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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-25
ALABAMIANS EN- ROUTE.
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BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

that | was captured seemed more inter-
ested. To make long story short, 1t de-
veloped that he was Northumberland
and in command of the Union regiment
which captured me near my Morgan coun-
ty home during the last year of the war.
We then spent a very pleasant hour talk
ing over old times
Just across the aisle, an earnest lis
tener to Colonel Blackwelrs story sat
Judge j. B. Mcclellan of Athens, a
brother of Chief Justice Mcclellan of the
Alabama supreme court, and we'll known
all over north Alabama. With an empty
sleeve from the shoulder down and
bronze cross of honor on the front of his
vest Judge Mcclellan was easily singled
out as a veteran of the little difficulty
Revert e. Lee and u S. Grant fought
out forty years or SO ago. One was not
long in discovering two things, one that
the Judge loved a good story and the other
that Andrew Jackson stood for greatness
in his estimation. He had been in New
Orleans several days introducing the
Life and Times of Andrew Jackson ="
by Colonel A s. Colyar of Nashville, and,
though he may not have wanted 1t re-
peated, was pretty we'll Disguised that
the people of the city where Jackson
fought his most wonderful battle had so
little appreciation of a good history Of
the man and his career. "Why. the peo-
pie of Birmingham and Montgomery
show that they honor the memory of this
great man, but New Orleans-well, they
seem to think they know 1t all there al
ready. I'm going to stop off Sunday in
Birmingham; l like the town and the
people,"
Judge Mcclellan is well informed on
conditions in north Alabama. and talks
interestingly of the agricultural condi-
lions now and for several years past.
He was at one time a large ylanter and
has made many thousands Of bales of
cotton in his time. He says that cotton
is produced with very little cost on much
of the lands by adding to 1t freely of
phosphate of lime which seems to be just
what is lacking in the soil. Corn grows
luxuriantly in other parts, and food
crops generally do well. Though not sure
of it, he expects there will be some re-
duction In the cotton acreage of his sec
ton this year.
Coming down Sunday night, I struck
Banker B. Steiner of Birmingham on his
way to Jacksonville and other Florida
points with his wife and interesting little
son. Once upon time this Mr.. Steiner
was sickly and delicate and had to take
trip abroad TO bring back the roses"
Well, he got them. No man of the state
looks more the picture of health than he.
Mr.. Steiner was ready to talk about Biz
mingham, the greatest city of the world
in many ways. 1t is not as big as New
York, but give 1t time His face brightens
up at the mention of the city and he en-
joys the popularity 1t has for push and
pluck and progress.
Another Birmingham man aboard was
Mr.. w. Ezell Craig, one of the directors
OF the Brandon Printing company Of
Nashville who looks after the business
of his house in Alabama. Mr.. Craig was
going to Hartford, way down below
Dothan, and was out for most of the
night.
Montgomery. January "a.
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MONTGOMERY MAN
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
LESLIE MOSS DRINKS LAUDANuM
AND FOR A TIME 1T WAS
THOUGHT HE COULD NOT BE
SAVED.

Montgomery. January 24-(Speciai.)-
Leslie Moss. single, 81 years old, formerly
bookkeeper for local furniture house.
swallowed lot of laudanum tonight
and his life was barely saved.
He had been melancholy for several
days and drinking some. and told one
of the young men men at his boarding
house that he intended to blow out his
brains. Shortly after taking the drug
Moss was found in bed with the clothes
pulled over his head When found no
was stupid and almost unconscious. He
roic treatment caused him In an hour to
be pronounced out of danger. The lauda-
mum was mixed with sweet oil, which
helped to make It hard TO retain.
Moss came from West Point, Ga, where
his mother lives and where he has prop
erty. When asked why he did 1t he re-
piled, I'm simply fool" He lost his
Job a week ago.
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CORRIDOR TALK OF
THE ALABAMA CAPITOL
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

