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The age-herald., 1901-01-31
HARD LINES
To Make a Man Toe the Mark

To take both tobacco and coffee away from man seems pretty tough, but the doctor ordered me to quit both as my health was very poor, and I had got where I could do but little work.
 About a month after quitting I com- menced on tobacco again because I could hardly stand it. I got along without the coffee for the reason that I had taken up Postum Food Coffee, which found very relishing to the appetite, and wonderfully beneficial.
 I have gained twenty-five pounds by it's use, and today am a well man. I discov- cred in this way that it was the old fash toned coffee that hurt me and not the to- bacco. When first tried Postum I did not relish it, but found that it was not made right, that is, they did not boil it long enough. Next time it came on the table 1t was fine and I have been using it ever since.
 MT. Fletcher, an old soldier of this place, was troubled with dyspepsia I told him or my experience and my cure, and told him to quit coffee and use Postum Food Coffee. This was some time ago I saw him yesterday and he told me he had not felt better in twenty years, and nothing would induce him to go back from Postum to the use of common coffee. He had the same trouble in getting it made right to start with.
 John Ashford of Dillon was also troubled with dyspepsia. I told him of my cure by the use of Postum Food Coffee, and warned him to be careful in having the Postum cooked long enough when he did try 1t. To- day he is perfectly well and his appetite never better.
 could give you the names of a number of others who have been benefited by using Postum Food Coffee. I believe you are a true friend of suffering humanity.-Thomas Spring, Deavertown, Ohio.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
A PLAN FOR ISSUING
 IMPROVEMENT BONDS
Mayor Drennen Believes That He Has SolVedthe Problem--He Ex-
 plains Its Workings.

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The age-herald., 1901-01-31
DR. RAGSDALE
Explains His Withdrawal From Execu
 tive Committee Meeting.


 Dr. M. c. Ragsdale, member of the Coun- ty Democratic Executive Committee from Beat l, Williams, who left the committee meeting last Monday when the majority report of the subcommittee was adopted writes the Age-Herald that he did not leave because his side lost He favored the se- lection of delegates to the constitutional conevntion by primary election and when this plan failed to be accepted by the com mittee he left the court room where the meeting was being held. The Age-Herald, in its report the next morning, stated on reliable information that Dr. Ragsdale left the meeting because he did not like the ac- tion of the committee. Dr. Ragsdale says this is not correct. In letter to the Age Herald yesterday he says:
 Your reporter was in error when he in- snuated that I withdrew from the meet ing of the executive committee Monday be- cause of the defeat of a motion to substi- tute a primary election plan for the con- vention plan reported by a majority of the subcommittee. While I believe that a large majority of the voters of our county desire to express their preference for dele gates to the constitutional convention by direct vote in a primary election, the de- feat of the proposition of Mir Perdue to hold primary had nothing to do with my withdrawal; but urgent demands upon my time twenty miles from Birmingham made 1t necessary that I should leave when I did. It is surprising that your reporter should criticise my quiet withdrawal when the fact is noted that at least four com mittemen, one of whom by means of the system of swapping votes in conventions 'broke into the Legislature'' a few years ago, preceded me in the withdrawal act.
 "M. c. RAGSDALE."
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
ODD FELLOWS HOME.
Movement to Establish Such an lnstitu'
 tion Inaugurated.

The movement to establish an Odd Eel lows Home in Alabama has been inaugu- rated and has been enthusiastically re- ceived.
 At an informal meeting of representa- tives of the various lodges in this district the question was taken up and favorably discussed and a general meeting of Odd Fellows called for February 23 at Il o'clock a. m., in Fox Hall, in this city, when per- manent organization will be effected. It is proposed to push the movement, and prom inent members of the order believe that 1t will be carried to a successful continuation within a short time.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
EXPORT STEEL.
Large Shipments Have Been Made
 from Ensley to Glasgow.

