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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
BIRMINGHAM and Corey

"Alabama," says the Manufacturers
pecord. as being given notable aaYeF-
.;so,,ent In a fact connected with tue
,,,,,dinp of a street railway line con-
Meeting Birmingham with Corey ihe
new industrial town being punt iiV ON
the ground up to meet the denahos
~ expanding activities at Ensley. a
few days ago 500 tons of so-pouna
-, rs,s were laid down on the right
Of way>of the road. These rails hao
within a few days after the order "as
rive, been run through the mills OF
.he Tennessee Coal, Iron ad kallroaa
company and delivered. The iihe -
,xneeted to be completed by June l.
he striking fact about it is that It's
ai,s will lie within 20 or so minutes
all, If the sources of the materials
rom which they were made the ore
the coke used in turning the ore into
nie iron and the limestone used as
lux The proximity of raw materials
.or the production of steel is the eie-
mental influence in the growth that ehe
district has already attained and tue
sure factor for its greater develop
ment
This is the story of this district IN
f., nutshell. The only point notaa als-
.losed is the proximity of all this ra"
,aterial to a river that will soon be
anon the wear round to tidewater. Corey
8 not more than 10 miles from thal
-iver. and a town 10 miles from six
foot slackwater navigation the year
round with so much hidden wealth on
all sides of it need have no doubts
about its growth and prosperity
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
Prof. Caryer'S Remedy for High Prices

Thomas Nixon Carver is the professor
Of economics at Harvard university, and
ne has been working his gray matter to
And a remedy for prevailing high prices.
He has evolved a plan in four proper
without money and without price.
He wants in the first place all taxes
taken off industry and put entirely on
privilege. This is certainly very just
and equitable proportion. Under this rule
Australian beef could come in free to the
confusion of the beef trust while the
loss in revenue would be collected from
the beef trust itself. To this proposition
Of Professor Carver no just objection
applies.
Then in the second place he says gold
currency should be substituted for bank
notes. Gold has become so plentiful ii
Il becoming less ValuaDle. Coln cdflhol
he handled as conveniently as paper
money, but still If the gold supply keeps
On increasing the Carver plan may have
to pc adopted.
The other two propositions of the Har-
ward professor are embraced in the es-
adjustment of postal savings banks and
the institution of a parcels post.
Four better remedies could not well be
named, and yet the Aldriches and Keans
and Lodges of Congress will not permit
one of them to become law and fact. 1t is
necessary first to abolish the standpat-
tiers and the machine portion of the repub-
ucan party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
In the Appalachian Field

The gas wells in Fayette county arc
= part of the Appalachian field which
extends from western New York to
and really through Alabama. This field
II very productive of oil and gas. Oil is
not, however, always found in eco
nomic quantities where gas is. In tn,
Appalachian field oil and gas are found
In sandstone and the depth at which the
one or the other. or both, are found
depends upon the degree to which the
strata are saturated with water. Par
tial saturation is the general condi-
tion of the Appalachian field.
This field is the richest in the coun.
try. excelling by far the Lima Indians
acid, the Illinois field, the mid cont,
mental field in Kansas, Oklahoma ant
northern Kansas. the California. fields
the Colorado fields, and the Alask'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

From the Blujacket
The traditional man-of- wars man,
who made 1t practice to roll his quid
to the other side of his cheek and spit
on his hands before taking to the guns,
is decidedly a thing of the past ac-
cording to the reports of the navy de-
partment.
The quid of chewing tobacco is no
longer an essential characteristic of
the man behind the guns. He Is coming
to the conclusion that he doesn't care
for chewing tobacco or that it is not a
nice habit or that he hasn't time to
chew and be about his business, too.
Last year the navy department. con-
tracted for 100000 pounds of chewing
tobacco for the use of the men of the
fleet. This year the contracts will cal
for about 10000, less than one third
of that amount.
There was a time when chewing to-
bacco was as important a feature of the
ships commissary as the allowances OF
grog was to Captain Kids crew and
Captain Marryat's sailors. But the
modern sailor has changed his habits
He Is a daintier sort of person b,
far, cleaner cut, more orderly being
who has not lost altogether. his socia
perspective. Nowadays the sailor pre-,
| fers cigarette to the quid of tobacco
but on the whole he is less inclined t.
/ both nicotine and grog than he ha.
| ever been before. i
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
PASSING OF STAGE SERVANTS

