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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-03-03

A Chicago man calls his dog Weiner
because it is the worst dog in the block
Chicago Chronicle.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-03-03

The social millennium will not have ar
rived until every man is richer than hil
aeighbors. -National Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-03-03

Lots of narrow minded men are quit
chesty.-N. Y. Times.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-03-03

A man has no business with religion
who has no religion in his business. Chi
cago Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-03-03

"A sunny temper gilds the edges Of life's
blacklist cloud. --Guthrie. III ~ tsTs.f ~
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-03-03

Don't Get Footsore! Get Foot-Ease.
A wonderful powder that cures tired, hot.
aching feet and makes new or tight shoes
easy. Ask to-day for Aliens Foot Ease.
Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-03-03

You can't preserve the peace in alcohol.
Judge.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-03-03

To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money il it fails to cure.
E. w. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-03-03
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrhding Piles.
Your druggist win refund money il PAzo
OINTMENT tails co cure in s to IA days. SOC.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-03-03
PEDAGoGUE AND PUPIL.

Teacher-What animal has more
brains than man?
Smart Pupil-The hog.
Why do you think so?"
Because he has hogshead full. See?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10

that there Is nearer $50,O0O of it. The president has made the point that his company Is mutual organization and the contract is not legal. He was told by MT. McDavid that his capital stock and sur plus was good for it and he would have every one of the policies to pay, or get into all sorts of trouble with his depart ment It is understood here that one of the representatives of the company has been indicted in Dallas county on a charge of misrepresentation
 Taking the story of the old negro who came to see him today MT. McDavid will notify the company that 1t must make a good showing for itself or pay the money both as to the death of the boy and the illness of the man. In word, MT. Mo David has laid it down as the policy of the department that so long as he is at the helm no person will be deprived of their legal rights no matter how poor or how ignorant if there is any way to prevent it. And it is altogether safe to say that he might go a long ways to- wards putting any company to the bad that considered inimical to the interests of those who depend upon it for help in time of need and pay far more literally for the protection than any sort of reason dictates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
12O PLACES SELL
 BEER AND WHISKY Mayor league Takes Up His
 Fight in Earnest HAS NOTIFIED THE POLICE Gerald Says Many of the Places Which Violate the Sunday Law op-
 crate Under Cover of
 Restaurants.
HAS NOTIFIED THE POLICE

Montgomery, November 9-(Special. l>- Mayor w. M. Teague has opened up good and strong on the fight to stop Sunday liquor selling in the city. He has address ed the following letter to the chief of police:
 Montgomery. November s, 19O5 A. $. Gerald, Chief of Police, Mont gomery, Ala
 Dear Sir:-I desire for you to instruct your officers and men to observe extra vigilance in making every effort to ascer- tain whether or not saloon keepers are selling whisky on Sunday. If reports to this effect are true, l hope you will be able to discover the guilty parties with out reference to who they may be, and that our laws covering this offense may be strictly enforced Yours very truly.
 ''W. M. TEAGUE, Mayor" Chief of Police Gerald at once replied as follows:
 "Office of Chief of Police, Montgomery, Ala.
 Montgomery. November S. 19O5 "IIon. w. M. Teague, Mayor, Montgom- cry, Ala.
 Dear Sir:-Your communication of the 9th instant, relative to saloons selling whisky on Sunday. received.
 T will have instructions issued to the
  no doubt as to the truth of the reports that may have reached you as to the gross violation of the present law.
 'I will again reiterate that I believe the Sunday law Selling whisky on Sunday, is violated by every saloon keeper, with but few exceptions, in the city of Mont gomery It is impossible with the small police force and the large number of sa- looms to close them under the present law The successful enforcement of the Sunday liquor law has been In other cities, but under vastly different law from the existing one of the city of Mont gomery.
 "An investigation shows one hundred and twenty d20) places where beer and whisky are sold. scattered over a terri tory of many miles in extent, a great many of them operated under cover of a restaurant, windows screened. and look outs posted to give warning. The charter of the city confers ample authority upon the city council to regulate the sale of liauor in the city of Montgomery. I sin eerely hope that the city council, in its wisdom will pass some ordinance that can he enforced against most gross. persis- tent and willful violation of the law that has existed for long time, and thus relieve this department from the severe strict,,res that have been unjustly placed upon it. ,,,
 "I beg to assure you that I will use every effort to obey your instructions and anv failure will be the fault of the means ot mv djsnosal and the inadequacy of the nresent ordinance Very respectfully,
 "A. GERALD, Chief of Police"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10

place to induce the father to abandon tho young woman and go back to their mother. It Is said that he had expressed a desire to do so. and that he wanted to get divorce from the last woman and remarry the wife of his youth It is then thought that the woman made trouble and so angered the boys that they tried to kill her. Then. the theory Is, she ran to the old man for protection, and that both were shot while trying to kill her. This would seem to be good argument from the fact that the woman was shot in the back and the old man in the breast
 The neighbors ran in and found the man and woman dead, The two boys were then arrested. They claim that the old man grew so angry at the persistence and inslstence of the woman that he shot her in sheer frenzy, and then, seeing what he had done turned his gun upon himself. They are making a good fight with some of the best talent of the state. The little boy says they killed both the woman and their father and that he hid in the chimney, as they said they would kill him if he told
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Fight Made on Pool Rooms.

