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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
PROTECTION DEVELOPING SOUTH

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
 Alabama's largest city, Birmingham, had no existence before the civil war.. AS late as 1867 1t was but a proposition on paper urged by an aged citizen of the state. Colonel Powell, who had gathered the facts about the ore, coal, timber, limestone. transportation and labor in the region where the city now stands and was so persistent in his zeal for his hobby that he was humorously known in the newspaper of his section as the Duke of Birmingham. According to the fig ures of the new census Birmingham has a population of 132,6s5, a phemone- nal increase in 10 years of 94.27o, or 245.4 per cent. In 1900 the population of the city was SS.415 and that of Mobile 8s, 469, almost tie. But Mobile has made no such gain as the manufacturing city in the interior of the state, and Birmingham now leads by large margin. It has al- most trebled it's population in the dec- ade and probably leads all cities of it's class in the country for percentage of growth.
 It is good illustration of Lincoln's VIeW, tndt prOlectlOn eudDleS AmerlcanS to do the work and keep their money at home, while free trade sends the money abroad. to pay foreign workers. The English city for which the Alabama me- tropolis was named has been made great by iron, steel. goal and long training in the related branches of manufacturing. It had start of centuries, but the Ala bama city at this time is growing three times as fast. Southern cities generally show a like expansion. Atlanta's gain is over 100 per cent. Richmond's over 30. and the Texas cities have grown heavily. During the last 10 years, and for several years before, all branches of the national government have been under republican control. National politics has been repub- lican. The protection of American wages and industries Is exclusively republican. Democratic platforms and speakers are against it. Does the prospecting south really desire to strike 1t down? If not, 1t should correct the habit of voting me- chanicaliy, not intelligently, for the free trade party,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
AN OLD, OLD GAME.

There was man of sober mien, Who won wide renown, For being always up to snuff,
 You couldn't turn him down. He had a stock of gall that awould Supply a dozen men, To hear him talk, you'd think he was The prize pig of the pen. No matter what there was on foot, 2 You'd always find him there, O'erlooking all the busy scene
 With most portentous air. He'd make a speech, the mob would
 cheer
 With all its might and main, Despite the fact that what he said Was vapid and inane. He died as other mortals do,
 His body lay in state, While eulogies poured thick and fast, As If he had been great A clown at heart, pious fraud, He fooled the world, you'll say; Pish, lush, my friend That's nothing
 new,
 Men do it every day. WHEN HE MIGHT LOAF.
 we must be living in a practical age" fsa n4 ~ What makes you think so?" i've just been reading about king who works 10 hours day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

cattle will feed on the straw stacks this winter My corn crop will easily run 50 bushels to the acre, and 5000 bushels Tn the crop. NO, do not plant much cotton. am raising some colts, including few mules, and graze heard of cattle. My surplus crops this year will bring me over $lo- onns,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
RErLECTToNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 There is no way to pickle ideals so as
 to preserve them. A good thing about lying Is 1t doesn't fool so very many people. Extravagance just comes from getting hold of some money to spend. A man with a lot of money may be fool. but there's nobody anxious to tell him he is
 No matter how much misery girl could get out of an unfortunate love af- fair, she could get heap more if 1t was
 narria9os asA @A-.1<s f~S ST
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
THE QUEST Ixxltk~- -n

THE QUEST By James Whitcomb Riley. am looking for Love. He has passed this way, With eyes. as blue as the skies of May, And face as fair as the summer dawn? You answer back, but I wander on For you say: "Oh, yes; but his eyes
 were gray,
 And his face as dim as a rainy day" But stout of heart will onward fare, Knowing my Love is beyond-some-
 where,-
 The love seek. with the eyes of blue, And the bright. sweet smile unknown of
 you; And on from the hoA re traa ls f6 { shall sing eolHets vhrl# SeaE
 {fppF nfnyh .e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
The Color in Life

