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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
Local School Taxation

Congressman Abercrombie' ad-
dress before the Alabama Education
al association in Montgomery, March
21. is one that should be reprinted
until it is laid before every citizen of
the state. Mr.. Abercrombie admits the
low standing of the state in education
al affairs, and he attributes the weak
ness in our plan of education to two
things--to the limitation of county
taxation for educational purposes to
one mill, and to the lack of district
taxation. He condemns the constitu-
ton of 1901 because in these respects
it deprives the people of the right of
local government. When 1T comes
to a providing of adequate means for
the education of the children the peo-
pie are deprived by their fundamental
law of the power to build and main
tain school houses. "This constitution
al inhibition" says Mr.. Abercrombie,
"should not be permitted longer to ex-
list. The legislature at the next session
thereof should submit to the people
for their ratification an amendment
having for it's object the removal of
this palpably harmful defect"
Mr.. Abercrombie shows that where
ever progress has been the greatest
local taxation has been the greatest
In some of the states 95 per cent of
the school revenue is raised in this
manner Instead of depending upon
the state in such matter there should
be community interest, initiative
and endeavor. The denial Of local tax.
alton forbids this in the rural districts
of the state. This is all wrong and il
is this and this alone that is keeping
the state near the foot of the list in
educational work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
The Pot Latch and Charity

Birmingham will send relief to the
flood sufferers-those in Alabama and
those in Ohio and other states north
of us-and it will have the Pot Latcn
in April as originally planned. AT a
largely attended special meeting OF
the Chamber of Commerce directors
held Yesterday afternoon there was
free discussion as to whether por-
tion of the Pot Latch fund should be
diverted to charity and divided be-
tween the poor and needy IN the
Flooded districts or whether the Pot
Latch festivity should be abandoned
altogether and all the money raised
bv the sale of Pot Latch buttons sent
to the relief of those in dire distress.
Manv views were presented and sew
oral motions were offered, but a
happy solution of the questions under
consideration was reached when 1t was
decided to start canvass Tor reiiet
funds at once and to continue the Pot
Latch enterprise, making it a means
of supplementing the general relief
contributions by giving half OF the
proceeds received from the sale OF
Pot Latch buttons to the sufferers
cause.
Birmingham has always been
prompt and generous in its response
to appeals for aid Money raised here
for disasters at various times has run
up high in the thousands. And it will
be SO this time, when many people
in Alabama and thousands in other
states are homeless. The good work
will go on without hitch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
Birmingham's Official Monthly

The first number of the new month
ly, Commission Government in Bir-
mingham," is at hand, and it is a
very clever magazine of eight COM
pact pages. This is the February
number, and the receipts and disburse-
ments of the city in January are pre-
sented in it, and so are all the other
acts of the commission in January. 1t
is crammed from "kiver to kiver" with
facts and figures relating to the city's
affairs.
The number should have been issued
in the first week of February, and the
second number was due in the first
week of March. A little more speed
and promptness is needed in the mag
azine department of the city commits
sion, and this will no doubt be Sc
cured later on.
The monthly will soon become a
necessity and it should be kept up.
The frontispiece in the February
number is excellent, displaying in an
effective manner the city's skyscraper
district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
FREAK NEWSPAPERS

From the Baltimore Sun.
A newspaper which can be eaten after
the information it contains is absorbed,
thus affording nourishment for the body
as,well as the mind, is being published in
Paris and Is called The Regal It Is
printed with an ink or coloring guaran-
teed non-poisonous, on thin sneets OF
dough.
Another freak newspaper, the Luml-
maria, is published in Madrid The ink
with which it is printed contains a small
percentage of phosphorus, so that the let
ters are visible in the dark. and the reader
does not need TO make light to enjoy
its contents.
AT two French seaside resorts news
papers called LIE Courier des Baigneurs
and La Made are printed on waterproof
paper so that the subscriber can take his
morning paper with him into the sea and
read it while enjoying his bath.
In Paris paper called lie Mouchoir is
printed ON paper such as the so-called
japanese napkins are made of, and may
become useful in case the reader has for
gotten or lost his handkerchief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
A CONCLUSIVE ARGUMENT
nj the PhiladeIphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
I'VE have King George awed,' declared
that eminent harridan, Mrs. Flora Drum
mond of London. I'VE have King George
awed. Soon he will be afraid to poke his
nose out Of the palace unless he has a
couple of regiments of soldiers with him.
l think that shows concIusively that
women should vote"
A lot OF unsexed beings who disgrace
the name of woman have got king
George awed," therefore women should
vote
conclusive argument no doubt-just
the kind that would be made in some
madhouse. And into a madhouse some of
these insane unsexed persons of England
ought to go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

