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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
GENERAL BAR|LLAS
IS ASSASS|NATED
Stabbed to Death By Seventeen
Year Old Boy
GIVES NAME AS ESTRADA
Dead General Is an Ex-President of
Guatemala-Was Killed on
Street Car in City of
Mexico.
GIVES NAME AS ESTRADA

City of Mexico, April 7.-Gen Manuel
Lizandro Barillas, ex-president of Gaute-
mala, was assassinated this afternoon at
o'clock on Gale Semniero as he sat in
a Guadaluses street Car. He was on his
way to supper when, as the car stopped,
a young man q little over II years of age,
climbed aboard. He rushed to the gem
eral, stabbed him twice, the first blow
severing the jugular vein, the second
cutting his face. He died instantly.
The assassin was captured. He gave
his name as Jose Estrada, and his home as
Ocos, Guatemala.
The members of the Guatemalan colony,
many of whom formerly lived in Ocos,
know of no such name and do not recog-
nize the youth who is doubtless paid
assassin.
The body of the ex-presdent, along
with the assassin, was taken to police
headquarters The body of the general
will probably be turned over to the
Guatamalan colony for burial after an
autopsy tomorrow.
EXPresident Barillas was generally
considered as strongly opposed to the
present government of Guatemala. He
was go years of age and was a strong
possibility for the next president of the
country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
Curious Notions of Writers.

From the New York Herald.
Curious. isn't it, what cranks we lit
erary people become?" said a well known
litterateur the other day. Some men
think that night and solitude are necessa-
ny for flow of thought while others
take the cold light of day. | believe,
though, most writers like the night for
creative work. Southey always wrote in
the evening" and Schiller would sit at his
desk all night with a bottle OF cham
payne before him, unless he was walking
the floor in a room filed with the scent
of rotten apples. which he always kept
in his desk. Queer, wasn't it, but Balzac
was another writer who claimed the ST.
1ences of the night for artistic work, and
Byron would return from a ball or the
atre and scribble until daylight Most
people think he was Incorporate, but in
reality he ate little and drank quantities
of green tea for inspiration and stimu-
liant for his nerves. Bulwer was another
nighthawk and a rapid writer. He wrote
The Lady of Lyons in ten days.
"All this shows the abnormality of gen.
ius but 1t is nothing to some crank writ
ers get into their heads as regards neces-
sary inspiration for work. know ono
writer who keeps a little Greek ikon on
his desk. and when things go wrong he
slaps ic vigorously until he has worked up
the right chain of thought. 1t is infinite
ly more refined than expletives and does
seem to invoke thought Every one knows
that Dickens had quaint bronze figures on
his desk and that he felt that he could
not write unless they were there, togeth-
err with vivid blue ink and coarse quill
pen, while Hawthorne always desired to
work in dressing gown. on one corner
of which he wiped his pen until his wife
sewed over the inky spot a gayly colored
pen wiper, which always remained in that
place.
Hawthorne did not desire to eat, but
Addison always had his wine. Schiller
drank coffee, and Shelley munched dry
bread voraciously. This was equalled by
Burns, who felt inspiration from punch
bowl, and Wordsworth. who talked aloud
so much to himself that the people on the
street thought him crazy. Rants biogra-
pher says he was so dependent on the
sight OF an old tower for inspiration that
he had the trees cut down so he could see
it. and Hawthorne dressing gown was
to him what Buttons dress suit and hair
powdered twice a day was to him-a
stimulant and necessity.
Taken all together, l fear we are a
queer lot of men. To some of us pain Is
actually stimulant, like Stevenson who
worked until his last. and Walter Scott,
who used to dictate between groans and
then spring from bed and act the part
OUT
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
NEW ROAD CHARTERED.
Proposes to Build Electric Line From
Macon to Albany.

