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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03

should remain in their hands, without in
terest. until expended for the purpose for
which it was appropriated Mr.. Steiner
agreed with your executive in the posi-
ton taken, that as Birmingham had but
one system of water works, located at
North Birmingham that the said sum of
$4,000 could be legally withdrawn, and
that he would recognize any draft made
upon that fund for the purpose of ex-
tending or lettering municipal water
works.
l would, therefore, recommend to your
honorable body that the water committee,
or such other members of your honorable
body as you see fit to charge with the
work. be authorized to Immediately made
a six-inch connection between the North
Birmingham plant and the ten-inch mains
of the Birmingham Water Works com
pany, and to enter into contract with
said company for the use of water If any
emergency should arise. This six-inch
pipe would cover about four blocks. The
necessity for this connection is appar
ent from the fact that an accident might
occur to the machinery of the North
Birmingham plant, and large citizen
ship, to say nothing of the industries of
that thriving place, would be absolutely
without water.
There are many extensions that can be
made which will yield revenue that is
now being lost.
Your honorable body has already in
structed your chief executive and Mr..
McCartin, street commissioner, to concrete
and cement the reservoir. In consequence
of the resolution unanimously adopted at
the last meeting of your honorable body
that no money be expended from the gen.
eral fund. your, executive and street
commissioner have stopped work at that
point. Yours very truly
FRANK p. O'BRIEN, Mayor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
PRINCE RUELENS
WEEDS In MERIDIAN

Meridian, Miss, February 2-(Special)
A marriage of more than usual interest
in Meridian was that today of Prince
Victor S. Rueens of Paris and London
and Mrs. Lillian Ida Hess Settler of
Philadelphia, Pa, daughter of Mrs. S. A
Dewald, reputed to be very wealthy. The
marriage was performed at 10 o'clock
at the Great Southern hotel, Rev. T. j.
Shipman, pastor of the First Baptist
church, performing the ceremony. Fol-
lowing the ceremony an elaborate BAN
quet was held at which there were so
guests. composed of some of the Slost
prominent ladies and gentlemen of Me-
ridan.
Many. congratulations kilograms from
throughout the United States were re-
ceived by the bride and groom. Prince
Ruelens and his bride left in the after
noon for New Orleans, where they will
remain until after Mardi Gras. Prince
Ruelens is one of the promoters of the
Mississippi Western railroad and J. w.
Hudson, president of the company, gave
the bride away.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03

Have built and sold hundreds of
homes to them at a total cost of from
$1100 to $500 month.
About 80 per cent now own these
homes and they are good ones.
These people are faithful, prosperous,
loyal and high grade, yet they have been
bounded and vilifed because they now
and always have refused to bend the
knee to these tyrannical labor bosses
who could collect monthly fees and order
them to quit work in order to punish the
Company for being independent of "un-
ionism. -
The Labor Trust has sent committees
and money time and again, given smok-
ers land drinkers) to try and lure our
people into the meshes Of slavery, but
Postum workmen steadfastly prefer
their independence and liberty. There
fore, the labor leaders have threatened
to punish them and this lying peanut
shell tale is one of the methods.
There is a. time coming when the.work-
ingman, even outside of Battle Creek,
will secure his rightful position and fair
treatment with suitable wages without
being compelled to be under the iron heel
of few labor chiefs who have obtained
control in some localities over the work
ingmen, and can tell them when to quit
work. III sliih icct' to The s4usetng If
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
Scratch this on the Slate
With a Nail

