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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
Baltimore's Improvement Work

One of the most impressive evi- dences of southern development is the rapid and substantial growth of our cities; and their quick recovery from any disaster. Baltimore, although north of the Potomac, is to all intents and purposes southern, and it fur nishes one of the latest examples of southern progress. As in the case of Galveston's flood, the great Bal timore fire of 1904 seems only to have :, served to stimulate its citizens to re- newed activity and greater civic de- velopment. Baltimore has completely recovered from that shock and is now embarked upon an era of unprece- dented improvement. The Baltimore Manufacturers Record thus sketches the work contemplated;
 It is difficult to dip into any part
 of the tremendous unheayal that is
 lifting Baltimore into eminence right now and confne ones com ments to a single section of the great work in hand. For the first time in the history of the world a city of more than half million peo- pie Is starting In to repave every street and alley in it's bounds, to install an entirely new and com plete sewerage system and to put all s..4- nI.,-r
 cipally- owned conduit system. A greatly extended waterworlSs sys- tenn, comprehensive park and boulevard system and dock and har- ! bor improvement plans, the cost of 1 all footing up s100,000,000 or more, are some of the evidences of a TO- bust realization by Baltimore peo- pie that the time has arrived to equip Baltimore to seize and hold her rightful place the premier commercial and industrial city of the south the most convenient ship
 ping port for nearly half a con tinent, and the most enticing place of residence the country contains. Not all the people of Baltimore re- alize that elements are combining to 1rreS1StaDly sweep the Clty on to new and greater destiny, nor do those on the outside at all appre- ciate that Baltimore has now be- come permeated through and through with the same energizing forces that have revitalized the south and placed it well on its way toward leadership in trade and in- dustry among all the countries on the globe.
 One of the most striking feature of the work now under way is the pel feet coordination of effort on the par of the different municipal contractor and the public service corporations Plans are thorough and complete. A improvement involving excavation o any kind is to be completed in ad vance of the payers, and no furthe work of this nature will be allowe in the streets for period of fiv years. This will result in great eco homie benefit to the city as well a to the corporations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
The Immense Crop.

Everybody I meet who has travelec over the country recently tells of the enormous crops" said Felix M Dren. nen.
 MT. Hutchison, general superintend- ent of the Frisco. was telling me wher he was here Wednesday that in travel ing through Illinois recently he was impressed more than ever with the splendid crops; said he had never seer such crops in all his life. MT. Hutchi- son said that in nearly every state bumper crops would be harvested
 The big crops are now having very fine effect on general trade. Business is improving right along"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
ABOUT CUNNINGHAM

Gadsden Journal: In Birming
 ham, property owners who fail to cut
 weeds on their premises are to be ar-
 rested and fined The enforcement of
 the ordinance rgarding weed cutting in Gadsden would give us much more
 beautiful and healthy city.
 Montgomery Times: Three more killings in Birmingham and tho news announcement tells us that more blood was spilled in Birmingham in the
 afternoon, and for a couple of hours the police were kept busy. An uniden- tified white man known as country was shot and killed at 3:3O o'clock at the home of William Hall on Fifth ave-
 nue. near Twenty third street. Hall was
 not in the house when the officers ar rived on the scene, but two women were taken in charge. Two hours after this killing Will Lathem of East Lake. a news butcher on the Southern rail-
 way, called Mrs. Julia Anderson off a Gate City car near the Terminal sta- tion and shot her twice, fatally wound ling her. Officers chased him, when he shot himself fatally under the heart. D 1 That reads like a dime novel story, and does no good to Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
A Meridian Visitor

Walker Roach, vice president of the First National bank of Meridian, spent yesterday in Birmingham. He attended the bankers meeting at Montgomery Wednesday that was held for the purpose of discussing candidates for the direc- torate of the federal reserve bank to be established in district No. 6. He Is not a candidate, but went to Mont gomery in the interest of a banker friend
 Business in Meridian is normal" said MT. Roach. The crop situation in Missis- silpi varies according to sections. The drouth has injured truck crops around Meridian, and the boil weevil has done much damage to cotton. The farmers had been urged to diversity their crops but those who tried truck this year are naturally disappointed. It is right, how ever, that we should get away from the cne-crop idea. Much attention is now be- ing paid to stock raising in Mississippi This, 1t is believed, will develop into a very extensive and profitable farm indus try"
 MT. Roach talked enthusiastically of Birmingham. He visits this city from time to time, and he said that he noted vast improvements since he was last here about two years ago. He lunched at the Newspaper club and spoke with high ap- preciation of that institution
 Birmingham is a great city, indeed, Il said MT. Roach. Its growth has beer phenomenal, and the new buildings here are not only striking in appearance. but are handsome and costly. No wonder vis- itors are amazed when they see what a big city Birmingham has come to be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

