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The Washington herald., 1913-02-14
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
EyERYBoDYHAPFY.


The rich youth sends his lady fair
A valentine of price.
It may consist OF orchids rare
or something else as nice.
The lad who is not fortunes pet
Puys nothing quite SO fine.
His lady fair Is apt to get
A 10-ccnt valentine.
Yet orchids may not bring more bliss;
Price matters not a whit.
The cheap affair may win a kiss
And make as big a hit.
Hide the Ink Bottle.
An Indisna man is liable to go home
any day and find that the baby has
written a historical novel
Frequently Mentioned.
This feller Shakespeare, OF Strait
ford" began the head OF the clipping
bureau.
What about him?''
I'VE ought to write him, soliciting his
patronage. / Aever saw anybody get
moro publicity. except Roosevelt"
February II In History.
February II, 14-Henry VIII gets a
final batch OF ugly valentines. and is
very irate.
February IL. 15ss-Queen Elizabeth cell
ebrates the day by having turtle doves
on toast.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-14
An Emcfent Army.

At last the change to a system Of
long enlistments had transformed 1t
from . levy Of militia into an army
The Washington herald., 1913-02-14
Hide the Ink Bottle.

An Indisna man is liable to go home
any day and find that the baby has
written a historical novel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
Strong Men for Legislature

Right now every patriotic citizen of
Jefferson should resolve to see this
county represented in the next legis-
lature by a delegation of its strongest
and best men. Problems of the most
serious nature are facing us. We have
gone along in a helter-skelter fashion
long enough. We are approaching the
brink. 1t would be foolish to topple
into it when the signs of danger flare
red on all sides.
The pistol toter has got to be
curbed. The murder record has got to
be cut down. The guilty have got to be
made to suffer for their sins.
The question of taxation has be-
come acute. Birmingham cannot con-
tinue to go forward, handicapped as
it is by insufficient revenue. The COM
mission has cut and pruned until now
we are retrograding instead of pro-
crossing. With the blood of humans
daily dyeing our streets, it is sug-
gested that the police force be cut
down! Because the city hasn't got
the money to pay needed preservers of
the lives of it's citizens.
The constitution has been so amend
ed that it will be possible to obtain
legislation for the abolition of the per-
nicious fee system in Jefferson, that
system which has put a price upon in
justice, and often made the law a
mockery.
/ We are fully warned. 1t will be nc
time to send single mediocre man
to Montgomery to make laws which
are vital to Jefferson county and Bir-
mingham.
Strong, able men will, as usual
plead that they haven't the time to &c
to the state capitol to represent theil
city and county. But if good mer
won't volunteer, they should be
drafted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
UNDERWOOD

From the New Orleans Item.
More than common interest is felt in
the candidacy of Oscar Underwood for
the United States Senate from Alabama,
because Oscar Underwood has shown him
self in two congresses to have developed
into one of the most forceful leaders and
one> of the strongest individualities in
American politics today.
He is distinctly conservative by temper
ament, with convictions and political SYM
pathies typical of the low tariff, strict
construction individualistic wing of the
democratic party. His opponents say
that he is "reactlonary," tool of the
whisky ring" and a willing agent of
the banking and corporate interests of
Alamama. William Jennings Bryan has
accused him of seeking to betray his
party.
Yet Oscar Underwood handled the DEM
ocratic House majority in the last Con-
gress, and again in this, so successfully
that it enacted what the democratic lead
ers declare is the best tariff bill passed
in so years, and a currency measure so
radical that opposed to it have been ar
rayed apparently the whole banking in
terest of the country. Furthermore, due
to his determined stand. the tariff bill
just enacted, contains. against tremen-
dous protest the first step toward the
rehabilitation of the merchant marine and
an income tax are in the measure.
There is much to Oscar Underwood. He
is a man whose full powers have not yet
been tested The House will be vastly
the loser by his promotion. But the SEN
ate will be even a richer field for his ac-
tivity.
He was the favored candidate of the
conservative democrats in 1912, and fine
drawn plans were laid to have him the
compromise candidate on whom demo-
oracy could unite If Clark's support had
stood firm enough to deadlock the con-
vention. There are strong influences
now keeping him before the public for
1916.
Chances favor his promotion to the Sem
ate, but the verdict of southern constitu-
encies ON their strongest men cannot al
ways be foretold, and Richmond p. Hob
son is appealing strongly to Alabama rad
icalS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
Regarding sensationalism