their infamous ENTERTAINMENT commit
tees'' -. ~
Labor is too sacred apart Of the great
worlds work to be dominated by th6
vicious, hate producing, impudent, and
criminal men too often found i'm the
ranks Of these so-called officers and
managers. l1s ~. ss','sssf
The works of the great food factories
in this country are open to visitors at all
hours Of the working day, and are visit
ed by hundreds of thousands Of people
who inspect every kind of material used
and all Of the processes. The cleanli-
ness of the Postum, Cereal Co., Ltd,
plant is proverbial the world over.
We have. deposited in the Commercial
National Bank of Chicago 100000 to
be covered by like amount by tho
Chicago Federation of Labor. Ifss sho
Federation of Labor can. show that there
were ever any peanut shells or trash Of
any kind shipped to andused by the Pos
tum Cereal Co., Ltd, in their foods at
any time in the history of the business;
the Chicago Federation Of Labor will
take the 100000, otherwise it will
come to us. The Chicago Federation OF
Labor will not cover this amount. They
know, and their president knows, that
when he made the statement, he con.
structed it out Of whole cloth and voiced
wilful falsehoQd II a. =. ;s,s.s
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Some paid managers Of the great
Labor Trust do not seem satisfied to rest
on their past record of tyrannies to their
owl members, to other working men,
and to the public at large, but they seek
to add to their long list OF villianour
acts.
On Sunday, January I'd, 1910, The
Chicago Federation of Labor allowed to
pass to the press statement that three
carloads of empty peanut shucks were
found in a railroad wreck and were con-
signed to our Company.
That statement was wilful malicious
lie made from whole cloth.
1t was inspired by the usual hate for
everyone not under the yoke OF the
Labor Trust.
It is a favorite method Of the average
"Jawsmith the noisy ones in the
unions-when confronted with facts re-
garding the assaults, destruction Of
property, and other crimes (too often in
Guiding murder) to concoct and put out
deliberate falsehoods.
This attack on the business OF the Pos
tum Cereal Co. is good illustration.
They have tried for years to boycott
the products, ruin the business, and take
away the living of our faithful employ
ees (about 1000 persons)
What fort A..
We have for years past paid the high
<, ~ State for ike sQrz-'er
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
Stamina In Men And
How to Possess II
(From Mans MaladIes."

A prominent physician being
asked the question: What are
the things in life a man needs
most?' answered.: physical
health, strong nerves, mental eff
flciency, money and social sue
cess Any man possessing these
Ave attributes is a success Any
man possessing the first three
can be a success and have the
other two. Possession of a
sound body with strong nerves
10 really the requirement which
men need most. Men need
stamina. courage. staying quail
ties, endurance and perseverance
but in order to have these quail
ties the nerves must be strong
and keenly sensitive to every
emotion. When man has FORE
bodings, sensations of fear, tim
idity. accompanied with such
symptoms as trembling hands
and limbs, weak voice, nervous
ness, sleeplessness, numbness,
dizziness, heart palpitation. rest
lessness, forgetfulness, melan-
cholia. WEAKNESS without cause,
and many others of a similar ma
ture. It cannot be expected that
he will be a success financially,
socially or otherwise.
Strong virile magnetism comes
only to those whose nerves are
properly nourish ed in a sound
body. Nature in her wisdom has
supplied certain extracts, es-
sences, etc, which, il properly
blended, will restore normal
keeness to the nerves So that
any man can feel the rich red
blood surging through his body
supplying all the elements neces-
sary to derive the most out OF
life in all it's various phrases.
For the benefit Of those temp
orarily deficient In nerve
strength the following ingred-
tents can be obtained of any good
druggist and prepared in the
privacy of home. Purchase tn rec
ounces OF syrup sarsaparilla
compound in a six ounce bottle.
Add one ounce OF compound fluid
balmwort, shake and let stand
two hours. Then add one ounce
tincture cadomene compound
mot cardamom) and one ounce
compound essence cardiol. Mix.
Shake we'll and take q teaspoon
full after each meal and one when
retiring. All distressing symp-
toms will soon vanish and a COM
plste restoration to normal fol-
lows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
PHYSICIAN FOUND
DEAD IN STREET

Augusta, Ga, February 2.-lir.
Charles W. Hickman, one of the most
prominent pf5 sicians. in the south, was
found dead from gunshot' wounds at ~
O'Clock tonight on the streets in sum-
mervile, Il fashionable suburb of ALL
gusta. The Hickmans live in Summer
brothers home. The residents of ths
were two wounds, one in the head and
one in the body. The pockets had beet
rifed and DIR. Hickman's watch. has
been torn from-his vest 1t is not known
by the family where DIR. Hickman kept
his money or if he had any at all
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
Mandamus Is Asked