wood were a candidate, he must inevitably be the conservative candidate. In such case 1t would be absolutely necessary for him to have the support of New York.
 The hopefuiness of the friends of MT. Clark and of MT. Underwood that the way may be opened to one of them to obtain the 1916 nomination is accounted for in the main by two reasons-the likelihood that MT Wilson will voluntarily retire from the presidency at the end of your years and the strong possibility that Theodore Roosevelt will be such 2 dis tvrbing factor to the republicans in 1916 that democratic victory will again be assured.
 Earlier in the year democrats generally conceded that if the 1915 nominations were worth anything, MT. Wilson could have it for the asking, and they assumed, of course, that he would desire it. But now there seems to be a feeling that something will happen to make MT. Wilson unavail- able as a candidate in 1916.
 They believe that if the President pur- sues the policy all through his adminis- tration of sticking at his desk so con stantly he will impair both his health and his political prospects. This is the sec ond summer that MT. Wilson has insisted on laboring hard in the almost trop- ical climate Of Washington.
 Many democrats are saying that the President is making a political mistake by keeping Congress in sessicn all sum- mer. They declare that while it is un- doubtedly popular to keep Congress at work it Is almost certain that the Pres idents action will be 0 menace to demo- cratic success in November, and that if the democrats lose control of the House this fall the Presidents prestige will suf- fer a severe injury.
 Another factor that enthuses the friends of Messrs. Clark and Underwood is the belief that for the first time in decade q democratic national convention will be convened with William J. Bryan elIni- hated from the running as a candidate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
'om the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 Our esteemed friend the Montgomery Advertiser rushes to the defence of Eu- faula against the playful insinuation incident to the Herlad's reproduction of an address by Representative Martin Madden in which he put that splendid little city in the same class with Yell vile, Ark.
 Eufaula needs no defence. Perhaps, however, our Alabama contemporary would have more convincingly demon- strated the sterling quality of its de- mocracy had 1t not based Eufaula' 8 claim to distinction upon the fact of its being "a large jobbing center, the home of many merchants we'll known throughout this section"
 Doesn't the Advertiser realize that
 business men of the kind it describes are the obnoxious "middlemen' whom
 latterday democratic statesmanship is
 pledged to wipe out in order to de- molish the high cost of living?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

closed for at least two weeks and some for longer time. Instead of doing this practically all have started again this week"
 The wheat crop turns out to be even larger than the government s June report indicated. It is not only a record breaker, but is far ahead of the largest crop produced in any preyi- ous year. The south will produce a large cotton crop-the largest, it is believed, ever picked except that of 1911.
 With it's wheat, and its corn and it's hay and its cotton and smaller crops this country will roll up great wealth this year. From a material point of view 1914 will be one of the greatest years in the history of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
Too Late to Save Gardens

At last the clouds have opened and a copious rainfall has baptized Birmingham, and it is to be hoped all this section," said a householder, but it comes too late to save the gardens
 Tt Is true that in some small measure 1t will do growing stuff good, but my roasting ear patch is drying up; my to- matoes are rotting and my cucumber vines are barren. Now, I work my own garden and 1t has been not only source ot pride but practically beneficial.
 T shall begin now planting my fall and winter garden, and I hope to be compen- sated in measure for present failure by the results to be expected from that. By the way, there isn't as much chance about a winter garden as there is one planted in the spring.
 Now is the time to plant for winter onions and greens of various kinds. shall dig up all my summer failures and double on my winter garden
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
THE HIPPO.

I would not be a hippopot- Anus for sixty bags of pelf; One of these days, as like as not, The beast will oversmie himself
 Youngstown Telegram. Then he'll be two half portions, Be split from tail to snout, Unless. he only smiles half way And turns wrong side out.
 Houston Post. Be not so sorrowful, me lads, There's hope most all the while, That when the hippo tries to laugh Maybe he'll crack the smile.
 Gainesville Telegram Republican. The hippo doesn't smile at all- I know this to be true; He merely yawns at those who call Upon him at the zoo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

Tom Hilliard. well known hotel man
 of New York, thinks the service of Amer ican hotels is superi or to that of the
 hotels in Europe. Speaking to a news Hard said: sFive years ago European hotels exeelled those of the United States in the matter of service. That is no
 longer true, American hotels now beat any hotels in Europe in point of service,
 and as regards Paris service is thing
 of the past. The United States seems to
 have obtained the best walters and cap
 teins The old rigid training whereby the
 hotels of Europe developed good walters
 to have been generally organized to sting
 visiting foreigners, especially Americans. The hotels seem to haze a different scale of charges, which recalls the old rail- read motto of get whatever the traffic will stand. In the United States if a man wants a $9 room he gets the best tEdt IS dNdlaDle dl lndl pflce. Tn Eu-
 rope he is charged anything that he will stand and for any sort of room. The same thing is true of restaurants. The in- decency which is to be found in French restaurants and theatres particularly struck me. One night I took a party which Sncluded some young girls who had just left a convent school to dinner 1 In one of the most select restaurants in Paris. The menus which were Scattered about were illustrated in the most objec- | ticnable manner kept them out of sight, but remonstrated with the manager pri-
 vately about this matter. In America the
 manager of that restaurant would have
 been justly hunted out of the town. At
 the theatres the so-called 'revues' are
 simply objectionable exhibitions of fe- | nale nudity. I have returned from the continent with one sense of satisfaction
 and that is a higher appreciation of the | decency and fairness in the United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
YOU AND I

