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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
The Public Snirited View

N eDaAS oPhhAsta fANW
 It is known that great majority of the successful business men of Birmingham will vote in tomorrow's election for legalized liquor traffic in Jefferson county and in favor of the regulated saloon rather than the dispensary.
 In all large communities many theorists who are the reverse of prac- tical will be found, but among sub- stantial, large-minded business men practical considerations, rather than dreams or fine-spun theories always prevail. When Birmingham was saloon town, up to January 1, 1908, there was little attempt at regula- .tion. No regulation enactment worth while was on the statute books, and in consequence dives were numerous, and the situation was extremely of- fensive to all who had the good of Birmingham at heart But the new laws, passed by local option legis- lature, were carefully drawn. They sought especially to improve moral conditions. The Smith regulation act is exceedingly stringent, but not too stringent, of course. It regulates dis pensaries where the people of county vote in favor of dispensaries and it regulates saloons where the choice of the voters be for high li- cense and regulation.
 Governor O'Neal will give Jeffer- son county an admirable excise com mission, and public sentiment being on the side of law and order there is not only no reason for expecting bad conditions with the licensing of sa- looms, but on the contrary, every reason for expecting better condi- tions than have obtained in the whole history of Birmingham. This community has been scandalized by blind tigerism. When Birmingham had saloons before, unregulated though they were, no. one ever heard of a bar maid in this part of the country. Today not a few women are engaged in the business of selling liquor, and little girls as well as boys are employed in the same traffic. Dispensaries would not result in a suppression of the blind tiger. The high licensed saloon will drive out all unlicensed competitors.
 Morally and commercially the reg ulated saloon is best for Jefferson county. Members of the Birming- ham Business Mems league take that view of it, and sane, public-spirited business men generally-a very large majority of them-will vote for high license and regulation tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
IN HOTEL/LOBBIES
The Marine Band


 'rhe United States Marine band, which will make two weeks tour in October by permission of the Secretary of the Navy. and with the approval of the Presi- dent, will give a concert in Atlanta on or about October 21. and understand that October 20 is the date for Birmingham in the event a booking is made here, said a member of the music festival executive committee. 'It is hoped the band will appear here. It is, in my opinion, the finest brass and reed organization in America, or in the world. for that matter. l heard England's crack band, the Cold stream Guards, Lieutenant Godfrey di- rector, and 1t was not, I thought, quite up to the United States Marine band. AS the band is not allowed to leave Washing ton for a concert tour oftener than once in seven years, the privilege Of hearing 1t in Birmingham will be all the more ap- preciated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
Truth needs no coIour-beauty no
 pencil. Poems.
Warrior River Navigation

The much discussed bill to hasten the improvement of the Warrior river was sent to conference after the House had largely amended the Sen ate bill. Adjournment being near at hand, both of the Alabama senators and MT. Underwood agreed that a similar bill would be all that could be secured, and so the conferees brought in bill which provides for 63 foot dam at Lock No. IT in Squaw Shoals, leaving all power propositions to be acted on next win ter.
 The bill adopted consists of the three first paragraps of the original Senate bill. These paragraphs au- thorize the secretary of war to change the plans for the construction of the dam in question so that its crest will be "63 feet above the pool level of Lock and Dam Is, at the same time creating a slackwater pool submerging all shoals on the Black Warrior river to the foot of Sanders Shoals, and furnishing not less than seven feet of water at Cordova and also at the foot of Sanders Shoals. and also thereby providing for and extending navigation up the Locust fork of the Black Warrior river as far as the pool level will reach to the mouth of Village Creek near Palos, located in section 28, township Is, range west, in Jefferson coun- ty, Ala, by extending the slackwater pool and submerging all shoals at low water stages to point near the mouth Of said Village Creek"
 The third section of the conference bill authorizes the secretary of war to enter into contracts for the an nulment of present contracts for the construction of the dam at Lock IT, or for their modification to cover the construction of the higher lock and dam.
 There Congress stopped, putting the remainder of the proposition over 7 to the long session of next winter. The dam at Lock No. 17 is to be 63 feet high, thus hastening the im- provement of the river and leaving any power scheme possible that Con- gress may hereafter sanction. All possibilities are retained. Our sen- ators and Mr. Underwood have thrown nothing away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
HANGING SWORD ALLEY
rom the New York Post.

