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The age-herald., 1902-05-02
PRATT CITY.

Pratt City, May 1. - Especially - The Womans Club will meet tomorrow after noon with Mrs. w. L. Smith, on Second street, instead of having the regular programme the ladies will be addressed by Miss Frances Marston of Maryville, Tenn. who is visiting her brother, the Rev. Frank Marston.
 The Epworth League of the Methodist church will give trolley ride to East Lake and return on Monday evening, May 5. The cars will cave Ensley at 7:45 and Pratt City at p. m. The Southern Con- cert Band will furnish music for the oc- casion.
 Mrs. Hancock of Kentucky and Mrs AinsIey of Selma, Ala, sisters of Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Watson, and who have been their guests during the past week, have returned to their respective homes.
 Miss Blanche Williams, who has been visiting at the home of the Misses Pow CTS for several weeks, has returned to her home at Quinn, Ala.
 The various buildings in course of con- struction in the city came suddenly to a standstill today on account of the car penters strike.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
IRON MARKET HAS
 BEEN VERY QUIET
Business Is Confined to Cover
 ing of Urgent Necessities
LITTLE CHANCE OF CHANGE
Famine In Steel Continues and High Prices Are Being Occasionally Paid for Moderate Lots-Some
 Business In Sheet Lots.

New York. May 1.-In it's current issue the Iron Age will say of developments in the iron and steel markets during the past week:
 The pig iron market has been quiet during the past week simply because there Is nothing offering business being confined to covering their urgent necessi- ties. Buyers apparently have made up their minds to await developments on the question of supplies for distant deliveries and rely upon the assurances made that the production will be ample So far as the next sixty days are concerned there is little chance of any change in the pre- vailng scarcity
 The threatened troubles with blast fur mace labor in the central West over proposed change to three eight-hour shifts seems to be averted for me pres ent, but the issue may come up on June l. So far as the transportation of ore and fuel is concerned, troubles are now pretty well over.
 The famine in steel continues and high prices are being occasionally paid for moderate lots. Some business has been done in sheet bars for the Pittsburg dis trict From Chicago comes the report of negot iations for round lots of foreign steel coupled with advices that the for eign steel works show disposition to meet the views of buyers here by naming lower prices. The figures are quoted cer- tainly under any which have recently reached this side.
 Consumers of structural material have been finally forced to turn to the foreign markets for a supply
 Consumption in all branches of finished iron and steel continues exceedingly heavy and there Is no evidence that the present range of values Is curtailing 1t.
 As indicating the situation in the steel rail trade, we may note that one mill was forced to decline an order for 10000 tons, which delivery was to begin as late as December.
 Some large transactions have taken place in old steel rails in the west and more are proceeding. Importations, 1t ap- pears, cannot be put through because buyers and sellers are too far apart.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
TESTERS MONTHLY
 COTTON REVIEW
COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR THE MONTHLY MOVEMENT SHOWS A DECREASE IN ROUND FIGURES OF 10000 BALES.

New Orleans. May 1-Secretary Hes- ter's New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement issued today covers the monthly movement to April 30. Compared with last year 1t shows a decrease for the month in round figures of oOO bales compared with year before last, an increase of 66,OO0. and with 1899 decrease of T ,0OO
 The total for April was 34s,06S against 4ss, ,925 last year. ,297 year before lest and H966O same time in 1899.
 The amount brought into sight for the eight months from September to April inclusive Is 26l,oOO over last year. 1Os6.o0O over year before last and SS20O0 under 1s99
 The movement from September 1 to April 30, inclusive, shows receipts at all United States ports 720s,099 against G. S33, ,969 last year, 61,342,13 year before last and 7,9S32O7 same time in 1899; overland across the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada, 994,- 591 against 977550 last year, 1.1O5O03 year before last, and 1,197,3l8 same time in 1S99 southern mill takings. exclusive of quantity consumed at southern outports. 1,2SO, 900 against 1,116,S15 last year 1,156- 953 year before last and 1,011, ,353 same time in 1899. Int erior stocks are in excess of those held at the commencement of the season Al, ,662 against 434,916 last year, a decrease under September l year before last .730 and excess over same time in 1899 of 314. 791.
 These make the total amount of the cotton crop brought into sight during the eight months ending April 30 9,624, 352 against 9,363, PA last year, S,589,362 year before last and 10,506659 same time in 1899.
 Northern spinners took during April 115, 596 bales against s3794 last year and 35, S03 year before last increasing their total for the eight months to 1s99.S1S against 1,71S. 3S6 last year and 2,096,779 the year before. This makes their average weekly talSings for the season 54959 against 49,5eO last year and 60,651 the year before.
 Foreign exports for the eight months of the season have been 5,927,SS3 bales. showing an increase over last season of 4oZ, ST and an increase over the same period year before last of 669.0S6. The loss in foreign exports during April com pared with April last year has been 116- col, and compared with the same period year before last there has been loss of 172. iST.
 Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty nine leading Southern interior markets on April 30 were s48134 against 1,155, 7SS the same date last year and 653,17S the year before.
 Including port and interior towns toclss left over from the previous season and the number of bales of the current crop brought Into sight during the eight months the supply has been 9,9s4, 039 against 94s5,T T7S last year and 9,2oS 2S0 the year before. Up to April 30 last year 90 17-1O0 per cent of the cotton crop he'd been marketed and for the same eight months in 1900 the percentage of the crop brought into sight was 91 2-100, and for the same time in 1899 the percentage mar keted was 93 19-100.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
BERKSTRESSER IS
 MADE POSTMASTER
SUCCEEDS JAMES T. HoWLE IN
 THE OFFICE AT DADEVILLE, WHO WAS REMOVED ON RECON. MENDATloN OF AN INSPECTOR.

