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venience. Seventeenth stret. South Highlands.
 $6o00-An exceptional home proposition; 2-story, 7-room, modern home; choicest part of Charles street, South High lands near Eleventh Avenue church; part cash, balance $50 per month. 5ox9o-Beautifully finished, new 2-story, modern 1O-room residence immediate possession, excellent location. South Highlands, with all the conveniences. only $1000 cash, the balance $40 per month with interest at per cent s6oo0-l0ox190 a prominent corner fronting car line, with Groom cottages, white tenants, pays over 10 per cent; inves- tigate.
 $la. .o0D-25x1s2 1-2 First avenue to Morris. with railroad front. sl6.00O-2-story brick. close in; First ave- nue to Morris; railroad front $o500-Rental $740: new stone building, Central.
 $65o0-6Ox19O, stone; S-room residence. g. story. all the eonvenienees; a bargain; see 1t
 s15o0-Cash balance $40 per month will buy modern, well built. S-room residence, few feet of car line; choice location, Highlands.
 s55OO-6-room dwelling, east front near Twentieth stret South Highlands. We have others.
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ONE GENT A WORD

NATES-cae cent n word . dayI ne nd taken for less thaR 25 cents for drst insertion. Cash must accompany every order.
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WANTED-White nurse or housekeepcr;
 good home and liberal wages Apply at office of J. M. Donaldson, Avenue E and goth street. Ensley. Ala. Bell phone 161. 6-2S-tf
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HELP WANTED-MALE.

WANTED-Men to learn barber trade; will equip shop for you or furnish positions, few weeks com pletes, constant practice. careful instructions tools given. Saturday wages. diplomas granted. Write for catalogue. Moler Barber College, Atlanta, Ga. 7-13-6t
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PERSONAL
MONEY TO LEND.
BUSINESS CHANGES,

WANTED-To interest monied men in the sale of state rights as territory for new patent buggy top spring. w. B. Meriwether or J. B. Fitzpatrick, 2117 Third avenue. 7-13-6t
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FOR RENTING cottages. elegant and rooms, on and near car line. T. r. Johnson. 6419 First Ave, Woodlawn.
 FOR RENT-Hlghly desirable yard in East Birmingham, with switching facll- tiles. Suitable for coal yard, etc. Ma chinery Trading Co.,. 53S First Nat. Bank Bldg. 6-15-tf
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REAL ESTATE.

REAL ESTATE, >~---~-~-~--->-~>~~-~------
 FOR SALE. 26O acre farm, with 2-story, mill house; corn and wheat rocks capacity 300 bush els per day; Groom residence and D. room tenant house painted and three other teant houses; 140 acres in culti- walton or cleared; 40 acres In original timber; F mile of railroad station. Terms, $1o00 cash, balance 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years with interest 7-room residence, Elyton, on car line; $500; In good fix; terms easy.
 FOR RENT. 7-room house, large lot, one block car line. Elyton. s15
 L. G. FETTYJoHN, Phones 1101 and 465 1S261b 3d Ave
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MISCELlAN EOUS,

