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I hm n plnniu <1 ilishonest iloall»fp
stop me non. If ilurlnR the «J*i>
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me strenatli. Rebuke me far false
attitudes, fashionable Insincerities,
poor make-believes, silly poses.
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James Gordon Bennett
Th illness of Janies Gordon Bennett
fnvites attention to one of the most
striking characters in journalism, for
not only has the New \\>rk Herald s
editor aimed to establish an unique
characteristic in newspaperdom, but
his efforts have redounded in immense j
benefit to the world and hiitoianity at
large.
Up to the time of his appearance
in the arena it had been the accepted
principle of journalism that men want
news, that newspapers must supply
that want and that material for such
supplying must be gathered by a band
of men devoted to the work in ques
tion.
But Mr. Bennett reduced the theory
to its /inal analysis and decided that
•when news was absent it -was the pre
rogative and the obligation of his
newspaper to manufacture it. 'ibis re
sulted in the fitting out of the relief
expedition under Stanley for the aid
of Livingstone. In other words, he
sent into Africa to make news. Next
came the Jeanette expedition to the
north pole that ended so disastrously;
but it wa's news. Following this was
the establishing of soup houses for
the poor of New York, the organiza
tion of a system for storm warnings
to transatlantic steamers and the es
tablishing of a commercial cable to
Flurope. He also raised a sum of
$400,000, of which lie personally con
tributed $100,000 for the famine
stricken poor of Ireland.
Among Bennett’s peculiarities may
be noted his self-imposed expatria
tion, he having lived 35 years
abroad, and his refusal to per
mit his papers to affiliate with
any political party, a position
which renders the editorial page often
colorless. This conservative character
he desires to have perpetuated in his
organization after his death.
Mother Earth's Secret
Almost upon every scientific dis
covery this old world leaps into
“Ann’s” shoes and the public becomes
engaged in the effort to ascertain tis
• ge. A more recent acquaintance with
the properties of radium has again
started the query, but the answers
furnished constitute such a variance
©f figures that little credence and less
satisfaction are to be derived there
from.
Among tile older methods resorted
to for arriving at the age of the earth
was that based upon physical phe
nomena presented by the washing of
•oil into the sea and the measuring
of the river deposits. A measurement
of such alluvial beds has furnished
the calculation of 100,000,000 years as
the erath’s age, but it is impossible
to know whether the annual denuda
tion and deposit have been uniform
■o that the calculation is worthless.
The saltiness of the sea has been
employed as another method based
upon the assumption that the ocean
- "Was originally fresh and received its
■aline quality from the land wash
ings through the rivers. The quantity
ef salt in the sea is accurately known
•nd the annual addition from the ;
rivers can be tolerably well approxi
mated. ft the assumption is correct it
'might command some degree of re
liance, but calculations predicated
thereon differ vastly. Professor Joly,
under this method, has concluded that
the world can score 95,000,000 years,
while Professor Romer, under the
same method, accredits it with 160,
000,000 years. Now that the speed of
disintegration manifested by radioac
tive matter is known this process has
been employed to figure out the prob
lem. But here .the same snarl is en
countered; one mathematician arrives
at 71,000,000 years and another at
1,025,000,000 years. When doctors
disagree who shall decide?
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Past. Present and Future
Birmingham has long been a busy
town. It has been busy building it
self up, and in giving attention to
large and far-reaching interests it has
overlooked many matters—things of
real importance, but small when com
pared with the great industrial main
stays of the Birmingham district.
Birmingham’s population has in
creased rapidly, and when the last
census credited this city with 132,035,
an increase of 245.4 per cent as com
pared with the population in 1900,
even prophets whose predictions had
been most roseate expressed agree
able surprise.
