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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
Pensacola's Advantages

Dispatches to The Age Herald from
Philadelphia yesterday intimated that
the Philadelphia navy yard as a ma
rine base would soon give way to
Pensacola, Fla, and that this move
would mean loss of $4,000, 900 a year
to the city of Philadelphia
An officer of the Philadelphia navy
yard displays the usual ignorance
shown by people of the east about
southern conditions. Among other
things he said that the enlisted men
could not stand the heat of the south
ern climate. This is in face of the fact
that the government weather bureaus
report yesterday showed a tempera-
ture of 80 in Philadelphia, 92 in New
York and SO in Washington, while the
temperature on the gulf coast was "a.
This officers reference to the Pen
sacola yard as being located on a sand
dune seven miles from the town prop
er, which he says has population of
7000--in 1910 the federal census cred
tied it with a population of 22,982-
would seem to disqualify him for his
place on the ground of unfamiliarity
with the sea ports of his country.
Pensacola harbor is acknowledged
everywhere to be one of the finest har-
bors on the gulf coast. Pensacola it.
self is one of the southern cities which
are going forward with leaps and
bounds and it is a warm competitor
with other gulf ports for strategic I'M
portance when the Panama canal is
opened. The Pensacola navy yard is
located upon the same magnificent
landlocked harbor upon which the city
of Pensacola is located. The navy yard
is far enough from the city so that
the enlisted men do not spend too
much time in places which they should
not frequent and city and the navy
yard are connected by electric line and
steam railway so as to make them
close enough together for all practical
purposes.
Naval officers who show such COM
plete ignorance about one of the
greatest ports on the Gulf of Mexico
should be transferred in order that he
may learn the real facts, if for no 9TH
er reason.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
TELEPHONE
Thrice famed beyond all erudition.
-Troilus and Crcssida.
Road Building in Michigan

Good roads as a political issue has
come to be regarded as chestnut, but
good roads as a practicaBproposition
is quite another matter and is receiv-
ing the very highest consideration,
and in that respect it is worth while
mentioning what has just been done
In Michigan.
The people of the northern part of
that state (and by people is meant
the men and women, boys and girls,
rich and poor), on an appointed day at
daylight undertook the work, and by
sunset they had built 250 miles of
graded and graveled road, along
which automobiles and wagons were
skimming the day after. This is a
practical demonstration of what it is
possible to do when people become
possessed of the proper spirit. These
workers were volunteers and, accord
ing to military men, one volunteer is
worth 10 mercenaries.
Every mile of good road adds inn
mensely to the value of the land not
only along the road itself but for a
considerable distance away therefrom,
and these Michigan people had the
satisfaction of knowing that their one
days work had made everyone of
them richer by much more than the
actual value of the services rendered
The application of this principle is
possible in many counties in Alabama.
There should be little difficulty in
rousing the enthusiasm of the people
TO pitch necessary to emulate the ex-
ample set for them, and the effects
would act as stimulant upon the
whole state.
There are many places in Jefferson
and adjoining counties which are at
present practically inaccessible be-
cause of certain bad spots on the roads
and it is upon these that the convicts
might be set to work while the rest
af the distance might be entrusted to
the voluntary labor of the residents
If we had the Michigan spirit. What is
wanted here in Alabama is some of
that Michigan spirit, and it may be
here if only awakened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04

while business in steel,' says an
authority, rs slack, it is understood
that much more than half of all the
steel that can be made during the
balance of the year is called for by
contracts on the books of the manu-
facturers.p
Business conditions are sound and
it is almost as certain that the price
of iron will shortly advance as that
the hot wave will spend itself in
due course of time.
1t is reasonable to think that Bir-
mingham iron will soon be selling
again at $12. The probability is that
the $12 mark will be reached before
the middle of the present month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
Pig Iron Market Upward

The iron market, after long period
Of dullness, has a brighter outlook
During the past two weeks sales have
Increased in volume. One of the most
conservative brokerage firms says
that the "bulk of the business is being
done quietly and in that way is not
IS noticeable as it generally is under
the same conditions, but the with
drawal of minimum prices which have
been existing in the south particu-
larly, has given the tone which has
heretofore been lacking and makes the
feeling more secure that the present
month will see an improvement"
In Birmingham nominal quotations
have been $11 for No. 2, but it is
understood that some Birmingham
iron has sold as. low as $40. 1t is said
that shipments of finished steel
products are being made at almost
full capacity and the material is re-
ported as being consumed promptly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
Tut, tutl" Wilson. that's all.
CRIMINAL TRAFFIC. IN COCAINE

