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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-17
Alcoholic Patients.

The Iowa Legislature passod law
last year permitting the confinement
of confirmed drunkards in lunatic
asylums. It made little stir, but
within eight months 300 alcoholic
patients were under restraint and
treatment. An Iowa dispatch says
that inebriates continue to flow into
the State ssylumns at the rate of
about fifty a month and that an
Iowa court has just ruled that their
constitutional rights are not violated
by their detention. Some of the
inebriates don't like to be sent up,
but the treatment they get seems to
be humane and salutary. Their
liquor is stopped and they have to
work on farms and are encouraged to
improve their habits. When they
seem to be cured they are discharg-
ed, and report says that about IS
per cent. of the cases have 30 re-
suited.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-17

Distance doesn't lend enchantment
to the office seekers view.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-17
Ladies and Children Invited.

All ladies and children who cannot
stand the shocking strain of laxative
syrups, cathartics, ETC., are invited to
try the famous Little Early Risers.
They are different from all other
pills. They do not purge the system.
Even double dose will not grippe,
weaken or sicker; many people call
them the Easy Pill. ". 81. Howell,
Houston, Tex, says nothing better
can be used for constipation, sick
headache, etc. Bob Moore, Lsfay.
cite, Ind, says all others gripe and
sicken, while DeWitt's Little Early
Risers do their work we'll and easy,
Sold by all druggists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-17
Cuts, Bruises and Burns Quick
" Healed.

Chamberlain's Pain Balm is an
antiseptic liniment, and when ap-
piled to cuts, bruises and burns,
causes them to heal without matu-
ration and much more quickly than
BY the usual treatment. For sale by
The Kaufman Drug Go.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-17
LEXINGTON savings BRINK.

w. p. ROOF, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
Allen Jones, ". P. Root, Q. M. Efrd.
R. Hilton. James E. Hendrix.
EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Of 81 and upwards received ano
interest at per cent. par annum allowed,
payable April and October.
September 21-tf
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-17

Thus far the year 1903 has besn
notable for succession of disasters
in the United States. Hundreds of
lives have been lost and millions cf
dollars worth Of property have been
destroyed BY hoode, stolms and fires.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-17
State any mocking bird, nonpareil,

altv of five dollars for each bird so
taken, killed, sold, exposed for sale
or exported beyond the limits of the
State; and it shall be lawful for any
person to take or destroy and net,
traps or snares used for taking such
birds wheresoever found set for such
purpose: Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall prohibit any
person from taking and keeping any
bird of song or plumage for his own
pleasure or amusement, and not for
sale, traffic or gain.
Sec. 428 (1697.) No person or
persons shall destroy or rob the nests
of any of the said birds under pen
atty of ten dollars for each off5nse.
Sec. 429. [169s ] The penaltiesin-
Cured for violation of the provisions
of the preceding Sections shall be
recovered before any Trial Justice in
the courty where such ofense shall
be committed and shall be paid one
half to the informer and the other
half to the County Treasurer for the
use of the county.
Sec. 430 1859 In case of fail
ure by any person or persons to pay
any sum recovered under the provis-
ions of Sections 1926, 427 and 428, the
said person or persons shall be COM
mitted to the Jail of the county for a
period not less than five days, and at
the rate of one day for every dollar
of the sum so recovered and not paid
when the amount recovered exceeds
five dollars.
Sec. 431 Il shall not be lawful
for any person, except upon his own
lands, or upon the lands of another
with the consent of the owner there
of, to net or trap partridge. Any
person violating this Section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by fine
OF not exceeding thirty dollars or by
Imprisonment in the county Jail for
term not exceeding thirty days.
Sec. 432. 1884 ] l. shall not be
lawful for any person in this State,
between the first day of April and
the first day of November, in any year
hereafter, to catch, kill, or ipiure or to
pursue with such intent, or sell or ex-
pose for sale, any wild turkey, part
ridge, quail, woodcock or pheasant;
or between the first day of March
and the first day of August, any
dove; or at any time during the year
to catch, kill or injure, or to pursue
with such intent, by freight, any of
the birds named in this Section. And
any person 80 doing shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not
more than twenty dollars or be i'm
prisoned not more than thirty days.
Sec. 4s3 L17oo] Nothing herein
shall apply to any person who shall
kill or take any of the said birds for
the purpose of studying its habits or
history, or having the same stuffed
and set up as specimen, or to any
person who shall kill on his premises
any Of the said birds in the act of
destroying fruit or grain crops.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-17
The Aiken-Coiumbia Line.

