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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
About .PersOns

C. s. Millef, vice president. and F. H. Daniels, chief engineer of the American Steel and Wire company, who arrived in Birmingham Monday, left for the north last night. They were looking after plans preliminary to breaking ground on the big wire plant to be erected just outside the new town of Corey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

Bread is now made from cotton seed flour, and it is good bread, too. Alabama farmers will yet grow their own food de- spite themselves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

When Theodore Jr. marries he will know at any rate when the carpet has been beaten properly.
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and attractive way. The cotton suit that wore here last summer, and those worn by other members, looked better gentlemen here, and they did not cost one-third as much. They were cooler and more comfortable every way. E have advocated it, and I believe the day will come when the southern people, will wear cotton almost exclusively from April to September. By this means the south will consume nearly 100000 bales more than is now consumed. For spring and summer cotton is the coolest and cheapest wearing apparel in the world, and our people are at last beginning to realize the value of patronixing this home industry. Civilized men the world over are coming to know that cotton is the healthiest and most comfortable fabric that can be worn next to the skin. The man who suffers from colds and grip A the winter by reason of wearing woollens next to the skin Oan obtain health and. happiness by putting on the south's sen- sible garment made of cotton"
 If Congress sits till next summer, or even till April, we shall certainly have to go to Washington and see Cotton Tom in his most fascinating and at- tractive suit. Uncle Joe Is southerner. and the treatment he has been gettinf lately fully entities him to be packed in cotton. It would set off his strange, ar- chaic Assyrian beauty. And the Hon. Cy Sulloway of New Hampshire; what . sight 1t were to behold his eighty-fc four odd inches of white splendor. Victor Murdock, however, is too inflammable.
 He mustn't don cotton unless he is ae-
 companied by fire engine or a water cart, precaution which he always ~ ss, in Kansas. Most of the members can be trusted, though; and from the present
 frame of their tempers and the amount of campaign ammmition'' they are ex-
 ploding 1t would seem that they would
 be much more comfortable as well d
 much more fascinating and attractive if
 they put on heflin suits nov. As usual, Bartlett will give no lixht on
 . classic quotation. Was it the rfe,. J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama who nre- posed to double the cotton exports Sx adding one inch to the tail of eysrx
 Chinaman's shirtf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

Snow shovels have been marked up in the snow belt, and the older shovels feel overworked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

The lions and things remaining in Africa are rejoicing over the termination of the Roosevelt raid in their native land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

No one believed him when he said He lived a blamelcss life; The neighbors could not be mislead,
 Because they knew his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

It begins to look as if MT. Osborne and Mir Murphy are about to rob Fingy Con nors of his political job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

Some of the new spring hats look as if they had taken part in a Chanticleer performance.
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the holding of the meeting and settling affairs if he really understood just now business was suffering from too much politics.
 ..The present political situation is ex- trenely interesting both in city. county and state affairs and lot political cam paigrs are truly a pleasure but when they begin to affect business it strikes me that it is time to let up on politics.
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r,bc v,dc pinerence in Wages

.'Very few persons know the very "loe difference in the cost of living In thls country and Italy, and the great differ ence in wages said Joseph sayeres, the Well-known caterer.
 Tn Italy d brickmason receives wages at the rate of about 50 cents per day Ill United States coin. Compare that with the S4 per day American workmen re- ceiyei In Italy farm labor receives about s4 per month. Here I am told the same class is paid $20.
 'sWhen I visited Palermo some years ago I carried a very fine American-manu- factured watch. l had it oVerhauled ana cleaned by a skilled Italian watchmaker for ? francs. or about 70 cents in Amer ican money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

Halleys comet might with its sweeping tail cut short womans ballot. the Eng fish budget and the Ballinger investiga-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

The rooster now has a literary flavor and he may extend 1t to the entire barnyard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

A pay-as-you-enter car left the track in New York b assail meat market. During the boycott all attack the trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

Morgan J. O'Brien is regarded as an other Tilden provided he will become political rather than judicial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

