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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-08

WaShingtOn's birthday this year falls
on Friday. Memorial day on Thursday
July Fourth on Thursday, Labor day
on Monday. Sept. 2, Thanksgiving day
on Nov. 2S. and Christmas day on
Wednesday. There will be four
eclipses. in the following order: Jan
IA. total eclipse of the sun. invisible
in Maine: Jan. 20, a partial eclipse OF
the moon. invisible in Maine; July 10
an annular eclipse of the sun. invisible
in Maine; July "a. partial eclipse o.
the moon visible in Maine. if you sit
up till midnight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-08

recently, in the yard Of Rockland
house. and it is not certain whether it
is a case of suicide or of accidental
hanging. In some way, at least, the
bird became entangled in a piece of
Irvine that had been used last summer
to tie up o climbing vine. and was dis
covered hanging by it, strangled to
death. He was cut down and given a
decent burial, and an inquest was not
deemed neccSSary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-08

Many well known lawyers have
son of Brunswick who died suddenly
Sunday. among them being William B.
French, a member of the Boston bar
Hon. w. H. Newell of Lewiston. Melvin
H. Orr of Stockton, Cal, Hon. Barrett
Potter Of Brunswick. Frederick A
Fisher of Lowell, Mass. Francis O.
Purinton of Mechanic Falls, Charles S
Thompson of Dallas, Texas, and Ed
ward w. Wheeler and Harold w
Chamberlain of Brunswick. For
number of years Mr.. Wheeler has beer
associated with Mr. Thompson as q
partner
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02
HACK DRIVERS
INTERVIEW CHIEF
CHIEF WEIR WILL APPROVE NO
LICENSE FOR 1907 UNLESS THE
HACKS ARE PAINTED AND THE
HORSES FATTENED

Chief of Police Wier was kept busy yes
terday in receiving application for licenses
to operate hacks within the city.
AS is remembered at the last meeting
of the City Council a resolution was
adopted that no license should be granted
to hack drivers without the recommends
ton of the chief of police. Yesterday be-
ing the first of the year, many applca-
tons were received, and the chief was
KEPT busy.
1t Is indicated from the determination Of
the chief along his line that Birmingham
Win be represented by handsome hacks
during the present year. To each appli-
cant for license he makes known the
fact that CARRIAGES will have to- be paint
ed and repaired until they make pre-
sentable appearance. Numerous applica-
lions were turned down temporarily and
will not be granted until the applicants
comply with the new regulations. In those
Instances where the carriages looked well
and stout. and the animals fat and sleek,
the chief sent the application to the Of
flee of the license inspector with his Of
ficial approval.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02
WHISKY DEALERS
QUITE AC|TATED
Seemingly Arbitrary Action of
City Council
NO NEGRO PROPRIET0RS
Eighteenth Street Gathering Places, as
Were Those on Fourth Avenue,
Are Closed-The Commit
tee Is Commended.

Is a result of the activity of the ex-
else committee of the City Council, no
saloon conducted by negro is open in
Birmingham.
This provision of the recent report OF
the committee relieves the city of the sa-
looms which were conducted by negroes
for negro patronage ON Eighteenth street.
Fourth avenue, too, at that portion be-
tween Nineteenth and Twentieth streets,
Is also thoroughly cleansed of the ne
gro saloons that for years have caused
motley gatherings.
In all, the city has licensed 1872 saloons
for 1907 Only those which were licensed
opened their doors yesterday. Many sa-
looms which formerly opened on the out
skirts of the city have been closed. The
excise committee is endeavoring to bring
the saloons within the business center
OF the city, as nearl.. as possible.
Throughout the city, that action of the
council which did away with the negro
saloons. and especially those conducted
along Eighteenth street and on Fourth
avenue between Nineteenth and Twen-
tieth streets. is receiving hearty COM
mendation. The presence of large crowds
Of negroes arouni saloons 1t is said.
proved a nuisance to ladies going to and
returning from the various theatres of
the city.
Yesterday the city licensed a few more
saloons than were licensed on the first
day of last year. However as no saloon
~ Anw run by negroes Birmingham is in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02

