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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Georgian on Underwood

William Long, brother of Tom and Pope Long, was in Birmingham yesterday en route to his home in Georgia after a visit to relatives in Jasper. Georgia Will go strongly for Underwood" stated he' "and it would be unnatural were that state to do otherwise.
 "At one time, Alabama was part of Georgia and Georgia considers Under wood, if not a son, a grandson. NOW that person nearest my own heart IS my grandson over in Jasper, and you can readily perceive how we of Georgia feel towards Underwood.
 ''The sentiment in favor of Underwood is rapidly growing. and I believe that the delegation of the state will be instructed to vote for him in the national conven- tion''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 One higher education Is trying to raise the money to give it to the children.
 It's just a woman's luck to have a big tbaw come when she gets her new furs.
 The trouble with learning is it only teaches you how much more there is to learn.
 The faster a man can go up in his own opinion the faster he can come down in everybody elses.
 man can whisper a thing girl wants to hear and sse will get it mile away, but he can shout it if she doesn't want to, and she can't hear it in the same room with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
MISTAKEN THERE

From satire.
 The phrenologist was examining the bumps on Sambo's head.
 Curiosity and acqusitiveness abnormal- ly large"
 Sambo rolled his eyeballs and showed two rows of white ivory.
 "I1ritativeness, casualty and conscien- tiousness small; which with your weak mouth indicates
 Don yu be so shu bout me habbin' a weak mouf. I kin crack nuts in ma teef."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

From the New York Sun.
 Jackson Day may be a gainful day Tor William J. Bryan if his tongue has not lost it's cunning. He laid his plans some time ago. The democratic national committee meets in Washington--Mr' Bryan, holding a proxy will be present. in the evening there will be banquet = Mir Bryan |. is bidden and has a speech ready. There will be much or hlm on Jackson Day, and what he says ana what he does will be given to the four winds for distribution, that it may oe made known MT. Bryan is still to be reck oned with in democratic politics.
 It may be true that an impression hfs got some headway-not flying start, however,-that, MT Bryan is not can dfdate for President for a fourth time He was reported as saying: T am not a candidate and will not be candidate for President Leave me out" This in June. Imperative as the mandate was it lacked convincing power, for in March the Peerless Loser had said:
 q am not a candidate for any office, but lest the simple statement that am not candidate for any office may be misconstrued, I may explain that l do not intend to say that I have given any pledge not to become a candidate for office"
 Along in october last, the date was the 7th and the place Fairbury, MT. Bryan made overtures to the Nebraska democrats to send him as a delegate to II satI that he would be proud to serve them in that capacity provided his commission came from the people and not from the politicians. At the time he was not in
 good odor with the democrats in state or nation. In Nebraska he was trying to live down the memory of bolting the state ticket and of opposing the election
 of his old friend and ally, the Hon. Gil bert M. Hitchcock, to the United States
 Senate. In the nation he had got him. self into the bad graces of fair minded
 democrats by assailing the integrity oi the Hon. oscar W. Underwood, the abls and popular chairman of the ways ano means committee. In the middle Of July the Douglas county convention by vote of 597 to deplored and condemned ''the action of him who having repeat edly received the loyal support of tho democratic party of Nebraska turned treacherously upon it in it's hour oi
 need and accomplished it's defeat" Or l August 2, before a full House, MT Un' derwood denounced as a tissue of false hoods an interview given out by MT
 Bryan that reflected upon MT. Under
 woods leadership and his honesty, anu
 not one of Mir. Bryans friends coulo
 say a word in his defense. Respect foi
 him in the democratic party was at low ebb at that time.
 1 MT. Bryan therefore has his work cut
 out for him on Jacksonn Day if his de
 sign is to reinstate himself in the es- teem of the democratic party and reas
 sert his commanding influence over 1t Report credits him with a purpose te induce the national committee to adop | a resolution calling for presidential preference primaries in all the states Success would make him conspicuou! I a gain as d leader and promote his polit ical fortunes But can MT. Bryan come back? Jackson Day will be day of tria
 for the democratic party, as represented by the national committee, as well as z
 day of opportunity for MT. Bryan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

