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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
Will Be Important Gathering

The Alabama Land congress, which
is to have it's annual meeting in Bir-
mingham early in November, will be
one of the most important gatherings
ever held in this state.
The first meeting of the congress,
held in Mobile last year, was marked
success. 1t aroused general interest
in Alabama's varied and rich re-
sources. But the second meeting will
be Of far greater Importance. Many
notable men from outside of the state
will participate and scores of promi-
nent Alabamians, men known as
leaders and upbuilders, will be present.
1t is good to know that the Ala
bama Press association, which is hold
ing its annual meeting in Birmingham,
has passed resolutions indorsing the
land congress and pledging its men,
bers to use their respective papers to
promote the success of the organiza-
ton. The value of the cooperation
of the press in a movement that means
so much for the building up of Ala
bama cannot be overestimated.
Alabama is full of politics at this
time, but there will be no politics in
the land congress. Everyone who
owns a farm or who is engaged in
business in this state will be bene-
fitted by aiding in making the congress
a permanent nstitution-"g greater in
Importance as some one puts it,
"than any political issue that could
be brought up"
Farm values in Alabama have been
reaching higher levels within the past
10 years. Agriculture as modern
business industry is yet in its in
fancy. The farmer has added greatly
to the wealth of the state in recent
years, but he will add more in the
years to cor)a.
1t may be safely predicted that be-
fore the end of this decade Alabama
will not only raise all of the corn
needed in the state, but that it will
have a great volume of corn to sell.
Alfalfa will be another great money
crop. Trucking can be made profit
able in this state and all in all untold
wealth will be added to Alabama if
concerted action is appreciated and
made effective such as is proposed by
the promoters of the land congress.
Let everybody help, and above all
let there be unity of purpose in this
far-reaching movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
A SLIGHT SLIP

From the New York Globe.
On a Philadelphia paper worked Julius
Kaufman, Dane, who wrote clever,
forceful, pungent editorials. Kaufman 5
English was impeccable, but his writing
was impossible, 1t seemed to have been
done with a bent pin and an asphalt mix
ture. George Kennedy was the only man
on the copy desk who could read it. One
day he came to Editor Thompson. shaking
his head ITS all off," he said. i've
lost my punch. l read this thing of kauf-
mans with perfect ease until | got half
way through-and then | stuck. l don't
know why. The second half of his stuff
looks just like the first half. But i can't
read it." Thompson took that manuscript
over to a corner. BY and by Thompson
came back with lines of strain around his
mouth Put 1t up to Kaufman" said he.
Either he's gone f1ooey or we have" SO
when Kaufman came in they gave him his
manuscript and told him to go away
somewhere and find out what 1t meant.
BY and by he came backing beaming. 1T
wass easy" said he. THE second part l
half yoost wrote in Danish'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
To Have an Auditorium

II think there will be no doubt about
the vote in favor of a bond issue for a
great auditorium in Birmingham, said a
large taxpayer. Now that we are to have
ample hotel accommodations nothing is 50
much needed as an auditorium with a
seating capacity of 5000 or 10000. Without
such an auditorium Birmingham will
never be first class convention city,
but with it this will be one Of the most
popular convention places in the United
States.
THE city can well afford to issue 5000
in bonds bearing per cent interest for
the purpose of providing the auditorium,
especially since these bonds will be taken
at par by local Investors. The voters will
have an opportunity of expressing them
selves at the polls on September 15."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
MRS. YoUNG's FATE
From the New York world.

From the New York World.
In the case of Mrs. Young, who has
resigned as superintendent of public
schools in Chicago, we verify once more
the fatality which attaches to genius,
ability and experience in the control of
our common schools These qualities
count for much in other walks of lifc but
In conflict with the egotism, bumptio,is-
ness and crookedness of the average po-
litical and racial school board they be-
come negligible.
There is no question of Mrs. Young s
fitness.for the place which she abandons.
She retires because 1t is no longer possi-
BILE for her to cooperate with commission
ers holding their positions as political re-
wards or as testimonials to their emf
nence as representatives OF some Euro
pean race or nationality. Thus the fruits
of SO years of devoted public service are
lost to the people as result of the narrow
influences that so often choke and dwarf
our common schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30

