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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Wants More Immigrants.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald;
 was very much interested in your comments on the reported views of Con gressman Burnett on immigration to this country. It has been a marvel to me that none of our state papers has taken more pronounced stand against the grievance and prejudice which have recently been disclosed whenever the question of state immigration has ben discussed by our state and national representatives. Two thoughts strike me with most force in reading Congressman Burnett, viz: That no laborer was fit for this country unless he could read and write (these are not the words. but the meaning) and that that sentiment should come from man repre- senting a state where the fields would be desolate, the shops dismantled, in fact. tho state would be a wilderness. if that same rule were applied.
 understand that the legislature made an appropriation for an immigration com mission, provided there was no effort made to get Spaniards or Italians. I have not seen the law, but Is 1t possible that this law passed and not one voice was raised in protest either in the legislative halls, or in the press?
 How can Alabama attract immigration and foreign capital when such gross ig- norance and prejudice prevail. Time was when the halls of the old capitol building would have rung with eloquent outbursts against such relics of know w-nothingism
 This is not written for newspaper con- troversy, but simply to let you know that I appreciate your article on the Burton interview, and there must be thousands of others in this state who appreciate it and would appreciate more along the same line We will never be the great state we should be until there Is a broadening of views among our state leaders and your paper and others should work to that end, as you are do- ins of course JOHN P. KOHN.
 Montgomery. Ala, September lS' 1907,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
LADD MURDERER
 STILL AT LARGE
DOC MoNTElTH SHOOTS VINCE LADD FROM AMBUSH AND DIS. APPEARs-soN SUES ESTATE OF HIS DEAD FATHER.

Scottsboro, September S.-(SpeoiaL)- Doc Monteith, the young man that shot and killed Vince Ladd, a prominent citi- zen of Carpenter, In the upper end of this county, last Friday, Is still at large although a sheriff's posse has been on the hunt for him since the tragedy.
 Ladd had been before the grand jury and had the young man indicted for cattle stealing, and he hid in the roadside and shot Ladd from ambush.
 Deputy Sheriff Thomas has returned from Nashville, where he went after a negro, John Denson who is charged with the murder of Shed Landson, another negro, at Paint Rock last December. Den son will be tried at this term of the circuit court
 William Hess, prominent farmer of this country, has brought suit in the circuit court against the estate of his father, the late Captain Hess, for 5000 on A note he holds against the dead man.
 ln the circuit court here this week A " Darwin of Hollywood, this county, Son suit against the Snutherr reilr>aS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
Loyal to Jefferson County.
!. Fditor of The Age-IIerald |:

Tp the Editor of The Age-Heralu:
 While it is no doubt true that "Jeffer- son county is rather out of the natter as she had no early forges to have a contest over" it is nevertheless true that it was left to a small band of pio- neers headed by Lev Goodrich, Henry DeRardeleben. John T. Milner and Tru- man IL Aldrch, away back In 1874 to demonstrate that the only profitable meth cd of making iron in this state was by the use of coke and by that little band it was demonstrated that coke could be made from the coal found in this county, and the successful termination of their efforts resulted in the making of a good quality of coke iron al Oxmoor, February, 1876. This was the first coke iron made in the state of Alabama, hence, l claim that as the prosperity of this state has, in an iron making way, been built on coke iron, Jefferson county and her iron makers are entitled to the credit of the initial prosperity growing out of the de- velopment of this entire section.
 FRANK P. o'BRIEN. Birmingham, September IS, 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
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 Albert Pinehar fight some tim alone Pinehart  bauer. who pl for damages. tried and Neiba
 A large barr Johnson. was Quite a lot of sumed. The To insurance.
 A meeting of to consider the have a fair for favorably and {, general favor. tributed libcrall  The fair, which ton. will be h' and the grounds and J. NJ. Crut' agers and Franl ]. E. Woolsey, Brown are the
 A party of pro are in Cullmal rounding countr ing land and l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
School

Anniston, Septt entrance eXamo schools of the c day and Friday. all the schools.
 be given at the s child will attend the grade for wh The papers will b tion by the pare not be satlsfactI ton of the child
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

organized in this city in July, reported that upwards of 5000 had been raised for the national headquarters build ing to he located here, Texas alone having contributed s12oo. Half a dozen elders who have fought the organiza- tion of the national association at every step We're excluded from membership in tie Indian Creek association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
YOUNG GIRL WINS
 HANDSOME PRIZE Scholarship Given by United Daughters of COnfederacy RAILROAD REACHING OUT New Orleans and Great Northern Is Building Into Jackson and Has
 Filed Tariffs for Its Pres
 ent Short Line.
RAILROAD REACHING OUT

