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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30
A CONTINUAL STRAIN.

Many men and women are constantly
subjected to what they commonly term
"a continual strain" because OF some
financial or family trouble. II wears
and distresses them both mentally and
physically, affecting'their nerves badly
and bringing on liver and kidney all.
ments, with the attendant evils OF con.
stipation, loss of appetite. sleeplessness
low vitality and dependency They
cannot as a rule, get rid of this ICON.
tinual strain" but they can remedy its
self-destroying effects by taking FIRE.
quent doses Of Green's August Flower
IL tones up the liver, stimulates the
kidneys, insures healthy bodily func.
tions, gives vim and spirit to ones
whole being, and eventually dispels the
physic al or mental distress caused by
that continual strain Trial bottle
OF August Flower, csc, regular size
75c. For sale by Connell Brys.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30
ORLEANS.

Mrs. B f. Connor was a guest of
friends in Ionia oyer Sunday.
Mrs. O Purdy has been quite sick
the past week.
Noble Rose Of Easton has hired out
to A, J. Hale.
Mrs. G. White and Edyth were the
guests at Jane Bairds Tuesday.
A. j Hale went to Grand Rsp'ds
Monday to see his son Elmer who was
taken to the hospital Saturday.
Jane Baird had the misfortune to
run rusty nail in her foot Saturday
Fred Whipple has moved onto his
farm, the old Kidd place.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30

Written anniversary the marriage of
Mr. and 30 l95 which
,ok place Saturday, January %
eighteen sixty 1--WE o forty years
For thronsng forever viii return
What awful fan Of womans tears
"heon from secession ourge hau We peeh oroeu
North ands division
Our anished boys in prisons vile Or lighting on the field
His Mary, influence his shield
In days OF peril womans love grows brighter and more strong
she loved onged release
She daily the
quickly grant the
Her loving heart sympathy sublime
For gallant soldiers dying in that awful bloody fray
While bitter southern cline
And bed Of earth the wounded sufferers lay
he aassasS must do lis deadly
Christle president must have his life blood spilled
And must know the treaeherous hypocritca vile smurk
OF traitors who rejoced that loved Lincoln had been killed
ourbe owed land mcenter toe rcumf ference
Thousands of homes deepest mourning thrust;
other, of horror bcnt
TIL in agony OF heart we cried God In thee alone we trust
odsentan of deuy IN troubled
glorious light shone forth from departing heros
They said; Thou with us amid the saters sheen
wilt hfes blood sacrifice
he righteous
the unrgheous world to save
o
So spake the suffering hosts so died the noble brave
and Mary unions uphold
And council held they those youthful days wong
In eighteen sixty.hv January twenty ninth ensuing
this why have here today,
To tell the union planned in those days OF strife
70 that awful fray,
The blessed of Horace
Ave forty years ago today YOU stood proudly
OF
to the fymeneal altar that Horace led his bride
After due consideration that twould be Just ana wise
And God has blessed in sue
n Mar dherco Saviour
she has made happy home and ever lifts her voice
Asking blessings her loved and for their good behavior
humble home reared cottage grand
And Jessie faithful Jessie is comfort ard your pride
Gods good time when the strand
M.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30
ARE YOU SATISFIED
IL Not. What Better I.roof Can Bel
ding Residents Ask For.

IL Not. What Better rroof Can Bel
ding Residents Ask For.
This is the statement of Belding
citizen.
The testimony OF neighbor.
You can readily investigate il.
The proof should convince you.
Mrs +. &. Kimberly of So. Pearl
street,, says: give years ago | had
an attack of Typhoid fever land kid
ney complaint together. Between the
two | suffered more than tongue can
tell. | soon recovered from the fever
but the kidney complaint has chung to
10 me ever since. There was a con-
slant dull heavy bearing down pain
across my back especially along in
the afternoon or evening after being
on my feet all day. l had heard so
much about Doan's Kidney Pills being
so good for such ailments that con-
cluded to give them trial and my
husband got box ut Connell Bros.
drug store. | had tried remedies
without number but | never took any
that gave me such relief as | received
from the use of that one box. They
are simply fine and | have alreary
recommended them to others"
For Sale by all Dealers. Price5O cents.
FOSTEIt-MILBURN CO.,
BUFFALO, N. ",
Sole Agents for the United states.
Remember Lne name, Doan's. take no subs itute
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30
Startling Mortality.

