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The age-herald., 1902-01-24
A BIG STATE FAIR
 BEING DISCUSSED
ASSOCIATION WILL PROBABLY EMPLOY A MANAGER AND SET HIM TO WORK AS EARLY AS NEXT MONTH.

While the State Fair Association has not taken action, there seems to be little or no doubt that Birmingham will have a state fair in October. A committee of the board of directors will be held next week for the purpose of considering and formulating plans.
 Mir. John W. O'Neill, secretary of the association. said last night that the direc- and that he felt certain they would soon act on the matter.
 All of the members of the association with whom have talked said Secretary O'Neill, "are in favor of organizing early. Heretofore we have given the manage ment only two or three months in which to advertise and get ready. This time we expect to install a manager by the middle of February and employ him to devote his entire time to the work. He will be required to advertise extensively and select exhibits from every county in the state.
 Starting out thus early Birmingham can get up a fair that will surpass any former effort in the way of a state ex- hibition. The people of Alabama like to come to Birmingham and If we carry out plans on the broad lines suggested at the conferences held in the Commercial Club rooms last fall we will have an excep- tionally large crowd here next fall"
 It is understood that MT. J A. Me- Knight of South Calera will be elected manager of the fair He is supposed to have especial fitness for the work and so far as can be learned no other person has been mentioned in connection with the position of manager.
 Fairs have heretofore been held in November, but 1t is the concensus of opin- ion that October will be a better month. The next fair will probably be held in the last week of October.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
ENSLEY COMPANY
 ELECTS PRESIDENT
DON H. BACON TO SUCCEED Mo. coMB--DIREcToRs AND OTHER OFFICERS CHOSEN-PRoPERTY OF COMPANY GIVES PROMISE.

The stockholders of the Ensley Land Company held their annual meeting in the office of the company at Ensley yes- terday Among those present were Chair man Don II. Bacon of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. MT. J. w. Baker of Nashville. MT. L. T. Beecher, secretary and treasurer of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, and MT w. H. Hyronemus
 There was no report of the past year ] but the condition of the company was found to be such as to give promise of satisfactory results in the near future The stockholders elected the following board of directors:
 Messrs. Don II. Bacon, J. W. Baker Charles McCrery, T. H. Aldrich, A. B. Boardman of New York, L. T. Beecher and D. J. McComb.
 Officers elected for the ensuing twelve months were Mir. Don H. Bacon, presi- dent; Mir. J. W. Baker, vice president, and MT. L. T. Beecher, secretary and treasurer.
 MT. Bacon, in becoming president of the company. succeeds Mir. McComb, who had filled the position for some time past, and MT. Beecher, the new secretary and treasurer, takes the place of MT. J. R. Vail. After the election only routine business was transacted.
 The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company owns a majority of the stock in the Ensley Land Company and the change in the office of president and in the office of secretary and treasurer is said to mean that the business of the company will be conducted in a general way as a part of the business of the T. C. l.
 It is said that no change will be made in the Ensley office, at least for the pres ent
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
REGISTRARS WAITING
 ON BLANK FORMS
1t Will Probably Be February 24 Be. fore Work Will Begin In
 Jefferson.

It will probably be February 24 before the three registrars of Jefferson County, Messrs. George P. Bondurant, R. G. Hewitt and Porter Lewis, will be ready to register voters under the provisions of the new constitution
 The form of certificates to be issued to voters and which will make them voters for life was prepared some time ago and placed in the hands of the state printers, the Brown Printing Company of Mont gomery. They have the contract for printing all the blanks that will be used in the state, and the work has not yet been finished.
 MT. Bondurant, when seen yesterday. said that as soon as the blanks were re- ceived the registrars would give twenty days notice of the time and places where they would sit as Is required by law and that they would probably sit first at the court house for about a month. Any one in the county can register at the court house. They will also visit each beat and town in the county for the purpose of registration.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
FOR BEATING FARMERS.
Alleged Sears-Roebuck Agents Held
 In Meridian-one Convicted.

