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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-13
ALABAMA.
GADSDEN.
Free Silver Speeches Falling Flat-A Boys
 Determined Effort at Suicide.

Free Silver Speeches Falling Flat--A Boys Determined Effort at Suicide. Gadsden, July 12-(special Correspond ence.)-At the municipal election held in Fort Payne this week the following of ficers were elected for the ensuing year: A. B. Green. mayor; aldermen, A. l.. Campbell, s. E. Dobbs, R. L. Dobbs, w. T. Folsum and W. w. Russell.
 The free silver speeches being made throughout Etowah. DeKalb, Marshall and Cherokee are falling very fiat. Very slim crowds are out and no enthusiasm at all. These counties will undoubtedly be for sound money when the time comes to speak out
 John Hubbard, colored engineer at Kyles mill. had his skull fractured by a piece of pipe in the hands of white man named Pruett. They had a row over some trivial affair. Hubbard is in se- riuos condition.
 holding a successful protracted meeting in Attalla.
 A boy employed on Wat Dickey's farm, near Grants mill, in DeKalb county, at tempted suicide one day recently by cut ting his throat and stabbing himself in the side. He succeeded in gash1ng ms neck in a horrible manner but was pre- vented from making a success. No cause is known for the rash act.
 $. W. Funderburg of Avery, this county, is 59 years old, and he told your correspondent yesterday that he never shed any of his teeth until two years ago, when he shed two, which were inn mediately followed by two new ones. Can any one beat this?
 During a recent wind storm Q large tent of Rev. George B. Hill of Attalla was blown down and badly torn. The or gan and song books were also destroyed.
 NJ W. Howard, the populite congress- man from the Seventh Alabama dis trict has been making a tour of Marshall and Shelby counties, delivering populite speeches.
 P. G. Toe of Attal1a, who was convicted at the January term of the city court for stealing hogs is out on bond, await ing a new trial.
 Circuit court for Cherokee county is in session at Centre, being held in the school building. The commissioners have off, fered a reward of $200 for the apprehen- sion of the party who set fire to the court house.
 The Louisville and Nashville railroad is making arrangements to rebuild the freight depot, which was burned last Sunday The loss is not quite as heavy as first supposed, but there was not a cent insurance as was given out at first. There is no clue to the guilty one.
 A negro named Jim Williams entered the room of two daughters of w. P. Sew ell at Bid, Cherokee county, Tuesday night while they were sleeping and at- tempted To assault them but the girls screams awoke their father and brothers and scared the brute away before he &C., complished his hellish purpose. He has been arrested and jailed.
 The Cherokee Farmers alliance will meet at Cedar Bluff July 30 and 31 and
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Jim Breitllng, Robert Smith. John Mar shall, c. c. Devlin and Charley Stickney composed party that left this morning for Dixon's lake, In Greene county, where they went to cut a dam. Some of the party have returned and report having caught a great many fish, though most of them were small.
 MT. F. B. McCarty, the city treasurer, published his report today from May IA to July 1, 1895, showing a balance on hand of $3,2S6.S7.
 The ladies of the Methodist church of this place gave a lawn party last night in the public square from which they realized $50. This is the first of num- Der of the same kind of entertainments which they propose giving this summer.
 Col. G. G. Lyon is having new fence placed around his handsome residence, thereby adding greatly to the appear ance of things in that neighborhood.
 A large party of our citizens left Tor Uniontown this morning, where they went to attend the shooting match, base ball game and barbecue.
 The game of ball was between thls place and Uniontown. Our boys left with the light of victory in their eyes and do- or-die look in their general appearance. We, who for good and sufficient reasons belong to the can't-get-away club, have been waiting all day for the news of what we have been fondly thinking would be sweeping victory. This evening we got the news the sad, sad news, reading thusly: Uniontown, 9; Demopolis, 5. We have not heard from our shooters, but we hope they met with better luck.
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MT. Robert Downing has had a stand ing notice in all the papers of this coun- try for the last five years that he would give $10000 for another Gladiator" |" During that time he has read hundreds of plays and has spent a good many thousand dollars in producing some of them, but never, until he secured the play of Helena" by Victorien Sardou, has he felt that he had play that would stand side by side with the "Gladiator." |"
 Beautiful gowns, proper scenery and attractive music go long way to make a success of 8 play, but if the play does not meet with the appreciation of the public the beautiful gowns may as well be put away,Stte scenery cast in the fire and the music destroyed. But when you have the play, the gowns, the scenery, the music, the company and the public are satisfied, you can get out your bank book and be prepared to make deposits. Robert Downing looks forward to making many deposits next year, for he has secured a play from the pen of Victorien Sardou, entitled Helena" and he proposes to give the public the play, the company, the gowns. the scenery, the music and the properties. The first production in En- gish will be given at Washington, D. O., September ?. 1885,
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-13
CHRISTIAN ENDHAvoR IN BOSTON.