But in the past few years Birming
ham has needed more hotel accommo
dations, and in the very recent past
the need of a vast auditorium or con
vention hall was known to be very
prising. New and elegant hotels
Birmingham now has. One of the
most magnificent hotels in the world
will be opened here early fn the com
ing summer. Another costly hotel of
absolutely fireproof construction is al
most finished. The most costly and
perfectly appointed apartment house
in the south has been completed here
and will be occupied in April. Of the
older hotels in Birmingham, most of
them are well conducted, and on the
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whole Birmingham at the present time
is to be heartily congratulated on the
hotel situation.
The people’s auditorium, for which
the voters cast an overwhelming ma
jority last fall, is still in the future.
No time should have been lost in
breaking ground, and a building with
a seating capacity of 8000 or 9000
should have been far enough advanced
for a music festival in May.
But as Birmingham has developed
so steadily and has now so many fea- j
tures of surpassing interest—indus
trial and otherwise—optimism and not
a spirit of fault-finding should be
strdhgly in evidence; and it is. Only
the-few knock. 'The majority realize
what a great city Birmingham is and
fully appreciate the fact that it has
a splendid future. In many cities im
provements are hardly noticeable ex
cept in five or ten year periods. With
Birmingham’s giant strides one year
here makes a vast difference.
This city made a new high record in
big buildings in 1913, and will prob
ably make a still greater record in
1914. In looking ahead three of four
years it is easy to visualize two or
three more hotels, a convention hall
and a public library building, to say
nothing of lurgely increased popula
tion. And looking ten years into the
future the imagination is put to a
high test. It would be hard to over
estimate Birmingham’s greatness in
the next decade.
A Foolish Suffragist
One recognizes the futility, if not
Folly, of a joust with the suffragettes,
and yet the recent argument advanced
by Mrs. Gilman, a leader of the New
York phalanxes, is so replete with ab
surdity and so lacking in anything ap
proaching logic, that it deserves a
passing comment. This lady observes,
and with an evident sense of impos
sibility of reply to her question, “The
borne doesn’t fall to the ground when
the man goes out to work; why should
it when the woman goes out?”
It may be that Mrs. Gilman infers
that when the woman goes out the
man is to remain at home and take
her place, for upon no other hypoth
esis can it be assumed that a creature
accredited with normal intelligence
would ask such a question.
Her logic is tantamount to the prop
osition that as a man with one leg
only can manage to hobble around, a
man with both legs gone can hobble
just as successfully.
The home has two props—the man
who goes out and provides for its
maintenance and the woman who re
mains at home and attends to its
domestic requirements. While the man
is away and the wife at home,
it does not fall, but when the
man and the woman both are
away no prop is left for its
Support. 11ns hardly requires serious
argument and to accept Mrs. Gilman
in any sense of seriousness it must be
assumed that she infers the woman
arc! man will exchange places.
Nature has fitted man by his su
perior strength to look after the main
tenance of the home and that same
nature has expressly fitted woman to
conserve the domestic duties of the
home. Either Mrs. Gilman is asking
a reversal of nature’s provisioning or
she i. not to be taken seriously.
The Whole Man
“He knew what was in man.” John
2:25.
He knew what was in man.
And He wanted it all to come out.
Some people object to the teaching
that a man is saved by faith, thinking
that a small thing upon which to hang
salvation, and demanding room foi
obedience and deeds. Much might be
said here, but let us follow one nar
row line.
Christ taught salvation by faith.
“Thy faith hath saved thee,” He said
many times. Faith is the heart atti
tude, the beginning of things away
down in the bottom of the mind. That
! is certainly the first thing; and the
fundamental thing, for it is conceiva
ble that one might have only that
right, and still be altogether accepta
ble with God and men. Here is your
subject. Now cut bis legs off, and his
arms, so that he can do nothing; pull
his tongue out so that he can say
nothing; rip off his lips so that he
cannot even smile; and put his eyes
out so that he cannot bestow a tender
look. Your man is locked up inside of
himself, with no avenue of expression
whatever. Yet if he is right at his
center, he is as right as he can be.
Faith, in one sense, is heart-rightness.
No more is necessary, if no more is
possible.
