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The news & observer., 1905-12-02
Ouack! QuacI,. Quack!..
Nlizahch CITY Economist }

(EliZabch City Gconomist)
We hear that Currituck Sound is
one perpetual "uuack. quack, quack.
Canvass backs once sold for so cents
a pair. Now they bring their weight
in silver dollars and are only eaten by
the rich, who don't know the differ
cncC between 81 dollar and a SiXpencc
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
ME AND MY DOC

$214. 1922
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
Years Marriage Licenses.

For Wake county during the past
year there were 562 marriage licenses
issued as against 593 for the year end
ing November so, 1904, decrease of
81. During November so marriage
licenses were issued in this county.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02

The new charter covers the extension
to the South Carolina line and was
obtained yesterday by Mr.. j. Craw-
ford Biggs, of Durham.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02

Miss Maud Merrimon and Miss
Susan Clark returned to the city yes
terday from Athens, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
 RAILROAD WORLD.

w. E. Christian assistant general pas senger agent of the Seaboard J. P. Bill lups, general passenger agent of the Att lanta and West Point. and J. G. Hollen- beck, district passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville all with head quarters in Atlanta who spent Saturday night n Birmingham. returned yester- day afternoon.
 The Wall Street Journal says:
 A meeting of the committee on the con solidation of the Seaboard Air Line At lanta & Birmingham Afr Line and Sea board & Roanoke Railroad companies will be held soon after March II to perfect the plans for the consolidation of the three roads. It is not anticipated that any material changes in the present management will be required because the majority of the stock of the other two roads Is already held by the Sea board Air Line.
 Nearly 5O0.0o0 shares out of 609 600 have been deposited by their owners under the agreement providing for the consolida- ton. It was thought proper to extend the time to March Il in order to permit stockholders to accept the terms of the agreement who might have been out of the country or might not have had it called to their attention up to this time. In view of the fact that the declared mo- tive of the small number of gentlemen who opposed the consolidation was to promote the interest of the stockholders, 1t is not anticipated that any further op- position will be made to the consolidation for which the stockholders have ex- pressed so strong preference. The fact that no commissions are to be paid to the syndicate which agrees to furnish the necessary cash has evoked expressions of approval from many stockholders.
 The South and Western road is prepar- ing to extend its line from Spruce Pine to Rutherford, N C.. making connection with the Seaboard. The extension will be ahout 100 miles and will cut of about one-half of the present route of 200 miles for hauling coal from Tennessee and vir- sinia to North Carolina.
 New orleans. February 1s-The Missis- s,npi Central Railroad company has. by amendment. increased It's total capital stock from sso,Ooo to the total of N,6oo0oo. This increase is for the purpose of making the contemplated extension of the road, the purpose being to % to the Mississippi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Criminal Court.

John William Taggert, a white man, was convicted by jury in the first divis- ion of the criminal court, Judge Samuel L. Weaver presiding. Saturday charged with incest The defendant, who resides at Avondale, was charged with having had improper relations with his step daughter. He is a white man. He will be sentenced by Judge Weaver later
 Judge Weaver will preside in the second division and Judge Dan A. Greene in the first division of the criminal court this week.
 The following sentences were passed by Judge Weaver in the first division Sat- urday:
 Walter Hawthorn burglary and grand larceny, IS months at hard labor; Ben Johnson, assault and battery with a weapon, six months and 20 days at hard labor Ernest Bibb, grand larceny. 20 months at hard labor; Will Reese, assault with a weapon. six months and 20 days at hard labor Will Snow. larceny from a dwelling, 12 months at hard labor; Robert Livingston, grand larceny, F months at hard labor; Frank Rogers, burglary and grand larceny 12 months at hard labor; Charles Davis. burglary and grand larceny, 12 months at hard labor; Lucy Wright. burglary and grand larceny. 12 months at hard labor; Min nie Talley. larceny from dwelling, 12 months at hard labor; Singer Thomas, larceny from person. two years at hard labor; Marion Love, assault with intent to murder, two years at hard labor; Jerry Wilson, grand larceny. 12 months at hard labor; Lewis Gray. assault with a weapon, 20 days at hard labor;. Henry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
SATURDAY WAS BAD
 FOR FOUR NEGROES
TWO SHOT AND KILLED, A THIRD IS FATALLY SHOT, AND A FOURTH WAS so BADLY CUT THAT HE WILL DIE.

