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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
Direct Action in Massachusetts

Tomorrow Massachusetts is to hold its first statewide direct primary. Local primaries had been held in the state many years, and on Tuesday next all candidates for state or local offices will be named by the people acting directly. Candidates for gov ernor are to be selected as we'll as candidates for constable.
 Speaking a week ahead of the event the Boston Globe says: Light pri- maries seem a forgone conclusion. This does not mean that the direct primary is not appreciated, but it shows that partiban interest is wan ing and the army of unlabeled voters growing" No doubt the independent voters are in every contested state increasing in number, and it is sign Of political unrest and change. There is little comfort in the fact for Mr. Taft and the standpatters in general. The Age-H Herald, however, mentions the statewide primaries of Massachu- setts simply to show how rapidly the system of direct voting is supplantlne the indirect or convention method The latter is on it's last legs, and it will soon be as dead as the plan of naming presidential candidates by Congress with which the republic was started. The evolution to direct ac- tion as a general proposition is slow but certain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY

From the Youths Companion.
 An old lawyer had instructed his client, accused of theft, to weep whenever he sti pck the desk with his hand. In the ardcr of his plea he forgot and struck t,:e desk at an inauspcious moment His client promptly fell to sobbing with much energy, and the judge turned upon her.
 What is the matter with you?' he asked.
 "Iie told me to cry as often as he struck the table, said the woman, lifting a pair of large dry eyes to the judge s face as she put down her handkerchief. A laugh ran around the room, but the uraba shed lawyer saw his opportunity. 1t is not possible" he said, when the laughter had subsided, that any one here can reconcile the idea of crime with srch candor and simplicity as this"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
Game Birds and Fish in Alabama

The uniform statewide laws for the
 protection of birds and game in this
 state were enacted in 1907, at which
 time John H. Wallace, Jr., was ap-
 pointed state game and fish commits s1oner. Mir. Wallace has just issued
 Bulletin No. 3, in which he explains
 what has since been accomplished in
 this state. Dove batting, barbarous practice, has been stopped, and doves
 have rapidly increased in this state. | Both squirrel and deer are multiply ing. No game is offered for sale in this state and none is shipped away.
 The slaughter of the migratory rob- ins has been stopped, and the north
 ern states are deeply grateful to Alabama for action in this matter
 The pot hunter has been eliminated, and the bag limit has been enforced Other states have followed in Ala bama's footsteps, and today Florida and Mississippi are the only states without uniform game law
 MT. Wallace says ''the most impera- tive need of the present time is uniformity of game and bird laws ap- plying to the states in the same lati- tude. Likewise national legislation should be had looking to the preserva- tion of migratory birds, in their northern and southern migratory pas- sage through the country, as they do not remain permanently the entire year within the borders of any par ticular state or territory. These nomads should be placed within the custody and protection of the gov ernment of the United States. The department of agriculture at Wash ington should be authorized to adopt suitable regulations looking to this end by prescribing and fixing closed seasons on game birds which migrate, having due regard to the zones, tenn perature, breeding habit and times and lines of migratory flight. On ac- count of the variability of the statutes relating to the protection of migra- tory birds in the various states, little or no protection is afforded water fowl and migratory song and insect ivorous birds. In order that many of the most valuable species of migra- tory birds be saved from extinction immediate congressional action is im- perative."
 More than dozen states have adopted the Alabama law, the latest state to do so being Georgia. Mir. Wallace reviews in Bulletin No. 3 the bird, game and fish laws of this state and he urges all game wardens to be alert-to be true sportsmen, ready to report each and every infraction of the states excellent laws. These laws, by the way, have not cost the state a penny. They are self SUD- porting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
ARE EDITORS IN A PLOT?

1 number of new names in. the literary
 frmament < Nf {k | Ttake up recent number of the BOOK man at random and look at the list of best sellers, Of the six there is The
 aThe Broad Highway" by .Jeffery Ear
 no. Miss ofibbie Gault," by Kate Lang lley Bosher; ''The Golden Silence by the | Nilliamsons; "Queed,'' by Henry Syd-
 nor Harrison, and 9"The Grain of Dust
 ahy David Graham Phillips.
 | or these six books four are by new writers. Vaughan Hester had written lone, possibly two, novels in the course of lllns short life, neither of which had made l any great success. though they were ligiven their chance. In TThe Prodigal Judge he came before the public virt- l.,,ally as a new writer; and his novel | l1ieads the list of 'bests sellersls Jeffrey
 Farnolis an entirely new man. He had I published a novelet a year or so before. ltThe, Broad Highway appeared For a year, now, "The Broad Highway has led
 the list of best sellers Mrs. Kate i Langley Bosher is new writer She has only two books so far to her credit, | Mary Cary and Miss Gibbie Gauit. Mir. Henry sydnor Harrison has, in l 'Queed," written his first book, and it made an instant success. So you see that leyen this small list proves that newcom- lers are mot only welcome to publishers. but are just as. apt te be best sellers as any written by veterans of the quill If you had heard one of the firm that
 published' 1Queed' talk to me abovt that
 bcoil before 1t was published you would
 aptreciate what have said on the joy
 of an editor or publisher in discov- ering a new writer. MT. Harrison learned his business in Journalism. He was a Ereporter on New York paper, but all tl1e time he was writing copy for his newspaper he was pilng up material in | lis mind for a novel. It is not every publisher that swould have taken kindly to "Queed' at a first glance, but for tunatey for MT. Harrison he knocked at the right door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25