Washington, February 2.-The Joint
congressional committee on priDdng was
ordered today by Justice Wright in the
supreme court of the District IF Columbia
to show cause on February II why a writ
of mandamus should not be issued, COM
polling it 10 award contracts for furnish
ing paper for the government printing to
the Valley Paper company of Holyoke,
Mass The paper company, in its. petition
alleges the joint committee threw out its
bid because the certificate was furnished
at the same time though not actually at
tached to the other papers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
Moody stands For Re-EIection

Russellyille, February 2.-(SpeciaL)
r. J. Moody, present probate judge OF
Franklin county, announced ;rs a cam
didate for reelection Yesterday. Mr.
Moody has served this county as pro
bate judge for six years and has made
a very capable officer. The line up foI
probate Judge Isl w. w. Ozbirn, W.sp.
Jordan, w. ID. Lowrey, present Sheriff
and r. J. Moody. Others are being
spoken of as probable candidates for
the position. -'f'' y.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
Chamorro,. Column Advances

San Juan del Sur, Mic, February a
The United States cruiser DesMoines
has sailed for Corn Island to bring
back the members of the Managua Red
Cross who were sent to Bluefields to aid
the wounded after the battle at Recreo,
and who were detained by order of
General Estrada. Advices received here
indicate that war operations around La
Libertad are confined to the movement
of troops. General Chamorro's column
which is making rapid advance toward
Mana qua, Is now completely cut of
from its base of supplies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
Graves La Reorxnnisinr

Washington, February 2-Chief Forester
Graves has decided to re-establish the
branch department of lands of the forest
ago, and consolidated with the law depart
ment. Charles r. Pierce, formerly law Of
ficer in the district forester's office at
Portland, Ore, will be in charge. The
branch will handle all questions of an
administrative character in connection
with claims. agricultural settlement and
the granting of permits for special uses
and rights of way upon national forests.
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Bargain Day in Thievery

East Liverpool, o., February BE
cause 1t happened to be bargain day
when he stole six plumes from de-
partment store. George Brown escaped
a penitentiary sentence and was sent TO
the work house instead today. The
plumes, ordinarily valued by the pro-
prietor at SAP was marked down to s24.
The grand jury said the offense was
petit larceny on bargain days but would
have been grand larceny at any other
time when the value of the goods ex-
ceeded $35.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
Cb.mp Clark Club Formed

Washington, February 2.-Hepresen'
tative Champ Clark of Missouri has
been informed that the first "ChamI
Clark for President Club" has been or
ga nized in Enid, Okla. An official mott
fication to this effect has just reached
him. kilograms from Tulsa, Okla, have
also been received by the minority lead
er nominating him for speaker or tn'
next Congress and then for President
The democratic minority leader Is non
committal on the subjects and vii
youchsafe nothing about the prospec
tive candidates..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
stanley II Reconstructed

greensboro, Ky, February 2.-In to-
days democratic congressional election
for the Second Kentucky district A. o.
Stanley of Henderson was renominated
for the fifth time by an overwhelming
majority, defeating Lavega Clements Of
Owensboro and G. C. Givens of Hop
kins county. Mr.. Stanley has served
eight years in Congress. Today he car
ried six out Of eight counties.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
Mardi Graa Viaitors Arrive

New Orleans, February 2.-The ar
rival here tonight of $40 passengers in
special coaches over the Southern Pa
cific railroad from California marked
the first quota of the incoming delega-
ton from that state to attend the Mardi
Gras festivities which open with
Momus tomorrow. Cardinal Gibbons is
visiting his brother in this city, Arch
bishop Blenk dined with him Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03

New York, February Holdings of
the Hartman estate, which heretofore
practically controlled Wells. Fargo &
Co, have been liquidated, according to
an unconfrmed report current in New
York today. 1t Is also reported, APP
parentiy authoritatively. that the
Southe rn Pacific company sold its stock
holdings In the company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
White slavery Conviction

