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Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
STEPHENS.
Sylvester Fuller Colored, Who Skipped
 < His Bond, Is Recaptured.

Stephens, Jan. 7.--(Special Correspond ence.)-Mr. D. M. D. Carpenter, of Heal ing Springs, was here Tuesday He has just returned from Nashville, Tenn, where ne went to capture a bond Jumper, IN. Sylvester Fuller, colored, who is well remembered here, having figured in the courts more than once, MT. Carpenter found his man, but under the laws of Tennessee could not bring him away without requisition from the Gov ernor of Alabama, this he did not have.
 MT. Carpenter will make another and we trust more effectual effort to capture the culpr1t MT. Carpenter is one of our most substantial citizens and eyerybody syinpathizes with him since it was his liberal, cheritable disposition that led him to go bail for this worthless negro, who returned his kindness by running away and leaving him to pay the forfeited bond.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
CHURCH NOTICE.

e Rev. Thomas J. Beard, D. D., mission ary, First Sunday after Epiphany, second Sunday Of the. month, Grace5 chtirch Woodlawn. Holy communion, 1Q;45 a. m
 Trinity church, Bessemer2F1 Yening prayer, 3:30 p. m.
 Christ church, Avondale-tE tEvening prayer, p. m. AslA
 Patton Mines, Tuesday, the 12th, 7:3O D. 1h.
 Blossburg, Wednesday, the 18th, 7:so p. m. A
 Brookside,. Thursday. the 14th,l 7:so p. nj. sO. ...A Ai IL
 Adamsville, Saturday, the 18th, 2 D. m
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
BoLrED TAMMANY.

New York, Jan. S.--County Clerk Henry D. Purroy and his followers have bolted fltom Tammany hall Trouble. has been brewing for some time between MT. Pur- roy and John Sheehan, who has acted as chief of the wigwam forces since Richard. Crolferl rstired from active leadership. Purfoy has 0 compact organization in, the assembly districts north Of the Har-i lem aiver, and noy5 that open warfare is on he says he will extend his organiza- tion to every part of the city. He sent a letter today to Chairman Martin, of
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
FORT PAYNE.
Tn mas Scott Dangerously Injured While
 Working in Well.

Fort Payne. Ala, Jan. S-(Special Cor respondence. .)-Thomas Scott. a well-to- do farmer living two miles from this city, happened to quite serious accident yes- terday evening. He was down in q we'll, and as another man was descending with some tools, the box turned over and it's contents fell upon MT. Scott below It is thought that MT. Scott will die, while the other man is but slightly hurt
 John Drake, a young man of this city, had the misfortune the same day of hay ing three fingers cut off while working at large cutting machine in the Fort Payne basket factory.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
Fresh bread and candy made daily at c. w. Cody's, 1920 to 1926 Sd avenue. ies-tf
GOOD INCREASE SHOWN,

Earnings for L. & N. for December the
 Best Since 1892
 The gross earnings of the Louisville and Nashville railroad for the fourth week in, December amount to $549,490, d. vided among the following items: Freight sa6S,50O; passenger. $14S, 500; miscellaneous $S7.S90 The gross earnings for the same period last year were $466, $50, showing a gain this year of $S2. GAO. The gross earn ings for the fourth week in December, 1896, were larger than those of the same periods of any year since 1892.
 7 The gross earnings for the month of December amounted to $1 ,S38, ,765, a gain of $80, 910 over the corresponding period of last year. and the largest for the same month of any year since 1892. gi(
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
Time Table Effective Dec. 20. 1Sae

Trains Nos. 57 and 5S carry Pullman yesti- bule sfeepers between St. Louis and Jack sonville and Montgomery and Port Tampa Trains Nos. 33 and 36 carry Pullman vesti- bule sleepers between Cincinnati and Jack sonville. Free reclining chair cars between Mont gomery and Savannah on trains 67 and 58. No. 33 connects at Dupont with through sleeper for Port Tampa
 Train No. 5S, leaving Montgomery at 7:25 D. m, connects at Port Tampa with Plant Steamship line for Key West and Havana Any information regarding routes, rates and schedules will be furnished upon appli- cation to
 Montgomery, Ala.
 B. w. WRENN, P. T. M,
 Savannah, Ga. :,
 H. c. McFADDEN. A. G. P. A.,
 Savannah. Ga
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09

