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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-22
MARylN

There viii be church a, olioville
The last sunday in June
There will be a pie supper at Green
valley the 20 Of June.
Mics Lula Foster visited Miss Emma
Nay sunday
Eugene I.arge was TIE CUES, Of Miss
DIVA May Sunday.
Miss Gipsy vanhorn was calllng on
Mim Laura Bell Preslfy Suaday
Mrs. Lille cooksey and husband
we're calling on Bal lresley aad VIE
sunday
Miss Sadie Sexton was calli1g on
BELLE Burten Sunday.
Andersen Harvard, wife and little
daughter Pauline were visiting home
felix's Sunday.
Mss Mattls cooksey was rhopping
At Marvin saturday.
Miss Gypsy vanhorn ard sister
Mantle, called on home folks recently
Mr. and Mrs. Cooksiy have sone
into the dry goods business.
Miss Lille CooSsey has been very
ill. but IS approving.
Born, to Jess sursil and wife, u
big hoy.
lack Moore and limnIe cooksey
mssod down our creek Tuesday with
fine drove Of sheep.
Miss vlrgie cooksey Is visiting N
OAid
Miss Hattie Cookscy was vis'uae
ut Louisa last week. Non'ine'
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-22
FEEL IMPENDING DOOM.

the minds of many victims of Brlght's
disease and q .IDtt7Ras been changed
to thankfulness by the benefit deriv-
ed from taking Foley's Kidney Cure.
II will cure incipIent Bright's disease
and diabetes and even IN the worst
cases gives comfort and relief. Slight
disorders are cured In a few days.
Il had diabetes In its worst form. -
writes Marion Lee, OF Dmreath, Ind.
Il tried eight physicians without re-
lief. Only three bottles Of Foley's
kidney Cure made me well man. .
Sold BY Louisa Drug Company.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-22
"AlMOsT A h7lRAcIE.v

II took a severe cold which settled In the
BRONCHIAL tubes, writes Rev. Frank Hay, Of Nor
tonvillc, jefferson Co.. Kansas. vAfter trying
medicines labeled Sure cnrer almost without
numhc1 I was led to try ur. rierce's Golden
MedicaI Discovery. took two bottles aud was
cured, hsd have stayed cured.
uwhetiI think Of the great pain had 70 en-
dure, and the terrible cough I had, Il seems
almost niraee that was 50 soon felleved.n
DR.. Picice's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Whey do not react upsa the
system arR become necessity, as do
many othN pills.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-22

We sell at the lowest market price.
quality considered. If you want seeda
Of cheap quality you need not can
on us. for We do not keep them
Ask us for prices before purchasing
elsewhere.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-22

Ladies, see those new shirt waist
sets at Conley's store. They are
beauties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
VAN WHO OPERATED FIRST ELECTRIC CAR
 IN THE WORLD SAYS IT RAN IN MONTGOMERY
Gabouy Helped Vandepod Trolley Morning the Little Climbed shaGng for Street RavaysDput and

At Grove street the car turned and ran two blocks to Hull street and up Hull street three blocks to Scott street where the old horse car line ended. Here the old. odd and cumbersome trolley was reversed and return trip was made through the business district to the old car barns on Tallapoosa street. The trip was a success with out qualifications. The heart of the inventor swelled with pride as the con servative business men crowded about him and offered their congratulations. He, more than they, knew the splendid future that lay ahead of the child of his brain He, more than they, knew of the revolution that 1t would make In the industrial world.
 And 1t should be Known to all who have benefited by his discovery, that he, too. benefited financially from his great discovery although the money he received was entirely out Of pro- portion to the benefits he had conferred upon mankind. A few months later he sold sixty of his electrical discoveries, including the application of electricity as a motive power, and the eooverhead trolley to the Thomas-Houston Com pany, the predecessors of the General Electric Company, for the sum of $780, Out, and in addition an annual income from the company of $10,000 a year,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