Cleveland, o., February Jacob
Goldberg, salesman" was convicted by
. common pleas jury today of engaging
IN white slave traffic. The man was
accused of bringing 1S-year-old Gussie
Cohen here from New York and selling
her to the proprietor of resort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
Shoots wife and self

New Orleans, February 2.-Augustus
Royrsr, 1eweler. shot and fatally
wounded his wife and then attempted
to commit suicide. 1t Is averred he had
been drinking heavily for several days.
Royrer Is held in the parish prison.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03

Lima, Peru. February Upon his in
sistencs the resignation of DR.. Carlos
Forero. minister Of finance, who gave
notice of his wish to retire two days
AFRO. was asked today hy President
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Lynn, Mass, February 2.-1ndustrial
peace reigns again in the local shoe fac
tories. The strike affected only two fac
tories, but at noon today all the manufac-
turers had agreed to the demend Of the
lasting machine operators.
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Eminent Canndinn Dead.

Montreal. February 2.-4Sr George
Drummond, senator, president Of the
Bank of Montreal, president of the Can
ada Sugar Refinery company, and one Of
the foremost captains of industry in Can
ada, died today aged 81 years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03

Is the least value an Accident
Insurance Company places on
ONE of your eyes
1t surely is worth more to
you-therefore you should be
careful in the selection of your
optician.
You will receive the most
thorough service here. Our
reputation is behind our work.
Let us examine your eyes
without charge.
We will tell you the exact
nature of your eye trouble.
If you need glasses we will
supply you with the most cor
rect and scientific ground
lenses. We have the only com
plete lens grinding plant in
the state.
We will save you time, trou-
bic and money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
The Old Step

One passes the money counter with a
shrug of disgust, for the pay envelope
hides no more within its depths. But
those steps which lead into the upper
sanctuary bring more interesting thought.
Every third step is more deeply worn,
for the reporter with a good story likes
to climb fast.
These are plebian steps. where boss
and galley devil, editor and office boy
were on an equal footing, and at Its
head in the dark recesses of the mail
room, which is papered with gaudy pic
lures, is the home of the homeless, where
the friendless, itinerant printer and news
paper man, the runaway boy and the oc-
casional tramp has for many years found
a roll of paper or a mail sack upon which
to stretch his weary bones for g. few
hours rest.
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The Little Editorial Room

INC 60htVHiai htoOh
Turning into the little editorial room
the midnight wanderer found the ven
tricle and the auricle which once
pumped the life for the whole system.
still, and cold and damp. For Is years,
within these four red walls the deep,
Age-Herald.
Even now, one tan see in the minds
eye the beloved Lucien Julian Walker
bending over that desk in the corner.
while from his own big heart poured
that lucid stream OF love, If spring, of
life, and of sympathy in the Murmur Of
the World. Hero he did mis- greatest
left more of love to calm this pool of
strife than many q larger drop.
But all of The Age-Herald's gradu-
ates are not dead. 1t is said that more
successful newspaper men have gone
east fromThe Herald than from
any other paper. True, there was Wal
ter Hawley, the grea.cst of them all,
who went from The Age erald to the
New York Sun, and made an enviab BILE
record, passed out last year and was
mourned half round the siobe.
Among the living one must mention
in the same breath Roy McArdle. Hal
Hommison and Bozeman Bulger. a trio
of New York's best Journalists, who
got their first lessons in this same little
den on Second avenue McArdle is a eel :
ebrsted poet, ana the other two have
passed through the early trials of big
CITY Journalism, and have made a repu-
tation as special writer's.
There is sewell Haggard, too, whose
letters to The e-Herald from New
York often remind the old guard of his
early articles in the local columns. Mat
Alexander. who now runs the CONNER
cial Age, and John A. Randle. author OF
Maryland, My Maryland" were both
at one time on the local staff.
Incuhating Ground For Business Man
The old building has also been the in
cubatinE ground for some Of the best
business men of Birmingh am. Here they
took their bea rings, gained their ac-
oua,ntanecs, and went out to become
successful in q chosen line.
Among them was Henry Gray, who
came to Birmingham from Atlanta In
1887. 28 years ago. and went to work on
ths morning when the first issue of the
Horald was printed. He was with the
paper until 1894. Capt. Frank p
O'Brien, Robert McDavid. former city
editor; w. p. Pinkhard, n. N Rhodes,
IN APPEL Corey, w. c. Garrett, Frank v.
Evans and a number of others figured
in the successes and vicissitudes of the
publication.
1t was Captain O'Brien who, in Sep
TENDER of 1895 accomplished a similar
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Mrs. McCrery's home was on Arlington
avenue. She had wide circle of ac-
ouaintances who will lament her death.
She came to Birmingham to live several
years ago In order to be with her son.
who was at that time vice president and
general manager of the Tennessee COM
pany. She was always spoken of by her
friends as one of the best of neighbors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-03
MRS. NJ 'CRERY Is
DEAD IN BALTIMORE