Washington. May 1.-(Special. )-The Postmaster General today appointed F. c. Berkstresser postmaster at Dadeville, Ala. The incumbent, James Howle was removed on the report of postoff1ce in- spector.
 postmaster, was an applicant for the posi- ton but the department decided not to appoint him as he was an employe of the postmaster.
 Representative Thompson brought the papers of the two candidates to the at- tention of the Postmaster General, who decided in favor of Berkstresser
 Representative Thompson saw the President today in the interest of J. c. Manning. postmaster of Alexander City, Ala, a candidate for consul general to Havana. The President said he had about decided to appoint T. S. Bragg of Wisconsin to the position. Bragg is 75 years of age, a former member of Con- gress, was prominent in Palmer and Buckner circles in 1896 and in seconding the nomination of Grover Cleveland at the convention in 1884 used the famous phrase I've love him for the enemies he has made"
 A postoffice has been established at Abernaut Tuscaloosa County. with John D. Dilworth postmaster Postmasters ap- pointed: Berkley, Madison County, A. J Esslinger. Gregville, Conecuh County, O. c. Darby. Strand, Chambers County, J. A Thompson
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
Confederate Home.

The coffers of the building committee of the Confederate home are to be enrich- ed by a fund from lecture to be deliv- cred in Montgomery by former Governor Bob Taylor of Tennessee. Governor Tay- Tor has consented to deliver lecture, free gratis for nothing" to quote his ac- ceptance. and the entire proceeds will be devoted to the building fund.
 Captain J. M. FallSner originated the idea to have Mir. Taylor lecture for the benefit of the home, and he sent a mes senger to the distinguished orator to find what he would charge for a single en- gagement. The reply was that he would be delighted to give one lecture for the old soldiers in Alabama without charge.
 Captain FaIkner Delighted.
 This morning Captain Falkner was de- lighted with the outlook for large crowd of visitors to the city to hear Bob Tay- Tor, and said he but expressed the feeling and sentiment of all Confederate soldiers in returning thanks to the governor for his kind offer of a free lecture in behalf oS the soldiers home. "We are going to have the crowds here" said Captain Fallkner. with enthusiasm "I will at once take the matter on excursion rates up with the railroads. and I have little doubt but that this can be satisfactorily ar ranged"
 When asked when the lecture would probably take place Captain Falknei said that probably by the middle of the month so as not to get too far away In the summer when the weather would be too warm
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, May 1.-(SpeciaD-The coro- ner's jury has reported that James Don egan, the negro boy who was found dead fin a well Monday, came to his death at the hands of his mother, Viola Donegan, The woman was arrested yesterday and lodged in jail. The boy was last seen with his mother ten days ago In the vicinity of the well in which his body was found
 Sol Smith Russell the actor, who died in Washington Monday, gave the opening performance in the Huntsville Opera House nearly thirty years ago. The the atre was at that time one of the finest in the state and that and MT. Russels fame attracted people from all over this sec ton.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
$1,OOO,OOO FOR
 FERTILIZER PLANTS
VlrglnIa-CarolIna Chemical Co.
 to Build in Montgomery
MIR. ExUM IS INTERESTED
He Will, However, Remain In BIr- mingham as Manager of the BIr- mlngham Fertilizer Company.
 Means Much for the State.

