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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
RACE RIOT REPORTED.
One White Man and One Negro Killed
In South Carolina.

Augusta, Ca, June "a race riot
at Turner S. c., has res'i.el i'll the
death of Burrell McLane, white man,
the serious wounding of his son, the
death of one negro and the woundine
of three others. 1t is said the white
population of the community is in
arms and Sheriff Raiborne and Coro.
ner Owens of Aiken county at once
went to the scene of the trouble.
McLane and his son yesterday after.
noon went to a house on the former
place and ordered Dave Garden Heigh
to return a child, which 1t Is claimed
had been stolen from a negro woman.
A number of negroes at the house at
tackled the McLanes and several shots
We're exchanged, the elder McLane be.
ing instantly killed and son of Heigh
being shot to death. Several members
of the party of negroes are being
pursued by a hundred armed men,
who threaten lynching.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
John Sharpe Williams.

James G. Dowd of Jackson. Miss, who
is at the ST. Nicholas, said lost night
that the contest between John Sharpe
Williams and James X. Vardeman for
the United States senatorship in Miss
issippi will be close and exciting. with
the chances at this time favoring Mr..
Williams.
John Sharpe Williams said Mr..
Dowd, rs the pride of Mississippi There
isn't man in the state, no matter what
may be-his politics, who does not, deep
down In his heart, regard Williams with
admiration, and l had almost said with
affection. He represents In his character
and career all that is highest and best
in the traditions of the state. He is
broad gagged statesman, a gentleman
in manner and in character, and ability
that will continue to win for him high
rank in any company of distinguished
men, The feeling is Strong that the state
in sending Mr.. Williams to the senate
would be honoring itself as well as him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
COMMENCEMENT AT ASHLAND.
President Striplin Will Again Be In
Charge of College.

Ashland, June 5-(Speeial)-The conf
mencement exercises of Ashland college
closed last week. The sermon last Sun
day by the Rev. M. NJ. Stevenson of
Alexander City was excellent. His text:
IF a Man Die Shall He Live Again."
was handled as few are able to handle
the text, and his sermon was indeed a
gem of the rarest sort.
The annual address by Professor Hol-
steen of Lafayette on the subject,
Ideals" was one of the most practical
and appropriate discourses ever delivered
i'm this section.
The literary exercises were highly en-
joyed by large audiences.
The board of trustees made their report
at the close of the exercises, and stated
that there had been absolutely no fric-
ton between parents, teachers or trus-
tees during the past year and that a
profitable years work had been done.
President Striplin will be in charge of the
college again for another year. While
Ashland has the best school building in
the county the trustees report that one
more year in the present building and 1t
will be replaced by a more eommodious
and modern schol building. The growth OF
the town demands it and the people are
awake on education and will not let It's
interest suffer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Guessing the Cotton Crop.

The guessers have guessed, and like
all other guessers they disagree. The
cotton producers association says that
the reduction in cotton acreage has
been fully IS per cent from the acre
age of 1904, which was something less
than thirty-two million acres. The
New York Financial Chronicle puts
the reduction at IL per cent, while the
New York Journal of Commerce says
the area devoted to cotton has been
reduced to 1913 per cent. The Agricul-
tural Department files a guess of all
cotton planting up to May 25. and it
estimates the reduction at ia per
cent. thus bringing the cotton acres
on paper down to 2S,12O,0OO.
Alabama's reduction, according 10
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06

to the present month of June. The
receipts of June. 1904, exceeded the
expenditures by over eleven million
dollars, and a like result would re-
duce this years deficit to about
twenty-seven million dollars. But the
present June will not do as well as
the June of last year did. The coun-
try is not as prosperous as it was one
year ago, and the last Congress in
dulged in a great deal of extravaganza.
About the best that can reasonably
be expected is a surplus of five mil
lion dollars during the present month
thus leaving at the end of the fiscal
year ending June 30 a deficit of thirty
one million dollars, or about twice as
much as Mr. Shaw predicted a year
ago
The entire trouble does not relate to
receipts, but to expenditures. The
navy has absorbed fifteen millions
more than it did in 1904; the army,
eight millions more; the Indians, near
ly four millions more, and the civil
and miscellaneous account about nine
and a half millions more. The pen
sion payments were not materially in
creased. There must, in other words,
be retrenchment In expenditures, or
inserted in the Dingley bill The prob
lem will appear in full strength when
Congress meets In November or De-
cember.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
RECEIVED BY eRlDlRoN CLUB.
Newspaper Men Pay Tribute to the
Memory of General Boynton.

