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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-30
COMMITTEE WILL
GO ON JANUARY 8
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS WILL
SEE THE PRESIDENT AND Ex.
TEND HIM A FORMAL INVITA-
TON TO VISIT BIRMINGHAM.

A strong and representative committee
will invite President Roosevelt to visit
Birmingham upon his expected trip south
in the spring. This committee Is composed
of joint representatives of the mayor and
board Of aldermen. the Board of Trade
and the Commercial club
At a meeting held in the Commercial
club rooms last Tuesday afternoon. com
posed Of gentlemen appointed by Mayor
Drennen, President Jackson of the Com
mercial club and President Simon Klotz
of the Board of Trade. an organization
was effected by electing Rufus N Rhodes
chairman Of the joint committee on invi-
tation, and Joseph B. BaDb secretary.
Those who have signifed their purpose
of going to Washington are: r. N.
Rhodes Mayor Drennen, culpepper
Exum, e. Lesser. Simon Klotz, Hugh
McGeever. e. Flies, +. H I.athrop. o. w.
Underwood, w d. Nesbitt NJ V. Joseph.
George B. Ward. Frank Nelson. ]. M.
Wilzin, ]. w. oNein, ]. D. Collins.
Joseph B. Babb James Weatherly, John
L. Parker, w. N. Malone, Walter Ses-
sions and C. w. Unord.
1t was decided that the committee
would leave here on the afternoon of
Tuesday, January g. A committee on ar
engagements composed of George B. Ward,
Hugh McGeever and Joseph 3. Babb was
appointed.
1t was the Presidents request that the
committee be made as small as possible,
but the enthusiasm of Birmingham was
not to be confined within a small limi-
tation' and therefore a large and thor
oughly representative committee is as
sured
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CHAPLAIN FOR THE
COUNTY CONNECTS
BOARD OF REVENUE LISTENS TO
AN APPEAL MADE BY THE REV.
j. J. D, HALL IN BEHALF OF
COUNTY PRISONERS.

Moved by the fervent appeal of the
the Pratt mines prison, the board of
revenue of Jefferson county yesterday
decided that a chaplain should be pro-
vided for the county convicts at work
in the mines.
While the board was in session at the
court house yesterday Mr.. Hall came In
and asked permission to say few
words. His request was instantly grant
ed and he began to talk.
II shall detain you only a few mo-
ments," said he. II wish to draw to
your attention the need of chaplain
among the convicts at work In the mines.
"Of all persons In the world the Grim
mai classes most need spiritual direc-
ton and spiritual sympathy. There are,
of course. some hardened cases. But |
believe the large majority of these men
and women are not incorrigible. What
ever they are, we should not forget that
they are men anad women, and that
even though criminals they do not de-
serve to be despised by the ministers
of God
MANY of these convicts are serving
sentences that will soon expire. Few
of them are there for life. At some
time the great majority of them will have
to be received back into the body social.
We should see to it that while they
are convicts they are fitted In way to
take their places in the world when
they are free, and become useful eiti-
zens.
IF you gentlemen knew how these poor
creatures are helped by human sympa-
thy--by the manifestation of the spirit of
love-you would not hesitate to provide a
chaplain for the county convicts The
lash is used. and l tell them It is right
to use the lash when necessary. but |
believe we can do a great deal of good
II we supplement the lash with the
prayer the Bible and practical words OF
kindness and charity among these con
victs.
"They want a chaplain. They feel the
need of a chaplain. These county convicts
in the mines have again and again told
me that they would rather have their SEN
tence doubled and serve under state con-
troll where there is chaplain than under
county control where there is no chap
lain l hope the board VIII Insist that a
chaplain be provided for the county con-
victs."
Mr.. Reed, in behalf of the board,
thanked DR.. Hall for the suggestion. and
said IT would be adopted.
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THE TENNESSEE COMPANY
GETS COUNTY CONVlCTS
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is, to mine, load and deliver the coal on
the tipple free of charge to the Tennessee
company, we will pay seventy-three (79
cents per ton of two ikousand pounds for
good merchantable run of mines coal
loaded on railroad cars. In the event this
proposition Is accepted, a contract to be
entered into between the Tennessee com
pany and the board of revenue of JEFF
terson county with provisions substan-
TALLY the same as the contract between
the state of Alabama and the Tennessee
company, under which convicts are
worked in No. 10 Pratt mines.
Respectfully submitted
tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com
pany.
BY S. j. Rogers. Superintendent"
sloss-shetfe Id's Bid.
The text of the bid made by the Sloss-
Sheffield company follows:
Birmingham Ala Dec. 30. 1904.
THE Honorable Board of Revenue Jof
ferson County Ala.
"Gentlemen-ln response to your call
for hire of the conVicts of Jefferson conn
ty, we beg leave to submit on behalf OF
the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron com
pany the following bids, which may be
considered separately, your honora BILE
board to have the option of accent np-
whichever bill may seem m, st advantap.
eous to It.
First Bld:For all eonvlcts sentenced 70
hard labor for the county S21 Is per
month per capita
Second Bid: The county reserving the
right to Withhold twenty-five short term
men to work on the roads If this option
Is exercised by the county, we will pay
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NEW YORK PEOPLE
WRITE TO MAYOR
MATTER OF PAVING PART OF
HIGHLAND AVE. WITH WOODEN
BLOCKS DlseUssED-DUNN g.
LALLANDE's POSITION.

