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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15
LOCAL BASKETBALL
 SEASON OPENS Athletic Clubs First Games on
 December 29. AT HOME TO THEIR FRIENDS Followed By a Big Dance-sub-com- mittees Appointed to Promote Va rious Departments of the
 Club Life.

The Athletic club has arranged for a big entertainment on Thursday evening December 29 the occasion being the open ing games of the local basketball series for the championship of the Athletic club. In addition to two match games between the Reds and Whites and the Blues and Fellows, there will be a dance after the contests. As has been the custom in the Athletic club for number of years, the opening basketball game of the season will be free of admission, and the club will be thrown open to the club mem bers and their friends
 The opening game of this series has been scheduled for Friday December 30, but as a special courtesy to the Y. M. c. A, who play Yale on that night, the Athletic club have changed their date.
 The Teams.
 The following players will compose the four Athletic club teams:
 Reds-Berry, Hood, Ansley. Drake, Me Cartin. Donoho and Schmitt.
 Whites-Braxton, Wellman, w. w. Will son, Spencer, Robinson, McEwen, Klotz, Reid and Schute.
 Blues-Balzer, Griggs, Dryer. Gibson, Wittichen, Mutt, Troasdale. Riddle and Chairsell.
 Yellows-Johnson, Peebles, Peace, Nor rison, Woodruff, G. Hunt, Bell, Phillips -nd Ware.
 Lovers of basketball are rejoiced that Joe Riddle is back in the game. as he Is one of the best and most popular athletes Birmingham has ever produced It will be remembered he was hurt the latter part of last season, and could not play in several important games.
 Frank and Eugene Jones are not able to start in the game at this time, but they are counting on getting In later This years rules give big men an ad- vantage which would make the Jones brothers especially valuable.
 Bod Ware. Ed Charsell schmitt. Lee Wellman and several others of last sea son's stars are showing up splendidy, as the Spencer, Robinson, Woodruff ano some other new players.
 Athletic Committees.
 All departments of the club life are piooPOiAiS as htNSi DCAOAO eAN oAC aA under the general supervision of the en- tertainment and athletic committee, com posed of Hill Ferguson, chairman. Ed Warren, Sid B. Jones and the Miles brothers. The following subcommittee have been appointed:
 Boxing and wrestling, Jack Riddle, J. l H. Ross and T. A. Moross; to arrange a n1id-winter tournament Handball, R. Preston Means, John F7et- cher and Charles E. Burruss; to look af ter the details of the handball tourna- ment now being played in the club.
 Bowling, Roger Snyder John Leedy and l., N. Archer; to promote contests witt the Country club. the Appollos and other bowling teams.
 Pool and billiards Ben Reynolds, James Wood and w. B. Small; to have charge of the pool tournament which will be played after the holidays.
 Chess and checkers, John Henley, w. s Houghton and E. F. Beecher; to look af ter the general welfare of this depart. ment of the club.
 Mid-winter minstrels, J. E. Dedman Louis Hill and Sydney Lazarus; to gel up the Athletic club minstrels, which vii be given probably In February.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15
A Go-cart free with each can of Baking Powder. soc. A. & F. Tea Go.
NOTICE.

We are just receiving and will hereafter carry a stock of Steel Plate and Shapes of the sizes not manufactured, or readily secured in thls market, enabling us to more promptly execute any work in the Steel Plate or Struct- ural line. Let us have your inquiries. The Means & Full ton Iron Works, Birming- ham, Ala. Bell Phone 26O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15
HOLIDAY EXCURSION
Rates Via the Southern Railway,

For Christmas Holidays, the Southern railway will sell tickets from all stations at the very low rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold on December g, 24, 25 and B. 1904 and January 1, 1905, limited returning January 4. 1905.
 Student Rat 's-Tickets will also be sold to students of schools and college. upon presentation of certificates signed by principals or presidents thereof, Decem- her IT to 24. inclusive. with final limit January S. 1905 For full information and ticket> apply to any agent of the South ern railway. J. N. HARRISON,
 District Passenger Agent R. B. CREACH, Tray. Pass. Agt.
 Birmingham. Ala. l2-7-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15
XMAS DECORATIONS.

For decorating the "Xmas Tree" use the latest electrl- cal effects. Do away with the dangerous old-time can- dles. Put in your order now. Would appreciate your visit to our display rooms.
 B'han R., l.. & F. Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15
XMAS DECORATIONS.

