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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
shelby county,s splendid Ro,ds


 Shelby county will, within the present year have completed about 70 miles of the very best roads in the state,' said A. T.. Newell of Newell Bros, who has just re- turned from an inspection of some of the work
 "On the state highway, from the Jeff ferson county line at the Cahaba river to the Chiffon county line, there remains only some three miles to be completed in Shelby. This will make approximately 20 miles of the line from Birmingham road in the state. This roadway is 2s feet wide, with a 12-foot cherted crown. Iron culverts afford drainage, and four steel bridges with concrete approaches make it, all in all, first-class. This road can, with proper care, be maintained in good condition for $50 per mile per annum for the next five years
 Shelby county is building some 40 miles of east and west road across the county. from the St. Clair line near Vincent, via Harpersyille, Wilsonville, Columbiana, Calera and Montevallo to Wilton on the Bibb county line. We will complete this about December 1.
 These roads have cost approximately S3500 per mile, and they run through a fertile agricultural country, by thriving villages and towns, and I believe that the people will be greatly pleased and that the benefits will stimulate other counties to take up road building on a modern. practical basis.
 ssf,t. work on the state highway, but the pre- liminaries arousing interest in it have been taken, and the splendid roads of Shelby will doubtless hasten the work of building, at least the state highway sec tion in Chiffon. And once the people get practical demonstration or the joy and profit of real good roads, the work goes on until it embraces the whole county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Almost every man knows the pret- tiest girl in the world. And she is al ways a different girl. Tell man that he is level-headed and he will want to buy you a drink Tell him that he is flat-headed and he will want to knock your block off. The lad who brags that he is getting paid for what he does and not for what he knows never gets more than 31O per week.
 A photographer can make a strange woman look pleasant and keep hei
 mouth closed But he can't make his wife do 1t.
 The world is growing better. But a dog fight will collect the same old crowd it used to attract before we had
 radium and wireless telegraphy. 1 The man who brags that he has strong will power because he doesn't believe in going to church is usually
 the same lad who hasn't enough will
 power to quitj smoking.
 Some of t9A summer gowns disclose
 almost everything but woman's inten. lions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
THE WIND,s s6Ns

Mazie Y. caruthers in New York Times. In the gray. of the dawn when the
 shadows lie deep. A truant I fled from the cave in the Where Aeolus guarded with strong
 bolt and key A wary old warden whose watch must
 not sleep, But I murmured song, so subtle 1t
 seemed That his hoary head dropped on his
 breast and he dreamed. Che moment he nodded-I opened the
 great door It creaked! Quick. he walked and fol-
 lowed close after. What heard he? A ripple of shrill
 elfin laughter Which echo repeated-a gain-and
 once more. Then l vanished from sight in< the thick shrouding mist Free. free evermore. to do as So I whistle and blow till a surges wild. And the fisher folk crossing der with dread; In varying mood, crooning so
 child, I summon the spring with CTS from the dead. There's tear in my voice.
 sigh The echo of world's joy and rap
 am |!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
A Daring London SpecuIator

Several months ago when 1t was re- ported that the Duke of Bedford had disposed of his vast Covent Garden property situated in the heart of Lon don and valued at many million pounds sterling, to Harry Mallaby Deely, M. F., interest was aroused through out the English speaking world. This transaction involving the dismember- ment of the greatest landed estate of London-a city largely controlled by titled landlords whose holdings include an enormous extent of valuable real estate-was said to have been direct result of alarm inspired by Lloyd Georges spolitory legislation.
 Mallaby- -Deely, unionist member of the House of Commons, and compara- lively unknown, at once emerged from obscurity and became for a time the center of popular and financial inter est: and his modesty of speech and retiring disposition manifested in pub lie statements when interviewed by English reporters were such as to heichten the importance of the gigan- tic real estate deal in the eyes of the world.
 The announcement of the sale had been made at the psychological aoment. Promoters became intensely kterested, and syndicate with huge
 Inds at it's command was formed to
 :quire the property, which has in surn, it is understood, disposed of a large proportion to another comttna- tion at a considerable profit. All though much curiosity had been ex- pressed as to the terms of the original trade, strict secrecy concerning the particulars of the transaction was maintained, and it was only recently that Mallaby Deely's true position in the deal became clear to the public. It is now learned that the unionist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
IDLE OPINIONS.

