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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
w HEN Brigham Young died on kA< Wednesday afternoon, August VI 29 1S77 at Salt I.ake Citv 1Q

| w Wednesday afternoon, August 29, 1S77 at Salt Lake City, IS wives sat in the house of mourning be- wailng the loss of their husband, and when he was buried on the following Saturday morning. the tears of IS weep in widows watered his grave. Nor were these the only springs of sorrow whose fiood-ga were opened for there were the tears of 2S daughters to mingle with the IS wives and 16 sons, besides an army of 16,o00 saints. all of whom felt personal loss in their great l leader
 | Brigham Young was chosen the head of the Mormon church in August, 1S4o, but it was not until August 29. 1852. that he introduced the doctrine of | polygamy as a tenet of the church He claimed that 8 revelation commanding g I 1t had been made to Joseph Smith, but | the widow and four sons of Smith de- nied that they had ever seen or heard Of any such revelation.
 ! When Young began taking unto him. self one wife after the other the gov ernfhent resolved to put a stop to polygamy and President Buchanan. in 1 1857, sent a governor to the territory and an armed force of 25O0 men to protect him. This started a reign of ter TOT In the section and there were not a few ''church-inspired murders"
 | Peace between Young and the Wash ington government was restored in 1860, and the federal troops were withdrawn. The fight of the United States govern ment against polygamy began with the Morrill, bill of 1860, which was passed in 1862. The measure was ineffective be- cause the conviction of polygamist could not be had from Mormon juries. On october 2. 1871. Brigham Young was arrested in Salt Lake City upon the Indictment of the grand jury charging him, under the Utah statute, with lewd- ly and licentiously living with 1s dif- | ferent women The arrest was made by United States Marshal Patrick at the residence of Young. Owing to the ill., ness of the prisoner he was allowed to remain at his house that night in charge of deputy marshal. The penalty imposed by the statute on conviction on this charge is Imprisonment of no. over 10 years nor less than six months, and a fine of not over 5000.
 Several other arrests of polygamist s followed and the trial lasted through : out October. Judge McKenna heard tn 3 evidence, and the first person convicted was Elder Hawkins. This was test case and virtually placed all polygam- ists at the mercy of the first wife, who, 1t was shown was the only party who can institute proceedings against the husband.
 Brigham Young was never brought to trial on this charge. on account 0. his having fled the city on October 24. It was an opportune time. for several days later warrants were sworn out for the arrest of himself as well as his son. on the charge of ordering ths murder of Richard Yates. Although ab- sent. and no one but his most intimate friends knew where. the trial of Young
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

land ponies. Every year the herd own CTS drive the "bankers" into pens, brand
 the foals with the proper mark. and catch some of the older animals to sell to the dealers.
 North Carolinians say that the beasts must be starved into eating grain, hay or grass, for they have always lived on the rank salt marsh grass of the
 marshes and on fish. They catch the fish for themselves at low tide, with their hoofs they dig deep holes in the sand below high water mark, and when the tide falls they greedily devour the fish that are stranded in these holes. Often they fight briskly over an especially tempting morsel.
 In captivity these strange horses are intelligent, but seldom are even in tenn per. Once tanned, they make excellent draft animals, for they have a strength that Is disproport.onate to their size. Foals that are bred from bankers" in Icaptivity make valuable animals strong and intelligent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT FARM LIFE
 AS TIT DIFFERS FROM POLITICAL TURMOIL

