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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Impressions of B,rminuham


 w. S. Larner, a special agent of the United States treasury department whose home is in Washington, but who is tenn porarily stationed in New Orleans is reg istered at the Hllman. He was formerly newspaper man, and is well known to all of the older members of the congress sional press gallery. He has been here since last Friday, but will leave for New Orleans today
 T had passed through Birmingham sev- eral times. but this is my first visit, said MT. Larner. Notwithstanding the fact that 1 was familiar with Birming- hams census population, the city appears much larger than I had imagined II would l have not seen any city in the south so advantageously situated as this For natural drainage, convenience or local traffic and beautiful scenery at close view, there are few cities in the United States equal to Birmingham. Its busi- ness district is handsomely built, and it's residence sections on the Highlands, treated by the landscape architect, are singularly enchanting.
 The more have seen of Birmingham and it's suburbs the more l have mar veled, especially in recalling the city's young history. Forty years ago the site of Birmingham was only rough farm land. l doubt if any of the great populous cities of this country had made the strides or had acquired the metropolitan style such as one finds in evidence here in the short space of 39 years.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

The cold-storage fowl of five years standing may have to be shaved, for in that time it may have developed whisk-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

New York city is also demanding home rule It is tiring of rule by the up state rural districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

The United States army includes 2Si generals, goody number in these piping times of peace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

Eightythree members-elect of Congress mittee places they desire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

Tom L. Johnson is on his feet again. and he proposes to become Cleveland's s next mayor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20
Bessemer's Forward Movement

'Bessemer is starting the year 1911 with better prospects than ever' said T.. A. Weller, agent of the Bessemer Coal, Iron ard Land company's real estate depart mcnt.
 ''The Bessemer board of trade is now thoroughly organized and is sure to have good results MT r. w. Sterling, the new secretary and industrial agent of the board, is well equipped for his work, and l have no doubt but. that he will succeed in bringing a number of addi- tional industries to Bessemer. The busi- ness men of that city are not only full of energy, but they are public-spirited and are pulling together. In consequence of the new civic movement values in Bessemer are stiffening. l look for marked growth within the next two or three years''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

Eighty-three members-elect of Congress are in Washington to suggest the com mittee places they desire.
  New York city is also demanding home rule. It is tiring of rule by the up l state rural districts. The coronation of King George is to be exceedingly spectacular, and Newport is excited over it.
  The United States army includes PSI generals, a goodly number in these piping times of peace. --A.s.--- Tom l.. Johnson is on his feet again. and he proposes to become Cleveland's s next mayor. January must be endured in order to get to February, the garden-makng month in Alabama. Five year-old eggs are now becoming undated.
  The harmony board presided over by Champ Clark is sitting in Washington at present. The Senate is trying to show in it's res olution on direct Voting that it can take hint.
 A string of banks is sometimes as haz- ardous and expensive as a string of horses.
  Mir Morgan is going abroad, and Italy is chanins down her few art treasures.
  It is counted a good day, even rare day, when no toga goes askew
  Billy Lormer bought his seat in the Senate and he got caught at it.
  Women cannot afford to become bald headed in this age of hatpins.
  Old-fashioned clothes are not as popu- lar as old-fashioned furniture
  Cold storage warehouses are laying cheaper eggs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

enough to affirm that they have learnt from this book more which is pure, sa- cred, and eternal than from any which has been published since Spensers Fac rie Queene.'
 A rare treat awaits those whom curios- ity may impel to a perusal of "The Fool of Quality"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

January must be endured in order to get to February, the garden-making month in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20
MANUSCRIPT OF PEPys's DIARY

By Wheat1ey.
 Pepys' library is of great interest and value, but the six volumes containing the diary-called by its author his journal are immeasuraby -the most interesting and the nqqQts valuable of the books pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