child-or if theydo not, they ought to but angels cannot change the course of Nature, and it is not right that they should. The woman who wants to have healthy baby, and who wants to come safely through the ordeal herself, with no life long weakness as a consequence will do what she can to make herself strong and healthful in every way Above all things, she will-during the period of gestation-take regularly Dr. Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription. This is q positive spe- cific for all female weakness and disease. 1t may be depended upon to purify and strengthen the organs distinctively feni- nine, to soothe all inflammation, and to stop pain and facilitating drains. It cures where doctors have failed, and it cures right at home, without necessitating abhorrent ex- alninations and local treatment. It is the only medicine in the world that makes the coming of baby easy and perfectly safe. It is the only medicine designed for its pur- pose, that is the invention of regularly graduated physician an experienced and skilled specialist in the treatment of the dis eases of women. Druggists sell it, and any woman who wants to know all about it-just how to use it in her particular case, may write to Dr. R. V Pierce, chief consulting physician of the Invalids' Hotel and Sur gical Institute, Buffalo, N Y.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
N TAKE LESS MEDICINE. N,

There is no use in taking great big pill, or n great big spoonful of medicine. a tiny, sugar coated granule will do the same work and do it fully. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation and other disorders of the digestive organs cure them surely and com fortably. with no gripping or other unpleasant feehng--cure them so that they stay cured, cure them more quickly and more easily than the vio- lenf medicines that wrench the system. The " Pellets are so small that it takes forty of them to i'll the little vial they come in. They cost twenty-five cents and good druggists sell them. Ii druggist attempts to sell you something else which he says is just as good, keep your hand on your pocket-book The man who is dishonest in one thing is not to be trusted in another
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
Birmingham. Ala. Ian :,

BIrIn1Hg nam, Ala, Jan. G. 1897. l have had the Columbian Cyclopedia in my library for more than a year. and for general information and popular use l consider It the best of cyclopedias, even better than the Britannica. No famiIv library is complete without it, and its annuals. J. M p OTvTS
 Greensboro Ala
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09

No. carries Pullman Union Sleeping car Birmingham to Cincinnati and Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham to New York without change. No. carries Pullman Union Sleeping Car Birmingham to Louisville, and Pullman Sleeping Car Chattanooga to Cincinnati. J. M. Culp, Traffic Manager, Washington, D. c. tr2
 w.. H. Green, General Superintendent. Washington, D. c.
 w. A. Turk, G. P. A., Washington, D. c. c. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A., Chatta- nooga
 Q. M. Billheimer, T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
Phone J. E. Gossett when
 your pipes burst. 11-3o-tf

= An article will appear in Sundays tate-Herald that
 will produce the greatest local and State sensation that has appeared in print in Alabama tor many months, td
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
NEW PLUMBING SHOP. Honest work at honest prices.
 J. E. GOSSETT, II-3o-tf. 1914 End Ave.
WITH A STIPULATION.

Richmond, Va, Jan. 7.GThe Richmond Chamber of Commerce tonight appointed Messrs. s. w. Travers and William R. Trigg delegates to the monetary con- ference to be held in Indianapolis next Tuesday It is, stipulated that the cham Der shall not be bound by the action of the Indianapolis body unless such action is approved by the chamber in open meet ing. sef.-.- .-.5--
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09

Masquerade Suits can be rented for the ball at Turner Hall, 2Ol4 Third Avenue.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
Jan. 8, 1897.

To Whom It May Concern: It gives me pleasure to commend the Columbian Cyclopedia as brief econom- ioal and excellent work of reference. Those desiring to purchase an encyclope- dia would do well to examine 1t.
 J. H. PHILLIPS,
 .sss- Superintendent City Schools.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09

Children are told that angels bring little ba- bieis straight from heaven. They are told that when the l i t tl e o Il e comes, the rus tie of angels wings may be heard. Angels probably do watch over the rofhar a-1
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
BiIrninybam AIa I,n ,oo,

Biilmingham, Ala, Jan. z 1897 The Columbian Cyclopetiia has been in my library for several months and from the use I have made of It I have found 1t one of the best for general use.
 H. A. SHARPE,
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
SEIJM

Aidrich Begins His Contest In Dallas,
 County.
 Selma, Jan. 7.-(Special Correspond ence.)--Our city is honored today by the presence of Hon. Win. F. Aldrich, the
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
EDUCATIONAL.

