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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-14
YEARS. N||ORK0F
BAPTIST |;
Annual Meeting Of the A '!sr':1I'''
tion3ofsRichin and Man IAN
s chester Sunday. ~
CHOSE :. oFFIc ERs 5. FOR YEAR
Attendance of Pupils and Teach 4 each
n crs Shows Excellent h. Aver YER: ..s#
4 age-M Mission Work. tta.s
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CHOSE oFFIC Frs FOR YEAR E AZ

6rho annual meeting Of the Ba ptist sun;
!lduyt School Association OF Richmond snn "a
WIS held sunday at thSV IS,
p fnd prpesIaed owing to INC Indictment
sMt Attended a aSe cxereses insludins
yolnntttary The ehrG jng eolr we're -
STho PRESIDENT; Sc and treasurer
submitted their reports for the year Just
rho report Of the Executive Commit
Richmond, va March i; -, 1872 9 y,
e rs ssaSe
Dear Brethren and Sisters ,,5,ta5 4, III Il.
FOUR Il, Executive COMMITTEES &C. PEG PEGS ~ aG
submit berewlbth1t 1spGrt IL
Roll Of officers and q. 53 III
5tcachcrs &. J. ...... II ~ III q y.
Average attendance -. 6S5 q per cent.
Average tendance A,234 66.V per cen.
Roll Of church smcn,- - - ri.
hers s;l \, :, 49, \. e ~ 0so
schools >, lvs f3t ~ peI cc''..
New sch olars ~. 93 S, % ,3.
Conversions ~ ~ s,iis8
To oRills eontributions, ;s;5,745.%
@ Our treasurer's report shows that there
was contributed during the year to lie
~ tIie Sunday schools $50 s49s' j
Interest on bank deposlt .....& S..Sl i
N II 'si s51s.67
iS ,5 a :. IS sess45
Credit by amount paid Inn
manuel Churchg...... 500 0O
Credit BY amount paid Fair -5 ~ y
Credit byE$9LmOunt paid for ~ 4. ~. 80 III u,
prln ting g .:' ~ 49,
Balance 81, hand Dec 81 !. 1904 58 1851. &
Presidents Report
II President w. ID. DUKES report embraced
sthe following facts: 55s !. y, i.
1.-The total !. contributions to the Baptist
SOrplianage were S52063 the 3attendance OF
scholars ,averag ed 32l more than 9 urlns
of officers slnd Z teachers shows 9 ia ling
/ off of "a. q Il he contributions botll.t the
tAsso cint ION, Orplanage and Tor all pur--
poses, show Improvement. tiI 81 .:$Y
b The Association has. during tho past
sycarFadopted Ga# plan Of cooperation with
the Baptist Council Of Richmond and
5Manches ter n Its work Of fostering and
guiding mission work in&t tho two tiles. |
a The MI ssloni at; Seventeenth and Chris
/ tian Streets$ has been revived aSand mis-
sion interests at other points wi SO on be!
established. n a s.s 81
The Following officers were elected for
one year: President, W: aD..S q Duke ice.
President, .Dr..SyY r; M "a Second
tarY, Q. As. Watkins; Urea surer, p. G.
Garrison: Auditor TIL. Todd.
The following schools report ed Tor Feb
4 VI 3 . y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-14
Harmon Y Meeting,

Harmon Y Meeting,
There. will be d. meeting OF the Harmon
Va Tonight at the residencaS Of the presis
dent, No, 26ll East Grace Street. All
members arc expected to- BIO present az
FALLING HAIR AkIp DAN p RUFF t Mi
PrsYeIted by GutlcnraN Soap sliampoos
aHd 1lght dressing q cuticHra ADV,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-14

& Ono hundred and four scholars We're reportod,
and one conversion, NJ tg y 1sl.
81 Tho next meeting will DO helu at Aspury
Place the second Sunday IN April. s} u,
Tho meeting OF tho hoard Of directors will
ba hold ut Broad Fstreot Church the fourth
Sunday, OF this month, sG5 I5j & FL Ss4s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
FINE CHURCH EDIFICES
 IN CITY AND SUBURBS
The Churches and Missions in City and Vicinity Number eo-Sev-
 eral Imposing Structures.

