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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
WOULD KILL HIMSELF.
Charles Roe Wants Ills Wife To Live
 With Him.

Montgomery, September 3o-(special)- q am going to kill myself if my wife does not live with me-
 This is the statement made by Charles Roe, a white man, who was locked up in the county jail on charge of drunken ness and disorderly conduct.
 He was arrested on warrant sworn out before Justice Taylor of West End. He is an employe of the cordage works, or had at one time worked there.
 Roe was much wrought up over the fact that his wife had left him. T will not live without her. he declares. When brought to the jail. Jailer Pettus took from him a bottle of laudanum, a box of morphine tablets and a bottle of whisky. He declared then that it was his inten- ton to kill himself, and today he reiter- ates this statement. He says he does not want to live if his wife will not live with him.
 Roe is a man of about 40 years and shows the marks of dissipation. Jailer Pettus has had several talks with him, but he declares he will kill himself as soon as he gets out of jail.
 They will Send you to the asylum If you keep on talking that way Mir. Pet tus said
 Well, they will have to let me out some time, and when they do l will kill my self" Roe replied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
MoNUM ENTS UNVEILED.
Woodmen Hold Interesting Ceremonies
 at Greenv.lle.

Greenville, September SO-(Speclal)- Woodmen of the World unveiled two monuments at Magnolia cemetery yester- day afternoon, the ceremony being wit messed by a large crowd of citizens The monuments had been erected by the order in memory of two members, W. P. Rey- holds, who died a year ago.. and J. D. MalletA a former citizen, who was brought here from Birmingham for burial.
 The members, more than l25 In number. marched out to the cemetery. preceded by the local band. At the grave the or der formed in the shape of wedge, with the officers, reader orator and family or the deceased within the wedge. The cere- mony was impressive and carried out with precision and smoothness The Rev. II. T. Walden delivered an appropriate and beautiful address, and a poem was effectively rendered by Miss M F, Ewing. The male quartet, by the Rev. J. P. Ham ilton, D. M. Kirkpatrick, w. s. Horton and G. w. Pierce, was beautifully given. Little Misses Myra Peagler and Mary Beeland unveiled the monuments at the proper time. All who attended were in- pressed with the good work of the order and solemnity of fhe occasion.
 Mrs. W. M. Legg, who has been the guest of her brother. Judge J. c. Rich ards, and family. will leave this after noon for her home at Macon. Ga.
 MT and Mrs. Henry Flowers of Bain- bridge Ga, and Mrs. r. R. Crawford of Dothan are guests of their sisters. Mrs J. H. Dunklin and Mrs. J. E. Kendrtck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
EXPLOSION HURTS
 SEVERAL NEGROES
AN OLD CHARGE IN GOVERNMENT QUARRY NEAR UNIVERSITY IS ExPLoDED-oNE MAN MAY DIE OF INJURIES.

Tuscaloosa, September 3o.- lSpecial.)- An explosion of dynamite at the govern ment quarry just back of the university here today injured five negroes, one, Lewis Murphy. perhaps fatally. An old charge that had been left in a drill some time ago was struck by the drllers and created the explosion.
 Since Manly Foster who has been the senior member of the firm of Foster & Oliver here, has accepted the position of Louisville and Nashville attorney, MT. Oliver has formed q partnership for the practice of law with C. B. Werner of this city MT Werner is solicitor of the Tus- caloosa county court and MT. Oliver Is the district solicitor. MT. Oliver has also re- ceived the announcement of his appoint ment to the position of attorney for this division of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, the position held by Mir. Foster, hls for mer partner up to this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
TO HAVE CHARGE OF
 ALL ALTERATIONS
RICKSEN WILL START THINGS AT THE FAIR GROUNDS TODAY. BALLOON MAN WILL BE THE FIRST TO ARRIVE.