being the pioner ciety in the use of electrical motive power
 The First Electric Ger.
 On the seventh day of April, 1885, at o'clock in the morning the first cleo tric car eyer run on any street of any city Of the word started from the corner of Commerce and Tallapoosa streets in the city of Montgomery. Passengers on that car were Charles Vanderpocl, Mayor Warren s. Reese, President J. A Gaboury, A. M. Ken nedy. Josiah Morris, F. B. Joseph, Will liam Joseph, Henry Apperious, w. w. Screws and about ten other we'll known citizens of Montgomery. Mir. Wander poel, the inventor, proud that the op- portunity had at last come to test his invention, held the controller and young son of MT. Gaboury. now an electrical engineer of reputation, turned on the current. The latter, John D. Gaboury. Is now general manager of the Gadsden Street Railway. Company.
 The car wheels groaned and crunched and them nfovel. upwarfi1 through the business streets of Montgomery. In the early hours of morning, while darkness yet enveloDed the city, the noisy little car with It's load of excited passengers moved across Court Square and heavily loaded as 1t was, pounded its way up the Court street hill. Out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

had one thing in cornmon--both had studied at the Universities in Paris. Gaboury's boyhood had been spent in Canada while the boyhood and youth of Vapderpoel had been spent in Paris.
 Vanderpoers father was an expert artist in wood carving. His services were in great demand for the delicate and artistic decorations of church fnte- riors. He came to America in middle life and here as in France. he found a ready market for his talents. He gave his boy far better educational ad- vantage than he himself had But to the deep sorrow of the father when his boy had gotten thoroughly trained and educated mind he went off after strange things instead of adopting and following some practical and renumerative profession the younger Vanderpoel devoted his talents and his training to thriftless but con- tinual study of the great mystery of electricity. His mind was saturated in the study of electricity He was almost mono maniac on the subject, possibilities in the mysterious force, He dreamed of great and wonderful dreams that a practical man would laugh at
 So 1t was, when he made his home with his father in Detroit He gave up his time to the irresistible fascination
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
Electric Cars at Court Square June 24, 1885.

to him. of studies and speculations in electricity.
 Electricity as a servant of man was then in its infancy Professor Morse had made it the messenger of men in I the telegraph Professor Bell had | given the world the telephone and made electricity double it's ability in serving man as quick and certain messenger. Professor Brush had caught elusive power and chained 1t to be the lamp-bearer of man through the Brush arc light and Edison, the in- candescent light
 The arc light invention of Brush had q peculiar fascination for young Van derpoel. In the year of 1881, in his Detroit home he began to investigate and experiment with the arc light as Professor Brush had developed it. He felt sure that he could improve upon 1t. It was his hope that he could so improve it that a new patent would be given him and by 1t his studies in electricity would at last bring him some financial reward.
 What was the relation of electricity to the industrial world at that time? .
 Development of Electricity.
 In speaking of it a few days ago Mir. Gaboury, Vanderpoel's packer and helper. said:
 Tt had no standing and no use out side of the telephone, the telegraph and the arc and incandescent light. As for it's application as a motive power the man who would have suggested such a thing would have been laughed at. 1t was absolutely new. 1t was as new then as if you would go to a man now and say that you had a scheme to harness moonbeams, so they would run a lom1tive, The whole great prn- ciple of electricity as a motive power T c nf, enthusiast as Nanderpoel had not thought of it."
 But in pursuing his close investiga- ton of the Brush light VanderpOel con structed two dynamos which, when he attached them to some engine at one of the Detroit. machine shops, where the proprietor was accommodating, would run two electric lights similar to the Brush lights of which great deal had been written in the scientific journals, but which had not come into general use.
 While .n the midst of the experi- mcnts and while he was successfully burning hts mutations of the arc lights of Professor Brush. he fell in with The advance agent of John Robinsor's old circus. He told the advance agent what sort of work he was on and as some advance articles on the inventions of Professor Brush were at tracing general attention. Vanderpoel suggested to the advance man that it would be a drawing card to announce that performance of the circus would be given in Detroit under the newly discovered arc lights.
 It struck the circus man that this was a good thing He arranged with Vanderpoel to give him and his lights a chance If all went well and the exhibition of lights came up to ex peetati2ns John Robinson's manage ment was to pay Vanderpoel the sum of $4O0,
 Lights in q Circus.
 The electrician had been using bor- rowed power on his electric lights, but having signed the contract with the circus people it was his time to get 2n engine to run his improvised dynamos He went out confidently 10 buy some broken down engine to fur nish the power. It wasn't as easy as he thought His father flatly refused
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

