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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-05-03
MAS BILL IS
PUSHING AHEAD
y. Vote Wednesday Bill
Sl s. to Third Reading
...oINes OF BOTH HOUSES

ollie Were introduced for
Reading, a Few Passed on
pa !, and Many Were Up for Con-
.,.,,,Ion of sscOnd--5usy Session,
...,r division was the order Of
nS s,v in the House OF Repre-
'll .,,as A motion on second read
postpone the Pinellas county
iost BY the extremely close
-, o. 70 %, and went on to third
I'VE the House committee on
.S county organization tonight,
native Parkinson's bill to
\. Atlantic county out OF Volusia'
.,nsidered. Mr.. Parkinson argu-
=, Il. and Senator Sans and
..,ondept Bert Fish against 1t.
80 Is tery strong in regard to
motter. Mr.. Parkinson fayors
..tlng tbe bill without recommen-
r.. and Mr.. Morrison desires an
Esyorable report. The committee
Il decide tomorrow morning.
e.,o,or TrammeIi's franchise
i. we're reported unfavorably Tues
4 four to one, and will come up
rsdpesday.
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90 On Third READING.

~, Reese Of Escambia-Re-
- '-.fess companies to post
~ - = ia'es and weigh an pack
49, !, Amendment by Dir,
- .o.k lost and the bln was
'lnsa to Thursday morn.
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Maxine Elliott.

enc of the richest promises of the local
theatrical season is scheduled for Friday
night at the jefferson theatre, when Miss
Maxine Elliott begins an engagement here
in the Clyde Fitch comedy, Her Great
Match" Miss Elliott, who has not been
seen here for two years returns with
everything in her favor. She is equipped
with the best play written for her since
she became an individual star and Is
appearing at the head of a company of
unusual excellence. Her Great Match,
conceded to be one of the best efforts
of Mr.. Fitch, has put forth, was done In
the east last season and was received
with such unbounded enthusiasm that
Miss Elliott determined to use no other
play during her present tour embracing
practically the entire United States. The
verdict of the east has been more than
endorsed in the west and unless opinion
is completely reversed Birmingham thea
TRIGGERS will find the Fitch comedy much
to their liking.
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Personal and General.

DR.. T. b. Yancey prominent physi-
clan of Columbia. Tenn, was in the city
today, and is thinking strongly of locat-
ing here, as he was very favorably i'm
pressed with the town.
Miss Bridges Murphy is filling Mr. A.
r. Mays position IN the postoffice dur
ing his absence on a two weeks trip to
South Carolina.
Mrs. J. Moog. who has been quite sick
al her home OH Avenue G, is improving
and hopes to be convalescent in few
days.
The plans for the handsome new resi-
dence to be erected on Avenue Il. between
TWEEN ty-second and Twenty-third streets
by Mr.. c. f. Camp. were submitted TO
him yesterday by Mr.. J. e. Culpepper for
his approval
MIR. Camp has sold the place in which
he is now living and his new residence
will be a very handsome one.
Mr.. John A. Topping, president of the
Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad COM
pany and Mr.. r. II. Crockard. vice pres
ident and general manager, were in the
city today. They made tour of nspec-
ton through the plants and seemed well
pleased with the general appearance of
all the departments.
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DR., CALHOUN TO
SPEAK IN ENSLEY
Philadelphia Pastor breaches at
Cumberland Church
VAN De BOOST is INJURED
Aged Man Falls From Porch In Ensley
and Is In a Critical Condition.
Other News of
Ensley.
VAN De BOOST is INJURED

Ensley. January 16-(Special)- Rev.
j. z. Calhoun, d. d. of Philadelphia will
preach at the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, corner Eighteenth street and Ave
nue. |, tomorrow Thursday night.
The coming of DR.. Calhoun to the city
is more than of ordinary interest as he
is a distinguished preacher, and an even
gelist of note in the Presbyterian church
OF the United States.
Since the uniting of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church with the Presby-
terrain church he is spending much of his
time throughout the south among the
former churches.
Dr. Calhoun is a man of ability and
power and will be a spiritual benefit to
all who can attend the meeting tomorrow
night.
He is field secretary of the Evangelistic
committee of the Presbyterian church,
and has Travelled very extensively and t.
opportunity of listening to man of his
type should be taken advantage Of
The music will also be special feature.
as a special programme has been ar
ranged and a cordial invitation to the
public is extended
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Comments Of a Wanderer
Who Has Returned to
Our City After 20 Years