class almost by itself Az is known,
the license charged saloons was recently
increased, and the proprietors now pay
into the Golfers of the city $500 for each
place where whisky is retailed. Here
tofore, the amount charged for license
was only $500.
A stream of saloon proprietors poured
In the Mayors office yesterday. These
men, in most instances, were complaining
at what they thought the arbitrary action
of the council. 1t was explained that In
some instances, where white and negro
saloon were conducted In the same build
ing by the same proprietor, only one IL
cense was charged, where in other cases
two licenses were demanded. 1t was
stated that this seemingly arbitrary ac-
tion was necessary on the part Of the
committee, and that each case was dealt
with separately and the fairest solution
possible reached.
Several of these complaints have been
fled with the excise committee, and these
will be investigated today. 1t is said that
the committee is determined to stand
by its original report.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02
WOULD INCREASE
JUDGES SALARY
A BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED IN
THE LEGISLATURE IN FAVOR OF
POLICE JUDeE-s3ooo is AMOUNT
DESIRED.

A bill seeking to increase the salary Of
the judge of the police court of Brmlng-
ham will be introduced in the legislature,
which convenes this month
The bill has already been drawn. The
provisions are that the judge of the court
shall receive $1,000 instead of $1,000, as at
present.
AS a preamble. the statement Is made
that the Judge Of the police court of Biz
mingham disposes of an immense number
OF cases during each month. and that the
discharge OF the duties incumbent upon
this Judiciary requires the entire day. II
is pointed out, too, that the Judge must
be a lawyer we'll versed In the laws of the
city and state, and that 5000 remun-
Grafton for such an official Is entirely too
small an amount.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02
MRS. M'sPADDEN DEAD.
Wife of the Late Chancellor Passes
Away In Cherokee County.

Centre. January 1.-(special.) = Mrs.
Charlsie McSpadden. the widow of thu
late Chancellor, s. K. McSpsdden, passed
away after a long Illness at her resi-
dence in Centre, Sunday. Mrs. McSpad-
den was a member Of the Presbyterian
church, a woman of marked intellect and
dignity and by birth and breeding one OF
the most noble types of southern woman
hood Her father was Gen. John. IL.
Garrett, who died at Tuscaloosa. the Old
state capital while representing this
county in the legislature. She was mar
lied in 1856 TO Col. s. X. Mcspadden. one
of the most honored and distinguished
men of his time and who was serving a
second term as chancellor at his death
in 1896.
She leaves one daughter, Mrs. H.. w.
Carbon, OF Centre, NUMBER OF grand
children and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted yes
tedray morning by DR.. w. II. Darneu
and her body laid to rest by That of her
husband, In the family buryfng ground
on the banks of the Coosa river.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02
FLAGMAN KILLED
ON HIS FIRST RUN
FREEMAN THOMAS is CRUSHED
BETWEEN ENGINE AND CARS IN
FRISCO YARDs-M. H. EVERETT
INJURED BY STREET CAR.

Last night Between the hours of 10 and
II o'clock Freeman Thomas. a fagman
yards near Nineteenth street and Ninth
avenue in a collision.
Thomas was riding on the tender of a
switch engine when 1t collided with a
freight car, and he was caught between
the trucks. His body was horribly
crushed and death resulted instantly
The deceased was practically new
man, making the first run on the line.
lie lived with his parents at Cotton, Ala.
The remains are being held at the under
taking establishment of Shaw & Son until
orders are received for disposal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02

TO Is inches-ssiong, open workable patterns
AT 49c worth 75c yard.
Five thousand yards Corset Cover Embroider.
les, Is 10 "a inches wide of swiss and Nainsook.
strong, durable designs dainty and pretty
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02
Methodist Missionary Jubilee.

