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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
Compared With Freight

"The interstate commerce commits sion's returns for 1910, which we have heretofore printed" says the Railway Age Gazette show the sustaining power of the railway passenger busi. ness of the country, not only abso- lutely but as compared with freight. Repeating some of those returns very briefly they show in passenger miles per mile an increase, since 1901, of 54 per cent, as compared with 4S per cent in freight ton miles per mile; and even during the panic period, 1907-S, they increased about per cent, while freight business decreased nearly. per cent. The persistency of compara- lively good passenger business as con trasted with freight in a period of bus
 mess depression may indeed be ac cepted as a normal fact as well as it's stronger Sustaining power in general as established by the records of the last decade It shares in this respect somewhat the same quality as the street railways, though in less degree. Hard times in business admittedly hits the freight business first, particularly that branch of 1t that covers factory prod ucts; passenger traffic is affected later and often only after consid- erable interval. Yet, on the theory that business travel should go with business itself. one would think that the upward curves of freight and pas senger traffic should correspond pretty closely.
 "The seeming anomaly of a disparity between the two is deepened by the fact that during the last decade there have been some special and familiar forces operating adversely to passen- ger traffic During that period the long distance telephone has come in more and more as a commercial and industrial co-efficient. It has reduced been large volume of railway travel and, it may be remarked, as an efficient agency of business it must have pro- noted the freight traffic that profits by every new aid in production. Inci- dentally, it has affected that active class, business and professional, that before it's use travelec more. To it is to be added the automobile, likewise affecting wealthy group of habitual travellers; and, finally, there has been the extension of competing street rail- ways using the term to induce cross country and long distance lines.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
GROCERs' TRUST sURRENDERs

From the Washington Post.
 l One of the strange things about the al-
 legged systematiq crushing out of the lit- | tie fellow by the big fellow in the busi-
 nes world is that the former seldom takes
 advantage of the clause in the Sherman I law which provides that where there has
 been a conspiracy in restraint of trade,
 the victim or victims may sue the con spring companies, and, if his suit is successful, receive treble damages. . The department of justice seems to be more careful about the interests of the
 public than the public itself is Ind- vidual suits brought under the Sherman law are comparatively infrequent. Were every small dealer to take his wrongs into court discrimination by big con. cerns against little ones would begin to prove costly and would soon stop.
 It was through one of these individual suits, however, that the department of justice obtained it's evidence against the Southern Wholesale Grocers' association, which has just surrendered and is will ing to dissolve. A grocer who has been crushed by the so called trust, which Itdlly was d group OI llltie lellOWS uC- tating to the big manufacturers, sued the association for the treble damages to which, upon making out a case, he was entitled under the Sherman law The as- sociation settled with the plaintiff, and he cheerfully accepted s1o,00o to call it square. So far as he was concerned, the offenses which he charged against the association were a private matter, some thing between himself and the defend ant The government, however, has a conscience that is somewhat more strict than the individual conscience. Coming into possession of the evidence in the case, the. department of justice brought suit for dissolution of the association.
 The old story of the hunter of unerring aim and the racoon in the tree, saying,
 Don't shoot,-Tll come down. has be- come symbolic of the spirit of the times in the business world. Corporations are coming to the conclusion that there is no use fighting against the department of justice. It has the law on it's side. They are endeavoring, therefore, to make each battle bloodless. The law is on the books and must be obeyed. If 1t be an unjust law, they must look to Congress for re- lief And that seems to be the general at titude that is being taken throughout the bushes world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
THE TOWN OF HAY