suffer physically and mentally. So
far no cause for the malady
has been discovered, and no cure is
known. Systematic investigation and
observation may change this. Other
disorders as mysterious in their origin
and as deadly in their blight have been
conquered. Though centuries old, the
ravages of pellagra have not been OBJ
served in America until a compar-
lively recent time.
When the Rockefeller doctors began
their campaign against the hookworm
they were subjected to much ridicule,
but now no one will say that splen-
did results have not been accom-
plished. The hookworm treatment is
simple and successful. Thousands suf-
fering from the parasite have been
cured, and now look upon life with
view far different from that with
which they once regarded it. A bill is
pending in Congress to provide an
appropriation for the erection of a
hospital for the study of pellagra. 1t
should receive careful attention from
the lawmakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
Mr.. McAd0o's Charges

Secretary McAdoo is not man Just
out of the jungles. He has seen the
white lights of Broadway and has not
been scared to such a degree as to
attract the attention of the reporters.
He has had some dealings in high
finance himself, and is fully cognizant
of the manner in which tricks are
turned. 1t is not wildeyed westerner
who charges that United States 2 per
cent bonds have been deliberately
forced down by the national banks as
threat to Congress not to pass the
currency bill.
The head of the treasury depart
ment says that the decline of United
States rs to 951a--a low records
due almost wholly to what appears
to be campaign waged with every
indication of concerted action on. the
part of a number of influential New
York city banks to cause apprehension
and uneasiness about these bonds in
| order to help them in their efforts to
defeat the currency BILL" This charge
is grave one and Mr.. McAdoo must
have strong grounds for belief in his
accusation.
Nearly all the issue of per cents,
which in the aggregate is in excess of
100000, is owned by national
banks, and is used by them as security
for the uttering of circulating notes. 1t
would be comparatively easy for a
number of strong national banks, by
concerted action, to depress the mar
ket value of the 2 per cents, and this
is what Mr.. McAdoo thinks has been
done. If he is wrong, he has done the
financiers grave injustice. If he is
right, the country should be given all
the facts. The influencing of legisla-
ton by manufactured panics has beer
resorted to in the past. Such methods
properly belong to the past. They
should not be tolerated now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
As a Medical Center

There appears to be no doubt that the
citizens of Birmingham see the oppor-
tunity afforded them by the graduate
school of medicine of the state university
for an adequate and efficient free med
ical dispensary," said a business man
yesterday who is well known as civic
worker. Birmingham is fast becoming
the medical center of the sou-h.
II was greatly interested a few days
ago in the eloquent appeal made by DR..
Denny, president of the university, to the
citizens to rally to the aid of the free
dispensary. had paid little attention TO
this institution, but L have come now
to realize what it means to the community
and more than that, what it will mean
to the community under the widened and
more comprehensive administration of the
state university. A free dispensary takes
first rank, | believe, in the charitable
institutions of any community. 1t strikes
at the very core of suffering and misery
among the poorer classes and guards
the entire city, as probably no other in
stitution can, from disease epidemics
and scourges.
II was we'll pleased with the executive
committee which DIR. Denny named to
raise the funds to erect needed buildings
and secure larger and better equipment
for a university free dispensary to meet
conditions in Birmingham. Every one of
the committee is a man of action. These
men have been in campaigns of this kind
before and I do not think there is a single
doubt that when the campaign starts
this fall under their leadership, Birming-
ham within few days will add another
civic achievement to her list by raising
the funds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
HYDE to Go Free
Gratis.

