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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-08
OFFICIAL VOTE CAST
IN RECENT PRIMARY
ACTUAL VOTE SECURED
BY EACH CANDIDATE.


= The following is the official vote
y received by each of the candidates
y on the state ticket in tho recent
= primary:
y For Governor-Comer, 5S,033; Cum
y ningham. 36.62S.
y For Lieutenant Governor-Gray,
y $685. Meador is. 414 O'Nea1. 81 .S91.
= For Attorney General = CARRIER.
= 1878.
= For State Auditor Brandon. 49,
. b36; Hood. 22.5O7: Smith. 2S.oS3.
y For Secretary of State-Julian, ST.
= 9SSs McGhee, Ii, 691 Sorsby. 1921.
y For State Treasurer-Allen. Is, 1857;
= Seed, s., BOD
For Superintendent of Education
y Gunnels, 72,132.
= For Commissioner of Agriculture
. and Industries - Adams, 12S74;
= Crook 1895; Lovett. 1896; Selden,
y 10. $50; Ward. 15,943 Wilkinson, %, 9S5.
y For Associate Railroad Commits
y sioners-Compton. 2o72s; Harris, 20
. 800; Henderson, 33172; Lowe. 20,447;
y McElderry, 11769; Skeggs, 1880;
y White, 20,267
. For Chief Justice OF the Supreme
y court-Tyson, 45,s63; weakley, A.
y ia
o For Associate Justices of the SUI
y preme Court-Bilbro, 33,719; Cole
= man, %. 796; Dowdell, 1861; McClel-
. Ian, 80, $50; Parks, 23,9S2
y For United States Senator. Term
= Beginning March 4, 1907-Morgan,
= 81 1876
y For United States Senator, Term
. Beginning March 4. 1909-Pettus, u.s.
y 3l3.
= For Appointment to Fill Any Va
= cancy in the Office of United States
= senator-B ankhead, 4S, 1862; Clarke,
y 1897; Fits, 1882; Johnston, 36, l07;
y Knox, 25,S61; Oates. 14,524; Stallings,
. 1865
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BETTER THAN SPANKING.

Spanking does not cure children OF pea
wetting. If it did there Wonla De Ie"
children that would do it There is a
constitutional cause <or this Mrs. M.
Summers, Box 400 Notre Dame. Ind, VIII
send her home treatment to any mother.
She asks no money. Write her today II
YOUR children trouble you in this way.
Don't blame the child. The chances are
a. can't helm II.
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"sUMMER EXCURSIONS
via the
QUEEN G. CRESCENT ROUTE"

Week End rates on sale June to
September 8, good on all trains Satur
day, and good for return on any train
up to and including Tuesday following
date of sale.
Summer Tourist tickets on sale daily
until September 80, with final limit for
return October 81.
Summer Tourist tickets now on sale
via Queen and Crescent Route to
mountain, Lake, and Seashore Re-
sorts. For information apply to A. b.
Freeman, T. P. A., @. G G. Route, 1925
First Ave-. Birmingham. Ala
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Overdue Shin pockad

Mobile, September 1.-THE Norwegian
steamship Origen, Port Limon to Mobile,
with fruit. three days overdue. was dock
ed today. Capt. Wang says the vessel went
ashore Friday night, August 81 on Nor
sen Key, ito westward of Gorda Point,
where she remained till Sunday night,
September g. All well.
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Alabama" Brand Rolled
Oats-Crop 1906 now ready
for delivery. Sold by all first
class grocers.
ATTENTION, INVESTORS.
The New York Alabama Oil

Co., controlling the Huntsville
Natural Gas Fields, has seven
wells producing three millions
of cubic feet of gas daily. Has
franchise from Huntsville and
is surveying pipe lines.
Stock for sale at original
price, 10c per share, until
Sept. 10. Will then advance so
per cent. Call on DR.. Chas.
M. Erwin, Sec'y, room 8, over
Commercial State Bank.
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Conner Leads Cunningham by
21,4O5 in the Race
for Governor
GRAY 5492 IN LEAD FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
In Popular Vote Tyson Leads WeakIey
BY 3149 Votes and In Convention
BY 3112 Votes for Chief
Justlceship.

