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SOCIETY.

Mrs. Carter is in Mobile visiting friends
and will not return to the city until
the latter part of next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Angus NJ. Taylor and their
little daughter Margaret. have gone to
Asheville to remain until September.
Mrs. John L. Ferguson and Miss Bes-
sic Ferguson arrived in the city Monday
after a delightful visit to the seashote
camp grounds.
Mrs. T. Darlington semple who has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs Culpepper
Exum is now in Montgomery where she
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. ]. X.
Jackson. She will again visit In Birming-
ham before returning to New York.
Mrs. Alex London and her children
will leave in a few days for North Car
DINA
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Hunt are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Markell
Miss Mary Hope who has been visiting
Miss Sadie Gillespie. has returned to her
home in Portsmouth. Va.
Mrs Evelyn c. Smith of Opelika has
announced the engagement Of her daugh-
ter, Miss Estelle Smith, to DR.. Nell Fra
zer Jackson the wedding to take place
on August Is.
Mr.. Jesse Mahan of Spanish Honduras
q, ,,;at+in, NJ, ord N4re cbarIes r Powell
Judge Daniel A. Green is expected in
the city the latter part of the week.
He has had quite an extensive tour
abroad and will land today at Philadel-
phla.
Miss Corrie Handley and Miss Virginia
Handley are spending the summer with
a camping party at Lake Champlain.
Mrs Crawford Thames and her little
daughter will leave tomorrow for a visit
to Mrs. Leslie Orr at Belfast. Tenn.
Lieut.. Morris Wilford, United States
army is visiting Lieut. George Morrow,
United States army. Mr.. MILFORD
and Mr. Morrow were classmates at
West Point and graduates of this year.
Mrs. Sydney Smith and her daughter,
Emily. are visiting relatives in Mont
gomery.
Cards have been issued by DIR. and Mrs.
W. P. Dickinson of Opelika for the mar
riage of their daughter, Annie c., to
Mr.. w. P. Smith on August Z.
Miss Lucille CASTOR is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Becker in Charlevoix Mich.
Mrs. j. G. Moore has gone to Las
Vegas. N. NJ
Mrs T. r. Tanner and daughter Miss
Minnie L. Tanner, will leave in a few
days for an extended trip to Eastern
Virginia and North Carolina. They will
be absent from the city for several
months.
Mrs George NJ. Thomas of Nashville is
the guest of J. c. Mayfield and Miss
Mayfield. She is here to be present at
the Hayes Mayfield wedding on August 1.
Miss Kathleen Martin of Montgomery
who has been visiting Mrs. w E. Gard
ner on the South Highlands, left today
for Admission.
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NEGRO BADLY HURT.
Falls From Wagon In Tuscaloosa and
Wheels Pass Over Body.


