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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
Regarding County school Work

THE practice of teaching the tenth and
eleventh grades in the county schools is
to be stopped after this year." said
the, county board of education who was
in Birmingham yesterday.
1--WE have found that there are but
one or two pupils in these two higher
grades in the entire county school sys-
tenn and therefore the expense attached is
too high for the results received.
ut has been our practice III the county
schools to teach the eighth grade in
schools where there are three teachers
and the eighth and ninth grades in
schools where there are four teachers OF
more. This practice will be kept up for
1t affords many of the rural students
of the county the opportunity of securing
the studies they would receive in the
first two years at the high school in I3ir-
mingham and we find that many of the
boys and girls take advantage of the
opportunity. We are now teaching these
grades in about 25 different county
schools.
I'm some of the schools, however, where
four or more teachers are employed, they
have begun teaching the tenth, and In
one or two instances, the eleventh grades.
There are but very few pupils who take
the, courses and as the expense is con-
siderable the practice will, therefore, be
dropped.
'As matter of fact the county schools
should not go beyond the seventh grade,
l think, but in a county where there is
a city as large as Birmingham 1t seems
that the higher grades are necessary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
rom the Chicago NeMs.

from the 1HlcdSO NEWS.
Be sure you are wrong-then don't do IT,
The easiest way to catch a fiirt is not
to try.
A man is known by his lawyer and a
woman is known by her doctor.
If you have to walk, distance doesn't
lend enchantment to the view.
It's always surprising how much deeper
hole of debt is after one gets into it.
After man has expressed his views he
may wish he had patronized a SLOW
freight.
There is nothing hypocritical about the
frank admiration some men have fol
themselves.
The girl who persists in doing more than
her share of the counting is apt to break
into the spinster class.
While pacing himself in the hands OF
his friends, the candidate should place
his pocketbook there also If he expects to
come under the wire first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
The DAYTON Visitors


The great Pythian event, which has
been well reported In The Age-Herald,
has even surpassed my highest expecta-
tions," said II. M. Beck, past grand chan
cellor of Alabama, and a member of the
supreme lodge of the world
The Dayton team has covered itself
with glory. Its work has been a revela-
tion to all of us. We could imagine how
spectacular and beautiful the ceremonial
could be made, but the Dayton knights
have gone beyond anything l ever
dreamed Of This event will give a great
impetus to the knights of Pythias lodges
throughout Alabama.
IAN interesting feature of the cere-
monial Friday night was the use of a
pocket Bible which Justus II. Rathbone
who founded the order in 1864. always car
ried in his pocket. 1t was used here in
obligating the candidates. OF course, this
Bible is much treasured. 1t was brought
here by the Dayton visitors, and we es-
TEEN it marked compliment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
Western Florida Prosperous

"The people of the whole western
coast of Florida struck me as wide
awake, active and prosperous" said
B. T.. Eldred of Birmingham, who ha6
just returned from a months outing
along the gulf.
THE orange yield will be heavy
and luscious this winter and the
grapefruit groves have supplied an ex-
cellent demand. The fishermen along
Tampa bay were making phenomenal
catches a few days ago and mackerel
was beginning to be plentiful
THE cities fronting Tampa bay are
fine winter resorts and they are be-
coming better patronized every year by
the northerners, who journey south to
this semi-tropical cline and escape
their long bleak winter These resorts
were beginning to fill while 1 wns
there. Luxurious hotels are main
tained and they seem to be paying in :
vestments, for new and better ones
are being built every year. Within the
past 10 or Is years a bustling city of
some 10000 native Inhabitants has
sprung UP and l am told that the pop
ulation of this great winter resort. ST.
Petersburg. numbers now as many as
10000 when the winter season is at its
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
New Orleans Exposition Project

II was in New Orleans the other day
and found the people full of the 1914 ex-
position movement" said II. P. Cheno-
weth.
one or the best ever held in the United
States-in 1884 or 1885, and the one now
projected will. it is believed, even surpass
1t. The early opening of the Panama
canal viii heighten the interest In a New
orleans exposition and draw visitors
from all over the country, and especially
from all over the south The Crescent
City, when It gets up anything big, does
it to perfection"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
The Value of Night Schools

