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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-04-21

plete sympathy.<wtth the plans of the
foe4nfedp eoIslea OF thes country. to, hold
tt.a-sssHt- centenniai exposition, showing
fLaa.sp pr ograss> zof4 their race since
emancipat zion. The ulr now penang
In Congress will be called up soon
ana paced upon its passage.
-
| Mr., p. Hampton ,Wh.tr. financial
agent and trustee ol the LoMery
institute, Maysyille, 5. c.. has been
in the city. this. week on business.
MIR. White Will be remembered as The
sometime confidential representative
OF the late {. II. J. Taylor. Recorder
or Deeds for the District Nf Cola Mbia
under Clevcland's second administra
non. rte is now engaged in active
political lif" in New York city.
Or. }. E. Shepard, president of
;he National ReliGious Training
School and Chautauuua. was in the
ri,N this week. Ell route from Man
chester. &.&H., ,wh>re he has been
delirorinG an address on The Value
.of Christian Education" He was in
conferences with Gen. Julian ). Carr
Of Durham. treasurer Of the SchoCt.
who has been calling the attention
Of President Taft to the splendid
mission .that the institution is pre-
parin" to perform. The Summer
school and Chautauuua opens July
9Th.
\ number of WASHINGTON teachers
announce their inteh7ion OF attending
the Summer School for Teachers
which is to be held 4: Tnskeger |
Institute.
Many Of the 6ignitarirS Of the \. NJ |
f. Church are in town this week !,
attending The annual session OF the
Financial and Church Extension !
Boards. We shall give the reports !
next week. |,
The managers Of the liawalha !
Theatr" on | street, and nave re-
chriH:"nd it Tho Minnchaha."
Sunday is "\ational tuberculosis !
Sunday" and it IS expected tina, |
every minister Of the race will lay |
bare all the distressing facts connect
ed with this dread disease, and take
steps 70 stamp t out in their res |
pectivc localities Tn" race every |
where shonld co-operatn with the
systematic fashion to fight the germs
Of tuberculosis.
r. W. THOMPSON. |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

prompt in his public utteranees. Ills readiness for thrusting his personality
 forward has been considered rashness, and yet today he remains as silent as a Tlbetan monk in the depths of his rocky cell.
 It Is pretty plain there is to be no blast from the coloners bugle horn. He has separated himself from a people he could not command or persuade. He will, 1t is believed. attempt no explanation of the catastrophe that overlook him. He may in fact become a dignified ex-President, and then the world will be ready to ex- claim that even his fiery temperament has been tanned in a single campaign. He has been beaten to a frazzle, and his silence Is the best confession that his case Is capable of. Long may it last. Long may this greatest wonder of a wonderful campaign endure to the relief of a long-suffering and patient people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

ing he found that not a poster had been put out. The "poi'' being an article of food. the people had absconded with the coneoetion and eaten it; so that the great actor started out himself, with some as- sistants, and put up his own printing.
 On the night of the performance the little theatre was crowded. srhe kinss however, sat in royal state in the Nnrst entrance''-on the stage-on a royal cli2siif which had been obtained from his pal ace. Though the native performers af- forded much amusement to MT Booth, the audience was held in rapt attention through the progress of the play. For the throne scene, MT Booth was able to borrow the royal chair in which King kamehameha sat, courtesy that his royal highness readily accorded. This lent local color and great effect to the scene. At the conclusion of the perform ance word was sent to MT. Booth that the king wished to see him. MT. Booth. mod est and retiring. knowing that he could not speak in the local language, ap- preached his majesty timidly and re- spectfully. When he reached the kings side his royal hghness slapped him heartily on the shoulder and said in good English
 Booth, it was a splendid performance: l saw your father play the part 20 years ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
RED CAPS FOR HUNTERS

