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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24

| said that figure was reached in this way.
The companies pay about $40 per month
for the men who are kept in the mine
and it would require at least $15O per day
to maintain the convicts, including food,
guards and such costs.
II an very much interested in the aues-
ton not so much from a coal operators
viewpoint as from a citizens l have
no desire that my children and the chill
dren of my children shall witness men
shackeled on the public roads. 1t hard
ems them as Dr. John w. Stagg so truth
fully remarked and gives them the idea
that eonvicts are not so bad after all.
AS for the convicts they are well satis-
fled because they are free to all prac-
tically purposes. They are not confined
and ! leave it to anyone that incarcera-
ton behind the walls is the most dreadful
punishment that convict undergoes.
These men are taught good trade in
the mines and are not Kept from getting
work when they come out of the mines.
The short term men may do on the high
ways, but for tho peace and safety of
our farm friends don't put the long term
men there.
81 do not consider it feasible or prac-
teal to take the convcts from the mines
and lumber camps all at once and put
them on the public roads or elsewhere.
1T might be well to organize a road
working force of say 50 or 100 men, with
proper machinery, mules, etc, to demon
strate what can be done under this sys-
tenn
From April to October this should
prove successful, and beneficial to the
convicts and to the roads.
II doubt tho desirability either from q
human or business point of working
them on the roads during the other
months"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
The Real Progressive

There are "progressives" and "pro
gressives." Some progress for thi,
reason and for that reason, at tht
bottom of which is the hope of per
sonal gain or personal aggrandize
ment. And there is the real "progres
sive," or the safe and sane "progres
sive' who progresses slowly but sure
ly, and proceeds in such manner tina
there will follow neither an imme
diate revolution, nor the future ne
cessity of going again over the sam,
territory for the purpose of making
correction.
OF the latter variety of "progres
sives," Mr.. Underwood is perhaps tn,
finest example. The following is tht
expression of the Atlanta Constitu
ton:
"Mr. Underwood is correct when
he warns against the wild fads of
OF progress have to put up with
old men of the sea in the shape of
political freebooters who take ad-
vantage of forward tendencies to
1nhame public sentiment for their
own good. For example, we have
with us today demagogues who
seek to monopolize the phrase pro .
gressive," to twist 1t into politi-
cal creed and to read into oblouuy
all who do not measure up to the
erratic tenets they manufacture.
These men, and many others of
their tendency, encourage rabid
mental drifts that would tear down
courts, emasculate the constitution
and generally weaken respect for
law and order.
1T is doubtlessly against this
class that Mr. Underwood issued
warning. OF all men in Congress,
he bis most qualified to speak ad-
progress is established. The new
visedly. His poise is proverbial.
With 1t all, his devotion to sane
progress Is established. The new
tariff bill now in the Senate is
monument to Underwood. And no
American Congress since the war
has framed a tariff bill more truly
just and progressive than the one
which stands so good show of
becoming law"
1t is safe to state that in the long
run, every man in America will be a
progressive of the Underwood type,
not revolutionist, a bomb thrower,
or one of that wild rabble which runs
headlong in the direction of the siren
call of each and every new fad which
springs like comet in the sky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
Mobile Deserves the Honor

In view of the fact that in the con-
struction of the Panama canal, Ala
bamians played part more con-
spicuous than the sons of any other
state, as a testimonial to their good
work, the national celebration follow
ing the opening of the canal should
be held in this state-and in Mobile.
Senator Morgan during the last
years of his life never hesitated in his
effort to bring about the construction
Of the canal. Major Gorgas, in max
ing the zone sanitary, made the. con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
TELEPHONE
Bell {prlvate exchange connecting AN
departments), No. 40Oo.
For so work the hOney-bees,
Creatures that by rule in nature teach
The art of order. Henry v.
Time Works Wonders