Montgomery, September 7.-(Special)-
The official count of the vote cast at the
democratic primary on August q, as made
by the state democratic committee here
today, shows that Mr.. Conner received
5S.O3s as against S6,62S for Cunningham,
majority of q, 405. Tyson's vote for chief
justice In the convention will be 32,256;
Weakley 29144; Tyson's majority 3112; pop
ular vote Tyson 1888, Wealxley AHA, a
majority of 3649 Gray for lieutenant gov
ernor leads ONeal. the next man, by 54S2
votes. Brandon almost doubled the two
other men Cor auditor. Julian was not
approached by the others for secretary of
state and Seed is far in the lead for
treasurer. Wilkerson is 300 ahead of his
nearest competitor for commissioner of
agriculture, and Henderson and Harris
ran far ahead for railroad commissioners.
Bankhead ran 1900 ahead of Johnston,
and Johnston more than 5000 ahead of
Knox. Morgan ran nearly 4vv0 ahead of
Pettus.
A surprise of the count is the fact that
Thomas Mcclellan beat Judge Dowdell
for associate justice by a few votes, these
two leading the ticket.
walker SheriH contest.
The count of the vote took until way
after dark The biggest job was to figure
out the pro rata strength of the asso-
ciate justices.
The contest over the office of sheriff of
Walker county took up a large part of
the time, both Jesse C. Long and James
A Higgins claiming the nomination. Long
80. - - +ha no,ninea on the face
appears 10 De tiie holl, me-, "a, sne sna,,S
ol Tue relulils sn t,. eo'i 0i'''''-
~ me oae PIE - al al..,od ,o+o In tho
no 4t, 100 t,S,lais - a1,o,,, moe
49, 80 ~ oo,,,,,,t+tao on tho Walker
oa,,Tt,, oontost and 10 allow the com
,,,ittass toh,,Iatirg the vote to make I'm
ranorts
After assembling for the night session.
c>hairr,an MaI1ory called for renorts the
erst ha,na tbat - the committees tahulat
Inc, tha returns on votes other than iudi-
oterv orr,cers This renort was made by
w. Fl Sanford. showing figures as given
below. Thomas stevens made the report
on the vote for chief Justice, showing the
selection of Judge Tyson over Judge
weaklev
,,,
oehhers vote ohah''''ous'
The report of the selection of A. II.
Benners unanimously for chancellor or
the northwestern division was made by
Mr.. Carter.
On motion of Mr.. Whltson, Judge Ben
ners was declared the nominee.
H. Y. Brooke contested the nomination
of George Holland as delegate to the
state convention In Crenshaw, but was
turned down.
The vote on the associate justices was
made by Mr.. Almon, each candidate was
reported to have the following rate In the
conventions
Bilbro, 259. 95; Coleman, 2122; Dowdell,
287.18; Mcclellan, 2S0.85; Parks, 1850.
AS there are two associates each dele
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WANTED.

Four experienced wrapping
boys; age from IA to 18 years.
Apply today to Manager first
floor, Louis Saks.
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Who is the moulder of pub
lie opinion? Who is the ad-
vance agent of prosperity?
The drummer. It is his bust
ness to know. He is for Hig-
don. Higdon has been a drum
mer.
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Rural Carriers.

washington, September 7.-(Special)-
Samuel w. Lawson, appointed regular.
John w. Barker substitute rural carrier
route at Florence.
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Negro Is Hanged.

Americas. Ca, September 7-Jonas
Hicks. colored, who killed Jarrett ]. Da-
Wis, a prominent Sumter county farmer
last April, was hanged here today.
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CAPTAIN CROOK
FILES STATEMENT
SPENT 1925 TRYING TO BE NoMI-
MATED COMMISSIONERS OF AGRI-
cULTuRE-LIsT OF DELEGATES
TO STATE CONVENTION.

Admission, September 7.-(Special. capt.
James Crook of Jacksonville, defeated
candidate for commissioner of agriculture
and industries, has furnished the follow
ing itemized statement of expenses
For services Of typewriter ........,.$ 20. 90
Lithographing 800. .............. 1000
Subscription to newspapers .......... 1000
Hotel bills, railroad fare, ETC., from
the counties of Dale, Etowah
Montgomery and Jefferson 80, 1000
for campaign expenses ............ $500
Announcements of candidacy ........ 300
Public printing ...................... rs. 90
Stamps and stationery ............ 800
Incidental and expenses ............. 1000
Total ....... .......... ............. 1926. 90
The Calhoun county executive commit
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HOTEL CHAMBERLIN.

