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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
"a Girl From Dixie"

Clean, bright comedy, tuneful musical
numbers, capable actors and actresses
and an unusual number of pretty girls
are elements that go far toward contri-
buting to the success of any musical
comedy, and these are claimed as chief
characteristics of "A Girl from Dixie"
which will be seen at the Jefferson, thea
tire Friday. Harry b. Smith, who is the
author of the work, and who regards 1t
as one of the best works he has put
forth in some time, has been giving his
personal attention to the piece since its
initial performance, and the success
wherever presented is expected to be re-
peated here. One of its chief character
istics is said to be a certain unity of &C.
ton that is generally lacking in the av-
erage musical comedy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
At the SIIou.

"A Little Ouscast," a melodrama which
is claimed to be along new lines. and to
show a new and interesting side of New
York life, will be played at the Bijou
theatre this week with the usual matt
nees on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The melodrama was first produced last
year, and was a success. Now there are
two companies playing it. one in the
east and one in the south and west. The
company brings much scenery, and it is
said the production will be complete III
every detail.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
EnsIey Police Busy.

Ensley March 2O.-tSpeciaL )-The Ems
ley police force started out on q crusade
today after alleged breakers of the Sum
day liquor law. Eight men were arrest
ed by Chief Camp. charged with break
ing the Sunday liquor law. Their hear
ing will probably come up before Mayor
Scott in the police court in the morning.
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Mrs. winsIow's SOOTHING svr,,

The best remedy for DIARRHOEA Sold
by druggists in every part of the world
Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup. and take no other kind
Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for Il bir
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, With
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHES the
CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS
all PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC. and u
twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
erocers Seek ProtectIon.

Huntsville. March 2o,-(speciaL)- whole.
sale dealers here have been Informed by
the Southern Wholesale Grocers' associa-
tion that an organized effort will be
made to secure the enactment OF legisla-
ton compelling railroad companies and
shippers to stand the loss on goods In
jured by rough handling or poor packing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
DEATHS AND FUNERA AIS.
Mrs. Annie Gordon.

Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Annie Gordon. who died yesterday
morning at the family residence, 1870
Seventh avenue. were conducted yester-
day afternoon and the interment was in
the Jewish cemetery.
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Andrew charIes Hoehn.

Andrew Charles Hoehn the six-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Z. Hoehn, died
yesterday. The remains will be held at
Lge Logs undertaking establishment for
about a week and then will be sent to
Fayette, Ala, for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
ADJUSTMENTS.
AT THE JEFFERSON

Tuesday evening-"The Wizard
of Or
Wednesday evening-"The Vine
gar Buyer" with Ezra Kendall IN
the leading role.
Thursday evening-"A Bachelor
Romance, with Tim Murphy IN
the leading part.
Friday evening-"A Girl from
Dixie"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
REDUCED RATES
To California and Northwest Via Queen
and Crescent Route.

Tickets on sale March to April 30 In
elusive, and September Is to October Is
Inclusive, at greatly reduced rates. For
information address A. B. Freeman, T.
p. A., Queen and Crescent Route. Bir-
mingham. Ala 3-5-57t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
STRONG SERMON BY
REV. u. D, MOONEY
Takes as Theme "The POSSIBLE
ity of the Impossible"
LARGE CONGREGATIONS
Remarks centered Around Text, and
He Said the Things Which Are I'M
possible With Men Are Pos
sible With God.

The Rev. U. d. Mooney, pastor OF the
Second Presbyterian church, was greeted
by two large congregations at both serv-
Ices yesterday. AT the morning service
he preached an eloquent sermon, taking
as his theme 1.-The Possibility of the I'M
possible" His text and sermon follows:
And He said, the things which are
impossible with men are possible with
God. Lake xviii:N.
We attain power in this world just In
proportion as we reach outside OF our
selves and take hold of forces which can
make us strong We have long known
that the man who believes in his own In
dependence so strongly that he refuses to
accept assistance from without, very soon
becomes the man who is dependent; and
on the other hand, that the man who is
willing to humbly depend upon help from
without, is bound, sooner or later, to ac-
quire a position of relative independence
We are in every way dependent race
dependent upon each other, dependent
upon the achievement and the knowledge
which have been established by men who
have gone before. The man who today
takes a position which he knows to be
false, or else is juggling with his own
experience. And thus it happens that by
using the energy created by others the
impossible often becomes the possible,
and the unattainable the thing which is
attained
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
PERSONAL.

