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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

wv ILIiAM PENN, the Quaker,
M whose name is SO closely linked
w with the early colonization of
was named, had Q stormy time of it
during a certain period of his life, owing
to his Puritan principles and his insis-
tence in expressing his views at times
and places not in accord with the law.
Aside from his persistence In speaking
his views he also published number of
tracts, which We're industriousy distri-
buted
A public disputation with the Presby-
teian, Thomas Vincent, occasioned the
once celebrated tract, SANDY Foundation
Shaken" in which he assailed the Ath-
anasian doctrine of the Trinity, and the
Caivinistic theory of justification. It's
publication without license was visited
by his committal to the tower under a
warrant dated December 12. 1868. 1t was
while thus confined that Penn wrote mo
Cross No Crown an eloquent and
learned dissertation upon the Christian
duty of sef-sacrfice which has been
frequently reprinted.
Penn's confinement was close, and he
was told he must recant or remain a
grave before l will bulge a Bit said
Penn. He was, however, able to obtain
his release through the mediation OF the
Duke of York. But a year later, be-
cause he insisted on addressing his qua
ker congregation in the open air he was
arrested with William Mead and was
committed to Newgate on August IA, 1879.
Penn claimed that he had broken no law.
When the recorder of the court asked
Penn to plead guilty to his indictment.
he replied: "The law has no foundation.
and unless the court can show me and the
people what ground the indictment is
upon, 1t will be impossible for the jury
to agree to bring a verdict
Penn was ordered to be taken to the
Bale dock The trial occurred on the
first to the fifth of September, 1870.
The indictment read as follows:
THAT the said William Penn and Will
liam Mead, with divers other persons
to the number of 3O0 on August IA, IN
the twenty-second year of the King, did
tnlawfully and tumultously assemble
themselves together in Grace Church
street to the disturbance of the peace;
and that the said men did there speak and
| preach. whereby great concourse and
tumult was made and continued, to the
great terror and disturbance of his mai
esty's liege people. and against the
peace"
When they were brought to the bar
of justice they appeared with their hats
on their heads and the recorder de-
manded if they did not know it was the
Kin's court, and why they did not pull
off their hats and pay the respect TO 1t
they ought?
| Penn answered he knew it to be the
court and he supposed it to be the King 9.
hut he did not think the removal Of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
As a Convention City

when Birminghams hotels now in
course of construction are completed, all
that will be needed to make this great
convention city will be a big auditorium, .
said T.. NJ. Adamson of st. Paul.
Il had heard that work on an audi
torium with a seating capacity of 5000 OF
10000 was to be started last fall, but
learn that delay was caused by a legal
question in regard to the city's author
lied auditorium bond issue.
Atlanta is popular convention city
because 1t has the hotels and an audi
torium. When Birmingham is equipped
as the Georgia city is, it can easily se-
cure Ave or six conventions of the larger
size every year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

throat of his argument. Why
sell cotton seed to Peru when
she becomes erself a cotton raising
state? Because fQFlodZh Qf the exis-
tanee of 3 ] 8 is Peruvian
cf1 its native cotton
pr5orsfe in I We or six years.
! hls Is far from wi At we should ex-
pect of an ideal oNtton producing
climate. IN
T'en again he s. , ~ those mil
lions Of acres wi J are so adaptable
to cottt serofwlng lie near the coast
of the Pacific. Anyone at all familiar
with the coast of Peru knows that the
area is practically desert waste, that
it is subjected to periodical winds
which blow with the breath of fur
mace and are fatal to all manner of
vegetation.
The south will take no note of this
revived bugaboo. Here we know that
we have the soil and the climate that
is ideal and best adapted for the grow
ing of the staple and the world is as
well advised as to this fact as are we
ourselves. Our cotton does not depre-
ciate in quality in five years nor twen-
ty years. 1t maintains its. standard
until the cloth is worn out. Here we
have no parching winds to blast our
plant and our hopes and we are con-
tent in knowledge of freedom from
molestation or rivarly. John Bassett
Moore is to be thanked for meaning
well in his proffefed consolation, but at
the same time one cannot repress a
smile of amusement at his newly dis
covered mares nest, and if he thinks
that he has found a fact let us not
undeceive him, but remain in the same
bliss of ignorance which comforted
Columbus when he deemed himself
treading the shores of India.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
A Much Abused Ally.