By Sam Nalter Toss The town of Hay is far away,
 The town of Hay is far; Between it's hills of green and gray
 It's winding meadows are Within the quiet town of Hay
 Is many a quiet glen, And there by many hearts alway That turn with longing night and day, Back to the town of Hay. Within the good old town of Hay
 There was no pride of birth. And no man there pursued his way
 stranger in the earth; And none were high and none were low. Of golden hair or gray, And each would grieve at others woe
 Down in the town of Hay; And many world scorned soul today Mid crowded thousands far away
 Weeps for the town of Hay A road leads from the town of Hay
 Forth to a world of din, And winds and wanders far away
 And many walked therein; Far in the crowds of toll and stress
 Their restless footsteps stray Their souls have lost the quietness
 Of that old town of Hay; But in some respite ofsthe fray, In transient dreams that float away,
 Back to the town of Hay M Old men are in that town of Hay.
 Amid it's quiet trees, Who dream of strong sons far away
 Upon the stormy seas; Old mothers, when the twilight dew
 The wodbine leaves have pearled. Dream of their boys who wander through
 The wilderness of the world. And tears fall in the twilight gray And prayers go Ip at close of day
 In that old town of Hay. A hillside in the town of Hay
 Is slanting toward the sun, M And gathered meath its headstone gray Are sleepers, one by one! And there are tears in distant lands
 And grief too deep for tears, And farewells waved from phantom
 hands ! Across the gulf of years And when they place that headstone gray It crushes hearts so far away
 From that old town of Hay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
A HELPING HAND.

All up and down lfe's winding ways
 A host of pilgrims go; And some are blest with happy days
 And some are bowed in woe. And some wear crowns upon their heads
 And some dishonored weep; And some are laid in costly beds
 And some in alleys sleep. The gseat and small, the high and low,
 In strange procession wend Unto the bourne we may not know,
 Where all life journeys end. But he who does one kindly deed,
 Or soothes one aching heart, He hath not played, whate'er his creed A vain and thankless part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
Cotton Growers Holding Conferences

Cotton Growers Holding Conferences
 The National Farmers union met this year at Shawnee, Okla, and the delegates resolved that the price of cotton on the farm should be IA cents in September and October, and 15 cents thereafter This action will be ratified no doubt at the confer ence of southern cotton growers called by Commissioner sKolb to meet in Montgomery on Septem- Der 12.
 The trouble with all resolutions of conferences and conventions is that they do not and cannot provide for the holding of cotton that is afflicted with liens and that must be sold. The holding of a crop of twelve millions of bales, more or less, is no light task, and the farmers union has not vet organized and built it's chain Of warehouses.
 The farmers who control the bales they have grown can, however, ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

would make him groggy. but have seen old Governor Letcher drink as many as five or six in the course of an evening and stand firmly on his feet. have been living in Birmingham 15 years, and only one or two bars that I ever frequented offered apple toddy made in the southern regulation way. I understand, however, that certain of the saloon men who ex- pect to be doing business under the Smith regulation act will make a speciality of apple toddy such as l have described"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
An old Southern Drink

"In view Of the fact that saloons are soon to be opened in Birmingham, recall with some degree of longing certain of the old standard beverages l drank in Richmond many years ago." said prom inent member of Birmingham's Virginia colony.
 Before Birmingham voted dry in 1907 l took drink occasionally in saloon.' l always keep good liquor at my house and have neVcr-or rather seldom ever-taken drink in a blind tiger, but the saloon business licensed and properly conducted is, according to my notion, altogether honorable. If did not think so I would never darken the door of a saloon, nor would I have voted for saloons at the regent election. But looking with favor as I do upon the liquor traffic under
 reasonable regulation, ] look forward with pleasure to a drink now and then at the
 bar. In the fall of the year popular beverage in Virginia cities is apple toddy. remember the great toddy bowl at the old Exchange hotel in Richmond. l That vessel had a capacity of four or five gallons. The apple toddy was made of fine rye whisky with small proportion of apple brandy dashed with rum, and was well spiced. Cloves were seen floating on the toddy. and besides cloves little nutmeg was sprinklen on the beverage. And then a very important feature was the baked apple, which helped flavor the toddy. About half a dozen large apples could be
 seen swimming in the big bowl My recollection is that great deal of apple 1 pulp settled in the bottom of the vessel,
 and every time we took a drink the glass contained some of this pulp, dipped out
 with a ladle. About two drinks of apple
 toddy during an afternoon was about as much as a gentleman cared for. Three
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
ALIKE FATAL