In the matter of a chancellor for the
Northwestern division, A. II. Benners,
stock looked good today. The early
mail of the acting governor was full of
letters urging his appointment to the va
caney caused by the death of Col. ]. J.
Altman, and messenger boys kept Dexter
avenue fairly warm transporting tele-
grams in the same interest Mr.. e. X.
Campbell, who spent much of Yesterday
here. confessed to a hope to see Mr.. Ben
ners selected, and Lee Bradley. another
Birmingham attorney of state reputation.
was talking the same thing here by a.
Nashville brought in Walker Percy. e. II.
Cabaniss and John P. Tillman. all Class
A men of the Birmingham bar. with
Jones G. Moore, member of the state
democratic committee, as an outside
''rooter" of known ability and reputed
success In matters political All these,
save Mr.. Campbell, who must have gone
home last night, took their plea into the
private office of the governor lust at
noon. and the door was shut upon them
and what took place is guess work so far
as the reporters are at this time informed
One of the bunch admitted that they
udu io6illltiS piOPbSlllou That was go
ing to be hard to resist.
The days of Kolb and popuism and the
rosy dreams of the farmers alliance were
recalled today by a visit to the capital of
Hon. j. II. Harris, planter and states
man, from the county of Chambers,
whose home at Oakbowery is one of the
most hospitable of the South MIR. Harris
led the Kolb forces in the legislature of
1890 and to his level head and calm
judgment is due in large measure the
steering of the faction over dangerous
places. Though populist ne was regard
ed as one of the safest men of the house.
Mr. Harris came again to the legislature
in 1900 as a democrat, having gone back
into his old party, and was made chair
man of the committee on agriculture.
He was given a cordial welcome by all
the state officials today, with whom he is
very popular.
More gentlemen who hold positions
with the Alabama National Guard would
do well to get busy" right now and
make every preparation possible for a
good showing at the inspections in March
and April. Three regular army officers
will take part in the work and Excuses"
are going to count for very little when
they make up their reports. After the.
inspection last year. and this is sorter
ION the dead" some very smart letters
We're received from Uncle Sans minions
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There is something about a comforta-
BILE Pullman that is conducive to congen-
iality, and the most taciturn men become
talkative aboard one and seek the COM
panionship of those around them.
Aboard Louisville and Nashville NO. 4,
north, Saturday night last were several
gentlemen well known both in Montgom-
cry and Birmingham, and the hours were
made quite happy for a number who
drew up close" and INDUCED in story and
"Reminiscences. So much interested were
the members of one little group, many oc-
cupants of the car, sleepy and lonesome
no doubt. turned their heads frequently
their way as if envying them the pleas
ant diversion.
Prominent among those of this jolly
party was the Hon. Samuel Blackwell,
mayor of Decatur, who served as third
auditor of the treasury under Mr.. Cleve-
lands second term. After closing his
book and consenting to wake up and
take notice" Colonel Blackwell became the
life of the crowd. He had been down to
pay his respects to the acting governor,
and meet many old friends around the
capitol, where he labored as member of
the constitutional convention for several
week, and was in looking backward"
mood He thought man few seats
ahead was John B. Knox, of Admission.
president of the constitutional convention,
and was much disappointed when he
found 1t was not so.
Ibid I ever tell you about my expe-
rience with a Chicago pension agent VINO
paid out 81, 600 too much and had to refund
the money! asked the erstwhile auditor
of Uncle Sans accounts, as he laid a
heavy looking book on the seat beside
him. mo? Well It's a good story illus
trating in a striking way the changes tnat
have come over the country since the
bloody days of 1S60-65. Shortly after
took charge of the office in the treasury
department we found that this Chicago
man had paid out too much money on a
claim as a result of getting the ngureS
II and 81 transposed, making '7S instead
of ST. We called on him to make II good'
and he said he could not do 1t. His con-
gresham and senator came around and
tried to straighten it up and get him re-
lieved. but we had no discretion and could
not let him off. Pretty soon the agent
came down himself. After looking over
the laws it was found that he would
have to make the amount good which he
did"
.sRut that is not the real story" con-
timed Colonel Blackwell. AFTER we had
been talking awhile the Chicago man
called attention to the fact that L was
the first southern man and member OF the
Confederate army who had ever paid pen
sions to members of the Union forces, my
sworn enemies of only few years before
This brought up the question of the war
and the visiting agent of the department
asked me where l enlisted, and when told
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PresIdent pIaz Makes rrIp.

