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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Polite. In PENNSYLVANIA

AS I said to a representative of The
Age-HeraId on my return from an east
ern trip Friday night, Roosevelt viii
probably carry Pennsylvania" remarked
Fred L. Grambs who lived in his youth
in the Keystone state. and who still has
many friends there.
"Shrewd politicians told me the other
day that they felt confident the Colonel
would have the electoral vote of that
state Naturally it is pretty well con-
ceded that woodrow Wilson will be the
next President.
1.-The democrats whom I met In Phila-
delpha spoke highly of Mr.. Underwood
They regard him as a great statesman,
and as a statesman with great future.
democrat, who occupies a high posi-
ton In the party organization in Penn
sylvania, told me that MIR. Wilson would
offer Mr.. Underwood the treasury port
folio. or course a man OF Mr.. Under
woods fine equipment would make an
admirable Secretary of the Treasury, but
he will be needed in the House of Rep
resentatives, and, while I am not much
of politician, / think it probable that
lie will remain majority leader In the
next Congress-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
Voters and Non-VOters

The census bureau says 24,335, 900
male voters and 1,347, 900 women
voters will take part in the Novem-
Der election. Here is a total of 25,-
$4,000 possible voters. This great
total is based on population, and it
will lack great deal of cristalization
at the ballot boxes.
The number of actual voters for
various reasons-and Alabama fur
nishes several-is not keeping ster
with population. Formerly there was
one voter to every five of population
and now only one person in every
six votes. The vote in the 1908 presi-
dental election was 14,SSS, 442, and
it was the largest ever cast. The pop
ulation in 1910 was 91,972,266 The
population now is about 95,000,000
and there should be about 17,000,0 0C
votes cast in November. If 10000 0C
votes are actually put in the ballot
boxes at that time all records of the
past will be exceeded.
In other words we have about ter
millions of possible citizens of voting
age who do not vote, and the number
Is proportionately outrunhing The
growth in population.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
End of a Long Session

Ever since December a Congress
had sat continuously and the compile
ton of it's work is a relief alike to its
members and to the country also. Only
seven longer sessions had been held
It was perplexed throughout by the
politics of a prudential campaign, anc
by adverse influences in the White
House and by confused control in
the Senate.
And yet considerable work was &C.
complished Arizona and New Mex
leo were admitted to statehood. A
Panama canal bill acceptable to the
country was passed, and parcels post
on the zone plan established. A con-
stitutional amendment for the direct
election of United States senators was
submitted to the states.
The House passed wool, cotton, steel
and iron, chemical and sugar tariff
bills and an excise tax bill to increase
revenues, but all these bills were
turned down by either President Taft
or by republicans in the Senate. But
the work done by Chairman Under
wood and his colleagues is not lost, foi
they have shown what they desire to
do and what they will do when power
is placed in their hands.
Majority Leader Underwood's work
throughout the session has been of the
highest and steadiest character. He
retained to the last hour of the ses-
sion the complete confidence of his
party in the House and all are glad
to know that both he and Speaker
Clark will be elected to the Sixty
third Congress. No doubt Mr.. Clark
will become the speaker of that Con-
gress, and it is hoped that Mr.. I'm
derwood will accept again the place
of majority leader. Until the tariff
is revised to reasonable basis Mr..
Underwood's services in the House
will be all important. His reputation
for leadership stands unrivaled in the
entire history of the great popular
branch of Congress.
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perience and should make an ideal
executive officer for the Seaboard.
S. Davies Warfield, who recently
became managing director of this pop
ular line, and who is chairman of the
board, will remain chairman. He is
an able financier, and will look after
matters of general policy, while Mr..
Harahan will give his attention closely
to organization, discipline and the
economies of operation. The Sea-
board under it's new management is
to be more southern than ever. Chair
man Warfield is a Marylander, and is
distinctly southern. Harahan is a
native of Tennessee, and has spent
most of his life in the south. Vice
President Charles R. Caps, in charge
of traffic, and Vice President C. H.
Hix, in charge of transportation, are
both southern men.
The men selected for positions on
the board include representative
southerners. A. HI. Woodward, vice
president of the Woodward Iron COM
pany of Birmingham, is one of them.
The Seaboard has been prospecting of
late, but it is now headed for still
greater prosperity. 1t will strive
harder than ever to please the south.
Higher efficiency is to be the watch
word, and to keep in touch with the
shipping and travelling public will
likewise be a motto.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
aucKING A GIANT MONOPOLY

