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The Pleasantville press., 1914-10-17
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The Pleasantville press., 1914-10-17
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The Pleasantville press., 1914-10-17

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DARE.-At Scullville, October 9,
Richard B. Dare, husband of Ara
bella Dare, in his 9th year. Inter-
ment Pleasantville Cemetery.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
The Sociological Congress

The Alabama Sociological congress. which will open three-day session here at Temple Emanu-El this afternoon, win bring together number of prominent workers in the sociological field.
 While sociology has come to be hackneyed term and something that has often lacked a practical side it has a strong appeal to intelligent and benevo- lent people who have a large aspect of the world of today and who have pro- phetic vision enough to look well into the future" said professional man.
 Many of the sociological meetings held within the past few years in different parts of the country have brought out dis cussions permeated with theory but lack ing in practical ideas But the Congress which will hold sessions here has an ex- cellent programme l have looked over it carefully, and nearly every topic to be discussed is timely and has direct bear ing on everyday life.
 One of the best features of the so- ciological movement in this state is the negro session. The colored sociologists will have their opening session at the Six teenth Street Baptist church. All such work IS that in which the sociological congress is engaged requires consecration and perseverance. Much good from 1t will be in evidence 10, 15. 20, 25 years hence."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Impressed With Our Streets

Nothing has impressed me so much about Birmingham as the wide streets and sidewalks" said a man Who has been living in New Orleans for the past year or two. T had never before re- alized the beauty and the usefulness Tof wide streets and sidewalks.
 Tn the business sections of New Orleans on most of the streets, it is practically impossible for two people to walk side and side in the middle of the day. or when the shoppers and crowds are downtown. There simply Is not enough room to pass people coming in the other direction. Of course there are one or two of New Orleans main the majority of them are little. mar row avenues that are dark and gloomy and real impeachment to traffic
 T can't understand how Birmingham has been able to provide such fine streets. 1 had always heard this was a boom town, and I expected to see a city with all the crooked, narrow, twisting streets of the ordinary boom town layout the streets having been located where the old cross corner paths and wagon roads were when the crowd came in. But this town looks as if 8 corps of engineers had come over the mountain on order from somebody and had laid out every street and ave- hue just to the dot before anybody else moved in. It is most de- lightful and I'm already strong booster for Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
A Popular Appointment

President Wilson made an admir-
 able selection when he nominated tt
 the Senate Henry D. Clayton for th' position of United States judg, for the middle district of Alabam;
 made vacant by the death 0. Thomas c. Jones. Senate con firmation in this case was merely a formality, as the distinguished appointee, now chairman of tht judiciary committee of the House
 of Representatives, is not only highly
 regarded for his legal attainments
 but he is an exceptionally popular man.
 MT. Clayton has made one of the
 best congressman that Alabama has
 ever had. He has given the best that
 was in him to his country's service
 and for his devotion to the democratic party he has been signally honored more than once.
 An effort was made in his district to defeat MT. Clayton for renomina- tion for Congress in the April pri- mary, but he won sweeping victory, thereby giving additional proof of the fact that his constituents have abid- ing faith in him and appreciate his sterling worth. But a vacancy in the federal judiciary having occurred, it was fitting that the President should tender him the appointment and it was right that he should accept. Many lawyers have the learning that would qualify them for seats on the bench, but they lack the judicial temperament. MT. Clayton is tenn peramentally equipped as well as professionally and he is sure to take high standing at once in the federal judiciary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
The Mourning Brigade