The man with an ax to grind can easily get the job done by posing as a rcformcr.
 The person who induges in great many honied phrases is the sort who doesn't mind swallowing his words And greatness, also, is relative mat ter. The small town mogul is great as far as he can see.
 Staying on the level is the surest way to rise in this world.
 The girl with an innocent stare can all ways make her parents think it's gen. uine.
 If uplifters would lift up humanity more and their voices less they would do more good.
 Occasionally it is the sporting instinct that prompts man to bet. A woman just wants to win.
 When a man has nothing else to stand on he can always stand on his dignity, and some men do it so we'll they never have any trouble in borrowing money
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
SPENDING WHEAT CROP MONEY From the Washington Post

From the w dSHlnSlO1l GOSt.
 Almost everyone who meets Kansan
 in the east wants to know what the farm
 CTS are going to do with the $100, ,00O,0 900
 or more that they will receive for their
 wheat crop this year. said H. A. Selden
 of Topeka, at the Raleigh. ''They will
 find plenty of ways to spend it. In the
 first place, the farmers will pay out more
 than $25,o00.000 in taking up notes at the
 banks. Most farmers have had to bor-
 row money for harvest expenses and it
 is estimated that it will cost i5OO0,00O
 for this item alone. A conservative esti-
 mate will place the amount of other notes
 due by the farmers at s10,0oo.OoO. The farmers have stretched their credit to the limit in most instances.
 "Then they will have to pay out an- other s25,00o,O00 to square accounts with their local merchants. This money will not remain in the hands of the merchants, but in turn will be paid out to the whole salers. who will transfer 1t to the man. ufacturers. to be paid later to the bank CTS. All this exchange will relieve the situation.
 Perhaps another 25,000,0O0 will be used in lifting mortgages due and undue, for farmers. when they get money, like to pay their obligations. Ten million dollars will be expended in the purchase of auto mobiles There are probably 4o,ooo auto- mobiles in Kansas. Last year there were not more than 5000. If the farmers have purchased 10000 machines in the off year l it is reasonable to expect that-they will buy more when they are prosperous. Of
 the s10oOOo.oo0, perhaps $15,o00.Ooo will ge into the banks as a fund for the future. T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

NV OMAN against woman. That is w the cordelia Botkin poisoning
 case in nutshell. Women were always in evidence. They ranged in ages from IS to s2. They were young and old. grave and gay, wise and otherwise plain, pretty passe, good, bad indifferent, but in one thing only were they identical, they were all part and parcel of a poison- ing case which is without a parallel in the number of petticoats involved. Never before CT since has there been such wealth of gossip, backbiting, hairpulling, tears and angry protestations. Injured innocence wept it's heart out at unwel- come notoriety and above the confusing chorus the chief sounds discernible were:
 You didr'
 .. T didn'tl"
 You did sol,
 On August l2, 1898, Mrs. Cunning and her children, together with her sister, Mrs J. D. Deane, ate of some candy sent to Mrs. Dunning from California with the following message;
 With love to yourself and baby. Mrs. e.
 Mrs Cunning and Mrs. Deane both died. but the children recovered. The candy box bore d San Francisco post mark, and immediately q search was made for the identity of Mrs C." upon whom could be fixed the charge of having mailed the candy. Mrs. Corbaley, an intimate friend, was first entangled m the case to her very natural distress. Later it was found that Jack Dun hing. the husband of the murdered wont an. was living there with a Mrs. Botllin, who had formerly lived in Dover, Del, where the women resided that had eaten of the candy and since died
 A motive for the crime was quickly found in the statement made by Mrs. Botkin after her arrest in San Francisco to the effect that she regarded the hus- band of the murdered woman as her par ticular affinity
 Mrs. Botkin was eventually put on trial in California charged with having mur- dered Mrs Cunning and Mrs. Deane of Dover, Del, daughters of former Con- gressman Pennington, by sending them poisoned candy. The cause alleged was her infatuation for Mir. Cunning. In September of 1S9s the same year the death of Mrs. Cunning occurred, Mrs. Botkin was convicted and sentenced to Imprisonment for life Later she carried the case to the United States supreme court, which, after four years, granted new trial on legal technicality.
 The new trial began on March 10. 1902, when Mrs Botkin was more than hopeful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
More About Green Diamond.