R. E.. Ricksen of the Interstate Amuse- ment company, Chicago. will reach Bir- mingham today from New York, and will at once take charge of the attrac- tions department of the Alabama state fair, which opens October S. Mir Rick sen is one of the best known show men in the country and has managed similar departments at many big fairs. He will have complete charge of the free attrac- tions and on the Curve" where seven teen shows will make things lively. He will remain in Birmingham until the fair closes and the next few days will be busy ones in alloting space and other wise arranging for the shows that get the crowds.
 Romola, the man who thinks so little of his fife that he does a double para chute leap from the same balloon, the second time being fired from the mouth of a cannon, will be the first of the en- tertainers to arrive. He has written that he will reach Birmingham "Wednesday with his big balloon, and will at once take steps toward installing a heating apparatus in the mid-feld at the fair grounds To alternate in ascensions Ro- mola has with him his daughter, who adds sensation to sensation by dancing on revolving ball attached to the para chute as it descends to earth
 w. w. Ford, the ostrich man, will reach Birmingham Sunday. He wires that he will bring his entire string of ostriches including "Fleetfoot" and "Osceola," and requests that good space near the en- trance be reserved for him. The ostriches will come from Clarksburg, w. Va, where they are now being exhibited at the Clarxsburg fair.
 Capt Thomas S. Baldwin, who Is now showing his airship at Halifax, N. s., has notified the fair management of his intended arrival in Birmingham the last of this week. Arrangements have been made for the installation of gas tanks, and the airship will, be sent up from the md-held, just in front of the grand stand. Captain Baldwin has carried the arship to its "fartherest north,' at Hali- fax, and, press reports show how he has startled the natives of that place. His exhibition at Birmingham Is counted on as one of the best attractions at tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
BESSEMER CROWDS
 AT THE OPENINGS
Merchants Are All Expecting
 Big Fall Trade
SUNDAY LIBRARY OPENING
Bell Has Been Added To Patrol Wagon Which Reminds Citizens of Vari- ous Things--other News
 of Bessemer.

Bessemer, September 30.-tSpecial.)- Great crowds of ladies attended the open- ings at the millinery stores both this morning and afternoon, and as result the stock carried by the merchants is considerably reduced.
 The shoppers this year will see an en- tirely new departure from the stock han dled last year. and judging from the va rious displays. this seasons sales will far exceed those of any previous season in the history of the millinery business in this city.
 The merchants with one accord agree that they expect to do an unusually large business this fall and winter, and they state that they have spared no expense in purchasing stock to meet the demands of the trade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
GORDON LEAVES BREWTON.
Farewell Service Given By Union Con
 gregation of the Town.

Brewton, September 30-(Special.)-A union farewell service was held at tho Baptist church last night to bid adieu tp the pastor, the Rev. NJ. W, Gordon, whd with his family, will remove from BrewE ton this week to take charge of the First Baptist church of Decatur
 The house was well filled with friends and admirers of the Rev. MT. Gordon. The Presbyterian church, in the absence from the city of it's pastor, was repre- sented by James M. Dawson; the Uni versalist church was represented by It's pastor, the Rev. A. A. Ross; the Methodist church by its pastor, the Rev. w. A. McCann. and the Baptist by H. c. Ran kin Each of these gentlemen made a short but interesting talk complimentary to Mr. Gordon and told of the high esteem in which he Is held by their respective congregations and the universal regret of his departure from Brewton.
 At the conclusion of the talks MT. Cor don made a short address suitable to the occasion, after which the large audience shook the hand of the departing pastor and wished him Godspeed in his new field of labor.
 Mr. Gordon came from Fort Mills, 8. C.. and has been pastor of the Brewton church for two and one-half years, during which time he has proven himsef consecrated Christian gentleman, and leaves q large circle of friends among all classes of people, who regret that he leaves Brewton.
 The Rev. George Hudson, a missionary of the Southern Presbyterian church, sta toned at Hang Chow, China, now at home on a vacation, delivered two very inter esting discourses at the Presbyterian church here yesterday, morning and aft ernoon. He was greeted by large audi ences at both appointments, who gave marked attention to his instructive logi- cal presentation of his subject
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
PENSIONS READY
 FOR VETERANS
Warrants Received Yesterday and Can Be Procured at Probate
 Office Today.

