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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
ARE FOUND GUILTY.
Shoaf Joint Case Is Given to the
Jury.

All the evidence in the case against
Elmer E. Shoaf, E. R. Barber and VIII
liam Jefries for violating the prohibi-
tory law in the conduct of the Coronado
club at 631 Kansas avenue. when it was
raided in January last, was presented
Dy ten O'Clock this morning at the trial
which has been in progress in the dis
trict court since yesterday morning
The case was given TO the jury an hour
or so later
1t took the better part of three days
to present this case at the first trial
which occurred in April and when the
Jury disa greed, but this time the case
was presented with the utmost dispatch.
Even after the evidence was all in there
was little delay in giving the case to the
tury. Judge Dana retired for a few
moments to perfect his charge When
he delivered it W. E Atchison, assist
ant county attorney, made a brief sum
ming up. Mr. Hungate and Mr.. Schoch,
attorneys for Shoaf announced that
thew would let the case go to the jury
without a word being said on their part
and Mr.. Schenck announced that the
state had nothing further to say in the
premises. So the jury retired
1t was announced by the jurors at the
noon hour that it would take some little
time for them to conclude their delib-
eratious. so Judge Dana called them in
to court and gave them recess for an
hour and a half in which to get luncheon
They. resumed their consideration Of the
case at 1:30 o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
Preparing for Root.

Mexico City, Sept. 24-Wlth official
notifcation to the effect that Secretary
Root will leave Washington Wednesday
afternoon and viii arrive here next
Monday on friendly visit to Mexico.
ali arrangements for the entertainment
of the distinguished visitors are being
completed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24

Atchison. Kan, Sept 4-Pete Weber
south OF town. Is losing many hogs from
cholera On an average two OF his hogs
are diving every day. Usually cholera IN
a hog kills the animal shortly after II
contracts the disease peculiar thing
about Weber's hogs they Hnger two and
three weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24

Gravesend. n. Z. sept 24.-On a
sloppy track Gold Lady. the IL to 5
favortte, easily won the AlbemarIe
handicap. one mile and a sixteenth.
at Gravesend She took the lead IN
the stretch and won easily by nvs
lengths
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
STOCKING THE STREAMS.
Five Thousand Young Black Bass I'm
Butler County Creeks

FL Dorado. Kan. Sept 24--The state
fish and game warden mas directed Otis
SadIer to place 5000 of this years hatch
of black bass into the Walnut and ad-
iacent streams and the work has com
menced. Charles Harvey. county WAT
den went to Chelsea this morning with
SsdIer TO aid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
fHfiicutIoua.

Chicago. Sept 24-F'orecast for Kan
sas- Fair tonight and Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-24
Are Found Guilty

The jury in the case against Elmer
E. Shoaf. E R. Barber and William
Jeffries returned verdict of guilty at
ais this afternoon on nine counts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
M 7he StudIoS

here form a rare collection. He has painted some of the most beautiful wonI- en in Birmingham and a number of ehii- adren in the. fashionable set.
 Recently MT. Menzel has been doing oil portraits, and has received several notable commissions. Although the artist resides near Cullman, he has an apartment in town, and spends a few days in his studio here every week For some years MT. Menzel had classes in Kansas City. but since coming to Birmingham he has devoted his entire time to his own work either miniature or oil.
 The MenZels have a charming little house near Cullman, not in the direction of the Monastery where most visitors to Cullman go for glimpse of the grey gowned monks tilling the fields, or to the cemetery where some of the Benedietine fathers lie within the shadow of the cross-but out in the opposite direction where the artist lives surrounded by trees and flowers and a very wide out of doors. Roses and violets grow in profuson, and both MT. Menzel and his wife prefer to live unhampered by the cares of city life. Mrs. Menzel also has decided talent for art, and has done some porcelain decoration. They have a young daughter. about 12 years of age who intends pass ing the winter in town, and will enter school. She is rather a delicate girl and was quite i'll for several weeks this summer. She will stay with some friends of her parents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
MISS PICKERING 70 WED
 CAPTAIN SDIIZH, C. s. 4.