Sears, Roebuck & Company of Chicago will probably send someone south to rep resent them in the prosecution of W. w. Russell, alias R. L. Carter, and c. J. Andrews, alias c. R. Johnson, who are said to have been using the name of the firm to obtain money. The two men were arrested In Meridian. Miss, several days ago, partially for operations fin that vicin- ity and partially on a telegram from Chief of Police. Austin, asking that they be apprehended. Russell has been convict ed in Meridian.
 The two men are said to have worked Jefferson County from end to end. They would go to a farmer and sell him farm ing implements to be delivered later. They are said to have collected and then never delivered the articles.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
.Record of Comyks.

In the first division of the City Court the case of Josephine Agan. administra- trix, vs. the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company is on trial A yer dict will probably be reached today. The plaintiff is suing for $50,O0o damages for the death of her husband.
 Tn the Circuit Court the the case of D. McCreary vs. George Lewis ct al is on trial.
 In the Criminal Court Tom Downey, a negro, charged with murder, was on trial yesterday afternoon and verdict may be rendered today. Downey, 1t is said. killed a fellow-convict in Coalburg by striking him twice in the head with a pick and once in the breast. He claimed self-defense.
 W. D. Moseley, administrator of Wm. s. Bell, has filed suit in the United States Court against the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad Company for s15,O0O dam ages. He says that his intestate on No vember 2l, 1901, was employed by defend ant as a brakeman and that he was in- jured in collision near Hughes Siding, from the effects of which he died.
 Willis o. Bass, in the same court, has filed a suit against the Southern Rail- way for $25OOO damages, claiming that on February 10. 1901 he was passenger on one of the defendants trains and was injured in a wreck at Waco, sta- tion between Birmingham and Atlanta
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
STOCKHOLDERS
 SANCTION LEASE
MIR. ANDERSON FINALLY CLOSES DEAL FOR AUDlToRIuM-oPEN- ING POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 8 ON ACCOUNT OF REPAlRs.

Final papers were signed yesterday aft ernoon by Mir. R. Coley Anderson and the board of control of the Auditorium The from Boyle and Edwards. The house will open Monday night, February 3.
 Mir. Anderson closed with Boyle and Edwards several days ago, but the stock holders of the Auditorium Company had the right to refuse or consent to the transfer. Mir. Anderson consulted with Secretary Gibson of the company, and the papers were signed yesterday.
 Many changes will be made in the house by MT. Anderson, and on account of these the opening was delayed one week later than was at first published. New furn- ishings will be placed in the house throughout, and as soon as possible new scenery will be painted.
 mazzenine floor will be placed on each side of the stage, raised several feet and boxes will be cut off and rail- ings placed around them. They will be large enough to accommodate six or seven persons comfortably.
 The building of these boxes will narrow the seating portion of the theatre consid- erably, and by cutting off several rows of the rear seats the house will be made quite attractive and cosy.
 The class of show presented. MT. Ander- son claims will be the very best money can procure
 'I am able to make the price of admis- sion very low said Mir. Anderson" be cause I expect people who see the show once to come back several times during the week. If people only come once a week I would lose money, but a vaude- vile bill Is of the kind that draws per- son back the second and even third time.
 T expect to please the people of Bir- mingham, and to do this 1 will have to present the very best the vaudeville stage affords. Realizing this I will bring people here who have never been seen before except at the head of companies which cost $1. 50 a seat. Pauline Hall, my headliner for the first week, has never been seen in Birmingham for less than S1.50 a seat in the orchestra row, and bring her here. with several other spe- cialists, for 50 cents."
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
WORK GOES ON SLOWLY.
Improvements at City jail Are Slow
 But Sure.

Little drops of water, little grains of
 sand,
 Made the mighty ocean and the wondrous
 land"
 By just such process the Improvements on the city jail are being made. Several days ago hole was commenced in the kitchen for one of the steel pillows which is to support the new cells. Gradually this hole grew deeper until a man could stand in it and his head would be below the surface of the floor.
 Yesterday workmen commenced filling this hole with concrete and rocks, thus forming a solid base for the pillow. Prom ises were made that 1t would not be long before another step was taken and lit- tie more work done.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
BUYING BANK STOCK.
Pierpont Morgan and James J. Hill
 Among the Investors.

