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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
DIR. M. F. GROSSART
 COMMITS SUICIDE
He Cuts His Throat With a Razor. Was Recently Discharged
 From Sanitarium.

Mobile, April 12-Dr. M. F. Grossart, Magazine street, New Orleans committed suicide here this morning by cutting his throat with raZar. He made an incision in his throat an inch and a half long. severng the jugular vein and the ceretoid artery. The man came here several days ago and was well supplied with money and carried an extensive wardrobe. He told several people during the early part of the week that he was going to take his life
 The body is being held awaiting in structions from relatives.
 New Orleans, April l2,-Dr. Grossart. formerly ran a drug store here. He was recently discharged from a sanitarium where he had been sent by court order at the request of relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

Shad 25c; Shad Roe 25c; Shad and Mackerel Season. All kinds. ALABAMA FISH co.
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Bob TaylOr.
Loan and Guarantee Go.

In his new lecture, "Temptation. al Jefferson theatre next Tuesday night.
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The regular services will be held at the Avondale Presbyterian church tomor- row morning at II o'clock, and in the evening at 7:30 o'clock. There will be preaching by the pastor, the Rev. W. G. Woodbridge, at both services, as usual
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

in Montgomery. They went to Montgom- cry to celebrate the 9oth birthday of Mrs Augusta CheneV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

Monroe Holderfield. a young white man living at Mountanboro, was fined $200 in the criminal division of the city court this morning In addition to this, he was given another fine of $50 for pointing weapon at another man. Judge Lee an- nounced that it was his special purpose to break up the pistol carrying habit and an.' one convicted need ask for no mercy as he intended to punish them to the limit of the law. Hoderfeld is still in jail, mo- being able to pay the fine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

row the regular services will be held at II a. m. and 7:3O D. m., as usual, the Rev. R. T. Tyler, pastor, preaching at both morning and evening services.
 Sunday masses at St. Paul's will be at 6:30 7:30. 9:30 Sunday school mass) and 1O:30 o'clock (high massD Evening devo- tions, consisting of rosary litany and benedicton of the blessed Sacrament be- gin at o'clock. The Holy Name society will go to communion Sunday at 7:3O o clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
Younq Lady Dead.

Girard, April -(speciql)-Miss salle Ardeia Moss, daughter of R. E. Moss, is dead after a long Illness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

There will be the usual services at the South Highlands Presbyterian church to- morrow morning at Ii o'clock and in the evening at 7:45 o'clock, as usual The Rev Dr. Sterling J. Foster, pastor, will occupy his pulpit at both morning and evening services
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

The Etowah County Farmers union held their annual convention at Burns acad- emy yesterday. large number of farm CTS were present and General Organizer Parker of Pell City was present and de- livered the principal address of the day, which was full of good advice to those present An elegant dinner was served on the grounds, after which new members numbering about fifty were taken into the organization. The union proposes to erect several warehouses in the county, the first to be built in this city and an- other in Attalla, which will be managed on the cooperative plan. The organiza- tion is in a fluorishing condition and a number of new local unions have been organized throughout the county recently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
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Miss Ethel Black Is the guest of Miss Stella Black in Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
GADSDEN SUFFERS
 FROM 4 B|C FIRE Old Business Block is Entirely
 Destroyed TELEPHONES ARE INJURED Buildings Had Been Condemned By City Authorities and Will Be Re- placed By New and Hand-
 some Structures.
TELEPHONES ARE INJURED

Gadsden. April 12.-(Special.) )-Tunnel block, consisting of three or four one story frame buildings on Broad street be- tween Fifth and Sixth streets was burned to the ground at midnight last night and only few stone pillars stand to show where the principal business block of the city stood years ago. when Gadsden was a country village. The fire burned fast and the fire department did effective service in saving some valuable adjoin- ing property. These old landmarks had degenerated into nuisance and the city had only recently condemned them. The place got it's name from the fact that the buildings were originally erected over q deep ravine. and were built on high stone pillars, and the street in front was filled in.
 The buildings were occupied by negro dives and the loss to them was very little. The loss on the buildings was also very small. The burned structures will be replaced by modern business struc- lures. the contracts for two having al- ready been let.
 The Southern Bell Telephone company was heavy loser in the fire last night. some 500 telephones having been com pletely disabled by the burning in two of three large cables of the company. direct ly in front of the burned buildings, and all of the wires west of Fifth street are practically useless The long dis tance wires leading to Chattanooga, Bir- mingham and other points were in these cables and the service is badly crippled Not only were the wires burned. but the fuse in all the telephones were burned out on account of coming in contact with the wires of the street car company, which were heavily charged at the time. It will require two weeks or more to repair the damage done. The actual loss sustained by the telephone company is not fully known but it will amount to something like 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