There are eighty-eight churches and two missions in Birmingham and vicinity. Most all the congregations have their own houses of worship, some of these are quite costly and handsome in exterior and in- terior furnishings. Stone and brick are the materials generally used in the con- struction of the larger church buildings Most imposing are the First Methodist the Eleventh avenue Methodist, St. Paul 8 Catholic, the First Baptist, the South Side Baptist the First Presbyterian, the Episcopal Church of the Advent, St. Mary's-on-t the-Highlands (EpfscopaD and the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
 The First Baptist church, at the corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-second street of which Rev pr. A. J. Dickinson is pas tor, has erected its present house of wor- ship within the past eighteen months. The building is constructed of gray stone and is archiFecturally beautiful. It is one of the most imposing edificies in the south.
 The local ministry is strong and the congregations of all the churches are large.
 The churches for white, fifty-eight in number. are divided as foIows:
 Methodist fourteen; Presbyterian, nine; Episcopalian. six; Baptist. eleven; Cath olic four; Congregational, two; Evange- Heal Lutheran, two; Hebrew. two; Chris tian Scientist, two; Primitive Baptist, one: Seven Day Adyentists, one.
 The Salvation Army ana the Pentecos- tai Missions are well established and quite active here Of the negro churches there are thirty. divided as follows: Bap- tis.. fifteen; Catholic, one; Methodist. eleven Episcopal one and Presbyterian two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

mined that somehow some Way, l would go upon the stage. I had inherited my fathers gift for self-repression. After leaving school l began first the study of elocuton. then took lessons in dramatic art. My resolution was rpening, but l still kept silent.
 I obtained permission from smy father to spend the winter in New York with friends. l entered a school of drama and devoted the entire time to study. One day, when my visit was about drawing to a close l entered the office of d man ager and applied for position. I told my story frankly. I confessed l had de- cided to take up the career without the knowledge of my parents-that while they were wealthy might, in view of any opposition. be forced to support myself by what l could earn in the most modest of roles, for once the step was taken was determined not to draw back.
 To my amazement, the manager made me an offer at once. That evening, in fear and trembling. I broke the news to my father. l expected to be repudiated forever. It was a terrible alternative, but I felt that my life was my own. to work out as best I eoud-even my father had not the right to doom me to soul annihilation. In few days my father s answer came. l. wept with the wonder and joy of it. Then. for the first time. I knew my fatherl It was wonderful how we missed each other all those years.
 He expressed his exquisite joy on what he called my emancipation from the frivolous" He urged me in the strongest terms to work seriously and steadily at my chosen career. He told me to prove
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
FOOD CONSUMPTION IS
 GREAT IN BIRMINGHAM
Enormous Quantities of Meat and Veg etahes Are Shipped to the
 District Annually.

1t requires an enormous amount of food annually to sustain the population of Bir- mingham and it's environs. An estimate of the food stuff consumed here runs into large figures.
 Birmingham people are good meat eat CTS. Nearly every packing house in the country of importance has an agency here, and packing house products are re- ceved daily fresh from the great slaugh- tering centers of the wes,.
 It is estimated that 500 cattle, dressed for use, are received in Birmingham every week in the year. They will average 45O pounds each. This makes the eonsump- tion of beef, 270,000 pounds weekly, or H. GOO every twelve mo1ths. Dry-salt meats are next in point of consumption-a half-million pounds are sold weekly. Eff ty thousand pounds of bacon meat is used every seven days, and 100000 pounds of lard and other refinery products used in the same period. Corned meats and the various by-products are also largely used, about 25.000 pounds being consumed week. ly. While the packing house products are used very extensively, quite lot of meat is slaughtered locally.
 Enormous quantities of poultry are con
 
 like 1000 1200 pounds are used daily, or more than 365. 900 pounds per annum, The stock is shipped from all over the coun- try, much of it coming here in cold stor- age. Turkey sales are especially heavy here at Thanksgiving and Christmas-tide. Eggs are consumed at the rate of LOGO, 000 dozen annually. Millions of eggs are put up in cold storage every year, ana when the local supply is insufficient the storage product is used here very freely.
 Vegetables are no small item in the food bill. Of shipped vegetables cab bage Is probably most largely consumed. Three hundred cars, or 30,000 crates, are disposed of here every year. Irish pota- toes come in large quantities. Something like twenty-five cars or grapes are eaten here annually. Sixty thousand crates of strawberries are used every year Three hundred and fifty cars of watermelons are cut annually. Lemons are used at the rate of 300 boxes of thirty dozen each monthly. Lines also have a very eXtens- i've sale. Peanuts are bought by the car load.
 The meat and produce consumption has been greater this year than in any pre- vious twelve months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