Chicago. January 2S.-Announcement is made of large investments in the Com mercial National Bank of Chicago bank stock by prominent New York financiers Those names are: J. Pierpont Morgan, James J. Hill, Daniel s. Lamont, George F. Baker, president of the First National Bank; James T. Woodward, president of the Hanover National.
 Something more than 1000 shares of Commercial stock have been placed among these gentlemen. The price paid is understood to be around $320 per share
 New York; January 23.--A leading of- hcial of the National Bank of this city today confirmed the report that the bank had acquired an interest in the Commer- cial National Bank of Chicago The amount of this interest was said to be 1600 shares.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
TO GATHER STATISTICS.
Expert Sent Here to Look Into Manu.
 featuring Development.

United States Government Expert liar rison Digman is in Birmingham for the purpose of gathering data on the manu- featuring developments and industries of this district. He is one of the ablest of the department, and his reports will be watched with great interest.
 MT. Digtnan is past imperial potentate of the Imperial Council of the Ancient and Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the highest office in the order. A committee of the local order waited on him yesterday at the hotel. A reception will be rendered him while in the city.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
BURGLAR ESCAPES.
Ed Donald, Who Had Ten Years Sen.
 tence for Breaking In Store.

Ed Donald, a negro who was sentenced to ten years in the penitiary on a charge of breaking in and robbing Drennen & Co.'S store several months ago. yester- day escaped from Pratt mines. A re- ward of $50 has been offered for him.
 Donald was arrested at Ensley by Chief Camp shortly after Drennen's store was robbed, and on him was found one of the pistols taken from the store.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
cavalrymen Ordered Home.

Washington, January 23.-The second battalion of the Eighth Cavalry at Puerto Principe, Cuba, was today ordered to re- turn to the United States and take sta- ton at Fort Riley, Kansas. The third battalion of the Twenty-second Infantry will leave Manila tomorrow for San Fran cisco on the transport Roscranes.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following deeds, have been placed on record.
 J. H. Inman and wife to D. G. Hyde, W 1sof NE and w 1s of E 1s of NE and NV of SEE 6-15-1, s140O.
 J. B. Patts to M. E. McDade. lot f, block FAC. ,Ensley, $14Oo.
 W. H. McDade to J. B. Patts, same as above, $125o
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Mrs. James E. Wees.

The remains of MT. James E. Wees, a conductor on the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad, were inferred yesterday afternoon in Elm Leaf cemetery, the fu- neral services being conducted at the Third Presbyterian Church. MT. Wees died Wednesday of pneumonia.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY,
Petition Filed Against Hillside Cream
 and Lunch Company.

A petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed yesterday by the Beck Candy and Grocery Company. Roberts 6 Orr, Waite Bros and others against the Hill- side Cream and Lunch Company. The amount of their indebtedness to petition CTS Is about 5000. February has been set as the day for hearing the petition.
 Petitions in voluntary bankruptcy were filed by Will Thomas of Birmingham and Parker & Mccormick of Jacksonville.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
GRAND JURY REPLIES
 TO CRITICISM OF JUDGE
s-Ss4-4x&-~S4-~<>- <>-~-4&-e-s-@ >-s-&>~% AN EXPLANATION.

Y AN ENFLANA lON.
 & Owing to the criticism in the . \ press of the city, we, the grand .
 A jury of Jefferson County. deem 1t ' < but proper that a statement be . -~ made to show the comparative z < work of thls grand jury and that of ' -% the last '
 ~ We have been in session fifteen -e < and a half days and have in that > < time heard sos witnesses, passed on z < 93 cases and found 69 true bills. ' -% It will be remembered that the | < judge and press made the public < -~ aware that this grand jury would < < have more before 1t than any which < % had sat for years. I . Further we have no control over { . the number of witnesses called for { ' each day. 4 We simply believe that if com { < pared with other grand juries we {
 % will make as good a showing for < . prompt and thorough work as any { -~ which has been cmpanelled We {
 4 have heard as high as 97 witnesses < -& in one day. and we believe the lar { @ gest on record for any jury was 115. ( . Compared with the last grand jury, 1
 . holding IS days and hearing 363 wit {
 . nesses, we have heard sos witnesses < ' in fifteen and a half days. < ' This much Information we believe <
 . due to the public as well as our {
 . selves. owing to what has already <
 ' been said and printed. {
 Respectfully. {
 . GRAND JURY JEFFERSON co. <
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
Frank Albert Gould.

