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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
The Prisoners at Pratt Mines.

"rhere seems to be an error about the first development at Pratt mines," said Capt. Frank O Brien.
 About 1878 or Billy Gould Hamilton Beggs and T. Richards opened the first slope and brought their output to Birm- ingham over tram built of pine poles The cars had grooved wheels to fit the poles. MT Beggs was a foundryman and made the wheels. These three men are still citizens of Birmingham Messrs. De- Bardeleben and Aldrich who gave the mines fame with its great output came afterwards"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
COULD DIVORCE CASE.
Two of the Sensational Allegations
 Are Stricken Out.

New York, July s.-Two of the most sensational allegations in the suit Of Katherine Clemmons Gould for a separa- tion from Howard Gould were today stricken out of the complaint by order of Supreme Court Justice Mccall.
 The sections of the complaint stricken out are those which allege inedelity on the part of MT. Gould and that he tam pered with Mrs. Gould's mail. A third section of the complaint which Mir. Gould sought to have removed from the com plaint charges him with having had his wife watched by detectives. This allega- ton the court allowed to remain in the complaint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

quired of the social caterer, although the social arbiter must needs have no little of 1t '"The Human Snake" was as poor as the proverb pictures his fellows who crawl with their mouths in the dust. Per haps the password that causes the pearly gates of the social heaven to swing wide Is something different" Something diff ferent is demanded because the 400 is founded upon money, and the yacuous new rich bore one another except when all are too absorbed in dinner to worry about the absence of social dynamics. When such persons are amused they are uncritical "The Human Snake" and Prince Anthony" amused them until each in turn was driven from his fools paradise by a sensation hunting press, careless alike of the sorrows brought upon two harmless adventurers in cap and bells and the humiliation of their patrons.
 The Smart Set is continually cutting capers before High Heaven that reflect no credit upon its dignity or discern ment and that destroy It's claims to ex- clusiveness If there Is an excuse for one that shall establish ta,ldards to en- courage culture and refinement, plain living and high thinking, and to exclude the mountebank, no matter whether he IS a lusty mulatto buck from the Miss issippi delta or a contortionist from a side-show. Such an aristoracy has not been established In New York. And yet there are. 1t must be admitted, many fairly intelligent American men and women who look upon the members of .he Smart Set as the really desirable Ameri- can citizens, and regard Newport as the Ultima Thule of social ambition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Koreans Must Explain.

Washington, Jdly S.-For the sec ond time in eight years the hand of the bureau of navigation, the most important of the naval bureaus, will, after today, and for an indefinite pe- riod, be filled by retired officer. Rear Admiral Willard Herbert Brownson, who has filled the office of chief of this bureau since the retirement ot Admiral Converse, was today placed on the retired list on account of age, but, like his predecessor, Admiral Converse, by special direction of the resident will contiue at the head of the bureau. Admiral Brownson has had brilliant navy record on the active list.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
The Negro and His Friends.

q notice that the recent convention of the ro-Americans, which was in ses- sion at Baltimore, denounced President Roosevelt Secretary Taft. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. Senator Warner of Missouri and Booker Washington In un- measured terms, and expressed It's sense of deep gratitude to Ex-Representative Fleming and Ex-Governor Northern of Georgia and to the Rev. Quincy A. Ewing, as three southern friends to the negro.' said MT. Ross c. Smith.
 Those distinguished southerners are, I know, real friends to the negro and not less so had Governor Northern be- come when in his Fourth of July speech in New Jersey he told the people that the negro himself is responsible for lynch ing in the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
4 good nose Is requisite, to smell out work for the other senses.
 Winters Tale.
Rockefeller in Court

The calling of the Rockefellers into court was not expected to result in the bringing out of important testi- mony, but it was all-important in showing that no one is above the court that no one can be so rich that the law can not be readily fitted to him.
 The holdings of the leading stock holders of the Standard oil are as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
BIq Warehouse Plans.

