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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

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 Wilbur Wright taught three govern ment officials how to fly. Within three months Lieutenant Foulois had been sent to a remote Texas post for routine duty Lieutenant Lahm had been sent to Fort Riley to think of many things besides flying, and lieutenant Humphreys, within a year. had resigned his commission, be- cause he saw no hope of getting aloft while a soldier, and was so badly bitten by the aerobug that he could not rest aground. The aeroplane which the gov- ernment bought was sent to San An tonic. About the only contribution the army's aviation school made toward furthering the conquest of the air was that its teacher discovered while instruct ing in 1t at College Park that he could overcome a certain undulating motion In his bipane by moving one of the front elevating planes to the rear. Within a year. almost on the day that Lieutenant Humphreys resigned his commissions the Wright brothers showed in public their first aerial touring car, planned to ride as steady as a Pullman and built to accomplish the feat with both front ele- yating planes cut off and all the work Of up-an-down manipulation put upon the one plane at the rear. By inspiring Lieutenant Humphreys to resign Wilbur Wright won him from the army as per manent aide in the field of progressive experimentation. It will be some time before the American people take much interest in a doctrinaire world in which all departments of human life and prog ress are entrusted to bureaucracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
Int men are men; the best sometimes forget.
Louisiana a Corn Exporting State

Thanks to the boil weevil Louisiana corn production has been carried up to .s5.ooo.ooo in value. It stood at about 100000 a few years ago. In this way he pest from the Rio Grande has be- come a providential boon instead of curse to the state.
 The production of cotton which once averaged about 1,1Oo,0Oo bales year was reduced last year to 2So,ooo bales. The farmers of Louisiana have made good he loss in the growing of corn.
 On the best lands they are growing 70 bushels of corn to the acre. This IS -yorth s5 cents a bushe1 on the farm. or c5 per acre, and cotton rarely exceeded that sum to the acre. The corn experts cf the federal government are teaching he farmers how to secure big yields even 5n the hill lands.
 Last year Louisiana became an ex- ,orter of corn, it being her first experi- once in that direction. This year they will have millions of bushels to sell. and gone predict that next year the excess of the states production over consump- ion may go to 1oo,00O,ooo bushels. When -tate raises it's corn production from .bout 1e,o0o, 900 bushels, at which amount it stood in 1902, to an aggregate approach ing 100, ,o0o,Ooo bushels, it may be set down a revolution in agriculture. There is lenty of corn-plant food in any south m state, and all ths southern acres i, eed is modern intensive cultivation in o-der to make them produce great crops ef corn.
 Alabama Is due just such a revolution n corn production as the one that Louisi- Ia has actually found feasible and profitable. Under the spur of the boil -eevil 1t will come, and the wise farmer I Alabama will begin to study either 'le Williamson or the government method ee corn cultivation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. R. WOODROW WILSON will, oi course. resign as president of Princeton university in the event of his election as governor of New Jersey. His resignation will be placed in the hands of the trustees at their next meeting. and what action they will take is as yet hypothetical. It is highly probable that they will defer the question until the result of the election shall be known.
 It Is due to Wilson that Princeton has realized "the idea of a university" To be sure, in 1896, after 15O years, the college decided to call itself by the bigger name, but 1t was a somewhat arbitrarily chosen title. The growth of the graduate school, the establishment of science courses with adequate lab oratory equipment, the enlargement of the scope of the institution in varf- ous ways, have justified the new name. The introduction of the preceptorial system has made the academic com munity members one of another:" fac ulty and students have come into close personal contact. and any recent gradu- ates will testify to a relationship of delightful intimacy between the teacher and the taught. The development of Princeton's solidarity has been Wood row Wilson's first thought. He has well comed gifts of buildings and money. but has striven to make 1t plain that the living reaction of one mans mind on another's is of more importance. as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
WILSON OF PRINCETON

