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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
BIBB EXECUTIVE
 COMMITTEE MEETS
OLD OFFICERS ARE REELECTED. CORN IN CAHABA VALLEY IS TOTAL LOSS ON ACCOUNT OF REGENT RAINS,

Centreville, September 30.-(Special. J. The new county democratic executive committee met at the court house here at noon yesterday. A quorum being present organization was perfected. D. G. Me Spadden was reelected chairman of the committee and L. H. Nunnelee was re- elected secretary. A resolution was passed commenting the work of the retiring executive committee and urging all demo- crats to give earnest support to the nom- inees of the party. The meeting was en- tirely harmonious, and there were no con- tests.
 The storm which did so much damage in the state was very disastrous in this section. The cotton crop was practically destroyed
 The Cahaba river is higher than it has been in many years and the magnificent corn crop on the river lands is total loss.
 Dr. R. M. Cunningham of Ensley was here yesterday on Professional business
 D. J. Frazer, who has for the last few years had charge of the Wadsworth hotel at this place has gone to Montevallo, where he will have charge of a hotel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
FUNERAL SERVICES
 WE'RE IMPRESSIVE
THE CHOIR SANG COLONEL DEN- SONS FAVORlTE HYMNS-SYM- PATHETIC CONGREGATION AT.
 TEND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The funeral services over the late Col. w. H. Denson were held yesterday after noon in the Second Presbyterian church. the Rev. U. D. Mooney officiating.
 The high estimation in which the de- ceased was held, the love and respect which all who knew him felt for him, were eloquently testified to by the large and sympathetic assemblage which gath cred in the church to participate in the funeral services.
 Shortly before o'clock the fower-laden casket was borne into the church, while the congregation remained standing.
 The choir then sang, Nearer, My God. to Thee" one of the deceaseds favorte hymns after which there were scripture readings by the pastor, the Rev. U. D.. Mooney, who also delivered a short ad- dress upon the virtues and character of the deceased The Rev. pr. J. w. Stagg, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, read from the Psalms and offered prayer
 The bar of Birmingham attended in large numbers and occupied seats in the church specially reserved for them Ow- ing to the inclemency of the weather many were prevented from going to the cemetery, who would otherwise have gone The usual burial services were held at the grave and as the casket was lowered all present felt that the earth had closed upon the mortal remains of as good and brave and noble a character as Brming- ham has known in her history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
MERIDIAN PEOPLE
 SEEK INFORMATION
HAVE MANY FRIENDS AND RELA- TIvES IN TRACK OF THE GULF STORM-TRAlNMEN BESlEGED WITH QUESTIONS.

Meridian Miss, September 30-tSpecial) Every train that came in from Mobile was met by many anxious people today and tonight making inquiry relative to some relatives or friends who were known to have been in the pathway of the storm. When the personal safety of these people had been assured, passengers and railroad attaches were put through regular oross-examination concerning the known property loss.
 Mai. c. L. Mckay, joint agent for the Mobile and Ohio and Southern railways here, recently elected major of the First artillery, Mississippi National Guard. ac- companied by Mrs. Mckay, went to Mo- bile this morning on account of the death of Mrs. Stuart McRae. wife of State Sen ator McRae of Washington county, Ala hama, her youngest daughter, Miss Me- Rae. and another daughter, Mrs. Henry G. Turner, the three having been victims of the flood at Coden.
 c. Robinson representing the Birming- ham News in this city, is anxiously en- deavoring to get direct communication from Fort Morgan. where his sister, the only relative he has on earth, Is located with her husband, an engineer connected with the government at that place. This afternoon semi-official information was conveyed to him that his sister was un- injured but shared the general loss of others in the fort of household goods and clothing
 Passengers on the Mobile and Ohio and the New Orleans and Northeastern trains give additional details of the damage done by the storm along the interior Some of the largest saw mills in South Miss issippi are reported out of commission, some of them having been completely de- stroyed, while others have suffered ma teral damage It Is stated that the prices of pellow pine will again sor, as the forests have been practically wrecked. and many of the trees blown down are too small for practical services
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
SCHOOL DORMITORY
 DESTROYED BY FIRE
Western Alabama Agricultural School Suffers Severe Loss-Relief
 Subscription Started.