Every large city needs night schools.
MANY cities have such schools with
ADEQUATE accommodations and in a
high state of efficiency.
Birmingham now has two night
schools-one at Ensley, which was es-
tablished year or more ago and
which is we'll attended, and one estab-
lished a week ago in the Paul Hayne
building situated in the central part of
the city. At Ensley there are three
night sessions a week. While that
school is under the direction of the
board of education, the funds for it's
maintenance are contributed by two
industrial corporations, the Tennessee
company and the Semet-Solvay COM
pany. 1t is free to all boys under con-
ditions of age and elementary educa-
tion.
Young men who are preparing
themselves for examinations for the
position of mine foreman are said to
be quite numerous in the Ensley
school, but the majority of the stu
dents are those who work at the steel
plant. The course of instruction is
such as may be found in all first class
chronological night schools-arith-
metic, algebra, geometry, chemistry,
physics, mechanical drawing and En-
glish. The last is by no means least.
Technical knowledge will not go very
far these days in advancing the am
bilious youth unless he can make an
intelligent report in writing; and in
order to get very high up, he must be
sufficiently we'll educated in English
to write not only dramatically but
convincingly.
The Paul Hayne night school has,
according to DR.. j. H. Phillips, super
intendent of public schools, started off
reasonably well, but the attendance
is not as large as was expected. After
the holidays there will be a larger
attendance, no doubt, and it is proba-
BILE that in year or two several public
night schools will be in operation.
In addition classes under the su-
pervision of the Birmingham board Of
education, the Young Mems Christian
association conducts an excellent night
school. 1t appeals especially to boys
who wish to equip themselves for a
business career, but those of me-
chanical turn are also provided for;
and especially good work is being
done in teaching English to the young
foreigners.
With Birmingham's rapid growth
it should not be long before me-
chanics' institute, such as may be
found in Richmond and other cities of
approximately Richmonds size, is
established here. In the meantime the
night school facilities already offered
mean much for this city and should
be fully appreciated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30


Alabama coal lands have been enhanc-
ing in value steadily, but the price per
acre at which sales have been made seems
dirt cheap when compared with the
price obtained for coal property in Penn
sylvania. Mineral values in Alabama are
certain to reach much higher levels with
in the near future. The second largest
deal in Greene county, Pennsylvania, coal
lands was completed few days ago,
when j. Y. Thompson and AZ other Greene
county residents conveyed nearly 6000
acres to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
company. The land is worth from $625
to 800 an acre, and it is understood the
purchase price was about $4,000, 600 paya-
BILE in from three to ten years. The sale
means that an extension of the Pittsburg,
Virginia and Charleston railroad will be
made at Rice's Landing. 1t will also CON
meet with the Monongahela River rail
road at the mouth of bunker creek, thus
giving an outlet to the coal mined In that
county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

Civil service reform has made political
first administration nearly every other
democrat in the south got something. In
his second term civil service had been
greatly extended. and now President Will
son finds himself with very little patron
age for the south, where democracy is
strongest. Still there are a few plums
left, and they may drop before the win
ter Is over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Anti-Saloon League of America
has injected itself into Alabama poll
tics to the extent of indorsing the can
didacy. of Mr.. Hobson and by intimation
opposing the candidacy of Mr.. Under
wood. There are many who think that
if the leagues recommendations were
followed there would be no liquor sold
In the union. and nothing else
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

