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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
SEVERAL SHIPPERS
 ORGANIZE BUREAU
PETITION CERTAIN RAILROADS TO REMEDY DELAY IN HAND LING FREIGHT IN THE DEPOTS. MEET NEXT THURSDAY.

At a meeting of number or large shippers at the Commercial club rooms yesterday a Shippers Bureau was or ganized The object to protest against the delay in handling freight by several of the railroads operating in Birmingham
 S. w. Lee, E. Wilkinson, J. D. Moore w. H. Kettig and R. A. Porter, were appointed a committee to draft resolu- ton submitted the following to be pre- sented to the railroads:
 ''Whereas, the delay in delivering and receiving freight at the depots of Louis vile & Nashville Railroad company, the Central of Georgia Railroad company, the Frisco System, and the Birmingham Southern, in Birmingham, is causing great inconvenience and loss to the ship pers and has become intolerable, there fore be 1t,
 Resolved, That we. the Shippers of Birmingham, respectfully and earnestly protest against the continuance of the present conditions and request immed- late relief.
 Resolved, further, That committee of five be appointed by the chairman of this meeting to properly present this complaint to the railroads mentioned.
 "Resolved. further that this committee report to a meeting of the Shippers Bureau of Birmingham, to be held next Thursday at the Commercial club rooms, the meeting to commence at 1 o'clock a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
STATE FAIR TO OPEN
 TOMORROW MORNING
NEGRO CAPTURED
 AFTER TWO YEARS
MARcELLAs POTTER, A NEGRO, HAS CONFESSED THAT HE KILLED A WHITE MAN IN STEW ART COUNTY, GEORGIA.

After evading the officers for nearly two years Marcellas Potter, a negro. was arrested at z o'clock last night by De- tectives Hamilton and Bodeker- for the murder of Oz Swann, a white man. In Stewart county, Georgia. The negro was lead to believe that he was wanted in Mississippi for the purpose of wringing confession from him. While protesting that he was not from Mississippi, he walked right into the dragnet that had been laid for him, and declared he was from Stewart county. Georgia. This was almost conclusive that he was the man wanted, and the detectives continued fir ing questions at him. Finally he broke down and said he could hold the secret no longer. He admitted that he was the man who murdered young Swann, who went to his house to see him about some trouble he had had with his (Swann' s) father the day before.
 The capture of Potter is one of tho cleverest pieces of detective work per formed by the local department in long time. The first intimation that Ham, ilton and Bodeker had that Potter was wanted was at Il o'clock yesterday morn ing. At that time they were called into the office of Chief Wier and introduced to J. w Montgomery, sheriff of Webster county Georgia, and J. c. McEarchern, a deputy, who accompanied him to Bir- mingham. The visiting officers told the detectives their mission, and with little to work on they started out to find Pot ter. At o'clock last night they To- cated their man in the home of a negro named Singleton, near Sixth street and Second avenue. and placed him under arrest. A little later they had wrung from him confession that will probably send him to the gallows. More than once the detectives heard of their man before they finally landed him, but his aliases threw them off the track. It seems the negro assumed the name of John Zone when he first came to Birmingham, and was known to Singleton as Frank McGee.
 Potter had an altercation with Oz Swanns father over a trivial affair and the latter went to the negro's house to find out about It. Later Swann was found dead and the negro had disappeared. The Georgia officers heard that Potter was in Birmingham and decided to come here. morning at 10:30 o'clock. They will leave with their prisoner early this norm ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Rural Carriers Appointed.

Washington October H.-(Specialo- Robert L. Williams has been appointed postmaster at Swansea. Blount county, vice Stephen A. Wolbert, resigned.
 Rural carriers appointed Baker Hill. route 1, Lloyd McGhee carrier. William McGhee substitute; Berry, route l, Will liam Studdard carrier, Mac D. Berry sub stitute Fayetteville route l, Joseph Boy kin carrier, Sidney Jones substitute; Grady, route 2. James Dorman carrier. Christopher c. Mcdowell substitute; Phili Campbell, route l, Arthur M. Coleman carrier, Benjamin Cofield substitute; Pine level. route 1, Victor McNeill carrier, Ben jamln McN eill substitute; Ramer./ route l. Luke s. Brooks carrier, Washington O'Neill substitute; route 2, Thomas G. Young carrier, w. D. O'Neill substitute; Uniontown, route 1, Arthur M Bondurant carrier, Morgan Bondurant substitute; Valley Head. route 2, Truman Culberson carrier, George Moss substitute; Yates. route 1, Charles Harris carrier, James Gooden substitute
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
PROCLAMATION IS
 ISSUED BY MAYOR
NO VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED ON TWENTIETH STREET TUES DAY FROM 4:3o O'CLOCK UNTIL PRESIDENTIAL PARADE IS OVER

