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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
As to Congressional Pay

When Representative Witherspoon of Mississippi turned back into the treasury of the United States that portion of his salary which was paid him for services which, on account of his absence, he did not render, the world, through it's newspapers, laughed.
 Congress, years ago, enacted law providing that no member should be paid for service not rendered; that is, from the per diem pay an amount should be deducted for every day in which the members were not lon the job" The law has not been observed has, through the indulgence of mem bers equally as guilty as Congressman Witherspoon, become dead letter.
 Nevertheless, there should have been no laughter when Witherspoon, de- clined to accept money for which he had rendered no service. No one de- nies-even while everyone laughs that he did what was proper, what he should have done. When a congress- man neglects the business of legisla- ton to perform which he was voted a commission by his people, he is guilty of violating law when he re- ceives pay. The ergeant-at-arms, by the action of Witherspoon, sould be prompted to attend more faithfully to his business, and in the future see to it that other congressman "de- cline to receive pay" for that which they have not done. The one way in which to guarantee permanent quo rum is to make the dead" letter a burning letter.
 It is to be hoped that the time has not come when the scrawny finger of scorn orOridicule will be pointed at every man who does his duty and what is right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
TIRED OF REFERENDUM

From the Buffalo News.
 Citizens of western cities are getting terribly tired of perpetual voting under the referendum plan. Seattle has just voted on the charter. tenth of the voters who were registered voted for it, one-sixth voted against it and three fourths of those registered did not vote at all.
 The experience of Seattle is like that of most of the other cites and towns of the states. The leading newspapers in Oregon and Washington. for instance, complain of the tremendous flood of legislation submitted to the people at every election. It rises to 60 or 70 pro- posed laws, 30 or 40 amendments to the constitution. with pamphlets run ming to scores of pages by nearly all of them.
 The feeling of weariness over having perpetually to be dragged to the polls to vote on every scheme that the ia ratic, the zealot, the enthusiast and the patriotic can think of to get to the peo- pie is most conspicuous.
 The newspapers declare that the small and unusual body of thinkers seem to sit up>nights devising things that shall keep citizens spending half their lives going to primaries and get ting out the vote on referendum. But the experience of these states is pre- cisely that of the older ones and the older cities.
 | When Birmingham had the question of a great~water supply up before it, with citizens almost at each others lthroats for weeks. the vote at the polls finally amounted to but little more than 15 per cent of the registered vot- ing population and papers of that city that had been pleading for the use of the referendum for nearly all public questions threw up their hands and said they never again would mention the subject after that experience Papers in Oregon say that when there were debates on the charter for Seattle they would be attended by only a bakers dozen as a rule, never by any large number. It is impossible ia
 get up popular interest in abstract propositions, such as charters
 one feels like paraphrasing Patrick Henry in a remark that the next breeze that comes sweeping from the west will bring the sound of voices protesting against this interminable chasing to the polls on every kind of question on the theory that the pee pie ought to rule directly. when, in fact, only a small proportion can be got out except when there are cam paigns involving the fate of persons l The representative systems finds its justification more than ever in what practice has been had in the reference to the people of all kinds of public
 tions for their decision, in spite oi
 having that kind of business done by I1egislatures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
THE THINKER

By Berton Braley. in the American Ma chinist.
 Back of the beating hammer
 By which the steel is wrought Back of the workshops clamor,
 The seeker may find the Thought The Thought that is ever master Of iron and steam and steel. That rises above disaster
 And tramples 1t under hec. The drudge may fret and tinker Or labor with dusty blows But back of him stands the Thinker The clear-eyed man who Knows: For into each blow or saber
 Each piece and part and whole. Must go to the Brains of Labor
 which gives the work soul Back of the motors humming.
 Back of the belts that sing, Back of the hammers drumming.
 Back of the cranes that swing. Inere IS the eye which scans them,
 atcning through stress and strain, There Is the Mind which plans them Back of the brawn. the Brain. Might of the roaring boiler,
 Force of the engines thrust. strength of the sweating toiler,
 greatly in these we trust But back of them stands the Schemer. The Thinker who drives them
 through, Back of the Job---the Dreamer
 Who's making the dream como truel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24

