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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-12
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G. r. Bealc was. taken III last Sat4
urday with what 1thesnr. feared pne,t-
monia, but he Is npsw' commissioning.
Frank Hunter tet1Fned last week
ffrofn Washington. where he spent the
summer and fall. f<s1@F ~; y
Lornzo SUNDERLAND, who has 'hee1,
Sick so long. Is almost blind at his
home in East Covtngtbn:s' ',@> -.
! Mrs. Kelley ! Keapey continues
quite Ill. ~ 's.S f"1
Johnny Beale ,wentsto his home In
Glenn Wilton last week quite III. but
not thought1to he}serious. +
= Mrs. William Manspme is prepar.
Ing for an entertainraent to be given
Dec. 27. -, go, ~
:: Eli Pollard, so wslhAnows TO. the
people here. died fof4 Bright'a 'dlsease
at Goshen, Virginia., Tuesday, De-
cember 2. He: wastsick q short
while and his death WAS shock tn
the people. He leaves daughter.
Mrs. Mary Jackson, %aof Lexington
The body was inferred in the GENE.
terry In Lexington, his home.
Charley Wright g was taken sick
sunday morning with symptoms OF
pneumonia. -. 1;.y5; -
MIS-. Julia Jones.3sof White Sui
ph"r' and little daughter Marguerite,
spent MONDAY and Tvesday guests of
Mrs; S.: IT. Denson; N ~
Mr.. and Mrs. VIA il, lIackctt spept
l"esday at Dunlap visiting Miss
Kelley Barber III Z, ..~
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-12
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( sMisas !. Maifie Robinson was "a; at
ack*ith Tuesday, visiting Mrs.
sMattison Jordan. 49, =. ..,,,....a. :.
Is w. II. Phillips was a. business WIS.,
ttbr to Montgomery "Wednesday.
Mr.. Jessie Brue and Miss Addle
Wtnknem,' were united in marriage
SundayTevening at 7 O'Clock; The
BRIDES maid. Miss Mamie Robinson,
and thS best man, Mrs. Clifton La
Conn entered the room. Followed by
the bride leaning on. the arm Of the
groom. - They met at the Ialtar and
Rev. r., A. Harris OBLIGATED. Mr..
Rrue has been with us for some
time, but Miss WINFIELD has been
here only short while. The mar
riage was quite a. surprise to, all.
They left Monday. morning on their
bridal tour to Virginia. -.
Rev. p. A. Harris preached two
able sermons here Sunday. ..u~ -.
. Mrs. Mamie Coleman was III sew
eral days Of last week. ,s. -.
W. f. Smith met with q. Dainfui
accident while in the mines last
week. "A car ran over his foot sever
ing all Of his toes except one. He
was sent to the Paint Creek Hospital.
Miss Matilda Scott from P6nnsyl-
vania Is here the guest Of her moth
er. 90 =
Blaine Adams Is here with his
brother John Adams. :.
Arthur Young and Edward Coins
lett Friday for their home. in Vlr-
ginia.~., ......... /
Clifton Logan came here from
hynchbure' Va, to attend the Rrue-
WmkHeld wedding ;...l'.,-,. il, :, Ar. il, .. j..
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-12
Everything for the Kitchen"
81O-812 Quar.rier St.

or education through the city super
lntendent has sent the following sup
plies, 3 twelve inch globes, 1 set OF
maps, photograph, a set Of mathe-
NAUTICAL blocks, clock and waste
paper baskets for all the rooms. The
Patrons. pupils and teachers are try.
Ing to show their appreciation of this
'nberallty by greater interest In the
school and a closer appreciation to
duty to the end thai the very best
results may be obtained. The fol-
lowing Is the rolls Of honor. =.
Grades and General excel
lence. Ada TOler. Dora Woody, Ida
Simpson; physiology, Blanch Chap
man; arithmetic, Dora Woody, Ada
Toler; reading, Ida Simpson; "langu-
age, Ada Toler, Ida Simpson; his
tory, John Saunders, Dora Woody.
Grades 4 and 5-General excel
)ence, Chas, Pinchback, Earnest KEEL
ly; language Maceo Henikej Garnet
Dabney; arithmetic, Chas. Pinchback
Earnest Kelley; geography, Henry
Whisiker, Chas. Pinchback, Thos.
Laws; history, Henry Whisiker, Myr-
tie Chapman; spelling, Mary Saun-
ders, Lethia Gibbs; reading, Mary
Straw, Irene Craft; drawing, Argath-
er :, R oten,~ Mary Straw; writing
Bianch ADAMS, Willie NJ. Smith: :
= Grades 49, &asRd 47s~Genefal excel.
lence, Ida Taylor, Ira Kendrick saa4a
g1aage,, Kelley Brown, Luella Allen?
reading, Cornelia Kyd, |Ardelta
thompson writing. Cornelia Kyd
Wipifred Hunter; >. geography, Ada
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-12

