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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08

Gayle Ford and many others make up the incorporators
 The capital stock of the Bacon Undeer- wood Veneer company at Mobile has been increased from $60,000 to s100,000.
 Cotton Seed Meal Ruling. The commissioner of agriculture has ruled that all cotton seed meal sold as fertilizer should be branded high grade with capital letters not less than one and half inches high and all meal made under per cent and sold in Alabama shall have stamped likewise in capital letters the words How grade" Also that meal sold must have tags with the analy- sis on the sacks. There are not tax tags. They are to be furnished by the mills, having printed on them the ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash contained in them. The law is very plain, the com missioner points out, and requires the guaranteed analysis In the contract of sale where meal is sold in bulk. II. C. Gunnels, state superintendent of education has gone to Selma for meet ing of the trustees of the Plantersville High school, to which the last legislature voted s40O0 year. The trustees are, with the governor and MT. Gunnells, J. E.. Barnes, J. W. Pickering and E. E. Todd. Plantersville; J. c. Herman, Jones and G. W. Morrow, Clanton.
 The state board of pension examiners, composed of Dr. R. D. Jackson of Bir- mingham and E. s. Starr of Selma, is sitting at the capital this week to pass on applicants which were not taken on at the August meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08

a spin in speedy auto through the east side churches, speaking at Pleasant Hill at Il a. m., Old Town at D. m. and at Union church at Sardis at 80 p. m., re- turning to Selma that night so as to start off the canvass the next morning.
 Will Meet Tuesday.
 The officers of the Selma Chapter, U. D. C., and the Selma Memorial association have called joint meeting of the two so- ceties at Veterans hall Tuesday after noon at 4:30 o'clock to organize for the year. A large attendance is anticipated.
 Local And Personal.
 The Maryville (Tenn.) football team that was vanquished by Alabama at Tusoa- loosa spent yesterday and today in Sel- ma en route to Auburn, where they will contest with the team from the state institution at that place.
 The Crescent club will give its opening german on the night of October 9 at the Hotel Albert
 c. E. Shruptrine of Stafford was visitor to the city today.
 Ernest Sheppard of Stafford was vis- itor to the city today.
 MT. and Mrs. w. A. Porter and daugh- ter were among the county visitors in Selma today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
FEELING GROWING
 AGAINST ITALIANS Those Around Sumrall, Missy
 Are Obnoxious BARRED FROM THE SCHOOLS Italians Plan to Make Claim for Damages-Boll Weevil Affects
 Cotton in Southern Part
 of State.

Jackson, Miss, October 1.-tSpecial.) ) The recent race troubles at Sumrall, Miss have been called to the atten- ton of the Italian ambassador at Washington. and, of course every pos sible effort will be made to magnify the trouble and get something out of it for the Dagoes. So far as known only one Italian was abused, Frank iagaleoni by name. He had been very officious in insisting that certain Italian children should continue at the public school after the white folks of the vicinity had declafed they should not. He appealed to the state super intendent of education, who referred the matter to the attorney general. and that official sent word that the was no authority for keeping any white child out of the white schools. It was then the Italian got smart and made the children return to the school. That night he was taken to the woods and whipped good and hard. The patrons of the school explain that the Italians employed In the saw mills there are lower down than the negroes-that they tried to associate with the ne- groes and were snubbed. The children were not looked upon as fit to sit in school with the white children, hence the outbreak. The Italian government Is now supposed to be engaged in an investigation and doubtless Uncle sam will have to make some apolo- gies and pay d sum sufficient to make
 i,. tIni, country, but one thing is very certain they will never get back into the Sumrall school
 Mississippi has set the seal of her disapproval on the Dago, and he might just as well go, if he expects to be treated as a social equal in this sec tion. The indorsement of Italian inn migration was what defeated Hon. Charles Scott for governor of Missis- sippi, and since that primary, and since it became known that the Italian gov ernment will not recommend this state to it's people as good place to make their homes, the feeling against the Dago has intensified. There is no ob lection to the decent Italian, nor to the foreigner from any other shore. but the line is drawn on the Dago.
 In some of the delta counties, where the negroes outnumber the whites very largely. notice has been served on the negro pistol-toter that he must go. The order should apply with equal force to both races, of course. but there is this difference-the whites are not so generally armed as the negroes, and they do not do so much shooting and killing. Every negro in that section of the state. and in most others. for that matter. carry the finest and larg- est pistols they can get in their pocket. Seldom is negro arrested in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
Life Insurance.