Court street it moved until Grove street was reached and if any of the sleeping citizens of Montgomery walked at the strange noise of an electric car passing over a city street they must have wondered, for no such noise was ever heard since the earth was cre- ated. o3 -i4- ae -t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

payments of which were to be made every year for seventeen years.
 Two Had Common Interests.
 The two men who had lived in wide ly separated portions of the United States, Vanderpoel in Detroit and Ga boury in Montgomery ano who were drawn together by the great discovery,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
DIRECTORS:

H Req F Treasure  Propntor Barr, J. President L. aden Kau Lumber
  V O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
State of Alabama Bonds Bought and Sold.

of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

to loan him the money, because the young electricians experiments had already cost tidy little sum and
 had brought in nothing. Moreover, the elder Vanderpoel was deeply grieved and disappointed at his sons persistent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

W. P. G. Harding, President. F. s. Foster, Asst Cashier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

(contlnued On Page Nine.)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
COTTON TREE STORIES
ARE USUALLY BIG HOAX

Washington, July S0.-(speeial) 1.-The
department of commerce and labor made
public this week letter from one J. r.
Spence at Dees. British India. who claims
TO have discovered variety of cotton
tree, Indigenous to India, capable of revo-
lutionzng the cotton industry of the
world. According to the officials Of the
department of agriculture this tree is
discovered about once a year and need
not be seriously regarded.
Speaking of Mr.. spences letter Herbert
J. Weber, chief of the plant breeding
laboratory in the department, today said :
$50 far as this country is CONCERNED
the Spence tree is not worth the proven
bial thirty cents. In my opinion the whole
thing is a farce. Whatever value if any
the tree may possess, will be a purely
local one, and of absolutely no CONNER
cial value to people outside of India
Trees of that kind are always being dis
covered. The last was in Australia, and
one was also recently found in India,
neither of which, however. can effect the
cotton industry.
For seven or eight years the depart
ment has been making experiments with
cotton trees and none of them has
amounted to anything. The trees will
not stand the severe climate in this eoun-
try and always freeze ! have seen them
grow as high as this room but never
have they put forth a single boil We
have tried hybridizing these foreign trees
with our native plants, thinking that in
this way We might secure plant that
did not require SO long time to reach
the blooming age, but all of our efforts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
John Jacob Astor a Hero.

Windsor, Eng July SO-seeond Lieu
tenant John Jacob Aston, son of William
Waldorf Aston today calamity rescued
a trooper of his regiment. the first life
guard from drowning in the river
Thames Lieutenant Astor was engaged
in swimming practices when a troopers
horse got into difficulties in mid-stream
and kicked his rider The latter sank
in deep water and young Aston dtved in
and brought up the soldier in time to
enable the latter to be restored to life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
is TRYING NEW PLAN.
Civil Service to Be Applied to Deputy
Revenue Collectors.


Washington, July s0.-The announce
ment of President Roosevelt month
ago that he would try the experiment
of deputy collectors of internal revenue
through the medium of the civil service
commission on comparative examination
took form today when the commission
announced that examinations would be
held at Asheville. Statesville. Salisbury,
Charlotte and Winston, North Carolina,
August 20, for clerk and office deputies.
storekeeper gaugers and division deputy
collectors. 1t is the first time in the his
tory of civil service commission that
recommended deputies must secure their
appointment under civil service rules.
The President reached his dtermina-
ton in this result at the time of the re-
cent change in collectors Of the western
district of North Carolina, and it is
stated that If the plan proves successful
the civil service rule will be applied to
all other internal revenue districts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
LAW LEAGUE MEETS.
Three Hundred Delegates Having a
Big Time at AshevilIe.

