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The age-herald., 1901-06-10
'CORMACK WILL LEAVE THE ET.C.LCO, The General Manager Will Step Out at an Early Date SUCCESSOR NOT NAMED Has Been in Birmingham and With the Tennessee Company for Twenty
 One Years--Moved fire i
 Nashville, Tenn.
SUCCESSOR NOT NAMED

General Manager G. B. Mccormack of the ennesse Coal and Iron Company after a service extending through twenty-one years, will leave the employ of the com pany at an early date.
 This announcement was confirmed by a very great surprise to his friends throughout the city He stated that be did not know who his successor would be but that he had been selected by the of ficers of the company.
 MT. Mccormack has been manager of the Tennessee company for more than five years. He has been in the employ of the company since 1887, at which time he came here from Nashville. At that place he was engaged In mining business and had been for number of years.
 Before going to Nashville he had lived at Tracy City, where he had been at the same work as at Nashville. His superior ability, which led to his leaving Tracy City to go to Nashville, was the cause of his being made an excellent offer to come to Birmingham in 1sS7 Since that year he has been steadily rising in the mining busiess until his promotion to the position of general manager of the Tennessee com pany some few years ago.
 Mir. Mccormack stated last night that he would continue to reside In Birmins- ham, but would make no further state ment regarding his future plans.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
CONCERT FOR CHARITY.
Entertainment to Be Given by the
 Ladies at St. Paul's Hall.

Following is the programme of the con- cert to be given by the Ladies of Charity of St. Paul's church at the Temperance hall tonight:
 Overture-W D. Bussey, second mando- lin: E. W. House, first mandolin; H. Hen derson. second guitar Howell Graham, first guitar; Ed Spiro, third guitar.
 MT. W. c. Cooper, W. D. Bussey, c. A. Harris, burlesque, Edwin Booth.' MT Brown, Song Selected"
 Miss Bess Gafford, Reading Selected . Mir Ed Robertson, "Song Selected" William D. Bussey, Black Face Com edian" in Songs Selected" "You'se No body's Baby But Your Mammals, Watch the Baby Venus"
 Miss Spiro. Recitation Selected"
 Mr. Bob Church, Songs Selected" Miss Claude McKinzie Music and Reef tation." '"rhe Red Fan
 c. O. Harris and W. D. Bussey, Buck Dancing'' E. w House. first mandolin; H. Henderson. second guitar Howell Gra- ham, banjorine; Ed Spiro, third guitar, accompanists
 Miss Barkhau, Recitation and Danc- ing"
 MT Ed Brown, Songs Selected"
 Miss Bessie Cox, Songs Selected"
 Miss McAdory Dancing"
 Little Charm. Recitation Selected Instrumental piece, Bussey, Henderson, Graham, Spiro. House.
 Refreshments will be served.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
BURGLAR SHOT
 BY POLICEMAN
Negro Was Caught in the Act of Robbing a Store at
 Five Points

Yesterday morning at o'clock Oscar Bennett, negro man, was shot by Off, cers Patton and Oswald while attempting 10 lob the store of romlin & Stewart at Five Points, South Highlands.
 This store has been robbed eight times recently and Saturday night Chief of Po- lice Austin decided to place two officers in the vicitny of the place and to closely watch the same. The officers concealed themselves In the vacant store adjoining Tomlin & Stewards and about o'clock Sunday morning. Bennett an exporter of the firm, was seen to enter the store by way of a glass window which he re- moved with the aid of a pocet-knife.
 The officers, seeing this, ordered the ne- gro 10 throw up his hands. but Instead of doing so, he took to his heels. Officer Patton ordered the man to halt several times. This order was not obeyed and the officer opened fire upon him, and as he did so the negro fell to the ground wound- ed.
 Upon investigation 1t was found that the negro had robbed the cash drawer of its contents, amounting to thirty cents In addition he had some chickens tied up in a delivery wagon of the firm in the rear of the store. When shot. the ne- gro had bottle of pickles In his hand whih was shattered by one of the shots.
 Bennett was removed to the St. Vincent hospital and last night message was re- ceived from the hospital stating that his condition was very critical.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
RUSSELLVlLLE.
School Text Board Selects Books for
 Five Years.