Saturday night was a hard one on the negroes around Birmingham. As a re- suit of shooting and cutting affrays two are dead and two others will probably die.
 Tom Killian, a we'll known negro in Birmingham. who owns a great deal of property in the city and is considered well to do in negro circles was shot and killed by Bob Sterrett in North Birming- ham. Sterrett escaped
 It Is said that Killian went to North Birmingham to collect some rent which was due him by Sterrett, and that some trouble arose over 1t. Sterrett pulled a pistol and shot Killian three times, one bullett striking him in the head and two in the back.
 Charles Wilson, negro, shot and killed Tom Shelby, a negro. at Hillman over a crap grame. The pistol used was a 44-calibre Colts, and the bullet struck Shelby in the center of the breast and caused instant death. Wilson escaped.
 Bill Mccoy, a negro was shot and probably fatally wounded by his step-son, whose name is not known. The shooting occurred at Kingston, and is said to have been the result of family row. The wounded negro cannot live, according to Information received by the police last night.
 An unknown negro was cut and prob ably fatally wounded by an unknown negro near the city furnaces at First avenue and Thirty-second street Satur- day night. The former was disembowel- ed by long cut across the abdomen. The negroes in the neighborhood took him away and hid him. When the po- lice arrived a few minutes after the cut ting both the negroes had disappeared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
ULLMAN ADDRESSES
 LITERARY SOCIETY
THE JEW, HIS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, THE SUBJECT OF INTERESTING ADDRESs-vERY LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT.

NJ M. Ullman delivered an address on "The Jew, His Past, Present and Flu ture," before the members of the New Era Literary Society last night in the K'Nesseth Israel synagogue on Seventh avenue and Seventeenth street. The ad- dress was heard by large audience who gave the speaker their undivided atten- ton.
 Mr. Ullman congratulated the society upon the programme it has adopted, looking towards the elevation of the mental and social status of its members. He declared that the Jew throughout all the years of persecution and trial has been the standard bearer of education and culture-even in his darkest hour the Jew did not forsalSe learning.
 In concluding his remarks Mir. Ullman declared:
 ''The present foreign policy of Euro pean states shows a disasterous confusion which marks a transition. It is tho death struggle of nationalism, and the transition to more active and real form of generation international feder- ation The very struggles through which Russia is now passing at home and the war she is conducting in the east will bring about a greater understanding be- tween the people and the governors. It is a birth struggle which the Russian people are conducting. It Is this birth strug- gle which Is manifesting itself through out Europe. We can trace nearly all Of the diplomatic rivalry ultimately to the interests of commerce and the greed for money But there is also another ele- ment which Is bringing aDout this greater international understanding. It is the conflict between capital and labor. Capital is already organized. Capital dis plays the same tendencies in every coun- try, and the struggles of capital in Rus sia receives the sympathy and support of capital in Germany, France, Englan0 and Austria. Labor Is likewise organiz- ing more thoroughly and soon an inter- national federation of labor will be reality The death struggle which Is bound to ensue will result in this advent of international humanitarianism and to bring this about seems to me the mission of the Jew Standing In a position of prominence in the financial word, he may be able to wield his influence in favor of such reforms in government as will make for this period dreamed of by the singers of Israel throughout all ages, when all men will be brothers and when war. pestience and famine will be banlshed from the earth.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
City Court of Birmingham.
FIRST DIvISION-Judge Charles

FIRST DIvIsIoN-Judge Charles A.
 Senn presiding:
 The jury in the damage suit of Louis Brandes vs. c. w. Austin, H. T. Gull pepper and w. B. Jordan returned a ver- dict for the plaintiff fixing the damages at $50. The plaintiff sued the three de- fendants, alleging that they broke into room in the opera house, while MT. Austin was chief of police of Birming- ham, claiming it to be a gambling house. Damages amounting to 5000 were asked for e SECOND DIVISION-Judge Charles w.
 Fergusion:
 The suit or the Budwig- Meyers Fire Brick company vs. the Alabama Steel and Wire company was not finished Sat urday in the secon6 division of the city court of Birmingham and 1t went over until this morning. The case has already been on trial for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
The Federal Court.
presiding.