1t was at Williams college In Garfields day.
 Wilson was the first layman to be chosen president of Princeton. He had been as successful and popular 8 teach CT of young men as Hadley was be- fore he vas made president of Yale. He had earned his doctorate at Johns Hopkins by a thesis on congressional government, which laid the cornerstone of his sound reputation as profound thinker and lucid expositor. He dwelt in our midst for three years as professor of history at Bryn Mawr. and this repu- tation thereby grew. He had been 12 years member of Princeton's faculty when he became the chief executive in the place of Francis L. Patton. All this while he had not ceased to produce works which are considered among the classics In their field Ills last work.
 "A History of the American People," is. perhaps, the most complete and author itative survey. of our political history. comparable alone with the work of Bryce.
 The qualities of Wilson's speech of acceptance at Trenton are the char acteristics of the mana certain gift of getting at the marrow of an issue, . pithy directness of expression, whole- some disregard of the embroidery of form and rhetorical circumstance. He will appeal TO the voters of the state by the same qualities that appealed to 1,t Drir h L. l~ ness, his genuineness and his demos- racy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Did Not Fall From stack

"B. H. Alderbolt, the man who was in. Jured by fall at Corona and brought to the Hillman hospital, was not employed py the Corona Coal and Iron company and he did not fall 30 feet from a smoke stack as was reported" said an official of the company yesterday.
 I saw the man early Monday morning He told me that he had a chill and asked that I advance him money to get home, offering to hypothecate some scaffoldns which he owned. Later in the day and Just before train time I was called to the drug store to see this man. He had fallen off of the porch and, think. broken his collar bone. The druggist attended to his injury the best he could. The man seem- ed to have fallen asleep or fainted on the drug store porch and fell off, the drop being only about four feet.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
THE MIRACLE SEASON
Wonderful Cures Performed at the
 Grotto of Lourdes

From the New York Herald.
 The miracle season at Lourdes, France, sets in about August 15, and lasts five or six weeks, terminating toward the end of September. Miracles may be achieved at other times. but they are of secondary quality. Miraculous centers vary with fashion. Formerly La salette and Paray le Monial were in favor, but now Lourdes is all the rage. A Spanish paper lately complained bitterly that France has al- most the monopoly of miracles, and that Spaniards go to the shrine of Lourdes, whereas native saints--St. James of Com postella, Our Lady of Atocha and the Black Virgin of Pilar-amply sufficed during centuries from their fathers. Lourdes, however, has a small rival in St. Bertrand de Commingues, and last Sunday a party of Toulouse pilgrims at the Montryeon station came into collision with the populace from words proceeding to blows. M. de Lacroix, leader of pill grimage, and several of his companions were locked up all night. letter from Lourdes in The Univers gives the follow ing additional details of the miracles said
 
 "we are now at Lourdes. the city of Miracles, the citadel of the supernatural, which deals the free thinkers such rude blows. The station Is becoming crowd ed, the train after train is arriving. That from Lorraine, which will shortly have the greatest number of cures to show, comes in the first. A dying woman Is 1uip f,, af ho the last gasp, and she is carried off while 1t yet remains uncertain whether or not she will help to carry some of the sick on the return journey. The train with the grands maialades arrives after a short interval, and number of men of rank, seminaries and others, com mence transporting the filters, work (which requires good deal of time. Be- fore dealing with questions of food and lodging a visit was paid to the grotto, where the sick are laid one after an- other. The communion Is commenced, and shortly afterward the miracles begin. Pere Picord leads his hearers to pray fervently, and just as the mass Is finished nine malades quesris, followed by a tenth, ascend the winding path in the rear of the holy sacrament, which is bee ing conveyed to the Basilles, and from this moment fresh cures are announced Limbs which had remained paralyzed for 10 years become living again; a blind man recovers his sight; deaf and dumb per- son begins to talk; wounds close up; stomachs which could not digest food resume the full possession of their func- tions. and consumptive patients declared incurable announce themselves perfectly well. None Of the sick members of the pilgrimage have succumbed, though sev- eral were in critical condition. but God has inscrutably pleased to take to Him. self person who went to take part in the pilgrimage with his family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
On His Way to Vienna