Russellville, June 9.-(Special. )-The School Book Board of Franklin County met yesterday and after canvassing the claims of all of the book concerns that have had representatives here for the past week, decided upon the following series of text books for the next five years. Contracts were signed with the following publishers:
 B. F. Johnson and Company. Rich mond, Va, Elements of Agriculture. Physica; Culture, Smithdeal slant copy book
 University Publishing Company 1faury's Manuel of Geography, Browns History of Alabama, Chambers Primary Histo,Y. Maurys Physical Geography.
 Butler, Sheldon and Company, Chica- go-Primary Language Lessons. Modern Spelier MitchelFs Primary Geography. Hulls Mental Arithmetic.
 American Book Company, Cincinnati Baldwin's Series of Readers. Harvey's Grammar first and second; Shinn's His tory of the United States, Overton's Phys iology (whole series). Hoadley's Physics. Peterfnan's Civil Government. Miners Arithmetic. first and second; Miners AL zebra. first and second; Miners Geome4 try Websters Dictionary, common school and academic.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
MYSTIC scHRlNERs.
Annual Meeting of the imperial Con-
 cfave Begins In Kansas City Today.

ed 6o,O0O Shriners will be in the city to- morrow at the opening of the twenty seventh annual meeting of the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine. Hundreds are coming on every train. The principal events of the week will be a reception at the Kansas City Club Monday night. two parades on Tuesday, with a concert and drill In convention hall in the evening and an exhibition drill at exposition park on Wednesday followed by a bah We'd nesday night in convention hall On Thursday special entertainment, win be provided by the citizens.
 Phillip Shaffer of Philadelphia probably will be elected imperial potentate.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
MEACAER IMPROVED
Hope of Recovery Is Expressed for the
 Young Jeweier.

Frank Meacher the young South Caro- lima jeweler who attempted to commit sui- eide last Friday morning at boarding house on Fourth avenue, is improving slowly.
 Last night the Hillman hospital physi- clans pronounced his condition much bet ter than at any time since the shot was fired. It is now believed there is some chances for hIs recovery.
 His relatives have been making anxious inquiries regarding him. His wife and child are in Aiken. s. c.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
PINKsToN AT LARGE.
Negro Who Shot Bennett at Ishkoods
 Saturday Night Escaped.

News received from Ishkooda last night stated that the condition of West Ben nett the white miner who was shot Sat urday night was very precarious and he is not expected to live.
 Jake Pinkston, the negro man who fired the bullet into Bennett's neck, Is yet at large. The police of the State have been instructed to watch for him and deputies have been sent to Ishkooda, but so far to no avail.
 Pinkston was only recently released from Coalburg and is considered one of the most dangerous negroes In Ala bama.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10

played a game in Memphis yesterday but rain interfered and both teams had to re- turn to the eastern end of the circuit last night with the same standing they had when the day opened.
 The game will be called at 1 o'clock this afternoon and there Is no doubt but the stands at the park will be taxed to their capacity to accommodate all who seek ad- mittance.
 Sample probably will pitch for the vis- itors today. He Is one of the best pitchers in the league and won his game against the Birminghams at Shreveport
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
MUn--.. AND SUICIDE.
Man Who Had Driven His Wife from Home Kills Himself and Mother-in-Law

London. Ontario, June 9.-Crazed by love for his young wife whom. it is said, he had driven from his home in Chicago, Robert Fulford. prosperous Chicago contractor last night killed his mother in-law Mrs. Jennie McCord and then blew out his brains. The tragedy oc- cured on the McCord farm at Ilderton near here. The victims were first cous- ins. Fulford married Gertie McCord seven years ago. his first wife having se- cured a divorce from him. Three weeks ago Fulford and his wife had dispute and she returned to her parents. Full ford followed Saturday. He drove to the McCord farm and demanded that Mrs. McCord, who was milking in the yard, tells him where his wife was. She re- fused and he fired four shots from re- vover into her body. killing her instant ly. He then turned the weapon on him self, blowing out his brains.
 Before warm weather prostrates you, take Hoods Sarsapariila. It will do yor good
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
: CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
Revival Services at This Church Were
 Begun Yesterday.

Revival services were begun yesterday at the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Rev. T. E. Hudson of rennessee preached to a large congregation and aroused much enthusiasm. There were a number of ad- ditions to the church and many more are expected.
 The services will continue throughout the week.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
JuBlLEE PROCESSION.
Last of - Series Takes Place from
 St. Paui's.