Atlanta, April 7.-(Special)-The Ma
con- Americas and Albany Railway COM
pany was granted a charter yesterday by
Secretary of State Phil Cook This is
the company that has already made pre-
liminary surveys and proposes to build
an electric line between Macon and AL
bany
The capital stock of the company will
be 100000 and it's principal office will be
in Macon. 1t will traverse the counties of
Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Sum-
ter, Lee and Dougerty and will run
through the following cSes: Macon, By
ron, Fort Galley, Marshallville Monte
yuma, Oglethorpe, Andersonvllle. Ameri-
sue, Smithville, Leesburg and Albany.
The incorporators are w. j. Morse, NJ.
FELTON, Hatcher, J. T. Moore M. H.
Massee, NJ. j. Hatcher, J. N. Neel and d.
w. Hill of Macon; J. S. Davis and N. J.
Chugcr Of ALBANY, ]. C. Walker of Mar
shallville and A. c. Riley of Fort Valley
1t is understood construction on the new
line will be begun within a short time.
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A New Disease.

Jackson, Miss, April 7.-(Special)-Th
department of agriculture at Washington
has directed Professor Bamberge, the
special "bugologist'' sent to watch over
the boil weevil in this state, and who
has been very actively at work on that
line, demonstrating to the farmers how
to do battle with the pests by planting
early varieties, cleaning up their old
stalks, burning trash, etc, to be on his
guard against the root rot" parasit .
that has already attacked the cotton
fields of this state. The insect attacks
the plant at the bottom and in a day
or two it withcrs and dies. Professor
Bamberge urges deep fall blowing as the
best method of getting rid of the root
rot"
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Sale of Personal
Property.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, as administrator of the estate of
K. e. Lockett, deceased, will, on the 18th
day of April, 1907, between the hours OF
u noon and p. m, sell at public cutlery
to the highest bidder for cash, in front of
the court house door of Jefferson county,
Alabama, the following described personal
property, towit:
Eleven shares of the common capital
stock of the White-Blakeslee Manufac-
turing company, certificate No 13
One hundred shares of the common
capital stock of the White-Blakeslee Man.
ufacturing company, certificate No. %.
One hundred shares of the common cap
ital stock of the birmingham Land and
Development company. certificate No. !.
One hundred shares of the common cap
ital stock of the Birmingham Land and
Development company. certificate NO. 2.
Seventy shares of the common stock of
the Birmingham Land and Development
company. certificate No. 3.
This ed day of March. 1907.
BIRMINGHAM TRUST AND SAVINGS
COMPANY,
Administrator of the estate OF K. Il. Lock-
EFT Deceased.
BY A. W. SMITH, PRESIDENT
CHAPPELL CORY. Secretary.
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Corporation Tax.

Atlanta, April 7.-(Special)-Of the for
eign corporations doing business in Geor-
ga through agents, and which have
registered with Secretary of State Phil
Cook, as required by the law passed last
August there are 4s4 with a total capital
ization OF 81. 6Sl. Under the law
imposing an occupation tax on all cor
porations doing business in the state in
accordance with the amount of capital
of each, 45 of these will pay S. tax, 60
a so tax. go a s25 tax, So a $50 tax, So a
SIS tax and 2l2 slo0 tax. which is the
highest This will give the state a total
income from foreign corporations under
the occupation tax of s30.25O. About 5000
corporations chartered by the state of
Georgia have registered. The registrations
represent probably less than half of the
corporations doing business in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Captain and Seven Firemen Are Killed
BY Falling Wall.

New York, April Sire which broke
out in the Metropolitan power house, at
145th street and Seventh avenue early
this morning threatens the destruction of
the place. At 2:30 this morning 1t was
reported that a number of firemen had
been caught under the ruins Four or
five ambulances have been sent to the
scene.
1t is definitely known that the fire cap
tain was killed and that several firemen
are buried under wall which fell on the
Seventh avenue side of the building. The
power house is the plant of the Metro
poltan Street railway.
Seven firemen of engine company No.
so yere killed under the wall on Seventh
avenue, including Captain John Ryan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
OVERTURES FOR PEACE.
State Representatives and Different
Factions Will Discuss Situation.

Lorain, o., April 7-Overtures for peace
and arbitration will be made at the
American Shipbuilding company's yards
in the strike tomorrow. Representatives
of the state arbitration committee and diff
ferent factions of the strike will talk
over the situation with view of an i'm
mediate settlement.
Company B, Fifth infantry, is still I'M
der arms at the Lorain armory and Mayor
King said tonight that he did not know
whether 1t would be several days or
months before he would feel safe in let
ting the soldiers dispense.
There were no disturbances today.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Stockholders Meeting.