He says: In looking over this wonder
full city that few years ago was In the
woods, one is forced to conclude that 1t
takes seeing to believe. With its numer-
Gus factories, furnaces. coal Mines mag
GUS factories and residences. 1t looks al
most impossible for such wonder to have
been performed from northside to south
side we find the beautiful store of the
Moore & Handley Harware company, and
are met with familiar faces and a hearty
handshake where we could talk of child
hood days, and We're shown through this
magnificent store, where they carry every
thing in the way of hardware, milling
and mining supplies and have some of
the most attractive exhibits ever shown
In their line. They have permanent ex-
hibits of mantels, harness, and general
machinery where the visitor can be en-
tertained by going through and examin-
ing the details of what they have for
sale. Their business is divided up into
departments and each department Is In
charge of an experienced force.
To visit the Magic City and fail to see
their wonderful display rooms and then
hear it described would cause many re-
sretss -
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Kindness of the Poor.

Harriet Quimby in Leslie's Weekly.
The old adage that the poor are the
best friends of the poor was instanced In
the story OF u chambermaid who Is
young widow with two children to sup
port. After a lingering sickness the
younger OF the children died, and the
young mothers bank account having
been depleted from defraying the ex-
penses Of the weeks OF medicine and
Doctors visits, she was obliged to con-
tract q debt at the undertaker's, After
that she paid a small monthly Install
ment until the bill was half settled when
one day there came through the mail a
receipt for the remainder. The receipt
was accompanied by badly written and
blotted note from a scrub-woman In a
large up town hotel, who knew of the
trouble, knew the family and the cir
cumstances, and In her note explained
that she had no family nor near rela-
tievs. and that she earned enough to sup
port herself. and that she wanted to use
this surplus money for the little mother
who needed all that she could make extra
to support the remaining child. AS scrub
women receive only afty or svsnty-five
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At the Rijou.

ACROSS the Pacific" the military melo-
drama by Charles e. Blaney, is proving
popular at the Bijou theatre this week.
The production is well staged. The play
begins in a mining town in Montana;
then the San Francisco Chinatown scene
Is shown, then the dock scene with the
departure of a transport with the yolun-
teers for the Philippines. while the last
act shows General Lawton's headquarters
and block house that Is attacked by
the enemy, and VIGOROUSLY defended by
Uncle Sans soldiers, who. with the aid
of genuine Calling gun, give most
realistic and exciting representation of
a genuine battle.
There Is also a well defined thread OF
comedy from beginning to end. A matt
nee will be given this afternoon.
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Miss Davis as 1.-THE Player Maid.'

Manager Douglass was indeed fortu-
nate In securing for the Jefferson thea
tire Saturday, matinee and night, Miss
Florence Davis, the most promising young
star ON the American stage, who viii
be seen in 1.-THE Player Maid supported
by Elliott Dexter and a well known COM
pany of New York players. Miss Davis
comes from a distinguished southern fam
ily. She has had much experience as an
actress, having been associated Tor
number of seasons with various Frohman
companies and has also enjoyed the full
hardships of the road in companies whose
repertoire included the full round OF
Shakespearian plays and modern come
dies. She is a very pretty young woman
and possesses rare graces of personality,
The author of 1.-THE Player Maid Louise
Malloy, is a we'll known Baltimore news
paper woman who has had much previous
experience in play-writing, among her et-
forts being THE Ragged Cavalier"
PLAYED successfully for several seasons
by Creston Clarke.
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Aged Man In Critical Condition.