For that tired feeling or when you are weary and worn out, take Hood s Sarsaparilla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

Miss Lula Bell Matthews of Montgom- cry is spending a few days with friends in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

The order of services at the Church of the Advent tomorrow will be as fol- lows: Holy communion at 73O a. m : morning prayer and sermon at II o'clock and afternoon services at o'clock The Rev. Dr. w. E. Evans. rector, will of ficiate at all three services. The ser mon at the afternoon services at o'clock will be especially directed to young peo- pie.
 The Rev J. A. Bryan will preach at the regular services at the Third Pres byterian church. on the corner of Ave- nue G and Twenty-second street, tomor- row morning at Il o'clock and in the evening at o'clock. Dr. Bryan will preach at the morning services on Bur den Bearing" and in the evening he will take for the subject of his sermon Faith in Christ Necessary for Salvation"
 The order of services at St. Mary's-on- theHighlands tomorrow will be as fol- lows: Holy communion at 7.30 d. m morning prayer and sermon at II a. m. afternoon services for young men at 4 o'clock, and evening services with ser mon at o'clock.
 The Rev. J. w.. Canty Johnson will officiate at the early morning services. but at the other three services the Rev. John Matthews of Philadelphia. the noted evangelist. will offciate. The services at O clock will be for men only.
 The Rev. MT. Matthews began nine day mission at St Mary's on last We'd nesday evening and will continue to hold services every afternoon at o'clock, his sermons being Bible lectures. and in the evening at & o'clock, through next Fri day.
 The regular services will be held at the Unitarian church. on Magnolia avenue between Sycamore and Twenty-second streets. tomorrow morning at Il o'clock as usual There will be preaching by thf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

No home is complete without Ringleader Flour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

Mrs. l.. A. Swigert of Montgomery is the guest of Mrs. l.. A. Williams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13

The many friends of Professor Giesler will be glad to know that he is reported to be out of danger. Professor Giesler has been critically ill for several days.
 Mrs. w. c. Gieser and Mrs. J. W. Gies- Ter of San Antonio, Tex, are in the city, having been called here on account of the serious illness of their father.
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At St. Johns Methodist church tomor-
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-22
More History of the Town
Creek Rifles.

Just after the battle OF Manas-
sas the writer and three others
were detailed to go on the battle
field and gather up our dead and
bring them to the junction which
we did and found the regiment
encamped for the night and with
water, and we were neorly starv-
ed for it; but some of the boys
told us where we might find 4
railroad pond, bnt that they were
watering all the stock of the ar
my there and they expected it
was getting scarce. So We struck
out about midnight TO about a
mile up the railroad for water,
and when we got there we found
plenty of mud mixed with some
water and got our canteens full
of something that would wet the
throat, but did not quench thirst;
we got back to camp about |
o'clock and slept on the ground
with the heavens for covering
until daylight.
About sunrise it began to rain
and soon began to pour, and
when it paused awhile it turned
it over and let it all come at one
time and quit about II o'clock.
We laid our fallen comrades to
rest that evening, six in one
grave, with military honors, to
await the coming resurrection,
and we marched on to front and
fighting line on Bull Run creek
where It was said we would have
more water and struck camp
about shutdown just below Stone
Bridge on Bull Run, and found
plenty of water, but it was full
Of dead horses aud yankees,
floating down the stream and the
boys said that they could drink
horse soupif it was made right
and properly thickened, but they
did not like it when mixed with
yankee soup. So we took our
bayonets and tin plates and dug
wells which greatly improved the
looks, but did not take much Of
rhe taste or smell away, AS it all
lcame from the creek. So the
brigade commanders had to de-
tail men to clear the creek OF
dead carcasses and burn them,
and after that the water was
fairly good, more especially at
ter we had it boiled. But the
boys began to succumb to sick
ness SO fast that we decided to
90 back to Camp Jones, near
BristoW Station, about 4 miles
from the junction, where we hac
good water, and if it had not
been for a large field Of corn
near our camp, that was in gooc
roasting ear; and a foolish notion
Of the boys that to take those
roasting ears and eat them with.
out the consent of the owner Was
not stealing but what they callec
Iforaging, health might have beer
improved. But, as it was, thert
was no chance for the doctor ant
This medicine to cure as long Al
the corn lasted, and the medicine
WIG not taken. So a coed mum
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-22