The newest form of "social protest is the "mourning brigade" which may have originated in the fertile brain of Upton Sinclair. He was conspicuous in a recent demonstration of this kind made in front of the Rockefeller ot- fices at 26 Broadway, where mourners appeared to express their sympathy for the Colorado strikers. They were quiet and transformations, but theatri- cally so, and were arrested for block ing traffic.
 Most of the mourners merely wore a band of black, crape on their arms and paraded solemnly up and down the street in front of 26 Broadway, uttering no sound, voicing no protest but expressing unutterable thoughts MT. Sinclair, being known as writer as we'll as a socialist, was very con- spicuous. There were some women present. One bore white banner with black stripes on it and bleeding heart in the center. Long black ties, big black hats and long black hair distinguished some of the more pro- nounced mourners. The offices of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the man whom it was hoped would be deeply moved by the demonstration, are located in the rear of the building at 26 Broadway, on the fourteenth floor, and as the mourners confined their parading to the street, they did not make any visible impression on Mir. Rockefeller.
 The mourners worked" in relays until curious crowds obstructed traf- fife and then the police interferred. MT. Sinclair, when haled to court, stood on his dignity, that being one of his favorite attitudes when harried by minions of the law. He also stated that he always wrote a poem when ever he got in jail, but did not state whether or not he considered this a form of revenge. However, MT. Sin clair and his followers were paroled for further hearing and the court escaped the poem.
 Some curious forms of hysteria crop out now and then. The mourn ing brigade" aside from its absurdity, appears to have been quite futile and the only recommendation it had was the fact that it was not so disorderly as some other demonstrations of a similar nature have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
should He Well Attended

My verdict is always in favor of bringing trained bodies of musicians to our community for the music festival" said Mrs. Flournoy Rivers, director of the Sherwood Music school, and an ardent lover of good music.
 'As an educational help orchestral mu- sic is incomparable. With the current methods of music teaching, one pupil, one teacher, in one studio it is impossi- ble to acquaint the student with the great body of symphonic writings that hold within their pages of black ard White notation, the great deeps of tonal beauty and poetry. Summit souls like Beethoven, Tschaikowsky, and Wagner, who work after some heavenly pattern shown them in The Mount and whose creations pulsate with an innate spirit of power and nobility, express themselves at their best in great orchestral forms Many voiced polyphonic. oceanic-a mighty spiri tmoves in their depths. Deep and strongly entrusted thoughts follow musial one another with wonder ful prodigality To my mind the highest form of human enjoyment is big or chestra, well disciplined and throbbing with beauty and life.
 Every teacher of music in Birmingham should insist upon his or her clientele of friends and pupils attending the two per- formances at the Bijou next Thursday, when the St Louis orchestra will be heard-not simply as a needed indorse- ment of our choral efforts, but as a rare chance at the higher educational advan- tages of orchestral hearing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
The Besetting Sin

And the sin that doth so easily beset us." Hebrews 12, 1.
 "The sin" in the text is probably the abstract noun, for the Greek said "the love-" "the courage" "the sin." It matters not, however; the abstract thing finds concrete manifestation.
 Each one of us has particular sin that besets him. There may be more than one, but there is one in particu- lar, that lies in wait and threatens and seeks to devour.
 In some cases it is a great out standing sin like murder or theft or adultery. Any man can overcome these by Gods help, and is the more likely to do so, because they carry their defeat in the alarm which they create.
 Much the more dangerous besetting sin is the one which we tolerate by reason of its seeming insignificance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
An Interesting Precedent

In view of the alarm and suspicion with which the present attitude of the United States relative to Mexico is regarded by some of the Latin-Ameri- can republics, the treaty of 1S48 which gave us California and New Mexico presents some very interesting reading, especially when taken in con- nection with the diary of President James K. Polk.
 The Derusal brings two most salient points into view-namely, that but for the stand taken by the President Mex ic6, would in all probability have dis appeared from the map as a nation, ond that politics played prominent part in forcing close of peace me- eotiations.
 James Buchanan was the Secretary of State and his proposed Mexican policy was not in . yd with that oi the President, but ' the diary o1 
 the latter it is learned that Polk was willing to accede to almost any propo- sition looking to peace, as he knew that owing to the antagonism of the lower house of Congress to his ad- ministration, support would not be given in case hostilities were re- sumed-and he yielded.
 Mir. Polk bitterly protested against the charges of Congress that the wal was brought on through his instru. mentality and was continued by him ]. with a view to the conquest of entire Usxico He pronounced them ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03

licious and false and intimated that Congress would be disloyal if it re- fused to supply him with men and money to force the Mexicans to terms.
 However, Congress paid no heed to his protests and the President was forced to bring the contest to a close. Fortunately President Wilson has no such opposition in the present em- broglio, either among congressman or the people, and one of his aims is to lull the suspicious of the very nations which he would befriend and convince them that aggrandizement and con quest are foreign to his policy and in- tentions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
The One Mill School Tax

