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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
.ELKS ENJOY 4 DAY OF FUN AND MUSIC Have Barbecue at JohnSon's Pond Near Decatur ATTEND THEATRE IN BODY City Council of New Decatur Elects Officers for Ensuing Year-Wil-
 liam T. Lowe Is City
 Attorney.
ATTEND THEATRE IN BODY

Decatur, June 5.-(Special 1.-The mem bers Of the Alabama State Elk's associa- tion enjoyed a barbecue at Johnsons S pond, three miles south of the city today Several kinds of barbecued meats were served as well as fried fish and other edioles. The Cullman brass band accom- panied the Elks to the barbecue and furnished music during the day.
 Tonight the members of the State asso- citation went to Payne's theatre in body and witnessed "The Marriage of Totts,'' by the Ldliputian Home Talent company. All the members of the cast in this play are under 8 years of age. The play was unique and highly enjoyed by the visiting Elks and others.
 Little Miss Constance Beard, as Totts. the bride, and Master George Todd, as the groom, capitivated the audience and evoked round after round of applause. During the evening a number of ragtime selections were sung and greatly en- joyed by the large audience present.
 The fourth annual session of Alabama State Elk's association came to close tonight with music and song.
 Officers Elected.
 At a meeting of the city council of New Decatur, held last night, the follow ing officers were elected:
 Treasurer. Fred A. Bloodworth; att torney, William T. Lowe; sanitary officer E. W McCleskey; police, William V. Da- vidson, J. T. Pendley and George King ton.
 At the regular monthly meeting of the Decatur city council last night city or- dinances were adopted providing for the laying of about nine miles of cement sidewalks in Decatur. The mayor and board of aldermen will meet on June 20 for the purpose of considering bids for this sidewalk work and as soon as the contracts are let the work will com mence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
Officers Elected.
Ask for Increase.

Huntsville, June 5.-(Special)- 1.-The mas ter painters and decorators of Huntsville held a meeting last night and acted fla vorably on the request of the journeymen and painters for an increase of their wages from s2 to s2.5o per day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
Another Gas Well,

York-Alabama oil company is placing drilling outfit mile and a half north west of the city, and will sink another gas we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
CONNIE INCREMENT |S
 CLOSED AT AUBUR N Sixty-Seven Students Are
 Awarded Diplomas
ALUMNI ELECT OFFICERS
New Constitution Provides for Seven teen Vice Presidents of Auburn Society-Governor Conner
 Attends All Exercises.

Auburn. June 5.--(Special. )--The com mencement exercises of the Alabama Polytechnic institute closed with the con- ferring of degrees today and the com mencement hop in the gymnasium to- night:
 SiXty-seven young men and three young ladies were awarded diplomas this morn- ing at the graduating exercises of the Alabama Polytechnic institute. Twenty received the degree of electrical engineer ing; five the degree of chemistry and metal lursy; four the degree of chemistry and agriculture; seven the degree of phar- macy; four the degree of mechanical en- glneering and six the degree of bachelor of science
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
Crops In Black Belt.

Representative Pitts of Perry county, a farmer of the black belt, says that while cotton is in bad way, a crop is by no means hopeless. The plant is up in that section but it is not possible yet to tell if it will come to a good stand. Corn, he says, is failure there with lit tie better things for Johnson grass AL falfa may come along generously as it thives in good weather. Oats, Mir Pitts says, are the saving clause, the section having the finest crop of this grain in many years.
 J. l.. Pollard, superintendent of educa- ton in Russell county, has resigned.
 The pardon board held two sessions this week. No action has been taken yet in the John Williams case.
 State Superintendent of Education liar. ry C. Gunnells is much pleased with the work done this year at Auburn. He has just returned from the meeting of the trustees. Governor Conner will remain until later
 A special meeting of the railroad com mission will be held Monday to hear evil dence in the petition of the people of East Tallassee for a depot.
 Corporations with capital of $l17, 900 were reported today to the secretary of state, there being one in Birmingham with cap ital of sS0.00O and one in Gadsden of $23, GOO.
 The following is the list:
 Farmers Union Warehouse and Storage company, Hartford, Geneva county cap ital s7000 Incorporators, J. c. Cox, E. B. Welch, E. c. Boswell and man others
 Ison-Ralls Hospital and Training school, Gadsden. capital s25.0O0. Incorporators, H. L. Ison, Lula J. Rails and A. w. Rails.
 Improved Realty company, Birmingham, capital $S0000. Incorporators. G. B. Me- Cormack. E. Ramsay, l.. V. Clark and W. P. G. Harding. A realty business is to be done, along with stocks and bonds.
 The Gregory Hotel company, Gadsden. capital 5000. Incorporators, l. W. Greg ory. Mamie J. Gregory and Mary R. Jour dan.
 J. T. Berry has been appointed jus tice of the peace at Berry, Fayette coun- ty in the place of J. w. Boswell de- ceased.
 A J. Pitts of Birmingham and Gordon H. Jones of Lockhart, Covington county, have been appointed notaries public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
Insurance Solicitors

