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The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-02
rITY COUNCIL MEETING
io interesting Bit of Proceedings Had at
 the Regular Session Last Night

rhe city council met last night ot the office of the recorder, with Mayor Arnold presiding and a 0uor,,m of members present. Among the most important hnsiness attended to was the reading of an ordinance the first time calling in the outstanding warrants of the city issued prior to July 1, 1908.
 Dr. s. J. Hesterly asked the nriyilege of laying a concrete crossing from the Hesterly Drug Store to the Bank of Prescott, to he paid for in warrants on the street fund. Referred to the street committee.
 The regular monthly reports of the marshal and mayor were rad and referred to the finance cO umittee.
 The Junction City Lu'uper Co. asked permission to erect a run way across East Second street near their plant, and the matter was referred to the street com mittee of which Ira Gee Is chair man.
 Sam T. White of the Ozan Mer- cantile Co.,. asked permission to erect an iron shed roof over a salt platform adjoining his ware house, and in the absence of any action in the matter completed the work this morning.
 Claims to the amount of S673,- S3 were allowed paid.
 The claim of T. G. Moody of S5 for alleged damage to his bill board in the park was disaliow- ed
 The question of asking Judge Denman to apportion the town part of the road tax was dis cussed but no action taken.
 After discussing other mDor matters the council adjCurhe1 tc meet on the 10th inst.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-02
Try It the Next Time.

Everybody travels to some de- gree. It may be just an occas- ional trip or maybe you are on the road a great deal. And of course on such trips you buy the days newspaper, which, after be- ing hurriedly read is left on the seat, to be gathered by the news butcher and resold
 But there is a much better way recently adopted to dispose of the paper after one is through with it.
 The section gangs along the tracks at meal time and after supper, would gladly appreciate a daily paper, and it is suggested by a thoughtful writer that if the passengers on trains would be considerate enough to throw the paper out of the car window it would probably fall into the hands of these honest workmen and affords them much pleasure and benefit, instead of reimburse ing a set of men who have at ready made profit from its sale Try it the next time you have an opportunity.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-02
NEVADA COUNTY NEWS.
Interesting Batch Of Items from Differ.
 ent Sections.
Friendship, Aug. 31

 Some sickness now.
 These are dry hot days and cool nights.
 The boil weevil is putting in full time and will destroy all the top and late cotton. The crop will turn out short and may peo- pie take warning and plant more to eat and feed on.
 Monroe Almand is laid up with a cut foot Hope he will soon be able to return to work again. The Gale people are adding an- other room to their school build ing and we are expecting to have a good school there this year. Bro James of Laneburg, will teach the coming term.
 Dr. Tompkins of Morris, is build ing at Gale. and will move there in the near future. Dr. Shell will also move to Gale soon.
 E. F.. Alsobrooks and better half attended church at Mt Moriah Sunday.
 Claude Hirst and Thurman Me- Daniel were at the Main Spring camp meeting last Saturday.
 Mir. J. T. Bennett of Norris and Miss Lena Foore of Mt Moriah, were married in Texarkana last week. We wish for them much happiness and a long life
 
 Mt. Moriah, Sept. 1
 Health is not very good at this writing.
 Miss Mabel Burkman has been very sick with bilious fever.
 Mrs. J. K. Waddle and several others that we could mention.
 Mrs. o. K Morbury who has been visiting friends and relatives at Hope and Emmet has return ed home. She also attended the unveiling of w. C. Smiths mon ument Sunday at the Shell grave yard.
 A. K. Marberry has just return ed from Ozan where he was buy Ing tlinDeT ana SIdNeS.
 There was a quiet wedding at Mr. w. H. Clark's this evening at f o'clock when his son Wilburn Clark and Miss Rosa Afford of Bradley county, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The bride is a sister of Mrs. Jack Hunter and has been visiting at her home for about a month.
 The protracted meeting at Mt. Moriah is progressing fine.
 Ask Wilburn Clark and A. k. Marberry what a new pair of buggy shafts cost.
 Glad to state that Mrs. Maude Orr and children are better at this writing.
 We will ring off now but will come again next week.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-02

