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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
SHE LOST CONTROL
OF FAVORITE PONY

1t looked very much as if the pony
was going to run away and she would
get hurt. Vainly she tried to throw
the rein of the bride back into place.
Her frantic motions at the ponys
head only excited him the more. He
dashed from one side to the other
whirled about like a top, then would
run like wild for a distance
She lost her hat and her brown hair
came down, hanging over her should
ors and about her beautiful face flushed
with the excitement 1t seemed every
moment as IL the pony would throw
her and her wild efforts to AK the
rein almost caused her to lose her ball
ance. She did not cry for help; she did
not faint and give up, only pressed her
pretty lips together and became more
determined than ever not to let that
pony get the better of her. Things
looked serious. Several men were try
ing to help her but could not catch
the pony. She paid no attention to
them. In one last effort she leaned
forward almost out of the saddle, made
another frantic effort to fix the rein,
and-failed A look of despair and
disappointment came over her pretty
face, her eyes looked troubled and
frightened as she realized at last her
danger. And then-he came
Dashing out toward the leaping and
jumping pony, he headed him off. The
pony lodged, again almost unseating
the fair rider. But the hero was too
quick for he grasped at the bride and
cs ught it. The pony came to stand
still and with pretty bushes covering
her face she thanked him and gave
him her hand. The bride was fixed
he gave her her hat, and, smiling,
bowed himself away.
IF hammered on Fifth ayanifo a r.
recent date. She was aged and he
WAS aged s.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
WHERE A GREAT
CITY GETS FOOD

Morris avenue during the early morn
ing hours, presents a scene of the widest
activity. This is the great pantry of
Birmingham. The heart center of food
supply.
An army of men, drays, delivery wagons
and fruit cars are jumbled in mad con-
fusion More than one hundred thousand
people are hungry and must be fed. The
laboring man must have his MONDAY
lunch, his good, full meal at the close of
his days work. The thousands of office
workers must have their ham and eggs.
The laborer wants his vegetables and
meats. The banker wants his sirloin
pudding. The matron wants her tea
and the children must have their candies
and fruits.
1t Is all here. The cold storage beef
and the delicate ingredients for the angel
cake. The cabbage and turnips. the
strawberries and the apple butter.
Big, coarse draymen are walking on it,
wading through it, climbing over it; these
'delicacies Nfor the table. The cook and
the tidy housewife will make 1t all right
by the time it reaches the snow-white
linen and your plate, but 1t is a con-
glomerated mass here. The making of
the banquet the private tea and the
laboring mans dinner are all here. The
boarding house hash and the chndrens
broth at shutdown. with all evolve finally
from this scene of confusion and feverish
activity,
1t is the same every day and through
all the years. The people must be fed
and it would seem that half the energy
of the city is engaged In the work of
supplying the necessaries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16

Buckner matter being a live issue.
simply ask them the question, Where
was Mr. Mallory at that time, and how
did he vote in the Palmer and Buckner
ca mpaign?' 1 was on the state COM
mittee with him at the time and 1
know.
Many of the most prominent. Cit
liens of Alabama talked against Bryan
in 1895 but their maintaining their
party regularity was an entirely diff
ferent thing We all cussed Parker
in 1904. but we voted for him.
Mr.. Mallory's supporters may think
that by bringing up question so old
that Ii has whiskers they may be-
cloud the living issue of the day and
make the voters forget that but a
few months ago Mr.. Mallory brought
upon the people a pernicious attack
against their liberty and their homes,
which they denounced by their votes.
but they will come to their senses
after May q"
Il have on deposit at O'Neal head
quarters in the Brown Marx building
In Birmingham a gold double eagle,
500. to be paid to any man who viii
succeed in getting Colonel Gaut TO
name specifically the 43 counties which
he claims will give majorities for Mr..
Mallory in the May state primary cleo
ton" said Eugene O'Brien, assistant
secretary of the O'Neal committee yes
terday.
"a man prominent in Alabama pol
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
PHILOSOPHY OF GOOD"
AND HARD" TIMES