Statistics show startling mortality,
from appendicitis and peritonitis. To
prevent and cure these awful diseases,
there is just one reliable remedy, DR..
Kings New Life Pills. M. Flannery,
Of ID Custom House Place, Chicago,
says: They have no equal for Con-
stipation and Biliousness." 25c at
Connell Bros, druggists.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sears and son,
Arlo, of McCords, spent Saturday at
5. $. Snyder's.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30
The Original,

Foley G. Co, Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy and on account of the great
merit and popularity of Foleys Honey
and Tar many limitations are offered
for the genuine. Ask for Foley's Hon
ey and Tar and refuse any substitute
offered as ne other preparation will
give the same satisfaction. IL is mild.
ly laxative. II contains 40 opiates and
is safest for children and delicate per.
sons. Sold by w. /. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30
Strikes Hidden Rocks.

When your ship of health strikes the
hidden rocks of Consumption. Pneumo-
MIA etc you are lost, If you don't get
help from DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. j. w. McKinuon,
Of Talladega Springs, Ala writes
II had been very i'll with Pneumonia,
under the care Of two doctors, but was
getting no better when began to
take DIR. Kings New Discovery. The
first dose gave relief and one bottle
cured me" Sure cure for sore throat,
bronchitis, coughs and colds. Guaran-
teed at Connell Bros drug store, price
soc and 81. 90 Trial bottle free.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30
Mo chamnaane for Horse.

A racehorse owner was sued by
lanes Lucas of Blackpool England,
for $40. which included $50 for cham
payne supplied to horse. The court
struck ont the champagne.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30
N.w.oaper Of 800 Years Ago.

Fifty numbers of newspaper 300
wears old have been found in the state
archives at Stettin. Pomerania, con.
tanning quaint de criptions OF the
plague, shipping disasters, etc, the
news OF January being given only In
August.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-30

Stop! Don't take imitation celery teas
when you ask for Celery King, medi-
cine of great value. The "teas" are
urged upon you because they are bought
cheap. Never jeopardize your health In
pad cause. Celery King only costs 25
cents and it never disappoint5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
GIRL DECAP|TATED BY WHEELS IF TRAIN Children Attempted to Cross in
 front of Engine CONVICT MAKES ESCAPE The Pickwick Club Gives Opening at Selma In EIks' Home-Other
 Clubs Will Open the
 Season Soon.

Selma, october -(Specal)-Informa- ton reached the city at a late hour last night of a horrible accident that hap pened about 200 yards this side of Rep ton on the Pensacola branch of the l.. and N. railroad yesterday afternoon. The victim of the accident was little white child, about years old, whose head was decaptated from her body by the north bound l.. and N. train en route to Selma
 The train had left the station at Repton and was not under full headway. when the engineer spied several little girls and boys In front of his engine One of the number, little girl stumbled as she attempted to cross the track with the others and the wheels passed over her neck, seyering the head from the body. The name of the little girl could not be ascertaned, but the body was turned oyer to the father, who lives near the scene of the deplorable accident. MT. Brooks, a travelling man out of St. Louis, talking to an Age-1Ierad representative this morning. had the following to say of the affair:
 "It was a horrible sight and l could not get it out of my mind all last night. felt jar of the train and as the coaches came to a stop and began to back looked out and saw the headless body of a little white girl apparently or 10 years of age, lying on the side of the track. while six or eight feet away was the head in the middle of the track. The head had been cut off at the neck and except
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Massey BIdg-2O24-2O26 Third Ave- BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
SHOOTS BROTHER
 DURING QUARREL
WILLIAM DOWD IS LATER FOUND IN HAY NOW BY SHERIFF AND IS ARRESTED WHILE HE WAS ASLEEP.