quiet peaceable men and by no means inclined to be qarrelsome.
 When the judge made his charge to the jury he showed that by the evidence the murdered man and his party were in possession of the room when Savage and
 his friends entered, and that they had
 started the fight without provocation, and
 killed Sinclair in the manner as had been
 testified. It was murder, not only in him
 who gave the wound, but in the others
 who aided and abetted him.
 That as to the character of the pris- oners'' he said. good character is of
 weight where the proof is doubtful, but flies up when put in the scale against plain and positive evidence" Thus far the judges plea was sensible, but at the
 conclusion of his address he used these
 words:
 You are to consider that Mir Savage is very great man. a much greater man than you or l; that he wears very fine
 clothes, much finer clothes than you or ]; that~he has abundance of money in his
 pocket, much more money than you or I;
 but, gentlemen of the jury. is it not a very
 hard case that Mr. Savage should there lure XIII you or me
 MT. Savage, hearing his defense thus
 misrepresented. and the men who were to recde his fate melted against him by in- vidious comparisons made an attempt to explain the case, but the judge ordered him to be silent The jury then delib-
 erated upon their verdict, and determined that both Savage and Gregory were guilty of murder. and Merchant who had no sword only of manslaughter.
 This ended this memorable trial. The
 murderers were conducted back to prison where they were loaded with irons of 50
 pounds weight, and four days afterward they were taken back to the court to re- ceive their sentence. MT. Savage had now no hopes of life but from the mercy of the crown, which was very earnestly so- licited by his friends, and which, with whatever difficulty the story may obtain belief, was obstructed only by his mother.
 His merit and his calamties happened to reach the of the Countess of Hert- ford. who engaged in his support with
 all the tenderness which is excited by pity. and all the zeal which is kindled by generosity. She demanded an audi l ence with the Queen, laid before her the whole series of his mother s cruelty, ex- posed the improbability of an accusation l by which he was charged with an intent | to murder and so successful was her in- l terpostion that Savage was admitted to | bail on March g. 172S. and he and Greg 1 ory pleading the Kings pardon. were set at liberty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
Gcnernl Leonnrd Mood

"The official visit of Major General Leonard Wood, United States army, to inspect the Alabama National Guard was quite an event in Montgomery, where the
 brigade is encamped,'' said a military man.
 "A special from Montgomery in an afternoon paper said that General Wood
 was to leave that city for Birmingham but that turned out to be mistake. The distinguished officer went from Alabama direct to Texas for the purpose of in specting the troops there. q regret that General Wood did not find 1t convenient to visit Birmingham. He is, I understand, a gentleman of en- gazing personality, and he would have received many social attentions here. General Wood is not West Pointer. and Colonel Roosevelt, when he was Presi-
 dent. was much criticized because he jumped him over the heads of older
 officers who were graduated from the military academy at West Point, but General Wood has proved himself to be
 fine organizer and very much of a soldier"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24

did somesinjury to corn, but the yield, it is believed, will be as large as that of last year, if not larger. In 1913 this states corn production was be- tween 60,000,000 and 65,000,000 bushels, and it need not be surprising if this years crop reaches the 70,000,- 900 mark. A large crop of oats has been harvested, and alfalfa shows big gains. On the whole 1914 will be Alabama's banner year with a total money value of crops in excess of $250, ,O00, ,O00.
 A few years hence Alabama will make 2,000,000 bales of cotton on acreage less than that planted this year, and instead of 7O,000,O00 bushels of corn the yield should reach 200, 000,000 bushels. While cotton will re- main Alabama's leading money crop, this state will be a seller of corn on large scale. Three or four years ago it was large buyer of corn, and even now much corn will be shipped here from other states; but with the rapid progress of agriculture in the south the turning point will come al most before we know it; all of which is of appealing interest to the home seekers of the north, who are getting ready to settle in this section where farm lands are yet cheap as compared with those in the middle west and the northwest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
Alabama's Cotton Crop