Jeanette L. Glider in the Independent. TT is the eternal cry of those who are not successful in literature that they A are kept out by a conspiracy, because they are not known and because editors are only looking for names.
 | In plain language. this is all poppy cock. The editor is as keen to discover a Eew writer as miner is to discover gold. He much prefers to find a big new author than to buy manuscripts from ca big author whose reputation is already established.
 The reason Is obvious. In the first place the new writer does not cost so much. Gle will. give him timeD At first he hasn't name to sell, he merely de- flyers the goods. Then the editor has all the joy of discovery.
 The list of authors whom I have dis covered in the course Of my editorial career is one of the pleasantest things that l have to look back upon, and I can say from personal experience that. to turn the pages of new manuscript, the name on tine title page of which means nothing to me, as l have never heard It or seen it before, and to find some thing really good, is not only a pleasure but a keen excitement. I well remember the joy with which I read the first man. uscript of John Oliver Hobbes' Some Emotions and Moral,'' and how quick ly I saw that a new star had swung into our ken. l remember how, some- what earlier, when James Lane Allen, as young writer just trying his wings, sent a handful of essays to the Critic, my brother and I were just as excited over the literary style of that newcomer.
 A short time before this we had dis covered Marion Crawford, who had not then become a novelist, but was trying his hand along many lines of literary composition.
 Those disgruntled writers who feel ahat they are kept out of the magazines be- cause they are unknown, not because their stuff" to use the Journalistic ex- pression, is no good. have but to look back over the last few years to see the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25

square deal now pending in the leg islature.
 A square deal is expected in Ala bama when new apportionment bill is brought in, but in New York such result had not been anticipated Governor Dix and the democrats are winning friends right along, and the new legislature bids fair to be as democratic as the present one. The lower house in New York is elected every year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
GOOD FOR GOVERNOR MANN

From the Richmond Tfmes-Dif ifna tcii.r , Governor Mann's head is as level as a hardwood floor on the oregon sys- tem"-the initiative. referendum and recall business-which has taken so many fairly good men off their feet. He attended the governors conference at Spring Lake last week and ex. pressed his views to the correspondent of the New York Evening Post in this positive and altogether creditable way: "I should decline to hold office under such a system It would reduce the officeholder to t0e level of a puppet. It would make him a reed swayed in
 the wind by every breath of public prejudice Such a position would be
 unsupportable, and if it ever comes to pass in my state I shall retire from politics. desire to have nothing to do with suc: a system"
 That is straight democratic talk. The
 old religion is good enough for the
 governor of Virginia and for all the
 states that understand the theory Of our government.
 Governor Cruce of Okiahohia;s sr tfte
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
ORIGIN OF "BOOsTER"

From Boosters and Boosting in the De-
 tober Strand.
 Everyone knows what boom is, as applied to a town. Charles Dickens de- scribed it 70 years ago in the city Of Eden, although the actual word had not then been coined. But for long time indeed, until lately-thinss were man. aged very unscientifcally. The art of booming was a most one sided affair, chiefly worked by the real estate owners or agents Cities so made-arising in a single night-showed a lamentable ten dency to "bust up 'or move on." There was an absence of local pride, which Is such a conspicuous feature of the new order of things-the order of the "boost- CTS"
 Boost" is common American term meaning to push forward In 1898 the first Boosters club was formed at Spo- kane, Wash, for the purpose of boosting Spokane into the place which through it's natural resources and attractions 1t deserved The club. which comprised practically the whole population of the town, drew up rules in which every soul pledged himself to regard Spokane for conversational and advertising purposes ''as the center of these United States and God AIlisnt"s c;eation. and never to let day pass without Paving done some thing in word CT deed to boost this town.''
 Booster clubs began to spring up all over the west. They spread to the east, to the north, and to the south, and now the prevailing sentiment has grown so local as to find expression in the phrase, "Cuss America; give me Oshkosh" Amer jeans who formerly went about with the American flag in their hats ynalrd the American eagle in their button holes have now substituted photographic views Of their own towns or local emblems, Tn default of regularly granted municipal coats of arms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
Grade Crossings Going