No matter how Roosevelt went out he is coming back like a whole circus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
The Jemisons Return

Robeft Jenison and Mrs. Jemison reached home yesterday after an ab- sence of four months, in which time they had made trip around the world. They crossed the Atlantic, sailing October 15 went through the Mediterranean, through the sues canal, visited the Nile country and the principal places of interest In Asia; spent two days in the Philippines and landed at San Francisco January 5l In crossing the continent homeward bound they stopped at Los Angeles and at the Grand Canyon.
 .daj E. M. Tutwiler and Mrs. Tut wiler, who were in the Jeinison party, stopped at Memphis and will not arrive in Birmingham until next Saturday.
 Tt was delightful trip said MT. Jemison last night. we found beautiful weather nearly everywhere and met many charming people: but we are glad to be at home again. Birmingham looks good to me; better than ever before"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

MT. T. Roosevelt is a vocation in him. self, and he does not need to pick out a new job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
DINING CARS HERE AND ABROAD

son (although l am under the impression the conditions were normaD, no greater confusion can be imagined than that which followed the efforts of these two men to serve dinner to 8 or 34 persons.
 'There was no bread and butter is never served with a French dinner; no water; no olives or other hors-d'oeuvre usual in such cases to occupy the atten- tion of the passengers; and at first our failure to get any attention whatever was irritating; but this feeling shortly gave way to one of amusement at the per- formance which will endeavor to de- scribe.
 ''The two walters ran headlong from one end of the car to tho other, passengers shouting orders to them, and at times at- tempting to detsin them by clutching at
 their coat tails. The courses, while in some cases palatable, were often cold. and
 always served on cold plates, and bep cause of the haste necessary under the circumstances, and the motion of the
 car upon it's rigid wheels, were served : both on the plates and on the table cloth.
 "The bread-the long French roll-was served in sealed paper cases. to insure 8 measure of cleanliness, but that served to us had been burned in the baking. The same thick-lipped cups in which the pot age was served were later introduced as the demi-tasses with which this extra ordinary meal closed, while the warm champagne afforded the waiter an oppor- tunity of giving us partial bath and receiving our benedlctions at the same
 time. Enough of the wine, however, was
 served to partially fill three of the heavy tumblers which were provided, but it was tasteless by the time the waiter had re- turned many minutes later with some ice
 and extra napkins to repair damages.
 While we were in the car the stew
 and appeared but once or twice, and then
 only to urge the frantic walters to still
 greater haste, his instructions being inns perfectly understood and seldom exe-
 cuted. As, we were hungry, what we
 ceived we were properly thankful for,
 but it was so unsatisfactory in every way that we could only remember that we had eaten something. The car was | furnished by the Wagons-Lits company, | which, like the Pullman company here. | provides most of the special equipment | for the Continental lines. The charge for | the service was six francs C1 .3W. and for l the coffee an extra franc was charged''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
ELIMSY SUPPORT.

"At an early age I was thrown on my own resources" !
 What happened then?"
 T fell through
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Dr. Long declines to take part in the reception of the faunal naturalist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

Some beef is corned and much more scorned in these days of the boycott.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

The annual pension bill is receding at the rate of about five million dollars a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
PALPITAT1NG.

PALPITATING. q love you! love you, love you!' He said it OCT and OCT, As if from hearts mad erucible The passion still would pour. Ye stars, ye, sweetly breathing airs, Ye silver queen of night. Give heed to vows so wildly made Behold Dan Cppid's might.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

The man who is distributing a mining prospectus declines to think there is too much gold in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
THE LESSER EVIL.

Admiral Melville says Peary is more deserving of promotion than Leonard Wood
 "Peary makes me tired, but I'll be darned if I don't agree with the ad- miral!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
SOON EXPLAINED.

"There isn't much sunshine in that fel- lows life.' "Is he very unhappy"
 "No; he works in coal mine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

The snow is the poor mans fertilizer and it is helping the growing wheat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
ABOUT THE WORST.

ABOUT THE WORST. Of troubles in this sad old world It seems there is no end, But sadder than all others is To find a phony friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
IMPOSSIBLE.