From the New York Post
 Hanging Sword alley has a pleasant
 slggestiveness of the good old days
 there Is a byway of that name which tour
 ists should visit after they have eaten, al the Cheshire Cheese. There are hosts of Londoners who do not know that Hang
 ing Sword alley is at the rear of Fleet
 street, on the South Side. This narrow
 Nay is locale immortalized by Dickens
 who chose it as the residing place of gerry Cruncher, the ''comic relief in "A
 Tale of Two Cities" There Telson's out side messenger, who eventually accom- ranied MT. Lorry to Paris and was his
 servant during the days of the Terror. had
 bis private apartment, to which he re-
 turned in the early hours of the morning
 with his boots covered with clay, the results of his nocturnal body-snatchng
 ea petitions.
 It was in room of a dwelling in Hang ing Sword alley that MT. Cruncher, in 17S0, severely rebuked his meek, religious wife for her Hopping propensites, and hurled
 a boot at her to emphasize his displeas- ure.
 The neighborhood at that time was the | reverse of savory; indeed, it's repute had never been high. It had hitherto been known as Blood-bowl alley, after the "Rlood- d-bowl house." a notorious place, the cellar of which is represented in plate TX. I Of Hogarths Industry and likeness" Whitefriars street, of which Hanging l Sword alley is a tributary, had previous | ly been called Water lane. In that quiet Tackens thoroughfare one can escape the noise and tumult of Fleet street; 1t is therefore fitting place to digest the Cheshire Cheese luncheon, and to medi- tate on the honest tradesman." who | served Telsons by day and visited burial grounds by night. little dreaming that 1 the day would come when, escorting the faithful Miss Pross out of Paris. he would 1 lear the rumble of them dreadful carts' | to the Place de la Revolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
ELIzA's MISTAKE

ffOI1 lll-bllS
 The gentle Eliza was sitting drearily in the darkened room, waiting miser- ably for a visitor, whom she feared would never come. To tell the truth. Eliza and William had quarreled very bitterly the night before. But what is that? A ring, a step, a masculine voice. She waited not but threw herself into the visitors arms.
 ,"Oh, my draling." she sobbed. with her head upon his bosom. T am so glad you have called. l did so long to make up and do my best to pay you for bringing light into my life. Let us settle peacefully once more with each other"
 Well, miss" said a stronge voice, I'm willing, I'm sure. But my instruc- tions is that if you don't I'm to cut orf the gas!'
 And it was only then that Eliza found out she had mistaken a common gas person for her William.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
L'ENvoY

Songs from Beranger. Master of song! upon thy silvern Tyre I hang this latest garland or green
 bays,
 Culled while wandered on Parnas- ' sian ways. Earth bringer of the true Promethean Accept the hand that proudly would
 aspire,
 witfiswreathed tendrils of the south efn vine s .Twining blush of English eglantine To crown the peer of all our lyric
 choir. M If I have labored, labored not in vain King of the chansons! to uncagee thy
 rhyme.
 Beating It's bars within the Gallic
 tongue IfI have faithfully and duly sung It's waged notes, nor marred their crystal strain, My borrowed song should make my
 muse sublime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
Secret Caucuses to Be Abolished