He was affable and easy and loved to be made so by all about him. The great art of keeping him long was the being easy and making everything easy to him. He had good compass of knowledge plication or study He understood the mechanics and physic and was a good chemist and much set on several prep arations of mercury. He understood nav igaton well; but above all, he knew the architecture of ships so perfectly that in that respect he was exact rather more than became a prince. His apprehension was quick and his memory good and he was an everlasting tallzer. He told his stories with a good grace, but they came in his way too often.
 He had a very i'll opinion of both men and women and did not think there was either sincerity or chastity in the world out of principle, but that some had either the one or the other out of humor or vanity. He thought that nobody served him out of love; and so he was quits with all the world and loved others as little as he thought they loved him. He hated business and could not easily be brought to mind any; but when it was necessary and he was set to it, he would stay as long as his ministers had work for him The ruin of his reign, and of all of his affairs, was occasioned chiefly by his delivering himself up at his first com ing over to a mad range of pleasure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

Billy Lorimer bought his seat in the Senate and he got caught at it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

Women cannot afford to become bald headed in this age of hatpins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

aes are uniformly bound. |peqnal in size Although Eritten day by day, 1t is a (ness and looks as if it
 5yitten out at one time.
 places where Pepys de-
 as being careless fin his DElittle difference observ-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

Five-year-old eggs are now becoming plentiful in the markets, but they go undated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

The harmony board presided over by Champ Clark is sitting in Washington at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

makes the important announcement that a man ate Charleston waffle and thought he was in heaven. Well, if 8
 man who has lived Christian life should eat Charleston waffle he would not be
 long in getting to heaven.-TIousten Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

Mir. Morgan is going abroad. and Italy is chaining down her few art treasures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

The Senate is trying to show in it's res olution on direct Voting that it can take hint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20
GssAGE OF AGE

DSAGE OF AGE By All Maitland in the London chut k0 sing of happiness, .Whic etrs sought for in my 4stl Ire some phiIosophtc goal; l fodt{ but only emptiness And Q Ut for pleasures in the pn no creeds or thoughts The snbals and the foamIng And, knew content still less. Yet h4 There at hand for me. In e contours of my room With Flowing from the sober And harves where solemn
 stet n,
 In all tery of going forth Totastt sylsndoTS ot the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

It is counted a good day, even a rare day, when no toga goes askew
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

ardous and expensive as a string of horses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

Old-fashioned clothes are not as popu- lar as old-fashioned furniture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

A SHORT CUT. The Charleston News and Courier
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20

Cold storage warehouses are laying cheaper eggs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24
Wayside Wisdom.
NEW 10 THB GAME

Brass is a poor substitute for
brains.
The greatness of a mans sorrows is
known by his signs.
In the eyes Of the modern reformer,
whatever is, is wrong.
Cremation is the burn from which
no traveller ever returns.
It is easy to believe that a rich
young woman is beautiful.
Heroes can be safely forgotten after
their monuments have been erected.
You never really find a man out
till you find the hours when he is in.
The milkman's pump IL well
spring of pleasure, but not fountain
Of honor.
Those who have mastered the art
Of dressing well without money I'M
derstand all about standing off the
tailor.
Virtue is not expensive. Probably
it is for that reason that virtue is
less fashionable than it would other
wise be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24


I wanth i'm e
He He wash irons bad egg
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24
Only Two Kinds.

SUPPOSE you see lots of human
nature here?" he said to the clerk
who had exchanged a glass of
soda water for his check
mo, sir, I don't" was the prompt
reply.
why. I should think it would be
a great place for that
mo, sir. We never see but two
phases of human nature here. A man
comes in and calls for what he wants
drinks it-wipes his mouth on his
hand-says it's a hot day. and off he
goes"
And the women!"
''Well, I've been here five seasons,
and I have never seen one get away
from the counter in less than twenty
minutes. They change their minds
three and four times about the syrups.
They sit down. They wait for the
froth to settle. They lick the spoon
before using it. They hold argu-
ments. When they can no longer find
excuse for tarrying they get UP
grudgingIy and wish they had taken
something different from what they
did,
But after all they are good
patrons" said the interrogater.
"Oh, yes. About three out of five
try to carry their checks off with them
for use another time. and those who
have to hand over tell US that some
body else's soda water is twice as
good as ours!" JOE KERR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24
The June Bride.

