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The age-herald., 1898-10-22


 places, Including the town of Avondale, which proposition was embodied in the Lane resolution adopted by a meeting held in the city of Birmingham, Octo- Der IA, and this without any consider ation of the interests and wishes of our people, and,
 Whereas, We, the citizens of Avon dale, believe that we are in position to better know the needs and possibili- ties of our community than any out Sider, and,
 Whereas, We have, by economical management, been enabled to keep our expenses within our income and have kept our school uniform in grade, text books and quality, with that of Bir- mingham, running nine months in the year, and have kept our town in good sanitary condition, and,
 Whereas, The obstruction of sanitary sewers is not possible for some years to come, and,
 Whereas, We believe the fostering of the industries we have and the estab- fishing of others to be of the greatest importance, and,
 Whereas, The citizens of Avondale are and by right ought to be free Ameri- can citizens; therefore, be it Resolved, That. we denounce the schAme by which it is proposed to CO., cree us into the city of Birmingham.
 Resolved, That when 1t shall by req son of growth become necessary or de- s1rable to merge the corporations, "City of Birmingham and "Avondale," into one. that 1t shall be by the consent of the parties thereto as expressed by the majority and with due consideration of resources and liabilities of said parties as business proposition.
 Resolved. That the time has not vet come when Birmingham needs the ter O aa ont 4x. H. ton, IT she means to deal justly with the newly acquired territory; and that such an extension at this time would be disastrous to the industrial inter- ests of this valley
 Resolved, That we pledge our earnest efforts to defeat the proposed measure as expressed in --le Lane resolution, and that we organize and cooperate with those believing as we do, to that end.
 Resolved, That we indorse ,ne action of the citizens of Woodlawn at meet ing held October IS. 1S9S.
 The Speakers
 The meeting, was called to order in the Odd Fellows hall at o'clock by Mayor T R. Ellard. John F. Grady was elected chairman of the meeting and T. c. Culver house secretary. MT. Smith offered his resolution almost the first thing, and fol- lowed it with few remarks. Speeches in- dorsing the resolution were made by J. B, Burris, of Woodlawn, W. R. Starbuck, Mayor J. R. Ellard. J. l.. shelton, John R. Kennedy. of Woodlawn, and Former Gov ernor R. w. Cobb, of, Woodlawn. Captain M. w. Steele, commander of Camp Hardee of the United Confederate Veterans, was the only speaker of the evening who favor- ed annexation. though he was heartily op- posed to going in by means of the Lane 
 Nearly all the arguments used. by the speakers were those that have already been published in interviews, and that were
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Card from MT. Lacy

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 Mayor Jemison's card in yesterdays paper is so nearly an admission of all the state- ments made in my first article that do not care to reply to it further than say that his insinuation that was discovered in bar racks as an intruder the next day and sent home'' is as false and as cowardly as his midnight and highwayman-like attack. I was there as visitor to the opening with two new students from my town with plenty of money to pay my way and with the full knowledge and permission of my parents, and did not return home till Sun day-the day appointed to return.
 My first card, by oversight, bore no date or place, but was written from my home at Jasper, and the word Tuscaloosa" was put there I suppose by some of The Age- Herald force, supposing I wrote from that place. The statement that I twas there staying under the guise of being a cadet is wholly untrue. CECIL LACY.
 Jasper, October q.
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Lane would jump on him again, but not withstanding MT. Lanes card which ap- peared a day or two ago in The Age-Her- aid, he stuck up to everything he had said
 at the Woodlawn meeting on Tuesday night. He read MT. Lanes original speech in which he is said to have referred to the citizens of the suburbs as Porto Ricans and savages, and also the card denying that he had made any such statement or that he had intended any such construction of anything he had said. MT. Kennedy said that if he understood the English language that the words of MT. Lanes now famous Porto Rican' speech did con- vey such a meaning. He was sorry but he could not retract anything he had said at the Woodlawn meeting in criticism of Mr. Lanes remarks. He said that he had writ ten all of this out in a card and sent 1t to the News, but that they refused to print that kind of matter.
 "Mr. Lane says he wants fair play" con- cluded Mr. Kennedy, but if that resolu- ltion of his is fair, then I don't want any justice in mine'
 After all the speeches were concluded and the Smith resolution passed, w. R. Starbuck moved that a working committee of seven be appointed to look out for Avondale's interests. Chairman Grady will name this committee in a day or two. The committee was instructed to confer with the Woodlawn committee and with the citizens of other suburban towns and dis tricts in order that concerted action might be had in fighting the proposed annexation.
 On motion of Mayor Ellard the organiza- tion of the meeting was made permanent.
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JONES OF BIRMINGHAM
Arrested in Atlanta Shamming in Sol
 dier's Uniform.