From the Chicago Tribune.
II had an Interesting experience with
my iceman tie other morning said the
man with the bullying brow.
lie wanted you to pay for your coupon
book fore he'd let you have any more
ice. I reckon" hazarded the man with
the dubious nose.
.'Dont get smart. For a long itime,/ you
know, I'VE been 'suspecting that The ddn''
give me full weight. SO when The Acame
this time | was ready for him. He had
rut what he called a 30 pound chunk in
the box and was about to go.
Hold on a minute L said. ls'You're
sure that's 80 pounds, are your 7
Yep. he says.
Well. we'll just measure 1t and see.
II had a one foot rule in my hand. 1
measured that chunk carefully. Then l
multiplied the length, BREADTH. and thick
ness together, and got the dimensions in
cubic inches l showed himHthe figures
''Is that right? I asked ehim.
~ guess so. he said.
"NVell. you see. there are just 1880 cubic
inches in that piece. Nowj divide it by
80, and-holo chi By Geerge. there's
Yep, he says; 'theresss5l pounds in 1t.
Thank YOU
''rhen what do you tthink he did? III
be blamed II he didn' tstake his steel pick,
chin off a pound chunk of that ice, and
carry it back to the wagon with him
What's the use of bucking against the ice
trust. anyways?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
SUCCESS i'm BUSINESS

THE attributes fnsa man which are es-
sential to success,s says Henry Clews in
the September Strand, ARE honesty, hdei-
ity. patience, Judgment and courage. me
big men of todaysar now on the lookout
for young fellows possessing these virtues.
as the captains of industry have their
hands and heads more than full of Details
and are seeking for lieutenants to whom
they can delegate some of their work
ut goes without saying that honesty
and truthfufness are the main qualifica-
tons, but unless backed by judgment they
will not qualify any man to become
leader Patience is virtue, and haste
TO better himself has often been the rock
upon which men have been wrecked. Every
man shonld know himself and with this
knowledge should know for what he is
best fitted and should make himself by
study a master of details and conditions
When his good work has attracted the no.
tice ofihis superiors, and he Is intrusted
with more important duties courage
comes into play. Without the courage to
fight and to overcome difficulties man
has not the measure of self confidence to
insure success.
III made up my mind, when I attained
MY majority that what other men could
do III could do, and / courted opposition.
BY lhard work l forced the respect of all
my competitors, and in all my dealings
with my fellow men | sought to prove my
honesty and fidelity, and | won out. My
advice to the young men today is to play
hard and play fair while enjoying them
selves, but work equally hard and play
equally fair when working. Success may
not come at once. but 1t will surely come
If you are persistent and possess good
Judgment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
HIGHLAND MARY

81 Robert Burns.
Ye banks, We biaes, and streams around
TIE castle o. Montgomery,
Green he your woods, and fair your flow
ers.
Your waters never drumliei
There simmer first unfauld her robes
And there the Largest larry:
For there took the last farewell
O. my sweet Highland Mary.
How sweetlv bloom'd the gay green birk.
How rich the hawthorn's blossom,
Ae. underneath their fragrant shade,
l clasp'd her to my bosom,
The golden hours. on angel wings
Flew Ger me and my dearie;
For dear to me as light and life
Was my sweet Highland Mary.
Our parting was flu tender;
And. pledging aft to meet again.
We tore cursels asunder
But. oh. fell deaths untimely frost,
That nipped my flower sac early.
New green's the sod and cauld's the clay,
That wraps my Highland Mary
Oh. pale. pale now, those rosy lips
l aft haze liss'd sac fondly,
And closed for aye tha sparkling glance
That dwalt on me sac kindly,
And moldering now In silent dust, +,
That heart that lo'ed me dearly;
But still within my bosoms core
Shall live my Highland Maryi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
Concerning Centennial Exposition