New Orleans, July s-The movement of the National Farmers Union to build this year between 25o and 300 cotton warehouses in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Indian Territory was brought unofficially to the attention of the New Orleans cotton ex- change today by F. S. Peters of Calvert, Tex. Representing this scheme of the union. for storing the cotton crop MT. Peters is en route to New York to raise fiIuds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
REPLIES.

REPLIES. Anything is possible tomorrow Defeat makes a good foundation for success. Many a man has talked his way to a back seat. Tight shoes make us careless of the hereafter. Life is a game that is best played in the open. Be satisfied with what you have, but never with what you are. New York is a town where man may consider himself popular if he knows three people who will attend his funeral.
 THE SUMMER GIRL. A dainty maid,
 The summer girl.
 A fellow stamps
 Himself for churl
 Who doesn't pay
 Her compliments
 To emphasize
 His good intents,
 And swear her still
 The fairest thing
 That ever wore
 Engagement ring! If the Japs could hear Admiral Bob Evans swear they wouldn't be so chesty. 1t is said that President Roosevelt likes his job. Sure! If 1t wasn't for his job, he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Not a Labor Movement.

St. Louis, July S.-The eleventh biennial convention of the Theatrical Mechanis association of the United States and Canada began here today. Delegates from fifty-three cities are present. It is stated a proposition will be brought forth in the convention to strike tlse word mechanics from the title of the' organization and substitute mutual aid'' to dispel the idea that the organization is affiliated with the labor movement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Tax on Vindinq Machines.

''I was greatly surprised a short while ago." said a saloon man, when the sher- if presented me bill for SIT tax on penny weighing machine. As I under- stand 1t, the present legislature has put this tax on all chewing gum, weighing and vending machines, and it appears to me to be excessive and unfair
 Tt will take long time for a penny weighing machine to take in 100 pennies, but that Is what 1t will have to do or go out of business'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
ALABAMA PRESS

Union Springs Herald: These luscious watermelons continue to carry their hearts in the right place, we notice. Talladega Mountain Home: A girl that Is not June bride is just a month older in July and just as sweet and willing. Huntsville Banner: Alabama has only had two bald-headed governors and so far as we know all but one was married, too.
 Anniston Hot Blast: In the Boise trial each side is trying to prove its own peo- pie saints and those on the other side devils.
 Marshall Banner: MT. Bryan is grad ually becoming known as the world authority on that abstruse and compli- cated topic, Democracy"
 Mobile Register: It is easier to tell what isNa democrat than | 10 Isl now those who are democrats are going to get to- gether to elect President
 Guntersville Democrat: Everybody ought to be praying that no declaration of war may immediately follow the dis solution of The Hague peace congress. DeKalb Record: What is faith? Mark Twain defines 1t as Believing things we know ain't so" A good illustration of faith is buying hair restorer from bald headed barber.
  West Alabama Breeze: The fellow who named his horse advertising won the race This is not strange, for advertis- ing is a prominent trait of the 'Es' family. It gets there.
 Montgomery Advertiser: As the Albany Herald sees 1t, Every army officer who makes a speech has to make another ex- plaining the first" That doesn't apply exc.usiv ely to army office but to many others who make speeches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Want Rates Reduced.

washinpton July S-Bass & Heard of Rome. Ca. today complained to the inter- state commerce commission that the rates charged by the Southern railway and other lines of railway doing business with the south were too high on boots and shoes. They ask that the commission re- duce the rates at least % per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 When woman is afraid somebody will fiirt with her she wishes he would.
 When a girl has pretty hair it's a sign she thinks it makes her pretty all over.
 When a man growls over his breakfast he wouldn'. dare to If the cook could hear him.
 The comforting thing about going visit ing is maybe you won't have to do 1t again for long time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

The real reactionary-the man who would in the White House prosecute no trusts and no millionaire-is Fair banks. He is the ideal reactionist be- fore the people, and the rest are base imitators. He can pose and do noth- ing every day in the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Postmasters Appointed.

