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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
New York's Xitriolic Campaign

Not in many years has the state of New York witnessed such a vitriolic campaign as that which closes tonight. The contest for the governorship has been especially exciting during the last three weeks. Last week the cam paign was at white heat.
 Martin H. Glynn, who is governor for an unexpired term, is the demo- cratic candidate for election tomor- row, and no executive of the Empire state has had cleaner record or has shown more administrative capacity than he; yet Whitman, republican who is opposing him, is resorting te methods of attack unworthy of man of his standing.
 Politicians who are aiding Whitman under the guise of candidacy for the governorship, have trumped up many rumors calculated to injure Governor Glynn. Sulzer, the deposed governor is one of the candidates of a make believe party, who is known to be Whitman's side partner. Although he is discredited he will poll a con- siderable vote and may possibly sue. ceed in defeating the democratic nominee.
 One of the latest charges against Glynn was that he was against the national guard; that he had approved in his executive capacity, proposi tion to strike out items from thi, years appropriation bills to pay thu allowance for national guard expense fixed by law. The adjutant genera writes an official letter in which h, sets at naught that rumor. He givel the history of national guard legisla ton and the governors attitude to wards 1t and shows that Glynn hal been thoroughly in sympathy witl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
A New County
From the Huntsy

From the Huntsville Times.
 As it were in the twnkling of an eye the south is to be transformed into new country as a result of this European war and low-priced cotton. Particularly is this true of the northern tier of Ala bama, where an abundance of wealth ob- tains and opportunities matchless hold out for live stock raising country. Fertile cotton fields are to be turned into green pastures Cover crops that will stay are to be planted and our agriculturalists will see to it that every imaginable food prod uct is raised; for we not only have our own country to feed, but the foreign coun- tries as well. Enough cotton will be raised to take care of the demand. but no longer shall this section be dubbed as just a mere cotton raising section. Our lands are so fertile that change as by magic Is right now in process of opera ton. Congratulations for the oppor- tunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
NORDAU ON AMERICAN MEN
By BILL VINES

some of our American statesmen ht would hastily revise his estimate. fHe't cut out that '1aconics in a deep, calm nasal voice" stuff. He might say that he worked like a motor, but he woule beg leave to amend that section whici says, which works without noise" and substitute makes a noise like an in. surrection."
 Max, in fact, is simply writing aboui the American women and American men, and passing his opinion of tht whole upon Sthe few samples he ha. run across in Paris. Of course what Max says about us don't matter much and there is no special reason why VI should take it to heart. But Max. oveI in France, is regarded. for some unac. countable reason, as being quite an au. | thority upon all such matters. and ii is high time that those of us who dc not live in New York. Boston and Chi cago. and whose wives are not in Pari, or Mopaco, to let out yelp and in form Max that 1t is "all wrong." Oi course it Is not obligatory that we men, ! tion it to Max, I merely suggest it. It is no more fair for Max to make an anlysis of the American man and woman from the few he has met than l 1t would be for us to size up the French nation after taking a survey of Max's | intellectual dome. If we were to do the latter and render a frank verdict, we
 would probably be arrested for viola
 tion of the neutrality laws.
 1 Max refers further to the American
 man: sIn the presence of men he is l hghter-phlegmatic, cold as ice and
 hard as steel. With women he is a de- 1 fenseless child"
 Max must have tried to borrow
 money from some New York broker Max ought to have known that he couldn't put that over.
 | In the presence of women. the Ameri-
 can man Is little helpless. We have
 never been accustomed over here to ga armed on such occasions. the authori- i ties have rather discouraged it. On the whole we are forced to the conclusion | that Max is a fathead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Index of Better Conditions

The cigar business is probably a fair index of trade conditions, pros pectively, at least" said Harry Levy of Porto Rico, who represents a large fac tory in that territorial adjunct of the United States
 T have just made very extended trip through Texas. and the middle west, coming here from New Orleans. In Dallas. Galveston and Houston and in fact all the principal jobbing places the wholesale groeers and the tobacco jobbers told me they were making large sales and shipments of goods that confidence seemed to be re- established, and that the outlook seemed good for steady business. In New Orleans. I found things optimistic and no sign of any dragging in fact in my line there was decided in- crease in business. l take this as an index of a healthy condition, for you know cigars are a luxury, and with some almost a necessity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
NO TRICKS IN BASEBALL,
A. Goewey i'm LeslIe's.