Pension warrants for the first quarter have been received at the probate office from State Auditor w. w. Brandon, and will be ready for disbursement this morn ing at o'clock. The warrants may be procured by the parties entitled at a desk in the hall at the court house in front of the probate office near the Third avenue entrance.
 letter from the State Auditor to the Probate Judge accompanied the war rants and requests that it be explained to the pensioners that this is the frst quarter and that they will receive their pensions regularly for quarter January l. April l and July 1.
 The disbursement by this office Tn the four classes amounts to nearly M2OoO, be- ing divided as folloWs First class, IS at S25 each: second class, seven at S20 each; third class, six at s16 each and fourth class S6S at $l2.50 each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
Pleasure at Health F.esorts.

Professor Crook of tho .>ew York Post Graduate Medical school says that cen turies of experience have demonstrated that in certain disorders mineral waters, intelligently used, are better curative agency than drugs and the Europeans have not failed to appreciate their re- sources of this character. some of the springs, such as the Apenta of Buda- Pest, Hungary, being conducted under scien- tific and medical supervision. It has often been said that American watering resorts are given over more to recreation and entertainment than to the study and care of the visitors health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
YOUNG MAN KILLED
 WITH LADY FRIEND Beaten to Death By Negro With.
 Shovel TRIED TO COLLECT DEBT Ore Miners at Gadsden Engage In Fights and A. L. Jarrard Is I
 Fatally Injured With

Talladega, September So-(Special.)-A young white man by the name of Bryant was killed near the chemical works today by Oliver Barclay, negro.
 Bryant, who was engaged in the money loan business, in company with a young lady friend was out driving today and willie near the chemical works called tc see Barclay about loan. He left the buggy little way to talk with the negro After a few words the negro struYk Bryant over the head with a shovel, knocking him to the ground He followfd the blow with one or two more, causing almost instant death. Barclay escaped, but is being pursued by officers and a posse.
 <
 In a difficulty today In the ore mines at Ironton Jim Nunnally struck A. l.. Jar rard on the head with a pick, producing a wound that will probably prove fatali Both men are white. The cause of th9 difficulty is not known. Nunnally is beingt held
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
PROHIBITION WINS
 IN TWO COUN TIES
Tuscaloosa and TaIIadega Have
 Safe Majorities
2 TO 1 IN TUSCALOOSA
Majority In Talladega Is About 1000. Town of Tuscaloosa Goes for Dispensary With 120
 Majority.

:s---@oosa. September 9O-(special)- The returns from about half of the 2s beats in the county seem to indicate that the election here went two to one for prohibition. Tuscaloosa. beat gave the dispensary 357 votes and prohibition za7 Besides this Vance and Cottondale are the only other beats so far heard from that gave the dispepsary a majority.
 Prohibition will take effect in this coun- ty January 15. 1908.
 The result in the beats so far heard from Is as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
In Talladeqa.

Talladega, September O.-(Special.) )-In the election today in Talladega county prohibition prevailed with majority of about 1000. At late hour tonight every precinct but one had been heard from. This is a small box. and the result will not be materially changed.
 The total vote so far reported in the county gives 1224 for prohibition and 2S3 against prohibition.
 The women in the town of Talladega were very active at the polls today, serv- Ing lunch, coffee and other mild bever- ages. The vote was full at all voting places, being larger than was expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
Meeting of Wesley Chapel.

A meeting of the residents of the Second ward and the north end of Beat 3T will be held at Westley chapel Methodist church, Friday evening, oc- tober 4. to perfect an organization to assist in the prohibition fight A goou musical programme will be arranseu. Several prominent speakers will take part. All are cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01

the mail must go at all hazards, even if they did not eat or sleep. He pressed over the solitary desert trail, and at the next station he met with the same re- suits. There was no one to meet him there nor at the next one. He kept on and before he found a relief rider he had ridden at top speed for 332 miles, and had been in the saddle for g hours. It was a desperate, nerve-racking ordeal to ride the trail where he knew his com rades had been killed, but the mail went through on time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
SPRAYED OR STOLEN

From my residence, ISIS Fifth Avenue, ' o'clock last night, one bay horse, tail whip ped off, hitched to red run about. end shaft broken off, folded lines. Any information will be rewarded. F. H. Grf- ford, care Fies & Son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01

