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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03
DECATURS.

Decatur, March 2.-(Special,)- ,)-Mrs s. A. Lynne entertained the Progressive Gull ture club most charmingly on Tuesday afternoon. There was a good attendance of the members and the meeting proved not only q profitable but q pleasureable one. The principal topic of discussion was the child labor problem and much food for thought was brought out on the subject. During the afternoon Mrs. Browning's The Cry of the Children was read most ably by Mrs F, w. God bey. Miss Jones read. "The Bishop of Cotton Town by John Trotwood Moore, After the discussions and exercises re- treatments were served.
 Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Naught en- tertained the Home Mission Circle of the Central Methodist church at her home in West Decatur.
 Miss Stella Lyons entertained the Young
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has been M and rem%rSaDle the achieve understood that both doctors branch of medical science firm adhere to all i m o Tesnts of particular schools and circumseribed pah world for their field and all nature for their book they seek the of disease They have therefore eGled their practice and recognizing as next to noweoe & ana @ prescribe from their own dspnsarI only the pes pest They thus protect their patients against the %iStases % sa l%P9s G@sssts SrO''" a's '"
 themselves with the prescrib- their patients of hope to which they may cling preservation of life they have fortified themselves w almost every which science has provided the eay Feradic and to than to industry cures Of even the most Scata Kidney Bladder and disease % and stomach heart skin and organs
 
 brick building numbered hams most intelligent ladies and hence attach to persons wis of self7syd ana cause These dark holes of ana md sa tbe confidence 4 Gonants In which neither sincerity nor honesty in pre- but hypocrca hubnggery and simple should be % sqnn a gnzed honorable specialists Dozer are impunty and without fear or danger suspicion reasonable terms as can be nad NO made by prs DTS oz @ apy hold false advice They wi" a %ted bu by the exercise n. and most certain Apparatus they have built up practice ana reputation to non Souherh country
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THERE ISA REASON WHY?

There is no reasonable quantity that is too large for our buying capacity, none of our invoices escape the telling blow of the cold cash discount, but few business men are satisfied with the small profit we place on our goods, always keeping @ live wire busy in our store, ever looking out for your every day ne- cessities, willing to let live the public as we'll as ourselves. These are some of the causes why we today enjoy the most satisfactory drug business that exists in the State of Alabama We are the recognized leaders in our line and our thousands of customers gladly say that we are well entitled to such classification.
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Information.
.om the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 "Josah," said Mrs. Chugwater, who was reading the dispatches concerning the Thaw trial what does it mean when 1t says the defense rested"
 ''It means" responded MT. Chugwater that the defense had to take d rest. 1t was tired of seeing it's pictures in the newspapers"
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For Sale-100x200, beautiful lot on Highland avenue; 66x170, handsome corner, Wa verly Place. w. B. Leedy & Go. a-.-3t
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28
CARNEGIE AND RoCKEFELLER'S
GIFTS,

Carnegie founded his libraries upon
steel company stocks When the great
properties were taken over and the
billion dollar company formed Mr.. Car
negie got oil his properties were worth
in first mortgage bonds, and the many
millions of stock which he got besides
was velvet" The high financiers
put on the market more than the mar
ket would digest. Old Russell Sage
suspected they were indigestible, and
they proved to be. Then Carnegie
took some Of his velvet and went TO
founding libraries. When he laid the
foundation of a library it was in steel
company stock, and there was a pro-
viso with the gift that the stock should
never be sold below par. Banks all
over the country took the stocks as
collateral. Some loaned 80 per cent
on 1t. Every Carnegie library is an
auxiliary bull for the steel company
stock. The bottom went out, however,
but under the fostering care of the
tariff this billion dollar financial in
fant is recuperating.
Now. Rockefeller has caught on
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28
REAL ESTATE.