OLD POINT COMFORT.
Special summer rates. For booklet, etc..
address GEORGE E. ADAMS, Mgr. Fort
ress Monroe Va 6-8-52t-tu-thu-sat-su
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TAX NOTICE

/ will visit the following Precincts of Jefferson
County, at the places of voting in each. for assess
ing taxes for the year 1907, remaining one dav at
each place, from a. IN. to p m, follows.
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HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.
Stafford Springs

The hotel at this famous spring is
omen for the season. For full particu-
lars, rates and phamphlets, address
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES & co.
Vossburg, Miss.
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Beat 10, returns not regular in Duke
beat and no election held at Reads.
Beat 20, 7. II. Cockrell.
The delegates to the state convention
in Montgomery September 10 are as fol-
lows: F. L. Blackmon e. G. Caldwell,
Dr. A. ]. Douthit j. H. Edmondson, Lon
w. Grant, ]. T. Green, E. c. Harris, DR..
r. L. Hughes, c. c. Morgan, l.. ]. Nor
ris, Henry d McCarty and A. J. Tarvin.
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ton applying to selection of associate
justices was read by the secretary for the
information of the convention.
Mr.. Sanford argued that the commit
tee had no right to pro rate any vote or
make any provision for the selection of
justices. This is the work of the con-
vention, he said
Mr.. Almon argued that the committee
should report the strength of each candi-
date for chief and associate Justice as
information for the convention.
Mr.. Sanford said he simply meant that
this committee had no right to instruct
the convention 1t is the duty of the
convention to declare the parties elected.
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information for the convention.
Mr.. Sanford said he simply meant that
this committee had no right to instruct
the convention. 1t is the duty of the
convention to declare the parties elected.
Thach Agrees.
Mr.. Thach agreed with Judge Almon
that the pro rate should be made by the
committee.
Mr. Sanford and Mr.. Thach were al
lowed to talk back to each other, which
they did to the entertainment of all
present.
Mr.. Thach insisted that 1t was the duty
of the committee to instruct the con-
vention.
Mr. Stevens urged that this committee
count the vote, this duty being clearly
put upon 1t. He recalled that in the past
he had argued that the committee could
not instruct the convention, but in this
case the instructions had come from the
voters He also recalled that at one time
he disagreed with Mr. Sanford in the
latter's contention that the committee
could destroy a convention. The conven-
tLpn can review any action of the COM
mittee. concluded Mr. Stevens.
Mr. Whitson denied that the commit
tee had assumed any power to instruct
the convention and explained the plan
of the committee.
The resolution of Mr.. Almon was adopt
ed, and the committee VIII make the pro
rate for members of the supreme court
bench.
On motion of Mr.. Sanford attorneys
interested for contesting clients. or clients
whose places are contested, were to see
the papers filed.
The chair then announced the following
committees.
General-Samford, Abercrombie and
Merrill
Chief Justice-stevens. Thach and
Mitchell.
Associate Justice-Almon Porterfeld
and Roden.
Chancery court-Eyster, Carter and
Smith.
Committee on Contests-Merrill, Whit
son, Driver, McCloud and Jones'
Walker County Contest.
The Walker county contest for sheriff
kept the committee up until after mid
night 1t was reported that the sub-com-
mttee would be ready to report at 1920
O'Clock, but it was soon shown that the
time would run past ~ o'clock. 1t was
therefore decided to run on until finished.
j. A. Higgins, contesting for the nomin-
alton, was represented by w. c. Davis of
Jasper and s. j. Bowie. congressman from
the Fourth district ]. II. Bankhead of
Jasper and Tyler Goodwin Of Montgom-
cry represented Mr.. Long. 1t was finally
agreed at II 80 to allow each side to
take up thirty minutes in argument. All OF
tho attornevs made speeches.
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Leading Men Present.

The meeting Of the state executive COM
mittee In the city today attracted a great
many leading men of the state, and there
were many outside the members of tho
committee in the city council chamber
when at noon Chairman II. s. d. Mallory
called the committee to order.
After roll call contests were filed from
Walker county on the question of the
nomination for sheriff of Walker county,
and state delegate from Crenshaw.
George A. Searcy of Tuscaloosa and j..
b. Christian of Perry were kept away
on account of important business. and
Upton Mullins of Chiffon on account of
illness. The roll call showed the follow
ing present:
Members Present.
Chairman-H. S. d. Mallory, Selma.
First District-W. A. Carter, Thomas
Vile; T. M. Stephens, Mobile.
Second District-George w. Jones. Mont
gomery; ]. r. Porterfield Greenville w.
II. Sanford. Troy.
Third District-R. II. Arlington, Elba !:
E. Herndon Glenn, Scale; A. H. Merrill.
Eufaula.
Fourth District-H. s. D. Mallory, Sell
ma: H. d. Merrill, Anniston Carson c..
Whitson, Talladega.
Fifth District-Milo b. Abercrombie,
Tuskegee; A. l.. Driver, Lafayette;
George f. Sedberry, Wetumpka; d. NJ.
White Goodwater.
Sixth District-Rufus A. O'Rear. Jasper;
A. P. Smith, Eutaw; G. b. Wimberly,
Reform
Seventh District-Leon G. McCord, AL
bertyille; r. A. Mitchell, Alabama City;
George H. Parker. Cullman.
Eighth District-E. B. Almon, Tuscum-
bia; John C. Eyster, New Decatur.
Ninth District-Benjamin +. Roden. Bir-
mingham; Robert II. Thach, Birmingham.
Secretary-John C. Pugh, Birmingham.
On motion of Mr. Eyster committees of
four each were authorized to count the
vote as follows: Four to count officers
other than Judiciary; four to count chief
Justice: four for associate justices and
four for the northwestern chancery di-
vision.
on motion of Mr.. Sanford the resolu-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17

