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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

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 W cial)-Somehow or other the
 " general impression has been made upon the people of this country created. perhaps.s by repeated assertions which have been permitted to go unchai- lenged. that there is wide difference in the customs and manners of the women of America and those of the mother country, England, and that the advantage lies with the older country. That is to say, 1t seems to be a commonly accepted theory that English women are more re- tiring and modest and possess more of the "clingingp nature so attractive to the male species; has less independence, and has more love for home. and In short has corner on all the 'purring'' and dove cote business, an attribute which men profess to greatly admire.
 We have never been over to England, having postponed our contemplated trip to that interesting and tight little island for reasons various and sundry, and of nature entirely too personal to refer to in these columns, but if the secular press may be relied upon at all the meager ac-
 
 medium of the doings of the modest and retiring little English suffragette'' rather prejudices our mind against the accept ance of the above mentioned theory, and makes us look upon same askance. We hate to look that way upon anything that is English, and if we are wrong we will apologize, but until we are convinced we must insist upon keeping up the askance business.
 We do not attempts to disguise the fact that we have suffragettes in this country who are very, trying upon the constitution of nervous citizen, but so far it has not been necessary for us to put many of them in jail. They get to- gether and ''resolute" and make rude and sarcastic remarks about the tyranny of man, and now and then one of them gets too enthusiastic and goes on the warpath and tries to bite policeman, but they have not yet made a general and combined assault upon the House of Rep resentatives, or the supreme court, nor have they with wild and reckless aban- don smote the classic and dignified feat ures of Speaker Champ Clark, with a large damp turnip or a cold storage egg, or any other vegetable.
 We can remember, as doubtless others can, when the late lamented Mrs. Carrie Nation decided to cut loose, and having decided, did so with great attention to de- tails, and left a trail of broken glass and broken heads, deputy sheriffs with writs of restrainer, damage suits and other bric-a-brac behind her, we all thought that this little woman, who hated the enemy of red corpuscles, with dark brown hate, was merely greatly exag- gerated example of our American free dom and liberty.
 But widespread as has been the de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
IMPEACHMENT OF JOHNSON

ality of which might we'll be disputed at any stage, but which illustrates the al- most desperate frame of mind in which Congress then was. Johnsons continued defiance was met by the enactment into law of the Tenure of office bill, which prevented him from making a change in his cabinet, his own official household.
 These strained relations between the President and Congress, which had exist ed for more than two years, reached an open rupture on February 21 1868, when the President informed the Senate that he had removed Edwin M. stanton as Secretary of War, contrary to the tenure of office act. The House at once adopted resolution, by vote of 122 to 47 (not voting ID to impeach Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdeemanors." James G. Blaine, in his Twenty Years of Con- gress," says that, in adopting this reso- lution of impeachment, Congress acted hastily; but 1t is the opinion of many still living that he did not consider the prece- dent circumstances, which, as much as the removal of Stanton, led 122 congress- men to cast their votes for impeachment. Still. it was probably fortunate for the na- tion that Johnson was saved from im- peachment by one senatorial vote. If Johnson had been impeached, Ben. wade of Ohio, fearless republican statesman, would have become President. Wade was radical of the radicals who al- ways had the courage of his convictions. He probably would have given the whole force of his administration to the plan of Thad. Stevens to organize the south into territories and govern it as such, yet granting the states readmission to the union gradually and on stipulated terms. The people of the north were so enraged over the assassination of Lincoln and the continued efforts of the southern states to nullify the thirteenth amendment that they might then have approved the Stevens plan of reconstruction. At this day, nearly half a century after Appo- mattox, it seems best that neither the Johnson plan nor the Stevens plan did prevail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
OUR TWO OPINIONS