Mayor George B. Ward has issued a proclamation closing Twentieth street Tuesday from 4:3O o'clock until the presl- dential parade reaches the park. The proclamation:
 To the People of Birmingham: On Tuesday, the 24th day of October, 1905, the people of Birmingham will take notice that no vehicle. street car or ami nal of any kind will be allowed to enter. cross or remain upon north Twentieth street, between Railroad right-ofway and Sixth avenue from 4:30 D. m. to the time the entire presidential procession has reached Capitol park.
 The police department Is hereby in- structed to arrest and imprison any per sons violating this proclamation and said extent of the law.
 Given under my hand and seal this Fist day of October, 1905.
 GEORGE B. WARD.
 Mayor. Chief Weir upon receipt of the noti- fication wrote the following letter to the mayor:
 Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 21. 1905 Hon. George B. Ward. Mayor, City. Dear Sir: Your proclamation ordering no obstruction of any kind on Twentieth
  received and in reply will say that the same will be enforced to the letter.
 Yours truly,
 W. E. WEIR,
 Chief of Police" Postmaster J. Rivers Carter has re- ceived instructions to close all the depart ments of the postoffice Tuesday afternoon at o'clock in order to give a quarter of a holiday to all the emplovec dlirfng the reception that will be rendered President Roosevelt
 It is expected that every postoffice in the county will receive permission to close for half of the afternoon next Tues day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

S2 % each
 Season tickets ten days-Fare and horse show, $500 each.
 Paddock and quarterstretch ticket-One day. 30 cents; season. s2.50
 Members of the press and clergy-Free with complimentary ticket.
 The following are the officials and su- perintendents who. under the direction of General Manager Williams. have had charge of the exhibits and attractions at tho fair:
 Eastman G. Currey, general superin- tendent
 K. V. Murray. superintendent of Bruce E. Amis. superintendent of stables and track.
 R. E. l.. Maxwell superintendent of arena
 Frank D. Fuller. superintendent of horse show
 J. E. Davis, superintendent of pure food show.
 pr. c. A. Carey, superintendent of beef cattle
 W. F. Matthews. superintendent of dairy cattle.
 Dr. J. F. connor. superintendent of horses and ponies
 John l. Jones, superintendent of mules and jack stock.
 Clarence l.. Waite, superintendent of sheep and swine.
 IL J. Mccafferty. superintendent of poultry and pet stock.
 Jesse c. Adams, superintendent of agrI- culture and farm products.
 c. Zbinden, superintendent of plants and flowers.
 Mrs. John B. Reid. superintendent of woman's department
 H. A. Thompson. superintendent of min erals. machinery and implements
 G. W. A. Johnston, superintendent of negro department
 Dr. H. A. French and Dr. A. Gibson official veterinarians.
 Walter P. Woldrldge. presiding judge harness races.
 Frank D. Fuller starter harness races J. w. Russwurm, presiding judge run ming races.
 Fred w. Gerhardy. starter running races.
 w. Porter Erwin. clerk of course and scales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
President Fish and Other Officials Did
 Not Come to Birminuham,