Birmingham will be represented in the second International Congress of Re- frigeration at Vienna, October to F. by MT. W. J. Rushton, who began his jour ney to the Austrian capital this week. said John Sparrow last night. "Refriger- ation Is an expansive word in these days of industrial progress. and covers much more than ice-making and cold storage.
 'Mr. Rushton Is an authority on re- frigeration in both its business and scien- tific aspects. and goes to Vienna as one of the delegates from the American As- sociation of Refrigeration. The Vienna congress. which is under the patronage of his serene highness the Archduke Leopold Salvador. will be notable gathering of experts in refrigeration, and will also be a brilliant event socially. The American delegates will endeavor to land the third congress. which will be held two years hence. and the probability of their success Is strong"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
Formulation of Southern Cities

Tt had been generally thought" said l.. P. Roddy of Chicago. "that the lead ing cities In this part of the south would appear in the census about like this Memphis 100000, Nashville 13o,ooo. Bir- mingham 125,oOo, Atlanta 14o,0Oo and New Orleans S75.000. But I was in Memphis and Nashville recently and no big claims were being made in those cities. Con- servative citizens of Memphis will be satisfied with population of 155,ooo to 1e0,000, and well informed citizens of Nashville say they are not expecting the census to give them more than 10000.
 Birmingham looks to be like city of fully 140,000, and it will probably get something like 135.o00 in the census. Att lanta has already been announced and 1t came out with flying coiors-154,ooo. Att lanta Is a solid city. but I cannot help thinking that clerical errors were made in its favor in enumerating and tabulat- Ing the population. If Atlanta has 154, 900 inhabitants I would say that Birming- ham had 100000.
 AT was disappointed in New Orleans census population-S39,0 900. It seemed to be growing at a very rapid rate when was there four years ago. and I would have bet that in this census its popula- ton would have been nearly 4oo,00o''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21

ton. In the meanwhile his friends pro- pose to give him dinner in Chicago to vlndicate him from the indictment brought against him by Mir Roosevelt while en tour.
 Let us hope the senatorial committee will sift the matter to the bottom. If Lorimer obtained his seat by bribery and corrupt practices, let the entire. scheme be exposed to the fullest extent of pub licity. Let all the gumshoeing and hid den methods of Illinois politicians be set down in black and white. This is what the public demands and deserves.
 Fortunately Senator Joseph F. Johns- ton is member of the committee. He is at present in Chicago ready to hear all the evidence that can be gathered. and the readers of The Age-Herald may feel assured he is taking a hand in the gath ering of that evidence. He has no de- sire to set alongside a senator with a tainted title to a seat. He will do his utmost. VIC may be sure, to bring out the truth. the whole truth, and it may become his duty to write scorching minority report if MT. Burrows and the other standpatters of the committee should attempt to whitewash Lorimer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
Municipal Ownership At the Polls

The City Council referred the propo- ltion touching the sale of the North birmingham plants to a referendum and he vote in that referendum was well igh unanimous. The ratio of the vote vas 1 for to 66 against, and that is as searly unanimous as a referendum ever becomes.
 The vote Is really a vote in favor f municipal ownership of public util- ties. The road to it is long and diff icult but the ideal Is in the peoples mind and that is why they voted against selling what little the city has.
 If the city government can conduct the North Birmingham plants profit ably, they may be extended. This is . pretty large sized 'if," but Mayor elect Exum is a business man and he may be able to do what mere poli- ticians are never able to accomplish.
 At any rate the North Birmingham plants are to be retained and the man. aer of conducting them and the fig ures of receipts and expenditures will be read with interest al the end of each year. The new administration has a task of operation before it that may decide the local problem of municipal ownership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
REPUBLICAN LULLABY

