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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
WOMAN DIES FROM OVERDOSE OF DRUG. She and a Man Had Been
 Drinking Beer
MAN IS STILL IN DANGER
Woman Is Taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, Where She Lives Only Few Hours-Her Com
 panlon May Recover.

Annie Bunker, white chambernaid In the Germania hotel, on the corner of Third alley and Twentieth street, died at St. Vincents hospital last night about midnight, evidently from an overdose of some powerful drug. The woman was takep ill yesterday afternoon about , o'clock, and an examination did not re- veal the nature of the drug taken.
 The story of the housekeeper at tho hotel is that the chambermad had re. eelved man in her room early in he evening, and that the man had sent down to a saloon below the hotel to get some beer. A pitcher of beer was bought, and the Bunker woman and the man dran9 the greater portion of 1t.
 The housekeeper states that she eil- l tered the room where the two were drink ing and that both were acting queerly when she first saw them She states that they were apparently half intoxicated, and that they asked her to have some of the beer. A portion of the beer wds poured out and the hotelkeeper says she was unable to drink more than two or three swallows of it on account of tho bitterness She states that she felt queer ly for several hours after she drank |.
 The man who drank the lntoxcant with the woman had to have medical attention last night, and his condition was report- ed very serious The doctors worked m him for some time, and hope is enter- 1 taned for his life. ~
 It is supposed that either the man or the woman put morphine or some other drug in the beer and then both drank t. 1 The Bunker woman has been working at the Germania hotel for about six weeks, and is supposed to have been married, 1 but had separated from her husband. | Nothing is known of the man, as no reg ister IS kept at the hotel
 When a doctor was summoned yester- day evening he saw immediately that the woman's condition was dangerous. and she was sent 10 St. Vncent's fin Shaw Ss, 1 Sons ambulance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
RETAIL HARDWARE
 MEN ORGANIZE
MEETING IS HELD AT FLORENCE HOTEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF FORMING AN ASSOCIATION FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT.

For the purpose of organizing an asso- citation a meeting of the retail hardware men throughout the state of Alabama was held yesterday morning at the Flor ence hotel. The meeting was worked up by the National Hardware association, which was formed about twelve years ago. The national association has taken up the work of organizing associations in each of the southern states, Tennessee having been organized Monday, Alabama yesterday and the work of organizing the Mississippi dealers will be done today.
 Hardware men from every part of the state were in attendance. B. F. Luttrell of the Florala Hardware company, of Florala, was elected temporary chairman, and l.. B. Smith of Ensley, as temporary secretary
 It was decided to name the association the Alabama Hardware Dealers associa- ton, and in the constitution and bylaws adopted the object of tho association was set forth as follows;
 The purpose of the association, as set forth in a call in the Memphis Journal of Commerce, at the request of Secretary Corey, of the National Retail Hardware Dealers association, are to form an or ganization that will be to the mutual ben eft of all the retail hardware men in the state. It Is understood that among the questions to be considered are the present collection laws, which are said to favor the non-paying customer, the im- positions of trusts and combines: the pres ent freight laws; the inroads made on the hardware and implement business by mail order houses the selling of customers d. rect by jobbers, and other live measures that affect retail hardware trade condi- tions.
 Those in attendance were: J. R. Gamble, of Gamble Hardware company, Wetump- ka; J. F. Johnson. of T. K. Brantley & Sons, Troy; c. A. Simpson, of c. A. Smp- son & Co, Troy; James w. Baker, Albert vile Hardware company, Albertville; II 1 O. Bowling, of G. D. Bowling Hardware company, Ozark; NJ. Bowling, of Byrd & Bowling, Ozark; ]. F. Cureton, Dothan Hardware company. Dothan; William Ross, of Ross Hardware and Implement company, Albertville; l.. G. Smith, of Smith Hardware company, Ensley: Rane McMillan, of DeLoach -McMillan Hard ware company Demopols; J. B. Morton, of Morton Hardware company, Bessemer; F. E. Butcher, of Bynum Butcher Hard ware company, Ensley; C. B. Alverson, Pell City Hardware company, Pell City; l.. B. Braswell, Braswell Hardware com pany, Demopois; Frank M Megs of Thomaston: Judge W. l.. Pratt, of Cen treville Hardware company. Centreville; J. w. Beasley, S Spiro, Birmingham; E.. 1 r. Luttrell. of Florala Hardware compa- ny, Florala; NJ. S. Carey secretary Ma tional Hardware association, Argos. Ind. ; William s. Hembley, of Memphis Journal of Commerce, Memphis, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
IMPORTANT WORK
 FOR CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN GREENER AT LAST MEETING ON PROHIBITION WILL COME UP.