"HE city commission of Birmingham
is going about things in the right
spirit, however hard it may be
upon the employees and institutions of
Birmingham.
Under our tax rate and the present
property assessments the city of Bir-
mingham has been running far behind
for years and the time had come when
something practical had to be done-even
when the charitable institutions of the
city had to be turned over for subsistence
to the voluntary contributions of a gem
erous people.
Now that the cut has been made All.
will be in effect for some time let the
commissioners and the broad-guaged cit
liens get together in instructive work to
bring about legislation providing for a
higher rate of taxation. Either this
must be done or assessments materially
raised. The objection to the latter is
that Birmingham would have to divide
up with the state and county the amount
its citizens paid on their property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
George Washington as Surveyor

oCOA 81 W osAiAh6 WI as ivy
The government is buying land for
the new Appalachian forest reserve,
and in retracing the old lines of sur
vey made by George Washington finds
the work done by the father of his
country" perfect.
In 1851, when Washington was only
youth of 10, he ran lines with chain
and compass in Virginia for Lord Fair
fax. His surveying instruments were
primitive, of course, but so intelligent
and thorough was his mathematical
feat that the technically educated sur
veyors of today using high power
transits have been unable to find any
variation. Washington's lines are
plainly distinguished.
Patriotic Americans have so long
been in the habit of hero worship in
contemplating the genius of Wash
ington and the purity of his charac-
ter that they attribute to him almost
supernatural gifts. That his early
achievements included important sur
vey work every school boy knows, for
all the school histories refer to him
as an engineer; but some writer's in
recent years have been disposed to
regard Washington's skill in youth as
exaggerated. The governments report
on the accuracy of his surveys is,
therefore, at once interesting and
gratifying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

Nearly 25,O00 Pennsylvania clergymen
who have been enjoying the privilege of
half rates when travelling on the Penn
sylvania and Reading systems are Won
dering whether one of the laws enacted
by the last legislature will compel them
to pay full fare after January /, says
the Philadelphia Ledger. The railroads
themselves are In doubt and have re-
ferred the question to their legal de-
partments. The new law, 1t seems. per-
mits the railroads to issue reduced rates
to employees, but makes no mention of
permitting them to any other class of
citizens. Railroad officials are said to
be desirous of extending the privilege of
half rates to the clergy, and will do
so unless the new law interferes. Clergy
men assert that George w. Boyd, gen
eral passenger traffic manager of the
Pennsylvania railroad, has always been
their stanch friend in this respect. In
all probability the Interpretation of the
new law will be made by the state pub
lie service commission after the first of
the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

The pacification of Mexico may yet be
far off, but when that unhappy country
does get through with its troubles, il
there is anything left of it, 1t will start
on the road to prosperity again. Old
Gen. Porfrio Dlaz was a dictator but
as President he gave the people of Mex
leo stable government, which was fol-
lowed by wonderful upbuildng.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
THE FIGHTING SPIRIT.

Because your heart is heavy,
Because your temples throb
And there's no peace or quiet
In all the toiling mob;
Because the world is shadowed
BY phantoms of despair
Let not the hope forsake you
That helps brave men to darei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

height. OF course real estate Is boom"
ing in that thriving resort.
az returned by way of Jacksonville.
That city is, believe, the most pro-
gressive south of Birmingham. 1t has
some splendid parks; even the city wa
terworks, which is near the business
center, is situated in the midst of a
beautiful park. Birmingham will have
to maintain it's present high record rate
OF development to hold its own in re-
lation to Jacksonville"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
HE'S ALI, RIGHT

From the Tuscumbia Alabamian-Dispatch.
Underwood is all right. Prohibitionists
of this state voted for him for the
presidency, and we believe the most of
the prohbitionists are going to vote
for him for senator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
TRANSPLANTED.

MA N p1 Ian I'll
Said Abner Wynne.
With doleful sigh,
1.-THE foot rail in
This bars too high
His favorite place
Had been sold out;
In such a case,
Grown sick with doubt
He looked around
For pastures new,
And though he found
The same old brew,
The atmosphere"
Was not the same,
So he dropped a tear
And felt no shame.
Say what you will
OF any wight
Who quaffs his fill
Night after night,
Poor Abner had
A heart, he did,
And so felt sad
New scenes amid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
TIME TO ACT

From the Houston Post.
The Birmingham Age-Herald says
Underwood's majority over Hobson
should be sweeping. 1t should be more
than sweeping. Hobson should be
steam rolled, showed under and land
slidden. No commonwealth can afford
to trile with its prestige.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