For some unknown reason, prob
ably ignorance, the skunk has been
despised of mankind and regarded as
p legitimate subject for ruthless
slaughter. Yet despite all this the
creature is now heralded as the far
mer's best friend and most faithful
ally in the determination of pests. In
fact so impressed is the agricultural
department with the economic impor-
fance of the varmint that it asks the
same protection be accorded the skunk
ps Is now required of federal agents
rn the prevention Of bird slaughter.
Some of the insects most destruc-
five to agriculture are those that do
their harm below the ground and be-
yond the reach of any method of ex-
termination that the farmer is able
TO apply and of all such insects the
skunk is most inveterate enemy.
The combined observations of field
hnd laboratory work have demon
etrated that this animal destroys i'm
mense numbers of white grubs, grass
hoppers, crickets, wasps, hornets and
eutworms, all of which are highly det-
ximental to fruits, vegetable and ce-
reals, and the alarming increase of the
white grub in some localities is attri-
buted to the determination of the
skunk. Indeed in those corn fields
where the white grub is prevalent, and
the skunk has not been ruthlessly de-
ktroyed the little round holes bur-
1 {pwed in the ground around and about
he corn hills show where the animal
Has been hunting during the night for
\ feast of worms.
It has also been satisfactorily
shown that the skunk feeds upon the
.pupae (chrysalis) of the range cater
pillar, so disastrous to the crops in
the west, its consumption thereof av-
oraging so per cent and in some in
stances 95 per cent of the pupae left
BY the caterpillar.
In some regions an excuse for the
ruthless slaughter Of the skunk is
founded upon the charge that its bite
q provocative Of hydrophobia, but this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
DENATURED NEW YEARS DAY

From the New York Evening Post.
t 1t is gratifying to note the steady
advance of the movement for raising
the tone of our public celebrations
from the dingy clamor of a Coney
Island mardi gras to something of the
dignity of a true civic festival. Few
people in New York would advocate a
return from the dignified commemora- :
tion of Independence Day. with music,
songs and the manifestation CT a real
communal spirit, to the murderous
lockjaw and arson methods of the good
old Fourth. So successful has the safer
and saner Fourth been proved that a
second step is now attempted--to make
New Years Eve a festival of music
and singing and lights in the public
parks. instead of street riot.
A New Years Eve committee was
formed to put this plan into effect this
year. The costs are to be betrayed by
voluntary contributions, and we are
sure that many citizens will be glad
to do their part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

tXAF cldl.)-lhdt the woman suffrage
W movement is in our midst to re-
main in the nature of kind of politf-
cal appendicitis, far be it from us to
deny. Yet when we view some of the
methods adopted by the earnest, but mis-
guided advocates of votes for women,
We are constrained to believe that they
would make better progress toward ac-
complshing their designs, if they would
give fewer illustrations of their total in
capacity for suffrage, many of which
only impress the thoughtful public, that
the longer national suffrage for women
is delayed the better we are off.
One of the stunts that the women have
an idea promotes their cause is the
gathering together of number of the
most enthusiastic female advocates of
Suffrage and hike" 40 or so miles over
muddy dusty roads, as the case may
be, and present a petition to some legis-
lative body. In some way they have
become obsessed with the idea that a
petition presented in this manner, and
oy masculine looking individual play
ing the title roll OF Weary Wilie,' and
whom they have dubbed General or
Colonel will awe the legislators and
constrain them to give greater considera-
tion to the subject matter of the petition.
III the midst of winter--in fact, tomor-
row-a suffrage army" starts to An
napolis from Baltimore for the purpose
of making an Impression on the Mary
land legislature by presenting that body
with a petition. Facing all kinds of
weather and unpleasant conditions, this
army will hike" to Annapolis, and on
| arriving there in the nature of things.
| are bound to look more like an interrupted
beef stew than lot of intelligent wom-
en- who are demanding their rights. Far
be it from us to flatter any state legisla-
ture by crediting it with any particular
or overwhelming amount of brains, or dis
elimination. but We venture the asser-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
A BugabOo Revived