This institution, is the oldest, largest and best of it's kind in the state of Alabama. tions Unexcelled systems of Shorthand and Bookkeeping Practical methods. Cata- 1ogue and full information free. Be sure to visit or address this College before going elsewhere. Sessions day and night.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
sc0MBlNE
On Oysters Broken.

Patronize the man who has always sold them within the reach of all. The old reliable dealer, w. M. Rush, has opened up at the, Palace Drug store, corner z0th street and 2d alley. Oysters will be sold at the following low prices @er
 Large extra plants at 75c per 100.
 Large extra selects at BOG per 100.
 Plain selects at 40c per 100.
 Telephone Al. ~'
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09

NORTHERN ALABAMA RAILROAD COMPANY Time table No. ?, in effect September [,
 1896. at 500 a. m.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09

Don't miss reading Sundays State Herald. i'd
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09

the 'Tammany executive committee, in
 which he anticipated any action the com .mittee might have intended to take
 against him.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO NEW ORLEANS AND DAILY SCHEDULE r. TO JACKSON, VICKSBURG AND
 HREVEpQRT

No. l carries Pullman Sleeping Car Bir- mingham to New Orleans, and Pull man Union Sleeping Car Birmingham to Shreveport No. carries Pullman Sleeping Cars Bir- mingham to New Orleans DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO CIN- CINNATI, LOUISVILLE AND
 LEXINGTON.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
PULLMAN CAR SERVICE--

Train No. 33. leaving Birmingham ait 5.5s a. m.. carries Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars at Atlanta with and forming part of inc Washington, and Southwestern yestibS,le Limited, running solid between Atlanta tween Birmingham and New York. =, si.,
 Nos. s5 and 2g carry Pullman sleeping, cars Miss, wdst md igiiinaa drawins room sleeping car between- Birfnipgharn and At lanta, and Atlaptn and New oiR9 ceast-. sonville, Fla. tftA ,--s
 Additional information as to schedules.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-09
TRAINS ARRIVE BIRMINGHAN1

No. 37 from Atlanta a-..,..........,,,. I):10 m
 No. 35 from Atlanta. .12:20 pn NO @ ao rom rom SeiIna 7:55 pm
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
A CONFESSION.
shock.

1t is said that Secretary of TrSasury
Gage has recently sent out letters to
1000 bankers asking them what they
want in the way Of financial reform.
No farmers or laborers were consulted.
It seems that times have changed
since we attended school. It seems
hard to confess our ignorance, but we
must admit that for a long time we
had a vague sort Of idea that others be-
side bankers drafted the Declaration Of
independence and fought to gain our
independence. We were equally in
error in supposing that there were a
few laborers among the millions of
patriotic bankers who fought, bled or
died in the Civil War, to perpetuate
this Union. Having discovered our
error, we make an humble confession.
According to Rt. Rev. Lyman Gage,
and His Majesty VIM. Mckinley, it
seems that bankers only should have a
voice in the reformation of our present
financial system. ThSy seem to think
that the people surrendered all power
to the bankers in electing a bankers
servant as President last fall.
Gage and Mckinley asked the masses
to vote for them, and they ask the
masses to foot the bill of expenses, but
it is the classes-the wealthy classes
to whom they bow the knee and whose
they obey.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
BIZ WISE ONCE o r

Brethren be sure you do the right
thing in your County Alliance. You
must be sure to look to the common
sense business qualifications Of your
delegates to the State Alliance. Doubt
less there is not a brother in your
county who knows exactly. what
ought to be done at the State Alliance
therefore to hamper you delegate with
positive iron clad instructions before
you or he either knows what he will
learn there, will be exceedingly unwise,
in my judgment. Some things cannot
properly be said publicly, but can and
will be said Tin the meeting" Send
your wisest and best man and show
him that you mean business and that
you expect to hear good news from the
State meeting, and leave him to learn
and consult with the brethren and with
wisdom plan for the future. Your
order is not dead. Il is not broke o
holt Uog Bankrupt. 1t is still in good
running order. What It needs is enein.
GERS to run the machine, then you will
see what she a do. Read carefully
what other brethren write. Think and
think seriously, and do not be too i'm
patient at this late day. pledge Won
that in the future I will not knowingly
submit to an imposition upon the order
by an outsider or a member without
protesting and while I do not think il
wise to publish what might reflect on
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
THE AMERICAN COTTON COM
PANY. I.GS