Office of the Acton Mining Company,
Birmingham, Ala, April 5, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders of this COM
pany for the purpose of electing a board
of directors for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such other business as
may come before the meeting, will be
held at the office of the company, In the
city of Birmingham, Ala, Monday, April
Is. 1907, at 10 o'clock a. m.
BY order of the board,
F. H. EATON, Secretary.
4-5-10t
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Two New Banks.

jackson, Miss, April 7.-(Special.) Ut
now develops that Jackson is to have two
new banks instead of one, each with
capital of half a million dollars. The
latest to organize has not yet been
named but the lot on which to build
costing $4,000, has been purchased, and
work will begin at an early day on
six-story building. Louisville, KY, capt.
talists are behind the enterprise The
other 100000 bank is being organized by
Gen. f. f. Gaddis of San Antonio, Tex,
but who was formerly of this county
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wilds of Missouri so the people down his
way might forget the killing of a couple
of small-fry gold laces.
MANY of the Irshmen that worked in
our crew settled in Linn and Macon
countiesJ took up land, and today their
descendants are rich and happy. But they
are just as ready for a scrap as their
sres IL you tread ever so little on the
tails of their coats"
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John Barrett, PhiIanthropist.

From the New York Sun.
The Hon. John Barrett, director of the
bureau of American republics, is about
to become one of the chief philanthropists
of the world. He has offered to endow
the George Washington university. He
agrees to pay that institution 81 minute
for every minute he talks. In other
words, Mr.. Barrett will contribute $40 an
hour; $3.50 day. $2016O week, 81. 04S 800
a year. Out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speaketh Mr.. Barrett
regrets that there are so few minutes
in a day.
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Go After Barge.

Norfolk, Va, April THE naval tug
Potomac left the navy yard today to
search for the navy coal barge which,
with ten men aboard. broke loose last
Monday from the collier Caesar. which
had been towing the barge up the coast.
The barge was last sighted Thursday.
The collier Abarenda was to followe the
Potomac out tonight and 1t is expected
the cruiser Cleveland will leave the Nor
folk navy yard early tomorrow to join
the search
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08

New 10-room house. St. Charles street,
facing east, beautiful high lot, all mod
ern improvements, elegant interior dec
orations. This is a private home; can
not be surpassed for the price; $500.
Satisfactory terms.
A. o. LIDDON & CO.,
1914 Brown-Marx Bldg. Peoples phone $50.
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ONE CENT A WORD

One CENT A WORD
RATES-one cent "A word days no
sd, taken for less than 20 cents for
hrst insertion. Cash must accompany
every order.
ROOMS FOR RENT.
ROOM for rent. fGf6ls6ed foom, sfsi 9Th
avenue. 4-S-2t
-FOUR connecting rooms for rent sl9
North 18th street; modern. Asst
FOR RENT-Furnished or unfurnished
rooms, light housekeeping rooms 2ol2
4th avenue. Peoples phone 1882, 4-6-St
FOR RENT-Furnished and unfinished
rooms; hot bath, telephone and electric
lights. 514 North 21st street. 4-7-2t
FOR RENT-Elegantly furnished rooms
for gentlemen only. Pill Avenue A.
S-so-25t
LOST STRAYED OR STOLEN.
fo0STc0ne black leather pocket Bill case
with my name on back. Return to
M office, 1141s 2lst street and receive
reward. c. NJ. Allen. 4-7-2t
REAL ESTATE.
r~"~o~o~--@'~r>->r>~>s1>
5 acres fronting car line; near West End;
very pretty; under fence; a splendid To-
cation for country home.
so acres 111a miles south of city; 80 acres
in original timber, so acres cleared; two
room house, some fruit trees, $500: terms
$500 cash, balance one, two and three
years with interest.
FOR RENT.
No. 10l7 E. 18th St; rooms and bath; s25.
L. G. PETTYJoHN.
Phones 1lOl and 465. 1854 Third Ave.
FOR RENT.
Storeroom on Southside, cheap rent suit
able for small mandatory; immediate
possession.
Handsome South Highland residence, 10
rooms, complete in all details, has never
before been rented. and is consequently
in first-class condition.
GEORGE BlLBE.
Bell Phone 81.
1872 21st ST., NJ.
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aeIe WANTEo-FEMALE.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-7 roOms DaII,
rIcN hot and cold water, halls,
,RAS& porches, cabinet mantels
sssNM throughout, C m p e | ~
screened, electric lights; large
lot within half block both cars, Wood
lawn: a beauty; very cheap. w. Il.
Davis, S11 Title Guarantee bldg
FOUR rooms, hall and porches ana SIX
lots facing Tidewater line, Dist street,
Woodlawn, Avenue c; line passes Win
in block; will double value in year; close
price; see me quick. W. e. Davis Sll
Title Guarantee bldg.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-05
Aqain Gives Them the Slip.