From the Boston Herald.
 Thomas Moran, the veteran landscape painter has devoted his life to the de- lineation of the Rockies and Serras.
 MT. Moran, on his return on the Min netonka from Switzerland, said to re- porter:
 'The Alps are nothngA compared to tho Rockies. He who, after seeing tho Rockies, should go to the Alps would suffer the bitter disappointment of the sanitary engineer in Venice.
 |" See Naples. remarked the engineer. and die. Smell Venice-same result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
A DERELEcT DANDY.

When Thomas J. Pence, the newspaper correspondent, left his native town in North Carolina. and plunged into the swirl of great world events in New York and Washington, he was a quiet, unas- suming and handsome young fellow, with out any of the airs and customs of dudes. But he went astray, began to establish a reputation as ''snappy dresser" and finally blossomed out as the "wearer of a cane"
 Then he went back to his birthplace where only the aged and infirm get along with the aid of sticks. Tom noticed that everybody in town glanced at him with commiseration and pity. If he stxolled along the street airily twirling his silver headed cane, he was conscious that men and women felt sorry for him. If he stopped at corner and leaned gracefully against his society ornament" he was overpowered by his realization that people sympathized with him. s SD vs B T
 He was wondering what it was all about when an old fellow sidled up to him, took him by the hand, and said sadly:
 Why, Tawm, I never knowed you wuz a cripple. The Twice-a Month Popular Magazine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Handsome is handsome Mas a man tells a woman she Is.
 A mans a beast if>he forgets his fore fathess, and if he recalls them, bore.
 A man gets almost normal after the honeymoon and entirely sane after the third child.
 Teaching the old man how to run his business has lost more jobs for gcniuses than all the other sins of youth.
 There's no greater disappointment to q woman than to go shopping and find exactly what she wants in the first five minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
About Persons

F. r. McCarley of Okolona, Miss, is in Birmingham with the view of engaging in the practice of law here He held the Rhodes scholarship at Oxford university and graduated in law there.
 The Rev. Father Lawrence, o. S. B., of the faculty of St. Bernard college, who has spent the summer in the Birming- ham district, will return to the college next Tuesday. The present address is St. Paul's rectory in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
A CAREFUL MAN.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 When got back from my vacation m! husband had only one soiled dish for m' to wash
 He washed the others, eh?"
 ''It seems he only used one dish."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Senator Lodges son married hls nurse and Boston is shocked. That town will get over it and the Lodge family will gain, no doubt, valuable member.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Nicaragua is also deporting editors. This fashion may yet spread to the United States and Editor Bryan might not, in that case. escape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Secretary Fisher attended banquet in Alaska at which everything on the table was an Alaskan product He must have dined on snowballs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
Regarding the Circus

q was glad to ready a Hotel Lobby in last Mondays Age-Herald in favor of the circus" said Robert c. Recus who has son old enough to enjoy the circus ring. "It seems that there was some opposition to the Barnum and Bailey show giving performances in Birmingham on date corresponding to the opening of the fair. It has been suggested by some of the mer- chants that a big show would hurt the fair, but I agree with the person whose interview appeared in The Age Herald. Birmingham is too big to take a provincial view of things. Barnum and Bailey will afford infinite pleas ure to thousands of children and not a few grown folks; and the circus will not interfere materially with the fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Dante put his enemies into hell and Colonel Roosevelt puts his into an An anias club. The difference has never been accurately defined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

The Franco-German war over the MO- ,,,ooan situation is confined to the rumor mills. No well informed observer expects war to grow out of the sandhills of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Uncle Joe Cannon will at any rate cor dially support MT. Taft when he seeks reelection. Birds of a feather flock together
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

