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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-16
BUSINESS CHANGE.
John r. Gaudin Buys Interest in Albert
Restaurant.

John r. Gaudin has bought William F.
Schlichter's interest In the Albert restau-
rant. Albert Fasnacht, the senior part
ner will manage the business and Mr..
Gaudin. who is secretary and treasurer Of
the Elmwood Cemetery company. will
continue to devote his time chiefly to the
company. Mr. Gaudin for number Of
years occupied responsible position in
the First National bank and is one of the
best known and most popular young men
in Birmingham.
Mr.. schlichter retires from the restau-
rant business to give his time exclusive
" to the manufacture of cigars.
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representative from each local union. C.
C. Houston is chairman; L. X. Scherry,
secretary, and James B. Drake. treasurer.
Invitations have been extended Samuel
Gompers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and Charles P. Neill,
United States commissioner of labor, and
it is expected one or these gentlemen
will be present to deliver the Labor Day
Grafton.
Cash Prizes.
Cash prizes will be given to unions in
the parade having the largest numbers
in line, highest percentage of member
ship. having best marching order and
most approprite uniforms and banner.
Cash prizes will also be given in the
athletic contests. to be determined upon
later by the committee In charge OF
this feature Three bands of music have
already been engaged for the parade and
it promises to be the biggest Labor Day
pageant ever seen in Birmingham.
railroad rate of one fare for the
round trip. plus % cents, has been grant
ed by the Southeastern Passenger asso-
citation from all points within radius
of 100 miles of Birmingham. These tick
cts win be good coming in afternoon of
September, and returning Tuesday, Sep
TENDER a. This viii insure large attend
ance from outside points. Invitations have
been extended the labor organizations of
Montgomery, Selma, Admission, Gadsden,
Florence, Sheffield and other northern
Alabama Industrial eenters to come to
Birmingham and participate in the cele-
bration.
Committees Named.
Chairman Houston announced the fol-
lowing committees:
Parade and Line of March--A. B. Duff
fee. chairman; C. O. Jacobs, o. II. Car
ner, w. II. Proctor, ]. II. F. Mosley,
Charles Love.
Invitation and. speeches-Andy Marx.
chairman; George V. Hess, L. K. Scherry,
w. J. McCarty, J. r. Jacobs.
Finance-J b. Drake. chairman; Andy
Marx. John Koran. L. NJ Edwards, George
Rush. George v. Hess. C. o. Jacobs. j. A.
bearing.
Badges and Banners-R. &c. Carlisle.
chairman; j. A. Hynds., J. d. Linn, j. II.
F. Mosley, w, n. Miller.
Athletic Contests-A. F. Lindeman,
chairman; w. P. Lother, Ed Mitten, o. IL.
Groner, John Koran, W. Fl. Proctor.
Music-L K. Scherry, chairman; M.
Friedman, w n. Miller, Charles Love, w.
j. McCarty.
Dancing-George Rush, chairman; L. NJ.
Edwards, ]. q. Drake, Charles Love, j.
A Hynds, j. ID. Linn.
The next meeting Of the general commit
tee will be held Sunday, July 20. at 10
a. m.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
George Thomas Jenkins.

The funeral.ssrwices over the remains
of George Thomas Jenkins, the 1-year-old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Jenkins, who
died at Wsynesville. N. c.. Friday, will
be held this afternoon at o'clock from
the family residence, -.ss Highland ave-
nue.. The interment will follow at Elm
wood cemetery.
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Biq Free Act.

Beginning tonight at $50 and lasting
all this week. there will be a big free
act at the lake. Climbing an illuminated
ladder in the middle of Como diver will
leap eighty feet into the water. The
ladder will be stationed at point mid
way between the electrical tree, which
has proved to be the novelty of the sea-
son, and the boat house.
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Mayor on Vacation.

Gadsden. July Observation-Disclosures
Charles P. Smith and wife departed last
night to attend the E1ks' national conven-
ton at Denver. and will be absent from
the city about ten days. While absent
they will visit in Kansas City and st.
Louis Alderman Pelham Sitz will be act
ing mayor during Mayor Smiths abb
sence
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-16
THE WEATHER.

