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was given by pupils in music, who are not in the most advanced grades, Every number was we'll rendered, and showed careful training. Monday night, the primaries and preparatories will enter tain. with fairy play nuder Miss Eloise Hemphilrs direction. Tuesday night will be the annual concert, which consists of a short programme of piano and voice numbers, followed by an operetta. Wednesday night twenty-four graduates will receive diplomas and certificates The address to the class will be delivered by Dr. A. P. Montague, president of How ard college.
 Tuesday, from 10 in the morning until 70 noon. and from to in the afternoon the art rooms of the seminary will be open to visitors. The public is cordially invited to see the many interesting fea- tures of study exhibited by the students, who have done so we'll under the train ing of the talented teacher, Miss Emma Jones.
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brainless7 You forget that Uncle Joseph would be the first to combat you if you said aught against me, and that down in hts heart he thinks am one of the eGmost promising lads of his acquaintance. Cos sip, then, Is rarely evil in intention when it deals with friends We speak of faults. but in our hearts are a thousand reser- vations and the memory of many virtues. Knowing our own feelings, we hesitate less to criticize. The great thing we must learn Is that gossip Is to be heard in the same kindly spirit and that 1t is not to be repeated. Whoever hears wrongly, or whoever carries i'll words wilfully, is in the devils service. Gossip you will if you are human. but be above carrying it, and be above misinterpreting Q thing that has been said about yourself. Laugh at the criticisms of your friends If ~------~-~>~->------|
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ALABAMA INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN.

Montevalle, Ala, May s.-(Special.)- The eight annual commencement of the Alabama Girls Industrial school at Montevallo was a most interesting occa- sion. <This institution of training and learning, though young in years, is gi- eantic in growth and development. The instruction is most thorough in every department, and the industrial exhibits were complete. Besides a thorough col- leeiate course, instruction Is given in dressmaking, sewing, millinery, cooking, teIegraphy, stenography, typewriting, nhysical training, pharmacy, elocution,
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TREBLE CLIFF CLUB.

The last meeting of the season of the Treble Clef club will be held tomorrow morning at 10:9O o'clock at the Conser- vatory of Music. Each member is urged to be present as the meeting is very im- portant. The meeting Is called by order of the president Mrs. M. V. Jospeh; Miss Lena Jackson, secretary.
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DINNER PARTY.

Mir. and Mrs. Bradley Sanders will en- certain at dinner on Monday evening, their guests afterward attending the opening of the season at East Lake and to occupy one of the boxes.
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STOvALL-kERLIN.

MT and Mrs. w. J. Kerlin announce the engagement of their daughter, Ser nice Edna, and Mir George Edward Stovall of Montgomery, the wedding to take place on the afternoon of June 22, at their residence, 222S Fifth avenue.
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the Semple school for the last two win ters. Miss Kinney will remain in Bir- mngham the month of June and will then join the Birmin gham party, includ- ing Mrs. Henry Brownlttle Gray, Mrs Runyon, who are going abroad with Mrs zac Smith. Many prominent southern people are to be members of the party. Miss Kinney will enter society the com ing winter ahd her beauty and bright ress have already attracted to her many admirers Last winter during the hoi- day season she spent short time In the south, and was one of the pronounced beauties and belles on every occasion. In Kew York she has attended many of the smartest affairs, the Bachelors and Spinsters balls and chaperoned by the lovely Mrs. Darlington Simple she has frequently been a guest sat the West Point oalls. Miss Kinney was among the young women in the automobile party last evening entertained by MT. and Mrs. Munger at their farm
 Among the Birmingham people who will go abroad this summer are MT and Mrs. l Walker Percy and their sister, Miss | Debordelaben They expect to sail l in July MT. and Mrs. sPercy's young son Leroy Percy is at school In Gwinn, Switzerland
 Mrs. F. G. Stevens sailed yesterday for Europe with Mrs. z. A. Blecldey of New l York After reaching Gibralter they VIII , take the southern trip through Spain. They have planned most delightful summer and having been abroad so often together these two bright women under | stand how to enjoy foreign life and to appreciate many interesting phases or foreign travel that the average tourist oNerlooks. In order to enjoy novel ex- perience they will sail from Spain in steamer bound for China and they will spend some time in Italy at Nice and Monte Carlo and will reach Rome in July They will spend a month tramp ing through Switzerland later taking In the chateau district the Saine and will | spend the early autumn in Paris
 Mrs. Stevens will said from England later in the autumn, but Mrs. Bleckley will remain abroad several weeks longer, with a party from Columbia University who will make some scientific investiga- tions in Siberia, Russia, Norway and Sweden
 Miss Marguerite White, the young daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frank s. White who has been attending the Fair mount Seminary at Washington is now the guest of friends in Philadelphia, and will go later to New York, where she will be joined by her mother and they will spend the summer at Nantucket, near Boston, Miss White, who Is very charming and attractive girl, will be in troduced next winter.
 Miss Rosa Munger is among the bright and attractive young girls who have re- turned the past week from school She has been attending Miss Baldwin's schoo at Stanton, Va, and her numerous friends are congratulating her in having won the music medal.
 MT Eugene Munger returned the pas week from the University of Virginia MT. Munger took a most prominent par in athletics and carried off the highly
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D. A. R. MEETING.