Washington, June 5.-Washington news
paper correspondents today paid tributs
TIC the late General H. V. Boynton, who
die. at Atlantic City Saturday. AT
meeting called by Major John M. Carson.
dean of the correspondents, a committee
vas appointed to draft a suitable testi-
monial to be presented to Mrs Boynton.
As a mark of respect to his memory the
flag the District of Columbia building
will be maintained at half staff until after
his funeral
The body of General Boynton was
brought to Washington tonight and was
taken to his late residence 1t was met
at the railroad station by the officers and
n embers of the Gridron club and other
friends, who acted as guard of honor
until the remains were taken in charge
by the undertaken.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
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THERE is NO DEATH.

BY Bulwer Lytton.
There is no death! r he stars so down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright In heavens jeweled crown
They shine forevermore.
There is no DEATH The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer show
TO golden grain or mellowed fruit,
Or rainbow tinted flowers. -
The granite rocks disorganize,
And feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life,
From out the viewless air.
There is no death! The leaves may fall,
And flowers may fade ano pass away:
They only wait through wintry hours
The coming of the May.
There is no death. An angel form
Walks DER the earth in silent tread;
He bears our best loved things away;
And then we call them dead"
He leaves our hearts all desolate.
He plucks our fairest. sweetest flowers.
Transplanted into bliss. they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice whose joyous tones.
Made glad these scenes of sin and strif
Sings. now an everlasting song,
Around the tree of life.
Where'er he sees a smile to bright
Or heart too pure for faint and vice,
He bears it to that world of light
To dwell in Paradise.
Born unto that undying life,
They leave US but to come again;
With Joy we welcome them the same
Except their sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen.
The dear immortal spirits tread:
For all the boundless universe
Is life-there are no dead.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
BIrminuham's Greatness.

Ths annual report of Secretary BabD
night, is one to thrill the hearts of
every citizen of Birmingham with
pride. 1t shows that, in spite of the
strike and depressed Industrial condi-
tons, chiefly affecting the manufacture
of iron, the Birmingham district has
continued its wonderful progress and
is growing greater all the time. Every
industry, every line of business and
every commercial interest of Jefferson
county has shared in tho prosperity.
Although it was feared that the ie-
port for this year would not be encour-
aging, and the statement mad been
made that we would do we'll TO equal
the record of last year, the figures
show that in reality we have made u
great increase in the total amount of
money expended for constructive
work, an increase which testiaes to
the confidence which manufacturers
already established here have in Biz
mingham's future and the faith which
she has inspired in outside capitalists
who are looking for a desirable invest
ment location.
But the figures tell the tale elo-
quently.
Extraordinary Improvements, inciud-
ing the opening of new mines, build
ing coke ovens and houses, new equip
ment and increased facilities entailed
an expenditure for the year of 1914
220. Every penny of this amount was
spent by individuals and corporations
which have helped to build up Bir-
mingham and know what she has in
store for the future.
In addition new manufacturing in
dustries, additions and extensions
amounting to $916,500 and the capital
stock of industries already established
was increased s2,562, 100. Capital au-
thorized to new corporations was $5,-
$1,000. Railroad expenditure during
the year entailed an expenditure of
S1,503,000 municipal improvements,
$5S8,99697; new buildings, $2.SS0,i10;
sanitary construction, $271 ,694.93. The
grand total reaches the imposing fig-
ure of $40 40, 922.O4, and is an honor
to every man in the district who has
contributed to this magnificent result,
an increase of $1,2O7,60O over the TO-
tai of last year.
The gross output of 263 mining and
manufacturing concerns In the district
was $70,000,000; the wholesale and re-
tail trade amount to $S3,000,000; the
total volume of business was 1885,
0v0, 900.
Since 1900 there have been erected
here 11,7S5 dwelling houses. The IN
dications point to a total population
of 100000 people in the Birmingham
district.
Well may We cry, Great is Birming-
ham!" The achievements which these
figures show should snur evervnna to
renewed endeayor. Let us labor with
zeal and enthusiasm, increasing these
figures from year to year, until Bir-
mingham takes her rightful place as
the south's great metropolis, the
t 000which hrdlu mfwyp mfwyp ppp
stronghold of the iron king, from which
we can dictate its prices to the world!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06