Your living expenses have increased greatly, but the Armstrong law has decreas- ed your income. Our con- tract and proposition enable you to more than double your previous high contract in- come mark. We give you an opportunity to earn more than a bare living. You get paid for the production, large or small. Investigate. The truth will convince you what others are doing you can do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
A Good Typewriter

A good typewriter does good, clean, clear-cut work, runs easily and at the highest speed, is durable, can be depended upon day in and day out year after year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
Post-Graduates.

The following are the graduates:
 Charles Taylor Butler, Madison, M. s.; Casper Carl Certain, Madison, E. E.; Luther Noble Duncan, Lee, M. S.; Nell Alexander Frazer Mobile, M. S.; Cin- clnnatus Decatur killebrew, Dale, M. S.; William Leonard Lett, Lee, M. E.; Will liam Forney Osburn, Lee, M. S.; Noah Parker Renfro, Lee, M. s.; Thomas Byron Richardson. Marshall, E. E.; Clifford An thony Marion Weber, Jefferson, M. 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
Insuring Public

A Southern insurance com pany, officered by Southern men and backed by Southern money, offers you the most attractive protection propo- sition to be found. Policies are liberal and fair, safe, sound and conservative, guaranteeing attractive in- vestment features, and pro- lection for wife and children in case of the death of the insured. None better to be had. Give our agents a hear ing; they will interest you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
Business Meeting.

At a business meeting of the Auburn Alumni society a new constitution and bylaws were adopted. the principal fea- ture of which is provision for the elec- ton of seventeen vice presidents.
 The officers elected were E. B. Joseph of Montgomery, president; R. D. Webb of Auburn, secretary and treasurer, Gre. elected); Dr. H. M. Hummil of Nash vile alumni. orator for 1908
 The following vice presidents were elected John McDuffle of Monroeville, first district; w. r. Fagin, second dis trict; Thomas Bragg of Auburn, third district; R. A. c. Jones of Selma, fourth district; John V. Denson of LaFayette, fifth district; II. o. Sergant of Hamilton, sixth district; John B. Hobdy of Gads- den. seventh district; Judge T. W. West of Decatur, eighth district; W. K. Terry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06

John Davidson Alexander, Marengo; Newton Albert Burgess, Cleburne; Ben jamin O'connor Childs, Georgia Willie Elvie chumley, DeKalb John Baynard. Clarke, Marion; George Washington Cok- CT, Jr., Elmore; Edward Tarleton Collier. Montgomery: Manly Allen Collins, Hae; Elva Leland Cooper, Lee; Charles Van Wormer Cornell, Lee; Frederick Curtis, Escambia Marion Brooks Davis, Geneva; John Cameron Dow, Barbour; Richard Hodges Drake, Lee; Frederick Roy Dun can, Georgia; Dexter Edge, Geor- gia; Arthur Davis Elsberry, Fillmore; James Esdale. Jefferson; Walter Scott Farley, Lee; John Locke Gaston, Wilcox; George Jasper Golden, Georgia; Richard Childs Gowdey, Sumter; William Hardie, Jr., Jefferson; Edwin Alexander Harriss. Georgia: Mary Meriwether Harvey, Bibb; Ambrose Harwell Lee; Charles Robert Hixon, Bullock; Henry Purser Hodges, St. Clair; Charles Nell Hudson, Lee; George Griffin Hughes, Marion; Frank Dansby King, Montgomery; Emma Lena Kirby, DeKalb; William Morris Lacey, Jefferson; Guy Fleming Lpscomb, Maren- go; Norman Burns Mcleod, Clarke; Will liam Gaston Martin, Lee; Roy Palmer Mitchell, Lee; William Ira Moore, Geor- gia; Eugene Gift Morgan, Jefferson; Thomas Gustave Mundy, Greene; Eugene Stewart Pace, Calhoun; George Houston, Palmer, Lee; William Louis Perdue, But Ter; Bernice Eugene Prather, Lee; Cliff ford Bartlett Richardson, Colbert; Charles Solomon Ripley, Georgia; Claude Jona- than Rogers, Jefferson; James Douglas Sample, EtoWah; John Pickens Scar brough, Calhoun; Samuel Robert Shi, Georgia; Lynn Thomas Shook, Jackson; Edwin Hunter Smith, Macon; Melville Sommer, Jefferson; Rienief Joseph Swart, Jr., Louisiana; Fletcher Jackson Thagard, Butler; Ernest Wood Thornton, Talla- dega; James Ernest Threadglll Marengo; Samuel Augusta Threadgil, Marengo; William Stewart Tickhor, Lee; Edgar Brewster Van Keuren, Jefferson; Adie Goggins Walker, Coosa; William Paul Watkins, South Carolina Thomas Van Zandt Watson, Georgia; Henry Brant Whitaker, Georgia Ralph Chester Will liams Russell; Thomas McCotry Wil- liams Lowndes Evans Beauchamp Wood, Pike; Edmund Augustus Wright, Lee; Homer Waller Wright, Lee; James Alto York. Dale
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06

