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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
SHORTR|DGE TALKS ]. IF PLANS UNDER WAY EnSIey Citizens Will Attend
 BJou Mass Meeting BIG CROWDS AT THE FAIR steeI City Delighted By Showing Made By Its Commercial club-Per-
 sona and General News
 of Easley.
BIG CROWDS AT THE FAIR

Ensey, October 2.-(special) )-Col. ". w. Shortridge, chairman of the campaign committee of the recently organized Property Owners and Good Government club of Ensley, states that a large crowd of the citizens of Ensley will attend the speaking at the Bjou theatre tomorrow afternoon 10 hear the other side of the prohibition question discussed. On next Friday night at the Ensley opera house mass meeting will be held in the in- terest of the anti-prohlbitionists Among those who will address the meeting will be r. H. Crockard, vice president and general manager of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company; J. W. Me Queen, vice president Of the Sloss-Shef- field Steel and Iron company; Frank Nelson, president North Birmingham Land company W. P. Pinekard, president Cahaba Valley Coal company; Capt. r. P. O'Brien, w. W. Shortridge and others Colonel Shortrldge stated that the pro hibition wave was receding and that the antis would win by a l -ge majority. that many citizens who had heretofore kept silent on the question now express themselves freely in opposition to prohi- bition. He stated the campaign com mittee, whose names he would publish later. composed many of the best citi- zens, and that the fight would be aggres- sive. He extends an invitation to every citizen of Ensley, including the minister's to attend the meeting next Friday night, and assures them that no abuse of any one entertaining different views will be in- dulged in, but common sense talks will be made by men who are prominently identified with a deveiopment of the dis trict.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
For Sale, Real Estate Bargains

s1s50-New store with rooms above; near I. C. shops at East Thomas; rented for $50 per month. s125O-Nice newly painted cottage at Ems ley; must be sold at once; one block or the car line. SGOOO-Large pressed brick front, two-story brick store in the best business section of Ensley; rented for s70 per month. $1oO0-A piece of land suitable for sub division; will make IS fine lots; near the car line; can be sold in lots for s22oO s65O-Nlce three-room house and lot LUX 45O feet; bargain. -Three-room house; sloo cash, balance like rent s75o-Three-room house, s6o cash, balance like rent. For terms on above property call
 Stewart Real Estate Go. J. R. Hines, Manager, Pratt City, Ala,
 Peoples Phone 93.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Hamilton Lewis, who has visited her. she has been to the American embassy and asked for her presentation to the German court to be arranged.
 This request is based on the prominence of her father and grandfather who were titled Germans She thinks that II she is received at the German court she Will at once be received at that Of Sweden' in spite of the American minister wie, and she expects to do this on the ground of being the daughter of German ho- bility. recognized by the German court 4 privilege which does not depend on the authority of the American minister. Mrs. Von Clausen intends to try and De presented at all the courts ot Europe.
 I,eopold Woelfling, the former archduke of Austria. who was the ally of his SIS ter ex-Crown Princess Louise or sax onv when she eloped with Giron, has given her up as entirely too eccentric to he at liberty,'' since she has married the pianist Toselli, and he has asked his ie, gal representatives to notify the worla that he considers Toselli, whom he once met at Monte Carlo, an adventurer' who will leave her within few months and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
VISITORS ID THE FAIR ;!
Take Notice and Combine Business With Pleasure--Here is a List of the Best Bargains in the Best Town on Earth.

$110O-Nice four-room lot No. block v Birmingham -Ensley; easy payments. s56o-Lot 15 block 60, Ensley Highlands. s400O-Lots 1 and block F. 1 $2500-Seven-room house, three and one l half acres of rich land, with stables anc barns; on Bessemer car line, five miles of Ensley, three miles of Bessemer. 1 $2700-Five-room house, H and 18th street easy payments. i $750-Lot block 1S, Ensley Development ] company. , S600-Lot ,, Fairvew; center, opposite fail ground gate S600-Lot 12. Fairview; center, opposite fail ground gate. | 35OO-Seven-room house, 17th street. be.
 tween r and G. 1 s2l00-Sx lots, two blocks of new schoo building; part of them lay on pike road high and dry. $1100-Nice six-room house and chicken farm; on easy terms. One two-story pressed brick store, on
 alley, corner 17th street. between and D; call at our office for price and terms
 1850 Each-Lota 2s and a. Lindsey Place $400 Each-Lots l and 2 block [, Ensley
 South Highlands.