By Eugene Field. Us two wuz boys when we fell out
 Nigh to the age of my youngest now; Don't recllect what 'twuz about,
 Some small deeffrence, I'll allow. Lived next neighpors twenty years
 A-hatin' each other, me and Jim, He ilavin his opinyin uv me, Nd havin' my opinyin uv him. Grew up together nd would,t speak.
 Courted sisters, md marr'd lem, too; Tended same meetin house oncet week, A-hatin' each other through md through! But when Abe Linkern asked the West FIT soldiers, we answered-me nd Jim He havin' his opinyin ny me,
 Nd 1 havin' my opinyin uv him. But down in Tennessee one night
 Ther' wuz sound of firin' fur away, Nd the sergeant allowed there'd be a
 fight
 With the Johnny Rebs some time next
 day.
 Nd as I wuz thingin uv Lizzie nd home Jim stood afore me. long nd slim He havin' his opinyin uv me,
 Nd I havin' my opinyin uv him. Seemed like we knew ther' wuz goin' to be Serious trouble fir me md him; Us two shuck hands, did Jim md me;
 But never a word from me or Jim. He went his way nd 1 went mine. n Nd into the battles roar went we I havin' my opinyin uv Jim,
 Nd he havin' his opInyin uv me. Jim never come back ffom the war again, But hain't forgot that last. last night. When. waitin' fir orders, us two men
 Made up md shuck hands afore tfie-
 fight. 'Nd after if a1f it's aoothin' to know That here l be nd wonders Jim He hayin' his opinyin uv me.
 Nd havin my sopinyin uv him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
Roosevelt and the Third Term

q had just become a voter in 1880 when ex-President Grants name was placed be- fore the republican convention for a third term nomination, and l recall the strong sentiment against third termism," {" said S. J. Warner of Chicago.
 T cast my first vote for Garfield, the republican nominee. '1f General Grant s name had been placed at the head of the ticket I would probably have voted dem ocratic, as I was full of the third term prejudice. It had been harped on great deal and I had come to believe that the country would go to smash if we allowed any man to serve more than two terms.
 How sentiment has changed! Roose- welt got a large vote notwithstanding the third term bugaboo which really proved to be no bugaboo at all. It is plain to see now that if Roosevelt had been the regular republican nominee he would have been elected. I have always voted the republican ticket and although I had been an anti-third termer I accepted the bull moose and cast my ballot for him without violating my conscience. Roose- veil is stronger than ever with the masses and will probably be elected Presi- dent in 1916. One hears very little talk about third termism now. It certainly cut very little figure in the campaign just ended.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Iron Ore ReserYes

"There has been a great deal written recently about the Birmingham district 8 iron ore reserves and as some of the articles have been by men of national reputation as geolcgists the attention of capitalists and industrial developers will naturally be turred this way said a business man who has lived in Alabama for many years and who has been suc- cessful in coal mining.
 "I do not claim to be an authority on iron ore, but I know there are only two or three good tracts not owned by cor poration and 10 years from now, in much less time, these good red ore properties that have been sold or offered at s100 an acre or less will bring s1ooO an acre.
 Tn order to develop these ores as merchant propositions considerable capi- tai would be needed. but I am told that few investments would.pay so we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
Will Give Us Cheaper Butter

The Interstate Cotton Crushers' as- sociation is directing it's energies just now to the movement seeking the re- peal of the 10 cent tax on oleomargar- inc.
 Oleomargarine as it was manufac- tured years ago was a commercial competitor of real butter, but it was . poor article of food then compared with the oIeomargarine of today, which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
An April Anti-Climax

An inaugural parade nearly two months after the real event would in- deed be tame event, an anti-climax in politics. The only way to change the date of inauguration is to change it in truth and in fact. This requires constitutional amendment, and it cannot be consummated next spring. It might be done four years later, and this is what should be done. The term of President-elect Wilson would have to be heightened, and this can be done by means of a constitutional amendment only.
 Serious as a great inaugural event is in the first week of March--in win- ter weather-still it is better to en- dure it than to hold the formal cere- monial at time when public interest would not be centered upon it. Con- gress should perfect constitutional amendment, and in this way the de- sired result can be brought about. No April anti-climax should be permitted at the opening of an administration that promises to bring much good and general prosperity to the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
TRIBUTE TO MORGAN

From the Dothan Eagle.
 It will be a just tribute to great man to place statue of the late Senator Nor gan down on the Panama canal, to show future generations what the man looked like who first put the "can" in canal. He it was who directed the attention of the world to the canal project. Although the route he agitated was not accepted, he was not grouchy over it. All know that if he hadn't talked canal so long the work would not have been so well along now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
\ GENEROUS ATTITUDE

Doesn't it annoy you to have a mem- Der of your congregation go to sleep?"
 'No.' replied the patient clergyman. "I take it as an evidence that he has profited by my previous instruction and has a clear conscience'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR ,ro,,, fhe Naw York Preas.