OFFICE of constructing quartermaster. Mobile, Ala, June 22, 1907 Sealed pro- posals will be received until Il a. m.. July 23, 1907, for furnishing labor and material for filling and top spillng the reservation and repairing wharf at Ft Morgan. Ala. Information furnished on application. Envelopes containing pro- posals should be endorsed proposals for filling and top soiling'' or repairing wharf" and addressed to Capt. l.. F. Garrard, Jr,, Box 605. Mobile, Ala.
 6t-6-24-25-26 7-17-1S-19
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ANY poor girl needing friendship. help.
 advice. etc., will find ready and willing assistai,ce by applying to the matron of Salvation Army Rescue Home. 33d st.
 and Ave. E. Birmingham. Ala S-14-tf
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
 FOR RENTING cottages, elegant 5 and rooms, on and near car line. T. r. Johnson. 6419 First Ave, Woodlawn. FOR RENT-Hlghly desirable yard in East Birmingham, with switching facil- itles Suitable for coal yard, etc. Ma chinery Trading Co.,. 53S First Nat. Bank Bldg. 6-15-tf FOR RENT-From October l, Broom res idence, furnished, on So. High, modern, with stable and servants rooms For rent now. 715 North 18th street, 10 rooms. ". B. Leedy & Go. 7-14-7t
 ROOMS FOR RENT.
 FOR RENTING nice large rooms, com pletely furnished for light housekeeping gas stove; large hall and bath room ad- joining; 1908 4th ave-. north
 FOR RENT-Several rooms for light housekeeping; Whitfield apartments Fifth Ave. and Twenty-third street Peoples phone 1917; Bell, 3357 thu-fr-Su FOR RENT-Well furnished front room 2l2l Sixth avenue. 7-1S-4t FOR RENT-Furnis nice large, cool front room (house screened), nicely fur nished; every convenience; suitable for couple or two gentlemen; quiet, private family; 23o5 9th ave.
 tO-. RENTING delightful front rooms screened; every comfort; boarding house convenient, South Highlands. Address c. Ii. M, care Age Herald. 7-13-tf FOR RENT-In South Highlands, block three car lines, cool and large front screened rooms, in private family; ref erences. Phone 4O52. 2102 10th ave S.
 7-17-t FOR RENT-To gentlemen, nicely fur nished front room; references required. Address TOT 10th ave. south 7-17-2t FOR RENT-Nicely furnished upstairs room: bathroom connected; house screened gentlemen only. 2212 4th ave.
 7-17-tf FOR RENT-To commercial men, the la r. gest, lightest, best sample room in town by Birmingham hotel 7-12-tf LOST 3TRAYED OR STOLEN. Lo5r-For Terrier answering to name of York. Reward if returned to Mrs. liar rington, Sl11 Highland Ave.
 SPRAYED From undersigned Sunday morning, last, 1th inst, strawberry roan mare, about 1414 hands high, heavily built, years old; mane recently sheared; branded with cross on left jaw and shoulder; in fine condition; ldSl seen near Lindsey Green Houses on Fifth avenue road beyond Avondale cotton factory. I will pay reasonably for her return to me w. P. Wyett, HOO Second Ave, Birmingham.
 STOLEN-One horse black, weight about HOO pounds; has wart between ears, scar under neck, and several warts on neck and chest. If found notify Mrs. M. II. Mathis 7531 2d ave-, north, East Lake. Phone 541 7-18-7t STOLEN-From our office, 1920 Brown- Marx building. between 6 D. m. July F, and a. m. July 13. one Berger Tran sit No. 5517. Reward for information leading to It's recovery. Meade & Huey.
 7-14-tf
 PERSONAL.
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 HELP WANTED.
HELP WANTEp-FEMALE.

woman with some ex- perience in nursing the sick to travel for
 the summer. Address C. A. P. O., draw CT S9l, or phone Bell 1090; references re- Quired. 7-17-3t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-28
Legislatures Long Session,
May Last Until July.

An exchange says: In the opin-
ion Of what is regarded as excellent
authority the present session of the
Legislature will not come to an end
before July Tst. All of the condi.
tions favor a long session. There
are hundreds of bills in committees
already and not fair fraction Of
them have been considered, many
Of the most important being left
that argument may be heard on
them. Only few of those demand.
ed by the platforms Of the domi
nant political parties have been
considered and at least half a hun
dred are locked up in the desk OF
the committee chairmcn. Some Of
these bills will halt the attention of
the Legislature for many hours and
before they are whipped into shape
and passed they will have to be
dissected and examined as under a
microscope. This all takes time
TGe new capitol investigation COM
mittee cannot possibly, in the opin-
ion of The best authorities, report
before June goth and until its re-
port is made it is folly to say when
the Legislature shall adjourn final
ly. The accountants are busy 60
ing over the bills for the new capi.
tol at present, occupying a room in
the auditor generals department
and until they are we'll advanced
the committee has nothing on which
TO commence. After the investi-
cation begins it will hardly sit
while the Legislature is in session,
for the reason that every member
of the committee is interested, more
or less, in legislation on its way
through the various stages.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-28
"A Delusion and A Snare"
Is the Corrupt Practices Law, Says Repre-
sentative Greasy.