Dr. Louis c. Ager in The Survey
We always have with us a considerable
number of inhuman beings who are willing
to make capital out of the weaknesses and
sins of their neighbors. The Illicit sale
of cocaine is only one example of this
fact. Similar conditions have always ex-
listed in the abuse of opium products, and
the sale of alcohol to irresponsible per-
sons has become so much a part of our
vaunted civilization that we find it diff
fioult to realize that this drug abuse
dwarfs into insignificance all others com
bined.
We hear periodically of the "ether jag"
the cologne drunk" and the coke
| iend." 1t is the novelty of these habits
that makes them good newspaper copy
The actual number of individuals addicted
to these habits is exceedingly small, and
their economic value To the community is
practically nil. Normal we'll balanced
people do not acquire drug habits of any
kind. and it is only those of extreme
mental instability who take to the more
unusual practices.
What are the facts about the abuse of
cocaine in this country. and wnat ought 10
be done to eradicate the evil? Users of
this drug are not perhaps numerous, but
the number has undoubtedly reased
during the past five years. 1t is generally
accepted as fact that the proportion is
also on the increase and the two natural
ly go hand in hand. 1t is also true that
debased individuals have lately made eff
forts to encourage the use of this drug
habit for their own financial benefit and
ASA result cocaine has become more wide
ly known than ever before.
The proposed federal law is simple,
sane regulation based upon the internal
revenue system. 1t provides graded Ii
censes for the, sale of the habit forming
drugs. with a complete supervision of
their distribution The purchase of a large
amount by one individual would at once
be noticed and his disposal of it followed
up. If his explanation We're not satisfac-
tory his license could be revoked. 1t is to
be hoped that Congress will enact this
Ia w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
The Day We Celebrate

Prior to the civil war the Fourth of
July was celebrated in the south with
patriotic ardor, as it well might have
been. The declaration of independence
was written by Thomas Jefferson and
of the Sc signers 18 were of colonies
which were afterwards known as
southern states. Virginia alone had
seven signers-Jefferson, Richard
Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee,
Benjamin Harrison, George Wythe,
Thomas Nelson and Carter Braxton.
With the war naturally came a
change in the attitude of the south.
The Fourth of July, 1868, was fate
full and depressing day for the Confed-
eracy. Two episodal facts occurred on
that day-the retreat of the Confed-
crate arms from Gettysburg and Gen
eral Grants entrance into Vicksburg
These events were as far reaching as
they were distressful to the southern
people. In the half century that has
passed since then nothing has been so
noteworthy as the complete oblitera-
ton of all bitterness that grew out
of the bloody strife. The country is
reunited and in every section of it
there is a distinct and lasting note of
patriotism.
AS a composition in modern English
the declaration of independence is un-
surpassed. There is no bombast, no
demagogy in it. 1t is solemn and state
ly and the preamble and the conclu-
sion-"we, therefore"-wi always be
accepted as specimens of classic STYLE
1t used to be the custom for boys at
school to memorize the declaration of
independence. 1t was a good custom
and it should be continued.
Every intelligent American is famil-
lar with the declaration whether he
knows it by heart or not and on this
glorious Fourth everybody from Maine
to Texas should feel in fraternal touch
with each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
Prnsnernus cuIImnn