Gadsden. November 9.-tSpecial)-At the recent meeting of the city council the aldermen got after the pool room man. agers of the city with a sharp stick. Af- ter passing an ordinance prohibiting boys under 20 years of age entering pool rooms of any kind an ordinance was passed com saloon by door or above a saloon to close at 10 o'clock. the same hour as the saloons and the clerk proprietor of pool rooms as well as saloons must be out of the building by l0:SO and must not enter 1t again until a. m. the next morning, unless accompanied by policeman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Pumpkins Grow Some in Etowah.

Gadsden, November Especial )-John Gilliland of Clear Springs, Etowah coun- ty, reports a pumpkin vine which takes the premium. Mir Gllliland states that the total measurements of all the runners on the vine is 1940 feet. and that it bore II large size pumpkins. weighing all told 462 pounds. One weighed A pounds and one 4S pounds, one 45 pounds. three o pounds. and two 34 pounds while the smallest weighed two pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
FUNERAL NOTICES.

The friends and acquaintances of Mrs. J. s. Farrior, Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Far rior and Mir. and Mrs. J. F. Holmes are invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. J. S. Farror at Greenville, Ala, Friday at p. m.
 The friends and acquaintances of MT. and Mrs. Henry R. Dill. Mrs Jonie Lee Dill. Mir. and Mrs. William Y. Dill. Prof. and Mrs. Joseph M. Dill. Dr. and Mrs. I. S. Dill and MT. and Mrs. E. D. McIver, are respectfully invited to attend the fu- neral of MT. Henry R. Dill at Southside Baptst church on this, Friday morning at il o'clock Interment in Elmwood cem- etery. The following gentlemen will act as pallbearers:
 Honorary: Judge Charles A. Senn. Judge A. H. Benners, Judge Dan A. Greene. Judge Samuel F. Greene Judge Charles w. Ferguson. Judge A. A. Coleman. Judge s. l.. Weaver and Capt. w. c. Ward.
 Active: Col Charles c. Brown, R. H. Thach, A. D. Smith, Edward Brand, Au- gustus Benners John c. Bradley. E. F. Hogan and S. P. Fowlkes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
New Generator Received.

Gadsden, November 9.-(Special )-The electric light department of the Alabama City, Gadsden and Attalla Railroad com pany has received new generator which is now being placed at their plant on Fifth street The new machine has a capacity of l20 kilawts and will be quite an addition to the equipment as the lights now being carried are far in excess of the capacity. A new 150-horse power en- zine has also been ordered and will arrive in few days and will be installed as soon as it arrives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Football at St. Barnard.

St. Bernard, November 9-(Special)- The senior and the junior football teams played an exciting game today the final score being to in favor of the seniors The feature was the touch down made by Winston Thompson. after a 45-yard run. The seniors scored their touch down after series of small but consistent gains from their 15-yard line. Edward Vance kicked goal The University High school team of Birmingham, will play the regular college team on Thanksgiving day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Arrested for Attempted Murder.

FIorence. November 9.-(Special )-Sher- if a R. Hill and Constable James Peden came in from Willen, nine miles east or Florence. last night, with Jackson Jones, will Jones and D. Gordon, and placed them in the Lauderdale county jail. Mon day night the three men called Fayette Howell to his door and as he opened 1t all opened fire on him with double-barrei shotguns. filling him full of bird shot. No cause is known for the attempted murder The parties are all negroes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Can Trade Horses in Huntsville.

Huntsville, November 9.-(Special )-rhe city council has removed all license from horsetraders who ply their avocation in Huntsville, and a number of leading bus mess men have determined to have a first Monday here every month as in Tennessee and Kentucky. It is believed that. as Huntsville Is In the center of wide range of territory in which stock and cattle raising Is q considerable in- dustry first Monday will soon become a great monthly event Heretofore stock trading has been restricted by the col lection of heavy city license.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Can Not Ride on Freight Trains.

Meridian, Miss, November 9.-(Spccial.) The Mobile and Ohio railroad company. this afternoon issued orders that in the future no passenger travel will be al- lowed on the roads local freight train. This action, 1t was claimed, was made necessary by virtue of the alleged abuses of the privileges accorded, and that the mere accommodation of that class of travel appeared not to have been ap- preciated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
NEGROES ARE SENTENCED
Penalty Made Severe Because of Nu.
 n1erous BurgIaries in Meridian.

