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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

"O begin with, every communicable
 disease may be fairly described as
 ! disease of the community. It affects the individual only because he is a member of the community. If man were not social being he would not have tuberculosis, or any of a host of other diseases. In other words, a sick man is proof of a sick community, in practically every instance.
 It is this that helps us to be decent i-l our care of the sick, but compels us also to put a sort of danger signal up to re- strict the sick man in his contact with his fellows. For this reason we have hospitals and infirmaries, established and con- ducted at public cost It is this also that makes it a crime to disregard the facts, to allow indifference or selfishness to break down the barriers and to contam- inate the healthy For there are laws of infection, understood measurably well, which must be observed unless the dis ease, whatever it may be. is to spread to other members of the whole body polite. Not even may the fanatics who say they disbelieve in the danger be permitted to put their theory into practice. The Nan ger does exist. If one member suffers, every other member of that body Is there by exposed to the same suffering. As It would be a crime to allow children in a city to play with fire. so 1t Is crime to allow intellectual babes, inconsiderate and impulsive, to play with the subtle forces of corruption which spread from the per
 ,sf. f,fr, disease And 1t Is a most astonishing il- lustration of perversty, that the very minds which refuse to believe in disease germs. because they are so subtle, find no difficulty in believing In purely imma- terial methods of overcoming those germs, "Spit?" said the raw, tall lad, removed by a friend for expectorating on the sidewalk, Why shouldn't l spit Ther' en't no harm in that, My maw. she's a faith-healer. an she says tn Lord med us sos we sh'd spit" The truth is that mankind, in the person of the sick, must restrict itself lest it should post pone the day when mankind will have overcome the tendency to be sick.
 If any one doubts that we are headed towards that goal he has failed to take account of remarkable series of facts. Among those facts the greatest single fact is that within 25 years the death rate from one single disease, the most dreaded of all, has been cut down enor- mously. I make this statement knowing how untrustworthy are the statistics available Side by side with that fact must be placed this: The physician could not produce sucb results alone, but has been able to obtain the help of city gov ornments. building and housing laws boards of health. open air resorts. and above all, the enormously increased in telligence of the people Mankind, there fore. is strangling this particular serpent And if this why not others? The average
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affords but a bare hint of the marvellous activity and usefulness with which the career of Judge Goldthwaite was crowded.
 Like most men of deeply studious habits there was wanting in the bearing of Judge Goidthwaite a spirit of cordiality His peculiar sphere was the court room or the law office He had fondness for the discussion of the profound principles of law and reveled in it's study An inde- fatigable student of the law, he was one of the ahlest attorneys and jurists the state ever had. The statement of a propo- sition by him was as clear as syrian atmosphere and in it's elucidation before a jury his dictlon was terse. crisp and simple, so that the veriest rustic could un- derstand 1t. Quiet in manner, and with unadorned English he would unravel a knotty proposition so that every thread was strengthened. and every one who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

knew the meaning of the simplest dietion could readily grasp his meaning. He was a master of simple diction.
 On the bench Judge Goldthwaite was profound. but always clear and simple. Every word seemed to fall into it's ap- propriate place, and not a flaw was left In the statement of Q fact or principle. In the social circle his conversation par took of the same lucid diction revealing fund of information and a versatility of learning, quite exceptional.
 or a stoeky build, he was not prepossess- ing in personal appearance. but when he began to speak his diction glowed with the heat of a quiet earnestness. and all else was forgotten but the charm of his ineom- parable speech.
 Judge Godthwaite achieved but slight distinction as national senator, because it was a time when the voice of sen-
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your lamps on," he sed. Let me give you a Hunch," he seys, why don't you get on the rite side of the fence? With your brillient mind and unlim- mited neerve you mite land a rich plum," he sed. Do you care ruth ing for fame and power?" he con- tinued. Would you not like to be plum buggy with wealth yourself?" he sneered.
 q have newer cared much for munny," I sed, "but I think I could Tern. But I do not want to Tern at the expense of my country l sed gardidly; q am for the laborring man, and I am unalterabully opposed to this Robber tariff system you air handing us. l was born of poor but respectibull Parents" l seys, and ! expect to stay born that way. And besides that" seys I, "how much could I get?"
 q didn't say you could get enny-
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obedience. Without freedom there Is neither virtue nor vice.
 Up to the time of the fall innocence had clothed Adam and Eve as with Q robe. Now they attempt to elothe them selves with leaves. Conscious of their guilt they escaped into the dark recesses of the garden in their effort to hide from the all seeing eye of God. When Adam was called to account, in his lack of chivalry born of sin, he planes the wom- an and the woman planes the serpent. But, the curse fell upon the agent and upon the principals. They listened ho the voice of the tempter and Instead f be- coming like God they became ot asts. Henceforth there is to be ennlty be- tween the seed of the woman and the serpent The ground was cursed for mans sake. In sweat and toll he should hencefcrth earn his bread Motherhood. the crowning glory of womanhood. was henceforth to bring sorrow. But the promise of Paradise restored for Para. disc lost runs like thread of gold through the whole of revelation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

