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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
Romantic Wedding at Fort Payne.

Fort Payne. October 13.-(Special IA rather romlntic wedding took piace last night at the DeKalb hotel. at this place. The ceremony was performed by Judge ]. A Croley aud witnessed by the guests Of the hotel and a few others who were at tracted by the novelty of the affair
 The groom, J. W. Coker, Is quite Il well known and wealthy gentleman of Rome, Ga He is sl years of age, while the bride, Miss Mabel Gay of Sank Rock is only q years old, and was raised by Mrs. R. K Brindley of that place.
 It seems that the groom, as he was driving along, met the young lady as sne was going to milk and fell in love with her at first sight. He has only known her about two weeks. It was said to be runaway match but from whom they were running could not be learned IS the bride was raised by Mrs Brindley
 They left this morning for Rome, Ga where they will make their home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
New Corporations
Miss Leila Belle Graham Dead.

Greenville, October 3-(SpeclaI.) Miss Leila Belle Graham, eldest daughter of MT. and Mrs. Walter B. Graham, died yesterday afternoon after an illness of ten weeks. The funeral was conducted this afternoon by her pastor, Rev. W. M Blackwelder at the residence, the inter ment at Magnolia cemetery. Leila Belle was winsome young girl of IA years, of gentle manners and sweet disposition She was loved by her young friends. idol ized by the family circle, and her death has cast gloom over them all.
 A negro workman was killed yesterday at Terrelrs brickyard in the suburbs of the town. A car loaded with brick. that runs through the kiln to the yards, ran. over him, causing almost instant death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14

large influx to the organization on the part of men who are keeping out altogeth- CT or voting with the democrats. This IS somewhat of a force In favor of the sue cess of the lily white movement and it is giving away no secrets to say that there are democrats who are watching for the outcome with more than usual interest. They know that with clean republican party-and there is a possibility of 1t with the influx of citizens of the north and east-the monopoly they have so long enjoyed would be harder to keep up, to say the least of it.
 Looking ahead to the session of the leg islature to come next January. there is much to attract attention, as 1t Is quite likely some important measures will be acted upon, if all of them not passed. It looks like certainty that an anti-pass bill will be passed that will follow the lines of the national law to that effect. and that there will be a law to force the railroads to do many things they do not now do. It is rather remarkable that everything looks to the regulation of the rail lines. that being the burden of most of the talk. Every fellow seems to have some sort of club up his coat sleeve for the transportation people
 However, it is also certain that the com mon schools are to be given full meas ure of attention, and if the amendment for local tax by districts is not sub mitted to the people, teachers and educa- tional enthusiasts are going to lose one of the hardest fgats ever made in the state Organization to this end has been going on for some time, and the lawmak- CTS will find that they up against as well-planned campaign as they have ever known. They will also be given a chance to do well for the school house proposition, and 1t Is expected that the bill to appropriate money to build school houses will be carried through.
 The friends of the common schools are going up with somo almost unanswerable arguments, among them being the fact that as it is now there is S1 .56 per capita for the education of the children of the state. and that in many cases this is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14

Come here for lap robes, horse blankets and everything in the horse millinery and mule jury line. Made to order. Wm. Reckling, 1911 2d Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
CAR OF COTTON BURNS.
Takes Fire En Route and Is Entirely
 Consumed Near Columbus, Ga.

car of cotton being brought to Columbus from Alabama over the Mobile and Ohio branch of the Central of Georgia railway caught fire a few miles out from the city this afternoon, an effort to get 1t to the city, where the fire department could ex- tinguish the flames, was unsuccessful.
 The fire progressed so rapidly that it was necessary to detach the car from the train, the car and sixty bales of cotton being destroyed. The cause of the fire was unknown. It started while the train was in motion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
CHAIR RMANSHIP IS
 RENDERED SMITH
GROSS LOSS IN SELMA FIRE WILL AMOUNT TO ABOUT s13,oooETHE GAME PROTECTIVE AssociA. TON ORGANIZED.