 5000 Each-Two fve-room houses in
 chicken farm; 800 cash, balance s25 per
 month.
 s75o-Lot B. block 30. L. Alandhorn. $2oo0-Slx-room house, Avenue I and 25th
 street; terms $500 cash. balance s25 per
 month.
 go Each-1o7 lots. one and one-half miles
 of Ensley; if sold in next 10 days: get
 after this.
 $l50o--For both lots and block l, Scost's
 addition cement sidewalks down to
 street from the lots and one block from
 Palmer station.
 so500- Eight business lots between two
 ose lines in Ensiey. If you are looking
 Tor an investment and have got few
 hundred dollars, don't fail to see this
 property. You don't have to pay all
 caah
 $25Qo-one good business lot on 17th St,
 between D and F &60o-Lots and 10 block PSF. si50 to st00--40 lots in Tuxedo park, on
 almost any kind of terms. se1o-tot ?. block 53. Ensley Highlands. S2ioo--I.Iko stores and one 4-room house
 in Sssei Plant quarters; rent for s24
 per r1onth,
 streets,
 s35a0=ssroena modern house, e9d St. and
 Ave. T.
 s22s-tsat %. block 8, Birrinshan-E Ensley,
 oioa cash. balance ss5 per month. 2, e,noo=Niee 4-rooai house on Warrior ave
 nue, wyle.1. easy payments. sioao-I,et s1isxi5o corner 29th St. and
 Avenue D.
 s1a1oo-,ren acres of land in the corporate limits of Ensely: one block of the new s2S 011 school. This property is worth s21o0 per acre. just like 1t stands Cut it into lots and sell for s400O per acre. It is cinch! You man with the money, come to see it. ss50--Little store and nice lot on pike; s1OC cash, balance s15 per month. S2400--Nice Groom cottage, one block from
 osceola station; easy payments. Ss00-Lot Ave. D., between 2Sth and 29th
 streets.
 S6J0-Lots and ', block 8, Fairview Park
 addition.
 S1U0c-Nice 4-room house with hall: front i and back porch; city water; close in. s7bo-Lot 5, block 13, Ensley Development ! Co.
 $450-Lot Il. block 12 Dewey survey, Wy.
 lam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

straits financially. it would not sur prise anyone here to learn that they had actually accepted.
 Prince Wilhelm of Sweden has evidently not very high ideas of the democrary of the American people, if one may believe what he is said to have written to friend of his in Germany The prince is very severe in his criticism of the Newport se-, which he calls set of the most disgusting snobs, with no purpose in life. who live in a state of continuous jealousy of each other.
 He was prepared to find snobs among the 400 however, but did not look for them among the ordinary people. who, he thought. would have paid no attention to him. but whom he found equally ob- sequious.
 Because of the murder of Alexander II of Russia twenty-six years ago, every traveller who arrives at the Russian town of Sipetschk must submit to a thorough search by the police of that commun- ity.
 The Russian senate has issued a decis- ion which has the effect of annulling the most important of the concessions made toward religious liberty during the past two years
 According to the CZarS manifesto Of April. 1905 converts to the Greek ortho- dox church are at liberty to return to their former religion without fear of pun ishment. For two years this has been assumed to mean that such persons would be allowed to retain any privileges they had gained by joining the state church. In particular, Christianized Jews who return to their old faith were allowed to live in any part of the em- pire they choose.
 tanized Jews must return to the condi- ton of subiection in which they lived prior to their conversion. This means that they must quit at once any part of the empire outside the Jewish pale Un- der this decision. some 50C0 Jews are liable to instant expulsion from their present place of residence.
 As the senate is only nominally a high court and in reality takes its orders from M. Stolypin. this decision indicates that the government has again changed in it's attitude toward the Jews and that a new policy of persecution Is to be in- augurated.
 A meeting between the Czar and the Kaiser and King Edward Is expected to take place very shortly in the cottage 'Hoidoere,'' near Copenhagen. belonging to the Dowager Empress of Russia and her sister. Queen Alexandra It is admitted here that the meeting will be of great political importance
 A thousand feet of fun on he Curve. Get onto it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

use the notoriety he has gained to adver- tise himself
 There are, in fact, already rumors here that Toselli is about to accept the offef of an American impresario to tour the United States at an enormous salary, provided he can make his wife accom- pany him.