him till the last aeD. But while this love
scene is going on, you will observe, the
butler spunctuates his ardent protesta-
tions of undying affection with remarks
about the state OF the plot.
The stage housekeeper, while not SO
common as the stage butler and ladies'
maid, was even more garrulous. She al
ways had passion, too, for busting. A
play with housekeeper in 1t must have
been the paradise of those charwomen
who move soft-footed around a darkened
playhouse by day. putting huge sheets
oyer the chairs, picking up the discarded
programmes of the night before and dust
ing the scenery. When the curtain rose
the stage housekeeper was seen hurrying
about the ROOM wiping off the furniture
and chattering as fast as she could.
Nothing escaped her comment. She could
get plot started as quickly as a New
England farmers wife can read scan
DIAL. Before she had been audible for
FIVE minutes you knew the inmost history
OF all the characters. Sometimes you
for the play at all. The stage house,
keeper is only recently passed. She spoke
her farewell-at least let us hope 1t was
her farewell-in a play put on by the
great Wizard himself, the mighty David
Belasco. 1t was called the Fighting
Hope" 1t was fighting hope for more
than one of the old conventions of the
stage. The stage servant is passing from
the drama because he was not part of
the story, but a mechanical agent of the
plot; he was not a reality, but conven-
tio1., Requiescat in pace. -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

piaa of driving entries to the boundary
before beginning to open rooms is an ex-
ce,lent plan. These entries are" IL
says, lin the nature of explorations; they
permeate the whole proposed territory of
the mine in the direction ii is TO be
worked. II there be rock fault. a cut
ting out of the coal, large bcly of gas,
or any other difficulty to be met, these
entries expose it and measures to meet
the contingency can be taken in time
The floor levels can be taken, and at the
lowest point In the mine the stump can be
dug and the big pumps located so as TO
drain every part of the mine we'll and
properly. The highest point of the roof
can also be found, and there can the
escapoment shaft be sunk with a good
safe stairway up to it. to the end that
should anything occur to the fan. natural
ventilation would begin automatically, 10
the probable saving of many, obliged TO
rush for the high places, and of others
who follow the air in such crises, know
ing it leads to the air shaft and safety"
When mining is conducted on the re-
treating plan and our mines are duly
watered, we may be sure there will be
few, If any more. disasters, and fed
eral bureau of mines will perhaps be able
TO lead up to the adoption of these better
methods
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

of the federal courts especially to be
commendede The question is answered.
we think, by the result of the democratic
primary in Alabama on Monday wheh
Emmett o'Neal was nominated for COVER
nor over H. S. d. Mallory by majority
of 0000 votes. Mr.. o. Meals support came
from the conservative democrats who
were disguised alike with Comerism and
the Anti-Saloon league.
AS demagogue the present governor
of Alabama has had his day. His diatrioes
against the railroads. his windy challenges
of federal process, and his assaults upon
the integrity of Judge Thomas G. Jones,
to whom the people of Alabama really
owe their escape from the political mad
house. are no longer heard with credunty
or always with tolerance Prohibition Is
also on its last legs in Alabama, owing to
the crazy antics of the Anti-Saloon
league. Mr. o,Neal resolutely fought both
Comerism and the league. In his first
speech of the campaign, which was made
while the defeat of the prohibition amend
ment to tho state constitution was still
fresh In the public mind, he said:
1.-THE result Of the recent election meant
more than the defeat of the amendment;
it was a protest against continual extra
sessions of the Legislature, against en-
croachment by the executive upon the
legislative department, against extreme,
Incorporate and radical legislation 1t
was a protest against waste and extrav-
agance in public expenditures, against
hot mr. Qpitation into
which the state has been plunged by the
ambf>sons and schemes of selfish politi-
cians''
In the campaign that closed in Alabama
last week Mr.. II. S. ID. Mallory had the
support of the prohibitionists that is to
say, the Anti-Saloon league, and also
the benefit of whatever influence Gov
ernor Conner could exercise in his behalf,
but, unlike his uncompromising oppon-
nent, Mr.. Mallory had no platform, de-
claring that the resolutions TO be adopted
by the state convention would suit him.
Mr.. O'Neal made his fight in the open
against Comerism and absolute prohibit
ton. Local option was his solution of
the irrepressible liquor question. Mr.. NAL
lory's record committed him to the pro-
hibition laws now on the statute books,
for he was more responsible than any
other man for the submission of the
amendment that was defeated
In Alabama the candidate selected at
the democratic primary becomes automat-
ically the governor OF the state, the cleo
ton being q formality. Governor ONeal
will ssnd his messages to a legislature
controlled by conservative men. 1t is
reasonable to suppose that local option
will take the place of prohibition, full
filling the prediction of the Hon. Eu-
gene Chafin, lately the prohibition can
didate for President. who found himself
unequal to the task of disciplining the
Anti-Saloon league.
Comerism is dead in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
Work Mt Corey