Selma, October 1S-Cspecial.)-T chairmanship of the campaign committee of the democratic party of Alabama has been tendered to J. Craig Smith by Chair man Mallory of the state committee. MT
 Mallory returned 10 Selma today from
 Montgomery. where last night after q ! telephone conference with Mir Conner. he offered the campaign chairmanshlp to Mr. smith. who, it is known is Mir Comer's son-n-laW.
 There is some importance attached to the matter in view of the complications Tn Jefferson county over the sherirs office. There are some democrats who look With apprehension on the independentism that has developed in Jefferson. and fear that II is an entering wedge with which, unless checked, is liable to split the party, and 1t is not unlikely that the state com mittee may not be able to steer clear of the trouble altogether
 At an enthusiastic meeting held today there was formed the Dallas County Game Protective association. Temporary organization was formed with Col w. K. Nelson as chairman and J E. Axford as secretary. A committee on organiza- ton ana tO eNalnlne the Dallas game laws and suggest amendments was appointed to report at meeting to be held next Sat urday This committee consists of W. R. Nelson, J. H. Hooper. N. r. Welch, H. l. Shelley mad C. W. Hooper
 The gross loss in the fire of Friday aft ernoon, iE which the American Candy Manufacturing companys plant was de- strowed. will amount to about $l3.000 The fire originated in dying and cleaning es- tablishment adjoining the candy factory, gasoline, which was benig used on a gar ment having caught fire from the stove. The loss on the buildings was 5000, owned by w. NJ. Gill. no insurance. A contract was let today for replacing the burned buildings. The candy manufacturing com- pany's gross loss was about $500. there being on hand d large stock owing to preparations for the holiday trade. There was practically enough insurance to cover the loss. Hayes tin shop loss was about S00. and Levert Bros undertaking shop suffered a similar loss. covered by Insurance.
 Merchants lunch 35c at Olymplan Cafe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
WILL TRANSFER TROOPS.
Southern Companies to Be Taken
 North and Vice Versa.

Washington October 13-(Special.)-A general transfer of artillery soldiers. in the north to stations In the south and wise versa, has been decided upon by the war department as a possible means of checking desertion, more frequent changes being thought advisable. Orders issued to- day make about twenty changes in bat teries stationed in the south and north
 The Eighth company now at Fort Nor gan has been ordered to Fort Preble Me, and the Seventy-fifth company at that station goes to the Alabama post
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
Postoffice Appointments.

Washington, October 13.-(Special.)- Route No. ordered established Decem- Der Y at Wedowee, Randolph county, serving 691 people and IT families.
 Robert D. Shipment appointed reel- lar carrier. John w. Shipment substitute rural carrier at Clio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank the kind neghbors and friends of Woodlawn and Birming- ham who were so conslderate and at tentive to our husband and father, E. c. Pugh. during his sickness and death And the tender sympathy shown us through the trying ordeal we will ever remember you with kindest feeling.
 MRS. ALICE D. PUGH,
 MISS l.. F. PUGH
 ROBERT c. PUGH,
 NELLIE PUGH,
 CLIFTON PUGH.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
N Naturally.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 There's a fellow who gives himself dead away every time he starts talking :" You don't sayl Whats the trouble?"
 He makes his living by posing as a deaf and dumb beggar."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
THOMPSON SCOTT WING GETS BUSY Want Republican Emblem Used for Their Friends
  VULCAN CANNOT BE USED Much Interest Attaches to lncorpora- tion of Concern Which Proposes to Develop Power at
 Muscle Shoals.
VULCAN CANNOT BE USED

