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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-09

day morning. Many and varied are the feelings
with which The Age Herald Building is APP
preached. Comes a man with literary contri-
bution-his first. The owls wink at him in the
dark, and his heart fiutters, for he knows not
whether they are good or evil omens. Then APP
proaches the fellow who has advertised for a
position. The building seems to him the great
est place in the world the magic store house Of
a god.
But see the enraged citizen appear, who i'm
agines that he has been cruelty insulted and
must have his rights. He crumples the clipping
in his hot palm and feels that he would like to
balance that hemisphere which is poised over
the door in his right hand and hurl it after the
comet
And look at the sly fox who would have an
article printed with only half facts, or wholly
false, to harm his competitor, or his neighbor.
He slides in under the white light, noticing not
the beauty of the edifice but watching only his
opportunity.
Perhaps the pretty school girl comes with
dimpled cheek and laughing eyes, to the
wonders of the press. She feels bit Of awe,
but laughs it off, and though she delights in
the art of the exterior, her willing guide
plains the intricacies of press and type, and
linotype and stereotype, she gasphs and mar
wells and wonders if there was ever such another
wonderful thing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-09

aid Building on Fifth ave-
(SG@y nue. rises rs feet above the
sidewalk, presenting at first glance
the appearance of a six-story build
ing. The eye is first attracted by
the two hemispheres which are /
poised at the corners, and immedi-
ately one thinks of the newspaper
with it's myriad eyes which cease
lessly peer into every niche and cor \
ner Of the globe. 4
It is not far reach of the mag /
nation to appreciate the artists I
idea when, on further inspection, II
two large owls are seen on either
side the inscription Age-Herald
Building," which is modelled in
classic letters on the entablature Of
the main cornice. For this is a
morning paper, and through all the
dark hours the wide staring eyes Of III
the night owls gaze into the secrets
of the world. Il
The front is a successful design
in the style of the French renais- Il
sance, constructed of brown notified \
brick, trimmed with richly -colored II
terra Gotta and verde antique iron. \
There are three distinctive fea-
lures in the design; the heavy rus \
ticated base defining the first story;
the ornamented iron feature in the
center of the building from the sec
ond to the fourth floors, which is N
fanked by massive pilasters, and \
the main cornice entablature and 4
dormers penetrating the mansard
roof at the top. VI
The latter might be called the VI
"title" of the first page, giving the &
name, and the categorical represen-
tation of the papers purpose, whi.a
the three dormers form the back
ground and add touch of color to the
Just below is the immense central orna
bay, with it's group of windows framed
like great picture, and it does present
ing view of reflections of clouds, sky an
by day, and at night bursts forth with
liant dislpay-of many lights.
But the main entrance doorway is the
ing feature-a charming bit of modern
architecture. The whole resembles som
clock, with the globe representing the
resting on the pediment above the white
the clock, which is Lighted by night, the
each side with their electric light eyes, {
doors set in mahogany frame. Upon Q
the door it would not be surprising to
against swinging pendulum. 1.-.. 4
The entrance vestibule has a circular
of dark paneled oak. The sides are (
with richly veined marble, which is pc
matched, forming a mosaic. design. .Th'
clock has face on the interior also viii
be seen from any part of the business Oil
Leading from the vestibule up to the b.
office are several white marble steps,
with dark-red rubber, supported on eth
by walls of dark-red brick, capped with a
oak cornice. ..'-ls.s. 49,,
On the inside Of the main Business Off
walls are of dark red pressed brick, up
level of the Mezzanine floor, and of 'roug
brick from there to the ceiling. All {
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-09
View To Left From Entrance

m HE facade of The Age-Her--
l aid Building on Fifth ave-
|2ggl nue. rises rs feet above the
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-01
SOCIETY NAH HEAD
or GANG or robbers
Must Answer Charge Of Hold
ing Up Couple