 As the couple are said to be in bad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
Delighted With Fair.

The State Falr continues to attract large crowds, notwithstanding the record breaker yesterday. The cars have been loaded all day with the people of Ems ley. Wylam and Pratt City. and many praises are heard of the fair, it being pronounced the best and most enjoyable in recent years. 1snsley's splendid ex- hibit receives full share of praise which Is very gratifying to the exhibitors and to those in charge.
 Yesterday almost every child fin Ems ley visited the falr which was thoroughly enjoyed by them. notwithstanding the fact that many were temporarily Host, strayed or stolen' from their parents or guardians, which caused them to be on the lookout all the time, As u cti- Zen remarked, "One half the crowd was looking for tho other half,''
 Fire Department Changes.
 Joe Tetlow. chief of the fire depart ment. announces the following changes ln the fire alarm boxes Box No. Ia will be moved from Twenty first street and Ave- nue b to Twentieth street and Avenue l; box No 12 will be moved to the alley on Avenue E, near Stewards real estate office. Ensley Is justly proud of her fife department which la well equipped and manned by paid firemen. Joe Tetlow, the efficient chief. has been connected with the department from the formation of tie first volunteer company and has rendered the city invaluable service, The men are well trained and prompt to respond to calls.
 c. w. Austin ex-chief of police of Bir- mingham. will address the citizens of Ems ley on Monday evening on the subject of prohibition He will speak on tho corner near the Bank of Eusley, Nineteenth street and Avenue E. Mir. Austin Is vel known in thls district and well quail fled to speak on this subject On Sunday evening at 7:So o'clock P. G. Bowman will address the citizens of Vivian at the Methodist church. The local prohibition campaign committee will request Mir Bowman to make an address in Ensley Sunday evening at o'clock at the bank corner.
 The Rev. J. II. Longcrier left yester- day for Goodwater to assume charge of the Baptist church at that point.
 Miss Mary Robinson of Birmingham and Miss Anna Lizzie Robinson of Way erly were in the city today. the guests Of Mrs. J. Hoke Perkins on Avenue F.
 J. II. Sheldon opened his branch office today with Cushing x Herbert, on Ave nue Eand Twentieth street.
 Mrs. Mary H. Armour of Chicago. the famous temperance lecturer will speak at the opera house Sunday at II o'clock on prohibition. Mrs. Armour is thor oushly conversant with the subject and 6 large crowd is predicted.
 J. M Moore, Mayor of Villaricka Ga. is visiting his daughter. Mrs. w. A. l<m- ney.
 O. F. Bentley of LuVerne arrived in the city this afternoon MT. Bentley will oo- cupy the pulpit of the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening.
 .k. C. Tice, who has been located in Pen sacola, Fla. for the past few weeks, was in the city today on business.
 w. l.. Settle and family leave tonight for Louisville on a visit to relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

S12O0-Lots and 6, block 5s, Ensley High- lands
 s23OO-6-room house and store house, cor ner 14th street and Ave. K. $1S0Q-Two four-room houses on venue I; reht for $24 per month; s650 cash, bal ance any old way $300-Lot II, block Il. Rising, S10 cash, bal- ance $10 per month. $3000-One seven-room. two-story house and lot 100x150 half block from pike road; on a corner, and a new car line will be built right by the door: fruit trees; stables, barns, good well and city water.
 S3OO0-Modern fve-room house. 2414 Avenue l, with servant house; rents $50 per month; terms $1600 cash. balance s21 per month.
 $s5O-Lot 10. block 3. Birmingham- Ens- ley.
 s55O-Lot H. block T, Birming gham-Ens- ley
 ss5o-Four-room house, Fields addition: rents for s13.0O per month; s25O cash, balance $l5 per month $1OO0-Each. two four-room houses, one block from car line: one block from school and church; easy payments $1S00-Nice four-1oom house. Avenue K; terms; s300 cash, balance $25 per month. s2O0-Modern five-room house at Palmer Terrace; $500 cash, balance s25 per month.