]. L. Archer head clerk of the Birming-
ham Foundry company, who has been i'll
will be able to be out again within a few
days.
Mrs. Ada Scott Is critically i'll with
typhoid fever at her home, No. 1918 Sew
enth avenue.
John Mcqueen, Esqr., is attending cir
CURT court in Green county, engaged in
defending an important murder trial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
AT THE BlJou


= All week, with usual matinees-
"A Little Outcast."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21

Save time, money and
worry by cooking with gas
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21

For Sale, this day, at Hates
warehouse. Furniture, Pi-
amos, Office Fixtures, 2 new
heavy Spring Wagons, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
CANDIDA ES MUST
SHOW HANDS TODAY
Unless Fees Are Paid Names
Will be Omitted
SUB-COM MlTTEE
MEETS

Clerks and Managers for the Primary
Election VIII Be Named Tomor-
row-several Hundred Names
Have Been Presented.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
DR. SHELBURNE ON
SUBJECT OF FAITH
Entertaining Sermon by Pastor
of East Lake Church
WHY MAN OFTEN FAILS
Whatever a Man May Possess or Do
or Become, If He Fails to be
Good He Has Failed All
Around"

The Rev. j. NJ. shelburne, pastor Of
the East Lake Baptist church. preached
to large congregation at the morning
service yesterday. He talked on the sub
ject: From Faith Unto Faith. or the
Discovery and Extension of Righteous
ness"
Mr.. Shelburne said: Whatever a man
may possess or do or become, If he fails
to be good. he has failed all round and
is an all round failure. boys first am
bition must be to be good. after that he
may aspire to be great. after that he may
aspire to be wise, after that he may as
plre to be powerful. 1t is better to be
good than to be all these.
The reason Paul gives for not being
ashamed of the Gospel (however much
men might laugh at 1t, however much 1t
might lead him away from those things
men usually pursue, however much hard
ships might lie in the way of its progress)
is that it reveals Righteousness. Other
things might enable him to stand In the
presence of men, righteousness would
make him stand before both God and
men.
Now my friends, for the same high rea-
son we must value the gospel We must
set 1t over all things else. Jesus taught
how the gospel is to be valued when he
spoke the parable of the hidden talent
and of the pearl of great price. II Is In
the gospel that righteousness may be
found and nowhere else Therefore 1t is
the gospel that we most need. Our chill
dren, our friends, our neghbors all, all
need the gospel more than anything else
and more than all things else put to-
gether.
In these words, "From faith unto faith"
Romans 1 II. the writer very suscincty
states how the righteousness of the gos-
pei is discovered and extended Right
eousness in the gospel is an energizing
force going forth continually and en-
bracing the personalities of men. BY
means Of this power men are made clti-
zens OF the Kingdom of heaven which is
the kingdom of righteousness.
Righteousness Extended.
I am going to suppose that you have
discovered righteousness. I am going to
take 1t for granted that you are resting
the issue of your case with the cross.
But I know you are asking me another
question: what about the future? l am
afraid Of the future" Yes, ! know you
are puzzled about the extension of right
eousness. You are wondering whether
you can continue worthy of the place you
have discovered.
Now. IL I were a liturglst would de-
liver to you a prayerbook or discipline,
read to you the church rules and say
do this and all Will be we'll" But you
would not go far before you would find
these great failures to extend your right
eousness as they had been to discover
righteousness. Fortunately the text an
swers your question: From faith to
faith" You have begun in faith; con-
tinue in faith.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
BASEBALL, 3 P. M.
Mathewson pitches for
New York.

A house without a gas
stove is like a ship without a
sail.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
Another ImpossibiIity.

Another of the human impossibilities
we have to face is that of growth in spir-
itual life. and development In life capac-
ity. The constant tendency of the hui
man heart apart from the influence of
the cross Of Christ is downward. The
civilized world is on the upward climb,
because the influence of Christ permeates
it through and through. The world that
lives away from that influence is losing
ground. 1t Is capacity after all that
makes life. Better be a bird that sings
for day than a worm that crawls for
ever. Better be a lily that blooms for
an hour than log that grows for CEN
fury. Better be Inc inhabitant of an
humDie hut where God Is seen in grass
and tree and sky, than to be a gold dig
ger, whose eyes are fastened to the per-
ishable. And now hand In hand with the
knowledge that capacity makes life is
also the knowledge that a man can no
more alone increase his capacity for low
ing and seeking the lofty. the noble and
the holy, than he can raise himself by
his-own boot straps Never until a man
realizes his own striking limitations and
forces himself to reach out for and be-
come a part of the great kingdom OF
God. can life's spiritual capacity ever
grow. But whenever you and I reach
the point where We are so anxious to
grow into full spiritual manhood that
we are willing through the Mediator,
Jesus Christ, to thrust our hands across
the chasm between US and God, until we
touch the power that moves the world,
just at that moment the impossible re-
cedes into the background and the pos
sibility of an infinite growth in life
looms up before US.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-21
Assumes Great Force.