prohablv vou have recovered from your feeling of distrust of all life insurance company caused by the sins of q few men, magnifled by sensational papers. You have observed that during all the strenuous period of withdrawals and lapses. no old line company has failed to meet it's obligations promptly and fully. perhaps you have wondered if any other financial institutions in the world could have done so well, attacked on every side and so widely abused by politicians and the press No business has ever had such a severe test of solvency and none could have come through it all with such a grand demonstration of merit
 As a careful observer and a prudent provider for your family, you have eon- cuded there is no form Of security Tn which you can put small amount an- nualy and thus secure certain amount for your family at your death, Cor a fixed sum to yourself if you live), and fell so well satisfied, as in policy of insurance in some well established old line company.
 We are offering policies in company 47 years old. at the lowest possible rates. This is no experiment by new company along new lines. which may or may not be successful We know we can offer you first-class insurance at low rates, and we have over slsooo,ooo to make good our promises.
 If you are figuring on insurance write us a few lines, giving your age and address, and stating what amount you can spare for insurance every year, and we will furnish you rates and particulars.
 Do not close your application with any other company until you get our rates. It will pay you to investigate.
 WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
 WJ. Cameron, Mfie/ger lo-s-tf 51o-l1-12 Brown-Marx Building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
Stuart in Bessemer.

The Rev. George Stuart arrived Tn the city today at noon and addressed the ladies at the Methodist church at 3:30 D. m. and was greeted by large audience.
 This evening at s o'clock he delivered an address to men only at the Beavers hall. and his speech was well received througho out,
 That MT. Stuart is an eloquent speak CT there is no denying. He has the peculiar faculty of making an audience laugh one minute and the next minute carry them to tears
 He drew a word picture of the many homes that are made miserable by the home coming of the drunken father, and he dwelt on the fact that there would be no good accomplished in any home as long the head of the fam fly would not hold up his end of the rope He emphasized the fact that whisky was the main root of all evil and he cited instances where the man that did not have enough to feed his family would go out and spend most of 1t before he went home.
 MT. Stuart's talk is quite the best that has been heard in this city dur ing the recent campaign, and every one admits that he handles the subject in a skillful manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
THE BIRMINGHAM
 CASES UP TODAY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE I.)

~------>--~~- --~-~~------~---~---~- Westcott. chairman; medicine and am bulance, pr. S. M. Hogan, chairman.
 Insurance Receipts.
 The net receipts of the state insurance department off the year ending Septem- Der 3O last, were S77O693 in excess of the year before. The total for last year was s116, 404. .60 compared to s10S,055 the year before. The expenses for last year were $3774.72. the year before sS132 .o5. The per cent of expenses to receipts in 1906-07 was B. in the year before 29 The net receipts for the year just ended were SIP .629SS. the year before s104, ,922.95.
 In detail the receipts for last year were In detail the receipts for last year were from 160 company license, Sl6,24; 22 mu- tual aid, $40; 43SS licenses from agents, $1535S; 1 per cent on $S,436,560. S4,5oo. bo. During the year 10 fire companies, seven life, 10 miscellaneous and four mutual aid came into the>state, with withdrawals of three fire, two life. one miscellaneous adn four mutual aid.
 The Winfield State bank has been incor- porated at Winfield with capital of S2o,oM.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
FAIR PROMISES ID BE GREAT SUCCESS Annual Shoot of Selma Gun
 Club a Feature A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE Couple Is Married in Vehicle in Which Magistrate Was Reached-Two
 Churches Hold Union
 Meeting.

