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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-07
"North of Fifty-Thrce."

"North of FIfty-Thrcc."
BY Bertrand w. Sinclair. Little.
Brown * Company.
Because she refused TO marry her
elderly employer and thereby incurred
his cnmity 10 such an extent that he
bestnirched her name. the hCtoinc .of
Bertrand w. Sinclair's vivid story,
North OF FiftyThrce," is driven to
leave the Eastern Canadian city in
which she lives and seek employment
in the far Northwest. TO Carihoo
Meadows. a small town In British Co
luinbia. she goes, forsaking her occu-
patton as a stenoEraphor 10 become q
school teacher.
But she has barely time to make the
acquaintance OF her charges. for. be-
many days. she goes walking in the
woods--and there the story really be-
gins.
she soon loses her way, and. after
wandering about helplessly FOR some
time, she meets Roaring Iill' Mag
staff. stalwart, high headed AmcrL
can. who had cleaned up portion OF
the town day or two before. W3r-
staff agrees to pilot her home, and
really tries 10 find the way at FIRST.
but before long he changes his mind
and romantically abdUcts her. He does
not actually bind her to his saddles
bow but tells her how far they have
zone from Cariboo Meadows compcls
. her to realize how impossible IL would
bc for her 10 make her way back alone.
ana thus forces her 10 accompany him.
For days they Journey through the
wilderness. while WaEstafl treats her
as though she were his sister though
he Gocs notify her that he IS going TO
make her love him. oltoI.t uG tho
method to "A certain extent. adopted
by one BLACK haired Nirg uian created
by owen Wister. ~ last thoy reach
WaEstan's home In the far North. and
there they settle down Tor the long
winter.
The cabin is strangely wei nt;ed UP,
with many comforts unknown III the
waste places. and innumcrable books.
Wagstan continues to trcat hcr with
profound respect. ana She gradually
learns TO like the life. but she stiu re-
fuses to yield 10 Ids love-suc viii not
marry him. So when spring comes. he
takes her back to the borders Of civil
Iization ana leaves her. Thcrcupon
having lost him, she fcmin!no!y. not
enthusiastically. begins TO wan; him very
badly Indeed. ana she promptly starts
back over the long tran 10 nul him
Fortunately, he Is waiting at tho
Journeys end. which resolves its,lf
into d lovers meeting. and al! ends
weli--so Far. But only so far. bccaucs
North OF Fifty-Three" Is altoethcr out
OF the ordinary run o mine" OF nc-
ton. in that II offers two distinct
cUmaxes.
The girl and her husband arc very
happy for many months Thcy 40
away up into the SIN farther North
searching for gold. over trails that
offer almost insurmoun;ah!e diGlcultics;
they work like beavers: they suffer
from the disastrous results or the g!rl's
carclossnoss. against which she has been
warned by the man. and they find
gold In quantities. Then comes the
wrenching journey homcward followed
by success, financial and social. in the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-07
In Marcciinlc."

hy james Straham. George H.
Doran Company.
bioSra phy of Mrs. Catherine Booth
CHhhorn, eldest daughter OF General
booth. written by her son-in-Iaw,
lanes Strahan. is here presented under
me title by which that eminent woman
mas IonE been known in France.
Mrs. Booth -Clibborn was one of tho
hrSt English women to advocate. by
iorcc OF example, woman's rights by
assuming mans career for. when her
rather determined to enlarge the field
OF his labors. shc-thcn Il Young girl.
Was assigned 10 France. She thus be-
caihe' as we'll, the FIRST representative
ol Salvationism on the Continent, and
she WAS for many years the leading
spirit OF the movement In France and
Switzerland.
The biography is more than bare
recital Of the important events in the
SUBJECTS life: Il Is illuminated hv n
series OF pictures and incidents taken
from her wido ana varied career.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-07
Inside the no".c rim. Jnc,< nu,,t."


