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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
BIG BIRMINGHAM

From the Twin-City Telegram.
 Birmingham, the commercial capital of Alabama, Haunted before the world on yesterday her remarkable growth. When the final result is known 1t is sure that of ' the cities on the 1Oo,oOo-class, Bir- mingham "has led all the rest" This Is distinction that is priceless from the advertising standpoint, one that will cause all the world to marvel and investi- gate.
 The growth of the "Pttsburg of the south has been phenomenal. There is no need for the soutberner to disbelieve the Aladdin's Lamp stories, or to expire from astonishment at the mushroom cities of the west that spring from the plains in a night. For right here in the heart of the southland stands city that has shown development that is almost without precedent. Within 40 years the metropolis with it's heterogeneous popula- tion has succeeded the village with it's few struggling houses. There are plenty of comparatively young men who can re- member when Birmingham was but an open field; there are plenty of others who can recall the. time when they bought property at boom prices, lost faith in the future of the city, and lost money by gaining experience.
 It is true that since the last census was taken Birmingham has annexed pretty nearly all of Jefferson county Her territorial area has increased much more, proportonately, than has the mum. Der of her inhabitants. Did the census feature an expansion of this kind, the Magic City would still have laurels tc spare. But the expansion was 'legti. mate one, for the suburbs taken in are teeming with life. are thckly settled and are connected with the old Birmingham | by countless streaks of rust along which whiz modern street cars.
 | Alabama is proud of Birmingham, ana should justly be. Her hills are teemins with wealth, her wheels of industry fly
 fast, her people are progressive and lib eral. Nature and men have worked to gether for her building. And 1t will 'oc casion real surprise if the big Birmingham of today does not double her population
 within the next decade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
TRAITS OF "TAY PAY' O'CONNOR

with the vietuals as those who have seen him can tell you.
 Humanness-a complete understanding of everything which concerns the thoughts and creature comforts and lit tie nceties of living of the human crea- ture-that is the chief characteristic of "Tay Pay" In the first instant of meet ing him 1t is impossible to escape feeling that he has plumbed the depths and scaled the heights of human living and thinking; that he could stop in cottage, and take nip of Irish tea with the poor est tenant farmer, or meet King George at his own board with equal grace.
 He's a man, is "Tay Pay a thought full. merry Irishman, and if the Irish ever convict him of anything, they'll convict themselves with him, so Irish is hel
 ftI HH#I# 1T S &
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
contented

The New Orleans Times-D Democrat lost It's entire plant by fire just as it was getting ready to print its paper of Friday morning. But the Picayune came to it's assistance and the readers of the Times Democrat did not miss single number Fortunately the presses of the Times Democrat were but slightly damaged by the fire, and New Orleans splendid paper will soon be itself again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

up handkerchief from the ground is no longer a strong drawing card at county fairs" NO. The fellow who can swoop down get the money now.p
 A NOISE SILENcED.
 So long, Woodruff,
 So long. vest;
 Maybe now we'll s
 Get a rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Character often can't save reputation.
 Everybody is thin-sknned about his weaknesses.
 A man can even act as If his indiges- tion is because there is such poor gov ernment. Your baby cries little bit. poor dear everybody elses yells like the dickens little imp
 Women can keep on deserving without getting it almost forever and not give up expecting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
PERU PIcKINGs.

PERU PICKINGS. Charley Gorrel had horse choked to death In pasture Sunday morning and another one shot by the marshal. the one the marshal shot was getting alofg in years and was valueless. The Enoch Todd house caught fire from old papers that was throwed into the stove; 1t caught on the top of the roof the children had gone to school. the boys had gone to the circus, the husband and father had gone squir- rel hunting and this left Mrs. Todd all alone to battle with the flames, and owing to the scarcity of water she could do nothing but watch the flames. There are many things of fn- terest that happen in Peru, and among some of them are the male and fe- male pumpkins, both of which have been raised in Peru this year, and the night providers, except the donkey hunters who were out from two to three o'clock Monday morning. can and will be called upon to explain more fully. Mrs J. D. Hampton hap pened to quite serious accident Tues day evening. A horse kicked her on the wrist, breaking it-Peru tKas) Derrick and Oil Gazette. GUESS. He wanted a hat, His wife did, too;
 Which got a new lid?
 I leave 1t to you!
 NOT IN THIS CASE.
 "I see where woman has just been granted divorce with alimony of s145, ,0O0."
 And yet, some people say marriage Is failure" TOO TAME. 9Th ey've been married DO years And never had a f1ghtg" Never"
 How monotonous"
 NOBODY. Reformer wights would have you note They preach it night and morn; Nobody ever got the goat Of old John Barleycorn.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
Statistics for Stationery