Leader Underwood has pretty plainly brought the solid following behind him up to the point of mak- ing all future democratic caucuses in Congress open and public There should, says Chairman Henry of the rules committee, be no "star-chamber discussions in democratic affairs" This seems to be democratic senti- ment, and the belief prevails that MT. Underwood's suggestion will become party law
 A committee consisting of Messrs. Underwood, James, Palmer, Henry and Speaker Clark has been appoint ed to consider the subject, with in- structions to report early in the com ing regular session.
 The democrats have nothing to conceal from the people. The public ,usiness should be conducted in a public way. The machine plans are selfish, scheming and senseless. The machine is to be weeded out of poli- tics and so should it's methods, and the signs of the times are that public business will, on the democratic side, be conducted in an open manner be- fore all corners. On the republican side this cannot be done, for that party takes care of monopolies in re- turn for campaign subscriptions, and it's affairs must needs be conducted behind closed doors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
ecord-Breaking Crops

Ala bama has made a great cotton crop" said Col. T. O. Smith of the Bir- mingham Trust and Savings company. ''The whole south has made great crops. From recent accounts this will be the south's banner year.
 Reports from the cotton belt about serious damage are generally exagger- ated for the purpose of stiffening prices. I have means of knowing about the cot ton situation, and I feel confident that Alabama will gin a bumper crop"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
As Convention City

q am not a hobbiest. but there are some things I harp on.' said a promi- nent cltizen known for his boosting procliyities as well as his constructive ideas.
 One of these things Is that Birming- ham has been materially hurt by pro- hibition. This is not merely a notion of mine, but several of the best up- builders here have expressed the same opinion in conversation with me within the past two months. As for that mat ter man has only to look round and do some plain thinking and a little fig uring to know how 1t is. Birmingham is most favorably situated, geographi- caly speaking, for great conventions Before this county went dry Brming ham had made a good start as 8 con vention city. In addition to 1t being railroad center 1t is attractive in very
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
Tariff Revision to Date

The cotton bill, the wool and the free list bills, each and all providing for lessened tariff rates, were sent to the President and each and all were sent back vetoed. To the cot ton bill had been attached provisions for lower duties on iron and steel, cotton machinery and chemicals.
 None of these bills were ideal. None, as MT. Underwood said, was just what the majority of the House wanted, but each was the best that could be secured under the circum- stances" The democrats and, to some extent, the insurgent republicans, have shown in actual bills what they desire and will enact when they have power to do so. The standpat re- publicans, including the President, fhave shown that they propose to stand or fall with the tariff benefi- ciaries. The issue could not we'll be made plainer. The flimsy excuse of tariff board report deceives no one. That unknown tariff board, controll- ed by a string pulled by the Presi- dent, is not even a factor in the case
 The bills passed and vetoed are the issue. and this issue will be empha- sized next winter. The manufactur- ing trusts and monopolies are array ed against the consumers and the advancing cost of living is rendering the issue every day more acute anC permeating. The electors will, next year, decide whether they want g Payne tariff or a tariff for the treasury's benefit only. This is the issue and Oscar Underwood has wor the country's applause in making il plain and unmistakable.
 l The extra session is ended, and ths
 preparations for the greater battle o1
 next winter will soon be begun, ant
 the self-poised member from Ala
 bama will again set at the helm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
MT. FriermoOd Here

Glen o. Frlermood, formerly of Bir- mngham, but now a citizen of Indian apois is here on a weeks visit. He is regarded as an excellent voice teacher and while here was successful in his pro- fessional work. He is now connected with one of the most flourishing music schools in Indianapolis.
 'I am enjoying my little visit to Bir- mngham," said Mir. Friermood. q have many good friends here and am glad to be able to meet them again. It has been year since I moved to Indianapolis.
 My adopted city is one of the most substantial in the United States. and 1t presents large field for musicians. I am glad to see that Birmingham continues to go ahead"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
BRYAN. UNDERWOOD AND JAMES

Representative Underwood. Tlle only ef- feet the colonel's course can have will be to discredt the work of democrats House. cause dissensions in the ranks of the democratic party and measurably di- minish the chances for democratic suc- cess next year. His continued war on the chairman of the ways and means committee is unfair, unwarranted and not likely to promote the triumph of demo- cratic nrincinles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
MT. Underwood In An Emergency