L do not have an opportunity of visit
ing many sections of the state but re-
Gently l spent day In Cullman and
was greatly impressed with the business
activity of that town." said a citizen.
'Cullman does not grow rapidly, but 1t
grows steadily and substantially. | talked
with many merchants there and every
one of them said that business was good.
The streets showed much evidence of traf-
fic and farmers by scores we're in town
making purchases.
"cuilman county has been backward in
good road building, but having recently
voted 100000 bond issue for roads, this
time next year Cullman will have nrst
class highways, roads that will be pass
able in winter as well as in summer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
A successful politician is usually ma
chine made.
Shedding tears over spilled milk only
adds more water to it.
1t Is easier to put faith in humanity than
it is to keep it there.
Few theatrical stars are brilliant enough
to dispense with abe spotlight.
Every time some people try to thinl;
they make. noise like a boiler shop.
Many a spinster realizes that girls are
wise who marry while yet in their teens.
Smile and the world smiles with YOU
unless you are in prohibition district.
The pen is mightier than the sword
when it comes to getting a fool man int
real trouble.
We know a persistent salesman who
wonders IL It would be worth while te
show st. Peter the latest card index sys.
tenn.
This is the open season for young mer
who clip all the poisoned ice cream para
graphs from the daily papers and show
chem to the dear girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
WHERE WOMAN HAS FAILED

From the St. Louis Times.
The theory has been expressed In 81.
Louis. within the past few days-and BY
one who should speak with authority--that
young women who find 1t necessary 10
work for a living prefer store and factory
work to domestic service for this good
reason: the woman who works in the
factory or in the store has hours be-
fore or after which she Is never reminded
of her servitude; whereas the woman who
performs domestic service is never quite
sure of being done. and whether at work
or play, she is servant, and is treated
accordingly.
There is ground for curious thought
here.
From the mans point of view, women
are making serious mistake when they
neglect to learn at least the rudiments of
housekeeping, and when they abandon the
opportunities for a home life, in order 10
get into one or another of the channels of
industry and commerce. But have the
men who hold this conclusion taken full
cognzance IF all the factors In the prob
lem?
Apparently not. We arc authoritatively
Informed that the woman who works as a
servant is made to bear kind of social
stigma which does not attach to the shop
girl or the factory girl. That is to say.
the latter is las good as anybody" when
she has finished her work, while the sery-
ant is always "a servant"
This, indirectly, implies an arraign-
ment of woman who works in the store or
the factory is. when all Is said and done.
working for man-and she is not made
ashamed of her occupation. The woman
who goes out to servie" works, almost
invariably. for a woman-and she is made
to bear the badge of servitude.
The actual work, 1t seems, is not the
point at issue-but the result of the work
as it pertains to a social position, is cv-
erything.
From this conclusion there may fairly
arise a doubt as to woman's fitness for
participation in political affairs In dem
ocratic nation, seeing that in the one form,
OF employment and authority where she is
now supreme, the incest and most prcva-
lent of all womens problems has not even
approached IT'S solution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
HOW TEACHERS MAKE 4 LIVING

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Though teaching may not be a sweated
industry. a nation wide investigation has
shown that the increased cost Of living
and the tendency of teachers salaries to
remain stationary compel many teachers
to seek supplementary employment in or
der Go make both ends meet In some
cases It was found that ianitors receive
more than teachers. One woman teacher
wrote that her brother, a plasterer, re-
ceives So and she 50 a day. In. Atlanta it
is reported that the salary of an elevator
boy at the city hall exceeds an estab-
lished wage for one of the grades by
nearly s100 year
The Investigation, which covered over
one year, was made by a committee OF the
National Education association. Informa-
ton was received from 17s5 teachers.
While the comparison of teachers sal
aries today with teachers salaries of
former period will not be completed be-
fore the end of this school year, the COM
mittee presents some Interesting informa-
ton about the economic and social condi-
tions of teachers in five cities. The ay-
erage salaries of women grade teachers
are: For Atlanta, 1854 SO; for Hamilton,
$500 60: for New Haven. $67S4s; for Gin
cinnati. sSsS .0s; for Denver sS93s2.
In this connection it is interesting to
note the. figures on teachers salaries re-
rently compiled by the division of educa-
ton of the Russell Sale foundation. Ac-
cording to that study thousands OF rural
teachers throughout the southern states
receive less than $50 a year. Taking the
country as a whole. the average annual
wage of carpenters is declared to be sSoz,
of coal miners 5000, of factory workers.
s550. of common laborers $51S, and of
teachers s4s5. One southern state rents
its convicts to contractors at a little more
than $500 year and pays its public school
teachers slightly over $500.
In Atlanta, women grade teachers add
to their salaries from other sources an
average OF s31. 40 a year; in Hamilton
SIS IA; in New Haven. s45.24; in Cincin-
natl $51 Is. and in Denver. 1910
While outside employment does not seem
very productive 1t is extremely varied.
One teacher acts as umpire at football
games, another writes plots for moving
picture shows and number do dress
making. Others are serving a book
keeper In a small store, cashier In a de-
partment store and as mattresses In sum-
mer hotels. One is pastor of small
church. another is chauffeur, third
raises chickens and one gives expert ad-
vice TO a manufacturing firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
satlsfnctorx nnrlnens