Washington, July S.-(Special )-William H. Spruell has been appointed postmaster at Tidewater Tuscaloosa county, vice A. s. Sleers. resigned. The Commercial Ma tion, New Bibernian National and State National banks of New Orleans have been approved as reserve agents for the First National bank of Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

The new Hamburg-American ship Is to be the biggest afloat, but it will not be so long, for some other line will at once proceed to build one foot longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
The Matter of Hat Raising.

'"There has recently been much discus sion on the subject of hat-raising by gen. tlemen in elevators and elsewhere when in the presence of ladies'" said traveller. custom. In the month 1t is not consid- cred rule of etiquette. know of a German lady who, while a visitor to Eng land. was puzzled and hurt because some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Amount of Amou


 "So far this year.
 It Is believed that when a decade is completed at the end of this year John D. Rockefeller will have received in dividends s110,OOo, 900, or s11,oOO.- 900 a year.
 z Judge Landis deserves credit for He was taught the power and Smpartiality of court process, and other trust magnates of the country. To man they will respond hereafter when court of jurisdiction calls to them to come in and answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Left Foot Cut Of.

Decatur, July S-Walter Bibby, aged IA. had his left foot cut off today by planer in the Jamison Furniture factory, where he was employed. How the accident hap pened is unknown as no one saw 1t and inc lad was unconscious when found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

The German snapshotter may be jailed on short notice if he snaps any one without permission. The Ger mans have few rights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Philander Knox stands ready to de- clare that Governor Hughes is going the pace that kills In politics, but Philander is really not in the run ming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Drowned in River.

Demopolis. July S.-(Special.)-Sid Charlton, stool supervisor at Lock No. l. was drowned this afternoon by his boat capsizing. About twenty negroes were also in the boat and four of them are stRl missing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
P. c. Hold
..... 466,2S0

Total ................. 466,2S0
 At the time these figures were com piled the capitalization of the Stand ard oil stood at $70,O00,OOO It was afterwards increased to s100,000,000, and John D. Rockefeller may hold a still larger percentage of the stock of a company that controls S4 per cent of the crude oil production of the country.
 The dividends paid by this com pany have been as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

A contemporary discusses "Jails Full of Criminals" which is certainly an ideal state of affairs. Nobody wants the jails to be full of preachers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

The Houston Post mentions the Sass sisters who run hotel in Texas. They hardly offer any sass" to the travelling public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

This Is the month in which William and Mabelle are billed to come back, and the 400 everywhere are full of nervous tension.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

John D. Rockefeller should buy a copy of Ida Tarbell's book, and he can read from it when next he runs up against court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

It was reported in Springfield Mass, that John D. Rockefeller had arrived there in a hearse, disguised as remains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
WARM ENOUGH NOW.

Where is the man who swore that ht Would like a bloomingachance to see It hot once more, as in the days When ice men went their wonted ways And every other person had
 sunstroke on the street. egad? Methinks, If he were here today, He wouldn't have word to say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

John D. Rockefeller on the stand was a decided success-so far as the interests of Standard Oil were con. cerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Premier Clemenceau has cinched his pob for several months to come at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

The Atlanta Georgian declares to Gov Hoke Smith, "Glamis thou art and Cawdor-and shall be more here after"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

The great American stayers are Diaz, Roosevelt and Bryan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

A scornful Kansas paper calls the Japanese "runts,' but 1t can not prove the charge by the Russians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Let us have peace" remarks con- temporary. Aye, and few more bat tleehips.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

The Jamestown exposition may not be quite complete, but no visitor fails to get fifty cents worth there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

would do well to get position on an in. side page, bottom of the column, under a one-line head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

This weather Is better for crops than for folks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Discovering the truth seems to be a hard and thankless task.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

The murderers' favorite defenses are temporary insanity and the un- written law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Kansas Is calling for harvest hands merely from force of habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Yale gathers gifts that aggregate about three millions a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

A LITTLE MELODRAMA. A kiss. A hiss
 O villainy! A fight, A flight
 To poverty. Some years Of tears,
 At last they meet. There's snow, You know,
 Upon the street. She dries Her eyes
 And smiles again. Dear Jack Is back Goodbye to painl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Dan Hanna needs a record in some thing besides marriage and divorce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Judge Landis has become a national by his courage in octopus hunting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
GERTIB RHYMES.