The survey of the Aiksn-Colum bia
electric has been completed. A
pretty straight line has been marked
out and few difficult places will be
encountered in building. As soon as
Mr.. Whaley returns to the city a
meeting of the company will be
called to take some steps towards
beginning the work.-Columbia Ev.
Record, June II.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-17
STATE OF OE1o, CRY OF TOLEDO, ,
LUCAS COUNTY y

- 4a41 OC O1iAO3 O111 OE |SH0oO5
LUCAS COUNTY
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm
of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing busi-
ness in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay the sum of One HUI
dred Dollars for each and every case
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of
December, A. D. 1886.
(s,,1 A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
pally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
Address, F. J. Cheney G. Co.,
Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
SUGGESTIONS AS
 ID CAHABA DAMS Duke of fLeedS" Gives His Ideas
 on Water Problem WATER FROM 100 SPRINGS lmpoundIng Dam Endorsed, But Col
 
FROM 100 SPRINGS
ImpoundIng Dam Endorsed, But Col oneI Elliott Thinks It Should Be Located at the Old Deshazo
 MilI-Leeds All Right.

Col. J. B. Elliott, better known as the Duke of Leeds" has sent letter to The Age-Herald in reply to Ned Braces" discussion of the water problem In last Sundays Age-Herald.
 Colonel Elliott endorses Ned Braces" assertion that by building an impounding dam Just below where the Cahaba and Little Cahaba rivers meet, nine miles out, whence the present source Is derived, Birmingham would have all the water 1t wants or could use. But" he says you must remember this is mixed water" Colonel Elliott then continues:
 Why not move up this impounding dam on the Little Cahaba river about three or four miles to the old Deshazo mill, where this Little Cahaba river cuts through the celebrated Pine Ridge, build a rock dam across this pass fifty feet high and hold all the water in this pure stream and from its water sheds and run it in large pipes about three miles into the present pumps of the Birmingham water works and from thence, as now. pump 1t to Birmingham? By doing this you get pure water, water which comes direct from one hundred never-failing springs and underground passages of water. Water which Is naturally filtered through chert and sand beds; water which runs over lime stone strata, and not over shale or coal beds; water free from decayed leaves and rotten logs; water, which Is now the main stay for the great city of Birmingham, in the dryest year and in the dryest part of the dryest year; water from stream which the oldest citizens of Cahaba and Jones Val ley have never known to run dry or in holes.
 ''This water has been used for drinking purposes by the people in Cahaba Valley since the first settling of Jefferson coun- ty so you observe it is not question of a suffciency of water for Birmingham but the real issue Is how can we keep these two rivers from being polluted, like Valley creek, and at the same time allow the developments of Leeds and Cahaba Valley and the Cahaba and Black creek coal fields That the development Is coming you can rest assured and Leeds will not be hurt either"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
JUDGE HEARS TWO
 CONTEMPT CASES
WERE INSTITUTED AGAINST THE NEWS AND THE LEDGER, ARISING OUT OF CON. TINENTAL REDEMPTION co.