Jefferson Toomhs in Harper's Weekly. Hush. my little insursent child; Cease thy shrieks and thy wailings wild: Hush. and listen thy slumber song, Thou who knowest not right from
 wrong Lulled to rest by good Nursey Taft: Hush thee, hush thee, lul-lullabyi
 Close that eye Which winketh awryi And this shall allure thee to slumher
 serene: 'rhs very best tsrin bill we've ever seen!' Peace. my weanie, do not insurge! Do not splutter and sprawl and splurge: Tut! Don't strike at thy nursey's cheeki List the charm that my voice shall
 speak. There, now. there! Art thou going daft Hark to the croon of thy Nursey Taft: Lul-ah-luI- -ah- -lul-lullaby!
 Schedules highf
 Fife, o fie! Now this shall enchant thee to sleep at
 last; @-- 'The very best tarir bir we've ever
 pascal" An! My Iaddie, my precious prize! Let the sandman shut up your eyes-- Yes, and let him shut up your mouthg You're soaring people from north to
 south. Hush. my lambie! One time thou
 lauged And cooed with glee at thy Nursey Taft. Lullahy-low. Lul-lullaby-
 Do not cry.
 Me-Oh-my! Listen and don't be 70 naushty-bad; '"The very best tarin bill we've ever
 hadl" ---J
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
From the Boston Tran

From the Boston Transcript.
 UT of the present sadly disordered conditions in national politics, the O possibility of the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 is bulking larger with each days developments. Un- rest seems everywhere. and he is, if not it's prophet certainly its beneficiary No one can read his western speeches with out becoming convinced of his willing ness to be drafted again for the presi- dential nomination of his party. Hardly word has been, said by him in public or in private in praise of Taft, although
 in several instances activities of the Taft administration came in for his commen- dation This was inevitable. And yet Taft was his selection for the presidency.
 The country is in that extraordinary frame of mind when nothing that Presi- dent Taft does seems to win favorable suits were made, setting those of his administration beside those of his pre- decessor, 1t is a fair prediction that more would be found to have been actually accomplished by him than in any corre- spending period of MT. Roosevelt's years of office. The successful prosecution of the great trusts; the new indictments se- cured of other alleged combinations: the passage of railroad regulation and simi- lar corporate legislation; the establish ment of tariff commission to afford more equitable mechanism for future tar if making, are results which are repre- sentative of the Taft administration Only this morning the news comes of negotiations well under way for a reel procity treaty with Canada. As Presi- dent MT. Taft Is doing things in a quiet but effective way; and yet such is the power of advertising that the country, absorbed in the illusion of RooseveIt.s omnipotence, seems to forget that he Is on duty.
 Mir. Taft Is a sensitive man. He has remitted no effort to make himself a good President of the United States. Conscious of the rectitude of his own purposes, and the earnestness of his en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
MINISTERIAL SALARIES

From Harpers Weekly.
 According to new government bulle- tin, the ministerial profession is not in so bad a case in this day and generation as we are sometimes led to suppose. In 1908 there were 164.s0 Christian ministers in the United States; they were increas- ing at the rate of 4oo0 a year, and they were paid an average salary of $663 Il is estimated that this year s100,00o,000 will be paid in this country for ministers sal aries, and twice as much more for main- tenance of churches, missions. extensions and congregational expenses. Three hun dred millions is fair sum of money twice the cost of the pension list; more than our annual payment for new auto mobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21

From the New York Times.
 The government is building barbed wire fence thousand miles long between the United States and Mexico. There is just as much need of a SOo0-mile fence across the continent along our northern border. These fences are the outward and visible expression of the obstacles to trade embodied in the spirit of the best tarifr ever enacted, which is already in process of amendment. AS in the case of prohibition. the majority of the elector- ate is in favor of the law. and there Is unanimity against its enforcement. There Is 50 little real public opinion in support of the law that few are ashamed tc smuggle and many boast of it.
 Barbed wire and prison cells alone can compel obedience to statute which has ,anctiou in public opnion. It is un. popular exactly in proportion to- the diff ficulty in evading its enforcement. and gives to those willing to avade the law an unfair advantage against those who prefer to respect 1t. The barbs in tht fence are harmless compared with tho barbs in the statute, but many will set the point better in the case of the fence than when they are conQealed in the Ian. guage of the laws and party platforms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
FORTY STROKES OF PARALYsIs