If there is one place better than an
other to hear some good talk it is in
the crowded street cars late of an after
noon when the business people are
vending their way home after a hard
days work.
Under such circumstances inadvertent
eavesdroppers can't help themselves, can
they?
day or two ago a couple of big,
wholesome looking men were INDUCING in
an interesting conversation on the sub
ject of the financial strain of the past
few months and delivering their opinions
very freely on the subject.
Yes said the biggest man, I'VE get
it hard and heavy sometipes, Pretty
soon though it eases up a little. Then
we'll have a hard day today and an
easier day tomorrow, or maybe it's easier
today and harder tomorrow. It's bound
to be different, no matter how you fix it,
because hard times and good times
hate monotony just like folks. Some weeks
just say:
well, I'm bound to give up! 1 can't
hold on any longer and before 1 get the
words out of my mouth the financial sun
comes bobbing up over the horizon and
makes me take a new lease on life and I
begin again with renewed energy"
Continuing, the big man said:
1T always reminds me of an old negro
my father had down on the plantation
in Mississippi who used to talk very
amusingly. One day I asked him, after
he had been exhorting' on different sub
Jects, what he thought about hard times.
and scratching his old wolly head as he
began to grin he said,
'Marse John, hits jes' dis way dey
don't no kind err times come ter stay
No, sab, you kin count on dat. I've
noticed UNI and hits plum puddin' and
turkey dis week. and hits fried lfvah
and bacon de neg, an den hits plum
puddin' and turkey agin, and den jes' ole
fried llvah agin! An OATS de way we
gifts along, sah Good times and bad
times-don't nary one of EN- come ter
stay, sah
And l believe the old darkey hit it of
all right" said the other man who had
been listening ettentively all the while
1--WE all get our weeks of plum pudding
and turkey and it's the wise man who
doesn't make faces at the old fried liver
and bacon weeks-isn't it?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
Epilepsy, Spasns,
St. Vitus' Dance

Il suffered for many years
from what some people call
epilepsy. DR.. Miles Restora-
tive Nervine cured me, and you
can imagine how thankful l am"
M. l. COLEMAN,
Coldwater, Mich.
"My daughter was cured
with DR.. Miles Restorative
Nervine, after having been
afflicted with fits for FIVE years."
PETER McAULEY,
Springfield, Mass.
"For year my little boy had
spasms every time he got little
cold. Since taking DR.. Miles
Nervine he has never had one
of these spasms."
MRS. MYRTLE DAGUE,
Rochester, Ind.
''My daughter couldn't talk or
walk from St. Vitus' dance.
Seven bottles of DR.. Miles
Nervine entirely cured her."
MRS. MAMIE LAND,
Ethel, Ind.
Until my son was 80 years
old he had fits right along. We
gave him seven bottles of DIR.
Miles Restorative Nervine. He
has not had a fit since he began
On the fifth bottle"
MRS. r. DUNTLEY,
Wautoma, Wis.
Or. Miles Restorative Nervine IL cold
by all druggists. Give II thorough trial.
MILES MEDICAL CO., EIkhart, Ind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
THE BLIND MAN
AND LITTLE DOG

Many have seen the blind man and his
dog Some have wondered; some have
sneered; a few have pitied. The blind
man is human; doubtless so. The dog is
a brute; undeniably So Some have won
dered at the brute, and sneered at the
human; a few have pitied brute and
human.
The human is old and decrepit and
sishtless. The brute's limbs are his; the
eyes of the brute are the eyes of the mas
ter The human master does not see the
sneers. The brute servant does not know
the meaning of pity.
And so they go through life, the blind
man without love save that of his dog;
the dog without friendship save that of
his master; both without pity save that
OF the few. and asking no pity.
Long before the shadows of the dead
night are gone, the faithful dog leads his
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
THIS LITTLE NEGRO
IS ALWAYS HAPPY

