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practically completed all arrangements which will be several short addresses by Governor Jelks and prominent mil itary leaders of the state.
 A stringed orchestra of ten pieces will be stationed in the armory, which will be decorated with the blue and red colors of the Battery, and hot supper will be served at late hour.
 A number of prominent women will be invited to receive. and with these the sponsor and her maids will lend distine- tion to an occasion both beautiful and patriotic.
 Several hundred invitations will be is- sued this week, and the occasion will as- sembie many prominent people from all parts of the state.
 The name of the Battery was decided upon yesterday, and the hundreds of ad- nirers of Adjutant- General w. w. Bran don will feel that the decision was a fit- ting and deserved compliment to one of the most brilliant military leaders in the state.
 The officers of the Brandon Light Ar tillery are: Edward D. Smith, captain; Frank S. White, Jr., first lieutenant; R. S. w. Brown, Jr., first lieutenant; Q. s. Smith, second lieutenant; w. D. Hays, Jr., second lieutenant; w. c. Scott, Jr.. trumpeter or company bugler.
 These are all the appointments that have been made, but at a meeting of the company to be held Tuesday night in the National Guard armory, all non-com- missioned officers will be appointed.
 Unusual social interest centered about the selection of the sponsors and her maids. the appointment and selection of
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therefore no matter what the men say, she had no idea of objecting to the re- cent order of the car company.
 But what she does object to most seriously, is the failure of the company to keep it's bell buttons In working order. If the southern woman Is expected to be as independent as her northern and eastern, sisters, then she certainly should be supplied with the same convenience. The cars are almost always crowded, and 1t is no easy matter to swing on and off of these high, open cars. with out assistance. but that isn't as bad as having to get up and beg to be allowed to leave the car.
 With such a net work of car cross ings, the conductor is frequently at the front, or else managing the trolley at the rear, so that many a woman is car ried far beyond her destination, unless some polite gentleman happens to be near and gives a shrill whistle to at- tract the conductors attention-a regu- lar burlesque on modern equipment.
 "Only recently I saw two ladies att tempt to stop a car at Morris avenue. to go to the station. It was raining and l, the blinds were down, and the conduc-
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NOTES AND PERSONALS.

MT. Rittenhouse Smith of Mobile is spending a part of Sept ember with his mother, Mrs. Alice Smith.
 Mrs. William P. Redd has returned from Warm Springs Ga
 Miss Mabel Roy is the guest of Miss Ashford, at her country house, near De- catur
 Mrs J. H. Woodward has returned home.
 Mir. and Mrs. B. F. Moore returned ern resorts
 MT. A. w. Crandell of New Orleans spent several days in Birmingham the past week.
 Miss Rosa Munger left Friday for Stanton. Va, to re-enter the Baldwin school.
 MT. and Mrs. D. M. Forker. who have been spending the week in Birmingham, will leave tonight for their future home in New York. They will be greatly missed in society, Mrs. Forker being a member of all the card clubs, and enter taining in a charming way all during the
 
 and Mrs Forker has been recently stay in; there with her mother, Mrs. Mcclure who with her young daughter. Miss Me- Cure. is so well known in Birmingham Mrs w. J. Milner and Mrs. Alexander Sloan Tutwiler spent Friday in town, but they will remain at the Milner cottage at | Fulton Springs until the middle of Sep | tember, when Mrs. Tutwiler will return | to her home in New Orleans. -
 Major and Mrs. Milner will spend the early autumn in Birmingham
 Mrs. Evins and Miss Bertha Wood ward are now at Blowing Rock, N. c.
 Mrs. Pete B. McKensie and Miss Claude l Hill McKensie, after passing the summer in Mobile, have returned to Birmingham. 1 Among the Birmingham colony in the northern coast near Ashbury Park dur | ing the season, were MT. and Mrs. J. H. | Coughlan, MT. an Mrs. B. F. Moore and MT. and Mrs. D. M. Forker. the party going later to New York.
 Mrs. zac P Smith and party are spend- ing some time in Rome.
 Mrs A o. Lane, who went abroad with Mrs. Zac Smith returned short time ago and is now at Ashbury Park. |
 Mrs. H. Key Milner will return from Fulton Springs this week. The handsome Milner house Highland avenue is | ready for occupancy, and MT. and Mrs. Milner will take possession in a few days. The interior is one of the most beauti- full in Birmingham the reception hall being unusually elegant and luxurious |
 