cers of the Fourteenth cavalry. Among recent posts where Captain Smith has been stationed with his regiment have been the Presidio of Monetery and the Presidio of Sanfrancsco, the regiment now being stationed at the latter post, but will probably be ordered to the Philippines again.
 Captain Smiths army career has been most brilliant, and his early appointment to the much coveted position at West Point has been only one of several signal honors that he has received. Just after his return from the Philippines he de- clined an important diplomatic mission 10 the Orient.
 He has spent many of his vacations in Birmingham. visiting his family, and is socially most popular His friends In this city will hear with interest that he will bring his bride to Birmingham for a visit to MT. and Mrs. Cruikshank mak- ing the rans-oontinental tour from the Pacific coat to the Atlantic their desti- nation being New York.
 Miss Pickering is beauty and belle in the army set She was in the Philip pines at the same time that Captain Smiths regiment was stationed there, but they did not become engaged until after their return to this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
C0H2U2GHf
On Pawnee Street.

Out Pawnee street is destined to be one Of the smartest residential sections of Birmingham. It is probably the only street in this city bearing so musical an Indian name. It spreads itself out from thioket of woodland, turns westward toward Linden street which is the gate way to Pawnee.
 The services of Buchanan and Com pany. landscape gardeners, have been en- gagged by the owners of building sites along Pawnee, and the plans for beautify- ing the gardens will make the whole street a continuous and lovely scene. The building sites have a frontage of not less than loo feet. and with a depth of nearly 8oO the residences to be erected will be put back fully 70 feet leaving sufficient space for garden effects.
 While a general landscape plan will rseult in charming uniformity, still the tastes of the individual owners will be expressed in the arrangement o1 the gar dens, the decorative effect to be produced by Towering terraces and through tho cultivation of hundreds of plants and ornamental shrubs indigenous to the south.
 Among those who own building sites on Pawnee are Mr and Mrs. A. L. Full enwider, who have a frontage of 300 feet Coming westward is building site of 100 feet frontage. owned by Mr. and Mrs. Webb Crawford. MT. and Mrs. Robert Baugh have a 100 feet fronting on Paw nee. MT and Mrs. Ross C. Smith own site fronting 125 feet Judge and Mrs. oscar Hundley have a frontage of 200 feet, and have let their plans for a house which will follow the English style of architecture. Capt. and Mrs. Frank P O Brien have a building site adjoining MT and Mrs. R. II, Porter have 100 feet frontage MT and Mrs, Allan Krebs have 100 feet. and AIr and Mrs Paul Earle have the corner lot. ending at Linden
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
HISS LA URA KICK IS 70
 WE'D DIR. CHAS. MERCER

Mrs. George s. keek of Baltimore, Md, announces the engagement of her daugh- ter, Laura, to Mir. Charles P. Mercer Of Birmingham, the wedding to take place October 2l at the residence of the brides mother. After wedding journey of sev- eral weeks MT. Mercer and his bride will be at home in this city after Novem- Der 10.
 Miss Neck is well known in society here, having visited Judge and Mrs. J. c. Carmichael. She is a beautiful and charming girl and has travelled exten- svely abroad. With her grandmother Miss Keck passed the summer at Blount Springs and was in town on frequent shopping expeditions
 MT. Mercer is formerl yof Cincinnati
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

October is the month of shopping, even
 more than that preceding Easter, and the Birmingham shops are thronSed daily.
 a smart line of autos and traps lining the curbngs. and restve horses, eoachmen and ehauffeurs waiting impatently.
 There seems less excuse every year for
 Birmingham women to go north for shop ping, and only prospective brides go on for the shopping season.
 The modstes here, just back from New
 York, are fully equipped to fashion the most elaborate of trousseaus, but the New York tailors and coutourieres con- tnue 10 get a large patronage from the southern women. A number of women here have patroniZed some of the east ern mlliners for years and every season
 have hats sent on for their inspection,
 unless they themselves are going on for the autumn or spring visit to Baltimore or New York.
 An enterprising and u1tra-fashionable
 firm in Baltimore sends no less than a
 dozen hats to one of it's Birmingham
 patrons each season, and from which
 sh- makes her selection in the privacy
 of her boudoir. Sometimes she returns
 the box without making a selection, but
 usually she makes several purchases.
 As to gowns, Birmingham has not yet gone very extensively into providing the eldDufdte Ddll or dlnner costume, snow ing the hallmark of the finished contour | iere. The modistes here can turn out as finished a gown within a few weeks as even the most fastidious woman could wish, but there are not q profuslon of 1 elaborate toilettes such as can be tried
 on in the smart and exclusive estab- ! lishments in some of the larger cities. Women of wealth in this city would well come an establishment where they could
 be instantly fitted into ball costume. And such an establishment would not materially affect the trade of the modistes who require weeks to build gown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
French Literature.

