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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12

NOTES OF MOTORDOM.


a motor club has been formed at
! Norwich, N Y.
The American Automobile association
has passed its $4,000 mark in member
ship.
The Automobile club of Syracuse is
| contemplating the establishing of a
monthly club bulletin
! Rear admiral Drake, L. S. N, is plan
! ming an automobile tour of Europe dur
| ing the coming spring and summer.
The long Island Automobile club has
gained 220 members in the past year,
and now has more than 700 on its rolls
Il is announced that 191.3S1 persons
attended the recent Olympia motor show
in London, breaking all previous rec
ords.
A Wilmington hardware firm has
placed a contract for eight tons OF steel
chain. for automobile wheels, to be used
in winter.
A horse ordinarily can net travel in
<Ilis whole life more than $4,000 miles,
whereas an automobile may do that in
two years.
The Swedish Automobile club is or
ganizine a race between Stockholm and
Gothenberg. distance of about go
miles.
some Milwaukee motorists claim that
their city has a larger proportion or
women drivers than any other city IN
this country.
There are approximately, 100000 in
dustrial motor vehicles in the United
kingdom today. with a capital value OF
S225. 200, 900.
II is estimated that there are 49,
600 automobiles in New York and that
the number is likely to be doubled In
the next year
1t is reported that the Havana Au-
tomobile club is trying to arrange Tor
a road race TO be run in Cuba some
time next February.
The automobile industry of Cleveland
n one of the worlds greatest motor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12
BESSIE WESsoN AND THE Kew rOI11I Rcc.FeRSS

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 12.-Love
bridging 40 year chasm has brought
from far away across the ocean light
hearted bride for the sutton of her
youth. though he is now gray haired
and white mustached. In the life story
of Mrs. Bessie Wesson. of Cornwall.
England. and the Rev. John Rogers, Of
Metomset, Ill, are found the essentials
for a truly pathetic. interesting and
plighted eternal troth. little thinking
last chapter.
John Rogers left England when he
was 10 years old, bound for America.
there to make his fortune and to send
for his boyhood's love. Bessie. That
was 40 years ago. The rosy checked
Cornish girl, a lass of IS. babe him
goodbye and good cheer, while they
plghted eternal tructh, little thikning
destiny would part them nearly half
century.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12
PRICES Of CARS To
De RAISED, SAY
THE DEALERS
Scarcity Of Manufacturing
Material Said to Be
Responsible.

1t is evident to those who have
closely followed the trend Of the auto
mobile industry that there will be a
general rise in the prices of motor cars
during 1910.
AS a matter of fact several makers
have already increased their prices, the
makers say. This announcement comes
as a surprise to those who are best
acquainted with the conditions of the
history. Notwithstanding the some
what prevalent impression to the con-
trary. the margin of profit in automo-
biles has been ana is modest Those
makers who are showing good returns
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12
stage FOR SOCCER.

Chicago, Jan PA a, Stagg. physician
director of the University of Chicago, is
a strong believer in soccer football. al
though not as a substitute for the Amer
lean college game. In speaking of the
subject. he said:
4 hope we may be able to have a
soccer game played before each Of our
scheduled football games Of 1910. Chi
cago certainly viii support a movement
to include association football in the
list of standard sports"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12

Something went wrong with their cor
respondence. Either the mails miscar-
ried or their letters were wrongly adj
dressed. At least the young immfgran mt
received no replies to the letters he
wrote back to England. Finally he
reached Metomset, Ill, obtained work
in a store there and Joined the MethO-
dist church. There he met the daugh-
ter of a clergyman. Failure to hear
from England only served IS a spur TO
make him work harder. and in time he
was enabled to enter college and finish
studies for the ministry.
Shortly after his graduation. having
given up the old hope in despair. he
became the fiance of the clergyman's
daughter. Within two weeks after he
announced the engagement letter ar
rived from Cornwall. Bessie wanted
TO know why she had not heard from
him. John Rogers had given his word
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12

car producing centers. is struggling
with a scarcity of machinists.
The Automobile club. Of St. Louis. is
assisting the police department TO catch
tack strewers and has offered TO help
prosecute them if caught.
Wisconsin motorists are making over
lures to the officials of the Chicago
Automobile club to have the next Cobe
trophy race run in their state.
1t is estimated that Georgia is COM
pleting more than 10 miles of good
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12

T to marry another and did not turn
back.
A year ago his wife died. Recently
he wrote to Cornwall inQuiring after
his former fance. He learned she was
alive, a widow and alone He wrote
and she promised to come 10 this
country
Mr. Rogers cabled her TO cross on
the steamer Haverford, of the American
line, TO Philadelphia, and to watch for
an elderly man wearing a bow Of bright
red ribbon in the lapel Of his coat AS
though Fate were still consp1r1ng
against them a halfScOre elderly men
Were at the pier, all wearing red bows
But the eleventh was John Rogers, and
Bessie and John were soon in each 9TH
er's arms When smiles had chased
away the tears the reunited pair hur-
ried away to find the Rev. George H
Buckley, who had promised to celebrate
the belated wedding
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12