myself worthy, and that his fortune was al my disposal. All he dreaded was a Frivolous failure" In closing he prom iscd that on the day l should be selected to fill the position of leading woman. through my own merits. he would settle a certain large sum of money upon me.
 To make a long story short, this won derful father of mine was as delighted with my resolution as at the success of some big business venture. It was a cu- rious revelation of human nature.
 As a matter of fact, two years later my dear father came on expressly to New York to assist at my debut as lead ing lady" and at the close of the per formance he placed the cheque he hnd promised in my hand. saying, with tears in his eyes, Jane. l am happy and proud"
 l don't think any girl could have had a sweeter success l wonder at times whether the stage will ever give me any tning more beautiful than that moment, when l stood in the scenes with my fath- CTS arm around me wonder If any success Is as sweet az it promises? II seems to me that career of any kind Is only sort of stepping stone to deeper knowledge of kind quite apart from the career itself.
 As l look forward-and I look forward very far, I think-I see myself walking away-away from this present of mine into the sunshine of future quite quite different but which would not have been possible without this experience. But, even while l dream, l work very hard, and no one eucsses that some day l may open the door and walk far, far away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
THE CILREATH MINING
 COMPANY'S SUCCESS
BeIton GiIreath Owns Two of the Best Mining Properties in
 the State.

Relton Gilreath possesses in the G1lreath Coal and Iron company and the Union Coal and Coke company two of the largest and best devidend paying mining plants in the Birmingham district, and these plants have been made what they are py the pluck, industry. fine business judg- ment and financial intigrity of ther owner
 Starting In life without money but with brains, energy and high aspiration Mir. Gilreath worked out his own 1or- tune and proven a helpful object lesson and a valuable factor in the development of this district. He is today the iarses, individual mining operator in Alabama His two companies own lS,Ooo acres or coal land in Jefferson and Walker couh- ties and valuable ore lands in Je1erson conntv He mines ore at Hillman and Gate City Two coal mines are In opera tion-one at Pocahontas, near Jasper Ill Walker county, and one at Gilreath, near Warrior. in Jefferson. The capacity of the former is 5OO tons a day and of the latter 300 tons a day. There is no more pros- porous mine in the state than the one at Pocahontas.
 The railroads take d good part or she product of the two mines, b to Zo cars daily. Nearly all the railroads in the state are customers of the Gilreath companies. MT Gilreath also has large general trade and ships to New Orleans, Mobile Mont gomery, Savannah, Macon, Augusta ana to points in Mississippi
 MT. Gilreatns mines are thoroughly equipped and the houses for the miners are models of comfort Excellent schools and commodous churches are maintained, and high school, bearing Mir Gilreath name has been erected at Pocahontas by liberal citizens.
 MT Gilreath was born in Greenville, 5. C., forty-five years ago. He was engaged in the hardware business in his native city and was president of the Greenvlle street railroad and "a half owner of the property Twenty odd years ago he came to Birmingham, where he has long been recognized as a just. broadminded and generous citizen. His public spirit and his philanthrophy are proverbial Lui- ing the first five years of his residence here Mir. Gilreath was a contractor. He b,,iIt the First Methodist church. of which he is an honored member; the Steiner hank building and other handsome struc- tures. He also built brick tunnel Tor the citv of Nashville which cost $S000o0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
JEFFERSON co. SAVINGS
 A STRONG INSTITUTION
Organized In 1885, the Bank Has Been Closely Identified With Business
 Development of Birmingham

