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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
HE DOESN'T CHASE TIT-wILLows

| From the Atlanta Constitution.
 1 1t is doubtful If any American in public | life has recently expressed with greater ciearness and brevity a rule of conduct borne out by his every note and action
 than dldeOscar Underwood when he said a few days ago:
 | If 1 could aid in writing on the statute books laws that would equalize the bur 1 dens of taxation, make the wealth of the | country carry it's fair share of the taxes to support the government and lift from | the backs of the masses of the people the | negotiable load of taxes they are com | pelled to carry, due to the fact that our | taxes are levied on consumption and not | on wealth, I should accomplish a vast | deal of good for the American people, a result worthy of the ambition of any man
 who desires to accomplish results for the good of his country.
 | Whether by direction or the insidious in- direction of a predatory tariff. unequal 1 taxation is the chief problem to which
 the patriotic and deep thinking American addresses his efforts at solution. With characteristic perspicacity, Under wood senses this truth. Each tariff re- form schedule which is to carry his name
 before the country in the presidential cam paign is based upon the principle of re-
 versing the now ruling formula which
 taxes consumption and not wealth.1 The
 idea is further materalized in the Under
 wood excise income tax bill which passed
 the House by so sweeping vote, and
 which, if enacted Into law will do more
 to replace discriminatory taxation with equal taxation than any federal measure since the civil war.
 The creed the Alabamian has put out Is
 one of the simplest, yet one of the most constructive, enunciated during the cur rent campaign. At uncertain intervals a few Americans in some portion of the country will be directly affected by such | popular mechanisms as the initiative, the referendum and the recall. But always, everywhere. eNery American is and will
 continue to be vitally interested in those
 phases of taxation that either levy openly
 on his pocketbook or add to his cost of l living. 4n
 Here, again, the sound sense of Under
 wood is in the ascendant. He is mol | spending brain and voice on hypotheses but on actuallties, To one American who
 wants to go to night school and be taught
 how to recall a judge, there are 10000 | Americans who would like to be shown
 how to have cents a pound on sugar, oi
 several dollars year on the tax bill. The
 intellectual pastime of chasing tit willows
 doesn't appeal to Underwod's mind. Ac- complaining results for the good of his l country" does.
 Is it strange that man with this prac-
 tical horse sense Is today the foremost democrat in the nation?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
IN THE HILL TOWNS OF VERMONT

Y iolu liie .NeW AOIh Suii.
 If Virginia has her Floyd Aliens, Mas sachusetts has her Silas Phelpses, and J. N. Barss, superintendent of the indus trial school at Vergennes, has a story to tell of Vermont that is not pleasant reading. In an address at St. Albans day or two ago MT. Barss, according to the Messenger of that town, said that 'the rural districts of the state present a condition not unlike that in the Carolnas and feuds on a small scale evist, even as they do among the mountaineers of the south" Crimes against the person are increasing in Vermont, he declared, while crimes against properly are on the wane; furthermore the number of criminals in- creases out of all proportion to the in crease of population, which, however. is not as startling as it seems, for the ad- ditions to population in Vermont are all most inperceptible. He took a gloomy view of the future of the hill towns in Vermont. In some of them degeneracy was common. They contributed propor- tionately more criminals and weak minded to the reformatories and asylums than the cities
 
 tain state morals are at a low ebb if Mr. Barss Is right; he presents statistics to support his statements. In his view the educational system is a good deal of failure. Some of the counts of his in- dictment are so black that a Vermonter proud of his state would be tempted to suppress the publication of them. He will be charged with sensationalism, of course and called a false sociologist. But in his official position MT. Barss has seen and heard much and cannot be ignored. As regards crimes against the person, Vermont furnishes from time to time some of the worst examples reported from New England; of late the state has had more than it's share of capital crimes, and, like the south it has had it's armed outlaws who must be hunted down in the hills by the sheriff's possess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
The Erection of Apartment Houses