Hamilton, September 90.-(Special 1.-The dormitory of the Western Alabama Agri- cultural school at this place was totally destroyed by fire last Thursday night.
 Fire was discovered in an upper room and high wind was blowing at the time, and nothing could be done toward putting the flames out. There were about twenty five boarders and most of them were at the college attending the society meetings. After the alarm was given they had barely time to reach their rooms and get a few trunks out The fire occurred between S30 and 10 D. m. Individual losses amount to something over $60O The largest loss was by Prof. J. A. Johnson, who had charge of the dormlntory.
 The los sof the dormintory is a secrious one, for the school as well as the town
 A subscription has been started for the relief of those who suffered loss in the fire. Some of the boys who just barely had enough money to take them through this session lost all their money and most of their wearing apparel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
UNIQUE JUDGE STIRS UP
 THINGS OVER IN MISSISSIPPI
BY JOHN HILLuPs HARRIS.

Something over which many people of Columbus, Miss, are stirred is Judge Cochran. Judge Cochran halls from Me- ridian which, as tho judge said, Is the fountain of virtue. He sits on the bench of the circuit, Tenth district which now for the first time embraces Columbus. Lowndes county, to which heretofore the Judges nearest approach has been Ma con, in Noxubee, the adjoining county on tho south. He has several times held court in Macon and read the riot act there, as he says.
 His methods are regarded as rather unique. He invites people to come to his court to hear the old-time religion as preached by himself and Sam Jones' and he closed the past term in Macon with "Glory Hallelulah," with all joining in the chorus.
 There had been no earthquakes report ed in Judge Cochranes judicial terri- tory. but he had jared about everything else from center to circumference. He says so himself. Columbus, being about twenty miles from Macon, Judge Cochrans fame had preceded him. Also his charges have from time to time appeared in the press.
 According to Governor vardeman, whose appointee he is he is the ablest jurist in the state. According to many people in Columbus, however, this definition is questioned.
 Judge Cochrane opened court in Co., lumbus on September r and closed on September 2S. During these eleven days IT indictments were found. which for the judge is as nothing, compared with his record in other counties. But he enjoys the distinction of creating such a stam- pede among the negro population that one manufacturing plant had to close down, 1t Is said, for lack of labor.
 The most striking thing about Judge Cochran, perhaps, are his dynamlcs, He is positively suggestive of a human stick of dynamite about which like a torch, ready at the drop of the hat to set the whole off in terrific explosion is a head of sullen. ominous red. It flares about and wags continually. but the catastrophe never comes Instead the judges tirades go off into mid-air and he lashes him. self as they go. His tri-weel1y charges to the jury are delivered in a manner calculated to carry chill with every re- sounding blast. Another noteworthy thing about the judge is his voice. It's habitual note is something in the similltude of the noise rat makes when 1t Is caught by the tail
 his charges to the Jury are likely to become as famous as the charges of the light brigade In the fury of his elo-
 
 him with knockout blows. He always goes at full tilt. His normal gait is rum ming amuek. Hence, perhaps, the sobri- quet in Columbus-the independent judge" But withal the judge Is a man of ability. He says so himself. He culls the flowers from ancient speeches and rehashes them with an air of originality. In short, the sum of his deliverances is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
B. Y. p. U. MEETINGS
 WILL BE RENEWED
ELECTION OF OFFICERS WILL BE HELD NEXT SUNDAY EVENING, SPECIAL PROGRAMME ON FOL LOWING FOUR SUNDAYS.