 Mrs. J. J. Rogers was at home to a lai ge number of her friends from 5to O clock Friday afternoon. The reception was given in honor of Miss Pearl Yield
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ing, whose marriage to MT. William Wallace Silk takes place nexr Vi ednes- day afternoon.
 During the evening delicious fruit punch was served "al fresco," anc later the guests repaired to the dining room. As Miss Yielding was leaving the dining room a shower of linen" descended from the portiers above her Great ex- citement and gaiety prevailed during the next half hour while she openex her packages and thanked the girls for their kind remembrances.
 
 MT. and Mrs. w P McCrossin are now in their new residence on Twelfth ave- nue, South Highlands.
 Major and Mrs. Joseph Hardie and Miss Ava Braolord will return from Chandler Springs the first of October.
 
 Mir. Herbert Smith, who has been quite ill with typhoid fever, is better.
 Mrs John Boddie Is travelling with a party of friends in California.
 Mrs. Charles Samuel Simmons is spend- ing the month of September at the Sweet water Park Hotel, at Lithia Springs, Ga- Mrs. Martha Browne and Miss Carrie Browne are now residing with Mir and Mrs. Richard w S. Browne on Seven- teenth street. South Highlands.
 Miss Mettie Davidson will return this week from Montana.
 MT. Richard Browne is in Indianapolis. The many friends of MT. and Mrs. Richard andolph will regret to hear of a serious accident to their little daughter, who fell from a swing the past week, sustainir several injuries. She is still at the Randolph cottage at Blount, where the accident occurred.
 Mrs. Louis Bradheld has returned from Blount.
 Mir. and Mrs McDonald and Miss Leila Mcdonald, who have been in Eufaula since last winter, will remain several months longer They are extremely pop ular there. Miss Mcdonald being con-
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With te exception Of the governors in- augural balls the occasion of most nota- ble interest in Alabamas social world in many years will be the reception and ceremonies incident to the mastering in ef the Brandon Field Artillery, Battery D, which will be held Tuesday evening. September 2S, in the National Guard ar mory In Birmingham. The occasion will be one notably brilliant and picturesque assembling as it will the commissioned officers of the state. and Governor Jelks and his staff. In the military circles Of the state the event will be a memorable one. since it will be the first occasion of the kind ever held in Alabama to which all the commissioned officers of the state will be invited.
 It Is thought that fully one hundred offi- cers will be present and with the sev- enty-fivs or eighty men who will be mus tered in. the occasion will have touch Of regimental smartness to say nothing of It's patriotic significance.
 The reception committee, which in- cludes Captain E. D. Smith, MT. Oscar C. Speight and Francis E. Buttier, has
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TO MISS RIvEs.

Miss Rosebud Lewis entertained few friends informally at cards yesterday morning in compliment to her lovely guest, Miss Mary Carter Rives of Vir- ginia. The first prize, a water color, was won by Mrs. l.. A. Shipman, and the lone hand prize, Miss Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,' was won by Miss Anne Roberts.
 Miss Lewis was lovely in white and Miss Rives also wore an exquisite white toilette. Those who enjoyed the charm ing occasion were Miss Rives, Mrs. Louis Bradheld, Miss Bertha Lewis, Mrs. L. A. Shipman, Miss Anne Roberts, Miss Mar garet Benners, Mrs. Samuel Faust Ma bers. Mrs. Robert Hemphill Mrs Har- die Johnston, Miss Dora McLester, Mrs Fannie DeBardeleben, Mrs. Claude Du- val Gillian, Miss Lathem of North Caro- lima, Miss Walker.
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WOMEN WANT BELL
 BUTTONS PUT ON CARS.

Birmingham women have been keep ing quiet during the recent stir about the street car conductors being ordered not to assist ladies'" said a busy woman yesterday. "They have been waiting just to see what the men were going to say
 and to allow them time for their jokes
 But the Birmingham woman doesn't keep silent long. and her silence usually means something That she is an up-to- date woman is not to be questioned-she is cosmopolitan woman accustomed to the step lively. please of New York, and knows how to assist herself and
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LITTLE FOLKS PARTY.