There's no water wagon joy riding.
 You can't insult man by calling him liar unless he is.
 When a fat woman cuts out potatoes she calls it eating no more than a bird.
 What makes a girl afraid to be in the dark with a man is if he's the. wrong one.
 When a man can write big checks 1t never worries him not to be able to write poetry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Claude Grahame- White seems deter mined to fly across the ocean. He may, alas, make beautiful wife charming widow. That is about all the scheme promises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Two or three years ago New York voted s5O,000,O00 in bonds for high ways designed to last 50 years, and at the recent election she voted S50,00O, 900 more in bonds for that purpose The majority was about 100000. Every county favored the issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

A Houston, Tex, letter says that Clarence w. Jones, William Marsh Rice's valet, who figured so prominent ly in the Patrick murder case, dis appeared from his home at Goose Creek, Liberty county. Texas, early in 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
STATE PRESS
IS THIS TRUEf

From the Red Bay Gazette.
 Woody would have gotten bigger ma jority, only a lot of absent-minded dem ocrats voted for Bryan, through force or habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

When President-elect Wilson had to choose in the Bermudas between a cold storage turkey and dish of onions he took the latter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

pr. Wiley denounces the molasses that goes into Boston's brown bread. He says that that molasses is made out of satan only knows what.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Andrew Carnegie propose to die poor by leaving s25.ooO,0o0 behind. He does even recall those who pay with difficulty prem iums on $50 funeral insurance policy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Woman suffrage was defeated in Michigan by 594 votes. The legisla- ture will be asked to resubmit the question in the spring elections of that state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Eighteen magnates contributed $51s.oocO to the colonels campaign fund, leaving less than s15o.ooo to be gathered from the peepul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

No, Geraldine, Armageddon is not in the Balkans, for no one stands there long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Why should not the voters vote for Presidents instead of presidential cleo tors? Does any one know?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Andrew Carnegie is 77 years old, but age has not shaken his nerve particle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

. The new senator from Idaho is Kirt Per- ky, and he may not be any more dignified than his name looks at the first glance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

No, Mabel, blue sky law will not bring cloudless weather against the predictions of the weather bureau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Let us hope the Washington bride who wore $50 stockings will not have to mend for self and family 20 cent ones later on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

England is preparing to gobble up Egypt outright if the powers gain voice in the settlement of the present war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Some say the g. o. p. neeas reorganiza- ton, while others say it needs rehabilita- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Hetty Green says it is a credit to die rich. She declines to accept the Carne- giean philosophy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
CLARA MORRIs EDITS BOOK

Governor-elect Sulzer of New York is among the possibilities of 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Some say it should havce dose of re- juvenation. It is in bad way and no one seems to know just what it needs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Schrank is lodged in a well guarded asylum, where he will probably spend the rest of his days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Massachusetts has already taken a start towards celebrating the three hundredth of the landing of the Pil- grims ip 1s0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Secretary Wilson is going back to his farm in Iowa to apply to it the farmers bulletins that he has issued.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

A Turkish girl in New York has mar ried Bulgarian and they may go to fighting on short notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

It is said that Sir Thomas Lipton is coming over again to look at the stern>of winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

All business men are getting ready to work in harmony with the new admin istration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Plum buildings made of prunes begin to appear as Christmas approaches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

Only one college playe was killed in football this year aganist three last year and four in 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
CHANGE FOR T. R.

From the Tuscaloosa News
 In the discussion what we shall do with our ex-Presidents, the possibilities of the near east seem to be entirely over looked There's Alabama needing a new ruler before long. and there may be other districts over there in the same fix. It's a fine opportunity for Colonel Roosevelt to found new dynasty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
Turning southward

within the past five or six years many have moved south and bought shah farms, and, so far as I am informeo' they are satisfied with their investment said John T. Driswell of Indianapolis
 'srhe farmers in our part of the conh- try were never so prosperous as now, put good lands are worth s2o0 an acre or more, and it requires, of course 2 good deal of capital to own land and 1arn it in the rich states of the midqie west. I have a friend who was fortu- nate enough to buy up several small farms in Indiana a few years ago ana body them into one large farm. The price he paid averaged about $loo an acre Today that land is valued at szoo an acre.
 atThe south is just beginning to De known in the north as a truck farming section. Small farms can be bought for s2O or $25 an acre. This is certainly temptation to the northern man With trucking experience. but with little money. A 4O-acre farm in Alabama that would cost him only about $500 would not only afford good living, but 1T he were industrious, he could save. money every year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
HoBsoN CRITICISED

