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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
Cities As Taxing Districts

"As Commissioner James Weatherly says, Something must be done toward relieving Birmingham's tax conditions, and A separate taxing district or separate county for Birmingham appears to be the most feasible scheme" observed member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 "That Birmingham be made taxing district has been suggested from time to time by various citizens, and as soon as a constitutional amendment to that end can be submitted to the people, the voters will be ready, I believe to approve the proposition.
 virginia has general law separat- ing every city from the county in which 1t is geographically situated In that state every community of 5000 is eligible to pe- tition to the legislature for city char ter and the charter once granted that community becomes independent in every way from the county.
 Tn Missouri there is no general law such as Virginia has, but St. Louis, by a special act of the legislature and amend ment of the constitution, is entirely sep- arate from St. Louis county It is the same with Baltimore. Those are the only cities outside of Virginia so far as I know that have no county connection.
 q think all the states should follow Vrginia's example. It seems to be most satisfactory to the clsy people. But if Birmingham and other cities of the state were made taxing districts the result would be practically the same as if they were separated altogether from the coun- ties in which they are situated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
BEST MATERIAL FOR SOLDIERS


 Kipling's "The Drums of the Fore and Aft"
 Speaking roughly you must employ either blackguards or gentlemen or best of all, blackguards employed by gentlemen, to do butchers work with efficiency and dispatch. The ideal sol- dier should of course, think for him. self-the Pocket Book says so. Unfor- tunately, to attain this virtue he has to pass through the phase of thinking or himself and that is misdfrected genius. A blackguard may be slow to think for himself, but he Is genuinely anxious to kill, and g. little punishment teaches him how to guard his own skin and perforate anothers A powerfully pray erful Highland Regiment, officered by rank Presbyterians, is perhaps, one de- gree more terrible in action than hard bitten thousand of Irresponsible Irish ruffians led by most improper young unbelievers. But these things prove the rule-which is that the mid way men are not to be trusted alone. They have ideas about the value or lire and an upbringing that has not taught them to go on and take the chances God has arranged that clean-run youth of the British middle classes shall in the matter of backbone, brains and bowels, surpass all other youths. For this reason a child of IS will stand up. doing nothing, with tin sword in his hand and joy in his heart until he, is dropped. If he dies, he dies like gentleman. If he lives he writes home that he has been "potted,' 'sniped," "chipped," or "cut over," and sits down to besiege the government for a wound gratuity until the next war breaks out, when he perjures himself before medical board, blarneys his colonel, burns incense around his adjutant, ana is allowed to go to the front once more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

been other than father and daughter. The mother must have been dead. They sang love songs together, made charming by the coquetry of the child and the grave but chivalrous bearing of the man. al- though there was a weariness about him that was depressing. Perhaps the songs meant more to him than the casual list ener would suspect. The child. at any rate, seemed to be quite happy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
Distinguished Railroad Men

''Whie it is probably true thatsa largo majority of the railroad officials of 40 or 50 years ago were self made men whose educational opportunities had been very limited, some of the most successful were college bred and were men of >Dlen- did intellectual development,' said citi- zen who has done great deal of en- gineering work for southern roads.
 q read in The Age-Herald sketch of Henry Fink, who died this week at the age of S1 or S2 He was born in Ger many and was man of superior educa- tion He was one of the greasest rail- road men this country has known, and he had done much for suothern upbuild- ing.
 Another man who had done good deal to promote southern development was' William Butler Duncan, who was for long time the actual head of the Mobile & Ohio railroad, and who died at his home in New York recently, aged o2 years. MT. Duncan came of sturdy Scotch ancestry. I am not certain whether he was borne in Scotland but I think he was. He was partly educated in Edin- burg. He was dItefWdIuS SbuhShb GU Brown university Providence, R, l., and was an honorary master of arts of that institution. He married a most accom- plished lady--the daughter of George w. Sargent of Natchez. Miss.
 MT. Duncan was a banker in New York. He became identified with the Mo bile and Ohio railroad in the early 7Os. He was president from 1874 to 1888, and was at the time of his death chairman of the board of directors, although since the Southern railway acquired the Mobile and Ohio, the chairmanship was only complimentary. MT. Duncan was presi- dent of the Pilgrim society of the United States. He was a member of the Metro- politan Museum of Arts and he took live lv interest in the American Museum of Natural History.
 T knew him well as a railroad man. He was familiar with every detail of the railroad business. and as he was especial ly fond of the south, he exerted himself to build up as far as he could this inn mediate section.
 ''Duncan park in Mobile is named in honor of MT. Duncan. He was very genial kind hearted man, and his death will be sincerely lamented by hundreds of people who live along the line of the Mo- bile and Ohio railroad.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

The widow of M. D. D. Borden of Fall River. Mass. is 6S years old. and the mother of seven children, and she is about to forfeit an sS.O0Qooo bequest by marrying again
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
TELEPHONES

Let it be booked with the rest of this fin a particular ballad, with mine own picture on the top of it.
 -2 King Henry w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
MUCH SAFER.