HNHERE was possibility at one time
 of Judge George Goldthwaite be-
 4 coming a military man. After spending his younger years in Boston. where he had as school fellows such men as Charles Sumner and R. c. Winthrop, Goldthwaite became cadet at the Mili- tary academy at West Point. Among his classmates at the academy was Gen. (Bishop) Polk, while sn more advanced classes were R. E. Lee, Joseph E. Jehn- ston end Jefferson Davis Goldthwaite was within one year of the completion of his course when he became involved in hazing fracas and quietly left the institution. as he knew what the eonse- quences would be. At that time. 1926, Alabama was in the infancy of state hood. and he youth of r. His brother
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posed by Jefferson Jackson, a gentle man of prominence at the bar, and was again elected. Tn 1852 Judge Goldth- waite was chosen justice on the su- preme bench and four years later. when Judge Chiffon resigned. Judge Goldth- waite became chief justice. but after serving in this capacity just 19 days he suddenly resigned and resumed the prac- tiee of the law.
 For three years after the beginning of the Civil war Judge Goldthwaite served as adjutant general of the state under the appointment of Governor Moore Just after the close of the War he was elected again to the position of circuit judge, but in 1866, under the reconstruction acts of Congress, he was removed.
 In 1870 he was elected to the United States Senate from Alabama. This brief and cursory survey of an eventful lie
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possible for us to believe that and the Bible does not teach it. If a serpent, as we understand serpent, had tempt ed there would be no significance in the penalty inflicted. It could not have been a serpent. for serpents have no organs of speech and there is no in- tima rion that any special bestowment was made in this case. The power of speech on the part of the tempter did not surprise or alarm Eve nor Adam later, which would doubtless have been the case had the tempter been a ser pent. as they doubtless knew the char acteristics of all the animals Adam had named. It is easier to believe that some apostate spirit, erect in attitude, attractive in form. resplendent in ap- pearance and eloquent In speech, was the agent used.
 It is more probable that up to that time the tempter stood al the head of all inferior animals; that he walked erect; that he had the power to req son. persuade and allure. It Is cer-
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sweeter ends. :. And if light enters but slowly into the blind brain, blind heart of those who cherish unfairness, hypoc- risy, animal sensuality, let us not be vexed. Let Us rather be patient. Hay ing got some need of light yourself, do you in turn be a torch bearer-do you in turn unlock that gateway that sep arates your temple of light from the enshadowed folk outside. And however utter and surging that darkness out side may be- it will not avail to eXtin- guish your light. Remember that l pray you.
 To those of us who have at heart the welfare of Birmingham, 1t may not be amiss to study the group of 14O,OOO units as a group that has done it's best to perfect Itself. to cleanse itself. So closely interwoyen Is the group life of any city that whether we can cultivate neighborliness with our neighbor or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