"A fellow came round and said, Here's five dollars I owe you. 2"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
PLEASANT SURPRISE.

q presume you received a valentine? ?" Well, no; but it wasn't a bad day with me, by any means"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
JOHN H. BANkHEAD.

Mir. Roosevelt need not expect to find quiet and rest when he returns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16
PERHAPS.

PERHAPS.
 "What was it said, Life is one d. thing after another%'
 Probably a fellow who saw 8 'snitch' trying to catch a blind tiger"
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seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short -Othcllo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

I It begins to look as if MT. Osborne and MT. Murphy are about to rob Fingy Con- nors of his political job.
  When Theodore, Jr., marries he will been beaten properly.
  Snow shovels have lbeen marked up in the snow belt, and the older shovels feel overworked. | -s.---- Some of the new spring hats look as if they had taken part in a Chanticleer performance. The rooster now has a literary flavor and he may extend it to the entire barnyard.
 MT. T. Roosevelt is a vocation in him. self, and he does not need to pick out new job. l The annual pension bill is receding at the rate of about five million dollars a year.
  No matter how Roosevelt went out he is coming back like a whole circus. | Some beef is corned and much more scorned in these days of the boycott l pr. Long declines to take part in the reception Of the faunsl naturalist.
  The snow is the poor mans fertilizer and it is helping the growing wheat. Mir. Roosevelt need not expect to find quiet and rest when he returns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-16

EPICUREAN.
 Have you ever tried any automobile salad?"
 -''I never have. What is 1t made of?'' Minced tires and gasoline
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REALISM. "A Philadelphia hotel advertises VA Glimpse of Paris, "The Paris of today?" 't tr ''Yes"
 "All the bathrooms in that hotel must be hooded.'' PAUL COOK
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Democratic Presidential ASpIraDtS

pick out.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-22

those who drink only Wine and then
but seldom. lie condemned the prac-
tice Of some physicians Of prescribing
liquor freely and stated that science
had proven that III 50 doing tile physi-
elan actually impairs the health of
his patient.
h doctors can Go more l. pro-
mote temperance than any other class.
There IS no more reason Why ! ply
sician should not give alcohol when il
is needed than quinine when i is
needed, hut the best and visest ply
sicians have found that it IS not need
ed as often as patients desire i. Not
long ago a party called to see a ph>-
sician in Raleigh, and aid
Doctor. 1 am very sick ana need
some whiskey. Please let me have !
| prescription L get some"
The doctor said: Did You come
to consult me IS to What You needed
or to diagnose 3our own case ana
prescribe for yourselt:"
Il MAJ said he came II : the
doctor to examine him and give Linn
a prescription that would DO him
good. In that case said the ,iov-
tor. Il viii treat YOU, bat ] never take
q patient who tells ne what u SiNe
him. / must make NY own diagnosis
case calls for lie made his
diagnosis and gave the prescription,
! but it called for no whiskoy. and The
man went away Very ~sorrowfuI tor he
had u mighty thirst.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-22

Nanv causes are working 'oSH'llef
"a, temperance in addition 10 the
moral and rcligious force and the laws
thai p.lt a ban on intoNicants. Inc
railroads will not employ q man VINO
canrot keen sober and great cofpo-
rations reject applicants who are not
~fan7ncrafc. Life insurance companies
arc also powerful and effective tenn
perance advocates. 50 are MANY
doctors Reference was made YES
terdax to the fact that Dr. j. W. tal-
SON. a leading physician OF Charlotte
had not given a prescription Tor III
toxjcants in his practice during last
va4r At the Tuberculosis Confer
once one Of the most practical ad-
dresses wa made by DR.. T. J. T. Bat
tie MedicaI Director of the Green's
hero Life Insurance Company on
"Uhy Alcohol Should Not be Given
10 Tuberculosis Patients h
sneaker brought out the tact that the
jnereatcnts in liquor enable the germs
,o saclIre q. hold ana while IT
under certain conditions add
color TO the patients checks it IS
harmful. He pointed out the fact
that total ab~stainers on an average
i've about four years longer than
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-22
UNCLE WALT
The Poet Philosopher

