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Charlevoix county herald., 1911-06-10
FREE ILLUS. LECTURES
And Orchard Demonstrations,
For Charlevoix County.

By John 1. Gibson. secretary of the
Western Michigan Development Bu-
reau, and g. E. Smith, hOrticulturist.
ST. James, June 10th. Demonstra-
tion In orchard Of Dan 7. Gallagher;
Evening lecture Ia st. James Hall
VIM. j. Gallagher, Chairman.
June 2lst. Demonstration in ORCH
ard of Arthur Wooden; Evening leo
ture In Maple Grove Grange Hall.
e. e. Stroud, Chairman.
Marion Center Grange, June 22nd.
Demonstration In orchard of viii
Withers South of Grange HalD; Even
ing lecture in Grange Hall. Walter
Black, Chairman.
South Arm Grange, June 23rd
Demonstration in orchard of Walter
Burbank; Evening lecture In Grange
Hall. II. l.. Olney, Chairman.
Walloon Lake. June oath. Demon
stration in orchard OF II. S. Jordan,
lecture Immediately after demonstra-
tion In school house of District NJ. 4.
w. w. Niles, Chairman.
Orchard demonstration will be given
each afternoon at 2 O'Clock, Evening
lectures at 7:30.
The Western Michigan Develop
ment Bureau, cordially invites you to
attend.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-06-10
Coming To
East Jordan
Petoskey Knights of Columbus
To Run Excursion.

The annual excursion OF the Petos-
key Council Knights OF Columbus
will be held June 18th and East JOr-
dan will be their objective point.
Thev have chartered the Steamer
Algoma, and will bring excursioni SITS
from PetOskey, Haroor Springs and
Charlevoix. The boat will arrive 10
East Jordan about noon, and will re-
main better part Of the afternoon.
Last year they ran the excursion to
the Beavers, and had about six hun
dred aboard. The Petoskey City Band
will accompany them here.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-06-10

A man with more dollars than sense
makes noise like an easy mark.
There's always something about a
wedding that dosen't suit woman
who was not invited.
Marriage is about the only thing
that can convince an old bachelor
that he dosen & know IL all.
Women have queer ideas Of a good
time, but they seldom have a dark
brown taste next morning.
When a man bets and loses his
money he attributes 1t to III luck, but
when he wins he thinks 1t due to his
spartness.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-06-10

The laborer Is ouly worthy Of his
hire when he gives proper service IN
return for his hire.
A religion that isn't good for every
moment In the day and every day in
the year isn't worth much.
The man who can see no good in
the "other fellow" is to be pitied be-
cause he lacks the sense of good in
himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Presbyterian synod

s9rhe meeting of synod here this week was not only largely attended but it WAS a delightful gathering in every re- spect," said the Rev. Dr. l. D. Steele, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church and one of the most active and beloved Presbyterian divines in the south. "As is well known, the Cumberland Presbyterian church of which l was q member united a few years ago with the Presbyterian church, U. S. A., commonly known as the Northern Presbyterian church. A large majority of the Cum berland Presbyterians became members of the older organization ,and the merg- ing has been a good thing for all of us. Those Cunberlands who have refused to como into the Presbyterian church may hold out in their opposition to the union, but in time there will be only one Pres hyterian church. The tendency is to- ward consolidation.
 Tt is only question of time when the southern and the northern general as- en1blies will be one in organic union as they are now one in spirit. Harmony and great good will characterized our synod meetings.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
WINDING TIME