Three volumes of widely different nature have just been sent out by the Lippin-
 cotts. Those who enjoyed former series on Montaigne, by Edward Dowden. L.L. D., and on Balzac. by Ferdinand Brune- tiere. will welcome this third volume of the French men of letters, Francois Robelas,p by Arthur Tiley, NJ. A., fellow and lecturer of Kings college. Cambridge.
 He is widely known as an authority on French literature, his 'The Literature of the French Renaissance" being accepted as the standard work on the subject. In this series of men of letters of
 France the aim has been to do for French literature what has already been done for English literature. Francois Rabelais' works, about which so much was written half century ago, and his biography overgrown with legends, gave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Nab. Abner Pickering of the Twenty second infantry, [. s. A., and Mrs. Pick ering announce the engagement of their daughter, Cecile Yetize, to Capt. Matthew C. Smith of the Fourteenth cavalry, |. s. A, the wedding to take place early in November at the Presidio of Monterey where the Twenty-second infantry is sta- toned.
 The wedding will be brilliant event in army social circles and of wide in- terest socially. Capt Smith is son of MT. N. T. Smith of Birmingham, and a brother of Mrs. George Cruikshank. MT James T. Smith and Thomas E. Smith, and also of Mrs. Walter Gulley of Tusca- loosa. After his graduation from West Point Captain Smith was appointed in- structor at that post, where he remained several years. He went to the front with his regiment during the Spansh-Amer jean war and only returned from the Philippines about two years ago. He was stationed at Iloilo on the Island of Mendanoa, the second largest island in the Philippines and during his residence there the Taft party. with Mrs Nicholas Longworth, then Miss Alice Roosevelt, was extensively entertained by the off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

are conducted under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian associa- tion, and a number of young women have availed themselves of the oppor- tunity to perfect themselves in a line of work in which many women are to- day earning large salaries. Mrs. Hur- Icy will be glad to register pupils at any time. The classes are conducted at the Young Woman's hotel. 730 North Twenty first street.
 MT. T. V. Boardman will sing a solo this morning at the II o'clock service at the Third Presbyterian church,
 Mrs. W. F. Gibson has returned to he' home in Huntsville.
 Mrs. Lawler is visiting Mrs. H. C. Davis and Mrs. s. A. Law, at llO7 Quintard avenue, Anniston.
 Mrs. w. II. Welsh is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Benjamin Fowlks, in Selma.
 Mrs. c. c. Huckabee is visiting Mrs George Brown of Louisville, Ky.
 Mrs. John w. Lamberson of Hunts vile is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Ike Winston
 Mrs. Annie Anglin, who has been a guest of Judge and Mrs. S. D. Weakley, has returned to her home in Florence.
 MT. B. B. Cleveland of Goodwater is visiting his daughter, Mrs. q. w. Bag ley.
 The Ninth Street Kindergarten will open Monday morning at 916 First ave nue.
 Mrs. John Cochran Push is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Frank Powers of Florence.
 Mrs. J. n. Matlock of Birmingham, says the Montgomery Journal spent Wednesday in Montgomery as the guest Of Mrs. Il. C. Gunnes, en route to Troy to attend the Federation of Women's clubs of which she is one of the ablest and most brilliant members. Mrs. Mat lock is chairman of the school im- provement committee of the fedora ton. and her work for sch ool improve ment has been of inestimable value and benefit to the state. An encouraging report of the committees work was made by Mrs. Matlock before the feder- ation in Troy yesterday. Mrs. Mat lock is expected to return to Mont SptHNAN tAAiS NNSHiHS 'h iNNtt' ioiiiC. She will be with MT. and Mrs, II. C. Gunnels while here.
 owing to the death of Mrs. Hillar's sister, Mrs. H. H. Mansback of Cum berland Md, MT. and Mrs. Hillar have recalled the invitations to the wedding reception of their daughter, Hazel who is to be married to Mir. Irving Fies October 2s. The ceremony will be wit messed only by the relatives and in- timate friends of the families.
 The Webb Oates wedding is creat- ing much interest, especially in North Carolina, because it is uniting two of the oldest and most distinguished fam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
Whaf She Reads