about this Birmingham. Too many get | rich-quiclS- -wallngfords. Too many men who want to get it all in day and get cut with it before the sun goes down.
 They don't seem to think that there are a whole lot of quiet and sedate and dignifed people who have come here with little and who want to stay here and build up that little into a big, by nur- turing and harboring it-watching and betting it as a mother would child and to make it grow Into strong man hood. These people-self made and mak- ing; self ordained in the wisdom of that right given to them by their Maker-will not long permit petty things nor palar- vering to pilfer with their rights.
 There's too much politics and too little protection to the people in both state and municipal affairs among us in this Ala bama.
 I would not be kicker. But why with our much heralded and talked of commits sion form of government should every thing that the public knows of be about spending money ad libitum for surface rights of parks in suburbs, 10 year con- tracts with lighting companies and all sorts of dicSerings with people who want to sell something. Just because money came in from bond issue is no reason to be like a boy with an inhertance-to want to go out and spend 1t to decorate or to delve in rampant righteousness.
 Business is business. Home is home. Give the homes fire protection and police protection. There is, among the insur ance companies, much talk of raising rates of insurance on residence property in Birmingham; and it may soon be that residence burglary insurance policy in Birmingham will be myth. policeman in residence section now would create as much excitement as a monkey and an Italian organ grinder.
 A man with a home and family feels that he cannot go out of town without his home against pistol toting negroes who go out to shoot up his servants and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Governor Osborn of Michigan seems to perious Roosevelt and the stolid Taft. He will soon see that he should revise his powers downward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Twin brothers in New York recently celebrated their 95th birthday anni- versary. Let us hope the pair will take good care of themselves, in order to round out their ages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

his capture was caught sharpening -f knife, probably for the murder of the guards To enforce discipline as well as furnish the other convicts with an ob- ject lesson, it was necessary to order the man whipped. However, the necessity went strongly against the grain with me, and I hope that it will fall to my lot never again to send man to the floggng post
 lconvicts of Alabama will be more hui namely treated than those of any other state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Dr. Wiley. chief chemist, says this coun- try would be better off if it had more cook stoves and fewer pianos. The question now is. is this issue properly one of a chief chemist?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

A Kansas barber has abndoned his ca- reer because he considers. that the Shady Bend barber who was implicated in the tarring of a young woman has brought disgrace upon the entire profession. His fine and sensitive nature does him great credit, although we fear he is disposed to exaggerate the. blot on the tonsorial escutcheon. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Birmingham was in the meat trusts sec tion B. and it's allowance of meat for the day was determined in the room ad- joining MT. veeder's office in Chicago, up- stairs Birmingham was not consulted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
A FINE ADVERTISEMENT.

A rich widow of Indiana has just wed her chauffeur, who will now have an op- rortunity of spending a million dollars
 Heads of correspondence schools for chauffeurs would do we'll to keep such cases prominently before the public eye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

J, Pierpont Morgan has paid another million for art. and no one knows what he intends to do with all of it. for he cannot always carry it with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
A QUICK TRIP.

A QUlCk IRlP. Ye editor Doth rise and roar, ''For love of Mike, Please close the door.' Ye poet who With verses came, All palpitant Tn quest of fame, Doth flee away, In s heart a pain, Who walked right in Then out again. 70
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
ORIGINAL.

"Blfurst is man of very strong in- dividuality."
 Please explain
 ''He has just returned from Milwaukee without having anything facetious to say about the breweries there."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
A SONG OUT OF SEASON.

A SONG OUT OF SEASON. To sit and watch bobbing cork Doth please philosophers, And eke the very lazy man Who very seldom stirs There's something soothing in the song The current sings below. That seems to tranquilize souL First overwhelmed by woe; That seems to drive away ones cares And make his burdens light. Fen though he fishes all day long And doesn't get a bite.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

In 1911 60 cents per capita was spent in fighting tuberculosis, but that looks larger in the aggregate, H45Oo.oOo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Formerly we used to canonze our he- roes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap editions of great books are delightful, but cheap editions of great men are detestable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Thomas A. Edison says he does not like to think when he reads. He should buy best seller in which the author did not think when he wrote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
SLIM HCKINGS.

According to a cable dispatch. the con troleurs" of the Paris treatres are asking for better wages. Controleurs are per- sons who examine tickets of theatre pat rons and indicate by the aid of a chart the seats to be given. The pay of con- troleurs ranges from ss to sis month. At the Opera they get but $s0 year. In re- turn for these miserable salaries they work hard, wear evening dress and look pompous Is it possible that the con- troleurs are not organized?
 ENDLESS WOE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

It is said the oysters in Oyster Bay jumped for joy when they heard that MT. Roosevelt would surely run again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
yNFoRTUNATELY this writer Of
 an occasional newspaper parlanee,