The Baptist Young Peoples Union of the First Baptist church will renew it's meet ings, which were discontinued during the summer, next Sunday, October ', when a special meeting will be held to elect of ficers and to outline an active campaign for the winter. For the first four Sundays following the programme will be based on the general topic of "The Practical Side of the Spiritual Man" It will be as follows:
 october II, Faith Hebrews xii 1. l. A Few Definitions. Byrd Haley 2. Faith in Self ............ S. R. Bllingsley 3. Faith in Others. .........W. H. Robinson 1. Faith In God-A Paper.
 By Miss Pearl Harrison. October 21, Ambition, Luke viii 24 1. A Definition ......,...,........Gle Glen Harris ?. What Is a Laudable Ambition?
 Rufus Fell. 8 Things We are Privileged to Covet.
 Karl Platowsky 4 The Unholy Ambition Condemned in the Bible .........,.............M Melville DAVIS 5 The Highest Ambition. IA. M. Douglas October 2S, Love, xv IT.
 1. A Few Select Definitions.
 Tillman Killian Q Returns of Selfish Love-A Paper.
 By Miss Marie Tanner 3. Temporal Advantages of unselfsh Love A Paper ............By Miss Mary Todd 4. The Love Made Prominent by Christ s Life-A Paper. My Miss Wilma Piper November 4, Reverence, Ps. cM g. i. Definition ........... Miss Harree Brooks 2. Parental Reverence-A Paper.
 By Miss Sallie Will Camp 8. Reverence for Those in Authority A Paper ...... By Miss Annie Jo Duffie | Why l Reverence God-A Paper
 By Miss Gladys Enslen November II, Hope. l Peter Iii IT, l. Eternal Hope-Its Foundation.
 H. F, Davis 2. A Hope that Maketh not Ashamed A Paper. ....,B By Miss Pauline Oliver 3. Why I Hope in God ......... Brewer Lee 4. Temporal Hope and Its Failures.
 Percy Dean The meetings of the B. Y. P. U. will be held every Sunday evening in the Sunday school parlors at o'clock. Continuing from November II the lessons outiined in the quarterly will be followed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
A STOCK COMPANY
 IS INCORPORATED
GRAND JURY OF THE CITY COURT OF ANNISTON INVESTIGATES 129 CASES AND RETURNS es TRUE BILLS.

Anniston, September 30.-(Special )-Ar- day afternoon in the probate judges office by the Anniston Publishing company. The capital stock of the company Is s25O00, of which $15,o00 is paid in. The purpose of the company Is to publish a daily and weekly newspaper and conduct a general printing and publishing business. The pa- pers to be published by the company are the Anniston Evening Star and the Annis- ton Weekly Republic. The incorpators of the company are E. B. Mckee. E. F. Crook and T. R. Gordon. The officers will be T. R. Gordon, president; E. F. Crook, vice president. and F. B. Mckee. secretary and treasurer. F. R. Mckee will be gen. eral manager of the Evening Star and Anniston Republic, and \ Gordon will continue to be editor of the two papers. One result of the forming of this company is the bringing to Anniston of MT Me- Kee, who for twenty-one years has been a successful newspaper man of Eastern Pennsylvania, and interested in a num- Der of industries in Pennsylvania and New York.
 The city court grand jury, in session since a week ago last Monday. adjourned yesterday afternoon about o'clock, hav- ing completed the business before it. The following Is a brief summary of the re- port and recommendations 10 the court made at adjournment:
 Cases investigated. l2s; true bills return- ed. 6s; witnesses examined, 405.
 Among the more important recommenda- tions of the body was that looking to the improvement of the public roads of the county which closed with a recommen- dation for the employment of practical road supervisor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

the whole duty of man. a homily, an elegy, which puts Gray out of business and reminds you of Miiton's song of the fallen Lueifer. Look to'your Judge-Judge Cochran-is It's essence. for just as your spiritual welfare depends upon your ere ator, 80 do all things this side depend upon Judge Cochran. Just as he Is the Marah of bitterness, 50 also, is he the source of all hope.
 He believes in the vindctive enforce ment of the law. and he also believes in the W. c. T. U. He Invited the local branch to hear his maiden charge in Co., lumbus and five of them went.
 This same charge. by way of parentaha- sis was sent out to practically all of the daily papers within the sphere of the judges widening influence. Interpreting this charge. there Is nothing above the judge but the deep blue and the milky way, and nothing below and about but the devil himself. In this vastness of iniquity the judge stands alone, the last of the Mohicans on the one hand and on the other the blind tiger at bay, with a few crap shooters on the side.
 iiSA NiAC JdN6V 6OCo AO tSiANCl d Ghdl St he makes his mount and canters past the grand stand like Tod Sloan, but his fin ish, 1t Is said. was in the manner of John Gilphin. riding all the way on the back of his steed from It's ears to its tail.
 Judge Cohran Is somewhat of an old time reigIonist, Puritan, I might say. He strikes me as a Jeffries of the bench with rare dash of the cavalier on the side
 At sight of a crap game-or rather at sight of crap shooters-the recent impor- tatlon into the south that must have come along with the boil weevil-the judge Is easily worked into a pitch of highly wrough frenzy. Into their very Hanks he hurls passage after passage from Justinan
 Cruel fate for the merry rollers of the bones. Then In soft-pedal moments he turns on the switch from the very starry abode of poetry on all the crap shooters and they light up like Tightening bugs. Poetry haunts them. They can stand a good deal-they can even stand to "crap" occasionally but to be stabbed with a Miltonic ode tells on their nerves. Then the judge puts a dark slide in his oratorical magic-lantern and dynamites these in their lair. He says so himself. Thus it Is that between moonlight and dynamite and a jury of their peers the crap shooters are up against 1t. They look to the gates and see there the judge cherubim with the flaming sword ready with another charge and their nerves are put on the bum.
 But they had done their part They stood as long as they could get a ''toe holt' that would stick. And thus 1t was that the crap shooters of Lowndes coun- ty were seen to go across the plains like rabbits on the jump before a praire fire, and the blind tigers were backed into the woods. Thus ended an historic and titanic struggle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
MASS IF WRECKAGE LINES THE COAST Fishing Schooners Are Out of
 Business MANY SHIPS ARE DISABLED Citizens Relief Committee Has Been Organized at Pensacola to
 Care for the Injured
 and Homeless.
MANY SHIPS ARE DISABLED