In his report read yesterday before the vast concourse of delegates General Sec retary Bain made mention of the fact that there are at present Al, ,229 bands of Christian Endeavorers, each with an in- dividual membership, Caucasian, Afri- can Mongolian and Indian races, or. as he expressed it, a great interraclal broth erhood numbering upwards of 100000 souls. The Christian Endeayor Society is organized for the young people of the various denominations, principally Pres byterian; it's object is to interest them in church work, to tend their hearts toward active charity and make the religion of Christ a thing of life in their hearts. It is comparatively a new movement, the minister who originated the idea being yet in service and only 50 years of age, but it has rapidly spread over the world and in bands of ten or twelve has cor ralled every town and village for the cause of Christ.
 Such numbers as Secretary Bain fur nishes are more than answer to the as- sertion of the rationalists and unbeliev- CTS that what they denominate 'old time superstition" is fast being supplanted by newer ideas and absence of creeds. It is to be granted that the idea of a religion of gloom and morbid influence has no longer the hold it may have had once un- der stress of error, but the religion that helps, vivifies, enlightens and purifies has taken firmer hold than ever upon the world, and will continue to gird it so long as there is need of it's influence.
 The Christian EndeaVorers have ac- complised much for the cause of religion wherever they have found their way. Particularly true is this in the United States, when earnestness of purpose and strength of conviction are given full credit and accorded full respect.
 In the face of the vast concourse of del- egates to the convention now in session at Boston there is little fear that the light of the Nazarine's teachings will cease to shine on the land. There are 3000,000 members now, and it is not un- reasonable to suppose that their beliefs and their teachings will descend to an- other generation and thence down through the ages, and they will not be far removed from the influence of prayer, of which it is said ''So will the earth be bound by golden chains about the feet of God"
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-13
The Southern Railways

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DEMOPOLIS.
Slow Progress in Court Lucky Fishing Par
 ty-Ball Club Defeated.

Slow Progress in Court Lucky Fishing Par
 ty-Ball Club Defeated.
 Demopolis, July 11.-(Special Core spondence.)-Verysl slow progress is being made with the cases in Linden this week. There have only been three decided so far and there are about 115 to be heard. Two cases were decided today. One was Marx vs. Ike Robertson and the other Marx vs Law Lawson. The jury brought in a verdict for Marx in both. One uf the most important cases on the docket came up this afternoon. This is known as the Winston Jones case, in which Winston Jones of Mobile is suing L. D. Hardy for funds misappropriated while acting in the capacity of oyerseer for the first mentioned gentleman.
 Judge Woolf of Linden, accompanied by several ladies and children, left this evening for the Seashore camp ground, where they go to spend Q month or two.
 Messrs. F. D. Monnier and Winston Jones, two of our most popular young society men, are attending the house party given by Mir. and Mrs. Stan Bras field at their summer residence near Forkland, Ala.
 Mrs. Mary Compton. Misses Laura Sledge and Gertrude Tallichet, and Mas ters Leon and Earle Talllcbet left this morning for Monteagle, where they go t. spend the rest of the summer. Messrs Lores Kaufman, F. A. Zaiser.
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is about as follows: Money is scarce tho people are healthy and hopeful and in good cheer. Peace and plenty abounds. There is more stock, including horsesg hogs and cows on the plantations than at any time since the war A large amount of the surplus of last years crop Is still on hand and for sale. Nearly ev- cry farmer has more or less corn to sell and are now putting 1t on the market at 90 cents per bushel This is true of both white and colored farmers. The corn and cotton crops now growing give evil dence of an abundant yield. The late protracted rains have injured corn on, the low lands, but not to any material extent. Said a staid old democratic farmer: We are not troubling ourselves about politics much. We believe Grover Cleveland and Bill Oates and Joe Wheeler are honest and will do the best thing for us possible !"
 Gloomy Crop Report.--From every part of this county we get discouraging re- ports from the crops. Cottoon is mall, and in many places so grassy and weedy that to clean it would almost ruin 1t, and many of the swamp lands have been kept so wet by the almost daily rains that they could not be worked, and a good deal of cotton ground has been given up On the low lands a great deal of corn has been ruined by the heavy rains and overflows Where hundreds and thousands of bushels were reasonably expected nothing will be realized. On the high lands in many sections the stalk has grown luXuriantly and large, but 1t has not fruited at all. The present out look is in gloomy contrast to the bright promise of Q few weeks ago. It is to be hoped that from the increased acreage enough corn will be made, notwithstand- ing the heavy losses from unfavorable weather. But for the increased acreage in corn the outlook would be much gloomier one.-Grove Hill Democrat.
 Incendiary's Work.-Mr. S. M. Marks steam mill and gin, situated three miles from Greensboro, on the Marion road, was burned last Saturday night. Loss about 5000. No insurance. MT. Marx says he is satisfied that the building was set on fire.
 Railroad BilL"-The train crew of Louisville and Nashville freight train No. 73 which reached Mobile at Il o'clock last night, report that the negro desper- ado, Railroad Bill" was seen at Will Hams station about g o'clock. just as the train was pulling out. It is supposed that he concealed himself on the train and came from Floma ton. It is known that Detective Watts. who is employed by the Louisville and Nashville road, was in Williams last night with two or three men in his party, and they may have gone in pursuit of the negro.-Mobile Register, 11th.
 Elmore is O. K-We ran over into El- more county last week. Corps are sp1en- did all along the route travelled We found the citizens of beat 1 enjoying a nice picnic at Kowaliga bridge. They were all happy in brighter hopes for the future. The silver craze is not allowed amongst them. Not a free independent Is to 1 or bust silverite in the beat, we were told. We say hurrah for beat l, ;r. oh a1x f,1n ,f ,,io men and lovely women.-Dadeville Her aid.
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DECATUR.
Marriage and Funerals = Circuit Court
 Cheering Crop News.