INFoRTUNArELY this writer 0f an occasional newspaper parlanee. over the signature hung below as though it were attached to a peg or some other lite pinion in brass, has likewise to have his real name in black type upon the day whether he writes or suggests C. approves them.
 Sometimes one wants to pull off his coat and stand out in his shirtsleeves and say something real human like one talks in private.
 I wish sometimes I was not a news paper editor. but just plain citizen who didn't have to listen to the people who want to tell you what you should say in big type edtorials-all of whom have a large size eighteen carat axe to grind.
 There are more people in the world who know how to run newspaper than can really walk straight on their pastera joints. They know every detail of what should be said every day; but when one advises that they say it and sign their names to it and put 1t in print, they shy and run into the piney woods like a country horse upon the approach of his first viewed automobile
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 The average man likes well roasted chestnuts with a resonance about them the sweet odor of the heat and the deli cate humidity and aroma that pervades tho surroundings as Whey bulge from the cracked shell-but not to pull them from the fire.
 How sweet ,to the palate be the eatables how nourishing to the digestion and the body.
 But, after all, somebody must do the roasting The food must be cooked. Without proper nourishment there cannot be proper life. Therefore the cook finally conouers. And wherefore the cook without the woman to do it or to direct it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

MT. Taft considers lenomination some treaties or peace movements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
AN OVERSIGHT, MAYBE.

The Montgomery Times tells about a .hustling young insurance man. of that town who is 'an optimist all over.' In proof of his optimism he is credited with some familiar verses entitled, Keep A Going" Frank L. Stanton of the Atlanta Constitution first wrote Keep A-Going," if our memory is not at fault.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Music and Religion

The Rev. pr. John Barbour's Prince ton lectures on 'The Importance or Music to the Culture and Work of the Ministry recently published in paper cover under the title of Ministers and Music,p is meeting with a cordial re- ception in musical circles. The au-
 thor being at once a scholar, B divine and a man of broad musical culture,
 speaks on the subject in question with
 real authority. Many pastors are musi-
 cal. but Dr. Barbour is said not only
 to play the organ well, but to read
 with ease the orchestral score of sym
 phony, oratorio or opera. His lectures
 while showing deep insight into the metaphysics of music and a familiarity with all the master composers, writes his such a charming vein as to make his lectures welcome to the average music lover not unsteady educated. In speak ing of the importance of improving the music of the churches pr. Barbour re-
 marks:
 All this is said, whilst conceding, of
 course, that music has in itself no re-
 ligious character" He says further:
 We have, however, to account for the
 fact that the greatest music somehow
 is reverent over much of even the
 highest instrumental music might be written Religioso'
 "The Slow movements of Beethoven, Mozart. Mendelssohn and Spohr adapt themselves wonderfully to the expres- sion of reverent feeling in the sane tuary. They represent the deeper ln- sight of great natures into the world of beauty. They prove that all the ere alton of God is pervaded with thought and beauty and that, by association with suitable words, music can be made promotive of religious sentiments in the soul. The history of art well sus- tains this view. The first works of the Greek artists, as you know, were chaste. Standing close to nature, their art had not become panderer. The great harmonies in the natural world. ! likewise, are co-ordinated to man deepest being, and in the highest art these are brought together. It is a fact. too. that however worthy the lives of many great musical artists may have been, composers like Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and lMendelssohn have been men of decided religious character and life. Hundreds could testify that instrumental music, alone, is edifying at times in public worship"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Death for that matter is the only thing that can kill q presidential bee that once begins to buzz in bonnet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

The President shook hands on New Years day with S092 callers. It was great waste Of manual power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
l,eJt3,

A tiny frozen mass, But now the coal man makes us grieve Fully as much, alas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

- To live is the rarest thing in the world
 Most people exist that is all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Experience is of no ethical value. It ,s merely the name men give to their mis- takes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Hears Much Political Talk

Tn travelling through the country hear no end of political talk" said James A. Braun, sales manager of the Wyeth Chemical company of New York.
 During the past five or six weeks l have heard Underwood very much dis cussed as a presidential proposition. l found in the Carolnas great deal of Underwood sentiment. have been keep ing up with underwood's record in Con- gress and I believe that his command ing position in the democratic party will be appreciated by the rank and file of the democracy.
 Tt begins to look as if Roosevelt would be the republican nominee. Roosevelts partisans are noted for their enthusiasm, and they seem to be confident that the convention can be stampeded for their hero. l find that some people think Roose- welt would be a hard man to beat at the polls. I do not agree with them. In my opinion he would not make anything like the popular candidate that his friends imagine he would. The fact that he tried his hand on New York politics just after his return from abroad, practically on the wave of tumutuous ovation, and met with defeat will make against him as political leader evermore.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
"osCARIANA."

