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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-03-11

DENVER PATRIARCHY, NO. CT.
month at Odd Fellows Hall, 1S3,
Arapahoe street.
C. A. BURTON, W. P. R.
HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH, NO. 36I
Meets the mrs, and third I 1ue,days L
zach month at Odd Fellows Hall. Iss
hrapahoe street
Mrs Clarence Holmes 2139 CurtIs g;
Worthy Recorde
PAST GRAND MASTERS COUNCIL
NO. ItS, G. U. o. OF OF.
Meets the second Friday in esc,
month a, Odd Fellows Hall, 1882 Ara
xhoe street
WALTER SCOTT, G. O.
Western Star Lodge No. 128, q. B.
Of F., meets the Grst and third Tues
day evenings OF each month 1T 1sh,
Arapahoe street.
G. d. Hall, W. NJ.
X. NJ. Grigsby, Sec.
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PROGRESS LODGE NO. r. K. p
Meets the first and third FRIDAYS
III each month at 1892 Arapahoe St
w. C. BLACKWELL,
c. c.,
E. B. BLACKWELL
X. of R. G. s
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JOSHUA LODGE NO. 2 U. 3. r.

Colorado Springs.
Meets every first and fourth MOL
day evening at los South TETON stree.
y. v, CAMMEL, w. M.
J. MKINNIE, w. Sec.
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EuREnA COMPANY NO. 4.
Meets the nrst and fourth Tuesdays
R. BUTLER, Captain
HENRY BANKS, RecordeA
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WEBSTER TEMPLE

OF the S. NJ. T's meets the second IN /
fourth Thursdays in each month Sc
1892 Arapahoe streets
MAMIE DEAN. w. P
LENA WALTON. Sec'y
32l4 Champa street.
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PHYTHlAs LODGE NO. II.
Meets the fret and third Wednei
day pighfs. 1892 Arapnhoe Street.
n. ]. SKILLERN. C. C.
]. NJ. Martenia. X. of r and s..
1928 18th ST.
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cAPToLIA TEMPLE NO. 1ss, .. N. r.

meets the second and fourth Saturday
afternoons at no 23rd st.
Arletha Reynolds. Sec.
Lille Lewis, w. p.
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DAMON LODGE NO. s
x NJ p meats n f7fp rurtis stre.
The frsi and third Friday OF encs
month
W. T. KELTON, C. r.
". A. Rice, X. of R. & 8:
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WALTER SCOTT, G. ..
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-03-11

AETNA CAMP NO -. q. r. K. OF p
WAht. q. 1712 Cnr''s street the second
'rd fourth F-'ds- r'vhts In the month
T. DOUGLAS. Captain.
C. F.. HYMAN, Recorder.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-03-11

LIZZIE WILLIAMS, w. C.
ELIZA BETH SCOTT, R D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
Piping Gas to This City

Frank Nelson, Jr., presented no or dinary piece of news when he said the Providence company is about to pipe natural gas to this city. Valuable as natural gas at 30 to 40 cents per thousand cubic feet is for domestic uses, yet far more valuable will an adequate supply of natural gas prove to be in attracting here small manu- lecturers. Experience shows that the small manufacturer prefers above all other fuels natural gas. It can be ap- piled just where he wants 1t and it's flow, and therefore cost, are subject to strict regulation. Where natural gas is there small manufacturers gather.
 "The value of the field at Fayette," :" says MT. Nelson, lis to my mind proven. There is tremedous supply of gas there and 1 see no real good of delaying the construction of the pipe line. Birmingham is in serious need of this natural gas for cheap fuel and the quicker we get it here the faster and the bigger will Birmingham grow"
 That is just about the entire story. Few, however, appreciate the value of natural gas to this city and dis trict, for few here have watched the inviting force of steady and we'll maintained flow of natural gas in community. To the community supply of gas is far more valuable than a supply of oil. The latter would simply be shipped away, while the former would be consumed here to the great advantage of the entire district. If we can have but one of these great hidden natural resources give us gas. We will take oil later on as an incident of the flow of gas which it may have created.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
Great Reforms in Mexico

