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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
SELMA RECEIVES
 THE FIRST BALE. Sells at Auction for r 1-2
 Gents Per Pound FUNERAL OF J. w. HUDSON Miss Carrie Nealy and MT. Roy Vaughan Are Married-EmpIoyes of Loveman, Joseph 6 Loeb,
 Birmingham.
FUNERAL OF J. ". HUDSON

1 Selma. August 20.-(Speeial) )-Selma, the Queen City of the Black Belt. received
 its first bale of cotton for the season
 1907oS today. It was pretty bale though
 not as large as some previous bales. The
 weight was 37o pounds. the average bale in the past being about 800 pounds. It was one of the best ginned first bales ever received in Selma, according to the ! cotton men, and elassed mlddllng. It was
 raised by A. A. Sims of Eleanor, in West Dallas. and was shipped by express to R. H. & W. c. Agee, the well known fac
 tors. l was stored at Erharts ware house.
 The first bale this year is nearly two
 weeks later than the average. The earli- est bale since 1900 was received in 1902, when it arrived on July 2. The next was in 1906 and 1905, when August was the date. In 1904 the first bale was received on August P and in 1901 on August 10. The latest in the last eight years was on August 2S, 1903
 Last years bale was raised by ]. A Wilkinson, the present commissioner of agriculture and industries, and was ship ped to N. Waller X Co, and upon being sold at auction was purchased by the Thompson Cotton company for 171s cents About o'clock on August [, last year,
 few hours after the Wilkinson bale was
 sold, MT. W. B. Tarver, whose place is | about seven miles from the city, brought in the second bale.
 At 1 o'clock today the first bale for 1007-0S was soId orctfo,, In front oF tI,a
 cotton exchange. It was sold to Knight
 Yancey X Co. for 1872 cents D. D. Upde- graff being the auctioneer.
 This morning from the residence of his
 mother on Church street occurred the flu
 neral of MT J. Warden Hudson, whose death occurred yesterday morning. The funeral was delayed an hour and a half waiting for the arrival of Dr. Lawrence Hudson of Hattiesburg, Miss a brother
 of the deceased. Rev MT. Harris who is
 supplying the pulpit at the First Baptist l church in the absence of Dr. Rosser, con- ducted the ceremony. The pall-bearers were J. P Doherty, R. E. l.. Mel E. Lamar, Adgate D4bb J. S. Ford and N 1 Waller.
 ] hitherto unpublished wedding that oc-
 cured in Selma Saturday is that of Miss l Corrie Medley and MT. Roy Vaughan i bpNiA oA i'il LIS ieth ciilPio9eo ol ipoNc-
 man. Joseph & Loeb, who were off on
 their vacation. The wedding was a quiet
 one. being witnessed only by close rela- 1 tives, and took place at ,ae Cherch Street Methodist church parsonage, Rev. w. P.
 Dickinson performing the ceremony.
 Willie Chambers, q negro. charged with 1 the theft of a watch and a pistol from l MT. Sechel, manager of the Bank saloon,
 was given fine of s45 or ninety days in | naYOr' court this morning The watch 1 was recovered, but the pistol is still miss l ing.
 Carl Johnson, a negro habltue of the po-
 lice court, was fined $50 by the mayor
 this morning, $5 for being disorderly and 1 s45 for resisting an officer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

ate indeed must be the cause when any of lts benehciaries or advocates resort 10 such methods. We appeal to the man. hood of every voter. not only to meet Us and sign this petition. but to vote out the aecursed stuff-to demonstrate that a negro thief and tool cannot take away the rights Of white men These are some extracts from the address, in which certain days are named for meet ings of the voters at seven places in the county from the 21st to 24th. to sign a new petition: Munford on Wednesday,. Fist: Eastoboga. ThursSay Alpine, Fri- day. syllacauga. Friday and Saturday. and ralladesa, Saturday p.m The first impression as to this negro outrage was one of amusement among the citi- zzens but after a few moments thought as to the motive prompting it. and tho animus back Of 1t. every decent citizen felt indignant. and people who had re- fused to sign the prohibition petition hunted 1t up, and signed 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
THE WEEKS PROGRESS.
Industrial Development Recorded by
 The Index.