There will be meeting of General Sumpter chapter, Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution. on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. Lee Bradley, 1231 South Twenty-first street
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NOTHING COULD BE MORE
 GRATIFYING

and our business completely upset by the disaster, we have still been able to keep our large force of decorators busy by our many customers looking us up and continuing their patronage. w. D. Colby Decorating Co.,. 200S Third ave told Waterworks otiice).
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prized and coveted Anderson medal for athletics.
 Miss Edna Smith, the young portrait painter, who has her classes in the Watts building, will remain in town through the summer and her studio will be kept open. as she expects to continue her life classes and those in painting. The plans or the other artists in Brmingham's "quarter" are as yet immature.
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EuTERPEAN CLUB.

To give the public demonstration Of what can be accomplished by hard work and diligent practice the Euterpean club
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Al GOSSIP.

O~-.AL GOSSIP.
 Miss Lestra Kinney returned yesterday frcm New York, where she has been at
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MT Eugene Munger returned the past week from the University of Virginia. Mir Munger took a most prominent part in athletics and carried off the highly
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Miss Rosa Munger Is among the bright and attractive young girls who have re- turned the past week from school. She has been attending Miss Baldwin's school at stanton Va, and her numerous friends are congratulating her in having won the music medal.
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Than the splendid man. ner in which our trade has stuck to us under the adverse circum-
 stances of the past few
 weeks following our fire. Driven to a new and unfamiliar location
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Among the Birmingham people who will go abroad this summer are MT. and Mrs Walker Percy and their sister, Miss Debordelaben They expect to sail in July. MT. and Mrs. aPercy's young son Leroy Percy is at school in Gwinn, SWitzerland
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arena who will pun his Ley with =
<;<5= - s..ss=.-= e.
shaking. Ana they ~ili b. rsininsc-
ed hy sman army Of the new elect
who never "a. under the dome but
who will s=s--sace themselves in
stsntorisa tones as somebodies TO be
reekooed with.
Severed Of the most promiseat Re-
pnbiicsnS want an extra session next
summer, bat il now looks a. IL they
would - overruled The President
is certsinly against. Tor he feels that
the election was y definite and stu
pendous approval of current eondi-
tons uttered by people who are doing
"pre,ty well. l ihsnk you" aud who
are afraid that meddlcrs will tip over
the prosperity pitcher.
At Two Cabinet meetings during
the week the qaestion OF reducing
Southern representation IN Congress
in accordance with the terms Of the
Fourteenth Amendment, has been
warmly discussed. and only laid over
without definite decision because il
il necessary TO consult Mcssss Fair
banks. Cannon. Plat. Lodge. For
sker. aud others Congress will GER
tsinly consider such a measure during
the short session Of three months now
closely approaching. snd it seems not
unlikely that in spite Of furious op-
position il will be adopted next year
and driven forward as a paramount
issue Of the Republican party.
Oar colonial affairs continue % oc-
eupy a disproporiicnate amount Of
attention at Cabinet meetings. Our
wards are not entirely happy. Some
Filipinos are made because Messrs.
Taft ami Wright have combined io
warn them against discussing indie
penieuce. Panama h. 10 state MI
Hay calls "inciuient revolution" and
now com-s from Porto Ri-o the new,
that The Republican panty ha. been
over thrown ia this elections. and that
the sn-cslied Unioni~t panty has ear.
riei the day in overwhelming uum
ber- aud will rule the i-lani tar the
next four years Governor Winthrop
SAYS thc election was carried sgrinsl
the administration ly the cry ol "to,
much Amcricanism--we are giving
away all our privileges aud conccs
sions Co the Americans The turn
! eli the tables. An mslcontents seen
TO have united and swept the litti
island.
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WASHINGTON LETTER

