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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-13
Arrival of Mrs. President Davis.

From the Weekly Post, Montgomery,
Ala, March 5. 1861
The accomplished lady and family Of
President Davis arrived in this city on
Saturday They we're accompanied by
the brother Of Mrs. Davis Col. W. j.
themselves of their arms Observing this,
at the Exchange hotel until the Presi-
dents mansion will be ready for their
recentiCn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-13
Complete Historic Sets

of these Supplements for Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Florida Alabama, Mississippi.
Tennessee and Arkansas sent on re-
ecipt of ono dollar. All then publish
ed will be sent ana balance as pub
lished. No reduction II any State is
not issued. Now ready all but three
last named states.
Address Gen. c. Irvine Walker.
Charleston, S. G.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-13

on March the Sth. 1870, as the Angelus
bells we're ringing the midday hour death
claimed Anne L. Semmes for his own, she
bun Joined her loved ones gone before,
in that home not made with hands, where
the tried and true of EARTH ma at last'
their rest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-13
STEEL DIE
STEEL DIE
S,mbossed
STATIONERY
COSTS YOU 1oc
A DAY MORE

If you average so letters per day and
use a type-printed letter head and en-
velope, the cost of stock and postage
alone is about $1.25.
II you use Steel Die Embossed let
ter head and envelope, the same guam
tity would cost you 10 cents more.
Wouldn't the extra cost be handed
back to you in the increased business
and prestige that Steel Die Stationery
would command?
To those who appreciate the trade
winning qualities of Steel Die Station
cry we will gladly send samples, or
better still, have one of our repre-
sentatives call.
THINK 1T OVER.
It's paying suggestion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-13
The First National Bank.
Huntsville, Ala

Huntsville, Ala.
The Safest Place to, Put Your Money.
Cash Capital. -. -. -. $500, 100000
Responsibility of Sharehold-
ers :. 100000
Surplus and Undivided
Profits =. -. 1e,572.77
Total. -. $780,
Steel safety boxes free to customers.
The safest vault in the state. None
of our officers or directors engage in
any speculative enterprise. We do
strictly banking business.
w. H. Echols, President; A. s..
Fletcher, Vice-President; o. B. Patton,
Cashier; J. r. Stevens, Asst. Cashier
Directors-A. S. Fletcher, R E.
Spragins, w. H. Echols, o. B. Patton,
r. S. Pulley, V. K. Hall.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
May Lose Bride.

Leakeyille, Miss, Dec.-Rev. R. A.. Allumus, respected minister, finds himself minus a bride and in an em- barrassing predicament, as result of carelessness in procuring a mar riage license in an adjoining county. Legal advice is to the effect that his marriage with Flora Miller, aged 15, daughter of one of the towns promi
 nent men, will be annulled. The bride and groom eloped Sunday af. ter church services. Miss Miller was missed at dusk, and search institutssa by the family revealed her at the home of neighbor. The ceremony had been performed, but the brides par ents objecting to the marriage, took her home and efforts are being made to annul the marriage on the ground of the license having been issued in Lauderdale county, while the ceremony was performed in this (Greene) coun.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
cauoht Whiskers in Safe.

In locking his safe the other night prior to his going home for supper George Edgemont, paperhanger who lives at Jefferson street and Hermit age lane, Manayunk, shut the safe door upon his flowing whiskers and was held until released by his daugh- ter, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. ~
 Edgemont had been out collecting bills during the day. Returning to his office he opened his safe and placed the money in it. He then threw the door shut, catching the end of his beard in the door. In the excitement incident to his odd predicament he forgot the combination and so could not release himself. With his chin resting on the safe he was discov- cred about an hour after the accident by his daughter, who came to find what had delayed him. The safe was
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
DECISION REVERSED
Custer Suit Against Waters-Pierce OH Company Goes Back to Texas
 Courts,