iy George Leland Hunter. John
Lane Company.
Contrary 10 what might be expected
from its title, this Is not an cn,bora
ton OF the already elaborate warn
from the childrens classic, Mother
Goose but practical book hy n prac-
ticai man. In which he gives a vast
amount Of information to the prospec-
tive home maker.
the author is we'll known for his
hooks on tapestries and home furnish
inr, and h, therefore. writes rs one
having authority. or at least certain
knowledge Much Of tho book Is done
IN the form Of conversations. which
makes IL altogether readable. bur tho
matter Is apparently not sacrificed 10
the manner for Inventions and Inuo-
N"'lpnS, devices plans and schemes of
architects ana decorators. are all ruliv
described those that relate 70
the exterior and those tina: affect the
inierior-while even thc matter Of the
cost OF all these Is gone into with WIN,
seems to he care and accuracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
Business Conditions

There is a very decided optimism in
the business world, and leading fl
nanciers and manufacturers are pre-
dieting a high degree of prosperity
this year.
During the. greater part of 1913
liquidation was in progress. The
period of liquidation has about ended,
and it is thought that in the spring,
which is almost upon us, activity IN
business will be the rule throughout
the country. There is always lull in
trade after the holidays, and business
seldom gets good start until about
the latter part of January. But the
best of the situation is that every
body talks with a confident air about
improving conditions.
The iron market, which is some
thing of barometer, has been more
active during the past two weeks than
it usually is early in January. Pres
ent inquiries for iron indicate large
tonnage contracts and high prices be-
tween now and the first of February.
Evelen-dollar iron on No. 2 basis,
is certainly tempting to
There is practically no
profit to iron makers at prevailing
prices, but if the railroads are per-
mitted by the interstate commerce
commission to advance freight rates,
a boom would start up at once, and,
of course, the price of pig iron would
begin to soar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
Last Years BenefactiOns

A notable feature of philanthropic
progress in this country is the rapidly
increasing benefactions of the rich.
Twenty five or thirty years ago, be-
fore multimillionaires had become
numerous, individual gifts in large
amounts to educational and humane
institutions totaled only about $780,
100000 annually.
Last years benefactions as re-
ported in the New York World
Almanac totaled over 100000, 900,
and this vast total did not include
gifts of donors under $4,000. Were
the smaller gifts added the total prob
ably would have run up to $685.
100000
In 1912 the total, not including gifts
under $40 900, amounted to $500, ,000,-
900. While the increase last year was
comparatively small it is encouraging
to know that there was any increase
at all, in view of the business depres-
sion that characterized the latter half
of the year. In former years most
of the large donations were made to
denominations schools, but in recent
years, while the institutions of a
religious character are still remem-
bered bountifully, benefactions as a
rule have taken a much wider range
Movements for the promotion of
scientific research come in for large
share of the big gifts.
| Benefactions in 1914 will doubtless
go considerably beyond those of last
| year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
Regional Banks

1T was rumored few weeks ago that
Atlanta had one of the federal reserve
banks cinched but that is not true said
a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
THE talk was that the Georgia sem
ators conditioned their support of the
banking and currency bill upon Atlanta
Icing awarded one Of the banks. Of
course, President Wilson would not have
entered into any such agreement. In the
first place, he didn't have to in order to
get the administration measure through.
In the next place, that isn't Mr.. Wilson'S $
way, Nevertheless, Atlanta boosters have
beei willing to let the story stand as
a fluff to weaken the ardor of those
working for Birmingham. Atlanta may
land one of the banks, but certain 1t is
that nothing is decided.
Birmingham chances of being select
ed as reserve bank city are good. If
the Carolinas are put In an eastern group,
Birmingham will be the logical city for
the ba nix south of the Potomac and the
Ohio and east of the Mississippi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
Agriculture and Science