From the St. Paul Dispatch.
 Madison, Wis.-"In the general wear ing of bright red caps by hunters in the northern Wisconsin woods during the open season for deer Hes the salvation of many lives." declares State Fish and Game Warden George Rickema and he announces that he Is opening a campaign to get all the deer hunters In Wisconsin this year to don scarlet headgear as means of safety from the bullets of excited hunters.
 Captain Rickeman is perfectly serious in his proposal While there is no law to enable him to require all hunters to wear the safety cap of flaming red, he says that if the plan sh ould work as well as he declares it must, he will ask the next legislature to enact a law as an amendment to the hunting license statutes requiring the wearing of prop CT garb by hunters for the purpose of safety.
 The game warden says that 1t is ob- yious that if a cap be worn in con- spicuous contrast with the prevailing colors of the woods and the game, the hunters will see the difference. Cap tain Rickeman says he already has as- surances of cooperation from many hunters and is confident his proposal will be taken up generally. with good results
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
TEMPUS FUGIT

Hector Fuller in the Washington Herald. Tick-tock; tick-tock-goes the ancient Attune with the dreams that come to
 me, AS its pendulum swings what thoughts
 1t brings What hours of sadness and joy 1t sings. As the mind casts back in reverie. A thick, gold watch, with a seal for
 charm, licked anxious seconds when baby came; Held safe in the hollow of mothers arm. They were seconds of life for her who
 lay
 So glad and proud on that natal day.
 And the doctor smiled
 On mother and child. And put the watch back in his pocket so
 deep,
 asleep. An Ormolu clock in a young mans room; A clock for a lady's boudoir fit; It's chimes sing of pleasure and not of Minutes of pleasure that young men
 know, Full hours of joy that seem so slow.
 And young man sang
 As the music rang, And he glanced at the clock and had no
 fears or the hours to pass in the coming years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
Profound Silence Al Oyster Bay

More silent than monk in his cell is the colonel at Oyster Bay. No one can gain access to him, no one can get a word of expression from his lips on the situation as the ballots have left it. The silence that reigns at Oyster Bay is a surprise to every one, for the colonel has been considered above all else plucky and a sportsman who knew how to take de- feat gracefully as we'll as he knew how t2 take victory in a corking manner. In- stead of accepting cheerfully the elec- srn fin New York. he withdraws from the syfd to sulk in silence. This is indeed a surprise to all who considered the colonel "a sport" under any and all scircum- etances.
 Some say. however. that his pen at least will break loose in ringing call to arms. So 1t may. But four full days have elapsed since the election. and the col pnel has heretofore been remarkably
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

E. A. Powell in Everybody's
 Woman dominates the city on the tor rid Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Here her The women run the place and do 90 per cent of the business. A striking charac- teristic of these Tehuana beauties is their commercial enterprise. In the market place, where most of the bartering is done. they reign supreme. The wife owns the property, she holds the family purse strings, and she must even vouch for the husband before he can obtain credit Not only are the women the power in the dis trict, but they are fully aware of it; they delegate all of the menial york; save the cooking, to the men, and devote their energies to trade, which Is so fully in their hands that all commercial transac- tions in Tehuantepec are done by them or require their sanction. They are Tehuantepec-they in their barbaric col ors-treading the earth as if 1t were theirs, while the little men shamble about with the dogs, the one as degraded as the other
 The greatest power in the entire dis trict is, indeed, a certain old woman who rules the countryside by means of her wealth and shrewdness. Through money lending she has got many of the people, officials and civilians, into her hands, and is therefore in position to have her ad- vice accepted and her dictates obeyed. Every important transaction, political or financial requires her approval; no offi- cial could be elected or hold office in the district for a minute unless given her support; illustrious strangers would not dream of crossing the isthmus without stopping at her plantation to pay their respects; the railway contractors depend on her to keep their turbulent workmen in order, and the president himself Is not above seeking her advice. General Diaz has always had a warm spot in his heart for Tehuantepec very much as you all ways regard with a certain liking the boy whom you once licked; for many years ago--he was plain Captain Diaz then-he was the commander of the little garrison here and quelled a revolt by clapping all the women into jail. The next morning there were no tortillas and there was no one to prepare them, and. as revolution ists get Just as hungry as any one else, the resistance of the disaffected citizens was quickly broken. The story Is true, as I happen to know, for the President himself told 1t to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
To be in anger Is impiety; But who Is mnn that is not angryf
 -Timon of Athens.
&nama and thelZOne