The visit of the President of France
TO the King of England and the prep
arations that are being made to show
him every honor and courtesy during
his stay are well calculated to direct
the mind of the reader of history back
to the time just 100 years ago when
quite a different feeling existed be-
tween the people and the rulers of
these two countries.
In the year 1913 George III was
King of England and Napoleon Bona
parte was Emperor of France. Be-
tween these two the most deadly en-
nifty existed and the same feeling ex
listed between the people. For almost
20 years Europe had been a battle
ground between the French and the
rest of Europe and out of that terrible
conflict had sprung up man the
very embodiment of war. His armies
had swept away lines and landmarks
between nations; over the snow-clad
Alps and the burning sands of Egypt
this irresistible conqueror had passed
and in the course of his march mad
himself risen from obscurity to a
place in history beside julius Caesar
and Alexander.
Then it was that England learned
the true value of her navy. That mar
row channel which separates France
from England was the one insepara-
ble barrier over which the victorious
soldiers of Napoleon were unable to
cross, and that channel was guarded
with sleepless vigilance. Finding him
self baked in his purpose of invading
England Napoleon turned towards
Moscow and there his star sunk, to
set few years later at Waterloo
The century which has passed since
then has seen many wonderful things
accomplished along the lines Of in
vention and discovery but none great
er than the establishment of friendly
relations between two nations whose
wars have filled more than half the
pages of European history. Nothing
but the presence of Kaiser William is
wanting to complete the picture which
would bring SO much tranquility into
the hearts and homes of distracted
Daillions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
Awe Inspiring Scenes of Activity

1T is awe inspiring to see the great
steel beams being placed on the great
buildings in course of construction in
Birmingham and the sound of the COM
pressed air hammers are ever a source
of delight to loyal citizens" said an
enthusiastic Birmingham man of the
younger generation.
"The steel frame of the Jefferson
County bank building is nearly all in
place and the outside work is going
ahead with great rapidity. The burn
ing of the superstructure seems not to
have caused any serious setback in the
work on this magnificent office build
ing and it looks as though it will be
completed on schedule time
The Tutwiler hotel is beginning to
take form and the Ridge1y apartments
arc almost ready for the bricklayers.
riasterers and electricians The steel
frame OF the Roden hotel seems to he
in place and it will not be long be-
fore carpenters will be finishing that
building
Morris avenue is in good shape and,
judging from the recent sale of the
Peerless corner realty values are en-
hancing every day. The wire mill is
being rushed to completion and in view
of all these signs of prosperity it would
be lard to find pessimist. Birming-
ham is assured of prosperous summer
and everybody is happy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
REMARKABLE MARKET
ON the Wide World Magazine.

rIoHi tHe Nlue WOriu Magazine.
There are many queer markets scattered
over the face of the globe, but London.
among its many other unique features. is
the proud possessor of what is, perhaps
the strangest and most extraordinary of
them all. And-as is usual with London
institutions-not one Londoner in 20 has
ever heard of it.
At the Caledonia market Islington.
whence the great metropolis draws a large
proportion of its meat supply, the coopled
pavements, with their countless rows of
white fenced pens, are usually given up
to the display Of fat stock, but on Fri
days "a change comes Ger the spirit of
the dream The cobbled pavements are
there, the white pens still break up the
wide expanse, but no cattle or sheep are
to be seen.
On that day the great market is given
over to a throng of miscellaneous traders
whose wares provide the most amazing
contrasts imaginable. There is nothing in
the whole gamut of human devices and
need which one may not come across
displayed in some odd collection set forth
or the cobble stones. The traders use
lew counters or stalls; each Of them.
whether he has stock worth E3OO or e40O
or few rusty old bolts and spindles
which one might reasonably expect to
purchase for a shilling or two dumps his
wares on the pavement of the market.
Moreover at this remarkable place there
are markets within markets, each taking
ts regular turn and place during the
day and then packing up and vanishing.
The market was opened by Prince Albert,
queen Victoria's consort. about 60 years
ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Dinner to DIR. Richardson