Minority Leader Mann claims to have
discovered a flaw in the public buildings
bill passed in the closing hours of the last
Congress. If Mr.. Manns contention is
correct the federal treasury will be saved
more than 100000. Mr.. Mann attempts
TO show by a technical review of the
course of the measure that in the twilight
zone of conferences the House failed TO
agree to certain Senate amendments and
the bill is really open to attack on the
ground that it was never properly passed.
The number of Senate amendments to
which the House did not agree, according
to Mr.. Mann, was 262.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
M,krNLEY,s STOLEN STEIN

From the London Chronicle.
The abstemious habits of President Nc
Kinley led to an amusing incident during
the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia to
America.
Desiring to honor the prince with beer
fest, and finding the White House cellars
lacking the necessary equipment, the Pres
ident ordered 10 dozen stems from a locai
saloon When Prince Henry took the
first observation through one Of these
stems he found engraved on the bottom
the words: "Stolen from Ernst Gersten-
berg"
Stein collecting patrons had laid the sa-
loon keeper under such heavy tripute
that he had been forced to adopt this
method of protecting mis- property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29


Julian Hawthorne, son of the novelist
and DR.. F. S. Morton, son of a distin-
guished physician, began serving their
sentences for misuse of the mails in the
federal prison at Atlanta on Tuesday and
exchanged their names for numbers
Hawthorne is No. i1435. The convicts
seemed to be in the best of spirits and to
take their punishment stoically Haw-
throne was dressed in dark business
suit and wore a red necktie and a light
golf cap. When taken into the prison the
men were not handcuffed. They chatted
with their guards as IL they were on a
tour of inspection. Immediately on enter
ing the prison they were stripped of their
clothing, attired in the dark blue convict
uniform, and assigned to cells. This Is
not so bad" said Hawthorne when he had
taken the bath required OF all prisoners.
Hawthorne will work as editor ef Good
Words, the prison paper. as the former
editor was released touay. Dr. Morton
will do office work. Both men said they
expected early release under the parole
law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
IN HOTEL LOBIES
rbe Relief Fund

"Now that the fund for the relief OF
the flood sufferers is well started it should
reach $1,000 or more by Monday or Tues
day" said a member of the Chamber
of Commerce, who has subscribed S25
I'm Alabama we have many sufferers
from the recent tornado and all the des-
titute in our own state will be literally
provided for. But the appalling loss of
life and the terrible distress in Ohio and
Indiana are staggering indeed. The Uni
ted States government is doing large
part for the sufferers and the state ap-
preparations in Ohio and Indiana and
other northern states will be very large
But the relief fund must total high in
the millions and Birmingham will prob
ably be expected to raise $4,000 or S15,-
600 Our people are always ready. to re-
spond to calls for real charity and so,
too are the other cities of the south.
Alabama alone will send probably $1,000
to the sufferers north of the Ohio river
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
WHEN THE KAISER WAS A BOY

From the IOnd0n CIIoIIc1e'
Queen Alexandra's wedding In March
1863, was the first ceremonial function
attended by the German Emperor. lie
was then a small boy of and OF fldgety
disposition, so his uncles. the Dukes OF
Edinburgh and Connaught, were told OIL
to sit next to him and keep him in order
The service was long, and presently ne
began to shuttle his feet. A warning
nudge admonished him. whereupon, ac-
cording to Bishop Wilberforce' the N
fant prince knelt down and bit his two
uncles in the calves of their legs, not
playfully, but in such deadly earnest. that
they had much ado not to cry aloud with
pain. :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
From Interesting People" in
American Magazine.