Montsomery May 1.-(SpeciaD-A party or gentlemen consisting of MT II. c. Fisher a director in the Atlanta and west Point Railway and manager of the Coweta Fertilizer Company at >ewnan, Ga. Mir culpepper Exum, r..- lager of the Alabama sales division of the Vir- ginia-Carolina Chemical Company. and MT. Charles E. Borden, manager of the manufacturing department of the same company, accompanied by corps of construction assistants, arrived in Mont large fertilizer plant.
 The Virginia Carolina Chemical Com pany secured about twenty-five acres of land lying between the Southern Cotton oil Company and the Montgomery Fer tilizer Company some time ago for this purpose. All of the plans have been >.ar- fected and contracts have been let for machinery and supplies. Work will be pushed as fast as possible, and the plant will be completed by September l. The Virginia Carolina Chemical Company proposes to invest S1,0O000O in Alabama in fertilizer plants, and when this party has finished its arrangements in Mont gomery it will go to Mobile, Troy, Selma, Dothan and one or two other points In the State, which are yet to be determined upon for the purpose of securing property on which to build plants.
 VIII Build in Mississippi.
 The party will also go to Meridian and JaCEGn0 MiGG uvtt tka in mind. The company will invest from $3OO,O 900 to s4O0OOO alone in tEle Montgom- cry plant, and this will mean adding a business of at least $1, GOO, 900 to the com mercial interests of Montgomery. The plant will produce about 75000 tons of fer tilizer per annum and will employ about 900 men.
 Mir, Dxum. who accompanied this party, is president of the Birmingham Ferti- lixer Company, Birmingham. Ala, and Is a large individual stock holder in the same While MT. Exum is interested in the efforts of the Virginia Carolina Chem ical Company in their Alabama, Florida and Tennessee territories, yet his indi- vidual connection and holdings with the Birmingham Fertilizer Company will con- tinue separate and istinct, and the com pany will be operated as heretofore, as an independent company.
 In an interview with our reporter MT. Borden stated that the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company had fortyfour plants already in operation in various states of the South, and that the Montgomery plant will make forty-five.
 Will Localize Itself.
 MT. Borden further states that it is the intention of the company to localize it. self in every way possible and spend the money required for the investments above stated amongst the manufacturers and dealers in this state as far as Is possible. MT. Borden says In a large company like theirs they naturally realize that 1t Is important for them as pro- ducers to get as near to the field of con- sumption as Is possible, and they pro- pose to do this.
 The company proposes to produce ferti- lizers cheap by manufacturing them in large quantities
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
ENSLEY.

Ensley, May 1.-(Special.)- .)-Dr. W. L.. Jones' who conducts a small drug store at Tuxedo Park, was arrested Sunday charged with selling whisky without a license His trial was continued until yes- terday. when 1t was held by Mayor Scott. The doctor claimed that the prepa- ration sold by him, and which was intro- duced in the trial, was a composition prepared by him for use in sobering up the victims of saloons. He testified that 1t was 50 per cent claret wine, per cent pure alcohol, with one-half ounce bro- mide of potash to the gallon. After hear ing all of the evidence and a prolonged argument by counsel the Mayor ad- judged the doctor guilty of the charge and assessed fine of $50 and costs.
 Considerable improvement Is being made in Ensley by way of work on the streets and avenues. Within the past six months the sidewalks on both sides of Avenue E, from Center street to Twep- ty-second street, have been graded, curbed and paved. Considerable work has also been In progress on Nineteenth street, and shortly this thoroughfare will have been graded. curbed and paved from Avenue to Avenue I. Seventeenth street likewise Is getting its share of im- provements, and will soon be graded, paved and curbed from Avenue to Av- enue l.
 On the 24th of April an ordinance was passed for the grading curbing and paw Ing of the sidewalks on Avenue r from Seventeenth street to Twenty-fifth street. This Is one of the most important thor oughfares in the city, being the main av- enue travelled between Ensley, Pratt City and Birmingham; 1t Is also the best built-up and improved residence avenue In the city, and the work that Is pro- posed to be done on 1t will add very ma terially to the value of its improvements Numbers of beautiful residences are to be found between the points designated In the ordinance, along which the i'm provement Is to be made. Other streets and avenues will from time to time, as rapidly as the work can be done come in for their share of this work. It Is pro- posed by the present city administration to rush this work as rapidly as possible during the summer months in order that the people may have better facilities for travel before tR~ winter months set in.
 Messrs Henry and Will Killgore re- ceived the sad intelligence of the death of their brother last night. which oc- cured at Greenbrier. Ala, at 10 o'clock. It will be remembered MT. John Killgore left Ensley several weeks since for his home al that place on account Of his ill- ness, and immediately upon his arrival home took dangerously III and did not improve. His brothers who were at worE for the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railway Company, left last night for Greenbrier. but did not arrive until after his death. MT. Killgore was a young man of about 20 years. and young man of exemplary habits, and his death Is deplored deeply by his innumerable friends. both in Ems ley and Birmingham.
 Mrs. Henry Buchannon of Birmingham spent yesterday In Ensley with friends and trying to find a suitable residence. MT. Buchannon is with the Tennessee Company and they will reside In Ensley after this week permanently.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
WOODLAWN