MIS-. Sterling A. Wood was the hostess
last night at a dinner in celebration of
the ninetieth birthday of her father DIR.
w. c. Richardson of Tuscaloosa. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. c. Harrison of Tuscaloosa, sister
and brother in law of Mrs. Wood were
present. DR.. George Eaves and T.. l.
Monks were the only guests outside of the
immediate family. Father Coyle pastor
of st. Pauls Catholic church, was to
have been present, but was suddenly
called out of the city. DR.. Richardson is
distinguished as an educator and an
author.
Il have known Dr. Richardson for
many years." said an old citizS "HIe
is not only an able writer but he is
poet as well. He is frequent contributor
to The Age-Herald and sometime ago had
series of articles on Shakespeare. Some
time in the early part of 1912 he wrote
a poem entitled April for a Tuscaloosa
paper. 1t was reproduced in The Age
Herald and in my opinion Lord Tenny-
son would have been proud to have writ
ten IT, 1t was a real poetic gem.
Despite his 80 years, DR.. Richardson
is very active mentally as well as pbysi-
caiiy. He is widely known as an educa-
tor and is the author of 'Gaspar,' me-
trlcal romance, and Fall of the Alamo
an epic poem. DIR. Richardson is of
the Methodist faith and is a Christian
gentleman"
Who's Who In America" a publication
which gives sketch of Americas dis
tinguished men, has this to say of DIR.
Richardson:
''Warfield Creath Richardson, educator;
born Maysville, KY, June %, 1923; son
OF Capt. Thomas Gaines and Sarah
Perry Richardson; A. b. University of
Alabama, 1S43 A. NJ. 1S47 (Hon. Phi. D.,
Agricultural and Mechanical college of
Alabama, 1878; LII. D. University of Ala
bama, 1906. Married Catherine Cole Jones
of Camden, Wilcox county. Alabama, No
vember 16, 1855; father of Belle Rich
ardson Harrison "a. W. Professor chem
istry mineralogy and geology, 1s6f-65, act
ing professor Greek, 1S76-77; adjunct pro-
fessor English literature and instructor
and instructor in mineralogy and geology,
1877, University of Alabama: now retired;
Oldest living alumnus of university. Men,
ber of Phi Beta Kappa, author of Gas
par (metrical romance), 1873. Fall of the
Alamo (epic poem); also magazine ar
ticies, etc.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
,m the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
You can steal mans wife and he
may forgive you and forget it, but IL
he treats you and you don't buy a
drink in return, he will talk about you
all his life.
We boast about our culture and our
civilization, but If the walls of our
houses were transparent we would all
be living in cyclone cellars.
Woman was given curves and beauty
to make man adore her. The poor dub
simply can't help himself And yet If a
peach passes him on the street he is
supposed to wear binders and check
rein or be considered ornery.
And on the other hand, do you sup
pose a girl would spend an hour doll
ing herself up if she didn't expect the
men to rubber at her.
No matter how modestly girl may
dress on hot day, you can always tell
whether the baby ribbon she wears is
pink or blue.
The man who is always going around
Dragging about his conquests over
woman isn't very wicked and is usually
ildI lliltSS. but lOOh Out lOT tnc QuleI
man who never talks about women and
who never seems even to look at them.
One of the blessings of q contented
mind is that man can feel just as
wealthy after drinking 20 beers as he
does after drinking 20 glasses of cham
payne.
w. T. Hohnhorst wants to know why
III is that cop har 10 tad ci
months a year and wear out twice as
much shoe leather as his sister who
wears shoes all the year round.
The heat exhausts father so much
that he can't wear anything but an
undershirt and an old pair of pants
around the house and is too weok to
hx a window screen. But he can go
to party on hot night wearing a
boiled shirt and a high collar and a
heavy suit, and if his wife isn't along
he will dance and caper and cut up like
a 2-year-old
What has become of the old fashioned
man who had a black Sunday suit that
he wore summer and winter?
Married folks are nothing but big
Kids. When man has a fuss with his
wife he is deeply wronged and he goes
around the house with a determined,
martyred look and makes up his mind
never to speak to her again. The sec
ond night after the fuss his wife will
ask him questions and he condescends
to reply in monosyllables The third
night she gets huffy because she re-
alizes he is holding out The fourth
night ne frames up some fool way to
make her answer question and is so
wiling to make up that he has to ad-
init that he was a big boob before she
will let him kiss her.
II NAV knew that beer was a food
she wouldn't worry so much over paws
health when he gets home to supper
two hours late and can't eat any more
than canary bird
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
Tin Cans i'm Greenville