Representative William T. Greasy
has come to tie conclusion that the
corrupt practices law is "a delusion
and snare" " Mr.. Greasy has been
going over the result of the fall and
spring election, and he has figured
it out that the new law is worse
than the old one, for it legalizes Just
what it was designed to prevent
the bribery of voters.
When asked how he would change
the law he said:
Il would cut out altogether the
clause in the schedule of expenses
which permits a candidate to pay
for the transportation of voters. A
candidate who wants to buy vot-
er gives the money to henchman
and tells him to transport the voter
to the polls. He knows that it
means he is to buy that vote, and
the expense is put down to trans
portation.' OF course, the candi
date can swear that the money was
paid out legally"
Mr.. Greasy is at present prepar-
ing an amendment to the bill which
he will offer to this session of the
legislature.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-28
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUpG pA

The Department has method Of
cheaply removing the fuz from the
seed, and then the light is separated
from the heavy seed with simple
air plant machine. The govern
ment has taken out the patent on
it, aud one firm alone has arranged
this season to separate 10000
pounds of seed. Many of the plant
ers of the south who have been in
communication with the d, part
ment are taking it up this season,
and while it will not net 81 ,ooo,-
900 increase on the FIRST crop, it
will mean enough to the planters
to induce them to adopt the system
more widely next year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-28
GREAT DEMAND FOR COAL.

The anthracite trade remains in
high state of prosperity. The
demand is more than equivalent to
production and the weather is such
in all paits of the country as to
cause an unusually heavy consump-
ton. Very often last week collier
les shut down at noon because there
were no cars. Coal in cellars has
disappeared rapidly and retailers
have been taxed to keep within
two or three days of their orders.
1t is believed that the west would
have burned $50, 900 to 200, ,ooo
tons more this winter il there had
been cars to carry it. 1t is assum-
ed that the usual reduction in price
will be allowed in April, although
the leading producers have given
no sign of what they intend to do.
The stocks will be less at the be-
ginning of the coal year than for
many years. The winter OF 1906
OF has made it plain that distribu-
tion has grown to such proportion
that it cannot be handled in three or
four months as it formerly was.
The producing companies have
made concessions in prices in the
spring and summer months for
many years without really accomp-
fishing distribution, though it can
be urged that in the only recent
year in which no spring concession
was made, 1906, there was more
difficulty in the succeeding fall and
winter than at any other period il
| the history of the trade.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-28
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2S, 1907
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. c. Feb. 20, I

>
1t looks now as though the Presi-
dent were going to accomplish
through executive order what he
failed to do through legislative en-
actment, and that is to get an act
ual valuation of the railroad pro.
perties in the UHited States, with.
out which it is hard to enact intel.
ligent rate legislation or railroad
legislation of any other sort. The
provision for valuation of the real
property of the railroads was in
"rrporated in the Newlands bill
tlu never got out of committee and
II he La Toilette resolution that
yer became effective. This val
" ton has been urged by various
uemies" so called Of the rail
oads. 1t is rather strange that
this legislation is never pushed by
any but the enemies Of the rail
roads. 1t would seem that the real
valuation of railroad properties was
very harmless and simple ques
ton, but whenever a public man
suggests it, he is Immediately set
down as an enemy of the roads.
The LaFollette bill was to have
been reported out of the Senate
Committee last week, but though a
day was set for a discussion and
there were enough members in the
room at one time or another to form
quorum, there were never enough
there for the purpose at any one
time, and the matter went by de-
fault. However, some light was
thrown on the situation by the fact
that a letter was received by the
committee in response to a request
made by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, saying that the com.
mission had been in favor of such a
valuation for some years past, and
that it had made the recommenda
ton in its report year after year
and had only omitted it this year
owing to the fact that there were so
many other demands made on it
that it did not think it could the
work. But the President had di.
rected the committee to make the
investigation, and if it is not done
through congressional action it will
be done by the commission acting
under the Presidents orders. The
time consumed in the work will be
considerable, and the work will
cost something. If the job is spread
out over two or three years, it will
cost in the neighboreood of a mill.
ion and a quarter, but if it is done
in less time it will cost proportion,
ately more. But whichever way
it is done, the work is in fair way
of accomplishment, and afterward
there will be in possession of the
government data on which may be
based rate legislation that will really
be effective.
The Administration is a little
nervous about getting through &
subsidy bill at the present session
There have been so many othel
pieces of important legislation il
the way and the bill itself is sucl
an important measure over which
there is likely to be considerabl,
talk and discussion that il is il
danger of getting side tracked
There have been several conferen
ces between the President, Speake
Cannon, and Representative Wat
son, who is in charge of the bill
but no definite program has ye
beeii decided on with a view t.
pushing the bill through, 1t pro
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-28
THE BLACK HAND.