Tuscaloosa, July 24-(Special.) Levi
Wilson. a negro wagner for the Tusca-
loosa Ice and Light company. came near
meeting death yesterday when he was
thrown from the top of well loaded
wagon of window frames. Wilson was
driving from the Mobile and Ohio depot
when one of the wagon wheels ran into
a rut causing him to lose his balance.
He was thrown first headlong over his
mules then to the ground when the
wheels passed over his body. Medical aid
was Immediately dispatched and 1t was
found that Wilson was in a most serious
condition though not necessarily fatally
injured.
J. B. Ferguson of Samantha has an
nounced himself as a candidate for the
office of representative from this county
to the state legislature. He is a Bap
fist preacher and Is noted for his up
rightness. and will doubtless make
splendid race.
j. M VERIFY who recently had his grist
mill destroyed by fire has erected a new
one on the old Greensboro road. The wa
ter for the wheel Is furnished from
Cribs creek. The machinery Is up to
date and the capacity is greater than 1t
was before.
The friends of the Confederate Veterans
of this county are arranging for a de-
lightful barbecue on August 9. Quite
neat sum has been subscribed and the
gray haired boys of the COS doubtless
have a treat in store.
The many friends Of Miss Anna Moody
T.
improved.
Rev l.. O. Dawson together with his
interesting family, have gone to Mrs.
Dawsons home near Marion for fort
night. Rev. j. H. Chapman. DIR. Daw-
sons assistant. will hold services during
his absence
Mrs. Harriette Eddins and Miss Lol-
lie Eddins have gone to Talladega
Springs where they will spend the heated
term
Herbert Davis and his interesting fam
lily are here visiting Miss Dora Davis.
The friends of Mrs Belle Norwood
will be panied to learn Of her very crit
ical condition. 1t is feared that she will
not recover. She Is the sister of B. NJ
Phfer of the Hargrove and Phifer COM
pany.
Lieut.. Graham Parker of the United
States army is here on visit to his
parents, DR.. and Mrs. w. A. Parker. He
was stationed at the Preside during the
earthquake at San Francisco and tells
many interesting stories of the disaster.
Mrs. j. A. Ogburn and Miss Monte Jim
Og'burn have returned from trip to
Montgomery. where they have been Wis
iting the formers daughter. Mrs. ]. L.
Holloway.
Miss Bessie McGahey and Miss Susie
McGahey have returned from Carrolton
where they have been attending a house
party given by the Misses Garner Of
that place
Miss Estelle Bealle has gone to Mt
Eagle. Tenn, where she will spend sew
eral weeks.
C. W. Hughes and wife have returned
from Allceville, where they have been
visiting relatives.
II. Buell. is spending several days in
Chattanooga with friends. Since the open.
ing of the Central Iron and Coal company
here he has been chemist there. He has
resigned his position and goes to New
York from Chattanooga.
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THE SOUTHS REAL
MUSICAL CENTER
A Little South Carolina Town of 5000
Awarded the Palm.

A person unadvised beforehand of the
facts, would be surprised at the outcome
of his investigation If he set himself to
the task of determining the musical GEN.
ter of the south. One would scarcely
expect to find the people from such dis
tant cities as Memphis, Richmond etc.,
travelling the necessary hundreds of
miles in order to hear the great musical
artists of the day in a little South Caro-
lima town of only 1900 population
Nevertheless, this Is the Importance of
position enjoyed by Spartanburg. whose
annual May Festival is the ablest and
most widely patronized opportunity for
music lovers in the entire south.
The immediate and primary secret of
the towns great musical prominence lies
in its possession of one of the most
superior institutions for the education
of women ever developed In the south
Converse College, the delight and glory
superior as the college is in music, it is
Just as thorough and as great in all that
stands for the womanly education OF
woman in every useful and lofty sense
of the ideal and the word.
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FIELD ARTILLERY
Is NOW ON SCENE
TWO BATTERIES REACH cHicKA-
MAUGA MUCH THE WORSE FOR
WEAR, AND ARE GIVEN A DAYS
REST IN CAMP.

Chattanooga, July 24.-The Third and
Fourth batteries of the field artillery
reached Camp Chickamauga this morn
dng- This force numbers about 1870 officers
and men Each battery is equipped with
the new style rapid-ire field piece, which
is a vast Improvement over the one it
supersedes. Four guns constitute the
armament of a field battery instead of
six, with the old pieces.
The third battery is in camp with nine
ty-seven men and one officer, Second Lieu
tenant Kilbourne being in command.
Captain Moore commands the Fourth
battery, which has seventy-six men pres
ent in the field. The lieutenants assigned
TO this battery are Lieutenant Kean and
Lieutenant Spaldng. The battalion Of
artillery is commanded by Major Rum
baugh. With the artillery came Captain
March of the general staff He has been
detailed by the general staff to remain
at Camp Chickamauga during the eneamp-
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BIG SAVING MADE.
Postoffice Department Is Not Spending
So Much This Year.

Washington. July 24-Actlng Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock today expressed
qualification that the expenditures on ac-
count of the service of the postoffice
department for the quarter ended March
81, showed a material decrease from those
of the corresponding quarter of last year.
The total receipts for the quarter ended
on the Slst of last March and were &4,
S64, 1923. But of this sum s6114 was paid on
account of previous years. The excess of
expenditures over receipts for the quar-
ter was $235 ia.
For the quarter ended March 81, 1905,
the excess of expenditures over receipts
was $1967,109, a saving on the last quar-
ter of more than 1,750OO0.
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Tennis Matches Are Lonq Fouqht.