Athens, October 17.-(SpeciaI)-A sad tragedy was enacted at Rowland five miles south of here last night at midnight when Wm. Dowd, a railroad man and a native Of that place shot and fatally wounded his younger brother, Edward.
 The shooting took place at their home ana IL IS said to have resulted from the dis leasure of William over the division of the estate during his absence, he having been gone for thirteen years until last Saturday when he returned home He went to the old home last night and found his brother packing the household Foods preparatory to moving his widow ed mother to Decatur to reside with him, lie belbs in the railroad business. With the Information that he was going to kill nim William opened fire on Edward. the revolver ball entering his back, tearing oft a part of the back bone and emerging al the breast.
 He left the wounded man alone, going to the home of a sister and informed them what he had done. He was arrested this morning about day-break by Sheriff Puryear. who was .sn ,noned last night af7er the shooting b. phone. He found the man m lay HOW asleep and had he was doirs. The physicians say there is no chance for the wounded man. The family of tine iothers stanos high in the community ani the tragedy is srs.i- ly dcplor.1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18

Atlanta and return $5. 75 on sale 18th & 2Oth good till 23d Oct. returning use the Seaboard-double daily leav- ing 6. 35 a. m. and 2.lO p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
SALE IS POSTPONED.
Carolina Northern Is Not Sold Accord
 ina to Schedule.

Asheville, N. C.. October 1.-The Carolina Northern Railroad company, running from Marion, $. G., to Lumber ton,N. C., and valued at $500,00O, was not sold at receivers sale at noon to- day, according to programme.
 Judge Pritchard of the United States circuit court this morning signed an order postponing the sale until Octo- Der 27, and ordering that the motion to revoke the sale be made returnable before Purnell on October 25. This is a complete victory for George J. Me Kerrall, one of the owners of certain bonds of the Carolina Northern Rail road company. Through his attorneys, Johnson & Buck, and Moore & Rollins, MT. McKerrall today made application for a stay of sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Southern District.


 Baldwin, Magnolia Springs: High winds and rains first of week damaged crops and caused sweet potatoes to rot; corn all gathered, yield less than last year. II. P. Romund
 Butler, Monterey: Rains and wind first of week damaged cotton; corn being housed-T. S. Donald.
 Clarke Gainestown: Heavy rains and wind early part of week damaged cotton. about four-hfths of crop plcked.-J. s. Lambard
 Conecuh, Brooklyn. Rains first of week retarded cotton picking; corn gathering progressing, considerable rotten corn, minor crops fine.-M. H. Sanders.
 Covington, Rosehill: Nine-tenths of the cotton gathered, yield about three-ifths of an average; minor crops fair.-Grant Bros.
 Dale Verona: Cotton all picked, about two-thrds of an average yield; rye being sown: all minor crops fine.-J F. Sam mons x Co.
 Sscambia, Nokomis: Henvy rains during week; four-fifths of the cotton picked yielo much less than last year; yield of corn below that of last year-J H. Will COX.
 Monroe. Puryear: Cotton in poor con- d.tion. ewing to rain and wind. cotton on ground has sprouted. fresh land cotton full of caterpillars.-A. ]. Lee.
 Pike Ansley: Rains have retarded pick ing and damaged some open cotton crop almost gathered, yield one-third less than last year.--J. M Carter.
 Wilcox, Alberta: Cotton about three fourths picked. yield considerably below average: yield of corn poor, much of 1t has rotted-W. A. Menfer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Pine Association Elects Officers.

Norfolk, Va, October 17.-The North Carolina Pine association, controlling all the big lumber mills in eastern Vfr- ginia and North Carolina. today elect ed E. c. Fosburg of the Fosburg Lum- Der company of Norfolk and Berkley president, and R. J. Camp of Franklin, Va., first vice president. MT Fosburg succeeds John L. Roper. resigned. The association ratified the detailed plan for the consolidation with the South Carolina Pine Lumber association, and the two organizations will meet in O. lumbia, s. C., on November 15 for final action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
for a slight cut on the chin there was