When on Monday the cotton bill came back from the Senate largely amended, there was disposition to filibuster on the part of the insur- gent republicans. It was then and there discovered that the new rules can, in an emergency, become as eff fective as the old rules had ever been. The rules dQmmittee. at MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
Returned to England

we hear a great deal from time to time about the demand for white labor in the Birmingham district" said Leo K. Steiner, banker and treasurer of the Elm pire Coal company. of which Frank Nell more white labor and more population generally. I come In close contact with Slavs and Italians in Jefferson county and l know that these foreign-born cit izens are highly desirable from almost any point of view. They are sober, in dustrious and 1aw-abiding.
 T am agent for steamship lines and a few weeks ago a well dressed. intelli- gent man came to our banking house to buy ticket to Liverpool for himself, wife and five children. l said. My friend, let me sell you round-trip ticket. can fix 1t up for you right here so you will have nothing more to do when you are ready to come back but get aboard the vessel
 "This man then told me he was not coming back. I naturally inquired why so. He said that he was coal miner; that he made much better wages here than he could possibly make in England that he liked the Alabama climate, but that he was going back to his old home simply because in England there was more freedom He complained of various lit- tie things in the Birmingham district but his principal complaint was about prohibition. He said when he was through
 work he wanted his beer and he wanted it without violating any law. He fex- pressed himself in strong language as be.
 ', under prohibition laws.
 '"The mans name was John Purdy He was the type of man we greatly need ir | Jefferson county-inteligent, able-bodiet | and temperate-a man with a good wift and five healthy children. Says l to my
 self. here is an object lesson sure! 4 | family leaving us because of prohibition | when we would have paid money to an. | immigration agency that would hav'
 brought us these folks."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
A MORNING CALL.

A dusly damsel was heard yesterday
 morning bawling across. Fourth aVehuP to another dusky damsel who was peep ing tn oush the bars of cell in the Jefferson county jail. The walls of the jail being rather high, it was impossible for the visitor 10 see her friend without standing some distance away and looking ,,p at the somber house of trouble. Ped ostr,aus were much amused at the volu- bility of the one who was on the out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23


 A GoOD RADIANCE. He. has no great amount of wealth
 To purchase luxuries And rob him of his 'customed heaith' Nor does he sit at ease h motor cars while others walk Through days of sun and rain. 'Ahe clothes he wears create no talk in fact they're rather plain. Like wise his home and all he has
 Are proper to the poor; Dame Fortune never stops. alas, To knock upon his door. And yet his heart is wondrous light, His smile is rare to see; If days be ,shadowy or bright.
 There's none more glad than he Ard none who's more in love with life And more good cheer emits Last week a drummer" stole the wife Who used to give him fits,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Congress had pretty nearly acquired the next week. habit. but the call of the beaches and the inland resorts proved eff f1cient in the closing days of summer. It has actually dispersed itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

In Latin America there are no organ daughters go along unorganized. Each and all can hark back to some revolu- tjon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Maine will soon have two democratic senators, and she will be right in the swim when oscar Underwood is elected President in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
LIGHT From the Chicago Rseord-Harald.
LIGHT

When Thomas A. Edison talks about light he thinks in terms of electricity. He had heard Paris spoken of as La Vile Lumiere"-the city of Highland was both shocked and delighted to find that, after all the illumination which met him along the Champs Elysees was much inferior to the one he had left behind along the Great White Way.
 The eminent inventor might be re- minded that the light" which floods Paris is not matter of ohms and ann peres; 1t is the white light of mentality the illumination cast by the alert and searching human spirit. Light is one thing; mere glare is another. Paris, as shining csnter of ideas, is not exactly undergoing obfuscation in the worlds eyes. New York. despite the lavish identification of portions of Broadway has not completely dazzled the mental optics of the thoughtful and the wise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

The socialist party in Congress dis closes no split up to the present time At least no crack in it is apparent or the surpace of MT. Berger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

The washington baseball team and the real senators object to the term "the senators" when applied to the former by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
WELL WORTH WHILE.

n truth, one type of woman fair
 We simply can't resist; She's highly thought of everywhere
 The kitchen specialist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

The art dealers occupation in Europe would be gone if the American magnate did not regularly appear as a buyer of things rare and high priced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
A FoRGIVING SPIRIT.