er In Char lesion Monday. - I Il a siS,s
Il :. NJ. Canty Issurneds Saturday
from J Jamestown. Va & ts3,Es$t
r.. T.. Brown made a business trtp,
to Charleston Monday. Z. &.' 4. aaS3
II Mrs. Margaret Smith was called to-
the; bedside. OF her daughter Mamie.
who was severely burned In Charies-
ton Thursday. i n, ..2fI;tv (, Il" K"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-12
IlNs7lTul1',fR.

&c. Jones th3de, q business trip
to Charleston Friday,
Mrs. Elizabeth Friend was, among
The shippers In Charleston Saturday.
Miss Amelia .Wllcher was confined
to her room several days with q
severe attack Of neuralgia.
E. NJ. Burgess was a+bnslness call
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-12

Glove and Hdkf Boxes,
Military Brushes,
Triplicate Mirrors ~ ~'
Post Card Albums, Kodak Al
buns Photograph Albums,
Table Covers and Sofa. Pillow
Tops,
Library Table Book Racks,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-12

Fancy Waste Paper Baskets, -.
Dictionary Holders,
tnkstands, q"
Pocket Books and Card Cases,
Candlesticks and Shades,
Writing Portfolios,
Jewel Boxes,
Hand Mirrors,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-12

! no IA Ito rdispay off achl

Diaries. - ......
Calendars. .-''>
Desk Blotters,
Postal Scales,
Address Books,
Laundry Lists,
College and High School Pen-
nants,
= -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
Buildinq the Canal

Major Goethals says he is throwing dirt so fast he will need in the present fiscal year eight million dollars more than has been appropriated. He does not tell us, as did his predecessor, how much dirt he is moving month by month, but 1t is reported that work is progressing in the Culebra cut and on the Gatun dam in an extremely satis- factory manner. Congress will meet, however, in December. and no doubt the sentiment of the country will call for an increased appropriation and all possible hastening of the work of con struction. The people want the canal and they want 1t as soon as it can be dug and built.
 The employment of government en- gineers at Panama Is restoring confi- dence in the minds of the people in the completion of the canal. Military engineers cannot honorably quit their jobs. and no doubt the last managerial and engineering stage of the great work has been reached. Major Goeth- als and his associates will, If they live, complete the canal, and the indica- tions now are that they will build 1t within the time so freely named, name Iy. eight years. The work is being prosecuted economically and eXpedl- tlously, and the commission should De supplied with all the money 1t can use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
Yellow Fever in Cuba

Cienfuegos Is a port on the south coast of Cuba, and it is there that yellow fever epidemic of small pro- portions has arisen. The town itself Is small, and the garrison Is small also. The center of the epidemic Is the military hospital.
 It appears that all sanitary precau- tions had been neglected at Cienfue- gos while the Palma government re- mained in power, and Governor Magoon Is now working vigorously to cleanse the neighborhood and to destroy all mosquitoes. Beyond doubt this little epidemic will soon be crushed The isolation of each fever patient so far as mosquitoes are concerned will speedily accomplish the task.
 The mosquito theory is too well established to be gainsayed, and at Cienfuegos there is no desire to doubt 1t or to evade it. War upon the mos- quito and isolation are the methods chiefly employed there.
 September is approaching and our trade With Cienfuegos is limited, but no doubt the marine hospital service Is watching every vessel from Cuba There are very few cases of the Bcourge in the island outside of Cien- fuegos, which is city containing 27,- 900 people, in Santa Clara province. It has rail connections with Havana, miles,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
Policy of Atlanta Coast Line