for a slight cut on the chin there was no mangling of the child
 The train was quickly backed to Rep ton and the coroner found and carried to the scene When the train came back the father of the child had appeared and was kneelng by the lifeless body in the agony of grief He was evidently a carpenter and still held the hammer In his hand with which he had been at work when the terrible news was borne to him.
 ''l did not learn the name of the little girl. but was informed that the mother was dead. The children had been play ing behind house near a saw mill about fifteen or twenty feet from the track. They ran from behind this house and across the track, all of them getting across except the unfortunate one that proved a victim for the mercless wheels of iron
 After the coroner was carried to the scene the train crew left one of their number 10 give testimony at the inquest and we came on to the city,
 Convict Escapes.
 At the Dallas county convict camp near Tyler where the county Is getting out gravel for macadam for its public roads Frank Scott, negro convict gave tho officers French leave this morning about daylight. The information that reached the city of the escape was to the effect that the negro slipped by the guards as the gang" was leaving the stoekade The dogs were telephoned for and sent to tho scene, but at this writing have not been heard from. Scott was sentenced at the last term of the circuit court to three months hard labor for grand larceny He 's known as a slick negro and his escape was not much of a surprise to those who know him.
 Local and Personal.
 A telegram was received this morning from New York announcing the arrival on a Holland American line steamer of Mrs. Maude Hooper and daughters. Misses Maude, Mary Darling. Almon and Mar gurlte. also Miss May Hooper and Miss Bettie Keith They have been spending the past year in Europe and the last two named will reach home Friday. Mrs. Hooper and daughters will stop at Hay slope Tenn, for few weeks before coming to this city
 Mrs. R. F. l.. Neil has issued cards to an At Home for Tuesday afternoon, De- tober, twenty-fourth in honor of Mrs. Franklin Troost Parker of Mobile, who will be her guest at that time.
 Mir. Ernest Lamar, who has been on visit to New York. has returned to hs homo in this city.
 Tonight at the Elks Home the Pick wick club gave It's opening affair. There were about fifty couples in attendance and the club scored distinct success Tha Crescent club will give it's initial affair Wednesday night. October 25th and the Dixie club will give it's opening German November 3rd. both being given at the flks Home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
SOMETHING DOING
 IN DECATURS NOW County and Circuit Courts Are
 in Session MORGAN COUNTY FAIR IS ON Elaborate Plans Are Being Made for Entertainment of Delegates to the Meeting of the Commercial
 and Industrial Asso'n.
MORGAN C0UN " FAIR IS ON

Decatur. october 17.-(Special)-T De- caturs are experiencing a season of activ- ity this week, with business mixed along with gaiety.
 Both the county court, presided over by Judge w. F. Skeggs, and the circuit court, presided over by Judge D. w. speake. are in session. as is also the fall term of the grand jury
 In New Decatur the Morgan county fair is being held under the management of Thomas Polk Lttlejohn. Both the courts and the fair are bringing vast crowds of country people into the Decaturs.
 Several cases of importance are set Tor trial at this term of the circuit court Among the most important cases is the case of Percie Couch, charged with the murder of Policeman William A. Baber on the morning of June l. After the shooting Couch escaped to Tennessee, but was arrested there on a train as he was fleeing northward and brought back here sand promptly placed in jail Baber was one of the most popular policemen Deea- tur has ever had He was prominent fraternal man and man of some means. Couch comes from a good family-one of the oldest in the city.
 Another case of interest set for this term of the circuit court is damage suit of $5OO0 filed by Frank Sherman, mechanic in the Louisville and Nashville railroad shops, against William Scharfen- berg a prominent Second avenue mer- chant of New Decatur.
 This case is most peculiar one. Sher- man and his son lived in the flat over Scharfenberg's store For some time Scharfenberg claims that he had been missing money from his cash drawers, and that some one had been breaking open the back window to gain admission to the store. He tried time and again to catch them, but always failed As last resort Seharfenberg placed a trap gun in the store and connected it to the back window. On the Fourth of July of last year the store was closed and in the afternoon a shot was heard from the gun and upon examination it was found that young Sherman was badly shot in the face and chest. He claims that he went down the back stairway, which leads by the window in question, after a bucket of water, and by some means fell against the window and thus fired the trap gun Scharfenberg claims that this would have been impossible, as, he says, the window would have had to be raised to have fired the gun. There were marks on the window as if some one had been prying at 1t.
 The Shermans formerly resided in Nash will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
GOOD MORNING. ANT TT
 CHILLY?

Not at all if you have a small Gas Heater. Burned an hour in the morning, at nominal cost, it will take the chill out of tho air and make the house comfortable. Sec the Birmingham Rail- way, Light & Power Com. pany, they can tell you all about them. Phone 5, Ex- change IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Good Financial Statement.