If troubled with Indigestion, constf-
patton, no appetite or feel bilious, give
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tab
lets a trial and YOU viii be pleased with
the result. These tablets invigorate the
stomach and liver and strengthen the
digestion. Sold by all druggists.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12

roads a day. Over 1900 convicts are at
work in 1O5 counties out of the 149.
A reduced round trip railroad fare
has been granted by the Trunk Line
association
association to members of the A. A
A. who desire 10 attend the motor
shows in New York.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12

Less we forget, let's keep our money
at home and still get the best, Globe
Flour.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-12

Call Bell 10, Auto
Ills, tell what you wish
to buy, sell or rent, and
The Herald will do the
rest.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-26
Mems Top Coats

Mems Spring Top Coats in black unfinished worsted and the new Spring mixtures, latest nodeIs-ss.5o to 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
Nov .York's Candidates and Platforms

John A. Dix, the democratic nominee
 facturer and banker in a small town in Washington county--a county that lies between Troy and Lake George. He is a governor of the state in civil war days, and he was until the convention met chairman of the state committee. It is plain that as a manufacturer he would be content with the profits of competi- ton, for he is content to stand on plat form that denounces profits by the tariff graft route.
 The democratic platform of New York not only denounoes the Aldrieh tariff de- manding real downward revision as the true remedy for the present high cost of living, but it demands direct primaries for all public officers and for political committeeman; also, 1t demands the des- ignation of United States senators by popular vote, and it demands an income tax. The Roosevelt platform is silent as to United States senators. It is silent as to the income tax, and its demand for primaries is presented in an indefinite and reluctant manner.
 No wonder that MT. Roosevelt has apologized for the platform, putting it forth as the conventions rather than his own. It was really fashioned by the Elihu Roots in the convention. and it rep resents to no small extent the corpora tions that will be expected to make up the republican state campaign fund. Can ddate' Stimson boldly avows his associa- ciat ation with Eiihu Root and his services for corporations.
 The issue Is joined in New York, and all the buster of the man who dealt with Hartman and dined with George B. Cox will not obscure the differences that exist in the two platforms and in the sur roundings of the two candidates for gov J ernnr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
In Honor of Uncle Remus

The Uncle Remus Memorial promises to be carried to completion on October 8, whom Theodore Roosevelt is to lecture before the association in Atlanta. An drew Carnegie has written to the ladies of the association that if other engage nents do not prevent he will be present on October 8, at the meeting of the as- sociation, and he asks permission in any event to become subscriber to the fund that is to be raised to buy the home of the gifted author and to make it a shrine that all Of his readers will be free to visit whenever they go to Atlanta.
 MT. Carnegie will not be permitted to make up this fund or even any great part of it. The people of Georgia in In general propose to contribute to the fund, so that the memorial will be in and of the south. It became known soon after the death of Joel Chandler Harris that wealthy men in the north stood ready to make up the sum needed, but 1t was then and there resolved that it would be far better to gather the money Go a great extent in the section that Uncle Nemus loved so long and so we'll. The Alabama friends of the author who de- sire to honor his memory should remem- Der the date of MT. Roosevelt's lecture. The fund will probably be carried at that 
 lime to the sum desired. e-e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
Alabama's Banner Fair

On Thursday next the finest State fair ever organized in Alabama will throw its gates open to all people. and particn- larly will it welcome the people of the sixty-seven counties of Alabama.
 It Is to be fine fair in every possible direction. The exhibits will range from needlework from the fingers of the state S lovely women to alfalfa and hogs from the states broad acres.
 But the star exhibit will come from Dayton. Ohio. where the Wright brothers are patiently striving to render the air as subject to mans needs as the sea has become. These brothers have demon strated the possibility of the airs con- quest, and all they have accomplished will be exhibited both at rest and in flight at the fair One of the best avia- tors In the country will operate daily the Wright aeroplane. No citizen who de- sires to keep step with the progress of the age in which he lives can afford to miss this opportunity of seeing the best in the art of aviation. for it is the best that will be exhibited at the fair That exhibit alone calls for the attendance of every alert, wide-awake Alabamian, his wife and his kids.
 The other exhibits will be in advance of those of any previous fair, and surely every one in this state should take a vacation after a summer of hard work and unceasine endeavor on the farms and ip the business places of busy and contented state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
The world Is full of rubs.
 king Richard I
Access 10 the Open WarrIo.