'sI was delighted to read in Sundays planning to erect a modern apartment house on his Twenty-first street proper ty," said man who has urged the necessity of this in every way.
 'J hope that the apartment will he large enough to justify moderate prices for modern conveniences and appoint ments; by this I mean that upon a ground basis with, say eight stores, there should be fair returns on the investment with reasonable rentals. The value of the ground is fixed item, but the up build Is not, as to the number of stories There is a demand for two or three such struc- lures close in for the occuancy of those of the city.
 "While I am discussing the question of apartments and rental houses I wish to call attention to the shabby houses, poor ly arranged, rarely ever given a fresh coat of paint. and the rental prices out of all proportion to the property. The loca- ton only saves them, for if one goes out into the suburbs the obverse side of the picture shows that freshly painted houses and new places are quickly occupien' Those who live close in are at the mercy of the careless lacking in pride land lords, as to proper apartments.
 "I do hope that the time will come when the proper authorities can arrange to inspect all apartments and their at- mosphere where rooming apartments are offered. There is much imposition being put upon those who cannot help them selves by some who run rooming houses.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
ARNOLD BENNETT IN NEW YORK

things in electricity-a mastodon kitten playing with a ball of thread, an umbrells in shower of rain siphons of soda water being emptied and filled, gigantic horses galloping at full speed. and an inered. ible heraldry of chewing gum. l. :. Slgy signsi In Europe I had always in. weighed manfully against sky signs. Bui now bowed the head, vanquished. Thess sky signs annihilated argument. Moreover had they not been made possible by ths invention of European, and that Euro pean an intimate friend of my own? T suppose this is Broadway" l ven. tured.
 It was That is to say, it was one o1 the Broadways. There are several dif. ferent ones. What could be more diff. ferent from this than the downtowr Broadway of Trinity church and ths crowded skyscrapers? And even this Broadway could differ from itself, as knew later on an election night T was overpowered by Broadway.
 We swept perilously off again into ths weller. That same evening three of my steamer companions were thrown out of a rickety taxi into hole in the ground in the middle of New York, with the rs- suit that one of them spent a week ID a hotel bed, under doctor and nurse But I went scathless. Such are the has- ards of life We arrived at ter minus. And 1t was d great terminus A great terminus is an inhospitabie place. And just here in the perfection or tns manner in which my minutest comfort
 
 to appreciate the significance of American hospitality-that combination Of eager good nature, Oriental layishness and sheer brains. We had time to spare. GLOSS to the terminus we had passed by hotel whose summit for all my. straining ou' of the window of the cab l had been un- able to descry I sai that should really like to see the top of that hotel. No soon CT said than >done I saw the highest hotel had ever seen. We went into ths hotel, teemng like the other one, and from an agreeable and lively young dandy bought three cigars out of millions o1 cigars. Naught. but bank notes seemed to be current. The European has an awe of bank notes, whatever their value.
 Then we were in the train, and the train was moving. Anu every lew SeSoius N shot past the end of a long, straight lighted thoroughfare--scores upon scores of them with a wider and more brilliant street interspersed among them at inter- vals And 1 forget at what hundredth street the train paused before rolling finally out of New York. l had had the feeling of a vast and metropolitan city. ] thought, "Whatever this is or is not, il is a metropolis, and will rank with the best of 'em.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
First Time Event

For the first time in the history or vaudeville in Birmingham. covering a period of nearly F years, with many ups and downs, an act has been held over Tor a second week because 1t was so gooa, said Manager Semop of the orpheum. We had a big headline feature billed Tor this week, but by special request of our patrons we substituted Pietro, the wizard of the accordeon, and present him again this week. l have never seen vaude- vile act that pleased the people so well. I know patrons who have been to the Orpheum at least five times week to hear him play.
 ''I arranged with Pietro to give an en- tirely new programme, including one great classic and one light opera num- Der and a dozen of the popular tunes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Republicans Fear Underwood

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 MT. Underwoods worth and ability IS recognized not only by democrats throu3h- out the country. but by republicans as well. Democrats north, east and south are looking to the Alabamian as their leader this year. and the repuhlcahs' recognizing his unquestioned ability ana his increasing popularity, are beginnins to fear that, with him as democratic nominee. their chances of success would he gone. and well they may fear this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Had Farming Prospects

"The farming conditions up to this time are deplorable," said man who is in the cotton mill business.
 'I am just back from an extended bus mess grip through two northern states and I find the preparations for planting are at least three weeks behind. The very heavy rains of the last day or two but adds to the poor prospect of getting the blows going. Already many streams are at flood tide, and in low places there be any record breaking crop made, at least of cotton.h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHELoR

FTOm Ine NeW YOrk Press. Little wit, much telling of funny i stories.
 claims it.
 Chance leads to the treasure; hard dig sing gets it out.
 The slnoothest compliment a man pays his wife is how many other men tell him about her.
 It's queer how nobody is willing to die to get all the better things that are then coming 10 him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
sticking to His Duty