Chicago. March 30.-Orbr Hrn-o~ a
HYDE Park society man. is accused by
the police Of being the head of a gang
of hold-up men who have operated ia
Hyde Park for the past three months.
He viii be arraigned before Judge Fly
on the charge of highway robbery
Hunter is now free on bond ana
iauqhs at the charge against him. Ac-
cos.ing TO Lieutenant McCau'oy of
the Hyde Park station the sp0
crime with which Hunter is cIat.l
is the robbery on Feb. II ot h =
Gardner and bis vile in the n.
o. nheir home Gardner and
were held mp hy tHo men aud robbed
Of $3.50.
Hunter has been living IN tie l'.
land hotel since ihe family hon.
1928 Jefferson avenue was closed
fall. when bis me.i.r and Dds
tors went to southern France .r
winter Tie is 10 the real estate 'r
moss and has iices at $50 J.
street
Hunter. according to The police.
lived for awhile after the family went
tc Fnrone in the HYDE Park Y N.
C. A.. lie left there. the officers say.
after a number Of petty theiis had
been committed in the building.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-01
p. O.. ROBBERS CAPTURED

Men Who Stole $4,000 Worth Of
Stamps IN Riohmosd Caught
New York. March 80. TWO men
we're arrested after a fight and a
chase IN front of the Grand Central
station and were safely locked up az
police headquarters in connection WITH
ihe postomce robbery at Richmc-d.
Va. early Monday morning when
600 worth of stamps and $4,000 cash
were taken from tHe Iron Safes
The men arrested are Fred Curuin-
ham. of Lon1oo. Eneiand and Frfa.
Chester of ST. pael MINI A thi 4
man was with the two arrested hnf he
escaped
Tho arrest wqe made Dr. detectives
from police heaIo. arleIs and rosta
inspectors With The mon r0ra .zei
three trunks one OF tlam cortain.ne
The tools with which The SAVES Her.
broken ora0 hro.. contained ie
tween s210o1 anI 10000 worth or
stamps
The trunks arrived in fonn hy CIR
cr.fous routes arI af.r many fIr-
rers. They were watched ail f'o eeF
from Richmond hy postal insl. f'
and secret service mfn
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-01
TOWN DIRECTORY

T HIanton.
ht. .r rouNCuL-H. f.. Barrow
...r-By Committees. .
Barrow. Walker Scott \. b.
l a. Duyall. J. r. Martin. W. I.
ie.. r. y4r,n. Dr.w j. ellis. E. L.sam-
..w.J. ellis. Walker Scott. n. B.
is l rambert. Il. E. harrow, W. C.
Davidson. W. T. .DOyne. W. C.
ST. o,ne. W. NJ. DuvalI' Walk"
l So. &c. FaHwell. Z. L. Erambert' ".
T. Is .r. u..dson. H. E. Barrow W. c.
f.s ..,r Scott. Or W J.. Gils. W. NJ.
rl.e rmbert. DR.. ". J. ellis. J. R
.s.J.. r. Martin. E. L. Erambert
scott II. F. Barrow. W. c. Fall.
f. F. car'and.
I Watkins.
49,. paulett. Jr.
n..Daee-P. II. c. Rice.
.r. .I. ID. Miller. 81.
r.r.- Leslie FOCUS
fl. a. Tucker.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-01

April I, 1910.
Apples, green, per bu. Sl.0O
dried. per 10. Sc 10 Sc.
Bacon, hams, Use TO poe.
Bacon, sides, l4c
Bacon, shoulders, BE
Beans, white. S200 10 500.
Pea, Black Eye, $500.
Peas, Black, $500.
Butter choice, 25c
Eggs, l5c
Flour, First Patent, $50.
Second =" s6.25
" Extra Sj.7j
Onions, per bushel, soc 10 SOC.
Pork. dressed. Zoe.
Potatoes, Irish, perbus.. soc to sl.00
Beef. on hoof, per To-, SIC TO 4c.
Veal. " " " " &c To sc.
Hens, alive, each, soc to Joe.
Sheep, per TO-, DC.
Lamb " &c To &c.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-01

w. L. Douglas shoes are the lowest
price, quality considered, in the world.
Their excellent style, easy fitting and
long wearing qualities excel those Of
other makes. IF you have been paying
high prices for your shoes. The next time
you need a pair give WI. Douglas shoes
a trial. You can save money on your
footwear and get shoes that are just as
good in every way as those that have
been costing you higher prices.
n you could visit our large factories
at Brockton, Mass, and see for yourself
how carefully W. J. Douglas shoes are
made, you would then understand why
they hold their shape, ht better and
wear longer than other makes.
CAUTION vs.. q. D.lelt name and price Is
stamped nn ODE bottom On protect fhe Wfarer against
high prices ali lnla-or sAoes. Take No eubsfi-
tufc. EN.l Dlur'l. shoes are uot for sole lu youf
vicinity. write for Nli Order Caiaiog. WI. Douglas,
1ioeA'oD -FoR SALE BY
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-01
To the Patrons of the Farmville Wa
ter. Light, Heat AMI Pow
OF CnmnanN.