The green diamond mentioned in The Age-Herald as found in Alabama is valu- able because of its color," said a former diamond merchant.
 quite number of these stones have been found in Arkansas and the value ranges from $500 to $500 per carat, as compared to say, sS0o for a first-oIass, pure white stone.
 NOW so Tar the finding of a number oi these green stones has not affected ,he value. It would probably take some So'ooo or more carats to do that, to an appreciable degree.
 understand that still another of these rare gems has been found near Cook springs very recently. If one should pick up green diamond of any size he would ma fortune, you may be sure.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
\ PhiIafeInhia Xisifnr

Andrew Jackson Reilly of Philadelphia IS the guest of his son, A. J. Reilly, Jr., and as he made many friends on a former visit he is busy now in keeping up with his Birmingham circle of ac- quaintances. MT. Reilly is clerk of the court of common pleas No. in Philadel- phia and has held that office 1T years. His father before him filled the same position 25 years.
 MT. Reilly is upwards of 80 years of age. but he might easily pass for GO.
 Notwithstanding the fact that l have passed the fourscore mile post con tinue to enjoy life said Mir Reilly "I feel young and take as much interest in my work and find as much pleasure in sight seeing as l did in the years gone by''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
ToMoRRow-rRIAL OF JOHN OF BARNEvELDT

seemed about to crumble. He held his eyes staringly open and set his jaw He meant to defy the inevitable. He meant to show that his courage was there intact and with both feet.
 Why did they delay?
 Why did they prolong the agony7 Why--?'
 Bang.
 The flasllight had flashed. The vic- tim's face was embalmed in photo- graphic group of 90 fraternal associates. And when he found it he discovered his eyes were shut tightly and his face looked as if it had been smashed by warm poultice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
Music and Nature

Those who go to Fairfield Sunday aft ernoon will certainly enjoy it.' said a lover of music, children and nature. 'Memoli's band of 30 pieces will play ,he lure or the wading pool for the kids, and balmy air and beautiful scenery for the grown-ups. There was no difficulty as to transportation last Sunday and there will be none the coming Sunday. 1 understand that both the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company and the Ildewater have made special prepara- tons for the occasion. A large crowd is anticipated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

A CHANCENTO HELP. This life is full of ups and downs That fills us with dismay; For one whom fckle fortune crowns A thousand pass away Unhonored and unsung, without Regard for years of toll They spend amid the rabble rout, In heartache and turmoil. And yet. despite these odds so great We know this much is SO: A man. no matter what his fate, If high, forsooth, or low, Can make some other mortal glad And shed a ray of cheer, And prove this world is not so bad AS often doth appear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
THE sLEurH AND THE SNAKE

From the Indlanapo11s Star.
 As Detective Frank Duncan was passing a secondhand furniture store on East
 Washington street he saw four-foot rattlesnake, which had been on exhloi~ ton in the show window, leave it's cage. Duncan did not even wait to see into which part of tR store the snake was headed. He went to police headquarters
 and tleephoned the proprictors of the store.
 Clarence Baker answered the su'nmons turned on the lights in the store, and with the aid of wire loop, finally cap tured the reptile in u rear room. The detective did not assist in the capture The snake escaped from ifs cage through a hole which had been broken in the glass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
THE WAY
From the Washington Star.