With reference 10 assuming the con-
tract for paving a part of Highland ave-
nue. with ereosoted wooden blocks. the
United States Wood Preserving company
writes the mayor as follows:
office of the United States Wood Pre-
serving company (creo-resinate process)
ISL Columbia building. % Broadway.
New York, December q, 1904
Mayor Drennen, Birmingham, Ala;
Dear Sir: A letter from our represen-
tative, Mr.. Fl. C. Innes. received today,
states that Mr. Dunn. after our having
agreed to furnish the block at a price
which he said he was willing to lay
them at (this price. by the way does not
represent any profit to us), has turned
the matter down entirely In view of
this fact, being anxious to introduce our
block into your city, we have wired you
asking If the CONTRACT can be awarded
tc our company on the basis of Mr..
Dunn's original contract
I'VE do not wish you to infer from
this inquiry that we are willing to un-
dertake this work in your city, but If
the contract can be turned over to us we
are perfectly willing to send a compe-
tent man to examine the ground, and
II the work can be done so that we
can get out whole on the job, we will
undertake to do It,
Trusting that we may have prompt
reply, both 70 our wire and letter, we
are Yours respectfully,
UNITED STATES WOOD PRESERV-
ING COMPANY
ALEX REED, Vice President
The following has been received:
To the Editor of The Age-Herald
We note from an interview with the
mayor published in this mornings edi-
ton of your paper he is quoted as
saying that Dunn &. Lallande Bros. had
asked to be released of the contract for
paving Highland avenue" This is a mis-
take on the mayors part. We have not
asked to be released of any contract. but
we declined to accept that portion of the
work offered us by the city council From
a contractors standpoint there Is a
great deal of difference In asking to be
released of given piece of work and
declining to accept it. We stand ready
to sign the contract for the work orig
inally given us We simply want the facts
known. Yours very truly,
DUNN & LALLANDE BROS.
Birmingham, December 20, 1904.
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tinuance of the movement which they
have begun will necessarily result in the
discontinuance of the cotton ginning re-
ports of the census office, for without the
hearty and general cooperation of the
ginners, these reports would become val
ueless and their compilation an unpar-
donable waste of public money. The sit
uation would then revert to what it was
five years ago. But after the private
and interested estimates controlling the
market price have again for a few years
been too high, as they undoubtedly would
be, and the repeated losses of cotton
growers in consequence have again con-
WINGED them that the change they de-
manded in 1901 WAS a wise one. it will
be far more difficult and may be impos-
sible to induce congress to re-establish
a system which the cotton growers set
up once before only to tear 1t down when
1t CHANGED that a knowledge of the facts
was to their disadvantage.
l deem 1t my duty to acquaint you with
the probable course of the census office
in order that you may take any steps
which may seem to you desirable or nee
essary in connection with the matter.
Very respectfully
S. n. NORTH. Director.
Bureson Makes Statement.
JpOn receipts OIL the letter. MT. Burle-
son gave out the following statement:
Believing that it was to the interest
of the producer of cotton to eliminate
as far as possible the speculative ele-
ment from entering into. or affecting the
market price of his product, | caused
to be embodied in the act making the
census bureau permanent the original
item providing for statistics of cotton
ginned during the current year and the
result of the census bureaus labors in
carrying into effect this provision has
materially aided in accomplishing this
end. The result has not influenced a
change of opinion on my part.
IF 1 may be pardoned a personal al
fusion. a grower of cotton myself, having
frequently experienced the damage occa-
stoned by the high estimates and cock
sure assertions put forward by those
acting for spectators and cotton gamb-
lers, I felt the necessity of some impair
tial source of information which would
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Mr.. Mocormack's Bid.
Hollis Hall Damaged.