Atlanta, October H.-(Special)-J Jones was arrested here this morning after an exciting race by Police Officer Dobbns He at first denied his identity, but now ad- mits it. When confronted with a warrant by the officer charging larceny after trust and told that he was wanted in Birming- ham, he denied that he was Joe Jones and said that he was never in Alabama in his life. He then made a dash to get away. and ran two blocks before the officer suc- ceeded in catching him. He claims to be a very much abused man. Jones was dressed in a suit of United States soldier clothing when arrested and was passing himself off as a volunteer of the army. The story that he tells, but which the police do not believe, is that he innocently pur- chased a suit of clothes from a man in Birmingham for $5, which he afterwards learned were stolen. He says the man who stole them left town, and he followed suit, fearing that he would get into trouble. He claims that the soldier clothes that he now wears were exchanged for the stolen suit and worn by him to avoid detection. He Is now locked in a cell at police headquar- ters and appears very Respondent and un- easy. This leads the police to believe that he is in deeper trouble than he makes out. I ne local authorities have notified the Bir- mingham police of the arrest and expect some one to come for the prisoner at once. It is said the young man will waive requi- sition papers and will return without them.
 The police department in Birmingham have no information of Jones' arrest and does not know for what he is wanted.
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used in the Woodlawn meeting last Tues day night. The burden of their theme was that Avondale was getting along very well by itself without the protecting arm of Mother Birmingham, and that the offspring could continue to go it alone until the mother was fully able to take care of itself. Nearly every one of the speakers referred to what they termed "the political ring which had charge of the municipal affairs in Birmingham, and freely charged that they wanted Greater Birmingham for political reasons. They would then have more territory in which to exercise their dubious practices. number of the speakers commended the plan which was offered by James Bowron at the meeting held last Friday night, saying that it was strictly fair and was the plan which should have been adopted. All of the speakers were sore that neither they nor any of their fellow citizens had been invited to be present at what they termed that star chamber" meeting, together with other prominent citizens of Greater Birming- ham.
 Former Governor Cobb made an attack on B. Steiner, saying that he wanted the city to get more money with which to pay the interest on the bonds which he owned. He also said the Birmingham amendment had been passed in an unconstitutional manner by the adroit manipulations of 'the ring" formerly referred to. He vol unteered his services to Avondale and Woodlawn, free of charge, to go to Mont gomery and lobby against the proposed an- nexation.
 Kennedy Answers Lane
 MT. Kennedy, as chairman of the Wood lawn committee, appointed Tuesday night to represent that city in the fight which is to be made against the movement, was called upon and he responded at length. He gave a number of arguments against Greater Birmingham which have been used before, quoting freely from one of Mayor Evans reports to substantiate his argu- ment. He said if he owned any big field out on the outskirts of Greater Birming- ham he would throw Mayo Exa1s--a.nd-7 Engineer Turner off of it when they began their survey next week.
 In the beginning of his remarks he said he was little afraid to talk for fear A. o.
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COL. SHEPARD DEAD.
He Was One of Birmingham's Oldest
 Citizens.

Colonel A. K. Shepard, one of the oldest citizens of Birmingham, died last night at the residence of his son-in-law, Thomas s. Forbes, 1909 Eleventh avenue, South. Col onel Shepard has been in very feeble health for some time, and his death. was not sur prise to his family
 Colonel Shepard retired from active busi- ness several years ago, having formerly been identified with the commercial and industrial development of the city. He was man of great energy and public spirit, and not until compelled by the encroach- ments of old age did he retire from the act i've. field of life. Several children are left. Funeral arrangements will be announced today.
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| AVONDALE WILL
 FIGHT EXTENSION. Her Citizens Have Organized to
 Oppose It DON'T WANT POLITICAL RING Charge This is the Way Bir-
 mingham is Ruled. SEWERAGE IS NOW IMPOSSIBLE Birmingham Only Wants More Terri
 tory to Pay Taxes. KENNEDY ANSWERS LANE Former Governor Cobb Attacks "Bir- mingham Amendment" Saying it
 Passed Unconstitutionally-
 Steiner Wants Money.
Birmingham Only Wants More Terri
 tory to Pay Taxes.
KENNEDY ANSWERS LAM

Over a hundred citizens of the enterprs- ing municipality of Avondale. including a large delegation of Woodlawnites who had come over from their city for the purpose, met last night at Avondale to discuss and condemn Greater Birmingham.
 They did not mince words but ''cussed out the idea from start to finish They asserted that all kinds of motives induced Birmingham to make the fight, the most prominent of them being that the iron me- tropolIs needed money and needed 1t badly, and that they wanted a large territory from which to collect its taxes. The spirit of the meeting is embodied in the following resolution, which was introduced by A. w. Smith, owner of the Smith Sons Gin company and vice-president of the Bir- mingham Trust and Savings company:
 -->4 The Resolution
 Whereas, It is proposed to extend the
 corporate limits of the city of Birmng-
 ham so as to take in the suburban
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The meeting was one of the most harrno- nious ever held by the organization.
 The German-American Union is composed of the leading German-American citizens of Birmingham and controls large number of votes In the city.
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Harvest Festival