But Christ goes farther in His de
mands. He says: “Him that confess
ed ... I will confess.” In other
words, let that heart-rightness begin
to come out. If you have a mouth, use
it. Speech is the first avenue. A
thought is not full-blown until it is
spoken. An opinion is not confirmed
until it is voiced. A democrat is not a
democrat until he has told his allegi
ance. All is well without speech, if a
man cannot talk; but if he can he
must.
And Chirst goes farther yet in His
demands. Hear Him: “Not every one
that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven, but
he that doeth the will of my father
...” If a man has only a heart,
he can believe, he can accept, he can
love with it. If he has a mouth, he can
tell his belief, his acceptance, his
love. If he has a usable body he can
act his belief, his acceptance, his love.
Christ asks for the whole man.
If a man only believes he is an im
prisoned soul, a poor imbecile. If he
cnly talks he is a graphophone, a wind
bag. If he only acts, he is a machine,
an automatons If he only believes and
talks, he is a paralytic. If he only be
lieves and acts he is a mute. If he only
talks and acts he is an idiot. If he be
lieves and talks and acts he is a man.
And Christ asks for the whole man.
Of course, he may believe one way
and talk and act another and be a liar,
a hypocrite. But when he believes and
talks and acts Christ, he is a Chris
tian.
H. M. EDMONDS.
A Chicago man testiiled that beating his
wife was tile only amusment lie had. The
average wife-beater knows that it is
safer to beat ids wife than it is to kick
sbmebody’s dog around.
The diamond in Miss Eleanor Wilson's
engagement ring weighs four and a half
carats, which Indicates that she will ride
In an extra large limousine after she is
married.
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The report that Mars is trying to sig
nal the earth is being circulated again. .
Somebody on the planet probably wants j
to find out the real status of the Federal i
league.
“How long will the people stand for It?” 1
Is question that .is frequently asked, •'
and no matter what is the particular 1
abuse in mind, nobody seems able to an- .
swer.
A report comes from South America j
that Colonel Roosevelt has emerged from .
the jungle, whose terror-stricken deni- i
zena may now return to their former habi
tat. 1
The girl who can't see any further just
at present than a box of chocolates and i
a matinee ticket may mako a fine home- 1
builder some day. You never can tell. ^
The man who washes ids hands every'
time lie shakes hands with anybody be- '
cause he is afraid of germs is going to
die some day just like the rest of us.
The Atchison Globe says that a man is
twice ns contrary as a mule. At the low
est estimate he has twice as much brain
power to be contrary with
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An aeroplane is being used on the '
Honan-Anhui border in China to trail ban- «
dits. The dime novel of tho future is
going to be the best ever.
The London Nation classes Tennyson as
a minor poet, which is certainly a rude
Jolt to the moving picture people who
staged- “Enoch Arden.J'
A New Y'ork judge advised a man to
spank Ids wife, thus illustratnig tho truth
of the old adage that It Is easier to preach .
than to practice.
Fooling around the south pole is not the
kind of excitement that appeals to a man
who likes ids slippers and his easy
chair.
An eastern preacher who thrashed a
bully says he forgot all about his religion.
Another “convenient memory.”
Senator LaFollette says he will remain
a republican, a sort of perpteual pall
bearer. as It were.
Poets are writing their spring sonnets
when not coaxing the janitor to turn on a
little more steam.
CAPTAIN WHITE
From the Selina Times.
Selma people are interested in the candi
dacy of Captain White for the short term
in the United States Senate. He has
done much to endear himself to the resi
dents of this city. When a lad of 1C
years he was in the trenches of Selma de
fending the city against the raiders. Again
when Senator Morgan was in danger of i
suffering defeat, Captain White was one
of the men who stepped into the harness
and aided materially In turning almost
•ertain defeat into victory. Captain
White has many friends in Selma and
his vote will probably be a large one. ;
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Regarding School Work
"There has been a marked improve
ment in public school methods In Ala
bama within recent years," said C. K.