Woodlawn, May 1.-(Special. 1.-The Rev. E. Hawkins and Mrs. Hawkins of La fayette are visiting Mrs. Wager, the mother of the latter, on Fifty-third street.
 The Ladies Aid Society of the Presby- terian church gave social tonight at the home of Mrs Merrill. A free-will offering was collected.
 pr. A. w. Simms leaves tomorrow for New York, where he goes to take six weeks course of lectures in the Med- ical College.
 The ladies of the Episcopal Church Guild will serve ice cream. al fresco, every Thursday afternoon from ? until 6 D. m. at the corner of First avenue and Fifty-ninth street. They will also fur nish orders to private families.
 A delightful evening was spent on Wednesday by the Juvenile Missionary Society of the Methodist church. Mrs. w. L. Simms threw open to them her hos pitablc home for a candy-pulling.
 The young people of the Methodist church have formed club for the pur-  Ita Moss is president Miss Mamie Able secretary, and Miss Nellie Edwards, treasurer. There are about fifty mem bers in the club, which is called the What-So- Ever-Ten. Social meetings take place once a week and business meet ings every month. The last social took place on Wednesday, night at the home of Miss Fay Chamberlain.
 Woodlawn is very proud of it's new postoffice, and no sound is more welcome than the postman's whistle.
 The Eleanor Hood Club were enter tained last Tuesday by Mrs. Stinson.
 The ladies of the Baptist church have had the parsonage painted. They contem- plate enlarging the Sunday school rooms at an early date.
 Miss K. Dobbins has returned from a visit to Riverside.
 Little Dorothy Calvin has just recoy- cred from a serious spell of scarlet fever.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
WARM CONTEST FOR
 MINE INSPECTOR
Eight Applicants for Job of AS-
 siStant to Hopper
HILLH0USE A CANDIDATE
Captain Falkner Delighted With the Prospects of Building Home for Confederates-Many Addi-
 lions to the Fund.

Montgomery. May 1.-(Special)-A spirited contest for the position of assis- tant mine inspector is before the Cover nor this week. The term of Assistant h. spector s. NJ Meigs will expire May 1O' and there are in all eight applicants in- cluding MT. Meigs, who has an earnest desire to carry on the work in which he is now engaged The other seven are w. c, Martin, W. H. Solomon, Nell McClei- Ian, c. T. Bremen. Thomas F. Massey John Mcdonald James Hillhouse.
 Of these. Mcdonald and Hillhouse have held the position of mine inspector be- fore Hillhouse was chief mine inspector, and was relieved by Governor Johnston, who appointed the present chief inspec- tor, MT J. DeB. Hopper, to fill the va cancy. MT. Mcdonald was appointed by Governor Johnston, and replaced when his time expired by another man.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
BASE: BALL!
 By inning and detail at the popular
 Florence bar and billiard hall .... FREE! WELCOME ALL!
DEMOPOLIS

Demopolis, May 1.-(SpeciaD-Miss ce- oiIa cravson Pegram and MT c. B. War ren were united in marriage at Trinity church this afternoon at o'clock. ho Warren. Jr, of Birmingham, was the Rroom's best man. The bride was gown ed in an exquisite white tucked organd1e' en train over which fell the nlmy mist or the bridal veil. Dr. J. H. Harrison per- formed the ceremony.
 MT. and Mrs. Warren left TOT cneir ne" home in Monroe, La., followed by snow CTS of rice and slippers and congratuia- tions.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
CADSDEN.