On the streets of suburban town
NAV be seen at almost any hour OF
the day a little deformed negro. He
is about two feet high and bunch
back. and his misshapen body and
twisted and distorted limbs bear little
resemblance to the human form. He is
as black as the proverbial ace OF
spades. vet with all his deformity he
Is not repulsive to the sight, for his
face betokens happy disposition
while his eyes CLEAN with shrewd-
ness.
Whence he came. no one seems to
know. Certain it Is, no one claims him
as kith or kin. His age Is surrounded
IL, mystery. He might be 10, yet the
few who know him say he is well
over 20. He answers to the name OF
Charlie" and when spoken to he
cocks his head on one side ike
maybe, in fact, in many ways ne re-
minds one of that mysterious bird.
pleasant feature is that be is not q
beegar, not the least obstrusive. He
simply and patiently awaits the pleas
ure of the white folks" and he never
lacks a meal nor place to sleep.
Always cheerful. always happy
never a complaint or murmur from his
lips. he takes life as 1t comes and
sometimes when thoughtless youth OF
both his own color and OF white skin
tnunt him about his shape he assumes
Ell air of supreme indifference, Fuckers
up his mouth and walks, or rather
struts, away, whistlng fragment oil
some weird cir, probably of his owr
composing. II there are sermons II
stones, surely the contentment of this
strange little waif of humanity, wht
has every physical condition against
him, should prove ar inspiration to be
content with our lot Whatever Il
may he
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
SOURCE OF LOVE
FOR OLD ARM CHAIR
81 love it, I love it. and who shall
dare
To chide me for loving that old arm
chair"

81 love it, I love it, and who shall
dare
To chide me for loving that old arm
chair
Mused the master of the house as
he looked at the old chair standing
SO sturdily among it's more aristocratic
brethren. 1t was not handsome piece
OF furniture. The leather was shiny
and marked in places, the wood
scratched. and the fringes tawdry. But
the master loved it-loved every dent
in the solid oak. Others loved It. The
chair was an object of veneration by
the whole family.
He ran his hands caressingly over
the staunch arms and legs, feeling
lovingly the bruises and defaoings He
knew what baby fingers had made the
smears and what childish heels had
Scared the staunch frame.
This had been the first furniture
bought after his marriage. In this his
Oldest son had been nursed. His daugh-
ter had been cuddled to sleep in Its
comfortable arms.
sudden mist blurred his eyes and
he seemed to see the figure of his
wife as she bent over the tiny babe.
In 1t she had spent her last night
downstairs before her death and with
her last breath she had commanded
him to cherish the old chair
AS he gazed at it he did not see
the ugliness, the age and the obvious
decrepitude of the oh air. Only the COM
Portable outlines of the upholstering
met his eyes. Suddenly the old man
feels very lonely. His wife gone, the
children grown, only he was left in
the old home. Rising slowly he sank
with a sigh into the depths of the
aged chair to drift to sleep and pleas
ant dreams of his wife In few min
utes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
BACKWARDS AS
INDEX TO CITY


The back yard of a city-the index
CT its future. The back yard of The
Age Herald is fire escape, and on
the landing one may stand while the
sc nth wind blows away the brain fog
and stirs up the tagging thoughts.
Though this recess ground be small
1t gives the diversion of watching
three characteristic Birmingham back
yards.
On the left a little garden struggles
TO the light with two rows OF beans,
a few struggling onion shoots, bunch
of lettuce and the pale vines of the
English pea Surrounded by the sh adj
ows of tall buildings these little plants
resemble the tired and dragging spirit
of the tenement dweller. having for
gotten the inspiration of the sun.
Three flights below, out of a tumble
of barrel hoops, wash tubs, sticks and
old rags. looks up the shining face
of a midget kinky headed coon. His
back yard Is hardly six feet square.
but he climbs over the rubbish and
perches on post with a bravo which
equals the structure of the noble
ctanticler in the next yard.
And there is found rivalry One
might Buff cock. with his troop OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
A LITTLE SCENE
AT THE DAYS END