Mexico City, January 24.-President
Diaz has arrived at Coatzacoalcos after
having made several stops en- route. The
President inspected the port works at
Vera Cruz and remained there over night.
He congratulated Sir Weelman Pierson.
the English contractor, on the substantial
character of the work. The party also
made stops at Orizaba and Tierre Blanca.
A banquet was given at Rlncon Antonio
tonight in honor of the President. The
party will continue their trip tomorrow
and will make an inspection of the port
work accomplished at Salina Cruz.
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NEWS OF DEMoPoLIs.
New Cotllon and Card Club Is Or
ganized BY Young Set.

Demopolis, January A.-Special.-Mr
Allen, Of Nashville. Tenn, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs Cornish
Bailey, and who while in Demopolis was
the recipient of much attention, has re-
turned home.
combined cotillon and card club has
just .een organized by Mrs. William Her
bert and Mrs w. l.. Prout, which prom
Uses to furnish great deal of pleasure for
the young people and the young married
people of the city. The dance will be had
in the spacious and elegant rooms of the
Elks' club.
Two of our popular young people will
soon be made one. Mr.. Edward Poe, of
the l.. A. George dry goods firm and Miss
Dolores Warrington are the contracting
parties. The marriage will take place at
the Methodist Episcopal church.
Three of the leading and most earnest
workers of the Ladies' Aid society of
the Methodist Episcopal church gave a
tea on the Goth instant at the home Of
Mrs. James Hudson. To mention the
names of Mrs. Richard Allen, Mrs. Hud-
son and Miss Lucy Prout is enough to as
sure the public of the success OF the en-
terprise.
One of the most successful entertain
ments of the season was that given a
few evenings since at the opera house for
the benefit of the United Charities. 1t
was under the direction of Mr.. julius
Menko, assisted by Mrs Julius Marx
Prominent among those taking part were
Miss Fannie Rembert, Miss Matte Hand,
Miss Mary Ida Knox. Miss Nellie Bolton,
Miss Edith Dufeu, Miss Katie Allen, Mrs.
Dr. Pfeiffer, Miss Edwina McCarty. Miss
Grille Meyer. Miss Julia Jones, Miss Vir-
gnia Jones and Miss Lena Meyer. A
large audience greeted the performers and
a handsome sum was realized.
Miss Annie Lyon and Miss Helen hem
bert are visiting the family Of Dr. George
Lyon in Mobile.
DR.. Rush, presiding elder of the district.
preached two able sermons Sunday at the
Methodist Episcopal church.
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LUMBERMEN MEET.
Southern Manufacturers Are lncreas-
Ing In Strength.

New Orleans, January 24.-The fif-
teenth annual meeting of the South
ern Lumber Manufacturers associa-
ton was convened here today, with
more than two hundred delegates
present. The report of President r.
A. Long was read and shows sub
stantial increase in the power of the
association in the regulation of lumber
interests.
1t was an eloquent defense of the
right to curtail lumber supply as a
means of maintaing the integrity OF
the industry. The membership of the
association is now 217 representing
1911 mills in the south.
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stomach and other organs OF dlSestion
and nutrition.
So 900 FORFERIT will be paid by
WORLDS DIspRNsARY MEDICAL Asso.
CITATION, Proprietors, Buffalo, n. y, If
they cannot show tho original signature
of the individual Volunteering the test,
nonial below, and also of the writer's OF
every testimonial among the thousands
which they arc constantly publishing
thus proving their genuineness.
rThe praise wonid ike to give your SoloenI
Medical Discovery cannot utter IN voros OF
describe with pen writes James =. Amop 1
ESQ. OF raosH Mif1in street Huntingdon PA
NJ was taken with what cor phys,cian,s per .,l
said was indigestion. doctorsd with tne os y,
around here and found no relief wro,e 70
YOU and YOU sent me question blank 20 M oa.1
and did 20, and you then ADVISED me 70 W.
Br. ricrce's Golden Medical Discovery. ! tooH
three bottles and felt 80 good that @oppseaal
being cured. I have no symptoms OF sAsens
trouble or indigestion now" .r.s,.,
DR.. Pierce3s Common Sense Medical
Adviser, sent f,se on receipt OF stamps
to cover expense Of mailing osy.
Twentv-one one-cent stamps for the
book IN paper covers. or 81 stamps Iot
the cloth-bourd volume. Address Dr'
r, v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Z.
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Postoffice Appointments.