It is said that more than 200 former convicts are now running taxicabs in New York. Wed rather take our chances in the widest corner that yet survives of the former wild and woolly" west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

Life insurance companies do not as 6 rule care to take a risk on baseball um- pires
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
THE REAL TEST.

There goes a man who gives large sums to charity without trace of osten- tation."
 ''No doubt an admirable character, but do you think he could hand a dollar tip to waiter without ostentation?"
 "Um-well, I'm afraid not.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
A RARE BIRD.

There lives a man in our town
 Whose like you seldom meet; The bright remarks his children make He never does repeat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

Governor Blease is up against the dic- tagraph, and he does not liko 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

Columbus discovered America at total cost of only $76o0. The modern globe trot- ter spends more than that to discover EurOpe,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

Vacationers regret that the game of coming back was ever invented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
CONCERNING BIBLE REVISION

of scholars to wish to give us revisions of the English New Testament. There have been 60 or more English revisions since the King James Bible was published. The principle of revision is to be recognized as important.
 But here's a pertinent question: Since the American standard revision of 1901 was accomplished, has enough new infor- nation come to light, have enough changes occurred in the language to war rant ecclesiastical and educational .insti- tutions in setting men at work on a new revision on an extensive scale? I doubt it."
 The American version of 1901 is not generally circulated in England, having -made no headway against the regular Revised Version, which two great groups of scholars, English and American. brought forth in 1881 and ,lsS5, and which is published by the Oxford and Cambridge presses.
 From our point of view" pr. Haven said, there is less need for revision in America than in England"
 Dr. Haven approved of some of the proposed changes in the epistle to the Hebrews, which were cabled to the Sun on Tuesday For example, the fifth verse Of the thirteenth chapter has been changed from Let your conversation be without covetousness," to Let your life be with out covetousness." The word "eonversa-- tion" once meant manner of life," but that use has become obsolete and pr. Haven thinks the substitution of the word ! life is to be commended as return to the meaning of the original text. He pointed out other agreeable substi- tutions for obsoleseent English words, but said that no student of the Bible could pronounce full judgment on the re- vision that has been submitted. to the Archbishop of Canterbury until the whole epistle has been examined and compared both with the Revised Version and the Greek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

The admission price at the bull moose convention Is an indication that the Per kins- cCormck crowd Is becoming weary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

The use of the dictagraph against Gov ernor Blease, flre-eater of the old school. seems almost saeriIigious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
AHl AHl X CALIrDOWNl

Being an lllinoisian, Mir. Lorimer says: Some way I do not feel so very badly If he were a Bostonian, he would say instead "so very had. "-Boston Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

And MT. Bryan too, is to visit Seagirt soon to talk about the campaign and the incidents of the Baltimore convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

The millionaire who paid $4S,o0o for a pair of ancient andlrons is plainly started in way to have hot old time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

All the openings in the Roosevelt band wagon are now simply exits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

The hay fever season is ushered in with the dog days, and both are abomlnable. each. however, fin it's own despicable way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

As Lorimer was never a senator, tech nically, what about the salary he drew for two years?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

Senator LaFollette is the only living in- surgent. All the rest have become pro- gressives of one sort or another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

The two great strategists of the day are McCombs and TIilles. The latters spe- cialty Is gumshoeing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

Vice President sherman does more rest ing than any other man on earth, and yet no one knows what fatigues him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

The bull moose party is very poor in this worlds goods. It is very poor in other respects also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

He is now former Congressman Lorimer for he never was a senator; so runs the official record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
FLYING BICYCLES

New Jersey now claims to be the foster mother of presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

The Standard oil has contributed $250,- 900 to republican presidential campaigns these many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

Dr. Wiley picks Wilson to win and Roosevelt to be runner up and Taft tall ender
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
COWARDIY

The city's clocks were striking, Just as they've often done, The city's clocks were striking
 And all were striking one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

The moose is as nearly extinct. alas as the buffalo. The political mooses are not exceptions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

Eastern business office. Rooms 4S to 50, inclusive, Tribune building, New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The s. C.. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
THE CROTCH

Iris now the grouch with sneering air Decries the day because it's fair; And snarling at the cooling blast Growls meath his breath, Tt cannot lastn'
 Cleveland Plain Dealer Or else he mops S's steaming brow And doth once TIo'e 9 the fact avow Thlt in tho goon old winter time Is when he's always feeling prime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
OrITE so.