Jackson, Miss, September l8.-tspecialD The executive committe of the Mississippi division of the United Daughters of the 1 Confectionery, of which Mrs. Daisy Mc- Laurn Stevens of Brandon is secretary, and Mrs Blanche McC. Fresenens of Gulfport is secretary, met here today to examine the examination papers of the young girls who had tried for the scholar ship to be awarded by the United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy in the Industrial Institute and college, as proposed at the state meeting some time since. Miss Kate Strickland of Ripley, Miss, was declared the winner of the valuable prize, her average marks being So1z.
 The scholarship in Millsaps college, to be awarded to some boy, is to be decided by the president of the college. the ap- plicants presenting themselves there on the opening day Thus the Daughters of the Confectionery will see to the educa- tion of some of the sons and daughters of indigent Confederate veterans and build for themselves a monument that will be more lasting than bronze or marble shafts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
AUTO DAMAGE SUIT ON TRIAL IN SELMA R, J. Campbell Sues Dave Vaughan for S2,75O 'OM KIPPUR OBSERVED l. Hyde and His Young Bride Re- ved Much Sympathy at Selma,
 Where They Stopped
 Two Days.

September 1S.-(special.) )-The circuit court today has been yith the case of R. J. Camp suing Dave Vaughan, jr., 50 damag alleged to have by the horse of MT. Camp 1tened by young Vaughan's an is the 14-year-old son 5. D. A. Vaughan, pro- rcadia hotel of this city. ightened last February ggy into a ditch doing is the first suit ever ,o,,,,+v ~ns,,lti From
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
CONDER SCHOOL IS CLOSED BY SHERIFF Principal Left Last Monday fer
 Tennessee
TENT MEETING IS CLOSED
Minister Announces That Collections Are Not Liberal Enough to Pay Running Expenses-Mar-
 riage at Huntsville.

Huntsville. September 1S.-(specalD The Conder Training school, which had during its brief existence of little more than two years, become one of the best known institutions of the kind in this section, was closed today its principal, J. E. Conder having left for parts unknown. The school had just opened for It's third year with exceed ingly bright prospects having several more students than the limit that had been placed on the number.
 Financial difficulties are said to have caused Professor Conder to skip out, It is known that he owes a large sum in small amounts but it was generally believed that his school was paying so handsomely that he could pull through all right. Immediately after the dismissal of the school several at tachments were served on the books and furniture and other school fixtures Everything but the library Is mort gagged.
 Professor Conder left Huntsville on Monday and stated that he was going to Tennessee to visit his mother. One of the patrons of the school received a letter today postmarlked Chattanooga, in which Conder said that he would not come back as it was useless to try to fight against diversity any longer. Learning this, several of the parents who had their children in the school went and took them away and the doors of the institution were closed.
 There Is great regret here over the passing of this school. The demand is so keen here for an institution of this kind that steps have been taken to have Prof. & R. Butler or some other good man take charge of the wreck.
 A. M. Strong, a well known news paper man who has been editor of the Daily Tribune of this city during the past three months, has resigned that position and will leave Huntsville.
 Elder Elias Patton of this city, who has been moderator of the Indian Creek Colored Primitive Baptist as sociation for many years past, has been elected to that office for another year. R. S. Laws has been elected clerk. and Felix Jordan treasurer. At the meet ing of the association Secretary Sans of the National association, which was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

Evangelistic services that have been conducted in big tent in the Cal houn lot during the last ten days and nights by Rev. ]. H. Newberry of the Holiness persuasion, have come to an abrupt close, The evangelist was not backward in stating his reason for closing the services before the time scheduled. He said that he had message to deliver but that the people of Huntsville would not hear 1t, He said he had incurreed and expense of about $500 in holding the services and the collections to assist in defraying the expenses amounted to about $35. The big tent will be moved to Dallas village where Mir Newberry will preach for a few days. Rev. Charles Tillman, who has been assisting the evangelist, returned to his home in At lanta today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

Chancellor w. II. Simpson has ad- iourned q brief term of the chancery court. Several important cases were continued for various reasons. among them being the suit of the Christian church against Daniel Sommer, ". r. Fulgham. and others. This is the last case that has grown out of the famous Christian church litigation
 Tie application of the Dallas Cotton Manufacturing company for a writ of injunction against the city of Hunts vile To prevent the city auth critics from interfering with the mills water supply was continued because the mat ter has been virtually adjusted, both parties having agreed to compromise on anything in reason suggested by an expert who is now adjusting the claims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