washington, January 2l.-(special)-
Postmasters appointed. Alexandria. Cal
houn county James g. Woodruff; Mar
gerim Colbert county Matthew ID.
Wallace. John p. Treadway, appointed
regular. James d. McAuley substitute
rural free delivery carrier route at
JacksonVllle.
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Wool Market Very Dull.

Boston, January 24.-Owing to the
exceedingly small stocks OF domestic
wool available, actual business IN the
Boston market is unusually dull.
is estimated that nearly 40 to 90 per
cent of the coming clip of the territory
has been sold.
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Would Form Racing Commission.

Little Rock January PA bill will be
introduced In the Arkansas legislature to-
morrow providing for the creation of n
state racing commission composed of the
Governor, Attorney General and Seere-
tary of State. The bill, If adopted, Will
put a stop to the control Of the Western
Jockey club over one of the tracks in TINS
State.
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NOTICE.

Birmingham. in the state Of Alabama, is
closing its affairs. ALI note holders and
other creditors OF the association are.
therefore. hereby notified to present the
notes and other claims for payment.
j. B. COBBS President.
Dated January 10. 1905. 1--2-6st
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The Reliance Restaurant
will open up in their new
quarters Thursday and will
be glad to receive all their
old friends and patrons, 22l
N. 10th ~.
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about poor showings made, especially as
regards attendance, and the hint was
pretty plain that better things were ex-
pected. Adjutant- General Brandon is get
ting out a circular letter to the officers
today in which he plainly intimates that
there will be very little overlooking OF
shortcomings Arms and equipment
ought to be in good condition; % per cent
of each command are expected to answer
inspection roll call, and the officers should
know what their duties are and be able
to exemplify them. A thing to be
stressed will be the military laws of the
state, and those who are not pretty well
up on these will fall far short of meeting
the standard set for 1906.
Colonel H. S. d. Mallory of Selma
chairman of the state democratic commit
tee, was a guest of Montgomery yester-
day. visiting the capitol in the afternoon
When asked about politics he replied that
he was too busy making a living for the
family to think of 1t. One does not in
dulge in the least blarney in saying that
there are few more popular men in Ala
baTna than Colonel Mallory, who In
very peculiar way possesses the confidence
of the people of the state. His career in
politics has gone only to service for
which he receives no pay, and If he has
ever aspired to office of pecuniary prom
inenee he has kept 1t to himself This
remark made of him recently seems par
ticularly appropriate; Colonel Mallory
is a man who hits the high places of life
in the best meaning of such an express
sion, and may always be found ready to
further every wholesome movement of
his state"
j. B. Dell, who lacks only the change of
one letter to make his name a very com
mon one instead of unusual as it is, was
here yesterday en- route to New Orleans
to the Cotton Growers convention. and
spent some time in the state educational
department. Mr.. Dell is superintendent of
education of Houston county, the newest
infant in the Alabama family whose
right, by the way, of existence Is being
now considered by the supreme court
He says condition are promising In his
section and the farmers will cut down the
cotton acreage considerably. This will
be much easier to accomplish than in
the black belt, because the farmers are
owned and worked by white men. Album
dant evidence off great falling off in cot
ton is found in the unprecedented small
sales of fertilizers.
Mr.. N. d. jerks, cousin OF Governor
Jelks. is in town from his home at Gads-
den, attending the United States court
He is quite sure that section of the state
is destined to great prosperity.
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~ HANDICAPPED.
The man who started to run a race In