r was in mid-July OF last year.
Coming suddenly upon her daugh-
ter and finding her In tears, the
fond mother had asked:
''EsteIle, what harrows your hear?
DO not fear to tell your mother all"
1T is, mother. that he cometh not -
was the reply.
couraged about getting married?'
Yves
but you needn't be. He will come
in due time"
$50 viii DEATH"
well. If you feel that way about
It we must hurry things up a bit
Get on your hat, my dear, and go
forth to the swamp to gather buckle
berries. viii let our tame bear loose
at the proper moment"
THANK you mother. You are the
best mother in the world"
Three-Quarters of an hour later, at
the huckleberry swamp, a bear rushes
Into sight. A maiden's screams awake
the echoes. A young man passing
along the highway in his auto hears
the racket and rushes to the rescue.
Bear Is licked to a FRAGILE and the
maiden rescued. Love at first sight.
More love at second and third sights.
VIII you be mine? I will.
And among the very, very happy
June brides is Esteile. And among
the proud and happy mothers is her
own. And among the grinning, wink
ing tame bears is that of her fathers.
who scratches his left ear with his
right hind-paw and whispers to him
self.
when you want to hurry things up
get a bear to do it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24
What Ais the Country.

n URGLARS complain that receipts
have fallen off thirty per cent.
~ in the last year.
Horse thieves are a unit in saying
that there are no longer any horses
worth stealing, and that farmers who
used to sleep like logs are now sitting
up with shot-guns across their
knees.
Bank burglars used to make the
tour of Europe every year. but for the
last two seasons they have not been
able to even occupy rooms at the sea-
shore.
The Chicago Beef Trust is Offering
five hundred dollars reward for an
excuse to raise the price Of meats
again, but nobody responds.
Grocers declare that as they can
no longer get five cents apiece for
cucumbers and tomatoes the business
of the country is at a stand still.
Confidence men in convention last
week were unanimous in saying that
the scarcity of suckers was making
this country place no longer worth
living in.
Wall Street is asking what has be-
come of all the lambs?
Mining promoters are agreed that
all the fools in the United States must
have been taken into asyluns.
1t has got so that a decent pick
pocket can no longer patronize the
first-class hotels nor wear diamonds,
and from every corner of the land
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24

D URGLARS complain that receipts
have fallen off thirty per cent.
~ in the last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED.

- HE girl who filled his order for
ice-cream merely glanced at his
face and noticed that it carried a
lonesome look. When he ordered a
second dish she merely thought to
herself that he was cooling off. The
order for the third dish rather sur
prised her, and at the fourth she ven
tured to say:
You must love ice-cream?'
"Oh. no. he replied as he finished
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24

the last of it and called for a fifth.
1t was when he was eating his
seventh that the girl went to the
manager about it, and the manager
came and said:
Don't you know that one can eat
too much ice-cream?"
Eyes, SIR
''I have seen people die of it,
Sure %
Certainly. You Sec.
Bring on the eighth dish. That's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24

$50 Peckly has gone into nervous
prostration as to where to spend his
vacation %
"Yes, and on top O. that his wife
gave him a piece of lavender dress
goods to match. That was his finish!"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24
THE WAY SHE CURED HIM.