West, principal of the school at the
Sloss-Sheffield company's Bessie mines
in Jefferson County.
“We have a nine-month school at Bes
sie. There arc 140 pupils, and the attend*
ance is excellent. Coupled with the old
list of studies are domestic science and
manual training. I have four assistants
and the school work goes on smoCtlily.
"Bessie is a town of about 2000 popula
tion and prosperity prevails there. In
fact, it is one of the busiest mining towns
in Alabama."
Adlvlt* In the IniliiMtrinl Field
"While a great many new houses have
been built at Fairfield within the past 12
months, the demand Is far greater than
the supply, as evidenced by the fact that
40 applicants for dwellings are now on
the waiting list," said John c. Busk, vice
president of tlie Jemison Real Estate and
Insurance company.
"Ever since the American Steel and
Wire company began to install machinery!
in its wire mill at Fairfield that section !
of the Birmingham district lias presented |
animated scenes, and now that tlie wire
mill is in operatfcin the activities in the
model industrial city have naturally in
creased. Many new residences are In
course of construction, and many more
are being planned. All the stores In
Fairfield are occupied and new ones are
being built.
"I understand that there are practically
no vacant houses in Ensley, and this fact
coupled with the clamor for houses at
Fairfield certainly indicates great thrift
in the industrial field. Business will im
prove right along through the spring, and
I believe that Birmingham and the Bir
mingham district will have a very iiigh
degree of prosperity throughout the year."
A Greet MiiMlenl Work
"The oratorio, 'Paradist Iyost,’ which a
large chorus under Mr. Ki^zi Thoriias
is now rehearsing, with a view of giv
ing it at a musical festival in May, is
an exceptionally beautiful work," said
a member of the Arion society.
"'There are many dramatic solo num
bers and the chorus numbers are grand
indeed. The orchestration is strictly
modern, and is simply gorgeous. The
SI. liouls Symphony orchestra, which will
be engaged for the occasion, provided the
necessary guarantee fund is raised, will
bring the vocal soloist*. The baritone,
Marion Green, is among them, and Mr.
Thomas says he is one of the best ora
torio singers in this country.”
Of Tender Interest
The late Warfl«l.l C. Richardson, who
died March 1?! in Tuscaloosa and who.
was lor years a member of the uni
versity faculty, retained his mental
vigor to the last, notwithstanding the
fact that lie was nearly 91 years of age.
The Phi Kappa fraternity, to which
he belonged, was to have a meeting
on March 7. Professor Richardson was
specially invited to attend and on that
lay he wrote an outline of what lie
intended to say. He was unable to at
tend the meeting on account of a sud
:h»n change in th ; weather. He was
taken sick on the Monday following,
ind this illness terminated fatally.
Many friends will he tenderly inter-*
Ersted in leading the last sentiments
penned by the venerable educator.
What lie had outlined follows:
“Glad was I this morning to hear
that you were ready to celebrate the
anniversary of the Phi Beta Kappa fra
ternity and in the halls of my be
loved alma mater. T therefore hasten
tonight to meet you, to greet you, to
testify my fealty to your distinguished
jody.
“Its career in Tuscaloosa was a bril
liant one, but short lived. It flared for
i season like an arc light, but at the
ipproach of the civil war it flickered
md w'ent out in absolute darkness. It
s a favorable auspice that it has been
esurrected, that the old fires have
jeen relighted, and its ancient spirit
•evived. We did not let it die in
dlence. We said our farewells with
nany a sigh; w’e wept over its remains.
had the honor of delivering before
t it*! first and only oration.
“For reasons known to most qf you,
t was set agoing in Tuscaloosa in the
'ace of serious odds, it was born in
Jtorm ami tempest and died prema
turely. But the principle it involved
would not die. Fraternity! What a
magic word the swan song of self, the
slogan of altruism. It the beginning
was the word and the word was altru
ism. It vas a sentiment too big for
utterance and Chiist came to earth to
reveal it The word has been sup
pressed for ages, but Christ was com
pelled to voice it, so when^God spoke
the sun stood still in Ajalon. Hear
Him. Hove your neighbor.”