From Interesting People" in the
American Magazine.
<<CTEFANssoN is the daring
young explorer and scientist
~ who discovered the Blond
Eskimos,' thus adding a new race to
the catalog of the nations
"The far north always calls it's chill
dren back again to the ice and snow.
Stefanssons parents were both born in
Iceland, near Akureyri on the northern
coast within rowing distance of tile
Arctic circle. They were schooled in
the old Icelandic Sagas of Eric the Red,
whose sons Left had planted a colony
to the west on the coast of America
NEARLY five centuries before the time of
Columbus A year or two before
yilhjalmur's birth his parents emf
grated to America and settled in Mani
toba on Lake Winnipeg. Here Vilhjal-
mur was born. November 8, 1879, to be
|cradled in hardship. In 1SS0-1SS1 a
famine swept Manitoba and took Off
their neighbors by scores His brother
and sister died of malnutrition, but
Vilhjalmur survived. From his infancy
he was Injured not only to starvation,
but also to intense cold. At Lake Win
nipeg the thermometer reached So de-
grees Fahrenheit below zero. four de-
|grees under the lowest temperature at
Herschel Island, Stefansson's most
northern station in the Arctic.
In 1881 the family crossed the line
into North Dakota and since Stefans-
lson has been loyal to Uncle Sam. His
determination and fondness for books
and study carried him through school
land college. Many stories are told both
|of his achievement in the classroom and
of his jokes and pranks and boyish in
|surrections; for Stefansson has always
been a leader of men. In 1908 he was
graduated at the University of Iowa
and came east to Harvard for three
years of study in his chosen field of
|anthropology, the study of the races
of mankind For two years he was
assistant in the Peabody Museum at
Harvard, and published several learned
PARTICLES that attracted International at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
EMPTYING UNCLE SANS POCKETS
From the Philadelnhia. Record.

Uncle Sam puts all his funds IN one
pocket, but the pocket is annually picked
by authorized experts. each grabbing for
himself without reference to the necessi-
ties of expenditure or the reiation OF the
sum total in hand to the sum total Oh
loot The proposition to bring the meas
ure Of outlay into definite proportion 70
the measure of income by prepared
budget, agreed upon beforehand, cannot
be too soon adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
HE NEVER WENT A-FIsHING

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
A man died in New England not long
ago. and when they came to examine his
effects they brought to light pathetic
story.
1t appears that for 40 years the man
wanted to go a-fishing. Yet, in various
ways, he had been prevented. There was
no fishing near his home. and when he
went away, on business or for pleasure,
he found neither time nor opportunity to
crafty his desire.
He had obtained and hidden away an
unusually fine flsherman's outfit, and he
had bought the leading books on the an
gler's art. These. too, he had hidden
away-either afraid of being laughed at
for his fad, or desiring to keep the en-
joyment of his treasures all to himself.
So he lived on and on, the longing still
gripping him, the hope of fulfillment
strong within him--on and on, until at a
ripe old age he died, his fond desire un-
gratified.
This seems quite as pathetic as the life-
long longing of the old French peasant to
see Carcassone, the city just beyond the
nearest hills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
A BoUQUETec ron DRYAN

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Boy Orator of the Platte he was,
and the Boy Orator of the Platte we fear
he will ever renain--the Peter Pan of
rainbow chasing and fairy tale politics
delightful. precocious, upon the stage. but
in real life. a leader having sublime
gift of speech and genius for not get
ting there!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
WHAT STEFANSSON HAS DONE