The marriage of Miss Madie Covle, a popular young lady of Huntsville to John ]. Friedel, a prominent young business man of Chattanooga, was sol emnlzed in St. Mary's Catholic church at 6:30 o'clock this morning. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. Father McQuillan in the presence of large company of relatives and friends Miss Blanche Allison of Chattanooga was maid of honor and the bridesmaids were Misses Regina Friedel of Chatta- nooga and Maude Mccullough of Huntsville. James Coyle of Huntsville and E. W. Friedel of Chattanooga were groomsmen Misses Louise Shelton and Emma Scolle Wise were flower girls. MT. and Mrs. Friedel left on an out going train immediately after their marriage and they will spend two weeks of their honeymoon visiting va rious points of interest in the south. They will make their home in Chatta- nooga after october 1.
 Miss May Estella Shaver, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Albert Shaver, and Lee O. Erwin were married this morn ing at the home of the brides parents, Rev. A. C. Coey of Winchester, Tenn, officiating The wedding was private affair. small party of relatives and intimate friends being in attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

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 ing some smaller animal whether resisting the attack my There is a certain loya that is developed In large the rat family is no easy pro go against when the grey fighters form themselves in l ray. The males usually outnul females and are the best fight, love of mother rat for her y said to be the strongest among mals. She has not only to prote naked, blind litter of eight or ten at thelt many natural enemies, but against the father rat who Is quite ious to make a meal of his offsI whenever opportunity presents itsel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
FIGHT AGAINST
 RAT INVASION This Animal Has Not a Single
 Good Quality CARRIES BUBONIC PlAcIr Costs Every Nation In the lions of Dollars YearIy-E
 to Extermnate the
 Pest.
CARRIES BUBONIC PlAcn'
BY FREDERIC ]. H/

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 | into San Francisco has re
 i terest of health officers
 against rats It is known now tha are responsible for the spread of tn | dread disease, and severe measures of some kind must sooner or later be taken to put an end to them and to their work. Many large sea coast cities already re- quire ships coming from foreign ports to be specially fumigated for the purpose of destroying rats. A lighter or tug with fnn1lgating outfit on board comes along side the ocean liner and feeds deadly sulphur dioXide into the hold where every exit has been closed. After such a treatment hundreds of dead rats and cock reaches lie about on the floors. This fumi- gatigng is done at the expense of the ships companies. H3yever, such work Is only step in the right direction. The rat is a most prolific brooder, and one of the most artful dodgers known to man. For every one killed there Is soon d score to take his place.
 Eager to see if there is an altruistlc side to ratdom as well as to the rest of the HOiiu, NtHt tO OuS O1 lllt ItduIHS SCleI- lists of the United States department of agriculture. What can you say of rats that is good? What can you offer in their defense?' l asked. Nothing" was the prompt reply. Absolutely nothing, except that they are good food for some preda tory birds and animals which might otherwise live on more useful creatures" The worst pest among mammals in this country, the rat costs the United States many millions of dollars year, a cost that exceeds the combined loss caused by all other destructive mammals. Every thing Is grist that comes to his mill of destruction. and he can live anywhere and eat anything with an equal degree of ease and efficiency.
 He early begins an attack on the crops of the farmer. He burrows down and steals the newly planted grain from the fields, he attacks it when it is grow ing. he loots all he needs from the barns or stacks, and after 1t is on it's way to other places he commits such depreda- tions on 1t in elevators and in steamship holds that it's value Is greatly depreciated When hungry for meat he gnaws his way into the nearest butcher shop or cold stor- age plant and selecting the most choice pieces eats all he likes and ruins ten times as much by contamination. Vege- tables and fruits always taste good to him, and nothing in the pantry Is ever safe when he is about Even when the country housewife in desperation has hung great shelf from the ceiling and placed her butter jars and ham or bacon there as a safeguard against his depreda- tions, he has climbed down the ropes with the ease of trained acrobat and gorged himself to repleton, often throwing the rest to the floor for his less active com- rades As ten rats can eat as much as one ablebodied man, the extent of their depredatlons can be always expressed in large figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
Railroads File Tariffs.

The New Orleans and Great Northern railroad makes official notice of the fact that 1t is coming this way, having filed with the railroad commission a schedule of it's tariff for twenty-five miles on this side of the Louisiana line, and is now ready for business that far north of New Orleans. General Manager Pearsall states that the road will not run trains into the city of Jackson before the first of March. It has been stated time and again that 1t would be in operation to this point by January, but some serious obstacles have been met with in the vicinity of Columbia, where the bridge and treste work is very much behind. This new road is destined to become the popular line to New Orleans from this section, be- ing somewhat shorter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19