The incoming of President Ceehrane' railroad will give this district another line to the. Warrior river. and 1t may cross the river at the head of squaw Shoals.
 But the extension of the Birmingham gouthern to Bessemer Is even more prom lsing, for it is an easy grade and short distance down. Valley creek from Besse- ner to the Warrior river.
 This district cannot have too many railroads to an open Warrior. It really needs one controlled in the district rather than by a railroad tariff association, and the Birmingham Southern may fill the bill. Possibly the new Coehrane' line may be induced to serve this district in connection with the Warrior river. When the government has expended about e .5oo,ooo in opening the Warrior to 6-foNt navigation the year round 1t is plain this <ustrict will not ignore the great possi- bilities of water transportation offered ft free of tolls or charges of any sort. All the district has to. do Is to place its products on the banks of the Warrior, where the bargemen of the near future can load it to be floated to tidewater.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
Jefferson County a Congressional District

While Missouri and other states In the middle west are at a standstill on &C., count of emigration rather than immi- tration, it is plain the rest of the coun- try has marched onward at a pace well Up towards 20 per cent. This means that the new ratio of congressional apportion- ment will be put at about 225,O0 Either this will have to be done or else the number of representatives will have to be carried above 400. The former is the more probable choice of Congress.
 This states population ten years ago Was 1,s2S.ss7. Add 20 per cent to this and we have 2,1s4, ,43s. The! state has certainly gained ss5.7ss people in ten Esars. The cities of the state will show . gain of fully 100000. and the rest of the state will surely furnish gains to make the states gain 20 per cent.
 The state would in that case lack but 1e.000 of population that would entitle Der to ten members of Congress on the basis of a ratio of 225,ooo. So large a  Fraction would certainly give the state lsn members instead of nine, the pres snt number.
 
 Here comes in an interesting question win JeHerson county have a population Of 25z,000? The city has 132,6s5, and the Question narrows down to this, will tby county outside the city show in the cek. ssus retyrns the presence of 5000 people Ton years ago there were s7,Ooo people outside the present bounds of the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

Is 1t unreasonable to expect in that ter ritory so,ooo this year? A gain of s4 per cent would suffice. ghat rate of gain will certainly be presented by the census count
 In other words. the chances are nine out of ten that Jefferson county will be- come a congressional district, leaving Blount county on the one hand and Bibb and Perry on the other to seek new associations at the hand of the legisla- ture.
 The short session. being republican, will undoubtedly desire to dictate the apportionment of the next ten years. Tn that case the legislature may perhaps have to take brief recess in order to act upon the new apportionment before its fifty legislative days have expired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
The Cotton Market


 Cotton closed today practically at the highest figures of the week and with q firm tone" said John A. Caldwell last night. We have had an advance of about loo points with only a few slight reac- tions. These reactions have been quick " recovered and new high levels made at the close of Saturdays business.
 Some of my friends in New York ad- vise that the market is broadening con siderably, and that the public is buying. It appears that, buying by the outside public was sufficient to keep the market going, notwithstanding the fact that some of the large bull leaders were talk ing profits. There are good many sold-out bulls that are ready to come back in the market on any small set back, and it is a crowd of bulls that if they find they have lost the market will come back to the bull side at any old price. I refer to the bull crowd that have been so successful for the past two years. Many of these bulls believe in anywhere from 16 to 1S-cent cotton before the end of the season. but expected a reaction from time to time The Journal of Commerce reports Of the crop conditions are very bullish, and confirmation is becoming general of a short crop. On the other hand, there IS no resumption of activity by the mills as yet.
 T have been bullish because of the sta tistics and expect higher prices later. but feel that the conservative position of buying only on reactions is the proper one just now.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
SAMUEL FAN PARRoTT

From the Atlanta Journal.
 Samuel Fain Parrott's death Is a loss to Atlanta and the south. He was a builder Atlanta mourns him as one of her most representative and distinguished kof the men whose labbrs have worked wonders in accomplishing her material and economic regeneration.
 Samuel Parrott had much of the pioneer in his makeup. His was that virile type of citizenship which forms the veritable ieaven of a community or state Since coming to Atlanta. in 1875, he has been closely identified with the cty's growth and as he rose in the railroad world took more and more interest in the general prosperity of the southern states
 He was a southerner by blood and birth. He was born in Jefferson coun- ty, Tennessee. on March 6, 1856. the son Of Marcus J. Parrott. His mother was Formerly Miss Cynthia Caldwell Most Of his early youth was spent in Knoxville. where he went to school. After the civil war, in which he was too young to serve, he and his family moved to a farm in Tennessee where he built up the rugged constitution and gained the powers of en- durance which stood him in such good 9ecdu III dltST llts ana renamed tneTe until 1875. when he came to Atlanta to go into the cotton business with two broth CTS. George w. and Theodore F. Parrott During the succeeding ten years he gained an intimate knowledge of the south's greatest industry, and as a buyer of cot ton, travelling all over the south Atlantic states, became familiar with general con ditions in this section
 Later he entered the railroad business. which turned out to be his chief vocation. and in which he was destined to render his best service to the public, After SUI .perintending the building of the Colum- bus Southern railroad, he became it's gen eral manager in 1897, and from that mo- ment onward was intimately connected with the development of railroads and transportation facilities in the south. As chairman of the Southern Freight association, with headquarters in Atlanta; as vice president and general manager of the Georgia, Southern and Florida, with headquarters in Macon; as president of the Atlantic Compress company. with of- Aces here; as co-receiver of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, and in many other important offices he rendered splendid service to the companies he rep resented and to the public.
 He took an equally prominent part in the development of Atlanta. He was one of the founders of the Piedmont hotel. with his brother, George w. Parrott, and Govenor-elect Hoke Smith. He was prime mover in the Young Mems Library association, which resulted eventually in the establishment of the present Carnegie library As a member of the board of governors of the Capital City club he took an active interest la the welfare of that institution
 Samuel Fain Parrott was a splendid character. His loss will be felt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FELLcoMPLAINr.