Many of the northern journals are
discussing in quite a spirit of elation
and with confessedly much surprise
the recent announcement of John
Bassett Moore, an expert authority
of the department of state, that he has
discovered that Peru possesses an
ideal climate and adaptable soil for
the raising of cotton.
Mr.. Moore represented our govern
ment at the Argentine centennial eel
ebration held some three years ago
and took occasion while away from
home to run over the Andes into Peru,
where he made his astounding discov-
cry.
But in the attitude of a discoverer
he stands somewhat in the relation
that Americus Vespucius occupied to-
ward Christopher Columbus in rob-
bing him of his American laurels, and
again as to Columbus status anent
Left Ericsson in Vinland. He is a trifle
late, or in other words he has made
no discovery at all.
Twenty years ago William R.
Grace, twice mayor of New York city,
made the same announcement, but not
as discovery--merely the express
sion of opinion. Mr. Grace admitted
that there were some obstacles, and
serious ones at that, in the way, but
declared that they could be removed.
This was twenty years ago and while
Mr.. Grace has long gone to his re-
ward, those obstacles in Peru still re-
main and are likely SO to do for an
indefinite period of time.
Another thing which connects John
Bassett Moore with the discovery of
America is that Columbus thought he
had discovered India when he reached
the shores of San Salvador, and he
was mistaken; Moore deludes himself
with the idea that he has discovered a
fact and he is mistaken.
Every quarter of a century or SO
some energetic genius imagines that he
| has run across a rival to the United
States in the product of the south's s
exclusive staple and predicts a COM
plete decadence of the industry. Egypt
has time and again been vaunted as
the country against which we would
shortly be called to contend; Persia
has been spoken of as an opponent;
China has been prophesied as destined
to supplant us and Brazil has been ac-
claimed as our most dangerous rival
But the orient and the austral repub-
lie have as yet failed to appear in the
roll of an appreciable competitor and
Egypt has been tried only to prove
most dismal failure.
Mr.. Moore is so certain at to the es-
tablishment of cotton raising in Peru
that he seeks to play the role of con-
soler and tells us that much which we
shall lose when Peru takes up the
vocation will be compensated for by
the opening of market in that re-
public for our cotton seed, but in his
very effort at consolation he cuts the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

is a gross error resting upon ignor-
ance alone.
Working as he does both above and
underground in his destruction of in
sects and worms which are injurious
to the crops, the skunk is the fs1 :
mer's best ally and his preservat{Qp
should be a subject of extreme s10ll1E<
tude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
RAILWAY SERVICE FOR SCHOOL

From the Electric Railway Journal.
Novel service has just been estab-
lished at Twin Falls, Idaho, with tho
opening of storage battery electric
railway. The service is part of a GEN.
traiized school system for Twin Falls
and its neighborhood The line is used
to transport children from the country
to the city schools. Four miles of line
are In operation and total of five and
one-half miles will be completed soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

From the Washington Star
Are you a professor of mathematical"
asked Mr.. Cumrox.
Il am,' said Mr.. Hibrow. Surely you
do not think of taking up the study?"
Yes, l do. I want to plod patiently
through algebra, calculus. logarithms
and all the rest of the outfit. After that
maybe I'll feel competent to figure out
my income tax"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

managers of st. Louis clubs, cafes and
hotels estimated that 1850 people spent
$500 New Years Eve celebrating the
advent of 1914. The modern method of
ringing out the old ana ringing in the
new Is a trifle strenuous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

Senator Atlee Pomerenes bald pate was
tickled by a dainty cabaret dancer the
other night and Washington was properly
scandalized. The Ohio senator now has
some claim to fame besides his name
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

oscar kreuse of FIT. Worth, Tex, feet
] Inch tall, married Mrs. Martha Duncan.
feet IL inches tall. The bride Just
reaches her husbands vest pocket. and
it Is probable that he viii carry his loose
change elsewhere after this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