Meridian, Miss, November o-(sneoio,, Willie Slayton and Charles Malone ne- groes. fifteen and twenty years. resnec- uVeiy' were sentenced in the police court Tor purgiarizing the store of Peter Sor- det, on Davis street The youths entered a plea of guilty. both getting s50 and costs-Malone being given thirty days ad- ditional for vagrancy.
 The boys stated that they had planned the daylight burglary by arranging to nave Slayton engage the attention of Sordet in pricing meats and getting | cents worth of oil, during which time Malone was to rob the till. The n,an worked beautifully except Malone was LOO SLOW Tn getting the cash, and the proprietor caught him in the act The boys went outside, threw away the oil and divided the money, the Slavton hoy getting only s1 while Malone kent s5o 9o of the total
 Both boys admitted the full cIrcum stances, and stated that witness who swore they had told him of their intention before hand was correct in his testioonv Mayor Rivers alluded to the recent series or purglaries by youths in the city, in passing sentences. and made the fine as heavy as he could, under the circum stances.
 The Rev. r. NJ. Turner, the evangelist who has been doing considerable work in this vicinity. announced that the young man who was murdered by his wife in Pensacola. several days ago, Frank M Turner, Jr., was his son. He said the couple had been married only fourteen months. their baby being a mere infant m arms and that they had appeared to get along happily. According to tho in- formation received by him today the cor oner returned a verdict of mansaughter and the woman was admitted to bail. She claimed that she did not know the pistol was loaded. The woman Is a native or Pensacola, and the dead man was born In Montgomery, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Property Again Changes Hands.

TuscaIoosa, November 9.-(SpeciaI.)- Holton Heights which was only last week purchased by P. D. Browne from T com pany has again changed hands. The prop erty which consists of some forty acres was this time purchased by Sam Yerby. The property is an ideal location for sun- mer homes being located on the War rior Southern railroad, the Tuscaloosa Belt line and the Warrior river, but 1t is now thought that it will be held as a. location for a factory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
BOYS CHARGED WITH KILLING PARENTS Revolting Case is Being Tried
 in Wilcox CHILL OREN WITNESS CRIME Several Theories Are Advanced, But the Andrews Boys Have Able Legal Talent and Will Make
 Desperate Fight.

Montgomery, November 9.--(Special.)- The crime for which Bob and John An drews are on trial at Camden is one of the most revolting and terrible ever known in the chronicles of Alabama or in any other southern state for that mat ter. They are charged with the killing of their old father, James Andrews. and his young wife, at Schnester, a small station in. the country, and it seems that 1t was premedtated to some degree at any rate. Two little children are witnesses, having, it is alleged seen the whole thing.
 The dead man who had gone by the age of SO years, had separated from the mother of the two boys. deed.ng her the plantation home in Mississippi. He hay ing become enamored of the young wom- an, came to Wilcox county, Alabama and bought a place and settled down With them were two small children. one a boy of 12, offsprings of the old man but not of either the older or the younger wife. They seemed peaceable but at times were known to quarrel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10

GnIn UT. the cold-cure that does the work in hours, and will
 not make you sick. Try it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
INSURANCE MUDDLE MAY BE THE RESULT Ignorant Negroes Imposed Upon
 by Mutual Aids BIRMINGHAM CASE IS UP Woman HasIPaid Her Dues Regularly, But Is Unable to Collect Any
 Money-McDavid Will
 Help Her.

Montgomery, November 9.-(Specal)- There is some reason to believe that one of these days soon Alabama will have an insurance scandal of it's own. If it does it will come as d result of the way some of the Mutual Aid associations are treating the negroes, who are too ignor- ant to take care of their own interests. An old negro woman sat in the office Of Secretary of State E. R. McDavid, who is the state insurance commissioner, today and told what, if true, should make the agents of the company she accuses hang their heads in shame. The fact that it is not the first thing of it's kind that has come to the commissioner-and many of them have been investigated to the dis credit of the companies-gives the story of the old woman much weight.
 The old negro woman related that she had policy in Birmingham company on her son, who was killed some time ago. The boy was years old when he met death, now nearly a year ago. She had paid 10 cents a week, she said, for five years. to receive $25 in case of his death. She says she has never gotten one cent, the agents holding that the boy was vio- lating the law when he was killed. MT. McDavid says that such an excuse would certainly hold in man but the courts would not for a moment consider that the boy was old enough to come under that head.
 But this old negro has another griev- ance She had carried a policy for sev- eral years on her husband-rather they have carried 1t between them. He has been i'll for a year and has not been able she reports to get one cent. She does not know, she says, why the benefits are not paid but asserts that they have not been and has urged MT. McDavid to help
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Come to See the Father.