Bareilly. b. l., January This was
the last day OF the Methodist Missionary
jubilee celebrations. which began hero
December 2s. The afternoon was devoted
to young peoples rally. and in the
evening the meeting OF the Epworth
league was held. A conservation service
concluded the congress.
The jubilee fund collected in India
amounted to $4,000. and that in America
totalIed 40. 600.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02

Dover, Del, January 1.-The general as
sembly Of Delaware opened its regular
session today. In the senate, George
Sparks OF Wilmington was elected presi-
dent pro tenn, and in the house Richard
Hodeson Of Townsend was elected speak
er. The governors message was read dur
ing the afternoon. 1t deals almost exclu-
sively with state matters
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02
Three Deaths In Louisiana Celebration.

New Orleans, January 1.--Three deaths
growing out of new year festivities In
Louisiana were reported tonight. AT
Eunicie, Athanas Roseas was killed In
the main street last night by a stray
bullet The other deaths were negroes
Mildred lies being murdered horribly by
her husband at Alexandria, and William
Ward being killed by police officers of
Monroe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02
Neck Broken BY Kick.

East st. Louis, ILL.,. January with
single blow of his foot Charles Smith
tonight killed d. f. Meyers. Mrs. Smith
told her husband that Meyers had at
tempted to flirt with her on the street,
thus causing the attack. Meyers neck
was broken by the blow. Smith has
not yet been captured.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02

We also have handmade Corset Covers, rang
ing in price from $3.50 to $500.
Ladies Chemise, good cambria hernstitched
ruAie, worth soc, speuial price SOC.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02
FUNERAL NOTICE.

The friends and acquaintance of Mr..
and Mrs. A. RI Dearborn are invited
to attend the funfral services ofSMr. Alex
ander Dearborn,k who died at the resi-
dence of his son. kMr. A. R.soearborn, 1920
Tenth avenue, south, Services will be held
at the house at 2:5)4p. m. Wednesday,
terry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02
Our First Embroidery Sale for 1907

Only 10000 yards in these two ots--but at
prices that are long to be remembered
AT 23c Yard wo tn 4Oc
Seven thousand yards Of Swiss and Nainsook
F.dgiras and lnslo ns-sheer r,s', crisp, and rat
terms i.iat bear ear marks of Md.x-in widths from
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-02

While driving a wagon across First
avenue at Eighteenth street last night,
w. II. Everett was thrown violently
against the pavement by collision with
street car. The horse was not injured.
Mr. Everett was badly bruised but no
bones were broken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-02

set them free and for all time placed
 The quarries from which the pillars were recovered belonged '~ 1S32 to the Fennell family, as did the five slaves who won their freedom by their faithfulness and their industry. The quarries now belong to Mrs. Lilly Ray Nelson, who lives at Moulton Heights. who has for this article written an in-. teresting account of the freeing of the slaves in front of the bank. Mrs. Nell son before her marriage to George Nelson of Moulton Heights, a suburb of Decatur. was Miss Ray, whose literary work had been widely read and warm ly received. Her writings under the name of Jack Tarleton. are known to many readers throughout the United States.
 At her picturesque home on Moulton Heights Mrs. Nelson has one of the most complete, if not the most com plete private geological collections in the State. Perhaps no collection has so fine a representation of the varied geological formation of North Alaba- ma.
 Work of Mrs. Nelson.
 The picturesque story of the slaves was rescued from oblivion by Mrs. Nelson. She secured 1t from the late Frank Davis of Trinity who was a descendant of the FenneiIs. the orig inal owners. I quarries which were part of the large estate belonged at one time to three sisters, the Misses Fennell. The three sisters married three brothers, the Davis brothers
 At the close of the war the estate owners were land poor. There was not enough labor to cultivate the planta- tions or work the quarries. Taxes es- pecially the war tax were high The lands and quarries were confiscated for the taxes could not be paid and ultimately Mrs Nelson purchased them from a bank which held them in ess crow. Mrs. Nelson is now re-opening these quarries.
 Writing of their history and the picturesque incident of the slaves she says:
 Work has begun in re-opening the great stone quarries that were operat- ed for so many years for the govern ment on the Southern Railway near Trinity. Alabama. They are the prop erty of Mrs. Lillian Ray Nelson of Moulton Heights, near New Decatur, and they are being fully equipped with the proper machine to get out the fine stone for building purposes of all kinds, as well as getting out the building stone 1t is the intention to put in a cement and lime plant and supply these much used building materials. The lat est information from the Panama Canal is that l2, 00o, 900 barrels of cement will be needed there, and as Alabama is more
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-02
necessary but by no means ornaments,