Speaking for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company" said Alexan- der Hamilton, the first vice president and general counsel, "I wish to say that it desires to have harmony and cordial relations with the people or the community where 1t exists, and Is willing to make sacrifices to that end. Tbis he said in a letter addressed to Governor Conner confirming settlement of the rate issue on the basis of-put- ting the new rate laws of Alabama into immediate effect.
 The quoted sentence from MT. Ham ilton's letter covers the ground. It Is the essence of common sense. It will add friends to the company represent ed by MT. Hamilton, and yet 1t will not take from it a single right. Should the contest in the courts result favor ably to the railroads, some money would be lost that could not be re- gained. but, as MT Hamilton says, such sacrifices would be more than offset by resultant harmony and CO., dial relations in the breasts of those who pay railroad fares and freight charges.
 Governor Conner Is going to Atlantic City to seek rest on the board walk by the swishing sea, and he will come back ready to summon an extra ses- sion on October 1 if by that time the Louisville and Nashville and the Cen tral of Georgia have not put them selves on the harmony paltform of the Atlantic Coast Line.
 The Age-Herald is confident they will do what business sense calls for. The sentiment of Alabama in favor of the execution of her own laws Is a rising quantity, and the two railroads in question certainly will not desire to antagonize their own patrons to the point of bitterness and unanimity of action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
Music Wanted in Parks.

Some years ago-I believe it was during the Van Hoose administration we, the poor folks of Birmingham, en- joyed delightful free music in Central park" said an old citizen. My recol- lection Is that in consideration of exemption from license of a profes sional band, that band gave a free musical concert, at least once 8 week.
 This was q splendid proposition. The city was poor then. It is rich now and ought to re-establish the custom-ln fact pay something extra to the band players.
 such concerts attract much atten- tion; for they are purifying and draw largely from places less congenla1 to morality, and much less educational in tn cir tendency.
 Let us have public musical con- certs in our parks, even if we must hand round the mat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
HOT WINDS OF KANSAS.

From the Nashville Tennessean.
 "It will be thirteen years ago tomor- row" said A. L. Hayman of Kansas City at the Utopia, that the hot wind clean ed up what was probably the best pros pect for large crop of corn ever seen in Smith county, Kansas. The work was done in a day and is remembered by thou sands of natives of the state. The season was something like the present one with more rain during the latter part of June and the fore part of July The fearful day was Thursday and the morning started with a brisk south wind which shifted to the west somewhere before noon. By 3 o'clock the wind was so hot that person could not endure it. Peo- pie took to their caves, and if they stayed in the house were compelled to close all doors and windows to shut out the wirN as much as possible. Mercury jumped up to no in the shade in places exposed to the wind. The corn crop was wiped up in one single day. It had a worse effect than did the Black Friday on Wall street. Farmers lost thousands of dol lars and that winter corn was selling sky-high h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Mosquitoes and eeneraI Wood.

The temperance of yellow fever in Cuba reminds me that General Wood, President Roosevelts special pet, is not there to fight the pest and I am sure if he was he would win out against the mosquito" said veteran of the Span ish-American war, in which conflict the mosquito was most in evidence.
 General Wood, with his sword and his medical sceptre of general deliver ance from war plague and pestilence, was most remarkable proposition, and routed the mosquito-that sole agency In the propagation of yellow fever, with the loss of only a few of his men.
 T am thoroughly convinced that the mosquito theory as to yellow fever is true, and l further believe that as an exterminator of this pest General Wood is success, no matter how much the West Pointer dislike him a military chieftian. He ought to be placed once more with the forces against the mos quito"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
chaste and Immaculate in very thought.
 -1 King Henry VI.
France in Morocco