 Dr. Doolittle of the Agricultural Depart ment has issued some directions for keep ing cool in summer. Living up to his name would be very good plan
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21
DIDN'T LIVE LONG.

Day and night
 He sought fresh air; That's his grave
 In the corner there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
WHAT KILLED HIS TRADE
Underwater Gives Hls Reasons Why
Business In HE Town IL No
Longer Lucrative.

eYep, I've decided to move away
from this town. There's no BUSH
ness here for an undertaken any
more"
whats the cause? Do the
people all go away to die?"
''The trouble with 'em is that
they've practically quit dyin'. It
was all right before the temperance
cranks got so blamed fussy that the
druggist had to give up runnin' a
blind pig"
'FYou don't mean to tell me that
YOU think folks who don't drink
whisky never die? That would mean
that all the women and children
must have been addicted to the hab-
it, along with the men. .
"Oh, no, l don't want to try to
set up no argument of that kind.
You see it sort of worked both ways.
The men shortened their lives by
drinkin' whisky and the women done
the same thing for themselves and
the children by takin' drugs and
dosin' the young ones. So when the
druggist was druv out of town l was
the one that had to suffer. 1t beats
all the way some folks keep forever
interferin' with other peoples BUSH
ness"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
WORLDS LARGEST PICTURE.

The largest picture in the world
has just been completed, in Rome.
The huge panel, the work of the
artist Sartorio, is destined for the
hall of the Parliament building.
The work is 10 feet high and 400
feet long, and represents the history
of the deliverance Of Italy, and con-
tains SS5 figures of persons of an
average height of nine feet nine
inches. This enormous painting is
longer than the famous paneling of
the Pantheon. The artist spent
thirty-one months on the work.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
cHAPLAINs FOR FRENCH NAVY.

1t will be news to most persons
that the French navy have no chap
lains afoat, although a moments
consideration would bring to re-
membrance the fact of the complete
divorce between church and state
in France. The subject is brought
prominently into notice by a petit
ton signed by a great number of
the mothers or widows of the sailors
who were victims of the accident on
the Gloire or the Liberte. The pc
titioners are to be found in the
Midi, Brittany, Var and Finisterre,
and they pray the senate for the re-
appointment of chaplains on the
warships.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
cRoEsUs BACK ON EARTH.

Patience-They say he was taken
sick on the train.
Patrice-Indeed! What was the
matter?
Patience-Oh, he ate too much
in a dining car.
Patrice-Oh! Is he as rich as
that?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
ADJOURNED WITHOUT FORM.

The young man had taken her
home from the theater.
"Mr. McGinnis," she said, "won't
you come in a minute and-er-get
warm? The janitor probably has
turned off the steam, but"
"Good night
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
OVERHEARD IN SMOKING CAR.

Bad Little Dick-I wish 1 was a
man!
The Other Boy-What fur?
Bad Little Dick-So when I'd
cuss and swear an spit nobody's
think it was strange.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04

can auctioneer's business is a
paradox.
"How SOP"
'tHe builds it up by knocking
things down"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
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Time Card No. LA
Effective Sunday April 80. 1911.


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;. No. 9l.-Evansville Ac. 1905 a. ms
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TRAINS GOING NORTH.
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no. 9O.-Evansville Ae. Ais p. m.
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Ne. 56H opkinsville Ae. S:55 .. m
No. 6A-=St. L. Fast Mail, 1920 .. no
Nos.95 and "a will make Nos. %
and SUE stops except "a will not stop
at Warrington and No. 95 will
not stop at Warrington or Empire
No. 81 and "a connect at St. Louis and Oths
Doints west
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for Memphis In
.uEnts a. far south as Erin and for LouisVi
ClncanziAti and the East.
No. 81 ana IS make direct conn at Cat
sSe Ear louisville, Cincinnati and ali paint
north ana east Ihereoa. No. 50 and IS also con
u-ct Iur Memphis and way points.
C. q mns through 10 Chicago and viii noi
rry passengers TO point South Of Evansville.
No. ssthrOagh sleepeTs TO Atlanta. Macon
-gAehaony lIe, St.ARgustine an Tampa, Fla
Am PuilmAn sleeperS 70 New orlsana. Con
o.. uurhs nt Gathrie iSE points East and West. n
0WIn not carry local passengers ioppaIts NORTH
MaahvtEs Ten
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
A FINE Line OF COPY.
RIGHTED ART CALENDARS.