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 .tYou don't remember I reckon,' said the sour faced man, putting his arms on the showcase, that 1 bought clock of you 25 years ago?"
 T certainly do not" answered the el- dery jeweler but I'll take your word for it if you say you did"
 well, I did It was 8 years ago last Monday"
 .Its a pretty good clock, then, isn't it?"
 eoh, yes, the clocks all right. But I've found out something about it that you didn't tell me-
 "so?"
 '.Yes When I bought it I asked you how often I'd have to wind it. You said once a week"
 'Wen?"
 "wen, I've just found out that it'll go eight days without winding Certainly. Most clocks are eight day clocks. That's to allow for your forget ting to wind it sometimes.'
 'I never forget to wind it, sir. Regular ly every Monday morning for 25 years I've wound that clock. That makes 52 times a year. If I had known 1t would go eight days l would have wound 1t on the eighth day, and I would have had to wind it only 46 times a year It takes me two minutes to wind it up. I've wasted 12 minutes every year on the thing. See? In 9 years I've put in 300 minutes, or five hours, the half of a mans working day, standing on chair winding up that blamed old clock when it didn't need winding!'
 well" said the stupefied jeweler, what do you want me to do about it?''
 Nothing, sir. I only wanted you to know it; that's all. When you sell an eight day clock to man you ought to tell him it's an eight day clock. Good day, sir
 Strengthening himself up and pulling his hat brim down in front, he turned on his heel and stalked out of the shop with the air of man with a grievance who had freed his mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
Smoke Laden Street Cars

The commissioners of the city are not so deeply absorbed in important matters that they neglect the lesser ones. This is shown in the effort that is to be made to decrease the number of smokers in the street cars. The ordinance of last year is to be enforced.
 That ordinance is, however, so full of exceptions it is well nigh value less. There is no reason in the world why the smokers habit should not be driven out of the street cars alto rether, especially in cold weather when all windows are closed. The smoker has all outdoors in which to keep up the practice, and there is no good reason why he should be per mitted to vitiate the air in the wag- ons of the people.
 While they are about it the com missioners should make clean sweep of smokers in the street cars. If a man must smoke, let him ride in au- tos or go afoot. In either case there would be no closed windows, no con fined air that could be readily and quickly vitiated.
 The subject is not as wide as a barn door or as deep as well, but while the commissioners have the subject in hand they should handle it thoroughly and satisfactorily. And the way to do that is to drive all smokers out of the cars that fit from one end of the city to the other, oftentimes packed full, and contain ing always some to whom tobacco smoke is very objectionable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
Birmingham,s Progeress

Birmingham has made great progress in every way since l was first here" said J. H. B. Fitzpatrick of San Fran cisco, manager of the Pasmore Trio which will give concert at the Jefferson theatre Sunday afternoon, November 19- week from today.
 Tt was 15 or more years ago that was here as manager for Lillian Lewis, the well known actress. The late Capt. Frank P. OBrien was then manager of O'Briens opera house, on First avenue, across from the Morris hotel. Birming- ham was small town and there were few handsome buildings here. The city looked crude. It might have been taken for a large mining town. I returned to Birmingham from time to time and it was interesting to watch the citys growth. Birmingham is a splendid look ing city today. Its business district has been well built up. It has enough sky scrapers to make the place look metropol- itan.
 Birmingham is much talked about now as a city of phenomenal resources. It is also well advertised as a city of beautiful homes. It's fashionable residence sections are becoming famed for their fine land scape effects"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
Southern Prospeify

'1t seems to be pretty generally be- lieved that the price of cotton will ad- vance and that farmers who are still holding cotton will be able to sell at a good profit" said E. F. Hartley of Chi cago,
 "The south is better off now than it ever was, and the fact that southern farmers in the cotton belt have got in the habit of raising corn and hay on a large scale will mean great progress in agricultural achievement in the years to come
 T was in the south for the first time 10 years ago. There seemed to be a good deal of prosperity in this section then, but the improvements within a decade have been simply wonderful. The south is referred to now as the coming section of the United States. In 10 years from now it's population will be vastly increased, and it's wealth will be piling up fast. It is only with in the past two. or three years that southern developers have organized anything like systematic movements for advertising the advantages of the south as the greatest agricultural part of the union
 This section seems to be more fla vored than any other Every crop that can be raised anywhere can be pro duced in states like Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, The railroads are do- ing more to advertise the south than formerly. and in the next two or three
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
Women to Vote on Suffrage