the Agricultural Department. is the
smallest of all-only per cent. while
the reductions in Mississippi and
Texas are Z per cent; in Louisiana
IA per cent. and in Arkansas X nar
cent. The average condition of the
crop is stated by the Agricultural De.
partment TO be but 77.2-the lowest
modern record at corresponding date
save the one in 1903. But the condi.
ton of the crop in Alabama is put at
81, which exceeds the ten-year aver.
age.
Beyond all doubt the crop is in fine
condition in this state, and ID covers
great many acres. Present indlea.
lions point to a crop in this state as
large as the state crop of last year.
but present Indications are by no
means trustworthy. Cotton has a
long way to go yet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
FEDERAL COURT coNvENES.
Only Fifteen of Grand Jurors Sum-
moned in Montgomery Appear.

Montgomery June 5.-(special)-Judge
Thomas G. Jones convened the United
States court at y o'clock today. 1t was
thought that the grand jury would be i'm
mediately organized. but only fifteen of
the grand jurors summoned put in an
appearance The Judge directed the mar
shall to summon seven more grand jurors
to complete the grand jury, and an adj
journment was taken until o'clock this
afternoon, when the grand jury will be
completely organized The following grand
jurors reported this morning:
George E. Ensley, Gilmore; p c. Stea-
gall, Dale; e. G. Chaain, Pike; L. j.
milestone, Autauga W. II. Coon, Cow
ington; b. H. Reynolds, Chambers; IL. G.
Ellis, Gilmore; j. d. Barron, Montgomery;
William Sellers Pike; p. r. Faux Ell
more D. H. Lewis. Montgomery; Y. F.
Br:-ant. Lowndes Robert James, Elmore;
]. M. Wlngard, Gilmore; E. X. Spicer,
Covington.
The petit juries will report to the
United States court at 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning, when the trial of the Grim
iual cases for this term will begin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Contract for 1000 Cars.

Admission. June 5.-tSpecial.)-Th West
ern Steel Car and Foundry company to-
daV received an order for 1000 box cars
m no built for the Atlantic Coast Line.
These cars will all be constructed at the
local plant of the company. This new
ordsr. with the one received a few days
400 from the Missouri Pacific makes
9o0O cars the company has contracts for,
in addition to the work already on hand.
These orders will keep the plant running
for some time to come.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Fund Given for Prize.

Frankfort. Ky, June Ex-Governor Beck
ham today received from w. ]. Bryan of
Nebraska a check for $500 to be PAID
to the Kentucky Agricultural and Me-
chanical college and invested, the an
nual proceeds to purchase prize for the
best essay discussing the principles of
free government. The money is part of
a fund of $4,000 left to Mr.. Bryan as
trustee by the late Philo S. Bennett of
Connecticut to be distributed among
twenty-five colleges.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Treasury Deficit TO Date.