Boston, July 24-Long. hard-fought
matches ruled today in the tennis tourna-
ment at Longwood. OF the twenty mine
contests in singles, eighteen were carried
to extra SETS while in the match between
l.. Leroy and A. Stillman, sixty-two games
were necessary before the former won
his place in the second round. The fea-
ture matches of the day were the two
which brought the sport to a close this
afternoon. f. B. Dewherst of Philadel-
pha caught N. w. Niles. the Harvard
champion off his game, and won three
sets to one while Karl H, Reher, the
Yale expert put out T. r. Heller of New
York.
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News of Union Springs.

Union Springs. July 24-(Special) Mrs.
Eliza Roxie Walker has issued invitations
to the marriage of her daughter. Mrs.
Julia Walker Ednundson to Mr.. Henry
Oscar Ellis on Wednesday afternoon at 5
o'clock, August 7, at home. Both are very
popular young people. The groom Is -
member of the dry goods firm of J. M
Ellis Sons company, and is a splendid
young man. They will leave Immediately
after the ceremony for trip to New
York
Mrs j. c. Lawrence and son, Frank
left yesterday for Gadsden, to attend the
Press association meeting.
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viii Define Status of Unfinished Ship.

Washington July 24-The department of
justice will be asked by the navy de-
partment whether a warship under con-
struction is public works of the gov
eminent within the meaning of the eight
hour law Some years ago Attorney GEN
eral Griggs wondered an opinion that a
ship under construction was not public
works OF the government, but it is in
tended to bring the case again before the
department in order to have a new con-
structton OF the law.
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
CHAS. c. THACH M. A. Ill. D., PRESIDENT.

c. M. A. LII
Is
n
mining engineering
Agriculture professors instructors
For furh nforma the dent
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PANAMA MONEY ORDERS.
Can Now Be Sent From Various Amer
lean Countries.

Washington, July 24-H. D. Reed. the
executive secretary of the Canal zonS-
made report to the local office of
the canal commission today on the
money order system recently established
in the Canal Zone to enable employees to
remit money which was formerly sent
through Isthmian bankers under the So
called bankers agreement. Money or
ders are now issued on the Zone upon
the United States, Canada. New Found
land, the Philippines, the Islands of Gren-
ada, Saint Lucia, st. Vincent, Jamaica,
Antigua, Dominica Montzratta, Nevis, St.
Kits, Tortota, Virgin Gorda.
The cost for such an order is the rate
for domestic order, plus the rate for a
foreign order, with the further addition
of cents for postage.
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ment for the purpose of making critical
observations and reporting the same.
Captain March will probably be the
only representative of the general staff
present during all the maneuvers.
The artillery marched from Fort Meyer
to Salem, Va, "A distance of rs miles
and there entrained for the remainder of
the trip. The entire organization was
much the forse for the hard trip. A day $
rest in camp was afforded nearly all the
men.
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Rumora About Newfoundland.

St Johns, Newfoundland, July "a
Statements appearing recently in the Ca
madam press that Earl Grey. who ar
rives tomorrow for ten days fishing as
the guest of Governor MacGregor, comes
to discuss a confederation with Canada
and will be followed by Premier Laurier
and other Ottawa ministers. have aroused
so much feeling among the governments
supporters here that Premier Bond was
compelled officially to announce today
that all such reports were unfounded.
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swInburne Goes to Pacific.

Washington, July A.-Rear Admiral w.
T. Swinburne. who was yesterday COM
missioned rear admiral, has been de-
tached as a member of the general board,
and assigned as commander-in-chief OF
the Pacific squadron, succeeding Rear
Admiral Goodrich. His flagship will be
the Chicago.
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MARION MILITARY INSTITUTE
Marion. Alabama.

College courses leading to the degree
of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Sci
ence Special training for business and
the study of law. medicine and engineer
ing Advanced laboratory courses in cleo
tricity and chemistry. 7-4-su-wed-fri-tf
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STATE NORMAL COLLEGE.
Florence, Ala.