WOfh. It 1IOWS through the earth's atmosphere in mighty currents; it is the speech of the wireless telegraph; it lights the electric light bulbs with faint ether blush; we can carry ether light bulbs around in our pock- cts; it will be heatless light doing away with cartoons, wires and dynamos."
 John, if its a perfect vacuum you are looking for, 1 think that if you would rid yourself of that hot air, you would have perfect vacuum in your (cranium; but I doubt seriously if ether would penetrate it."
 Woman, how dare you talk that way to me? Women know little or nothing about inven. tions. l believe Eve did invent a costume once, but it soon went out of style. Now, Mrs. Tweez er,l will demonstrate to you that hot air is good for more things than growing cotton or produc- ing prosperity.
 Bring me my bycycle pump. Mrs. Tweezer, and l will demon strate that 1 can create vacuum by pumping the air out of this bottle; of course it won't be perfect one, but it will give you an inkling of my invention. It will cause the worms to blush and show their ether flame which science is so much inter. ested in. Now you do the pumping, Mrs. Tweezer, while I hold the bottle as I wish to note results. Come down gently or you might create too much vacu- um. Steady now, the bottle is getting hard to hold. Gee! how those worms do glow. Stocks are going up every second in the 'Tweezer Ether Light Co., You had better get in on the 2 round floor, Mrs. Tweezer.
 Mrs Tweezer never got in on the ground floor. The last stroke she made with the pump handle exploded Tweezer's bottle and sent him bounding to the floor. He picked himself up, and stood directly in front of Mrs Tweez- CT, rubbing his eyes and comb ing the broken bits of glass out of his whiskers with his fingers.
 Woman," said, Tweezer "you tried to blow me up, you made that pump handle suck wind the wrong way, which caused an ex plosion and ruined my invention. l will see madam, that the law handles you for tampering with my invention, and 1 will also find out about how little alimony will have to give you" Then Tweezer picked up his hat and started down the street in
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-02
LATE NEWS OF CAMDEN
The New 0uachiia Nearing Completion
 Other Items of Progress.

The Ouachita Hotel is going steadily forward. The walls are completed in the main and the roofing has begun. Mean- while a large force of men are getting the interior in shape. Lathing for clustering has been Tn progress all the week.
 About two months ago the
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-02

Rev. |. N. Clack came in last night from Texas where he and his family have been spending some time, and is today making preparations to move to Ozan, where he has a position as teach CT in the college at that place.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-02
A SCIENTIFIC STORY
Jno Tweezer Gets Mixed Up With Science
 and Entomology.

John, what in the world have you in, that bottle2 I suppose it's some more of those Mexican boil weevils you have found on the potatoes or in the cabbage"
 Woman, don't you know the difference between a boil weevil and a wOrm?" remarked Tweez- CT, as he placed on the table be- fore Mrs. Tweezer d quinine bot tie half filled with squirming insects. "I have found a per feet vacuum, Mrs. Tweezer. which will soon revolutionize the system of lighting homes and streets with brilliancy as much above the electric light as the electric light is over the tallow candle"
 That will be great invention John, but 1 have been taught that there is no such thing as a perfect vacuum" ! remarked Mrs. Tweezer as she looked up on the contents off the bottle with disgust.
 Invention. why there is no such thing as an invention. Mrs Tweezer; nature is the mother of invention. She presents an idea, and man harnesses that idea in more or less complicated trap ping and calls it an invention Spiders were making and using suspension bridges with chains of silken threads long before man ever dreamed of spanning the Niagara. The wood beetle was boring d smootf,f round hole thousands of years before man invented an auger. A drop of water suspended over an object gave us the telescope. So you see, Mrs. Tweezer, necessity is not the mother of invention; it's a trite saying and should be chang ed to nature is the mother of in vention."
 II understand, John, nature holds the key, but 1 can't under stand how these ugly worms in that bottle are to illuminate the earth"
 Those are glow. worms, Mrs. Tweezer; they can produce light without dynamo or heat. They are the inventors of the cold flame and heatless lights. If you will take the time to ex- anime these worms, Mrs. Tweez- CT, you will find that they are rigged with a small incandescent bulb inside of their bodies and their bodies are perfectly trans. parent. When filled with flame, objects are plainly seen through their bodies. This is where science got the idea of the K ray machine. The light when appli- ed to the human flesh shows penetration, illumination and ob- liberation of opaqueness."
 How are you going to illumi- nate a town with them, John? Are you going to tack them up on poles like buttons?"
 Poles! the thunder," roared Tweezer. Woman. don't your mind ever get higher than a pole? If it was just half as lumi- nous as one of those worms, you could understand my invention without difficulty. My idea is to produce a perfect vacuum, and to do this I must study the worm, as it and the tire-fly are the only known caeatures that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

LoST-On 9Oth street loop, or 18th street between 10th and 11th avenues, brown fur; finder will please return to 1501 s. 10th avenue and receive reward. WE pay cash for secondhand furniture. T. H. Embrey Furniture Co.,, 2323 2d avenue Bell phone 1763.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
SOUTHSIDE.