Dora Read Goodale, in the Century. We shall not scale the lofty height.
 You or l. With panting breast and straining sight. To glimpse the City of Delight Whereof we dreamed on many night Of golden stars. in years gone by; We shall not see it, you or l. We shall not tire the tongue of Fame.
 You or l. Shall never prove hero's aim Nor honor those from whom we came; Nor leave to sons gallant name And princely portion. when we die; Nor sleep remembered. you or l. Yet this. at least, we'll claim for ours,
 You and I, Of Heavens lore: To find sweet fiower0 In jagged rocks; and glowing hours In tedious years; to spend our powers With all who will, and none deny; To say in all things; You and L
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
A CONTRAST.

A CONTRAST.
 A man in an English village was sent to jail for singing in a loud and raucous tone, without regard to harmony. We are more tolerant in this country The vaude- vile stage Is overrun by "coon shouters," who are seldom molested unless the sub- ject matter of their songs offends the average theatregoer's not easily affected sense of decency. PC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
The Band Concerts

T enjoyed the concert in Capitol park Tuesday night by Memolis band, but would have enjoyed it more had it not been for the noise of the children playing around the bandstand," said a prominent citizen.
 "The programme appealed to me, and was most favorab1y impressed with the quality of the band I love chi1- dren. but they should not be allowed to interfere with the enjoyment of the thousands who gather at the park to hear the music"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
A sALUTARY CONCLUSION
the Enterprise Ledger

From the Enterprise Ledger.
 Less eugenics and more old-fashioned love is what the race needs,' says Cleveland doctor That's what we call hitting the nail on the head.-Birmingham Age-Herald
 To have that, boys and girls must be reared in the homes instead of on the streets, where they mingle with cor rupt associates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
Crime and Justice

I read with keen interest in The Age Herald Constable M. w. Parsons recom- mondations for checking Birmingham s crime wave, as set forth in his open let ter to the governor of Alabama" said Earl Pettus, the we'll known attorney.
 I was especially struck with MT. Par sons idea of taking thorough census of dives and other evil resorts with view to eliminating vagrancy, and feel sure that should the authorities grant his re- quest for few men to carry out this programme great good would result. Something must be done in this connec- tion. Public sentiment demands immedi- ate action, and there should be no un- necessary delay.
 Public sentiment is a powerful factor in suppressing crime, but this power should not be abused. I am continually In touch with the criminal courts of Bir- minalham and Jefferson county, and l could not fail to note the effect of a crime wave on jury verdcts. Public sen timent in many instances reacts on court decisions. Prosecuting attorneys in pas sionate pleas are sometimes inclined to take advantage of public sentiment pre- vailing against criminals as class so as to prejudice the court against individual cases. Each case should be decided on its own merits, and sentiment of no kind should be permitted to effect a miscar- riage of justice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
A Longtime subscriber

W. c. Gravlee of Jasper was in Bir- mingham yesterday. Said he:
 T have been a subscriber to The Age Herald ever since it was the Iron Age, and' never lose an opportunity to praise it.
 Birmingham has grown so large that It Is almost beyond recognition. I re- member it when 1t was a very small town. But even in the early days I felt sure that it had great future.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
DISTRESSING CASE.

T have just been reading in this news. paper about man who lost his grip"
 Very sad, I'm sure"
 His plight would melt a heart of stone. He was returning to dry town after a visit to a wet one and the grip con- tained almost enough liquor to last him a month";
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

A prominent suffragist has come to the defense of the spinster aunt. What with golf, cocktails and votes for women, not to speak of the subtle cigarette, some srsinster aunts have plenty to occupy their time and don't feel that they need any public sympathy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

BEGINNING THE DAY--O God, praise Thee that Thou hast put so many good people In the world l ur.sse Thee that Thou hast put so much good even in bad people praise Thee for all gentleness and sweetness and self-sacrifice. 1ive me eyes to find Thy footprints In the hearts of men. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

In 8 letter which appeared in Wednesdays Age-Herald Mir Gunster began a symposium on the Italian method of more than ordinary interest in musical circles. MT. Loehr replied to MT. Gunster in yesterdays issue, and in todays issue MT. Memoli contributes to the discussion. Illuminating letters all three of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION.