Mr.. w. P. Won De Voost. who for IN
past few weeks has been living ON Ave-
nue. G, between Thirtieth and Thirty-frst
streets, fell from the front veranda at
his home last night and from the effects
he now lies in very critical condition.
and little hope is entertained for his re-
covery
Last evening about o'clock he walked
out on the front porch, and although he
had not complained of feeling badly, it
is thought that he suffered a paralytic
stroke, and no one being near him he
fell from the porch.
Mr.. Won De Voost is a brother of Mrs.
V. a. Perkins of Tuscaloosa, who recent
~ purchased the home of Mr.. C. F. Camp
on Avenue E, and in whose house he
was living. She was Immediately notified
of the sad misfortune and arrived in the
city today.
Mr.. Van lie Noost is a member of the
Woodmen of The World, and many mem
bers of this order are doing all that can
be done in the case.
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RECORD OF THE COURTS

Business in the courts yesterday was
largely continuation of cases which had
not been finished the previous day. In the
criminal court the case of r. L. Leather
wood, charged with assault with intent to
murder, was passed to February 25.
Circuit Court.
In the circuit court yesterday in the
case of the St. Louis Coffin company VS..
Brooks Furniture company the jury re-
turned a verdict for SOS 10, the amount
pleaded in tender.
In the two cases, Alice c. Higdon and
E. l.. Higdon VS. G. D. Dui, the plaintiffs
took a, non-suit in each case.
Circuit Court Docket.
The following docket is set Tor trial in
Abe circuit court today:
John \. Watford VS. Western Union
Telegraph company. damages; Cornelia
Boylkin vs.. Birmingham Railway, Light
and Power company, damages; James P.
Kennedy, pro ami. VS.. Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company, damages;
Henry Hawkins VS.. Alabama Great South
ern Railway company, damages.
City Court.
In the first division of the city court to-
day the case of Willis Estes VS.. Birming-
ham Railway, Light and Power company
was on trial and concluded. 1t has gone
to the jury.
First Division Docket
The following docket is set for trial in
the first division of the city court today.
Tribble Investment and Discount COM
pany VS.. Houston Sanders. certiorari;
Alabama Investment company VS.. II.
Blackburn, eiectment; Louis Howard, adj
ministrator, VS. Sayre Mining and Manu-
featuring company damages; Matte Law.
renee, administrators, VS.. Alabama Steel
and Wire company. damages.
In the second division of the city court
yesterday the jury in the case of Mrs.
Matte Bunnen Us. st. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad company returned a
verdict for the plaintiff for $3.50.
Second Division Docket.
The following docket is set for trial in
the second division of the city court
today:
j. A. O'Brien vs.. Birmingham Water
Works company, damages. George Fagin
VS.. Emma Shaw, appeal; Dave Clayton
VS.. Ed Hall, damages John B. Edney
VS.. Vance Contracting company, dam
ages
New Suits Filed.
The following suits were filed in the
city court yesterday
lobe James VS. Tennessee Coal, Iron
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New Gayety.