Erof. A. A. Persons. candidate for
state commissioner of agriculture and
industries. subject to the democratic
primary, is in Birmingham.
81 am meeting with great encourage
ment In my candidacy said Professor
Persons at the Morris last night. 81
was 10 years professor of chemistry al
The University of Alabama. | am ma
tive Of Alabama and have had many
years of practical experience as farm
er and in connection with the Alabama
and Florida experiment stations. One OF
my political competitors has referred to
me as a book farmer but for four
years ] did nothing but farm.
THE progress that Alabama is max
ing in agriculture is due largely to
scientific methods practically applied
Auburn and the university have done
untold good in advancing husbandry
and l am proud of the part I have been
fable Co perform in the scientific branch
of agriculture"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
The Iron Market

The local iron market continues to I'M
prove. Matthew Addy Co.'S Cincinnati
report says in part:
"The paralysis of December that seemed
to freeze up the market has given way to
fair demand. The week has seen large
and small sales, and ever since the new
year the volume of business has been
Increasing. And the reports that come In
from the foundries show that they are
growing progressively buster. OF course,
no one knows whether all this recent buy
ing is because the purchasers are tempted
by the crminally low prices prevailing.
or because the iron is really needed; per-
hlps both elements enter into the matter.
AS for, prices, they are so low that the
iron masters cannot possibly figure out
profit, and the only wonder is that there
is not universal rush TO buy while the
buying is so good. AS an immediate re-
suit of the low prices, a great number OF
furnaces have recently blown out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
Encoura cement for the Cotton Planter

At the opening of every year we are
flooded with an outpour of statistics
and while they are often mighty dull
things they nevertheless are of vast
importance to those engaged In the
vocations to which such statistics ap-
pertain.
Our greatest industry is that of
husbandry and to the planter the re-
cent report of the United States Sec
retaay of Agriculture is of vital i'm
port.
The value of the crops for the year
1913 was, according to this report,
S6,100,0 100000, and of animals and
animal products $3.50, 600, 900, max
ing a total of $9,750,000 900. Com
pairing this enormous sum total with
the figures of the few past decades
we note an astounding progress and
learn that farm products have more
than doubled in the last thirteen years.
In 1870 farm products were worth
81 1865, 100000 in gold; in 1890,
S3,764 100000, and in 1900, $4,417,-
O69,973.
The total value of our farms today
reaches Sal 100000 700, which is about
$500, 200, 900 in advance of that of
1912, but it must be confessed that
this is principally due to the in
creased cost of living. Still this II a
per cent increase, must, some authori-
ties contend, be considered as a tangi-
Bile increment to the farmer upon the
ground that were it not so assigned,
prices would be still higher.
Shipping statistics, while not so
roseate in the abstract, show that cot
ton is king, the crop of that staple
bringing in exchange more money
than ever before in the history of this
country. The report shows that 166,-
100000 pounds of beef and its prod
ucts were exported as against 1885,
100000 pounds SO late as 1906, and
that the amount of pork exported in
1918 has been exceeded twenty times
in the last twenty-three years. Inten-
sive and diversified farming with ade.
quate means of distribution may help
this condition in measure, but with
Argentina and Brazil sending to us
their. cattle, corn and wheat a return
to the old time standard in our eX.
ports cannot ever be hoped for or ex-
pected. In the meantime cotton has
increased in consumption abroad ano
will continue so to do for period the
limit of which it is impossible for man.
kind to assign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
Facts About Cotton

Excerpts from the, cotton statistics
embraced in the latest census bureau
announcement are of much interest.
During the last four months the
supply of cotton amounted to 4,457,-
953 bales, while the distribution to-
tailed 1,977,47 bales consumed and
5,1S0,173 bales exported.
The consumption in the United
States during the month of December
was 482,19S running bales, including
22,114 bales of linters and 13,2O6 for
eign bales.
The number of spindles in the cot
ton growing districts active during
December was 12,153,899 and in all
other states 1S,S47,765. 1t is interest
ing to know where our staple goes
and the December exports show that
437 1923 bales were sent to the United
Kingdom; 326,93S bales to Germany;
146,074 bales to France; S0,62l bales
to Italy, and 204, ,169 bales to all other
countries.
We imported 1883 bales from
Egypt, 1924 bales from Peru, 67 bales
from China and 2533 bales from all
other sections of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
NAMES 1s MISTAKES IN LIFE