The last of the five jubilee processions from St. Paul's Church to the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows took place yester- day afternoon. Several hundred members of St. Pauls congregation made the jubi- lee in procession but hundreds more have made it or will make 1t by paying the re- quired visit to the two churches privately
 The hour for the second mass at St.
 Paul's on week days has been changed for the summer from clock to 7.30 o'clock.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
A Rebus Party.

Miss Jennie Hood entertained quite a number of the younger set Thursday af- ternoon at o'clock with "rebus' party. The occasion was given in honor of Miss Marie Lewis of Georgia.
 Miss Hood was assisted in receiving by Miss Lewis and Miss Downey. Several prizes were awarded the successful con- testants. The home was beautifully deco rated with daisies and the affair was great success
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
DEATH O. MIR. HovERsoN.
The We'll Known Singer Passes Away
 After Illness of Two Weeks.

B. Hoverson, at one time the solo tenor at Temple Emanuel and the First Meth odist church, died at St. Vincent hospital Saturday night of typhoid pneumonia He has been i'll only two weeks.
 MT. Hoverson came to Birmingham from Wisconsin a year ago and since living here had formed large circle Of ac- quaintances and friends. He was unmar- ried.
 The remains were sent to Wisconsin for burial.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
HIGH -,AooL GRADUATES.
Party of Them Take Trip to PhiladeI
 phla and Washington.

A party of the High School graduates, chaperoned by Miss Roberts, left yeste-- day afternoon via the A. c. s. R. R. for Philadelphia and Washington. The party will spend two days in Phila6eiphia and the balance of the time in Washington They will be absent from the city about ten days.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
THE MODERN BEAUTY.

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with plenty of exercise in the open air. Her form glows with health and her face blooms with Its beauty. If her system needs the cleansing action of a laxative remedy, she uses the gentle and pleas ant Syrup of Figs. made by the Califor- mia Fig Syrup Co. only.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
Brooklyn. !; Chicago. 6.

Chicago, June 9.-Waddell was effective in all excepting the opening inning. but lost his own game in the fifth, his fail- ure to field a bunt and his wild throw. followed by long single. giving the vis- itors three runs. Attendance $500. Score
 R.H.E. Chicago .... ........1 o Q 0 0 0 Is l2 Brooklyn .... .......1 0 0 0 O0-I ID Batteries-Waddell and Kling; Hughes and Farrell.
 No games were played in the American Association yesterday.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
LAWN PARTY.
Delightful Entertainment Will b, Given at west End School House.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Vine Street Presbyterian church at West End will give a lawn party at the West En'l shoocl house Tuesday afternoon and even ing Delightful refreshments will be served and an enjoyable time will be had by all who attend
The age-herald., 1901-06-10

The map furnished our subscrlbers .ls the most complete of It's kind eyeT published.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10

No game was played In the league yes terday, rain at Memphis preventing the Memphis and Nashville teams playing.
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
National League Standing.
New York, 2o; Cincinnati, 1s.

Cincinnati, June g-New York broke the seasons batting record here today, making thirty-one hits and twenty-five runs of three of the Cincinnati pitchers. Tn the ninth the crowd swarmed out on the field and Umpire EmslIe gave the game to New York by score of to. 0. Attendance l7sS4 Score:
 RHE Cincinnati ... .....004o -137 5 New York ..........4 06 3 02 5 5-25 31 1 Batteries -McFadden and Rusie; Phil lips and Bergen; Phyle and Warner
The age-herald., 1901-06-10

Before warm weather prostrates you take Hoods Sarsapariila. It will do yot good
The age-herald., 1901-06-10
Little Rock Takes Blrmineham's Lit tie Third 6aseman While Bir- mingham Gets First-ciass
 South Paw Artist.
Southern Leaaue standIna.

Games Today. Shreveport at Birmingham. Little Rock at Selma. Memphis at Chattanooga. New Orleans at Nashville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-02

w. Beatty and Senator G. u. Magee. ~ !
The statue is the first one set up tIl
Highland Park, and the COMMITTEES has
exercised care to protect itself against
unsatisfactory work. The base of the
memorial is of granite and is fourteen
feet high. The figures are In bronze.
The poet is seated. and holds In his
hand book and pencil. Seated al. his
feet is an old negro, who is playing on
banjo. The song composer Is eviSs
dently seeking inspiration from the
negro's music. ~
The composer was born on July ~
1926, and died in New York thirty
eight years later. lie taught himsfits
music and studied with great assidhi-;
ty. His compositions include i60
songs of which the Arst written Waat1
open Thy Lattice, Love-" publishes
in 1S42, and the last was 4Beautiful;
Dreamer" composed in 1884, the las5'
year of his life. Gentle Annie," "SVils,
lie We Have Missed You," "old Dog
Tray" "Come Where My Love Lies
Dreaming" Nellie Was Lady, !" : My
Old Kentucky Home" Maggie by nv
Side" and ELLEN Bayne," the music
of which is now used for john
Browns Body Lies Motldering 4
the Grave" were some Of the best
known among his compositions. a
q rule he wrote both the words anc
music of his songs.-New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-02