The contempt proceedings in the Crim- inal court against the Birmingham News and the Birmingham Ledger were heard by Judges Samuel and Dan A. Greene yesterday, and at the conclusion of the arguments of the attorneys the decision was withheld, as the court stated 1t would be taken under advisement.
 These proceedings against the two pa- pers were instituted last spring by Ezra w. Whaley and were the outgrowth of charges made against certain persons who were arrested on indictments returned by the grand jury. when the affairs of the Continental Security Redemption com pany were invest tigated.
 The prosecution contended that certain articles appearing in the papers in ref erence to the persons indicted consti- tuted a contempt, while the defendants attorneys argued that 1t did not. A num- ber of court decisions were read and sub- mitted to the court by both sides.
 The Ledger was represented by Judge J. H. Miller and the News by John P. Tillman. The prosecution was conducted by Felix D. Blackburn and C. B. Powell. The arguments of the attorneys occupied several hours, and were on the petition, the answer and the motion to dismiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
WOMEN WANT JAIL
 MATRON APPOINTED
MAYOR DRENNEN TELLS CON- MITTEE THERE ARE ONLY FIVE
 FEMALE PRISONERS IN JAIL, FOUR OF WHOM ARE NEGROES.

Another attempt Is being made by the women of Birmingham to get a matron at the city jail, and with this idea in view two of them called on Mayor Dren- nen yesterday to talk with him about it. They were very much surprised to learn that there are only five female prisoners in the city jail at present, and that four of these are negroes
 The ladies suggested that tle city make an appropriation sufficient to pay a matron for thirty. sixty or ninety days, and that during that time a test be made to see If there is sufficient need of a matron to warrant the city providing one. Mayor Drennen stated that he thought this suggestion good one.
 For some time the women have been trying to get matron for the Jail and some time ago it was thought one would be provided as soon as the jail was re- paired. There have been so few female prisoners that matron had not been thought a necessity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
EAGLES GREAT BENEFIT.
BurIesque Circus Friday Night, Janu- ary 18th, at the Jefferson Theatre, to Be Given for Sweet Charlty's Sake-The Show Will Be Funny.

Charity is the foundation stone of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The proceeds of this entertainment go to the Widows and Orphans Fund. Every dollar of money realized in this way Is used to aid some needy person, and the benevolent work Is not necessarily confined to fam flies of members Eagle charity is broad CT than this. On January 16 the Eagles burlesque performance will be produced at the Jefferson theatre for sweet chari- tvs sake and this, if for no other reason, should insure a packed house. If 1t were possible to speak in serious vein of an entertainment which is as ridiculously funny as this one will be, 1t would be strictly true and proper to say that the show will be certainly the best of its kind ever seen here. W. L. Haskell. under whose direction it will be presented, Is one of the-best coachers in the country. Everywhere that he has presented the burlesque 1t has proven an unqualified success, and the newspapers in all parts of the country have only the highest words of commendation for it. Denver, Kansas City, St. Joe, Des Moines, Mill waukee, Duluth, Ft. Wayne, Peoria and dozens of other cities all unite in its praise.
 The cast Is an unusually strong one, many of the participants having shown themselves capable actors in other local performances Those who attend will be certain of three hours of fun, fast and furious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
Ounfy Teachers m Tabor
 O Unitorm 7ext Books

g. The building and equipping of school houses by the county commissioners.
 8. Monthly pay of teachers by the county treasurer.
 4. A law regulating public school funds in such a manner as will enable the school officials to make a definite contract at the beginning of the school year.
 5. A uniform grading and classification of the public schools.
 6. That the scholastic year begin July l.
 T. The county superintendent of edu- cation shall hold state certificate.
 s. Uniformity of text books with the county as a unit.
 g. An amendment to the constitution authorizing local taxation for public schools.
 A majority of the committee favors county examination of teachers under authority of the state board.
 The state legislative committee will meet In Birmingham January or January 10 and Mir MeAdory has been authorized to meet with them and act for the Jefferson county committee.
 Another meeting of the county com mIttee will be held probably Saturday night and the members of the legislature will be requested to meet with them su that a clear understanding of what laws are needed can be mad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
COMMISSION WILL
 CONSIDER PLANS
MEMBERS OF SANITARY COMMIS- SION MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS PROPOSED SCHEME FOR EN- LARGlNG ITS POWERS.