Judge Harry Toulmin presiding.
 Today's docket:
 No. 7S9-Reuben Kilgore vs Southern Railway company.
 No. 790-Amanda Whatley, administra- trix, vs. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail- road company.
 No. 793-John T. Shugart vs. Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company.
 No. 79ES. A. Baxter and J. S. Gamby, administrators, vs. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company.
 No. 795-Albert J. Wesson vs. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company.
 No. 797-B. I. Franklin ct. als. vs Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Carl Ruble,s Condition.

Carl Bubie, who was shot and serious ly wounded by Joe Hooper at Vivian Saturday night and who underwent an operation at St Vincents hospital, Is still alive. but he is in critical condi- tion. Little hopes are held out for his recovery. Hooper is in the county jail and declines to discuss the shooting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Decline Due to Drought.

The great decline in 1901 was due partly to the drouth in India, which impaired the purchasing power of the people at the same time that it raised the price of the raw material, and partly to the col lapse of the markets in China, which, af- ter being overstocked with supplies from India and Japan, were prevented from operating by the serious disturbances in that country. With the passing away of these causes of depression, and a reduc- ton in the prices of raw cotton following on large crops, the mills resumed opera
 tions with great activity; but the price
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Yancey Literary Society.

The Yancey Literary society of the High school held its usual meeting Fri day afternoon. when a programme on the subject of Myth and Legends of the Morse was enacted, consisting of "Sigurd Sage" by Guy Thompson; Legends of the Rhine Country by Norman Orcutt.
 An amendment to the constitution was carried, making all teachers, ex-presi- dents and ex-members elected by the club honorary members. After usual routine the club adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
SIGNED oUTFIELDER.
N. E. Murdock of Los Angeles VIII
 Play In Birmingham.

Secretary Sheppard received a telegram last night stating that N. E. Murdock, of Los Angeles. California, very fast field CT and good hitter, had accepter his terms and that the contract would be sent at once.
 The only dope received on the new man is that he is a good fielder and hit ter He Is said to be exceedingly fast on his feet and good all round man. His batting record of last year Is not known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Circuit Court.