Mayor Wallace G. Nye of Minneapolis.
 whose ordinance establishing Low Shoe
 Day made the country laugh last
 month, has often made Minneapolis laugh
 before.
 At recent banquet detective was re- lcting his strange adventures to Mayor Nye.
 That typewriter said the detective, was c hummer. She pulled gun out of her huff, shot the poor old banker in the abdomen, and then she says to him, Do you love me now? There Mr. Mayor, what do you think of that? 2" Quite right" Mayor Nye replied "Quite right. The way to mans heart is always through his stomach.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
THE USUAL THING.

'Dobbs is fool. For years he has been saving money to buy a home and yes terday he-invested it in an automobile.''
 Don't be too hard on him. He's not the first man to follow precedent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
THE GAME OF auoITs

From the Columbus (O) State Journai.
 There is no game quite so interesting and wholesome as pitching horseshoes. Some call them quoits. or discs. but we prefer horseshoes for that is so farm like and pastoral that 1t gives sort of purity and innocence to the noble game. It is nobler game than baseball football.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
A DREADFUL FATE.

How did this poor, unfortunate happen to lose his mind?'' asked the visitor at an insane asylum, as she pointed to a man who was crawling about on all-fours and peering into the corners of his cell.
 'Ohfi him?' replied the attendant. He tried to keep his lawn from getting ragged around the edges"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FATHER EXPLAINS.

Pa, what does 'comme il faut' mean?e
 Well, my boy if your mother gives party and after it's all over doesn't flop down on the bed and cry. it's sign that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

BEGINNING THE DAY-Thou ih- yitest me when the arm or iieS" nus faiIed. Thou welcomest me when my resources are gone. Thou nskes' not after my record or my apiii's' hut my willingness to receiVe' happiness. that Thou art ne"r ,'s against my time of weakness or "e- snair. Amen.-H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
Mercantile Activities in New York

<ActAVlthcS Tn NeW lOrk
 T found that the average business man In the east has discounted the pessimistic knocker, the tariff currency and trust leglslation at Washington, and is making preparation to take care of big busi- ness this fall," said John T. Yeatman, who returned yesterday morning from a buying trip to New York
 Naturally enough certain large inter- ests in the east oppose the democratic admlnistratfon, and seem to think they can most effectively oppose it by preach- ing hard times The average business man, found, however, is carrying on a very active trade. Buying by merchants all over the country is unusually heavy, l was told, and this fact is a mighty good sign of active business this fall l bought heavily and feel confident that Birmingham merchants are going to have banner trade the coming season."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
A POSER.

Don't you think the average woman would rather be stylish than happy?''
 First tell me how the average woman can be stylish and unhappy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
NOT HE.

The jury let madame go free
 She wears a smile again: Poor Chalmette's dead as dead can be And surely won't complain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
DOESN'T SUSPECT.

The chap who thinks the world can't get Along without his aid, Hecks not how little it will fret
 When in the ground he's laid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
TuE CRITiCAL MOMENT

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The critical moment was drawing near. All his life he had dreaded critical mo- ments He drove.his finger nails into his nalms. He clenched his teeth until they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
A CAREFUL DRINkER.