 Columbus, Ga, August 20.-(Special.)- The Georgia and Alabama Industrial In- dex will say tomorrow In its regular weekly Issue:
 Reports to The Index for the past seven days tell an uninterrupted and viz orous story of continued investment m industrial and construction enterprises in Georgia and Alabama, and one which H. Illustrates with greater force than that of theoretical argument that there has been no recent legislative enactment In either state to make capital tmid. The fig ures which given this week are large. Some of them are: S10o.0oO lumber com pany, Etowah county, Alabama; expendi- ture of s20o,00o for sites for railroad ter minals, Birmingham; s100,000 dock, Sa- vannah; s100,000 company to build overall factory, Birmingham: s100.o00 company 10 build electric street railway, Brunswick, Ga; s50000 company to develop mineral lands near Attalla; steel plant enlarge ment, Gadsden. and % new corporations with total minimum capital stock of $36f,- TOO.
 Among other things reported by The Index are
 Ice factoreis, Ensley and Prattville; {; capacity of knitting mill to be doubled Huntsville laundry, Montgomery: bak- cry, Ashburn, Ga; ligt plant, Ft. Gaines, Ga., and Franklin, Ga; coal and iron mines to be opened near Gadsden; s15,O00 company to manufacture building mate rial, Birmingham; s25,OOo lumber com- pany, Valdosta, Ga; $25, GOO lumber com pany, Mobile; s50oo lumber company, Car ney.
 Among construction definitely project ed are: Churches, Eufaula, Valdossa, Ga, Birmingham and Oakland City, Ga. i; two courthouses. three hotels, three jails, two water works systems, five ware houses and numerous business buildings and residences. Pavo, Ga, has voted s12- GOO of bonds for public improvements Albany, Ga, has ordered election upon is- suance of $150Oo of paving bonds; Clay county, Georgia, will vote upon Issuance of s50,000 of bonds for road improve ments and Harris county, Georgia, will decide as to the issuance of $40 900 of pul,- lie building bonds.
 'In land transactions the following are noted: s25,00O farm land sale near Mont gomery: sale of 75 residence building lots, Shades Valley; s16,00O farm land purcha Sc in Decatur county, Georgia: organza ton of s10.000 land company, Atlanta, Ga i; sale of 25 acres of land, located nine miles from Atlanta, for about $250 per acre. Among the contract awards report ed are: To build connecting links of Geor- gia and Florida Railway system: gas plant, Gadsden: S25,090 bank building. West Point, Ga; two steel bridges and church.
 "The subscription of 5000 of stock in a proposed cotton mill has been assured at Albany, Ga. An Indiana brick manu featuring company which desires to To- cate a $40,0Oo plant has been making in quiries at Waycross, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
News of dartseIIe.

Hartselle. August -tspeclal.)- Great quantities of cedar and ash tim Der are being put on the road here for shipment. Several years ago, 1t was thought that all the cedar timber was exhausted in this part of the coun- try but it seems that thls species Of our hardwood Is almost inexhaustable. telegraph poles from 50 feet down to twenty.
 Great quantities of hay is being saved here now and the weather has been Ideal for saving this forage crop. Near lv every year the farmers have been forced to buy shipped hay, on account of the seasons being so wet that they could not save 1t after moving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
News of RusseIIvilIe.