Sears, Roebuck & Co., is one of the big names in American mercantile life, and there is good story about the founda- ton of the firm Richard Sears was once a telegraph operator at Redwood Falls, Mnn. It was long time between trains in Redwood Falls in those days, and young Sears had a good deal of time in which to devise ways and means of bet tering his financial condition. As a side line he conducted a small coal and lum- Der yard but fortune smiled slowly as there were almost as few customers as there were trains in Redwood Falls. One day Sears received a c. o. D. package and found that it was a watch which he was asked to examine with the privi- lege of purchasing for S9 If he liked 1t. He saw that the watch was about as good as could be brought for twice the money In Redwood, but he did not con- sider the bargain so much as the large commercial possibilities of the suggestion. He sat down and wrote to an eastern firm for prices on watches and found that he could buy a better watch for $y.4O He got 50 watches and sent them out to persons he knew His price was $11. lie soon sold the whole lot, and the business offered such encouragement that he gave up the telegraph key, sold his coal yard and embarked upon a larger commercial sea in Minneapolis. Then he went to Chicago and in two years cleaned up $200,0 Subsequently he added other lines to his stock, and eventually became the head of the great firm of Sears, Roe buck & Co, which has recently done business of $55,000000 a year, merely by an evolution of the system employed by Richard Sears in selling those first 50 watches
 There are countless Taylor families In the United States who claim relationship with President Zachary Taylor. Among those who are really connected with Rough and Ready" are the Taylors of Jefferson county, Kentucky. They live close to the place where Col. Dick Tay Tor, father of Zachary, settled when he came to Kentucky from Virginia Dick Taylor was an adventurous boy and be- fore he attained his majority Ne made a foot journey from Virginia to Kentucky and then on to Mississippi He married Miss Sarah Strother of Virginia and set tied at Orange court house. When Zach ary was less than year old Colonel Fay Tor returned to Kentucky and settled near Beargrass creek upon a piece of land se- lected by his elder brother, Hancock, who was a surveyor of wild lands. Colonel Taylor was appointed collector of the port by George Washington, Louisiana then being foreign territory, and Louis- vile port of entry. He was prominent in politics and was a district elector on the Madison ticket and an elector at large on the Henry Clay ticket. A num- Der of descendants of the first Taylors still live In Louisville and Jefferson county, and among them the names Han- cock, Stl'other and Dick are still bestowed at christenings.
 Tomorrow-'Ter-C Centennial of the Epis-- copal Church"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01

If you want to have good time come to the Southside Rink tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
Hauan's Magnolia Balm,

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
Everyone is going to the Southside Rink to night.
Best vegetables at new mar ket, 4th Avenue, between 18th and 18th Streets.
IMPORTANT MOTTO E. CHANGE OF ROUTE
 GATE CITY LINE

s~ Com m n cing /RR.N Tuesday, October |, on coI 1, 1907, Gate City " 6r.S2 cars will enter the
 N,e city from 9th Avenue by 26th Street to 4th Avenue, 4th Avenue to 22nd Street, 22nd Street to 1st Ave nue and 1st Avenue to 18th Street, out 18th Street to 4th Avenue, 4th Avenue to 18th Street, 26th Street to 8th Avenue and east on 9th Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01

Tomorrow-"Ter-Ce Centennial of the Epis-. copal Church.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-31
Lives the Trolley Costs.

II along every mile of street RAILWAY
track In the United States headstone
were raised for every death by accI-
dent the routes we daily travel would
resemble one long-drawn-out cemeterv
Within the limits of greater New
York the total number killed last wear
rose to 227. For every person killed
a number are injured, some Of thono
crippled for life. That this slaughter
and maiming is criminally needless ia
sufficiently attested by single fact
In all London in the last year or
record (1903) the total number killed
was ten.
According to the royal traffic com.
mission the tram cars of London for
1908 carried 405.079,2O3 ,passenoars
The total traffic Of greater New Yort
last year was little over 100 OoO Oo0
passengers carried. These figures how
ever, include subway and elevated +raf.
fc, while the records of London do
not But even on the basis OF a com
parison of traffic the number killed IN
London is equivalent to about twenty.
seven, against about 227 for greater
New York. And this Is no exceptional
instance.
What Is true Of New York is true
OF almost every other large city In
America. What is true of London is
true of almost every other large city
In Europe.-Everybody's Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-31
Date Back to DAYS of Jo.hu.