1 Selma, October 7.-(Special.)-As the date for the Central Alabama fair ap- breaches the directors and management are holding meetings daily. and the pre- diction is that the most successful exhi- bition that has yet been given will be that of this year, the third annual fair The Selma fair follows the Birmingham event and comes sooner this year than ever before. The main building in when the exhibits of the merchants will be held Is proving too small for the number, I and arrangements have been mace to
 take care of the overflow. A feature of
 the last two days of the fair will be the
 annual shoot of the Selma Gun club,
 which take place on October g ana 23 There is $250 added money to the purses
 and several premiums for the highest av- erages. Some of the best shots or cne world will be here, and the occasion promises to be notable one. There are 12 events each day and special handicap events.
 Romantic Marriage.
 Yesterday afternoon at Burnsville oc-
 cured the marriage of Mr. c. H. Pearcc
 and Miss Carrie l.. Wiggins. The af- fair has quite tnge of romance. the
 ceremony having been performed in the
 vehicle that carried the couple to the vil-
 lage about nine miles north or the city by Justice of the Peace James H. Burns Accompanying the young folks were Thomas Wiggins, brother of the bride,
 and Miss Kate Loughlin. The groom IS the business representative of the Mont gomery Advertiser in this city the bride
 being most talented young woman, the the Fourth ward.
 Sunday School Rally.
 , At .ss~ of the churches of the city last
 night were held union meetings for the
 purpose of arousing interest in the Sun day school census, which will be taken Thursday in Selma and Dallas county At the First Baptist church the meeting was presided over by II. S. D. Mallory chairman of the executive committee of
 the Dallas County Sunday School asso- citation. Judge Joseph Carthel Field, sec retary of the Sunday school work in Ala bama, made thep rincipal address. but while waiting for him to conclude his ad- 1 dress at the First Christian church, where 1 the union meeting of churches east of | Broad street was held, w. T. Atkins. president of the Dallas county associa- 1 ton, and the Rev. A. A. Little made ad- dresses. The musical programme was very excellent and greatly enjoyed. At the First Christian church addresses were made by the Rev. W. T. Swain. l the Rev. MT. Bennett, w. T. Atkins and !, Mrs. ]. J. Thomas. The meeting was | presided over by Dr. Patton. chairman of 1 the campaign committee for the census l which is to be taken Thursday.
 | The interest in the work has been l aroused to such an extent that Wednes- | day Judge Carthel, the Rev W. T. Swain. : w T. Atkins and w. T. Alison will take
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. F. C. Hill.

Mrs. F. c. Hill died last night at 7:30 o'clock at one of the local infirmaries, liter a protracted Illness. The deceased S survived by husband and three chill iren. The funeral services will be held rom the residence, PIG Seventy-seventh treet. East Lake, this afternoon at 1 o'clock. The interment will take place n the East Lake cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
Stops Traffic on Bridge.

The wagon traffic on the Twenty second street bridge has been stopped until next Saturday night. This order to the police is due to the tearing up of Twentieth street by the Louisville and Nashville railroad, which forces all cars over the Twenty street bridge. It s impossible for the cars and traffic to pass at the same time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08

this city but he has d pistol in his pants or bosom, and a Iew days since one was searched at the jail door, after his trial in the circuit court room, and a big six-shooter found on ais per- son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrell.

Mrs. Elizabeth Harrell aged 37 years, lied last night at 925 Second avenue. Funeral arrangements will be announced ater
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
How County Fund Is Levied.

The county fund is made up of cents on the $l00 levied by the Henry bill and 10 cents levied by the election in 1903. These two taxes give us 15 cents on the Sl00 for a county school fund. The tax values of Jefferson county are something more than s7l,000,000. making county school fund of about $106, ,500, less the com mission for collecting and disbursing it. It may be assumed that the poll tax will equal the expense of collecting and dis bursting the county fund. This makes the state and county fund for Jefferson some thing more than $225, 900 to be disbursed among approximately 54,000 children We may reasonably hope for an increase in the amount from the state and county funds.
 In this connection l desire to call at tention to recent ruling of the Attorney General relative to the manner of appor- tionng school funds from the state to the several separate school districts. Un- der this ruling all funds are apportioned to the several counties according to the number of educabe children, and dis bursed by the county boards of educa- ton to the separate districts in the same manner and upon the same basis as funds are now disbursed to other school districts. Heretofore the state superinten- dent apportioned directly to the separate districts upon the basis of school chil- dren, but now the amount that goes to these separate districts will not be de- termined by their school children, but by what the county boards think right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08

All forms of scrofula, salt rheum and eczema are cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the blood purifier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08

Planters and farmers along the west Natchez, now appreciate the fact that Nathez, now appreciate the fact that they are up against the boil weevil, and declare that he has already done tn em serious injury. Some of them place the damage as high as 30 per cent, and yet the appearance of the insect has been known for certain only two weeks. This leads to the impress sion that the pest has been there the greater part of the season and that it has covered a much larger territory than at first reported by the experts who found him near the Mississippi river. Farmers as far east IS Hinds county declare they have the weevil, an insect that is doing the same and just as much damage as the genuine Mexican species, and they are not par ticular about what they are called by th> bugologists. Whole fields have been ruined in this and adjoining counties by some insect that bores into the boil and the impression is that it is the Mexican pest. Samples of fine stalks of cotton are exhibited, from which the farmer has picked twelve or fifteen bolls and there yet remain twenty five or thirty bolls on the same stalk that have been killed by the insect showing that the crop is damaged at least one-half. Fortunately these con- ditions are not general but they are numerous enough to cause serious alarm and to give the farmer case of the blues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
WALKER REPORTS ON ENSLEY SCHOOLS Discusses Raising of Funds For
 Coming Year REVIEWS THE SOURCES Ensley Schools at Present Get About $6ooo Per Year From Saloon Ii.
 censes-How State Fund
 Is Apportioned.
REVIEWS THE SOURCES