THE contractors engaged in the
moving of dirt and doing the pre-
liminary work in the building of the
city of Corey are making wonderful
progress" said ]. c.. Lusk vice pres
ident of the Jemison Real Estate and
Insurance company. yesterday.
THE contractors have only been OH
the job for 80 days and have already
completed a little more than one
fourth the work. In view of the fact
that forces and machinery had to he
organized and put in proper running
order during this time the record that
has been made is certainly very en-
couraging.
The weekly record of work shows
that the ratio of result is being rapidly
increased. Twice as much work Will
be accomplished in the next so days
as in the part so days.
Excavation for sanitary sewer,
storm sewer and the grading of streets
are all being carried along together.
1.-THE water works company is put
ting in its pipes, gas pipes will go
down as the work progresses. Men
were put to work yesterday laying
track for the street railway to the
heart of the new town.
1.-The man who has not seen the
site of Corey for 80 days would not
recognize the, place now. The pro-
gress that is being made is truly won
derful. The building of new city
from the ground up is an interest
ing operation and will be watche ed with
interest by the people of the Biz
n.ingham district.
There is reason for rapid work in
the building of Corey. The large man
ufacturing plants that are now being
built in the vicinity are calling for
til ousands of laborers In the construc-
ton work. These new people must
have homes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
Death OF King Edward

The secrecy with which the ailments o:
the late King were handled had not led
the people of this country to anticipate
the early demise of England's popular
King. and even in England the news
o. his death will be received as a sud
den and unexpected blow. He was be-
loved beyond any monarch of modern
times, and in London itself he was fondly
called Good Old Edward so dear had
he become to his people.
He was dear to them because he stood
| fol, peace and for the maintenance of
Englands prestige among the nations.
| Queen Victoria died on January %, 1901
and the Prince of Wales was crowned
Edward VII on August 8, 1902 after I'M
dergoing severe operation. He soon,
however, regained his customary strength
and he began at once a diplomatic career
that has since become the marvel of the
world, and that will suffice to give him
high place in the annals of his eoun-
try. He not only brought France In
close touch with England. but he actual
" secured the friendship of Russia, espe-
CHILLY in Persia, and this, too, despite
th, fact that England had become asso-
ciated with Japan by means of q treaty
that Is still operative. Instead OF being
isolated as she was at times in Queen
yictorias lifetime. England has become
the central figure OF European diplomacy
and IT is Germany that has become to
some, extent isolated. Whatever King
Edward did was in the interest of peace
He wanted peace first and most of all,
and It was in good part due TO his per-
.sonal efforts that the peace of Ports
mouth was secured, and the bloodiest war
Of modern times summarily ended. His
diplomatic successes ana HIS 1--WE VI pe'cc
will long keep fresh his memory in the
hearts of his. people.
He dies when his country Is in the
throes of an unnistakabIe revolution. The
new budget is essentially revolutionary
In its methods of taxation. The lands
OF the wealthy leisurely class are to be
taxed as they never have been, and the
principle of heredty in the house of
lords is imperiled II he had lived he
might have secured compromise. His
untimely death means, no doubt, that
the revolution will go on to conclusion
unchecked by any compromise.
The Prince of Wales, who will come to
tn. throne, Is a man of good habits
a gainst whom no one has a harsh word.
But he is not ambitious to shine as a
diplomat, and he is. moreover, a man
of a retiring disposition. He cannot fill
the shoes of his father. He will. no
doubt, be a constitutional king, accept
able in a conventional sense. He can
never win the good will of the people
as his father did. He never can re-
neat the Diplomatic triumphs that came
to the dead king whenever he went to
another country. England will long have
reason to remember Edward, and all the
rest of the world will lay tributes on
his coffin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
THE EVE OF BATTLE

BY Lord Byron.
There was sound of revelry by night.
And Beigiums capital had gathered
then
Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright
The lamps shone DER fair women and
brave men.
A Thousand hearts beat happily and
when - hs 73s@t =
Music arose with its voluptuous SWELL,
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which
spake again, ~ 7sff
And all went merry as a marriage bell
But, hush! bark! a deep sound strikes
like a rising knell! ss.s...sss
Did We not hear it? No, twas but the
wind, rt Fl. feosf
Or the car rafting DER the stony street
On with the dance-let joy be unconfined;
No sleep TIL morn, when youth and
pleasure meet ~
To chase the glowing hours with flying
feet.
But, bark. that heavy sound breaks In
once more,
As If thenclouds it's echo would repeat:
And nearer clearer. deadier than befores
Arm arm! II is-it Is the cannen's opea-
!. ing rQaTi .-,..-..- ~ -.>s.--,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

From the Now fOrK FTeSB.
When girl wants to see real beauty
she thinks she has to look into a mirror
for II.
There's a fair chance of a man not
breaking a promise to his wife If he's
in his grave.
Everybody wants to be doctor about
good advice, so as to prescribe it and
not have to take it.
What woman loves about being
far from home in hotel is she can
act as II her husband was millionaire
till it comes to the tips.
A chicken hasn't sense enough not to
get run over by an automobile, but 1t
has too much to try to drive one when
It doesn't know how
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

fields. There is no reason why both
gas and oil should not exist at the Ala
hama end of the Appalachian field ard
the borings in Fayette county may be
the beginning of a discovery of vast
hidden wealth of organic origin in the
form of gas and even of oil.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
~ HOTEL LORBIES.
Visitors From s.ads,len