City Clerk James Edwards has issued financial statement which gives some interesting figures. The total receipts of the city for last year were $17.533 42 and the disbursements $170S516. There were 969 arrests during the year and 794 con- victions. Of the arrests. 465 were whites and 504 colored. In the number were fif- teen white females and ninety-eght col ored females.
 During the year $20,3S6S6 was derived from the sale of school bonds, and of this amount all was expended for the erection of school buildings with the ex- ception of $3S1.
 Thus 1t will be seen from these figures that the administration of Mayor H. A. Skeggs during the past year has been most prosperous one. He has done much to improve the city during the past year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Big Meeting Is Expected.

The annual meeting of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial association will be held in this city on November and 8. Already the local commercial bodies are making preparations for the entertainment of the visitors. and this promises to be one of the grandest meet ings the association ever held. It has been about five years since the associa- tion met in the Decaturs, and since that time the two cities have grown to a wonderful extent.
 Delegates from all over the state will be present, as will also a number of dis tinguished men from other states.
 number of important questions will be discussed al this meeting among them being the quarantine question: Dr. Jo- seph Holt of New Orleans will be pres ent to discuss the yellow fever question. Other questions which will be discussed are immigration and warehouses for far mers, where they can store their cotton and borrow money on it if they so de- sire. It is expected that about 15O dele gates will be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
WET WEATHER HAS
 INJURED COTTON Top Crop is Doing Very Little
 Good CROP WILL BE: INFERIOR Planters Are Having Trouble Getting Labor-some Corn Is Rotting In the Field-LittIe Wheat
 and Oats Going In.
CROP WILL BE INFERIOR

Monteomery, October 7.-(Speeial)-The wet weather has come along for the week ending yesterday and done lot of hurt to the cotton that IS open' as well as holding back the picking Little damage was done by frost There is trouble to get labor, and the top crop is doing very little. There is every indica- ton of a yield very much under last year.
 The full report of the week, as given out bv the Alabama section of the wealth CT bureau. shows that the crop of cotton is small and far inferior to last year. Some corn is rotting in the field With little wheat and oats going in.
 The full summary of the department follows:
 ''The week was generally unfavorable for gathering cotton and corn but fairly favorable for maturing late minor crops The temperature averaged nearly nor nal. though the middle of the week was quite cool, with light frosts general on the 12th and 18th, when frost was heavy in some northern counties, and killing in the extreme northeastern portion of the state. Heavy to excessive rains pre- vailed during the first two days, and moderate to heavy rains occurred over the greater portion of the state on the 10th.
 "Cotton picking was considerably re- tared by wet weather, and much open cotton was damaged by rains of early part of the week. However, picking Is nearing completion over the southern half of the state. In the north-central and northern counties picking is being re- tarded by scarcity of labor The damage to cotton by the frosts of the middle of week was slight, owing to the advanced stage of the crop, though the develop ment of late bols was checked. Very little top crop is maturing. The yield con tinues to improve in some sections, but still promises to be below the average, and considerably less than that of last year.
 Corn is still being housed slowly. There is considerable complaint of ears rotting in the field, but the yield as whole is fairly good.
 "All minor crops continue to yield we'll cane being particularly good, though sweet potatoes are rotting from excessive moisture in some localities. Fall plow- ing is progressing slowly. and but com paratively little wheat and oats have been sown."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Papers Issued in Moscow.

Moscow, October 17.-The printers strike here has ended. All the news papers will appear tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18

ed by rains, yield about three-fourths of an average.-J. Willman.
 Tuscaloosa Fosters: Cotton yield less than last year, worms damaging low land fields; corn being housed slowly, much damaged by winds.-L. E. Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Reunion for Corresnondents.

On next Friday the New Decatur Ad- vertiser will give reunion to it's numer- ous country correspondents, and Editor c. J. Hildreth has spaired no pains to make it success
 During the day speeches will be deliv- cred by Mayor Sam Blackwell. New De- catur. and other prominent speakers. A trip will be had over the Decaturs and the county fair grounds, and lunch will be served at the Railroad Young Mems Christian aSSociation