At the election to be held Monday, May II, question affecting the school situation in Jefferson county is to be decided by the voters, that of continuing the one mill tax which was levied ten years ago for school pur- poses. According to the constitution the people had the right to vote this one mill tax for definite period, and in Jefferson county that period was fixed at ten years. Birmingham be- ing a part of Jefferson county shares fully in the revenue obtained from this one mill tax. It yields a total revenue of something like $15O,0OO. Of this sum Birmingham share is between $50, ,00O and $9O,O00. Bessemer gets about $10, ,0OO, and the balance goes to the country" schools.
 This money is used entirely to SUD- plement the teachers fund. The marked improvement in the county schools dates from ten years back when the one mill tax revenue became available. Instead of short school terms, as of old, the rural schools in Jefferson now have and have had for ten years an eight months system.
 Some people seem to have got it into their heads that an affirmative vote on this proposition would mean increased taxation. Instead of that il is simply continuance of the tax that property holders have been paying Should the proposition to continue the tax fail to carry on May II all the schools in the county would suffer greatly Birmingham and Bessemer and the county at large would be thrown back to an extent that could not be over estimated.
 When this one mill fund was ere ated teachers began to receive better pay, and as result the county got a better class of teachers and longer school term. P. M. McNeill, superin- tendent of Jefferson county's public schools, reports that the voters out side of Birmingham understand the question and are thoroughly alive to its importance ,and urges upon the city voters to keep this matter well in mind and vote right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03

YUST before Henry Wainwright was executed for the murder of liar 0 riet Lane in London, on Decem-
 Der 21, 1875. he confessed that his fate was deserved and made the request that he be allowed a cigar. This he
 smoked in the prison yard, walking up and down with Sidney smith, the governor, boasting to the latter in a
 most cynicl way that no woman could resist him..
 The trial. which ended with the
 execution of Wainwright, was a most sensational onea as had been the prisoner had been keeping up two es- | tablishments in London. He was in the brushmaking business in the Whitechapel Road, where he lived with his wife. The other place was pre- sided over by Harriet Lane. Sufficient funds were not coming rapidly enough to the Lane Woman, and becoming limportunate. Wainwright lured her to his workshop, shot her and buried her body under the boards of his ware house.
 The story of the discovery and ar
 rest is highly dramatic. It occurred
 on the afternoon of September II, 1875. A four-wheeled cab was being
 driven at considerable speed over Lon
 don bridge with a young man, hatless and breathless, following 1t, trying to get a policeman to stop and obtain a parcel that the cab contained. The running boy kept shouting: Stop
 that man with. that parcel! It's murder, l tell you.-murder!''
 1 A policeman took the warning, stopped Wainwright and placed him under arrest, as we'll as the woman, Alice Day, who occupied the cab with hirl. The boy who
 was responsible for the arrest had worked
 for Wainwright at one time and was
 asked by him to assist fin the removal
 of two large packages. These packages
 contained the remains of the murdered
 woman. which the boy discovered out
 of curiosity while the murderer was look
 ing for cab to carry them away | When Wainwright was arrested he was
 taken to the police station together with
 the parcels. When the parcels were ex- amined there were evidences that death
 had taken place year before. The po-
 lice set to work at once to discover the
 details of the crime. The first clew to
 the victims identity was found four days later
 Taylor. brothr-in-law of the Lane 1 woman, identified the remains, as did
 Mrs. Taylor, the deceased woman's sis- ter. At the examination 1t was found that Wainwright had purchased chloride
 of lime at the period of the murder. as well as spade and an ax. The Taylors
 also told of letters that were shown them as to the whereabouts of the sister, which ! were demonstrated by experts to be forged in the handwriting of the prisoner. l A brother of Henry. Thomas Wainwright,
 was also arrested an an accessory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF THE WAINWRIGHTS