Washington, July 15.-Forecast for Ala
bama and Mississippi-Showers and cool
err Monday; Tuesday fair light northwest
to north winds.
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PERSONAL.

Misses Hortense Jacoby and Nena Mae
Gathripht, two of Meridian's most attrac-
tce young ladies, are guests of friends
and relatives in the city.
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The best half-tone cuts are made by
the cawk Engraving company. Ans
Herald Building.
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Mrs. z. G. LawIey.

Mrs L. G. LawIey. rs years OF age, died
last night at 7;30 o'clock. The deceased
Ia survived by her husband. two daugh-.
tiers. two sons and her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w May. She resided at Fifty
third street and Second avenue, Wood
lawn. Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
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r. T. Shaw & Sons. Undertakers.
Green Undertaking Company.
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and h. is his own business manager in
an these deals.
When he nas a good idea Toy n lyric
he takes up his phone. whioh stands
right besid, his bed. calls ut. ~ man
agcr or Il musical ouhlishcr ani ac-
tually sings Il aitty over The uire. Ii
the man at the other end Of .he line
fancies 1t he gives the order then and
there.
Editors of magazines come from their
offices in New York and Chicago to
plan work with nina. Actresses. par
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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30

The heavy loss from disease in hogs
is largely due to transmissable diseases.
The organisms that produce this class
of disease usually enter the body in
the feed and inspired air. Hence. mud
dy or dusty yards, especially If over
crowded and filthy. filthy feeding floors.
troughs and hog houses are largely re-
sponsible for the prevalence of hog
cholera. swine plague. etc. AS young
hogs are less able to resist these dis
eases than healthy, mature animals.
the necessity of using preventive meas
ures ut this season of the year is of
doublc Importance.
During the spring and summer wal
low holes are formed in The yards and
pastures. III case the hogs run in II
large lot or pasture during the sum
mer, it is often considered unnecessary
to clean and disinfect the small yards
and hog ouses and they become filthy
and dusty. Muddy yards are especially
Objectionable, as they soon become
filthy.
IL necessary the sanitary conditions
of the yard can be improved by drain
ing them, keeping the wallow holes
filled in and aking the hogs out for
a few months every year. The unused
lots can be cleaned and put to good
use by blowing n sowing them TO
oats. rape, COW peas. etc.
In no place on the farm are disin-
IecltntS so necessary as III lne nOS
houses and yards. Whitewash should
be used about the houses at least once
during the year. Every two or three
weeks the houses. feeding floors,
troughs, etc. SHOULD be sprayed with
a disinfectant. The tar disinfectants
are the most convenient to use. These
should be used in not less than two per
cent. water solutions. An occasional
spraying or dipping of the hogs i'm a
one per cent. water solution should be
practiced.
Young hogs should not be given
crowded quarters. In order TO keep
them in a healthy. growing condition,
II proper diet should be fed. Healthy
individuals possess II certain amount of
power to resist disease. and this plays
no small part in preventing it.
The entrance of disease producing
germs from outside sources should be
carefully guarded against, especially II
hog cholera is present in the neighbor-
hood. The danger of carrying the
germs in the mud and filth that nay
stick 10 the shoes of Il person who has
walked through yards where hogs are
dying of cholera should be recog.
nized. Dogs, horses. cattle, stray hogs
and wagons may also act as carriers
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30