The Jefferson county sanitary commls- sion met yesterday afternoon at 4:So o'clock and were waited upon by J. A. Van Hoose and J. A. Montgomery, who represented committee from the Board of Trade and Commercial club in pre- senting to the commission the resolutions adopted at a meeting of the committee just previous.
 The resolutions asked the commission to have formulated laws to be intro duced at the next session of the legisla- ture giving the commission more author ity and better control in their work in reference to the water supply of the Bir- mingham district.
 When the resolutions were read and discussed by several present they were referred to committee consisting of F. Y. Anderson, president of the commits sion; E. J. Smyer and T. H. Motion. This committee will meet this morning with Mir. Van Hoose and MT. Montgomery in the office of Engineer Kendrick. The object of this meeting Is to formulate a bill, as suggested in the resolutions, to enlarge the powers of the commission.
 The commission passed on large num- Der of accounts before adjourning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
Lovers Lane.

Lovers Lane attracted only fair size audience at the Jefferson last night-not as large a house probably as the play and it's presentation deserved. The pre- sentatlon, however, is better than the play itself
 Charlie Macklin, as the Rev. Thomas; Singleton and Angela ogden as Mary Laskin were good and the balance of the cast were fair.
 The play represents ihs trials and diffi- culties of minister in a country town with a narrow and bigoted flock. While in the act of performing a marriage cere- mony he suddenly falls in love with the bride-elect. The marriage Is postponed pending good behavior of the lover. In the end the minister marries the girl upon whom his affections were so sud denly bestowed, the former lover reforms and returns to his child and a divorced wife, the members of the flock conform to the minister's ideas and curtain goes down on everybody feeling good and kind ly towards one another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
THE MEMBERS OF JEFFERsJN ASSOCIATION FAVOR UNIFORM
 BOOKS WITH COUNTY AS UNIT. COMMITTEE WANTS NEW LAWS.

1HE committee of the Jefferson \Cp County Teachers Association. ap-
 pointed to consider the laws which are desired. and to secure which an effort will be made at the next ses- sion of the legislature, met last night in the office of the county superintendent of education, at the courthouse. It adopt ed number of resolutions on the sub ject, among them being one to have bill passed to cause the schools to be redistricted. and providing for a uniform grading and classification of the public schools.
 The committee is composed of l. W. McAdory, s. A. Ellis, c. B. Glenn, P. M. McNeill and E. l.. Patton.
 Following are the resolutions passed:
 Resolved, That 1t is the sense of the legislative committee of the teachers of Jefferson county that we favor;
 l. The redistricting of the state for school purposes according to the center of population.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
INSPECTOR MAKES REPORT
 OF MEAT AND MILK USED

Animals Condemned After Slaughter One COW, pyaemia, 237 pounds; l cow. emaciated and advanced age. 244 pounds hog crippled and overloaded, 12C pounds; 9 calves, too poor, 110 pounds; goats, too poor. 51 pounds; 1 sheep apo plectic spasms, 3S pounds.
 Beef Livers Condemned-Five livers, cavernous augiomoi, 69 pounds; 3 livers. abscess atrophy humors, 30 pounds. Hog Iivers: Sixteen flyers, echenococcus cyst. 80 pounds 49 flyers, fluke. 245 pounds. Sheep livers Fifteen livers parasites, 46 pounds. Bruised meat tanked. 120 pounds; meat spoiled by keeping. 1SO pounds; total number of pounds tanked, 1579.
 The following shows the western meat inspected:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
POLICE INVESTIGATE.
Persons Who Attacked Dave Church
 Not Yet Found.

There have been no new developments in the case of Dave Church, who claims that he was held up, forced to open the safe in Church Brothers store and after wards tied to his bed r., three highway men, two of whom were white men.
 The police are Investigating the affair from several standpoints and some inter- esting developments are expected.
 Among the crimes reported to the police yesterday morning was that burglars entered the residence of Mrs. J. T. Nixon, at the corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-f1rst street and stole all the sil- verware, linen and other necessities in the dining room. A wagon was used by the burglars to carry the stolen goods away.
 "P. D." Jackson, negro, has been captured in Sheffield, Ala, and will be brought back to Birmingham. He is be- lieved to be one of the negroes implica ted in the recent highway ropberies and burglaries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
RECORD OF COURTS.

