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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
SPREADING RAIL
CAUSED WRECK
Coroner's Inquest Brings Out Testi-
mony of Engineer of New
York Central.

New York, February 19.-The fact
that a spreading rail caused the wreck
of the White Plains express on the
New York Centarl railroad last Satur-
day, in which twenty-one persons were
killed, was developed at a coroner's in
quest today. The New York Central's
engineer of maintenance of way. H. s..
Ballet, testified that he found that the
end of one of the rails on the outside
of the curve at the point Of derailment
had been sprung sidewise distance Of
five inches. The other end of the rail
was held in place, but where the rail
spread the spikes holding the outside
of the rail to the ties had been sliced
of as by planer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20

order for the reason that its charter
forbids interchangeable passenger rates
by the commission. 1t is not believed
there will be any protest against the
order. The Illinois Central, Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley and the Mobile and
Ohio have already assured the commits
sion their graceful submission to the rule
and the others will doubtless fall in line
without an appeal to the courts.
This Is one of the most radical i'm
portant orders ever issued by the Mis-
issippi commission and its acceptance
by the several roads interested is very
gratifying to that department of the state
government.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
FUNERAL AT WARRIOR.
Hundreds Pay Last Tribute to Men,
DRY of The Rev. r. A.. Hewitt.

About fifty people returned yesterday
from Warrior where they went to attend
1.-The funeral of the Rev. Francis Asbury
Hewitt, the aged and beloved Methodist
minister, who died in this city on last
monday morning.
| 1t was one of the largest attended funer-
sal services ever held in the state, as
lMethodists poured into Warrior from all
points. The delegation from Birmingham
returned with a stronger impression Of
his wonderful work. and the high esteem
On which the deceased was held.
The remains were taken from the train
to the First Methodist church, where inn
oppressive services were held. The build
ing could not hold half of the attendants.
iAfter the services the remains were taken
Din charg by the Masons, and at the grave.
masonic ritualistic forms were gone
through with in honor of the departed
sbrother. The Rev. Hewitt was an active
Hodge member as well as a church
iworker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
81 BODIES SO FAR IN
MINE DISASTER
First Reports of Explosion Not Ex-
Observation-Disclosures
Japanese.

Laredo, Tex, February 19-WoNl
from Las Esperanzas, Mexico, where
disastrous mine explosion occurred
yesterday, states that first reports
were by no means exaggerated and
that the list of the dead will number
between sixty and eighty men.
Las Esperanzas, Mexico, February
19.-Up to O'Clock this evening fifty
four dead bodies had been recovered
from Mine No. of the Mexican Coal
and Coke company. Eleven injured
are in the hospital and two of the num-
Der are fatally hurt. OF the fifty-fo
dead bodies already recovered thirty
are Japanese.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
PUBLISHERS MEET.
Number of Subjects Laid Out for Dis
cussion.

New York, February 19.-The twenty
first annual meeting of the American
Newspaper Publishers association was
Ebegun here today. On account of the
illness of S. S. Rogers Of the Chicago
News, president of the association, II.
f. Gunnison of the Brooklyn Eagle pre-
sided. Nearly 150 members were pres
ient. Some of the subjects laid out for
discussion are the following:
"Can a newspaper main tain its in
dependence and accept public printing
at the hands of a party boss?"
SHOULD newspaper refuse the adj
,yertising of political opponents?"
"Wnat can be done to remedy the
present situation Of newspapers sup
.plying automobile manufacturers with
practically all of their publicity, and
receiving but little of their advertis
5ng?"
"Why are the railroads that are paid
a bonus to run special trains not penal
tied by tht postoffice department when
they fail to do SOP"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
ANTI-BUCKETSHOP
LAW IS PUT TO TEST
Anderson In Atlanta Is Fined $1,000.
Appeal Taken to Supreme
Court.