Mrs. Oldwed-Does your husband
still talk about his mothers cooking?
Mrs. Newwed-Not since invited
her to come and spend a week with
US and let her do the cooking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24
OE KERR.

drifting and what is to be done?"
JOE KERR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24

what came in here for-to commit
suicide! Heap it up and don't be
lstingy!" JOE KERR.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-04-12
H~OUSEKEEPER WANTED,

WANTED-A single white woman
as a housekeeper in a small family;
a German woman Or Of German de-
scent preferred; duties to be plain
cooking and general homework.
Address this Office. 1916
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-19

/ o say that Senator Stephenson is a follower Of Teddy does not
rang true. Teddy did not spend his own noncy--hc let my Dear
Hartman spend his-Charlcston Gazette.
II the spending of some one else's money to secure political
favors is a sign that they are followers Of 1'Thc Terrible Teddy,
or senator W. f. Chiffon is a candidate for those AuIcls. AS the
Senator let his dear colleague c. w. Watson spend his money or
rather spent it for him.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-19

last Thursday. where they have h"""
in attendance on official business ''
connection with the organization.
a number of local unions OF the
mine workers have had a great III
crease in membership in the pa
few weeks. The conditions OF '1H
mining trade in the kanaWha b''
trict are somewhat i'm proved
The Monthly pay is Yet in eIiecl
W7inifrede. Miners at tAat h4N1'
though are increasing thcir metloe'-
ship daily.
a very large and enthusiastic ms.
meeting was held October l""
Olcott. The meeting WAS ad0r'I7'.
by Thomas Carncs AID OIS""'@I
Bailey.
Edmonds and Iackey held 4 %''.
attended meeting at Ward ,'''"'e'
5th. Membership At these places ~
increasing very rapidly.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-19
MINING NOTES.

There was a cry large and en-.
t~hasiastic mass meeting held at MaIn.
moth, Sunday, October 18th. The
band from Ward turned out and fur
nished music for the occasion. The
meeting was addressed by Thomas
Cairnes. Benjamin +. Morris ana G.
II. Edmonds.
A number of successful meetings
were held down in the lower end of
the county during the past week BY
N~ice-President Craigo and organic
Iacky. Organizer Edmonds was
busy the %reate part of last week
looking after the affairs of the or
Ganization on Paint and Armstron.
Creeks.
Thomas Cairns and George Nor
@anteller. national Board members.
returned from 4 trip to C~larksbur:
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-19
B. ELLISON. Sol.
NOTICE. TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.
ToENlMA'.J. FARBEANN.

NOTICE. TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.
ToF1NlMA'J. F|ARBEANN.
TAKE NOTICE: That on the 10th
day OF NOvem Der. a. d. 1911. between
the hours of 10 o'clock A. NJ. and 4
o'clock P. NJ. at the law office of J.
B. Ellison. 90 II Summers street III
the City Of Charleston. in the COUNT
of kanawha and State of w. Va, I
Will take the deposition Of myself ana
others to be read in evidence in my be-
half of a certain suit in chancery now
pending in the Circuit Court for the
County Of ka1lawha and State OF West
Virginia. in which John Farbeann is
plaintiff and Emma J. Farbeann is
defendant.
II from any cause the aking OF
said dispositions shall not be COM
menced or completed on the day afore-
said, the same shall be continued from
day to day. or from time to time, at
the same place. and between the same
hours. until the same shall be COM
pleted.
JOHN FARBEANN.
by Counsel.
j. q. ELLISON.
Attorney far Plaintiff.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-19
WHAT kANAWHA COUNTY
SPENDS FOR WAR
BY Meade c. Shafer,

The population of the United
States is over 91,OO0,000- The wal
appropriations are $3.50, 600, 900
which is an indirect tax of five dol
lars on every man, woman and chile
in the United States. But as al
taxes are directly or Indirectly paid
by the workers., the amount is much
greater on the people that actually
pay it.
The population of Kanawha Coun-
ty is about 10000, and hve times
$4,000 is 100000, the amount Ka-
nawha County pays as an ind!recl
tax to keep up war preparations. 1t
looks to a farmer living in the
country that We had better eNpend
the monn on the roads.
500 miles of county roads in the
county would give us $500 per mile
to spend on the roads each year.
Just think what it would amount to
in ten years.
Now, the average farmer votes the
old Party tickets, and "~cusses" the
officials for grating on the road
fund Of only $4,000. Vote the So
clalist ticket, and let us apply our
money where it is needed for road
and other public improvements, and
at $500 a mile annually, we can soon
Macadamise or build traction lines
over g mile in the county. 1t
would be much better spent in that
parasitical, m]urderous, "'order obey
ing strike breaking army and
navy.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-19