"Brminghams splendid showing in the census makes the whole country take notice." said Col. w. B. Leedy. Tt is a valuable advertisement for us and will prove a mighty factor in the citys future progress.
 T would suggest that the Chamber of Commerce get up in condensed form statistics about Brmingham's population as shown In each census from 1880 to 1910 an estimate of Birmngham's population reached by the street car lines, the ad- vance in realty assessment, etc., and that all our business concerns have these statistics printed on their stationery There is not city in the United States that can make the showing, relatively speaking, that Birmingham now makes. :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

If MT. Taft takes care of all the stand patters that are condemned by the people this year he will soon have solid stand pat administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

William Archer's book, Through Afro America" was written from views and impressions gathered through the car window of a limited train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

In all political history no convention was ever bossed so thoroughly as was the one at Saratoga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

The republicans who gathered at Sara tosa did admit that all who have fought
 under their banner have not been winter that the driven snow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

The country is wagglng along without being able to see line of Sunny Jim g
 remarkable keynote speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

When 1911 is ushered in, so to speak 1t will be expected to have Halley's comet and Dr. Cook, but 1t may have something worse than either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
THE NOBLE NATURE

By Ben J6nson. =. It Is not growing like tree Tn bulk, doth make man better be-. Or standing long an oak, three hum dred year, To fall a log at last, dry, tbald and
 scar; A lily of a day Is fairer far in May. Although 1t fall apd die that night. It was, the plant and flower of light.
 see; a4 >, t....s. And in short measure life may per-
 feet be. svf4 as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

The Lorimer Investigating committee should have at least picture of the bathroom in St. Louis. That bathroom is a part of history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

The burning issue in New York state is Teddyism, and it will be fought out boldly on both sides.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

The colonel would not aviate because he dreaded to see his name in the news papers. So he says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
An Unsatisfactory Fishing Season

"The past season. which. by the way. may be said to be prolonged into the autumn, has been one of the most un- satisfactory in the history of the sport of fishing said man who tries his luck every now and then. .
 All during the summer the rains and thunderstorms interfered with the sport Trout and other game fish are afraid of thunder and seek deep water and hiding places when the artillery of heaven is in action. The muddy waters and the high waters held the fisherman from catching anything. For a very short season there was some fair sport. but it was fitful and mighty unsartain.'
 T regret to say that vandas dynamited some streams and ponds, and others took 'advantage of the leak in the dam In the Cahaba to sein and took hundreds of young trout that had been placed in the stream by the government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
QUITE DIFFERENT.

"Planks Is in bad" That's where he'd rather be-" T said he's in bad"
 "oh! thought you said he was in bed.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

Sunny Jim found himself up against President and ex-President, and that smile did come off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
Facts That Make for Optimism

Among the many things that make for optimism in Birmingham are the commercial profits on certain invest ments made in the line of public spirit said business man.
 "The Chamber of Commerce Construc- tion company, at the end of it's first fis- cal year, declares dividend of per cent on its preferred stock, and the company which owns the Empire building, at the end of it's fiscal year, has declared div ldend of per cent on its common stock. Both of the large and elegant buildings referred to were erected during a period of financial depression which followed the panic of 1907; both were built by local capital and both have paid pell
 True upbuilders of Birmingham are those men who prove their faith in the city by their works. They are optimists whS do things, and they deserve all the success that comes to them. Here's to the broadminded and plucky men who engineered the Chamber of Commerce project and the office buildings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

It now turns out that Jupiter Pluvius is simply baseball slang for rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

The old guard did not surrender. I could not It was stone dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

There is nothing says the Chicago Record-Herald. the matter with Bir- mingham, Ala"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

Saratoga is heavily underscored in the -eolonels comeback list
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

Sunny Jim autoed back to Utica and resumed the customary obscurity of the Vice Presidency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
Chattanooga and Birmingham