Judge A. A Coleman, presiding:
 The chancery case of L. B. Musgrove surviving partner of the firm of Mus grove Brothers vs the Walker County Coal and Mineral Land company, set for hearing Saturday in the circuit court was again continued, neither parties nor attorneys being present. Judge Coleman set the case for hearing next Saturday morning.
 The following is the jury venire for this week:
 E. J. Oden, precinct 37, grocer; W. ". M. Robertson, precinct S7, building and loan association; W. A. Gillespie, pre- cinct Is, farmer; G. c. Reeves, precinct 37. travelling agent; J. w. Brown, pre- cinct 37, carpenter; B. F. Rouse, precinct F, farmer; Parish Parsons, precinct IT., miner; A. E. ogden, precinct 34, miner; w. H. Wright, precinct B, farmer; l. B.. Chamblee, precinct 5, miner; George Scott precinct B, moulder; Sid B. Jones, precinct 21, railroad man; Walker Ward, precinct 45. engineer; A. H. Daniels pre- cinct 45. check clerk; w. J. Cusick, pre- cinct 9, clerk; B. B. Martin, precinct 21, manufacturer; H. J. McCafferty, pre- cinct S7. unknown; F. X Waldhorst, pre- cinct 21, carpenter; George Martin, pre- cinct g. carpenter; Daniel Holmes, pre- cinct 1s, boss driver; D. E. Raney. pre- cinct 35, farmer; M. A. Myatt, precinct 21, merchant; John s. Meyer, precinct 21, unknown; P. G. Manning, precinct 8 minister; J. L. Ware, precinct 23. far xx for C.. W. Spencer, precinct 10, unknown; John A. Ward, precinct 37, merchant; A. R. Gansey. precinct 46, conductor; o. W. Wood, precinct 94, railroad man; G. D. Etter. Jr precinct IT, mine fore man; w H. Tharpe precinct 9, real es- tate agent; F. O. Harris, precinct 45 manager; C. D, McReed, precinct 37 clerk; J. A. Snow, precinct 4S. black smith; Jesse Lott, precinct 1S, butcher. Today's docket:
 No. 1S42-A Pilligrin vs. Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company; damages Attorneys, Hinds Peevey, Leadbeater & Johnston; Walker Percy
 No. 1s4s-Joe Hill vs. Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company; damages ! Attorneys, Hinds Peevey, Leadbeater & Johnston; Walker Percy.
 No. 1s44-W. F. Jones vs Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company; damages Attorneys, Hlnds Peevey. Leadbeater & Johnston; Walker Percy.
 No. 22O1-Alvin Mauldin pro ami vs Warrior Manufacturing company; dam- ages Attorneys, John D. Strange; Walk CT, Tillman, Campbell & Morrow
 No. 2202-Emma Weinstein vs. W. J Long ct all; damages. Attorneys, Nathan L. Miller; John P. Tillman and J. A. l Estes.
 1 No. 2205-Georgia Thompson vs. Bir mingham Railway, Light and Power con- pany; damages Attorneys. H. c. Meade Shugart & Bell; Hugh Morrow. 1 No. 2206-Pratt Coal company vs. J. Waters; appeal by defendant. Attorneys Lamkin X Watts; Frank S. White X Sons
 No. 221O--J. and G. Lippman vs. c. F. 1 Bell & Co.,; assumpit Attorneys, Thomp- son & Thompson; Kerr & Haley. 1 No. 2213-R. L. Weed vs. Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company damages. At torneys, Frank S. White & Sons; Walker Percy.
 No. 2215-Lee H. Pettitte vs. Henry An thony; damages. Attorneys, Samuel Vii John; M. M. Ullman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers have been filed in the Probate Court: John w. Black to Alabama Grocery
 company, lots No. 2sOs and 2s10 in Mays
 addition to Birmingham; consideration
 s35O.
 Sudie S. L.obley to J. E. Soderberg, lot No 19 in blocr No. 172 Birmingham; consideration $3400. usa e 4tt M. P. Messer to Elsi Mckee, lot No. 4 in block No. of the Elinor survey; consideration S1s50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20

of yarn made profitable business dif- ficult. so that several mills either closed or worked short time.
 The spinning of yarn is in a large de- gree confined to Bombay, the mills of that province producing nearly 70 per cent of the quantity produced In British India Bengal produced per cent, the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh about 5 per cent, Madras per cent, and the Central Provinces A per cent. Elsewhere the production is as yet very limited.
 The production of woven goods during the last five years was as follows:
 led, yl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued from the Probate Court as follows Frank R. Fowler, Birmingham, and Miss G. T. Alread.
 Sam M. Bainett. Birmingham, and Miss Lula Daisy Miles.
 Will S. Nichols. Ensley, and Hattie flames
 Joseph Corbona, Thomas, and Miss Rcralie Giardino.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
JUDGE ROULHAC'S
 CONDITION GRAVE
PHYSICIANS HAVE NOT VET BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT OUTCOME OF HIS ILLNESS WILL PROBABLY BE.

Judge Thomas R. Houhlac, United States district attorney, who was taken suddenly i'll last Friday afternoon, and who is confined at Browns infirmary, is in a very serious condition. His physl- clans have not yet diagnosed Judge Roulhac's case, and 1t has not yet been determined what the outcome of the at- tack will probably be.
 Friday afternoon the judge sustained a fall while talking over the telephone At first it was thought that the fall was the result of a slight apoplectic stroke He left his office Friday night complain Ing of rheumatic pains. His condition grew steadily worse and Saturday night he was removed from his room at the Morris hotel to pr. Browns infirmary.
 Last night 1t was reported that he was suffering from an attack of la grippe. which seems. it is said, to affect his brain. His physical condition was reported as being favorable, but at times he would lapse into a state of comma, which the attending physicians attribute to the eff fects of the grip.
 It will be day or two before the doc tors will be able to determine the ex- tent of Judge Roulhac's illness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Lunch Stand Burns.

Huntsville, February 19.-(Special.)--A can of gasoline was overturned in the lunch stand of Charles Hawk on Clihton street late Saturday night and the place was completely gutted by flames before the fire department could reach the scene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Petitions in Bankruptcy.