Cambridge, Mass, December 20
Hollis hall, the historic dormitory on
the old campus at Harvard, was dam
aged by fire today, and the building
was barely saved from destruction.
The loss has not been estimated. AS
this is the Christmas recess, there
were no students about
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American cunboat Aground.

Kingston, Jamaica December 20
The United States gunboat Wasp,
while proceeding down the harbor to-
night, bound for Colon, grounded on
a mud bank. She is still aground, but
1t is thought she will float tonight.
The British commodore at Port Royal
has volunteered his services.
e. I. Shaw & Son. undertakes. 3l2
North TweKsieth street Both phones g.
GREEN & CO., UNDERTAKINGS
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HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES
Via Central of Georgia Railway.

Fare and one-third round trip.
Tickets will be on sale December 81,
1904 and January l, 1905; final limit jan
uary 4. 1905.
Minimum rates SOC whole tickets, CSC
halves.
For additional information apply to
F. II. FELL. t. p. A,
Birmingham, Ala
Telephones 976. 12-3o-2t
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

L o S T-Small, mouse-colored Shetland
pony wearing blanket; strayed from
our stable on Avenue B; return and re
ceive reward The Birmingham Coca
Cola Co.
FOR RENT-Rooms single or en- suite
private family. 1906 6th Ave. 12-30-2
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COTTON GROWERS
ARE AN ENIGMA
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attention to the fact that the cont'nu-
ance of the census cotton ginning reports
is impossible without the complete, sym
pathetic and whole-hearted cooperation
of the thirty-odd thousand ginners of the
south. The census office cannot enter
into competition with a cotton ginners'
association which proposes to gather the
same data for private information only"
Moreover it cannot continue to promul-
gate statistics of the quantity OF cotton
ginned to certain dates, after 1t has rea-
son to believe that these reports are no
longer correct. owing to a concerted boy
colt by the ginners. Otherwise it would
be guilty of misrepresenting the thing 1t
is trying to get correct
No Interest In Matter.
The census bureau has no interest in
the matter whatever beyond the dis
charge of It's duty as established by law
and the maintenance of its reputation for
the compilation and publication of accu-
rate statistics.
l have therefore, decided to notify you
in this manner, and through you the cot
ton growers of the south, that the con-
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Open for business at the
same old stand.
PATRONS PHARMACY
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Officers Elected.
Personal and General.

Miss Minnie Culverhouse will entertain
the T. f. NJ. club tomorrow evening from
: 80 to H.
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President Beokwith Is M.

President BeckWIth IS TIT.
Oberlin, O., December 29.-President
Beckwith of the closed Citizens bank
is i'll of a general breakdown and has
had an attack closely bordering on
apoplexy.
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CONVICT TRIES A
DESPERATE RUSE
Throws Dynamite Into Car
Filled With Men
Gilt oAE nhaA L. ILuIrn
BUT ONE MAN is KILLED
Several Are Wounded, However, and
Panic Ensues-Guards Prevent
Escape of convicts BY Pres
ence of Mind.