1.-The people of the SOUTH and of Ala
bama in particular, believe in the plain
truth without any frills," said prom
inent Alabamian "They Judge men in
general, and especially their represen-
tatives and statesmen, by their actions
and public records. and not altogether
by their words and boasted intentions.
A man who proves true to his country
party, and constituents, and who
shows some modesty in regard to his
achievements, stands much better
chance of being rewarded by his fellow
citizens than does the man who is al
ways on the lookout for sensational and
impracticable theories to put before the
people in plausible words, and never
tires of boasting of his intentions.
"At the coming senatorial election
there will stand before the people of
Alabama two men from whom to
choose-Oscar w. Underwood, who
stands on his national achievements,
consistant public record, and nation
wide reputation for honor and integri-
ty; and the other Richmond p. Hobson,
naval hero and sensational orator"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prasnerous Fnrmers


Il was talking this week with ex-State
Senator John f. Wilson of Biount
county and was glad to hear him say
that farmers in his neighhefhood were
uncommonly prosperous and were es-
pecially jubilant at this time on ae-
count of the high price that they We're
getting for their cotton said a wen
known merchant.
"Mr. Wilson said that in all his eN-
perience he had never seen the farm
ers of Blount so busy. Scores OF them
had set their hearts on coming to the
State Fair in Birmingham, but they
just couldn't leave their work, which
was SO profitable at this time. Ten
.cotton pays, but 1S-cent cotton OF
course pays better. With few more
years like this the farmers will become
the richest people in all the state.
"Mr Wilson told me that the voters
of Blount county were two to one for
Underwood for the United states Sem
ate.
81 have talked with farmers here
from various sections and from the
way l figure it Underwood will carry
the state by even a larger majority
than two to one Hobson has lost
ground rapidly within the past three
days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
Not the Time to QuihhIe

The distinguished members of the
city commission, Mr.. Exum and Mr..
Weatherly, have seen proper to issue
formal statement setting forth the
expression of their opinion that an
article which appeared in The Age
Herald of yesterday morning was
sensational
1t is, as stated, matter of opinion
as to whether or not the article in
question was sensational. The opin-
ions of men differ, and, in all prob
ability, in this instance, the great ma
jority of the people of Birmingham
will differ with the fathers and pro-
tectors of this municipality.
1t is not the time for men to bubble.
The situation in Birmingham is a
serious situation. That wave of
crime is current is not a. matter of
opinion. 1t is a well established fact
on which all men, including the COM
missioners, themselves, it is prob
able, are agreed. Human life in Bir-
mingham is regarded as a commodity
of exceeding cheapness. Our toll of
dead and wounded is appalling. The
horrible story of our slaughter is a
familiar story around the globe.
This carnival of blood must be
checked, Mr. Commissioners. Every
man in Birmingham is charged with
the stern duty of aiding in this work.
The man who hesitates is unfaithful
to himself, to his community. Every
citizen of Birmingham must respond
to the call The shrek of the death
bullet must no longer be our national
air.
The citizens of Birmingham, Mr..
Commissioners, believe that this in
slant, with the crime wave at its
height, is very inauspicious time in
which to reduce a police force which
is admitted to be, even in its present
state, ridiculously inadequate.
There is the proposition. 1t might
OF might not be sensational. 1t is the
expression of living truth. The city
of Birmingham has got to meet the
situation. The city of Birmingham is
compelled to face the issue.
Quibbling over phrases is useless.
Action, bold action, big action, is
necessary. The coward who carries
pistol must be defied. The muir
derers bluff must be called with the
hangman's moose.
The fame and honor of Birming-
ham is at stake, Mr.. Commissioners.
There is the whole story without
sensational" phrasing. Shall law or
the rule of murder obtain?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
Punish the Guilty