Mrs. James Bruce, chairman of the Harvest festival, which is to be given on the first three days of next month for the benefit of the Y. M. c. A. building fund, has called meeting of the chairmen of all the booths to meet at the association par lors this morning at 10 o'clock.
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Masquerade Ball

A masquerade ball was given at Lake view pavilion last night by Frank and George Creevy to a number of their friends.
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PERSONAL.

White Mathews and John Abbott left yes terday on hunting trip to St. Clair county.
 Mrs. s. P. Burbage of South Carolina is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Belton Gilreath, on Nineteenth street, South Highlands.
 Will Simmons. and John Jemison, who went to Cuba last Monday to go into the electrical business, have returned to their homes in Birmingham. They got to Pen, sacola, and then decided to return.
 Professor William P. Taylor's school on the South Highlands has given $lO for the Lafayette monument fund.
 l.. Scott Allen, representing the Southern Railway company's land and industrial de- partment, is in the city. MT. Allen says that he has travelled the state of Alabama thoroughly, and that he has not yet visited a city with more f1attering prospects than Birmingham possesses He believes that the industrial enterprises of Birmingham will give labor a fair show in the future.
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a'ss g. Pick Leaf"s smoking Sa.ss res-es, does not make every mouth as sweet as rose, but comes. mighty nigh',-does give every, one most delightful smoke. Try it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-01-14
The Worship of Athletics.

Both boys and men when they have
opened any paper very soon turn to see
what is said about athletics. People go in
thousands to see matches of cricket, boat
ing, football, running and bicycle races.
Matters connected with these matches keep
the telegraph busy and furnish the large
headings for posters. They induce men Of
the highest position and gravest character
to write to tee newspapers and to discuss
such matters from purely athletical point
of view, leaving OUT Of sight all moral
questions which may happen to be in
volved. Portraits of athletes are every
where, and 5heir histories and condition
are generally known. was present when
certain distinguished man was intro
duod to a great English bishop. "He is
the father of 2. I. -" said his intro
ducer, naming youth well known for his
powers of cutting. National Review.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-01-14
LAND SALE.

w. l.. Holman, VS.. Lucius Witt, ct. al.
Pursuant to an ordero of sale entered at
the January term, 1898, of the Worship
full County Court of Maury County,
Tennessee, l will on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1898,
at u o'clock (noon) sell to the highest
and best bidder, at the courthouse
door, in the city of Columbia, Tennes-
see, the following described house and
lot, bounded as follows, tO-wit: South
by Ester Harris east by Phelan; north
by Street and west by Hayes.
TERMS OF SALE.-Said house and
lot will be sold on a credit Of six, twelve,
and eighteen months, free from the
right and equity of redemption. Notes
with approved security, bearing inter
est from date of sale.will be required of
the purchaser, and lien retained upon
the property to secure the payment
of said notes.
J.F. WILEY, Clerk and Com'r.
w. J. fowler, Solicitor. JAM Al
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-01-14
NONRESIDENT Notice.
L. C. Williams VS.. Myrtle Williams.
Petition for divorce.

In the above styled cause it appears to
me from the petition of the plaintiff,
which is sworn to, that the defendant,
Myrtle Williams is nonresident of
the State of Tennessee, and that her
whereabouts are not known to plaintiff
and cannot be ascertained after the most
diligent inquiry, it is therefore ordered
by me, that publication be made in the
Columbia Herald, newspaper publish
ed in the city of Columbia for four con-
secutive weeks, the last of which shall
be five days before the LIST Monday in
February, 1895, requiring said defendant
to appear before the Judge of our Cir
cult Court at session thereof to be
held in the city of Columbia on the first
Monday in February, 1898, and make
defense to the suit of the plaintiff,
which is an application for divorce
from her, or the same will be taken for
confessed against her and set for hear
ing exparte. Witness my hand at office
in Colum bia, this Dec. 81, 1897.
w. f. EMBRY, Clerk.
J. b. Bond, Atty.
Jan. 7th-4t.
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New Toll Stations Recently Added.
Leland Hume, or W. T. Naf.
LAND SALE.