General trade seems 10 be about as
good as 1t was this time last year
said Charles f. Laden of Chicago.
Great crops are now assured and st
is generally believed that by the first
or middle of August business viii be
booming. 1t is an interesting fact that
all the so-called depression growing out
of the tariff revision measure, pending
in Congress, has disappeared Tariff re-
vision has been discounted and when
Congress adjourns business will not
only be normal but prosperity Will be
as strongly In evidence as it was in
the fall OF 1912. Bumper crops will
certainly dispel anything like depres-
sion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
CHECKING 1T UP TO FATHER

From the Youngstown Telegram.
That parents should exercise the great
est care in speaking of family secrets in
the presence of little children was proved
dent recently.
The man i'll question was visiting a
maiden aunt, who is extremely stout, and
very sensitive about it.
A 4-year-old boy. who accompanied his
fathef looked very carefully at the ro-
tund form of his relative and then in
quired with a iriendly smile:
Aunt Myrtle, you don't have to put
ashes in the bed TO keep from slipping
out, do your"
Then, when the ran held up his hands
In CONSERVATION, ths youngster exclaimed: ::
There, papa, she says she doesn't"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
TROLLEY RIDE INTO THE CLOUDS

From Power.
Next year you will be able to shin up
the glistening tanks of Europe's superb
est mountain, Mount Blanc, in a trolley
car. The galloway is to be built in four
sections The first section has rise of
e53 meters III a horizontal distance of
about 2 lxilometers. The cables are car
ried on 81 steel towers 10 to 20 meters
high. The minimum gradient is 10 per
cent, and the maximum is IS per cent.
The second section makes vertical rise
of 7l3 meters, terminating at the Glacier
des Blossoms. This rection has an average
gradient of 63 per cent The third SEE
tion. about l kilometer long, terminates
at the Premiere Al etc and has a mean
gradient of 81 per cent. The fourth sec
ton, terminating at the Col du Midi, has
a total rise of 760 meters, or a maximum
grade of so per cent. The cars to run
on the line each carry 20 passengers. The
two supporting cables on each section ere
parallel and about meters apart. One
car rises while the other descends. an
erdless hauling cable controlling their
movement. The steel carrying and haul
ing cables are "a millimeters and % mil
lmeters in diameter respectively. The
two lowest sections are expected to be
completed by 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
A CALIFORNIA REVIVAL

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Korean apricot pcl<ers were at their
chosen task when a California vigilance
committee dropped around.
You jes' mosey outen this said the
leader in the customary lingo There
amt no place for you round this hyar
camp, an tn sooner you pull your staK-
ings tn better-for YOU
The spokesman of the Koreans removed
his cigar box hat.
1--WE get your meaning he said in gen.
tie tones. But, pardon me, we thought
all this sort of thing had passed out wit,
the '49ers and the sand lots and Bret
Harte."
The vigilante brought to view an old
and dingy rope.
Same old rope he growled cit"
So the gentle Koreans gat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
st. Bernard College