The Illinois Central officials, including President Stuyvesant Fish, who are mak- ing tour of inspection of their line will not visit Birmingham on this trip but will come here perhaps later in the year. The Associated Press telegram about the party leaving Nashville for Birming- ham was simply a mistake
 W. B. Leedy. who is acting as the real estate agent of the Illinois Central in this city. telegraphed Vice President Harahan Friday asking that the officials include Birmingham in their itinerary and re- ceiyed this reply: "On account of presi- dent and directors having engagements ahead of them for the trip 1t will be impossible to get them to run down to Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

port to the marshal of the day before noon Tuesday, October "A. g. The following have been appointed as aides to the marshal of the day: Col. T. O. Smith. Maj. Charles A. Jones. Maj. J. E. Dedman. Maj. John T. YeatmaD Maj. w c. Hearn. Maj. J. D. Elliott. Capt. w M. Walker. Capt. J. c. Smith. Lieut.. w. H. Soper. They will be obeyed and respected ac- cordingly. By command of General Clark, the marshal of the day.
 CHAS. A. JONES,
 Chief of Staff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
ATTENTION!

All cars at present running on 2Oth street from 9th Ave. north to Ave. B south, will during the visit of the Presi- dent te B'ham, Oct 24. use 18th St., lst Ave, 22nd St., Ave. B.-B'ham Ky. Lgt. & Power Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

Wanted-five cloak and suit sales ladies, must be OK perienced in these lines. Good salaries and perman- ent positions to the right parties
 Simpson Outright Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS

Hundreds of sickly people have ac- cepted this advice and are now well and hearty. It Is the best health maker before the public and always cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, costlveness, Poor Appetite, Female Ills, or Malaria. Try it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Do You Propose Opening A Savings Account?

You should have one-and you GAN have and keep 1t growing if you will determine to do
 But in selecting bank for savings there sev. era things you should consider safety is the consideration. Then the question of interest But you should overlook the important duty you yourself and the community to place savings with which will keep the funds at home working for the upbuding prosperity of the section In which citizen are interested The Citizens Savings Bank is such depository-the first and only strictly savings bank in Alabama.
 If you live out of Brmingham-it matters not where you can bank with by mail with and safety Give us your account.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

During the Fair cars will run on 30 minute intervals on North Bessemer line. leaving terminal on hour and half hour.
 '. R. l.. A P. Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
GOOD HEALTH

dred fold while bad health brings noth- ing but suffering and discontent. If you're sickiy, we urge you to build up and strengthen the system by using
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Made for Him.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 Hicks-Senator Dullard seems to have acquired reputation as a wit.
 Wicks-Yes, he was interviewed once by a bright reporter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
THE WEATHER.

Washington. October H.-Following is the forecast for Alabama: Fair Sunday and Monday; light to fresh north to northeast winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Local Weather Data.
Weather heport

Temperature and precipitation, as re- ported by the weather bureau for select southern stations during 24 hours ending at 10 a. m. Precip-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

W. r. LEHMAN.
 Official in Charge.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25
The Sex of CraZeS.

Craze has sex. There are crazes
masculine and crazes feminine as sure
as there are plants male and plants
female. The crazes of both sexes are
frequently much in. evidence. The
masculine crazes are many, ranging
from politics to the pool room, some
times taking in both. The baseball and
prize fighting crazes are masculine, bnt
the card playing craze, like the horse
racing craze, is of the common gender.
The visiting craze is distinctly feminine;
the travelling craze belongs to both
genders. Love making is very common,
as well in gender as in number and
case. The book-loving craze is mascu-
line. Women like books. but> the
woman bibliomaniac is never heard of.
No woman could ever utter what, for
example, Charles Lamb declared: 81
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25
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cato crop and visions Of famine every
few years. ''The people," he says,
live in hopeless little holdings Oh the
boys, on the moors and in the mount
aims, and on the rich lands there is
practically no population. After few
years they often run to waste and grow
nothing but rushes. Connaught's want
is not the charity of the outside work,
but great scheme of redistribution of
land and the development of her real
energies. If the new laws were really
put into force, the West. Of Ireland,
which required them most, would have
benefited most. One of the great pur-
poses of the 7aet was to relieve the poor
er parts of the country, but as yet
nothing has been done, and indeed only
a liberal scheme for~such redistribution
of land can save Ireland" The peas
ants are too patient. Their love for
the impoverished land iss verify pas
sion, and their faith in theepretection of
God makes an observer feel, that vital
religion is only to be found, on those
wild shores. They will thank, God for
a rain shower, for the cessations0f rain,
and even in hunger and sorrow they
trust Providence in a way that issbeau-
tiful and childlike. ''Sure'' said one
man looking at his hungry children,
"the Lord niVer sent mouth yet that
He didn't send a bit iv food to put
in it."
cit is only the Lord that can help us"
said another, as he stood in his bare
howell; having just been forced to sell
his cow. The children in the schools
look feeble and dispirited, want of food
is written large on their pinched little
faces.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25
Shadow Of HUNGER.