From the BaXley Banner
 While others are absenting themselves from their public offices. rushing about the country telling the peoplS their idea of the government, Oscar Underwood is at his post of duty putting his ideas into execution. He is practical, rather than a theoretical, democrat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
A HELUvA MIxUP

From the Syracuse Journal.
 Mary Heluva has filed her answer through Gregg Bros. X Rulison in the islander suit Mrs. Anna Waryn started against her. and starts a counter suit asking for 5000 on the same grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Tnc nca.ou for Their support

From the Waycross Herald.
 As a burned child dreads fire, all think- ing men who realize the lessons of history dread the results of radicalism in politics We are supporting Mir. Underwood be- cause he is able, clean. aggressive anu conservative. and believes in correcting the evils that burden the people in safe and effective constitutional measures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
shows His strength

From the Thomasville Times s-Enterprise.
 The trick to defeat Underwood while legitimate in a way, shows that he is the strongest man in the state and one most to be feared by those who desire to take the Wilson column.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Growing Desperate

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 The conclusion is quite natural that the Wilson advocates, who are raising the unwarranted cry of sectionalism against Underwood, are growing desperate. They are worse than a drowning man catching at straw, because that Is not even a straw. There is nothing to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
"Foolishpess''

From the Albany Herald
 If the south cannot afford to nominate a man who is as largely southern as Os- car Underwood, how in heavens name can the north afford to thelp elect man who is as largely southern as papers like the Atlanta Journal parade Woodrow Wilson to the world as being?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Anluaing!

From the Americus Recorder
 Wilson papers are bowling because Hearst's comments on the candidate are being republished by anti-Wilson papers. When one remembers how the Wilson pa- pers paraded republican attacks on liar mon, Underwood and Clark quiet smile can be indulged in over their present wrath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Henry shaw's bequest to St. Louis of the Missouri Botanical Garden is open but two Sundays in the year. and that city is trying to find a way to open it 52 Sun days in the year. The will of the testator stands in the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
The stock Market

Henry Clews in his Saturday review says in part:
 The stock market has shown another week of strength and thus far no signs of waverng. Each day it becomes more evident that sentiment has changed, that the business barometer is rising and that confidence is correspondingly gaining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

The Ohio constitutional convention has received advice from Roosevelt, Bryan, Foraker and Taft, presenting a wide va riety that few. conventions have had in our history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Governor Kitchen of North Carolina, formerly an old hand in Congress, says "the leadership of Clark and Underwood is the most successful one the democratic party has known in G0 years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
c..,;.. sou,bcrr Democr.t

From the Gainesville Herald.
 To place genuine southern democrat in the presidential chair is the purpose of many of the leading democrats throughout the country. This democrat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Natural Displeasure

From the Dawson News.
 The Woodrow Wilson organs are plain ly displeased at the opening of Under wood headquarters in Georgia. It is nat ural that they should be, as there is al- ready ample evidence that the southern candidate for. President is very strong in this state. IL will be no picnic to beat him with the New Jersey governor-the state which is notorious as the home of trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
GEORGIA PRESS FOR UNDERWOOD

is oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, who is making the issue upon which the na- tional campaign will be waged, and who
 is best able to successfully defend these
 issues before the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Baltimore stands ready to take care of 100000 visitors at the democratic na- tional convention Probably one-tenth of them will be Underwood men fresh from this state and neighboring states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
A Real Man
From the Ocala Banner.

I | Underwood is every inch a man, and the people have more respect for one such as he than for whole battalion Of cor poration controlled standpatters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25
Underwood sentiment Running High

From the Columbus Ledger.
 Throughout the state the Underwood friends of the able House leader are ac- tive in behalf of his cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

The common people will rise up to re- buke anyone who interferes with the na- tional game. There is no baseball trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

The third termers have to be content with contesting delegations that will never be seated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Another crop of steel millionaires is ex- pected to spring from the new deposits of iron ore in Central Pennsylvania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Don't shed heavy garments because the almanac says spring is here. The weather man may not agree with the almanac, and the former has the last word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

North Dakota has established the pop ularity and value of presidential pref erence primaries, and in 1916 there will be a rush for leadership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Columbia has q grievance against us, but she has no intention of intriguing with Germany. She has too much sense to indulge in anything so foolish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