Webb had made m appointment for me with Carleton. Otherwise I never should have got over that frontier. Carleton rose and said brusqueIy and aggrssslvely:
 "Well, what can do for your
 I reminded him that I was there by appointment to offer him my book for publication. He began to swell and went on swelling and swelling and swelling until he had reached the di- mensions of god of about she second or third degree. Then the fountains of his great deep were broken up. and for two or three minutes couldn't sec him for the rain. It was words, only words, but they fell so densely that they darkened the atmosphere. Finally he made an imposing sweep with his right hand, which comprehended the whole room, and said:
 "Books- Look at those shelves! Every one of them is loaded with books that are waiting for publication. Do I want any morei Excuse me, don't. Good morning"
 Twenty-one years elapsed before saw Carleton again. I was then so- journing with my family at the Schwsitserhof, in Luzerne He called on me. shook hands cordially and said at once without any prellminaries:
 T am substantially an obscure per son, but I have at least one distinction to my credit of such colossal dlmen- sions that It entities me to immortali. ty-to wit ! refused book of yours, and for this I stand without com. petitor as the prize ass of the nine teenth century"
 It was a most handsome apology, and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
\ HANDSOME APOLOGY.
Mark Twain's Story of Sweet ThougA
 Leng Delayed Revengo,

Mark Twain's stsry of Sweet Though
 Lsng Delayed Revenge.
 My experience as an author began early in 1887. came to New York from San Francisco in the first month of that year, and presently Charles H. Webb. whom l had known ln San Francisco as reporter on the Bulletin and afterward editor of the Cailfor- niss. suggested that publish . volume of G.tscheS. l had but slender repu- tation 10 publish 1t on, but va charmed and excited by the suggestion and quite willing to venture 1t if some industrious person would save mo the trouble of gathering the sketches to. gether. I was loath to. do 1t myself, for from the beginning of my sojourn in this world there was persistent vacancy in mo where the industry ought to be. ("Ought to was" is better perhaps, though the most of the au- thorities differ as to this.)
 Webb said l had some reputation in the Atlantic states, but knew qulte well that 1t must be of . very attenu- ated sort. What there was of It rested upon the story of "The Jumping Frog" When Artemus Ward passed through California on featuring tour in 1895 or '66 told him the Jumping Frog" story in San Francisco, and he asked me to write 1t out and send 1t to his publisher, Carleton, in New York, to be used in padding out . small book which Artemus had pre- pared for the press and which needed some moro stufnng to make 1t biz enough for the price which was te b. charged for it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17

are charged with demanding and re- ceiving on the same day $1,175 from the proprietors of the Delmonico res taurant. It is charged that on Feb. 6 they forced these same men to yield $1,000 by threatening to take away their liquor licenses.
 Sheriff O'Nelll says he is still unde- cidsd whether he will ask for the ar rest of Mayor Schmits when he lands in New York next week or walt until he comes to California.
 Judge Seawell has given a decision that Abraham Ruef has no legal right to the office of district attorney, to which he was appointed by Acting Mayer Gallagher after the board of supervisors had pretended to suspend w. H. Langdon. The courts opinion was oral. He said:
 T am clearly of the opinion that con. ditions of this character do not apply to the district attorneys once and that the mayor and supervisors have no power of removal in regard to that of. Ace"
 4 package of coin containing $1,0e5, contributed by citizens of SearchIight, New, for the relief of the San Fran. cisco earthquake and fire sufferers, which had been missing for some time, was delivered to the relief committee yesterday by an express company. The package bore the inscription, General Relief Fund. care of Mayor schmitz, San Francisco" It was sealed with q San Francisco seal, although the ad- dress of the sender was given as Los Angeles. The bundle of currency bears the date Aug. @, 1908.
 The money contributed by citizens of searchlight was transmitted by check to q Los Angeles bank, with instruc- tions to send currency to San Fran. cisco. General Manager Christianson of the express company which handled the money said: We were unable to ind the package containing the funds from searchlight To close the incident we made up new package and sent 1t te the relief committee"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
Ms.y : slap Ess tAe yss..s1l'