Secretary Shaw expected six months
ago-even three months ago-that the
mH.ith of May would yield a surplus
to go into the federal treasury, but
instead it PANIED out deficit amount.
ing to $2,960l22. Mays deficit, when
added to that of the previous ten
months, brings the total deficit of the
ssscal year up to sS6,649,6s0. What
the last and remaining month of the
kscal year will do repains to be seen.
secretary Shaw is timing his hopes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Memorial Exercises at Jasper

Jasper, June 5.-(speciaL)-On Sunday
morning the memorial services of camp
Hutto, U. c. W in honor of Jefferson
Davis were held at the Baptist church
which was filled to its capacity with peo-
pie of Jasper and surrounding country.
Chaplain General Jones preached the SER
mon. He was introduced by the Rev.
j. V. Dickinson, of the Baptist church.
DR.. Jones had for his subject 1.-THE Chris
tan Character of Stonewall Jackson"
and the discourse was one of the best ever
heard here. A special musical programme
was rendered by members of the different
c..oirs of the city
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
WILL BE REoReANiZEp
New President to Be Chosen for the
Republic Company,

Youngstown, o., June 5.-Aecording to
information given out here, the Republic
Iron and Steel company will be completely
recognized at the meeting of the COM
pany in October.
President A. w. Thompson, it is I'M
derstood, will not again be elected as
chief officer of the company, but will
be made chairman of the executive COM
mittee succeeding Col. g. Watson French.
The name of the new president, although
already decided on, has not been given
out as yet The general offices of the
company, 1t is said, will be removed here
from Chicago
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
WIGHT is NAM ED.
cortelyou Appoints National Commit
teeman From Louisiana.

Washington, June 5.-Postmaster
General Cortelyou, acting as chairman
of the republican national committee,
today announced the appointment OF
Pearl Wight of New Orleans as a
member of the republican committee
of Louisiana
Mr.. Wight is a leading business
man of New Orleans, prominent In
republican councils of state. Mr.. Cor
telyou says Wight was appointed not
as of any faction, but in the belief
that he will represent well the repub
lican party of the entire state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
MR.. HYDE RESIGNS.
Is No Longer on the Directorate of the
Frick Banks.

Pittsburg, June 5.-James Hazen Hyde
is no longer director of the Frick banks
OF this city. The designations came alike
to the Melton National bank and the
Union Trust company, the Frick- Melton
Banking institutions on whose boards he
had served for some time past. The
boards at their meetings today acted up
on the resignation in each case and it
vas accepted promptly.
This action follows the declaration by
Mr.. F'riek that he would not again sit on
a board of which Mr. Hyde is a member.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Reduce ST. Louis Bridge Tolls.

st. Louis, June 5.-Julius Walsh
Chairman of the board of directors of
the Terminal Railroad association of
st. Louis, announced definitely today
tnat the bridge arbitrary would be re-
moved in the very near future. Adolf
ton of the bridge arbitrary would be
the right of the present toll of IS
car for crossing the Mississippi here,
and charge of mileage only for that
service.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Game Preserve Proclaimed.

Washington, June 5.-Putting into effect
a law passed at the last session of Con-
gress, the President has proclaimed the
entire Wichita first reserve a game pre-
serve. The reserve is in Oklahoma and
contains 57.120 acres. Declaring it a game
preserve has the effect of suspending all
territorial game laws. Game, especially
quail and wild turkeys. will be protected
and encouraged to propagate in the pre-
serve.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Two is company till they are married,
when II becomes a crowd.
1t is next to impossible to have some
money If you don't get married.
Either a boy is so good that he is sick
all the time or so well that you can't
make him take bath.
A man can always have an enjoyable
Sunday rest explaining the comic pictures
to the children and going to church.
There is something about a woman's
summer clothes that makes man feel 1t
wouldn't be much different if she didn' t
have them on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Retiring Minister Honored.

Copenhagen, June Grown Prince
Frederick has honored l.. +. Swensen, the
retiring American minister, and Mrs.
Swensen, with long visit, as they will
leave for the United States before his
royal highness returns from his summer
vacation.
Former Finance Minister Hage has re-
turned from his trip to the United States
and is highly enthusiastic over what he
calls the tremendous energy of the
American nation"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Railroad Detectives Meet.

Cincinnati. o., June 5.--Rairoad detec-
tives from all parts of the United States
and Canada met here today in the ninth
annual session of the Association of
Railway Special Agents. President Bald
win of Roanoke. Va. presided over the
opening session. which was given over to
a number of papers on the betterment
of the secret service of railways and
express companies. The convention will
remain in session three days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Capt. r. N. Greene Very III.