Miss Florence Weber. whose singing and acting abilities contribute largely to the success of "The Climas,' which came to the Jefferson theatre Monday night for an engagement of four performances, has a color scheme of life all her own.
 "It must be awful when there Is no color in your daily routine, when you are color blind," said she. Just imagine get ting up in the morning and finding no color in the wall paper or the Turkish rug. What if, after breakfast, you had to go through a garden where the flow CTS were. all unpainted; no red on the rose, no green on the leaf. Just suppose all color was taken out of trappings and accessories of life. Can you imagine life reduced to the dull, monotonous color of the earth.
 What if no purple hung over the sum set and no gray hung over the dawn and no blue over the ocean? Indeed. what If life were colorless?
 "There are lots of persons who get up in the morning and find no color in the wall paper It is because they have lost the point of view of the other fellow. They've lost the color which the other fellow has somewhere down in his paint box.
 .It's your cue to think that every thing that's harsh is as fine as eiderdown. Much that seems wrong should be inter preted as right. If you have lost the point of view of the other fellow you're going to lose some of the color of life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
unfortunnte school Training

unfortunate SCnOOl
 q am proud of Birmingham's school system and am glad for what 1t has done and Is doing" said well known citizen whose. children are in the pub lie schools, "but 1t grates on my nerves to have my boy come home and tell me such things as he did today. For instance, he told me that his teacher is from Atlanta and takes oc- casion to emphasize the fact before the pupils. Today she was talking to the children about Birmingham's street cars and said that of course Birming- hams street car traffic Is not handled as Is the case in the really metropolitan cities such as Atlanta.
 Again she was talking to them about Birmingham's census figures. She told them what the new population is and added that it Is what is known as a floating population-people are counted here this year who will be gone next year and so on. She added that 1t was different from the sub stantia1 populations of the really met ropolitan cities such as Atlanta for instance.
 Now. my boy Is somewhat of Birmingham enthusiast and this talk did not sit well with him. He came and told me about 1t and am in- clined to think myself that he had a kick coming. Why should he and the other children of his grade be edu- cated to think slightingly of their city? Rather there should be inculcated in his mind spirit of civi pride He should be told of the greatness of his home city and he should be taught to love 1t for its good qualities rather than to be brought up with the idea that others are so much greater and better"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
A Care for Fair visitors

"I would suggest to Chief of Po- lice Bodeker that he issue special 1n- structions to his force to require au- tomobile drivers to travel not faster than four miles an hour in the bus mess section of the city during the fair" said citizen.
 "There will be many aged persons here and thousands who will be looking at the skyscrapers and other city sights which will make them unmindful or danger and we should take unusual precaution to see that they are not in- jured by the automobiles"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

The Saratoga convention neglected to indorse Chauncey M. Depew and he is therefore left at the post. This is perhaps better than to be left at the polls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

It Is said only 80 persons have ever died from snakebite in this country and vet the sale of the snakebite rem edy is every year very large.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

When Mayor Gaynor declined to run for govesnor Roosevelt luck began to assert itself But Dix is good enought to be a winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

If Hannibal had been equipped with hundred thousand aeroplanes he could have taken Rome before the Romans knew he was coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

The fear among New York repub- licans is that Uncle Joe will persist in making some speeches in that state. The platform adopted at Saratoga Is in truth a Joe Cannon platform
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

Even Uncle Joe could stand on that toneless and two-faced Saratoga plat form. It is simply a bid for campaign subscriptions in Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

Insurgency in Massachusetts Is be- ginning to make one candidate feel like a Lodge in some vast wilder ness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
BALzAo STILL PURSUED BY DEBTS