New Orleans, Dec.-The United States Circuit Court of Appeals, sit ting here Tuesday, handed down a de- cision reversing the decision of the United States Court at Sherman, Tex, in the matter of the state of Texas and others, commonly known as the Wat srs-Pierce Oil Company custer suit, giv- ing the Texas state courts jurisdiction in the matter. Applications were made in both state and federal courts for a receivership. and the United States Circuit Court at Sherman appointed a receiver and held that state court had no jurisdiction in the matter. The decision handed down here declares that the state court should have juris- diction, and that while the order of the federal court at Sherman suspend ed the receivership of the state court it did not abolish it. A suit was brought in the District Court of Ira wis county, Tex vs. the Waters-Pierce Oil Company amounting to $1,623,900, on the ground that it was trust own ed and controlled by the Standard Oil Company, and further demanding the cessation of business by the company and the appointment of receiver for it. The states contention was upheld and Robert Eckhardt was named as receiver.
 The Waters-Pierce Oil Company then filed supersedeas appeal bond of $3,- 300,000 Just about the time the deci- sion was given in the state court, Bradley w. Palmer, who was a stock holder of the Waters-Pierce Company, filed a petition in the federal court asking for the appointment of a re- ceiver of the company. The motion was granted and C. P. Dorchester i'm mediately qualified and took posses sion of all assets in Texas.
 The state of Texas intervened in this suit and asked to have the federal receivership discharged and the prop erty released to await the event of the state litigation. Judge Bryant of the federal court refused to discharge the receiver and the state took an ap- peal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, it being on this appeal that the opinion of Tuesday was hand ed down.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
BIG BATES COUNTY ENTERPRISE, COSTING $a7o,ooo, WILL GIVE IMMENSE VALUE TO LAND THAT IS NOW ALMOST
 WORTHLESS.

Rich Hill, Mo.-They're digging it deep. wide and long in Bates county. They are inviting comparison with the Panama canal and are not ashamed of the home product They do this with out using the high sounding title of in- land waterway. navigable channel or river route. They are content to have age ditch-with the accent on "the"- but they do insist that they have the biggest drainage ditch in Missouri, length, depth, width and cost consid- cred
 The pride of Bates county in this immense engineering undertaking seems to be justified. The ditch when completed will be 23k miles long, more than half as long as the Panama canal which is 46 miles long. The nav igable depth of the Panama affair is 35 feet. The deepest cut in the Bates county ditch is 26 feet. At it's widest point, the Bates county channel is 90 feet at the bottom and 135 feet at the top. For miles, the width of the bot tom is 60 feet with the slope, in en- gineer's parlance, one-to-one, meaning that for every foot in depth, the side must widen foot This makes the have an angle of 45 de- grees. The cost is $370,O0O, raised by selling six per cent. bonds at a pre- mium of s14,OOO October 20, 1906.
 A wonderful feat to be paid for vol by farmers. More wonderful, indeed. is the accomplishment when it is remembered that the deficiencies of the old drainage law discouraged such progress. Yet few wide awake men saw the opportunity, helped to amend the old statute and then set to work
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
PRODUCTIVE POWER OF
 WESTERN CANADA SOIL
Winnipeg Correspondence.

Winnipeg Correspondence.
 There has never been any who have doubted the productiveness of the soil of Western Canada, but there are sometimes found those who question the fact of it's superiority. During tho past season it has been shown that In grain raising qualities it possessed the very best The late spring pre- vented grain being sown in many cases before the middle of May. Yet, large percentage of that sown at that time produced excellent yields. Had 1t not been for the frost early in August, which visited most of the north half of the continent, there would have been magnificent yield in every dis. trict in Western Canada. Throughout the Southern Alberta district where about 100000 acres was sown to win ter wheat the yield will be enormously able grain growing land in Western Canada that are available for home steads, the Canadian Government giv ing 16G acres free, and entry may ba made by proxy, by any near relative thus saving considerable cost to the American who may have entry made in this way Any Canadian Govern ment Agent will give you the partic ulars.
 Your correspondent has just re- ceived the following letter from Craik, Saskatchewan, which bears out the statement made in the first part of this letter.
 "Craik, Sask., Aug. 1907.
 May 24th we planted Dahlia root which we brought with us from Min. neapolis. Aug. 18th, so days later, it was in bloom. The plant is now AZ feet high and covered with blossoms, We never got half as many flowers oI it in Minneapolis, even during Septem. Der and October, although we had more time to attend to it there."
 I mention this only as an example of the great productive power of the soil here in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
Severa Injured.