The organization of a Woman's Suffrage club in this city is an indi- cation that Alabama women are walk ing up to the subject. It has always been difficult to procure an authori- tative and definite opinion from American women on the great issue. There is a hope that under the re- call a resubmission of the question will take place in California. As the men were almost equally divided over the subject, the second vote would clearly be decided by the women of California, and that would be the first official expression of American women touching suffrage.
 It has always been held that if American women do really desire to vote the suffrage should, in all logic and in the line of true democracy, be granted to them. The difficulty of securing a full and accurate express sion on their part has always been great, and today no one knows how the women of Alabama would vote if the suffrage question were submitted to them.
 The organization of suffrage club in this city is an indication of public sentiment among the women of this city, but it is by no means compre- hensive indication. Something broad CT and wider is needed The second vote in California will go far to show what the women of that state desire, and what they desire will presumtive- ly be what the women of some other states at least desire. A straw vote at least should be taken in Alabama cities on this subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
In the Musical World

with the increasing number of hish class musical attractions in this country including symphony orchestras, one may ask how all the expensive organizations will be able to survive" said citizen who was once identified with the concert business. "Twenty years ago there Were only three or four symphony orchestraS in this country worthy of the name, NOW there are at least dozen. can re member when there were only two or three chamber organizations But now they are quite numerous. Piano and Vlo- lin virtuo.os and great singers are num- bered by dozens. and all musical ar lists seem to be making a living. It speaks well for musical taste.
 .There is no question but that musical standards in the United States have been raised, and that audiences in every city, large and small, have become discrimlhat- ing. It may be that symphony orchestras are more numerous than the demand jus tifes, but for the less expensive orsani- zations and for soloists. new and profta- ble field is opening. l refer to the small college towns It used to be that musl- cal artists attempted to make bookings only in large cities, but now every town of small population that happens to De the seat of a flourishing educational insti- tuition secures two or three fine musical attractions during the season. There are A half dozen such towns in every southern state. and scores of them in the north. This is certainly encouraging for those who are making a business of exploiting concert artists.
 If we are to have musical atmos- phere in America such as distinguishes Italy. France, Germany, Austria ana Russia, every child should be taught at least the rudiments of music The basis of widespread appreciation of good music will be found in the musical instruction in the public schools and colleges There was a time when only girls were taught music. unless occasionally boy who had a nassion for music was set apart Tor musical career Now in many of the hlgh schools young men and young ladies Of graduating age are good sight readers and are quite proficient in chorus singing. But almost as important as musical ln- struction in the schools is the opportuhi- tv to hear music performed by artists. The musical recital of high quality In the small college town is an educational fac for Yes. the college town is an inviting field for soloists and concert organiza- tons..''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
Features of the Election

The democratic tide still runs high.
 The elections in Kentucky and Mas
 sachusetts are proof sufficient of this. There were, however, other features in the recent elections which should not be overlooked. Wherever a ma
 chine or a boss appeared that the
 people could assail with votes, the downfall of that machine or boss was
 almost certain. Few escaped. Boss
 Cox went down in Cincinnati, the
 Penrose machine in Philadelphia, and
 Tammany was roughly handled in
 Greater New York. The trend is to- ward democratization and direct ac- tion, and there are years of trouble coming to all bosses and all machines.
 Another feature of the election is found in the surprising increases in the socialistic vote in various states from Washington to Massachusetts. Even Mississippi shows a marked rise in the socialistic vote. This vote means discontent with present politi- cal and social conditions, but there seems to be nothing revolutionary in it. All essentially sociahstic changes must come through state legislation or constitutional amendments, and inn mediate effects are, therefore, con- fined to efforts to weed out waste and to bring in honest government for all
 In 1908 the socialists boiled APO, ,793 votes in a presidential election. This vote will be doubled in 1912, unless one or the other candidates of the older parties is favorably regarded by the discontented.
 After all the best way to win over the discontented is to keep everlast- ingly at it next winter on the Oscar Underwood line of work, for every reduction of an exorbitant tariff rate means a reduction in the cost of liv- ing, and that is at the bottom of the which has sprung. up in all parts of the country. The hope of the democrats is centered in the tariff revision of next winter, and that re- vision is in excellent and prudent hands, and upon the work of the ses- sion in that direction will depend the size of the vote of the party in the following November. Our true War wick is Oscar Underwood, and the people may conclude to be their own Warwick by putting in the White House the level headed tariff reviser of the Sixty-second Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
SATURDAY, YOU KNOW.
KINDNESS OF ROSA BONHEUR