WAssiScroS. ID. c.. Nov. H.
During the isst week Washington
has been crowded with visitors. They
were radiant Nth smiles snd efsior-
eseent wiki congratulations. Some Of
taem we're doubtless osics-seekers,
Uat they TALKED softly aud scarcely
ucntured 10 say more than "Rsnem
Der me la fact, Il seems a. if shs
sneo who are holding up their plat
tiers Tor some Of the porridge are much
fewer than Ia former administrations
Perhaps a y understood that "siand
pat" has ga Official a. well ss lexis
latlee signifcsaee. aad that ball Of
health w,il be giv~a 20 nearly all 81
the iseuR beats except such a. are
Pabiiely scotehed. Bat le, nal the
fresideat ielicitsts himself too Soon.
iiadss tbs white dome on Capitol
lI,li ~ils shortly assemble s.aa,y
athletic chsmpsoss 10 the psrs,ssa
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their ample standards aud idesls.
s.s.Fi; saas ss;sssssv. sis-sr religious
practices. their i~u,I-, their passions
and their eree.ls. The, dwell among
mountains. they are hunted hv
swarm % revenue agents. they know
none Of the so-csiIed rcfisemenss and
Civilizations of our lst,~r.dsy eivilixa.
lion. Bnt Bi~hep Hos. Of the Meth
odist Chureh. who has worked among
them for many years sni who knows
them well, has this TO say a. the re-
suit OF his long experience aud en-
lightened observation:
THE great majority of the moan
tsineers. a. have before said. are ex-
cellent citizens. loving their country
aud its flag. obrying its laws without
reluctance. and ready to fight fer IL
whenever any fighting needs to be
done. They are the defendants Of
the men who rode with Sewer and
Shelby to Kings Mountain in 1880
and of those who followed jackson 10
New Orleans in 1915. In the civil
war they divided sharply. Neutrality
is foreign to their natures. They are
always on one side OF the other. and
have : perfectly glorious capacity for
partisanship. The bulk Of them till
their own land with their hands.
They are great lovers Of their homes
and their families. Honesty. cour-
age. and hospitality are almost uni
verssl among them. Corr cribs 20
unlocked the year round. and faniI-
ties work in the field. leaving their
houses unoccupied and WIDE open all
day long. To be known as a coward
is to lose standing The turn away
a stranger who seeks food or shelter
is uuheard Of. Anarchists aud com
munists are. Of course, ont # the
question Belief in Christianity is
widespread. and is followed BY mem
beIShip in some church"
They have not SCARED TO monkey
dinners and dog receptions, neither
do they invade their ueighbor's fami-
lies or permit any one to invade their
own. They keep honor. dignity. the
virtue aud the fame II women out Of
the police court. and far sway from
the protection Of organized society,
they maintain standards Of purity.
fair dealing. truth, and loyalty for
which many OF our luxurious com
muuities would be the better II they
were only both able and willing to
initiate them. The mouutaiueers
have = place in our civilization. what
ever wandering busybodies and doc
trinsires may say or think to the
contrary Moreover. it is place
that would be more widely valued
were it better understood and more
honestly 6ned.-Washiugton Post
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JAMESTOWN
EXPOSITION.
Plans For Exposition Buildings
and Grounds Wen Under
WAY.

