The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-29

a LFRED WARD, chief inspector Oh
~ Scotland Yard, who died recent
Nv in London, was rival to Sherlock
Holmes in real life. Some of his adven-
lures surpassed fiction, any way, ana
even the redoubtable Sherlock might
have been baf-
Inspector Ward fled-for a lit
a Famous Detective tie while - by
some If TIL
crimes ferreted out by Detective Ward.
You will remember that the celebrated
sleuth of Sir A. Conan Doyle was rath-
or contemptuo is of Scotland Yard. II
tho truth were known, Scotland Yard
NAV have enjoyed many good laugh
over Mr.. Holmes tendency to take
himself seriously.
But. returning to the late chief IN
spector, there was the famous Sfoo'-
600 pearl necklace, stolen IN July,
1918. All Scotland Yard had to work
ON was three humps of French sugar
and a torn scrap of French newspa-
ner found in the registered package
which was supposed to contain the
necklace The mystery was solved,
however. and the four thieves received
heavy sentences in Old Bailey court.
To be sure each pearl had been min
utely described in advertisements
sent broadcast ard the thieves dared
not trv to dispose of their loot by
breaking the string, thus making their
ultimate detection less difficult, but
the work done by Inspector Ward on
this case won him international fame.
TIME democratic party in New York
u has never been without numerical
strength, but time was when most
of the representative business men
were classed as republicans. With the
ending of the reconstruction period
in the south, following the Civil war,
nearly every man who stood Loyalty by
his section was democrat.
In ante-bellum days the wing party
had it's greatest strength south of the
Mason and Dix
Democratic Appeal on line. In Viz
to Thoughtful Men ginia and two or
three other of
the slave states it was distinctly the
"party of quality" but after APP
pomattox the paramount question
turned on white supremacy. Promi-
nent citizens who had been wings be-
came democrats almost of necessity,
because the blacks were led by repub-
licans, and until now the ex-Confed-
crate states have been solidly demo-
cratic.
Northern men who were stanch re-
publicans spoke patronizingly OF south
erners when, years ago, such repub-
licans were inclined to make allow
ance" for Dixie white folks as they
stood like a bulwark in defense Of
their homes and their institutions. In
the north the remark was frequently
heard "Only environment keeps the
best southern men in the democratic
party. If they were to come to New
York to live, they would soon join the
republican ranks and vote as the best
people vote"
The situation is quite different to-
day. The democratic party in New
York and in many other northern
states has in active affiliation with it
thousands of potential business men
and large array of educators and
men distinguished for their Intellectual
gifts. Thomas jefferson founded the
democratic party on basis which pre-
cluded special privileges for the few
and the social and civil advancement
of the many. This party has always
been a party of principle party
of correct theories and of honest
achievements. That is why it APP
peals to thoughtful men, and why
its ranks in the north are steadily
filling up with men of affairs and