FOR SALE. s6500-New 2 story res, nr. Higld Ave. s5o-Pr. it. Hickory, blk. Higld Ave. 10,00o-Cor. res. 1 bidk Higld. Ave. Big lot.
 ssooO-Lot blk. S. 2o IS Ave. s4O0O-7 R. res. s. 15 St., near K. $6250-Handsome St. Charles St. place. s15,O0o-Elegant new brk. s. Hlgld res. s4eOo-Ave. H. cor. Whites. Rents s47 mo. $11 ,0O0-@Good s. side cor. Pays $115O s15,000-Large 3 Ave. Cor. Rents $1260 $S5O0-Big Ave. cor. Improved. s10,5Oo-Fifth ave. property. Rents s960 $10,000-4 Ave. cor. 50x10O Bargain. s8500-3 ave. 5ox140, "A and 25 sts sl,00o-Bus. house. 20 St. 1 to 8 Ayes. s3s0O-12 Ave. 5ox24o. Rents $45 mo. o-Two-story res., 24 St., ne. 12 Ave. $650o-CIose in N. II St. cor Rents s54o. s75-Pr. acre. Shades Valley tract. s225-E. Lake lot on terms. Bargain. s75-Eaoh, 92 lots well located. Spec $1950-E. Lake, 5r. neat cott On CT.
 FOR RE<T-SoUTHsIDE. 8 rooms, 3012 Ave. F., $22.50 rooms, 3O0S Ave. F., $20 rooms, s021 Ave. H, sS750. rooms, s8S 18th st., s3o. 5 rooms, 1006 16th st., 80. 9 rooms, SIS 18th st., $3o. rooms, 2021 Humbolt Ave. $40 8 rooms. 1926 11th Ave, s42.5o. rooms, 1211 12 Ave. Furnished, $6J. rooms 1915 18th Ave, $40 rooms, 25OS Ave. D, $15. 9 rooms, 1001 18th Ave, $40 ' rooms, 2700Ha Ave. F, s15. 6 rooms. 1924 12th Ave. s45 s rooms, 1526 12th Ave, $45. 6 rooms 1850 12-h Ave, $50 Store rooms 303 S. 20 St., s25. rooms, 2222 Ave. I, $25 5 rooms, 1920 Ave. G, $35.
 FOR RENT-NORTHSIDE. 1 rooms, 1927 24 St. Partly furnished, s25 il rooms, 1921 24 St., s55 rooms, 621 g St., $45. rooms, $500 10th Ave, s35 rooms, 1880 Rush ave, $25. 5 rooms, 2100 II Ave, $10 5 rooms, 616 18th St., $35. Large store opp Terminal sta., $75.
 R. MCCONNELL & co. 210T Third Ave. Phones S10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

$S5O-Lot 18th St. north, on car line, walk
 ing distance; 1850 cash. ssoOO-Corner 7Ox16O, Fist St., south of
 Highland ave. s22oO-5-room cottage. Avenue c, near 3Sth
 St, Avondale. $21o0-5-room cottage, 24th St., north. s15o0-Cottage, 5c fare: lots, 50x13o each. $35OO-12-room home on Avondale car line. bOx14o-4-story brick, central, End ave-: a
 gilt edge. $2500-2 dwellings and lots, white tenants,
 pays 12 per cent; can make 1t pay
 16 per cent. y40Oo-Rental $40 per month blocks of
 the center. s15o-Per foot, goth St.. near Avenue F. $2750-5-room cottage, near 18th St., north,
 $500 down. sS0 per month. s22Oo-2-story, 7-room home, near East
 Lake car line, woodlawn $500 cash.
 S25 month. s100o-New 4-room cottage, Kingston; S20J
 down, $20 month. s15oo-Rental $16 per month; s2o0 down,
 s15 month; houses Avenue D. $s000-Renta1 $1200; new improvements,
 close in, north side. s1e, e,O0o-An elegant new, modern, Broom
 brick, south of Highland ave. s75oo-Rental ss6O, 10 dwellings, all new.
 close to the center. 3-story brick corner will pay about $500
 rental, rapidly enhancing. north
 side; terms easy and a gult-edge
 purchase. $1o, ,5oo-West 2Oth St., through to 18th, two
 2-story dwellings, $5000-Stone Improvements, rental S514 cen-
 tral. s2200-Neat broom cottage near 18th St,
 North Highlands. S1s00-50x140, Avenue D; can make this
 pay IS per cent. s125o-1OO-foot square, fronts car line Ave-
 nue F; can make 1t pay 20 per cent. s14,0o0-Rental $500, a brick corner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