Der of the boys got discharges
and more got furloughs. a great
many of them We're really home
sick and from thoughts of moth
err, home and 1.-The Girl | Left
Behind Me-" they would have
died had they not been granted
furloughs, but those of us who
were kept there became recruit
ed in health and began to go
down on the fighting line again.
Sometime in September we were
ordered down near Dnmfried,
the second oldest settlement in
Virginia, on the Potomac river,
and remained there at Camp
Fibber in tents until cold wealth
er set in and we built winter
quarters of pine poles ard were
very comfortably situated; We
did a great deal Of harl service
in the way of picket duty and
some marching from post 10 pill
lar watching the gunboats trying
to get out Of the potomac river
and our mothers, sisters, daugh-
tiers and last, but not least. the
girl that some of us left behind
us, had sent us many tokens of
love in abe way Of winter cloth
ing, blankets, coverlets, red
quilts, yarn sox and boxes Of va
rious kinds Of edibles which made
foraging unnecessary. The writ
err having a mother, a sister and
a girl that l left behind me, had
received more than he needed,
and divided with a comrade who
was not solucky as to have either.
So mast of us had thrown off
camp and inconsistencies and
were looking for the breakfast
bell to ring; when at last news
of the fall Of Fort Donaldson and
the retreat of our army out of
Tennessee, and the conscript
laws of the Confederate congress
come to us, that breakfast had
J been postponed for three years;
our spirits dropped and if Nc
Clellan had struck right then we
would have had the breakfast,
but Joseph E. Johnson. seeing
the situation, vacated the line
along the Potomac and fell back
and established himself behind
the Rappahannock river with
Fredericksburg as a back. It
was on this march that we learn
the difference between a pack
horse and a soldier. We started
from the line on the Potomac
with all the baggage we had, but
did not go very far before we
began throwing off piece by piece
! and | very we'll remember that
when | got to Fredericksburg /
had only the blanket and suit
/ sent me by the girl / left behind
me. Mcclellan, installing john
son, began to shift his army to
Yorktown, expecting to capture
that place and have an easy
march on to Richmond, but the
Town Creek rifles stayed at Fred
e~ricksburg until the last Of
March. In my next | will tell
you Of some hardships OF q sol
ldier,S life.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
FUTILE HUNT
FOR MURDERER
Burlington, N. j., Grocer Killed and
Body Placed on R. R. Tracks.
EEVENGE PROBABLY MOTIVE

Burlington, n. j., Nov. 23.-The eff
forts of the authorities to find the muir
derer of E. S. Jefferson, the grocer,
have so far proved futile, and the mo-
tive for the crime, it appears now, may
not have been robbery
William Fox, arrested in Camden,
clearly proved to the authorities that
he spent Thursday night at the home
Of a man named Clark, and could not
have committed the crime, and Ches-
ter Acker, the other prisoner rounded
up by the detectives, was discharged
with nothing against him after an in
vestigatiOn. 1t is thought that re-
venge may have been the motive for
the crime. The murdered man appear
ed as a witness against a number of
foreigners arrested here for running
speak-easy, some time ago, and it is
said they had threatened to get even
with him. He seldom carried more
than one dollar in money with him
and this was generally known.
William Ridout, a barber, says the
murdered man told him that he had
been held up on election night by two
men who demanded money. He told
them he had but so cents, whereupon
they said they would get square, The
murdered mans knife and keys were
found near the scene of the murder.
After an autopsy, the opinion was ex-
pressed that jefferson had been stran-
gled from behind with the window
cord and then felled by a blow on the
head
The murder of Jefferson was one of
the most brutal in the annals of Bur
lingtOn county. The grocer, who was
65 years old, was struck down almost
in front of his store. He was strangled
by sash cord tied around his neck,
and the body was placed on the rail.
way tracks, the murderers evidently
believing that the body would be so
badly mangled as to obscure all traces
of the crime.
The train from Camden struck the
body. Frank Merrill, the fireman of
the locomotive. saw the motionless
body lying on the tracks in the path
of the train. He called to William
Way, the engineer, who put on the
brakes. The locomotive struck the
body, however, and hurled it a dis
lance of 20 feet before the train was
stopped. Passengers and crew alight
ed from the train. The body lay at one
| side of the track The head was crush
ed in and there were other cuts and
bruises. A sash cord was tightly
knotted around the dead mans throat
His pockets had been turned inside
out. The watch which he always car
ried was gone.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
Miners Refuse to Accent Checks.

Des Moines Ia, Nov. 25.-Six mines
in the Des Moines region and several
others closed Saturday because the
miners refused to accept checks.
About 1000 men are out.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
TURNED ON TIE GAS
Frederick Lutz Attempted to AsphyX
late Three Children and Himself.

Frederick Lutz Attempted to Asphyx-
late Three Children and Himself.
Philadelphia Nov. %. - Frederick
Lutz, a loommaker, attempted to as
phyxiate his three children and COM
nit suicide with Illuminating gas at
his home here He turned on the gas
in the room in which ne was sleeping,
together with his three children Fred
erick, Jr., aged 10 years; Edna, aged
), and Emily. aged g years, and in
PaIed the gas through a rubber tube
to make sure of ending his own life.
His wife, who occupied an adjoining
room with a sick infant, heard one of
the children moaning in Lutz's room.
When she went to investigate the
father and children were unconscious.
Lutz was the most seriously affected
by the gas. He recently suffered from
nervous prostration and was con-
valescing when he developed symp-
toms of typhoid fever, in a dclirium of
which he sought to end his life and
that of his children.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
Policeman Murdered.