Chief of Police Alex Christian and Henry Burks both lost their horses last night. Chief Christian had his hitchel just in the rear of the city building, and left it there about fifteen minutes, and on returning 1t was gone. MT. Burks' horse was hitched near the fire depart ment while he was in attendance upon a meeting of the Masons, and when he came back to ride home his horse was missing. Neither of them have been able to get any clue as yet to their animals.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
The Art Of Idling.

Cultivate the art Of idling. There Is
no doubt that to be able to idle at will
Is most valuable gift and one which
is becoming rarer every day. The art
Of loafng Is not properly understood
by the majority of people. Much has
been written on the subject. Steven
son dealt with it in an essay; Mr..
Kenneth Grahame touched on 1t in
Pagan Papers," and Mr.. Barry Pain
has some Illuminating remarks on the
subject in his Canadian canoe book.
There is. subtle difference between
the views of these experts. Mr.. Ora
hame advocated absolute idleness.
Mr.. Pain pointed out, with more truth,
that the great art of loafng was to do
the easiest thing and that sometimes it
Is easier to work than to re idle. This
is the secret of the whole matter, The
superficial idler thinks it his duty to
be idle on every occasion. The man
who has studied the subject knows
that this is an entirely erroneous
view. There are times when we feel
that we must be up and doing. If we
sternly repress this inclination our
peace is disturbed. The really scien'
tific idler is the man who can idle at
will.-London Chronicle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
supplement. to the pecaloxue.


Our social organization has devel-
oped to stage where the old right
eousness Is not enough. We need all
annual supplement to the Decalogue.
Tho growth of credit Institutions the
spread Of fduciary relations, the en-
meshing of industry in law, the inter-
lactng of government and business, the
multiplication of boards and inspect
ors, benefcent as they all are, they in
vite to sin. What gateways they open
to greed! What fresh parasites they
let in on us! How idle in our new
situation to intone the old litanies!
The reality Of this close knit life Is not
to be seen and touched; it must be
thought. The sins it opens the door to
are to be discerned by knitting the
brows rather than by opening the eyes.
It takes imagination to see that bogus
medical diploma, lying advertisement
and fake testimonial are death dealing
instruments 1t takes imagination to
see that savings bank wrecker, loan
shark and investment swindler in TAX
ing livelihoods take lives. 1t takes
imagination to see that the business OF
debauching voters, fixing juries, Sc
ducing lawmakers and corrupting pub
lie servants is like saving through the
props Of a crowded grand stand.-E A..
Ross in Atlantic.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
Hunt For 3 Hanrman.

The British army was once In diff
culties through the lack Of hangnan
Murder was committed by soldier in
the Crimea, but nobody could be found
to carry out the sentence Of the court
martial. 1t was announced that EGO
and free discharge would be granted
to the man undertaking the task. At
last man did volunteer. He was q
newcomer to the army. On the night
prior to the date fixed for the execution
they locked up the hangman In sta
BILE to keep him safe. In the morning
the party at the gallows waited, but
there was no hangman. He had gone
mad during the night or else he was
now Stimulating madness. The officer
In command turned to one Of his cap
tains with, Captain, you will have the
goodness to hang the prisoner!" The
captain changed countenance, but he
pulled himself together and appealed
to the sergeants with, (Which Of you
will hang this man?" And to spare his
captain one Of the men volunteered.
He afterward had the satisfaction of
dogging the man who had volunteered
and failed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
The Irish Bull, In Journalism.

