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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
The Cotton Year

Llabama's cotton crop this year will u,nt to about 100000 bales. That he estimate of President w. P. arding of the First National who is a recognized statistician Those crop forecasts have usual led to be remarkable when veri- t-sectual facts ascertained later T; s;sss' aSs:y when Alabama had ror breaking crop, when the N 2otie entire south was larger " before, MT. Harding had
 1mated this states produc- I'd in other years he hit it almost and in round numbers his fig ere right.
 in the summer farmers were ttic and naturally so. The q rains looked ruinous for
 on crop, but now it can be
 We have the biggest cron
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
Electoral Candidates in Kansas

The supreme court of the United States meets on October IA, and it is expected to at once take up the case from Kansas where the Taftites are in danger of being disfranchised so far as candidates for electors are con- cerned. The reactionary crowd in Kansas is not large, and dose of disfranchisement would not go amiss in their cases if it should wake up the country to the dangers of the present electoral system. ,,
 The Kansas supreme court holds that the eight Roosevelt candidates for electors nominated in the republi- can primaries may go on the repub- lican ticket as republicans. The Taft ties claim that this would deprive them of their share of equal rights un- der the fourteenth or negro amend ment, and they expect the United States supreme court to give them their just dues after October IA. The Kansas supreme court holds that the entire question is political instead of judicial, and the followers of Taft re- ply that then the entire proceedings are unconstitutional.
 The muddle is a deep one, and the true remedy consists in a repeal of the ancient electoral system, which never met the aristocratic idea of it's founders. It was so soon done for it must have wondered what it was be- gun for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
Athletic Sport at Redwood

,usahds upon thousands hurried
 ickwood last week to see the
 iin9 series of games between the Ag team of the league and the
 that holds the honorable posi-
 of runner-up. It appears, too,
 the latter had quietly determined yap positions. But it is law In
 Southern league of 12 years
 ling that Manager Finn shall I, the flag in almost any of the sr months of the season to lose 1t sptember. This law stands unre- d and unamended.
 lily 10000 people witnessed one fore of the games of last week, it is a remarkable fact that none hem had heart failure, for each every one of the games was bat .ull of thrills and stirring situa- 5. Each pitcher was general .avoring to throw a ball that the CT could not drive beyond the lers. As a rule all succeeded. It not a warm batting series. The hers carried off the honors of the !. games, and it is but just to say ] Pitchers Boyd and Smith were bright particular stars.
 is strange indeed that this ex- .nt outdoor sport, clean in every lect, has not spread to other coun-
 The sole objection in other A-ies is that it is game played s essionals only; that amateurs ,ot shine in it. So it is, and all are of it in this country, for it means CT games. The home team in- es one pitcher to the manner |. Pitcher Smith was born and in this city. No town, however, IS home talent a preference to its
 detriment. All want the best ,ible team, and it is this fact that ,cted thousands upon thousands to wood last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
A GHosTLY CINDERELLA

From the Mexico (Mo) Ledger Owl.
 Two ghosts were seen by Bud Lang ly and the Owl Friday night, dipping their bills at Cottonwood Springs. On the approach of Bud and the Owl the ghosts took advantage of the hot foot stunt and fairly flew down the noun tain slope, leaving a lady's white ghost slipper behind. The ghost can have the beautiful little white slipepr. with baby blue ribbon attached, by paying nifty ransom of 30 cents to the Ledger Owl Come across with your 30 cents and no questions will be asked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Labor Day

No holiday in this country-not even Christmas or the Fourth of July-is mora generally observed than the first Monday Of September-Labor Day. In Alabama and most Of the states, it is holiday by legislative enactment.
 Tn Mississippi, Wyoming and per- haps in some other states, Labor Day be- comes legal holiday by proclamation ot the governor. This is the only legal holi- day made such by act of Congress, but the federal law applfes only to the Dis trict of Columbia. There is no such thing as general national holiday so far as congressional legislation is concerned. It is left to each state to say which are legal holidays; and in every state all classes enjoy this particular holiday in- tended to celebrate the dignity of labor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
Distinguished Rttu.,,.t Dead