The prodigal son no longer comes back to share in the fatted calf. He prefers to wire for a draft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

The women of Washington are winning their contention for lower steps on street cars-steps low enough to meet the ex- igeneies of hobble skirts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

The Allen family's recall of judges at Hillsville, Va, will never be duplicated In this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

North Dakota may not be pivotal state, but it is one in which the voters know whom they want at the head of the nation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

The Pulitzer school of journalism has refused to admit women. There will, therefore, be no iournalettes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Dr. Charles w. Eliot, aged IS, who con quered an attack of appendicitis in Cey- lon, is we'll enough to keep stenographers busy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Senator Burton is trying to hold Ohio for Taft, and he has the job of his life, even when aided by the steam roller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

The skirmish line of spring is here, de- spite all reports to the contrary. Ask the blossoms of the peach and pear trees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Of the fence menders no one is buster than William Howard Taft himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

The two national conventions will aid public sentiment to crystalline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Senator LaFolette is wearing his pom padour at a very aggressive angle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

Arnold Bennett, in Harper's Magazine for April.
 <<X You aren't drinking your coffee,'
 said some one, inspecting my
 4 cup at the table of the ships
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-25

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-25
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-25
MUST FILE FEE STATEMENT
ALL COUNTY OFFICERS WILL
MAKE PUBLIC THEIR INCOMES.
Recent Act of Legislature Will Be-
come Effective Jan. list. Purpose
IL CnIn.art

Recent Act of Legislature Will Be-
come Effective Jan. list. Purpose
Is to Get Salary Basis.
Considerable interest has been
aroused among county officers who
have reviewed copies of the last acts
of the legislature, recently received
and distributed by Ordinary Cheat
ham, by the new law which provides
that after January 1st next county
officers who receive fees shall file
sworn statements with the state
comptroller of the amounts they col
lect.
This new law is going to end the
secrecy as to what each county ONCE
is worth. 1t is found on page 1O9 or
the acts of 1912, Georgia Legislature,
and it's purpose is said to be to get
basis for salaries for all of these Of
ficers. Heretofore the county otflcers
have been laws unto themselves, and
there has never been any way for
the public at large to gain any idea
as to what each individual office pays
in the way of fees.
This new law will require state
and county officers to keep daily
account of all fees and compensation
paid them, and on or before ten days
after the termination of each quar-
ter they shall file with the comp.
troller general sworn statement OF
totals of such fees, also the amount
of insovent costs earned, together
with the number of men empoyed,
and the total costs of clerk hire.
Further provision is made in the
act that all officers who become delin-
ouent in the matter of fling state
ments shall be subject to prosecutor
for misdemeanOr.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-25
spARRows DESTROY RYE PATCH
A New Crime Is Laid at the Door of
Pestiferous Little Birds.

A New Crime Is Laid at the Door OF
PestiferOus Little Birds.
A new charge has been laid at the
door of that little energetic nuisance,
the English sparrow.
Citizens of Dawson who had soWn
their fall rye patches did not under
stand why they had such poor stands
OF it until they happened to see the
little feathered rascais pulling it up
and making a meal of the sprouting
grains. Several patches have been
almost totally eaten up, and will
have to be planted again.
Others are complaining that the
sparrows are entering their barns
and stripping the oat heads of all the
grain.
The United States government has
issued a bulletin advising that the
best way to combat the sparrows is
to make pies of them, but citizens
here are trying to get rid of them
by feeding them wheat soaked in
strychnine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-25
BURGLAR IN PARROT STORE
CAPTURED BY MARSHAL HALL
MAN, BUT MADE HIS ESCAPE.
In an Unguarded Moment He Took
the Officers Pistol and Carried
1t OF With Him.

About IL o'clock Wednesday nign!
Policeman Hallman discovered bur-
glar in the store of Lee Bros, at Par
rott.
officer Hallman did not give an
alarm and call for assistance, but
quietly set about to give the burglar
a surprise party by taking him INFO
custody, which he did as the robber
was leaving the store.
While being searched the burglar
kept a sharp eye on his captor. and
catching officer Hallman of his
guard for moment suddenly
sprang upon him, took his pistol
from him and disappeared with it in
the midnight darkness. Efforts were
made to get the track dogs from the
convict camp, which is now located
near Parrott but that could not be
done.
The burglar was an unknown ne
gro.