Russe1lville August Special Miss Annie Mae Polk of Columbia, Tenn, is the guest of Mrs. w. J. Porter
 Charles F. Wilson, Jr., has gone to Jamestown.
 Walter Wilson has gone to Nauvoo, to accept q position.
 Mrs. J. A. Bowling and daughter, Miss Lucille. have gone to Blount Springs for an outing.
 Miss Gertrude Nance, accompanied by her visitor. Miss Matte Mae sherrod of Birmingham, has gone to Cherokee, where they will be guests of house party, given by Miss Mamie Cross
 Miss Molle Hurst is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Kettle German.
 Mrs. W H. Key and daughter have returned from their eastern trip.
 Miss Lula Wilson has gone for a visit to Florence.
 Mrs. w. H. Norris and daughter, Miss Jennie. are spending the week at Lam dersWlle.
 Mrs. A. P Yates of Attaa is visit ing her cousin. Mrs J. c. Norwood.
 rev. and Mrs. J. L. Mitchell of Flor ence are with friends in the city.
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ner. passed behind Mir. Vice and with q quick jerk whipped the roll out of the bulging hip pocket and sprang out of the door vieiously pursued by Mr. Vice.
 Bonne. ran through a store two doors below with Vice in chase, the latter yell ing to the people who lined the sidewalks and stood in the stores to Catch him." but ID one knew the reason of the chase, ana therefore did not interfere.
 Out into q back alley -sonner fled, hug gng the precious paper to his dusky bos- om. down the alley he plunged, and into a group of negroes; and thence on into another group, and in a little while he was lost to the ken of Mir Vice, and be- Yond lursult or recognition. The precious bundle disappeared with the agile coon leaving the prohibitionists mad enough 1 to bite nail in half. and with the cer- tainty of another months delay in plae- ing the necessary petition before the pro- bate judge.
 All this happened In midafternoon, in broad daylight, with al least two hun dred people in fifty yards of where 1t occurred There was mounting in hot haste among the warriors of the pro hbitionists. To the four quarters of the compass the hunting parties went seek ing a molasses-eolored Senegamblan with a bulky petition concealed about his per son. Search warrants were sworn out, but nothing came of the search.
 A warrant charging Aleck Bonner with stealing a petition of the value of ono hundred dollars was also sworn out. The chairman of the eommitte offered one hundred dollars reward for his capture. Citizens, policemen, deputy sheriffs, and folks looking out to annex the reward were on the lookout all night for the foxy Aleck. Just to mention the matter to some of the ardent partisans of the dry side was enough to make the citizens nose swell up, and redden his face, and had the negro been caught during tho night 1t wouldn't have been funny to him.
 The prohibition committee straightway met, and started new petition even be fore the daring negros fleeing carcass was safely out of the city, saying in it's address to the voters; Your committee Is convinced that this negro is but the tool of others. We know not who prompt ed this desplcable trick. but we feel sure that tl is negro would not have dared to do such a thing unless backed by others. The white voters of Talladega county who favor prohibition can neither be thwarted nor their wishes overrdden by such despicable thievery. And desper-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
LOSS OF THE PETITION
 CAUSES INDIGNATION

Talladega, August 2O.-(Special)-T is the first time in the history of Talladega county that negro has stolen the neces- sary machinery of great party, and successfully made off with 1t. The pro hibiton party of this county circulated petitions a month since, using one petition each for the eighteen separate beats of the county, and 15OJ people signed eigh- teen separate sheets asking the probate judge to order an election on the wet or dry" question:
 Chairman c. c. Whltson of the com mittee of the prohibitonists was of the opinion that this signing separate sheets did not conform to recent de- cisions of the supreme court as to the requisites of petition; and so the mat ter of obtaining signatures was again undertaken; eliminating in rousing meeting Saturday, at the close of which more than 800 names appeared on thirty or forty sheeets duly fastened together making a roll about big as a mans arm.
 It was the intention of the prohibition ists to add additional signatures so as to have the number aggregate at least 1000, and to present the petition to Probate Judge Camp today.
 George Vice was engaged In circulating the paper about the city yesterday after noon. MT. Vice was thorough believer in the doctrine of carrying the war into the encrnys ranks, and so he did not neg feet the saloons In his solicitations. Ac- cepting the invitation of a friend about 8 D. m., to smoke a fragrant weed. he stepped up to the cigar counter of the Ruby saloon on the northwest corner of the square, conducted by Mckenzie Bros, and standing at the cigar counter In his shirt sleeves. with the roll contain ing the names of the advocates of pro- hbition legibly written out on the strict ly legal petition, sticking up out of his hip pocket. like pot-leg, he deliberately anl carefully selected the particular brand of cigar that seemed to his mind to suit the occasion.
 At tEis unfortunate 1uncture a colored person who rejolces In the name Aleek Bonner-evidently a Smart Aleck" Bon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
BOY ATTACKS FATHER,
SIashes Him Desperately With a Case
 Knife.