He takes his liquor neat?"
 Yes Neat and sanitary He uses ap individual glass"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

Holland will not take hand in the trouble between Austria and Servia. She will continue to make cheese and mind her own business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

years, a West Virginia man has returned it to the courthouse where it was issued. He was correct in assuming that 1t was any longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

Crown him, A Maryland correspondent has discovered a chicken that was matched by the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

While autumn is unquestionably near at hand, the ''witching waves" continue to do a good business at Coney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

Frank James is now a berry picker out west. Bandits seldom retire with a com petence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

With nothing to howl about the calamity howers of Kansas are in the dickens of a fix.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

The mailed Mars shall on ms ai'"' sit. Tn to the ears in blood.
 --Henry ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

A big increase in the exports of auto mobiles and automobile parts is shown by statistics for the II months ending. May 3l of this year. For this period ex- ports were sS,s990o0 in excess of exports two years ago and s13260 900 greater than these for the corresponding period a year ago. Government figures recently issued show that 3256 cars were exported in May worth s2,9sl,625; 662 automobile engines valued at s250066. tires to the value of S36s,7 and other parts and accessories worth s600,000, making in all a total of S.209,476 for the month. During the Il months of the fiscal year this country ex- ported z7,O1s cars valued at S24, ,5s3, ,435 as compared with 23.132 cars valued at s23,- S21, ,7S2, in the Il months of the previous year. The imports of automobiles has fallen off more than $1,oOOoo0 for the Il months period. but the imports of parts has nearly trebled, indicating that many cars are now being imported in a knocked down" condition and are listed as parts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

The inside page for Mexico henceforth and three lines for Huerta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

At last there is something started that Uncle Sam won't feel called on to stop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
LIKE OTHER TRAINS.

How about the train to Spotswood ?'' asked the anxious old lady.
 Il haven't a thing to say against if. madam answered the affable station agent, except that it's two hours late"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

There seems to be a disposition to bloody the beautiful Danube.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

And The Hague continues to be a fine place in which to take nap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

Texas went vet by what the topers consider comfortable majority
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

sponded to President Wilson's earnest request to reconsider and appear before the Senate committee. His confirmation gees without saying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

The Caillaux trial is ended. Now for the dues
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala postoffice as second class matter uhuer act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

A. J. Eaton, Jr., and o. B. Young aio the only authorized travelling iepIe- sentatives of The Age-Herald Ill i's circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

Sour notes are detected in the European concert
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

No communication will be pupllshe9 without it's authors name .eJsS' I'er 'eu manuscript will not be returned unless ,',' stamps are enclosed for that pufp"s0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01

The man with an ax to grind can easily get the job done by posing as
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-31
CONVICTED GUN
MEN ASK REP PR|EvE
SLAYERS OF "BALD JACK" ROSEN-
THAI WANT TO WATCH NEW
TRIAL OF BECKER.

New York, March 30.-H. Lionel
Kringle. counsel for the four gunner
who were found guilty Of the murder
of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler,
left New York for Albany today with
a petition asking Gov. Glynn to stay
the execution of the death sentence,
set for April 13, until after the second
trial of Charles Becker, the former po-
lice lieutenant, whose conviction was
set aside by the court of appeals. {
The petition is signed by ten of the
twelve jurors who convicted the gun
men and contains in addition docu-
mentary matter and prayer signed
by the gunmen, "Dago Frank Cirofci,
Lefty Louie" Rosenberg, "Gyp the
Blood Horowitz and Whitley Lewis"
Seidenshner. in which they request
first the death sentence may be
changed to a term Of Imprisonment
and second. that reprieves be granted
until after the final determination Of
the indictment against Becker.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-31
LONG DRAWN OUT
FEUD CASES ARE ON

Winchester, KY, March 30.-An.
other chapter in the history Of Breath
lit county feuds began here today
when special term of the circuit
court convened for the trial Of fifteen
men who are charged with the assas.
sination of former Sheriff Edward Cal.
lahan of Breathitt county. Callahan
was assassinated in 1912 and the cases
OF those accused Shaye been dragging
through the courts ever since. Two
men have already been convicted.
These two have filed motions for new
trials and it is probable that decision
in the cases will be handed down dur.
ing the special term Of the court.
Nearly all of the accused men are
under thirty year sentence. 1t is said
that the evidence in the cases was
gathered by Mrs. Lillian Gross,
daughter of Callahan,