The report of the special commits
sion named by Governor O'Neal to
investigate the treatment Of convicts
at the camps of the Huxford- Orvin
Naval Stores company near Atmore
has been made public. The commits
sion tells of revolving brutalities in
flicted upon the convicts, and Govern
or O'Neal has already ordered their
removal. The report says:
''The bodies of most of the convicts
were examined. Signs of having been
whipped were plainly visible on nearly
all. The bodies of several of the men
showed signs of brutal and excessive
punishment, evidenced by open sores
and numerous scars"
Horrible conditions had been long
allowed to continue at the Atmore
camp. Other Investigations had re-
suited in reports that the prisoners
were humanely treated, happy and
contented." The governors commits
sion has done its work well. But ii
remains to be seen whether those who
have flogged and abused these help
less individuals are punished for their
crimes or allowed to go scot free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
Trintepohl's Charges

Walter Trintepohl sprang from the
burning decks of the Volturno into the
ocean. and was picked up by the Car
mania. He has told his story of. the
disaster, and if his account is correct
it shows anew that cowardice does
not pay.
Trintepohl is high in his praise OF
the way Captain Inch and the other
officers of the Volturno conducted
themselves during the panic, but his
version of the part played by the
crew is a most severe Indictment.
"The captain behaved ,splendidly,"
Trintepohl declares, "and so did the
other officers, who were English. l
am sorry to say that the crew, who
were Germans and Belgians, behaved
verv badly. The people rushed about
wildly, and the crew seemed to think
they ought to have first place, and IN
stead of quieting the passengers made
the panic worse. The first officer took
charge of the first boat, but although
he wanted the women and children
saved first, a majority of those who
entered the first boat were member of
the crew."
1t was the Same way with other
boats, according to Trintepohl. His
story is given confederation by the re-
port of Captain Inch. Half of the total
number (136) who persisted were
members of the crew. OF a crew Of
So, 68 lost their lives. OF the pas
sengers, 4s5 were rescued and SO met
death.
These figures reflect most seriously
upon the discipline aboard the Vol
turno. 1t must be remembered that
those who took to the boats were the
ones who died. Those who remained
on board were later saved. The figures
given by Captain Inch himself show
that the percentage Of crew in the
boats launched was entirely out of
proportion to the number of passen-
gers who were given this opportunity
to abandon the doomed vessel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
HEARD IN THE UPPER TIER

From the New York Telegraph.
That Bender, he's got sumpin'"
That's what he has"
''Old fox, huh?'
Fox is right
THAT Indian blood counts
"Youbettcha.'
But he's got great support"
BEST in the world
'They help him win."
''Yessir."
'But Bender's got cool head.
Cool as ice''
Them Indians is born athletes
Yes; it's the outdoor life
Bender gets big money for it,
No more'n he en- spend.
But they slip him money extra SOS
not to make the other pitchers sore.''
Some crafty guy, that Connie Mack
Crafty guys the word"
Great field general
'He's all O. that"
but McGraw is no stiff
mo; he's got good head"
but hes not there with the luck
'Luck's always against him.
well, the Jlnts may win the next one"
'They may at that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
No Stoppage of Work

Alice furance is to be closed down
temporarily, but this is for the sole
reason that repairs are imperative.
Alice has been going at full blast for
a long time and it has been found
necessary to renew some of it's equip
ment. The other furnaces of the Ten
nessee company in the district will
continue in operation, and no work
which the corporation has under way
will be stopped.
This official announcement is most
reassuring AT the time of tariff
changes business is inclined to hesi-
tate for period. Readjustment to
new conditions ever is made carefully
and slowly. The manufacturers of iron
and steel do not believe that their
business will be injured by the opera
tions Of the Underwood Simmons law,
but it is perfectly natural for con-
sumers to hold off awhile in the hope
Of obtaining price concessions.
Birminghan's prosperity is based
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
THE INsoLyENT SEX