place many years ago to a critical review, but there still remains difficulties for the student of his life to overcome, al though the dark places have had some light thrown upon them.
 Moliere initiated in a famous scene from erhe Marriage by Compulsion, a discussion by Rabelais:
 P-Wir my wife be honest and chaste2
 TT doubt it.
 P-Have you ever seen herr
 T.-Not that 1 know of.
 P-Why then do you doubt of thing that you do not know?
 T.-For reason.
 P-But if you knew her?
 T.-Eiven more.
 Page. my little friend, here is my cap: I make you a present of it. eN- cept the spectacles. Go into the court and swear for me a little half hour. l will do the same for you when you want 1t.
 Adding another remarkably interesting valume to the True" series of notable Americans, published by the Bippincott s. is the recent volume "The True Patrick Henry" by George Morgan. Some q illustrations adorn the volume, includ- ing a reproduction of Sully's famous painting of Patrick Henry. who never saw his subject, but who used successfully the Fleming miniature. Most interesting are lne SktICneS uTdWl lfpil biu pltHtS and reproductions of the old portraits and miniatures of the beautiful women in the family of Patrick Henry.
 The task of the publishers is most note- worthy and the work of the author pains taking. laborious, and therefore, of extra ordinary value.
 An interesting volume by Charles Nor ris deals with details of everyday life in various parts of the world. MT. Nor ris writes entertainingly of queer foods, eaten by foreign peoples, of the strange clothing worn in the far away quarters of the world, of the curious customs practieed in many countries.
 At the worlds dining table. in the worlds tailor shop, in the worlds dress ing room, in the worlds kitchen and pan try, MT. Morris takes his reads He says there is such a thing as walking on other mems feet and seeing with other mems eyes.
 The task is no task at all. but a most delightful mode of travel with so charm ing and interesting a guide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
MSS CALLIE SDN/7H 70 WED
 WR. WILLIAML HEART OC7. %

MT. aud Mrs. Charles N, Smith of Cedartown, Ga, have announced the en- Gagement of their daughter Callie Free man. to Mir. William Merriwether Leary of Birmingham, the wedding to take place on the evening of October 30 at the residence of the brides parents.
 No announcement of the winter season is of more widespread interest socially. Miss Smith is a noted Georgia beauty, and a young woman of charming per- sonality. She entered society a few win" ters ago and has been a pronounced belle.
 Mir. Leary is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Leary of Atlanta and a brother of Mrs. Robert c. Redus and Mrs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Samuel T. Barnett of Birmingham. He is prominent and popular socially. and q member of the Birmingham and Atlanta clubs.
 Mr. Leary and his bride after an eX- tensive wedding tour, will be In Birming ham for the Wtner, or at least part of it. as they intend to pass much of their time here, where Mir Leary's mining interests are located, and they win also reside in Cedartown q part of the year.
 Mir. and Mrs. Redus and MT. and Mrs. Barnett will attend the wedding, and in the Birmingham party will be a number of the men friends of Mir Leary, among them MT. George B. Ward and Mr. Will liam Mudd Martin. The wedding will be d beautiful and brilliant event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Something doing every min ute at the State Fair. The best show in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Sell you brand new modern home in fine locality on easy term. ,Woodlawn Realty Go, 1919 First National Bank Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