Pratt City, December 29.-eSpeclal)-
VIII Filler, a lifetime convict, Is alleged
to have made a desperate dash for lib
erty. attempting to aid his escape by
throwing a stick of dynamite into car
of convicts, last night shortly after 6
o'clock. The convict miners that work
In No. mine of the Pratt division We're
being conveyed from No. to the Pratt
prison at No. 10 slope. The explosion
Of dynamite caused the Death OF one
convict and the serious injury of one
guard and a railroad empoye.
About 125 convicts were in the car in
which the dynamite was thrown, and a
wild sceen of disorder ensued. The guards
with remarkable presence Of mind
rushed to the rear of the train and held
the convicts in the car at the points of
their rifles.
Coroner Paris was on the scene to-
day beginning a thorough investigation
of the affair, which will be continued
until tomorrow. 1t is stated that all the
evidence so far points to Filler as being
guilty of throwing the explosive
As is the daily custom, the guards
loaded the convcts on the Birmingham
Southern train, provided for the purpose
of carrying the men to and from the
mine. It had just crossed Village creek,
when the whole train was shaken by a
loud explosion.
The rear end Of the train was badly
wrecked and a panic seized the oeeu-
pants Of the cars. The guards, however.
kept cool and succeeded in preventing
any Of the convicts from making their
escape.
It was seen at once that Jay Dawkins
coored, recently sent up from Henry
county, was fatally injured. He was
taken to the hospital and died in a
short time. p 1. Pickett, a state guard,
was seriously and perhaps fatally in
iured. George Delaney, an employee of
the Birmingham Southern, was painfully
injured. -Four or five other convicts In
the car sustained more or less painful
injuries.
Filler, who Is accused of throwing the
dynamite, was sent up from Bibb county
and was serving a life sentence. He is
said to have declared his intention of
making a dash for liberty and had. prior
to this time, planned to carry out his In
tentions.
The affair was kept very quiet last
night AMI nothing was known of it In
Pratt City until this morning
Officers Elected.
The election of officers by Enoch lodge,
No. 81, Knights of Pythias last night re-
suited in the following officers being
named; f. M Page. chancellor comman-
der; II. M Jennings. vice chancellor; Job
Going. prelate G, w Burke, master OF
work; w. C. Mcdonald, master of ex-
chequer; All Thomas, master of finance;
George Mckay, keeper of records and
seal; II. w. Love, master at arms;
James d. Duncan, inside guard; Strother
t. Key, outside guard; G. M. Taylor, All
Thomas and w. c. Mcdonald, trustees.
The newly elected officers will be pub
licly installed next Wednesday night
January 4. An interesting programme
has been arranged in connection with
the installation ceremonies
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Resolution to Re.advertise.

Whereas, it has been made apparent
to this board that the bids of the Stock
mar Construction and Manufacturing
company, presented on the oath instant
to this board for the construction of
the Birmingham high school building,
was not the lowest responsible bid; and,
Whereas. the award of said contract
to said Stockmar Construction and Man
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capita easie's
- Third Bid: For all male eonvicts over
is years Of age whose sentence Tor crime
~. Two years, s23.10 per month per cap
For all male eonviets over 10 years
u age whose sentence for crime IS one
zoe SSa n or over and less than Two years.
-, per month per capita.
ror all male convicts over 10 years OF
~ whose sentence for crime Is SIX
months or over and less than twelve
'ionths 81 per month per capita
or all male convicts over 10 years OF
ase' whose sentence for crime Is less lhah
siA months, SIS per month Per capita
FOR all boys under 10 years of age ana
an women, 50 per month Per capita.
Fourth Bid: We agree to pay the
same rates for mining coal as we are now
raging the state of Alabama, provided
me details for operating under the CON
tract can be satisfactorily arranged pc
tween your board and this company. Re
specfully submitted,
sLOsS-SHEFFIELD STEEL AND IRON
COMPANY.
by j. c. Maben. President
Mr.. Mccormacks Bid.
G. B. Mccormack and associates put in
this bid:
Birmingham, Ala, Dec 49, 1904.
The Honorable Board of Revenue Of
JEFFERSON county Birmingham, Ala
Gentlemen: We will pay for the JEFF
lerson county convicts for term of four
"a years, beginning January 1, 1905, fifteen
and thirty-hve one hundredths dollars
($l5.35) per capita per month, regardless
Of age sex, condition or term of sentence.
Should we be so fortunate as to Sc
cure the conviets We will at once begin
the erection of suitable prisons. and be
ready to take all of them within four
weeks from the acceptance of our propo-
stion. yours truly,
&c. B. MCCORMACK,
For himself and associates"
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BOARD WILL READYERTISE
FOR new HIGH SCHOOL BIDS
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self or rather his firm for this After
signing the letter, however, the follow
ing postscript was found at the bottom:
Should your honorable body see fit
TO decline our withdrawal, we stand ready
and Will gladly proceed with the work
al our bid"
This paragraph. II is said. is what has
caused so much discussion In the board,
and In fact, the real cause for the board
deciding TO readvertise for bids for the
contraction of the new building.
At the meeting Tuesday Mr. Gregg
made the statement that In his opinion.
the postscript was not on the bottom
o. the letter When asked concerning
this matter yesterday afternoon Mr.. Bow
man said
Yes, sir, the postscript was on my
proposition all the time. In fact. 1t
was on the original manuscript before
l. was sent tC my stenographer to be
written on the typewriter.
After yesterdays meeting had come to
a close, Mayor Drennen announced that
a certain resolution hal been adopted. He
instructed the secretary to give this out
for publication which was done. 1t fol-
lows.
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SOC Plaid Hosiery At 1OC
Csc Handk re hiefs
Friday Sale at &c