The republic of Panama is 4So miles long with a width varying from 37 to 110 miles. It is not large republic, compar- ative1y speaking. but still it is a bit larger than the state of South Carolina. for South Carolina has SO,57o square miles of territory. while Panama has s1, 1,5oo square miles, The population of Panama is 41s,- OPS, and the soil is fertile. but the Pan- amans are not very energetic in growing coffee bananas and other tropical crops.
 The canal zone is but a small part of the republic. It belongs to the United States for interoceanic canal purposes. It's area is but AS square miles. It be- gins three miles from the low-water mark Inland for five miles on each side of the axis of the canal, including small group of islands in the bay of Panama, where the quarantine station and a sanitarium for employees are located The cities of Panama and Colon are not in the zone, but the United States has the right to en- force sanitary regulations in them and to maintain order In them in the event of Q revolutionary demonstration.
 It will be seen that the three-mile belt in the cities of Colon and Panama affords ample opportunities for coal concession outside of the canal zone, and 1t Is said concessions have been freely granted by the republic of Panama, whereas Colonel Goethals and President Taft had been planning to set up Uncle Sam in the coal trade at either end of the canal. The more this coal business Is studied the more extensive will its ramifications be found to be. Today it endangers the ex- istence of the little isthmian republic, and President Tafts visit to Panama is sup posed to relate chiefly to 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
A BLOW TO ROOSEVELT

From the New York Times.
 The other underlying motive that has prompted this crushing rebuke Is his too evident design to seize upon the Presidential nomination of his party two years hence. That the people of New York and the east will not have. If in the west, where confidence in his sincerity has been sorely shaken, he still maintains something of his old footing, that nevertheless will not save him from another defeat two years hence The Taft administration must be strangely incapable If, after this demonstration, 1t fails to hold beyond his reach what remains of republican, ism in the south. Against the south and east he can hardly win a majority of the convention in 1912, and if he should win it Judgment would be en- tered against him at the polls. He needs no sympathy. His well-known character as valiant fighter, his temper. and his disposition do not invite it. At least we hope that this crushing defeat will make of him a saner, 8 safer and a wiser man, to the end that his admittedly great talents may not go to waste in embittered and lifelong resentment against a people who for good and sufficient reasons have put him aside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
Prosperity and the Fee System

When Lowndes loses nearly 10 per cent Sumter and Barbour lose equally large percentages, it is plain there is some- thing the matter with Alabama, rather than with Kansas The expert observer soon locates the trouble among the ne- groes of the state, and the negroes of the state are the states unskilled labor CTS as a rule.
 The younger negroes are leaving the state in considerable numbers, and if the movement be long maintained 1t will be difficult in Lowndes and Hale and Sumter and Barbour and other counties similarly circumstanced to make a cotton crop.
 The causes of discontent among the negroes are various. Those who like to hunt are disgruntled over the states game laws-excellent though those laws be. Those that have children to send to school do not like the way the states per capita allowance is handled, but the greatest cause of discontent is found in the constant search of the fee bri- gade for small misdemeanants-for shoot ing craps and the like. The fines in such cases are small, but the bills of costs are large. and Imprisonment well up to six months follows. The last named trouble alone is demoralizing la bor in every part of the state. So long as the state permits officials to earn a living by arresting the weak and the will labor remain demoralized in this state-in the agricultural counties as we'll as at the industrial centers. The small misdemeanant is overwhelmed with an endless succession of fees, and he sees no safety except in flight. He leaves the state, and the gross result Is presented in the census tables every 10 years
 The legislature that Is about to meet will be beset by the courthouse rings. but it does not seem possible that it will prefer the prosperity of the iniquitous, inhumane and greedy fee brigade to the prosperity of over 100000 people in the state who do not earn their livings by making arrests and bling up fees on the helpless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
Notable Englishmen