LUST how long Adam and Eve re-
 mained in state of joy and fe- o licity in the Garden of Eden before the fall. we do not know. We have various speculations on that point, but no information. In reading the ac- count we somehow feel that the time was short. although on that point there Is no affirmation.
 The tragic scene of the introduction of sin recorded in the third chapter of Genesis is the saddest story that was ever told. However long or short the time Adam and Eve had celestial joys with terrestial environment. The in- troduction of sin changed Eden into pandemonium and as Milton expresses it. brought death into the world and all our woes"
 What was the agent or instrument used in the temptations. The English translation of the Bible says it was a "serpent' Did a slimy. loathsome snake tempt our first mother? It is inn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
OUR BIRMINGHAM-By A. B. Beae

not. we must understand as nearly as we can those underlying forces that enter into the unmaking and destruc- ton of that neighbor It behooves us to do that, leaving out of the matter any tender minded appeal for social service. Barring any appeal for rescue of the tmdermost men and women for clean and sane living, it is the salvation of ALL that is in the question. It is mere- 1y a matter of acknowledging once for all that what hurts one iphabitant of your city, hurts all,-that no city can be entirely sweet and wholesome that destroys any of its members or justi- fies se1f-destruction, physically or oth- erwise..
 Into the shaping of our Birmingham crude tools have been employed, let us say, but they were the best that we could evolve. Each of us has put some what of ourselves into this Birming-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

ham-day laborer, millionaire. skilled craftman, social worker. spiritual prince spiritual pauper, the blind, the seeing each factor in his separate working place has wrought well or i'll.
 And if we grant that the blind and the seeing "have done their best mp to this point" according to their lights it Is not equivalent to saying that society will eternally do it's level best Let society save itself or go to the devil as 1t pleasesr' the stupid might say, But that will not do. either. For you cannot get away from society Indeed you are TT, or one one-forty -thousandth part of 1t, whoever you are. living in our Birmingham! You must see this if you are not of the visionless, self-en wrapped class.
 I cannot advise you what course to pursue in your social service, if you are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

challenged the admiration of all. A for- mer classmate of Charles Sumner, as has already been said. he was the poles asunder from the New England statesman in the views entertained by MT. Sumner, and often hotly expressed by him on the floor of the Senate.
 Judge Goldthwaite preserved a long and honorable career in Alabama, and left te- hind him a record of fame. He was Tar above the petty affairs of life and lived and thought on an elevated plane high above most men. He was a student, statesman & jurist and philosopher all He was an ornament to the state and easily one of it's foremost citizens in all that pertained to it's veal. He was without foil either in conduct or In char acter His example was stimulating, and hsi influence elevating and inspiring Any state would have been honored by the possession of a citizen so eminent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

ator from the south booted but little. The wounds of the civil war were still fresh and smarting. and the ealmness of Lis temperament and the aversion to hostile excitement forbade his flaring in empty speech as would have been true of many another As Q matter of fact his sphere was not the forum. and he had no taste for tho dull routine of congressional pro- ceeding.
 Judge Goldthwaite's mind was distinc- lively judicial. He served in the Senate as a matter of patriotic duty, and not as a matter, of choice. There was a peculiar condition which required his continued presence there, and to this demand he responded. It was a time that called for calmness and conservatism, and no one was better prepared 10 illustrate these virtues than Judge Goldthwate.
 His department in the national Senate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

of mankind to overcome the accumulated results of its past indifference. ignorance. greed and the tyrannical needs that drive men like furles. Religion hath her con- solations for the defeated and the dying. But her nobler errand is to inspire us towards victory and life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Fnel Bill Arnnment

From the Boston Transcript.
 Wife-EIow nice 1t would be If all things fn the world would work in harmony. Hub--Wouldnt 1t thought For instance. if coal would go up and down with the thermometer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

I cannot advise you what course to pursue in your social service. if you are
The evening world., 1912-04-08

Vegetable Compound. My husband said
1t would rest ore my health. and It has,
Mrs. MAY WYATT, Ashland, Ky.
There are probably hundreds Of thou
sands Of women in tho United States
who have been benefited by this famous
old remedy. which was produced from
roots and herbs over thirty years ago by
q woman to relieve woman's suffering,
Read What Another Woman says:
Camden. n. il had female trouble
and a serious displacement and was tired
and discouraged and unable to do my
work. My doctors told mo ! never could
be cured without an operation. but
thanks to Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound ] am curod of that aific.lon
and have recommended II TO moro than
one ct my fircnds, with the best results"
Mrs, ELLA JOHNSTON. So Vine b..
II yeu want speeial advies, write 10
Lydia E. Plnkhan Medieins Ca. (eonil.
dsnusl), Lynn, Mas. Ysx httas viii
b spsnsd. Md and answered By .
wsaap sna hid II strict ssananes,
The evening world., 1912-04-08

