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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
From the Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore NeWs
 XNN a recent Christmas Eve Mrs.
 kOI Chadwick invited her husband
 > to go to the theatre. Before they left their home on Euclid avenue, she
 called up a firm of house decorators
 and gave them instructions. When the
 theatrical performance and the supper
 which followed were over they returned to their home, but nobody would have recognized it. If some fairy godmother
 had waved her magic wand over the establishment it could not have been any more transformed Not piece of furni- ture, not a hanging, not rug, picture or piece of bric-a-hrac that had formerly been there remained everything was changed.
 This is my Christmas present to you,"
 was all she said when she returned.
 A woman clerk in one of the large de- partment stores of Cleveland has the fol- lowing to say of Mrs. Chadwick as customer:
 Mrs Chadwick was eccentric when 1t
 came to shopping, but she bought and
 bought so lberally that every last one
 of the girls were only too glad to wait
 on her. If she was buying dress goods and velvets-and the finest kind of im- ported goods were her particular choice
 she would say: Never mind measuring it; send the whole piece Sometimes part
 of the niece would be returned, but more often all of it would be kept. What she
 did with all the stuff she bought IS pe- yond me. We found it hard to please ner
 fancy. but anything she liked she bought freely"
 Florists tell how Mrs. Chadwick would nick I'D a little child on the street ana
 lavish flowers of the most costly Kind or ,ba voungster Often, they say, child
 ren would go out on the street laden with the costliest of roses orchids, vio- lets or whatever flower happened to be
 in season at the time
 Inst before Christmas several years ago Mrs Chadwick walked into Cleve land toy store and pulled out written | list that, according to the store officials, was two yards long. Nothing but toys
 was on the list, and when Mrs. Chadwick had finished buying, her bill was ir the
 neighhorhood of $500. Dolls galore were bought Mrs. Chadwick saying that she
 wanted something like 100, the price to range from $1 to 8 each. Personally she | made no selections, leaving that to the clerks who had waited on her. but when the bill was presented it was paid at once
 The toys were distributed among orphan asylums and the different children's wards in the hospitals, and many heart was gladened that Christmas by the be- nevolence of an unlKnown person. as Mrs.
 Chadwick expressly stipulated in buying the goods, that the recipients must not know where they came from. A year ago, 1t is said. the same plan was followed, but in different way the goods last year being purchased at number of different places.
 Many stories are related of the doingn l of Mrs. Chadwick in her dealings with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

Total ...7.6419s2 5175,957 7,21181O 6.95Is26
 Even in Alabama the democratic vote fel off 16.o41, and in the entire Parker received 1,1S1,S69 os than Bryan did in 1900. Nne.e and Who were the 1,1S1. .S69 This is the chief and perhaps the only material question of the returns. There is no use of saying anything about the natural increase of the democratic party-the youa. men; it is sufficient to ask. where were the democrats of the year 1900 on the eighth day of last November The man who can con vincinglY answer that question can explain last months vote as nearly as any L. ional vote can be explained
 All we know is, the ,1SlS69 did not vote Cor Roosevelt. for his vote was but 430,122 greate than McKinley's l, ears ago He got the natural incre .se of his party no more. Par ker had fewer votes than Bryan in thirty-seyen states. IIe got more votes ill eight states, namely. Delaware, Georgia Massachusetts, Mississippi, Rhode island, South Carolina. Tennes- see and West Virginia. In thirty-eight states, including the leading contested states, his vote fell off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
shrevaport,s Cotton Convention.