For decorating the "Xmas Tree" use the latest eiectr1- cal effects. Do away with the dangerous old-tlme can- dies. Put in your order now. Would appreciate your visit to our display rooms.
 B'haiA R., l. & E. Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15

Let us look at what Mir. Kilgore has done fifty bushels of corn per acre at a cost of 10 cents per bushel. Other farmers in Walker county, near Jasper, have done nearly, if not equally as well.
 This corn is now woth 50 cents per bushel But this is not all. A crop of COW peas was grown with this corn crop, worth at least one-third as much as the corn. Then besides there Is, or should be, cn the land a fine crop of winter rye for pasture. Now this is the way to farm to get all possible out of the land. but at the same time be restoring to the soil more plant food than Is taken out Sometimes l feel very much discouraged when I think how slow many of our farmers are in learning these things. True. we have farmers in almost every locality who are producing such results as we mention here, but the trouble Is we do not have enough of them, and we have so many who refuse to be profited by such ex- amples as these best farmers, like MT Kilgore set for them
 Again we heard that pork could not be profitably grown in the south. Mir. Kil- gore Is finishing off over 100 fine porkers, which cost him 2H2 cents per pound to raise up to the point where he has just put them on corn to finish them off for market, which may add one-half cent more, or about cents per pound. With such results as this right at their door many cotton farmers are buying north ern grown meat and paying 10 cents per pound for 1t.
 What about poultry? Why one farmer in north Alabama the other day sold fourteen turkeys for $50 cash. When asked how the cost of growing those tur- keys compared with that of producing a bale of cotton, he said: There is no comparison at all. 1 hardly know or miss what it required to raise those turkeys. It was almCs, like picking up just that amount of money"
 We have seen many fine droves Of turkeys and many good chickens on this trip, and have also seen farmers selling little, almost worthless chickens at 12Is cents each. Why no farmer should think If producing a chicken that would not bring at least 30 cents.
 I know a lady who is in the poultry business. and she gets from So cents to SO cents for every dressed chicken that she places on the market. In every place where we have been there is a home de- mand for chickens and eggs that cannot be supplied. or rather is not supplied.
 Book Farming.
 We have been very much aroused at the prejudice against what many farmers call book farming. We have had farmers where we go to hold farmers institutes says to us: Why, you fellows are book farmers; you farm on paper: you can't go out and farm with a blow" Regarding this, there Is not much use to spend time with such men or farmers, for they do Lot seem to know or care that the farm CTS right in their neighborhood who are making the most out of farming are men who read and think and then act. We found on this trip that the reading book farmers would come out to our meetings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15

Carey's Magnesia Flexible Cement roof ing manufactured by the Phillip Cary Manufacturing company. Lockland. o. was awarded the gold medal at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. for it's superiority, high quality and durability. over other roofing material. Birmingham office. 20O4 Avenue A. H-iV-n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15
The Reduced Price Sale in the Women's Ready-tO-We De-
 partment Continues.

The sale which started aupousy Saturday continues We were busy and had crowd from the opening the doors Women avail themselves of the getting high class and
 latest style at 25 regular price, The thing that particularly emphasizes the fact that the largest and most varied eady-towear ments in the South and likewise the reputation of reasonable prices in this sale, including exceptional bargains
 Waists, peated and hannel-blac Regular price 1.50, 95c
 Waists Waists at 245 Waists sat
 Coats-some Kersey Coats 495 27inches long, lined throughout velvet trimming. Regular 7OO Coats at Coats at $1200 S4s $1650 al $125O Coats at ss5 $225O 175o
 In Sutwentyfve 12O0 Suits 795 of gray mixture trimmed Norfolk and peated skirts Regular price 1200 special price 795.
 Suits s2250 Suits at $275O Suits $1850 Suits 1495
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15
ON THE RACE TRACK
At New OrIe ans.