Ger-.e bought bathing suit
 And every time she'd wear it, There was so much of Gertie that
 We feared the strain would tear 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

It seems to be all up with Fairbanks. An eye witness says that the Vice Presi- dent drank his cocktail and, what's more, some of the guests felt mighty good.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

The unwritten law Is beginning in Virginia to outrank the written sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

John D. Rockefeller will never again be a fugitive from mere subpoena.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
THE BAD MILLIONAIRE,

His manner Is suave, He takes all we have
 And spends 1t on girls in the chorus. how can we oe good, Provided we would.
 With such an example before us?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Gertie went down town one day,
 Ostensibly for shopping, But when she passed an Ice cream place She couldn't keep from stopping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
WAY TO GROW.

WAY TO GROW. "I sometimes think" citizen remarked Who took an interest In town affairs, That we should all together put on steam,
 Instead of putting on so many airs" Instead of putting on so many airs" The music Schmitz Is facing is a kind no fiddler ever played.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Gertle bought box of paint To vivify her graces, Then hired a husky Irish girl To tighten up her laces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Gertie has a foolish way
 of saying, Isn't it awful?" By heavens. we should like to see That question made unlawful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Washington Bureau Age Herald. 1421 street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Entered at the Birmingham Ala postof1ce as second-class matter uhoer act of Congress March 3, 1S7s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

w. D. Lanier and John E. Stanley are the only authorized travelling represenn'la- lives of The Age-Herald in its circuial'oh department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

watermelons continue to carry their hearts in the right place, we notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Marshall Banner: Mir Bryan is grad-' ually becoming known as the world authority on that abstruse and compli- cated topic, Democracy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Anniston Hot Blast: In the Boise trial each side is trying to prove its own peo- pie saints and those on the other side devils.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Anything is possible tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Mobile Register It is easier to tell what isNa dempCr raf than | 's 10 iei now those who are democrats are going to get to- gether to elect a President.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-11
DEEDS RECORDED.

The following deeds have recent
" been entered of record by Re-
corder Miller:
William B. Lawton and Allie g..
Lawton to Susan Christ, for lot of
ground in the borough of Mill
vile; consideration $500.
Susan Secules and husband to
Mrs. Hannah Fowler, for lot of
ground in the borough of Millville;
consideration $500.
NJ. +. Vandermark and wife to
Herman c. Yorks, for lot of
ground in the township of Briar
Creek; consideration SIS.
Martin +. and John +. Wander
mark to Martha +. Works, for a
lot of ground in the township of
Briar Creek; consideration S2oo.
John +. Vandermark to Bertha
L. Curtis, for a lot of ground in
Briar Creek township; considera-
ton $50.
Joseph F. McHenry to Hattie
Wesley, for a piece of ground in
the borough of Saltwater; consid-
Grafton $500.
L. d. Roarbach to S. r, Dyer
and Co., for tract of land in
Franklin township containing 1o2
acres; consideration $500.
Duval Dickson and wife to Edgar
f. Miller, for a lot of ground in
Briar Creek township; considera-
ton S225.
Greasy & Wells to Mary c. Faux,
for Is acres of land in Mount Pleas
ant township; consideration $500.
Sue M. Martz and husband tc
c. r. Ridall, tor lot of ground in
Briar Creek township; considera,
ton $40.
State Capital Saving and Loar
Association to Edward Roth, for
house and lot of ground in the
town of Bloomsbury; considera,
ton SI7oo.
Berwick Land and Improvement
Co., to Harry A. Patterson, for
lot of ground in the borough ol
West Berwick; consideration $50.
Hiram Bower and wife to U. S
Lumber and Supply Co., for lot
of ground in the borough of Ber'
wick; consideration $500.
Ralph B. Aul and wife to Harry
c. Stickler, for three pieces of land
in Scott township; consideration
$I6I6.
Charles w. Funston ct al. tC
| Margaret A. Williams, for two
lots of ground in the town o.
Bloomsbury; consideration $1,000
Harry c. Stickler to Columbia
Drying Co., for six tracts of land
in Scott township; consideration
S246S. so.
c. w. Miller to Jennie c. def
enbach, for 60 acres of land il
Catawissa township; considerat atior
| $500.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-11
HE'LL DISCOVERED.