From the Youths Companion.
 We are not brothers for nothing," Rosa Bonheur once wrote in testing af- lection to her brother Isidore; and in truth the wonderful, quaint, boyish little woman, with her bright eyes, cropped curls and breezy ways, was almost more brotherly chum than a sister to the ''Dodore'' whom she so dearly loved. Much of the time on her country estate, in her studio and among her animals, wild and tame, she wore uthe masculine costume which her manner of life re- quired, to wear which she had-with one other woman, a famous explorer and heologist-received express permission from the French government. Yet this very mannish little person was far from unwomanly in her sympathies; and her latest biography records a pretty incl dent related by her friend, Joseph Ver- dier, the landscape painter
 "One evening she was dining with me and some friends. Among the friends was young woman recently married, who gave us an account of the furnish- ing of her house. All the rooms were Iur- nished except the dining room; for this last her husband could not yet give her the money, and she was compelled to hold her little receptions in her sleeping room.
 After dinner Rosa asked me for large sheet of drawing paper, and while we were talking she sketched delightful hunting scene, which she signed with her full name. Then, under cover of a gen. eral conversation on music, while tea was being served she approached the young wife and said to her:
 Take this picture to Tedesco on your return to Paris and he will give you at least 1900 francs for it. Then you will be able to furnish your dining room"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
Carnegie Libraries in the Future

Either MT. Carnegie has become convinced he is growing old, or else he has become weary in the personal work of planning public libraries, for he has handed the task over to a cor poration which he has endowed to the extent of $25, 100000. This is a good healthy endowment. At 5 per cent this sum will yield annually $1,25O,- GOO, q sum that would build each year about 20 small libraries, or at least a dozen of big and little ones mixed. This is a large country, and yet the construction or promotion of a dozen libraries a year will go far toward satisfying the literary tastes of our ambitious towns.
 The best feature of the new plan is found in the assurance that the good work will go on indefinitely will go on long after the beneficiary himself has gone to his reward. Pre- sumably the plan to be followed will be the one that Mir. Carnegie has long utilized, namely, town that gets Carnegie appropriation with which to build library must obligate itself to pay 10 per cent of that sum each year in the development and main tenance of the library itself. This is a wise and reasonable provision, and no doubt it will be taken over by the new corporation.
 MT. Carnegie's vast fortune will, in this way, be carried far into the future. No one can, in fact, see an end to it, and no one wants to see an end brought to an undertaking that is engaged in bringing good reading within the reach of all, for all Carnegie libraries are free libraries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
Killed and Injured on the Railroads

The reader is shocked by the mas sacres that are daily occurring in China, and yet the railroads of this country last year killed ten times as many as were murdered in Ranking, for example, and wounded vastly many more. To be exact the railroads Akilled in the last fiscal year 10,196 aa1hd injured 15o, ,150. The killed mum s a day, or more than one an
 Over one-half of those that
 killed last year were walking l tho tracks or were stealing rides H trains.
 s1n these great figures of the slain <here were, however, but 356 passen- xers, as against 421 in the previous vear. It is safe to say that the mil Hons upon millions that were carried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
. Regarding Art