A very large convention composed of cotton growers and of men other wise interested in the staple, met yes terday at Shreveport. It proposes to discuss the boil weevil in all it's as. poets. It recognizes the fact that if the insect be permitted to extend its ravages to all parts of the cotton belt, the south can no longer produce the commercial cotton crop of the world. Rivals will appear on the scene. It becomes doubly important, therefore, to head off," if possible, the pest that Mexico has handed us.
 The government agents say it is use less to try to prevent the insects from covering new territory. They also say the weevils are here to stay, or rather in Texas. Some day, says the govern ment man, they will appear in Ala bama, and they will stay in Alabama ever afterwards, living happily no doubt in our cotton fields.
 The entire theory of the department of agriculture relates not to the de- struction of the insect, but to the erad ication of ignorance in the farmers. It teaches by practical demonstration bet ter cultural methods, and in this way Texas has been enabled to grow this year a large crop. The points incul- cated in almost every township in Texas by the agents of the department of agriculture are as follows:
 1. Burn every stalk in the fall while still green. This exterminates the hiber- hating weevils.
 ?. Plow deeper. This helps force the cotton,
 3. Harrow your ground all winter. This keeps up the work.
 1. Plant early.
 B. Use early maturing seed.
 6. Use fertilizers.
 T. Plant the cotton in wide rows, a lit tlo wider than the cotton grows high, and with the stalks wide apart this lets the sum in, and the sun kills the weevil
 s. Use a tooth harrow as soon as the cotton appears, This breaks the earth crust and helps the cotton grow.
 g. Keep cultivating the cotton and agi- tate the squares to knock off the weevils'
 10. Pick up the fallen squares and burn them. This Is extremely important.
 II. Control too rapid growth of the plant by barring off or blowing the ridges away from the growing rows, leaving ridges between the rows.
 12. Select your seed for future crops from the earliest and largest bolls Don't get any weevils in your seed.
 18 Rotate crops; plant cotton one year, cowpeas and corn the next. Never let cotton succeed cotton in the same land.
 IA Plant legumes freely between the cotton rows. It improves the mechanical conditions of the soil.
 In this way the farmers can, it Is claimed, get good share of their crop out of the way before the weevils be- come very destructive. The bolls are killed at a certain time in July, but all bolls that can be well started before that time will become opened and their product will be intact. High and even
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
LINES ON DECEMBER.
Robert Southey.

By Robert Southey. Though now no more the musing ear Delights to listen to the breeze That fingers OCT the greenwood shade,
 l love thee, winterl well. Sweet are the harmonies of spring; Sweet is the summers evening gale; And sweet the autumnal winds that
 shake
 The many-colord grove. And pleasant to the sober soul The silence of the wintry scene, When nature shrouds herseA, entranced
 In deep tranquility. Reflection, too, may love the hour When Nature, hid in winters grave. No more expands the bursting bud,
 Or bids the foweret bloom. For Nature soon in springs best charms Shall rise revived from winters grave. Expand the bursting bud again.
 And bid the flower re-bloom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
IN HOTEL LoBBlES
syIacauoa Is Prosperous

 We have one of the best lilue q'''s in the state of Alabama sala U, H Bishop of sylacauga. who is spenolhs al, a few days at the Hotel Hillman' me farmers all made splendid crops tnls year and the merchants are enjoying an era of prosperity.
 "The marble industry is being con ducted on large scale. Our quafiies' which are located about three miles rom sylacauga, are working a large force or or men, and we have a ready market TOT all of our product. In fact the demand is greater than the supply.
 The people of sylacauga are preparing to entertain royalty the delegates ana visitors to the annual meeting or the Alabama Press association, which VIII be held there next June. The Commercial Club will appoint committees soon, and they will go to work preparing for the visit of the newspaper people Of Ala bama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
InvestInu in Stocks.

While there is comparatively little stock speculation on margins in Birming- ham. the solid investment business is steadily increasing" said a prominent broker. This shows that Birmingham
 people are accommodating capital and are seeking good stocks and bonds as per- manent investments.
 When railroad shares of real value were selling low last spring many of them were purchased by local people. and whenever there is a slump there are always buyers here to take advantage of the tempting prices. This class of busi- ness grows right along
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
Georula Politics,

Colonel William Neill, formerly of Ma con, but now proprietor of the St. Nich- olas, is very much interested in the gubernatorial campaign that is being waged in Georgia. While the contest will be one of the warmest that the Empire state of the south has had in years" he said, q have, this early in the game. picked out Clark Howell as the winner MT. Howell is at present the president of the state senate and is one of the most popular men in the state."
 Colonel Neill Is member of Governor Terrelrs staff and is we'll informed on Georgia politics,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
MT. PIait's Fill in Northern States.