Fourteen car loads of people from
Gadsden win arrive In Birmingham
Saturday morning for an outing, said
Frank III. Bell yesterday.
their families. They are taking their
annual outing and will spend the day
u Birmingham and the surrounding
pleasure resorts. One of the features
of the day will be barbecue at East
Lake"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

From the New YORK sun
Was the reputation of James X. Var
daman and the choice of Leroy Percy as
United States senator by the Mississippi
legislature symptomatic of reaction In
the south from the sentiment that found
all radical policies admirable and defiance
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
TO A DEAD SOLDIER.

TO A DEAD SOLDIER.
The Atlanta Constitution pays the foI-
lowing beautiful tribute to Col. Lovick p.
Thomas.
In that most whitening battle around
Atlanta. July %. 1854, when gaping lines
were ,thinned by grape and cannonball,
and when the red soil was drenched
deeper hue by the life blood of contending
Americans, 1t was Col Lovick P. Thomas
whose deeds of almost superhuman valor
added fresh laurels to the brow of the.
dying Confederacy .-- ~
To-day he sleeps under the peaceful
skies of May, the flowers of spring and
the tears of friends making fragrant his
grave; in the distance the faint hum of
the great city he had served In the clash
of war and the more bitter clash of re-
construction.
ut is fitting sepulcher. Resting in the
hillside made memorable by his daring,
crowned with the blossoms SO emblematic
of the purity and sweetness of his life,
while in the hearts of sorrowing hosts
abide memories equally blended of love
and inspiration.
Courage and sacrifice were the themes
to which the melodies of an upright life
were pitched. Courage in the face of dam
ger that few of us in the days of peace
recast in imagination without wondering
gasp. Courage in the face of the gruelling
and relentless contests which confronted
Atlanta after the war, and through which
the city and its multiplying people, led by
such men as Lovick p. Thomas, wrought
indomitably to the stature of our day. .
Slowly the shades of evening gather
thicker over the dwindling hosts in gray
Faster and yet faster these old men, vail
liant. tread bravely the path of the twi-
light out into the brighter day that lies
beyond.
None Drawer, none purer, none more
eensecrated, than Lovick P. Thomas has
wrapped around him the draperies of his
couch and laid down to pleasant dreams'
A GOOD PLAN.
The road seems long when troubles press
That's why ] think we ought
To keep tight hold of happiness
And make the road seem short.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

Mayor Gaynor does not consult Epicte-
tus on all matters, but still he continues
TO give eminent satisfaction to the peo-
pie of the big city. His courage is equal
to his convictions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

President Taft Is giving at present more
time to baseball games than to the deliy-
cry of best-sver speeches on the Aldrich
tariff. He is becoming sensible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

Maxim Gorky has not deserted social
Ism. On the contrary, he is keeping
school at Capri, his pupils being intend
ing socialists, and not children.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

The corner in grand opera does not
distress the everyday man nearly so
much as the perpetual corner in meats,
manipulated by the National Packing
company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

A girl prisoner in a California Jail has
been released on account of her excellent
sir ging John Carter, the poet, should
marry her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

The railroads are raising rates all
along the line in order to get ready 10
meet the admlnistratio railroad bill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

Westcn's admirers will not go so far in
imitation of him as to cut down railroad
receipts.
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suner.

The middleman overlaps on both edges,
hurting the producer as well as the con-
sumner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

The trouble is, Mayor Gaynor could
not carry Ohio and Judson Harmon
could not carry New York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

Two rival Ananias clubs seem to be
needed In Washington. while the Balm
tive
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

EXTREME CASE.
HE seems to be a conservative man."
"Oh. very conservative. l don't believe
he ever takes q bath without first consid-
ering the matter from every possible
point of view"
LIvING'S HIGH.
1t takes lot
OF toiling
To keep the pot
A-boiling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

Both Ballinger and his opponents are
giving the committee on membership OF
the Ananias club a deal of work to do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

Bostons prize Goldfish is six feet long,
and vet its bars are closed to the thirsty
at all early hour every night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

To enjoy a tour of Europe, serve first
a term as President of these United
States. Do not forget this rule.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

Colonel Roosevelt has made no plans
for resting after he returns. He does not
believe in rest cures
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

The joy rider who can fly to EIalley's
comet on an aeroplane and bestride IL
will Guido all his colleagues.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

The farmers who have struggled with
the weather object to control of prices
by gamblers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

7. r., back from Elba, is scheduled,
alas, TO land in New York on the Water
loo anniversary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07

Horses no longer shy at automobiles,
but they are ever ready to give aero
planes a wide berth.