Training School for Teachers, Tuition
Free
a'ull crops Of expert teachers Courses
in Pedagogy, Science, Literature, History.
Mathematics, English, Latin, Manual
Training, Music and common school
branches.
Graduates readily secure good positions.
Special attention given to preparation Of
teachers for the public schools.
Fall term will begin Thursday, Septem-
Der 8.
Board $40 and sl2 per calender month.
Necessary expenses 500 to $40 per ses-
sion of nine months.
Write for catalogue to
M. C. WILSON,
e-I6-sat -su-wed-tf President.
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New Orleans TourIst Injured.

Salt Lake City, Utah, July 24.-Dr. j. v.
Bonnet, tourist from New Orleans, was
severely injured today in a collision on
the Salt Air railway, his shoulder being
dislocated, his ribs broken, his hip hurt
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BETHEL FEMALE COLLEGE,

HOpkITSVTTItI NY
Select School for young ladies. Beau
tiful grounds. Instruction in Music,
Languages, Literature and Science
unsurpassed. SD sessions opens Sep
TENDER 8. Write for catalogue.
EDMUND HARRISON, A. M. LII. D.,
6-zo-18t-mon-wed-fri President.
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The Gawk makes best advertising
cuts-Aae-Herald Building.
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SEMINARY

of French and German city advantages all outdoor sports
mild and equabe climate Only 100 boarding pupils received
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Commercial Classical Course September
cass boarding school
heahu the South
instruction needfu
Birmingham
with electric lights
The Rev DIRECTOR ST. Bernard Ala
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Tenn, offers girls and
young women Seminary and College
Fitting Courses, Art, Elocution.
Of Music, native teach
rts on beautiful suburban campus.
42nd year. Write for Catalogue
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Miss Lucille CASTOR is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Becker in Charlevoix, Mich.
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Central College, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Central College, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Number of pupils limited Heathfu locality. President
with family in the building. Home life Personal
tention. Expenses reasonable.
DEPARTMENTS.
Music Piano. Ludebuhl of Berlin Conservatory Director
Voice, Miss Desha, College of Music, Cincinnati
Srged Instruments Miss Carter Conservatory Kansas City
English Miss Brown Harvard and Emerson School of Express
Mathematics Miss Bullock University of Alabama.
Latin Mrs. Donoho fifteen years a successful teacher
Modern Language Miss Robinson, Lepsig Germany
Art Miss Shelton, University of Virginia and New York Art
School
physical culture
tuition in literary department
$260O0
wit or
B. F. GILES, President
71SstwedHu
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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
ST. BERNARD CoLLEGI
Near cullman, Ala.

ONE HOUR AND FoRTY-FIvE MINUTES FRoI
EIGHT TRAINS DAILY
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Cards have been issued by DR.. and Mrs.
W. P Dickinson of Opelika for the mar
riage of their daughter, Annie c., to
Mr.. w. P. Smith on August Z.
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Mrs j. G. Moore has gone to Las
Vegas. N. NJ.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-19
whnt,s the Bill Good For.

On the car the other morning hap
pened to hang by the strap next to
Bimmelstein's. Between begging par
dons Of and granting pardons to my
neal neighbors, I managed to read a
few paragraphs in my newspaper. n
of them told of a remarkable find by
a Nippur expedition of h University
of Pennsylvania. 1t was nothing less
thar a well preserved and thoroughly
authenticated tailor's bill nearly 5000
years old.
Since Bimmelstein himself is en-
gagged in the clothing business, l
thought he would be interested in this
ancient relic, so I told him about 1t.
but the story seemed to make no i'm
preston on him.
Hang it, man." said l, don't you
understand? It's a tailor's bill almost
5000 years old"
"Vell," he answered, "vot ISIS it good
for? Dey can't COLLECT it."-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-19

Fruit growers about Saugatuck,
Mich, have been busy trimming their
apple trees, says Country Gentleman.
Ten years ago they were thinking of
cutting them down and setting out
peach trees. To-day every half-dead
tree IS trimmed, and if there is not
enough manure, fertilizer is bought for
these half-dead trees. Six years ago
one Of Saugatuck's young farElers mar
ried a Chicago girl who used to spend
her vacation there. She loved country
life, and was a subscriber to agricul-
tural magazines. Her husbands or
chard was just like the rest, untrimmed
and had never been sprayed. She made
him buy manure, trim the trees, plow
and spray. Two years ago he began
to hire his neighbours orchards. Last
year he was the only one who had APP
pies to sell, and cleared $4,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-19