The shadow Of hunger has fallen
across the West of Esnland. There are
few living who wildly remember the
dark days of al, when the great fam
inc swept over the sad country, but to-
day the Irish are face to- face with a
situation which, although 1T cannot yet
be characterized as famine, has brought
grim want close to the cabin doors.
The potato crop has again failed, and to
understand what that means it is neces-
sary to remember that the potato crop
has again failed, and that he always
lives close to the borderland OF starva-
ton, and that once that line is passed
over that terrible word becomes a
reality.
A hundred thousand peasants, fine,
outstanding, Woodworking, thrifty peo-
pie are in desperate plight. What
can be done? That is the question
which is asked by the people who have
already seen the specter looming large.
There is one man who believes the
question can be solved. He lives in the
wild West, William O'Brien by name,
and he has perhaps wider outlook and
stronger views on the land question
than a mere agitator or politician. He
emphasizes the fact that the West of
Ireland ought not to be in the position
in which it finds itself, that it is not a
happy hunting ground for those who
seek for objects of charity, but that
rather this ''distressful country" should
be made thrifty and smiling. 4
cit is the condition, not the soil" he
says or the people that are hopeless.
Until the conditions are changed, and
the law declares that they ought to be
changed and shows us the way to change
them,. there will be failures of the POI
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25
LOST and Found.

In 1897 an Indian woman of the
Choctaw Nation came here and resided
for a time. Upon the eve of her de-
parture she confded to the care of an
aged negro couple in Hervytown her
infant son, saying she would return for
him and remunerate them. The years
went by and nothing was heard from
her; the old negroes died, and the boy
was bound out until he should be TWEEN
ty-one, to Mr.. Sam Mcdowell, of this
county. Three weeks ago the mother,
accompanied by her mother, appeared
upon the scene in search of the boy,
whom she would have at any cost. So
obtaining the services of a lawyer they
soon located him; and after securing the
affidavits of those who knew him, they
obtained his release from Mr.. Mcdowell
and went on their way rejoicing. Gun
Gle Sans" wards of the Choctaw tribe
are worth something. -Jessamine
Journal.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25

partly cor@pleted, and in this half dwell
ing he live5: He is welt off and his
farm is rich in cement stone and Rad it
not been for tie competition Of the
Portlatsd mills, his lasad would have been
valuable.
A good pagt of Mr. 2erry's time in
late years has been devoted to getting
upa perpetual motion machine, and at
one period he declared he had solved
the question that had sent hundreds to
the insane asylums, but he has never
put his machine to any practical use.
Recently lie partly dismantled it to
prevent any one getting his ideas. He
is satisfied the machine will work, but
declares he is 700 old to fool with it.
He is an agreeable old man and is as
tough as q. pine, knot.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25

man of the county or district is 80 be
congratulated On the just and equitable
solution Of matter that has at times
threatened t. disrupt the party in the
State. The principle that the Will of
the majority shall rule is one of the
bedrock principles Of the Democratic
faith. Under the ruling adopted it will
hereafter be impossible for one man to
stand in the way of the will of the ma
joritybeing recognized. limo future cos-
vention will a temporary chairman have
the power to unseat a delegation. All
that he can do will be to refer to the
Committee on Credentials the settle
ment Of the claims of the conflicting
delegations, and that committee in~turn
must submit to the convention the
grounds on which it's decision is
based.
Under such process the delegation
surviving is certain to represent the
choice Of the party and not the indi-
vidual. Louisville Times.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25
On His Own Coffin.