''The Right Reverend Charles C. Graf
 ton, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
 diocese of Fond Du Lac. Wis. who died
 Friday, was one of the oldest and most
 distinguished churchmen in this country ''
 said layman. He was born in Boston
 in April, 1880. He was born in Boston
 tion in the Boston Latin school; received
 the degree of IL. D. from Harvard uni
 versty in 1853; studied for holy orders in
 the Episcopal church under Bishop Whit
 tingham of Maryland; was ordained dea-
 con in 1855 and priest in 1858. He was
 assistant in a small parish in Maryland.
 He was next a missionary in Baltimore,
 assistant minister at St Paul's church, Baltimore. and he was chaplain of the
 Maryland deaconesses. He accepted a
 call to the rectorship of the Church Of
 the Advent which position he held from
 1872 to 1888. He was consecrated bishop of Fond Du Lac in April, 1889.
 Bishop Grafton was an advanced rit-
 ualist. When 1 was youth I was thrown in close association with many earnest
 Episcopalans, some high church and some low church. I used to hear the low church ptoplt, tuts WHO WDulu bt hHOWH HOW as | evangelicals, discuss matters. They ware
 startled at some of the ritualistic prac- tices of Bishop Grafton and his close followers. The bishop founded the society of St. John the Evangelist, a religious body known as the 'Cowley Fathers He established in Boston the affiliated house of the St. Margaret sisterhood of Eng land and he took an active part in es- tablishing some other religious societies or orders.
 Tn my youth several Episcopal rec tors wore abs and chasubles in the ceIe-
 bration of holy communion. But Dr. Grafton was the first bishop in this coun- try think. to wear vestments much like those seen in the Catholic church. Before Bishop Grafton was consecrated I had heard a great deal about the ritaalistic
 movement in the Church of England, but paid little attention to the matter of
 vestments then. understood at the time
 the good bishop was in fpi sympathy with the tractarian movement up to the parting of the ways; that is, he went as far as Dr. Pusey, but not as far as John Henry Newman who went over to the Roman communion, and became cardi- nal. Bishop Grafton believel in the use of incense and in elaborate ceremonial It was his dream to see the Anglican com munion and the Russo-Greek church unit ed and was active in the movement looking to closer affiliatior of the two communions. I used to think it was only duesticp of time when D would become
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
NEW ENGINEER PROFESSOR
pm the Tuscaloosa News.

From the Tuscaloosa News.
 MT. Shaler c. Houser. the newly ap- pointed treasurer and professor of en- gineering in the University of Alabama, arrived yesterday to assume the duties of his office.
 MT. Houser succeeds MT. John c. Persons, who recently resigned to enter the practice of law. in Tuscaloosa
 MT. Houser, immediately on his arrival tackled a big volume of work prepara- tory to the opening of the university next Thursday The administrative of- fees at the university are one of the busiest places in the state just at this time. MT Persons will remain for a short tine and will assist in transferring the load from his shoulders to those of Mir Houser.
 MT. Houser Is one of the university < most loyal alumni. Returning now to assume a place in it's faculty and execu- tive staff, he Is entering the work with the greatest enthusiasm.
 Mr. Houser was born and reared in Alabama and is one of the most popular of university alumni. Mrs. Houser. was Miss Mary George Cruikshank. of Bir- mingham. who often visited Mrs. Walter Gulley and has countless friends here They win he cordially welcomed in Tus- caloosa's social circles.
 In addition to this office as treasurer of the university. Mir. Houser will oc- cupy chair in the engineering faculty. Mir. Houser has won an enyiable dis- tinction in his profession and was re- gently chief engineer of the Guantanamo and Western railroad of Cuba.
 Mir. Houser graduated at the University of Alabama with the degree of bachelor of science in 1898. and as civil engineer in 1Sss He was instructor in engineering durinu the session in lS9S-99.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
THE ODYSSEY