e.8 - e4eK v VI >.0 v s5.,f
 "Raislng wheat ia no easy Askse yo marked a farmer. "Ons ypas [ ha1 6o0 acres of as beautiful wheat - nvoI lay out of doors. It stood hreaet lA and 1t seemed good for fDTty bUAQn to the acre. That msant b - . profit of $7,Oo0. I had ths tam o1n1 harvest hands engaged and e1pop1o1 to begin cutting on Monday, oA III. day afternoon there came out C tio northwest greenIsh gray cloud. yel. lowing heavy rain. the hall felL yA ten minutes the what wal flattsn91 q six inches from the ground. Ws SuE . little of 1t for hay. The rsmaindar Fot ted on the ground. The mortgaue c the farm was foreclosed, and hire1 out by the day to support my faMl0. Do you wonder that the wheat farmee is not boastful of his crop until he AaG 1t in the granary :" Outlook.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17

(2) Generally they do not. But 1t fl unusual to find two socialists who ad vocate the same doctrine. p
 c. RIA bets that a person own. ing property within twenty-five feet )f liquor store in Massachuset cannot object to the granting of . license after two years, B claiming that they can object at any time. Which is right?
 A. B is right. But after the sec ond year the abutter must convince the court that his property suffers de- preciation by the presence of the sa- loon, and also that his petition is presented in good faith.
 -3
 M. l.. C.-Is smoking allowed in the dining halls of the best hotels and cafes of this country? (2) Ia it neces- sary or customary to introduce pi- anist at . concert? (3) If man taking a homestead in Oklahoma should sell the land before 1t is deed- cd, himself and his wife having sep arated in the meantime, could the wife claim her part of the sale pro vided she had continually. resided on the place two years? (4) How many wives had Brigham Young?
 A. The best hotels usually pro vide dining rooms whore smokinN is allowed and others where it is not. (2) It is not usual to do so. (3) One would find 1t difficult to ind purchaser for land for which he had no deed. I should say not, though don't know what you mean by sep arated. (4) At his death, seventeen.
 -n-
 R. A. H.-When was silver demon etized, and who was then presidentf (2) Print recipe for sweet pickles for green tomatoes
 A. In 1893; Grover Cleveland. CD One peck of green tomatoes. sliced the day before you are ready for pickling. sprinkling them with salt, in the morning drain of the liquor. Have a dozen good sized onions, rather coarsely sliced; take a suitable kettle and put in a layer of the sliced tomatoes, then of onions, and between each layer sprinkle the following spices: Six red peppers chopped coarsely. one cup of sugar, one tablespoon each of ground all spice. ground cinnamon and mustard, and a teaspoonful of cloves. Turn over three pints of good vinegar, or enough to completely cover them, and boil tell tender> The onions may be omitted If preferred.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
rr..sis.s Inspect. c.i:sra c.i.

PANAMA. Nov. 17.-President Roose. welt from the Tivoll hotel here started at [ o'clock In the morning with Mrs. Roosevelt and the other members of his party to make sn examination of the Culebra cut The president spent some time In the deepest portion of the cut, where last Sunday twenty-five tons of explosives were used to throw down SAooo cubic yards of material. The rain was now coming down in tor. rents, and the water poured in rivulets dewn the funnel shaped sides of the ia. mou cut. Several charees of dyna- mite were exploded in order that the president might see the effect.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-17
Hickory l1ees.

AAcAOrJ trees.
 It n rather pity that our hickoriea should receive highest appreciation from us when they are yielding up their substance in roaring flames in our dreplaces. For nowhere in the forest world can we Ind . genus of trees that is, as | whole. more attractive and valuable than the genus hicoria Most of the hickories are beautiful in summer when their glossy foliage is at its best In autumn this foliage turns the color of uncoined gold. and when bare of leaves there is revealed an oakliks twist to the branches which makes these trees most picturesque and beautiful objects in the winter landscape. We have never made as much commercially of the nuts as we might well have done. Our Indian predecessors knew how to make a most attractive beverage from them. and the early settlers pressed from them an oil that was a luxury. The pecan is the only hickory species that has been developed and cultivated to any extent. and this has only recently begun its career as q cultivated tree Country Life Tn America.