from men and women whose fame has
been increased by the jolly or dainty
songs provided by Mr.. Douglas. And
you should hear him sing them. rs he
filings his arms up over his head on the
pillows and turns his face to the sun
light. of which he was robbed for so
many years.
l asked him why he established such
personal, intimate relations with his
readers. and he looked thoughfully at
the soft green walls with their artistic
ally framed pictures. %etchings. engrav-
ings and finest of photogravures.
Because all this has come to me
through great suffering and because l
can feel for those who suffer. M be-
cause / know there is hope in the worst.
and the darkest hour. And that hope /
try to promise through my writings.
The great sunshine which has been
given to me after years of darkness /
try to pass on to others. do not
preach, l Jolly my correspondents.
My life is drawn from theirs. My york
is my one fad. | am Il Christian social
list and | low humanity
Not n great creed, as t~heologians un-
derstand creeds. but it brings this man
wonderful rewards. remarkable friend
ships and a happiness which the sleek.
whole-limbed. well-fed man of the
world cannot understand. He is so ut
terly free from mawkiSh sentiment, so
fond of normal society from the great
world with which he will never mingle
again. so entirely free from the morbid
ain which so often accompanies in
validism that his joy in living is in
fectious.
His household staff consists of a body
servant who is a hunchback. and IL
trained nurse h acts also as his
amanuensis. Both of these companions
Mr.. Douglass met in his hospital career,
and the young man. Clarence HelIner,
was his companion in suffering n was
aided by Mr.. Douglas in making his es-
cape from an institution which held
him in worse thai bondage because the
state was paying ONE 5000 a year for
the care he lever secured. And it re-
Quires the constant labor of these two
workers to keep pace with Mr.. Doug.
las energies. He Is Il merciless task
master OF his W energies.
He conducts the editorial depart.
ments or correspondence department:
in the six largest mail order publica'
lions of the country. with an aggregat,
reading audience of 16. 000. 900. He ha!
written -innumerable plays for anna
teurs, half the parodies that convuls'
you on the vaudeville stage come from
his pen. his simple 'homy" poems ar
to be found in magazines the ountr.
over. he compiled the ~two-volume col
lection of quotations. Forty Thousan'
Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts" 70
the Christian Herald: he is puhlishin;
"a collection of his poems. which are o.
the lire Of VIII Carleton's work. an
is preparing a collection of quotation
bearing on every phase of love, 70
which he has searched the literatur
of every modern tongue; he Is unde
contract to provide the lyrics for mu
steal plays hat are to he features Of
Broadway during the coming season
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30

charles Noel Douglas had proved his
right t. hc removed TO a home for in
curabics instead of the poorhouse. He
bad shown that he could not lesiti-
mately be termed a pauper.
In this so-called home MIR. Douglas
suffered much i'll treatment, but he
also made many friends. and his faine
as a writer began to spread, notably
among the members OF his one-time
profession.
After three and a half Years in the
home. making six tragic wears Of in
stitutional life With its nancleSs hor-
rors and insults n d~egradations. he
home of his own.
He had proved his ability to sup
port such a home. No had offered
Ia keep up the modest establishment.
Not even members of his own profess
sion had raised u purse or been asked
To contribute to his support. Some
how. every one seemed TO think Charles
Noel Douglas would win out-and he
did. He asked no favors nor charity,
just Work-and it came To him slowly
but surely.
And there YOU will find him today,
helpless from the waist line down,
with IA face rendered ascetic and al
most spirtuelle by much suffering. Yet
with a humor so merry-a humor that
rings so sincere n true-that he can
make you forget your own ouble and
his. that makes you cry: ut is good tc
be alive"
This mar has written 100 lyrics. man.
of which nave been incorporated in
popular musical comedy successes
Many of them you have sung and ad-
mired. Hanging above his bed is q
large autographed picture of Edna May
with this inscription:
"A happy New Year to the author OF
the prettiest and most successful sont
l have ever sung. My Cozy Cornel
Girl Faithfully yours. edna May"
And there are more photographs lik
| this, with grateful acknowledgement:
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30
DAIRY cows.

Denmark furnishes the best example
in the world of DAN ying as a national
specially, or rapid development, and Of
present high average production and
excellence, says Henry II. Alvord in an
agricultural department publication.
Here we find the Red Danish cattle To
be the standard stock, and very salts
pronounced dairy type. But they lack
uniformity, except in color. particu-
larly in udder development and other
dairy points, and in the show ring the
very best of them could not hopefully
compete with the best of any one OF
the four leading dairy breeds of this
country. AS dairy performers they are,
good, but not remarkable; the best
yearly records the writer d seen
show an average production of 5000 to
$500 pounds of milk per COW, in herds
of eleven to nineteen ima of all
ages. with an average fat content OF
about 3A per cent. AN equivalent OF
29O to 1925 pounds Of butter per year.
y very celebrated herd of seventy cows
averaged 1850 pounds of milk. q year.
In Jutland there is II distinctively dairy
race of sharply defined black and white
markings, in appearance reminding n
Of Holland cattle. and still more Of
Brittaines, although between these two
races in size. They are very attractive
cows. of rather less than medium size,
and excellent mixers. Both these races
of Danish cattle may be credited with
being economical producers: yet none
of them are wanted here. for Superla-
tive excellence sems to be lacking on
the one hand. while on the other they
appear p~redisposcd to tuberculosis and
very generally tainted with TINS In.
sidiouS and dread disease.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30