BALZAC STILL PURSUED BY DEBTS
 From the New York Tribune.
 Poor Balzac! Even beyond the grave
 he is pursued by at least one of the malign influences which dogged his foot
 steps while he lived. One of the numer-
 ous worlds he frequented was populated
 entirely by creditors and bailiffs. He was
 forever in debt, forever at odds with
 people who had entirely lawful designs
 upon his bank account. And now the
 enemy is at it again. The Balzac mu-
 scum in Paris. the opening of which was
 mentioned in these columns not long ago. is in debt to the government, which claims a sum of about $185. due for taxes, and as the curator declines to pay the money out of his own pocket there Is trouble The tax collector has threat ened to attach and sell the relics In the building if he Is not paid. Meanwhile.
 the president of the Society of Friends of Balzac indignantly protests to the authorities that. as an establishment of national interest, the museum Is legally
 exempt from taxation. In all probability his arguments will be needed, for the French are not the kind of peopel to be-
 have badly in matter of this sort. We
 should not be surprised to hear that the | whole difficulty sprang from the pedan- | tic conduct of some offcious underling. But when the incident Is closed all the documents should be gathered together and conspicuously exposed in the mu- scum. The lover of Balzac who has a
 sense of humor will recognize as a de- lghtfully characteristic exhibit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
ApyERTIsING BIRMINGHAl

From the Gadsden Journal.
 Birminghams population figures are turning the eyes of the whole country te the Alabama mineral country. It's the biggest advertisement the state has ever had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

Amos Pinchot. Cliffs brother is writ ing insurgency for the magazines whil his brother talks 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

The Sultan of Sulu will have to journey to Danville. H.. if he wants to find a royal parsonage in this coun- try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

A fire occurred in the twenty sixth
 floor of the Singer building in New
 York and there were no aviating fire | fighters at hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

Senator Cummins Is ready to reim purse at any moment. His ailmen has become chronic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

The colonel has adopted populistit doctrines without adopting the long whiskers that once went with them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

CAUSE AND EFFECT.
 "He has quite a military air. Is he military man?"
 NO; but I think he uses military hair brushes.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

Any city that indulges in aviation has of course to raise the wind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

Loyalty to party is not held in high tested states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

Some scientists like shark meat, and the sharks are ever ready to recipro- cate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

Los Angeles claims to have leis- ure class that outnumbers the 400.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

This town needs some new 152,6S5 postcards showing a skyscraper hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

Sky rules will soon be needed as much as road rules are now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

Almost every automobile adds to the population of Detroit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

"seein& the Alps by aeroplate celli for ear nAuffs and warm ciothin2s<
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

The new nationalism of the Saratoga platform is so tame it will eat ou
 of the hands of standpatters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
SOMETIMES HAPPENS.

He's been around the world and yet you never hear him tell about. hia experiences"
 Maybe he was chased around the world by detectives"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
QUITE THE CONTRARY

QUITE THE CONTRARY. There goes a man who has been skipper for 20 years" "Ie doesn't look like a seafaring man."
 "He isn't. He's dancing master"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
succe .sful Farming in AIabama

Farming in Alabama is most certainly coming into its own and the signs point to many men of means engaging 1t. A few years ago very prosperous Bir- mingham man purchased rundown" farm in Bibb of some 800 arces. He is today reaping a handsome return on his investment. Speaking of his present year crops he said:
 "Yes, it pays to raise wheat in Ala bama. I threshed 1000 bushels on my Bibb county farm. also raised over 4oo bush els of oats. threthed them put and my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

A BITTER THOUGHT. a. Sheriff Bob": T wonder who's kiss ing her now?" s.3e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

1 f CONSIDER. ssf4 s.|
 Alas, how seldom dreams come true,-
 Unless we work and help them to Come truei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

POINT IN ITS FAVOR. "Your automobile smokes" Maybe so, but 1t doesn't smoke cig- arettes."
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
Governor Blanchard Misuuoted