Says q Western writer on sheep:
The market calls for sheep with a darl;
face aud legs, and a close fleece is al
advantages. There never has 5een a
time when a fair profit could not be
obtained from the keeping of sheep.
There are in the world to-day 9O,O00,O00
fewer sheep than twelve years $50, ard
the consumption Of mutton and wool is
rapidly increasing, hence it is safe to
conclude that sheep to the farmer is a
safe proposition. Do not start on n
large scale; begin low and work up.
The Western farmer does no like to do
this, and you are no exception. You
have never planted the apple because
you did not expect to stay to eat tho
fruit. You must rush on and do big
things. Do you not know that IN the
animal as well as the vegetable world
rapid growth means rapid decay? Plant
this live stock business and Their give
it time to strike It's roots deep down,
and after it is fairly rooted ALLOW the
top to grow.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-19

Corn Root Louae.

Time spent in killing insect pests
must usually be set down as SO much
time lost from the constructive work
Of improving the filth Of the soil, and
attending to the other needs of the
crops. Occasionally, however, an i'm
proved system of cultivation gets rid
Of our insect enemies at the same time.
This is conspicuously the case in the
method recently proposed by Prof.
Forbes, Of Illinois, for destroying the
corn DOT louise.
The pest works havoc to both sweet
md field corn. The small brown ant
attends the louise and Is responsible
for carrying it about the field. Pro
fessor Forbes found that by using a
disk harrow Il to three times early
In the spring, before the corn is plant
ed, from so to 95 per cent of the ants
and corn root lice are destroyed, and
no further treatment is required dur
Ing the season. The peculiar virtues
Of this remedy are that it is simple,
effective and good for the corn, since
the soil is thereby put in a better state
Of cultivation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-19

The Massachusetts State crop report
contains an article by Prof. T. s.. Cooley
on Some Causes Affecting the Profits
Of Dairying." On the subject Of feed
ing dairy cattle the professor urges
that feeds be produced on the farm as
far as possible. Usually the best prac-
tice is to purchase only feeds rich in
protein and raise the coarse folders
On the farm. Cows fed on starvation
rations yield no profit, and those over
fed with expensive feeds are also kept
at a loss. The point Of highest profit
in feed must be determined by expert
ment and calculation, and varies with
the locality and circumstances of the
feeder.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-19

One of the very few occasions On
which Rufus Choate, the famous
American lawyer and statesman, met
his match a when he was exauin-
Ing n Dick Barton, chief mate of
the ship "Challenge." Choate had
cross-examined him for over an hour,
hurting questions with the speed of a
rapid-fre gun.
WAS there a moon that night?'
Eyes, Sir"
did you see it?"
"No, sir"
''Then how did you know there "a
q moon?"
1.-The Nautical Almanac said 80.
and I'll believe that sooner than any
lawyer in the world"
BE civil, sir. And now tell me in
what latitude and longitude you cross
ed the equator"
"Ah, you are Joking"
No sir, I'm in earnest, and I de-
sire an answer
That's more than I can give"
Indeed. You a chief mate and I'M
able to answer sc simple a question:
Yes. the simplest question l ever
was asked. l thought wen a foo Of
a lawyer knew there's no latitude at
the EQUATOR"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-19
Dry

The Campbell system Of dry farm
Ing, which was first tried in the semi
arid portions Of North Dakota and
about which much has appeared in
newspapers and magazines within the
past year or two is doing great things
for many portions Of the Western
States, where with a rainfall Of but
ten or twelve inches per annum bumper
crops of corn, wheat, beets and other
crops car be grown. This system Of
crop culture is based on the conserva-
ton Of practically all of the moisture
in the soil through q dust or surface
mulch, and under it as high as forty
bushels of corn to the acre have been
grown in North Dakota, fifty bushels
of wheat per acre in western Nebraska,
while better han twenty ons Of beets
have been produced in Colorado. While
this method of crop culture has little
value in those portions Of the country
where there is an abundant rainfall, it
does have q tremendous import in all
territory where there IS fertility in
the soil, but al annual rainfall of less
than twenty inches.