well and figure on planting all manner of things that will produce enough to eat for a family during the summer months.
 One learns a whole lot, too. about the practical end of a little farm. I re- member once wrote story at the sug- gestion of Henry Grady for The Atlanta Constitution, showing how much more and eggs than her husband made in growing cotton. l figured that each hen would lay at least 300 eggs year; but don't believe it is true.
 I bought six hens and a rooster the other day, thinking I would have eggs enough to boil for lunch every day while in the country. These hens were guar anteed to be perfect layers; but not one has laid an egg yet. The only excuse l get IS that they are Tn strange sur roundings and won't lay until they be- come accustomed to the place. The mys- tery to me is how and why the hens keep from laying.
 Now The Age-Herald prints chicken department edited by a man who has fooled me into believing that he knows all about the best chickens and how to make hens lay. I have come to the con clusion, from a weeks experience, that these newspaper farm department editors only tell us what ought to be, but have discovered that 1t often "ain't."
 Yet I have 24 more pure white hens coming, from which I have calculated to get 24 eggs a day. I may get four or five.
 Since. started this farm have heard of more good things than I have ever heard before in all my life. There are all manner of ways. I am told, of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF BRIGHAM YOUNG

for murder was set for Monday, De- cember A. The trial was not held. al though the Mormons had assured the
 court that they would have Brigham present.
 It was not until January g. 1872, that Brigham Young returned to Salt
 Lake City and surrendered himself. He
 was arrested, and was admitted to bail
 on account of his extreme age, Fl years
 and he was made a prisoner in one of his houses, which was guarded. It was decided to continue the case until the
 March term of court.
 There were several preliminary
 trials, but the friends of the prophet
 were able to have them postponed from time to time, and the last indictment was in October, 1874. when Young's case was dismissed with others, under a de- cision that the grand jury was net selected and summoned in conformity with law"
 From this on he lived in peace un- til his death, on August 29, 1S77 Young
 was feared, but not loved in Utah, and elsewhere throughout the country his death was received with little regret
 New York paper said editorially at the time Public justice requires that man so steeped in crime should make his exit at the end of a halter, and the deserving and long -deterred punishment would be all the more impressive by bis venerable years. The recent accumula- tion of evidence against this aged sim her shows that he should have been arraigned for trial, and even If he had
 escaped by corrupting the jury, the sworn testimony against him would still have served useful purpose for exposing the whoesale atrocities which have been perpetrated under a cloak of religion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Social Service We'll Grounded

"In the beginning God -" Gene sis l, 1.
 l hail with gladness the awakening of the worlds social conscience. These are noble years in which we are dis covering our neighbors, in which we are hearing again the matchless voice say: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me-"
 Let us not forget, however, that God is at the root of all this splendid flower of neighborliness. Any logical programme for service must be: God first, then man, then the next man
 - God, self, neighbor.
 Without God we have no starting power, nor any reason for continuing He calls the heart to it's new life, and is parent to the new man. We may have been reborn yesterday or when we were babies; it may have been a fresh spark, or the waking of the primal spark. But the fact remains that our new life is of God. Our very desire to help is the voice of God speaking in us. God is the source of the central life which manifests itself in love.
 And if God is the author of the im- pulse to serve He certainly furnishes its abiding nourishment. We have to go back to Him again and again for the new flower-nay, underneath He must feed and fan all the while. Even superficially considered l do not see how anybody stays at the job who hasn't God behind him. Many man begins, and continues through years, only because he is never free from the sense of Gods inflexible command in his heart. Let no servant of his kind forget God in this matter. All the soldiers in your army, consciously or unconsciously-mo of them con- sciously-are at the front because they heard God speaking.
 A proper estimate of life is the best objective incentive to service. It comes from God. The tendency in godlessness is to cease to value ones own life, or anybody else's. The tendency in godliness is to value life infinitely; and to value it not only for what it is, but for what it may be. Men will usually work for their fel- lows if they are possessed with the confidence that their fellows can be made over. No apostle of changeless- ness, no fatalist, has foundation for social service. You need dreamer daring, desperate, dogged dreamer. And your dreamer's divine idealism is the very breath of God in the world. The gospel stands for change.
 Now we know, and we are coming to know more and more wildly, that the crux of social service is at the center of the individuals whom we seek to serve. A new heaven and a new earth we need, and must have. But a new creature is at the bottom of things. Clean out the gutters, empty the garbage, sweeten the houses, ar range matters like food and wages and loan sharks and bad prison sys- tems. Now-now approach your man,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

your individual soul. He must be awakened. Somewhere in the process, before or during or after, the worker meets this problem of the remaking of soul. Here God must appear to melt, stir, empower-to make over again-while we stand with our hands on our mouths, and our eye on Him.
 II. M. EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