The theatres are coming back. The re- call was applied to them in reverse fash ion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Oom Shelby Culom, aged S2, is candi- date for reelection, but Senator Bailey has had enough of senatorial life. Gull lom's chance of reelection is considered slender.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

He hears merry tales, and smiles not l: I'fear he will prove the weeping phiI- osopher when he grows old, being so full of unmannerIy sadness in his youth.
 Merchant of Venice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Dr. Wiley has answered all questions submitted to him save one. He has not yet answered the question What is beer?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Paderewski's chicken farm in Switzer- land was burned and a whole lot of prize poultry was prematurely fried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Lorimer is alarmed by socialism, but the people are more alarmed over LOT imerism, bribery and jackpots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
HAPPY TIMfs

Oh, would those days were back again
 Of childhood's rowdy-dow! When Tat cream puff gave us more joy Than a costly banquet now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

When a bride of IS years pockets a S.ooO0OO settlement at marriage women certainly have some opportunities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
THE REVELERS.

In this old world are many wights
 Full deep in earthly cares, Who still can taste of sweet delights,
 Take part in gay affairs And lead tffe dance quite merrily.
 With naught but smiles to show: They bear themselves so cheerily,
 Whatever winds may blow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
State Fair Music

For several years past music has been a most enjoyable feature of our state fair said an old concert goer. This year President Burton has en- gagged Innes and his excellent concert band of 40 odd musicians and Nappis band of 20 or 21 pieces. Innes is one of the famous bandmasters of this country and he comes high, but the fair management is justified in thrs expense for hundreds of visitors who appear in Birmingham to attend the fair are attracted especially by fine music to say nothing of the thou sands of Birmingham people who are seen at the concerts. It is a mistake to think that those who go to hear the music enjoysonly the very lightest pieces I was at the Sunday concert given by the Navassar band last fall and noticed particularly the character of the audience. It was as refined and discriminating an audience as one finds at the Jefferson or Orpheum on the occasion of a high class musical en- tertainment.
 MT. Innes is a personal friend of mine and I wrote to him recently re- questing that he place on his fair pro- grammes certain pieces, including Ru- binstein's 'Kamennoi-Ostrow' and Beethoven's "Miserere written for four trombones. Innes is witty, educated man, and in a letter which I received from him the other day he spoke Of conditions at state fairs being not suitable for the kind of music re- quested
 The management said 1nnes, may raise Cain if l play anything more ann bilious than rag-time symphony. However, I must give sucn an old time friend as you what little pleasure it
 is in my power to give; so you can count on hearing almost anything you want up to a point where the manage ment might throw me out of the grounds for playing music over the heads of thef audiences Of course, no one would expect strictly classical programmes in the open air, but Mir lines will make no mistake in making up his programmes of artistic music such as gave delight in a series of concerts which he directed a the Jeff ferson theater in the spring of 1905"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Politics is spreading like the measles in most of the states a year too soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

"If he were alive today he might be- able to put a quietus on John Arthur Johnson"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

The hoboes are still engaged in reduc ing the cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

The new aeroplane hats for men have aeroplane price tags attached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Let us be thankful that the Beattie trial passed without bringing back that old humbug, emotional insanity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

The joy riders hang bogus numbers on their machines when they go far astray in the suburbs at fast paces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

The Chicago postal bank is gathering in deposits beyond, it is said, any other postal bank in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
NO CHANGE ATAALL.

"A Chicago girl became very despond- ent because she couldn't act.'
 well. if she didn't have any figure, eithers you can't blame her"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

The old warship Texas literally died with her boots on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
A GREAT DEpRJvATIoN.

People who never read the newspapers don't know what they miss"
 That's so. Just at present they don't know anything about the Beattie trial or Lillian Russel's beauty hints"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

Advertising signs are no longer per mittsd to disfgure highways in New York state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

she has brought up six sons and one daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
NO CHANGE APPARENT.