But q days remain in which to pay your
poll tax. Any man who would not part
with sI.50 for a vote with the prospect
OF what this year will bring forth in the
way of votes is indeed a tightwad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

The postmistress of Geneva says she
is the victim of a political plot. More
likely she is the victim of political plot
ters who are using the lady merely as
a means to an end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

A new York man was fined SIS for TAX
ing a goat into a street car. If it had
been a hog it would doubtless have oc-
easioned no remark, judging by the fire.
quency with which they are encountered
tbara
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

When a Pittsburg man opened his
mouth to yell for help a highwayman
poked the barrel of a revolver between
his teeth upon which he surrendered his
roll without further words
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
Thrift Among Southern Farmers

4 have visited several southern states
within the past three months-v Virginia,
the Carolinas, Georgia. Florida and Ala
bama-and in each of them the farmers
seem to be especially prosperous" said
W. w. Sweigert of Philadelphia.
II am tcld that farmers all through the
cotton belt are better off this year than
they have ever been before. In Virginia
and North Carolina large tobacco crops
were made last year, and | believe prices
have been good. Thrift in the agricultural
sections means, of course, prosperity
among the merchants In the small towns.
No matter how much one heard talk Of
dull times in the east, it was cheerful to
think Of the good times which the people
of the south were enjoying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

Horses on a road In Pennsylvania did
a tango every time they passed a certain
SPOT. They had better reasons than men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

T. R. has been proposed for the presi-
dency of the Federal league. The first
part of the title might attract him, but the
league part-league is too short word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
NEW YEAR STARTS

From the Chicago Record Herald.
The man who starts the new year
with headache and dark brown
taste may be going on the theory that
. bad beginning insures a good ending,
but he IL taking an unnecessarily long
chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

It's quite probable that those Japanese
writers who are trying to stir up feeling
between that country and the United
States are yellow" journalists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

There is one thing certain, it's pretty
hopeless undertaking to try to preserve
New Years resolutions in alcohol.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

The New York legislature meets Janu-
airy Z, and Governor Glynn is busily en-
gagged on his message. He should remem-
Der poor Bill Sulzer and be brief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

a London pastor prayed for Mrs. Pank-
hurst and was severely criticised by
members of the congregation. We don't
blame him or them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

Tammany is being felt again in New
York, according to press dispatches.
Probably the old beast has nine lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

1t is noticeable that no government re-
port on the 1918 crop of New Years reso-
lutions has yet been made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

A New York woman has married her
stepson. Complications In relationship
might ensue with the arrival of the stork
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

That fellow Joe Tinker is causing al
most as much trouble in organized base
ball as Vie Huerta is 70 civilized govern
ments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
CONSIDERABLE

coNsIDERATE
Mary had little calf
And though you deem 1t shocking.
Everywhere that Mary went
She kept it in her stocking.
s235.OOO.
II Kubelik his fingers
Has insured for such G sum
We'd like to know the value
At which he holds his thumb
PATRIOTIC.
Pat is dead" said Mike Maloy.
True to the last I ween
Was he to Ireland's color
For he died of gangrere."
TOO RASH.
Conductor: Your fare, MISS
Lady Passenger: We'll. If I am you
need not be so impertinent as to tell \
me so'
NOT A TANGOIST.
Miss Sally: do you like Goldfish balls.
Mr.. Cornsilk?"
Mr.. Cornslk: Really, Miss Sally, |
don't believe 1 ever attended one =
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Visitor: II beg pardon. governor"
Governor: Don't beg; you can have it
for the asking"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
An Enormous Building

'The great wire mill at Fairfield,
which is about to begin operations, is a
much larger building than the public gem
orally is aware Of said Robert Jemi-
son, Jr.
1T is an enormous structure. covering
as 1t does Is aeres-1s acres under one
roof. The mill has cost about 100000
and 1t is needless to say that everything
about 1t is of the very best workmanship.
1t can easily be imagined that this is the
last word in wire-mill construction and
mechanical equipment. 1t means much
for Birmingham and the people here GER
tainly have reason to rejoice at its COM
pletion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
CORCOXADO.