The state of Missouri has about
given up hope of convicting DIR. b
Clark Hyde of the murder Of Thomas
H. Swope. Bills amounting to several
thousand dollars, incurred by the Of
flee of the prosecuting attorney at
the last trial, have never been paid,
and the officials of jackson county
fear they will violate the law if they
make settlement. A good deal of the
money owing is due experts" who
testified for the prosecution.
Swope was a millionaire widely
known for his charity. The state al
leges that he was murdered by DR..
HYDE by the gradual administration
of small quantities of poison, and it is
also charged that Hyde innoculated
other members of the family with ty-
phoid germs. Hyde's wife is Swope's
niece.
Already the case has been tried
three times. The first jury returned
a verdict of guilty of murder in the
first degree; the second was dis
charged because one of its members
got away during the course of the
trial, and the third was unable tc
reach an opinion. Another trial is sci
for next month, but it probably will
never be held, and Hyde will go free
The Hyde case is another instance
of the ridiculous manner in which
criminal law is administered in som,
parts of America. 1t will never be of
ficially known whether Hyde is in
nocent or guilty. If he is guilty, tn,
gallows has been cheated. If he is in
nocent, he is entitled to verdict il
his favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
HISTORICAL NOVELS THE BEST

From the Saturday Evening Post.
There are fashions in literature just as
there are in business. Long ago we had
the analytical novel. Just at the time l
went to the western city to go into my
newspaper work we were having a wave
of dialect stories, southerners and north
erners conspiring. After that came the
great flood of historical fiction, the big
gest money making fashion ever known
in fiction in the history of the world. and
the thing that made the literary profess
sion of America an actual profession. Now
we are having decadent and erratic fic-
ton, and spasms of action" 1t will
not last long.
OF all these different phenomena the
historical novel perhaps is the soundest
and most enduring. Many great novels
OF the world have been historical novels
or partly such; and there never will be
a time in fiction when a good historical
novel will not be good property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
What one man has done a woman can
undo.
You never have to dun man who owes
you a grudge.
Few men are strong enough to keep
their faces closed.
Many courtship has been converted
into battleship
It's easy for the man with a candid
opinion to eliminate friends.
Some spinsters advance step by step
until they become stepmothers.
Some girls who are anxious to get mar
ried are not so anxious to stay married.
Satan will supply free shoes. but those
who wear them can only travel down hill.
If the late fads had kept up, every wom-
an would need two heads to pile her
hair on.
When woman rattles the dishe~. more
than usual while preps it's q
sure sign that her husbs tl4. some
thing drop when he CO "a fGi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
In rage, deaf MS the sea. hasty as fire.
-Richard Second.
The Future of Foss

Eugene N. Foss, thrice elected
governor of Massachusetts, as a
democrat, may be the candidate
of the republicans for that OF
flee in the next campaign. HIS
name has been suggested by Bay
State leaders of the G. o. p, and Mr..
Foss is as willin' as Barkis. Foss has
been denouncing the pending demo-
cratic tariff bill since its introduction,
and has threatened to move one OF ms
manufacturing plants from Massa-
chusetts to Canada.
1t is ever the case that deserter
;s received with open arms by his
ouondam enemies. Foss' apostacy TO
republicanism won for him demo-
cratic nomination and election to Con-
qress and also made him governor OF
Massachusetts for three successive
terms. Now that he has repudiated his
democratic principles, the republicans
seem anxious to honor him.
Under the law of Massachusetts, it
would be comparatively easy to get
Foss' name before the voters at the
coming state primaries. The fact that
Foss was elected governor last No
vembers as a democrat, it is pointed
out. has no bearing whatever on the
situation. His supporters have merely
to obtain the signatures of not less
than 25O registered republicans In
each of any four counties they may
select, and his name must be placed
upon the republican primary ballot as
q candidate for the gubernatorial
nomination.
The governor right now is playing
the receptive role. He has made no
statement, but it is shrewdly sus-
nected that he is really after the re-
publican nomination. 1t is probable
that the wreck of the old Crane ma
chine will have a candidate Of its
own. but that machine does not run
with the smoothness of old. If Foss
Joins the republicans, he will take with
him the "God speeds" of true demo-
Gratis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
Certainly See It

ut Is seldom that l enjoy motion pic
ture show, but L am certainly going to
see Les Miserables' this week" said a
well known newspaper advertising man.
II consider the book one of the greatest
dramas ever written and l have read 1t
more than once with the keenest delight
l feel that seeing this great drama will
be a pleasure as well as valuable les
son and will assist me materially in re-
membering many of the scenes.
'Such motion pictures cannot but be
beneficial educationally. for the person
who reads a book like Les Miserables
and afterwards sees a wonderful pre-
sentation of the story in motion pictures
by great French actors will obtain a
very much clearer idea of the work OF
Victor Hugo than he would without see
ing the picture. / understand that many
of the scenes shown in the picture are
actual, being placed as they are described
in the novel,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
THE ARMY OF THE LOST