from the London Chrontcf<.I
When Charlotte Bronte said please
don'tr" TO Thackeray as he helped him.
self to more potatoes there wal q hu
note in the cry. For Charlotte
had bsen cured Of a love for potatoes
as the girls In confectionery shops are
cured Of q love for sweets-by surfeit.
A servant OF the Brontes told Mrs. Gas
kell that the father. who had grown to
splendid bulk on potatoes. thought the
children should be brought up simply
and hardly. 80 they had nothing but
potatoes for dinner"
There Is disagreement about the pota-
toe as q staple food. William Cobbstt
(whom this writer has followed In his
country rides) finds the ~decadence OF
England in the potato patch. He 10 all
for wheat. Potatoes mean laziness and
poverty. Cobbett never eats a potato
without despair. But Charlotte Bronte
had min Irish uncles and aunts remark
able for their strength and longevity.
ono Of them a giant. who came to Lon
don to bash q reviewer that had not
liked his niece. He was fed on potatoes.
The evening world., 1912-04-08
SAeep as Beasts Of burden.
from the WestuSnacr C.,st

NErVm t6 Westusm&ff tayftle.l
Although there are stiIi instances OF
oxen being used for pioughins tno fur.
Their away than SUSSEX. and OF dogs
being used A. beasts OF burden dust
across the C%hannci). everybody does not
know that In the northern part Of In
dla sheep are put to a use unthought
Of in European countries. The noun
tain paths among the foothills OF the
Himaiayas are 90 precipitous that the
sheep. more sure-footed than larger
beasts are preferred a. b~urden-car-
r!srs. The load Of each sheep IL from
10 pounds 10 20 pounds. The sheep are
driven from village 20 village. with
the wool still growing. IN in each
town The farmer ohearu a. much wool
a. he can sell there and loads the sheep
with the grain he receives in exchange.
After his flock has been sheared he
turns 10 homswar4 0ch shecp having
on it, back q mail bag containing the
purchased grain.
The evening world., 1912-04-08
MAKE GOOD! NO 'PULlS'w
WALDO TO so NEW COPS.
Commissioner, in Address, Pledges
Himself to Raise in
Cat,v;se

Police Commissioners waldo called BE-
fore him to-day In the trial room 81
Headquarters nifty young men who havs
pa4ed their sig month"; probationary
period and appointed shsm alt patrol
men.
You are now fuii-hedsed poiiosmsn.'
he said. and Il y for you to 60 GU,
and patrol properly and make eood
You have been appointed from the Ctdl
Service list and owe POUR places here Il
no one. No man al help himself in THU
force by anything akin to the old-tims
pull: that time hst gone"
The Commissioner pledged himesaf u
work for tho increase Of ftrst veal mems
pay to $1,000. He said that = frst year
man Ia under such heavy expenses that
II IL almost impossible to live on his pay
Of $500.
The evening world., 1912-04-08

and expect Al amicable settlement will
be reached.
They look for some concession from
them halfway.
The entire hard coal industry yemalns
as completely tied up as It was last
week. Many local unions held meetings
to-day for the purpose OF admitting new
members. None OF the coal companies
expect to make q move until after tho
conference Of Wednesday. II conces-
sions are made II 10 expected a series Of
meetings will have ~ be held To come
to q nnai agreement.
The evening world., 1912-04-08
HOPEFUL
GET READY FOR
new CONFERENCE
Anthracite Men Look for an
Agreement That Will Avert
Big Coal Strike.