To RhIhc deeded Funds
The Associated Charities, of which H.
Lv. Milner is president, needs $12,000;
the Jefferson County Anti-Tuberculosis
association, of which John C. Henley,
Jr., is president, needs $10,000; and the
Children’s Aid society, of which S. E.
Thompson is president, needs $2500. A
joint campaign for raising this money
will begin tomorrow. The funds will be
apportioned to the tliree organizations
according To Hlio amounts above speci
fied.
' Instead of the Associated Charities,
tlig Anti-Tuberculosis association and
the Children's Aid society making sep
arate canvasses it was thought better
to consolidate the work of raising need
ed funds, so that individuals and cor
porations charitably inclined would be
asked for only one donation to bo dis
tributed to the three causes,” said a
citizen who is in touch with the situa
tion. "Of the $10,U00 which the Anti
Tuberculosis association needs a part
is to go toward completing the new
buildings, while the remainder is to be
used for carrying on the work during
the year. It is hoped the responses wil!
be prompt and generous." f
Farm Moverueut Committee
"The farm movement committee of
the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
lias a great worlc before it for the com
ing year," said John II. Adams, who is !
a member of that committee and an
enthusiastic advocate of farm develop
ment and the bringing of desirable im
migrants into the Birmingham district
and into Alabama generally.
Mr. Adams is especially well informed
as to what is required to obtain thesi
classes, as he has made many visits to
Europe since lie first came to Birming
ham. Ho has been Instrumental in
bringing many of his former country
men into CJiattanooga, Knoxville, At
lanta and Birmingham, and the de
scendants of those immigrants are
valued citizens of the respective local
ities named. Mr. Adams is a native of
Birmingham, Eng., and has been a
booster" for the namesake of his birth
place ever since muking this city his
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'
AND NASTY CHARGES DUE TO POLITICS
HERE are points about the governor
of Alabama which I do not admire,
but no one who knows the man be
lieves for one moment that he was in
volved In the disappearance of the state
convict funds.
The story of Lacy is absurd on its face.
Had it been true such matters would
certainly have been brought out in the
trials of Lacy or of OaKXey.
Politics in Alabama is getting at too
low an ebb. Many politicians apparently
stop at nothing to gain advantage "111 a
campaign.
While the governor of Alabama may
have his weaknesses no one can be found
in the state who believes him dishonest
or corrupt. He may be led by his friends
and partisans and he may be prejudiced
\
in their favor. He may make mistakes
and may not have his full share of ap
preciation of those who have done most
for him, but he is not dishonest, and it
is an outrage because he happens to be
the governor of the state and have ene
mies to have such nasty things said about
him. t
* * *
The governor has acted wisely In in
sisting upon Judge Brown calling the
grand jury of Montgomery in session to
probe the matter. If this be not thor
oughly done then he will be Wise irt call
ing the legislature together.
No one can accuse him of lack of cour
age and now that he has started every
one hopes to see him push the matter
to a final conclusion and expose not only
the guilty ones but the gossips.
* *
It is not only in this matter but in maby
of the political contests now on in Ala
| bam a that men are using vile language
I towards each other and accusing each
other by innuendo and otherwise of all
sorts of crimes. If Alabama were as bad
as the politicians are painting It the en
tire state ought to be enclosed in bars
like unto a great jail.
* It will be well for the state when this
campaign is concluded. The better ele
ment will welcome the coming and the
passing of the sixth day of April, after
which the state may get on a decent and
respectable basis.
* * *
^-Iany of the newspapers of Alabama de
serve censure for their part In the strife
now existing. Some of them have prac
tically all the news columns and their
editorial pages devoted to politics and
many of them expend much space in the
abuse of and belittling of candidates
whom they oppose.
Continued criticism and abuse often do
..
an honest candidate more harm than f
good and people, except the prejudiced
and unbalanced, take no interest in the
reading of such stuff.