"England's great publicists, ecclesias- tics and men of letters who were born in the early part of the last century tual force, but many of them were sim gularly interesting because of their marked Individuality" said profess sional man. "I spent several weeks in England about 15 years ago and had the good fortune tS meet a number of Ok ford men-two or three of them quite distinguished-but all but one has passed away. Of the Englishmen who have been known a long time by reputation to all rison, so far as I can recall, is left. John Morley-now a peer-is a notable author. but he belongs to a younger set.
 Goodwin Smith, who died recently at the age of 86 or 87, was really the last of those distinguished Oxford men who was personally acquainted with nearly all the celebrities of the Victorian pe- rod, and one of the most charming rem- iniscent papers I have ever read is from his pen. It appears in the Atlantic Monthly for November, under the cap ton My Social Life in London He tells about Macauly, Carlyle, Tennyson, Mill man, Lord Stanhope and many other 'in- telleetual magnates. He assesses the lit- erary value of some of them and relates many a pleasant anecdote. He describes Macaulay and says of him. that of all English takers he had ever heard, he seemed the first in brillincy' though not always the most sober or just !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
STORIES OF EDWIN BOOTH

Daniel Frohman in the Saturday Evening
 Post.
 HDwIN BOOTH. who had been a
 great friend of the elder sothern.
 A came one night to the Lyceum at my invitation to see the young actor after he had become full-fedged star. After the performance MT. Booth MT.
 Sothern and I supped together at the
 Players club and the great actor told us of many incidents in the career of MT. sothern's father. He informed us that it was due to him, Booth, that young Soth- ern was christened Edward"
 Tt came about this way" said MT.
 Booth ''When ou''-addressng young
 sothern-"were born in New Orleans
 your father telegraphed me to become
 your godfather, and that you were to be
 named Edwin-after me. Your father was
 a splendid and brilliant man. but rather
 wild in his tendencies at times, and l was little afraid to assume the responsibili- ty of godfather to his son; so I declined. I am sorry now. But that is why you are called Edward instead of Edwin" Another amusing story that Mir. Booth told us that evening, which I have never seen in print, was one referring to an ex- perience of his own when he made his first trip to Australia. He was then young man. With five members of his company he sailed from San Francisco for Melbourne, where he expected to make up the rest of his support from among the local companies. When they arrived at Honolulu 1t was found that the steamer would be required to remain there several days. The presence of the distinguished American actor became n- stantIy known, and a royal command was received from King Kamehameha to give performance of "Richard III" on the following evening. MT. Booth agreed to this, but found difficulty In assembling a supporting company. Having been told that he could secure local amateur tall ent, he soon had company assembled. The best he could do, without jeopardiz- ing the other parts, for the role of Queen
 Elizabeth was to assign that part to
 Dutchman,. short in stature and rather uncertain from the histrionic point of view. MT. Booth thought that any de- fects in the mans capacity would be more apparent to his own company than to his audience, and the rehearsals pro- ceeded industriously. MT Booth managed everything, from the stage to the busi- ness ..in front" He sent a number of natives about the streets to stick up pos ters. furnishing them with g. local prod uct called poi" to be used as paste. To
 his amazement. however, the next morn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
BIRMINGHAM's JUBILEE

From the Twin City Telegram.
 With that zest and enthusiasm which has ever characterized her actions, Bir- mingham is to hold a jubilee in honor of the recent census report. The Magic City. as would be any other metropolis under similar circumstances, is proud of the big gain in population made with In the past decade, and wants the world to know that she is proud. To make the occasion even more suspicious, the As- sociated Press meeting will be held dur ing the jubilee. thus giving to Birming- ham ample opportunity for advertising her resources. That spirit which made Atlanta famous is helping to develop Bir- mingham, and the Birmingham news papers deserve much # the credit. There is no reason why other Alabama towns should be jealous of Birmingham. It is up to them to emulate the example of the industrial capital of the state and do some spreading themselves. With the proper kind of hustling the Decaturs can have celebration in 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
~MELopRAMA, IN REAL LIFE