Mr.. Harding's idea in starting an
Alabama Centennial exposition move
ment in the Chamber of Commerce
more than a year ago was to pre-
empt this field and have Birmingham
settled upon as the suitable place for
a great national or international fair.
A Chamber of Commerce committee
was appointed, and now in view of the
fact that the governor has appointed
a state committee on the centennial,
including the question of selecting the
exposition city, the Birmingham COM
mittee should go to work without
delay.
Alabama's centennial occurs in 1919.
That is seven years off, but if the ex-
position is to be a large affair-and
there is every reason why it should
be-there is no time to be lost in max
ing preparations. In the first place
Congress must be asked to act, for
without government cooperation and
government financial aid the exposi-
ton would hardly be worth while. If
it is to be mere state enterprise, the
Alabama State Fair association could
get up a creditabe exposition; but in
1oto so ebo,,ld have eopoat hing like a
worlds fair-a great national exposi-
ton to say the least.
Birmingham is the industrial CEN
ter of the south, and Alabama is the
richest state in the south in point of
natural resources. A grand exposi-
ton held here in the fall of the year
would draw people from all parts of
America. Birmingham's population in
1919 will be fully quarter of mil
lion. The population of the Birming-
ham mineral district, which, according
to the map makers, is all of mineral
Alabama within radius of 70 miles,
will be considerably over a million.
Big expositions can be successful
only in big cities, but this city and
district combined will be quite large
enough to interest the sightseeing
world. Let the Chamber of Commerce
committee bestir itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25

From the New York Telegram.
Among the lights that failed was r. c.
Maturin, who hundred years ago was
extracting as much attention. as Byron
and Scott or any of the other great
writer's of That period whose fame is now
secure.
lie was considered a great genius and
perhaps he was. but his vanity and affec-
taiions, both IN his writings and his de-
pertinent, soon wore out his popularity,
and when he died, in 1924, he was already
a back number.
1t is strange to think that this mans
rame. now entirely forgotten, was n
household word in the days when there
we've giants in the land of literature.
Maturin was Dublin curate VINO wrote
poems and stories for considerable time
without attracting much attention. Then
he produced tragedy called "Bertram.
which made a great hit. From grinding
poverty he stepped into affluence In one
motion, and success ruined him.
lie got the idea that he was the SUI
rreme genius of his time, and made a
ridiculous fool of himself in every pos
sible way. His popularity was as fleet
ing as it was spontaneous, and the only
literary relics of him now remaining are
few prose sketches In the recitation
kppl<S
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
Mr.. Taft's Tariff Board

The President did save his pet COM
merce court until March next, but
his tariff board went by the board al
together. The Senate had put an
item for s225,000 in the sundry civil
bill to keep the tariff board going for
another fiscal year, but every cent of
this amount was cut out of the bill
by the conferees. The Senate reluc-
family accepted the report of the con-
ferees, and the bill went to the Presi-
dent shorn of all tariff board politics
and nonsense.
There will be no more tariff boards
of the Taft sort. There will probably
be none at all. The representatives
and senators are the constitutional
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
The Iron Market.

Everybody who has any connection
with the iron trade, or with business In
general, as for that matter, appreciates
the activity IN the pig metal market. 1t
Is more than likely that the price will
reach 10, Birmingham, within the next
few weeks. and 1t need surprise no one
IL 1t touches s13 before the 10th of Sep
TENDER.
Matthew, Addy & Company's report for
the past week says: 1T has been many
day since there has been as strong a
pig iron market as at present. There is
demand for all kinds of iron and con-
sumers show their faith in the future by
trying to buy for deliveries as far ahead
as the furnaces will sell. The presiden-
tlal campaign has cast no damper on the
situation-in fact the case is quite the
contrary"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
GHOSTS OF LOST SHIPS
he London standard.