By Andrew Lang As one that for weary space has lain Lulled by the song of Circe and her wine In gardens near the pale of Proserpine, Where that Aegean Isle forgets the Main. And only the low lutes of love complain, And only shadows of wan lovers pine; As such an one were glad to know the
 brine Salt on his lips, and the large air again So. gladly from the songs of modern
 speech
 Men turn. and see the stars and feel the
 free
 shrill wind beyonS the close of heavy
 flowers;
 And through the music of the lansuid
 hours They hear the ocean on a western beach. The surfe and thunder of the odysseg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
After the French Opera

Milton and Sargent Aborn are nego- tlating with Philip Woerlein, president or the New Orleans Opera association, for the coming season at the famous old French opera house in New orleans" said music lover
 Arrangements are practically complet- ed for a season of F weeks, for which nearly s100,OoO has been subscribed. The Aborns have found their greatest success in presenting grand opera In English and for this reason they contemplate giving operatic- works in the Crescent City, not only in French, but also in English ana Italian. They have the French and ltal- ian artists already available, but prac- tically all their English singing forces are engaged for the five Aborn companies to go on tour this season. The Aoorns are now endeavoring to secure a cast 10 sing in the vernacular, and upon their success in this particular depends the consummation of their deal for the French opera house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
Forelgn Letter Postage

"One of our readers, resident of King ston, writes to us that though he has been told that ? cents will carry letter to Germany, friends in Hanover have had to pay extra postage whenever a 5-cent stamp was not used,'' says writer In the New York Times. "The clerk at the Kingston office, it seems only says Tn reply to complaints about this that It should not be SO and we can't under stand it.
 There is more that he might say if he were better informed. The situation as regards postage from the United States to Germany is complicated by the fact that there are two rates, and one or the other applies, dependent on the route over which the mail matter is sent.
 By ocean transportation direct to Ger many the fee is cents an ounce, but letters thus stamped are dispatcher, or are supposed to be dispatched, only by steamers able to land snem at German port. Letters stamped at the Postal Union rate of cents are sent by the fastest steamers, and, instead of going all the way by water, are landed at the first port touched at, in England or France, and the greater speed of railway trains is utilized, in part or whole, for the rest of the journey. Whether the higher postage rate is ever demanded at German postoffices for letters that have come by the cheaper or slower route Is question which may or may not need Investigating. It doesn't seem very prob able.
 "The matter, though not of momentous importance, is worthy of some attention and people who send letters abroad should in courtesy, if not for other reasons, be careful to put enough stamps on them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The cheaper you can get advice the more it can cost you.
 As far as a mans comprehension of Women's clothes ever gets is now much they cost.
 Politics may be ruinous to the men in it, but it's a head more ruinous to the public out of it.
 If woman was falling off precipice with her husband she could want him to go back to the house and see if he left the door locked
 A woman is so constituted that nobody could ever convince herAit isn't possible to make baby out of a )grandmother by putting bib on her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
Cabinet Material


 Since 1t is practically settled that Woodrow Wilson will be the next Presi- dent, one cannot help figuring on the cabinet said an old democrat If MT. Bryan stays in the traces and shows good results, it may be that MT. Wilson will offer him the state portfolio. But l pray not. A man of MT. Bryan's education and knowledge of old world affairs, as well as American affairs, would be quite at home in the state department. But his views might be entirely too radical on some lines to suit the great body of the democratic party. l do not believe MT, Bryan would accept the position if 1t were rendered him. l imagine that he would prefer to remain outside the cabi- net and be a political free lance. But if he should become Secretary of State there would be many democrats who would feel like getting out of the party.
 T think it is safe to say that oscar Underwood will be offered the treasury portfolio. He would make splendid Sec retary of the Treasury, but we need him in the House of Representatives to con- tinue to be chairman of the ways and means committee and leader on the floor. United States Senator German of New York almost sure to be offered ! cab inet position. He will probably be asked to accept the office of Attorney General
 T heard prominent Birmingham finan- cier say this week that Hannis Taylor of Alabama would make a good Secretary of State, and so he would. He is not a showy man, but he is especially well equipped. President Cleveland appointed him minister to Spain in his second ad- ministration, and there were few more diff ficult diplomatic posts ito fill than that at Madrid from 1893 to 1897. He gave en- tire satisfaction to the administration. MT. Taylor is an author of wide reputa- ton and his book, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution is a standard work, and so is his 1nterna- tions are Jurisdiction and Procedure of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Science of Jurisprudence and The Origin and Growth of the American Con stitution. MT. Taylor Is now in his sixty first year. He is not a bit too old for a cabinet position. and Governor Wilson could not well do better than to make him his first minister. But this country Is full of able men and the democratic President will be embarrassed by the wealth of material from which he will se- lect his official family
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
A TRIBUTE.