San Francisco Cor Washington Post.
Here are what Presiding Judge Paul ].
Mccormick has announced as Thirteen
Mistakes of Life"
ITO attempt to set up your own stand
ard of right and wrong.
''ro try to measure the enjoyment of
theirs by your own.
ITO express uniformity of opinions in
this world
ITO fail to make allowance for inexper-
ience.
10 endeavor to mold all dispositions
alike.
Not to yield in unimportant trifles
''ro look for perfection in our own ac-
tions.
ITO worry ourselves and others about
what cannot be remedied.
'.Not to help everybody, wherever how
ever and whenever we can.
ITO consider anything impossible that
we cannot ourselves perform.
ITO believe only what our finite minds
can grasp.
Not to make allowances for the weak
nesses of Others
ITO estimate by some outside quality
when it is that within which makes he
man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
BuSiness ImnrOYlng

Business in Birmingham is improving
right along-is in fact in most healthy
condition. said W. ]. Adams, president
of the Commercial Bank and Trust COM
pany
Il think 1914 is going 10 be one of tie
lest years we have ever had, and l be-
liove this is the general feeling in busi-
ness circles. 'rhe outlook for the Bir-
mingham district was perhaps never
brighter.
II think the new banking and currency
law will prove OF great benefit to the
financial world and indirectly to the peo-
pie generally.
II was glad that President Wilson ap-
pointed John Skelton Williams comptrol-
Ter of the currency. which will make him
ex-offieio a member Of the governing
board of the reserve banks. Mr.. Williams
IL recognized as business man and finan-
cier of exceptional ability. AS south
erner the whole south should feel proud
Of him"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17

pushel of wheat! The farm experts
have 1T ciphered down to 10 minutes, which
Is less than any city chap would gues.
Our great-grandfathers, who didn't have
chilled" plows, elf-binding reapers,
steam threshers and sheaf gatherers put
three hours of hand labor into q bushel
of wheat. Now horses and capital in
vested in farm implements have reduced
mans work in growing our bread supply
to less than nalf a minute for each ordi-
nary loaf.
Some persons whose thoughts run to So
cialistic theories insist that. the farmer
now gets too little chance to charge for
his own labor. or rather that too little
OF his labor goes into farm produce.
1t is true that Il great wood carver
could put enough labor on. the lumber
from one oak tree so that 1t would have
market value of 5000. whereas cut into
fire wood 1t would fetch but 500. Why
not carve all the wood Instead of burning
1t. and SO give man greater labor value?
saw men in Japan work six months
decorating one cup and sell 1t for 500.
If, however, every Japanese tried to do
that Satsuma ware would take big tum-
BILE in price.
ton OF steel rails is worth but SIS
Letnenough labor go into IL so as to pro-
duce ton OF watch springs ard you null
tiply the value CT the steel by thousands
But we 90 not need more carved wood
work, although we do require cheap fire.
wood, and as for watch springs, the mar
ket would soon be oveystoc<ed were the
mills to stop making rails in order to pro-
dnce springs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
sT. HELENA INSTEAD OF ELIZA

Edward G. Lowry in Golfers Weekly.
A man walked into the lobby of the
New Willard hotel the first day of the
republican national committee meeting
ard looked about him at the collection OF
old political war horses drawn there by
the meeting of the committee. 1t was the
first time they had all been assembled
since the 1912 Chicago convention. This
observer looked at them critically. They
had not changed particle. The aroma of
,theil big, fat cigars filled the air. To
mel. who have gone forward with the
movement of the times it seemed some
how like walking into collection of
familiar ghosts, and it inspired this OBJ
server to say: Gentlemen, if the root
fell in at this minute, the whole repub-
lcan party would be killed.
That is just about true. An atmosphere
Of the past enveloped the lobby groups
There was Joe" Kealing of Indiana and
Jim" Watson, sitting on the national
committee with a proxy from Mississippi,
ard "Uncle joe Cannon and Hemenway
and a dozen others pow-wowing or whis-
pering to one another IN little groups just
as they used to do when their powwows
anc their whispers meant something and
had some political significance. 1t all
gave, somehow, the impression of the re-
vival of an old, old play, with the original
ce st
Never did the republican party appear
less formidable as a political organiza-
tior than it did as represented by its ma
tioral committee. 1t has no leaders and
II has no principles. 1t needs a moral
Issue" about as badly as anybody ever
reeded one 1t needs inspiration. Soup
houses must come" is not an inspiring
battle crp. A hope that the democratic
party will be devastated by the sight of
bread lines in the big cities this winter
surely touches zero in party politics and
party policies. A great many of the re-
Bublicans assembled at Washington
seemed to think that they We're coming
back into power through the votes of an
electorate pressed by the rigor of hard
times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
ONE EXTRA GRAIN OF WHEAT