OF well known reporter of past
generation. many curiosities of style
are still repeated with zest by Dublin
Journalists. It was this man who ex-
planned, describing a case Of drown
ing off Oakley, The body was washed
ashore by a receding wave" OF flu
gitive from justice he wrote: s'The
burglar was surrounded on all sides by
the police. Escape was Impossible.
Suddenly he made his way down a
cul-desac and disappeared through
side street The most popular story
Of this impressionist writer, however,
relates to Mr.. Gladstone. On the
Grand Old Mans one and only visit to
Dublin he was interviewed by the &c.
centric press man. Mr.. Gladstone, at
the conclusion Of a somewhat amusing
array Of questions, very courteously
expressed his pleasure at meeting the
interviewer. The latter, in high state
OF delight, said with enthusiasm 'The
pleasure Is mutual, Mr.. Gladstone, but
Is all on my London Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
Living In Coral Houses.


The church built Of coral Is one OF
the curiosities of the Isle OF Name,
one of the Seychelles Islands, In the
Indian ocean. The Seychelles islands,
which are supposed by many to be the
site of the Eden of the Old Testament,
form an archipelago Of ia islands and
are situated about !, 400 miles east of
Alden and 1000 miles Of Zanzibar.
They rise steeply out Of the sea, culmi-
mating in the Isle of Maize, which is
about 5000 feet above the level Of the
ocean and is nearly the center Of the
group. All these islands are Of coral
growth. The houses are built Of a
species Of massive coral hewed into
square blocks, which glisten like white
marble and show themselves to the
utmost advantage in the various tinted
green of the thick tropical palms,
whose immense fernlike leaves give
pleasant and much needed shade. These
palms grow as high as 100 feet or more,
overlapping both the houses and the
coral built church. They line the sea-
shore and cover the mountains, form
ing In many places extensive forests.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
SUBSCRlPTION---S5.OO PER ANNUM
CONCERNING REINFORCEMENT.

The Legislative reports indi-
cate that the members of the
present state senate are not in
clined to reapportion the state
at this session, says the Duluth
News Tribune, this does not
seem possible. Certainly it
should not be possible that any
senator would place his own ten
ure of Office above the good of
the state, and would because of
his individual selfish interests
consent to continue for two more
years, at the least, the present
wholly unfair representation.
The present apportionment
into legislative districts was
made ten years ago. The state
then had a population Of 1874,
619, It provided for sixty three
senators and one hundred and
nineteen representatives, or a
senator for each $4,000 of popu-
lation. The basis used in 1889
was 10000, giving fifty-four dis
tricts, and in 1881 it was 1900,
giving forty-seven districts.
1t is not probable that a re-
apportionment at this time would
materially increase the mum Der
of districts, as the basis of re-
presentation would probably be
somewhat increased. The result,
therefore, would be a readiust-
ment to give the northern part
of the state, which has the great
er part Of the growth in popula
ton, it's due share of representa-
ton.
The constitution provides that
after state or national census
"the Legislature shall have the
power to make a reapportion.
ment. This does not make it
obligatory, and it is also provided
that after the apportionment the
next election shall be of both
senators and representatives,
which would curtail the present
senatorial term to two years.
1t is this that is said to make
the present senate hesitate.
The members, if this is true, evil
IDENTITY do not feel sure enough
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
The o1dest sense 30 un

The Oldest idea Of humor is surprise
This the child exhibits (for that which
Is Oldest we shall find in the Youngest
when it hides and. cries ''Boop' both
surprising and frightening its senior be
this senior father, mother, brother, sis.
ter or friend. One may find this primal
sense Of humor distributed through the
modern short story. frequently the
turn in the plot, If not in it's develop,
ment, hinges upon this child humor of
surprise. Even some grownup folk
will pull a chair from under one, thus
showing themselves still children in
sheir sense Of fun. The verbal conceft
found in much Of the verse in the
pages Of modern comic papers is Of
this same class Of humor and furnishes
conclusive evidence that a number Of
men and women are at child's play In
literature. Poems which end contrary
to their foreshad owings are Of this sort.
New York Herald. IS.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
The Way to Work.