New York, Dec.-One man was kill ed another seriously injured and three firemen were overcome in a fire which caused loss of $45,000 to building in Bleecker street early Tuesday All the injured are firemen. The man most seriously hurt is Fireman l.. T. Wakely, who fell down flight of stairs The upper floors of the build. ing were occupied by several clothing manufacturers. The dead man was identified as Herman Steigert. Mrs. Steigert and her 18-months-old child were found sick in bed
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

per cent of the full $1O.s3 fixed as the cost per acre for overflow land If a man has a high "40," entirely sur rounded by overflow land, he pays no tax. If half of his "40" is overflow land, he will pay on that particular tract of land $218.60, or half of the $10.93 an acre.
 The county court of Bates county let the contract for digging the big ditch to Foohey & Sons of Fort Wayne, Ind, who in turn employed A. V. Willis & Sons of Pittsfeld, Ill.,; R. H. McWilliams of Mattoon, H., and Small Bros. of Iowa, to help on different sec tions. Foohey & Sons are doing the biggest portion of the work, about 19 miles. A. V. Willis & Sons are doing the deepest portion, at the southern end of the ditch.
 Though the main ditch is 231s miles long, two dredge boats of small type are busy cutting laterals that will total II miles in length. Small ditch ing will drain lower places into them. Already the county court has pur- chased the bridges for crossing the ditch-one bridge every two miles. Each of these bridges costs $3,200, and these must be paid for by the drainage district.
 "We have tried to complete this big job in the right fashion," said John D. Moore, vice-president of the Farmers and Manufacturers bank of Rich Hill .The property owners have already made money, simply through the fact that the ditch is being built know of one man who protested against the ditch and who has since sold his land for a profit of $1,000. Another has cleared $10,000, while the biggest oper- ator is supposed to have put away about $50000 through the handling of this fine land
 Practically everything can be raised on this soil It is rich, with the alluvial deposits of untold centuries. The overflows from the Marie des Cygnes have been the only drawback to the development of this part of the country The drainage ditch clears the land. Immigration has already set in, and Illinois and Indiana are furnish ing the biggest portion. They are the best class of immigrants, for they all have money, are industrious and will make this section of the state more prosperous than ever before.
 "When the ditch is completed, which will be within two years, this land will be worth as much as similar land in Illinois and Indiana. It's character is the same. It is close to the markets. The health of the community is al ready good, even with the overfows, so that there certainly will be no dan- ger from this source. Rich Hill ai- ready has felt the impetus of the inns migration. The drainage ditch is z success, and will be more SO as the years pass"
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
MISSOURI DRAINAGE DITCH
 TO RECLAIM MANY ACRES

The man with a small farm had as | large vote as man with thousands
 of acres. Trivial objections often were
 magnifed. Luckily, Southeast Mis- souri-Scott Dunkin, Ste. Genevieve, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Stoddard and few otherS-were also asking
 relief so after a convention at Cape l Girardeau in which Bates county par ticipated, the present law was passed. It permits the formation of drainage district much in the same manner that sidewalks are secured in the cities.
 A majority of the property owners to
 be affected sign a petition and the county court takes action. A majority of the acreage can force the building sessed in proportion to the benefits derived.
 J. F. Kern of Butler and John D. Moore of Rich Hill took the initiative and secured the necessary number of signatures. MT. Kern as the largest land owner-he held 4,000 acres-per- suaded the owners of the land to join in the movement. It did not take long for they worked intelligently and though court proceedings were brought testing the legality of the petition and other incidental features, defeat in the circuit court insured the standing of the bonds that were ordered.
 Their total amount was $370,000, but the promoters had figured the cost and the resulting benefits. They found that in round numbers about 5000 acres of land would be kept from the dreaded annual overflow, and that the cost per acre would be $10.93, which could be paid off on the installment plan. The method of assessment is simple, though unique. The basis is that land is either overflow land or it is not. Assessments are made on each forty acres, the size of a mans farm making no difference. Thus, if 30 acres of a certain "40" are overflow land, the owner pays on each acre 75
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
To Stand Off Creditors.