Montgomery, October 13.-(Special )-The Thompson-Scott wing of the republican party in the state seems to be feeling that 1t Is out in the cold so far as the election of next month goes, and is grab bing at few straws of political pres tige. The latest Is a request from Chair man Joseph O. Thompson of the state executive committee, that the candidates of the party for Congress in the Sevent h and Eighth districts be printed to one side on the ticket and allowed to use the old republican emblem, u picture of Vulcan, filed last year, and outlawed so far as use Is concerned by the secretary of state.
 In his letter to the secretary of state, Mir. Thompson asks that their friends, C. B. Kennemar in the Seventh and J. T. Masterson in the Eighth, be allowed to have their names printed outside the republican column This cannot be done because all members of the same party must go on in the same column and no emblem can be used by any republican party or wing thereof this year. because none was filed in the office of the sec retary of state sixty days prior to the election. Hence, by the law, there will be no republican emblem this year, and the republican candidates in the Seventh and Eighth must get in line with the other aspirants of the same faith in the state.
 Probate judges have a right to seek to know which to use when there is more than one emblem of a party, but they cannot use any emblem not certified to them by the secretary of state As a re- suit they will have no republican emblem this year as none certified
 New Corporations
 Much interest attaches to the organiza- tion here of the Muscle Shoals Hydro Electrical Power company, with a cap- ital of $1,000,000. F. s. Washburn and other men of capital are among the in corporators, along with Massey Wilson, the present attorney general of the state. It Is proposed to build a generating plant on the Tennessee river at Muscle Shoals to secure power for Alabama corpora tions.
 The Union Benevolent Society No. has been incorporated at Fillmore, with out capital. It is to provide sick and burial benefits for the negroes.
 The Osment Grocery company has been incorporated at West End. Birmingham with a capital of $25OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
Suits SIS to $40 Overcoats SIS to $45

only way they are going to get any schooling at all. They will also have 1t told them that while there are nine months schools in the cities. often the country districts do not get as much as five, and that with a third grade teacher. They will also have it known that in hundreds and hundreds of Alabama com- munities there are no school houses at all, and that where there are houses in many places they would not be fit to cover the stock of the fields.
 There is z. feature of the school situa- tion that few have taken into considera- ton. and that is the advancement made by the neg-o children. They are going to school fin much larger measure in pro- portion to number than the whites. and as consequence are making d record that should shame every child of a Cau- easian family. A negro man will stint and save to keep his children in school, while a white man will often-too often take the child out of school to work be- fore 1t is past a dozen years of age.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-15
1906

plump into the side instead of coming along as I had intended"
 T suppose that 1t was rather start ling" she conceded. but there are so few camps on the lake that I had no Idea I ought to put up 2 sign to the ef- feet that I was aboard"
 Tn. yachting they fly the owners flag" he suggested. You might have pennant made. say a white one. with a poppv on it."
 T think I had better do my sleeping on shore after ttis." she laughed; ,,tnen I do not risk being wakened by cold bath"
 She shivered a little as she spoke, for there was ] fresh wind blowing and her water-soaked garments were un- pleasantly cold. The man sprang to the wheel and came back bearing a blanket. which he wrapped about her. "1hat is our camp over there" he said indicating a tiny white dot half mile tain climbing today. but can get you some of my sisters things, and then will take you to youp camp T think 1t would be better to take me right home" she objected. Tt is not very far"
 Its a good three miles. and with
 this breeze you would be chilled through betore you got tnere But I want to go straight home, she persisted. conscious the moment af. ter of the childishness of the words. T got you into this trouble" he said
 firmly. and I'm going to set you prop erlv out of it."
 | There was a delightful mastery ir his speech. and Gwen sank back
 against the cushions. finding 1t rather pleasant to be ordered about in this fashion She had dueened 1t over hel set all season. and 1t was nice to have
 this clear-eyed young fellow taking
 the whip hand.
 | At close range the camp appeared tc be a rather pretentious establishment for Clearwater Lake. The tent wa. | merely the. annex to eommodioui lodge
 As the launch grated against tho gravel shore the man jumped out and without q word caught her up in his arms and strode off toward the lodge
 He set her down in one of the piazza chairs with an injunction to sit still
 Then he disappeared Into the house Presently he returned. smile on his face.
 The girls have a lot of duds," he said; "Just step in and help yourself
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-15
1871 '
CAUGHT MAPPING.
RY c. H. sUTCLIFFM.