CT Company.
/ nave assumed the management
of the above Company to take eff,
feet April LIST, 1910. BY INSTRUC-
TION OF THE BOARD OF DIREC-
TORS. / viii be compelled to insist
that water rents be paid promptly or
the water will be cut off. We can
not afford tO send a collector
a h~alf-dozen times for your bill.
Rents are payable in ad ance on
the first of January, April, July and
October. On the last five days Of
the old and the first five days Of
the new Quarter. representative of
the CompanY wia 90 M its office
over Mis~,s %Iavidsons' store from
Q A.. " 10 l p. VI 30 -cceiye the
reTts.
Very "rs r',1fu..'.
II. c. CRUTE,
Sec.-Treas'r.
m~ch25-2ts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-01
The Tanning Of Red Butte Western By Francis Lynd

totally unexpected. 1t was a rank an
achronism. twenty-five years out OF
date ins that particular locality. Before
anybody realized what was happening.
the cripple had US lined up in row
beside the stage. and I was reaching
for the stars quite as anXiously as
the little Jew hat salesman. who was
swearing by all the patriarchs that
the twenty dollar bill in his right-hand
pocket was his entire fortune.
Naturally" Ford commented. You
! needn't rawhide yourself for that.
You've been west often enough and
/ rules of the game-not to be frivolous
when the other fellow has the drop
on you"
Wait" said Lidgerwood. "One min
for what we were. The other three
men were not armed. was. and Miss
El--the young woman knew it. Also
the cripple knew it. He tapped the
BUILDING in eon MY n9sket 7na said
that thing don't go of and hurt you
some time when you amt lookin,
stranger Ford. ! think 1 must have
been hypnotized. I stood there like a
frozen image. and let that crippled
w-rustler rob those two women
take the rings from their fingers!
oh hold on; there's another side to
all that. and you know it," the vice
president began; but Lidgerwood would
NO" he protested: don't try to find
excuses for me: there were none. The
fellow gave me every chance: turned
his back on me as an absolutely neg
ligible factor while he was going
through the others. I'm quick enough
when the crisis doesn't involve a fight
ing mans chance: and / can handle a
gun, too, when the thing to be shot
at isn't a human being. But to save my
soul from everlasting torrents L
couldn't go through the simple mo-
tions Of pulling the pistol from my
pocket and dropping that fellow in
his tracks; couldn't and didn't"
why, of course you couldn't. after
it had got that far along" asserted
Ford. II doubt if any one could. That
little remark about the gun in your
pocket did you UP. When man gets
you pacified to the condition in which
he can safely josh you. he has got you
going and he knows it-and knows you
know it, You may be twice as hot
and bloodthirsty as you were before,
but you are just that much less able to
strike back. It's not a theory; 1t is
psychological demonstration
But the fact remained" said Lidger-
wood. sparing himself not at all. Il
was weighed and found wanting: that
is the only point worth considering"
"Well?" queried Ford. when the self
condemned culprit turned again to the
dusk rkened windows, what came
Of it,"
THAT which was due to come. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-01