The Mexican election is to be held on October 1, and now the trouble is to make the people in the small towns and agricultural districts know what an election is. No real election has been held in Mexico in thirty years, and Mexico will need demon stration agents in many districts to get the voters out. In very many dis tricts the word election" in Spanish is unknown. Diaz had no use for appeals to the people. He appealed to the iron hand and his governors in the various states, and this is how he came to be elected to an eighth term and Madero was thrown into iail. When Madero was released he started a revolution and Diaz himself was driven out.
 Madero now insists that the coming election shall be both general and fair, and he invites other candidates besides himself to put their names before the people. Not only is there to be fair election on October l, but in the meanwhile there is to be in Mexico a free press. Here is anoth- CT great innovation, for all Mexican newspapers have been censored in the last thirty years.
 A free press and real election is . revolution indeed, and if Mexico gets both she will indeed become a republic. But are Latin Indo-A -Ameri- cans equal to this double duty?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05


 Alabama, where over 100000 white men are ldisfranchised by a cumula- tive poll tax. No other state has an unlimited cumulative poll tax, and the time will surely come when the people of Alabama will decide it is not good policy to have fully one half of its possible white voters dis franehised. True, each voter is negli- gent, but the penalty should have some limit. A voter who became of age in 1901 and who neglects to pay a poll tax will stand indebted to the state when he becomes 45 years old to the extent of $36, and he cannot vote after. he is 45 years old until he pays S36. This means lifelong dis franchisement and the state is full of white people who will owe the state about that sum when they be- come 45 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
e------=----sHs=- A GENTLEMAN JAG

From the New Orleans Picayune.
 Swaying unsteadly on his feet man who said he was John Umphumph, with out money, friends or home, stood before a magistrate in Jefferson Market court, New York, some days ago, and said: Your honor, because a chaps intoxicated and lies on his face in the gutter and then tries to borrow , cents from an irate policeman, who drags him to his feet, surely it is no sign that such chap is not a gentleman" Before the magistrate could answer the prisoner proceeded: If he wasn't a gentleman could he come before you and quote whole chapters of Epictetus? Could he quote Homers Illus, Cicero, Herbert Spencer and even Theodore Roosevelt? Could he sing the whole of most of the famous operas?' But can you do this?" inquired the court. As a gentleman with blood in his veins I stand ready to prove what l can do' answered the prisoner. He quoted lines and passages from famous authors and then began singing scene from Faust in a clear bass. Then he asked: well, Judge, am not gentle man?" You are that" answered the magistrate. twill you not help me to get a start?H And his honor gave hp1 "start''-for the worlshouse, where he'll have time to mediate on the classics and what proof whisky ought to be, so gen tleman can fight it and still retain his equilibrium. This man was found lying on his face. That's an unusual occur renee, but it's much better than lying on his friends and the latter will attest this fact no doubt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Summer In the south

While southern summers are some what longer than the summers in the l north, the heat Is less oppressive ir tl'is part of the country than it Is ir St. Faul, Chicago. Philadelphia or New York said a man who was reared in the north but who has lived here for several years.
 q have been impressed with the fact that excessive heat In northern cities results in many fatal sun strokes. Dur ing my residence here l have never known of anyone being prostrated by the heat in this city 1 am told that eight or ten years ago a man died from sun stroke, but that he was un- der the influence of liquor and prob- ably would not have succumbded had he heen of temperate habits. On the whole Birmingham is delightful place in which to live, especially in the sum mer time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
Thirsty for Beer

T am told that in spite of the fact that the lid is on tight in Birming- ham one can buy whisky. such as it is, said New York business man who has occasion to spend two or three weeks here this month. But I do not drink whisky. Neither do l care for the so-called soft drinks, but I like beer and when l am at home I drink bottle or two every day and enjoy it. Good beer Is not only refreshing and slightly stimulating, but it comes near being food.
 T have always thought it a serious mistake on the part of temperance cru saders to put malt liquor in the same class with whisky. I believe if an exception were made in favor of beer the drinking public would learn to do without strong drink. In other words, think that an increase in the con- sumption of beer makes for temper ance.
 T can understand how small towns are saloonless, but cannot get it through my head how any consider able proportion of the population here in Birmingham ever voted dry Ger tain it is that prohibition isN never a good thing for a large and ambitious city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
THE WORK OF w. s. GILBERT.