Pensacola. Fla, September SO.-It Is dlf- fcult to give any adequate Idea of the magnitude of the storm devastation here. The entire water front is mass of tan- gled wreckage The costly bridge of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, spann- ing Escambia bay, was demolished and 1t will be many days before trains can go eastward Officials of the road believe the foundation is intact and the work of rebuilding will be begun as soon as pos- sible. Train service north has been re- stored.
 Out of fifteen fishing schooners of E. E. Saunders & Co., fleet only one is afioat. Warren & Co.'S fleet suffered equally as bad, only one being undamaged. The oth- CTS are on the beach and some of them broken up The tugs Monarch and Mary Lee are high and dry in Pine street
 The pilot boat Pilot and the dredge "Caucass" are safe.
 Among the ocean-going craft hard aground are the Norwegian ship Ingrid, Norwegian bark Helmdal, Norwegian ship Avanti, Portuguese ship Ferroira, schoon- CT Donna Christian, Swedish bark Alfhild, Norwegian bark Andrea. Italian bark Avon, Norwegian bark Hereford, German bark Maria, Swedish bark Neach VI, Ital- Ian bark Oliver. Norwegian bark Superb.
 Many Are Homeless.
 The fishing smacks Lottie Hoskins and Carrie E. Chase and the lighter Iris crashed into the bayshore home of Lag Jacoby wreckng it and the crew of the Chase were rescued from the front gal lery of the residence. It is estimated that 300 people are homeless and in want, but citizens are raising a fund and it ls not believed that any outside aid will be needed
 Mrs. T. F. Matthews, wife of the bridge tender at Escambla bay, and two child ren were carried in their house and drowned, despite the frantic efforts of MT. Matthews to rescue them.
 pr. R. c. White. in charge of the quar- antine station, and his wife are a mass of cuts and bruises where they were whip ped by winds and waves before they were rescued by the quartermaster steamer Poe.
 During the hurricane the water rose eight and a half feet in the bay inun- dating all the lower part of the city.
 Citizens relief committees have been organized and all the injured and homeless are being cared for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
Church Dedication,

The dedication of the Church of Our Savior took place at Blocton yesterday and large crowd was in attendance. The quartette consisted of Miss Shepard and Miss Julia Rumph and Frank Singleton and George Ryan. Miss Lillian Foster, was the organist All the participants were pupils of Edward G. Powell of Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
WestvilIe Cut Off.

Westville, Fla, September So-Thls town has been entirely cut off from the outside world since Wednesday, the storm raging here Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Wires went down and train ser vice ceased, Cotton and corn crops haNe been seriously damaged, and turpentihe farms greatly injured. train on the Pensacola and Atlantic division or the Louisville and Nashville road passed here Wednesday night. but was wrecked De- fore it reached Defuniak Springs The same night the engine of the eastbound freight burst it's boiler at Chipley. train came through from Milton last night and brought the first news of the damage done at Pensacola
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

Southern railway will sell round trip tickets to Richmond, Va, on September 29-3o and October l. with final limit to reach original starting point October s, 1906. at rate of one first-class fare, plus 20 cents for the round trip. For sched- ule and other information apply to M. H. Bone. D. P. A. or NI Coxwell, c. P. A., Morris Hotel building. s-2S-5t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01
Rubber Stamps

A small rubber stamp
 will be very handy in
 changing the address on your old stationery. We
 make them good and
 quick and have the only
 complete department in the city for such work. Orders delivered same
 day if received before 9:30 a. m.
 Stencils, notary justice
 and lodge seals made on short notice.
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 1872 Third Ave. Phones FPS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-11
ESCAPES.