Burlington, N. j., Nov. 2S.--As a di-
rect result of the murder of E. S. JEFF
fersOn here Thursday night, Police
man George Gusrang was murdered by
Albert Lemond, who afterward COM
mitted suicide A party of men were
assembled in the saloon of George
GarwOod, when Lemond entered and
started a discussion about the killing
of Jefferson. The men attempted to
evade him and walked into the street
Policeman Gusrang came along as lie
mond emerged from the saloon and
approached the group of men on the
sidewalk Without any warning Lee
mond drew a revolver and fired two
shots at the policeman. one of which
penetrated the heart and the other the
brain. AS Gusrang fell dead, Lemond
stepped toward the curb and, placing
the revolver to his heart, pulled the
trigger.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
Ladies' Long Goats
DRY GOODS

We have reduced our Dry Goods way down
in price Also, Notions and Ladies and
Childrens Underwear for the Fall.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
Cured of Bright's Disease.

Mr.. Robert o. Burke, Elnora, n. Y,
writes: "BefOre started to use Foley's
Kidney Cure 1 had to get up from
twelve to twenty times a night, and L
was all bloated up with dropsy and my
eyesight was so impaired l could
scarcely see one of my family across
the room. l had given up hope of liv-
ing, when a friend recommend Foley's
Kidney Cure. One 80 cent bottle
worked wonders and before had taken
the third bottle. the drOpsey had gone,
as we'll as all other symptoms of Bright
disease. Sold by all druggist.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
Death of Missionary Announced.

Lancaster. Pa, Nov. %. - A cable
gram from Shanghai, China, announc-
ed the death there of Miss Beulah
Funk, a missionary of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance. She was the
daughter of Rev. ]. B. Funk, of this
city, a United Brethren minister The
message said that Miss Funk had re-
fused to take any medicine, she being
a believer in the power of divine heal
ing She went to China less than two
years ago. A brother, Clifford, is a
missionary at the same place.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Henry Woodruff Accused Of Killing
His BrotEer-in-LaW.


Towanda. Pa, Nov %. - Henry
Woodruff was arrested here, charged
with the murder OF his brOther-in-law,
Lewis B. Stanton, in Tuscarora town
ship, on Wednesday. Stanton was shot
on that day. and the case was reported
as one of accidental death. Woodruff,
it developed at an inquest held in the
case, had notified the corOper and
helped the officials in the affair and
led them to believe the shooting was
accidental, but the testimony showed
that he and Stanton had been intoXi-
Gated, and that Mrs. Stanton upbraid-
ed them. Stanton became abusive and
Woodruff took his sisters part. Stan
ton went outside the house and began
throwing stones, whereupon, it was
said, Woodruff went into the house
and secured a gun, with which he shot
Stanton.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
This beats them all.
Shoes for the Whole Family.

We are selling our Shoes at IS cents on the
dollar. They can't be beat. We ask you
to come to our store and look at our goods
and you will surely buy.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
swallowed whiskey and MOrphih

st. Louis, Nov. %. - Physically
wrecked through excesses. George P.
Miller, 4S years old, once private Sec
rotary to Samuel ]. Randall, of Penn.
sylvania, who was formerly speaker
of the national house of representa-.
tives, swallowed whiskey and NOR.
phine in Pine street boarding house
and died at the city hospital. Miller
had lived in st Louis for Is years
Wednesday night he was beaten by a
negro, and this seems to have deter
ut him on suicide.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
MRS. HARTJE WINS
Superior Court Refuses Appeal to
Reopen Case.

Philadelphia, Nov. %. = Mrs. Mary
Scott Hartje, who was sued for divorce
by her husband, F. Augustus Hartje
the Pittsburg millionaire, won a com
plete victory in the Pennsylvania SUI.
perior court here when that tribunal
affirmed in it's entirety the decision
of the Allegheny county court, which
refused to grant Hartje a divorce.
The petitions filed by Hartje's at
torneys asked the superior court to re
open the case on the ground of newly
discovered evidence were denied.
The petitions to reopen were based
on letters alleged to have been writer
by Mrs. Hartje to Thomas Nadine, the
family coachman. who was named as
a correspondent by Hartje.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-27
The New Pure Food and Drug Law.

We are pleased to announce that Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds
and lung troubles are not affected by
the National Pure Food and Drug law
as it contains noOpiates or other harm
full drugs, and we recommend it as a
safe remedy for children and adults.
Sold by all druggists.