#GORCOyADO.
What heart bepeath these gilded hills
Can know a touch of sorrow?
LaNed by the opalescenr tides
or laughing Guanabara.
What soul within this rapturous cline
Can dream aught of the morrow? !,
Where love and light. and life and bliss '
Form the incantadora.
Ii on this earth there chance to be
The long-sought Ell Dorado,
'Tis found adown the sunny wales
That sleep meath Corcovado.
STILL IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Judge: Prisoner. you have been found
guilty of murder and I sentence you to
be pardoned."
AT THE LECTURE.
Professor: THUS. you see. young gentle
men, that on one hand we have the syI-
lcgism and on the other"
Student dnterrupting): Warts"
A PUZZLE.
When Ecuador greets Theodore
This question then will vex it:
Which door will be the entrance door
And which will be the exit?
FINANCE.
Sonny; PA, why do they form pools
on the stock exchange?"
Father: so that the stock may be
floated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
IN TRAINING
From the Washington Star.

Tomorrow-Trial of Joan of Arc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05
FINANCE.
HIKING" AND SUFFRAGE
By BILL VINES

wv ASH1NGToN, January 4.-(Spe-
Nf cial)-That the woman suffrage
w moVement is in o,tr r,idst to re
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-05

vU1ILIdAM PENN, the Quaker,
M whose name is SO closely linked
With tho cor1,- oolopiz tion IF
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-15

y'rd the reach of maporities. It was neither inspired nor adopted by the whole people. It's draughtsmen recog- uized the claim of property to a spe- cial position of favor. and the leaders who supported it in the ratifying con Nentions represented the sume person. al interests. Not more than one sixth If tho electorate had an opportunity to express themselves upon the form pf government which the Americans have lived under and revered for more th1r d century.
 ln treating of the makers of the constitution personally Prof. Beard en- deavorS to find wherever he can ex- t6nuatrng circumstances to excuse the selfish course which they pursued, but his description of their dabblngs in the speculations of the time makes it all too clear that their standard of social morality was no higher than that of American public men of today. if indeed it was so high.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-04-15
Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA, APRIL IS, 1915.

The All-Alaska Sweepstakes acc which is the all-absorbing topic just now. Is one of the finest sports and accompanied by less of veil effects than any other sport in the world. In tho northern country where people ale shut off from the rest of the world, so to speak, for many months. ard where the people are the most energetic in the world, the dog race furnish a sort of safety valve, allows the surplus energy a vent. and the way 1t manifests itself at the time of any dog race shows that it is indeed good thing. Eastern cities have their baseball leagues, their football teams. automobile races airship flights, etc. ard many other exciting contests. many of them, dangerous in the ex- ueme. Our dog races are not dan gerous, suffering of men and animals arc reduced to minimum and sport IS at the maximum. It has encouraged the breeding of a higher type of dogs It has been the cause of securing d better treatment of mans best friend, the dog: it has developed a spirit of friendly contest which gives a good. clean and wholesome sport which leaves no taint upon individual or the community It is a sport indulged in by all classes--schools. social clubs ledies. All have had their races and felt better for them mentally and phy- sically.
 The All-Alaska Sweepstakes race which is now in progress show that the dogse are making good time and beth they and their drivers are in splendid condition after forty eight fturs racing. It Is true that the last hours of the race will be a strenuous tax upon the drivers and teams who will exert themselves to the limit and may cause some to think and say the race should be prohibited on &C., count of cruelty to animals. To those, t may be said that few hours rest and the men and animals are fully recovered and none the worst for the last few hours in which they were compelled to extend themselves.
 Who has not seen the same thing, verse. in collegiate contests. which are demanded by the school. supported by tho faculties and school boards and witnessed by the greatest men and women of every walk of life. No the deg race is not cruel, but a good clean. wholesome sport which ought to be encouraged