MIs Tiutl , Llll III nUf lUSiU OidtVS.
 Up in Massachusetts they do not like Senator Platt's bill That state had in the census year 53,694 males of 21 years of age who could not read and write and who cannot vote It presumably has 60000 illiterates now, and 60,O00 males of voting age is just about the basis of congressional rep resentative. Massachusetts would therefore lose a member of congress if the Platt bill could gain a hearing and become a law.
 If this foolish bill," says the Boston Post, lever gets a hearing before con gress, we may count upon our repre- sentatives standing up for themselves with a good deal more backbone than they have shown in standing up for their constituencies in the matter of free hides, free coal. free iron, free fish"
 Besides shutting illiterates from the polls the laws of Massachusetts cut out "all paupers and persons under guardianship" Massachusetts might in fact lose two members if the Platt bill should become law. As matter of fact Massachusetts does not pro pose to submit to any reduction in representation. Neither does Pennsyl vania. which has tax-paying qualif cation. In Connecticut citizen must be able to read the English language
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
LAVISH EXPENDITURES
 MADE BY MRS. CHADWICK

tradesmen in the grocer and butcher line. Once it is said that she took liking to the little son of a butchef near her home She took the lad down town, it is said, and clothed him from head to foot with the most expensive clothes, buy ing not one one outfit, but several. Then the jewelry stores were visited and it is said the boy was given watch and chain and everything his little heart de- sired, taken home in Mrs ChadwiclSs carriage and landed at his own home, the happiest boy in Cleveland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

forced farming. in other words, is all the hope the department holds out to the cotton growers. The Shreveport convention can at least promote CO., operation between the states and the general government, and it can per haps help pull with the government towards better farming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
ADJUSTMENTS
sherlock Holmes"

Sherlock Holmes" the famous detec- tive play that was made popular by Will liam Gillette, was presented at the Jef- ferson theatre yesterday afternoon and last night. The unique character whose adventures form the basis of the play and furnish the thread of the plot is one of the most original conceptions in literature as well as on the stage, and the play is therefore always interesting. The com pany at the Jefferson gave very good performance, and one that was enjoyed by the audience. Erroll Dunbar is very clever as Sherlock Holmes, and he Is given fair support. The exciting incidents of the play the weird personality of the great detective and the marvellous skill with which he unravels the most intricate problems are so far in advance of any thing that Nick Carter has ever done that there Is positively no comparison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
Great Musical Artist.

Tn musical circles the piano recital which William H. Sherwood Is to give at the Conservatory next Thursday night is the chief topic just now" said well known club man. MT. Sherwood is great artist. If Birmingham has any musical feeling 1t will be shown on the occasion of this recital A full house will to Birmingham credit. while poor house would give a black eye to Blr- mingham's pretensions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
About Persons.

J. Lea Watson of Atlanta Is at the Hillman.
 William F. Patterson of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
 H. D. Reynolds of Columbus, Ga is at the Hillman.
 J. w. Randall of Louisville is at the Colonial,
 John F. Donvan of Chattanooga is registered at the Colonial.
 N. E. Hunter of Philadelphia, is at the Metropolitan.
 K. c. Robertson of st. Louis is at the Metropolitan.
 w. R. Jackson of Jemison is at the Morris.
 w, C. Paden of Gadeden is at the Morris
 G. A. veasey of Dadeville is at the Morris
 H. c. West of Vernon, is at the St. Nicholas.
 Harvey B. Bradley of New York is at the St. Nicholas,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
At the BiIou.