Asheville. N c., July 3O-The CONNER
cfal Law League of America met in con-
vention in this city today with nearly
300 delegates In attendance. The executive
committee met at the Battery Park no.
tel at o'clock, after which an adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow morning
when the address of welcome will be
made by Mayor All S. Barnard of Ashe-
vile. The response will be made by ex-
President F. L. Siddons of the Law
league, after which President George
Wentworth Carr will speak
Tonight brilliant reception and dance
was given at the Battery Park hotel,
which was attended by the lawyers, their
wives and friends.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
TO THE PEOPLE OF BIRM-
INGHAM:

After August first the laws
regulating weeds and grass
will be vigorously enforced.
Further notices will not nee
cessarially be given by SAM
tary Officers. For informa-
ton of citizens the following
are Code Requirements.
The occupant of lower story
of any house, whether used as
dwelling or other purpose and
every owner or agent in charge
of any vacant lot must keep
the side walk and one half the
street in front and on side of
said premises free from grass,
weeds or other growths of like
nature Penalty is a fine of
not less than $1.00 nor more
than $4,000 and six months
Imprisonment at hard labor
one or both.
In addition Section GOA
provides that any owner, &C.
cupant or agent having control
of any property or grounds,
vacant or otherwise, within the
City of Birmingham, who shall
allow a growth of weeds or
rank vegetation to a height of
over one foot thereon, shall
upon conviction be fined not
less than $1,000 nor more than
$4,000.
A cheerful and prompt COM
pliance with these laws is re-
quested and will be appreciated
Respectfully,
GEORGE B. WARD,
Mayor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
CALLS FOR FUNDS.
Zion City Is Badly In Need of Money,
Many Being Hungry.

Zion City, ILL.,, July 30.--John c. Hatley,
receiver for the Zion City industries. to-
day issued an appeal to the few monied
followers of the Dowie doctrine to con-
tribute for the relief of the destitute of
the community. During the past year
the influx of contributions has waned
sadly, Receiver Hatley says.
A large percentage of the population is
underfed and insufficlently clothed and
the land into which they put their saw
ings has little value under existing cir
cumstances. Prompt relief Is needed and
Mr.. Hatley hopes to get it from the
Weather members of the community
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
CONSIDERS 1T SAFE.
Tweedmouth Defends Reduction of
British Naval Programme.

London. July 3O-In the House of Lords
this evening Baron Tweedmouth, first
lord of the admiralty, defending the gov
ernment's reduction of the naval pro-
gramme, instanced especially France, the
United States, Germany and Russia as
greatly delaying or partially abandoning
the construction of proposed warships.
He said that when the original pro
posals were framed France was intend
ing to built several the United States
two, Germany two and Russia one large
battleship. None of these had yet been
started and the French programme in
stead of as formerly intended, including
two battleshps yearly, had now been re-
duced to rate of one yearly. Therefore it
was considered safe to reduce the British
construction programme.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
FAMOUS COMEDIAN DEAD.
John Lawrence TooIe Was Advised BY
Dickens to Go on the Stage.

Brighton, Eng, July SO.-John Law
renee Toole, the comedian, died here this
evening at 1870, He was born in Lon
don in 1890
John Lawrence Toole started life as a
wine merchants clerk at the age of 90
He was advised by Charles Dickens to
adopt the stage as profession which
he did, making his first appearance in
1853. He became the leading comedian of
his day in England
Toole was contemporary and lifelong
friend of the late Sir Henry Irving. He
toured the United States and Australia
where he gained many triumphs
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
CAN SUPPLY THE MEN.
Civil Service Commission Turns Them
Out for New Jobs.

which the Civil Service Commission can
furnish inspectors to the department of
agriculture in the execution of the meat
inspection law, is shown in a statement
issued today by the commission.
Although the law has been enacted up
to July %, received 214O sets of papers of
which $50 were rated, and out of which
number forty were certified for appoint
ment BY the end of the present week 1t
is expected that the remaining papers will
be examined and rated, and some 500 ell
gibles certified for appointment as inspec-
tors
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
SOCIETY.