Brooklyn, y. y. special: The man
who holds the nations record for mar
riagc proposals from women the coun-
try ovo is an i%ncurablc cripplc-and
he lives in Brooklyn. y hundred pro-
posals 4 week. 1000 Il year. and still
he keeps a level head.
This man has broken all records for
personal mail, outstrippins in this re-
spoct Andrew Carnegie, John ID. Rock
cfoller and all other We'll known philan-
%thropists. TO this man, chained to Il
bed OF nerVe-racking pain. come from
1900 to 1000 personal letters a week
n Yet perhaps not more than fifty
of his fellow citizens in Greater New
York know of his existence.
His name is Charlcs Noel Douglas
and he lives at No. l442 Pacific street
Brooklyn. OR more properly speaking
he lies day in and day out upon tn,
best bed that money can buy at a
window overlooking the shady back
yard of No. l442 Pacific street.
confess that when l received in
structions to interview Mr.. Douglas
/ felt worse than bored. Abnormal
mental or physical development. or al
abnormal lack of either. is repellent
Riding through Brooklyn in s%uffocatint
heat. 1 fumed at fate and foolish letter
writer's. Didn't know just wha'
would happen? First a tale of woe
details of aches and pains. a yelled APP.
peal for assistance.
The jerk with which that b. r.. 7
train stopped was not n circumstance
to the jar l got when l met MIR. Doug
las. He greeted me with a jest ant
drew a smile in the first round Be
fore I left his coZy study l had beef
swept through several gales of laugh
ter that a made me forget heat AM
kindred troubles-and l knew why thi
man could paper his walls with low
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30
letters and then have plenty to burn

letters and then have plenty to burn
each week.
Talks to 10000 900 Every Month.
But l cannot tell you why. 1t is a
power not to be described in cold type.
1t may be the grit of the man. his fight
for financial independence in the most
hopeless environment. the humor of
radiates not only in his conversation
but In his writings. For it is through
his writings that Charles Noel Doug
las reaches 10000. 900 readers, mostly
women. every month.
Sixteen million readers is quite a
them-and GOULD you believe it. he
has great lists of them with their adj
dresses printed on sheets like pages
from a newspaper, a list revised every
week. And he has organized IL little
league; no, l mean a big league. of
10000 members. all of whom wear his
button or badge. Cousin Charley's
league they call it. But let us start
at the beginning or you will never
understand the breaking of correspond
ence and proposal records.
In 1888 Mr.. Douglas. then a moder-
ately successful actor on the English
stage. am to America and passed
through various theatrical vicissitudes
until he found himself playing the
leading role in a melodrama where he
was the "Nillain," with the funlnak-
ing of the late Jerome Sykes, Sam Ber-
nard and Harry Gilfoil AS a foil.
This particular villain had to make
n heavy fall in his death scene and
suddenly Mr.. Douglas began to feel the
effects of his self-imposed injuries, so
he left the stage and accepted an i'm
portant government survey position in
Montana. Later. feeling better. he re-
turned to the stage. but soon afterward
was stricken with DaralySiS.
Facing the Poorhouse.
An obscure rvo disease with
which no surgeon or physician could
cope placed him first in a private ward,
then, as money became less plentiful.
in a public ward. finally in Il free bed
and then--face to face with the poor
house.
The p~oorhouse! Can you imagine
the outlook to a man of refinement and
education, to say nothing of racking
pains which should have received the
most exquisite. delicate care
begged of the hospitals head. Il car
earn money. just let me try"
They ave him a week.
He wrote a little lyric. a coon song
and sent 1t to May Irwin, on borrowed
paper. inclosed in a borrowed envelope
and stamped through the kindness OF
u more fortunate fellow patient.
In forty-eigllt hours he received {
check for $50 and Miss Twins prom
Use to call and see him on her return
from her seasons travelling.
MI. Douglas had written his own en-
core verses when on the stage. n Sc
cured many a laugh with his Owl
thoughts. Miss Irwin's check CAV,
him fresh inspiration. He wrote Lit
tie kinky Woolly lead" and sent it t
Weber & Fields. then in the heyday o
their new-found success. Three day
later their representative came to tn
hospital with a check for s2o-an'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30
BY Geo. E. Martin,