The Jefferson County Savings bank, now in it's twenty-first year, is one of the most substantial and popular financial in- stitutions in the city. It was organized by the present management in 1885. Chris tian r. Enslen Is the president and Eu- gene Enslen cashier Charles D. Thomas is vice president and E. K. Campbell at torney. The directors are Christian F. Ensen, Charles E. Thomas, George w. Harris, James A. Downey, Y. F. Vim berly, Samuel Rich and Eugene +. Ems len.
 The Jefferson County Savings bank err gages in the following lines of business: To act as trustee under mortgage or deed of trust, and as transfer agent and reg istrar of stocks and bonds; to act as eX- ecutor, guardian. agent, assignee, recelV- CT or trustee, either by private appoint ment of by appointment of the courts which are authorized under the charter to make such appointments: to adminis- ter and manage estates of all kinds, as well as real and personal property of in- dividuals; to act as fiscal agents Tor states, municipalities and all kinds or cor porations: to act as agent in bringing to- eether capitalists seeking investments and vendors and purchasers: to promote sound Conservative enterprises and to form syndicates for underwriting engage ments: to negotiate the sale or purchase of real or personal property; to receive on deposit court and other trust funds. for which the charter makes 1t legal depository; to receive on deposit subject to check moneys of individuals, firms and corporations of all lxinds to lend money on high grade securities. and on real estate, and to do a safe deposit bus- ness.
 The banks quarters in the Jefferson County Savings bank building, corner of ,Twenty-first street and Second avenue. ave heinz remodeled. The first floor of the building is being entirely refitted. When the improvements are completed the Jefferson County Savings bank Will be among the handsomest in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

read and remembered long after the production of far more pretentious bards has been relegated to the dusty top-shelf of the library"
 From The Birmingham News.
 The author runs the entire gamut Of emotions, from grave to gay, and from epic to idylic. His genius, like the trunk of an elephant, which is so delicate as to pick up a pin or so strong as to crush a rock, treads the primrose path of dalliances in love dit ties and steps in seyenleague boots from mountain top to mountain top of epic poetry His muse as the gushing spring In the mountain flows gently at first, murmuring a roundelay to the songs of the birds, now dashes into a foaming caterect of poetical passion and then broadens into the mighty river of rich sentiments and sweeping us on to the boundless ocean of thought with an irresistible force
 "This volume, Galaxy of South ern Heroes and Other Poems,' is the effort of the maturer thought of It's author, pr. Orion T. Dozier, and will main tain it's place in Southern literature as long as the South holds it's place as the leader in poetic genius Not only in the South, but in the North, East and West, has Dr. Dozier won his place as one of the literati of our country. The expression of Southern sentiment as voiced by the author has been ac- cepted in other sections as indicative of the feeling of our beloved but often maligned Southland"
 The Age-Herald of the first poem in the work. from which the book takes it's title. says;
 "The poem begins on heroic strain, and the author sustains it's flight throughout It is more than heroic it is an epic. It assures the position of Dr. Dozier among the immortal poets of the South-the few immortal names that were not born to die.
 "The light of battle falls full upon these ringing verses-no man could have written them without having felt that of which he writes. The meas ures swell until it reaches the full cresendo of the organ notes-it rises
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
DISTRICT IS RICH IN
 FINE NATIVE MINERAL
Nature Has Provided BountifuI Store of the Best Raw Material
 for All Purposes.

Perhaps no other section in the entire country presents such varied wealth of rich raw material for manufacturing pur- poses as the Birmingham district
 Besides immense deposits of coal, iron and lime rock, right here in Jefferson and surrounding counties, are:
 Timber-pine and hardwood-for build ing houses, manufacturing furniture and farm implements.
 Building stone of the finest quality brown, white and variegated.
 Clays for useful arts.
 Sand for glass making.
 Chert for road building.
 Slate for roofing.
 Soft woods for pulp making.
 Al h. ty product of coal, iron and I'm r,1s Ter bt.c1re1s If valuable uses. rh1e is erce ps,onel op3ortloisy in the FyranJhas n.st.ict for investment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
IN FOREMOST RANK.
Real Estate Firm Representing Illinois
 Central Railroad.

TOT many years W. B. Leedy X Co. have stood in the foremost rank of real estate agents and like everything in Bir- mingham. their business grows and grows fast The senior member of the firm IS noted for his acumen, judgment energy an fair dealing. He is wide awake all the while, and hardly a day passes that he does not have some important real estate deal under way.
 w. B. Leedy d- Go. are the agents ol the Illinois Central railroad for acqurins property in the Birmingham district. MT Leedy recently conducted the big nesoti- aton here by which this great railroad ae- quired s550,00O worth of property for termi- nal purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
BLADE
From a Tomahawk Shot Into the Au- dience and Stuck In Vacant Seat.

