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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
CAUGHT ON QUICKLY

From the New York Tribune.
She was a nice, gray-haired woman
with a placid face, and she had Travelled
in from New Jersey to visit her son in
his Broadway office. The elevator in
which he took her down on the way to
luncheon was packed with men and a
few women. She looked nusingly at her
son, at the other men, and then at her
son again.
You're very quick in catching on 70
all the new ways, aren't you, Harry?''
she murmured.
whats that?" he asked.
IT see you don't take your hat off in
the elevator
To make the story right every mans
hat ought to have come off instantly
but it didn't. The car stopped, and the
nice old woman was nearly knocked off
her feet by the mob of men getting off,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
GaynOr and Roosevelt

After a discussion of political proba-
bilites in New York state the Boston
Globe. democratic paper. arrives at the
conclusion that Mayor Gaynor will be
the democratic nominee for governor
and that there is only one republican in
the state of New York who could give
him battle royal for the honor That
man is Theodore Roosey elt."
All men in New York and out of it, for
that matter, feel that this is the logical
outcome of the present situation in that
state And yet Mayor Gaynor is still
far from recovery from the wound in,
flicted by an assassin, and Theodore
Roosevelt would accept great risks should
he accept the republican nomination for
governor. To be beaten by a 1o-months
mayor would we'll nigh destroy his pre-
tige. both American and foreign.
One thing is certain, if Roosevelt is to
become the standard bearer in New
York he must define his position as tc
the Aldrch tariff. This is subject ne
has carefully evaded thus far, and wher
he speaks he will offend the ring OF
trusts and combination or else he viii
estrange the great body of consumers
There is no middle ground. He mus
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
THE SINS OF SUGAR

From Harpers Weekly.
New sins are invented daily, the latest
being an exhibition of prize-fight pictures
and inspection of them. Also new causes
of human depravity are daily brought to
light. the latest being sugar. At the
state dental convention In New Jersey
last month. a doctor from Hoboken told
the dentists that the human race is fast
going to pot along of sugar. Its low
price, he declared, had caused degenera-
ton among the people, and he said:
THE loss of energy through the con-
sumption of sugar In the last century
and the first decade of this century can
never be made good. Alcohol has been
consumed for thousands of years, but has
not caused the degeneration of the whole
human race
1t is news that sugar raises such hob
with us. Perhaps the painful things that
happened to the sugar trust were a con-
sequence of human degeneration brought
on by too intimate an association with
sugar. Will the w. c. T. U. please look
into this new peril?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
THE KENTUCKY FEUDs.

From the Washington Post.
When the body of John Abner, Breath
it. county feudist, was laid away in its
final resting place in the Kentucky noun
tains last Wednesday, the allies of his
clan stood guard at the grave, while
pickets were posted around to keep
watch against surprise from a wary
and murderous foe. And yet our story
writer's. or most CT them, continue to
resort to the isles of the Mediterranean
for tales of the bloody vendetta, and
scour Italy and Albania in their cease
less search for color"
Many of these feuds have been waged
so long and so relentlessly that they
have at last been closed by the prac-
tical extinction of the families COLI
cerned Not long ago there was but
one surviving member of two clans
whose bitter warfare had continued for
generations 1t was an instance in which
the demand was far in excess of the
supply, and a thriving industry was
driven to the wall through the lack of
raw material. The lone survivor lipger-
ed awhile but soon began to mope, and
finally died soured by disappointed am
bition and victim to lack of exercise
The origin of not a few of the family
quarres that have led to so much blood
shed has been entirely lost in the OBJ
security of the dim past. Members of
the Hatfield Mccoy clans say that sit
all kim about through a hawg,' and
seem proud of referring to this some
what remarkable source of their fam
lily difficulties While not prepared to
pass upon the merits of the case we
are inclined to the opinion, on general
principles, that the hog was in the right,
and as soon as "Old Man" Hatfield pro-
vides himself with long distance tele-
phone connections we propose to apprise
him of the fact
Those who have read Lorna Doone'
will remember that the Doenes of Bag
worthy forest were wiped cat not by
those who suffered from their forays,
but through the persistence Of the de-
spised London merchants, who had dis
covered precious minerals in the neigh
boring hills His commercial sense was
Justice on the part of the neighbors,
and he planned the raid that freed the
region from the outlaw race.
In some such manner will end the
Kentucky mountain feuds that are not
otherwise brought to conclusion by the
process that resulted in the elimination
of the Kilkenny cats. The peaceful icivili-
al
will climb the mountain slopes soon
as the spirit of enterprise finds it worth
the while. And when that day comes,
the last chapter in the history of the
Kentucky feuds will be written.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