X FELL COMPLAINT. The poets sweetly sing of love. A passion most divine; And summer rose and turtle dove In many a throbbing line. They tell how fond hearts beat in tune, The fun of holding hands, And eke about those blssful sighs The lover understands. Perhaps you've never felt flame Devouring all your soul, Until your swear to love lass While countless ages roll. Perhaps you've never spent your cash On dainties for your dear, In hopes upon her lovely face To make smile appear. Perhaps you've never your knees Made protestations wild, And when she breathed her fiery scorn, Wept like a little child. Perhaps you've never waited long That you might see her pass, And then she comes full fair upon Your rivals arm, alas! Perhaps you've never lain awake, With drawn and tragic face, And wondered what you did to pique Estelle, or Maud, or Grace. Perhaps you've never wished to die, Because you've drawn frown From Ysobel, more fraught with pain Than any thorny crown. Perhaps you've never racled your brain To think up some excuse, When that, in il-considered haste, You've simply played the deuce. If so you've fever felt these bangs, By Cupids arrows struck, No matter what the poets say, You've had the. best of luck.
 CHEERFUL PROSPECT. q don't know what this country's com ing to-" sighed the pessimist. q do." said the optimist. Its coming to Thanksgiving Day"
 PROBLEMATICAL. When whiffle ate about town he used to give the waiter tip at every meal Just so.'
 But now that he's married he gives his wife a kiss for a tip.'
 "That must be much easier than giving waiter a tip
 "Oh, I don't know. Have you ever seen his wife?'
 COPIOUS.
 Some very realistic rain scenes are put on the stage"
 Yes, indeed I've seen the heroine shed a bucket of tears
 POSSIBLE "TRILLER.' "The cowboy who can ride bronco at full speed and, leaning down, DICK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
A GREATER ALABAMA, TOO

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The whole of Alabama should feel invigorated by the remarkable growth of Birmingham. The splendid record. made by Birmingham In the past 10 years, its standing now as one of the great cities of the country, are basis for new pride in the state, and for new confidence in Its future.
 The census gives Birmingham pop ulation of 1S2,6s5, which gives the city a percentage of growth of 254.4. This puts Birmingham in the front rank of southern cities. New Orleans, Mem- phis and Atlanta only exceed it in population, and Atlanta is under sus- picion that It's census figures. in some way. were padded.
 Birmingham's enviable position in the center of the magnificent mineral resources of the state equips 1t with magnificent industrial possibilities. About the limits of Birmingham there are coal and iron deposits which. in compa Ison, cheapen what is left of the coal and iron fields of Pittsburs. Birmingham today makes the market for pig iron In the world, and the coal deposits of Alabama's magnificent mineral region. are as yet only touched. The day on which Birming- ham, wath its unparalleled endowment of mineral wealth will outstrip Pitts burg, will be seen by men of the pres ent generation Birmingham Is but at an early stage of its career
 Nor should Birmingham be consider cd lightly as mineral city, as rich as its possibilities might be. It Is to- day one of the great wholesale cen- ters of the south. It Is, moreover, a city which has proved attractive for financial and insurance organizations. companies which not only have invest msnts in Birmingham, but which have thrown out lines of delevopment in other sections of the state
 Birmingham is, moreover, a great manufacturing city, even now. Its manufacturing interests will be one of the chief contributing causes to its future greatness. .s4- A Greater Birmingham means a Greater Alabama. A Richer Birming- ham means Richer Alabama. We. fin the other sections. of the state. have contributed the brain and sinew of many of our men to its uAbuilding. Their prosperity and the prosperity of our fellow Alabamians Is our satisfac- 
 tion.
 Birminghams growth is Alabama's pride. in