Girard, August 20.--(Special.) )-Phlytus Darby. young man of this city, while drinking yesterday afternoon, made des- perate attack upon his father, Tom Oar by. with case knife, at the family resi- dence in upper Girard. He slashed the older man across the shoulder and also cut his thumb, but while the wounds are very painful they will not necessarily prove serious Young Darby claims that his father was attacking his mother with an ax. but this Is denied by the parents and It is believed that the trouble origi- mated from the fact that the young man was drinking and In Ill humor
 The police were sent for and when an official came and searched for Phlytus Darby. he found him hidden in some weeds nearby The young man resisted despera tely but the officer overpow ed him and then bound him with a rope. A wagon was sent for and the young man was lifted into the wagon and hauled to Jail, still bound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
JUDGE VERT WILL PROBE VIOLATIONS Will Charge Jury to Investigate Breaches of the Law ALL BIDS ARE REJECTED Decatur Only Has $25,ooo to Spend in Four School Buildings and
 Bidders Exceed This
 Amount.
ALL BIDS ARE REJECTED

Decatur, August 0.-(Special.) )-Hon. Thomas W. Vert. judge of the Morgan county law and equity court, when asked this morning to what action he intended to take In the prosecution of the alleged violations of the state railroad laws by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company in this county In not accepting the law re- garding freight and passenger rates, had this to say: Tt is not my duty now to pass upon the innocence or guilt of those who are charged with violating the laws. l shall charge the grand jury to indict every yiolator of the state laws and shall use every means In my power to see that these indictments by the grand jury are brought Into court and there have tn cir innocence or guilt determined" Fur ther than this Judge Vert said he had nothing to say at this time.
 Judge Werts court convenes on Sep tember 2, with a grand jury, and this will be the first grand jury to con vene in this portion of the state that Is located in a county through which the Louisville and Nashville railroad passes and which would have authority to enquire into the alleged violations of the state railroad laws.
 Crazy Negro Woman.
 A crazy negro woman, Martha Rat Tiff, caused considerable amusement in Mayor Henry A. Skeggs' court this morning. Court was in session and a number of negroes were on trial for various offenses against the city. Mar tha told them that she had plenty of money and would pay all their fines. She told Mayor Skeggs and Clerk D. B. Morrow that she would give them $10,000 each and said that she would have the hoodoo doctor attend to Policeman Thompson's case, as she said he was crazy
 Marshal D. c. M. Young took the woman to the county Jail and turned her over to the turnkey for safe keep ing. She will be sent to the asylum at Tuscaloosa. While taking her to jail she told Marshal Young that she would give him $10,o0 this afternoon.
 It Is understood that the woman's relatives are quite well to do.
 Bids Are Rejected.
 Yesterday was the day set for re- ceiving bids for the building of four brick school buildings in New Deca- tur. but as all the bids received were considerably more money than the city proposes to spend on the buildings, the contract was not let, and all bids were rejected.
 The total amount of money the city has for the purpose of erecting these four buildings is S25000. obtained by the sale of school bonds, and this is all the money that can be spent for the purpose.
 Cook Is Improving.
 Word was received from Columbia, Tenn, this morning to the effect that Henry Cook of this city, who was severely injured by jumping from an l.. & N. engine on which he was fire man some days ago, is doing as well as could be expected under the circum- stances. His skull was badly crush ed, making 1t necessary to remove fully one-third of the bone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

arms. of considerable size. She suffered a great deal and for three weeks we nursed her every night, using all the remedies we could think of. Nothing would help. We then remembered having heard so much about Cuticura Remedies. We sent for them and after twenty-four hours we noted considerable improvement, and, after using only one complete set of the Cuticura Remedies, in five consecutive days the little one, much to our joy, had been entirely cured, and has been well for long time. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht, R. F. D. 3, Bakersheld. Cal, June 25 and July 20, 19O6."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
To Issue Stock.

Huntsville. August 20-(Special. 1.-The stockholders of the Farmers 1ot'oh o'' company held a meeting yesterday aiter- noon and decided to issue the balance or stock to the amount authorized by the charter, namely $75OOo. The stock to pc placed on the market will be about sz9'9oo and the money obtained from it's sale VIII be expended in improvements on tue plant. The corporation is a co-operatiNe concern, and it has made money TOT d large number of farmers and pusihess men during the last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
Kills Fox Hounds.