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 At a railroad crossing in Lynn, Mass, three small children were play ing. unconscious of the approach of an express train
 "Steve" Jones, a Boston and Maine carpenter saw the children on the track and the trau in the distance. shouting at the top of his lungs, he rushed toward the children and fright ened them so that all of them began to run. The children toddled out of dan ger just as the locomotive reached the crossing, but "Steve' Jones was so much engrossed in his effort to save their lives that he was struck and killed instantly.
 In New York Bertha Kallech. 16 years old, crawled to a third-story window clasping large rag doll to her breast. She was holding the doll across the window sill when 1t caught upon a shutter hook. In making an attempt to free the doll the child lost her bal ance and fell to the pavement. The doll reached the pavement some inches ahead of the child and saved her life by acting as pad.
 And yet when the good characters in meiodrama do acts of noble unselfish- ness, and when the life of the child Is saved through marvellous heroism or miraculous good luck, the sophisticated playgoer scoffs. Real life, he contends, is mirrored more truly upon the stage that exploits the things that really oc- cur The play depicting or dissecting the rottenness of Denmark in four acts with a smear of the blood of the guilty heroine across the climax is realism, impossible rescues are melodrama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

A cathedral clock, with a set of chimes: Grim, erect in her fathers hall; It marked the coming of happier times. For the young man waited with smiling
 face For his fair young bride of delicate
 grace
 And the chimes full soon
 Rang out the tune: "Ding-dong, ding-dong," rang out it's May the wedding be happy and love last
 long, darkened room-and the minutes that
 pass, For the weeping watchers beside the bed, Are marked by grim old hour-glass, Slowly descends the setting sun, Slowly the sands run one by one;
 Each second breath,
 Drawing nearer to death; Till the upper glass empties-and then
 with moan, The young man knows he's alone-alone! Tick-tock. tick-tock-goes the ancient
 clock;
 "Grandsire, father, and son-goodby!'' But still its face in accustomed place, Marks hurrying time for the young, new race,
 that hyJ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
After T,hirfv Yenrs


 Thirty years have elapsed since I last visited Birmingham" said E. D. Price, a New York theatrical manager. "and I am amazed by the transformation wrought in this beautiful southern city. T brought here in 1880 that famous 1 tragedian, the late John Mccullough, and am now arranging for the engagement Of Robert HVlliard. a player of dignity and artistic purpose, who is one of the few tense and powerful actors that we have in this period largely en- cumbered with purely frivolous stage di- versions.
 "It was in 1888 that Mr. Hilliard made his last tour of the south, attracting enormous audiences in MT. Barnes of New York He has changed little except in added hlstrionic stature. His record of fine achievement is a distinct chapter in American stage history.
 MT. Hilliard makes the long and un- usual Jump to Birmingham direct from New York city. bringing a company. of 30 people and three carloads of special scenic effects for the presentation of "A Fool There Was,' the much discussed tA1s VI cecAA H hioiai PhA pooo eN5oSSsoA by Rudyard Kipling's bitterly satiric poem, The Vampire. It Is with peculiar interest that MT Hilliard revisits this city. for he has kin residing here and recalls the pleasantest memories of the courteous and cordial social attentions bestowed upon him in the long ago.
 1T distinctly remember that during my previous visit to Birmingham with MT. Mccullough the tragedian was strongly urged to make a certain realty invest ment of 5000. Had he done so I am as- sured that his estate could today realize $150,o00 for the property in question. l doubt if even the most fneteoric flight of investment in any city in the world could beat that.
 'The local sentiment of civic pride is very apparent, even to the transient visitor. Your Chamber of Commerce seems to be composed of the right men with the keen, progressive spirit and the impulse of artistic, as well as conner cial, uplift. You have here charming climate, a delightful people and great natural advantages which mean much for the city's future. believe that Birming- ham Is just upon the threshold of its real development as a progressive and commanding community"