Altoona Pa.) Cor. Philadelphia Record.
 An invalid for almost 60 years. Charles M Forbes, aged q. died at his home here today from the effects of his fortieth paralytic stroke. Forbes case was, SO far as local doctors have been able to dis cover. unprecedented in the science of medicine.
 When child of IS months. in Harris burg. where he was born, he was strick- on with infantile paralysis, which is now prevalent in many parts of the country, and was never able to walk. Stroke af- ter stroke left him just little more heip- less than before.
 Some of the ablest physicians in the country have examined him. but could grant no relief. A man in size, but child in mind for the past 10 years. he has been as helpless as a baby, and re- ceived his fortieth stroke September 3. His wonderful constitution was no longer capable of further resistance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
SEEKING TO BE DRAFTED

deavors. he has been hurt by the slights cles. like that of the state convention of Indiana, and notably in Colonel Rooss- velt's own western trip In spite of all his efforts to disguise his feelings and to mantain a conciliatory attitude. he has not been happy. Ills letter. made public today, in which he welcomes the insur- gents into full party fellowship. followed by his designation of one of Pinchot's closest friends at the head of the new bureau of mining, are samples of his conciliatory spirit.
 Tn these circumstances MT. Taft Is lia- ble to announce his withdrawal from the 1912 race, should the elections in Novem- his own party. This would apparently mean Roosevelts nomination. From pres- ent appearances 1t would mean his elec- tion by the great insurgent tide which now seems sweeping everything before it. One need not be unduly hysterical to sec in Rooseveit's success certain dan- gers to the structure of the republic. The members of Congress would feel that the people were with him and that their only avenue of popularity lay in doing his bidding. The independence of the legislative branch would thus largely vanish. if. indeed. independent-minded republicans consented to accept nomina- tions on the third term ticket. His atti- ture toward the Judiciary Is not health- full The new nationalism of which he is an exponent would mean an enormous expenditure, the building up of huge and unwieldly federal machinery, and a long iurch toward the type of government with which New Zealand has been exper- imenting. At least, these are the direc- tions in which third term of Roosevelt would move. He has performed great services for the country. His record on the whole entities him to the warm com mendation of history; but the obligation of the American people to him can be enhanced by his further refusal to vio- late one of the great traditions of the re- public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
Matinee IdoI,s Hobby

P. T. Bannan of New York. repre- sentative of Liebler & Co.,, theatrical and operatic managers. spent yesterday in Birmingham. Dustin Farnum. the actor of heroic roles of the romantic type," said MT. Bannan. lis winning great applause in Games Kirby He is a matinee idol and the women are crazy about him.
 "On the stage MT. Farnum Is a suc- cessful farmer. Agriculture Is his hobby and 1t may be of interest to know that he is the largest taxpayer in Bucksport, Me-. where he owns $40 acres of land He farms 1t and make 1t pay. His live stock. horses. cows sheep and hogs are prize winners at agricultural fairs. MT. Farnum is not only devoted to the country but he loves to talk about crops and live stock. But to see him on the stage, playing with dash and. singular grace. he is the last man in tho world who would be taken for farmer.~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-21
THOSE WHO DIE COMPLETELY

From the New York Post.
 The news of the death of a man who was once prominent figure in the gayer life of New York city must have come to most people chiefly as a surprising re- hinder of the fact that he had not died long ago. No one dies so completely as your beau or belle when once the tide of changed fashion or changed circum- stances leaves them behind.