Those desiring to move to South
Georgia, the most prosperous section
Of the state. can secure bargains in
city property, farm lands aaw mill or
turpentine sites, by riting to
c. c. TYLER,
Box 272, MouItrie. Ga.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28

Peculiarly exposed to the villainous-
ly bad management of American rail-
roads are the railway mail clerks.
Their cars are nearly always carried
near the engines, and there is scarce
ly mail train wreck in which one or
more Of them is not killed or manned.
Before the Shallenberger ukase was
issued they were the only men in the
train crews with souls free from con-
troll, but now they, too, are ironed and
the public may get their testimony
only through the censors at Washing
ton.
Mr.. Shallenberger may be a pure,
kindly soul, untouched by the influence
OF the railroads, but it would be inter
esting to know. His sense of humor
Is surely deficient. Can you hear
mangled postal clerk saying to a rail-
way official, please, kind sir, it was
good Of you to kill me, but won't you
notify my wife?" or, please, good
sir, when you get time won't you lift
your box car off me and pull your
coupling pin out of my chest?"
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28
TAKE 1T,
BY James Walker HeatherIy

by James walker Heatherly.
If man shall steal an OK or
sheep and kill it or sell it, he shall
restore five fold for an OK and four
fold for sheep.-Exodus 22:1.
If John D. wants to give back the mon.
ey,
Take it.
We've all robbed bees of their honey.
Take it.
II he wants to turn it loose.
Don't stand there like goose,
Grab it and put it in use.
Take it.
Tainted" What of that?
Take it.
Rush in with your hat,
Take it.
In this old world below
Of sorrow, sin and woe
Money makes the mare go,
Take it.
No matter how he got it,
Take it.
Put it to good use, and unspot 1t,
You burn his oil at night
Take his CD money, wouldn't be right?
Difference, None, It's all right.
Take it.
If he writes you out check,
Take it.
Lay your arms around his neck,
Take it.
Don't refuse his (?) yellow stuff,
American dollars amt no bluff,
John has had it long enough,
Take it.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28

The $32,00O,000 he has given to the
general educational fund is in stocks
of railroad companies and other COM
panies he and the Standard pirates
control. Thirty-two millions is not
over 5 per cent of the water alone
there is in stocks of railroads like the
M, K. & T., which Rockefeller owns.
BY scattering this very slight mois-
tme from his enormous supply he will
enlist the whole educational interest
and enterprise of this country to pro
tect and keep at par the enormous bur
den Of fictitious wealth upon which we
must be taxed. For this little sop
thrown to the educational interests"
he has welded his fetters and secured
the aid of thousands to help him reap
for many, many years what others will
SOW. VIM. G. PLUMB.
Paw Paw, Mich.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28
(From Ridgway's.)

concerning our government. In July
last, there was wreck on the Great
Northern Railroad near Diamond
Lake, in the state of Washington, that
cost six lives. Exposed to death in
the wreck were two railway mail
clerks, William Donaghy and p. Van
lippoley by name. Various versions,
official and otherwise, were given as to
the cause of the accident, and finally
the mail clerks wrote letters to Spo-
kane newspapers telling what they
knew about It,
Donaghy In his letter had the tenn
Gritty to tackle James J. Hill, presi-
dent of the Great Northern Railroad
He declared that the roadbed was de-
fective, that trains were run at dan
gerously high speed, and that upon no
system over which he had run in
lifetime devoted to the railway and
railway mail service had he seen
life held so cheap. Here Is a frag-
ment of Donaghy's letter that is liter
ary:
"Then why this suicidal speed? Be-
cause the schedule calls for it, and
engine drivers are expected to make
it. Not only are they expected to
make it, but they are continually and
eternally pounded on the back until
they do make it or go in the ditch.
occasionally an engine driver
through regard for his own and other
human lives, refuses to take such des-
kn 4Io
He is called up 'on the carpet and
not very politely informed that unless
he can make the time a man will be
found who will.
"The man has spent the best years
of his life working up to a position
which enables him to begin to clothe
and feed his family, and cannot af
ford to begin life anew. He becomes
desperate. He says to himself, I
will make the time or die trying
He tries-and his last run, the fire.
mans last run, the postal clerks last
run, the messengers last run, and
incidentally, the last ride of few pas
sengers ends in Diamond Lake"
For thus speaking their minds the
two postal employees were promptly
fined $50 apiece, and each was sus-
pended from his run for ten days by
the great government of the United
States, and that no other postal en-
ploye should ever fall into their dis
graceful error, w. S. Shallenberger,
second assistant postmaster general
issued the following muzzling order:
'It is deemed essential to the proper
administration of public business that
officers and employees of this office
shall maintain respectful official rela-
tions with railroad companies and 9TH
er carrying companies, as we'll as with
their superior officers. Railway postal
clerks must not engage in controver-
sizes with or criticism of railroad off,
cials involving the administration CT
the postal service by furn lshing infor-
nation to the newspapers or public
ly discussing or denouncing the acts or
omissions of such officials as affecting
the postal service. Clerks violating
this instruction will be subject to dis
cipline and possible removal from the
service.
"All information, criticism, or COM
plant which clerks or officials can give
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28