necessary but by no means ornamenta parts of almost every room.
 When the closet Is in the dining room and Is to be used for china the way is easy. If your china is all pret. ty and you do not think the glass too expensive, take the wooden door away and replace it with glass one. Or. what is much cheaper and almost aa effective in its way, get curtain of lowered cretonne and suspend it from the second shelf ofthe closet. Tho top shelf Is left open, and upon 1t may ba shown the finer pieces of china, while the more ordinary. ware is hidden from view by the curtain.
 Curtains, if they agree with the other furnishings of the rooms, may be en- ployed in every part of the house. bae you will show your wisdom if you use cotton mateHal-cretonne, pretty ma- dras and the like--in the bedrooms rather than woolen materials, which won't wash and encourage stiffness.
 mirrow sunk into closet door is one record. for what woman has not pined for a full-length mirror? It is also one of the most expensive wayG of decorating, but. then, expensive things are apt to be dear to the fenAp mine heart.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-02
COTTON GROWERS
ALABAMA DIVISION MEETS IN MONT
 GOMERY TO-DAY.
Disposition of Revenues Accruing From Tag Tax VIII be live Subject of Dtscu5ston--WlH Elect
 Offfcers.

The annual convention of the Alabama
 Division of the Southern Cotton Asoscia- tion will be held iu the Court House in | Montgomery at noon today. Aooitlonai 10
 the election of officers for service during | 1907 interesting matters to be considered are the tag tax question. immigration ana | Government publish weekly ginners' reports. w. H. seymour, of Montgomery, Presi- 6ent of the Alabama Division will preside at the convention.
 The dispos tl ot the revenues from the | tag tax, whish has already been source l of much discussion, will doubtless be the uratorical piece de resistance Of the ses- sion At present a portion of the monies received from the tag tax is used to defray the expenses of the office of the Commits sioner of Agriculture and Industries. and another portion Is employed to support. In mart, the agricultural schools of the State. The sentiment that these revenues should accrue more directly to the agricultural class Is prevalent among the farmers, who | while having due and meet appreciation of the excellent work done at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and at the smaller
 schools where agriculture is taught be-
 lieve that they should be maintained chiefly if not altogether by appropriations from other funds than that of the tag tax. | Immigration will be discussed by Hon.
 J. M. Carmichael. Auditor of Alabama. and | 1t is expected that a genertl discussion will l follow his address recommendation that the government | of the State publish weekly giners' reports will propaby be adopted.
 | The officers of the Association are: W. | H. Seymour, of Montgomery; w. F. Nandi- yer, of Montgomery: W. L. Jones and T. | C. Banks. of 4ttaiis. centraI executive com
 mittee; IL. B. Farley. of Montgomery. treasurer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-02
By WILL T. sHErHAN.