In the first division of the City court yesterday the jury in the case of Mrs Mary Schaffer against the Southern Rail- way company, returned a verdict for $40. 20 for the plaintiff
 The case of Phillip Clemmon against s. H. Watkins W. H. Duke and others is on trial The plaintiff claims dam ages to the amount of the value or horse involved in the suit.
 In the United States court in the case of Edward Wald agai. tt Carthwait IS still on trial. The case is damage suit for $15,OOO, the plaintiff claiming dam ages for. alleged injury to stock or goods.
 The following suits were filed in the Circuit court:
 Will Kennedy against the Southern Railway company, suit for $500O. Plaint- if claims damages for alleged personal injuries received in a wreck while he was a passenger on train. He claims while riding on a car 1t was run into by an- other car at Twenty-seventh street and he sustained injuries.
 Horace Simpson against ti Southern Railway company suit for $l),ooo dam ages, plaintiff claiming, he was injured by falling lumber while engaged at work for the company.
 The case of W. A. Heath against Joe Tedeski, suit for s1000 is on trial. The plaintiff claims damages for alleged false arrest, alleging he was arrested at the instance of the defendant on charge Of tresspassing on the latter's property.
 The jury out on the case of Riggs and Mason against w. Woode has not re- turned verdict.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
FAvoRS MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP OF WATER WoRKS-SANlTARY COMMISSION URGED TO TAKE STEPS TO SUPPLY WATER.

C EVERAL resolutions were NN adopted at the meeting of the O water committee of the Con- mercial club yesterday afternoon, among them being one that the legis- lature should be requested to allow the city of Birmingham to issue not more than $5,000,000 in bonds to pur- chase or build water works, and another that the sanitary commission be asked to take some steps towards furnishing a sufficient supply of pure and wholesome water as soon as pos sible.
 Mayor Drennen + reduced the resolu- tion that the mayor and board of alder men of Birmingham request the legisla- ture to allow it to issue bonds to the amount of $500o,000 or less to buy water plant or build one. The resolution was unanimously adopted by the com mittee and the request will be made 1t the next regular meeting of the board of aldermen.
 Ample Water Supply.
 The resolution that the sanitary com- mission take steps at once to provide a water supply for the county is ss follows:
 Resolved, That it is the sense of this committee that the Jefferson county sani- tary commission should be and they are hereby respectfully requested to take such steps as in their judgment may be necessary to procure not only supply of water for their own sewers but a better and larger supply for this county and district
 Wants Water District.
 Chairman Van Hoose and J. B. Weakley were appointed a committee of two to carry the resolution to the meeting of the sanitary commission yesterday afternoon, which they did. Another resolution was offered that Mayor Drennen call meet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07

c. A. Collins, chief meat and milk in- spector for the city, tSi finished compil- ing his report for December, which shows the number of animals inspected, the number slaughtered and the amount of western meat inspected during the month. The inspectors fees were s300.9
 The report of the chief inspector is as follows:
 Animals Inspected on Hoof and After Slaughter-Cattle 396, goats 101, sheep 147 hogs 7S2, calves 4S; total, 1474.
 Rejected on Hoof-Six cows, too poor; COW, advanced stage of pregnancy l hog, boar; 2 goats. billies; 12 gsats, too poor; 3 goats. advanced stage of preg nancy; 1 calf, too poor; calf, too young; total, 27.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-07
PATHFINDER IS VICTORIOUS.
Another Battle, In Which the SuItan's
 Forces Come Out Second.

Ceitu, Morocco, January 6.-There Is great anxiety at Tetuan for news of the result of another battle which is reported to have taken place between the forces of the sultan and the pretender. It is ru- mored that the latter were victorious.
 The governor after conference with the leading Moor has decided to pur- chase arms and ammunition, owing to fears of attack by the Kabyles The Mohammedan priests are preaching a holy war among the Kabyles and are relating the wonderful miracles said to have been accomplished by the pretender.