Mangum, Okla, Dec-The Greer County Farmers Union has adopted the following unique resolution:
 Whereas, It is impossible to get cur rency for the sale of farm products or from funds deposited in banks, therefore be it Resolved, That Cover. nor Haskell be asked to stay the pay ment of debts in such way as his judgment may dictate as best, for 90 days, or until financial conditions shall adjust themselves. We feel this is ne- cessary to protect ourselves from ire parable injury from insistent credi- tors when ready funds cannot be had"
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
To Investigate Trade.

Washington, Dec. Secretary Strauss of the Department of Con- merce and Labor, announced the ap- pointment of Albert G. Perkins of Memphis, Tenn, as a special agent to investigate trade conditions abroad with particular references to foreign markets for cotton seed products. MT. Perkins will take the place of James l.. Benton who recently resigned on account of i'll health. MT. Perkins is endorsed by the Cotton Seed Crush CTS Association and by many promi- nent men of the South.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

in earnest They had land once worth ten dollars an acre. Now they are sell ing it for $20, $22 and $25 an acre and then letting real estate men turn 1t over" again to hundreds of immi- grants from Illinois and Indiana The immigrants have seen how drainage paid in their own states and are will ing to wait two or three years when they may decide to sell again-fnally for $60, $75 and $100 an acre. They have seen the evolution and believe in the future for experience has taught them the inevitable benefits of owning drained land.
 The Marie des Cynges river is the champion crooked stream of western Kansas and western Missouri. It be- gins south of Topeka and is one of the attractions of the Ottawa Chautauqua which it usually overflows about every other year. From Ottawa it meanders across the line into Bates county, Mis- souri, and zigzags across the south ern part of this county into Vernon and back again before the Osage river finally captures the stream and pro- ceeds on to the Missouri not so very far from Jefferson City.
 The people of Bates county have learned to hear of rain in Kansas with fear. An ordinary downpour in a damp season means that the Marie des Cygnes, usually an orderly water course. will spread over miles and miles of country. There have been times when during almost an entire summer it was impossible to drive from Rich Hill to Papinville, small village ten miles east and south of this place. Even in ordinary dry weather, long lakes of pond lily depth must be skirted by the roads. In times of freshets, the Marie des Cynges is like ly to change it's course by the erosion of the soft dirt banks. A man may own acres of land before a rainstorm and when the overflow from the stream has subsided, he may find it gone, perhaps over neighbor's field [ or perhaps in the bottom of the river that has decided to change it's course.
 So it was not surprising that a few levelheads got together and decided that the overflow must be stopped. They engaged engineers and found that relief was possible. According to the engineers the 73 crooked miles that the Marie des Cygnes took in go- ing from one line of Bates county to the other could be shortened by mak- ing straight channel 23A miles in length. Losing 491a miles of the crooks in this river was almost too good to be hoped for Now the reali- zation is only few months in the future.
 The steps in securing relief show what persistence may do. Under the old drainage law, district for defray- ing the expenses Of ditch could only be secured by means of an election.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
Throws Bomb at cabrere.