than that, he asserted that the executive
officer didn't live who could bring order
out of the chaos into which bad manage
ment and a peculiarly tough environment
had plunged the Red Butte Western.
That's where I had him bested, Howard
All through the hot fight l kept saying
over and over to myself that l knew the
man."
But you don't know him. Stuart; that
is the weak link in the chain
Lidgerwood turned away to the scratch
ed window panes and the crude prospect,
blurred now by the gathering shadows OF
the early evening. In the yards below a
long freight train was pulling In from the
west, with a switching engine chasing 1t
to begin the cutting out of the Copah To-
Gals. Over in the Red Butte yard road
locomotive. turning on the table, swept
a wide arc with the beam Of its electric
headlight in the grazing dusk. Through
the half opened door in the dispatcher
room came the diminished chattering OF
the telegraph Instruments; this, with the
outer clamor of trains and engines. made
the silence in the private Office more IN
sistent.
When Lidgerwood faced about again
after the interval of abstraction there
were fine lines Of harassment between
his eyes. and his words came as II
speech were costing him a conscious ell
fort.
eff it were merely a matter of tech
meal fitness / suppose / might go over to
Angels and do what you want done with
the three hundred miles of demoraliza-
ton. But the Red Butte proposition asks
for more: for something that l can't give
it. Stuart, there Is a yellow streak In me
that you seem never to have discovered.
I am coward
The ghost Of an incredulous smile wrin-
killed. about the tired eyes of the big man
In the pivot chair
''You put it with your usual exact
itude," he assented, slowly; Il hadn dis
covered it," Then: You forget that l
have known you pretty much all your
life, Howard" ~
you haven't known me at all. was
the sober reply.
"Oh. yes. I have! Let me recall one OF
the boyhood pictures that has never
faded 1t was just after school one not
day. in the Illinois September. Our crowd
had gone down to the pond back OF the
schoolhouse and two of us were padding
around on a raft made of sawmill slabs.
One of the two-who always had more
daredeyiltry than sense under his skull
thatch-was silly enough to rock the
boat and it went to pieces. You couldn't
swim. Howard, but if you hadn't for
gotten that trifling handicap and wal
lowed in to pull poor Billy Mlmms
ashore. I should have been murderer
Iidgerwood shook his head.
You think you have made your case.
but YOU haven't. What you say is true
enough: I wasn't afraid OF drowning
didn't think much about 1t, either way,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-01

rare, he was given to railing against the
fate which had made him a round peg in
a square hole; technical engineer and a
man of action. when his earlier tastes
and inclinatiOns had drawn him in other
directions. But the temperamental quail
ties; the niceties, the exactness, the thor
oughness. which. finding no outlet in an
artistic calling. had made him a master
in his unchosen profession. were well
known to Mr.. Stuart Ford. first vice presi-
dent Of the Pacific Southwestern system.
And 1t was largely for the sake Of these
qualities that Ford locked his hands over
one knee and spoke as a man and COM
rade.
LET me tell you, Howard. you've no
idea what savage fight we've had in
New York, absorbing these same demon
allied three hundred miles. You know
why We were obliged to have them II
meant that our competitor would build
over here from Jacks canyon, divide the
Copah business with US. and have a line
three hundred miles nearer to the Nevada
gold fields than ours
II understand said I.idgerWood, and
the vice president went on.
"Since the failure OF the Red Butte
pocket mines the road and the country
1t traverses have been practically given
over to the cowmen, the gulch miners.
the rustlers and the drift from the big
camps elsewhere. In New York and on
the street Red Butte Western was re-
garded as an exploded cartridge-a kite
without tail 1t was only q few weeks
ago that it dawned upon our executive
committee that this particular kite with
out a tail offered us ready-made jump
Of three hundred miles toward Tonopah
and Goldfeld. We began buying quietly
for the control with the stock at 10.
Naturally the Transcontinental people
caught on, and in twenty-four hours we
were at IL, hammer and longs
LidgerwoOd nodded. II kept up with 1t
in the newspapers" he cut in.
THE newspapers didn't print the whole
story; not by many chapters" was the
qualifying rejoinder. when the stock
had gone to par and beyond our own
crowd went back on us. and after it had
passed the 200 mark Adair and I were
fighting it practically alone. Even Presi-
dent Brewster lost his nerve. He wanted
to make a hedging compromise with the
Transcontinental brokers just before we
swung over the summit with the final
five hundred shares we needed
Again Lidgerwood made the sign OF as
sent.
Mr. Brewster. is a level-headed west
erner. He doubtless knew. to the dot
ting OF an T. the particular brand of
trouble you two expansionists were SO
eager to acquire.
HE did. He has a copper property
somewhere in the vicinity OF Angels, and
he knows the road. He commended that
we were buying two streaks of rust and
. right of-way in the Red desert More
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-01