j. M. Mayes, use &c, VS.. w. T. Mitchell.
In obedience to decree of the Chan.
Gerry Court at Columbia, made at the
August term, 1893, in the above styled
case, and revived at October term 1897,
at page 800, will, on
Saturday, the Goth Day of Jan'y, 1898,
in front of the courthouse door, in Co
lumbia, sell to the highest and best bid
der the property in said decree des-
cribed, being tract of land lying and
County, Tennessee, bounded and des-
cribed as follows:
Situated in the 2lst civil district of
Maury County, Tennessee, and begin
ming in the western boundary of the
Wilson tract at bush marked "P. J. A.
$780," and running north l02 poles and
q links to bush, the northwest corner
of the Wilson tract; thence with the
north boundary of the same east l59
poles, links to a stake in large gully;
thence south 80 degrees west LOG poles, IL
links to a stake and small rock fence,
from south 50 degrees east at 20 links is
q sugar-tree pointer; thence north $50
degrees west l42 poles, links east to a
poplar stump with a walnut pointer;
thence west 1871 poles to the beginning,
containing l03M acres, including and eX-
GLIDING 60 acres Of said tract; the guam
tity being excluded by this conveyance
beginning at a stake, formerly beech
marked "P. J. A." on the west bank of a
branch running thence north l02 poles
and 81 links to a dead stump; thence
east 92H poles 10 stalk Re ; thence south
l04 poles to rock with peachtree point
ers; thence north So degrees Is minutes
west rs poles to a stake near poplar
stump; thence west l6H poles to the be-
ginning, the land herein described being
1917 acres, the remainder of said tract of
1889 acres after excluding the above
described quantity of 60 acres, and also
the 30 $40 acres sold to II. p. Stegall, for
d scription of which see plat and decree
minutes, July u, 1896 at page 597.
TERMS OF SALE.-Said sale will be
made on a credit of six and twelve
months, and in bar of the equity of re-
demption. Notes, drawing interest from
day of sale, with good personal security,
will be required of the purchaser, and a
lien will be retained on the property
sold as further security.
JAM At A. n. AKIN, G. d NJ.
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FALLEN FLOWERS.

One Of the workers of the world,
Living, toiled, and, toiling, died,
But others worked, and the world went on
And was not changed when he was gone.
A strong arm stricken, wide sail furled,
And only a few men sighed.
One Of the heroes of the world
Fought to conquer, then fought to fail
And fell down slain in his Blood stained mail,
And over his form they slept.
His cause was lost and his banner furled,
And only woman wept.
One Of the singers among mankind
Sang healing songs from an o'erwrought
heart,
But ere men listened the grass and wind
We're wasting the rest unsung like wave,
And now of his fame that will meier depart
He has never heard in his grave.
One Of the women who only love
Loved and grieved and faded away.
All, me, are these gone TO the God aboveH
What more of each can sayY
They are human flowers that flower and fall.
This is the song and the end Of them all.
Arthur o'Shaughnessy in Athenmum.
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TERRY.

TERRY, Jan. 10.-One of the most en-
ioyable lectures ever listened to by the
people of our little village was given IN
the Methodist church Sunday night by
Miss Celia May Frey, of Canton, Ohio.
She was for several years missionary
to China, and her lecture was made
doubly interesting on account of her
having lived among the people. Her
descriptions of their life, mode of liv-
ing, and at last their steadfastness
when once converted to the christian
faith, were beautifully portrayed, and
listened TO by an attentive aud apprecia-
tive audience. Making christians of
the Chinese, ii is said, is like carving an
image out of stone. When the work is
finished it is lasting. Quite a contrast
TO our own people, who live all of their
lives under the sound of the gospel
We wish all who are opposed to "For-
eign Missions" could have heard this
lecture. Surely their prejudice would
have been short lived. Miss Frey came
last week to be with her father, Mr.. F.
f.. FREY, who was so seriously injured
some time ago by being thrown from a
carriage. She is with him at the home
of DR.. II. c. Smith, where they will re-
main until he Is able to travel.
Mr.. John Gordon, our neighbor, VIII o
has been i'll so long, is thought to be i'm
proving, but slowly.
Oscar Terry, also, has had a serious
Illness. He is greatly improved, how
ever.
To write an interesting letter from
this part of the county one would have
to draw largely upon the "imagina-
ton; :" so, we will not make the attempt
just now. CLAIRE.
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NEAP0LIS.

NRAPoLIs, Jan. 1O.-Here l come with
my little budget of news:
Mrs. Tom Allen and children have re-
turned home from Nashville.
Little Miss Claudio Pipkin, of Ben,
spent last week with her sister, Mrs.
Pipkin, of this place.
DR.. Bunch, of Nashville, Will move
into our midst soon.
last week with his brother, Mr.. Joe
Thicker. who has been very sick. we
are glad to say that he is now thought
to be improving. Mt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Nesbitt, OF Dark's
Mill. visited friends here not long
since.
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