New Orleans, Dec.-An alleged at. tempt to assassinate President Cab. rera of Guatemala two weeks ago by throwing a bomb at his carriage was reported by passengers of the steamer Anslem, which arrived here from
 Central American ports. The bomb is said to have exploded under the pres idents carriage, killing the coachman and badly wrecking the vehicle, but
 not seriously injuring Cabrera. He received few scratches and bruises.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

During the present financial furry the people have blamed the banks and the banks have blamed the people, but after all the blame rests on all the people about the same. A lack of confidence in the security of things was at the bottom of all the trouble. The foundation of the matter lay ip the fact that there was considerable loose speculation, but this was taken advantage of by the politicians te-use it as a mountain on which to mount to office, and by the sensational news paper writer who wanted something new enough to sell for a good price. All the time there was more money in the United States than ever before in the country's history.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
BEGAN YOUNG,
Had "cofee Nerves" from Youth.


 When very young I began using coffee and continued up to the past six months," writes a Texas girl. "I had been exceedingly nervous, tlin and very sallow. After quitting coffee and drinking Postum Food Cof. fee about a month my nervousness disappeared and has never returned. This is the more remarkable as I am a Primary teacher and have kept right on with my work.
 My complexion now is clear and rosy, my skin soft and smooth. As good complexion was something had greatly desired, I feel amply repaid even tho this were the only benefit derived from drinking Postum.
 Before beginning its use I had suffered greatly from indigestion and headache; these troubles are now un. known.
 Best of all, changed from coffee to Postum without the slightest incon. venience, did not even have a head ache. Have known coffee drinkers who were visiting me, to use Postum week without being aware that they were not drinking coffee.
 T have known several to begin the use of Postum and drop it because they did not boil it properly. After explaining how it should be prepared they have tried it again and pro. nounced 1t delicious"
 Name given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek, Mich. Read the booklet. "Ths Road to Melville" in pkgs. "Tbere'a 8 Reason
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

The Union to do the work for which lines upon which it was originally or ganized and not go off after any silly theories that attempt to run the whole garnut of commerce and manufactures. Let farmers farm; let merchants make the ways of commerce their road, and let the manufacturers stick to their lines of trade, and let the Unions keep their eyes peeled and get square deal from all of them.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
Just His Luck.

''Well, old fellow, I hear that your aunt is dead"
 "Yes. she died yesterday" replied the old fellow somewhat sadly.
 "It is the way of the world. We must aM die some time, and the old lady was well advanced in years. She left a last will and testament, of course? I understood she was wealthy"
 'Oh, yes, she left will and testa. ment," still more sadly.
 "You were always faXorite of hers. Your name was mentioned, of course?"
 "Yes," he replied, "my name was mentioned. I'm to have the Testa ment,''
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

All over the country there are being held meetings of all sorts of commer- cial bodies and melodies to arrange to present to Congress petition against the parcels post system, which 1t Is proposed to introduce in a modi. fled form in this country. There is too much excitement about this mat ter. The truth to tell is that 1t would not make much difference on the whole country to pass or not to pass the bill AS it is proposed now, the bill would not be much more than mere excuse for a parcels post, and it may be that this proposition is only to mollify and befuddle the public with botch to prevent the real growth of the parcels post idea in this country. At present the idea is to make it operative only on rural routes and for the patrons of outgoing routes only. In this way, it is argued, the rural route patrons can have small packages brought to them from the towns where the routes originate at small cost, say five cents for the first pound, and one cent a pound for larg- CT parcels. How this would unfavor- ably affect the local merchants inter- ested is hard to figure out, but it is this bobtail parcels post system that is raising all the sand among the diff. lerent retail organizations.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

There are two things necessary to get stated price for an article you have for sale. One of them is to ask the price and take nothing less, and the other is to find the buyer at the price you ask. In the matter of cotton selling, there is no trouble if the breth- ren will only hold out to the original proposition of 15 cents. The crop is short this year; you hold at the price, and your buyers will have to come across after he gets rid of the opinion that you will take less.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

The successful farmer of today keeps his books and can tell in min ute where he stands In financial way. He has just as much need of it as the business man. In fact, the only kind of farming that pays is the kind that is ran strictly on business principles. If the results of recent years in the farming world have demonstrated any. thing, it is the fact that farming is a science and an exact one at that Terrell Transcript.