Gadsden, May (Special.)-The South ern Car and Foundry Company have pur- chased the old charcoal furnace and ore lands from the Crawford estate and will put the same in order at once This plant has been idle for the past ten years.
 The Boaz Cotton Seed oil Mill Com pany organized today at Boaz with cap ital stock of S25, ,O0O. The incorporators are Snead Bros, McCleskey & Whitman and others
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
UNIONTOWN

Uniontown, May 1.-(Special )-Mr. Rob- ert E. Lee Coleman and Miss Isabelle Terrell, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Cleve- land A. Terrell, were married here yes- terdav
The age-herald., 1902-05-02

Excursion to Atlanta via. Southern Railway, Monday, May 9th. Low rate of S2. 50 for the round trip. Train leaves at 8 a. m., arrives at Atlanta at 2:3O p. m. in time to see the opening game ball Birmingham vs. Atlanta.
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
AIabamians interested.

Columbus. Ga., May 1.-(SpeciaL)- Teague & Son, R. s. and w. M. Teague, prominent hardware jobbers and whole sale grocers of Montgomery, have bought a controlling share of the stock of the Columbus Iron Works Company The plant will be rebuilt in this city as before announced. and will be operated as in the past. That portion of the plant not destroyed in the recent fire is now in op- eration, and the work of clearing the de- bris preliminary to the rebuilding of the rest of the plant is in active progress.
 
 The undersigned will receive sealed bids until o'clock D. m. May 6. 1902 to be opened in the presence of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Besse- mer, for
 First--A brick school building com plete, the city furnishing all brick re- quired, delivered on the ground at g Der thousand
 Second-To erect the building, all ma terial being furnished and delivered on the ground.
 Third-For all material necessary for the construction of the same (except the brick). delivered on the ground.
 Plans, blue prints and specifications may be seen at the office of J. B. Carr & Co.,, architects, Birmingham, Alabama, or at the Bank of Commerce. Bessemer, Alabama.
 A certified check for s100 must accom- pany bids as a guarantee that the bond required in the specifications will be fur nished. The Mayor and Board of Alder men reserve the right to reject any and all bids. THOS T. HUEY,
 k. II. LOPEZ, 4-29-3t-tu- we-fri Committee.
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TO NEW YORK.

Queen & Crescent Route GA. G. S.) through Pullman service daily via Knoxville, Bristol, Washington and Philadelphia. All meals en route a la carte. A B. F'r ee' man, T. P. A, Birmingham
The age-herald., 1902-05-02
BUY THE GENUINE SYRUP OF FIGS a. MANUFACTURED BY ... CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
 wNOTE THE NAME
OSTEOPATHY. DIR. T. c. MJ RRIS, Osteopathist.

Lady Assistant. (Graduate under pr. A. T. Still, founder of the Science. Kirksville. Mo.) Rooms 502 and 504 Jefferson Co., Bank Bldg, cor. 2d ave. and 21st.. Birming- ham, Ala; take elevator on 2d ave Examination at office free. Phone Bell 199. Hours: g to 12, 9 to 5 D. m. Residence phone. Bell 2129. .Literature furnished on application.
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$2.5O-Atlanta and return via. Southern Railway. Mon day, May 5th. Train leaves at 8. a. m.
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HOW PARTY MAY WIN
Views of Hon. J. K. Jones,
Chairman National Dem
oCratiC Committee.
PHILIPPINE ISSUE AND TARIFF
QUESTION WILL BE THE
FIGHT IN 1904.
Tariff Issue Never Be Settled Right
Till 1t Lets Home people Buy as
Cheaply as Foreigners.
MR.. JONES' INTERVIEW IN FULL

The New York Journal prints the
following signed interview with Sen
ator James X. Jones, chairman Of the
national Democratic committee, on
the best methods OF establishing Dem
ocratic harmony and Of the issues
upon which the Democratic party can
elect the next president:
The question whether we shall adj
here to the time-honored doctrine that
all Just powers of government are dc
rived from the consent of the gov
erned,' or whether We are to abandon
this democratic principle and follow
the latest idea. the practice of mon
arches, and Cypress and subiugate
weak people. because We feel power
we shall forget right, is likely to be
the first and leading question Of the
next campaign.
The Republicans have, by their
conduct toward the people of the Phil
ippines, made this live question.
They have assumed a position entirely