It is stated on reliable authority that over 12OOO tons of steel have been shipped from the mill at Ensley for export, nearly the whole of which went to Glasgow, Scotland, Two shipments alone for Glasgow consisted of 5000 tons each, or a total of 5000 for the two shipments.
 The recent decided drop in the price of iron and steel in Europe operated against the export movement from this district, and exports have almost entirely ceased.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31

Three doses of Hoods Sarsaparilla daily after meals for awhile will build you up.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
VANDERBILT PARTY
Will Pass Through the City This Morn-
 ina.

William K. Vanderbilt and party of New York will pass through the city on Louis- vile and Nashville train No. 1 at 8:22 o'clock this morning. The party Is travel ing in MT. Vanderbilt's private car, which will be attached to the regular train. Ac- companying MT Vanderbilt are MT. and Mrs. Oliver Hartman, Jr., and Mrs. Stew art of New York The party Is en route to Florida, where they will spend several weeks at the different winter resorts.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
CORONER'S VERDICT
As to Death of the Negro, George Lewis,
 On Monday.

The jury empaneled by Coroner Paris to investigate the death of George Lewis the negro man found in Alley B. between Twenty-first and Twenty-second street Monday afternoon, brought in a verdict yesterday that the deceased came to his death by an overdose of morphine, admin istered to him by Mary Johnson and George Coleman, alias Jim Bell for the purpose of robbery
 Mary Johnson has been arrested and Is in jail but George Coleman has not yet been found.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
IRON EXPERT.
William Dette of Philadelphia Here On
 Business.

William Dette of Philadelphia is in the city for the purpose of conferring with the officials of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company with regard to recent sales of pig iron. MT. Dette has been in the iron business for a number of years, during which time he has handled much Birmingham iron. He was at one time con- nected with Rogers, Brown & Co.,, who handle large quantities of Alabama Iron and who are sales agents for several of the Alabama furnaces.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
TWO PAINTERS
Sustain Fall and are Quite Badly
 Bruised.

E. T. Childers and W. T. Holder, two painters who were painting sign yester- day morning on the cupola of the Alabama Milling and Elevator Company, fell to the roof and were severely bruised. The scaf- fold on which t.-ey were standing gave way Both men were taken to their homes Childers is quite severely bruised and shocked by the fall
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Connie Sullivan is Dead.

New York, January 3O.-"Connie" SuiI- van, who ten years ago was the bantam weight champion, is dead at his home in this city. His death was due to pneumonia, Sullivan was pupil of Jack Dempsey, and trained with many champions.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Miami Golf Tournament.

Miami, Fla, January 3O.-George D. Hull ing of Kansas City won the first handicap of the golf tournament at the Miami links today by net score of 42.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-24
Hon. Joseph NJ. Terrell.


Among the visitors in Savannah today -
the Hon. Joseph NJ. Terrell, the we'll
known and popular attorney general. He
comes here In his official capacity to rep
resent the state in an important matter
which has been submitted for arbitration.
Mr. Terrell has for the past eight years
filed the office of legal counsellor for the
state Of Georgia and has discharged the
duties of that position with zeal and abil-
ity. He is a safe counsellor and vigorous
advocate. Mr.. Terrell has ably seconded
the efforts Of the governor and comptrol-
Ter general in bringing a large amount OF
railroad property upon the assessment list
of Georgia. He has worked hard and sue
cessfully to bring increased values under
the taxing power Of the state.
Mr.. Terrell has been prominently mem
toned by his friends for the position OF
governor of Georgia. He has made no an
nouncement Of his intention and seems to
be pretty well occupied with his profess
sionaI duties at this time. He has not
started anything like campaign, but
those in a position to know declare that
Mr.. Terrell has large following in every
part of the state. He has numerous friends
in south Georgia and Chatham. Mr.. Ter
reI is an eminently level-headed man, In
whose care the states interests have al
ways been safely guarded, and those OF
his friends who are pushing his canvass
for governor believe that he will make
chief executive of strength and singular
sagacity. Mr.. Terrell has served in the
Georgia legislature. He was close friend
of the late Governor Atkinson, and was
prominently mentioned as a successor of
that gentleman three years ago, but he
preferred to remain in his present posi-
ton as legal adviser. Mr.. Terrell is mod
est. but a man Of merit, and has been true
to every trust reposed in him by the peo-
pie. His opinions upon important legal
matters have been clear and have been
defended with skill. His convictions are
honest and his character in public and in
private life IS above reproach- Mr.. Terrell
has always been fond of Savannah and
has more than once been a welcome guest
of friends in this city.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-24
. . . . . . Q q