Nhcn tiir sun of YOUR lifc'> go
InS down in the Nest. You'll try to
recall All Eour deeds that were best,
for soon at the seat of
NJ the Judge you'll appear,
- \DoN\ To give an account OF
your stewardship here.
Each day YOU are doing something
uidt MAY seem a. smart and rs bril-
haht a. my mans sChcInc: perhaps il
VIII gain the applause of the town.
hUt how will ii look whci, Tie suns
@ohn@ down? Each daN You are striS-
II@ l." build III YOUR pile. and maybe
f'~orttu@ to systems of guile and when
VI" arc asked if YOU think it j.
straight. YOU have your defense and
""Slh 10 pirate: "There'> fierce cOInpe
ti'l"ii, and men who would win.
Iin~th't he too afraid Of the haaIoy
% ~nt. That logic may do in the
'"uh- busting" town. hut how will il
i"ih WileH the suns going Iowa?
'"Hd like to Ike good il YOU only bad
''hr, hut You are - busy pursuing the
'fnlr. That helping your brother or
FYIh@ 10 cheer the grief 1ricken pill
|Fiin~ now j~onrneying here, * merely
u" 'hlhuiNe that comes to fade: there's
"'I\ one temple. whose idol il Trade:
an" t''"r" YOU may grovcI for wealth
al" hoWn-b how Will il seem
""" ''F suits going down?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-22
POPULATION AND pRDSiTitiIA

Charlotte and Greensboro ana ffal-
cieh and the rest are predicting DIE
THINGS about their growth IN popu1a-
ton. An increase Of n huhdfeo
per cent will be big for any one. Here
is the population iii 1900 as pflh'-
al in the census reports of North
r,ro,i,a.s biggest towns: Whining
ton. 20,a76; Charlotte, Ie,o9i' Asi'0
Vile. 1854: Raleigh, 1866; Greens
boro. 1e,e35; Winston, 1o,ooS; 0aiehf'
3.642: New Bern, 3,e9o.
II is not probable that TINS year :
ceusus will show as many as &o'"o'
nconle in any place. If Rafefsh mas
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-22
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'pEfS1t 1909. by George Matthew
Adams)

"mmonting upon the conte1nplat-
t' anpiication of shetnwen for exec
'''\S clemency, the S~tatesville Land
''''A aaHss: Seeing that lie has al
ways been able to go about and
''""A' ms guns with facility and dis
"hch opportunity offered, It's
f"'N""hat strange that Baxter shem-
heaith has become 81 preca-
''9 III The past few months: and
: " Ht'fe strange. too, that nothing
N"" about poor health until
.'h"elI found himself facing a term
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-22
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for % little money as NC r Offering
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page North Carolina home and farm
weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
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one year.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-22
DON'T 60 IN DEBT.