Several matters of importance are exs pected to come up before the city coun- ell tonight The committees called yes- terday for meetings in the mayors office this afternoon were the finance, judi ciary, streets. miscellaneous, railways. markets and excise.
 The excise committee has before It the resolution introduced by Alderman Green- CT at the last meeting providing that no spirituous, vinous or malt liquors shall be sold in Birmingham after Jan. l. 1908. The report of the committee on this reso- luton is looked forward to with interest.
 The markets committee has a resolu- ton before 1t, introduced by Alderman Estes, providing that any person owning a COW and who sells milk to more than one person shall be put under the regular dairy regulations.
 Several of the other committees have matters of interest to report on. Acting Mayor B. II. Cooper will preside at this meeting of the council.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
PLUMBERS KICK ON
 NON-SYPHON TRAP
THEY CLAIM THAT TT IS TOO CHEAP AND THAT THE CITI- ZENS OF BIRMINGHAM SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED UPON.

At meeting of the police and san itation committee, held in the mayors office yesterday morning, the proposi- ton of a law permitting the use of the non-syphon trap was brought up and before the committee adjourned the discussion of the new law waxed warm.
 For some time City Plumbing In- spector Eckerle has been making a re- vision of the laws governing plumbing in the city of Birmingham, and accord ing to his figures the use of the non- syphon trap would mean reduction of S5 per cent in the expense of plumbing to the people of Birmingham. He be- lieves that thousands of dollars would be saved annually by the introduction of the revised law
 The law, according to MT Eckerle's statement does not force the residents to use the non-syphon trap, but merely gives them permission to do so should hey choose and on account of the re- ducd expense he believes 1t a good thing. The law has been carefully drawn up, having been modelled after the best laws of some of the great cities of the United States.
 When the police and sanitation com mittee was called yesterday, there were present, Acting Mayor B. H. Cooper and Aldermen Estes, Eggleston and Klotz Besides the regular committee there were present about thirty five tourneymen plumbers, who stated that they were present in the intrest of the nroperty owners, and did not propose to have them fooled by cheap plumbing. A number of the men present spoke against the non-syphon trap.
 It Is not probable that the committee will act upon the matter at once, Nut will turn the ordinance over to City Attorney Ed Smith for his approval It is believed, however, that the commit tee will eventually adopt the sugges- tions made by Inspector Eckerle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
WANTS SQUARE DEAL.
Leader of Strikers Says They Are
 Bound to Win.

Duluth, August 6.-Teofl Petriella. leader of the Western Federation of Miners, arrived in Duluth this even ing. He said:
 We haven't been getting a square deal on the Mesaba range, and we propose to win this strike if it takes two years We are bound 10 win in the end.'
 Today at Eveleth two Federation strikers were fined s100 for intimidat- ing miners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
COST $87 4 MONTH ID SUPPORT FAMILY Policemen Will Ask for Increase
 in Salary GIVE LIST 0F EXPENSES Men Are Now Paid From $65 to $75 Month, and the Claim Is Made
 That They Cannot Live
 On This.
GIVE LIST 0F EXPENSES

A special committee of officers selected from the Birmingham police force by the members of the force at large will present a petition to the city council tonight through the proper committee of the coun- ell, asking for an increase in the salaries of the policemen employed by the city The committee of officers has compiled the cost of living to policemen, and they believe they have made conservative es- innate of the expense of living in Bir- mingham.
 A committee consisting of Officers Joe Nix, Pete Newman, A. D. Brown, A. L. Dixon, Tom Williams and J. E. Burke has been working on the matter for a. week or more, and they believe that a conservative average of items of expense of 1ivine ia ahout as follows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Head-End Collision.