PHILADELPHIA. April l--The dis.
trict presidents ana secretaries who,
with J. p. White, National President Of
the United Mine Workers. comprise the
committee. which will have Q further
conference with the anthssfts operator,
here nsxt "wednesday in an sndesvor to
adopt . nsw wass agreement. win hold
Q meeting here to-morrw to put In
shape their argumsnts for presentation
ct the conference. The ofiosrs at the
District headquarters n Scranton. Hasle-
ton and Shamckin are in . hopeful mood
The evening world., 1912-04-08

shinss 60. 70 maize spsss fof ne rest.
And b FIRST tflngs 70 fsrsst ass the
failures. the disappontmsn<s. the crumb-
ling OF nj Idols upon their feet q clay,
thlnGs to femembsr are ne muss1foad
The evening world., 1912-04-08
WIFt'S HEALTH
RESTORED
Husband Declared Lydia
E. Vegetable
Compound Would Re-
store Her Health,
And It Did.
Ashland. Ky.-"Four years ago !
seemed to have everything the matter

with me. ! had fe-
male and kidney
trouble and Was so
bad OIL could hard
ly rest day or night.
] doctored with ali
the best doct ors In
town and took
many kinds Of med
icine. but nothing
did any good until
! tried your won
derful remedy. Ly-
dia r., Pinkham's
The evening world., 1912-04-08

have chosen. OF course. the work must
BE- lone with great care. and II can't be
particularly swift. But It's 20 fascinat-
ingl I have often worked thirteen hours
. day be I can't keep away from
II. I know how to do everything my
self. including the making OF my chains.
although I have one boy and occasion
ally two IN my studio"
RECON- MENDED As A PROBES
eioN FOR WOMEN.
Of Jewels az a profession for women"
For n thing. the profession 10 not
the least BIT o~vercrowded. Comparative
ly few women ave taken II up. except
a. q FAD.
Sand that suG9esto Oomethang
consider Of utmost importance. 4
Woman who wants 70 succeed IN
handmade jswel1y must 70 into Il
with che ds-tsrm1nahon 70 work.
make my living through my pro-
fession, but Z oouldnt 10 20 II Z
had paoksd IL mp ~ . pretty new e
gams.
However. the work does not demand
great physical strength. II does not
demand years OF study abroad, as 70 the
SeoO will III iiShy vi Nv III aItbs
As I said. one makes most of ones
own tools. and Il Is perfectly possible
to set M the studio workshop In ones
own house or apartment. A bench with
a north light Is about all that's neces-
sary.
"a woman WHO 10 naturally artistic
and who can clearly evolve designs In
her brain a very easily learn the
mechanical side OF jewel-making. After
that It's practice and experiment. prac-
tice n experiment.. but ones "
studio Is as good q place a. some ex-
pensive ateller-better. perhaps, for the
development Of originality. OF course
there are many people who do not &C.
ognixe the superior beauty Of hand
wrought ornaments, but these are cer-
tainly growing In popular favor.
"Oh, It's n J n field for any woman"
concluded Miss Hazen with enthusiasm.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12

across the dark street. There was an
instant of terrible uncertainty and
then the appealing scream of a child.
When Chauffeur d. A. Rowe had
stopped his machine and got to the
ground he found the form of the little
girl mangled and lifeless. The doll, too,
was scattered into bits, but little Ava
still clutched the~wax head in her hand.
Lowe drove to the city stockade,
which was near, and surrendered. He
said he did not see the child I'm time to
stop, because the stockade van OBJ
scured his view. He said it was his
first day as chauffeur for the company,
but that he had had five years expert
ence in driving automobiles. He was
released on a $1,000 bond charged with
reckless driving.
John ". WOOD, driver Of the stock
ade van and an eyewitness to the
tragedy, said that he truck seemed to
him to be running at the rate OF at
least 25 miles an hour.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Auto Kills Child as She Plans Christmas Joys
DOLL IN DEATH

Everybody expected to be planning
ior Christmas at the home of Mr.. and
MIS- Adrian l.. Beauchamp, 237 Bryan
street, today. But an automobile killed
the little daughter of the house and
crushed big doll she held in her arms
on Boulevard yesterday afternoon, and
INSTEAD of Christmas JOY funeral gloom
movers over the Beauchamp home.
The little girl, Ava, was nine years
DIG She was returning from the home
OF her aunt, Mrs. G. B. Beauchamp. 237
Boulevard, with doll in her arms, for
which her aunt had just finished y
christmas dress. 1t was to be the most
beautiful toy on Christmas tree the
child was planning.
1t was dark and raining. The big
van of the city stockade was rumbling
down the street. The automobile truck
of the Capital City Tobacco Company
came up the other way. The stockade
van started to turn in Bryan street.
The little girl started to pick her way