 agencies, rats are an importation. They came by accident taking passage on board some ship and after walking out over the ropes and gang blanks to the new shores they liked it and stayed. The black, or English rats came first, then about 1775 came the Danish, or brown ones. which have in a measure conquered and outgrown the others. Long ago Ja- maica made the mistake of importing the brown rat to drive out small native one that was notoriously destructive. It was @ venture that cost the island many mil lions of dollars. The brown rats took the country practically into their keeping, and in one year one-twentieth of the sugar crop was destroyed by them, to say nothing of depredations on other agri- cultural products. In great rat hunt 3O,- GOO were killed that year on one planta- ton. England for many years had rat catchers who set traps ana collected the animals daily, presenting the tails for 80 much bounty. The old rat catcher of Tavistook hotel, Covent Gardens, fifty years ago made nearly $200 a year at his job. In France the sewer authorities had catchers kill these rodonts, though they were generally accounted good scavengers, and the belts were sold to a large firm who made them into gloves. In Japan when bounty was offered for rats, the thrifty people made their hides into Gar muffs, 50.000 pairs being furnished the army in this manner for the campaign In Manchuria
 Denmark two years ago began a na- tional campaign against rates to protect the butter industry, for hundreds of firl1ins of butter and hundreds of cheeses were ruined by them. Long ago the Pied Piper of Hameln once delivered that town of rats, so tradition says, but they came again. There Is another tradition which says that the old Bishop of Hat to was so beset with rats that he finally built himself a great stone tower on the Rhine and shut himself close within its walls. but the rats ate their way in and finally killed him. Goldsmith tells us that rats invaded Ireland and ate up all the frogs there long ago, and there are many tales of depradations committed on fish ponds and nests of water birds that pile up damaging evidence against this animal for whom no one has a good word. Possibly because he lives so much in the dark of the great underground world, the rat has for centuries identified himself with dark deeds. Not only are there long ists of larceny. arson and general poachng and malicious trespass laid up against him. but before a tribunal Of his own world he would be adjudged mur- derer in the first degree. That Is bad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
Socialists Not In It,

Secretary of State Power has notified the socialists of Mississippi that they have not complied with the law in the se- lection of their candidates for state of fees, wherefore he Is without authority to place their names on the state ticket to be voted for at the November election. The socialists hid no state convention, had no primary or anything of the kind as required by the law-they just seem to have named each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
New Railway Charter.

Speculation here Is very rife here as to the meaning of such very great haste in the filing of a charter for the 'Mssiss- ippi Railway company" and orders to the secretary of state to issue the neces- sary papers as soon as possible. The governor authorized the organization of this company some time ago on the ap- plic9tion of J. D. Thornton of Pass Chris tian. j. l.. Ross of Mendenhall and George C. Sprague of Brandon. The charter was granted today. showing capitalization of s100f00, all paid in. and 1t Is said the sur!ey will begPl at once. The terminals mentioned are Bay St. Louis, on the Gulf of Mexico. and Grand Junction on the north end The line is to a direct one from the two points named, and that means that it will split wide open mil
 lions of acres of the finest pine timber lands in the country. The officials here are puzzled to know who is behind the enterprise and where is the money for the survey coming from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

A. M. Strong, well known news paper man who has been editor of the Daily Tribune of this city during the past three months, has resigned that position and will leave Huntsville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

And they don't stop with food. They have been found in stores and ware houses in great numbers eating their way through bales of costly furs, priceNss laces, carpets leather goods and silks Diligently gnawing the wax ends of matches, they have often caused great contiagrations. They have eaten through lead water pipes and flooded houses, they have destroyed gas pipes and made dangerous and poisonous leaks, they have undermined emhankments and retaining banks and destroyed fountains in flower gardens. Birds poultry, eggs and even little pigs are never safe if there Is rat In the neighborhood. A recent writer chronicles the fact that rats have been known to invade a horses stall and eat the hoofs almost from his feet. and once a sleeping dog was approached by a hungry crew and the callous part from the soles of his feet consumed before he awoke to the shumlliating fact. {"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-04
ALWAYS OVER THE HEART.
Policemen as Rule Wear Their
Badges as Shields.

Many persons are puzzled to know
Why policemen wear their badges so
fuw on their coats. instead OF on the
flap made for that purpose. As mat.
ter Of fact, the badge or star. as he
calls It, of many policeman IL right
next to his heart Some blue coats
can thank their stars for being
alive This little metal shield has de.
tieCtcd the bullet OF burglar or high.
wayman, and at times. too has stop.
ped the knife thrust OF wuuld.b be assas.
sins During the last 90 or 30 years
there are many cases on record show
ing that the little badge has been a
HE saver, Even bullets fired at close
range, AS a rule, cannot penetrate the
shield That's why a bluecoat always
feels safer in keeping the star at a
vital spot, When of duty some police.
men wear their stars on their vests
but always directly over the heart
They are so accustomed to the little
protector that they feel uneasy with
out IT,