Uniontown, Pa. August 6.-Running twenty miles an hour, Baltimore and Ohio passenger train crashed head on into freight train at Lemont, five miles north of this place. tonight, wrecking both engines, spintering number of freight cars and smashing baggage car and one day coach. Seven persons were injured, but none fatally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Reports on Work of Dentists.

Dr. c. A. Merrill has returned from Minneapolis, where he has been attend ing the National Association of Den tai Faculties and the National Dental association in the intreests of the Bir- mingham Dental college. The most im- portant action taken by the faculties association was increasing the educa- tional requirements for entrance in the study of dentistry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Remains Disinterred.

The remains of Thomas c. Culver house and those of his two infant sons, Jerome c. and George W. Culver house, were disinterred yesterday from the Helena cemetery. where Mir. Culver house was buried about two weeks ago. The remains will be reinterred in the Elmwood cemetery this afternoon at 1 n,olnck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Fierce Wind Storm.

St. Paul August GA telephone message from Winona, Minn., says that a terrific wind and rain storm which broke over that city about 0 clock did damage which Is estimated at s100000. The city Is In darkness tonight and street cars have been stopped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Crane Acts as Judge.

Judge H. B. Abernathy was absent from
 the bench in the second division of the inferior court yesterday. being in Mont gomery in the interest of the court. In his absence Attorney Hugh c. Crane is acting fudge of the second division court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
THE WEATHER.

Washington, August 6-Following is the forecast for Alabama: Fair Wednesday and Thursday. except thunder showers in extreme southern portions; light south west winds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Ten-Round Draw.

Peoria, H.. August 6.-Indian Joe Gregg and Willie Fitzgerald fought tonight to draw at the end of a ten round fight before the Peoria Athletic club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Pictures at East Lake.

The moving picture show which is being conducted under the auspices of the navy recruiting station will be given at East Lake park tonight and tomorrow night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Marriage licenses were issued from the office of the probate court yesterday to the following:
 J. F. Carter, Columbia, La. and Mss Maggie Belle Mayo.
 J. W. Pearson, Bessemer, and Miss Mag gle May Laner.
 Bert Brown, Birmingham. and Miss Dixie Waggoner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

When you ask your dealer for an ad- vertised article and he tries to sell you a substitute. which he claims is just as good. it's because he makes a larger profit on the substitute. Insist on getting what you ask for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
CUMBERLAND FIGHT
 GOING INTO COURTS
Independents Are Denied Use of
 Church EdifCe
LAWYERS ADDRESS LETTER
Rival Claims Are Made as to Member ship In Two organzatlons-Both Have Expected Litigation
 to Come.

The First Cumberland Presbyterian church situation was removed from Is position in "statu quo. yesterday after noon when attorneys representing the First Cumberland Presbyterian, [. S. A, congregation. advised w M. Franklin, clerk of the First Cumberland Presby- terian organization, that the services Of the last named body could no longer be held in the ediflce at the corner of Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street It is stated on good authority that this order will be put into effect on Thursday night when the members of the Cumberland Presby- terian church will find the doors of the building closed against their entrance This Is the night on which they hold their mid-week prayer service.
 This advice was conveyed to MT. Frank lin in the following letter:
 MT. W. M. Franklin, Birmingham
 Dear Sir-Your letter, signed by you as Clerk, and without date, in refer ence to proposed services in the church property, corner of Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street, city of Birmingham which you delivered to Mir. w. M. Cosby has been considered by the session Of said church. and as attorney for said session, and the trustees, who have long held. and now have possession, control and man agement of said property, we are in- structed to say that the request con- tained In said letter cannot be granted, and, furthermore, that you, MT. J. D. Lewis and associates should provide an- other place for such services as you and they may wish to conduct, since the said session and trustees will not permit the use of said church property by any other ? oal or supposed independent body. The Rev. l. D. Steele. the pastor of said church, residing in the church manse. is prepared to hold all the services the said session and trustees think desirable to be held in said church. Yours very truly,
 JOE c. HAIL,
 "S D. WEAKLEY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
St. Clair County Bonds.