* * *
I am glad to note that in the congres
sional race in the Birmingham district
there has been no intemperate sayings
or abuse heaped upon any of the can
didates. Nat Miller, who seems almost
certain of election, has founded his
campaign on a high plane and his op
ponents have followed his leadership in
this respect. They are running a de
cent and gentlemanly race, and the peo
ple admire such.
* * *
By the way, President Wilson has set
an example which all candidates for
office and officeholders could well
adopt. He has made good in the presi •
dency and those who read his speech
printed yesterday made to the newspa
per men of the Washington Press club,
cannot help but admire his naturalness,
the good spirit, the honesty \nd the
great sympathy of the man.
He is much like Lincoln in many re
spects and will probably prove himself
an even greater man.
Would that the officeseekers and of- )
freeholders of Alabama adopt his prin
ciples and his demeanor.
MOONLIGHT ON THE WALL.
When sweeps the chord of mem’ry’s
81 rings
The touch of long agQ,
How lambent are the quickenings
That rouge the ember’s glow?
I hear it in the woodland's cry,
The river’s lilting throb;
I sense it in the meadow’s sigh
Pressed by the west wind's sob.
I note it. in the poppies’ sway,
The roses’ hidden blush,
The mockingbird's sweet rondolay
That thrills the vesper's hush.
But softer and more sweet to me
Than bird or flower's breath
Than wind or river’s threnody,
Is the silhouette of death.
For me the touch of long ago
Can but one face recall,
A profile clear as cameo
In moonlight, on the wall.
it breathes, it moves, it beckoriB me;
it vainly tries to call;
I kiss the fact while others see
But moonlight on the wall.
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VARIOUS LIVES.
Lives of devil fish remind us.
Had we eight feet in a row.
What a track we’d leave behind us
. As we staggered through the snow.
—New York Sun.
Lives of little flies remind us,
As we flit from spot to spot.
How much faster we’d be flittting
If we had to dodge the swat.
—Grand Rapids Press.
Lives of angleworms remind us,
If we wished our own to bud,
We should let no robin find us
As we wiggled through the mud.
—Youngstown Telegram.
Lly§ of centipedes remind us.
If we had those hundred feet,
When for office we were running,
How tire other man we'd beat.
A GRAPE8HOT.
Drink to me only witli thine eyes
When passion does suffuse;
Drink with wine, champagne or beer,
But never with grape juice.
WHY THEY KICK.
Though guns have no legs, they kick.
The conclusion that one reaches
Is that it’s right, for them to kick
Because they all have breeches.
GOTHAM MARATHON.
Husband: “Here’s a story of an an
gry Greek running amuck in the streets
of New York."
Wife: “Yes, but it does not state
whether he caught it.",
KLEJPTO MANIACLE.
Biggs: “So Huerta is to take the Held."
Riggs: “I guess that’s all that is left
for him to take. He seems to have got
ten everything else.”
IMPROVIDENT.
He: “I see Congress has ordered an- f
other probe."
She: “They need so many I wonder
they don’t keep a supply on hand instead
of having to order one every time.”
NOT COLOR BLIND.
Jonas: “What do you think of the
gals turning their hair blue and purple?"
Silas: “I don’t bother much about their s
tepknots, just so they have green backs."
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home many years*ago. He spent several
months In^Europe during the past year,
and expects to revisit the old world
during the present year.
“Of the 42 immigrants from Wales
thj^t came into the United States dur
ing January last, 30 of them are now
at work hereabouts—some in the fteel
mills at Ensley and Fairfield and some
in the mines of this district,” said Mr.