Col James H. Young should retire from
Duncan's Office and be provided for In
washington. If Pritchard and his ring
can keep control it is intended that no
negro shall be a delegate from this state
to the national convention in 1904. The
negroes fully understand the situation and
they are organizing every day, and they
intend to make a desperate fight next
year to bring up delegates to the state
convention against Pritchard. The dis
elimination against the negroes because
they are negroes by Pritchard and his
ring is fully equal to and as intense as
ever proceeded from the Democrats. The
only question now bothering Pritchard is
how to arrange the precinct primaries
next year so as to exclude the negroes.
The negroes expect to be led N their at
tack on Pritchard and his ring by Russell,
Mott Lusk, Cobb, Cook, Harris and other
white Republicans who are opposed to
the federal ring; and if Pritchard should
succeed in packing the state convention
next year with a majority of delegates
composed of his officeholders. the oppo-
sition will bolt then and there and then
set up another state organization and
fight it out on this line If it takes ten
years to down the ring.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-24
ARE WE PRosPERous7

This question comes to every citizen
and to give a Yankee answer, II not, why
not? Never before have so many
people cut the usury of credit pri-
ces. This saving alone is the first step
toward thrift and Independence. When
we see the largest and most successful
merchants doing business on strictly cash
terms, we can well believe a business ba-
sis is no bar to prosperity. Perhaps the
most noteworthy success on this. line
is the ]. K. Orr Shoe company of Atlanta.
In the six years since they abandoned the
credit system their business has many
times Misunderstanding today well to-
ward the secono million. Their last stroke
of enterprise is a beautiful catalogue Civ
ing the cash price of many popular brands
of Red Seal Shoes. You can get one by
sending them a postal request. mention
ing this paper.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-24
RUINED BY LOVE.
For Shame Of Dual Life Man and Wo
man Resort to Poison.

CHICAGO, Oct. H-While grieving over
the dual life she was leading with DR..
Orville Brunette, prominent Chicago
dentist, Mrs. Charlotte Nichol, wife of
w. L. Nichol, Jr., commercial agent of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
railway, committed suicide yesterday in
the Marlborough hotel Burnettte also
tried to end his life at the same time,
but was unsuccessful.
The two were found in their rooms,
both stretched across the bed, the woman
dead and Burnette with his neck pierced
with a hat pin, a bottle of morphine
clutched in his hand. and the gas turn
ed on from every one of the six jets in
the suite. DR.. Burnette is still alive and
has been arrested.
In one of the rooms was found note
written by the woman which told of her
reason for the act. She said:
ITO Whom 1t May Concern; I did II
because / loved him better than anything
on earth and he loved me and we could
not be separated. Goodby.
The note, supplemented with state
ment made by DR.. Brunette, tells of the
tragedy enacted by the two lovers.
According to the dentists story he met
Mrs. Nichol while yet a young girl in
Nashville, Tenn, and fell in love with
ried several years afterwards.
'Our love was still strong for each 9TH
err" said Burnette, land she moved to
Chicago to be near me- We were together
nearly every day. There seemed, howev-
er, to a constant remorse on her part on
account of the dual life she was leading
Saturday we went down town together
and after having several drinks she pro-
posed suicide to me, and we went to the
Marlborough hotel and she produced a
bottle OF morphine she had hidden in her
dress. She again asked me to die with
her and / consented. Then she swallowed
nearly all the contents of the bottle and
handed it to me- drank what was left,
but believing that had not taken
enough to prove fatal / tried to end my
life by sticking the hat pin into my neck.
I saw this was also going to be fall
ure. so 1 turned all the gas on and lay
down to die"
Burnette stated that his wife knew
nothing Of his attachment for Mrs. Nichol
A policeman who was sent to the Nichol
home at 651S Minerva avenue last night
to notify Mr.. Nichol of the tragedy, found
no one there but the two little children of
the dead woman, one boy of eight and
the other a little girl of four years. They
told the policeman that their father was
out looking for their mother, who had
been missing all last night and today.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-24
nowlng SUGGESTIONS are oven:

following suggestions are gwen.
As stated for open ground cultivation
the temperature should be as even as
practicable during winter. being also care
full to give as much light and Ventilation
as possible. Camellia must not be con-
sidered as hot house plants. but being
frequently so treated many failures fol-
low. Give a cool greenhouse or pit ana
unless during very cold weather, ire heat
is not needed, but the plants must not DC
allowed to freeze, especially when the
buds are swelling. Do not let the temper
allure fall below 40 degrees or run up
beyond 20 degrees during winter. Con-
siderable difference of opinion prevails
among camellia growers as to the best
potting compost, but one composed OF
equal parts of rotten sod, peat and cow
manure well mixed and allowed 10 stand
six months has given the best results
Ample drainage must be given. If water
stagnates in the pots the roots will de-
cay, the foliage assume an unhealthy col
or and the flower buds drop. Highly stim-
ulating fertilizers are to be avoided, out
an occasional dose of weak manure water,
when plants show lack of vigor VIII be
advisable. but should be used only during
the growing period. Reporting depends
upon the condition of the plants, but as
rule the best time Is soon after blooming
and before the new growth begins. This
occurs in middle Georgia about March
LIST.
Watering must be very carefully done.
, Keep the soil evenly moist, never let it
become too dry or too wet, both extremes
will cause the buds to drop.
Keep the foliage free from dust and es-
pecially from the oyster shell bark louise,
a small scale insect which frequently in
tests the leaves. The scale should be re-
moved with a soft brush dipped in solu-
ton of whale oil soap or lemon oil. Black
fu ais franmonf annOVanC0 ana
never allowed to spread. No other care IS
required for successfully treating ca
mellias In pots When the blooming Pc
Rod is over and the new growth becoming
hardened the plants may be plunged IN
open ground and shady situation during
summer and while in fun growth oany
watering and spraying the foliage VIII
keen them in good condition. The flower
buds begin to appear during July and Au-
gust. Forcing camellias for early bloom
ing has not always proven successful. II
is best, therefore, to select such varieties
as will bloom in succession, thus mowers
can be had continuously from NO
vember until March.
Pruning to give a good form is frequent
ly required when plants grow very vigor-
ously This is done by pinching IN the
ends of shoots during the earlier stages
of growth, or after the blooming is over
and before the new growth begins.
Among the most desirable Varletles lot
open ground, we mention the following;
White-Alba plaena, candidissima, no
bilissima, Lady Hume's blush.
Pink-Sacco, Wilderii, Sarah Frost
Red-Imbricata, Refine des Fleurs, Pro-
lessor Sargent, William Penn, Pomponia
Rubra, Gunellii, single red.
Striped and Blotched-Henry Favre,
Chandlerii Elegans, Tricolor, Donkclaerii,
etc.
For Dot culture the selection may be
iei' u 'nV'' ''1Ai p. J.B.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-24
WILL FIGHT FEDERAL RING.
Negroes of North Carolina to Wage
War on Pritchard.