Eccentric Isaac Perry, who lives near
Muddy Fork, Clark county, Ind, some
twelve miles from Jacksonville and is
ninety-ive years old, has begun his
preparations for death. He is having a
granite monument sixteen feet tall
built to be placed over his grave. The
base will be large enough to cover his
casket, and special orders for the ar
rangment of the shaft have been made.
In addition to the date of birth, death
and an appropriate inscription, he will
have receipt from the manufacturer
chisled on the stone. showing that the
cost of the pile has been paid.
At his home he has a choice lot Of
walnut lumber from which he is make
ing himself coffin, taking his time at
the work so that the box will be per-
feet in its construction. 1t is to be all
hand-work and it is his desire to try it
before he lays down his earthly burden
to see if it is wide enough to turn over
in when the day of resurrection arrives.
He does not go about his work with
any air of bravado, but has undertaken
the task in sensible, earnest way.
Mr.. Perry has never married, be-
cause he does not like women, the only
one he ever met that he thought he
could make his wife having acted so in
dependently with him that he broke off
his friendship with her and made her
a sample Of her sex. He lives with a
nephew, and goes and comes at viii.
Several years ago he started to build a
fine house, but quit after it had been
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25

love anything that can be called book,
whatever its character may be-" No
women haunt the secondhand dealers
stall. They DO, indeed, like the nicely
bound volume; they may perhaps rave
over some edition de luxe, but thew
never delve into the treasures of the
old bookman to dig out some moth
eaten copy of great master. 1t is the
new book, like the new dress, that
women most dearly covet.
But there are old things, too, that
women like. They like old furniture.
old lace, and, to their tastes, old china
appeals very strongly. A fan of the
days of Elizabeth, tapestry :of Louis
XIV, chair of the Directory, some
relic of dead royalty or departed mill
tary glory will set women in motion.
They travel and hunt for grandfather
clocks and grandmother spinning wheels
but the secondhand book they have no
use for, with so many new and elegant
ly bound volumes at hand. Women love
to make collections. She has cabinets
of shells and stones; caskets of Jewels
and old gold; glass cases of MOSES,
leaves and grasses; but no old poems of
Shakespeare or Dante to show her Wis
itors. Woman's crazes never run coun-
ter of her instructive love of order and
cleanliness. She is at times a skilled
botanist, but rarely takes interest in
zoology. Her collections are valuable,
because selected and kept with care
and exactitude. The craze masculine is
sometimes of areprehensible character.
The craze feminine rarely assumes such
quality. The good crazes, whatever
their sex, masculine, feminine or COM
mon, ..can never hurt their subjects or
the community. They benefit both.
they stimulate activities that add to
the sum of human knowledge, and en-
large the circumference of human hap
piness. Herald.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25
ALL SORTS or NEWS

In nine years Louisville has expended
in buildings $24, 526, 812,
Congressman George Gilbert would
like to be next Governor of Kentucky.
Judge Thomas Paynter of the Court
of Appeals is a full fledged candidate
for the United States Senate against
Senator Blackburn.
Senator Cockrell has accepted posi-
ton an the Interstate Commerce Com
mission rendered him by President
Roosevelt.
Ollie James was smart enough not to
allow himself to be used to try and rake
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25
Game Law.

There still appears to be considerable
confusion in the public mind concerning
the Interpretation of the game law, as
applied to rabbits and squirrels.
According to the Kentucky statutes,
rabbits can be killed ten months in the
year from November 18th to Septem-
Der Is. They can also be legally hunt
ed with dogs or snares at any time.
The law against rabbit hunting was not
passed so much to protect rabbits as to
prevent hunters going rabbit-hunting
and returning with bag-ful of birds.
The open season for squirrels extend
from November 18th to February LIST,
from June 18th to September 18th. 1t
will be seen that squirrels can be hunt
ed only five and a-half months in the
year, while the rabbit season covers
ten months. However, squirrels can
be killed at any time when found de-
predating on crops.
Quail shooting is lawful only six
weeks in the year-from November 18th
to January 18th. This year, the law
was more faithfully observed and more
strictly enforced than ever before.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-01-25
wise Action.

The State Central Committee in
adopting the resolution offered by Mr..
r. w. Miller, ''That the temporary
organization of that convention the
delegation holding the prima facie Gre
dentials signed by the chairman and the
secretary ST the mass convention and
certified to by the Democratic chair