The value of an idea has nothing what ever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

It is> only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. man who is master of himself can end sor- row as easily as he can invent pleas- ure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

The calendars of 1912 are settling down to business without becoming dog-eared, at least not before March
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

The first child born in New York city in 1912 was boy. In few seconds came a girl, and she was named 'Too Late.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

This year is doubly unfortunate-a pres idential as well as a leap year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
CAN MIR. BRYAN COME BACK,

Cowbells are more plentiful than real milk in the suburbs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
NATURAL MISTAKE.

Here is a fine engraving of figure by Cellni."
 Please let me look again. I thought 1t was a union suit advertisement.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

The new Chinese cabinet reads like a report of a game of pingpong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Cabby Lodge has taken to the use of roller skates. and MT. Taft usually fol- lows in his footsteps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Bishop GaiIor in Birmingham

The Right Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Tennes- see, is in Birmingham and will preach today at the il o'clock service at the Church of the Advent and tonight at St. Marys.
 Bishop Gailor is, as all well-informed people know, one of the most distin- guished and most forceful churchnen in the United States said a prominent lay man. "He is great preacher and at tracts large audiences in New York as well as in the cities of the south. He is chancellor of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. and during the next few months will spend most Of his time in presenting the claims of that in- stitution. The bishop has many warm personal friends in Birmingham. and he
 is sure to speak to large congregations He will remain here several days in the interest of Sewanee."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

China has adopted the New Year day of the Occident, and Russia is the only country out of line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

The colonel is waiting for call from the country that he can afford to heed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
HEARD AT A BANQUET.

"What is the best fuel for aerial flightsc''"
 Gasoline
 Whats the best fuel for oratorical flights?'
 "Alcohol.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

The Persians who demanded liberty or death are getting large doses of the latter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

The basis of every scandal is an im- moral certainty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
HAS OUR BEST WISHES.

We are all in the gutter, hut somo of s are looking at the stars.-Wilde.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

ENDLESS WOE. No longer doth the iceman leave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Hopper Is one of natures gentlemen; the worst type of gentleman I know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
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Now to the point!

There is too much of the mans town
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

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., 1912-01-07

The first child born in New York city in 1912 was boy In few seconds came a girl, and she was named "Too Late.''
  It is said the oysters in Oyster Bay jumped for joy when they heard that Mir. Roosevelt would surely run again.
  In 1911 GO cents per capita was spent in fighting tuberculosis, but that looks larger in the aggregate. sf4,5Oo.OO0.
  MT. Taft considers lenomination some thing to fight for regardless of all peace treaties or peace movements.
  The President shook hands on New Years day with S092 callers It was great waste Of manual power.
 
 Death for that matter is the only thing that can kill presidential bee that once begins to buzz in a bonnet
 -----.s.--.-- The calendars of 1912 are settling down to business without becoming dog-eared, at least not before March
 ---.s.- Cabby Lodge has taken to the use of roller skates. and MT. Taft usually fol- lows in his footsteps
 -----.s.------------- China has adopted the New Year day of the occident, and Russia is the only country out of line.
 ------.s.-------------- The Pers!ans who demanded liberty or death are getting large doses of the latter. l
 --ss------------ The colonel is waiting for a call from the country that he can afford to heed
  This year is douby unfortunate--a pres idential as well as leap year. The new Chinese cabinet reads like a report of game of pingpong. Cowbells are more plentiful than feai naiIls in inc suburbs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

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The Washington times., 1912-02-14
CONGRESS HEIGHTS
CITIZENS INiORSE
GEORGE TAX BILL
Appraisement Juries Favor
ed-Transfers and Car
Service Considered.

The Congress Heights Citizens Asso-
citation has Endorsed the Henry George
bill providing for a change in the
method of taxing property in the Dis
trict The association recommended
that instead of a board of assessors
there should be juries selected from
each section where 1t Is necessary to
appraise the value of property.
a report was received from the Com
missioners' stating that the continue
ton OF the Nichols avenue Improvement
win be begun at an early date. street
railway matters, involving an extension
of the Congress Heights car line
south; of the issuance of street car
transfers to patrons who wish TO trans
fer east Of the Capitol after boarding
the Union Station cars at First and L
streets southeast, and better car SER
vice I'm general were considered.
President Emmons named Secretary
Julian Marceron, George Glueck, and
George Story as a committee on ami
Versary meeting.
| The commissioners will be urged tc
| recommend laws TO Congress for thu
conduct of primaries in the District o.
Columbia.