The Pickering light of smoky oil lamp
gave to the interior of the little room
a quaint, bizarre effect. The forms of
three persons were silhouetted against
the walls in huge, black shadows The
windows were open to let in fresh air,
which came laden with smoke and dust
and CRIME, making the sordid apartment
seem all the more dingy and hopeless.
A boy was seated on a tumbled-down
bed, playing away for dear life on a
concertina. The wheezy strains rose and
fell with a regular cadence that showed
a better ear than instrument, for the
musician seemed to play with all his
heart and soul, his abandon contrasting
strangely with his mean surroundings
and the dreariness that the little home
shared with its neighbors in a part of
town given over to the poorest people.
OF the three figures, one was an old
woman with thin gray hairs blowing about
her face She was no doubt the grand
mother The other figure was that of
a paie-faced woman, somewhat younger,
whose careworn features and dropping
shoulders spoke eloquently of toil-the
hard grinding toll by which jewellers in
city tenements earn their bread, battling
for a miserable existence Yet, now her
face was aglow with look of pride and
affection, as she bent her eyes on the
boy and listened to the strains he lit
orally wrung from his quavering instru-
ment, his head thrown back and one foot
beating time on the. floor. She must have
been his mother. The old woman seemed
enraptured. too. as the music rose and
fell and the boy swayed this way and
| that. after the style Of the old-time min
| strels
| Everything else seemed to be forgotten
| toll and WEAKNESS and poverty's heavy
| hand The booming of trolley cars with
| out and the rumble Of delayed trucks
could not break the spell which bound
these three together. And still the boy
| played and still the women sat and
looked at him with glistening eyes.
What was he playing? Tune of all
| others least to be expected, and yet
most appropriate; A "ragtime" ditty
whistled by newsboys on the streets, 81
| Amt No Mister Morgan"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
Some Little Stories
Around The To7On

thorough bred hens, parades majestic
ally one side the fence, while a poor
cockerel. doomed to wander with a
few old common "specks" and top
knots rushed nervously here and
there. seeking a fight.
Now he is chased by a bright eyed
little 4-year-old. who has just dumped
his younger brother into the horses
drink tub. The creak of the hinges
on the whitewashed barn door mingles
with the song of the hens, while the
sun peeps out from behind a cloud to
warm the mud cakes for the growing
boys. Though their loose Bingham
aprons cover small bodies the back
yard of their lives should make them
big men.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
HIS AGED PARENTS
CAME FROM COUNTRY

In the cafe of one of the largest hotels
a trio of people formed the group at
table during the hour of the evening meal.
One was young man dressed IN the lat
est STYLE while the other two were a
gray-haired couple attired in the fashion
of a decade or two ago, and everything
about them indicating their fresh arrival
from extreme rural regions
These two were plainly embarrassed,
but very much interested in the place.
They asked pointed questions about TINS
and that, each of which was answered
in a gentle, explanatory way py the
young man. Their eyes rested upon MIN
proudly. while his returned the love ex-
pressed He had ordered an elaborate re-
| past. and the cutlery which accompanied
| 1t was various. They fingered 1t curl
| ously and the old gentleman remarked
| that 1.-THE waiter must have thought the
rest of the family were coming In later.
In a delicate loving manner he explained
| the use of the different knives and FORKS
and the meal continued, during which ne
told them of the programme he hao out
lined for their entertainment.
The eroup was the synosure of all otner
ewes in the Mace and the subject or many
conversations. Diners close by soon
learned that 1t was the first trip wnlch
the older man and woman had ever mace
to city, the largest place they nao WIS
tied being the rural village, from "nich
they lived several miles. The young man
was their son. who had come to the CITY
and made his fortune, and they had come
to visit him on his invitation. Their oress
was uncouth and they attracted immeoi-
| ate attention, but they were his parents
and he was proud of them.
He was the recipient of looks ana ex-
nressions of admiration from other per-
sons for the gentlemany and loving way
In which he was treating his country pa
rents. He wasn't ashamed for his fash
ionable friends to see him with them, out
instead was introducing these friends TO
them. So different from very recent
instance in Birmingham where young
man. who had come to Birmingham ana
| acquired wealth and social position, had
hustled his country parents on to another
CITY upon their visit to him here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
LONG DISCUSSES
FLORENCE AFFAIR

When asked yesterday about the
charges which resulted in the horse
whipping in Florence Thursday, J. Lee
Long. campaign manager for O'Neal.
simply said: Mayor Walker seems to
be able to take care of the matter. 1t
has been denied a dozen times, but we
do not propose to let them dignity a
corpse that is Il wears old as the is
sue of this campaign. If the amend
ment is dead this certainly ought to be.
They talk about the Palmer and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16

only friend to his work, and the blind
man feels the tug of the guiding rope and
trusts to his dog. A strange sight is
there The broken human totters behind
the faithful brute; the fellowship of man
has given place to the fellowship of brute
and man.
The dog knows nothing of duty yet his
whole existence is duty. He has no soul,
yet who will dare say he has no heart
Save In the lack of soul, in what respect
Is the brute inferior to human? he
loves, and does not deceive; he ooeys, ana
Goes not betray. :,
And where exists the brute who will
sheer at the blind man and his dog?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
CHARGE OF FRAUD
IS NOT SUST AIMED
Watson Wins in Contest Over Circuit
CIerkship in Butler County-Good
Roads Bond Election