Frank Albert the 14-year-old son of Mir. ". T. Gould of Ensley. died yester- day morning at 4:so o'clock of appendi- citis. He had been i'll about ten days. The funeral will be held this morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence. cor ner Seventeenth street and avenue H, Ensley.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
That will Settle 1t.

When you are offered flour that is just as pure as Clifton ask If the sack or barrel has the Anti-Adulteration League registered trademark on it. That will settle it. Then insist on your grocer sending you Clifton
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
Big Land Sale.

New Orleans. January 2S.-One of the largest land sales ever made in the cotton district has just becn consummated. Messrs. Allen I. Sheilds and Howard Shields of Cleveland. O.. purchased 10000 acres near Vidalia, La., stretching back from the Mississippi river to the Black river. The purchase includes some of the best cotton lands in Concordia parish and is heavily wooded. The purchasers will rent all the land to Western settlers. erecting the necessary saw mills, cotton Rins and other facilities.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24

Only . limited numoer Of nnaps lsft Subscribers should avail thenselvea of thIs opportunity to secure q house hold, offIes and schooI room necessity.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24

average for six years. When it is sold as scrap for s5 the railroad company is out only B, which would be like paying at the rate of about 50 cents year for the use of 1t.
 Now take steel wheel It would cost from $35 to $40 It would run fifteen years, maybe twenty, but when 1t wore out 1t would have little or no value. It would be thrown away. The calculation Is, therefore,l reduced to plain arithmetic $40 for twenty years, equars p year for the use of the steel as against 50 cents a year for the use of the iron wheel But with the exception of wheels and jour nal box castings all the material that goes into the modern freight car is steel"
 Means More Money
 Captain Elliott pointed out the fact that the advantage to this community result ing from the manufactur of the finished product here could not be over estimated
 Every contract that our company takes for $1,000, GOO worth of work means practically 100000 of new money put in circulation in Birmingham" said Cap tain Elliott
 The Pressed Steel Company of Pittsburg is the only concern today manufacturing steel cars. A steel car plant in Detroit Is nearing completion and the one at Ensley will, therefore, be the third in the United States.
 The Southern Car and Foundry Com pany will soon begin work on the South ern Railways contract for 1860 cars and the Seaboard Air Lines contract for 500 This work will be distributed between the four shops now in operation.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24

Try the new way of cook ing with gas.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24

Have your cuts for advertising made by Age-Herald Engraving Co.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24
MAKE COMPARATIVE STATE. MENT OF THEIR WORK AND THEIR PREDECESSORS HAVE NO CONTROL OVER NUMBER OF WITNESSES.

The grand jury, to whom in his charge Wednesday Judge Samuel E. Greene said that they were not working long enough to get through with the witnesses sum moned to appear before them. has pre- pared the following card to the public, making comparison of their work with that of the preceding grand jury and showing that they have examined more witnesses.
 The grand jury has not yet taken up the matter of Investigating the recent jail delivery. The only witness, 1t is said, who has appeared before them in this connec- tion was Chief Deputy Albert stradford, who told them what the officers had been able to learn from A. J. Dye. one of the escaped prisoners, who was subsequently, recaptured. They will probably go fully into the matter next week.
The age-herald., 1902-01-24

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The age-herald., 1902-01-04
TICKETS SELL FAST.
BIooNfield-Zeisler Concert Will Be
 We'll Attended.