thrown to the educational interests"
he has welded his fetters and secured
the aid Of thousands to help him reap
for many, many years what others will
SOW VIM, G.. PLUMB.
Paw Paw, Mich.
y y H
THE TEAR.
(From an Exchange.)
Oh, Sonny Boy. what will you do
With the careless glee Of boyhood
through?
The CLEAN Of laughter, the ripple of
fun,
The throb and thrill Of childhood done?
The tender plant of love that grew
Where only self and mother knew,
Must the sap be chilled in it's fragile
life,
BY the brazen glare of stress and
strife?
The tear that left it's grimy trace
Ger gentle Shame Of a slight disgrace;
All! boy. will the we'll from which it
sprung,
Fresh and pure when life was young,
Grow hard and frozen in wintry cold,
With boyhood gone, and manhood old?
The feet that unshod. trod the hill:
The whistle that echoed the woodbird
thrill,
The shout of Joy. the wild hurray,
They only last through boyhOods day.
But. ah. that tear from the we'll Of life,
Keep it. bov. through storm and strife;
For the rainbow CLEANS that hold 1t
fast
Will light your way to the very last
A LETTER OF REMoNSTRANCE.
Hon. Thos. e. Watson,
I have been Informed that you are
opposed to immigration from Europe,
on the grounds that hordes of foreign
ers. less desirable AS citizens than the
negroes are would be landed on our
shores. With all respect for your
d-mindedneSs and sunerior intel
lect 7 beg to differ with YOU.
With all of our boasted freedom the
women of the southern states are
slaves to fear; no woman can feel
safe in her own home when her hus-
band is absent: the unmentiOnable
crimes recorded in the daily papers,
keen her in agonizing susnense. lest
a SIMILAR fate should befall her or
possibly a precious daughter at any
unguarded moment.
Our country cen no longer he called
"The Home Of the Free and the Land
of the Brave" &c long as Our women
Quake with deadlv horror Of the black
demon who stalks at villa continual
menace to their helDlessuess.
IF this black shadow. which has
robbed country women Of all that is
worth living for. were fitted. thousands
who 90 about their dailv tasks with
heavv hearts. would feel that the gates
of Paradise bad been opened unto
them. Oh! Mr.. Watson, you who have
such wide influence, whose opinion
carries such weight. weigh we'll the
imDort of your words, on so vital
subject.
Surely the inf'uX Of people of our
own color would be a protection. We
not only need them to cultivate the
soil. but we need them to help us so
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28
Atlanta Typewriter
Exchange
Seventy-one North Pryor Street
ATLANTA, GA.

References: H. M. Ashe Co, Cen
tral Bank & Trust Corporation, r G..
Dun & Co,
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28

we nave large assortment OF all
standard machines, which have been
slightly used. that we will sell on
guarantee, viz. -
Fay-Sho or Rem-Sho .$25 to $40
Williams (All Models) $50 to $40
Remington (All Models) SIS to $50
Densmores (All Models) $15 to $40
Smith Premiers 3. e.. ..$2O to $50
Yost (All Models) e. ..$15 to $50
Write for special prices on any other machine
made. We have them in stock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-20
POSITIONS VACANT
IN CIVIL SERVICE
Examinations to Secure EligbIes VIII
Be Held In Birmingham Latter
Part of Next Month.