To Professor c. Alphonso Smith and his lecture on J. Fenimore Cooper. The other day wandered to the Hall To hear you lecture. as hear them all. And while absorbed intent upon your
 theme, My spirit strayed away into dream. And for that hour the loved and long
 ago Was mine again, with all it's roseate
 glow. Twas when you mentioned Cooper I
 could see Myself--a child-ima aginative-free- Scarce big enough to read-forsaking
 toys. Romantic tales the foremost of my joys. My unc1es, cousins, in the village there, Each had 8 'yellow-back," and each a
 share Of Cooper's novels, full of Indian lore, The basis of their literary store, And I would sit and listen day by day. Until I knew about as much as they. For all my thoughts were now of In-
 dian braves And pale-faced maidens, snatched from
 open graves. As soon as I had learned to read and
 write; Those boys. those grown-up boys. I
 would invite To listen to my own blood-curdling
 plot, For I would be an author-sure-why
 not? Of course you can foretell the end-in
 brief, I ne'er had known an Indian brave or
 chief And yet no other theme could charm
 me then Nor prove decoy for my untutored pen. The time has passed and I have never
 seen A single copy all these years between, Of Cooper's novels, and your spoken
 word Is first in praise of him, that I have
 heard, And so I thought you might be pleased
 to know How much of interest you can thus
 bestow. The fad is now for Ibsen, and the
 school Of realistic writers quite the rule, Yet after all, the real, the vital thing In human life, is not for man to bring A woman lower in the social scale, But that he be a hero, brave and big To rescue--at the 'breaking of a twig."
 Natalie" in The Chautauquan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

protested with great emphasis his loyalty to the Episcopal church. and he made it very clear that under no circumstances would he ever go over to Rome. He and his ritualistie party called them selves Anglo-Catholics. He was splendid gentleman and one of the saintli- est of churehmen.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
% you see that building over there
ops RoDKINs,

 Whats this we hear of fair Pauline, The famous White House COW? An interloper on the scene, Who's safe from vengeance now. Has robbed that chaste bovine of milk He never should have had? Mistreated by one of that ilk? No wonder Pauline's mad
 LATER. She now gives put an interview And says the story isn't true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
THEN THERE'S NO ROW.

"Graciousl That noise across the street sounded like a pistol shot.'
 Don't be alarmed. That was MT. Gribber slamming the door of his resi- dence as he left for town
 Does he always slam the door so hard?"
 Not every morning There are some mornings when he and Mrs. Gribber don't meet at the breakfa fast table"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
EXPERIENCE.

Life is filled with useful lessons,
 Set by Fate along the way; Some may seem a trifle bitter,
 Hard, perhaps. the price we pay. Yet, whene'er we stop to ponder
 Der vain hopes long since inurned, Who is there does not feel stronger For the lessons he has learned?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
ENOUGH SAID.

How are you going to vote in the coming presidential election, MT. Naggs?"
 Do you see that building over there CT the corner, with a large banner across the front?"
 Yes"
 That's where a crowd of women ad- herents of the Bull Moose party are holding meeting"
 Has that meeting anything to do with the way you are going to vote?" Tt has. Mrs Naggs is presiding"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Both are right, Roosevelt when he says Penrose is not fit to sit in the United States senate, and Penrose when he says Roosevelt is not flt to be presi- dent of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
THE POINT OF VIEW.