From the Boston Herald.
"HERE was cheering news from
Newport, r. T., early in July. The
i cottagers decreed that early to bed
cottagers' decreed that eai.y to bed
should be the fashion. Entertainments
beeinnins with an elaborate dinner and
ending with dancing were all over be-
fore midnight, and at s a. M the cot
ia gers were seen riding or driving or
walking or sitting on the veranda read
ing some improving book, as George FIN
laws "Greece Under the Romans, OF
the Life of Daniel Drew. They had per-
haps pondered the dictum OF Sir ROD
ert Anderson: Work will not really
hurt any one who can eat and Sleep
Many were persuaded by these reports
TO think better of the fashionable world.
THESE men and women, after all, were
not idlers, frivolous, eager to sit at ia
BILE with a chimpanzee as guest OF honor
or to give a dinner to sumptuously sta
bled horses They had been maligned.
Nor were observers, sociologists, and hui
manitarians seriously disturbed when on
August 10 there was departure from
the conventional" when there was dane
ing on the sands to the music OF ne
GRO mandoinists, with dinner served In
tent. Some deplored the fact that az
ter the dance the guests all took sea
bath, and feared evil results, Tor there
was comparatively little time between
food and bath, but as long as peacock
was not served the risk was compare
lively slight In the days OF the ancient
Romans, when they began to be cor
rupted, the eating of peacock supple
mented by a bath, hot or cold, invaria-
bly, led to death.
The news that was published on the
,ath inst. was a wind that scatters the
fog of doubt. A cottager who is most
prominent this season for her dancing
pa rties gave brilliant ball. She has
| IAN eve like an eagle, scanning her
guests for two purposes, one to see they
are having a good time. and the other to
see that no person is present that
shouldn't be. third person would be
useful in watching the spoons. The ideal
hostess, 1t appears, should be bit of a
detective. She at last spied an elderly
womaW whom sne diu hoe IecosHiAe. ohc
did not go up to her and say, How dare
you?' She did not even call the old
| and trusted family bouncer. She asked
| a guest who the stranger was. The
guest named him and said that of late
years he had lived In Washington D. C.
Hes all right" the hostess answered,
But / never invited the man. Still II
you say he is all right I shall not both
err and the unbidden guest was greeted
warmly by many prominent persons
This pleasing incident in the summer
life of high society at Newport sug-
gests an essay on unbidden guests as
they are to be observed In melodrana
farce, opera. ballad and romance ~Ths
mysterious stranger IL sometimes the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
Today'S Primary In South Carolina

Today the democratic voters in South
Carolina will fight over again the
liquor question. They have fought over
it fully 90 years. and at present the
state has a local option law under
the terms of which 81 counties have
become dry" and the remaining six
counties have dispensaries.
In todays primary a governor and
members of the Legislature will be
selected almost wholly with reference
to the liquor question. The battle in
every district is between state wide
prohibition and the retention of the
chances in the primary favor a lower
house controlled by the state widers
and a senate controlled by the local
oAionists. The nominee for governor
maybe state wide prohibitionist, but
even a governor and a lower house can
not repeal the local option law to make
room for state wide prohibition unless
the senate concurs. Altogether 1T
seems proba BILE that the Palmetto state
will retain its present local option la v
as the best solution of the vexed liquor
problem.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
AN IDYL OF THEoCRITUs
From Nthe Greek. by Andrew Lang.

From the Greek by Andrew Lang.
The thievish Love-a cruel bee once
stung him. as he was rifling honey from
the hives, and pricked his finger tips all;
then he was In pain, and blew upon his
hand and leaped and stamped the
ground. And then he showed his hurt to
Aphrodite, and made much complaint,
how that the bee is a tiny creature, and
yet what wounds 1t deals! And his
mother laughed out, and said. Art thou
not even such a creature as the bees, for
tiny art thou, but what wounds thou
dealeati''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
New York Stock Market

THE banks have seldom been in as
good condition to meet the fall demands
as they are at present, and there is little
reason to expect stringency in money
rates this autumn, say Latham, Alexan-
der & Co., the we'll known New York
bankers.
Trade reports continue to reflect back
ward conditions in general business, but
the prospects for Improvement are better
now than they were a month ago. Crop
prospects are unchanged, the outlook be-
ing good for corn and fair for cotton.
The immediate future of the stock mar
ket will be governed entirely by the ex-
tent of the liquidating movement now In
progress. Investors are disposed to buy
the standard railroad shares, which yield
good returns at prevailing prices, but.
owing to the continuance of liquidation,
their purchases have been only in mod
crate volume and on scale down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