 Cheering Crop News.
 Decatur. July 11.-(Special Correspond ence .)-At the Methodist Episcopal church. south, in this city, today at 3 o'clock m. MT. J. Edward Taylor was married to Miss Graycie Dorsey, Rev. L. A. Dorsey, father of the bride, oi1clat- ing.
 The handsome couple left Immediately after the ceremony for Enterprise Miss, where they will in future reside.
 Buried, in Decatur on Tuesday evening MT. w. E. Oakley. Deceased was "A years of age and a. man of high religious and moral character. Dr. Anson West conducted the funeral services at the First Methodist Episcopal church, south, of which church MT. oakley was mem7 Der.
 There will be big day at Decatur on the 18th of July. A bicycle meet and baseball will be the leading attractions.
 Messrs. Littlejohn and Malone are sparing no pains to make the occasion one of great delight at the baseball park. Buried, in Decatur on Monday, this week from the First Methodist church, south pr. Anson West conducting the funeral services, little Frank Reeves, who fell out of tree and killed himself here on last Saturday. Little Frank was a grandson of MT. Oakley, mention of whose death has been made in this let ter. The untimely death of this dear lit- tie boy and that of his grandfather com
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and were not as acceptable as checks. drafts and notes. On this line of argu- ment Professor Laughlln says: Tn every possible way business men are saving themselves the necessity of using actual money in exchanges, and today 92 to 30 per cent of wholesale transactionos are accomplished without the use of money in the form of either coin or paper money. But need not go further into this ques- tion of exchanging goods by menas of bills checks, and the clearing house sys- tenn, which, I shall assume, every one understands, as a matter of course. It is in the most highly developed commercial nations that We find the system of saving the actual use of money most effectively in operation. Nearly 60,0OO millions of transactions are settled annually in the United States by means other than ae- tual money.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-13
THE AGE-HERALD READING ROOM.

The Age-Herald has fitted up a neat reading room adjoining its business office, where daily papers from all east ern, southern. western and northern points will be kept on file for the benefit and information of the public. Papers from the following cities can always be found there Boston, New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Richmond, Charles ton, Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Gin cinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville, Chattanooga, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston, Houston, Dallas and . many other cities not named.
 Citizens of either of the cities above named or any party desiring to read are welcome to call at any and all times, night or day. as the reading room will always be open.
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have a big dinner and speaking both

nave DIE ulnner ana SpedhlHS poth days.
 The new court house to be erected at Guntersville, Marshall county, is to cost $150 900 and the old building, payable $l3O0 January 1, 1896, and S1500 every January thereafter for ten years until paid for without any interest. The contract was awarded to E. M. Wallen & Co. of De- catur and is to be completed by February l, 1896, and is to be of brick and stone, 76x57 feet.
 A man named John Inscre of Asheville, N. C., claims to have found $600O in gold coin and 5000 in gold dust hidden away in the bluff at Paint Rock, Marshall county, on the 4th, 200 feet above the water, which had been hidden there by a brother years ago. He claims to have found it in a small sheet iron box. He left for home on the 9th.
 Tom and Elijah Snow and George Walker all white men, were caught in the act yesterday of stealing chickens from J. H. Loyejoys farm. The men were arrested and fined $7 by the mayor. and when they have worked out their fines the state will handle them. The men were "batching" and had been car rying on a systematic robbing for some time.
 pr. J. F. Davis stood his examination before the medical board recently and averaged 9S 2-5, the best given any appli- cant ever before the board. He made 100 in several of the departments.
 Rev. Clement Alexander, the first who ever preached in Gadsden, died in Rome, Ga, this week.
 The contract for the guttering, eover- ing the towers and laying the sewer pipd at the cotton factory has been awarded to MT. Agricola of this city.
 Born, on the 7th, a son to Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Phillips. It was born the seventh month of the year, seventh day of the week, in the seventh hour of the day and is the seventh child.
 The young people enjoyed a delightful picnic and dance at the falls last night. large crowd was in attendance.
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A silver organ claims that prices arc governed by the amount of money in cir culation. It then attempts to prove that there is not as much money in circula- tion now as two or three years ago. Admitting its premises as correct. it's arguments are answered by the facts in the case. In 1893 there was rapid de- cline in prices, yet, according to this or gan, there was more money in circula- dion than now. In 1895 there is a rapid advance in prices, yet according to this organ there is less money now. So its ar gument falls to the ground.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-13