Otto Marx x Co. have bought St. Clair countys sS5Oo0 issue of 5 per cent road bonds. A premium of a frac- tion over 2 per cent was paid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

 for Them

but will recommend them as the best articles of their kind in do- mestic use. They are the leading havors in America and should be on the shelf of every grocery. Enquire for them and do not take substitutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Merger Is Cause of Difference.

The merger of the Cumberland Presby- terian church with the Presbyterian Church, L. s. A., is the cause of the diff ference in the church here, placing It Tn the unique position of having two pastors, two congregations, two Sunday schools and two doctrines; part of the member ship accepting the change and part of It holding to the old. The Rev. l. D. Steele pastor, accepted the change and has been conducting the regular services according to Its rulings. That part of the congre- gation refusing to accept the change with drew from these services, called the Rev. J. D. Lewis, and have been holding serv- ices on Sunday afternoons and Thursday nights.
 The above letter was occasioned by w. M Franklin, clerk of the First Cumber- land Presbyterian body, advising the u. S. A. branch that his church would be- gin a series of meetings next Sunday; that the meetings would be held at night, but would be arranged so as not to con flict with any of the regular services or the U s. A. branch. This advice MT. Franklin, Mir. Harris and other members of their organization state, was not In the shape of request, as referred to in the attorneys letter, but was simply 8 matter of informa ton to the other church, as they claim the edifice is really the property of their organization. Just what steps will be taken by them was not giv- en out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Cosby Is Non-commIttaI.

w. M. Cosby, one of the trustees of the U. s. A. branch. when asked In regard to the situation, stated that so far as he knew the matter was in status quo, and there was nothing to be given out.
 The U. s. A. branch claims to have about 450 members on their roll. and that the other branch has 40 or 50. The other side claims to have over 100 on their roll and say that the T. s. A. couldn't mus ter over 300, if that many. They also state that a very large per cent of the members of the '. S. A. branch haven thought much about the question and would just as soon be with one party as the other.
 The U. S. A. branch calls Itself the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. U. s. A." The other branch also claims that 1t has no right to use the word "Cumberland" in the name of It's organ ization, and style Itself "The First Cum berland Presbyterian Church.
 The matter will undoubtedly be taken into the courts for a settlement The writing of the above letter by lawyers gives credit to the belief that the U. s. A. branch has expected litigation. and 1t is believed the other body has contem- plated the same thing.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03

FOR SALE Thoroughbred Berkshire
pigs. For sale Cheap. Apply to
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03
Reflections of a Bachelor.

Women write short letters, so
there will be room in the postscript
for the news.
There would be a lot of fun stay
ing home with your family, every
night, if it made a. scandal.
A very successful way not to have
a girl want to marry you is to have
her parents want her TO.
When "A man wants to take a nap
on the sofa after dinner all alone.
instead Of sitting jammed up in a
corner of it with a woman, it's ii
sign they are married New York
Press.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03
A slx.Yearlold Preacher.

Charles Wesley Shingler, of Lewis
town, Pa, the six-year-old son of a
poor farmer, who has not been in
school day in his life and can neither
read nor write, has suddenly bios
somed out into real preacher. Some
time ago the boy accompanied his
grandfather on railroad trip. On
entering the depot at Lewistown juno
ton some travelling men spoke joking
ly Of the old man. At once the boy
mounted bench and delivered a ser
mon on the Crucifixion of Christ, m
which he gave advice to the travelling
men against making light of their ell
ders. One who heard the sermon took
the boys name and address, and as
sured him that he had an education
that would fit him to preach before Z
bigger audience.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03

The men at the head of the en-
terprise which is to bring out the
new morning daily paper IN Jack
son, and which has been chartered
as the Mississippi Publishing Co.,
reports satisfactory progress with
the preliminaries, a good portion of
the $4,000 capital stock being al
ready subscribed, with fair pros
pect of all being taken up ere the
time at which it is intended to issue
the first numberef volume /, which
" i'll be on or ABOUT Jan. 1, 1908.
The application form contains the
proviso that it is agreed by the
Mississippi Publishing Company,
that in additionto the intention of
the promoters to issue a daily paper
James X. vardaman will be under
contract as editor-in-chief for four
y airs.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03
SOLDIERS HARD LUCK.
Returns From War to Find Wife and
Child Gone.