Doubtless every farmer in North
Carolina, and the entire South, is deep
ly interested in the quiet but seemingly
deep laid plans of the American Cotton
Company, a vast combination claiming
ownership of anew process for ginning,
and marketing cotton.
This company asserts that it can
work an entire revolution in the meth
DDS of baling cotton, and gives nor
than one plausible reason for its ap
parent faith. OF course no reasonable
person can object to progress. But
caution should be the. -watchword
among farmers, ginners, and mill men,
for they may be the first to feel the
powerful hand of concentrated capital,
guided by INSCRIPTIONS brains. A
cotton trust may grow to proportions
beside which the bagging trust would
be a mere dwarf, were it now in exist.
ence, and it may be able to pocket
more actual profits than all the farmers
and ginners combined, even though it's
capital is far less in the aggregate.
If the American Cotton Company
has useful patents it should go on with
the manufacture of the machinery,
and sell it in the usual way, allowing
superiority. if it is indeed superior, to
win public favor. To this method
there is no objection whatever. But
the persons interested should see that
the company keeps within proper
bounds, and steps ought to be at once
taken to discover just how much or
how little danger there is to be appre,
hended from the combination. To,
morrow may be too late.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
RALEIGH ITRMA

Governor Russell has offered $4OO re
ward for the capture of the murderer
of Mrs. Springs, of Lexington. This is
the maximum amount for a reward,
Labor Commissioner Hamrick be-
lieves there are over 1000, coo spindles
in North Carolina cotton mills. He
also announces his belief that there are
100 furniture factories in the State.
State Treasurer Worth has brought
two suits against Stewart Bros, State
printers. One is against Stewards
bondsmen, and claims that the Stew.
arts work has not been done in accord.
ance with the contract. The bond is
for So, 600. The second suit is based on
the claim that the Stewards have re-.
ceiVed money to which they rel not
entitled, and in both suits about $685.
COO is involved.
The expenses of the August school
election must be paid out of the gen
eral fund, and not out Of the school
fund, says Attorney General Walser.
The Attorney General decides that
sections SO and So apply to all taxes
alike. Failure to pay property or poll
tax is punishable.by fine OF. imprison.
ment.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
A MISSISSIPPI EXPERIMENT.

A man named Gilbert and his sister,
from the west, are going to purchase a
small farm near Newton, Miss, on the
products Of which exclusively they ex,
pect to live, says the New York Tri-
bune. They will raise their own food
and make their own clothing; they
propose to sell nothing and buy moth
ing. Mr.. Gilbert was employed as an
architect IN some of the worlds fair
buildings. He has suffered from dys
pepsia and nervousness, and attributes
his illness to the tension of modern
life. Hi sister is a graduate of a high
school, and has been persuaded by her
brother to join in the experiment.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
SHERMAN AS A MENTAL FAIL.
URE, tt3~-5#

There are those who intimate that
President Mckinley has mental
failure" in his Cabinet in the person Of
John Sherman, who has long been CON
sidered the ablest fnanciet in public
life. Mr.. Sherman has always been a
moral failure, and it is quite natural
that he should fail mentally now and
then. &sI
Sherman entered Congress- "a little
mor than thirty years 6ge,.a poor
man. He had to mortgage his home
TO get money to pay his expenses dur
ing his first campaign. Had he spent
lone OF his salary as Congressman and
as Senator, he would now honestly be
worth probably $40, 600. q But it ia
well known that he has MANAGED tn
save several million dollars cut of the
wreck, even after living on his SALARY
OF $4,000 a year. Pretty good finan.
cleringl Probably the first lhauI he
made was when he worked through tbe
scheme to demonetize silver in 173 That
was a pretty neat game, and If he
didn't get at least a cool million for
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
DECISION.