Old-time Sabbath observers thought it
wrong to talk politics on Sunday, but in
these progressive times politicians and
those who take patriotic interest in cleo
in politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

would relieve Birmingham of its present
needs. 1t is absurd to that the bal
ance of the state has Il Bir-
mingham. 1t hrs sicaas aa
great industrial and pgaaaatis eeaazs -
Alabama. A great mass of the people Il
this state would welcome an extra Sc.
sion of the legislature to relieve its dire
distress. and to perform other Legislative
acts. which would place the state in a
right and proper position before the
tl4nay
1ha ebeHsalp = re present ississa.
slaaema la = aaa b sbiiit9 and
enafa,.es. ghsg eaga mos ass sAas
voting powers to punish any Interest or
any politician. They would simply per-
form the functions for which they were
called and adjourn. 1t would be we'll TO
give them chance and If the strong
men of Birmingham will get behind the
movement it can be accomplished.
y y y
I hope In the curtailment of the ex-
penses of Birmingham that street i'm
provement work will not suffer. Nothing
has added so much to the cleanliness and
attractiveness of Birmingham In the past
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
Ae.S63oueo
ANCIENT STUFF.
ssesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

ANCIENT STUFF.
A humorist roamed
The wildwood free
And fell asleep
Meath a chestnut tree.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
A squirrel saw
Him sleeping but
1t did not gnaw
The chesty nut.
youngstown Telegram.
The humorist stayed
There all the night
And perished from
The chestnut blight.
Springfield Union.
Worm-eaten through,
Like last years beans,
He sold his stuff
To magazines
Nashville Banner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
IMMORAL" CONDUCT.

',rhe mayor elect of New York has in
CURED criticism by shooting porpoise."
"a public man has to be careful of his
conduct. A former district attorney of
New York was severely criticised for
Shooting craps"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

The Mexican general who is reported
to have committed suicide when the
city of Victoria was captured by rebel
troops, probably preferred to save
Hureta the trouble q having him ex.
ecuted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

Ernest w. Darrow advertised for a wife
last May and 400 women answered by let
ter, by telegraph, by telephone or went
his advertisement Darrow who is a con-
tracing mason, announced that he made
$50 a week, that he had four motherless
children and would give the proper wife
$40 a week for the support of the children
and herself and the household expenses
He was married at o'clock Thanksgiv-
ing afternoon to Miss Julia Stagg, an
English girl, who landed in Canada from
England nine months ago and went to
live in Brooklyn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

The "lSing of the loan sharks" has
been sentenced to serve six months IL
the penitentiary for usury. We hope it
will seem like six years to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

The trial of Adusht Hanish, who may
spell his name in several different ways.
is chiefly significant because 1t discloses
the fact that theA Mazdaznan cult of
sun worshippers in this country num-
bers something like $4,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

OF course government experts who
checked up George Washington's sur
found the work perfect. Think how
humiliating it would be to discover
that the father of his country didn't
know a straight line when he saw it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

And Mayor Shank of Indianapolis ac-
tually quits under fire! We are receiv-
ing some hard jolts these days from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

English. teachers score the "ragtime
writing of today. All, well. the rag
time dancing is worse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

In this period of retrenchment in Bir-
mingham it is hoped the embarrassing
problem will not be altogether forgot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

Theodore Roosevelt never overlooks
the main chance. He has found time
to write a message to American boys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES

phile, but moro often it is merely an in
dication that he is averse to thinking
clean thoughts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

No matter how many suffragettes
| flock to Washington, it is a significant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
FIGuRAT1vELY SPEAKING.

something that's found by the seashore."
"And what is that?'
Sand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

one as well. The convenience of a small
volume is not to be underestimated, and
ordinarily the abridged dictionary serves
the purpose. When it does not the more
unwieldly, but more complete. volume
should be within easy reach. 1t is not
necessary to look in an unabridged die
tionary to learn how to spell words ordi-
narily used, but the habit of consulting
the highest authority results in constantly
increasing knowledge of the misuse Of
many OF them AS that knowledge in
cabulary gains precision and its possessor
becomes more skilled workman. Skilled
labor is at once better paid and more
agreeable to the laborer than mere drudg-
ery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
FAVORED MORTAL.