 Aladdin were the only winning favorites today Crimmins. who had the mount on St. sevoi. favorlte in the last race fell off as they left the post. The weather was clear and the track muddy. Sum- mary:
 First race. selling five furlongs-Tot- ness. 1o5 c. Martini, to ?. won; oriskapy' 1o5 GA. Brennan), 50 to l. second; Little Jack Horner. go (schinng), to 1, third. Time, los s-5
 Second race. selling. mile and quar- ter-Aladdin, no (NieoD. to 10, won; George Vivian. 91 (Baird), 12 to 1, sec ond Locking. S9 0. HennessD IS to 5' third. Time, 217 1-5.
 Third race, five furlongs-Go To Win, 1lo MeCafferty), 15 to l, won; Gasconne, 1oS c. Martini, to l. second; Esterre, 1oS (schilling) to 1, third. Time, 1:O5 2-5, Fourth race, selling, mile-Autolght 105 GI. Phillips), F to l, won; Lendin, 1O5 (Coeola), 5 to l. second; Lampoon, 90 tschiling) 8 to 1, third. Time 1:i9 2-5.
 Fifth race. three-quarters mile-Jupgle Imp 100 (Nicon. 10 1. won; Janeta, 1OS OI Phillips). Il to B. second; Saladin, 102ls (J. Martini. Il to 10, third. Time, 1:l9 2-5. Sixth race, nile selling-Lady Char lotte 109& (H. Phillips). to ], won No weta, 9T (NicoD, s to l, second; Reckoner, 96 (Wedderstrand), r to 1, third. Time, 15o
 Entries at New Orleans.
 Entries at New Orleans:
 First race, five-eighths of a mile, sell ing-Shock The Talent. 9S; A Prince. IIa1s Il1 Pride, Lamplight, 100; Fallona. 102; Dun dall, Swedish Lad The Eye, 1OS; Mona mour. 1O4; Bishop Weed, 1o3.
 Second race, seven-eighths of mile. selling-Lady Free Knight 97; Little Boy, Dusky, Viona, 99; Lord of the Val ley, 100; Ogontz, lo2; Federal, Josette, Mladi Love, 10l; Kleinwood, 10S.
 Third race. one mile: Myron Dale, Au- rumaster, Birch Rod, Plautus. 112; Southampton. 115 Senor. McWiliams, Winesap. 1f7 Warrington, 122; Gus Heidorn, 125.
 Fourth race, mile and one-sxteenth, handicap-M -Minotaur, 9S; Mauser, 99; Mon- tebank. Gardnish, l02, Prince Salm Salm, 1OS; Careless, 1o4; Rankin, 1O5.
 Fifth race three-fourths of a mile Trossachs Rudadek, Louise Connor, 99 Mimosa Courtmaid Doeskin, Chante- relle, 1o4; Flamberiant. 1O7; Unmasked ARgle IeWlS, iVS, OdleSnldns llZs Olu Eng land IA.
 Sixth race, one mile-Sgnalight, 97 Arah May, J. H. O'Brien, Kenton, 100; Matador, 103; Trourere 10S; Fair Reveler, 1l2
 At San Francisco.
 San Francisco, December 14.--The books had shade the best of 1t at Oakland to- day. One favorite and two second choices won, the other events going to moderate priced outsiders.
 First race, mile, selling-Lady Kent, TOT OKnapp), to 1, won; Bronze Wing, TOT q1elgesen), even, second; Ginspray 1O2 tKelly) 25 to l. third. Time, 1:45.
 Second race, eleven-sixteenths mile sell ing-Ara, 1o4 tGreenfield). 9 to ,, won; Golden Buck. 1OS (Davis) to 5. second; i Fay Templeton, 101 CTravers), to l, third. Time. 1:10.
 ! Third race. seven furlongs-Dr. Sher- man, 106 (Davis), to 5, won; Hipponax,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15

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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

Gopher w Brooks celebrated his
ninety second birthday at, Hancock,
n. IL, the other day. His father swaa I
an Officer Il tho Amsgii lean army UNI
Washing i's. 81 "a.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

exnlDlts ana this Is the real test OF
its worth.
Education.
The next building is the Palace Of
Education and here in the most
prominent position is Minnesota's
booth. This exhibit is certainly a
gem. "A lady who is one of the most
competent critics in the state, says
that 'tMinnesota's is far and away the
most artistic in its arrangement, the
most harmonious and aignifed and
the most beautiful as picture, in.
the building" This may sound ex-
travagant but even the exhibitors
from other states freely admit that
none excels Minnesota. The entire
outside wall has a deep frieze in col
'ors showing the University campus
and buildings and the Agricultural
college and buildings, while on the
rear wall is another frieze Of large
photographs of these buildings. The
''U' also has a cabinet filed with
photographs, charts of statistics, etc.
From the University down, the entire
public school system of the state is
shown, including the normals, the
high and graded schools Of st. Paul
ana Minneapolis and of the second.
airy towns Of the state, the state grad
ed schools, semi-graded and rural
schools. Especial attention has been
given to manllal training and art
work and it g ~ most systematically
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01
HomeWard Bouud

Sunday at 2 o'clock p. m. the ed
itors took their last look at the mag
nificent display of architecture at the
fair, and started for home. The ever
attentive Minneapolis T. St. Louis
road had it's train on the spot on
time, and the start was made on time.
During the entire week there had not
been one feature that could fairly be
termed disagreeable. Weather, peo-
pie, hotels, railroads, the fair itself
all had been pleasant; the week one
of unalloyed enjoyment ,....,.
Endorsing the Committee. ...-.
At the stop for supper at those hos
pitable Aorberly; hotels the, last for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01
Minnesota's Display.
Work of the Managers.