Ensley, October 7.-(Special )--The Board of Education met tonight in the city hall, Chairman Scott, w. P. Bridges, Mayor Sugg, P. J. Rogers, W. l.. Settle and J. H. Shelton being present. The prn- cipal feature of the meeting was the report of Prof. Thomas R. Walker who made a number of recommends tions which were concurred in by the board The report was very gratifying. showing the city schools to be in splendid condi- tion. Referring to the revenues Professor Walker said in part:
 Walker Makes Report.
 One source of our school revenues is 50 per cent of the city license fees. These license fees include the saloon license. In Ensley the saloons pay about SIP, GOO a year license and about 5000 of this goes 10 the schools. In making an estimate of the income for the schools this ses- sion 70 per cent of the saloon license was included in tLe estimate. Since that estimate was made and the plans for the session were formulated the abama leg islature has passed a local option liquor bill, and election has been called for the latter part of this month to determine whether not saloons shall be licensed in Jefferson county after January 1, 1907 lii the event the county goes for prohibi- ton we shall have to make other pro- vision for this $6000 with which to meet the expenses of the schools. It is time now for us to begin making this pro- vision.
 The other sources of our revenue are the state and county funds. The state fund this year for Jefferson county amounts to $118,857.35. This is an increase over the state fund for last year of $33- l74.33, This increase comes from an add- tional appropriation by the legislature of S3OO,0O0, and large increase in the tax value-in Jefferson county an increase of eye. S13, GOO 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08
E. T. Shaw & Son, Undertakers.
Green Undertaking Co.,, Wallace c. Johns, Manager.

A thousand feet of fun on he Curve. Get onto it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-08

Farmers around Crystal Springs who have experienced with lespedeza are deligh ted with the results. Last No- vember they seeded their ground to oats, harvesting a good crop in May The land was plowed and narrowed and seeded to lespedeza, which has just been cut. Few of them have taken the trouble to weigh or measure either oats or hay, but one farmer, MT. F. V. Bridges, finds that on five acres he has cut and baled fourteen tons Of as fine hay as he ever saw and which Is worth at present market prices s2l0.
 John McAllster of Lee county peti- tions the governor to grant him pardon of his life sentence for murder on the very unusual ground that he was convicted solely on the testimony of lot of negro witnesses who were totally unreliable"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-06-06
Caught by a Huge Pile of Steel
Tire at the Gaar-Scott
Works.
HAS ONE LEG AMPUTATED
1T WAS so BADLY MASHED THAT
AN OPERATION WAS NECESSA-
RY - TAKEN TO REID HOS.
PITAL.

While Perry West was employed a,
Gaar-Scott plant this morning, a tres
tie which was standing near, and on
which was piled about two tons OF
engine tire steel, broke and the entire
weight was hurled against Mr.. West
pinning him against the drill ami sc
badly MASKING and decorating his
right leg that that member had 20 be
amputated above the knee, at the hos
pital where the injured man was TAX
en-.
The accident was a remarkable one
in that Mr.. West was not killed out
right. The sheets of steel which were
piled on the trestle are about fifteen
feet long and between twenty-five and
thirty inches wide and are very heavy.
Mr.. West was engaged in drilling
holes through one of these sheets, pre-
paratory to its being bent and made
into an engine wheel, when the acct
dent occurred The fall came with
out warning and he was pinned
against the machine. Other than one
cry of help, Mr.. West made no sound,
although his face showed agonizing
pain. He was conscious from the
time the accident occurred till he was
placed upon the operating table at the
hospital in fact his nerve was remark
able.
Fellow employees hearing the crash
Of the steel as it fell to the floor hur-
ried to the rescue but it was at least
three minutes before West could be
removed from beneath the steel. 9th
er than having his right leg entirely
and hanging by but a few
shreds, he was only slightly injured.
One toe on his left foot was also
mashed.
The ambulance was called immed
lately and West was removed to the
hospital where his injured limb was