A Washington clergyman has
found out where Mephistopheles
holds his court. This is interesting
news. He says that hell is in the
sun, because it meets all the re-
quiremeuts laid down in the Bible.
We are glad to hear that it is so
far off. For the past week or so
we have been led to suspect that it
was much nearer.
The Rev Zeb Hetzel Copp, as
sistant pastor of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, is
the discoverer. In part, he says
1T is impossible for hell to be
located in the interior of the earth,
where popular belief has fixed it
for so long. | suppose the popular
impression as to its location in the
interior of the earth was created by
the words of the creed. He des-
cended into hell, and the words
describing the fall of Lucifer after
his fight with Michael. But the
earth is not the place to find hell.
Its materials are all combustible.
Were there fire within it it could
not be everlasting, because some
day it would be consumed. There
is nothing to indicate that such
fire exists in the interior"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-11
STILL A BACHELOR.

The following is taken from a
Newark, N. J. paper:
"Rev Roland Stuart Nichols,
rector of St. Johns Episcopal
Church, is still a bachelor, although
he sailed for Europe in April to be
married to Miss Mary Hitchcock,
of Morristown. Mr.. Nichols and
Miss Hitchcock returned on the
same steamer two weeks ago, and
it was generally believed that the
wedding had taken place. Why it
did not is a story. Mr. Nichols ex-
planned this morning that the rea-
son the intended marriage had been
delayed was because of legal COM
plication in Europe
In the Cd country the rules sur
rounding marriage ceremonies are
much more severe than in the
United States, the matter being a
civic rather than an ecclesiastical
affair, he said. The banns are pub
lished not so much in the churches
as in the city or town. These COM
plications had never occurred to
him before he arrived, he added,
but he soon discovered them. In
Switzerland the law required that
both the man and woman be resi-
dents of the place over three months
before the marriage, and in Ger
many the laws were even more ex-
acting, he said.
Mrs. Eleanor Nichols, mother OF
the rector, who made the trip over
with him, is still in Switzerland,
and expects to remain for some
time. She wrote to friends in New
ark asking them to give them a
hearty welcome" This led to the
belief that the two had been mar
ried, inasmuch as all Mr.. Nichols
parishioners understood that he
went over for that purpose. He ar
rived home Sunday, June 70, and
came TO Newark the following
Tuesday. He preached for the first
time last Sunday. AS everybody
had expected to see his bride, they
were disappointed to find him alone.
He has been more or less busy ever
since refusing congratulations and
explaining that he is still unmar'
ried. However, he expects to be-
come benedict before very long"
Mr.. Nichols was the rector of st
Pauls Church, of this town. fol
two years, leaving here in Apri
1906.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-11
DEATH FROM PNEUMONIA.

Morton I. Helm, the promising
six-year-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Helm, of Danville, died on
Sunday morning
About five weeks ago he was
seized with an attack of tonsilitis,
from which he seemingly recovered.
The disease, however. left him in a
very weak condition, which made
him an easy prey to pneumonia,
which developed Saturday and soon
ran its course.
Morton was the only child of Mr..
and Mrs. Helm. He was a very
bright and lovable boy, and the
grief stricken parents have the
sympathy of the community.
His mother is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Gross, of
Bloomsbury. The funeral was
largely attended on Tuesday.