One day young man who proved to be Bob Andrews, came to the house ant had some talk with the father Later he went to the station and wired his brother John, who came at once reaching Schues- ter December 12, 1904 They went to the house In the afternoon. That night both the father and his young wife were shot to death The old man staggered into the yard and died there. The woman was shot in the back by weapon so close to her body that the skin was badly powder burned. The little boy had hid and came out with his sister when the nclghbors rushed in. The boy says that the two young men killed the man and woman.
 The theory is that the boys came to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
McDavid interested.

Mr. McDavid would not give credence to reports of this kind if it were not that he has found them true on investigation several times. One was discovered this way: A company in Birmingham wrote several years ago policy of sick benefit on negroes, with a clause that at the end of ten years all money would be paid back save what had been drawn in bene- fits An old negro woman told MT. Me- David that she had one of these policies but that an agent had taken 1t to make change. When it came back 1t had been changed Sine showed it to MT. McDavid and he, being familiar with the old con tract saw that a substitution had been made He made complaint to the presi- dent of the company and the old negro got her policy back. It will mature next year and she will get sl3 in money. The company claims that they are exchanging new policy for these old ones that is much more attractive than the others. However the negroes claim that they do not care to make the exchange and it has worked out in the office of the insurance commissioner that they have, in some cases at least, been deceived into giving up the contract.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Must keep Word.

The company which wrote this policy ten years ago and is now trying to get them back reported to the commissioner that it had less than s10.000 of this lia- bility out It has developed, however,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-11
THE TRUTH ALWAYS.

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the truth" It was an expert
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comes the smash-up and the
punishment. The best and safest
way is to tell the truth all the
time. Thus you make friends
that stick by you, and a reputa-
ton that is always worth TWEEN
ty shillings to the pound every
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-11
CONTRACTS
NOT TAXABLE
Tax Appeal Court Con.
fIicts With Supreme
Court.

The Tax Appeal Court yesterday
handed down a decision that planta-
ton agency contracts We're not taxa
BILE, thereby putting itself in conflict
with a decision of the Territorial Su-
preme Court in re Brewer VS.. Assessor,
which decision was handed down on
June /, 1903. The syllabus Of that de-
c.sion, upon the point of the taxation
Of agency contracts, follows:
Sugar plantation contracts are con-
tracts within the meaning of that word
as used in Section 49, and taxable;
but neither promissory notes, nor ac-
counts receivable are such contracts,
nor are they taxable"
The agencies involved in the deci-
sion made yesterday are as follows,
with the amounts a issue: w. c. r.
win &. Co. Ltd, assessed at $63,0S5, IN
returned. amount in dispute $63,0S5; F..
A. Schaefer & Co., Ltd, assessed at
1925, amount in dispute $18,125; c.
Brewer & Co, Ltd, assessed at $50, 49,
returned at $S,309. IS, amount in dispute
So, 6.52; H. Hackfeld & Co., Ltd,
assessed at $110,615, returned at $40
44452, amount in dispute $70,170.4S;
T. H. Davies & Co, Ltd. assessed at
$50, 895, returned at 1920, amount in
dispute $50, 775; Alexander & Bald
win, Ltd, assessed at Sill, $50, returned
as of no value, amount in dispute SILL
$50: Castle & Cooke, Ltd, assessed at
$97, 662. unreturned, amount in dis
pute $97, 662.
Under the terms of the decision, the
Territory would stand to lose a large
sum in taxes, but the matter will be
appealed to the Supreme Court and
so the fight is not ended yet. The
contracts of the agencies had been
given a total taxable value of $483, 233
by the assessor making the tax due
fronl them at one per cent $3,S32.33.
The text of the Tax Appeal Courts de-
cisiOn follows:
Two questions are to be especially
considered by this Board in the matter
of the above appeals.
First. Are these agency contracts
taxable property within the meaning
and intent of the law?
Second. If taxable under the law,
what IS the CdSn value OIL SuCn COll-
tracts?
Counsel for various appellants have
submitted briefs arguing with much
force and supported by various au-
thorities that none of these contracts
are within the purview and intent of
the tax law.
1.-The Supreme Court of the Terrific
ry has, in the case of Assessor vs.. c.
Brewer & Co, - Hawn., page So, def
nftely set forth the view that, These
agreements whether written or verbal,
and whether for definite period or
terminabl at will, are certainly all
contracts within the meaning of Sec.
$40 and are taxable"
As to the value of such contra cts,
the Supreme Court has further given
opinion in 10 Hawn.. page Sc. that such
contracts terminable at will or for a
period of not more than one year have
of themselves no cash value.
The decision further reads, Moth
ing could be realized upon an attempt