Now, when we climb from the purely
material up to the spiritual, and from
the human up to the divine, this principle
are compelled to reach out above our
selves to secure any depth of spiritual
life. The great master force outside of
our own life is God. We thus meet face
to face the necessity of bringing God
within the sphere of our life. When we
have done this, the impossible begins to
loom up before us as the possible. Now
there are certain, human impossibilities
which every man who is the possessor of
intelligence and of q moral nature has to
face. One of these is the impossibility
OF the human to remove the stain and
the sting of guilt. There is a monitor
presiding over our moral world called
conscience, who notes with unchanging
fidelity the evil and the good. To trans
gress is to suffer, to sin is to know con-
sciences pain. The history of humanity
has been one long struggle to make pos
siBle this impossibility. The heather
look into the changeless face of heath
en- idol and beg relief. Martin Luther
tiliHpeu tic SlSpS VI SloiiS GSch4i5 III u
peace of heart. Men leave legacies to
philanthropies, to charities to found
churches, coping with the same impossi-
bility. They work from within instead
of receiving from without, and the result
is only failure The impossible remains
as ever the impossible This is where
the hope which streams from our text
touches human life.
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Outside Power.

The things which are impossible with
men are possible with the outside power
which surrounds the divine And the
man who is willing to lose his sense of
independence enough to reach out into
the spirit world till he comes to God, and
To accept from Him the cleansing which
comes from His crucihed Son. is the man
whose destiny is to behold the impossi-
BILE merge itself into the possible. The
same principle is true of a soul that seeks
salvation from sin. Sin is one of the
most distressing facts of our common
humanity. No man who is honest and
rational can deny the fact that it peoples
our prisons. our asylums, our hospitals,
our homes Of refuge The sad fact about
1t all is the impossibihty of freedom from
its slavery. Men have steeled their wills
to free themselves from it-they have
failed. Men have sought to eliminate sin
by culture and education-they have
failed. Men have turned their backs
upon the world and become hermits of
the desert, all to save themselves from
themselves-they have failed. 1t is ever
one of the human impossibilities as long
as a man works within himself: 1t be-
comes ever a possibility when a man
reaches beyond himself to God and be-
comes dependent enough to bow his head
In penitence at the fact of Christs cross
When a man reaches this point in his
lifes the things impossible to him as a
man become possible to him as a child
of God.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-17
STRONG PLEAS MADE
BY THE ATTORNEYS

The arguments OF counsel in the
Shockley murder trial began at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning. At 1890 the law
yers had finished and the charge, had
been given 10 the jury The jury was
then taken 20 lunch and immediately
afterward began the consideration of
the case. on the first ballot il is said
the jury stood II TO !. The dissenting
juror wished to incorporate a recon-
mendatiOn for mercy in the verdict.
which would have called for life sen
tence instead of 2 penalty of death
The deliberations continued until 4:5O
when the one juror concurred with the
rest Of the body and the officers attor-
neys and tho prisoner We're sent for
Twenty minutes later they were all in
court and the room was filled with anx-
iOus spectators who had been lettering
about the building throughout the aft
ernOOn. Two Of the brothers Of Glea-
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women. and they have children. 1t
would be pretty hard on them all their
lives 10 hear that their uncle was exc
cuted for murder. / tell you, I've been
doing lot of thinking about that to-
night II wouldn't be quite so bad TO
say ] was in the penitentiary."
Don't you think Prothero rather
threw YOU down pretty hard?"
ShOckey laughed. his teeth cleaning
i'm the dim light
That's d rather strange question TO
ask me at this stage of the game" he
said.
Did he go in with YOU on other
jobs? ."
Il don't know as 7 want to say any
thing more about him. II won't do me
any good 70 hurt him. I suppose. now
that I'm convicted, he'll get his money
and CO.
After a little further general CONVEX
sation. the interview ended. Shockley
turned his face toward the steel wall
10 seek sleep as a respite from con-
science and overshadOwing fate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-17
DAKOTA DIVORCES Do
NOT HOLD GOOD IN IOWA

y Des Moines. Ia, April 16--pi- =
= vorccs granted Iowans in the Da- >
y kotaS have no legal standing IN ,
= this state, according TO a decision y
4 handed down today by JuSii-e =
y Weaver Of the state supreme =
y court, who. in a case before AIM, =
y ordered the husband 10 pay his 3
+ wife One-third OF his fortune. =
y amassed since the decree of divor~a =
= was granted by the nOrthHyn :
= courts. The decision invalid9Jes =
y many divorces granted i'm the pa =
+ k0tas 10 Iowans Under IL Tesi- >
= dence I'm either of the DakOtas for >
y the statutory period is not salts =
3 factory evidence Of bona fidc =
= change of residence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-17