Ed A. Goewey in Leslie's
 Ban Johnson, president of the Amer lean league. has announced that he Is pretty well satisfied with baseball as 1t stands and that he intends to adopt vigorous measures to suppress any bright young men in his organization who want to try out innovations that will give them an unfair advantage. Recently it was learned that one of the Yankee pitchers won game from the Athletics largely by the use of emery paper. The twirler found that by roughing the surface of the ball he could throw better curves than usual, and he did this roughing by means of a piece of emery paper concealed in his slove. After . brief line from Johnson he droper the trick from his repertoire. No rule ars the case. but declara- ton from nc head of the American iearue tha. any player who used sand paper or emery would be automatically suspsnded and fined sloo was all that was necessary to stov tho evil. Un- doubtedly thee National league will fix similar penalty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
, THE FALSE ORLANDO

by Eugene t1elu.
 The stars are twinkling bright al And Luna sinks in western steep Her lonely watch fair Cynthia k And broods upon her maiden low Upon her pallid cheek a tear
 SUays from her wan and fireles And from her lips escapes a si "Oh, why is not Orlando here?" Is that his voice In wonder dale.
 That floats like music on the a No. no, Orlando is not there 'Tis but the tuneful nightingale. Is 1t his steps upon the hill.
 That brings the bloom to c
 cheek?
 Nay, 'tis a thirsty mule that se' Refreshment at the mountain Till. Heav'n keep thee in thy piteous
 o Cynthia, fair as summer skie Compose thy sorrow, wipe thine Orlando will not come tonight. For in the midnight's solemn husi He breathes a VOW that smells o He holds a hand that is not thir And dallies with a bobtail flush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
Steady Improvement fin Bushes.

Those people who thought hard times had come to stay should cheer up, for business prosperity is returning and returning fast" said John w. Leslie of Philadelphia.
 Within the past two weeks I have been to Denver and have visited sev- eral of the northwestern states I met men from every part of the west and returned east quite buoyant over business conditions The fact is that the west Is on boom. The enormous Wheat crop is sbegining to be felt most helpfnlly. The farmers are getting high prices, and before the end of the year money will be in abundant circulation in the west.
 The cotton situation has been felt seriously in the east as we'll as in the south, but conditions have improved wonderfully within the last few days The active participation of the federal reserve board in handling the cotton problem has accounted to great ex- tent for the present improvement The opening of the Liverpool and New York cotton exchanges on September 16 will certainly benefit the cotton south, and 1t Is safe to say that everybody in this part of the country Is 100 per cent bet ter off than they imagined they were a month ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

the national guard and with the navy militia and has done everything to promote the efficiency of these two branches of this country's volunteer military system. The national guard of New York numbers about 16,000 men, 90 per cent of them being voters. About 60 per cent of the guardsmen are democrats, and the interruptions efforts made by Whitman's assistants to turn a large part of the state militia against him has failed utterly.
 One of the ablest and most earnest speeches made in the New York cam paign was that delivered Friday night Tn the Manhattan casino by Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison. He met with splendid ovation. He made it plain that the defeat of Glynn would be a, blow at President Wilson, who s giving the democratic candidate in New York his unqualified moral sup port.
 The contest for the governorship seems now close. Three weeks ago Whitman was undoubtedly in the lead, but Glynn has been gaining rapidly and on tomorrow he will probably win by decisive plurality vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

WI ASHINGTON, November 1. W tspeciaL)-Dr. Max Nordau. W who only short while ago
 and referred to them rudely as persons
 not well bred. and as "barbarians with
 out culture,'' has found time while not
 lodging bombs dropped from German
 dirigible to submit few cheerful and
 well chosen words regarding American
 men.
 l Max evidently knows a lot about
 America. He seems to have the goods
 on us and that's all there Is to 1t. It is
 quite likely that Max has been no near | CT America than he has the firing line,
 but he has his ideas about us, and he prints the same with great abandon. l In discussing the American man, Max
 says: He is married; he loves his wife;
 but he lives in New York, Boston or Chi cago, while she amuses herself in Paris
 or Monaco"
 | It is presumed that in discussing the American man, Max does so in the
 community sense. He is not referring to
 an individual. Therefore according to
 Max, we are all married, and we live
 either in New York, Boston or Chicago.
 and we love our wives in spite of that I fact Also all our wives are amusing themselves either in Paris or Monaco.
 Personally we are glad that Max took up into his confidence and put us next. l We knew we was married all right, but 1 we wasn't on to the fact that our wife was amusing herself in Paris, or Mo naco-exact address unknown. Neither did we know that we lived in either New York, Boston or Chicago.
 Max continues: He speaks laconics l in a deep calm. nasal voice. He is like I a motor which works without noise He says little and works all the time" Max | may be wise about the American man I it may be that he can give us two laps the start and beat us a mile on writ l ing up the American man, but we'll bet I a weeks wages to the hole in a dough nut that he has never met a member of Congress. If he ever got a slant at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
MT. Farrell's Large Viewpoint