France has accumulated in Morocco difficult than the storming of a sea port The Moors and Arabs in Mo- rocco are not well armed or well or ganized, but they have proclaimed the Sultan's brother as Emperor and are about to raise the flag of the prophet. They are fierce fighters, especially when religious fanaticism urges them on.
 The seizing of Casa Blanca must be followed by campaigns in the interior until the frenzied Mussulmans are crushed and overcome The country, In other words, must be fully con quered, and when 1t is conquered the pretender and the legal Sultan will both disappear, and Morocco will go the way of Korea. It Is better so. Civilization really demands it.
 When France, or France and Spain, hold Morocco under the terms of the Algeciras treaty, modified by war, Mo rocco will be added to the countries in which order and civilization will be- come paramount instead of disorder, misrule and isolation. Morocco is sur rounded on the land side by French territory, and this last stronghold of Mohammedan rule will doubtless fall under the control of France in much the same way that Tunis did. But great deal of desperate fighting will take place before peace comes, and France has heavy task on her hands. She is hurrying troops to Morocco, and she has the advantage of being near by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
HUNDRED GREAT FORTUNES.
Only Half Are Made and Held in
 United States.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 A list of the names of the possessors of the 100 largest fortunes in the world which has been prepared may not be complete. Indeed, 1t Is certain to be deficient in several directions. The ratings of rich men found in 1t are of necessity rather arbitrary, for no Croesus tells, if he knows-as he usual ly does not-what is the real yalue of his possessions at any given day. The list Is interesting. in any event, and leads off naturally enough with John D. Rockefeller, who Is followed rather closely by Belt and Robinson. the South African magnates. It is found that 51 of these fortunes have been made and are held in the United states, 12 in England, In Russia, 6 in Austria and in Germany, while the rest are assigned to other parts of the world. No one is included in the list who is not worth at least s20.O0O 0OO and the combined wealth of these 100 men Is nearly seven billions of dol lars.
 Many of the Old World fortunes ar. naturally vested in crowned heads and other landowners who have nrofted by inheritance. The American fortunes on the other hand are very largely sel1-made From the great natural re- sources or th1s new, vigorous land these tens and hundreds of millions of dollars have been derived by active.
 shrewd men, who have made their winnings grow by wise investment until they have attained the surprising re- suits which we see today. Fourteen Of the 51 are credited to banking and hnance, to oil, : to railroads, to steel, to sugar. to journalism. 2 to real estate, to copper, to beer 1 to tobacco and 1 to meat. In the nature of the case some of the fortunes are difhcult to classify; they have come by divers means through divers activi- tles. sThe only women numbered in the list, barring Bertha Krupp, the German lronmaster's daughter, and some crow ed heads, are American-Hetty Green and Mrs. Anna Weightman Walker.
 The sentimets aroused by going through these names are certain to be various. Some may argue that the for tunes were in most cases improperly acquired; in any event, the owners should be dispossessed of their hoards for the common advantage. Fortunate ly, such reflections come to but few inhabitants of this country, which pro- duced so many of this mass of wealth Young America Is ruled by other feel ings. Each sees inspiration and hope in the romantic success sattained by SO many men in so many different fields, and rivets his attention upon the one chance in a thousand that he may some day come to possess riches and be in the enjoyment of those pleasures and sAtlsfactions which money will bring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24

clination to explore 1t personally. MT. Bankhead Is a veteran expert in the matter of river improvement, being outranked in that respect by no one in a knowledge of southern rivers and their possibilities. MT. Burton may know more about rivers in northern states, but he has not studied southern rivers as long as has Senator Bank head Alabama rivers will get their just dues while he remains in a posi- tion to befriend them and to present the facts connected with them. The chief river state of the union needs at the national capital a friend of that sort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24

From the New York Daily Mall.
 N GIRL, ordinarily speaking, Is just
 V a girl As such, she is entitled to
 Aprofound and affectionate respect, and in this country almost always gets It. But segregate .4er-mass her in female colleges, working girls hotels and organ ized girl tours from the provnces-and almost instantly she becomes the object of undue and frequently impolite atten- ton. In order to be sure of chivalrous treatment, the girl has to be individual.
 Probably this is because man Is unac- customed to the segregated girl. She is a new one on him" She strikes him as somehow Imaginable. The mother wife-sister standard falls to work in her case. No man ever had mother, sister or wife who was a female semi zary or Trowmart inn, much less a girl-iunket from Texas. Perhaps this is the reason why the girl tourist party, now becoming quite familiar on Broad way is not always accorded the respect that it undoubtedly deserves.
 These girl parties are of several kinds. Most of them are premium parties of some kind. The most popular girls in and around Louisville or Prairie du Chien are regated by a local newspaper which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
Our Rivers and Hafhars

Senator Bankhead is a member of the inland waterways commission. of which Representative Burton is chair man. Our senior Senator is spending his vacation on the great lakes and he proposes to go from the great lakes to the Mississippi river. About the 18th of next month the waterways com mission will begin a tour of the Mis- sissppi river, starting for that purpose from St. Paul. At Keokuk, Ia on Oc- tober l, President Roosevelt will join the party. The President will make the journey with the waterways con- mission on the joint invitation of the governors of eight states bordering the great central river. How far down stream the President will go does not seem to be determined. He may de- eide to go to the gulf, and if he does do that he should then face about to go up the Warrior until he reaches Squaw Shoals.
 Senator Bankhead will be at hand, however. to tell him about the Open Warrior If he should lack time or in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
HALL CANE RICHEST NOVELIST.
he New York American.