"On the other hand. the popularity OF
Mayor Goynor is spreading like wildfire.
He Is loved by all classes, and his recent
close call has brought out such wave
of sympathy that he could be elected to
anything he might ask.
1.-The fact is, l heard that the regular
republicans are planning to nominate
Theodore Roosevelt for governor, SO that
Gaynor may defeat him, and thus re-
move him as a possibility for the presi-
dencv
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Business Conditions

Il had a pleasant time while away, but
I was glad to get back to Birmingham,
said President w w. Crawford of the
American Trust and Savings bank, VINO
spent a short vacation in travelling with
his family in Canada and the east. In
New York l found business conditions as
good as could be expected in August.
Money is easy, and if 1t were not for
national politics the country would TINS
coming fall witness a recQrd-breaklhs
prosperity. There is nothing to keep
business back except political agitation
Here in Birmingham business is In
fine shape; and Alabama's big crops
should certainly make abundant local
prosperity the balance of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
A Fitting Appointment.

1T seems to me singularly appro-
pirate that Arthur Gamble of Green
vile should have been named to sue
coed the late Judge ]. c. Richard
son on the bench in the Second circuit, :
said sJere c. King, one of the most
prominent members of the Birmingham
bar.
"A number of years go there were
six young men in Greenville who
studied law under Judge Richardson.
They were the judges son. Terry Rich
ardson, Arthur Gamble, Ned Perry,
Felix Folmar, Jack Allsop and myself
we were regarded as Judge Richard
sons law class and Judge Richardson
seemed to take special interest in the
class because his own son was a men,
Der. He lectured to us daily and we
had access to his law library, which
was the largest and best selected pri-
vate library in the state. He was him
self a great student and a prodigious
worker
His law class of six all went before
the supreme court on the same day and
were examined in open court. All were
licensed to practice before the SUI
preme court on January "a, 1897.
And SO it is especially pleasing to
a member of that class that Arthur
Gamble should have been chosen to sue
coed his old preceptor Terry Richard
son, the judges sen, met an accidental
death as did his father. Ned Perry
Is prominent member of the Virginia
bar Felix Folmar is living in Troy
and is the state senator from his dis
triet. Jack. Allsop has been very. sue
cessful in Jacksonville, Fla, and your
humble servant is still plugging away
In Birmingham.
Il predict that Arthur Gamble will
be credit to the bench. He Is the
son of John Gamble, who was himself
a great lawyer and was prominent in
that group of aforetime Greenville
lawyers among whom was Col. Hilary
A. Herbert and others who have won
name and fame"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
Prosperity In Mississippi

Mississippi. like Alabama, is blessed
with large crops this summer said
Thomas Bowron, assistant cashier of the
First National bank, just returned from
his vacation trip.
Il spent my holidays most delightedly
on a farm in Mississippi. between Laurel
and Hattiesburg. The nights were cool
over there and the days, while hot, were
breezy. The corn crop in Mississippi is
splendid and cotton Is loking remark
ably good Here and there one sees a
patch of poor cotton, but nearly all the
fields are in excellent condition. T saw
lots of cotton that will make bale to
the acre, and that is certainly making
cotton some.
In view of the fine crops the farmers
in Mississippi are in the best of heart
They feel prosperous and they talk pros
perity. They also talk politics, and from
what I could gather the senatorial race
between Ex-Governor Vardeman and
Senator Leroy Percy is going to be very
hot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

Ex-President Madriz of Nicaragua has
retired to Mexico, which seems to have
become the retreat of all of Mr.. Knox's
political victims. 1t is banana diplomacy
that is at the bottom of the little re-
public's troubles
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

It's better to believe in fallacy than in
nothing
The more important the toot the less
the automobile.
"A woman who can keep house generally
can keep her husband, roo
Next to lawsuits. sowing wild oats gets
rid of money most idiodcally.
Shirts that are tight around the neck
can teach a man lot OF new cuss words.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
The Late william James


An encyclopedia of recent publica ton
devotes considerable more space to Henry
James, the novelist than to his brother,
William James, the metaphysician and
psychologist, who died last Friday" re-
marked a reading man, land yet William,
| think, will have place in history much
higher than will be accorded Henry. DR..
j. H. Phillips was quoled as saying that
William James was the foremost psy-
would be even more appreciated % years
hence than it is now.
Il am more familiar with James pop
ular philosophy than I am with his lee
lures on psychology. and I do not know
of anything in the line of speculative
thought so clearly stated or so attractive
in style as his essay entitled, The Will to
Believe His lectures on Pragmatism'
are also singularly attractive The Ian
guage of metaphysics is, as a rule, dry;
but l do not recall single page of any
of the lectures which I read that was the
least bit dry or heavy The pith of
James 'Pragmatsm' may be found in
these crisp sentences: True ideas are
those that we can assimilate, validate,
corroborate and verify. False ideas are
those that we cannot.
James had less of the pride of opin-
ion in his makeup than most philoso-
piers He seemed to be always in a
pleasant mood He must have been, |
take 1t, a most good natured disputant
end an altogether charming man in the
class room at Harvard. Although he was
recognized and looked up to as a philoso-
pher and as the premier psychologist OF
his time, he was extremely modest and
never assumed to originate a system OF
philosophy. He said or himself that he
was merely a seeker after truth
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