| Former Gov. N. c. Blanchard of Louisiana writes to The Age Herald un- der date of October 1, to correct a mis- the National Conservation congress at St Paul and taking exceptions to an inter- view based upon his supposed utterances. Tt is not true.''N writes Governor Blanchard. that I said at St. Paul that the doctrine of states rights is dead that it Is dead under the tramping feet of million marching men, etc.
 This misquotation has been going the | round of the press: I cannot reach all the newspapers to correct it; but I did correct 1t days ago in communications to the New York Sun and the New Orleans Timss-Democrat.
 T spoke strongly before the conserva- tion congress in support of national con- trol of conservation and in opposition to the views of certain of the governors from the northwestern states. who ad- vocated the control by the states of the natural resources belonging to the United States in their states. But I made no such statement as that the doctrine of states rights is dead.'
 | "I spoke off-hand without manuscript and even without notes, and, hence it was an easy matter to be misquoted and this unintentionally by the reporters pres- | ent.
 What I said was to the effect that the doctrine of states rights, as understood and advocated by the people of the south prior to 1861, >pad gone down in the war between the states, and that the sohth had accepted the situation in good faith.
 But I said nothing in antagonism to what I have always held. that the broad principle of states rights and of the fundamental division of powers between the federal government and the. states, ordained by the constitution, is as live I and vital today as it always has been, and always must be, as long as the Ameri- can republic shall endure.
 T did, however, in the address referred to, speak with some sarcasm of the at- tempt of the western governors to con- jure up the spirit of states right to sus- tain their contention. and denied as ap- plicable to the case, or to the situation, the true principle of states rights"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09

farm over there somewhere in
Mingo county and we made it our
headquarters; but in roaming about
we came upon that charming shanty
of yours, Mr. Ardmore, down on the
Raccoon. The house was deserted,
and finding the marks of the official
survey running clearly through the
timber, we were amused to find that
the house was partly in North, partly
in South Carolina. The thing touched
our fancy. A negro cooked for us
what has become of him | do not
know. We cut ourselves off from the
mail and telegraph and received no
newspapers until a packet came yes.
terday, and it was only few minutes
after / saw from the headlines of the
Vidette what a row was going on that
| realized that strange things may
happen when the king goes a-hunt-
ing"
AS he paused, Miss Osborne stepped
forward. the men making way for her.
'If this be true. Gov. Dangerfeld,
may ask you, sir what has become
of my father?'
Gov. Dangerfeld smiled.
Il regret, Miss Barbara. that l can
not answer that question; l must re-
fer 1t to my daughter"
Miss Osborne responded Jerry,
while | should be glad to assist you
in recovering your father al slight
return for your having placed mine
in the Dilwell county Jail and kept
him there all night, l regret that am
unable to be of the slightest help to
you"
The perspiration was beading Ard
more's brow. but he smiled as though
in joy at Jerry's readiness.
I'VE have taken a number of pris-
oners." said Ardmore. meeting the
governors glance. land while do not
think Gov. Osborne can possibly be Of
the number. yet | shall be glad to
produce them all There's person
in the corn-crib little way across
country whom l captured myself.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09

not besftated 70 grant pardons. and
we have filled, in ono instance, the Of
fce Of justice Of the peace. made W.
cant By resignation The key to your
desk, papa. is behind the clock on the
mantel in your private room"
Ladies and gentlemen" began the
governor of North Carolina, laying a
hand upon the table, and with the
other seizing the lapel of his rough,
brown coat-a pose made familiar by
all his photographs-"the jails of
North Carolina are more uncomfort-
able than l had believed them to be,
and have taken a slight cold which
compels me to be briefer than this in
teresting occasion demands. You
have witnessed here an exhibition of
flial devotion that has, / am sure,
touched us all. 1t is well worth while
for me to have suffered arrest and
Imprisonment to realize the depth OF
my daughters love and the jealousy
with which she has safeguarded my
private and public honor"
He felt for handkerchief and
touched 1t gently to his eyes; but
OoiiihS utCidTeu aILeTWaTQ tnaL GOv.
Dangerfield was exactly like his
daughter and that one never could be
sure that his mirth was genuine.
Il was aware only yesterday, when
saw newspaper for the first time
in week, that political capital was
being made of my absence from
Raleigh: and that my dear friend, the
governor of South Carolina, also, was
being called to account for fiinching
in the face of imperative duty"
Your friend, governor" criod Ard.
more. unable to restrain himself.
Certainly. Mr.. Ardmore," continued
Gov. Dangerfield. THAT angry part
ing of ours at New Orleans was all
for effect to get space in the news
papers. We had confided to each
other that the cares of state had
worn us to an intolerable point and
that we must have rest. Brother Ap-
pleweight had. confess. given us
both a great deal of annoyance, and
to be frank, neither Osborne nor /
wished to take the initiative In his
case. So we resolved to disappear,
and go to some quiet place for rest.
We outfitted with old clothes and
came to the border Gov. Osborne has
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09