Greenville, the metropolis of Butler
county, has set a precedent which all
other cities, large and small, should
follow.
Greenville has had Cleanup"
day.
Each citizen agreed to do his part.
There was concerted effort to COL
lect and destroy all the debris Prizes
were offered to the boys, white and
black, as an inducement for the locat-
ing of all tin cans within the limits
of the city.
Sixty-one thousand, nine hundred
and eight empty cans were found. In
other words, in Greenville, a compara-
lively small city of this state, there
were 61,9O8 cans scattered helter
skelter, each of which would have
served admirably in the industry of
the gentle mosquito in perpetuating
its race.
If in Greenville there were 61,9OS
empty tin cans awaiting the arrival
of the mosquito family, how many are
there in Birmingham?
In the query there is food for
thought. A fine mosquito crop makes
big cemetery. We might emulate the
splendid example of the south Ala
bama center, and offer few prizes
ourselves for the collection of tin
cans,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
Auto Speeding Around Corners

Birmingham automobilists, fear, will
never be brought to a realization of their
responsibilities until we have had some
said pedestrian.
Il refer especially to the way auto
mobile drivers turn corners. / have seen
some recent escapes that have almost
made my hair stand on end, all of which
were caused by this deporable habit of
whirling around corners at an excessive
rate of speed. | do not blame the auto
mobilist for speeding up L little when
he has a broad open stretch of wide
street, but l can see no excuse whatever
for driving fast around a corner or curve
beyond the turn of which he cannot see.
1T is unfortunate, but it seems that
every city must have a frightful tragedy
to have the lesson brought home. 1 met
friend from Houston. Tex, the other
there. wealthy young man had been
arrested and fined repeatedly for speed
ing. 1t seemed to make no impression
OH him. One day he ran over a beauti-
full little girl, seven years old. and killed
her instantly. The next day the little
girls father stationed himself in front of
his home with shotgun and waited for
the man to pass. When he came driving
down the street the father literally blew
the top of his head off. killing him in
stantly. To show how the public felt
about it, the father was not even ar
rested"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
GREATEST ACROBATs
From the July Wide World.
Tie frava1inc o acrahatc nj, - --o..l Il j..

From the July Wide World.
The travelling acrobats who wander from
village to village in India are often sur
prisngly clever. In a remarkably short
time they will erect their primitive ap-
paratus.. consisting Of few bamboo poles
and ropes and will then go through
most wonderful performance, the daring
skill of which would greatly astonish peo-
pie used to western acrobatic feats. The
poles and ropes are fixed UP In the most
hapfazard fashion, and the performers
risk their lives over and over again, well
satisfied If, at the end, the audience re-
wards them with few annas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
Urges More General spr,nk,ing

I'm these warm days it would hot
be a bad idea for people generally
to sprinkle their lawns and the streets
in front of their residences" said a
resident of East Lake.
ut is impossible for the street
sprinkling wagons to reach all the
suburbs and it would be a great help
In keeping down the dust if subur-
banites would use the garden hose on
the streets frequently. And from a
health viewpoint this is important.
when one sees green lawn that
has been freshened by a liberal sprinit-
ling it has tendency to make that one
take a broader view of the weather
Try it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
THE TRAIL of THE TRUSTS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The friend: where's your secretary?
haven't seen him lately"
The congressman: II let him go home
for the summer
"Eh Doing your own work?"
"N-no. I've got a very clever young
man to take his place. He writes my
speeches, and shapes my policies, and
looks after my correspondence, and
doesn't cost me cent
Zine. Where did you get him.
None of your business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
IN THE sTEERAGn IN STORM