CHARLOTTE. N. c.. Oct. 2.-The ac-
ton of President Roosevelt in appoint
ing a Democrat to judgeship in Ala
bama was quite a shock to the white Re-
puhlicans in North Carolina. but that viii
not have as bad effect as the entertain
ment Of Booker T. Washington at dinner,
If the story which comes from Releigh
regarding the ousting of the negro in this
state is true. A special contributor writes
The Observer as follows regarding the
passing of the colored brother in Tar Heel
Republican circles: -.-
1t has finally leaked out. although 1t,
was attempted to be kept a secret, that
Pritchard and his federal ring served no
tice at Greensboro on Col. James H.
Young and John c. Dancy that all the
negroes now in office in this state must
get out Immediately. before their term
ends. Dancy has notified Pritchard that
he will not ask for a re-appointment and
Dancy is promised something equally as
good in Washington. Wick, the negro
postmaster at Wilson, has nine months
yet to serve and he has been told that he
must resign very soon, Deaton. a clerk
in Collector Duncan's office, told DR..
Shepherd colored, one OF Duncan's clerks.
that it was INTENDED that Shepherd and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-24
OLD VETERAN DROPS DEAD.
w. c. Bannon Goes to Macon to Re.
union and Dies Suddenly.

MACON, Oct 21.-Mr. w. c. Bannon, an
uncle Of the late ]. c. Bannon. fell dead in
the home of Mrs. J. c. Bannon on High
street, this city. yesterday at 1:3o o'clock.
He and his sixteen-year-old daughter had
come from Hudson. n. Y, to attend the
reunion of the Confederate veterans here
on the 23d and Oath. He had just been to
church and returning found several of
his old comrades awaiting him al the resi-
dence. He talked with them for a time
seemingly in the best of health and spirits.
When they left he took out his watch and
remarked that 1t was just 1880. He started
into the doorway and without warning fell
forward. He was dead within less than
two minutes. His widow and eldest son
were notified by telegraph at once and the
son will be here tonight to make arrange
ments for the funeral. 1t is thought the
remains will be sent to Hudson, n. Y, for
interment. -
Mr.. Bannon was sergeant major in the
Twelfth Georgia regiment at the close of
the war. He enlisted in company H Of
that regiment at Marshallville when he
was a sixteen-year-old boy. He was at
that time living with a relative, Mr.. Newt
Johnson. He rose rapidly in the esteem Of
his superior officers and was especially
beloved by his captain. Mr.. oliver F.
Evans, of Macon.
He was several times wounded while
campaigning with the army of Northern
Virginia and was at one time taken pris-
oner and kept in Port Lookout barracks.
After the war Mr.. Bannon went to New
York and married He has reared an in
teresting family Of children.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-24
Value of Investigation.

Value of Investigation.
Exchange.
Many farmers make a practice of polk
ing fun at the scientific farming done at
the experimental stations. They call it
book farming" white shirt farming
and other equally significant names to in
dictate that IL is not practical. They think
that a man who has been brought up on
the farm knows all there is to be known
about the business, and that no man who
goes into the business on such small
scale as does the professor at the expert
ment farm can tell them things they do
not know about their work. 1t is human
that It should be so. The Chinese look
upon the attempts of the western world
TO "civilize" them in the same light, but
that does not alter the facts that in each
case the parties are laboring under
mistake. There is no industry under the
sun that is more complicated than farm
ing. The diversity Of interests, the num-
Der of different things that the farmer is
expected to know. the number Of Irons
that he has In the fire" call for a vast
amount of knowledge on his part If he
would make no mistakes. 1t is true that
a man may farm all his life. make liv-
ing and die respectable without having
fitted himself by special education for his
business. All that signifies is that he has
chosen a very lucrative occupation or he
would have become bankrupt. 1t does
not show that he would not have made
more money If he had been better fitted to
conduct the work he had before him.
The fact that some farmers have better
success with their cattle than others is
not a piece Of luck, but because Of better
MANAGEMENT. II may be that the sue
cessful feeder and breeder did not learn
his methods I'm an agricultural school,
but IL does show that he had better meth
DDS than the man who raised nothing but
scrubs. The man who always raises a
good crop, year after year, while his
neighbors, with just as good soil and
other things equal, fails every two OF
three years to raise half crop and new
err raises as good yields as the good farm
err, may not be a college graduate, but nc
has methods that the others haven't
learned. These things show that there
are better methods than the ordinary
farmer uses.