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The more we see of Sir Almroth
wright's attack upon the sex to which
he has the honor of belonging the more
apologetic we grow for being members of
his sex.
1.-THE Unexpurgated Case Against Wom-
an Suffrage" he entitled his volume. 1t
reads far more like the roar of dyspep-
tic bachelor who has just been outwitted
in retort by a charming and witty wom-
an. The whole sex he describes as sin
solvent 1.-The taxes paid by women
would cover only very small proportion
of the establishment charges of the state
which would properly be assigned to
them''
Woman is also insolvent intellectually
and morally, he adds. She is not only in
capable of physical effort. she is incap-
able of the clear thinking or the moral
perceptions which the maintenance of the
state requires. Woman is almost with
out a moral sense as regards ideals of
abstract justice and truth. Or, as Sir
Almroth Wright sums up the case in his
own charming way
In this matter one would not be very
far from the truth If one alleged that
there are no good women, but only women
who have lived under the influence of
good men,
From this point OF view it seems q
great pity that women did not stay, ribs.
Then they would have been perfectly do
cile and tractable and would never have
nf foIl Ilri
and doing all their own. They would
never have become so irritatingly inde-
pendent and successful as to stir an el-
derly English physician into talking tenn
pestuous poppycock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
PROOF OF CHARACTER

From Answers London.
Paddy once found himself in a position
that would have embarrassed anybody
other than an Irishman.
Paddy was charged-unjustly, of course
with having removed the greater part of
a potato crop belonging to his neighbor-
and friend-Murphy. Murphy, who was a
man of uncompromising and dogged per-
sistence, had produced string of wit
nesses and an amount of evidence suf-
ficient to have hanged a regiment.
In the minds of Paddy's friends, his
fate was sealed when the judge asked
IL there was any person present who
could vouch for his character. hush
fell on the court-Paddy. said afterwards:
'It was that quiet you could have picked
a pin up!"-then up spalSe Patrick
"Sure, yer honor, there's the police In
spector yonderi''
Me, you scoundrel! I've never seen or
heard of you in my life, and everyone
knows itr' shouted the inspector.
This was Paddy's chance.
Take notice, yer honor-take notice
that the inspector hasn't seen me or heard
of meme that's lived hereabouts for Is
years How's that for character"
And Murphy scowled as Paddy left the
court without stain on his reputation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
rnE PONY EXPRESS
ron, the Kansas city Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
Pony express is the name given TO a
mail service between st. Joseph, No.. and
San Francisco Cal, in 1860. At this time
there were three transconstinentai mail
lines, but the greater part of the mail be-
tween the east and the far west was sent
by way of Panama. in about % days.
The demand for n more rapid mail service
between the east and the west led to the
establishment in the spring of 1860 of the
famous Pony EXPRESS, the mail being
carried rapidly overland on horseback
under the direction of the Central Over
land California and Pixies Peak Express
company. The first pony express left on
April 3, 1860, ST. Joseph and San Francis
co, between which places the schedule
at first % miles apart were established.
and each rider was expected to cover IS
miles a day. Eventually there'we 100
stations, 200 station keepers, 200 assistant
station keepers, so riders Cwho were paid
from s100 to $125 a month";, and between
400 and 800 horses. The quickest trip was
that made for the delivery of President
Lincoln's inaugural address, the distance
between St. Joseph and Sacramento, 1850
miles, being covered in seven days and
II hours. At first the company charged
$5 for each half ounce, but later the
charge was reduced to $3.50. The regular
pony express service was discontinued
upon the completion of the line of the
Pacific Telegraph company, in October,
1861 The service was often interrupted
by Indian hostilities, and was extremely
hazardous for riders and station keepers
alike
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
NOT HEADED THAT WAY

From the October National Monthly.
A good many years ago steamer was
sailing down the river, with shrewd old
Yankee captain in command. Suddenly
the engines stopped and there was noth-
ing doing for several minutes. The pas
sengers began to talk 1t over among
themselves, and one OF them, a portly.
persistent sort Of person. advanced POM
pously to the captain.
What seems to he the trouble, cap?"
he inquired. 'Why have we stopped?''
TOO much fog" answered the skipper
ourtly. I'VE can't see up the river
But can see the stars overhead quite
plainly argued the persistent party.
"Mebbe ye can." admitted the captain
grimly, 'but unless the bilers bust w
amt goin' that way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15

upon too firm a foundation to be
shaken easily. When the United States
Steel corporation took over the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
pany, this districts day of industrial
doubt and uncertainty passed never to
come again. Since then every move
ment has been forward. And so it will
continue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
A WYOMING NIGHT