Atlanta. February 19.-The first test in
THE superior court of the Boykin anti
bucket shop law resulted today in a con-
viction. The defendant. C. n. Anderson,
was found guilty by the jury after fifteen
minutes deliberation of violation of
1aw passed by the last legislature, and
also of keeping a gaming house. Judge
lRoan imposed a fine of $1,000. The attor-
,neys for the defense announced that an
appeal will be taken to the supreme court
of the state, and pending the decision of
the higher court the cases against other
defendants will be postponed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20

Honolulu, February 19.-At a meeting
of Japanese held last night, the following
cablegram was ordered sent to President
Roosevelt:
''The Hawaiian japanese respectfully
protest in the name of humanity and CIV
ilization, and also in the name of liberty.
against the prohibition of their emigration
to the United States In enslaves us per-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
MURDERER CAUGHT
BY SHER|FF'S DOGS
Animals Do Some Fine Work at
Vanderbilt Furnaces
NEGRO BRAGS Of HIS DEED
He Expressed the Hope That If His
Victim Was Not Dead He
Soon Would
NEGRO BRAGS of HIS DEED

rhe great value of Sheriff Higdon's dogs
was clearly proven last night when by
their fine work a negro murderer was cap
tured within a few hours after his deed.
( Sam Vandiver, after brutally killing
Raymond Howard, held up the whole
lcamp at Vanderbilt furnace for more than
an hour and then hid himself away where
no one but the dogs were able to find
him.
The killing occurred at about o'clock,
land shortly afterward a message was re-
lceived at the sherih"s office that the
whole camp was aroused and the negro
was abroad with shot gun, looking for
! trouble. Deputies George Courson and
Curl hurried to the scene after notifying
Sheriff Higdon and ordering the blood
hounds from Bessemer.
Great Hole In Side.
The officers found the body of Howard
lying in the front of the house where he
boarded with great hole in his side The
assaiiant had cut the gun shell in half,
and this fired from a smooth-bored gun
amounted almost to the destruction of a
cannon. Raymond made a dying state
1nent that he had done nothing nor said
anything, and this was borne out by
}the evidence of witnesses.
! Deputy Young hurried from the kennels
with the dogs and was Joined by Chief
Deputy Brown in Birmingham. They ar
rived on the scene at II 80. In the mean
while the whole quarters had been
searched for two hours, without unearth-
ing the negro.
Old Shirt Gives Scent.
With an old shirt, the property of the
alleged murderer, the dogs were given the
scent, and they started quickly on the
trail. Leading only about two blocks from
the scene of the killing, they entered a
cottage and found Vandiver sleeping on
a bed with his gun beside him.
When awakened the negro swore vio-
1ently, showed the effects of drink and adj
mitted the deed, saying that IL Howard
was not dead he hoped he would die be-
fore morning. He was FASTENED to the
county Jail and locked up. The negro is
said to be one of the wost in the county.
The significance of this capture is that
It is the first since the new sheriff took
office in which the dogs have figured.
The animals displayed their thorough
training under Captain Young, and their
used, the murderer would probably have
escaped. The sheriff's officers were over
joyed at the celebrity of the capture, and
consider themsevs In position to catch the
most hardened criminals.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
Mrs. WInsIow's SOOTHING svruD

The best remedy for DlARkHOt.A. Sold
by druggists in every part OF the world.
Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup and take no other kind.
Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHS the
CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS ALLAYS
ali Pain, CURES WIND collie, and Is
cents a bottle
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
Couldn't Call II a Frost.

From the London Opinion.
Elder-Tm thinking yer sermon was not
much of success this cold day-especial-
~ the PART o. future punishment
Mnister-Hoo was tibet?
Elder--Weel. We see. every time ye men,
toned 'everlansting fire." the congrega-
ton Looked axtra cheerful
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
Forest Fires in Mississippi.

New Orleans, February ia Plea
yune special from Hattiesburg, Miss,
says forest fires are burning over
wide territory. Settlers in remote
places have had Desperate fights to
save their homes and buildings. Prop
erty loss is considerable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
A Good Turn.