Master Leonard Jones celebrated his eighth anniversary at his fathers home on Eleventh avenue on Tuesday The lit ments. The hosts sisters, Miss Ethel Jones and Miss Lucille Jones, and Miss Nellie Harris assisted in making the en- tertainment one of much enjoyment. The guests were: Lila Tynes.' Margaret Tynes. Mary O'Brien. Frances Da Shiell, Mary Dorsey Harris. Carrie Boardman, Margaret Robertson, Salene Rountree, Dorothy Whitley, J. Asa Rountree. Heber Rancliff, Evans Dunn, Frank Da Shiell,
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great surprise, as the wedding was not to have taken place until late in the au- tumn. Mrs. Alexander was returning from Pickens. s. C., where she had been the guest of relatives, and was passing through Atlanta on her way to Birming- ham, when it was decided to have the wedding take place immediately
 The bride Is the second daughter of MT. and Mrs. R. H. Hagood and Is beauti- full and charming young woman. MT. Alexander is a member of South Caro- lina's most prominent families. He will bring his bride to Birmingham later and they may reside here permanently.
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MUSTERlNGINOF BRANDON
 FIELD ARTILLERY TO BE A
 BRILLIANT SOCIAL EVENT
Governor Jes and His Staff Will be Present as Well Comms stoned Officers in the State of the National Guards-ShOrt
 Addresses Will be Madeby Prominent MiitaryMen

officers being of secondary consideration at the time that Alabama's beautiful young women were passing in review lmentally) before the admiring eyes of the gallant officers.
 In seceltng Miss Kate Smith sponsor. one of Birminghams most prominent belles, will grace the ball, while her maids of honor Miss Lucy Dwyer. Miss Marjorie Catchings and Miss Anne Rob- erts are all prominent belles.
 Miss Smith was a debutante of last winter, her coming out party being a brilliant event She is the rarest type of beauty tall and slender, with a wealth of light brown hair, that looks golden in the sunlight Her eyes are exquisite, brown, luminous with little flecks of gold and her complexion is perfect. She dresses exquisitely, and she looks her loveliest in her pale evening gowns and her arms filled with lovely roses. She would really grace Peter Marie's famous collection of miniatures, which includes many of the most beautiful women in American social life. Unusual interest centered about her selection as sponsor since she Is the sister of Captain Ed- ward Smith of the Brandon Light Ar tillery.
 Miss Dwyer is to enter the social world this winter, but she is already great .
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tor on the steps. They were strangers evidently for they pushed the button and presumed it worked. When they dis covered it did not there was a scramble, the conductor could not be found. and so pushing up the blind one of them had to get out on the step with the car going at full speed and ask to have the car stopped.
 MY own experience was almost as disaereeable. on another line for I had to go almost the entire length of the negro department before l attracted the attention of the conductor
 "As I said. the Birmingham woman because she Is an up-to-date woman, doesn't object to assisting herself if 1t improves the car service. but for the same reason, she does expect fair treat ment and until the street railway com pany gives us bells in working order which will save us time and embarrass- ment they need not expect to receive the hearty cooperation of the women of Birmingham"
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u. D. c, COMMITTEE,

Mrs. J. A. Rountree, chairman of the U. D. c. bazaar has appointed the sub chairman and calls a meeting Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at her resi- dence.
 Those who have been appointed are: Advertising, Mrs. c. G. Brown; enter tainment, Mrs. J. A. Going; aprons, Mrs. L. s. S.andley; handkerchiefs, Mrs L. T. Bradheld candy, Mrs. A. M. Rob- inson; dolls Miss Grace Vance.
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Plain White Porcelain

Porcelain individual butter dishes .. .. Pc Porcelain ice cream dishes .... .. Sc Porcelain tea plates .... :. .. ............ Sc Porcelain breakfast plates .... .. ...... 4c Porcelain dinner plates Dc Porcelain large chambers .... .. .. .. ..10c Porcelain large meat dishes .... .... .10c Porcelain handled cup and saucer. e. .2sc
 Carload of ligh grade white porcelain and K T. K vitrifed hotel china at un- heard of prices.
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H. T. MORTON,

Has returned from attending the Pho tographers' Association of America prominent studios in large eastern cities. Having the latest and best ideas as to syle and finish, he invites your patronage for high grade of artistic photography.
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ALExANpER-o'NEILL.