From the London Standard.
The number of phantom ships is
legion Several OF the vessels which
were wrecked in close proximity to the
scene of the Titanic disaster are even
said to reappear IN the same spot on
certain occasions. The Packet Light
is one of these and the story runs that
whenever a storm is threatened ball
of FIVE energies from the spot where
the ship sank. which presently forms
itself into the shape of a vessel and
then sinks and disappears.
King George v and his. brother, the
late Duke of Clarence. when on their
cruise In the Bacchante from 1879 to
l1ss2, are said to have seen the phan-
duke mentioned the fact in his diary
under date of July II. 1881.
A three masted frigate is said to
haunt the English channel in the vicin-
lily of the Over lightship whenever a
gale or snowstorm Is threatened. Hun
dreds of people have declared that they
have seen the apparition and heani the
cries of the ghostly passengers. 1t Is
sometimes said to be the phantom OF
the training ship Eurydice, when went
down off the Isle of Wight March ~
Isis. involving the loss of about 200
Lives.
There are a host of vessels which
have not beeer heard of since they
sailed. but one of the most marvellous
stories concerns the, Marie Celeste, a
French passenger sailing ship. The yes
sci was sighted by the British ship
Highlander October 4. 1875, and in re-
II ply to the signals gave the answer
.Alrs WELL Two days later vher
sighted there. was no reply. The shiI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
Word of Praise Timely

Concerning the report of the depart
ment of health a word of praise Is time
w. said a well known philanthropist.
DIR. Robert Nelson prefaces the schedule
of deaths, births and reports of inspect
ors with a few 'heaIthgrams.' There
should be some way In which this little
four page publication of the Birmingham
health department might reach the people
In full The 'healthgrams' are particu-
larly instructive. DR.. Nelson says. Fruit
la filth. The kind served from sidewalk
stands, improperly screened, after expos
ure to street dirt and files;' again, Hy-
giene is humanity's hope and again,
Build your reputation for civic pride in
your back yard
HE gives the total deaths at 214 for
July. The negro death rate per thousand
Is 1884; the white death rate, 925 The
reported births have rate per thousand
negro 25.5, and white. 21.1s. The city me-
gro under present conditions is evidently
a dying race.
ut Is instructive to notice that with Sc
cases of typhoid fever there is total of
five deaths, whereas against total of
tuberculosis cases newly reported of 26
there stands a record of % deaths. 1t
must not be understood from this that
these deaths and new cases are of the
same persons, but show the relative dead
lines of our chief diseases.
II see that death by accidents and hon.
icides totaled 20. as against % of all forms
of tuberculosis. There is, by the way, a
record of nine new cases of smallpox, but
small pox does not appear in the causes
of death. We spend much money fighting
smallpox does not appear In the causes
since the vaccination and sanitation meth
DDS make the smallpox hospital largely
unnecessary. What we save at this end
will have to be spent on the more press
ing need of tuberculosis protection"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
FROM the Kew York Post.