Mrs. Mary E. Raulston will leave to-
day for a visit of several weeks in Chi
cago. She will be the guest of General
and Mrs. Newberry and will not return
until the latter part of September when
she will reopen her studio.
DR.. CASTOR Terrence will leave next
week for New York, where he will take
the steamer for Hamburg. He will be
abroad until October
Miss Dorothy Armes is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Frederick w. Floyd at Flush
ing, Long Island.
Miss Burns, one of the most charming
and attractive young girls of Selma is in
the city. visiting Mrs A. ]. Dickinson.
Mrs. Warner Shook and her little
daughter have gone to Tuscaloosa.
Invitations have just been issued by
Mr.. and Mrs. William S Pape to the
marriage of their daughter, Ruby Aston,
to Mr. Edwin NJ. Fruitticher at St. An
drews church tomorrow evening at
o'clock
Mrs. Walter c. Phillips left yesterday
for Waynesville, N. C.
General Louis " Clark and his little
daughter returned yesterday from Blount
Springs.
Mrs. T. V. Boardman has as her guest
this week her niece, Miss Sadie Randolph,
of Greensboro.
Mrs. Sterling Banier and her children
will remain at Bellevue until September.
Miss Isabel Cox of Montgomery is Wis
iting in the city.
Mrs. John T. Morgan. formerly Miss
Margaret Benners, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Benners.
Mrs. Robert H. Polk will arrive in the
city tomorrow morning on her way to
visit her mother in Florida.
Mrs. Motion Smith is visiting relatives
in Huntsville.
Miss Leone Copeland has returned from
Jacksonville.
Mrs. Thomas Stobert has returned from
a visit to Old Point Comfort, Virginia
Beach and Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. C. Reynolds leaves for
New England today for an extended trip.
aunt. Mrs. Belle r. Harrison, at Tus-
caloosa.
Miss Lucille Jones will leave this week
for Columbus, Miss, and during her stay
there will attend a house party at Kolola
Springs She will visit Houston and other
Mississippi towns until October /, and
then will go to Memphis, her future
home
piano recital will be given at the
Blount Springs hotel next Saturday night
by Mrs. w. j. Hon. She will be assisted
by T. V. Boardman, baritone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Baldwin have as
their guests on Huntsville avenue Miss
Powell of Chattanooga, Miss Woodliff of
Gadsden and Miss Harris of this city. Mrs
Baldwin will receive informally for her
guests this afternoon from to 6.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31

have been in vain. 1t takes two years
to bring a cotton plant to the period
when it will bear, and several more to
make it a paying Investment. Conse-
quently tree from tropical country
stands no chance here The only success
full result that has attended our endeav-
ors along this line of breeding is to have
increased the length of the plants staple
Our agent in India has secured some of
the seed from this new tree of Spence
and we shall make experiments with
them. I am not at all optimistic of the
outcome. These wonderful stories about
the crops to be raised from these So
called new trees are always based upon
the growth of one or two trees and are
generally sent out in advance of some
business scheme"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
ATTEMPTS TO KILL
THE WHOLE FAMILY
NEGRO SHOOTS THROUGH A WIN
DOW AT GEORGE RLooDWoRTH
NEAR MACON; GA, SERIOUSLY
iNJuRING HIM AND HIS WIFE.

Macon, Ga. July sO-Joe Morris, a
negro youth. aged about 20 years, today
made an attempt to take the lives of the
entire George E. Bloodworth family at
their home near Macon.
When the family was at supper it is
said, Morris stole up to the house and
placing the barrel of a shotgun in an
opening, pulled the trigger. Over sixty
shot struck the face of George Blood
worth and nearly as many struck his
wife. Mrs. Bloodworth had her infant
daughter in her arms at the time, but
was not injured
After firing Morris fled AS quickly as
he regained his senses, Bloodworth spread
the alarm. Neighbors organized and are
In pursuit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
MANGLED BY CARS.
J. M. TaIley of Stevenson Meets Hor-
rible Death In Decatur.

Decatur, July 3O.-(Special)-J. NJ. Tai
ley of Stevenson, a freight brakeman of
the Southern railroad, was horribly man
gled here this afternoon, death result
ing instantly. The train gave a quick
lurch throwing him under the cars
The accident took place at Vine street.
one of the principal streets of the city
and near the union depot. The horrible
affair was witnessed by number of peo-
pie. He was son of Judge Talley, one
of the most prominent citizens of jack
SON county. The remains will be sent to
his former home tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-31
Killed BY Falling Tree.

Admission, July S0.-(Special) News
reached here today that on Saturday Gus
johnson, young man living in Beat 7,
was killed in a peculiar manner. He
was cutting timber near Smiths saw
mill. A falling tree in same way sprang
backward and hit him in the breast with
great force, killing him almost instantly.
He was buried at LADDERS graveyard by
the side of his aged father, who had
proceeded him only week