She-"So you have had great many thrilling escapes?" He-"Yes-I am still a bachelor. ."-Detroit Free Press.
 Ethel-"How long have the Newly riches been in society?n Bob-"From the way they play golf I should judge about two days"-Judge.
 Lola-"Jack says I'm as pretty as I can be-" Grace-"Well of course 1t isn't your fault that you can't be pret- tier."-Chicago Daily News.
 He-"Jawkins says he would rather be one than in unpleasant company" :" she-"But the worst of his case is, he can't escape even then. "-PickMe-Up. What wages do you pay, mum?" 'Tm willing to pay you whatever you are worth" I've never worked for as little as that, mum. Good day to you. Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Mrs Lakeside-"Yes, I'm bride, and I feel as if I were in the seventh heaven" Mrs. Knicker--"What, have you been married six times before?'- Translated for Tales from Fliegende Blaetter.
 What caused the trouble between Blinkers and his wife?" "They got into arrow over an automobile" T didn't know they owned one, They didn't That's how the row started, ,'-Minne- apolls News.
 Locl1-keeper (to bald-headed oars man, hearing a squeaky rowlock and looking out for a tip)-"Shall l put grease on your skull, sir?' Grease on my skull? No, thanks. I've tried everything, ,"-Punch.
 You told me he was a good ladies' horse" angrily said the man who had made the purchase. He was" replied the deacon. My wife owned him, and she's one of the best women I ever l knew "-Chicago Record-Herald.
 First Neighbor-"The snobsons over there on the corner are losing their money" Second Neghbor-"How do you know?" First neighbor-'Why, be- cause they've begun to bow to all the neighbors, and they never noticed any one around here before, ,"-Detroit Free Press. Tommy" said the teacher, re- proachfully "why didn't you take your hat off to me when you passed me yesterday?' T didn't have me hat on, ma'am," replied the boy Don't tel me that. saw you" q know you seen me, but you didn't see me hat. Dat wuz me brudder's hat I had n."-CathollC Standard and Times.
 T had a lovely Sunday" twltteret
 Mrs. Jones on Monday I q went to church and heard the
 sweetest sermon-'twas about Strict Honesty in Little Things Il
 was so fine that it'll
 Remain within my memory forever
 I've no doubt.
 And coming home a thing occurred that
 certainly did tickle
 Me half to death-the street car mar
 forgot to take my nickel"
 Cleveland Leader.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-11
TACTICS OF zULUs IN WAR.
Their Crescent Formation Adopted b,

Their Crescent Formation Adopted by
 the British Against the Boers.
 Once more the rising of some of the Natal natives has turned mems thoughts to the famous Zulu tactics. In the minds of most these are associated with the name of Tyaka, the ruthless Zulu conqueror, who welded into the stock of the Afnasulu, the people of the heavens. all the young men of the various tribes he conquered, incorporat- ing them Into regiments and thus build- ing up powerful military nation. Yet 1t was to Ginglslwayo the Wanderer that the inception was due. This man, the son of the chief Of the Umtetwa, was driven into exile in consequence of an abortlve plot to seize the reins of power.
 During that exile he lived in Cape Colony and saw the military methods of the British With instinctive gen. jus he saw how the idea could be ad- apted to his own nation and on his re- turn and accession to the chieftainship he divided his people into regiments, distinguishing them by names and by a special color of shield for each regi- ment, though for a time they retained the umkonto or throwing assegal as their chief weapon, He heard the great use made by the British infantry of their favorite weapon, the bayonet, and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-11

Englishmen in Germany and repre- sentative Germans in England would, he hoped, limit more and more the re- zion of misunderstanding, They need not be blind to the real differences of national interests, but must get rid of the inveterate error that what one na- tion gains is a loss for the other; that what one nation earns in commerce and industry on the worlds market means injury for the others. A com petitor was not necessarily an enemy. The world was wide enough for every legitimate ambition, gut in every na- ton the civilizing forces were limited. It was absurd to misuse the limited forces for destruction; let them use them to brighten the intellectual, mor- al, ana economic standard of their own nations and mankind. That was real patriotism.
 That's the way to talk. Perhaps it will sometime be the way to act.