On Bank street in the city of Deca- tur as it slopes to the Tennessee there stands Greek temple building. with five great solid granite columns. The buildings was once branch of Ala. bama's State Bank, but now is serves no more important purpose than to fur : nish room and place for a restaurant.
 There is enough romance clustering around the old stone pillars to furnish material for two volume historical novel, If one walks up the steps and crosses the broad verandah of the tenn pied building he can see by a close examination certain little chips and hicks in the stone. They are war time mementoes. When Federal and Confed- crate soldiers were slipping in and out of Decatur industriously trying to per- forate each other with minnie balls. the pillars were taken down and roll ed into an improvised breastworks. Cot ton bales and granite pillars made pretty good breastworks in the streets of Decatur they say.
 But that was only one incident in the long and silent life of the round columns. They are reproduced here and they are written of here to commemorate q beautiful and picturesque scene that marked the completion for business of the State Bank at Decatur. Each of these five pillars represents a monu- mented slave. For each of these pillars black slave was given his freedom.
 The pillars were cut rom the rock on the Tennessee river, a few miles from and in sight of Decatur. They were drilled and cut out of the rocks by slaves with infinite r4tience. When the five stone blocks had heen, gotten out of the surrounding rock they were hauled by oxen with slaves driving In Decatur they were shaped, .:--shed and put in place.
 Then came the formal exercises of opening the bank for business. In the great crowd which had assembled there were the five slaves who had labored for weary weeks in getting out the hand- some pillars that decorated the front of the building and supportd the ve- randall of the temple were called for ward by the President of the Bank and there in the presence of the great crowd they were handed papers that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-02
Court but the County Attorney does ..a4 laalr ,.nax, 1t i., that light

Court but the County Attorney does not look upon 1t in that light.
 The question at issue, according to County Attorney W. M. Blakey, is ai- most parallel with the point involved in the case of the State of Alabama against the Sellers and Drum Com pany which was heard by Judge J. C. Richardson in the Circuit Court Mo- vember 20. In this case, 1t will be re- membered. the Sellers and Drum Com pany, a large cotton warehouse firm, declined to pay regular taxes on all of its $40,000 capital stock because S20,oOO was invested in mortgages on which filing fees had been paid.
 Judge Richardson sustained the plea of the company. fixing the amount of capital stock assessable for taxes at $2O000
 From this decision the County Attor- ney took an appeal and the case is now in the Supreme Court. MT. Blakey is confident he will have the case re- versed.
 The only difference, it seems. be- tween the bank matter and the Sellers and Drum case, is that the bank has already paid the taxes. which they now desire refunded, whereas the cotton firm never paid the taxes.
 Mir. Blakey takes the view that the bank paid the taxes willingly and. when the petition was referred to him for investigation at the Board of Rev enue meeting Monday. he said that he would oppose the refunding of the money on legal grounds. He declared that, if these taxes were paid back to the Union Bank and Trust Company every bank in Montgomery might file similar claims, which would mean a large amount of money to the County and State. The probability Is that the question will en3 in litigation.
 The County Attorney expects to sup init a formal report on the petition al the next meeting of the Board. \
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-02
HISTORIC STONE QUARRIES
 NEAR TOWNS OF DECATUR

than well able to supply the demand there is no need to let this article or commerce slip hy the port of Mobile. The ouarries at Trinity will be able tv supply good deal Of thts cement
 The stone from these quarries Is an exceptionally fine, hard, grey stone which takes fine polish. the upper quarry having fine grade of marble.
 The re-opening of these quarries brings back to the rernembr ance of the older people of this State many little matters of history that Is fast failing into oblivion. How many people re- member the opening of the first State bank of Alabama at Decatur-the old First National Bank?-- And how many people now looking at those beautiful old stone pillars which today stand in front of the old bank remember the al- most sensational event that went with the ceremonies attending the opening of this bank to the public? It is matter of history that the stone for these pill lars was dug out of the uppGr quarry on the Southern Railway near Trim ity by the labor of five old slaves be- longing to the Fenneil family, and that these blocks of stone were run down to their present location at the bank on trees cut for wheels and levers. they were carved into their present shape and placed in their present position in a row of five columns at the date on their face--1S32--.
 When the bank was opened to the public 1t was the occasion of great pub lie ceremony and all the best people of the surrounding country were pres ent. The slaves in the neighboring plantations were given a holiday and came with their mules and OK carts in gala attire. It was a generl holiday for master and slave. The first State bank was worthy of such ceremony.
 When the ceremonies were completed the bank president made a great speech and as he concluded he held aloft certain legal documents. and at signal the five slaves who had dug the stone Tor the pillars came forward and knelt at the foot of each column. The president of the bank held in his hand the free dom papers of each. They rose to their feet free men-each pillar symbol Of freedom for the slaves whose labor had