From the Houston Post.
odd Bach Is a terrible crouch, isn't
g.
The worst ever"
II don't believe he ever did any one a
good turn in his life
Yes, he did, once"
"Who?"
1.-THE girl he didn't marry"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
IA WAIIAN JAPANESE WIRE
PROTEST TO PRESIDENT

manently to Hawaiian capitalists
The meeting also cabled to the Japanese
foreign office as follows:
1.-The Hawaiian Japanese are unanimous
in firm opposition to the action of the
American Congress In prohibiting them
from emigrating to America. which Is
Incompatible with the empires dignity
and ruinous to Japanese interests In Ha-
wall Energetic opposition is requested"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20

Auction Sale by w. T. Par
ker. $4,000 sock of Watches,
Diamonds, Jewelry, Etc. Sale
daily 10 a. m. and 2:30 p. m.
II. SCHWABACHER,
900 N. 21st.
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and there are great piles of wood ashes
just in the way.
Now these ashes are worth from Sc to
$12 per ton yet see them going to waste.
even being hauled out and thrown into
gullies in the public highways, the same
as farmers fifty years ago disposed or
their surplus cotton seed. Now II these
wood ashes were saved and mixed with
equal parts of fine lime and from one TO
four tons used per acre on soils intend
ed for any of these truck crops, this
would not only improve the texture and
physical condition of the soil, but would
greatly increase the profits of the crops.
This would in a measure, supply the pot
ash and phosphoric acid needed.
Nitrogen is an important factor in to-
mato growing, and our southern farmers
can get the nitrogen necessary in an or
ganic form by the use OF cottonseed meal
or by growing some of the nitrogen gath
ering plants as COW peas or clover on
their lands.
Some experiments have shown that to-
mato plants have been greatly benefited
by putting a teaspoonful of nitrate of
soda around each plant as soon after the
plants are set, and they attain vigorous
growth.
Where the fertilizers are well balanced
and the soil fortified with the plant
foods most needed by the plants this
greatly Increases the yield of fine early
tomatoes, as we'll as prolonging the bear
ing season. Different soils may need diff
ferent treatment and different plant
foods
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Nuican.

Sig. Moretti. the sculptor. gave me :.
II eepass, st. Louis to Birmingham, fs
painting Vulcan at the worlds fair.
Iouis.-Ht 81. e1
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
Setting the Plants.

! After we have the plants grown and the
soil Thoroughly prepared, next comes the
! setting OF the plants. Mark off the rows
! from three to six feet wide, according to
! the soil and the variety OF tomatoes
, used. Three feet will be wide enough for
| the dwarf sorts, while the large branch
| ing sorts will need five or six-foot rows.
! Furrow out deep burrows, the same as
| for asparagus take the plants up from
! the cold frame with plant troWel or
! spade being careful 10 take up as much
! dirt with them as possible, move them
! carefully to the field, where they should
! be set in the bottom of the fresh opened
I burrows from three to five feet apart.
! Where the plants are grown on cold
frames and root pruned as directed above
they will form a great mass OF roots
around the stem. and by making the SOIL
wet through to the bottom OF the roots
/ good lot of rich dirt can be taken up,
sticking to the roots, which adds much
J in starting the plants to growth In the
! open field, for where plants are managed
! this way they hardly feel the change
| from the bed to the field All the art
! carried on the roots from the bed should
be covered over with the field soil, where
! the plants are large with long stems
! they should be laid down in the trenches
/ so that only few inches of the top Is
| left above ground AS the plants grow
/ the dirt can be worked In around thenf
so that when laid by the plants will be
/ little above the level The work of Gull
i tivation may all be performed by horse
J cuitivators Again / wish to call the at
tenton of the reader to the importance
of having good strong, healthy plants
TO begin with for this largely determines
the yield and profits of the crop. 1t GER
, tainly does seem strange TO me to hear
: growers say that they cannot get to-
mato plants to grow for them. The whole
! matter depends upon a knowledge of
how to do these things, well as will
ingness to do them and to do them at the
right time and in the right manner. So
far as to the expense of cultivating a
crop of tomatoes; after the plants are set
I can cultivate a crop of tomatoes as
cheaply as | can crop of corn.
Tying Up and Pruning.
/ Some growers put great of stress
upon pruning and tieing up the plants to
stakes In my experience in growing
tomatoes, | find no advantage in either
want an upright tomato i plant some of
the tree or dwarf sorts. The large vining
! sorts | let grow at will and they take
root at every joint that touches the
ground and this not only increases the
/. yield but causes the plants to continue III
, bearing all the season.
Tomato Growers Association.
Tomatoes for shipment should be grown
| by well organized effort where each
member OF the association should plant
| only a few acres, just what the help he
| has at hand can care for, and in this
way car lots can be grown. the cars
loaded and the fruit be on its way to
| ,ra rkat In a feur hours after being picked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
Tomato Growers Association.