Huntsville. August 2o.-(special)--J. T. Blocker of Merrimack village, was ar rested and lodged in jail yesterday aft ernoon on a charge of killing two fine foxhounds belonging to c. T. Culpepper. MT Cupepper claims that his hounds were on q hunt and were passing through Blocker's field, when he opened fire on them and killed two. When he remon- strated with him, Culpepper was told that if he did not get off the ground he would be killed, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
MT. Lawrence Speaks.

Girard, August -tspecial.)-Brooks Lawrence. of Birmingham, state superin- tendent of the antl-saloon l eague, ad- dressed two large audiences in this city and PhenIx City Sunday on the subject of prohibition. detailing the progress that is being made in Alabama and referring to the status of the movement in general. particularly in the southern states The prohibition sentiment in the twin cities, already pronounced, was strengthened by his two addresses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
HUMOR ON FACE Cured by Cuticura Remedies No Return in 20 Years.

My son, when lad of sixteen, was troubled with humor on his face and after using Cuticura Remedies he was freed from every humor and has con- tinued SO to the present time after twenty years have passed. Your Cuti- cura Soap has been used in my family for several aad have fath smtb in the Marion, Me-, Dec. l, 1905"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
Fears-kelly.

Huntsville. August 2O.-(Special)-klp Kelly and Miss Bettie Fears of Dallas village were married on Sunday Tn the parsonage of the Bierne Avenue Presoy- terian church. The Rev. J. A Foster' uastor of the church, performed the cere- monv in tine presence of small party of relatives and friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
Union Ia Formed.

Huntsville August .-tspeclal9-H branch of the Baptist Young Peoples union has been formed by the members of the Baptist church in West Hunts vile. The officers are Willis Coreoran. president; Miss Maggie Parker, vice pres- ident. Mrs Spooner, secretary and Ike Iinblair, treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

Gadsden, August 2O.-(special )-Judge John W. Inzer of St. Clair county and G. W. Darden of Blount county were re- appointed Saturday as judge and soie- ftor respectively, of the Sixteenth judi cial district
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

Some manufacturers use trademarks and packages similar to those well ad- vertised giving the dealer an extra dis count and depending on him To snhstl- tute them for the advertised article. Therefore insist on getting what you ask for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

Ringleader Flour is the best. G. w. Hopson & Sons Mill, agents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

The Juvenile society of the First Metho- dist church will give a local talent play tonight entitled, A Batchelor's Reverie' The play will be enacted at the home of Mrs. Fitzgerald on Chestnut street. Mrs. Boyd Cox and Miss Lena Martin are di- recting the presentation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
FURIOUS ITCHING
 HUMOR ON CHILD
Bleeding Sores Covered Her Whole Body After an Attack of Measles -Nursed Every Night for Three Weeks Nothing Helped Her.
THEN CUTICURA MAKES COMPLETE CURE IN 5 DAYS

"It is in my opinion my duty to join those who praise the Cuticura Reme- dies. After my granddaughter of about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

seven years udo
 been cured of the measles, she was attacked about a fortnight later by a furious, itching and painful erup- tion all over her
 body, especially , the upper partof { it, f m l n g
 watery and bleed-
 ing sores, espe- cial1v under the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

Engineer Wilburn Hill and assistants are at work today surveying the lot upon which the Ewing building Is to be erect ed. They are running the level and plact ing the stakes for the excavations for the foundations, which will be put down at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

Robert George is erecting a handsome 7-room brick dwelling on Walnut street between Fifth and Sixth streets. The foundation is about completed and ready for the superstructure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

Hon. o. R. Hood, c. H. Schuler, and Dr. Charles Gum will leave this week for an extended tour of the west. They ex- pect to hunt large game in the mountains of Wyoming and Montana and also visit Oregon and other Pacific coast states. They will be gone several weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21

Quarrelling over the question of who was the best dancer, Tom Fleming and a man named Aderhold engaged in cut ting scrape in the rear of the Motlow sa- loon yesterday evening that resulted i'll Fleming being seriously cut in the chest and abdomen. He was cut in three places
 one of the gashes almost disemboweling him. The injured man was taken to the lson & Rails hospital. where he Is report ed to be resting well. Adderhold is in the city jail, awaiting trial for the crime.