The plans for urSadvertising campaign
this year should by all.meansIinclude hand
some Art Advertising Calendar for 1913.
We have secured the exclusive agency for
the Copyrighted Calendars produced by the
A. M. Collins Mfg Co., of Philadelphia.
This is one of the largest and most SUBJ
stantial Calendar houses in the United
States, and the quality Of their line is SUI
perior to that of any ever shown in this
section.
This line will be handled exclusively by
us in Christian and Trigg counties. 1t in
cludes great number and variety of SUBJ
jects in full color, as we'll as some hand
colored pictures of ceptionallbeauty.
The samples for 1913 will be incur hands
shortly, and we shall be glad to.show them
to you at an early date. MAKE NO PLANS
FOR YOUR 1913 CALENDAR UNTIL YOU
SEE THIS EXTRAORDINARY LINE.
H0PKINSvILLE KENTUCKlAN.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
Tennessee Central
fine Table Ne. 4 Taking Effect

SUNDAY, March 10, 1912
EAST BOUND
e no. II Leave Hopkinsville $50 am
Arrive Nashville. 9:45 am
No. IA Leave Hopkinsville 400 pm,
Arrive Nashville. .7:15 p. m
WEST BOUND.
No. Il Leave Nashville. ....9:05 an
Arrive HOpkinsville 11:20A.n
No. Is Leave Nashville......5:0 pm
Arrive Hopkinsville 8:15 Pm
TT. MORROW. Agent.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-04-05
NOChulS 0llduS

$3.50 Arm Rockers, Sale Price ~ e
1878 Arm Rockers, Sale Price $40
$3.50 Arm Rockers, Sale Price =. $50
$500 Arm Rockers Sale Price $S2o
$3.50 Arm Rockers Sale Price $3.50
$3.50 Arm Rockers Sale Price $3.50
$500 Arm Rockers, Sale Price $3.50
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-03
TRUST DISSOLUTION
is DECLARED WRONG
c. =. PERKINS DECLARES SOME
ONE rs MAKING MISTAKE.
Declares Congress In Short Time
Could Find Correct solution
OF Big Business.

NEW YORK. Feb 2-George W.
Perkins complained OF the federal gov
ernment's attitude toward corpora
tons in an address delivered here to-
night before the Traffic club. an or
ganization OF railroad men and mer.
chants.
There Is no logical connection.
said Mr.. Perkins. between the evils
that have existed in our large indus
trial concerns and the remedies that
the government is trying 10 apply. In
place of regulation We are given seq
gregation. and we are told that disso-
luton is the solution, while every
practical man knows that dissolution
Is mere delusion. Government regu
lation Is all right. but government re-
preston is all wrong.
Somebody in this country is max
ing a colossal mistake.
"A constructive program does not
present insurmountable difficulties. Its
solution would be comparatively easy
and prompt IL We could have a little
more patriotism and a little less poll
tics. Congress could in a very shor'
time adopt a policy that would give
both immediate and prospective re
lief"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-03
''Ducky" Holmes or SANDY
Murray May Manage Wheeling

Wheeling Club II like Holmes and
would like very much 10 have him.
but under the present conditions he
Is not for sale
Business Manager r. Y. Robinson
OF the Wheeling Club-"Holmes would
make a good manager because he Is
a hustler. and I'D. Smith. manager OF
the Grand Rapids club. said he would
not stand in his way II he could land
n job as manager. but ! do not know
how Bert Annis stands"
Sandy Murray. Wheeling's second
sacker. Is logical candidate. Muir
ray has had a great amount OF ex'
perience in handling ball clubs. being
a former manager OF the Newark Ohio
State League club four years ago
Baseball men believe he would easily
I'LL the bill in the Central league.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-03
Grand Rapids Catcher ard Wheeiina's
New Second Stacker Slated for
Wheeiina's job.
tButsey.)

Thomas Holmes. better known TO
local fandom as "Ducky.' who last
year caught for Bert Annis' Grand
Rapids club. may be the manager OF
the Wheeling club next season. &C
cordinE 20 the latest dope handed
around by the league moguls last even
Ing. Holmes has great following
here among the Wheeling bowlers and
they are SO DESTROYS OF securing his
services that a petition will be pre-
scented the local ownership next week
containing a few hundred names, ask
ing them to give "Ducky" the job.
William J. Ennis. executive commit.
teeman OF the American Bowling Con.
gress. and formerly a stakeholder OF
the Wheeling Baseball Association
will endeavor TO use his influence 10
have Wheeling land the popular
catcher. But here is what the local
owners. President Carson and Owner
Varnell. OF the Fort Wayne club. said
President r. X. CARSON do no,
think that Bert Annis would let Ducky
come TO Wheeling for less than 81 .OOU
for Bert thinks he is the best catcher
in the league. and catchers are not
easily picked up nowadays. especially
good catchers. II would he n great
boost for Wheeling TO have such a
popular player az Holmes 10 manage
but I am afraid Bert will not let him
60"
G. II. varnell. Owner OF the Fort
Wayne Club-"Holmes Is grand
catcher. and think he would make a
good manager for he fights for every
ball game he plays"
President y. F. Perkins. OF the