Now as cotton picking time ap- breaches many experienced observers and local statisticians predict that Alabamas cotton crop this year will mark new high record. Until re- gently optimistic forecasts called for 100000 bale crop, but it now seems probable that fully 100000 bales will be picked, which will be slightly above the highest record, that of 1911.N>
 The boil weevil has done some dam age, but much less than indicated by reports from certain sections early in July. Not few farmers said that the boil weevil had destroyed 25 per cent of the cotton, but at the same time they admitted that there would be nevertheless bumper crop as a result of intensive farming, by which method double as much is raised to the acre as in former years; but the loss of 10 per cent by the weevil will doubtless be ample allowance.
 It used to be that some cotton farm CTS talked "short crop" to affect, as they thought, the market price. Years ago reports of disaster came from the cotton belt when it turned out that the yield was normal In this age of commercial organization and tele- graphic communication cotton buyers keep thoroughly informed on crop conditions. They watch with interest the government reports, but the Man chester spinners have information by cable every day about the crop in Alabama, Georgia and every other cotton states.
 Next to cotton, great interest has been manifested in Alabama's corn and forage crops. The drouth in June
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF RICHARD SAVAGE

ln1cHARD SAVAGE, the English
 N poet, led a life that for the most
 \ A part was filled with tragedy,
 brought about mainly through the infamy
 of his mother, who rendered him iliegiti-
 mate by a most remarkable confession in
 order to obtain a divorce. Through her
 machinations Richard was, from his birth, cast into obscurty and brought up in misery. The whole subsequent exist ence of Savage was a struggle between the undenable genius that would have elevated him to happiness, as it did to fame, and the unceasing persecution of | Lis mother that abased and degraded | him.
 | This treatment by his unnatural parent I led to despondency, drink and dissipation. too often the fatal tempters of men of genius. It was in one of these periods
 that occurred the misfortune which cast
 great blight upon his life. 2.a a< 1 On November 20 1727 MT. Savage went l from London, where he then lodged, that | he might pursue his studies with less in-
 terruption with an intent to discharge an-
 other lodging which he had in Westmn- l ster. Accidentally meeting two gentle
 men of his acquaintance, whose names
 were Merchant and Gregory, he went l with them to a coffee house and sat drink | ing until it was late. Liquor having | finally gotten the better of the party, they started to quarrel among themselves and with others, swords were drawn and one James Sinclair was killed. Saw age, having likewise wounded maid who l held him. forced his way with Merchant out of the house, where they were ar rested by several soldiers who had been called upon to quiet the disturbance. 1 Savage and Merchant were secured and guarded that night. and the following day they were removed to Newgate. The trial came on at the Old Bailey on December 1 [. 1727, before Sir Richard Page. judge of the court of kings bench.
 | All three companions were indicted for | the murder of James Sinclair-Savage Icy giving him. with a drawn sword, one | mortal wound in the lower part Of the | body of the length Of half an inch, and | Gregory and Merchant of being present
 and making no attempt to deter Savage in
 committing the deed.
 l At the trial a number of witnesses who were present at the coffee house when the
 murder was committed gave testimony, and several persons of distinction ap- peared in behalf of the prisoners and gave them the character of good natured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
Improvement in Steel Trade

Business improvement in commer- cial and industrial centers is noted from week to week, and since the first of July returning prosperity has been felt very generally through out the country There has been a gain of per cent in United States Steel corporation operations this week as compared with last, which brings it up to 70 per cent capacity. This in- crease; not as large, however, as the relatively speaking it is large in- erase; not as large, however, as the next few weeks will witness.
 There was an active buying move ment in the pig iron market few weeks ago. This was followed by a lull, but now another buying move ment is setting in, and prices are tending upward. It is believed that activity will prevail in all industrial fields from now on.
 The crop reports continue roseate. The money value of this years har- vests, including cotton of course, is now estimated at $10,O00, ,O0O, ,000. No wonder the business world is buoyant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
Good Prizes for Horses

