's undertaking parlors
for over week for Identification
Coroner McManus had wired a num-
Der of the surrounding towns in tn
hope Of identifying the man or loca-
ting some of his relatives. but ha
not yet succeeded.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-06

Mrs A. eomings entertained he
w. r. c. at the Stafford Hall yester
day afternoon A musical program
had been arranged for the afternoon
after which delicious three course
luncheon was served Those present
were: Mesdames Hahn. II. NJ,
Hamilton J. F Keeney, Mary Patier,
NJ. Handley Abbie Dougherty f.
Hofheinz. H. Blatteau. Samuel Shoe
maker b. Hagey, J. Gilhofar. Misses
f. NJ. Jones and Minnie Meehan.
The hostess Was assisted in en-
ter aiming by Mrs. 1. Zanone.