Aren't you sorry that John Jacob As- tors fiancee is ill?"
 "Why, certainly; although the two or them together have made me i'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Theatregoers will soon study the tenn pers ture and the biilboards, and the net result is generally 9 stand-off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

San Francisco has found and designated it's exposition site and the Panama canal need not daily along any longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

No one in England is saying anything against a lord now. Over there they never hit man when he is down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

The pure food machinery of the govern mont is ciogged by tenth of grain of benzoate of soda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 A man would as lief go to jail as be seen sweeping off his front porch
 girl has an awful lot of faith to believe in men, in spite of knowing her own brothers.
 A woman can tell things that are not in fashion by some of her neighbors wearing them.
 A proud father may be a lunatlc for a week after 1t happens, but he's cold blooded sanity compared with granpa.
 The reason woman likes to talk about others in scandal is it would be SD terrible for her to be talked about herself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Mexico needs public schools fully es much as Russia does
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Mrs. Hetty Green just naturally avoids all gentlemen's agreements. She has cut her eye teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

No one is now so old-fashioned that he at heart prefers a hack to a taxicab.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
EVENING.

Night comes-with wind and rain,"
 A sigh steals OCT the hills; A gray. -hued mist the plain
 Wlth sohbirg sadness fills. And scenes that once were gay,
 By sorrow held in thrall, Do mourn the vanquished day,
 Full swathed in ghostly pail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

The summer silly season should be called of. It has given us nothing but vetoed bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Having Samson in mind. Senator-elect Vardaman declines to indulge in & hair cut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

King Corn is coming down the home stretch in the northwest, gaining weight every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

The meanest man In any town is he who will not boost the home team
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Baseball comes first and the game oi politics next in the American mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

The silence of the wreck of the Maine is becoming painful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
COMFORT.

JOMFORT. The lazy man of winters song Doth never tire, When he can loll the whole day long Before a fire And maybe read some pleasing book With subtle plot, By moons of which the worlds cold look Is soon forgot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
A DELICATE PRoBtEM.

Parson Johnson, an evangelist of color, was caught hugging one of the finest "ewe" lambs of the congregation, who was a very popular young lady, and it created quite a stir So Brudder John son was brought up for trial. You have seer. these great pictures. l suppose, so you know dat de great Shepherd am always pictured with lamb In his arms, said Brudder Johnson. "Yes, sah, pah- son, dat am so," admitted Deacon Jones. Den, Brudder-Jones what am wrong in the shepherd of dis flock having lamb in his arms?" This was too much for Rrudder Jones, so he proposed that the reople have call meeting that afternoon. Alter the point was discussed at the afternoon meeting the following resolu- ton was adopted: Resolved, Dat for the future peace of the congregation, dat the next time Brudder Johnson feels called on t, take a lamb ob de flock in his arms, dat he pick out a ram lamb. "-Stouts- vile. Mo-, Banner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
A BACKYARD IDYL-

The wash that hangs upon the line Doth mock the human form divine And to the bold wind seems to say,
 Come quick and blow me far away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

side Ioos.ng in and the excessive good humor of the other, who was on 'no inside locking cut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
A THRILLING TOGO MINUTE

The bungalow hat has appeared witt porches all around
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
WHAT A PITY!

WHAT A PITY! ."I presume an optimist is person who trusts his fellow man?' "rhat's ore kind of optimist, but after he trusts his fellow man while he be- comes a pes.imist"