The attraction at the New Gayety thea
tire this week Is one of the best of this
season 1t contains a large number of
clever songs, some of which are new to
Birmingham audiences; a good vaudeville
bill and some new electrical and stage
effects.
The comedians this week are eonsid-
cred good, and they seem able to cause
a laugh at almost any time during the
performance One Of the best acts on
the programme, and in fact, one of the
best that has been to the Gayety this
season, is that of the Four Livngstons,
acrobats.
There is a matinee every afternoon at
the Gayety and a performance every
night The attendance this week has been
large, and the audiences have seemingly
appreciated the bill.
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and Railroad company. Plaintiff claims
$4,000 damages for personal injuries al
legged to have been caused by furnace
door falling upon and crushing his leg,
necessitatng amputation.
Charley Moseley VS.. Alabama Great
Southern Railroad company Plaintiff
claims $4,000 damages for personal in
juries alleged to have been sustained
while working a turntable
Steve Thomas VS.. Southern Railway
company. Plaintiff claims $1999 damages
for the loss of an eye alleged to have
been caused by being caught on a wire
hook which was swinging over plaintiff
head.
George Fulgham VS.. Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company. Plaintiff
claims $500 damages for shock alleged to
have been caused by live" wire.
Fower Grove Planning Mill company VS..
George Harris, A. j. Dickinson and P.
c. Ratcliff. Plaintiff claims S242S.S5 on
account alleged to be due by the defen-
dants, who guaranteed payment under
terms of contract with the builders of the
First Baptist church in Birmingham for
materials supplied.
Criminal Court.
In the first division of the criminal court
yesterday the jury acquitted Charles Mil
ligan, charged with assault with intent
to murder.
Owing to the absence of the witnesses
in the case of R. L. Leatherwood the
case was passed to February Is. The de-
PENDANT is charged with assault with in
tent to murder VIII benson.
Criminal Court Docket.
The following docket is set tor trial in
the first division of the criminal court
today
Allen Meadows, grand larceny; James
Cooper poisoning a well; VIII Ellison
assault with intent to murder; Will Jar
vis,s assault with intent to murder; Kid
the Wonder, grand larceny; Albert G..
Davis false pretenses.
chancery Court.
In the chancery court yesterday in the
case of b. F. Eborn VS.. j. e. Anderson
ct al the chancellor rendered a decree
sustaining motion to dismiss the bill
for want of equity. against Mary l.
Weems and j. c. King and taxed the
plaintiff with costs.
Fannie Perdue filed suit against Sidney
Hart, praying that quit claim deed
executed by her to the respondent be can
celed. Complainant alleges that she is
llliterate colored woman and that the
deed was obtained from her by false
statements and misrepresentation and
that she did not intend to execute a deed
to the property, which is a homestead and
upon which she is now living.
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Dr.. Crapsey on Freedom of Thought.

Rev Algernon Crapsey in Lesle's Week
ly.
Freedom of thought is the right of each
man to use his own powers of observa-
ton in order to ascertain the truth of
the fact. and his own powers of reason
ing to give to the fact its proper place
and value. To deny freedom of thought
is to deny to man sight and intelligence;
he may not see with his eyes, nor hear
with his ears nor reason with his intel
lect, but must receive the facts of life
on the say-so of others, and must give
to the facts such place and value as
are allotted to them by some power ex-
ternal to his mind. He must. in other
words. accept this thought ready made
instead of creating 1t for himself
The vast majority of men and women
prefer this parasitic method of thought
To observe and to reason Is laborious
and to escape that labor the multitude
does not think; 1t simply believes The
ordinary man accepts a vast number OF
statements of alleged facts which he
has never verified, and assents to con-
illusions which he has never proved. His
mind is not free, but is the bond-slave of
convention and external authority Such
a man does not contribute anything to
the thought of the world.
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week to please. AS headllners, Howard
and Bland in their act. "A Strange Boy,
are presenting a novelty. Gillian and
Murray have some funny stunts and Rice
and Elmer, comedy acrobats, are con-
tinuous scream. The single act on the
programme Is Eldridge, the Sand Man.
Miss Leone Bland who Is making hit.
Her presentation of characters of the
Sis Hopkins class are good and her songs
in this number are well rendered. Miss
Bland has shown that she is a star wher-
ever placed.
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At the Majestic.

The great Esterbrooks, musical artists.
at the Majestic theatre this week, are
famed for their wonderful playing on
brass Instruments. They have just closed
a successful tour Of the east, where they
are great favorites. Everybody loves mu-
sic and this pair knows how to get the
sweetest strains out of their instruments.
Mrs, Esterbrook ranks as one of the
leading cornetists of the world and has
many medals she won in competition.
She presents a striking appearance at
tired in the garb of a Huzzar. Mr.. Es-
Textbook is a refined trombone player be-
sides being capable of mastering other
instruments to perfection.
There gre many acts on the bul. this
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AMUSE MENTS.
"Are You a Mason?"

Are you a Mason" was the attraction
at the Jefferson yesterday, matinee and
last night. The play is full of ludicrous
situations and there are a number Of
good laughs scattered through the three
acts The crowd was rather small, but
Are You a Mason" got laugh from
everybody.
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Seats for Nordica.