The horse market holds up we'll said Walter Metcalfe.
 Good drivers are bringing from s1s5 to S2o0 The livery business has not been curtailed by the automobile as much as was predicted Saddle horses are high and always in demand. You know, an automobile can't go across cotton rows, and the black belt farmers pay fancy prices for good saddle horses. By the way, Mir R. s. Munger owns the classest' saddle horse I've seen for years. His star gait is the running walk
 Many owners of horses do not give enough attention to the teeth of their ani- mals. Frequently horses are low in con dition of flesh from decayed teeth or other troubles. A competent veterinarian can correct these without much pain or distress to the horse"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
MIGHT INTERFERE WITH ART"
IDLE OPINIONS.

A humorist says the bulldog is always down in the mouth. Still you will notice that he never loses his grip.
 Going the gaits" is strictly a relative tenn. A steam roller seems swift to some people.
 The old-fa shioned maa who believes God intended horses to race is still found in some parts of Kentucky.
 The silent watches of the night'' are rot the sort you buy for a dollar.
 Some people sigh for fame and some for riches, but real longing is expressed in the sigh of the man who only wants enough to retire on.
 There is nothing psychological in the fir ancial depression of the man who bets on sure thing.
 Faith in ones fellow man is often jolted, but after all it is what holds the world together. P. e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
ToMoRRow-TRIAL OF CAPTAIN CREIGHTON

mated his classroom and all about him by the sheer force of his personality? :? The other fellow did not have any person. ality. to speak of. He simply had a head crammed full of book learning. This sort Of man is the one to weed out of the faculty If the school is to have humanizing influence. He is the male school teacher, that Riley used to make so vividly interesting to his friends. Ours is day of human inter est, of human touch, not only in the school room, but everywhere. It Is life. realism, the people want
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24

Seventy-six years ago Charles Good hardware business in Philadelphia, dis covered the process of vulcanizing rub Der. In 1851 his process was still further perfected. Since that time rubber has become one of the most important articles in commerce and manufacture. It is used for great variety of purposes. At re- cent exhibition of cotton and rubber goods in London a. feature of the show was writing room completely furnished in rubber. It was 20 fset long and 1o feet wide. The walls were rubber. the pictures on the walls had rubber frames. The chairs writing tables, inkstands. penhold- CTS and other articles were made of rub Der. The windows were adorned by pretty rubber curtains attached to rubber poles by rubber rings. There was rub Der tiling on the floors and there was also rubber tennis court This country inn ports annually about 100, 600 GOO pounds of rubber. In addition to making use of scrap rubber that is reclaimed in enor- nous quantities. about 25oOo,Ooo pounds of foreign scrap is imported for domestic manufacture It is predicted that there will be rubber houses in the future which will combine with other practical advan- tages noiseless floors and sound-proof walls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Birmineham,s Rapid Progress

This city has had amazing growth. '' said w. H. Hayden of Columbus, O.. sec pany. fMy first visit was about F years ago. Birmingham was considered good town then, and it was easy to see that 1t had a great future. but it has gone ahead even faster than I had expected. l am here every few months, and each time I come I note solid improvement
 Trade conditions generally are sound, and business activity is in evidence once more, Prosperity will prevail through out the country next fafl. and there seems to be a widespread opinion that good times will continue for an indefinite period -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
HUMANIzING EDUCATION
From the Omaha Bea.