believe he's now tied to a mulberry
tree . little way down the road. as
he pretended to be the governor Of
South Carolina and I feared that he
might do himself some harm"
Before he ceased speaking big Paul
strode in. an angry and crestfallen
man following at his heels.
ooh, fatheri"
1t was Barbara Osborne's voice;
but whatever of anger or Joy there
may have been in her words and tone
was lost in the shout OF laughter that
broke from Gov. Dangerfield. The
governor of South Carolina was in no
such high humor. He sputtered.
swore, stamped his foot and struck
the table with his clenched hand as
he demanded to know the meaning OF
the outrageous indignity to which he
had been subjected.
The more his friend stormed the
more Gov. Dangerfield roared with
laughter, but when he could control
himself he laid an arresting arm on
Gov. Osborne's shoulder. and spoke to
Barbara.
Barbara, may / ask whether you.
like my own Jerry. have been protect
ing your fathers fair name during his
absence; and does that account for
my night spent in the Jail at Kildare?
II So
Gov. Dangerfield's laughter got the
better of him, but Barbara, with dig
nifty, turned to her father.
1T is quite true, that finding your
absence occasioning serious remark,
while your attorney general took ad-
vantage of your absence to annoy me
in a most cowardly fashion. with the
kind help of Prof. Griswold | did all
in my power to thwart your enemies.
and to show the people of South Caro-
lima that you were not man to evade
the responsibilities of your office. AS
to the details of these matters / pre-.
fer. father. to speak to you in pri-
vate."
Prof. Griswold?" repeated Gov. Os-
borne, haughtily. Il believe l have
not the honor of the gentleman's ac.
quaintance;" whereupon, to ease the
situation. Ardmore presented his old
friend.
Gov. Osborne, allow me to present
Prof. Henry Maine Griswold, associate
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
SYNOPSIS.
ooDyrisht i0os BY The Bobbs- Merrill compan

Thomas Ardmorc and Henry Maine
Griswold stumble upon intrigue when the
governors Of North and South Carolina
are reported to have quarreled. Grtswold
allies himself with Barbara Osborne,
daughter of the governor of South Caro-
lima, while Ardmore espouses the cause OF
Jerry Dangerheld, daughter OF the gov
ernor OF North Carolina. These two ladies
are trying to fill the shoes of their fa-
thers while the latter are missing. Both
states are In turmoil over one Apple
weight, an outlaw with great political in
fiuence. Unaware of each others posi-
ton, both Griswold and Ardmore set out
to make the other prosecute. Both have
forces scouting the border. Griswold cap
lures Applcweight, but Jerry finds him
and takes him to Ardsley. her own pris-
oner. Ardmore arrests man on his
property who says he is Gov. Osborne.
Meanwhile another man is arrested as
Appleweight by the South Carolina
militia. The North Carolina militia is
called into action. When Col Gillingwa-
ter. Jerry's finnce. finds that real war is
afoot. he flees Appleweight is taken Sc
cretly by Ardmore and lodged In jail In
South Carolina. Returning to Ardsley.
Ardmore finds that Billings the banker.
and Foster, treasurer OF North Carolina,
have been arrested Barbara Osborne ar
rIves at Ardsley. Dispute as to who has
the real Appleweight results in the den-
tifcatlon OF the man Jailed by Ardmore In
South Carolina as the outlaw.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
Slightly Confused.

All of us become confused and all of
us mix our language sometimes. but
the preparation of an old negro
preachers sermon was the greatest
confusion of metaphors I ever heard,
says a traveller. When the lengthy dis
course was nearing its close and he
had reached his ''Twenty-third and last
ly, brethren he Yound up by the fol-
lowing elaborate figure:
"Everywha, bredren, we see de Al
mighty-all down de untrodden paths
of time, we see de footprints of de
Almighty hand"-Human Life.