A s editor of newspaper thoroughly A independent' as between me" A honest and equally fitted for pub lie office, provided. of course, they are democrats in views and acts, I shall be paign is at an end.
 There are many good men and some bad ones running for office in Alabama and its various counties at the present time. There are several candidates for many of the offices who are thoroughly good and fit There are many I would like to vote for and aid. All things, how ever, are not possible.
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 laken as a whole, the existing polit- ical contest in Alabama has been one of the nastiest in the history of the state. There has been more i'll feeling and i'll tempered things said than are good for any state or any community. Men have been charged with methods that criminals would not be guilty of and 1t will be many months before the temper and anil mostly will have calmed.
 Some of the abusive language, which has been indulged in by statesmen and politicians, is not warranted on the part of any of them. The entire vocabulary of abuse has been consumed in Alabama and the better element of the public hope that none of it will be repeated.
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 l have found lots more fun during the last three weeks in constructing a little log cabin bungalow out on Shades moun- tain, several hundred feet above Bir mingham, than I would have found in delving in the political melee.
 It is lots of fun to dig up stones, build fences, plant fruit trees and raspberry bushes and flowers; build chicken houses and yards and shed for COW and dig
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Will Plant Flowers

As soon as Col. T. H. Motions 100X100- foot lot at the southwest corner of Fifth avenue and Twentieth street is cleared of building material and various Implements used in connection with the erection of the Hotel Motion, flowers will be planted and cultivated there so long as the site is unoccuped," said member of the South ern club.
 "'rhe idea was suggested by visitor the other day, who suggested that guests of the Tutwiler and the Motion, to say nothing of the members of the Southern club, would appreciate. something along the line of the beautiful when they looked out upon the vacant lot. When the matter was mentioned to Colonel Notion he said he would be glad, indeed, to cooperate, and Mir. Robert Jemison, Jr., rental agent of the Tutwiler, said he liked the idea very much, and would, of course be ready to cooperate with Col onel Motion and the city in making a model flower garden
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
TRUSTING.

Oh, the building of the bridges
 For the streams we never cross; And the harvest is the ripening
 Of the harvest fiecked with gloss. And the changing of the brooklet
 nsits moss or rocky bed, Is the reflex of the color
 Of the heavens overhead. And the signing of the willow
 By the waters lonely strand, Is the echo of a harp string
 That is swept by seraphs' hand. Oh, the building of the bridges
 For the streams I never crossed, will trust Him though He say me,
 For my barque shall not be lost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

getting rich on model farm. I am told that Judge Zell Gaston has straw- berry plants which produce berries ev- cry month in the year. sof course. am going to be able in planting this strawberries whenever they want them.
 And, by the way. if I happen to have any friends in Alabama among either the theoretical or practical farm- CTS that can give me any advice or send me plants, fish. fowl or seeds will try them all am neither diff fident nor bashful about accepting any thing that goes to make up a model farm-even to a few goats, if anyone has the long haired ones to spare. The only thing I have yet refused was a mule too poor and weak to journey to the top of the mountain.
 One thing l have learned in digging up stumps is that they decay much quicker on the east side than on the west side, and I would like to have some explanation of this from one of our scientists
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 By the way, the more l travel over the Jefferson county roads, the more see what benefit good roads are to the farmers The roads out to Shades mountain are all being put in excel lent condition It is only twenty min- ute run from the center of Birmingham to the Shades mountain boulevard at ordinary speed in an automobile.
 The working of the convicts on the roads in Jefferson county will un- doubtedly bear wonderful fruit Within the next year and l look to see the Jefferson system adopted soon by ev- cry county in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Iiusiness In the West