Moor and Morocco are words nm.
known to the people of that troubled
land. These people know themselves
as Arabs and descendants OF those
valiant upholders Of the Prophets
green standard who swept like food
across North Africa at the time of the
heglra. The Morocco of the present
day they found possessed by a sturdy
race who claimed descent from the peo-
pie who were cast out Of Canaan by
Joshua, the son Of Nun. Their coun-
try, so far as Its plains were concern
ed, was taken from them by the Arabs.
and their fighting strength was made
to serve the Arab cause in the con.
quest of Spain. They themselves grad
ually took to the mountains, to the
Great Atlas Here they have remain.
ed ever since, speaking their own lam
guage, maintaining their own customs
and racial attributes and obstlnately
refusing to be absorbed by the Arab
dwellers on the plains These people
are the Berbers; their tongue Is called
Ehilhah.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-31

gate and Sir Thomas More tells us in
his Utopia that twenty thieves might
be seen hanging from single gibbet
at the same time and that hangings
were of almost daily occurrence. In
those days the theft of loaf or the
snarIng Of hare upon game pre-
serve were crimes punishable with
death.
Up to 1868, when Michael Barratt,
an Irish Fenlan, was hanged. all the
executions at Newgate were held in
public. The public regarded such
events as holidays and crowds used
to assemble outside the walls and camp
out during the night In order to have
vantage points from which to view the
CHASTITY spectacles. Whisky and gin
were sold freely. even upon the steps
Of the scaffold, and often when q Grim
inal. who had committed some glaring-
" atrOclous crime. was led forth 10 be
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-31
PASSING OF "LAGNAPPE."

By agreement among the retail deal.
ers Of New Orleans, says writer In
the New York Evening Post, the time
honored institution of "lagnappe" has
been abolished since the beginning of
the new year. The word means some
thing given ION the side," gratis, to a
customer. 1t comes from the Spanish
American word napa, which means Ito
boot"
No matter how small the purchase,
something had to be added "for lag
nappe." Generally this something was
small delicacy-a piece of candy,
for example. Increasing competition
and never-decreasing greed made the
shopkeepers devise all sorts of schemes
for keeping up the custom with the
smallest possible cost.
The children, who have been eager
to run errands in the past just for the
sake of the reward found in lagnappe,
suffered from this deterioration Of the
custom to such an extent that the
board of health finally had to interfere.
And 1t was at the instance of the au-
thorities that the retail dealers at last
decided to take the revolutionary step
of abolishing lagnappe entirely.
Complaints have already been heard
from numerous mothers that hereafter
it will be very hard to get the children
to do the errand-running. But that the
change is for the better. no sensible
person will be likely to doubt.
The custom thus wiped out was ne.
culiar to New Orleans only through its
particular form and by reason Of the
firmness with which 1t was established
as an undeniable right. Department
stores which give trading stamps are
simply doing in another way what the
merchants Of New Orleans have been
doing for more than a century.
The same custom was common In
northern Europe as late as the seven
ties 1t dates back to the days of plain
barter, when it served as sop to the
feelings Of the party who had the los
ing end Of a trade.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-31
CaOutchouc Tree In Cuba.

In describing the cultivation of a
hardy variety of rubber tree in Cuba
a writer In the National Magazine of
Cuba says that 1t Is advisable to plant
the small trees about six meters apart.
In this way, at the age Of Is to 20
years the trees having reached height
Of say thirty feet do not interfere with
minor CIVILIZATIONS.
While the trees are reaching matur-
ity the grower can raise beans, kidney
beans, nuts or cassavas, malanga, cot
ton and maize. The pineapple will
make a profitable interpolated crop.
The caoutchouc requires no cultiva-
tlon, the grass and the vegetation as
sisting the young plant, and when old
er the shade, eliminates all useless
grasses and herbs The tree can be
tapped at the fifth year, but more sat
isfactory results will be attained by
waiting until the sixth year, and then.
Instead of abstracting two or three
pounds Of juice 1t is prudent to take
no more than one to one and a half
pounds, according to the development
of the tree. An average of one and
half pounds would be very reason
able.
II methodically handled the rubber
tree is extremely long lived, and from
the eighth to the tenth year the tree
will produce about six pounds annual
ly and still remain In condition to give
service many years to come