Of Cotton Swiss, embroid-
cred, scalloped and hem
stitched. There are about
three hundred left by the hol-
|idav crowds. AS New Year
giftsp Yes, very appropriate.
Think of the price, 9c-think
of the value, 25c. Three
hundred will melt away like
snow in sunshine.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29

The peculiar cough which indi-
Gates Group, is usually we'll known
to mothers of croupy children. No
time shonld be lost in the treat
ment of it, and for this purpose no
medicine has received more uni
versal approval than Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Do not
waste valuable time in expert
mentng with untried remedies,
no matter how highly they may
be recommended but give this
medicine as directed and all S, mp-
toms of Group will quickly dishp-
pear. For 81 lie by lkelman Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
Mixed Notes.

ID. j. Allen returned last week
from his Oklahoma and Missouri
trip.
kinnett's threshing outfit has
h,d quite run lately threshing
alfalfa seed.
John Fleming and family left
Tuesday night for their new home
in Cabool. Mo.
The farmers are still irrigating
the roads.
Sim Bragg has moved into the
house lately moved ON to com pa
ny land north of Holly by the A.
V. S. B. q 1. l.. Co., G. A. Archer
moving on to the place vacated by
Mr.. Bragg.
G. W. Robinson has moved from
north of Granada to the Rodeck
farm, four miles northwest of Hol-
ly, where he will farm the coming
season.
The socialists are getting out
stone and have started to build
their temple at Amity.
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Amity Items
Dare Coker has the grip.

Dare Coker has the gap.
Mrs. Arthur Inman is not any
better at this writing.
Commander Booth Tucker will
arrive at Amitv on No. 6 Thurs
day.
Cold weather stopped the work
On the drainage ditch for few
DAYS.
Che SIS House and Jimmy Childs
had to lay off from work at the
KY ranch on account of grip.
c. c. Jones and jim Mitchell
have each bought new De Laval
cream separator of J. p. Pinkham.
j. H Newman made a trip to
Kansas City last week to attend
the Machinery Dealers conven-
tion at that place.
Phil Frewing got off of No. 8
Tuesday. We don't know where
he had been, but maybe the coun-
ty clerk could tell.
Mr. Snodgrass started for Kan
sas this week. He has had rheu-
matism SO bad here that he will
try change of climate.
Ed T1ttle has a new "cub" at
work IN his harness shop here.
Ed sits back and plays boss, and
he seems to take to it as duck
takes to water,
c. A. Erlkson has just received
his first carload of the new coal,
which lie sells at 81 80 ton. 1t
burns with nice blaze, and free,
and in fact is FAR ahead of the coal
that is sold here as Ignite.
Il. House oil Granada got his
team down in crossing The river
here last Saturday, breaking the
buggy tongue and injuring one of
the horses quite badly, General
Cox also had to leave his buggy
in the river.
The Farmers Institute held last
week was attended by full house,
standing room being all taken.
The dairy subject, by Prof. Grit
fifth, was one which the people
are interested in and we think
will be of great benefit to the peo-
pie. STILL In BONDAGE.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
Wonderful Nerve.

Is displayed by many q man en-
during pains of accidental cuts,
wounds, bruises, burns, scalds,
sore feet or stiff joints. But there's
no need for it. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve will kill the pain and cure
the trouble. It's the best salve on
earth fer plies. too. 25c, at Ikel-
mans drug store.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
DENVER, COLO.

In recognition of the merits of
the DR.. Miles Anti Pain Pills for
the relief of headache and pain, to
which nearly every one is subject
more or less, arrangements have
been made whereby the DR.. Miles
Medical Co. will furnish trial
package of these wonderful little
tablets free 10 the subscribers oe
this paper.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
CLOSING OUT AT COST!

suits
Boys wool fleeced un-
derwear
Mems lin. and eel. cuffs
States :
Ladies' corsets
Boys fleece lined under
wear
Boys heavy rib hose
Mems uniined gloves
Mems gauntlet gloves
Mems work gloves
Ladies gauntlet gloves
Ladies kid gloves
Children's S Isle hose
Men's-ties
Boys ties
Infants wool rib wrap
pers
Mems suspenders
Boys suspenders
Boys corduroy pants
Mems duck coats
Ladies wrappers
Mems Jumpers
which we haven't space to
d we will have to move.