Greenville, April -(Special.)-The
county executive committee met this
morning to take up the matter of con-
test of W. ]. Nicholson VS.. w. S. Wat
sou for the office of circuit clerk
AT the recent county primary watson
was given the nomination by a very close
vote Nicholson contended that there
were enough illegal votes TO change the
result. The committee was in session
several hours and examined a number
of boxes and finally decided that there
were not sufficient grounds to sustain
the contestant and by a unanimous vote
declared w. S. Watson the nominee for
circuit clerk
The meeting was very harmonious
one.
The contest brought good many peo-
pie to town, who were more or less IN
terested as witnesses or interested as
friends of the parties.
The county commissioners will meet on
April 27 and there is no doubt but that
thew will call an election for a vote on
the issuance of bonds for the building
OF good roads The committee of citt-
gems asked for 100000 issue. A num-
her of the business men of Georgiana
met with some of the business men OF
This place last night and discussed the
question. The meeting showed that all
of them were enthusiastic for the bond
issue The election will carry by good
vote, it is believed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16

'ssssssssssss.ssss'.'ss's' ''''ss'''s'''''s'''''
hundreds expressing their purpose to live
more for Gods glory and the good of
the church,
10 has been decided to continue the
meetings until next Wednesday, April
20 There will be no meeting today, but
tomorrow afternoon there will be mass
meeting for women and children at the
First Presbyterian church at $3.50 o'clock,
addressed by DR.. Thacker, and at the
night meeting DIR. Thacker will speak
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16

on THE Insufficiency of Self, when all
the Presbyterian churches Of the city
will unite
Last night DR.. Thacker spoke on 1.-THE
Perfect One before a good congrega-
ton, and the singing led by Mr.. Fisher
was the best yet. He sang Eyes That
Are Weary and Drifting. with fine eff
feet.
After describing the spotless character
of Christ, DR.. Thacker called upon the
congregation to accept His gospel, which
appeals alike to conscience. reaGon and
the hearts deep need
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
VISIBLE RESULTS
FROM MEETINGS

Great visible results have been realized
by the Thacker- Fisher meetings which
are now in progress at the First Presby-
terrain church. During the meetings near
ly 1900 cards have been signed, many
of them confessing faith in Christ. and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
Death In Columbus

Columbus. Miss, April 15.-lSpecial.)-
Ribh c. Garner, aged II, a resident OF
Noxubee county, Miss, Confederate vet
eran, died at the Columbus hospital yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock. He is SUR
vIved by two sons. John T. Garner, re-
siding somewhere In Louisiana, and
Peter P. Garner a member of the Missis-
sippi Agricultural and Mechanical college
faculty The remains will be carried &c
Macon, Miss, for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-16
Grand Jury Adiourns

Albertville, April 15.-(speciai.)- 1.-THE
Marshall county grand jury. which has
been in session at Guntersville, adjourned
Yesterday after finding IA true bills
"Pick'' Rhoden was indicted on five diff
ferent charges OF selling whisky. Rho
den conducted a little store on the banks
of the Tennessee river at Guntersville.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1910-07-14
Railroads Must Pay Taxes,

More than 100000 acres OF
land, the unsurveyed and unpat-
ented residue ofenormous grants
made in times past to various
railroad companies, will be sur
veyed under the provisions of a
law enacted in the closing days
of the late session OF congress,
and as soon as surveyed will be-
come subject to taxation.
just how soon these SURVEYS
can be made is problematical,
but within a year or Is months,
this great acreage, scattered
through ten states and territor-
les, may begin paying taxes.
The bill was recommended by
Secretary Ballinger in his report
last fall. 1t provides that any
railroad corporation required by
law to pay the costs of survey
ing, selecting or conveying any
lands granted by congress, shall,
within 80 days from demand OF
the secretary of the interior, de-
posit in a United States deposit
DRY to the credit of the United
States a sum sufficient to pay
the cost ofsurveying and convey
ing any part of the unsurveyed
lands of its grant.
Any railroad company which
fails to come forward with the
money called for by the secretary
of the interior within the time