From tho Cincinnati Enquirer.
 While in the thick of the sanguinary stage battles at Dayton in Clusters Last Fight" at the National theatre the head of a tomahawf, with keen edge. flew from the handle as an actor raised fl to scalp a victim and bounded over into the audience. narrowly missing James Rambler, clerk in the county clerks office. who was sitting in the "bald-h head row. A young lady who sat next 10 him had an equally close call the blade almost touching her head.
 The blade was mbedded in the back ot an empty seat Immediately in the rear of the couple who experienced the close call. sitting Bull and the other Indians on the stage were horror -sticken. but the lnci- dent was soon forgotten in the excite- ment of the play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
Peoples Telephone.

The Peoples Home Telephone company is making marked progress in the Blr- mingham district giving full local and long distance service. The main ofhce building on Eighteenth street, which was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago, Will be rebuilt at once and fully equipped with the latest appliances
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
Indians as Cotton Pickers.

From the Anadurko Democrat.
 A. F. Johnson of Carnegie has employ- ed several families of Kiowa Indians to pick his cotton.
 They have pitched their tepees In his yard and the Indians big, little. old and young. are at work. They are not fast pickers. but they take an interest in the work and do a good job. He pays them every night and they All seem mighty glad that they have some money thas tncy have earned by work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

Total to November 1..... .61S. .403 90,362 The total number for the year 1904 was 70s, ,6S0
 The number of cars handled In Novem- Der, 1904, was 59.067 and in the month of December. 1904. was 59251.
 The total number of cars handled in 1903 was 733,S16.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
"Commander-in-Chief, U. S. c. "
Trom the Meridian Evening Star:

From the Meridian Evening Star:
 Patriotism is the impulse of his verse the inspiration that lifts it on occasion to a lofty strain and imparts a music and melody that is not always the distinguishing mark of occasional rymo. There are poems in the book that are sublime in thought, rich in imagery, and melodious expression, genuine liteary gems.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

Miles Standish, the Famous Critic and Literary Editor of the New York Journal-American, in that journal said:
 'Dr. Dozier's poems are all good. Many of them are excellent and few are sublime. The authors humorous sketches are particularly happy. The poems on the follies, foibles and self ishness of humanity are the polished productions of a ripe, expansive and keen bservation-logically presented. While the poets patriotic vein is deep. sincere and eloquent, yet it Is only when he pays his glowing tributes 70 the Southern Heroes who supported heroically the lost cause that he strikes his truest and most sublime note and establishes forever his claim to immortality
 There is a distinct individuality about this poets finished stanzas which precludes the possibility of comparison with that of any other liv- ing poet. His best work displays the simplicity of true elegance and is un- doubtedly the product of an extensive literary cultivation. broad experience and profound knowledge. How so sue cessful and busy physician could find time to make such a valuable ad- dition to the real literature of the day is problem the solving of which would be of interest to all students of Concentration or Oneness of Aim"
 The Illustrated South:
 "If we were called upon to name l poetaureate for the South. we would unhesitatingly confer the honor upon Dr. o. T. Dozier of Birmingham, Ala. He demonstrates that he is master in depicting every phase of human emotion. He runs the gamut from grave to gay. from lively 10 severe, , and with a readiness that has seldom been surpassed. His versatility is one of his chief charms One moment he is as sentimental as Laurence Stern. and in the next as satiracal as Juvenal himself. At times he is as pathetic as Poe but in a moment he becomes as humorous as Frank l.. Stanton. That he is a man of stalwart convictions is in evidence through all his writings and it is this very fact that lends his poems a forcefulness that makes them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
Perfectly Safe.

From "Le Journal"
 Little Toto-Mama, may | go out and look at the eclipse of the sun2
 Careful Mother-Yes. dear; but be care ful not to go too close.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
GOOD SHOWING BY
 GAR ASSOCIATION
CARS HANDLED THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1905 IN ALABAMA WERE 61e,4o3, AGAINST 59o, ,362 FOR SAME TIME IN 1904.

The report of the Alabama Car Service association shows the following number of railway ears handled during the first ten months of 1905;