 The sale of seats for Madame Fannie Bloomfield -Zeisler's piano recital began at Seals Hall yesterday, and nearly all the tickets were disposed of. There are. some good s2 seats left. but from the in- terest taken in this great attraction 1t seems remarkable to predict that there will be only standing room left next Tues day, the date of the concert.
 Madame Bloomfeld-Zeislersp programme follows:
 Senate, Op. 10, No. 2 ..... ..... Beethoven
 Allegro Allegrette. Presto) The Prophet-Bird (No. 2 from For
 est Scenes, Op. s2) .Schumann Hark. Hark, the Lark..... ......Schubert Originally composed as song and
 transcribed for Plano by Liszt) Serenade from Shakespeares "Cymbe- ;ine."-Act II. Scene III. Hark. hark! the lark at heavens gate
 sings,
 And Phoebus gins arise. His steeds to water at those springs On chalic'd flowers that lies, And winking Mary-buds begin
 To ope their golden eyes; With everything that pretty is.
 My lady sweet, a<ise;
 Arise, arisel Menuetto (third movement from Fan
 tasie, Op. 7S) Schubert Ballade, Op. 23 ........ ..... ...... Chopin Mazurka- Op. 33. No. 2 ...... ........ Chopin valse, Op. 62, No. 2..... ... Chopin Nocturne, Op. 37, No. .... ....... Chopin Polonaise, Op 53 ...... ..... .... Chopin Or the Mountains (No. from Folk
 Scenes, Op. 19 ............. .......Grteg Valse GA la bien-aimee) -...... ....Schubert No. from Papillons d'Amour (Souvenirs
 Viennois.) Etude, major con False No Tes'O
 ,..--..... -.-..... .huDlnSteln Wedding March and Dance of the
 Elves .... ......... ..Mendelssohn (From the music to Shakespeare's Sum- mer Nights Dream; originally com posed for orchestra and transcribed for piano by Liszt)
The age-herald., 1902-01-04

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 MT James Allen, MT. Thomas Allen. MT. John Adams. MT. Bert Brown, MT. Owen Brown. MT. William Cameron, MT. Thom- as Bowron. MT. Dunlap, MT. Farley, MT. Louis Dunlap. MT. Milton Baldrige. MT. Newman Farley. MT. Will Hughes, Mir. John Dickerson, Mir. George Kelley, MT. Wilbur Kelley, MT. Brooks Lovelass, Mir. Robert Newman MT. Wilbur Smith, MT. Nabers, MT. Munger, MT. William Hood. MT. Robert Hood, MT. Arthur Smith, MT. Sydenham Smith MT. Joseph Mason, MT. Lester North MT. Joseph Thompson, MT. Frank White, Mir White Matthews, MT. Jesse Yeates. MT. Paul Earle, MT. Dun can Trimble, MT. Jones Nelson, MT. James Dwyer, MT. Jospeh Benners MT. Earle McLin, MT. Jack Cooper, MT. Hooper Calf fee, Mir. Will Clayton, MT. Ed Crawford, MT. Bob Mabry, MT, Bob Gotten, MT. Oscar Drake Mir Sears Francis, MT. Wyatt Hef1n, MT. Mortimer Jordan, MT. Alfred Walker, MT. Bressie Vaughan, MT. Harris Vaughan MT Mack VanHoose, Mir Jack Meade MT. John Denson, MT. Louis Stallworth. MT. George Ellis. MT. Tom Ellis, MT. Norvell Cullom, MT. E. Bussey, MT. Bob King, MT. Rucker, Mir. Joe Barnes. MT. Carly Ruse, MT. Humes, Mir George Mills, Mir Horace Soper, MT. Nemeyer MT. John Dabney, MT. Alex Chisolm. MT. Fred Enslen, MT John Deb- ney MT. Alex Chisolm, MT. Will Fulg- hum, MT. charles Ballard, MT. Henry Dean, MT. J. w. Windsor, Mir Hunter Smith, MT. Lucien Brown, MT Alfred Lucky, MT. Ed Smith MT. Bernard Green, Mir Carr, Professor Dickerson, MT Will Dickson, Mir Eugene Munger, MT. Blair Hughey Mir. Crow, Mir. Moorefleld MT. Claybaugh.