Already some of our sister cities who | fell by the wayside in the matter of | growth as shown by the census are be- ginning to envy us, and throw stones," said a member of the Chamber of Com merce. "The Chattanooga Times. in dis cussing Birmingham's growth, speaks | disparagingy of our 245 per cent increase by stating that a large portion of our | population is the result of annexation. Well, New York and Chicago and all the other great cities have grown, at some stage in their history. by annexation. T have made a close study of the matter here in Birmingham and I con- | cede 32,6s5 as the number of people we | annexed. That leaves old Birmingham proper with 100000 people. The difference between $500 for the 1900 census and 1OO,- | 900 for the 1910 census Is a growth of | nearly 150 per cent, which would still lead the south.
 But we did not annex anything that was not practically ours by right. Pre- vious to the creation of Greater Bir- mingham no one could tell where Bir- mingham stopped and Avondale com menced; where North Birmingham joined the city limits of Birmingham where Woodlawn rubbed shoulders with Avon dale; where East Lake linked itself. to Woodlawn. The same street that is the main thoroughfare of Birmingham east
 and west-First avenue-is the main
 thoroughfare of Avondafe, Woodlawn,
 East Lake on the east; Elyton, West
 End and Powderly on the west The di- vlding lines between Birmingham and
 Ensley could scarcely be found We
 really only gathered our chicks under our wings, for they are all offsprings of Birmingham. +..,
 Chattanooga could annex all of Ham,
 ilton county and still be many thousand
 shy of Birmingham's population. We
 might, perhaps. expect jealousy from slow
 sisters On the other hand, Atlanta,
 which made such a magnificent showing,
 Is proclaiming Birmingham as the mar
 vel. Atlanta Is already scared about it's
 1920 record as compared with Birming-
 ham, but that city still has the grace to
 proclaim Birmingham the marvel of the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

King Corn defies Jack Frost to do his worst King Corn got there 'fust."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

The frosts are falling on the standpat pumpkin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
Amendment Campaign in Missouri


 "St. Louis is great city, notwithstand- ing its comparatively slow growth. as shown by the census bureau" said Rich ard P. Boswell of Chicago.
 T spent several days in St. Louis last week and found business temporarily de- pressed by reason of the constitutional prohibition campaign now being waged In Missouri. All the bankers and promi- nent business men fin St. Louis have taken off their coats, so to speak. and are working with all their might against the constitutional statewide amendment proposition. Statewide prohibition in Missouri would be an awful blow to St Louis and to Kansas City. l am moi familiar enough with the situation to say how the November election is going with regard to prohibition. but inagine that in view of the fact that radical prohibt tion is being knocked evr"vv'N~' sf f statewiders in Missouri will suffer de- feat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

No Vice President ever was in a sorrier plight than was Sunny Jim at Saratoga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

The corn crop is safe, and this is for the first time three-bllion-bushel coun- try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

After sitting down hard on Sherman the Saratoga convention did indorse Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

The Lorimer Investigating committed should have at least picture of the bathroom in St. Louis. That bathroom is part of history
  In all political history no convention was ever bossed so thoroughly as was the one at Saratoga The burning issue in New York state is Teddyism. and it will be fought out boldly on both sides.
  Sunny Jim found himself up against a President and ex-President, and that smile did come off.
 --s-- There is nothing" says the Chicago Record-Herald, the matter with Bir- mingham. Ala" Sunny Jim autoed back to Utica and resumed the customary obscurty of the Vice Presidency
 After sitting down hard on sherman '"S peiotVSd convention dlu lnuOrSe Taft.
 The corn crop is safe, and this is for the first time three e-billion-bushel coun- try.
 No Vice President ever was in a sorrier plight than was Sunny Jim at Saratoga.
 
 King Corn defes Jack Frost to do his worst. King Corn got there "fust." It now turns out that Jupiter Pluvius is simply baseball slang for rain. The old guard did not surrender. It could not It was stone dead. Saratoga is heavily underscored in the eoloners comeback list The frosts are falling on the standpat pumpkin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

From the Baltimore Evening Sun.
 "AITH and has the Blarney Stone lost it's powA, the Irish tongue its
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

Gadsden Journal: Birmingham failed to equal the census figures of Atlanta
 but she beat her rival so badly in the per-
 centage of gain that she ought to be satisfied. Even Atlanta can no longer ig-
 nore the fact that another decade will
 see Birmingham leading by something like 100000. b M ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

Nashville Banner: The jump in popula- ton made by the city of Birmingham, from 3s, ,4l5 to 132,6s5, shows a mervelous progress for that epterprising Alabama city. The increase of 245.4 per cent in a decade will surpass that of other cities except, perhaps. some of the western cities that have been populated main ly within the last ten years. Birming- ham has profited greatly by the vast iron interests that have been developed in its vicinity and is on the highway to further growth and advancement.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
DRY" BILL INTRODUCED.
senator Strobe Presents Measure I'm
Virginia Upper House.


Richmond, Va, Feb. 5-The expected
Statewide prohibition bill came into the
senate lImelight to-day through Senator
Strobe, Of Amherst. The bill was the
attraction of the legislature, taking much
interest away from the bill for divorce,
which brought to the legislature ministers
and others 10 oppose il.
The Statewide bill carries the provision
Of call for an election on petition of
one-fourth Of the qualified voters. who
voted at the last election. In its pro-
visions it restricts the sale Of whisky to
medicinal and scientific purposes only.
The entire bill covers twenty pages. It
is expected to become the most important
measure that will be considered at this
session of the legislature. The fight will
be bitter. Though the bin was expected,
no one knew who its patron would be,
or when 1t would be offered. Hence. the
attention Of the voters in the state Will
be Immediately attracted TO the bin until
the question is settled.
An important provision Of the bin. #
passed is that there shall be no further
election on the question until four years
after it goes into effect.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
TABOO FASHIDIOUS NAME
Commissioners Against Changing
Street to President Avenue"
Friends of Proposed Legislation Ar
gued II WOuId Cause Property
Values To Increase.