From the Dadeville Spot Cash.
 Congressman Hobsoe is getting his por- tion of criticism for trying to form a com bination with Conner and Seed to take the offices of senator, governor and con gressman, reserving the big office for himself The people of Alabama won't stand for that kind of political game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
POLITICAL CONJECTUREs

From the Bullock County Breeze.
 Former Governor Braxton Bragg Conner is now mentioned for a cabinet position. He was likely suggested by Milton H. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville or Judge Tom Jones, who think he can be spared from Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
WE'LL GET IF ANY HOW

From the Walker County News.
 The suggestion of building A,oo00O postoffice for Birmingham did not create much enthusiasm outside of that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

congressional term should end with the presidential term, and both should fermi- nate very shortly after the election.
 Congress will pay no attention to MT Taft because it is not in the slightest ln- terested in what MT. Taft says or thinks. It's interest is in what President wilson will recommend. Nor would the situation be any different if MT. Taft had been candidate for renomination and had peen defeated by candidate of his own sehooi and that candidate elected, or if MT. iait had been renominated and reelected anu was about to bring his second term to close, to be succeeded either by repuo- lican or democrat In any case It IS the man about to be and not the man Who was who commands. The President aoout to retire has exhausted his power
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02
ANOTHER CANARD NtlLED

From the Eutaw Whig and Observer.
 A report has been sent out from Mont gomery that the Alabama Press associa- tion was supporting Clayton for cabinet position It is not. The association is not in politics. The secretary has ex- ceeded his authority, that is all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-02

No communication will be published without its authors name. ReJecteo manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-13
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Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-13
WILL IMPROVE BOSWELL AVENUE
When Trolley Track is Laid Grade of Hill Will be Reduced
 Some-Sdewalk to be Filled in and Retaining Wall Built
 Above Hickory Sreet-Engneer Durham to be Here To-
 day to Locate Poles

in with the rock which they blasted out of the ledges and the dirt secured from cutting down the Boswell avenue hill.
 According to what Civil Engineer Pitcher has understood from Super intendent Samuel Anderson of the Con- necticut company there have been many citizens who have spoken to the superintendent about the desirability of running the trolley line up Pratt street and all the way to the lake at Mohegan park. The superintendent has expressed himself as fayoring this plan and It is considered probable that there will be citizens on hand to ad- vocate it at the hearing tonight before the court of common council
 Engineer Durham of the Connect icut company is to be here today and Civil Engineer Pitcher will go over the line with him to measure out where the poles will come. The trolley com pany has made out a pole plan, set ting regularly at 100 foot intervals
 but the local engineer expects to locate each one definitely and it is quite like ly that there will have to be a num-
 Der of changes made from the regular 100 foot intervals. The poles will be 0St piA OOth oiuCS OA bll5 Slf6St. The switch from the Franklin street line for the Boswell avenue extension
 is to start just where the Hassanl pavement on the east side of the street ends. The new track can thus be put
 in without disturbing the Hassan pavement, except between the tracks at this point, which was one of the
 reasons for having the Hassam enc there on that side of the street From Franklin street to Pratt, where the plans call for the new trolley exten. sion to stop is about 9,700 feet, or 2
 little less than three quarters of a mile
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-13
YOUNG GIRLS ACCUSE
 MEN MUCH THEIR SENIORS.
confsssiens Made in Mystic Will Lead
 to Thorough Investigation.

All Mystic is aroused over the con- fessions to Prosecuting Attorney Ben- jamin H. Hewitt of number of girls between 12 and 15 years of age as to their relations with various men Of the town, all of whom are far older than the girls. Evidence has been secured, 1t is said, against eight or ten men and the gist of a statement following a consultation between Attorney Hewitt and the first selectman of the town Of Groten, where some of the men are said to reside. Warren B. Burrows, was that the investigation Is going to be most thorough and complete and that the matter will be sifted to the bottom no matter who is implicated and in spite of any efforts that may be made to check it."
 Some of the girls have been in il- licit relations with the men of the villages, it is said, for two years.
 Prosecuting Attorney Hewitt stated that degeneracy existed throughout the community to an unbelievable degree and that in some cases which he had investigated the parents of the little girls seemed entirely indifferent to the state of affairs.