The greatest diplomat of modern his- tory IS Jim Griffith. who recently died a natural death in the mountains of Ken lucky at the agesof no years" says the Cadiz, Ky, Record. The late MT. Griffith may have had unusual powers of diplo macy which enabled him to avoid getting in the way of feudist's bullet, but on the other hand he may have been born with firm conviction that discretion ia the better part of valor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
sPEIGHT IS ANGRY

Speight, the defeated candidate for Con- gress from this district, is mad. He wired Mulkey, the winner, telegram of con- gratulations. He added at the bottom, You are the only republican in the Third district that could have done it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

The Citizens Fire company of Tama- qua, Pa, will henceforth permit no intoxi- cants in its hose house. The only kind be the kind that will really put out a fire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

The Duchess of Marlborough says wealthy mothers-in-law in England should be protected from having their money squandered by their titled sons-in-l law. Something should also be done to pro tect wealthy American fathers-in-law from the same evil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

Andrew Carnegie is reported to have a new plan for giving away libraries. The cid one has been considerably overworked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

Mrs. Bryan is said to be anxious for lie life. With all hope of the presidency gone glimmering, he might be willing. to flo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

French suffragettes carried olive branches while paradlng in London and were not nIolested. Still, their example
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
DEEP ENOUGH.

Though beauty may be but skin deep, AS those have said whose hearts ara
 cool, It still puts common sense to sleep And makes the average man a fool.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
CAUSE FOR TEARS.

"scribson actually wept over one of his magazine stories the other day"
 Moved by his own pathos, eh?'' "No. He was paid only $15 for it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

According 10 university professor, too
 many college students have automobiles, the inference being that they burn the wrong kind of midnight oil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

Huerta had almost as great cinch in the recent Mexican election as the smoky champion had when faced in Paris by MT. Moran.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
THEY'RE USEFUL.

books as a rule.'
 Neither do I, unless they happen to be pocketbooks."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

George Fred Williams meant we'll" some of his friends declare. The world is full of failures who meant we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

A Mexican guuboat al Mazatlan saluted the American flag. Every little bit helps, you know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
EuFAULA AND YELLyILLE

''Shore leave" means more in the Amer ican navy today than 1t ever did before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
WHAT'S THE USE?

WHAT'S THE USE? This life, I wis, Is far from sunny To him who is slave to money. He'd sell his soul For just one ducat, Yet leaves his roll When he kicks the bucket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
PRESIDENT SUSTAINED

Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: President Wilson has shown his rare good sense again by refusingte have the suffragettes flatter him into trying to aid them in the passage of their suffragette bill through Congress. He very properly told them that this was a question for the states to handle and had not yet reached the dig nity of a national issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
FORGOTTEN.

DO you think 1t is possible to read a mans character by his necktie?'
 Not always. but when 1t happens to be under his left ear that's sign he's think ing of something else."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
LIA1ERIcKs.

An elderly spinster named Tate Was always expecting her fate But he never did come And now she's quite grum- It's so very trying to wait. II. A woman who wanted to vote Cried out till she got sore throat, Refused to take food And showed such a mood, She ought to've been tucked in a moat.
 III damsel whose last name was Bright When dressed for the street was a sight. Being fat and we'll fed, Her face turned a deep red, Which was caused by her facing too tight.
 ". man by the name of OHare Took trolley to get some fresh air; The conductor came round And very soon found Ihat O'Hare wasn't there with the fare.
 A LIFT When I saw you approaching so rap idly in your motor car I was afraid you might run me down" "Nonsense." But not half so much afraid of that as was that you might not ask me to ride with you to town" Get in."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

Some Cupids kill with arrows, some with traps.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

DESCRIBING HIM. No. Estella, city forester Is not pic- who carries an ax strapped to his back. He is usually keen college graduate with thick glasses and uses the broad .'a' in conversation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

Enterprise Ledger: Wilson's firm at titude to local self government has fur nished him a refuge when attacked by the snffragettes. They persist that wom- CT be given the right of franchise through the national constitution. while the Presi- dent Insists they besiege the state legis- latures with their grievances. But the suf- frage leaders are hard to convince that they are on the wrong track.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10
A PuBLIc WORKER.

Mrs. Blustum is woman who believes in doing things"
 Quite so, but unfortunately for MT. Blustum and the children, she doesn't believe in doing things about the house."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-10

Florence Herald When the delegation Of women suffragettes called on President Wilson in Washington a few days ago he told them it was a state issue and he would not give his influence to aid in the passage of federal constitutional amend ment in Congress. Champ Clark is in favor of woman suffrage, but says 1t is a state issue. Oscar Underwood and Cap tain Hobson both believe it is a question for each state to settle. It is live question that the states will soon be called upon to settle.