lasted nine days, commenced at the old Bailey, on November 2z, and ended De- cember 1. 1875. Lord Chief Justice Cock burn tried the case. Sir John Joker had charge of the case for the Grown, and MT. Besley defended the prisoners. Both prisoners were convicted, Henry of being the murderer and Thomas of being an accessory after the fact, the latter receiving a sentence of seven years penal servitude.
 Upon his return to the jail Thomas
 Wainwright sent for Sydney Smith,
 who then controlled Newgate, and asked him to obtain from his brother information as to the exact hour when the murder was committed. This was done. Now" said Thomas. "go to my employer and get the work book, and you will find that on that day and at that time I was engaged nine miles away from the premises where the crime was committed.
 ThNugh the trial Henry Wainwright was most composed, He had been. for years, a prominent church member. and had made himself popular by helping at religious meetings. Yet it was shown that these things were merely the cover to career of unbounded immortality and profligacy.
 As the two prisoners were in the dock awaiting the verdict of the jury Henry Wainwright said to Thomas: They will convict me. Tom, and they will let you off T shall say that you did It." Thomas replied: You are the biggest murderer unhanged, but that will not be for long, for you will be hanged" Henry was nonchalant to the last. though just before his execution he con fessed that his fate was deserved, though he was not wholly guilty of the deed for which he suffered. On the scaffold he acted in the most indifferent way, smiling as he briskly mounted the steps. and there was smile on his face when 1t was last seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
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TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
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A dress with just a scrap or so Of goods below the knee
 Youngstown Telegram. Girls want but little higher up; But maybe that's their way. At least their Easter waists are cut Dreadfully 'collete
 Warren Chronicle. Girls want but little round about Mayhap manly arm, They dress for this without doubt Well, really, what's the harm?
 -Ashtabula Pepperdust. Girls want but little here below, It's with all you meet But what they all want lowest down Is pretty little feet.
 Washington Observer. Girls want but little here below Of course, it isn't wrong, For them to like little kiss And like that little long,
 -Tarentum, (Pa) Telegram. Girls want but little here below, d And what they want they get. E But I don't call 1t little when I view that pantalette
 F. F. " Marylander: 'I understand that Jones' bride comes from one of the first families in Virginia" vireinian: Yes, she lived in the first house you come to after crossing the Potomac" c. F. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03

The perils in dealing with these pretty little vipers are many. There is the peril of losing influence. A man cannot be the subtle spiritual leaven he ought to be unless he wages de- termined warfare against his sins, little and big.
 There is the peril of the rut. The sin is small and is therefore allowed, but all the time it is making it's rut in the road. Then one day the big emergency comes, the dreadful strain, and by a sort of Hateful following of habit, we bury ourselves in the rut which has now become a chasm.
 There is the peril of insidious growth. Sin is of cancerous nature. It grows. Not perceptibly from day to day, but after awhile it's roots are in our vitals and its noisome flower over all the body. Kill the snake while it is young. Later it will crush you in its coils or slay you with it's venom.
 There is the peril to the second generation, either lineal or associa- tional. You may keep your besetting sin as a sort of mascot, little travel ing companion, cute little gentle manly or ladylike vice, and escape substantial harm-but what of your children, your children by blood or influence? Your sin may be kept in abeyance and allowance and not have it's say at your grave. But it will have it's say. And when it holds it's carnival over the tender fruit of your life, you should be silent, for you could have slain it years before.
 And what shall man do about his besetting sin? He should face it., fight it, flee from it, and fill it's place. Be honest; look the facts in the eye; acknowledge to yourself the presence of your sin. Then begin definite and determined battle against it. One of the elements in that fight should be wise flight. Get out of the neighbor- hood. Stay away from the people, or the things that suggest the sin. Don't play with it. Don't twist the tail of sleeping lions. Don't re-enactl the tragedy of the moth and the flame And fill it's place with something worthy, something big. The per sonal presence of Christ is the best substitute for besetting in that know anything about. Here is the text in full, with its atmosphere of the Olympic games: Wherefore sec ing we are compassed about with so great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set be- fore us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith"
 H. M EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Hoping for Improvement

"In some sections of the country busi- ness remains quiet, but as the summer approaches, with the prospect of bumper crops, there will be a decided improve ment in general trade said R. R. Cary of Boston.
 T was in Chicago recently, and found that business was more active there than in New York or Boston; and I was told that in the western cities very little talk of hard times was heard. The south, l believe, has even less cause to complain than any other section. The re- ports that have reached the east about the thrift of the southern farmer do not seem to have been exaggerated. All the towns and cities of the south that have a good agricultural country to draw from are remarkably prosperous at the pres ent time. If the summer season is fla vorabe, the south will produce record breaking crops this year, and I believe that by midsummer prosperity will be in evidence throughout the country Big crops and good prices win certainly make for business activity"