tention. In 1906 he came to New York,
whore he has since been connected with
the American Museum of Natural His
tory.
"Stefansson's first expedition to the
Arctic was In 1906. while the long jour
ney from which he has just returned
was begun in 1908. In all he has
tramped 10000 miles. On the ice of
northern Canada, in regions heretofore
marked 'uninhabited,' Stefansson dis
covered hundreds of Esl<imos who had
never seen white man before These
strange people often themselves re-
sembled white men more than Eskimos;
indeed they welcomed the explorer as
one of their own kind.
Most remarkable was a tribe whom
Stefansson discovered May II. 1910.
called the Ha-ne- ag -mi-ut. Their total
number is about 49,, says Mr.. Stefans-
son, of whom / saw II, and was said
not to have seen the blondest of the
group. They are markedly different
from any American aborigines I have
seen; they suggest, in fact, group Of
Scandinavians of north European peas
ants Perhaps better than my charac-
terization of them was that of my
Alaskan companion, who has worked
for 10 or more years on a whaling ves-
sci, and who said, "They are not Esk-
mos, they are fo'c'sle men" Two Of
them had full chin boards to be de-
scribed as light, tending to red; every
one had light eyebrows; one, perhaps
the darkest of all, had hair that curled
slightly
What is the history of this race?
How account for their European APP
pearance? Are they the lost tribe OF
Greenland, the descendants of the Morse
colony founded by Eric the Red which
disappeared SO mysteriously off the map
of Greenland in the fifteenth century?
Or are they the survivors of pre-
historic connection between Europe and
tho American continent?
ITO answer these questions and TO
solve many other problems for the adj
of science. Stefansson pur-
poses to spend the best 20 years Of his
life among the people he has discov-
cred"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
OH, YES, REALLY.

A Missouri man has decided, according
to an announcement in his home paper, to
"quit barbering and 90 to butehering."
1t is possible to make some choice cuts in
either ,''profession."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

1000 people asked central for the time, it
would then cost $40 a day to oblige them.
At the end of the year this figure would
mount up to $36J5.
And IL we consider the whole of this
country, instead of one city, we can
form some idea of the vast cost Of am
swering the question.
In the language of the telephone COM
pany, this query is called curiosity
question: Everything is being done to
dissuade people from asking it; for, be-
sides costing the company thousands of
dollars, it ties up the lines OF communica-
ton and often Is the cause of much loss
to subscribers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
STATE PRESS
Detectiyes in seImn

From the Selma Times.
Selma is getting used to having a half
dozen or so detectives walking her
streets. stranger unless he is known
pretty we'll is soon pointed out as a de-
tective, whether he is Just hustlng trav-
cling man or a wandering Willie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
Were They Bnldhendcd. TOO.

From the Twin City Telegram
We never dreamed there were SO many
nearsighted men in the Decaturs until last
nights show. Did You notice the front
seats at the "Cat and Fiddle produc-
ton?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

Chairman Hilles of the republican ma
tional committee is urged to call a COM
mittce meeting and a republican national
convention Many conferences are being
held in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
Boost for Newspaper Men

From the Troy Messenger.
Papers have called attention to the fact
that Brooke and Evans, examiners who
were instrumental In bring to light the
convict scandal, and Charles Harold. who
was the president of bank and gave tes-
timony that Oakley knew Lacy was go
ing to draw out the cash. were all news
paper men. Another paper adds. how
ever, that the man who got off with the
cash was not newspaper man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
MAKING CUPID LAUGH

From the New York Sun.
No marriage on less than s. a day
Professor 7. n. Carver of Harvard uni
versity.
A minimum wage for Dan Cupid?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

Big business and political intrigue can
not keep Henry Lane Wilson in Mexico
City as minister of the United states.
He is booked to be beheaded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

The mercury fell to 2s.G degrees in this
city on Thursday night. and there was
a frost. This was near the danger line
so far as fruit trees are concerned, but
as a rule the temperature must so below
% degrees before fruit buds will be killed
by freezing. They had dried out well dur
ing the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
The Ladies' Can't Kick

From the Centreville Press.
The tight skirt has gone to such an ex-
treme that the men are kicking, and when
that is done it is time for the ladies to
modify the garment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

and Italian ambassadorships are easier TO
hi than the London ambassadorship
But President Wilson viii no doubt find
a suitable man for London"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

There are said to be 20 men who will pay
an income tax on s1o,ooO.oOo, while there
are 100000 who will pay on an income of
5000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
CAN'T CURB CANDIDATES

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch
Blue sky laws have 40 effect on the
volume OF rainbows fed tothe populace by
candidates in campaign time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
More Light wanted

From the Selma Journal.
Col. z. 6. Bowman says that Oakley
can explain his present predicament
satisfactorily. Well, it would seem that
some explanations are entirely in order,
although they are a little late in COM
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

Fashion is trying to press the green hat
down on mems heads and the red on
that of womankind, and to make hui
manity look pretty and even picturesque.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
HARD TO DO, SOMETIMES.