T was in New York and Philadelphia the first part of the month and heard much complaint of dull times: but so far as l can learn business is fairly brisk in the middle west and the far west, and extremely brisk in the south,' said II. H. Rathbone of St. Louis.
 T stopped day in Chicago on my re- turn to St. Louis, and optimism seemed to be prevailing there. My home town is prospering, and pessimists are few and far between. Business in the south is remarkably good, l am told. l am in touch especially with Arkansas, and that state is in a more prosperous condition now than in any previous year.
 ''The south is attracting great deal Of attention at the present time on account of it's wonderful thrift. The farmers are getting well ahead, and it is only ques- tion of a few years when they will be noted for their wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Musicale Tuesday Night~

The advanced pupils of the Birming- ham observatory will be heard in bril- liant musicale to be given at the Jeifer- son theatre next Tuesday night" said a prominent member of the musical set.
 ''It is not often that the pupils have the opportunity of playing concertos with an orchestra, but Mir Gussen has selected 20 of the best local orchestral players and is rehearsing them thoroughly for the cc- casion referred to. While the programme is classic, it is not heavy, and it will be enjoyed by all who have any ear for music. No admission fee will be charged" !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
BIRMINGHAM's HEALTH OFFICER

From the Mobile Register.
 Dr. Russell NJ Cunningham, former lieutenant governor, was a big factor in state, politics a few years ago. and is man of wide influence now but is not doing anything in the political line. He has just been elected city health officer of Birmingham. The doc tor is 8 man of great force of charac- ter and is well equipped for the posi- sion of guardian of public health. He probably will make a record in Bir- mingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

From the Tuscaloosa News.
 The proposed construction of a model
 mile of road leading from the city limits
 eastward is most excellent idea It is to be hoped that it will soon become
 an accomplished fact. Probably no mile of the county roads is travelled by as many people in the course of a year as this. In addition to being of great actual service, this mile of model high way would have a great effect in creat- ing desire for good roads throughout the state Each year the model would come under the direct observation of
 ltvndreds of University boys soon to
 become influential men in all sections
 of the state. The impulse to goodyoads $ in Alabama given by this single mile would be incalculable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
PEcANs PRIZE WINNERS
the Camp HUI News.

from the camp fl&l News.
 At the recent meeting of the Ala bama Horticultural society at Thorsby prizes were awarded for the different exhibits. four of these prizes were taken by q Tallapoosa county man, J. A. Ker- rodle of Camp Hill, on his oceans. He took a prize on every variety he ex- hbited.
 Mir. Kernodle has over 1900 pecan trees growing and Is well posted or the pecan. having given it a great deal of study.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
COW SWALLOWS NEEDLE
From the Clio Free Press.

r TUIH tffH OIIO Y Ttt ITVSS
 MT. w. Teal of this city was very much worried a few days ago to notice an extreme swelling on his pet milcll cows throat. He was still more sur prised day or two later to observe a needle protruding from the bump, which. when extracted. proved to be an old gunny sack needle. .Rbout five inches long. It Is supposed that the needle accidently fell in her feed trough and was taken from there by the cow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
FROM MY WINDOW

By Julia Neely Finch. All winter long it stood Outside my window here, Last, perhaps, of a wood That once in stately grace Adorned this empty space. Of all it's beauty shorn; Ugly. old, forlorn.
 It lifted to the air. Leafless boughs so bare: And as child in sleep Seeks the covers fold, It strove with roots to creep Into kindly earth and deep To escape the biting cold. There came a wester wind, Warm 1t blew, and sweet. Clouds were scattered, thinned: The sun shone softly thro With calm, benignaht heat, And skies grew kind and blue. I leaned from my window wide i; What was 1t there? A bride In raiment brave and bright? Or was 1t just the tree In bridal 'broidery?
 Birmingham. March. 1sik
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