Stephen Graham, in Harper's Magazine
for July.
Next night the wind rose again; our
masts broke; the seas washed over us
and soaked us to the skin. Even in the
hold, where many of the peasants raved
like maniacs there was considerable
quantity of sea water. The waves leaped
over the tunnels; they smashed the glass
roof of the second class cabin; they
washed one of the boats away. We
seemed to be making no progress, to be
even at times going astern. At last l
heard sailor say. ITS not in our hands
any longer" The captain, who was
simple minded Russian. asked the pill
grims to pray for the safety of the ship.
Then priest had a happy thought, and
asked the captain for permission to invite
the pilgrims to subscribe for an ikon of
st. Nicholas, the wonder worker. The
distressed captain started the fund with
a ruble, and the priest borrowed the metal
sop basin of a samovar and set off on
his wonderful mission.
"The captain says we are going to the
bottom in quarter of an hour" said the
|
Nicholas and promised him a rich ikon
if we get safely to land once more What
will you give?"
The peasants put in 10 ruble bits and
% ruble notes and bags full of silver and
copper. They put in flfties and hundreds
of rubles-all that they had. what is
money beside life?" they said. Take all
that we llave!''
Then the priest, who was quick witted
enough. saw that such collection would
be an innpossibility to hold should the
storm die down, and he returned and gave
back the money, taking only sixpence
from each. IF the storm abates you will
be in as bad plight as ever if you have
no money" he said. Despite even that.
nany pilgrims stuffed notes into his pock-
cts unobserved.
When he had collected sixpence all round
he held service and said prayers. and
the pilgrims became strangely calm, and
it seemd as il indeed st. Nicholas had in
tervcned. The wind was as strong and
the sea as heavy. but somehow ,the ship
seemed to have more mastery. The cap
tain bawled orders through the mega
phone; evidently all hope was not lost
Next morning. the wind went down, and
though the rolling of the ship was ter
rible, the pilgrims believed that their
prayers had been answered. At length, at
four knots an hour, we crawled to the
green harbor of Mersina, where we re-
mained till there was calm once more.
The pilgrims thanked God. They recov-
cred from their sickness. They crept out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
LOVE AND HISTORY

'y Frederic l.. Knowles.
Roses shed their petals
Countless Junes ago.
And those dead Decembers
Brought their snow.
Weary eyes were covered
With their patient lids,
BY the yet unbuilded
Pyramids.
Life and Death, like sweethearts,
Hand in hand,
Then as now, stole over
Sea and land.
Lovers kissed and quarreled,
Eyes were moist and blue.
In the INDIAN meadows
Moses knew.
Cheeks were wet with weeping,
Brows were hot with fire,
Ere the hand OF Homer
Swept the Tyre.
And this masque Of midnight,
And the moons white face,
Looked on Nile and Jordon,
Thebes and Thrace.
Must the mint be new, dear,
II the coin Is gold?
Though youth dies. Love never
Wakes old.
History means this morning,
Greece is here and now;
Let us drain Times beaker--
l and Thou!
Press thy lips to mine, dear,
Thus-and thus-and thus;
Space and time shall perish.
Slain by us.
All the lands of wonder
Years of pain and bliss.
We will taste together
In that kissl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24

In some parts Of the country it is
predicted that man with a thirst will
SOON say TO his friends with the same
KIND of yearning; II have a couple of
oeer tablets in my pocket Shall
we-er-?" And the other man win ON
swer: Sure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
Luscious Peaches Raised Here

II had no idea such fine peaches could
be raised in Birmingham as l saw this
afternoon said citizen yesterday.
MY friend, c. S. Joiner brought me
in a basket of luscious fruit, each peach
being almost as large as a mans two
fists, which he tells me grew on a tree
at his home near Cleveland station on the
South Bessemer car line. lie says such
peaches are easy to raise here, but there
is just one drawback. That drawback Is
the ubiquitous small boy. He says he
never saw a boy that failed to want to
pull peach off tree when he sees it,
and West End boys are no exception.
However, the samples ne brought me
managed to reach maturity and they
were certainly delicious"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24

What has become of the old fashioned
country editor who used to chortle: .The
blackberry crop is safe"' and put it at
the head of the editorial column as a
pert paragraph?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24

we are truly glad that Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait has had her picture nub-
lished in most of the newspapers. She
seems to be a very agreeable woman snd
not half SO fierce as her name would in
dicate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24

1t is gratifying to note that a majority
Of the doctors, degrees conferred tbjs
year by the universities We're not given
to men who are in a position to recipro-
cate with large donation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24

One of the hardest things said about
Senator MARITIME lately is that he has a
name that suggests a cocktail His per-
sonality, We believe, does not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24

a banquet was recently given to Mrs.
Pankhurst A little fancy food now and
then ought to do her world of good
she does without any kind so much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24

This is the day of the literary am
oassador. The history of this and other
countries will show that he nearly al
ways makes good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24
ECONOMICAL SCHEME

ECONOMICAL SCHEME
"Giddersly said he would like To live on
an island in the South sea with the
woman of his choice
"A silly notion
I'm not so sure of that. You seem
to forget that probably there wouldn't
be a department store within a thousand
miles of him. PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-24

Chicago paragraphers are never at a
loss for something to say. They can al
ways write paragraphs about Lake Mich
igan.