Possibly a canoe is not the safest couch in the world. but Gwen Masters was given to the unexpected, and she lay stretched at full length on blanket stretched over the floor.
 The low sides of the tiny craft shut out a view of the shores of the lake and the bright camps that spangled the dark green of the undergrowth here and there. Above rose the mountains in their majesty. and above all was the blue sky, hecked with tiny white clouds drifting as idly on the surface or the blue as did the canoe on the placid waters of the lake
 It was a complete escape from civil ization, and she dreamed her day dreams comfortably until the sand man sprinkled her eyes and she oozeo on
 It was her first day in camp after a hard year in the city. and the air was at once like wine and opium. So sound ly did she sleep that she never heard the chug-chug of a motor boat until the instant before its sharp nose struck | the side of her canoe. overturning 1t completely and throwing her into the water. her. and diving, she came up against fine side of the little motor boat, now lying silent beside the canoe. while young man with very white face | eagerly searched the water.
 In an instant he had grasped her shoulder. and the next moment she lay gasping in the stern. while he ousied himself with righting the canoe ana making it fast to the stern of the boat
 Then he turned to her with concern.
 T don't know what you think of
 me" he began. awkwardIy, and in aeed I'd hate to know; but really, had no intention of upsetting you"
 T don't suppose you did it delioer, aIs sear, ,o me that with q lake as large as this you should have had no trouble ! in avoiding the canoe.
 asrhat was just it." he said. appeal
 ,n,i, wasn't trying to avoid 1t. l
 thought the boat was adrifs and l was going to win the thanks Of the owner bv returning it. Then Just as l came sion eside caught a glimpse of you in 9he bottom. and 1t startled me so that my hand shook on the wheel and I ran
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-15

He indicated the room and went of toward the boat.
 Twenty minutes later she emerged to find that in the meantime he had pre- pared a tasty lunch with the coffee pot bubbling over the camp oven. "Coffee's better than whiskey to take the cold out" he laughed. Will Miss Masters do me the honor to lunch with me?"
 How did you know my name?" she asked curiously.
 He pointed to the book drying by the fire.
 Tt took no Sherlock Holmes" he said. gro even things up, my name Is Ted Crawford. I believe there was something said about Theodore when was named but I never could live up to the dignity of the full title and In mercy they call me Ted"
 Gwen bIushed redly. Lottie Nellis had been singing Crawford's praises to her for the last year Lottte was an inveterate matchmaker. and Gwen had taken a malicious pleasure in avoiding all of the meetings Lottie had planned She wondered if Crawford knew any thing of Mrs Nellls's tactics. but his grave face reassured her. and she ac- knowledRed the introduction with the stiffest of bows.
 After lunch there came the ride down the lake in the launch. and she was sorry when the home landing came in-
 shall see you soonT' he asked as he handed her out and busted himself with fastening the canoe. T think vou need an escort in your ranbles. May I cali and take you out tomor- row?
 ''Perhaps." she smiled.
 "The moonlight will be awfully pret- ty tonight" he suggested. Suppose I run over about seven and we'll go out on the lake and see It rise over the top of Old Bald; may I?'
 Gwen nodded and ran toward the house. She was ashamed of herself for yielding so easily. yet she was glad when in the evening the pufing of the launch broke the summer stiffness and Ted guided the boat alongside the dock.
 That evening was the commencement of Ted's campaign. and long before the summer had begun to grow old he had won her promise to wed him when they returned to town.
 T fancy that Lottie Nellis will be pleased to hear the news" he laughed mischievouslY.
 That it was the dearest wish of her heart? Yes" he answered. Being her cousin she naturally orders me about little more than even the rest of the poor fellows she is trying to push into matrimony."
 "Well." said Gwan deiantly, you never would have met me if you had not caught me mapping"
 'In a double sense" he admitted. Heaven bless that nap" ecopyright, 1906, by P. C, Eastment)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-15

ATLANTA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY,
 Free Dispensary; only college operating an actual drugstore. Greater demand Tor our graduates than we can supply; Address Dr. George F. Payne Ph. o., Dean. AS n Whitehall St, Atlanta Ga su-tu-thn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-15
Marion Military institute,
Mariom. AIabama.

mAEAunp AlMDuAnu.
 College courses leading to the de- erees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Special training for Busi- ness and the Study of Law, Medicine, and Engineering. Advanced iabo~4tory courses in Electricity and Chemistry. tu-thu-su.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-15
VIR6IRNIA CQLLEGE

For YOUNG IADTES, Noanoke, Va.
 Opens Sept 25. 1908 One fthe leading echoois for Young Ladies in the South. New Buildings, pianos and equipment. Campus ten acres. Grand mountain scenery in Valley of Virginia famed for health. European and American teachers. Pull course Conservatory advantages in Art, Students from 90 States. For catalogue address MATTE P. HARRIS. rresiaent, Roanoke, Va. eod-30t
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-03
SAVED TWO LIVES.
Edward F. Larock Of Middebury De-
serves Hero Medal