Opelil1a, June 5.-(Special.-Last evening
Capt. r. M. Greene, president of the
Bank of Opelika and one of the most
prominent citizens of the city. of which
he has been resident for many years.
was suddenly stricken with illness which
is thought to be partial paralysis. He
had been at church during the day. and
was apparently in good health until the
evening. Tonight he shows no sign of
improving and doubts of his recovery are
entertained
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Big Steamship Is Ashore.

New York. June 5-A big incoming
steamship went ashore late last night of
Point Lookout to the east of Jones Inlet.
near Freeport, l.. /. The steamship Is
supposed to be a liner, but until long
after midnight it had been impossible to
learn her name. The sea is running ex-
tremely high and the people of Freeport
dare not venture far enough out in boats
to learn anything about the stranded
Nesspl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
SALVATION ARMY TO
PRAY FOR PEACE
General Booth orders a Week OF Gen.
eral Prayer and Sets Date
June 10 to II.

New York, June "A call to prayer
for the restoration of peace between Rus
STA and Japan was received today at the
Salvation Army headquarters from w.
Bramwell Booth, chief of the internat-
ional staff in London.
The call was made by direction of
General Booth who is now in Australia,
and he appoints the week from June 10
to June II as a time for special inter-
cessiOn,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Deaths In Union SPRINGS.

Union Springs June 5.-(Special)-Lat
this afternoon Mrs. Daniel Mclean died
after long illness of paralysis. She
leaves five children The funeral will take
place Tuesday morning at the home at
$50 O'Clock. The infant of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Miles of Birmingham died here
this afternoon at the home of Mr.. Miles
father.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
A PICTURESQUE View.

lone of the beautiful glimpses to be
caught in or near Birmingham" said a
horseman last night, lis the view from
the front piazza of the Country club at
dusk with the late evening. outcomng
stars, the encircling hills and the Sloss-
Sheffield ovens glowing in the back
ground ana Illuminating the heavens far
away A more picturesque sight enc may
no see in years journey.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
About Persons.

j. X. Cook, of Empire, is registered at
the Morris
NJ. A. Crosby, of Washington, ID. c.,
spent yesterday In Birmingham.
w. W. Robinson and Charles |. Graves,
of Alexander City, are at the Morris.
city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06

PERSONAL.

John G. Bradley has gone to Battle
Creek, Mich, to see his wife, who is at
that resort
T. A. Mcconnell, treasurer of Cullman
county, accompanied by his daughter
Miss Annie, passed through the city yes
terday on their way to Atlanta, where
they will spend p few weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Negroes Bound Over.

Minerva Harris, a negress. was bound
over to the criminal court of Jefferson
county by Judge Feagin in the police
court on charge of highway robbery.
her pond was fixed at $500. Ed Jones
bond of $500.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Nan Patterson Turned Down.

Columbus, June 5.-Messrs. Dickson and
Talbot Of Indianapolis, VINO own the
Grand Opera house here. announce they
nave refused to allow Nan Patterson to
play IN their houses, They run play
houses IN Indianapolis and other cities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06
Landrum President of Mercer.

Macon, Ga. June Sat a. meeting of
the board of trustees of Mercer university
held tonight the Rev DR.. w. w. Lam
drum, pastor of the First Baptist church
OF Atlanta, was unanimously chosen pres
ldent to succeed Rev. P. d. Pollock. re-
signed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06

Vice Admiral Birileff was sent TO
Vladiyostok to take charge of the Bal
tic fleet, and anyone who wants a vice
admiral at bargain rates should COM
municate with him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06

Oyama begins to think he will have
to shy his castor into the ring again
if he wants to crowd that fellow Togo
out of the limelight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06

Rojestvensky was not at any rate
asleep as were the Spaniards in Ma
Mia bay when Dewey dropped in there
on a Mayday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-06

Labouchere uses wit in fighting
woman's suffrage and finds It very
effective.