"Dobbs seems to be on good terms with
his fellow man."
"I should say sol He can borrow all
the money he wants at per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

shop early for Christmas This ad-
vice has been given before, but repetition
will do no harm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
"HIGHBRows" CONVENE.

Before the National Council of the
Teachers of English, at Chicago, Perciyal
Chubb of st. Louis bewailed the uniform
vulgarity of our national culture" in
Guiding the movies" According to the
press report: Couture, he said, was be-
coming increasingly eye-minded and ne
urged the development of ear-mindcdness
making the auditory sensitiveness and re-
sponsiveness the touchstone of good
usage, so that in the place of the blight
of literary bookishness there might be
substituted a reliance on the auditory
sense and Judgment, instead of the pre-
meditations of the pen" ARah for Per-
clvale Chubbl The "e" is gratuitous.
When pedants meet 'tis high time for sem
sible folk to go in quest of the tall tim
ber PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
TOO SHARP FOR MOTHER.

MARY, your hair is touseled. What has
that Mr.. Flipp been doing to your"
Nothing at all. mother. When he
opened the front door to go out strong
gust of wind blew in and disarranged my
hair"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
TWILL BE A RELIEF.

'TW III BE "A RELIEF.
There's one sound often heard, 1 shall not
miss
Whene'er this mortal coil 1 shuttle off;
And If, my friend. thou wouldst know
What, tits this:
The auto horn like an asthmatic cough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

A Jury in Justice Newburger's part of
the New York supreme court returned a
verdict for 5000, with interest and costs,
against the banking and brokerage firm
of A. A. Housman & Co., of No 20 Broad
street, in a suit brought by Mrs. A.
Small to recover the value of stocks sold
by the brokers in the panic of 1907. The
New York World says Supreme Court
Justice elect Cardozo who appeared for
Mrs. Small contended that the defend
ants had not given his client sufficient
notice that her stocks were to be sold,
and that they were therefore liable for
the loss she had sustained. Counsel for
Housman 81 Co. said that Mrs. Small
had received all the notice necessary,
and that her failure to provide sufficient
margins was the cause of the sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
A LESSON LOST.

"If you would look at yourself once in
a mirror, when you are intoxicated, you
alist.
IS no use, brother" answered the
bibrlous person. i've tried 1t and I can't
tell whether I'm myself or somebody
else"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
TAINTED.

''"Twobble ise always looking for unex-
purgated editions of old books
YES"
"I guess that's sign that a mans
bibliophile."
nSometimes it's a sign that he's a biblio-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
TELEPHONE
(prfvate exchange connecting a
ments), Main 1000.

Prosperity's the very bond of loves
whose fresh complexion, and whose
heart together,
Affliction alters. Winners Taie'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT BTRMTNGHAM'S
AFFAIRS AS AFFECTED BY CUTTING EXPENSES

few years as has the paving of its streets.
These pavements are paid for by the
abutting property owners. and there is no
reason why the balance of the people
81 bingham who own property should
uas - same functions for the
t4a 'ity as have those
! vie nass f.adsase el '-g in front
of then homes and business
The cut in the POI. =--s =
Birmingham is the most serioas
aeie' - 7aFe saa aitt
safa - isa 81 asat. q
far as 4 eee ~ esghod e rsaalias
asfaat trsrle Haa aecn 5ss 70 4eAsls
owners as well as pedestrians. The traf-
fic squad has done its work splendidly.
but unfortunately this number of men
has been drawn from the force protecting
the residence sections and suburbs, where
robberies and brawls have been frequent.
The public would be eager to see the re-
establishment of normal financial condi- I
tions in Birmingham and the upbuilding
of the police department by at least
doubling the present force.
IA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

AS Mr.. Percy and others have pointed
out, an extra session of the legislature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

Entered at the Birmingham. Aia'
postoffice as second class matter uhaer
act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-17

Z The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized n announce D. o. HARTON. JR., of Cadron township as . candidate for Treasurer of Faulkner County. subject to the action of the Democratic party