assumed an artistic dignity worthy of a prosperity undreamed of before in Lon don, for operetta, and never attained since ss
 Forty years have elapsed since Gilbert gained his first great triumph with 'The Palace of Truth" in the old Haymarket theatre, London. and he never afterward lost his hold upon the public, although he met with more than one failure. It is 0 wonderful record. In that early sue cess-for the Haymarket was then still at the head of English comedy theatres he may have learned the value of the stock system. He never forgot it after ward. At the Savoy, with the aid of D'Oyly Carte, he organized one of the best singing and acting companies that ever existed, and showed to all the man. agerial world the road to fortune. Neither Sullivans nor Gilberts. unfortunately, are to be found every day. But the lesson which they taught is plain enough for such of their successors as choose to profit by it. Empty, vulgar, glittering frivoity may draw the crowd for brief season, but only the entertainment that appeals to intelligence and good taste is sure of lasting public support. Gilbert and Sul- livan died full of riches and honor Of modern musical comedies a very small proportion, it Is said, are profitable. There is ground for hope In that reflection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
Cooler weather Coming

T know little or nothing of meteor ology as science, but 1 am some thing of weather prophet, said an old timer T have watched weather con ditions closely during the past 40 years and l have found that certain signs never fail and other certain signs sell dem. One of the unfailing signs comes down from far antiquity. Christ, in a discourse, alluded to it as something with which all his hearers were fla niiliar. It was the red sky at night and the red sky in the morning.
 1t usually happens that the terms or seasons, of heat and cold average. For instance, when we have very cold winter here the following winter is apt to be very mild, and an extremely hot summer usually means temper ate summer the next year. So, too, when our winters are earlier than usual they end earlier and our early summers bring early autumns. The torrid wealth CT Of May just gone and of this early June will be followed by somewhat chilly July My prophecy is that cool wave will strike this part of the coun- try about next Saturday. The people will probably be shivering and lighting fires before another week rolls round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
MRS. CHAMP WHIPPED BULLY

From the Barber (Mo) Forum.
 C. A. Tooreyson, who calls Ladonia his home and travels for St Louis whole sale grocery house. was talking of school day experiences the other day. Charlie was one of "Peck's bad boys" one of the unterrified village cut-ups when he went to school in the '70s. He admits that he and most of his companions were pretty hard to handle.
 'I went to school in Martinsburg in 1S7S,' he said. Miss Bennett of Calla- way county. now the wife of Speaker Clark was my teacher, and believe me, she knew her business She was the as- sistant teacher in the school and had about 15 pupils.
 "rhere were four boys in Miss Bennetts class who were looked upon as really tough. As they used to say in those days, they were hard nuts to crack, but there wasn't one of us that ever frightened Miss Bennett Charlie Clark, Tom Roach, Will Powell and myself constituted this quartet of bad ones and what meanness one couldn't think of the other could.
 'In spelling we always occupied po- sitions at the foot of the class. but I remember that on one occasion we spelled every word that came to us, and when the lesson was over we stood one, two, three, four right at the head.
 Then came the expose. Bill Ficklin told Miss Bennett we had steathily looked at the book each time we had to spell a word and that was why we made such a high average.
 "The fun began when school was dis missed. We set on Ficllin and gave him 8 good licking. The pext day we were brought before the court, with Miss Ben nett as the presiding judge I told her that we licked F'icklin because he tattled on us, and to give me the whipping and let the other boys go. CThis was not spe- cial heroism on my part. I got licking every day anyway)
 'The other boys, with the exception of Bill Powell, put up a good talk. Powell refused to say a word. This obstinacy aroused the Simon pure fighting spirit in Miss Bennett, who turned the rest of us loose and started on Bill. She gave him one of the best 'whalings he had ever had in his life. He didn't awe her, bit. She had her dander up and Bill got the full benefit of it.
 "The directors wanted to expel Bill. but Miss Bennett interceded for him. Let; him stay in school Miss Bennett aG-, viscd T want to make a good boy out of Bill And Miss Bennett did. She, took all the mischief out of him and when I met Bill in New Florence a long time afterward he told me that he be- lieved that if it hadn't been for Miss Ben- nett he would be in the penitentiary.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
The Edgewood Line