Aren't they loving couple? He takes his wife out riding every day on a motorcycles"
 "If I were a judge I'd grant her a divorce on the ground of cruel and in- human treatment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Penrose and Film, the rival bosses. are pulling each others hair in Penn sylyania, and Wilson and Marshall may step in and carry the state. Stranger things have happened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

'Veritas" and Pro Bono Publico" are angry now because the malls are to be tied up on Sunday. Ii Is not easy to please these great publicists on all occasions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

The Chicago Y. ". c. A. says that Chicago women are old at twenty-five. They may be, and if so they are strict ly exceptional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
AN EASIER WAY.

AN EASIER WAY, "Snipps Is an inveterate cigarette fiend.'
 I've noticed that"
 Why, he even gets out of bed in the middle of the night, to have a smoke" If that's the case, he ought to stay up until the middle of the night smoke and then go to bed.'' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
CURIOSITY.

A bachelor a bungalow
 One day decides to buy; The neighbors round sharp looks bestow And greatly wonder why, And if he didn't let them know,
 By jinks! they'd nearly die.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Let no one doubt the word of the public spirited, pure hearted Penrose, the lineal successor of Quay and Mark Hanna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Col Blease Is to be kept in South Carolina as governor. So long as he does not break loose and go to Con- gress, all is we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

The betting odds in favor of Wilson in New York have risen to to l and some predict they will yet go to 20 to l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Not a few congressman are, it is said to be welcomed back to the soil to stay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

John D. knocks the golf bads over the links, letting his unfiedgef lieu tenants commit themsf les to a( sorts of pyopositiops bx ton or pei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

The commerce court had hairbredth escape, and 1t still feels little wobbly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
SURE IT IS.

A Pennsylvania damsel was arrested on the complaint of neighbors who ob- jected to her singing "Everybody's Do- ing It." meticulous judge discharged her. Still, our sympathy is with the neighbors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Tobacco is now grown in Kansas, and several new brands of Havana cigars will soon be put on the market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

The recall has been applied to the Tenth United States Infantry, wnich had been ordered to Nicaragua.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

MT, Taft declares he Is out of active politics. He is indeed-gone ana ai- most forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Mayor Gaynor Is still delving deep In old Epictetus, hoping to find in 1t some solution of the police graft scan- Ha1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Petroleum has never yet been refined to that point where all politics IS taken cut of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

On November there will be great dropping out of charges and counter charges In politics. It is ever thus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Must contributions to campaign com mittees will "out' after time. They are worse than murder in that respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

The campaign banner is beginning to appear in the contested states. The one party states are not vexed with it..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

President Taft cannot revise down. ward even his own weight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Political aphasia bids fair to become epidemic on the bull moose side of the republican party long before Novem- Der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
HIGH LINKS IN ECYPT

Mark Anthony was not the man
 A model youth should strive to be: For he and Cleo rushed the can
 And carried on disgracefully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
EXTERNAL WISDOM.

EXTERNAL WISDOM son. are you really determined to get married?" Yes, father" And you feel that you can support 2 wife?" "Oh. yes" Well. just remember that the dic- tionary says to support also means to endure"
 PUNNING.
 Contributed This woman hating's all a myth, We believe it not whit. Tor even a hermit has a "her" And loves to hold hermit ft)."
 -B-H.
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q don't see how women can love some men"
 "Pshaw! There are women who can love snakes"
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PARCHED.

He says she made his life Sahara" Maybe that's why he has such terrible thirst"
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PART OF THE PICTURE. An illustrator nowadays
 Would be considered stupid, Who draws a stunning bath glrl, And leaves out Master Cupid,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
MIGHT TELL HIS WIFE.

The man of very wicked ways,
 Whose forte Is taxicabbing, Would see some most unhappy days If chauffeurs started blabbing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
A saO. .OO0 TOOTHACHE

William Howard Taft sang his swan song at Winona.