The Minnesota Board of Managers,
as they are officially known, had a
set purpose in the plan of each ex-
hibit made at the Fair. The Board
is a small one, just three men, and
each a trained and successful busi-
ness man. Messrs. Condo Hamlin, J..
NJ. Underwood and Theo. j. Hays
seemed to have entered into this
work with the same systematic thor
oughness that they are understood
to enforce in their own business.
they have evidently not wasted q
dollar of the states small appropria-
ton and have made every penny
count. The earliest and most i'm
portant act of the board was the ap-
pointment of Mr.: Chas. S. Mitchell as
superintendent and executive officer,
whose tirelesss and able efforts are
warmly endorsed by the. commission
ers and ali having to do with Mime
sota's interests at the exposition. It
is! to be regretted both that the APP
preparation was not larger and that
the people Of the state did NOT take
more of 8 personal interest in the
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Trust Busters to the Fore.

When Mr.. Taggart of Indiana was
elected chairman of the Democratic
national committee it was supposed
that he would be in charge of the
canvass. Now it is reported that Mr..
Sheehan of New York. chairman of
the executive committee is to be in
active control. Apparently Judge
Parker desired some man with an in
innate knowledge of corporations, ac-
quired by service on numerous boards
of directors, to manage the great fight
a"airst corporate Kansas
CIV Star.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
To Kill a Snake.

Senator Lodge is perfectly correct
in saying that the Massachusetts reci-
procity movement is covert scheme
to divide and weaken the Republican
party. The scheme is being engineered
with that purpose distinctly in view
And it will succeed unless Republic
ans take it promptly by the neck and
shut off it's wind That is what the
Iowa Republicans did, with the result
that reciprocity squeaks are few and
far between in that fine Republican
commonwealth. 1t will be found in
Massachusetts, as elsewhere, that you
cannot kill snake by coddling it.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

pany lacks so much OF being a mo-
nopoly that the competition has been
of the keenest sort for years. And
vet in the Mckinley law and in the
Wilson-Gorman law and in the Ding
ley law the duty on window glass has
been very high. Notwithstanding
this it has been impossible to form a
trust or combination of any sort
that would prevent the liveliest Of
competition. Here are two cold facts
OF more than ordinary Importance in
the business world that ought to be
known to everybody-two facts that,
standing alone. are sufficient to take
the pith out of the theory that the
tariff is the mother of trusts. And
these are but two of numerous facts.
all giving the direct lie to this tariff
theory. But what has the tariff re-
former to do with facts s?-Greenfiel eld
(lnd.) Tribune.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Two Facts.

times have been agitated by what
they call the copper trust. Finally
they discovered that copper ore is on
the free list and most of them ceased
to use this particular illustration.
though they still proclaim that the
tariff is the mother Of trusts, thus
conveniently forgetting. of course.
that if this is true then in this case
of the copper trust we have a crea-
ture that comes into the world with
out mother. At the same time they
might explain the window glass bust
Less. 1t is true that there is com
pany that the newspapers speak of as
the window glass trust, but this com.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Canada's Idea of Reciprocity.

The Canadians, it is now settled, do
not favor such reciprocity as that de-
manded by the Massachusetts friends
of reciprocity in the Democratic party.
The Canadians would be perfectly
willing TO have free exchange of all
raw materials, but they have given
England preferential tariff and will
not consent to admit American manu-
factures to Canada on fair terms. The
Canadians are doing well as they are.
and are not as eager as formerly for
American business. The Americans.
on their part, are pretty sure to get
large dose of Canadian trade, and are
shy of any such reciprocity as the
Canadians will assent to, since such
reciprocity would be death to the ag-
ricultural and other important New
England ndustries.-Lewiston tMe)
Journal.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
HACK WAS HIS STRONG POINT
Statesman Had No Strenuous Expert
ences to Relate.