Tomatoes for shipment should be grown
by well organized effort, where each
member OF the association should plant
only a few acres, just what the help he
has at hand can care for, and in this
way car lots can be grown. the cars
loaded and the fruit be on its way to
market in a few hours after being picked.
The tomato crop in this respect is like
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
Wood Ashes and Lime.

Many soils would be greatly benefited
by applications OF wood ashes and pure
finely ground rock lime mixed. All
through the southern states, where are
many sawmills. wood Is used for fuel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20

the cantaloupe crop, as well ORGANIZED
tomato growers association, where DR.
lots of fancy crops are grown, will con
mand the attention of buyers of the larJe
markets who will not only buy the Grip
at the station, but will also furnish Gratis
or baskets, look after cars. freight rats.
icing and in fact look after all the d.
tails of gathering, picking and shippin,.
Large buyers will not pay attention, ~
a rule. to sections where only a few
crates of tomatoes are grown, for it costs
them as much to visit a section to 1opk
after one car as it does to look after
one hundred cars.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

for st. Patrick's day and often to the
United States under the name Of the
shamrock.
1t may. perhaps. lay claim to being
called the true historic shamrock, Al
though that honor might also be
claimed for several other plants.
But it Ia not true that it will not
grow elsewhere. 1t will grow wher-
ever it il properly cultivated and does
grow freely in other countries.
Beyond that the white clover, tri-
folium repens. is widely understood to
be the common shamrock, and Is
plucked and worn under that name In
Ireland and elsewhere. It grows no.
where more freely and abundantly
than IN the United States, and there
il nothing Enthusiastically Irish
about it
The black medic (medicago lupu.
lina) ID also known - the shamrock.
So II The wood sorrel (oxalfs acetosel.
Id. There h much historical evidence
In favor Of the claim that this last
plant Il the shamrock sung BY the
poets. It il beautifully trifoliate and
It grows in Wild places.
1t may wen be the plant referred to
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

by the ho~rticulturist above mentioned,
because It would be diMcult to make
1t thrive in any sort Of c~ultivatioo
which did not approximate closely tc
the conditions under which it Grows
naturally.
However. these natural conditions
are not found in Ireland alone. This
oxalis grows in England ~ well and
10 there locally known n the sham
rock. 1t hourishes in the United
States. carpeting the ground for
square miles together.
The true shamrock" to IN Irishman
Is the plant which II known BY that
name around the spot Of his or his
fathers birth. But the botanist has
- much trouble in identifying It n
he has in identifying the "maynover"
Of New England, . name which - ID.
piled In different localities to the
trailing arbutus, to the saxifllgo to
the hepatica and to two or TIRES Other
plants. In spite. Of tho fact that tt
trailing arbutus II the naynoWer of
New England literature tho word -
much more COMMONLY and ~popularly
applied to the saxifrage than It u 70
the arbutus.-Chica&o Chronicla.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10