England has no railroad crossings at grade, and no person is therefore killed or injured at a highway cross- ing. The toll of the locomotive in this country is heavy, exceeding an- nually 1000 killed and 2O00 injured.
 The country will have an acute issue when, in every mind, the cost in flesh and blood is entrusted with the cost of abolishing grade crossings. Justice requires the states to bear a part of the expense. It would be un- fair to unload all of it on the rail- roads when their franchise permitted them to build crossings at grade. The expense should be shared, and the quicker the work is done and grade crossings everywhere abolished the quicker will the murderous work on those crossings be stopped
 The cities, as rule, are responding to the demands for safety. Atlanta and Memphis are active in this re- spect and one city after another is securing open streets over or under railroad tracks. Birmingham will act after while, and in the long run the railroads will be either raised or de. pressed, and people will pass along without rislSing life or limb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
The stock Market

Henry Clews in his Saturday review concludes as follows:
 s'rThe future course of the market is Gn- certain Liquidation may carry prices still further, but it is quite certain that as soon as completed, a sharp upward re- action will follow. We can only repeat our previous advice of exercising much discrimination in purchases. Several very poor railroad statements were issued dur ing the week and not unlikely some Of the industrials will soon show the con sequences of trade reaction in question. The future of United Statees Steel and other big corporations is an important uncertainty. The International Harvester is reported to be contemplating voluntary dissolution: so. too, is the United States Steel, if dissolution of the latter is pos sible If these companies adopt this sen sibie policy others threatened with in dictment will unquestionably follow sult. The securities of high grade railroads and industrial corporations having well es- tablished record for earning capacity are in many cases selling at exceedingly at tractive prices to the investor. Well Sc Iected purchases of this character will undoubtedly result in good profits to the buyer within a few months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A young man is ashamed to tip a voiter too little; an old man too much.
 Some men seem to be able to win suc- cess simply by claiming they have.
 It's much more important to tell a girl she Is pretty than to think she is.
 A w1man iias such an imagination she can make herself think she is almost younger than her daughter.
 What a man likes about going to church is when his wife Is away on a visit. and he can write her he went. but didn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
Concerning Saloons

"As Birmingham will soon have saloons I hope they will be well conducted said business man While a great many persons are opposed to the liquor traffic in any shape or form, others believe that so long as liquor is to be legally sold 1t should be handled ill a dispensary in- stead of by individuals or companies un- der license. I was one of those who voted dry in 1867, but who voted for sa- looms at the leoont election.
 "The only bcseIage I indulge in is beer, and I drink about three glasses day, but the reason 1 voted against tho liquor traffic in Jefferson county four years ago was because of the prevalence of dives. Having observed the blind tig- CTS for some time, l am convinced now that the best solution Of the liquor ques- ton Eere is the licensing of saloons to be strictly regulated by the excise commits sion.
 "Can there be any such thing as model saloon? Yes When Mir Nabb kept the Morris hotel, and afterward the IIilllaan. the bar was model. W hen d company headed by MT. Wall of Balti- more or Washington licensed and fitted up the St. Nicholas hotel six or seven years ago the bar connected with that house was strictly regulated, not by law, but by tie firm running the hotel. In order that there might be no familiarity be- tween the oartenders and the patrons of
 the saloon, local members of the Bar tenders union were not employed, but iuonnrted. rroplIeroIs of the St. Nicholas laid down rules and insisted on their enforcement. Here arc some of the rules that re- call: lSo bartender was to start con- versation with any patron. If the man buying a drink asked the bartender civil question the latter was to give polite answer, but he was not to become talkative. If a customer. used profane language or coarse language of any kind the bartender was to call him down'-po- litely, of course. If the customer got fluffy and said he would never come in the place again, the bartender, carry ing out instructions, would say: The house does not want the patronage of any man who uses such language as you are disposed to indulge in.
 "If the huffy one grew hot in the col lar and started to raise 8 rough house policeman was called and the trouble was soon ended. Such decorum as that here indicated was maintained as long, l be- lieve, as the firm kept together. One of the bartenders was a young man of real culture I think he came from Cin- cinnat, The others seemed to be very decent fellows, and all of them carried out the rules of the house to the letter. Whisky drinkers said that the St. Nicholas brands were choice-some of them very rare.
 'I see no reason why all the saloons under the new regime cannot be con ducted in a decorous way, just as the bars at the Morris and the St. Nicholas, and, for aught l know, a few otherss were operated in the years gone by"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
A SONG
Translated by Thomas Cal