Adams. “But it requires personal work
on tlie other side and proper looking
after when tlie immigrants arrive on
this side to induce these foreigners to
settle here, the reason being that there
are active competitors for them in the
agents of Canada, Australia, South Af
rica and New Zealand. I learn that this
plan of going after these desirable
classes will be pursued by the South
ern Settlement and Development organ
ization, of which Col. N. F. Thompson is
the state manager for Alabama. This
organization will place competent
agents in European countries and start
tho immigrats to the United States,
while agents will meet them at their
ports of entry and direct them to those
states of the south best prepared for
them. It is just such committees as tho
farm movement committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce as can receive and dis
tribute these in the different localitieo
of the state, and thus perform a prac
tical work of great value to the city
and Btate.” •
SWITCH PLANT AT TUSCALOOSA
From the Tuscaloosa News.
Representatives of the Morrison Frog
less Switch company, which proposes to
locate its plant here, are being shown
sites about the city which are believed
to b esuitable for such a plant. It is prob
able that if tlie plant Is located here the
site will be furnished by the board of
trade.
The plant the company now proposes to
build will cost about $35,000, and will bo
housed in a building composed entirely
of metal.
FAREWELL SERVICE IN DEMOPOLIS
From the Demopolis Times.
A farewell service will be held at the
Methodist church Sunday evening at 7:30
as a testimonial to Rev. Horace Weeks
Jones of the Episcopal church. Mr. Jones
will leave early next week to take up his
duties at Evansville, Ind., having accepted
a call to that place. The service will be
participated in by the ministers and con
gregations of all the different churches.
HEAVY PAY ROLLS IN GADSDEN
From the Gadsden Daily Times-News. ,
Gadsden will enjoy several good pay
rolls Saturday afternoon and consider
able cash will find Its way into trade
channels. The Coosa Pipe, and Foundry,
the Gadsden 1*1 pe company, the Campbell
Manufacturing company and the A. & J.
Stove Works will all disburse their semi
monthly wage accounts. Next week the
big .concerns turn loose $100,000 or more in
wages. %
REMAIN IN ALABAMA
From the Franklin County Times.
Tlie coal production of Alabama for
1913 was 18,000,000 tons, valued at more
than $24,7OO,0OQ. Added*to this is more mil
lions for iron, limestone and other min
erals, cotton, corn, cattle and lumber.
And yet there are some misguided people
who have left Alabama for the far dis
tant southwest, the arid plains of Okla
homa and the rocky heights of Washing
ton and Oregon.
TRIED AND TRUE
From the Wilcox Progressive Era.
The people of Alabama have arisen and
found in the person of Hon. Oscar W.
Underwood a national statesman, who is
tried and true. Alabama needs such a
man in our national Senate, and from
what can be learned he wrlll go there on
March 4, 1915, backed by a very, very large
majority of the thinking voters of the
state.
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF WENTWORTH, EARL OF STRAFFORD
j f ''X P tli© many distinguished persons
I I who had shown a marked per
sonu! attachment for the unfor
tunate Charles I and had most faithfully
and devotedly served him, no man was
more conspicuous than Wentworth, the
Earl of Strafford. Against him, therefore,
above all the servants of the King, was
the vengeance of his enemeis directed.
As chief governor of Ireland, Strafford
showed a vigor and energy which had
much contributed to the peace of that
country; blit in his determination to up
hold the laws, and to check the violence
which too. often prevailed in that coun
try. it cannot be denied that he had oc
casionally adopted, counsels of an arbi
trary and barely legal character, of the
notoriety of which the enemies were not
slow In taking advantage.
Before quitting the government of Ire
land, for his success in which the King
had created him an earl, Strafford left
instructions for raising and equipping an
army of 8000 men to assist Charles In a
fresh attempt to reduce the Scotch to
their obedience.
But the earl's activity in Charles’ behalf
more and more aroused the leaders of the
popular party, and when that body met
early in November, 1640, to arrange their
Plans and, after a debate with closed
doors, the majority of the commons pro
ceeded to the bar of the House of Lords, j
whore Mr. Pym, their spokesman, im- i
peached Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, of j
high treason.