President Roosevelt, John Bur
,oughs, John Muir one or two states
men and couple of cowboys were
sitting around a campfire in the West
swapping anecdotes. Mr.. Muir told OF
an encounter with a polar bear in the
Arctic circle. Mr.. Burroughs had had
several exciting experiences. One of
the statesmen had participated in a
whale hunt. Both of the cowboys had
passed through strenuous moments.
The presidents "reminiscences includ.
ed an encounter with mountain liOE
and a conflict with a grizzly. One Of
the statesmen in the party, man OF
much ability. vouchsafed no stories.
Come" said the president, tell us
some Of your experiences Mr..
president and friends replied the
lawmaker, there are no thrilling nat
ural history chapters in my career.
Lions, Indians. bears and wild horses
have never come across my path. In
fact, have never been astride
of a horse of any description in my
life. but" be added solemnly. Il am
simply out of sight in a hack"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Ex-sXTAN OF TURKEY DEAD.
Unhappy Life of murad V Comes 70
End at ConstantinonIe

Sultan Murad V. modern TurE ey =
man of mystery, died last week and
was buried with scant ceremony.
In May. 1876, when there was luol.
dering revolution in Turkey proper
and open rebellion in Seryia. Bulgaria.
and Montenegro. Abdul-Aziz. sultan OF
Turkey. was dethrOned. The sultan
was visited by his ministers and nigh
dignitaries, and informed that il was
the will of God that he be deuosed.
He was deposed, and month .ater
was found dead in the palace to which
he had been assigned as prisoner
He was succeeded by Murad V. who
distracted by the Quarrels of MiIhat
Pasha and other reformers with the
conservatives in the council. was
seized with melancholy and declined
to assume the responsibilities OF gov
ernment.
Meantime rebellion was rampant in
all the Turkish provinces. CONSTANT
nople itself was in ferment The Eu-
ropean powers were .clamoring that
the porte should fulfill it's obligations.
anu INC SofNi INNS SouH'lI dSd4L It-
sorted to deposition.
The ministers called in some ~f the
most celebrated physicians in Europe,
called in representatives of tn Mo.
hammedan hierarchy, and Mural was
pronounced insane, and Abdul-1lumid,
younger brother of Murad, W. de.
clared regent, or sultan.
The reform party. it was reported at
the time, consented to the change on
tho theory that Abdul-Hamid should be
really regent, and that when Murad re.
covered his mental equilibrium he
should be restored to the throne Alb.
dul-Hamid, however, informed all par.
ties that he would be sultan in fact,
and he soon became the real head OF
the government.
Midhat Pasha carried on his quarrel
with his rivals In the cabinet and
succeeded for time in banishing
them from power. Later he was him
self banished, and the two factions to
this quarrel, which had led to the de
posing Of AbdulAZiZ, found that Abb
dul-Hamid was to be counted on in
every step taken by the Turkish gov
ernment.
Meantime sight was lost of Murad.
and for nearly thirty years his fate has
been mystery. 1t was reported at
one time that he was dead, and that
for reasons of state the fact was con-
cealed. 1t was reported again that he
was very sick, that he was well cared
for. but that he could not recover
At last the mystery is solved. Mu
rad, who, it is said, held the promise
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
RICH MAN LITTLE KNOWN.
Wealthy Citizen Of Philadelphia Has
Just Passed Away.

There are some very rich men
whose names never become familiar
to the public, and one of them was
William Weightman, who died at Phil.
adelphia last week in his 91st year.
He was a native of England and went
to Philadelphia when 16 years old to
enter the chemical manufacturing
business started there by a relative.
Eventually this establishment, under
the name of Powers & Weightman.
became the largest manufacturer OF
chemicals in the world 1t is said that
for fifteen years prior to the death OF
Mr.. Powers each partner took 100000
a year out of the business. Mr..
Weightman invested most of his
money in Philadelphia real estate
and became the largest taxpayer in
Pennsylvania.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

bar . ~ : IS - ba
he : 20 a., 0a!iot ii, 1896 ana ayOD
to Mr.. William J. Bryan
The savings banks deposl.ors of the
country Uhere are more than 100000
accountsD are no more likely to take
stock" in the BelmOntParker argu-
mcut that having more savings in the
bank they are worse off than when
they had less. than they are to yots
for the candidate, Judge Parker, who
twice assisted in the attempt 10 put
the savings banks deposits on silver
basis, though he now says, for polit-
zeal effect on the Eastern Democrats,
that be regards" the gold standard as
firmly establishedi-New York Press.