The United States civil service commits
sion announces an examination to be held
In Birmingham ON February is, 1907, to
secure eligibes from which to make GER
LITIGATION to fill several existing vacan-
ces in the position of plate printer in
the bur eau of engraving and printing and
similar vacancies as they may occur in
that bureau. AS an insufficient number
of eligbles was secured as the result of
the examination held on December 5, 1906,
t. meet the needs of the servie, qualified
persons are urged to enter this examin-
alton. Applicants must Indicate in their
applications that they have served as an
apprentice for four years, under the in
struction of competent practical plate
printer whose name and position must be
indicated in the application. The kind of
experience and the character of plate
printing done by the applicant are con-
sldered in determining the ratings ON the
subject of experience, the. highest ratings
being given for work of the same charac-
ter as the plat printing work required in
the bureau Of engraving and printing
No educational test will be given, and it
will not be necessary for applicants TO APP
pear at any place for examination.
The commission announces an eXamina-
ton on February IS. 1907, to secure eli
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DosTER- NoRTHINGToN DRUG CO., Distributors.

use of the units of the elastic" book
case system.
The other exhibitors are: Roberts e.
Son of this city, Edison rotary mimeo-
graph Twinsock loose-leaf accounting
system, statinoery. copper-plate work,
ETC.. Columbia Photograph company,
commercial graphophones, w. d. Griffith.
stae agent, in charge; Smith Premier
Typewriter company, all makes of its
typewriters, in charge of Mr.. j. A Bates,
representing A. r. Dearborn e. Co.; Bur-
roughs Adding Machine company, several
types of adding machines, in charge of
w f. Howell, state agent; National
Cash Register company, cash registers of
all kinds in charge of s. A. Benton,
state agent; Egry Autographs Registers,
in charge of S. M. Handy; the Gamma
ter Multigraph, in charge of Irving s.
Kaufman, Memphis, Tenn; Toledo COM
putting scale, demonstrated by B. NJ.
Brazeal; Sibley-Menge Press Brick COM
pany, brick for office buildings.
A visit to the exposition will repay any
one,
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gbles from which to make certifcation
tant engineer, $1O8O per annum, quarter
masters department at large, San Fran
cisco, Cal, steamer Mcdowell, an dvacan-
cies as they may occur In any branch of
the service requiring similar qualifications.
Each applicant must submit with his
application either his marine engineer s
license or a certificate of the proper
steamboat inspectors showing that such
license has been issued to him. Appli-
cants should give In their applications the
names and tonnage of the vessel upon
which they have been employed.
No educational test will be given, and 1t
will not be necessary for applicants to ap-
pear at any place for examination.
The commission also announces the post
ponement to February 2O-2l, 1907, of the
examination scheduled for January 9-10,
to secure eligibles from which to make
certification to fill a vacancy in the posi-
ton of superintendent of industries at
$500 per annum, Haskell institute, Kansas,
and vacancies as they may occur in the
Indian service requiring similar qualifica-
tons
As but two applications have been re-
ceved for the examination announced for
January 9-10 and the commission has ex-
perienced difficulty in securing eligibles
for this position qualified persons are
urged to enter this examination
The appointee in this position will be re-
quired to take charge of classes in me-
chancal drawing and wood carving, and
should have had practical experience as
carpenter.
An examination will be held on Febru-
airy 20, 1907 to secure elgibles from which
to make certification to fill a vacancy in
the position of electrician at $1,000 per
annum in the new postoffice building at
San Francisco. Cal, and similar vacan-
cies as they may occur in the custodian
service throughout the United States.
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EXPOSITION LASTS
TWO MORE DAYS
Attendance Is enomenal-Monday Is
Ladies' Day" In the Globe
Werncke Exhibit.

The success of the exposition of Of
flee utilities. devices. appliances and
machines for the benefit of business and
professional men, which began In the
show rooms of Messrs. Ben M. Jacobs &
Bros, 1911-13 Third avenue last Friday
morning and which will end Tuesday
evening of this week, has been phenome-
nal-far beyond the expectations of any
of the ten exhibitors. Professional and
business men of Birmingham and tho
surrounding towns, who have been pre-
vented from coming to the exposition
by reason of social and other engage
ments incidental to the cotton eonven-
ton, will now have an opportunity to get
some profitable insight into modern Of
flee methods 1t is important for them
to note that the exposition will be opeu
Monday and Tuesday evenings.
The largest exhibit-and one of the
most interesting-is that made by the
Globe ornicke company, Cincinnati, OF
ELASTIC" book cases, filing cabinets and
devices, etc This company has paid Biz
mingham the compliment of taking more
floor space than it has ever used before
is asserted that the present exhibit Gov
ers more floor space than the Globe
Wornicke company had In the exposition
at Madison Square Garden, New York.
The exhibit is highly artistic, and four
experts, sent here from the main Offices
are kept busy demonstrating to the large
crowds which foe kto 1t. They are ably
assisted by the Messrs Jacobs and
Messrs. j. C. McWhorter and NJ r.
Hicks.
Many ladies have attended the EXPOSE
ton, and as they appear to be strongly
attracted by the Globe-Wernicke exhibit;
the management has decided to make
Monday ladies day." and the demon
stators will show how small or large
libraries may be made into things of
beauty in the homes by an intelligent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-20
CAN PAINT TWO
PICTURES AT ONCE
Artist Now Here That Paints 800 Pic.
lures a Week Throughout
the Year.