If work has to be done the only way
to escape, will paralysis Is to launch
oneself upon the task, realizing that if
it is difficult 1t Is not likely to grow
easier and that some sort Of q begin
ming must be made. "Keep the facul-
ty of effort alive in you by a little.
gratuitous exercise every day. writes
q canny psychologist In his chapter on
"Habit." This gratuitous exercise it Is
that trains the will to rule life and
destiny; it is the one great secret of
success. Postponing of disagreeable
duties means laxness invading the will,
a certain slackening Of all the mental
nature, an invasion Of a paralytic tend.
ency. If the will failed to obey at a.
given moment yesterday it is vastly
less likely to obey today, whereas a
daily habit Of forceful inhibiting Or
commanding makes for that most de-
sirable Of all endowments, ga COM
pletely fashioned will" = Harper's
Weekly. = stf-..S
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
The Rain In the woods.

The lamentable effects of the gener-
al destruction Of forests are now suf-
fciently recognized in all civilized
countries. Such destruction invites
devastating floods in mountain streams
and causes the surrounding land to
dry up. Forests act like vast con-
densing screens. They preserve a
moist atmosphere about them, atten-
uate the force Of torrential downfalls,
promote more gradual melting of the
snow in early spring and protect the
soil against too rapid evaporation.
And yet the manner in which forests
act their beneflcent part is not exactly
such as might be supposed. They pre-
vent large part Of the rain. that falls
from reaching the soil at all. 1t is es-
timated that in European climates the
forests evaporate directly or transpire
physiologically four-ffths Of the rain
that falls upon them. Thus the forest
atmosphere is no less important than
the forest soil in equalizing the eli
matte conditions of a country.-Yo Youths
Companion
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
History Of the Typewriter.

"The history Of the typewriter is in
teresting," said an inventor. 'Ihe first
patented machine was Henry Mills,
It was as big as bureau and made no
popular appeal. This was in England
in TIA. The first type bar, machine
was made in America. Its inventor
was A. II. Beach. The patent was
taken out in 1856. The Beach type
writer was not practical. The first
practical typewriter was invented by
Latham Sholes in 1867. Sholes had for
partners s. w. Soule and Carlos Gid
den, but these two men became dis.
couraged and dropped out. 1t wasn't
till some years later that Sholes got his
machine ready for the market. Then
he took it to big firm Of gunmakers,
the Remingtons, and it at once began
to sell on large scale. Sholes re.
NAMED in the employ of the Reming.
tons up to the time Of his DEATH
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
The boring Of Glass.


Strong glass plates are bored through
by means Of rotating brass tubes Of
the necessary diameter, which are
filed with water during boring. To
the water there Is added finely pull
verified emery. It is said that thinner
glass can be perforated with holes III
an easier manner by pressing a disk
Of wet clay upon the glass and making
q hole through the clay Of the widths
desired, SO that at that. spot the glass
Is laid bare. Then molten lead Is
poured into the hole, and lead and
glass drop down at once. This method
is based upon the quick local heat
Ing of the glass, whereby it obtains a
circular crack, the outline of which cor
responds to the outline OF the hole
made In the clay. The cutting Of glass
tubes, cylinders, etc, In factories is
based upon the same principle
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02

A bill is being prepared by
State Senator Gum for the
establishment of a new normal
school at Cass Lake. It appears
that much better location for the
school could be selected and Be-
midi, so beautifully located,
would be preferable to the
people of Northern Minnesota,
and would be an ideal place for
the new normal if established.
Let us all pull for Bemidji.-Ten
strike Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-02
The First Nails.

The first nails were undoubtedly the
sharp teeth Of various animals. Then
It is believed pointed fragments Of flint
followed. The first manufactured metal
nails were Of bronze. The nail with
which Jael killed Sisera was a wooden
tent pin, probably pointed with iron.
Bronze nails have, been found in the
Swiss lake dwellings, in several places
in France and in the valley of the
Nile. Until the nineteenth century iron
nails were forged, blacksmith being
able to make only two or three dozen
a day. The first cut nails were made
by Jeremiah Wilkinson In Rhode Island
in 1915. The first patented nail ma
chine was by Perkins, 1885, and it's
product of 100000 nails day was con-
sidered so enormous that some per-
sons deemed the result due to super
natural agency.