The problems confronting the man
| nmnIa-i a,naninr in ,bn business
nf H.. - .,,,,,,
-''"', N"iN '''H s'oNN - "H"'
Shtit | 90 10 clSpoS" OF my surplus
SUCK li"M Snall una Il buyer lor
'he products al my nerd. stud or ilock.
..'N NiRi are 'he best means aNailaplc
10Y 'llS purpose
t.'Se are nfNplelnS thAt are per
il'N"iS 10 lir h'SliNtr ana dnubtieSS
are me means at keeping many from
els2sing III Il business when. If they
'oNti be assured of a market, would
l"' n'Si'%ie tp embark IN a business
'hAi IS o"tn fascinating and protitable.
Ihe market Is unlike amy other for
IN" reason tAal II IS not stable. Pure
bred animals. unfortunately, are not
!eO regarded rs It necessity by n large
majority OF those engaged III farming
;iifl the breeder must look for an out
iet WIN those Mho appreciate the
Mpfth OF IN" pure bred sire and those
Mh" are constantly being converted TO
tNe cause "i improved blood ana the
part IL pays IN The MATERIAL advance
mont of The country and the m'a h
= properly hl'ed to engage IN LIS pro
uu'tloil.
me market is steadily broadening.
however. ana the producer of pure bred
STOCK OF the present time finds easy
sue Tor ms products compared with
inc pioneers of the business.
me I'VE STOCK press, a~%rlcultura col
ieS.s. experiment stations, fairs and
'N,'"sl'lohs are potent influences at
work AZ all times in disseminating
k'i"WiedSe tnat is fast making converts
10 the cause OF the pure bred.
lhe ploneers. comparatively speak
ms, were wlthout these Influences, but
theN Fought the battle unaided and
None, but he seed they planted took
root grew and developed until at the
present tlme II is one of the strongest
industries OF the country identified with
a~Srl'ui'ure.
IN 'he opinion OF the writer. two
,hiilsS are necessary TO succeed IN pure
pIwu STOCK preceding.
me nrst ana an Important question
lor ,ne beginner IS; Have the proper
q~uallncations and the necessary deter
mnna'ion 10 prosecute the business to a
SUCCESSFUL basis
III ne 1ecls that he has and has q
llklng FOR good stock and h facilities
Tor the proper care OF his breeding
animals, ne need not hesitate I'm such
IA business. for he is bound to succeed
WIN such a breeder the problem OF
'ne satisfactory disposition of the sur
plus STOCK Is half solved. for few
breeders VINO give their herds or ftocks
'he required care and attention ant
whose ann is 10 produc something
credlt'pie nave any trouble In dispos
~ Is the careless. Indifferent breede
VINO proceeds with no definite aim il
hhhd ana whose productions are of tn,
mediocre sort that complains of
slack ness IN the demand when hi
~helshbors surplus is being taken Il
satisfactory prices.
To the person who is qualified I,
succeed and asks how ann j To dispos
OF my surplus stock l would say, adver
Use. Let the people who need you
productions know that you have ther
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30
The Prevention of TransmissibIe
Diseases of Swine.
Purdue University Asric uIturaI Experiment Station.

Of disease The opportunity for crows,
buZzards and dogs to distribute disease
Is not go great in sections of the coun-
try where the c~arcasses of the dead
hogs are disposed of by burying. Hogs
from other herds should be placed in
quarantine for three weeks before al
lowing them to mix with the herd.
Keeping the hogs under the best sam
itary conditions possible. n using the
necessary precautions In preventing in
lection from the outside. is the most
satisfactory method of avoiding loss
from this class of diseases.
II. a. Craig. Veterinarian.