A cafe proprietor of Brooklyn, who wants to keep open a little later. or little earlier, according to the way you look at 1t, claims that some of tho best people in Brooklyn want re- treatments at o'clock in the morning. Maybe he hasn't met the best people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

President Wilson is being compli- mented on his luck because England the Mexican situation and Japan has so many troubles at home that she can hardly find the time to get ruffled about anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
HORSES THAT CATCH FISH

From Tit Bits
 On the coast of North Carolina there are several miles of low. sandy shore where nothing grows except a coarse grass. few saltwater weeds and wild persley. On these banks live strange breed of half-wild horses known as banker ponies" These creatures arc generally about twice the sise of Shet-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The peach Crnn

'The peach orchards of this part of the country are in good condition, and I understand that the Georgia cyop is very promising said w. M. Lindsay. "tnless freeze comes in April south err peaches will be very plentiful next summer.
 Much interest is taken in the. horticul- tGral industry in Alabama and truck farmers are all busy now. The ground is in fine condition for gardening, and some of us around Birmingham have peas well out of the ground"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Tomorrow: Trial of Marshal Ney.
CULLMAN HIGHLY PROSPEROUS

From the Cullman Democrat
 This year has been one of the most prosperous in the history of the Culln1aa High school. The indebtedness of tho school, which two years ago amounted to between $7O0 and sS0o has been re- moved chiey through the efforts of the present principal, Prof. w. l.. Hicks. The enrolment has also been increased about 26 Fer cent for the last two terms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

Los Angeles police have told the unemployed army encamped there that they will either have to accept work or leave. Freight trains pulling out of Los Angeles will probably be crowded for a few days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
uEGINNING THE DAY-Help m

| Q God, to try one more time. oisc me added strength for one more |, great effort. Teach me that the gold {, may be within one spade-thrust, that th. ernst may even now be trembling
 to break, that the adversary may
 already be turning to flee. For
 Christ's sake. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

The heavy snows throughout the country will make bumper crops say government experts They have also provided work for idle men. People who have found them inconvenient should hush right up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

WON'T MONKEY WITH IT, He used to dance the tango Until he took his seat With corns upon his ten toes And blisters on both feet. With it he's so disgusted That he says more than slang Whenever he sees even
 An old ourang-outang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

The economic conditions in Japan are "deplorab bly, bad" but little thing like that has no effect on jingo who sees war imminent between Japan and this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

Doc Cook is suing Cyril Scott, the actor, for using a line on the stage in which Doe" Cook is called a liar. When man has been made a member of the Ananias club he should bow gracefully to the inevitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

The Century Opera company seems to popular prices. Why not? There are still few people on earth who don't care for "movies'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

Having recently devised flag list" Tenafly, N. J., will now prohibit chick ems from promenading the streets The reference is to chickens that squawl1 and not chickens that giggle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

Kansas City judge says he has never known but one bankrupt plum ber Maybe that one was minus an arm or wore a cork leg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

Vice Presidetn Marshall headed off a
 movement to give him a cane on his sixtieth birthday. Even a gift cane is sometimes serviceable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

young man who had just been mar ried teelsraphed his father the news
 and asked for $500 to pay honeymoon expenses. His marriage, we presume, was rather sudden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

Chinese bandits recently killed 300 people. In comparison with the aver age Chinese bandit our most famous outlaws seem to be quite easy going gentlemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

The celebrated Morse ants, which Mrs. c. W. Morse brought back from Europe. will be deported. They have the misfortune to be insects
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
TO GET EVEN.

ID GET EVEN. Wife: q don't see why such a dis agreeable month as March was ever put in the calendar, anyhow" Husband: Tt was put there that a grouchy weather bureau man might vent his spleen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
A FEMALE .JEHU.

Don't be such a reckless driver"
 Her husband with fear did stammer; Twas neither a horse nor auto
 She drove a nail with a hammer.