James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel corporation, is like Judge Ebert H. Gary, the chair. man of the corporation, free in ex | pressions of compliment to Birming ham and unreserved in recording his appreciation of the resources of the Birmingham district.
 During the three days visit of the industrial leaders attending the gen. eral meeting of the American Iron and Steel institute, enthusiastic re- marks were heard on every side about Birminghams hospitality and the great future of this mineral center, and now after the adjournment of the institute and the departure of most of the visitors MT. Farrell, who remained over a day, gives out an important statement which will be found on the front page of this mornings Age Herald. He confirms and reiterates his optimistic views previously pub l lished and discusses Birmingham 8 widening opportunities.
 It will be particularly pleasing to the people of this community to read MT. FarrelPs unstinted praise of the officials of the Tennessee company in their work of building and operating the large, modern plants that of late | have been attracting the attention of the industrial world.
 MT. Farrell enjoys the reputation of being not only thoroughly familiar with the operating side of the iron and steel industry, but he is accepted as the foremost authority in this country on foreign trade. He is chair man of the National Foreign Trade council, which was organized last |
 May for the purpose of enlarging the sphere of activities of American man. ufacturnrs. What he says, therefore, in respect to the south's foreign trade will have a direct bearing on the pres ent business situation. Thus far, he points eut, American exports of man. ufacturers have been chiefly the pro- ducts of large industries, but it is i'm portant that the trade should be further developed and that its bene' fits should be shared by an increas ing number of smaller industries. A committee of the National Foreign Trades council has been appointed to consider methods by which the small CT manufacturer may be included in the great benefits to come from foreign demand.
 Birmingham in 12 years, and when he was here before he was not connected with the Steel corporation; but he now expresses himself so delighted with this city and so impressed with the potentialities of the district, that he will be frequent visitor in the future. In leaving Birmingham yester- day for a business tour through the south, he stated that he would return here at the end of two weeks. A cordial welcome will always await him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
The Sixty-Fourth Congress

It is not easy to understand what uatisfaction campaign managers of political parties get out of exaggerated claims two or three days before an slection. In a statement emanating from republican headquarters the claim Is made that the next House of Representatives will be republican. There is scarcely a man in the United States 20 indifferent to politics or so poorly informed that he does not know that the democrats will have q very largo majority in the sixty-fourth Con. SrsaA
 Tho democratic majority in the pres
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
Soldiers and Shopkeepers

In a translation made from the semiofficial organ, the kolnische Zeitung, for the Literary Digest, there is striking defense of German mili- tarism, and while it is intended to put Germany in a good light, it exposes the very faults with which the rest of the world has been taxing Germany. The article is too long for reprinting here, but few sentences will be suf- ficient to show the tenor of it. Arro- gance and martial ardor are combined with a scorn of the English because they prefer commerce to war.
 "But what can the English shop keepers. who buy their soldiers as they do their cotton bales, what can these islanders for whom a common soldier is the most despised human being on earth, even remotely know of the elf-sacrificing spirit of people which finds itself wedged in between powerful and jealous neighbors, com- pelled for the sheer purpose of self preservation to become a veritable nation of soldiers?' We have nothing but contempt for the English phrase-makers and English business politicians who with contaminated fingers try to soil our national ideal. When the command to 'mobo- lize' was given, when the military system began to move and operate with the accuracy of machine, when the German nation, as matter of course transformed itself into an army in gray uniforms, when our youth, singing and garlanded, marched out against our enemies, we overheard an old woman exclaim: See what we have for our taxes after all ? That is the spirit of Prussian, of Ger man militarism, the spirit which ani- mates our entire people, from the Emperor down to the beggar, the spirit which stakes everything on na- tional honor"
 That phrase, national honor,' has . lofty sound, but the world has re- gently had it's eyes opened. It has found that national honor" is, to say the least, elastic in it's interpretation, . fact which is proved by the viola tion of the neutrality of weaker peo- ples and the disregard of peace treaties, as mere "scrap of paper, The contempt the Germans have for English shopkeepers and business politicians is doubtless the way they secretly regard the peaceful policies of the United States, country far less warlike than Great Britain. The German people may sincerely think they are fighting for self-preserva- ton, but it seems more likely that they are fighting because their leaders think might makes right, and were tempted in the beginning of the pres ent war to test of strength by the belief that the German army was ir- resistible. One fails to see how their national honor is at stake, unless- and this theory is more tenable-their idea of national honor is worldwide supremacy regardless of the cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
THE MATTER WITH THE STAGE