The colonel still keeps the ~ well
in the foreground wherever he speaks.
He seems to desire his cross-country trip
To be regarded as a personal claim look
ing to the leadership of either his party
or of some faction within It,.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
1.-The hobble skirt is not quite as bad as
it appears in caricature, but 1t is bad
enough. ,-Birmingham Age-Herald
Right you are, dear one. Notwithstand-
ing it's narrow contractedness, it hasn't
even the redeeming feature Of being any
cheaper than the one that used to be
ten wards wide.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

The colonel says he has no aspirations
for 1912, but he may c'aange his mind
as he did at Philadelphia when he ac-
cepted the nomination for Vice Presi-
dent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
General brandon on Politics

General w. w. Brandon, state auditor,
was in Birmingham yesterday en- route
to Brownsville where he is scheduled to
deliver an address before the teachers
institute today. General Brandon stated
Yesterday that he believed the demo-
ing shoulder to shoulder when the cleo
ton day rolls around.
1.-The rank and file will act harmoni-
ously." said General Brandon There is
no reason to fear for the result. I be-
lieve every indication points to the demo-
cratic nominees receiving more votes this
year than ever given a nominee before.
This talk about the democrats not be-
ing united is all mistake. The state is
bound to be In the hands of the demo-
Gratis and despite the efforts of some
of the other side to wrest it from us
they will never succeed. The voting
strength of the democrats of Alabama
will be exercised fully when the time
comes"
| General Brandon is great baseball Tan
and yesterday, with Major John d. Eli
oft, Forney Brandon and others. attended
the game at Fleetwood. This was his
first visit to the new field and General
Brandon was very much surprised at the
fine baseball ground. He said he had
never been on a field better than the one
in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

The population of Vermont, it is said,
shows a decrease and some are curious
to know IL the democratic party in that
state is to be altogether wiped out
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

Emperor William still believes he rules
by divine right and that he is a great
musical composer. He is as mistaken in
the one instance as IN the other.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

Little Joe" Brown of Georgia stands
repudiated by the people of his state. but
he will continue to be their governor
until next June
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
EXPLANATORY.

II see where Kansas man blew into
town and"
Il wish you wouldn't use slang"
"Umph. They have high winds In Kan
sas"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

Alaska has the biggest mountains and
by far the biggest mosquitoes in Pan
America.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

My policies are again before the
country. and there will remain until they
are finally voted on. The colonel is a
born fighting man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

In September maneuvers Of the French
army four dirigibles and II areoplanes
will take part. The world do more.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

Sunny Jim went west also, but not on
the Roosevelt train.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
THE AUTOMOBILE AID.

THE AUTOMOBILE AID.
There's never any constable who brings
them to halt,
The roads are smooth as city boule-
wards;
Their automobiles spin along and ser
disclose a fault,
No loosened bolt or punctured tire re-
tards.
No cloud of dust whirls In the air. all
wear pleasant smile
And speed amain through sweet bucolic
SCENES
The sport seems most idyllic and we
much admire the style
Of motor parties shown In magazines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

Joe Cannon is a political orphan with
out friends or credit. His swan song is
overdue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

The fuel and clothing merchants al
ready see the end of the hot weather
but no one else does.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

Uncle Joe Cannon's silence factory Is
also factor in the political situation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

Some of the new feminine hats are as
large as fireless cookers. and the two
uses may yet be combined.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

The Mikado evidently thinks the core
should go with the apple and he has
annexed Corea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

DR. Wiley tells the consumer how to
kill chicken. but he forget to tell
them how to catch one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

The census bureau did not find that as
many had been put off at Buffalo as had
been estimated. Just a tri1e over AGO.
naa
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30
AN EASY VICTIM.

so Pipps enjoyed his vacation?'
Yes. There was a man staying at the
same hotel who couldn't hold a candle
to Pipps in an argument"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

The political frosts of the coming fall
season are expected to be unusually sur
prlsing and destructive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

Nothing less than hobble skirts can
keep the Coal Barons from finishing Sec
ond in the seasons race
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-30

The race of the "old guard" is nearly
run, and the shrewder members of it
are declining to stand for reelection.