may tighten her own labors by COM
Eelling the papooses to share in them.
There is no running ito meet papa"
no clinging to his legs as he walks, no
riding "cockhorse" on his feet. Until
they have shown character in some
unexpected way or performed SOME
unexpected deed the buck father will
bestow upon them less attention than
he gives his pony. or his herd of ponies,
if he is rich.
Gene, the eight-year-old son of Stand
ing Elk, on the Cheyenne reservation,
crawled out of his blankets one dark
night and, guided by the beating OF
tom toms and the ki-yi-ing that usually
accompanies such an affair, made his
way alone TO the Rosebud, where
White Bulls bucks were having Il
"ghost Dance He did not dare 10 min
Gle with the dancers, so he hid in the
bunch grass nearby and watched the
bucks as they stamped and chantcd
around the fire.
Gene had unsuspected powers Of
mimicry. The dancing made g strong
impression on him. Next morning.
when Standing Elk darted out Of his
wicklup to chastise the noisy. young.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-02
miles from Peshawur. and all the
white people have clustered about the
troops at that point, the result being
a beautiful, well-kept town. No white
people live in Peshawur, excepting one

family Of missionaries, while as for
visitors, there hardly dozen white
lnen who enter the walls of Peshawur
in months time.
A big wall about fifty feet high sur
rounds the city. at one end Of which is
q gigantic fortress, where garrison
of British soldiers is stationed. Can
mons are constantly trained down on
the town, for there is always danger Of
an outbreak among the 100000 AfriGis
and Afghans who combine to make up
it's seething, squalid population. White
civilians are cautioned against enter
ing the city without an escort, and
no one is permitted to enter its gates
at nightfall. The British soldiers and
officers seldom 60 into the town.
The Peshawur environments are
pleasant and pretty. Broad, shady
streets, the inevitable mall, cricket
ground and race course were essential
features Of the town. Officers bunga-
lows, big, rambling, thick-walled mud
houses one story high. painted blue
and white, line the mall, each one
standing alone in big compound filed
with trees. On the other side Of the,
mali is the great expanse Of parade
ground, at the edge Of which are the
barracks for Tommy. Everywhere are
splendid shade trees. which have
sprung up in the arid plains as a re-
suit of irrigation and wells, and which
make the cantonments look like ON
oasis in a desert. There are many
pretty English girls In Peshawur IN
the winter, for the fresh coolness OF
that northern latitude gives q keen
delight to golf and tennis and fox
hunting. = ~
The town was very gay and lively
while was there and the mall In the
afternoon was bright with ruddy-
faced young women and smartly
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-02

ster, he was astonished at what he saw
and heard. There was Gene stamping
about with the grace and vigor Of a
practiced dancer, to no other accom-
paniment than his own ki-yi-ing. He
twisted and contorted and stamped
like an old-timer, and he had the step
down so pat that his genius for that
sort of thing was borne in on Standing
Elk in q fash.
Calling to his squaw, Standing Elk
bade her find bells and headdress and
fallals Of the conventional sort for the
boy, and, when the youngster was thus
logged out, his father bade him dance
before the chiefs Of the tribe. Gere
acquitted himself so we'll that he won
the approval of the chiefs, and Is now
the most envied boy on the reserva-
ton. Little Indian maidens would
walk miles just to have him say
How" to them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-02
a~ MAURICE THOMPSON.