Hermit, In Leslie S.
Thousapds while they were In good
health, and could easily secure policies,
have deferred this sacred duty until dis
ease has laid its clutch on them and the
very last opportunity for becoming an
insurant is lost. In 1912. $1,000 applica-
tions in the United States for life insur-
ance were rejected because of bodily all
ments Five thousand persons missed get
ting insurance because of hereditary taint.
These could never have been insured at
all, but the $1,000 others who We're in i'll
health might have passed a medical ey-
animation If they had applied for 1t in
time. OF these 10000 were five years too
late, 10000 three years too late, 10000 one
year too late, 5000 six months too late
and 10000 only two to three months too
late. 1t is to be hoped that the army of
lost opportunity In life insurance will be
smaller in 1918 than 1t was in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
KICKING THE CRADLE
ON the st. Louis Times.

From the ST. Louis Times.
A recent issue of the New York Times,
a newspaper which has afforded us much
pleasure and profit on numberless oc-
casions. publishes, as an, original article,
the following:
Two Irishmen fresh from Ireland had
just landed in New York. and engaged a
room in the top story of hotel Mike,
being very sleepy, threw himself on the
bed and was soon fast asleep. The sights
We're so new and strange to Pat that he
sat at the window looking out. Soon an
alarm of fire was rung in and fire en-
gine rushed by, throwing up sparks OF
fire and clouds of smoke This greatly
excited Pat. who called to his comrade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
A woMAN's LOVE

by John Hay.
A sentinel angel sitting high in glory
Heard this shrill wall ring out from PLr-
gatory:
Have mercy mighty angel. hear ny
II loved-and. blind with passionate love,
l fell;
Love brought me down to death, and
death to hell
For God is just, and death for sin is well.
II do not rage against his high decree.
Nor for myself do ask that grace shall be;
But for my love on earth who mourns for
me.
Great Spirit Let me see my love again.
And comfort him one hour, and l were
fain
To pay thousand years of fire and pain"
Then said the plying angel: Nay, repent
That wild vow! Look, the dial fingers
Down to the last hour of thy punish-
mentl'
But still she walled, II pray thee, let me
go.
cannot rise to peace and leave him SO.
oh, let me soothe him in his bitter woe!'s
The brazen gates ground sullenly ajar,
And upward, joyous like a rising star,
She rose and vanished in the ether far.
But soon adown the dying sunset sailing,
And like wounded bird her pinions trail
ing,
She fiuttered back. with broken hearted
wailing.
She sobbed, II found him by the summer
sea
Reclined, his head upon maiden's knee
She curled his hair and kissed him. Woe
Is mel"
She wept, Nov let my punishment begin.
have been fond and foolish. Let me in
To expiate my sorrow and my sin"
The angel answered. NAY. sad soul, so
higher
To be deceived in your true h r'' ! tsss,rs
Was bitterer than thousal ee1fs "
fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
HOW TO BE SAFE IN CRY STREETS

From leslie's.
A pamphlet issued by the American
Museum of Safety, New York, of which
Dr. William Fl. Tolman is the director
impresses on girls and boys the dangers
of city streets and gives the following
useful rules, which every city child should
heed:
Never jump on or off moving car.
Never stand or sit ON the car step; nor
put your head or hands out of the car
window.
Never get off a car facing the rear
With the left hand take hold of the grir
handle, left foot to the step. right foot to
the ground; face forward.
Never fail on leaving the car to look
out for passing wagons and automobiles
Never run in front of passing car.
Never hitch on and steal rides behind
stSeet cars or wagons.
Never play on the car rails.
Never cross a street except at a regu-
lar crossing.
Never take chances.
Always in passing behind car look to
see if another car, automobile or wagon
Is coming from the opposite direction.
Always look both ways before crossing
a street.
Always safety
These instructions should be helpful for
grown persons also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
Business Keeping Up Wei