WANTED-Man and wife to take one side of house; rooms; children not objectionable, 1117 N. 18th st., Birming- ham; bargain; call Bell phone No. 2, Woodlawn. References exchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
A Few Specials in Woodlawn

$265O-A new, never-occupied, 7-room, 2 story dwelling, with all modern conven- fences; cabinet mantles, etc; only 15o feet from East Lake car line; a real bargain and on very easy terms; see me about this at once.
 $2550-New, just completed, broom mod ern cottage. with all plumbing and lights; every convenience; cement walks. etc.; on one of best streets; easy terms. $315o-For few days, one of the most beau- tiful, new, 2-story, Broom houses to be found In the district; worth easily $35O0. $2S50-New, nearly finished. 7-room, mod ern, up-to-date cottage; one-quarter cash, balance easy.
 $875-A very choice, east front lot, 5Ox165; on improved street, central Woodlawn; close to East Lake car line. I have two choice lots in Woodlawn Heights, on which I will build three or four-room house for customer on easy terms; located within one block of car line.
 I have on 63d street, 150 feet south of 1st avenue, an elevated lot, very desirable, on which I will build for customer a cottage or two-story and make price and terms right.
 List your property with me for sale. S4500-10-room, new, modern home on 1st avenue, six bedrooms, plumbing all in electric lights, elegant mantles, lavatory downstairs; about the most complete home in woodlawn; just about finished; terms easy; let me show you this
 H. E. DALEY, Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

1sOx4Oo-2oth St., close in; nothing else
 like it. $1300-75x200 a corner with 4-room dwell-
 ing, block of 18th St. car line. A 14 per cent Brick Investment, 5000 cash,
 balance easy. $4500-Rental :60O; close in, north side,
 large lot, well improved. $35OO-Modern broom cottage, choice loca-
 tion. near 11th Ave, South High
 lands. $750-Cash balance $50 a month, buys
 bargain, 2-story, Broom home, Vir-
 glnia ave-, Waverly Place, near
 Glen Iris $6000--2-story, Broom home, modern, near
 11th ave, South Highlands. s5oO0-New modern S-room home, fronts
 Highlands car line. s10. 0O0-10ox2O0. modern 9-room home,
 fronts Highland ave. car line, South Highlands. $1600-6-room cottage near Tuscaloosa
 ave. and Pearl St., West End, $500
 down, s20 per month s22O0-New broom cottage, on car lines,
 near Owenton, easy terms s5000-5 acres, modern residence, West
 End; terms; large orchard. s4500-2-story, S-room home, large lot, on
 car line, Highlands. s35O0-Modern, corner cottage home, High
 lands; furnace heat. 100x100-Bargain, corner, about block Of
 First Methodist Church. 10ox1so-A swell prominent corner, suit
 aole for public building, South
 Highlands s2250--Modern corner Groom cottage, 17th
 St, north S26O0-6-room cottage, walking distance,
 North Side, $500 cash $500 month. $2700-Two broom cottages. white tenants,
 90x100, on car line, Avenue F. Norwood Bargain-Corner home, choice
 bargain. easy terms. S3750-Rental $40 per month, new improve
 ments, walking distance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
H. E. DALBEY, Agent.
FARMS.