From the New York Post.
NAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN
of Utica bought himself one auto
~ coat and pants" on March 81, 1910,
and had the bill of $40 charged up to the
United States. AS 1t is fitting that the
vice president of the United States should
buy himself one auto coat and pants ana
charge it to the United States, the bill
was paid The coat and pants were much
admired by fellow motorists in Utica ana
Washington, and all agreed that the wee
president got off cheap at $40, consider
ing the high cost of everything connected
with the king of outdoor sports.
Record of Mr.. Shermans bargain will be
found on page 700 of that interesting doc
ument entitled, Receipts and Expendi-
lures of the Senate" under the sub-head-
ing of Detailed Statement of Disburse-
ments from the Contingent Fund.- etc.
Mr.. sherman, unlike so many men in pub
lie office who reck not of costs when
the taxpayers money foots the bills, ex-
exercised the same judicious economy in
all the expenditures on his car, SO that
he was able to wind up the fiscal year
with a bill of only $1,000.
Bear in mind that this was the vice
presidents first fiscal year with his car,
and that besides the high initial cost of
buying the machine, it was necessary to
lay in all sorts of expensive things like
the $40 coat and pants. which ought to
do the vice president at least until March
4, 1918. Some of the accessories he bought
were mofair seat covers, tire trunk, wind
shield, autometer, door straps, shock alb
sorbers and wood alcohol, one gallon.
All things considered, then, Mr.. Sher-
mans bill is looked upon in Washington
as a model of it's kind, destined, many
believe, to rank with such historic docu-
ments as the Gettysburg address. Wash
ington's farewell. Marines collected
speeches and Suffers interviews.
Let us examine it more closely Mr..
sherman took up motoring in August, 1910.
Being strict believer in patronizing home
Industries he bought of a Utica company
one mans size limousine model 10 (s440O).
plus one touring body. model 10 (s4S0),. plus
one mohair top $40, plus one set of mo-
hair seat covers to match GAO, plus few
other odds and ends that brought the
total outlay on the fiscal day of August
I, of the fiscal year of 1910. up to s5254. 80.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
"SUNNY JIM" AND HIS AUTO

Some may complain that the vice presi-
dent might have reduced the national debt
if he had learned to drive the ear him
self, thus eliminating the high cost of a
chauffeur. On the other hand. 1t IS point
ed out that a novice Is apt to run up
big bills for repairs, fines, breakage and
such things, so that Mr.. Sherman act
ualy saved the country's money when
he hired George Trask to drive for hun at
s75 a month. Well, everything included.
the machine went smoothly until the next
fiscal month, when a batch Of little re-
pairs had to be made. necessitating,
among other things, the purchase of a
five pound pail of soap to keep the grease
off the hands of the staff of mechanicians
toling at their oily tasks.
| In this vexatious period, one finds such
items as:
September 14-Reno, hours, overhauling
motor at 60 cents.
September 15-Reno, overhauling motor
testing at 60 cents.
September 1s-Reno 21h hours adjusting
motor.
October 2-Reno, 81 hours adjusting
and lining clutch.
October 14-Reno, hours adjusting car
bureter and magnetic and repairing muf-
fer.
Al first blush, the careful auditor would
be prone to assume that the vice presi-
dents sojourn in Reno had been a costly
one, but such, of course, was not the
case The Reno here referred TO Is not
Reno, New, but Reno of Utica, automobile
repair man.
Coming now to the vice presidents gaso-
line bill, it will be seen that Mr.. Sherman
thwarted the Standard Oil even before
| the supreme court came to the rescue of
suffering humanity by completely dissolv-
ing that great corporation. Mr. Sherman
bided his time. When gasoline was down
| to 121a cents a gallon he bought heavily.
| He bought SO gallons of it at this low
figure in December, 1910. Then the next
month Mr.. Rockefeller showed the price
| up to II cents, and the vice president
| fooled him by buying only three gallons.
Then in March the price slumped to 12la
cents again, and Mr. Sherman ordered his
! brokers to buy. In that month he laid in
a reservoir of 15S gallons. saving the coun-
try IA cents on each gallon, or total
of s2.37.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
It's better to read dime novels and have
sense than noble fiction and be a fool.
A man wouldn't lie as hard giving him
self a reference as woman Will the
cook.
The trouble with a man is lie tries TO
push the baby carriage on some scientific
principle. Sc his wife has to do 1t.
Even the pleasure of a man in having
his family away for the summer is spoiled
by the cost of the railroad tickets
When girl says a man proposed 70
her, what she very likely means is he y
going to if she knows anything about
handling men.