noon at 3 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. J. T. Nixon. Officers will be in stalled and the attendance of each member is urged.
 The North Haven Social club met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs Mccoy, on Jasper road. Rose" con test was held, Miss Lulie Hall win ming the first prize, while Mrs. Albert G. Sullivan received the consolation prize. A salad course was served Tho next meeting of the club will be with Mrs. Langford.
 For the convenience of visitors to the fair Mrs. Hurley has been rendered the use of the parlors at the Cox shoe store for the enrolment of pupils who desire to enter her millinery classes, beginning November 1. These classes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Miss Laura I.awlor. delegate of the Woman's Press club of St. Joseph. is the second vice president of that organization and prominent member of Sterling Price Chaptee. United Daughters of the Confed- cyacy, and other societies In her nome city. She is daughter of MT. ana N3fs' Michael Lawlor, her father beng Tor veors the owner and publisher of 'fhe Catholic Tribune" one of the oluest Catholic publications in the west Upon one occasion. in speaking of Miss l.awioi' who is assistant editor of the tribune, the Columbiad, published in Boston, paid her this compliments
 Her education was received uhder lae
 instruction Of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart. and her strong mental aequlfe- ments need no stronger indorsemehtS tl.an inc editorial columns of .he iripune- Her literary efforts have not been eonfAed to the columns of her fathers newspaper many articles from her faeile pon ap- nearing from time to time in the daily napers of her own city. and receiving favorable notice from exchanges in south- eru and eastern cities, She is member of the leading organizations of St. Joseph. The young editor possesses an attfactiVe and striking personality. In conVefsa- tion she Is una ffected, natural and diSni- fled. in her writing she is strong, fluent and graceful. She is [ assessed ot warm, generous nature, ever ready 10 HStSh t' an appeal of charity, and her pen IS al- ways ready to echo her mental prohapt- ings."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Mr. and Mrs. E. s. Brazelton of Ensley announce the engagement of their daush- ter Miss Hattie Brazelton, to MT. Dun can A. Cox of Ensley, the wedding to take place November ', 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
NOTES OF THE WEEK
 IN SOCIAL WORLD Numerous Visitors In Town for
 the Fair NOTES AND PERSONALS Interesting Gossip of Movements of We'll Known People In Alabama. Little Entertaining During
 the Past Week.
NOTES AND PERSONALS

Captain and Mrs. w.. A. Graves and Miss Virginia Graves have returned home after an absence of several months. Captain and Mrs. Graves have been travelling up east and Mrs. Graves friends will be glad to know she is much improved in health after her recent illness. Miss Graves has been abroad during the summer with Mrs. Zac Smiths party, but remained in Paris with Mrs. Charles P. Ball, Miss Ball and Mrs. Stradford of Montgom cry and Mrs. A. c. Birch for a few weeks after Mrs. Smiths party re- turned to America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Mir K. R. zell and family have moved from l00o Eievenrh avenue to sA Georsia street for the winter,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Mrs. Charles Higgins, alternate dele gate of the Womans Press club of St. Joseph to the Birndpgham convention, is society and dramatic editor of the St.
 Joseph Gazette, Besides being a news paper woman. she Is also considered a good pianist, her husband, Charles His-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

and Chicago, and has resided in Bir- mingham about two years. He Is a mem Der of the clubs and his many friends are much interested in his approaching wedding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Mrs. E. B. Robinson left yesterday to spend Sunday in raliadesa,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

gins. being well known vlolinist, In the two years of her newspaper work Mrs. Higgins has won for herself quite a rep utation as a critic of drama and music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

c. E. Allen of the Enterprise. West Blocton. and wife accompanied hy Miss Maude Douthit and Miss Carrie Mcpon- ald. were visitors to the fair yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
M 7he Sbobs
shoppinq In the North.

1 street, fronting 10o feet on Pawnee and extending back nearly BOO on Linden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

If you want the best advertising cuts try the Gawk, Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

My. Tom Bradley has returned from an extended tour of the west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13
MT. MenzeII's Vogue.

MT Paul Menzel Is enjoying tremend- ous vogue. His exquisite miniatures of n number of well known women in society
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

meeting of the board of control of the Boys club will be held Monday morn ing at II o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Miss Maggie Willard and Mir. Andrew Willard of Epes are visiting Mrs. Lowrey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Anti Prohibition Meeting.
 Bijou Theatre this (Sunday) afternoon at 3 o'clock. Promi- nent business men will make addresses and give reasons for their position. The public is urged to come.
 Property Owners and Good
 Govt Campaign Committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-13

Mrs. J. C. Bonner, Miss Jessie Bonner and Miss Amelia Lutterer of Cullman have returned from a three-weeks' visit to Jamestown Washington and Balti- more.