Come, live in my heart and pay no
rent" warbled the inspired poet. More
easily arranged, we dare say, than meet
ing the monthly installments on bunga-
low. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ADVICE.

ADVICE.
Touch the arm tenderly,
Handle. with care.
The vaccine is taking,
Oh. brother, beware.
Baltimore Sun.
Twist that nerve gingerlya
Be sure it is dead,
Dentist, go tenderly,
Spare me my head.
Louisville Post
Serape that scrub carefully,
Leave me my goat,
Barber (this playfully)
Don't cut my throat.
Waco (Texas) News.
Don't fit her foot hastily,
Nor do it with scorn-
Remember, dear salesman,
She has a pet corn.
Indianapolis Star
Take her up tenderly," t
is she much hurt?
Woman, It's dangerous
To wear tight skirt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

The Weeks currency bill is but the AL
drich plan revamped and worded anew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

Man may conquer pestilence, but the
elements with their floods and tornadoes
decline to be conquered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

The Americans who have declined diplo-
matte appointments should meet and or
ganize new order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

Another eccentricity of President Wilson
is his determination to keep his platform
pledges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

Vice President Marshalrs self imposed
period of silence has been changed from
four years to three weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

The pacification of Mexico still over
taxes the undertakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

The floods in Ohio recall the great flood
in Johnstown, Pa. May 81, 1882 when
2295 lives were lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

Entered at the Birmingham Ala,
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

W. G. Wharton and A. j. Eaton, Jr,
are the only authorized travelling rep
resentatiYes of The Age-Herald in It's
circulation department..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

1t is no longer Col J. Ham-it is now
Senator Lewis, and he will soon don his
toga for the extra session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

Easter night is now as noisy in Paris
cafes as New Years eve or Halloween S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

No money scare in the dark frightens
Vice President Marshall or any one else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
QUITE SO.

do you believe in the office seeking
the man?"
"That depends altogether on the amount
of his shortage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
We should Worry!

From the Andalusia Star.
Don't get excited because the state is
$4,000 shy in one Of it's departments.
There is still corn in the crib and meat
In the smokehouse. Soon the fish will be
biting and there will be all day singings
and dinner on the ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
she's Doing the Tango

From the Tuscaloosa News.
Where is the old fashioned girl who
used to waltz?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
THE LAST RESORT.

PA, what is meant ~ an emergency
diet?"
THAT depends on where you are. son. In
the polar regions dog meat is an emer-
geney diet. In the average town It's pork
and BEANS.
AND TAKING WHAT THEY FIND.
4 wish I knew short cut to Easy
street"
Some peope get there in hurry by
climbing over other peoples fences"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
The Iron Market

The local iron market continues
quiet Matthew Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati
report says:
More attention is being given to
the weather than to business this week
Heavy and continuous rains have tre-
mendously interfered with industrial
operations. In the middle west floods
have practically paralyzed the yail-
roads and within a few days many
plants will be obliged to shut down
because of lack of raw materials. Fur
naces and coke ovens have not been
seriously affected They are still run
ming and are able to ship, but the rail-
roads will not in many cases be able
to make deliveries, and this aspect of
the situation is decidedly serious. All
through this region there are foundries
that have temporarily been put out of
business by high water. How much
actual loss they have suffered no one
at present can tell. But every hour
brings word from our customers OF
damage and distress.
THE railroads will have to replace
bridges whose value will run into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. 1t is
an i'll wind that blows no one good,
and the steel mills and bridge workers
will reap a harvest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
The difference

From the Guntersville Democrat.
Can you tell the difference between
state musician and Theodore Lacy? One
treasures the state lutte. while the other
loots the state treasury.