The formal opening of the Edge wood trolly car line Saturday was an event of no small interest. Any ex- tension of Birmingham street car facilities is important, and this new service deserves especial recognition because it opens up for development beautiful, part of Shades valley just over Red mountain, and for the req son, too, that it affords the people of Birmingham an opportunity to vary their pleasure outings.
 The company which built the line, nearly four miles long, at cost of $150, ,0O0, is composed of enterprising and public spirited citizens, and they are to be congratulated upon the up building work which they are accom- plishing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
Stock Market Feature,

Eenry Clews in his Saturday review
 says in part:
 "rhe supreme court ruling in the American Tobacco case did not fully
 meet the expectations that had quite generally been entertained for it. It
 reflected very closely, it is true. the attitude of the court as expressed in
 the Standard Oil, decision. But while,
 like Standard oil, the company must dissolve, the court specifically provides l for the continuance of the business on
 proper and legal lines and instructs the 1 lower court to pass upon the final form
 that the reconstruction may assume
 The decision, therefore, in reality mer- I it's consideration as a favorable factor l in the financial market and furnishes a yalcable precedent for the solution of 1 the industrial combination situation as a whole The important point in con nection with both of the recent trust decisions is that the entire industrial uncertainty has been well cleared up as general stock market influence The attitude of the court is at last fully and definitely known and the subject cannot again come up except in the minor way of affecting individual con- cerns.
 Tt would not be fair to ascribe the l sharp decline that took place early in
 the week in the stock exchange price | level primarily to the supreme courts
 action. More effective than this was
 the further development of the steel l trade war and the reduction in prices
 in which the Steel corporal ton, entire | ly against it's own will, was finally
 forced to participate. In addition, there
 has been the rather. sensational testi-
 rony before the Stanley Investigating committee of the House that is inquir- l ing into the affairs and organization of the Steel corporation.
 "I'he prospects for the harvests con- :inue the main feature to watch dur ing the next few weeks. These pros pecss constitute the fundamental in- flnence on which experienced operators base their market calculations. Com plaint of dry weather in some winter wheat sections has been heard this week, but this has not assumed inn portant proportions and it is always desirable to bear in mind that crop damage that is local can at times be- come quite serious without in any Way affecting the countrys production as a whole. It is well to recall, for in- stance, that the winter wheat area this year is, in round numbers. 4S9,000,OO0 acres Local damage could, therefore te severe and even quite extensive without in any appreciable degree af- fec'ing the general result from such d 1 tremendous expanse of territory. In
 Texas, Oklahoma and in some parts of
 Eanaas winter wheat harvesting is al-
 l eady in progress and every day from ,. now on will mean just so much ad-
 ditional area out of danger from either drouth or insect life. Spring wheat, ac-
 cordlng to authoritative accounts is from one to two weeks in advance of
 normal and is also doing very nicely.
 Tie government will issue on next
 Thursday it's monthly report on grain l conditions and it can hardly fail to prove satisfactory document. The cot . ton acreage this year reflects the stim-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
The SOuth's Progress

One of the most interesting and valuable articles in the last issue of the Baltimore Manufacturers Record is that entitled Manufacturing h. terests of the South and the Coun- try" It fills nearly five columns and is chiefly statistical. It shows by of ficial figures the strides the southern states, as group, have made in the five years from 1904 to 1909.
 According to the census returns, the capital invested in Alabama In 1909 was s173,479, ,000 as against S105, 1882, ,s49 in 1904. The total of 15 southern states, including the Dis trict of Columbia, but not including Missouri or Oklahoma, was 2,419,- 1e5 1000 as compared with s1,597, ,636,- SIP in 1904. In products Alabama in creased from S109, 1922 in 1904 to SAG, ,43l ,O0O in 1909, and the south ern states from S1,787 7,976,325 to $2,- 531 ,595,0 ,000. These figures make a splendid showing as compared with other sections of the country.
 "Of the SPA, GOO, ,000, ,00O worth of annual products of manufacturing in the United States" says the Manu- facturers' Record, $3,000,OO0 ,000 worth, or one-eighth, is of the south, according to conservative estimates based upon returns to date of the census of factories in 1909."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
The Rev. Dr. Lamar