The decision rendered by Judge
simonton in the North Carolina Rail
road case, the pith of which we pub.
lish in another column, was not unex,
pected. Judge Simonton may not be a
tool Of the Southern Railway. We do
not charge that he received pay for
rendering a decision in favor of the
road. But some men are SO consti-
tuted that their leaning is always in
favor of corporations. They were born
that way. Possibly they can't help it.
Instead of throwing their sympathies
with the under dog sometimes they are
always with the upper one. III they do
anything they are sorry for they are
always glad Of It, mean act will hurt
the conscience Of the average man, but
the type we are trying to describe will
lie awake at night if they happen to do
something real good. Judge Simon
ton ia that kind of a citizen. Perhaps
the Southern Railway had nothing to
do with the appointment of Judge
Simonton. But you may rest assured
that the Judge would not have been ap
pointed if he had not been built accord
ing to the specifications placed on file
by the Southern Railway Company.
The officers of that Company knew
just exactly the kind of clay he was
made of. So, Of course, they carried
their case before him, well knowing
what his decision would be.
It will be noticed that Judge Simon
ton appoints Kerr Craige referee to
take testimony to show whether or not
there was fraud in the lease Of the
North Carolina Railroad to the South
ernf for 80 years. Mr.. Craigeh has always
stood high in public estimation, but
two terms under Cleveland and now a
job from Simonton is enough to place
him under suspicion. In fact, ali the
features that might be termed fraudu-
lent have been decided by Simonton in
favor Of the railroad. The appoint
ment of a referee ia simply a fudge,
and g nothing. E!'s
For the present b case Is ended ana
justice is defeated. II the people of
North Carolina can electa legislature
that has a clear majority Of men in it,
no matter what party they may belong
to, and when certain corporation tools
can be gotten out of the way, there
will be q settlement of this matter and
the people will have q chancs to say
what shall or shall not be done with
their property.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
NORTH cARoLINAT TO THE kRQNT
IN LITERATURE.

A few weeks ago when we mentioned
the possibility of Hon. Josephus Dan
iels' writing an account Of his heroic
rescue of the State, we felt perfectly
sure that if he should do so, no book
could over possibly pose as a rival OF it.
Wefear that we were mistaken. Brave,
gallant, and fearless as the Hon. Jose
plus was, in saving our fast,sinklng
commonwealth, this act was, we must
confess, nothing to compare with the
heroism shown by the Rt. Rev. Z. B.
Kingsbury during the late war.
The New Berne Journal and Sanford
Express are ~entreating the Rev. DIR. TO
write a history of the bloody battles
in which he stood, alone, conspicuous
for his bravery OF course nothing
could be more thrilling than a spirited
account of how he-standing behind q
pulpit-poured hot shot into the fast
retreating Federals. Just as soon as
the roar of the cannon sounded from
Fort Sumter, Col. T. B. suddenly dis
covered that he could preach. And
preach he did. With a pulpit for a
breastwork you should have 9 him
route q whole army Of Yanks.
Instead of pausing for punctuation,
as other preachers do, he made good OF
his time by killing a halt-dozen or more
for every mark. At each period, he shot
four times and quietly resumed his
preaching; at the next semi colon, three
reports were heard and as many Yanks
tottered to the earth. When a colon
was reached, two blue coats fell, and
at each comma, one only breathed his
last, At each exclamation point,
whole platoons fell in cold blood, and
the learned DR.. would line some famil-
lar hymn. Such a record should be
handed down from generation to gen
GRAFTON. Lets have the history at
n
Right here, however, we want to ad-
wise only persons with strong nerves
to read the volume. We shall read
very cautiously, and even then, we
fear, we shall faint from shock before
completing the first paragraph. Cow
boys and redskins will gIoat over the
volume, however, and we hope she'll
come a-trottin'. Let her come, Col
oneI-on the installment plan, though,
until we can brace ourselves for a
shock,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06

that crime, he received almighty small
per cent. of the swag. He posed as
a silver man during the contamination
of the scheme, and, in that way, prob
ably deceived many members OF Con-
gress. They were not aware OF the
depth of the innocent-looking bill Sher-
man introduced.
Up to the present time he has been
the tool Of corporate influences and the
ambassador of the money-bags of the
world. A man not distinguished in
appearance, modest in dress, not clio
quent, though a good speaker, yet he
possesses all the cunning of Satan
himself and welded a powerful infu-
ence for evil. Strange to say his State
has stood by him through thick and
thin. This can only be accounted for
by reason of the prosperity enjoyed so
long by the people of that State, it be-
ing about midway between the East
and the West, sharing the advantages
Of each, without many of the attend
ing disadvantages. But the people of
that State are now in the throes Of
financial distress and Sherman and
his kind are fast being relegated to the
rear. His mental caliber may be di-
minished, but even if is not, his race
is run. He will no longer sway the
OHIO people. The money power can
not deceive those people all the time.