Middlebnry, July d There came near
being a drowning accident sunday at.
ternoou On the river Just below the III.
pids az the first pulp mill. Edward La
rock, William Doiback and Charles DON
.rr started to eros the river in . boat,
Ibut Il was eapsizcd hy' their too close
with the overflow, and al
hands were thrown into the river Meth
cr DolbacS nor Doner could swim, but
Iarock YEAS good swimmer and after
i hard struggle managed TO get them BY
tile hair Of their heads and get them
across the bottom 81 the npturned boat.
Donar was insensiblc &C the Time la
rock managed to swim ashore with the
boat ii tow and saved the outfit. There
was plenty Of assistance when they got
10 shore but tooslate 70 be Of any use
on the river Dnner soon was lesusclag
tated and was as We'll a. ever again on
Monday. The hero Of the adventure,
Edward II. i.arock i veteran Of the
Spanish American War and has seen
service III the Philippines
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-03
RESULT or SPEED MANIA.

The terrible railway accident at Sal
isbury, England, on Sunday comes with
great force 70 americans because 81 tho
fact tilat nearly al the victims 81 the
disaster we're Americans who had barely
left ihcir own country for visit abroad
III me RritisherS the accident Is Of tell
ing consequence, because England IS
comparatively free from 70 serious al
taifS Of this sort. and the people there
are accustomed Is look to america and
lmld up their hands III horror AZ the
death list On American railroads Look
Ing for the cause 81 the deraiIipg ana
the fearful plunge of tho train, railroad
men aseribe il 10 a broken wheel or
axle. But the primary cause lies farth-
= buck, according 70 information Of
those passengers who were spared and
according % testimony If tminmen. For
sonc time there has been close rivalry
between two lines from Salisbury to
London. Recently she completing line
70 the London 1 Southwestern made a
record trip 81 the 256 miles ii four
hours and half, and 10 doubt since
then there has been considerable boast.
ing over the feaf Not "a be outdonc
(this is the superstition, the London
4 Southwestern decided 70 make rec,
ord run and took the American tourists
special, light train, for the purpose.
r'is 4 81 course not established AZ u
fact yet, but the newspaper reports Of
the accident tell Of the tremendous
speed which the train was making just
prior to the accident and the fact that
there vas no perccptible slackening az
"a curve IN Salisbury. where ordinarily
the trains slow down, lead to the Eelief
that ID was a record that the railrSad
Was striving tor One Of the passengers
estimates that The train was travelling
scsentyiour miles an hotrf a. the time
of the accident. It is known bat The
average speed wsp great as Tie 40
miles from Plymouth 70 Salisbury was
covered in 147 minutes The Britishers
have undoubtedly caught the. speed
mania nom ". Il Is time that the
power d public opinion isAturned on
the mania IN England a. wen as in the
United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-03

tion grounds and the gardens The gem
eral health Of the patients should BIZ
better BY the freedom given them, and
the spirits 81 the unfortunates raised
after being kept behind bars for 50
many months, A visit to the environ
nient 81 the inmates, while ii II az
good q could be provided, leaves one
with the conception d misery which
must he their lott Anything that can
Re done 70 better their conditions IS
welcome, and the greatest boon Il com
parative freedom, 70 breathe the fresh
air and 70 feel the kindly influence Of
tile SIM.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-03
Not THAT Kind OF Egg.

A vegetarian sitting next 70 stran-
ger In restaurant before. long took
occasion 70 advertise his creed by tell
Ing him that all meat was injurious
and that the human diet should be
strictly vegetarian
But" replied the stranger. Il sell
icm eat meat
You just ordered eggs said the
vegetarian. San egg IS practically
meat. because It eventually becomes d
bird
~ihe kind or eggs eat never be
come birds. answered the stranger
quietly
Good heayensv cried the vegetarI
an. What kind Of eggs 20 you eaty'
Principally boiled eggs, said the
stranger. Philadelphia Ledger