State Of West Virginia, kanawha
County. IS:
At rules held in the Clerks Of
lice of the Circuit Court Of Kan
awha county, OH the first Monday
in the month OF October, 1911
JOHN FARBEANN, Plaintiff
VS.. In Chancery. No. 2SG3
EMMA j. FARBEANN, Defendant
(The object of this suit is to obtain
a divorce from the bonds of mat
rimony.) --.
This day came the Plaintiff bv
his attorney and en- his motion, and
1T appearing by affidavit filed, that
the defendant is a nonresident OF
this state, it is ordered that she do
appear within one month after the
date Of the first publication hereof,
and do what is necessary to protect
her interest in this suit.
L TcSte:
IRA II. MOTTESHEARD,
Clerk
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-19

Judges But be that d $ it MAY, it is quite evident that the Nation
does not share his extravagant admiration FOR despite the Pres
ldent S vigorous denunciation of the recall of judges. the people
are everywhere eagerly going on record as favoring it. Just the
other day California rolled up a huge majority in favor of the
Initiative, Referendum, and Rcc-ll. including Judges.
The world do move. and even sc weighty Il man IS Taft
cnn not hold back its progress.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-19

''PRINTERS INK TIE RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY ON
ADVERTISING, SAYS: CATER THOROUGH INVESTIGA-
TION OF THE SUBJECT, A LABOR PAPER IS A FAR
BETTER ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAN AN ORDINARY
NEWSPAPER IN COMPARISON OF CIRCULATION; a LA
BOR PAPER, FOR INSTANCE, WITH a CIRCULATION OF
1000 IS OF MORE VALUE TO THE MERCHANT WHO AID
VERTISES THAN AN ORDINARY NEWSPAPER WITH
$4,000 CALCULATIONS .a
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-19

The Kanawla Water & Light Company darcs: not come out
fcS to work secretly. The two daily newspapers which it controls,
the Mail and the Gazette, IRE silent. They dare not defend the
proposed franchise, and they dare not discuss the advisabiity Of
municipal ownership. They refuse to open their columns to the
discussion of this. the most important question which has con-
frontcd the citizens Of Charleston for many years.
The Mail, however, has a "TeoplcS' Forum. ;" and in it's issue
of October II, appeared a letter from "West Slider pleading
with the Council and Board of Affairs to "giuc It s u franchise and
gre II to as 1"ich.' With thrilling eloquence the writer depicts
the terrible danger to which the West Side has been subjected on
account of inadequate water service. Comfy the power of God. -
he cxclaims. ''intcrvcncd between these people and a terrible
catastrophe, for had a fire started in any Of the congcstcd resi-
dcncc districts on Saturday night there would have been no means
whatever of distinguishing the same. it would have simply burned
ns long as there were any houses within range of the fire
Surely the willy gentleman who pcnncd the above must have
been suffering from the effects of Il might out. - else he never
would have used such an absurd and illogical argument in favor
Of granting the franchise. We arc aware that the service provided
by the Kanawha Water & Light Company is inadequate, that it
has failed to extend its mains as the city growth demands. thus
leaving part Of the city with practically no fire protection, but it
had certainly never occurred to us that the wretched service which
the water company has given in the past could be used as III
argument for extending its franchise for thirty Years more, at
cxorbitHnt rates.
We would be willing to wager the price Of several new hats
that if the identity Of "Wcst Slider wcrc disclosed. it would be
discovered that he dorSnt live III the West Side at all. but on
or Washington.