The catalog of st. Bernard college
for 1913 has just been issued from the
college printing press and bindery. 1t
contains about so pages. 1t has thick
paper covers and being illustrated by
many pictures it is exceptionally at
tractiye
The last session was the most pros
porous in the history of St. Bernard.
The student body numbered fully 900
about double the number that were en-
rolled 10 or Q years ago. The ses-
sion of 1894 will witness the col
lege in its twenty-second year. The
next term begins September 10 and the
entrance examinations are set for Sep
tember 8 and g.
The faculty is headed by the Rt. Rev.
Bernard Menges, o. s.. B., abbot. He
is president of the college and is in
especial charge of the department OF
pastoral theorogy and philosophy. The
Rev. Father Boniface, o. s. b., comes
next as vice president and director. His
chair Is that of Christian evidences,
rhetoric and commercial law The Very
Rev. Severin, 0. S. b., has the chair of
moral theology. pathology and church
history The Rev. Father Robert, o.
S. b., has charge of the department of
third year commercial and music. There
are many other members of the faculty
and each one of them enjoys the repu-
tation of being thoroughly qualified for
teaching.
In the Introductory remarks of the
catalog it is seen that st. Bernard col
lege is a Catholic school of higher
learning conducted by the Benedictine
fathers. 1t was founded in the year
1892 by the Rt. Rev. Benedict Menges,
o. s. B. 1t was chartered by an act
of the Alabama legislature. approved
February 4, 1898, thereby receiving all
rights and privileges usually accord
ed TO universities and colleges. The
corporate title of the institution is the
ben edictine Society of Alabama"
ST. Bernard is mile and a half east
of Cullman and is located upon an
elevation which commands the sur
rounding country and affords a pleas
ing view of the wooded hills which rise
on every side. The whole region Is
noted for the healthfulness of its eli
mate---dry and mild and especially fa-
vorable for outdoor life.
Typographically the catalog is con-
sidered the best ever issued by St. Ber-
nard and reflects high credit upon the
Rev. Father Charles, Q. s. B., who is
himself master printer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
MOTHER TONGUE LEADS

From the Christian Science Monitor.
A recent statement to the effect that
English may within a few years become
the language of Japan makes interesting
some late statistics with regard to the use
of the leading languages of the world.
From these it would appear that English
is spoken by 1300O0.O0O persons. German
by 100 100000. Russian by 70.0OO.OOO French
by 45,0O0. .000 Spanish by 40.0O0.0O0 and
Italian by 9O,O00000. For obvious reasons
the use of the Spanish language is grow
Ing very rapidly among people of COM
mercial countries especially those of Ger
many, England and the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
PRISON HuMoR.


Being shut UP in prison doesn't always
deprive man of his sense of humor, al
though we can imagine nothing thai
would be more apt TO have that effect The
editor of Good Words" published MONTH
ly at the United States penitentiary, At
lanta, is able to make jest of fate and
poke fun at his own misfortunes. His
number on the prison role is 1889" and
simply as Register No. 42S2' ne contrib
utes the following paragraphs to the lat
est issue of his paper:
Circumstances.
They change the course of life.
But do the best you can under all cir
cumstances.
1t is singular. but circumstances made
US an editor
glance at the top of this column
proves this statement, as figures do not
lie.
The circumstances making this condi-
ton possible were not of our choosing and
were full of anguish; therefore, we will
accept the first opportunity which re-
lieves us from these duties.
But as long as the press of circum-
CT
mating description, We will endeavor to
hold the position. as 1t is the best avo-
cation available in our limited surround
ings.
We beg to acknowledge receipt Of some
advertising matter telling of the advan-
tages of a certain summer resort. Cir
cumstances over which We have no con-
troll will prevent us from dividing vaca-
tion time this year, as much as we would
like to personally.
This vacation Is rather extended, and
is not OF our planning, and to be perfectly
frank ABOUT IL, we are enjoying 1t With
just about much pleasure as the se-
rious planners seemed to expect when ar
rangements were being made for it.
While uniformity of opinion is not to
be expected on most questions, and ex-
tremes are always dangerous, and usually
vicious, there is certainly a uniformity of
opinion here that more liberal applica-
tion of the parole law would not carry
1t to extremes. or anywhere near 1t.
THE INGRATITUDE OF WORK.
He loved his work, doleful case
And love of work so filled him
And drove him at so hard a pace
His work it was that killed him.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-04
ALADDIN

James Russell Lowell.
When I was a beggarly boy
And lived In cellar damp,
1 had not friend nor topy,
But had Aladdin's lamp;
When / could not sleep for the cold,
had not a friend nor toy,
And builded, with roofs of gold,
My beautiful castles In Spain.
Since then have toiled day and night,
l have money and power good store.
But Id give all my lamps of silver brig ht
For the one that Is mine no more;
Take, Fortune. whatever you choose
You gave. and may snatch again:
have nothing 'twould pain me to lose
For own 10 mcle castles in Spain.