From the New York World
 To other forms of industrial depression must be added "the worst theatrical seas- on the country has ever known" with the conditions more acute in the smaller towns than in the larger cities. There is a disposition, of course, to put the blame on the war, Just as last year the tango was to blame But neither the war nor restaurant dancing has inter- fered with the popularity of the movies, D nor has any of these clements of coinpe- tition hampered the success of really good plays. AS prominent manager says In New York the shows that are unquestion- ably worth while are doing big business, but even here play which in an ordinary year would get by is doing no business at all."
 Is not the fundamental cause of the whole trouble to be found in just that condition-in the overproduction of plays merely good enough to get by in the most favorable circumstances? What the New York stage is suffering from most is not outside industrial depression or the com petition of other lines of amusement, but from deterioration of dramatic quality. due to overexpanson.
 There is always plenty of support for plays worth while" But for the dram- atic mediocrity which makes no 'appear' to anything but the playgoer's s pocket the movies dancing, or even "capned' music in the home circle, affords satis- factory substitute. If New York to day had only as many theatres per 10000 of population as it had in Daly's time, and it standards of production were equally high, there might be fewer complaints of poor business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
More Hangings Needed

From the Scottsboro Citizen
 The Birmingham Age-Herald finds coh solation in the fact that Memphis Las more murders committed in the city than Birmingham. Memphis leads the United States and Birmingham somes second. Birmingham needs to have about an even 100 hangings each year, and maybe more That would help to lower the unenviable murder record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
A Lone Republican

From the Cullman Democrat.
 The republican nominees for the legis- lature are good men, but they would find 1t very lonesome in the Alabama legisla- ture. The present legislature has only one republican in it. How can that man hold republican caucus?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
Wants Federal Court

From the Tuskegee News.
 Andalusia is working hard to get a federal court Editor Doty is hot in be- hind the movement, and when he bends his energies things generally happen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
Political Chestnuts

From the Gadsden Times-News.
 Chestnuts are said to be plentiful this year The republicans are exhibiting their usual crop of political chestnrts, and al lof them are as worm-eaten as usual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
Good Roads Worth While

From the Gadsden Times News.
 Almost any plan that will result in good roads is better than no plan at all. Good roads mean better living, better profits, better government and an advanced civ ilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
A Conservative Man

From the Talladega Reporter.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald has a pic. ture and write-up of Senator Marion H. Sims this week, and compliments his dis erection by not answering yes or no to many questions of which he does not yet know what will be the bearings. No Senator Sims will have to know his bear ings before he does his voting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
Several of "Him.

From the Franklin County Times.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald keeps on harping about the republican in Franklin county who insists that no war is going on, that it is only scheme to lower cot ton on the part of the democrats. Come now, what's this mans s name? The Times is a democratic paper all right, but we want to know who this man is and if he is really a republican.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
Or Else "Nothing New.

From the Livingston Southern Home
 If the world came to an end presumably Britain's official press bureau would re- port it as follows: 'The situation at the front remains unchanged"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
Limited Topics

From the Wetumpka Herald.
 In order to escape being accused of lack of neutrality nowadays one must confine ones remarks to the mean annual rain- fall sunshine or weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fath-

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fath- CT. help me to read Thy name and see Thy glory over all this wonder full world today. May the solid eartn' the peopIed vault, the sunshine, the rain. the sea, and all the moving and radiant forms of life speak to me of Thy power md Thy nearness. For Chrtsf,s sake, Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

New York's proposed lobster bargain days could not possibly interest the chorus beauties who abhor anything marked down-when a chappie is paying for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
Cotton to Spare

From the Centreville Press.
 One thing is sure, in case we have cold winter the south will have plenty of ''kiver."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
Democrats VIII Win Great victory

Tt looks to me as if the democrats would have almost as great majority in the next Congress as they have in this" said Rufus L. Seaton of Denver.
 T am nothing of politician but whenever 1 have voted 1t has been the democratic ticket
 The Wilson administration has made fine impression in the west. I have heard many old democrats say that MT. Wilson was making the best Presi- dent this county has had since the civil war l believe the democrats will gain several congressman in the forthcom- ing election"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

The Prince of Monaco can we'll afford to donate $5o0,o0o to Germany's war fund. The bank at Monte Carlo, you know, Is never really broken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

A Boston man slept 10 months and wasn't disturbed by the worlds champion ship series. hopeless case, if there ever was one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

Comic Mack has asked for waivers on three of his prize pitchers. Looks like the aftermath of the crushing defeat ad- ministered to the Athletics by the Boston Braves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

Mrs. Pankhurst says she will resume hostlities as soon as the war is over. That woman has no heart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

Wireless telegraphy has been hard hit by the war. Neutrality must be preserved in the air. as well as on sea and land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

George Carpenter, the French pugilist, is reported to have been wounded at the front. If he survives the war he will be more of popular idol in France than before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

hustum Bey seems to have known that his country would declare war on Russia sometime in advance. Still, that was no reason why he should have incurred the disfavor of the American government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02

It appears that Villa" is merely a stage name" We trust that the man who bears it won't prove "bad actor'