not They select towns, Of special
lines where they 20 not have to meet
the competltion that b e9ered BY 10
cal advertising. and they make adver-
Using pay.
We want tie people to trade 1t
home: Ne want them to build Up tie
home community: We want to $50 the
dollars kept In circulation here hat
. and al OF the local people nay
prosper. We do not woH.. 70 - tAo
fortunes Of the city 6Ail-osder man
built 1t the expense q the local com
munity. but We know absolutely tho
value Of publicity, and We know the
mailorder houses win capture the dol.
lars II the local merchants VIII not
night IRE with hre; win not show The
public what they can buy and at what
price.
Lot NJ 30 hack to this northern
Wisconsin town and zee what oppor-
tunities the merchants there were sac
ri1einG. It. was . mill town, and In
NO way an agricultural community.
There were not 20 farms within . RI
dius Of ~ many miles. The industry
was lumber. and the money to run tho
mills came from the city. The nearly
1000 employees were paid in city
money. and with . little effort on the
part Of the merchants In that town
this money might have been kept In
the town. It might have been made
to build . permanent prosperity. But
no, the merchants left q wide field for
the mailorder houses which they i'm
proved. and the money that might
have built q town that would have
stood after the lumber interests IRE
gone and the mills are closed has been
allowed to return to the city from
which It came. and now every lofty
pine that falls but drives another nail
in the CONN Of the town. and all BE-
cause the merchants did not believe It
would pay to advertise.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
WHAT IS A REAL SHAMROCK?
impossible to Say Which Tresoil
Jresand,s True Emblem.

A newspaper the other day reported
q prominent florist and horticultur-
list" rs saying: There seems to be
some strange fatality about the sham
rock. 1t is essentially the lOwe. Of
ireland. Nowhere else except in that
little Isle will the plant thrive and
when transplanted it's death is only .
question of brief time. Irish 1t Is and
nothing can change It"
This statement is romantic, but
hardly scientific. In the lirst place. NO
one knows surely what plant 10 meant
when the shamrock Is mentioned. 1t
II impossible to know what plant this
hortfculturist meant. In one part Of
Ireland one plant II called the sham
rock. In another part another plant and
elsewhere in the island still another.
The name is perhaps most widely
given to one Of the hop clovers botan-
icaily named trifolium minus This -
the p3ant which 10 commonly exported
from Ireland. especially to London.
The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
ROAD TO SUCCESS
PUBLICITY @ the MAilaoR0eR
MANS GREAT WEAPON.
MERCHANTS MUST ADVERTISE
"eiaht Fire with Fise" and tto oei.
Iass Now ooiog citysard viii
0eay IN the Hemo cemnunity.

The merchant who would wage sue
ceosfal warfare against mailorder
competitioo should study mailorder
methods. The same tactics that takes
the dollar out Of the community Win
keep 1t 1t home.
And what are mailorder methods?
The keynote Of It IN may BE- found
In the one word-publicity. The mall
order house advertises. It does not
advertise better goods 1t less money
than the home merchant gives, but It
advertises persistently. It puts its
proposition before the public constant
~. It recognizes no dull season in its
campaign Tor. publicity. It never lets
up.
At . gathering In Iowa some time
ago . mail-order man explained some
Of the system followed in the cam
paign Of publicity. According to this
explanation the mail0rder house seeks
the line Of least resistance in its
search for business. Whenever they
S can f1nd . town In which the mer-
chants are not active advertisers they
flood that community with their liter
allure. When they find q town in
which the furniture dealer, for exam
pie. is afraid to . printers ink they
pay particular attention to the subject
Of furniture. They are searching for
the weakest link in the chain of home
defenses.
Sometime of this Is e~xplainad hy
the conditions the writer saw in .
mill town in northern Wisconsin. The
local paper carried practically no local
advertising when the size Of the town
was considered. and the stores Of the
town were but small affairs. In tank
ing to one Of the merchants he COM
plained that more than $4,000 was