Last spring there was decided note
of pessimsm in certain business circles
in the east, but one hears little oil
no pessimistic talk now" said 7. l.
Thornton of Buffalo.
The financial situation began to i'm
prove two or three weeks ago, but gen.
eral trade throughout the country, as
far as l can learn, has been very good
indeed all this year. Recently there has
been a very decided improvement in the
financial district of New York. This has
been reflected in the stock market.
Il was in Chicago few days ago and
found that business there was as brisk
as it was this time last year, when we
had something like boom. All the re-
ports from the south are most favorable
and there is a general expectation OF
genuine prosperity north, south, east and
west through the rest of the year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
The Spread of Pellagra

It is an old saying that covering a
cancer won't cure it. 1t is regrettable
that pellagra is invading new terri
tory and adding to its list of victims,
but if such are the facts it is well
that they be made known. There is lit
tie encouraging in the report of the
United States public health service
but the figures it gives may serve
to arouse new activities toward the
suppression of this plague.
Pellagra is one of the worst dis
eases known to science. Its victims
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
A Fine Concert Band

IT would like to add my testimony to
the excellence of Memolis concert band,
which is heard at Capitol park said
Stephen Alsopp, the well known chorus
master of Ensley.
II heard the band in its opening con-
cert Sunday July 6. and the next time
l heard it was last Sunday. There had
been wonderful Improvement and the
music was so fine that l came again
Monday night and enjoyed the programme
from beginning to end. The tone quality
of the different instruments makes a
fine impression on musical critics and
Mr.. Memoirs authoritative Interpretation
Is all that could be desired.
"Memolrs band will compare favorably
with the best concert bands in this coun-
try that go on tours 1t Is certainly a
great credit to Birmingham and music
lovers here should be quick to show their
appreciation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
"ENGLAND,s NEW DRAMArIsTsv

P. r. Howe. in the August number of The
North American Review.
II the theatre of Pinero and Jones did
not represent life," and If Mr.. Bernard
Shaw was too prone to argue about It,"
the path that st. John Hankin opened up
has been followed by other writer's very
clearly Mr.. Granville Barker, In THE
Madras House especially, has pushed
further along 1t than Hanlxin even saw;
while Mr.. Galsworthy has kept very aus
terely to the path of life as he sees 1t lived
in the big world outside the theatre. The
work of these two men is SO we'll known,
however, that we may turn at once to the
younger workers Since Miss Elizabeth
Baker has failed up to the present to fol-
low up her admirable and sympathetic
play Of clerk Mfe, Chains" Miss Githa
SoUerby, and Mr.. Stanley Houshton must
be regarded as the two most promising Of
recent recruits to the theatre. Miss Sow
erby also has only one play to her name
that need be seriously considered, but
there is plenty of time for her to follow
it with others. Rutherford and Son.
is the study of a middle class household
and Of it's dominance by the father. given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
LEST WE FORGET

From the Grub Street Problem. BY AL
gernon Tassin, in the August Rookman.
scribes by day had become lecturers
by night. In 1859 Poe wrote: Everybody
says that if i lecture again and put the
tickets at 30 cents ! will clear 500. 1
never was received with so much eu.hls-
iasm. lectured at Norfolk and cleared
enough to settle my bill at tho Madison
House (Richmond) and 81 over" Set
against this, ye who blush unduly at the
memory of pirated editions, the $4,000 that
Dickens cleared on his American tour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-30
THE LoNnLIEsT SPOT ON EARTH

According to James Oliver Curwood, au-
thor of the recently published novel, $50
BEL" the loneiest journey in the world is
1.-THE trip from the solitary little wind
beaten cabin at Point Fullerton to Fort
Churchill" It's only rival, Continues Mr..
Curwood, is 'the other cabin at Herschel
Island, at the mouth of the Firth, where
2l wooden crosses mark 21 white men $
graves. But whalers come to Herschel.
Unless by accident, or to break the laws,
they never come. in the neighborhood of
Fullerton. 1t is at Fullerton that men die
of the most terrible thing in the world
loneliness. In the little cabin men have
gone mad" The scene of "Isobel," as
that of the authors earlier book, "Flower
of the North" is laid in these Arctic wil-
dernesses.