Translated by Thomas Carlyle.
 From Goethes wilhelm Meister.'D Fron. the mountains to the champaign,
 By the glens and hills along, Comes a rrstling and tramping,
 Comes Q motion as of song; And this undetermined rowing Brings delight, and brings, good heed; Lffa's no resting, but a moving. E ,c Ier thy fife be deed on deed! Keep not standing fixed and rooted.
 Brisklv venture, briskiys roam; Head and hand. where CT thou foot it.
 And stcut heart, are still at homo. In each land the sun does visit
 We are gay, whate'er betide; To give room for wandering is it esTifat '.he world was made So wide s.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
The Jackson Highway

The concert for the benefit of the Jack son highway fund, postponed from Sun day, September r. will take place at the Jefferson theatre next Sunday. October l. Nappfs band of 2S pieces will rendei choice numbers and. several soloists will | appear on the programme
 Much interest has been aroused in the Jackson highway movement. The chair man of the committee, Miss Alma Ritten- berry. says. we have sold many tickets for the concert and large audience is expected
 '.The south is on the eve of great awakening along all lines of endeavor; especially is this true of the building of good roads. During the last SIX years the south has built 20o00 miles of good roads In this work Georgia, because or progressive legislation that four years ago placed the state convicts on the pubic roads, leads by margin. North Carolina stands second, Texas third and Alabama fourth.
 We are wiling to give due credit to inc automobilist for there is no disputing tue fact that the automobile owners were the first to call attention to the lack of good roads in the south, and they cook the initiative in bringing about an im- provement In many instances they be- gan the work wsth their own money, and even if they were used entirely by the automobile they would do some good for the south for they are bringing in this direction thousands of visitors with capi- tai and to visit the south means in nine cases out of ten to reside hereto have a southern winter home, or to place capi- tai in the thousands of profitable invest ments in the development of the resources of this section. Nothing has done more towards southern progress than their vis- it's. Tourists travel to the south, thou sands who seek in this section relief rom the blizzards of the north, and the auto mobiles will help in this work by talk ing visitors through sections of the south they cannot see from the railroads. But while the automobile and automobilist deserve due credit for the work they have done in arousing the south to the i'm portanee of good roads they are not rhe only or chief cause of the present move ment in the south.
 We are building good roads for eco homie reasons. To lessen the heavy drain on the country merchants and farmers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
New York's New Apportionment

The legislature of New York is in session, and it's chief work consists in an apportionment bill. The proposed bill comes almost as shock, it is so fair toward the upstate districts which usually go republican. It pro- vides for IS upstate districts having an average population of 11S,000 each, and 25 downstate districts hay ing an average population of 212,O0C each
 The legislature is democratic in both branches and the governor is a democrat, and yet the democrats re- fuse to grab the six new congressman Na0d to give them city districts. The republican gerrymander has for 20 years Aeen exceedingly unjust, and yet the democrats do not propose ''to get even" by passing an out and out democratic gerrymander bill. They propose to follow natural lines, ana to give rural New York more thar it is entitled to on the basis of popu- lation. The districts, too, in New York city are to be symmetrical ant compact. The voters of New York who have long been machine ruled are almost stupefied by the fairness of the proposed apportionment. Tam many and the upstate democrats be- lieve in the square deal, and the whole state stands astonished bX the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25

London Correspondence New York Times "HE Roman vessel that had been ly-
 ing in the mud at the bottom of the
 | Thames for about 100 years was taken a few days ago to KensinSton pal ace in which pretty and historic building the new London museum Is to have it's home.
 The Roman barge was recently found on the site of the county hall at Lam- beth The work of transferring it oecu- pied 15 hours, at the end of which period Guy Lalxing, the keeper of the museum, saw the precious relic safe in the shed which had been built for it.
 The boat weighs close upon 90 tons Of oak, and the protective shell that has been built around her brittle timbers weighs another eight tons. It was great task 10 get her undamaged to her new home, and it required two coupled lorries drawn by team of F magnificent cart horses, as Mir. Laking refused to submit the relic of imperial Rome to the Fl dignity of being dragged through the London streets by a traction engine. MT Laking rode at the head of the process sion, which was followed by motor car conveying museum officials
 There is no other specimen in the world of a Roman ship with which to compare her. The boat was built-keel, ribs and planks-of Gallc oak. When her skele- ton was unearthed last year, her time and water logged blackened timbers were SC soft that they could be cut with spade Since then the action of the air has helped to harden the timber. which has however, become very brittle and mas shrunlx to considerable extent. The vessel is to be careful restored to hei clG shape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
"FLY" TIMES
rom the Mobile Item

TOIII IIIt ATUUIIt IttITI'
 The Birmingham Age-H Herald says: The people of Alabama are preparing to fly to Birmingham where two noted av- iators will fly during the State Fair" Please haze plenty of fly cops on hand when the fly people of Alabama ar rive, so as to protect them from the fly" confidence men and pickpockets who will also fly to Birmingham when tie lair opens.