'The Lighthouse by the Sea-" a con Ventional melodrama with a rather un- usual setting began a weeks engagement at the Bjou theatre last night. The pro- duotion is characterized by exceptionally good scenic effects The storm on the coast when the lighthouse beacon is ex- tinguished by the villains and a young girls walk across a clothes line to the tower and sets the light aglow again IS strikingly realistic. The cloud effects and the flashes of lightning make a pretty spectacle.
 The story deals with the adventures of an old lighthouse keeper, Caleb Cole, and his granddaughter. The girl falls in love with Paul Clifford, a young coast pilot and promises to marry him, but about this time the villain has, as he believes, succeeded in having the old man dis charged for old age and incompetency but says he will let the keeper remain if the girl will accept him for her hus- band. The girl agrees in dispair but the
 old man refuses Then the villain and another young pilot, who has wrested the appointment as lighthouse keeper from the first villain. They put out the light during a storm, the young pilot is off the rocks in a ship he Is piloting to
 harbor and a calamity is threatened but l the heorine walks across to the tower l from the cliffs and the light flashes out
 again. There are some more complica-
 tions, but all is well in the end and the l villains are vanquished
 1 Harry B. Bradley as the lighthouse
 keeper gives a very good portrayal of the 1 rugged old salt while Lem c. Reeves as 1 the ex-convict Is a successful and odious villain Louis Haines, asi Tom Cod, the lay country boy. gives a character
 study that Is intensely amusing and done l just right. The other members of the 1 company are fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
WANTED HIGHEST FIGURE.

From the Fiiegende Bladder
 Matrimonial Agent-I have here a widow who has four daughters. The youngest is IS and will have dowry of 10000 marks; then comes one 22 years old. with a dowry of 15,Oo0 marks; then one 30 years 25.000 marks. and the oldest, 40 years, 50O00 marks,
 Client-Yes. and the widow?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
Saw the Paris Dispatch.
Little Change in Condition.

Raleigh, N. C., December l2.-Dr. Her bert Royster who remains with Mortimer Brooks at Pittsboro, reported tonight that there is little change in the condition of the wounded man. Reginald Brooks and pr. Folk left for New York this after noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
Friends, owe more tears To this dead man, than you shall see me pay.
 Julius Caesar.
Last Konth s Vote.

The official figures of the popular vote cast last month are still un- reported. put figures substantially cor rect are at hand from every state, and The Age Herald presents them to- gether with the official figures of four
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

When President Roosevelt comes south many prominent citizens" will have an opportunity to do/ themselves nroud in the matter of speeches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
Knew Nothing of Ceremony.

Knew Nothing of Ceremony. The witness said that the marriage had taken place in Mexico but he had no knowledge of the ceremony and never had made any inquiries concerning it. It was brought out by MT. Taylor that the witness had displayed no concern on the subject of the marriage because he believed the marriage to be a plural one
 MT. Reynolds says he has twenty-six children. He gave the names of the first seven persons of the seventy of which he Is the fourth in rank. Three of the seven were polygamists. He (Rey- noldsl had two wives now.
 'If you were to marry another wo- man tomorrow which would be your legal wife?'
 ''The one last married"
 Would that not be adultery?"
 "It would be if I continued to live with more than one."
 MT. Reynolds said he understood that the manifesto of 1890 permitted Tim to live with his plural wives without vio- lating the law but that no further wives could be contracted. Witness acknow- lodged that he has had children by two wives since the manifesto of 1890. Wit ness had never preached against polyg- amy, nor had he tried to get others to do so.
 
 of any effort made by any officials of the church to carry out the provisions of the Woodruff manifesto, putting an end to polygamy. Mir Reynolds said he was one of the advisers who aided in per- fecting the Woodruff manifesto, which was first submitted in President Wood ruffs handwriting. He testified that the committee had revised the manifesto. q believe the manifesto is said to a fVF11a n Burrows.
 .It was a revelation from the AL mighty"
 And you changed it?"
 "Not the meaning"
 'You just changed the phraseology?" ''Yes, sir"
 "Then, as I understand it." said Sen ator Burrows, when this revelation came from the Almighty. the grammar was bad, and you corrected it?'
 Committee Room in an Uproar. The witness said the phraseoogy had not been inspired, but was President Woodruff own. This testimony kept the committee room in an uproar.
 John Henry Hamlin of Salt Lake City the brother of Lillian Hamlin, whom the Protestants have tried to show was mar ried to Apostle Abram Cannon on the high seas in 1896, said it was the family conviction that Mr. Cannon was married to his sister in the summer of 1896, and the ceremony was performed by President Smith on the Pacific ocean, Lillian was an attractive young woman. He had not heard from her for four or five years ana did not know where she was now She had one child, he said, daughter, who goes by the name of Martha Cannon, s,Xyell nobody doubts that the child Is Abram Cannon's daughter?" asked MT. Taylor,
 No. sir" was the reply.
 On cross-examination the witness said he had no positive proof that his sister had married Cannon. His sister had att tended the funeral services of MT. Cam non and her child inherited the estate of Mir Cannon.
 Adjournment was then taken until to- morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