"sweet and beautiful" he mur.
INJURED low, 'you are 30 good, 30 pure,
so true, 80 kiudr'
She pressed one hand upon her
heart.
ooh, lovep You have taken away
all my pain!" he rambled on.
She started back, faltered, blushed.
turned pale. then stood looking down
upon his strong yet somewhat wasted
face with gaze of tenderest, sweetest
import. The next moment she stopped
and would have kissed him-nay, her
lips did touch his, just as an awful
roar of cannon shook the air.
He opened his eyes and smiled as
one coming slowly out of a delicious
experience.
Then the guns roared again.
whats that?" he cried, trying to
sit up.
She gently pushed him back on the
pillow, and said:
"They are killing those English
down there. Be calm. We shall hear
good news this very day. $3.50;
now, don't try to get up, please; it
will hurt you"
And then the din Of battle was like
a thunderstorm with wind and hail,
and, looking out Of the window,
Madame Souvestre saw the gray OF
daylight.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-02
! Ghild Life on tie
S Indian Reservation.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

- -
Compared with the lives led by the
full-blooded Indian children Of the
northwestern reservations, the miser-
able urchins who play in city's gut.
ters dwell in a paradise Of joys.
The gutter snipe is almost certain to
have some, marbles or top in his
clothes; he can earn few pennies for
himself upon occasion; he is. quick
witted and brimming with nervous en-
ergy; of mirth-provoking expedients he
is as full as an egg is of meat, and at
repartee he has no equal.
Indian children, on the other hand,
are born grave and solemn and stolid.
The art Of self-repression practiced for
centuries by their ancestors has be-
come a second nature to them-is IN
herited-with the result Of transform
ing what should be their golden age
into mere existence, joyless and apa-
thetic.
In babyhood their training compels
them to endure without whimpering
discomforts and hardships which
would destroy children of the white
race. Strapped tightly to the back Of
a squaw, or left to themselves so ttef
in a blanket that use of their limbs
is denied them, they are mere silent
bundles, voiceless, without will or pow
er. There is no dandling, no coddling,
no one to teach them to smile. no ef-
fort to develop the softer side of their
natures. The squaw is too busy hew-
ing wood, or carrying water, or pre-
pairing food for her buck and brood, or
IN making beaded wares to sell to the
trader, for that.
And when they are old enough to be
trusted upon their legs alone and un-
fettered they are left to themselves,
with less care than litter Of pigs re-
ceives from its sow mother-until SUCH
time as the squaw perceives that she
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-02
Seeds That Need Fire.

A Californian pine tree whose seed
cones can only be opened by fire or
great heat has been attracting con-
siderable attention at Kew Gardens,
London. It seems, however, that this
tree, pinus muricata, is not alone in
it's salamander-like requirements, for
former Australian living in London
writes as follows:
"The waffle tree of Australia also
possesses the same popularity, and
its seeds will only germinate when
subjected to great heat. Soaking the
seeds of this tree in boiling water or
roasting them in frying pan for some
hours has been tried and found suc-
cessful, but ell other methods have
failed. After the seed has fallen from
the tree it will often lie dormant in
the ground for years, but Immediately
bush fire comes along and reduces
all the present trees to ashes las is
often the case in Australia), the seed
terminates and perfect forest of
young trees will spring up within
twelve months. Even on ground
where there has not been waffle
tree growing within living memory
these trees have been noticed to grow
up after bush fire., The waffle tree,
being very susceptible to fire, is easily
killed, and ii the same means that
caused its destruction did not induce
it to grow again it would very soon be
eradicated."
The teak is said to be another tree
whose seeds can only be sprouted by
intense heat.-London Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-02
MONUMENT FOR FOSTER. /
Composer Of the sold Folks at Homen
BE Honored In PattsburY.

Be Hpnored In Pattsburg.
Stephen Collins Foster has monu.,
ment in Pittsburg. where he was born
and where lie spent many years bf hts
life. Lawrenceville, Penn. the actual
place cf his birth, is now part Of Pitts
burg, and when attention was called to
that fact several years ago. 1t was de-
termined to see what could be done.
toward raising q monument to tho
memory of the man who wrote "Way
Down on the Suwanee River, "Mass
sa's in the Cold, Cold Ground. old
Black Joe'' and many other songs. The
contributions for the monument came
from many sources, although most OF;
them naturally were given by citizens
of Pittsburg. The statue was unveiled
In Highland Park under very interest.
ing circumstances.
The monument Is the work OF
Giuseppe MarchettI, Of this city, and
the large number of competitors in-S
cluded sculptors from all parts Of the
country. The design Of the monuments
was suggested by T. ]. Keenan,, Jrs Of
pittsburg, and the committee which
accepted signor Marchetti's work con.
sisted of A. w. Mellon, Robert Pitts
cairn, E. NJ. Bigelow, W. N. Frew. J<I