The Farmers Union is preaching t.
the farmers the doctrine Don't Go n
Debt One day the eccentric John
Randolph, OF Roanoke, rose in his seat
III Congress and cried out III his far
reaching voice: MI. Speaker ] have
found the Philosophers Stone. 1t i
Pay as YOU GO" Later IN a lesser
light added TO R~andolph's maxim the
words. II You can't pay, don't go.
That is the lesson the Farmers Union
is TRYING 10 teach. The first lesson the
| Union teaches . farmer is not to HAY.
anybody 80 run him The old time
system, by which q farmer ~mortgaged
his crops To II merchant ill January
for supplies TO be furnished to make
his crop, must be broken UP, root
and branch. II has broken up many
| farmers and not "a Few merchants. y
a farmer lacks the capital upon which
to make a crop, he should borrow ths
| money from a bank or an individual,
and pay as he goes, thereby getting
! his supplies cheaper and not being
! compelled to sell his crops as soon as
they are gathered. Mr.. Barrett, Of
Georgia, president OF the Farmers
Union, IS daily urging farmers Of the
South 30 raise their own supplies. anI
he says:
"In Campbell county, Georgia,
where / live. / Know Il farmer who
makes cotton simply a surplus, q cash
crop. The rest Of his land he puts IN
| grain and fodder and potatoes. cab
| bacc INC otEcr vegetables. He doesn't
r,..~+ .a-l np.y, oifhar. 'HEIE
ma side-stepped the panic Of 1901.
He never has TO 20 into debt To The
village merchant. He never has To
consult the village merchant regarding
| how much or how little cotton he shall
plant. He raises hogs and at the fifst
touch of permanent cold weather j..
kills them. The result is, that when
he sells his cotton nearly all Of his
| proceeds are profit, with = small
amount he has to take out for dry
! goods or farm implements.
Did YOU ever ~reaiiZc that the South
crn farmer Las the greatest 'cineh
in all history? IN the first place. Pro
whence has given him Il world-NiGo
monopoly of cotton, the n staple
that is indispensable to civilizations
The nations must have our cotton. AND
they get it from the South, tlou"3
they can secure their steel and then
| wheat elsewhere. In addition, ProEi-
, dence has 50 constituted the Southcrn
states that in every n Of them tbs
average farmer can raise the fnod
essential to feed himself ani lis iaDIj-
~. with absolute disregard To The
mercantile world.
In amy other section, II any Other
country. i believe the people would
quickly have gotten on to this mo-
nopoly, and made themselves absa~
lutely independent. 1t is Up TO the
Southern farmer to make himself in
dependent, to so place himself that
he can defy panacs ana debt. and
gradually accumulate wealth. by III
vefsi1icatIon. Not dITersffication Oh.
year or two years. but every year
This agitation among farmers
against going in debt for supplies is
not an iron-bound light against amy
sort OF debt. I'of lind Or II built :.
home, it is often wise to go liz debt.
Sometimes it is wise for arn4ers who
lack capital to borrow none to MAKE
a crop, but III such eases it * better
To borrow cash and pay cash ana pat
an end to the running" system.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-22

1',ooo II will b a big Jain ana show
sftat growth. If any other town
oonoles, the people there will have
cause Tor rejoicing. some places do
:" set all they deserve IN the cenaus
because only a portion Of the tovn is
IN the city limits. It is oubtfu if
much more than one half of the in
habltants Who really live in Durham
are III the corporate limits. though
theE hear the Durham Bull below
every morning and get their living
working in Durham factories. None
o. the factories in East Durham or
est Durham (Which are not incor-
pofated but given these names for
d~eslgnation( are in the city proper.
The reason they are not III the ci{:
Is That the owners Of the factories
pfefef tc he outside OF the limits and
mus escape Paying city taxes. They
ENJOY all the benefits Of the city with
out paying any part Of the expenses
OF the city government. Durham is
not alone III this. Other towns 10 like
wise. 1t is Al indirect way of giving
a bonus 10 secure he location Of fac
tories. But it denies to a community
its fair place in the census figures.
Dufhan has grown wonderfully dur
ing the last ten Years and if as much
territory had been taken into the city
limits as has been done 1T Charlotte.
the population Of h Bull City would
show I'D with the beet.
North Carolina has nc big city aud
probably Will have none for many
years to come. This is unfortunate
only in that it does not give the true
impression Of the States development.
III most States that are aOinG forward,
the progress is measured by the size
Of its cities ana their increase i'll pop
ulation. But North Carolina IS max
Ing the best sort Of and Sc
curing the best sort Of prosperity
the sort that is widely diffused. We
have no great city. but no state III
the South has SO nan prosperous
towns with - population ranging be-
tucen S,0VG and $4,000 as North Car
olina. Virginia leads it in big cities
bu, North Carolina leads the Old DO
n1inion in population and diffusion o.
prosperity. This State has had LITTLE
OF the rushing Of the country people
to town. though in the days OF fE
and six cent cotton that tendency
weakened fine countrN neighborhood:
by removals. The better condition:
for farmers is the best way to canse