The earl was In conference with the |
King wdien he was informed of what had ;
happened. He hastened to the house, and !
as he entered he was met with the re
quest from the peers of the popular side
to withdraw'. Tho lord keeper at the I
same time desired him to kneel at the !
bar, and informed 1dm that he was to I
consider himself a prisoner in tho cus
tody of Black Hod till he should clear
himself of the impeachment which had
been now preferred against him by the
commons. An attempt which he made to
address the house from the bar was In
stantly silenced, and he W’as ordered to
depart in charge of tho usher. •
It was not till March, 1641, that the ar
rangements were finished and the charges
prepared against Strafford, whose trial
was, as usual, to take place In Westmin* 1
ster hall before the peers. Places were
set apart for the managers on the part
of the House of Commons, for the deputa
tion who hud come from Ireland with the
accusations against him of illegal acts /
while governor, and for the Scots com- '
missioners wlio charged him with Inten
tions of transporting his Irish army to
Scotland for its subjection and plunder.
Aside from tile charges by the Irish and
Scotch witnesses, a number of minor acts
were held against him, of which no otie
of itself could be called treason. One doc
ument was produced purporting to be a
note delivered by the council board to
the effect that, as the King had exhausted
ail ordinary means of bringing his sub
jects to their obedience, bis majesty was f
not justified in employing his Irish forces
for reducing Scotland to obedience.
As the trial proceeded tlie weakness
and vague nature of the charges became
daily more apparent, while the dignity,
moderation, and ability with which Straf
fold conducted his defense was evidently
producing a strong influence in his favor
among the majority of the peers. When
the managers of the commons noticed this
they abandoned the impeachment idea and
resolved to proceed against Strafford by
a bill of attainder, t
Though the King's friends did their best J
to stem the torrent of public feeling. It
proved too strong for their efforts ami
within a fortnight the bill of attainder
was passed l>y the commons, meanwhile
the lords continued their trial, and Straf
ford concluded Ills defense by a pathetic
and noble appeal to the sense of justice t
of bis judges,
Charles Informed the two houses of
Parliament that had they condemned
Strafford on fair proof, he would have
allowed the law io take its course; but
as he himself knew the falsehood of the
evidence he could not give the royal ae
sent to tile attainder. The hill was 'passed
by the lords by a majority of 22 to 16.
Witli tears and lamentations Charles
signed the warrant; and if proof were
wanting of tho distraction of ills mind
by the interior conflict he had endured,
he now took the truly hopeless step of
sending tlte young Prince of Wales to
thee House Of Lords with a letter en
treating that both houses would consent
to tlie sentence of death against Straffufi
being changed- to ono of life imprison
ment.
This petition was treated with scorn,
ami even a reprieve for a few davs re
fused. The next morning the Earl of
Strafford was conducted to the scaffold
on Tower Hill, lie made a brijjf speech
in which lie said that it was some satis
faction to him to know that the King
did not think he deserved to die.
TOMORROW— TRIAL OF JESSE POMEROY
“THE TWO MYSTERIES”
By Mary Mapes Dodge.
WK know not what It Is, deaf, this sleep so deep and still;
The folded hands, the awful calm, the cheek so pale and chill •
The lids that will not lift again, though we may call and call;
The strange, white solitude of peace that settles over all
,
We know not what It means, dear, this desolate heart-pain:
This dread to take our daily way, and walk In it again;
We know not to what other sphere the loved who Jeave us go,
Nor why we're left-to wonder still, nor why we do not know. f
But this we know; Our loved and dead, if they should come this dav—
Should come and ask us, "What Is life?”—not one of us could sav
Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be; if
Yet oh, how dear it Is to us, tKls life wo live and see!
Then might {hey say-these vanished onos-and blessed Is the thought
' So death is sweet to us, beloved! though we may show you naught'
We may not to the quick reveal the mystery of death—
Ye cannot tell us, If ye would, the mystery of breath."
The child who enters life comes not with knowledge or intent
So those who enter death must go as little children sent
Nothing Is known. But 1 believe that God is overhead;
4nd as life la to the living, ao death Is to the dead.