Behind the "Black Hand" or,
as the Italians call it, the "Mano
Nara" there are in New York
city today, according to police
statistics. 10000 criminals from
Italy banded together for the pur-
pose of evading and defying law.
The Black Hand of New York, like
the Malta of Italy, is a secret organ
ization which guarantees to its men,
bers immunity for crime. For this
reason authorities there have been
able to secure only one conviction
out of 1000 Black Handlers arrested.
The head of the newly created
Italian detective bureau adds that
during January 600 members of the
Black Hand Society were arrested
in New York alone, but there were
only two convictions. Every one
was genuine Black Hand case.
not a card dispute stabbing or a
jealousy row. In fact, the system
is growing so rapidly that Black
Handlers now have men al work in
every big city in the United States.
The authorities figure that in addi-
ton to the 10, 900 Black Hand men
in New York there are 20, 900 out
side. Within the last two weeks
no less than thirty Black Hand out
RACES were perpetrated in Greater
New York, including blackmail,
stabbing, kidnapping and murder.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-28
CAPITOL INQUIRY.


The Philadelphia Ledgtr says
Most important of all the matters
before the Legislature is the inves-
tigation into tue furnishing of the
SI3, 600, 900 Capitol Not much
enthusiasm has been aroused over
this matter since the November
election, but Governor Stuart has
served notice on the members of
the committee that he wants the
probe to go TO the bottom. The
Senators are not much interested i'll
going too deep, because they might
develop some matters that it had
hoped would be buried. And they
would have been, but for the elec-
tion of William II. Berry as State
Treasurer and the annoying way he
has of peeping into matters that he
believes concerns the taxpayers.
Right here It should be stated that
the State Treasurer cannot succeed
himself. Mr.. Berry's successor
will be elected in November next,
and will take his seat May I, 1908.
So the present official will be in Of
fce more than year, and during
that time it is expected important
legislation will result relative to
stopping the leaks by which money
can be 6lched from the State Trea-
sury. 1t is whispered that the
Capitol investigation may disclose
that money was diverted from con-
tractors by swelling the bills and
that some of the funds thus obtain
ed were used in settling up the
Enterprise Bank scandal at Pitts
burg. 1t cannot now and probably
never will be proved that certain
officials were given percentage OF
what contractors received for their
work. If the contractors and 9th
ers should be pushed so closely as
to face a Grand Jury, then these
facts might be revealed. The sud-
denly acquired wealth Of State Off
cials during the last seven years
has caused this inquiry to become
common "Where did he get it,"
The Legislative committee has the
power to subpoena persons, and pa
pers. If the inquiry shall be con-
Quoted honestly and forcefully, III n
there will be an explosion. But
every effort will be made to keep
the lid on tight unless the Governor
takes matters in his own hands
again. People want to know why
the exorbitant charges were made,
why the high prices were paid and
who benefited thereby. One of the
that seems sure to follow
the investigation will be the enact
ment of law that will prevent the
Board of Public Grounds and Build
ings from taking money from the
Treasury without due authorization
Of the Legislature. The general
opinion is that it is about time to
curb oard that can spend s., ,ooo,
900 of the peoples money just by
drawing an order on the Treasury
for anything at all that it wants.
At present the auditors are examin-
ing the bills and accounts. 1t will
be some days before the investiga-
tion begins. John H. Sanderson
the principal contractor, who did
S., 900, 900 worth Of work, is in
Europe. He will not return in
time for the inquiry.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-28
Trespass Notices.