Ben Hunnicut, who was sent to the reform school from Van Buren county on the charge of burglary, made his second escape from the institution recently. Arthur McIlwaine, sent from Hot Spring county on a similar charge, accompanied him in the break for liberty. It is customary at the institution to give the boys half hours recess at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. It was during this recess that the two lads made their escape. The boys were at play at the time, and were in charge of only one guard, who was unable to abandon his watch over the other boys to pursue the two fugitives. Superintendent Chestnut was absent from the school at the time, but on his return a few hours later started in pursuit of the two boys and succeeded in capturing them at Pinacle. This is the second time Hunnicut has escaped from the reform school Three months ago he left the institution. A reward of $10 was offered for his arrest, and he was captured at Shawnee and return ed to the school by Superintendent Chestnut. who went there for him.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-05
JUDGE EMULATES SOLOMON.
Odd Trick Soon Decides Who Owns a
 Philadelphia Dog.

Philadelphia.-Suit over the owner ship of a dog has been settled in court here in novel manner. The plaintiff, Mrs. Mary Crane, swore the dog be- longed to her. The defendant, Pat rick O'Malley, asserted with equal positiveness that the animal WAS his, so the magistrate concluded that the dog should decide the case, and the sagacious little fellow ran to the side of the woman.
 In arranging for the test the mag istrate sent the woman into the street two squares from the court, and O'Malley was stationed two squares in an opposite direction. The dog, a lit- tie fox terrier, was liberated by the magistrate. Mrs. Crane stood motion less, without even holding out her arms toward the little dog. O'Malley, on the other hand, set up loud whistling.
 The dog glanced at the crowd on the sidewalk in front of the police sta- tion, and then turned it's head toward O'Malley. The latter held out his hand, but the animal faced about till it caught sight of Mrs. Crane. Then end- ed it's hesitation. With a sharp bark of delight it raced away over the pave- ment, and the next moment was leap- ing about the woman.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-05
To Go To State Farm.

One hundred and fifty convicts will be transferred from the camps of the lessees to the state convict Sarm in Lincoln county before the end of the week. The convicts are needed to pick the cotton on the farm and har' vest the corn and other crops. The lessees are expected to object to this arrangement, but the necessity of the situation demands that they be placed in the cotton patch, and in the big corn field later on. About 200 of the prisoners working at the rock crusher and at the brick yard of the Arkan- sas Brick and Manufacturing Com pany's plant, and about 50 employed on railroad work by Contractor w.. L. Reaves, will in a few days be en- gagged in picking cotton. The change, it is said, may interfere somewhat with the contracts, but this the penf- tentiary commissioners say, is no con cern of theirs. The law provides that when the conVicts are needed on the state farm they may be taken there from the camps of any lessee.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-05
Deception Practiced.

These who would not be defrauded by sharpers who use the advertising columns of the city papers would do well in carefully considering each proposition which attracts their atten- tion. Remember that those who ad- vertise are not philanthropists. They are out after the dollars, and have nothing to give away, unless it is in exchange for money. The concern that offers an exceptional bargain needs to be studied well before in vestment be made. Everything has legitimate value, and is worth so much in the markets of the world When it is offered at less than it's apparent real value, look out for fraud and deception. Generally every good town affords the buyer chance to obtain whatever he requires, and at a price consistent with quality. Those who patronize home stores are less likely to be deceived.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-05
Transcript in Insurance Case.