The three hunirclth anniversary
ST the settlement ofJsmcstouu which
will Doe celebrated n 1907 by au cv-
position BE- an event of roiuunie.t
interest not only Co Virginia but o.
the nation The colony of Virginia
dates from jamestown. iis ir,t VIII
lage aud first capital. aud jamestown
is the oldest Engli,h-speakinr settle
ment on che continent ol North
America.
While the celebration b.. rttic-
ularly interesting Co oli. Nu-uiaand
her uciehbof-. yea distinguished meu
FROM al sections OF the country have
testified their personal Interest Boo che
exposition. The Exposition Comps
ny have progressed quite way, with
their plans aud have advertised thc
affair throughout the entire country.
Hundred. ot letter, are GOA hlc DOB th,
office from high government officials
the President. several cabinet officers
many governor senators. c1nsres-.
mou. members ot Legislatures and
other. assuring the Company &c them
support. The Navy Department ha,
sgreed Co cooperate With thc Com
psny O. the extent of holding or
Hampton Road, iu 1907. just b,lou
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the exposition grounds. the grestest
naval rendezvous in the history Of
the country, II not Of the world To
do this our Navy Department will
ssk the co operation Of all Of tie
chief nations Of the earth.
The plans Tor the buildings and
grounds are well under way, some Of
them already completed. and the
Company recently placed the man
sgemeut Of their great enterprise in
the hands Of five governors who con
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~ i.srss sssss :. si- ety. ~ .:
which he has demonstrated the TACT
that he possesses ability % the very
highest order coupled with wonderful
energy aud determination without
iinif.
The exresstion hiss taken on new
lease Of life since the Board of Gov
errors was appointed and organized.
There are few People in Tidswster
Virginia who now entertain the
slightest doubt that at Sewell's Point
in 1907 a splendid and unique expo
sition will be held. The PEOPLE
around Hampton Roads are well &C
qusintei with the men who have the
undertaking in hand snd believe in
them. IL home people believe in a
man or set Of men strangers may
well do so.
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InE heavier rails. stronger bridges
snd more powerful locomotives re-
quirei lea American railroads by the
present demands OF tsritic have re-
suited ia the practical rebuilding Of
the trunk roads. during the past ten
years Ia ghe words Of II. l.. Stone
written Ia the Worlds Work, most
OF the equipment Of decade ago i'
now 10 the scrap heAP." \ single
locomotive now does work once call.
ing Tor three. Passenger trains OF
sixteen cars are not unusual. \
Through freight" average eighty
cars. aud on shorter runs one engias
sometimes hsuls 10. Ia 1892 ths
average weight Of passenger loco.
motive. with tender. was about seven.
ty-6ve tones The latest type Of To-
connective. with tender. for the Same
service. weights more than l42 tons
ouly ten years ago the famous Nc
999 Of the New York Central, ex.
hibised At the Chicago Worlds Fair,
was looked upon ~ a marvel in size
and speed; yet IL weighed oaly l02
tons. a. sginst the $50 tons Of the
present passenger engine Ia ths
same year the average weigh Of q
freight locomotive was eigh,y-hve
tons. The latest type OF compound
freight engine weighs Isl l2 tons,
and will haul more than 1000 tons OF
s.Oo0,eo pounds Of freight.
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peafness CANNOT De Cured

hY local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion ei thc car. There Is only one
tway to core deafness, and that is bv constitu-
ioual remedies. Deafness b. caused by an in
famed condition OF Che mucous lining Of the
Eustacaisn Tube. When this tube r iuhamcd
You have rumbiing sound or imperfect hear
ing and when 10 is euureiy closed. Deafness Is
the result. aud unless the Inflammation can De-
taken out and this tube restored 90 ITS normal
condition, hearing will be DESTROYED forever.
which is nothing but an iuhamcl condition OF
toe mucous surfaces.
We will give Onc Hundred Dollars for any
ease Of Deafness (cau,cd by catarrh) that can
not be- cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send Tor
circulars, iicr.
81. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold hv nrurEtsts use.
Halls Family piil. are The best
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OUR SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINEERS

On many occasions in the past the
Post has had good words TO say for
those much misunderstood aud most
uDjustly criticised fellow-creature OF
our, the Southern Mountaineers. We
have protested against the commea-
tatoVs who dwelt cNtravagantiy. al
most always falsely. nPon their ina
Projections withou, once paying trib-
ute to their virtues. Circumstances.
unwise laws oppressiveiy administer
ed, climatic aud physical conditions
have msde them a people apart, bat
the fact does not excuse their ma
ligRers or divorce them from the sym
pathiet Of open-miRded mea. The
truth is that they have changed very
little 10 the process sf the Succeeding
generations which intervene between
them and their Scotch aud English
ancestors who came to Ameriea ia
the seventeenth century with 0gle-
thorpe aud through the medium OF
tha I.ondon Company They have
kept nailnraired their love Of freedom
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PUSHING WORK ON OLD 3 c.
The Greatest Activity on the
Line Near ClinChport.

GATE Cry. Va. Nov. 19.-The
manner ia which Mr.. Geo l.. Carter
has been hustling things in this
county for the past ten days makes it
look H. II this section is TO have a
new railroad in y very short time. On
the section of about fifteen miles in
length between Ciinchpoit and Fl.
Blackamore. a large force Of hands is
at,work AMI rapid progress j. being
made While the work is ON the
grade Of the G. G.. c., yet material
changes have been made by the eu.
gineers. the object being 70 get the
very best grade possible. All the
work being done is Of most perms-
nent and substantial character. snd
about it there is an air If busines.
and determination that means a great
deal
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A Runaway Bicycle

Terminated with an ugly cut on The leg
Of j. b. Ornsr, Franklin Grove. III. IL
developed stubborn ulcer unyielding
TO doctors aud remedies for four years.
Then Rucklen's Arnica Salve cured. It's
Just as good FOR Burns, Scalps, Skin
Eruptions and Piles. 25c. At j. W.
Reiiy's Drug Store. AZ
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water people was to say nothing. but
to work. and that they were looking
for nothing but low grade TO tide
water in order to haul heavy freight.
such as coal at the least possible ex-
pense.
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THE United States supreme court
ends the coloring Of oleomArgarine 10y
deciding tina, pslm oil esnno, be used
In its manufacture
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Nr Vb.mas \ S.nthv.t, presi
dent OF the 4 - S,nthoate Comma
nv. rs the head of an. az Che large,
commission frm, In this countr
south al Baitimor. There are fe,
men. ii any. Who eniov~ more thor
ionehlv than DE does the confidence q
his fellow citizens Ia a city wher
isctional .trife sometimes runs high
Ma Soutnrate has had no opposition
; tor office. lleisa director Of som
OF the largest institutions in Norfolk
The chief executive officer of IN
Board and Of the company will b
the Chairman of the Bosrd of Gov
ernors. 10 woali have been impos
Nble TO have foend better msn 90
she place than the one chosen. Nj
lC. Brooks Johnston of Norfolk. NJ,
Johnston. who was twice electe
MAYOR OF Norfolk. is absolutely a sell
made msn who has hua, Mp a Iarg
personal fortune through diut q
strenuous effort. His public spiri
Is remarkable aud the display %
at various times has been of immens
benefit TO his community. lie wa
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TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

How dear TO the heart Is
Cash on subscriptions
When the generous subscriber
Presents Il TO view.
But the man who wont pay
We refrain from description
For perhaps, gentle reader.
That may be you.
An editor in Ohio would have been
fatally wounded had il not been that the
hall struck a silver dollar in his pocket
that had just been paid by a delinquent
subscriber -Efch0ngc