.'rhere seems to be more interest in art in Birmingham than there was few years ago, but as some one was quoted bv The Age-Herad as saying, parents are often to blame for not having their children who are taking lessons in draw ing or painting embrace every opportunl- ty for hearing art lectures and attend- in art exhibitions said citizen who lived for some time in Washington.
 True, art lectures have not been pro- vided here often, but those that have been given have not been largely at tended by the young.
 Appreciation and knowledge of es- thetics should be regarded as necessary for a rounded life A knowledge of art should be included in all intellectual de- velopment and general culture."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
THINKS BIRMINGHAM WILL LEAD

From the Washington Post.
 That Birmingham Ala, will become the greatest steel and iron producing cen- ter of the world is, in my opinion, un- questionable" said T. H. Freil, promi- nent business man of that city, at the Ra- leigh Its natural advantages and re- sources all point to this. Pig iron and steel can be produced in Birmingham at less cost than in any other center of in dustrial activity in the world. No one who knows anything about the produc- tion of these articles will dispute this statement, I believe Pittsburg must inn port a large quantity of it's coal for the making of steel and iron. while in Bir- mingham this fuel lies at the cty's doors. Labor is available as cheaply as in Pitts burg and is to be had without trouble. The remarkable industrial development Of the south has taken many men to that section and all can get employment when they seek it. I am confident that it is only a matter of a few years when Bir- mingham will be a greater steel and iron center than Pittsburg.
 'Everybody in Birmingham of course is for oscar OuueTWODu lOT IIeSlutIt, added MT. Freil. "They do not think down there that the matter of geography should enter into the question, and while skillful politicians doubt that Underwood can he nominated, the people of his home city and those of the entire state are in earnest in their advocacy of his nomina- tion I do not think Alabamians have thought much about second choice. Will son has had a lot of friends in the south, but the result in New Jersey yesterday may have a bad effect on the governors chances. Both Clark and Harmon have their friends, hut I believe that if the Alabama delegation must make a choice outside of Underwood, it would be in clined tn favor Clark. V
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12

in the trains last year could not have been carried equal distances in wag- ons with so small percentage of fatalities. Transportation by rail is safer to the passenger, although hazardous to the railroad employees and to those who trespass upon rail road property. During the year one employe was killed to every 45s em- ployed, and one injured to every 13 This is really the most dis tressing feature of transportation by steam propulsion over steel rails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12
Good Chance for the Democrats

If the democratic party does not win
 in the presidential election next year
 the rank and file will naturally be-
 come dispirited," said John w. Ath-
 erton of Illinois.
 Those of us who have been voting
 the democratic ticket regularly since 1876 have had our hopes raised and
 then dashed many a time. I took it almost as a personal sorrow when MT. Tilden was kept out of the executive chair by the B to ' commission.
 "No one who took a broad view of
 the situation expected General Han
 cock to win in 1SsO-not that Hancock
 was not worthy of every mans vote
 He was a great military hero and an
 ideal gentleman. But Hancock was no
 politician, and his defeat was a fore
 gone conclusion long before election
 day. In 1884 when Cleveland was elect
 ed most democrats 1 think, were agree ably surprised. 1 was, at any rate. Since that time 1892 has been the only
 presidential campaign year that looked particularly cheering toqdemocrats Mr. Cleveland won by a great landslide ma jority. In 1896 I thought at one time
 during the campaign that MT. Bryan
 might be able to lead the party 10 victory, but with his defeat that year I had little hope for the future of the party. It seemed hopelessly split.
 But now after repeated defeats feel my hopes rising once more. The
 democratic party has been united and believe if the democrats act with any sort of wisdom next year victory will
 perch once more upon our banner. am not an active politician, and do
 not pretend to know just who would be the best man to head the ticket
 I was inclined to think that Governor Harmon would be a strong man. Since Congressman Underwood has loomed up as a national figure it may be that he will be nominated. From the way | things look now l believe he would
 make an exceptionally strong candi
 date. He has certainly distinguished
 himself as the party leader in Con gress. If the democrats do not win in | 1912 l will abandon all hope of living
 to see another democratic president"