Petitions in bankruptcy have been filed with the cle-- of the federal court as follows.
 Gus Smith, Liabilities $,9465, assets $22. 50; claimed as exempt.
 Jim Cresswell, liabilities s15S, assets S5a. .Sc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
To PREVENT THE GRIP

Laxative Promo Quinine, the worldwide Cold and Grip remedy removes the cause Call for the full name and look for sigma ture of B. w. Grove 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Guests of Fairbanks.

Washington. February B.-tSpecial)- MT. and Mrs. Oscar R. Hundley of Hunts vile, who are in Washington en route home from New York. were the guests of Senator Fairbanks today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Gray. Other kind
Weaving Mills Less Affected.

The weaving mills were less affected than the spinning mills by the high price of raw cotton in 1903-4. for there was a considera hle advance in the price of cloth. and both the home and the foreign de-
 mand was good. The production last year therefore increased by about 12na per | cent.
 Weaving is concentrated in the Bombay 1 mills to an even greater degree than | spinning, the mills of that province pro- | duclng about 80 per cent of the whole | quantity woven in British India. Madras | and the United Provinces each produce about per cent. and the Central Pro | vinces about per cent of the whole. | The goods woven are mainly gray (un- | bleachedD goode, these representing 80 per cent of the whole production. The following table shows the most inn | portant kinds of gray goods woven in the | mills:
 Classes of
 | Cotton Goods 1so2-3 1903-4 Pounds Pounds | Shirtings and long
 cloths .............. s2,445,11s PAS Dhutis ..,... .......... 22,l59,o24 2o,5ls lOU T cloths. domestics.
 1 and sheetings 16,767,s52 17,47Os06 | Chadars ............. 13,575, 26s 1S,712, SIT | The proportion of woven goods, other | than gray goods. was highest in Madras, | where last year it was nearly 64 per cent. was go per cent, and in Bombay about | IS per cent.
 It should be noted that the informa- ton in the above article is exclusive of hand spinning and weaving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20

Public speakers use Piso's Cure to strengthen the voice and prevent hoarse- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Judge Reprimands Negro Boys.

At the suggestion of the grand jury, which is now in session, Judge Dan A. Greene, of the criminal court, Saturday reprimanded Charlie Seals and Frank Young, two little negros who were charged with stealing several watches and gold chain at Ensley. The grand jury investigated the case and then de- cided not to find a true bill against the negroes but on the other hand to request Judge Greene to reprimand them.
 The grand jury which has been in ses- sion for several days will probably take a final adjournment on Thursday. A number of true bills which have been found by the grand jury will be return ed to the clerk of the criminal court for service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
THE LEGAL RECORD.

Freeman. grand larceny, 12 months at hard labor; Rober. Hill, burglary and grand larceny fifteen years in the peni- tentiary John Matthews, larceny from the person, g months at hard labor; John Matthews, carrying concealed weapons, 20 days at hard labor; Arthur Frazier, grand larceny, not sentenced; Henry Brooks, petty larceny, three months at hard labor; Frank Washing ton, forgery in the second degree. two years at hard labor (sentence suspended).
 The case against J. L. Meade, Jr., charged with assault with intent to mur- der is set for trial in the first division of the criminal court on February 27. The defendant is charged with shooting c. A. Matthews on Second avenue one night last fall. He is out on $150O bond, it being fixed by Judge I. H. Benners. The defendant, who is the assistant to the city treasurer of Birmingham, waiv- ed preliminary hearing shortly after the shooting and was bound over to the grand jury. Later the grand jury re- turned true bill against him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
ood'sSarsaparilla

Eracicates 1t, cures all it's manifestations, and builds up the whole system.
 Accept no substitute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
Get Rid
 of Scrofuld

Punches, eruptions, inflammations, sore ness of the eyelids and ears, diseases of the bones, rickets, dyspepsia, catarrh, wasting, are only some of the troubles it causes.
 It Is very active evil, making havoc of the whole system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20

TN0 LATE To CLASSIFY. MANAGER WANTED-Boston Manufac- turing company, about opening in Bir- mingham, wants reliable man for man ager; permanent position good salary; $500 capital required. Call at once MT. Bennison, room S. Morris hotel.
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