From lie Atlantic Monthly.
We had been climbing higher into the
mountains all day and had reached a level
tableland where the grass was luxuriant
and there was plenty of wood aid water
1 unpacked Teens" and staked him out.
built a roaring fire and made our bed
in an angle of sheer wall of rock where
we would be protected against the wind.
Then l put some potatoes into the EN-.
bers, as Baby and l are both fond of
roasted potatoes
] started to a little spring to get water
for my coffee when 1 saw a couple OF
jackrabbits playing. so I went back for
my little shotgun. shot one of the rab-
bits, so 1 felt very like Misunderstanding
because had killed but one when I might
have gotten two. IT was fat and young,
and 1t was but the work of a moment TO
dress it and hang it upon a tree. Then 1
fried some slices of bacon, made myself
a cup of coffee. and Jerrine and I sat on
the ground and ate. Everything smelled
and tasted SO good This air is so tonic
that one gets delightfully."- hungry. After
ward we watered and restaked "Jeems''
rolled some logs onto the fire and then
we sat and enjoyed the prospect
The moon was so new that its light was
very dim, but the stars were bright Pres
emily lone, quivering wall arose and
was answered from a dozen hills. 1t
seemed just the sound one ought to hear
in such place. When the howls ceased
for a moment we could hear the subdued
roar of the creek and the grooming of the
wind In the pines. So We rather enjoyed
the coyote chorus and were not afraid,
because they don't attack people. Pres
emily we crept under our Navajos and,
being tired. were soon asleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
SINCE SHE WENT HOME

BY Robert J. Burdette
The twilight shadows linger longer here,
The winter days make gray the circling
year,
For even summer winds are chill ans
drear-
Since she went home
Since she went home
The robins note has touched a minor
strain,
The old glad songs repeat sad refrain
And laughter sobs with hidden, bitter
pain
Since she went home.
How still the empty rooms her presence
blessed,
Untouched the pillow that her dear head
pressed;
Ny mourning heart finds no place for its
rest
Since she went home
Since she went home.
The long, long days have crept away like
years.
The sunlight has been dimmed with
doubts and fears,
And the dark nights have wspt IN loaeav
tears
Since she went home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Folks are either self-made or self
marred.
Many an humble lover makes boss
husband.
Most peoples sympathies get no further
than the telling.
No man has a clean record Just because
he is in the swim.
Once in a While young man falls in
love and lands on his feet.
If all prayers were answered the ma
jority of men would quit work.
Tell the truth. the whole truth and
nothing but the truth generally means a
change.
Honesty is a boomerang that never
looks better to IA man than when it comes
home to roost.
And many a young man has invested IN
a marriage license after having been
given a hypnotic suggestion that he was
In love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
THE HOOSIER POET

An important part OF Riley's popularity
is due to his verse for children, thousands
of whom have had delicious shudders at
some elders repetition of the uncanny tale
that ends with the warning: "And the
gibbelins II git you. If you don't watch
out"' Ephemeral as most of this is,
verse for which children care is SO infre-
quent that any new examples are sure OF
welcome. Riley's limitations are as evil
dent as his merits. The dialect that
constitutes one of his most powerful
sources of appeal narrows his field ter
ribly, and he does not write so easily
when he dispenses with 1t. Nor, it must
be confessed, is there much depth of earth
beneath his poetic flowers, nor are they
of sufficiently appealing form or color to
make them long or widely desired Yet
for a large number of people in various
sections of this country, the coming of
fall suggests nothing SO much as the
time
When the frost is on the punkin and the
folders In the shock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15
REsTRICTED CHILDHOOD

From the October National Monthly.
Sheffield ingalls,, lieutenant governor of
Kansas, believes in giving young America
run chance 10 ENJOY all there is ~
wholesome boyhood play. He tells the
following story to show how some young
sters are hampered:
Gordon, Z years old. was playing BAN
dit, and for some time had been stagger-
ing around, as if badly wounded, without
actually toppling over as victim of the
imaginary bullets of his playmates. A
neighbor, watching the game, called to
him:
Gordon, why don't you fall DOWN.
II can't" answered the boy. Grossly,
81 amt allowed to. If had my old pants
on I'd have been dead long ago.