New York Oct. ALFRED Field
Rhoades soldier, arrived in this city
last Saturday. After being seriously
wounded by bolo man in the Philip
pines and then serving FIVE years of a
50-year sentence for killing Filipino,
Rhoades was pardoned from Alcatraz
prison by President Roosevelt last Au-
gust, walked most of the way from
San Francisco to Brooklyn, only to
find that his wife had married another
and moved to some distant part of the
country taking their 10-year-old boy
with her. sa.s!e'
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03

The local paper should be found
in every home says an exchange.
No children should grows up ig-
norant who can be taught to APP
preciate the home paper. 1t is
said to be the stepping stone Of
intelligence in all those matters
not to be learned in books. Give
your children a foreign paper
which contains not a word about
any person, place or thing which
they never saw or perhaps ever
heard of, and how could you ex-
pect them to be interested? But
let them have the home paper
and read of the people whom
they meet and with places with
which they are familiar, and soon
an interest is awakened which
increases with every arrival of
the local paper. Thus a habit OF
reading is formed, and those
children will read the papers all
their lives and become intelligent
men and women, a credit to
their ancestors, strong in the
knowledge of the world as it is
today.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03

Way up in the north eastern
corner of Mississippi there is GO
ing to be Saengerfest, or bund,
or whatever one may choose to
call a singing convention, such as
Birmingham has been indulging
IN the past few days. Prof.
Glover, president of the Alcorn
County Singing Convention, and
a music teacher of note, has call
ed an All Day Singing at Burns
vile on the first Sunday in Octo-
Der, to which everybody who has
an idea they can sing are invited,
says a jackson dispatch.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03
aAFFLEs COW 70 BUY Leo.
Ingenious Scheme of Man Disabled
by Train.

If there is more than one way to
skin a cat, there is certainly more
than one way in which to acquire a
cork leg. The usual way is to earn
money and buy it, says the New
York World The way adopted by
Julius Thorne, who lives at Gleus
Falls, is to let a COW raise herself
and then rattle her off for a leg.
Thorne was hit by railroad train
about a year ago, and when the doc
tors cut off his left leg, a disease Of
the bone set in. The injured man
was taken home, where, while he
lay on his back waiting for the bone
10 heal, he cast about for some means
whereby he could procure cork leg.
Being supplied with little in the way
81 the worlds goods, Thorn was
forced to use his ingenuity From a
neighbor he bought. for couple Of
dollars sickly calf less than a month
old. This he raised on skinned milk
provided by another neighbor who
made his own butter, and In time the
calf got strong enough to be turned
1T ID pasture. Grazing around cost
little, and while the calf was growing
and fattening Thorne made baskets
that he might have enough cash to
winter the animal. BY fall he had
earned enough to more than do this,
and recently he started a rattle. All
his friends took tickets, and when the
drawing takes place Thorne will cele
hrate by wearing his new cork leg
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03
As Others See Us.

A day or two ago it fell out that an
actor with purpose was cinemato-
graphed on the stage, and was vastly
pleased with the result.
Said he gleefully to prominent
critic:
1t was the most extraordinary ex-
perience 1 ever went through-actual-
ly to see myself acting
"Now," replied the prominent dra.
matte critic, you understand what We
have to put up with"
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03
SPECIAL RATE SCHEDULE.

All meetings, notices of secret socie-
Ties. fraterna1 orders or other organiEa-
lions. churches excepted, win be insert
ed IN The Corinthian at the rate of 5
cents per line. Want notices, etc, cent
4 word each Insertion. A half rate will
be made on church and charity enter
tainment notices where an admission fee
Is charged. Other advertising rates fur
nished on application. ii
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-03
klIIs sweetheart and suloides.

Johnstown, Pa, Oct. 2.-Joseph Mil
Ter, aged 26, last evening shot and
killed his sweetheart, Mrs. Rose Pier,
and then committed suicide at the
home of his mother near here. Miller
and the woman sat down to table,
luarreling. Shortly afterward the
man picked up a shotgun and blew the
woman's head off. He then shot him
self