Mr.. f. Shinabarger, known throughout
Europe and America as the most rapid
oil painting artist in the world, is now
giving exhibitions at the steele-smith
Dry Goods company. Here is a man
that has painted over 100000 pictures In
his day. He allows himself from four to
seven minutes on a picture. and if he
takes a notion will paint two pictures
at one time. The Steele-Smith people
brought Mr. Shinabarger here from St
Louis and he will remain in Birmingham
for the next few days. Every purchase
made in the store entities you to a card
which. with 80 cents, secures one of these
fine pictures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-20
ATTENTION, ODD Eel
LOWS,

Members of Fraternal Lodge
No. 308, I. o. o. F., are re-
quested to meet at Red Men s
Hall at 1:15 p. m. promptly,
Sunday, to attend the funeral
of our deceased brother, Will
liam Alexander. All Odd Eel
lows invited. Fun>ral at Cen
trail Presbyterian church 2:30.
Interment Oak Hill Cemetery.
G.. R. COLEMAN,
Noble Grand.
J. D. CARLISLE, Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-20
NEGRO CLEARED OF
ASSAULT CHARGE
Meridian Grand Jury Brings Verdict
of Not Guilty and Suspect Disap-
pears-Another Wanted.

Meridian, Miss, January 19.-(Special)-
After an all night session the jury in
the case against Floyd Campbell, charged
with attempted criminal assault on Mrs.
Thomson of this city, returned a verdict
of not guilty. The negro Immediately dis
appeared and has not been seen since, the
temper of the crowd present being de-
cidedly threatening toward him.
A mulatto negro was discovered under
the bed of a Mrs. Wells, a white woman
on the southside today by a little girl
and he Immediately ran away. The police
have a description and are looking for
him
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NOTICE.

1 have this day sold my grocery BUSH
ness to L. Q. C. Kelly and William Park
err they taking possession Tuesday, jan
uary % They will occupy the same
store room, No. 1903 South Twentieth
street that ] have been using for that
purpose for number of years. l take
this method of thanking all my friends
for their liberal patronage In the past
and ask for a continuance of their busl-
ness for my successors. Messrs. Kelly
& Parker are both experienced grocery :
men, and | am sure that my present Gus
toners will be as we'll cared for in the
future by them as I have always tried
to care for them in the past. / will
still continue my dry goods business at
the same location No. 105-107 South
Twentieth street.
L. B. SHELTON.
On o.
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BODY FOUND IN STATION.
Both Legs Crushed off-supposed TO
Be Fred Barclay.

Meridian, Miss, January 19.-(Special.)-
The body of a white man, supposed to
be Fred T. Barclay, residence unknown,
was found In the shed of the passenger
train this evening, both legs being
crushed off He had money in his pocket
and letters were addressed to him in Hat
tiesburg and Newton. 1t is believed one
of the afternoon trains killed him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-20
Rural Carriers Appointed.

Washington, January 10 Especial y
Rural carriers appointed: Cottondaie,
route /, II. Brantley Ward carrier, Viii
liam Hargroves substitute; Eutaw route
/, Luther A. Mathison carrier. VIII e.
Taylor substitutes: Huntsville, route g.
Robert NJ. McClain carrier, Ben Rouu-
tree substitute; Titus, roue 1, Sam c.
Edwards carrier, Arthur Edwards sub
stitute. Rural route No. 2 ordered es-
tablished April l at Calera, serving 101C
families, population not given.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-20
THE GAMETER MUlTIGRAPH
DUPLICATING MACHINE

Tho Birmingham Typewriting company
has Just received the Gameter multigraph
duplicating machine and is now well
equipped to furnish the public with a fac
smile typewriter letter in any quantity.
Call and see us and get our prices 320
Brown Marx Bldg. Phone 1854, Bell.