 $5000-Each. lots seven, eight and nine, block S2; Birmingham Ensley; these lots are fine; half block of car line and face pike road. sl600-Nice five-room house, Annie avenue, near pike road. $2D0-Two three-room houses. No. 23f3 and 2313. Avenue D: rent s24 per month; alley corner the lot is worth S2OO0
 s6oO-Lot g. block B, Ensley Highlands 0t I --Ia $250 cash balance easy. $750-Lots [, and 9, blick g. Scott's ad- dtion.
 sG0o-Nice lot, Fields addition facing car line at Tuxedo junction; on easy pay ments; this lot is worth $1O90 $1500-For all. lots 1. ? and 3. block 4 Ensley South Highlands. We have 30 nice lots in the Ensley South Highlands addition. price S4GO up one third cash. balance one and two years; new street ear line being built from Ensley to the heart of this property; get it now while you can get your choice of lots.
 sS5o-Lot 2S. block 5s, Ensley Highlands sSo0-Lot 8. block hs. Ensley Highlands S600-Lot IS. block 60. Ensley Highlands SSo0-I4ot 10. block 54, Ensley Highlands s650,-Lot 26. block 60, Ensley Highlands %0o-Lot }. block s. Helena Heights $50o-Lot g. block 8. Helena Heights @cOt-lSOl z, DlOck S ljctena Heights. s600-Lot l. block 4. Helena Heights S6o0-Lot 2, block 1, Helena Heights Sb0-Iiot 5, block 4 Helena Heights. This lot is corner. facing South Enslev car line and is well worth 5000. $100o-Lot 8, block g. Palmer Terrace: s2bo cash. balance s15 per month; lot 65x145.
 $500 for both lots. 6 and :, block 15, Br- mingham- Ensley. s500 for both lots. 3 and 4, block 96 Br- mingham- Ensey s5000-S-room. modern house: alley corner: Avenue IT, between 20th and Fist streets ] sl5oo-Nice 4-room cottage, half block new school Palmer Terrace; lots are wortht 5000 each all around this property. s3200-One broom house and one 4-roon1> house, corner 27th street and Avenua F; rents for $30 per month. S900-Corner lot. F and 32d street. s150-Ea oh. lots and g. block 12.
 ENSLEY DEVELOPMENT co.
 Easy Payments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
BERLIN AWAITS VISIT OF MR. TAFT He Will Arrive About Novem-
 Der 30 ONE W0MAN'S AMBITION Mrs. Ida von causen of New York Is Trying to Break Into European
 Court Social
 Circles.
ONE W0MAN'S AMBITION
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

Berlin, october 12-Not only the Amer ican colony here but all Berlin are look ing forward to the visit of Secretary Taft who has announced that he will arrive n this city about November 90
 The American chamber of commerce Is busy preparing the arrangements for the great banquet in the secretary's honor and every seat in the banquet hall has al- ready been disposed of.
 Germans are interested in Secretary Taft, first because they are anxious to see man who is Secretary of War with out possessing any military training or knowledge of military matters, and sec ond because the papers here designate him as the man most likely to succeed President Roosevelt. It is also hoped that he will succeed in arranging the preliminaries of a permanent commer- cial treaty between America and Ger many.
 q have made up my mind to be pre- sented at that court, and I'll be presented York. Mrs. Von Clausen, who is baro- York. Mrs. von Vlausen, who is a baro- ness through her grandfather, and her first husband a Swedish nohleman, was to have been formally presented at the Swedish court, but the wife of the Amer ican minister is said to have stopped it. When in Washington she complain ed to the Secretary of State, but failed to get any satisfaction
 Mrs. Non Clausen is now in Berlin, an1 at the advice of her counsel, Colonel J.
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toward the centre Of the room. This IS where
put through his stunt again and again. while the
others-the greenies-look on Then one OF these
and IS gwen 10 AS IS means H nothing TGT word
TO the little fellow. ne is put through tnS same
But while baby No. was standing with tho
taking root in the gray mater Of his brain Hav-
ing once seen the thing done-that is learned by
observation 70 associate the action and the word.