, blood isn't in my veins. Stuart. 1t was
left out in the assembling
The vice president was still young
man and he was confronting a problem
that annoyed him. He had been calling
himself, and not without reason. falr
Judge of men. Yet here was a man
whom he had known intimately from
boyhood. who was but just now revealing
YOU say you have been lodging the
collisions How do you know you
wouldn't buck up when the real pinch
comes?" he demanded. j.,
! because the pinch came once-and l
didn't buck up. 1t was over q year ago
and to this good day / can't tnlnk CAIN,
ly about it. You will understand When !
say that it cost me the love OF the one
woman in the world"
The vice president did understand. BE,
ing a married lover himself. he couid
measure the depth of the abyss into
which Lidgerwood was looking. HIS
voice was as sympathetic as woman 5
when he said: Go ahead and ease your
mind: tell me about 1t. If you can, How
ard. It's barely possible that you are not
the best judge of your own act.
There was something approaching the
abandonment Of the shameless IN Logger
woods manner when he went on.
''It was in the Montana mountains.
was going in to do q bit of expert en-
cheering for her father incidentally,
was escorting her and her mother from
in the hills, where they were to JOIN
coaching party of their friends for the
Yellowstone tour. We had to drive forty
miles in q stage, and there were SIX OF
us-the two women and four men. On
the way the talk turned upon stage ROB-
binRs and hold-ups. With the chance OF
the real thing as remote as a visit from
Mars. I could be an ass and a Drageart'
One Of the men, a salesman 1or pow
der company, gave me the rope Wnere-
with to hang myself He argued Tor nom
resistance and l remember that gre"
sarcastic over the spectacle anorded py
grown man, armed and in possession OF
his FIVE senses, permitting himself to De
robbed without attempting 10 resist. iou
can guess what followed?
I'D rather hear you tell 1t. sald tne
listener at Supt. Leckhards desk. 10
on
Underwood waited until the switching
engine. with its pop-valve open ana
screaming like a liberated deVil OF tue
noise pit, had passed.
Three miles beyond the, supper station
we had our hold-up; the cut-and-drled:
melodramatic sort Of thing you reao
about, or used to read about, In the cary
DAYS. with q couple OF Winchesters pok-
ing through the scrub pines to repIeseh.
the gang in hiding, and one lone crippied
desperate to come down to the tootheh.S
in the speaking part. You get the picture'
Yes; I've seen the original
"Of course, IT. struck every soul OF US
with the shock Of the INTERCOLLEGIATE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-01

is hung loan collection composed
chiefly of early American portraits owned
by DR.. George Reuling of Baltimore, some
Of which are of more than passing in
terest, and Of some old foreign paintings
of merit which are the property of the
Duchess D'Arcos who was formerly Miss
Lowery of this city. The acquisitions are
purchases made by Mr.. William T. Evans
and are included in the collection Whlch
bears his name.
One is a genre by n. Siddons Mowbray
entitled Idle Hours'-a picture Of two
young women lounging In richly ap-
pointed room, presumably in foreign
land. The figures are small. but beauti-
fully painted, the color scheme rich and
harmonious. Probably it was produced a
good many years ago, but it is work
which we'll merits a place in the National
Gallery. Another of the recent purchases
is a figure painting by Carroll BeckWith
"a portrait study of q blacksmith. 1t is
three-quarter length. life size, and repre-
sents the smith at his anvil.
Broadly handled. vigorous and vital,
this picture is pervaded with personality,
and while strong, is not without subtlety.
The other additions are equally estimable
"a landscape by Frederick Ballard VIII
liams. and a landscape with figures by
George Elmer Brown. The former mas
richness Of tone and unusual decorative
terest: the latter. virility, freshness and
spontaneity, betokening clear vision and
a sure brush. BY all of these pictures
the Evans collection is enriched.
THE Corcoran Gallery opened two
j weeks earlier than usual this
autumn, in order to grant access to It's
collections to the numerous strangers
who are invariably in Washington at
this time. That the privilege has not
been unappreciated is testified by the
attendance, which on free days has
been recorded as not less than five
hundred, and more than once as much
as eight hundred. While the gallery
was closed, in addition to the usual re-
pairs. the walls of the entire upper
atrium were recovered. the red burlap
being replaced by similar material in
green. This makes the walls on the
first and second floor of virtually the
same tint, and lightens the general eff
feet Of the gallery upon entrance.
No new pictures have been added. but
in some instances slight changes have