 "I am afraid MT. Blowcher is a pessim- ist." Why do you think sop He says he can't notice any difference in the way he feels now and the way he felt before the Standard Oil trust was dissolved"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

HOW MANY? great Liz noise some people make And put on lots of style, But those who know them mutter.
 "Faken
 And others merely smile. How many vain, deluded jay, By self-esteem puffed up, Did he but know what others say, Would drain bitter cup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

A HOPE" LONG LOST. 'I see where the foot of a prehistoric cave dweller was found in Iowa, and it Is estimated that he was at least F feet high"
 Its a pity he died so long ago" ''Yes?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
MOST PROBABLY

MOST PROBABLY T wonder who first saidS cigarette smoking was pernicious habit?p Probably some fellow with a pipe in ms mouth that you could smell a block away"
 TAGGED. I've racSed my brain, 8 But 'tain't no use Alas, Elaine,
 l can't produce. Sweet thoughts of you
 Don't help bit What else to do? s-. Here's where I quiti
 PAUL COOK,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08
TELEPHONES

Bell tprivate exchange connecting all departments), No. 1900.
 PeopIes-Editoriai rooms, 231; busi- ness office, 230.
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-22
SCORES CITY GIRL TEACHER
Joseph Chapman, Jr., of Minneapolis,
Declares Her to Be Menace to
Agricultural Prosperity.

Chicago.-"The city girl who goes
into rural communities to teach is a
menace to the agricultural future Of
the nation. She strikes at the back
bone of the country's prosperity.
From her position on the rostrum
of the little red schoolhouse the
teacher from the city turns the
thoughts Of her boy pupils into other
channels than those leading to the
raising of cattle and corn The soil
will be remedied by the passage of
the consolidated rural school bill now
before the Minnesota legislature.
Joseph Chapman Jr., vice-president
OF the Northwestern National bank of
Minneapolis, pictured the city girl In
this new role in talk. His views
were expressed in a discussion of the
subject of Agricultural Education
ana Vocational Training" at the week
ly 1ahcheon Of the ways and means
committee Of the Chicago Association
Of Commerce in the La Sale hotel
"The present system of education
trains boys away from the farm"
said the speaker "As a result of this
influence on his mind at a critical pc
riod, the boy fails to see later the
possibilities that lie in the scientific
development Of farm land, and, believ-
ing his future lies in the city, soon
deserts the life of tilling the soil"
IN the establishment of agricultural
high schools Mr.. Chapman sees the
only hope of overcoming the preju-
dice against the farm and in getting
out of the soil what it really owes to
the country. He advised Illinoisans
to take heed Of the situation.
Ten agricultural high schools
were provided for in Minnesota two
years ago" he said. "In a canvass of
the state we could not find enough
teachers to man the schools. We had
to go to Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska
and other states, six states in all, to
get teachers. Ten more schools will
now be established.
I'VE must turn back to the soil
keep close to the drift we are to
continue as prosperous nation. In
the rural consolidated schools agricul-
ture Is going to have it's place"
The Glenwood post., 1911-04-22
Three Important Bills.

The House passed three bills on Sec
ond reading and gave two other meas
ures considerable attention. The three
bills passed were Senate bill No. 1872,
by Hits. law regulating the ware
house business and the issuing Of
warehouse receipts; Senate bill No.
465. by Cornforth. bill legalzing rae
ing meets with an amendment provid-
ing for the holding of ten-round box
ing exhibitions. and House bill No.
554, by Madden. making new provi-
sions for the forming Of road improve
ment districts. House bill No. III, by
Teller, reclassifying the counties OF
the state. and House bill No. 400, by
Homer. providing for the licensing of
real estate agents and brokers, were
considered but final action was de-
layed.
The Teller bill, reclassifying the
counties of the slate according to
the latest census, is one of the most
important introduced at the present
session. The bill changes the pay OF
many county officers.