It is now believed that Mrs. Chad wick had plenty of confidence in her self even if she did have doubts about her securities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

Ella Wheeler Wilcox attempts to de- fend the mother-in-law. nlla is always doing something that no one else would care to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

The Letter girls seem to have penchant for British noblemen. Miss Daisy is the third daughter to choose a husband from across the water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

Massachusetts will soon behold Gen eral Miles. in full uniform. The sun sets are not in it when he goes on dress parade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

A hog tried to eat box of cartridges in a Pennsylvania town and was con verted into pork sausage without the necessity of visit to the sausage grinder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

Some of the Ohio bankers can be fooled. that is certain, and it may be all of them can be fooled when Mrs. Chadwick is conducting campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

The Mrs. Chadwick case is to be dramatized, but the dramatist does not know whether to turn it into a com edv or to rig it out as melo-drama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

Mrs Chadwick's method of burglar izing banks is far in advance Of the old-time dynamite plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

A Wall street financier can be thrown into panic easier than any other living creature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

No city is complete without sky scrapers and subways. Birmingham needs several subways under it's rail road tracks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

Tom Lawson has plenty of initia- tive. and all he needs for success is some of Mrs. Chadwick's hypnotic power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

The arid belt of which Kentucky is the center is still holding out against the winter storms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

It can be mathematically demon strated that all of the 3O,0OO lawyers in New York city do not belong to it's 400.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

Santa Claus and the amateur stock gamblers are not in touch at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

Get your fireworks ready-David B, Hill is about to retire from politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13

As soon as the Mrs. Chadwick case is disposed of the Reed Shoot case will be taken up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
iRI REYNOLDS TELLS HOW HE
 HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY DUPED
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 talk with George Ryall, attorney for Herbert D. Newton of Brookline. Mass. Mrs. Chadwick seems to be enjoying the best of health now. and says that she will be in good condition to meet the legal complications in~sGleveland.
 Saw the Paris Dispatch. According to Lawyer Carpenter, Mrs. Chadwick saw the letter from Paris. in which her husband was quoted as com menting on her case, but she made no comment.
 MT Carpenter also said in reply to in quiries, that Mrs. Chadwick had seen the statements that she was accused of asserting that she was the natural daugh- ter of Andrew Carnegie, but would not comment on 1t.
 Does it not seem absurd MT. Car penter continued that woman say ing she was the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie could go into a Cleve- land bank and secure money on her mere assertion? If such is the practice in Cleveland there ought to be lunatic asylum founded for Cleveland bankers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
DIVORCE GRANTED
 FROM DEAD PEOPLE
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 tober 1 (date of address was not offered in evidence) to decide whether they want ed to accept the teachings of the ehuroh In the event they did not want to ac- cept the doctrine President Young said he was going to give them their freedom to go where they would. He said he was talking to all women, his own wives in- cluded first wives and plural wives.
 Mr. Taylor asked MT. Reynolds if that promise to the women related to President Youngs authority to grant divorces. The witness said he thought the president did not mean that.
 Then what did he mean?
 'I think he was talking as a man who was annoyed and did not mean what he said" replied MT. Reynolds.
 Mir Taylor showed the witness a con- tract of separation between George T. and Ellen Watson, which 4Ar. Reynolds ao- knowledged he executed In 1897. He said that he does not know whether the mar riage he dissolved was plural one or not.
 Are you a polygamist?" MT. Taylor asked
 ..Yes, sir' answered Mir. Reynolds.
 Have you any children married in polygamyY
 'I believe so; one daughter"
 "To whom is she married?'
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