Could it be put more tersely and wig orously than in the resolutions of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce: "We deem it in the interest of every business man. or every husband or father, who has invested his savings in policy of life for the benefit of his wife and children, in fact of every citizen who has a stake of any kind in the community. to insist that the dollar of the United States shall be the equivalent in value Of the gold dollar now and forever"
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lieved in a high protective tariff will op- pose any agitation of the question or an unsettling of business prosperity With such a prize in sight, it would seem that democrats ought to stop quar- reling with each other and combine for the common good.
 VETERAN.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-13
Sea Shore Camp Meeting.

The Louisville and Nashville railroad company will sell round trip tickets Bir- mingham to camp grounds, Mississippi, at rate of $9.25 for the round trip. Tick cts on sale July 1 to 27, good to return until 31st of August
 For further information address or call on R. F. BEASLEY,
 Passenger Agent, Montgomery, Ala.
 7-2-til-27
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The efficiency of the Gulf and South At 1antic quarantine service will be sub jected to severe test before the summer is over. Yellow fever of a very malg- nant type is raging in Cuba and Porto Rico. There is nothing yet to justify the alarmist in lifting up his voice, but eternal vigilance on the part of health officers is the price of the lives of thou ga nds
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It is said that about half of the Ma tional League umpires will be bounced because they lack judgment and abili- ty to understand the rules of the game. Poor fellows Their only recourse is to obtain positions on the editorial staffs of silyerloon sheets
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-13
Highbinder War Breaks Out.

San Francisco, Cal, July 12.--It Is feared another high binder war has broken out in Chinatown. Shortly before midnight Chung Woy was fatally shot while closing the shutters of his store. The Chinaman who did the shooting is under arrest, but the organization to which Chung Woy belonged will have satisfaction by killing some members of the rival organization.
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RDThe present management or the A GE-HERALD has no claim againsst advertisers or subSorib- CTS prior to February 11th, 1895. Under decree of court accounts up to that date have been sold and transferred, hence cancelled as between the debtor and this paper.
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The tide of prosperity threatens to drown the silver cranks Some of them, though, are as obtuse as Don Platts man who sat in the forks of a tree in the time of the great deluge. As Father Noah swept by in his ark he extended a cordial invitation to come in out of the wet. 'Go to sheol with your high-water raft,' was the ungrateful reply; this isn't going to be much of a shower, any how"
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-13
Democrats Should Get Together.

To the Age-Herald:
 If, as now indicated the sole issue to be presented to the country by the plat form of the republican party in the next presidential campaign be return to high protective tariff, it would seem that democracy ought to win
 A majority of the people voted against the Mckinley tariff in 1892 and a large number of those who then sincerely be-
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Notwithstanding the fact that the United Press attached to the Figaros alleged interview with Ambassador Eus- tis a disclaimer from MT. Eustis, many papers in the United States, some of :, them Democratic. threw away" the de- nial. Journalism which sacrifices truth to sensation is reprehensible and con temptible
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Merchants of Birmingham are attest ing their confidence in the business out look by liberal patronage of the ad- vertising columns of the Age-Herald. They are also showing much sagacity in the selection of the best medium through which to reach the buyers of the city and State
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NOTICE.

want every man and woman in the United States interested in the opium and whisky habits to have ons of my books on these diseases. Address B. M. WooLLEY, Atlanta, Ga., Box 3S0, and one will be sent you free. oc27 sat-1y
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-13

If the story of Newspaper Correspond ent Woodward is true, the blush of this country should be as fiery red as the flag under which he sought refuge.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-13

By a decision of a New York magis- trate saloons in that city may sell soft drinks on Sunday. This is the oft-men- toned but never heretofore materiahzed "soft snap"
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By the way, who has heard lately of the whereabouts and movements of one Thomas Reed, citizen of Maine? Any information will be thankfully received by B. Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind.
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The session of the Elks at Atlantic City was turned into lodge of sorrow by dispensation of the Grand Exalted Ruler of the universe. The heart of the nation goes out to this noble brotherhood. whose patron saint is sweet charity.