Concerning the Rev. pr. A. w. Lamar,
 the distinguished revivalist who has arrived and will conduct special re- yival services under the auspices of
 the First Baptist church of this city,
 yollie c. Hart of Dallas. Tex, now registered at the Hillman, says:
 "I have known Dr. Lamar for many
 years, and consider him one of the most successful evangelists of our day and think that Dr. Dickinson and the mem- bership of the First Baptist church as
 well as the citizens of Birmingham
 are indeed fortunate in having this
 eonsecrated and highly talented min- ister to visit the city and lead them in q great religious movement.
 While l was a citizen of Galveston
 Er. Lamar was my pastor for six years
 and the First Baptist church of that city enjoyed a season of prosperity that
 was the greatest in the history of the church. His preaching was so intensely interesting that during these years large audiences have greeted him at ev- cry service and at our Thursday night prayer meetings the attendance at times reached several hundred persons. One feature of his church work which attracted the attention of the younger
 boys of the Sunday school was the or
 ganisation of the Boys Brigade. which
 resulted in the happy conversion of | many of young people whose lives since l have demonstrated the wisdom of such a movement as these young men have developed into noble Christian men. Today they are occupying important stations in the business world. No one can attend the preaching of Dr. La -
 riar without receiving a great spiritual uplift"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
POTATO HILL PHILOSOPHY
Wi. Howe's Monthly.

From F.. w. Howes Monthly.
 People do not care so much for soup or affection in hot weather
 Laugh when a friend tells a joke; it is one of the taxes you must pay
 If abuse injured people, all of us would have been down and out long ago.
 The woman who loves you is more dan gerous than the woman who hates you.
 Any woman who will keep quiet can get the reputation of having good manners.
 The keeper of an asylum says even a crazy man knows enough to be afraid oi a woman.
 I am 5S years old, and I never knew more than half a dozen women who acted natural
 woman l Enow has wide range ir taste. Her first husband was d preacher, : and her second a barkeeper. You are always abusing the devil and soaring the children with him But have you eyer noticed how well the devil treats you? If you are never hurt until tht devil hurts you, you are all right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
wIrH A POND LILLY

From the Norwegian of Henrik Ibsen.
 (Med en Vandlilje) See, Maria. what I'm bringing Blossom with white wings upspringing On the nipples of the river. Dreamy Springtime made it culver. Wilt thou to thy chamber bear it, On thy breast Maria, wear it Then t will dream it's head Is hiding In the billowy river gliding! Child, beware the pools deep stream
 there! Perilous it is to dream there. Water-sprite prtends to slumber. Lilies play in countless number. Child. thy breast is like the stream there Perlous 1t Is to dream there! Lilies play in countless number: Water-sprite pretends to slumber. See. Maria. what I'm brinsins'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-05
One-Fifth of the People Vote

The Boston Globe, a democratic paper, regrets that the franchise is used by only one-fifth of the possi- ble voters in the south. According" :" it goes on to say, ito J. c. Manning of Birmingham, Ala, there are in his state 3OO,O00 white and 100000 col ored men of voting age. Of the ne- groes, 75,000 are capable of casting an intelligent vote, but only 2600 are registered, and of 500,000 possible voters in Alabama only 125,000 cast a ballot. In 12 southern states, with 2,O00,0 ,000 colored and 100000 white voters, only 100000 exercise the franchise. If similar conditions pre- vailed generally in the north, we should despair of the republic. There are doubtless good and suffi. cient reasons why so many southern CTS abstain from voting, but if the ballot really has the educative influ- ence it is said to possess there seems to be ample room for it's extended use in the south."
 There are good and sufficient req sons for restricting the ballot in every cotton state, but these good and sufficient reasons are everworkad in