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
They have built a fine monument for
the man who put the potato in France
Who better deserves the thanks of man.
kind than he who adds to the food supply
of all?
What prize could not the United States
afford to give the man who shall make
each stalk of wheat this year produce
only one grain more than each stalk pro-
duced last year? One extra grain would
add 35, 100000 bushels to our wheat crop.
1t has required some thousands of years
to develop wheat into its present state.
When Joseph created that celebrated
Corner in Egyptian wheat each stalk
held but few grains. Originally a
wheat grain was as small as hay seed
with but two grains on stalk.
Even If the United States does prodl1~
only Is bushels of wheat from each acre
planted-or half the amount in HOLLAND
and England-we are doing much better
than formerly. There is fine chance
coming for Secretary Houston 10 tell the
farmers how to put few more grains
into each head of wheat-a task worthy
of any Homeric mind.
What a little bit of labor now goes into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17

FINEST woMEN's CLUBHOUSE

ffori the New Yorl. Post.
The rev clubhouse of tie Women TIL
yers;ty club was open TO members for in
sroction few afternoons ago 1t is said
to os the finest wcrnen's club building in
this country. The total cost of its cree
ton was more than s250,0Dc.
The iutlding is 10 stories high, of white
limestone and buff coiored brick. vita a
balcony on the second roor and roo:
garden. It is expected tire club will he
completely furnished Dy February H.
There will be gymnasium large assem-
bly, room, which the Vassar Aumnae as
sociation is to furnish. % sleeping rooms
for transient guests and resident members
and small committee :ooms.
Mrs. William II. Hays, president of the
realty company of the club, is largely re-
sponsible for the raising Of funds for tke
new building. Andrew Carnegie's Caugh-
te' contributed 5000. but most Of .ns
money las come IN gifts of $50 and si0o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-17
MODEST MEN OF WEALTH
From Leslie's.

ipii iSSShs 60
Credit! Newspapers express surprise
over the fact that a quiet gentleman
named Severance who died recently at
Cleveland left an estate of over $4,000, GOO
1t appears that he had been one of the
organizers of the Standard Oil company.
The bulk of his wealth had come from
careful investments in its securities and
those of other well established industrial
and railway enterprises The newspapers
disclosed that he had been one of the
most generous contributors to educational,
religious and philanthropic institutions at
home and abroad. Missions i'm Japan and
China. small colleges in the west, the
Young Mems Christian association vari-
Gus hospitals, women's schools in India
and other institutions, 1t was found, mad
been in constant receipt of generous gifts
from this quiet man of large fortune.
There ought to be nothing surprising in
this statement for it recalls that every
ono of the great fortunes achieved by
the promoters Of the Standard Oil enter
prise has a similar record. Mr.. Rookie
feller's gifts of millions to educational in
stitutions and to the science of medical
research, the late Mr. Rogers benefaction
to his home town, those of the late Mr..
F'lagler, the wonderful work accomplished
by the Pratt institute. the half million
dollar stadium at Syracuse university, the
gift OF Mr. Archbold-all bear testimony to
the thoughtfulness of the captains OF In
dustry whose wealth was acquired from
the oil industry of the United States
which they had the foresight and enter
prise first to develop.