kind Of weakness somewhere. If he had
only held out, it would have been diff
fercnt.
Says he is Not Like Rose.
IT can't tell you how I feel tonight.
] couldn't explain to anybody who
wasn't iu the same kind of a position.
I'm human. I'm not like this fellow,
Frank p. Rose. ! want 10 live. 1 want
life for myself. and then / want it for
the sake OF my family. It's a uard
thing for him. That's the first thing
II thought about when / heard the YER
dat. / thought about my poor old ia
thtr and mother and my sisters back
in missouri.
I'm not a hOld-up man. or course
7 know that is the way they try to
shoY me up. but I come from a good
family and I have some better instincts.
81 think everybody has good and bad
IN them. The trouble is. when a man
gets into a fix like I'm in. people see
only one side. A man VIII do things
sometimes that ne regrets and people
turn against him"
i Don't you think Il would be just
about as well 10 die and be through
with It all as 10 spend the rest of your
days behind the bars. like this?" WAS
asked him.
4 II don't know about that" vas the
Sreply There's another Considera ton.
I've got two sisters, both Of them fine
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-17
FLOMACY OF A HIGH ORDER
Great Britain Has Finally Succeeded in Leaving Germany
Out in the Cold Position of Russia
Strengthened.

ut PETERSBURG. April 16.-(4;27 p.
y mD-Thc papers here, which since
the Anglo-French agreement had
been distracted first by the holidays
and then by the stirring events of the
lest few days. are Low discussing il
significantly and in a friendly fashion
finding therein promise of better rela-
items with Great Britain and new
and heavy blow To German prestige.
the plan of German begemony hav-
ing been already upset by the Russo
Austrian and Franco-Italian agree
ments. The Russ says;
For France. and perhaps for all
Europe. the Anglo-French agreement
j. "a turning point. France was being
drawn toward Germany against her
will. Emperor William mas made il
one Of the principal tasks OF his life
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-17
KAISER'S SILVERWARE
EXHIBITED AT ST. LOUIS

New York. April 16.-One of the most
UNIQUE exhibits destined for the Loulsl-
ana purchase exposition at st 4@o"is
a,..i,.ed here today on the steamer RE
80 The exhibit consists Of twenty
cases of silverware. It is the personal
exhibit OF Emperor William Of Ger
many and is made up entirely of Sits
that he and his consort received ut their
wedding in 1881 The silverware pieces
were presented to the royal couple ~
the various PruSsian cities, one from
each city. The value of the silver.
which is in charge of Herr SachaT, On
attache of the royal Prussian house
hold, is roughly estimated at $4,000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-17
DISTRIBUTION OF FAIR ESTATEPOLICE USED THEIR PISTOLS
Sisters of the Victim of the Automobile Accident Will Gel
the Lions Share. the Claim of the Nelson's
Having Been Compromised.

q AN FRANCISCO, April 16--SUpcrtor
y Judge Cook today ordered the
final distribution of the estate Of
the late Charles l. Fair, which was ap-
praised al 5000, 600. to the two sisters
Of the deceased, Mrs. Herman Oelrichs
and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. The
sum of Sl26.000 is to be held out for the
purpose of meeting various claims. At
tOrneys' fees and other claims amount
ing to over $4,000 already allowed are
also TO be paid out of the estate
After taking testimony to prove that
no child had been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles L. Fair, the judge decreed that
they had died without issue.
40 contest 10 the distribution Of the
estate was made. The executor, Her
man OelTiChs. presented q final sup
elemental report which was accepted
and he was discharged from further
liability.
The succession tax was ordered paid
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and an order made for the sale of sur
fiCient property to pay the amount,
which will bear interest since the death
of Mr.. Fair.
The money for the state for the sue
ceSsion or collateral inheritance tax
viii amount 10 about $15O.000, with in
terest a 4 per cent for eighteen
months.
During the proceedings Charles :.
Neal testified that $3.50. 00G had been
paid 10 Mrs. Nelson, the mother #
Mrs Fair.
The matter of the estate of Mrs.
Caroline d. Fair came up on the ques-
ton of Mrs. Jennie Harvey for the
distribution of her share, inclu1ing
Mrs. Fairs jewelTy ana other personal
belongings This partial distribute IN
was ordered and the fnal distribu-
ton viii be made later The bulk Of
this estate Will eventually go TO the
sisters of Charles Fair. the Nelson's
claim having been compromised.
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t. reconcile France TO her fate, but
besides the Berlin road there is one
other open. namely, the London road.
French statesmen had long anticipated
the moment when they would have to
choose between the two. Germany is
now abandoned to Involuntary isola-
ton. France has left her irrevocably.
Her complete isolation will now de-
pend upon Russia If the latter con-
cludes an agreement with Great Brit
ain Germanys position will be criti-
cal. The prospect is so pleasing to
Great Britain that she viii scarcely
place unacceptable conditions before
Russia. England knows that her agree
ment with France will become friend
ship if Russia desires to join the
coalition. Germany understands that
the AnglC-French agreement may not
weaken the dual alliance, which il
simply supplements"