From the New York American.
 London.-Hall Caine, 1t Is believed, Is the wealthiest novelist and playwright In the world. In theatrical royalties alone he has received up to now $450.000 from England and America, and the huge sale of his novels must bring him In a much bigger income.
 MT. Gaines revenue from performances Of his plays was revealed by the manager of the Lyceum theatre, where "The Christian" is to be revived on an elabo- rate scale in the fall. drama adapted from one of Hall Gaines novels has come to be regular feature of the London theatrical season.
 Ian Maclaren" Dr. John Watson) found the "Kailyard Sch ool' of fiction profitable, for his will. just offered for probate, shows he left s2s00oo-all earned by his novels, which gained large popu- larity in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
NEW YoRks FIRST cHINAMAN.
Frank Marshall White in Harper s


 Weekly.
 Apropos of the approaching demolition of New York's Chinatown, it Is interest ing to know that the first Chinaman to take up his abode in New York, whose name Is writ at all large in local annals, had arrived in sailing ship from around the Horn about fifteen years previous to the advent of the tea store in Mott street, and his career had not been one to prepossess the citizens or the police in favor of his fellow country. He was Quimbo Appo, man of exceptional intel ligence, but a fiend when drunk-which was most of the time that he was out of prison He married a white wife an! killed her. saving his neck by a plea of self-defence, but being sentenced to ten years Imprisonment. Being, as has been said, an intelligent man, Appo became q convert to Christianity in the Tombs. and his converters secured his pardon after he had served only year or two of his sentence. He married again, another white woman; attempted to kill her, and served a sentence of one year. On his release he murdered a Pole. and was sent to prison for five years; and, completing his sentence was convicted of man. slaughter for killing another white woman and given seven years term, but died Insane before it was completed Appo bequeathed to the state. one son, a con genial criminal. who spent most of his life in prison, and finally died in an in sane asylum, like his father.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
ALABAMA PRESS

Talladega Mountain Home: The An niston Star is unable to decide whether the Hon. Henry Gray is going to declare war or go on the lecture platform As we understand it the lieutenant governor is preparing to take the stump for prohi- bitlon.
 Montgomery Advertiser: Five hundred pores to every square inch of our ski, is what the scientists tell us, and we may add that a drop of hot grease will find every one of them.
 Guntersvlle Democrat: Casa Blanca Is quiet" says a headline. It might add with equal truth, "So is old John Brown" Cullman Democrat: A feeling of con tentment and safety steals Ter us when we realize that we are no longer threat ened by the Solonic talent of our leglsla- tors.
 Greensboro Record: When two such raw bullies as Thomas Goode Jones and Braxton Bragg Conner lock horns on a proposition something Is going to happen. The people are anxiously awaiting the result.
 Clanton Banner: The way of the prohi- bitionist Is hard. After the passage of a law closing all saloons, and stopping the sale of liquor In the state of Geor- gia, 1t is now discovered that any ten men can form a social club and get all the booze they want
  Demopolis Times: That blanket injunc- ton of the Louisville and Nashville seems likely to force the hand of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
dooD-sY, SCOTLAND YARD!

F'rom the Washington Herald
 Scotland Yard, that mysterious detec- tive headquarters which figures so largely in both fact and fiction, Is to be torn downIto make way for modern improve mentJ It occupies the site of splendid palacd built for the reception of the Scot tish nIonarchs when they visited London to do homage to the Kings of England for the fidfs In Cumberland and Westmore- land, lThe last of the royal family to reside lhere was Margaret Queen of Scot land, Ind sister of Henry VIII Milton lived there while acting as secretary, to Oliver Cromwell, also Inigo Jones, Sir Christopher Wren. and Sir John Van brugh, the designer of Blenheim. It be- came pblice headquarters in 1929.