The transcript in the case of D. A. Smith against J. M. Smith and J. w. Scivally, on appeal from the Missis- sippi Chancery Court has been filed in the Supreme Court. The suit was brought to enjoin defendants from the collection of $279.35 on a note al legged to have been given in payment for a policy of life insurance in the New York Life Insurance Company Plaintiff contends that the policy writ ten for him was not of the kind he agreed to take. The lower court ren- dered a decree in favor of the plain tiff, ordering that he recover defen- dant's $295.20, together with 10 per cent interest.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-05
HELPING THE TRUSTS.
Systems That Are Opposed to the
vss4are oi tne uassss.

Nearly century ago, Disraeli, the elder, in his essay on gaming and gambling, wrote: "The savage and the civilized, the illiterate and the learn. ed, are alike captivated by the hope of accommodating wealth without the labors of industry" In this saying the great statesman and writer sounded the keynote of much of the woes met with in life. It is the desire to secure wealth without labor, to gain some thing for nothing, that causes many to go to their graves "unwept, unhonored and unsung."
 The man who gleefully sings Make a few dollars earn you a living" will be sure to find many people ready to believe him. They will take a chance anyway, and the gullible are so numerous that the promoter really succeeds in accommodating wealth without the labors of industry" but the others-his victims-generally fail
 During the past few years one large SOuCClu lLdL udS lOT lOIlS DSSQ Qrd1n- ing the rural districts of surplus wealth, has built a city of its own, and has erected buildings for the &C., commodation of 1000 people. This concern does not draw cent of trade from the people of the city wherein it is located. All it's wealth and the means by which it built up it's town city" has been contributed by people scattered throughout the country.
 How few there are who think that when they send money to this great concern for supplies that might as well be bought in their home town, that they are helping to deal death- blow to the place they call home? Yet such is the fact. Every dollar sent to the large city, assists in the build ing up of greater trusts, and great. CT combinations, that seek to control the manufacturing, the mercantile business, and as we'll the prices ct labor and all the products of the work shop and the farm. It means busi- ness oligarchy to which the common people should not submit.
 D. M. CARR.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-05
TRADES GREAT MAGNET.
How Some Mammoth Fortunes Have
 Been Built Up.

Many of the great fortunes in Amer ica have been gained by the judicious use of printers ink. The wealthiest merchants attribute their success to advertising. Millions and millions of dollars worth of manufactured prod ucts are annually sold to the people of the United States through the ad vertising pages of the public press, the only medium. Consider the new fangled breakfast foods, the numerous natural food preparations! It is more than likely they would never have be- come known without their merits were exploited before the people through the newspapers. Great exclu- sive mail-order houses, institutions that have come into existence during the past 20 years, have been built up entirely through judicious advertis- ing.
 As to the mail order houses, there is a loud clamor against their en. croachments throughout the country. There is every cause for alarm that they will eventually grow into such mammoth institutions as will monop- olize the business that is now the backbone and spine of the country towns. There is. one way that the merchants can lessen the evil. It is by persistent use of the public press. Use advertising space, meet the com petition rightly and squarely ard let the people know about it.
 Hundreds of would-be business ven lures have failed just because there was no proper advertising. Hundreds and thousands of small merchants fail for the same cause. The paper in a small town is of greater force than the average merchant thinks. If the storekeeper desires to test his home paper as an advertising medium, let him insert an advertisement of some article and put the price lower than it is generally sold at. Then await results. He will find that the people will learn of it, and call to see about it.
 Dollars to the editor for advertis- ing space are never lost if the adver- Using is of the proper kind. The in vestment will bring greater returns to the merchant than money invested in any other way. One trouble is that the average merchant knows little about proper methods of advertising. A simple card "John Jones, Grocer, sells groceries" is of but little use. Make advertising attractive. Tell about goods, about prices, and every thing that prospective purchaser may want to know. Keep consistently at it. Change advertisements week after week. The people look for it, and it will pay.
 D. M. CARR.