The marriage of Mrs. Laura Hagood O'Neill of Birmingham to MT. Claude Hagood Alexander of Pickens, s. C.. took place Monday evening in Atlanta at the residence of pr. Alonzo Monk, pastor of tbe First Methodist church, who per formed the ceremony. MT. and Mrs. Alex ander are now at the Sweetwater Park hotel Lithia Springs. Ga
 The news of their marriage will be a
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FRENCH GLASSES.

Miss Bertha Gelders announces that she will have classes in German and French at her residence. TIP Eighth avenue. She will begin these classes the 1st of Octo- Der, and already number of Birming
 ham people have signified their inten- ton of joining. That the classes will be extremely popular goes without saying
 for Miss Gelders Is not only popular her self, but she is a thorough French and
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ULLMAN-LEHMANN.

MT. and Mrs. Simon Lehman of Natchez, Miss. have issued invitations for the wedding reception of their daugh- ter Retta, and Mir Sidney Mayer Ulman, of Birmingham. Ala, Wednesday even ing, September seventeenth, from eight until ten o'clock, at their residence 3O6 Jefferson street
 The ceremony. which will be a quiet one will take place at 7:3O o'clock.
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MEApE-RRApFoRp.

Major and Mrs. Joseph Hardie an- nounce the engagement of their neice. Ava Bradford, to MT. Hardeman $. Meade. the wedding to occur in the late autumn.
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CLUB CALENDARS.

The members of the Nineteenth Cen tury Club may get their club calendars by calling at the residence of the presi- dent, Mrs. John London.
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DRENNEN EN-NABB.

MT. and Mrs. Charles H. Nahb an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter Ferry to MT. Hubert A Drennen, the wedding to take place early in No vember.
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Dinner and Chamber Sets

s25o-6 pieces decorated chamber sets l. 4s s5-10 pieces decorated chamber set. B. s12.5o-1OO pieces decorated dinner sS5-lO1 pieces decorated Haviland
 dinner set .... ........... "A hf
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German student speaking both languages perfectly. She has lived abroad, and will make her classes interesting by arrang- ing an evening in each week when other friends interested in the study of these languages may drop in for an in- formal chat. A number of professional people will join an evening class.
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returned from Europe. after an absence of several months. Miss Roberts Is among the few girls in society here who enjoy the distinction of attending the St. Ceeelia balls in Charleston.
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Joe Allen, Potter Allen. Orrin Peebles Landers Sevier, Fisher Tynes, Walter Or cutt, James Deadman, Clifton Abbott, Robert Senn.
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(contInued on Eighteenth Pase)

Miss M. Adile Shaw will resume the exercises of her school at Fourteenth street and Avenue K, South Highlands Monday. September 8, 1902 S-31-2t-su
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MEETING.

The regular monthly meeting of the Womans Exchange will be held Tues day morning at 1o:sO o'clock, at the Ex- change.
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 oline Stoves.

Cooking and boiling,
 Baking and broiling.
 Frying and roasting.
 Slowing and toasting. Only 1t does it so much quicker, nicer, cheaper. cleaner and oh. so much easier Tbe immense sale of the Quick Meal" Gasoline Stove is due to its merits-to nothing else It is the best 6o different sizes and designs, S3.4S to sS0
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Odorless Refrigerators SPECIAL-One Week.
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and No. Brass Burners Sc
 White Cedar Water Buckets oc Large Finch decorated Jardn .... 5c
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MT. and Mrs. Mcdonald and Miss Leila Mcdonald, who have been in Eufaula since last winter, will remain several months longer. They are extremely pop ular there, Miss Mcdonald being con-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-04-25