Adverse action was yesterday recon-
mended by the Commissioners on the two
bills before Congress providing for the
changing of the name OF Sixteenth street
northwest TO that Of Avenue OF the
Presidents
The argument advanced by friends OF
the proposed legislation was that by its
adoption the erection OF more important
public and private structures would re-
suit and the taxable valuations would
largely increase.
The bill authorizing the Commissioners
20 prepare a new highway plan for that
portion Of the District bounded by Broad
Branch road, Rock Greek Park, Utah
avenue, Northampton street and Ne
braska avenue and to include in said
plan a new line for Broad Branch road
from Nebraska avenue 10 Rock Creek
Park was favored.
The Commissioners have transmitted TO
Congress, through Chairman s. W. Smith,
Of the House Committee Oh the District.
the draft Of bill providing for the ex-
tension of Military road northwest The
land necessary for the improvement will
cost the government about $2C00.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL GROWS.
Million Brick Among Years Prod
ucts, Report Says.

UCtSs hepOfA says
BOYS of the National Training School
have turned out a million brick in the
past year, according to the fortieth an
nual report of William NJ. Shuster, chair
man of the board of trustees, filed yester-
day with Attorney General Wiekersnam-
Under the direction Of skilled foremen,
the pupils are becoming skillful in prac-
teal handicrafts, the report says Gains
from shopwork totaled $L20; from the
sales Of farm and greenhouse products,
S4l2,72, and from miscellaneous sources,
Sill, making a total of $1629SS, which
has been turned into the United States
Treasury.
In the new shops, it has been planned
to give instruction along the lines OF
steam laundering. tailoring. shoemaking.
paper box making masonry, steam fitting.
painting. iron work. carpentry. and fur
niture making. 4 memorial window has
been placed in the assembly hall in
memory of Crosby s Noyes, who was
president of the board of trustees at the
time OF his death. and who was deeply
interested in the work II was paid for
by citizens.
one hundred and ninety-tlve boys re-
ceived last year have brought the enroll
ment of the school up to a total OF 500
OF those received during the year. 40
We're committed by the Juvenile Court Of
the District Of Columbia. by the Su-
preme Court of the District. 81 by courts
outside of the District, and 16 paroled boys
and escapes were returned.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
FOR GOOD INTERSTATE ROADS
Highway Improvement League VIII
Meet Here on March I,

Plans viii be formulated for the intro
duction and passage of a bill to promote
good interstate roads and TO cooperate
with the Canadian and Mexican govern
mcnts when the executive and legislative
committees Of the International League
of Highway Improvement meets in
Washington on March ].
The bin stipulates that the national
commission on highway improvement
shall be created, TO be composed Of one
Senator, 70 be named by the Vice Presi-
dent; one Representative. to be named by
the Speaker Of the House: one officer Of
the Engineer Corps Of the army. to be
named by the Secretary Of War; one off,
cial from the Post-ofice Department. TO
be designated by the POSTMASTER General.
one representative from the Department
of Agriculture, TO be designated by the
Secretary Of Agriculture, and four civil
ians. one of whom shall be a civil engi-
neer. 10 be nominated by the President
of the United States, the commission TO
constitute the bureau of national high
ways.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06
BOY SOLDIERS IN SESSION.
Governing Council of Brigade
Transacts Important Business.

IrtnSacts Important Business.
Business OF interest to boy soldiers was
considered by the governing council of
the District and Virginia division Of the
United Boys Brigade Of America at a
special meeting in Wesley NJ T. Church
last night
Favorable action was taken on the pro-
posed new constitution of the national
body. Committees were appointed 10 ar
range the Washington's Birthday banquet
OF the division regiment and the military
programme of the field day exercises The
resignation of the division commander.
Edgar c. Powers, was accepted II was
decided to limit. with the national body s
approval, the local division to the District,
eliminating Virginia.
Members of the committee which will
have charge of the banquet are Mai +.
NJ. KERRY, Chaplain r. a. Curtis, Capt
II. II. Fowler. and Lieut. r. L. Sherry.
Those who Will constitute the military
programme committee are Col J. Jarvis
Butler and Capts. W. $. HuIfsh, A. Z.
Hutchinson. and w. c. Rathbone
Col. J. Jarvis Butler viii serve as acting
division commander until the annual cleo
ton In May.