did In This Wv one bv nne the Whole Eel class Ia
schooled till ali know enough 10 lie down when
Another Of the tricks taught early to the baby
elephant is pirouetting This is rather strenuous
Strength thar a puufI can be turned arotI1d urriI
It has learned u DO the dance itself. Then oy
Others. Af,er a while they reach the point where
Thsre is an hours work in the morning and an
other in the afternoon. Al the close OF each, and
babes are treated to a loaf of bread The bad
BABIES have 70 worry along on hay
is followed in the training Of dogs monkeyS ponies
anu seas oss snG ~ M ,.1i,sI IDfJs Both Sem
10 sense the trainers thought sooner than the
trane-s yoice but also tae slightest movenient o.
his hands. Both can be taught 70 perform any feat
that thei- physical Limitations VIII permit OF: tn.
som y4,s an a r sntireI5 on me stTsn1S -
people love il better than thew do the more saga
Sucl a one IS Soeck the shetland midget. James
\ Bailey first saw Speck about -FOUR years ago Ia
with all The children. Speck was a baby then; and
grown person could pick nm Up and hOld MIN
i'm his Ian. Mr.. Bailey bought him.
There is not q horse in the show for which so
many offers been made. Every time a very
small hoy sees Speck he wants him.
But SpsCk cane be bought lie is only a little
over two fee- high but The circus couldn't sSc
along without him He stands all day IN his little
cage j:s. eating and exhibiting himself and rnak-
ING himself Agreeable. ''SlfVerS the Children
friend among the clowns, Is one of Speck's great
ChUmS.
Besides being troublesome customers to Train.
MONKEYS are unsatisfactory circus animals be-
Gauss. tEe.r I:ttfe lives short y dig circus
buys its monkeys by the hunch-1--y or sixty every
sar.ug Iv"ry summer MANY o. rl-@r1 DE. aad D5f
the time jEe new bunch arrives nearly al ara
sore.
Chavg tEe monkey iocEey. IS an exception. for
he IS fourteen wears OIL Chang stands at the top
OF his profession Indeed. ABOUT the only thing ne
cares iIr in he since his Httle playmate Jennie
died is 70 ride in the TaCecoUrse- IL took MIN Two
months 90 learn to ride. Every Gay they put him
In che saddle fastening him on and urging the
horse ~ "a faster pace. till MI Monk had learned
his ua1t perfectly. Formerly he used TO be very
ambitions. II his horse CID rct v.a he vas ter
r5ifv Ji-a ppOint,d- Now he doesn't care buS ne
e.ti finds certain consolation in wearing his me
clothes aUI wiz rold up his arms 10 have JneIn
PM o,i Most monkeys are ike that. 10 Is trouble
some teaching them 70 Wear civilized clothes 0ut
once they gct used they wdnJ to wear them al
the ti.Gc.
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WHAT I SAW IN FLORIDA
Pear Little Men and Little Women: We spent
ArthGr and !. A'' '
We went first to Jacksonville then to Barlow
and next to Fort Myers. in Lee County. There
Is no Fort there now. but there ussd to be years
ago. When our soldiers had to fight TIE indians
E Ei there is a bright little town fronting on the
SC6aI39osaphatchie River. Mr.. Edison the great in
IA 4 few hundred Seminoes stn live in Florida
and Iba IN tae Eyersades They FISH ard hunt;
ba1aCosOS riiaise sweet potatoes, oranges and
9snaaS' 1hey sell furs ana tho hides OF ALI
we visited orange groves graref-,,it grows
do nn me.d and pineapple plantation Bananas
HE a thick cornstalk. We also sava growing lines
After sona E Hea ana other tro2cAl traits
$50 $50 mere we spent a morning in Il cocoanut
$50 t we picked up many beautiful shells
white we there, two big tarDon were caught
alG a dre2diul shark was killed that over
c 0m sa9ybcl zlrnG we went hqtsr in the
Gun qIr o. Mexico all during the month of March.
fDurlnS our stay in Florida We saw a sea COW.
a Few Few EDUCATORS. many heron. a wildcat a skunk,
o. ue' 'llsh many porposes. hundreds OF quail.
snakes, lot Of fiddler crabs three deer. q wild
TURKEY *nd hundreds Of ;;onhe-s
All winter We had TO snow on Christmas day
we took our dinner out on the front porch Of our
cottage, But Arthur ard hung up our stockings
usual e''' santa eH'"S lo'iu us as
rd florida Is low. fat country covered with pine
ana warm But should like 10 live there all
400 RAYMOND REILLY
No 2o19 18th street, y W.
?, Dear Editor: My sister Mabel helped with this
told her.