Card signs mo Trespassing" for
sale at this Office. They are print
ed in accordance with the late act
of 1908. Price S cents each. If
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-28

baby will be taken up at some of
the succeeding night sessions.
XIX
| Something Of a joke was sprung
when the general deficiency bill
was finally drafted into shape last
week. The bill carried a total OF
St1,73o, ,ooo, but Of this only ST.
500, 900 was ior the ordinary def.
cheney. Last year on the other
hand the average departmental deh-
ciencies totalled S33, 200, 900. This
was all due to the small provision
that Representative Tawney had
inserted as an amendment in the
law last year declaring it misde.
meanor for departmental officer
to create deficiency except in a
ca Sc of real and very great emer-
gency. Even in such case the
amount bad to Da certified to Con-
gress with written explanation OF
the circumstances. upon which
Congress was to Judge whether the
expenditure had been warranted.
This hit all Cf the departments
hard, for they had been in the hab.
it of creating deficiencies pretty
much AS they pleased. Another
thing was that the appropriations
for the departments had been made
in lump sum and the cabinet Of
ficers had been in the habit of
spending and apportioning the
amounts as they pleased. Now
there is no more of this. The cabi-
net officers and the bureau chiefs
were all afraid of running afoul of
the misdemeanor clause in the law,
and the deficiency list was remark
ably small. There were several
items that went to swell the total,
but they were real emergencies.
The intervention of the United
States i'll Cuba cost So, 3S7,ooo
There was million on account of
the service pension law and nearly
two million on account of the post.
Office. But there was practically
nothing from the regular depart
mental list, and as to the Cuban ex
penditure, this country is supposed
to get the money back whether it
ever does or not. But if it does
not, we can take a mortgage on the
island. And that is just what many
of the islanders would like to see
this government do.
***
The Department Of Agriculture
has in hand now device which if
put into general operation this year
would, it is thought, net the farm
ers OF the cotton belt $40, 900, 900
on the seasons crop, 1t is simply
the method Of seed selection such
as has been successfully applied to
tobacco used on a larger scale in
connection with cotton. 1t has
been proved by experiment past a
doubt that the larger and heavier
seed in any crop produce the best
results when planted. This was
long suspected, and when the De.
partment worked out simple ma
chine for separating the light from
the heavy tobacco seed, it increased
the yield of the crop nearly ten per
cent at practically no expense. Now
machine has been perfected that
will do the same thing for cotton
seed that has been done for tobacco
The newspaper., 1907-05-31

ously drilled the cast. She de-
serves great credit for the success
full presentation. and her work
was rendered all the more difficult
by reason of the fact that she
carried the important role of Bess
Starbright, thus dividing her ener
gies and necessarily greatly in
creasing her work.
AT this writing we cannot give
either the gross or net receipts as
the ticket sales have not been
checked up. but enough is known
to indicate not far from a two
hundred dollar house. The Poca-
hontas society are duly grateful
for the support given their efforts
to present an acceptable enter
tainment.
The newspaper., 1907-05-31

The ill-natured stab of our
friend Perry of the Ho,chkiss
Herald, anent the attendance at
their racing meet was not deserved
by Paonia people. From what
we hear the Paonia crowd was
about all the attendance they had
that day and ought to have been
appreciated. We believe it is
doubtful if the Herald reflects
the real sentiments of Hotchkiss
people. but il it does we ought to
think twice before circulating any
more closing petitions. to enable
any OF our people who wish to
attend festivities at that place for
the sole purpose of being slurred
for SO doing. Possibly Perry had
to walk the floor with the baby
the night before he wrote his crit
ical item and was out of humor in
consequence.
The newspaper., 1907-05-31
Advertising Pays.

Talk about the benefits of ad-
vertisingl
Down in Florida the other day
family lost child which they
supposed had strayed away from
home and got lost. After search
ing in vain for three days the
frantic parents placed an adver-
tisement in the nearest newspaper.
Imagine the surprise of the par
ents upon going to the door the
next morning to see a monster
alligator upon the doorstep.
where he disgorged the child and
died himself. The "ad" cost 25
cents, and it gave them back
their darling child; they sold
the alligator's hide for $25.
and the parents are showing the
child at all the dime museums
in the land at $50 a week. Does
advertising payl-Ex.
The newspaper., 1907-05-31
FROM certain editorial refer

FROM certain editorial refer
ences to one D. w. Aupperle, the
secretary of the Chamber of Com
mercc in Grand Junction, which
were printed in late copy of the
Sentinel, we are led to believe
that there is not superabundance
of brotherly love between the ed
itorial writer, Mr. Bunting, and
the Secretary aforesaid. Bunting
has quite evidently ransacked the
encyclopedia and ancient history
to find words to express his doubt
as to the advisability of retaining
Mr.. Aupperle in his presen, situ-
alton.