A special dispatch to The Age-Herald
last night from Baltimore is as follows
Baltimore, February Especial Mrs.
Elizabeth B. McCrery of Birmingham
died at the Johns Hopkins hospital late
last night. She had not been a patient
there very long and shortly after she was
admitted an operation was performed.
She rallied for several days but later
complications set in which proved fatal.
Her son. Charles McCrery, who is stop
ping at the Hotel Belvedere, is here and
is arranging for the funeral which will
take place tomorrow at Frederick. Nd.
The latter place is the former home of
Mrs. McCrery.
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SOME REFLECTIONS
ON THE OLD HOME
Midnight Visit to the Old Age
Herald Building.
SKETCH OF ITS CAREER
Some of the Men Who Used 10 BE in
the Old Home Have Made Notable
Successes In business and Jour-
nalism.
SKETCH OF ITS CAREER
By BURR BLACKBURN

One feels the presence of death upon
entering the SCARED and time-worn old
structure that was The Age-Herald
building. At the midnight hour the old
door ereaked ON rusty hinges, and the
musty, decaying odor of the death cham
Der oYereame the Senses The cold, I'M
seen visitor had taken possession of the
place
Where but the night before a hundred
workmen had hurried under brilliant arc
lights in the preparation of a great 4 Wy
newspaper with typewriters buzzing.
telegraph instruments rafting and vast
machinery pulsating with rushing life
was darkness, solitude-no movement but
the weird fitting of ghostly shadows
and the scurry of those busy little scav-
engers of death.
To the right of the door only the
street lights flicker across the rude shelf
with its seams of age and knife-carved
edges, where for years the needy and
distressed have scrawled out their cry to
the public Here leaned and wrote that
trembling spirit of enthusiasm, the young
man who 'Wanted-A job" Here the
hysterical hard luck Lost Article" hunt
er breathed UP a prayer for its return.
Here the tinid. bashful maiden, or the
worn old maid first SHE'D her castor,
writing eagerly, "Wanted-A husband"
1t was at this altar the incensed victim
of publicity first paused to write his
philippe which later he waved in rage
before the editor and even at his side
the young hero of the amateur baseball
game wrote, THE feature of the con-
test was the home-run of Mike O'Hara."
Many an Appeal TO Voters
Many an appeal to the voters of Ala
bama and Jefferson county for your
votes and promises to enforce the laws
on the statute books, to pension the
Confederate veterans, and to fight for
education has been penned on this rough
board by the shrewd politician of Ala
bama. 1t Is an historic board which
could whisper more OF sorrow, more of
ambition, more of indignation than even
the linotype machines themselves. for
only small part of its secrets ever got
into print, and yet its usefulness, like the
human hand found In the ash barrel, Is
gone.
A policeman breaks the revery, ap-
pearing out of the darkness of the bus
mess office. 1t might have been the
ghost of Walter Hawley, come to pro-
test that his old haunt should be for
saken, but the officer in the silent night
is on death watch, while the few signs
of value remain in the building
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eral days ago Judge Wilkes Coleman,
who owned the building next to the one
in use until last week, decided to tre-
BILE the rent. Captain O'Brien refused to
pay it, and in one night tore hole in
the wall on the second story and moved
press paper and all.