Enquirer reporter To talk with Ms
Dexter at your home early this even
mgr"
mo. guess viii not allow that .
Mr.. Church was then seen. When
asked if he had taken Dexters papers
from his desk 10 his mother. he said
that be did not remember whether he
took them or whether some clerk de-
signated by him took them to her.
Mrs Whitaker answered a call last
evening at the Whitaker residence.
and said that her husband was down
town. and would not return until 10
o'clock. She said that her husband
had instructed her not 10 allow a re-
porter TO see Mrs. Dexter, who. she
said was bowed down with grief. Mrs.
Whitaker said that all that had been
printed about the case was false.
Ii is understood that the insurance
companies will contest the Dexter
claim, and that the X. of p. organiZa-
tion at Columbia win make a hard
fight for what they consider their part
of the estate.
McLemore has engaged detectives in
Cincinnati to work on what be views
as mysterious disappearance of Dex-
ter's will, and has engaged local counsel
to help on the case. which has aroused
considerable interest on account of the
high standing of the local people who
seem to have taken some part in Mrs
Dexter's affairs.
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and that he had come out to satisfy
himself on the subject before surren-
dering to the inevitable. Dexter was
an Elk. and you know we had blow
out at the temple on that evening"
''What were the usual mental symp-
toms of Mr.. Dexter9''
Casually there were no symptoms
of any mental disturbance. He was a
very bright man, entertaining in his
conversation. and what you would
term good fellow"
There is considerable comment over
the fact that, according to Bradstreet
and certain insurance representatives,
$50, 900 was taken out by Dexter in the
same year in which his death took
place 1t is stated that "a, 600 Of this
amount was taken out as late as last
September, and he came to Cincinnati
in December, as he himself said,
to die. The other $11, 900 was take
out last July. How he could have
passed medical examinations at such
times without being rejected is ques-
ton that is being much discussed by
insurance men, considering the nature
of the malady that terminated his
existence.
Great interest has been aroused
locally and down in Tennessee by the
and the remarkable features
attending the case.
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, ton Of the money.

ton of the money.
Upon arriving in Cincinnati Attor-
ney McLemOre says that he could get
little satisfaction at the offices of the
cordage company. He found an enve.
lope which answered the description Of
the one referred to by Dexter in his
letter. but it had been opened, he said,
ana the contents, If there were any,
removed.
He learned that as soor as Dexter
died Vice President J. A. Church, of
the cordage company, had removed the
papers belonging to Dexter to his
mother at the Calf House. When seen
yesterday Mr.. Church, who was for
merly President of the Business Men e
Club, said that he did not remember
whether he took the papers over to Mrs.
Dexter or whether he sent them by
another person. Miss Kuhn told At
torney McLemore that H. T. Warner,
connected with the firm, was the one
who took the papers over to Mrs Dex-
ter. There was nobody about the COM
pany's place of business who admitted
that they had seen any will.
McLemore learned that Harry
PEBBLES, of Norwood, an employee of the
firm, and Lawrence Hanna, another
employee, who lives at 416 Hawthorne
avenue, had signed the will of Dexter,
but that they had not read its contents
before attaching their signatures.
They had been advised orally, how
ever, by Dexter as to the instrument
contents.
Judge Ferris yesterday appointed
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CONSOLIDATION
Of Tennessee Central Lines approved
by Mayor Head.
Special to the Herald.


Special to the Herald.
Nashville, April 1S.-Mayor James
M. Head ha completed his investiga-
tion of the consolidation of the Nash.
vile and GAINESVILLE railroad with Col.
JeTe Baxter other lines, and in an
official interview given out today he
approves all that was done by acting
Mayor Bumpous during his absence
from the city.
In this interview Mayor Head ex-
pressed his views on the railroad situa-
tion. and said that had he been present
at the stockholders meeting he would
have favored postponement Of action
until the L. & N. matter was more
fully understood. He thinks the time
for throwing any stumbling blocks in
the way of this enterprise is past, and
Nashville should lend it's aid in making
it success and recognize the impor-
lance and magnitude of the work
done. The Mayor said he had gone,
carefully over all the papers, and so far
as he could see the interests of the city
had been fully protected, and the con-
solidation had been carried out in &C
cordance with the previous agreement.