&A@ eeAA Nt@O 49,
chains and letters
would be visibly
handicapped. No
one would expect
h i'm to succeed.
The m a. W b o
runs the race of
life h n hi s
digestive and nu-
tritive organs are
diseased is equally
handicapped. In
the one case his
strength is over
weighted, in the
other It Is under
N / n e d. Success
demands a bove
all else a sound
stomach.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery cur e 9
dis e a SEES of the
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gy and knowledge of farming and that
he thinks the result of the experiment will
be very satisfactory.
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TO THE GENERAL BUILDING PUBIC:


in f. b.
mode rn 4 til a n
CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMENT
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Foods Sarsaparilla ensures good diges-
ton and strength to the vital organs.
Insist upon Hoods.
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Our III Q a lth Insurance
covers grippe and pneumo-
MIA. Jemison r. e. & las. Co.
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HORTICULTURISTS
ARE IN SESSION
Cane Growers Convene at
Montgomery Today
BENNERS SEEMS IN LEAD
Sterling Wood Has Excellent Endorse
ments and Will Also Make Strong
Race-sheriff May Is Re-
ported Missing.
BENNERS SEEMS IN LEAD

y Montgomery January 24.-Spe- I
= cial)-The governor said this after I
= noon that he would appoint a chan :
y cellor for the Northwestern division I
y tomorrow.
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Fixlnq for Pythlans.

At a meeting of Central lodge No g.,
knights of Pythias, last night arrange
ments were outlined for the entertain
rnent of the grand lodge, which meets
here In May. A committee consisting or
]. l.. Holloway, chairman; j. M. Riggs,
b. A. TAYLOR p A. Travis and Graves
Ivey. 1t was also announced that the
trustees would see that the lodge rooms
were cleaned and frightened up with new
carpets and furniture, and that the dele
gates will be given 'the time of their
lives" There is considerable disappoint-
ment on the part Of the grand lodge off,
GERS that there Is such falling off in the
membership of one or two of the Rir-
mingham lodges Grand Chancellor Mich
els will spend much of his time from now
until May in that section of the state stir
ring things up.
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A. q. FREEMAN,

T. P. A.. Q. & c. Route,
1925 First Ave-, Birmingham, Ala.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
ONLY EVIL in AMERICANS.
German Says They are HeartIess an6
Have Evil Eyes.

Berlin, March 6.-K Zimmerman.
in his book, 'Uncle Sam" just pub-
lished here, declares that Americans
are a selfish. egotistical race. whose
aims are utterly sordid, and who arO
occupied solely with the task OF accus
mulating dollars.
"The Americans evil-looking eye
says Herr Zimmerman. "betrays THO
depths of depravity into which the nae
ton has fallen"
The sorrows Of others, says the au.
thor, inspire no sympathy in the heart
OF the American. He is without heart.
He is unable to grasp the conception Of
an ideal. He systematically cheats
in his commercial relations.
Herr zimmerman says the Amere
lean people have no moral principle exs
cept the accumulation Of wealth. an4
that every citizen is estimated by tho
number of his dollars.
The author lived several years ID
America and his book records his imk
pressions of that country. The volumQ
is more strongly anti-American thai
anything published here for years.
The object of the book is to counteN
act German enthusiasm for America
aroused by Goldberger's work. Tho
Land of Unlimited Possibilities" ana
other German books on the same lines
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-07
A Political Discussion.

Heck Prouty lows that If youll just
wait a spell you'll see the Rooshians
heat the packin' outer them dod-bing-
cd little Japs," said certain promi-
nent citizen of the Arkansas nelghpor-
hood of Possum Trot. Cant TOOL hln'
he says, b'cuz he H.,
"Can't, can't they? Will, will they!'
aeeressiyely replied another and equal
" prominent citizen Of the same local
ity. "Does, does he? Aw. he talks ike
a man with a wooden leg. Huh, him.
Saw he was most forty years old be-
fore he ever rid on the cars. That time
he went to the depot over at Pokevilie
and entered the waitin' room and after
settin' around he rotched over and
nudged a stranger that was near him.
and said:
"It rides tolerably blamed easy to-
dav don't it?' And then when he
heard the train pullin' in he said some
thing about reckoning sawmill was
blowin' up right close at hand, and
when he ketched sight Of the cars the
railway men had to blindfold and back
him in before they could get him on
board the train. Eh-yah. should
Judge he'd think the Rooshians could
lick the Japs.. -.