Mr.. Dehona Rice, manager of the bu-
reau which is directing the Nordica
southern tour, arrived in Birmingham
Yesterday on a belated train and seats
for the appearance of Mime. Nordica IN
Birmingham on January "a were placed
on sale yesterday at noon. The sale was
large during the afternoon. Seats VIII be
on sale at the jefferson from now until
her apDearance.
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The Private Secretary.

The three act comedy to be presented at
the Ensley opera house ON Thursday and
Friday nights, under the direction of Mr..
John e. Owens, bids fair to be the best
play ever presented in this city.
The characters selected for the differ
ent parts have taken great interest in the
rhearsal and as they are among the best
known people of the town. the tickets
which have been ON sale at the different
drug stores are selling well, and from the
present outlook there will be well filed
house at both performances.
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Checkers.

Krke LaShelle's production of Henry
NJ. Blossom, Jr.'s great racing play.
Checkers" will be the attraction at the
Jefferson theatre next Monday, matinee
and night. When this play was here last
season 1t made "a great success. The
promise is made that the company pro-
ducing it this season Is almost identieally
the same as the one that was here last
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Smart Social.

Mrs. Henry Keller entertained a few
of her friends this afternoon at her resi-
dence ON Avenue + in honor of Miss
Weinstein Of Philadelphia. who is visiting
her sister. Mrs. Leo Broda on Avenue
+ and Twenty-seeond street.
The honor ee has been the recipient of
much social attention since her arrival
and by her charming manner has made
quite delightful impression among the
social set
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STRAYED OR STOLEN

I From in front of our store 1
bay horse, ten years old, dish
face, white on one hind foot.
Was hitched to piano box, top
buggy, black gear and body.
DRENNEN co.
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Eqoism Of Authors.

From the Washington Star.
VERY few literary men get rich.
perhaps it's just well they don't"
answered Miss Cayenne. "If a literary
man got rich enough to found libraries
he wouldn't permit people to read any
but his own books"
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A Presidential Precedent.

From the Washington Star.
What became of that man you ar
rested as a horse thief?'
'Lynched," answered Pluto Pete.
IT suppose that ends the matter" W
mo. Some o. the boys had their doubts.
80 were goin TO call some witnesses an
git evidence that he really were the
guilty nartu-,s
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Box Party.

Mrs Henry Broda rendered box party
to one of the Birmingham theatres yes
terday afte. noon to the guest of Mrs.
Leo Broda Miss Weinstein, of Philadel-
phia. Those in the party We're Miss Vein
stein. Mrs. q. Marshall Everson Mrs. Leo
Broda, Mrs. Henry Keller and Mrs. Henry
Broda
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Iron and Steel.

The iron and steel trade in Birning-
ham was never in a more healthy condi-
ton than it is now, The pig metal mar
ket is not only strong but is decidedly
upward in tendency. A consumer VINO
few weeks ago declined to buy grey forge
at SIS paid 500 this week for the same
grade.
iron for delivery during the last nalf
of the year is still quoted at sl9, ON a
No. basis and is selling right along at
that figure.
The Woodward company has probably
had a greater harvest during the past few
months than anw of the other furnace
concerns, Notwithstanding the fact thai
all the pig makers have sold at high
prices 1t is said that the Woodward
company had 5000 on its yards when the
price advanced to $23 for spot and that
all that tonnage was sold at the price
named on No. basis 1t is understood
that this company refuses to sell for
delivery beyond March.
An inquiry of the Tennessee company
this week for a quotation on steel rails
for prompt delivery brought the response
that all the rails that the company could
make in 1907 had been sold; that sales, IN
fact, had been made into 1908. And so 1t
goes
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Southern Film
Exchange,
1929 First Natl Bank Bldg.

cents a day. one will readily appreciate
the spirit which moved one kind soul
to help another in distress.
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If You Are Wise
You Will Patronize
DR.. II. N. McTyeire
"The Dentist
Office Over Bank of Ensley.
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