From the Omaha Bea
 Nine men out of 10 who have been tc flsence that counted for most with them the thing that impressed them decpest was not what they got out of a book but the personality of some professor. Anc which professor. the pedantic little ex ponent of faultless propriety. with. per haps, profound mastery of his subject or that big, broadzgaused. world-visioned strcng. warm-souled fellow that dolni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
Wilson and the Trusts

"Woodrow Wilson is making a great President" said w. F. Willington of New York. 'I have not always voted the democratic ticket, but did vote for Wilson and Marshall I thought MT, Wilson would distinguish himself as an executive and he is making good in every ways At one time I was afraid he might be bit too drastic in dealing with the trust situation, but he has made 1t clear that he is not antagonistic to big business just so long as big business keeps within the law. believe his anti trust programme will be generally ap- proved by the people of this country
 The Underwood tariff is proving popu- lar with the spubt. and the banking and eurrepA.s act is cd ceded by business men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
Tho so,,tber, f1uh

T am glad to know that Col T. O.. Smith, president of the Southern club, has decided to have house commit take the chairmanship of it and name the other members of the committee. D said a member Such a committee has been needed for sometime. Chairman Turner has selected the following as his associates on the committee: w. w Crawford, J. T. Stokeley, H. c. Ryding, L. sevier. R. H. Thach, Jr. and Alfred Shook"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
Hot Weather md Rabies

There is a wrong impression every year in regard to the prevalence of rabies in dogs in connection with hot weather and the dog days, said Percy Clark and much useless alarm, together with brutal cruelty. sometimes results.
 "The dog days. from the ascendency of the dog star, have nothing remotely bearing on animal life. In the days of the ancient0a a mistaken belief prevailed that the extreme hot weather caused dogs to go mad. It Is not so. Here in Bir- mingham there were more cases of rabies in the winter months fhan have thus far developed this summer.
 Rabies is a disease that attacks the brains of quadrupeds, generally dogs, and one of the manifestations is a paralysis of the muscles of the throat, resulting in for the dog to swallow water He will vainly try to do so, even roofing into it at first like a hog. Often dogs have a bone in the throat, show distress. some times slobbering at the mouth, and are chased and tortured and killed.
 Mad dogs are not confined to any breed, but the snapping flee often trans mits it. Bulldogs and collies have shown more cases here than any other breed.
 "Where dogs show any unusual symp- toms, sulenness or irritable temperament, 1t is best to confine them and also to chain them in a quiet cool place. If there is no improvement a veterinarian should be called to examine the dog.
 Again I wish to correct a wrong use of a word. Men have hydrophobia Qear of water), but dogs when affected with rabies (madness) crave water"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
A WORLDLY ATTITUDE.

our neighbors' cares
 We much regret, But they don't move In-well, our set. So why should We
 To them stoop down, Whom sorrows and
 Misfortunes crown? 'Twould never do
 Of course we'll send Donations, hope
 Their luck will mend And prove our hearts Are not unkind, But to their faults
 Ne can't be blind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24

The tomato seed oil industry is reported to be making rapid progress in Italy, all though it is of comparatively recent origin there. having been started in 1910 at Parma. The seeds are taken from to- mato refuse that accuinulates in catsup and canning factories. The oil extracted from the seeds is used in making soap. Experiments are now being made 10 de- velop crude oil from tomato seeds that will be edible and will take the place to certain extent of olive oil. The indus history and 1t is estimated that between coco and 5000 tons of wet tomato refuse are used in the industry each year. Eight thousand tons of tomato refuse will yield approximately 24O0 tons of dried residue. This yields 240 tons of tomato seed oil. In addition 10 the oil extracted from the 5000 tons of refuse about 1900 tons of oil cake is produced as ~by-product. In each 5000 tons of wet refuse from can tomato peel. Experiments are being made to learn ix value as a fertilizer. Seeds from tomato preserving factories sell for a little more than II cents per loo pounds. The wet refuse, just as it comes from the factory, sells for prices varying from 4. to cents per 100 pounos. The wet refuse
  ments. It Is not believed that the tomato seed oil industry will ever prove a serious rival to the olive oil and cotton seed oil industries, but it has added considerably to the incomes of manufacturers and has already proved valuable byproduct.