$3000-For fertile, level truck farm, new 4-room house with hall, well wa ter, 6 blocks from car line, miles from Birmingham good road, worth s4o0o, but must sell at once. Good Texas farm, 150 acres, to ex- change for city property; sell on terms.
 S25O0---84 acres fertile, level; TO acres in cultivation; will make 35 to 50 bushels corn, x to bale cotton, to 1 tons hay per acre; good wheat and oats, tenant houses, on railroad, & mile of good little town; terms. S1250-77 acres Tn cultivation, half will make S5 to 40 bushels corn, balance half bale cotton. all level, 3-room house and Broom house, barn, on country road near pike, miles of railroad.
 SS75-S0 acres, nice valley farm Broom frame house and barn on county roads, exchange for cottage or lot; sell on terms.
 s25OO-160 acres fertile, level red and black land, 100 acres in cultivation, 6-room and Broom house, good barn. $750 per acre, 700 acres land with tim Der estimated at 4,000, 900 feet, half mile railroad, must sell in 10 days; see this.
 Oklahoma farm, 160 acres to ex- change or sell.
 Several farms to exchange for city property, 40 to 1000 acres in each. s200 for a nice lot, block of East Lake car line.
 $S5, nice high, dry lot, well located, suburbs of Pratt City. bargain and must sell.
 s45OO for a beautiful South Highlands home; must sell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
1131a Fist Street.
LEGAL NOTICES.

 Auction Sale Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1903. On above date we will sell for charges at our warehouse No. ?, 2214 Avenue B. Birmingham, the following goods 1 lot H. H. goods, stored by Mrs J. c. Shelton.
 1 box, chairs and settee, stored by Harris & Boone, or w. G. Harris. 1 lot H. H. goods, stored by W. F. Clarke.
 boxes II. H. goods, stored by w. H. Williamson.
 1 lot H. H. goods, stored by Eugene Gatson.
 3 boxes H. II. goods, stored by Mrs R. H. Drummond.
 1 box and contents, stored by J. G.. Pritchard.
 1 iron bed, stored by Mrs J. F. Jones. l box H. H. goods, table and 1 basket, stored by L. H. Arnold. 1 sewing machine, stored by B. P. Me- Donald
 lot H. H. goods, stored by II. F. Car son.
 lot H. H goods, stored by S. A. Pat terson.
 lot II. H. goods, stored by Sarah oli- yer.
 1 lot H. H. goods, stored by Jim Murray 1 lot H. H. goods, stored by Robert Pond.
 1 lot H. H. goods, stored for account of A. J. Terrell.
 lot H. H. goods, stored by Charles Fateman.
 range and parts, stored by Mrs. c. T. -McNeeley.
 lot H. H. goods stored by c. Welch. lot H. H. goods, stored by s. J. Stock ard
 I box saddle, stored by A. G. Southern R. R. for account H. Dinegre, or owner. HARRIS TRANSFER AND WARE
 HOUSE CO., 12-6-3t-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
FOR SALE

FOR SALE $9999. .99-645 acres of fine farming lands. 400 acres rich bottom. 300 acres in culti- vation, balance well timbered This farm is well watered, four new houses, barns and outbuildings, sawmill just put in operation, abundance of timber; terms easy; will take some city prop erty.
 $1250-80-acre farm; 50 acres in cultiva- tion; Broom house and barn; 10 miles from Birmingham. $2O00-5-room house, hall lot 100x140; 11h blocks of car line at North Birming- ham.
 s1950-5-room house, hall and bath; lights and water; street Improvements and plumbing complete; $45O cash, balance monthly; half block of car line at Gen. tral Park.
 $l5OO-New 5-room house, $100 cash, ball. ance like rent; North Birmingham. $1500-5-room house; half block of car line at North Birmingham; one-fourth cash, balance like rent.
 See our lots at Arlington Station ani call at our office or write us if you want anything in the real estate line. RYAN REAL ESTATE co. 2o3-4 Woodward Bldg, Bell Phone sS5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Geo.. 0. Mabrv 1905 1-2 Second Ave
 Peoples 2254
Attention Investors

The New York-Alabama Oil company, Huntsville, Ala, owns splendid oil and gas field; also the best unimproved real estate in Huntsville.
 The company now has nine producing gas wells and Is going down double shift for deeper strata and higher pressure
 It now has put on the market a splendid land addition lying in West Huntsville adjoining the corporate limits of the old city on which are producing gas wells These lots are at practically wholesale prices, payable 10 per cent cash and 5 per cent monthly.
 When the deeper strata is reached, which will only be a short while, boom in the price of these lots must and will follow as day follows night; the company wants gas consumers, not land profits Buy now and get the benefit of the boom profits.
 Birmingham office 103 North Twentieth street, ground floor of Brown-M Marx build ing. J. F. GILLESPIE, Attorney.
 c. B. KELLY, Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Notice.

You are hereby notified that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Mar tin Cracker and Candy company will be held at the factory office. Tuesday even ing, January 19, 1909. at 73o o'clock for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year and to transact any other business that may come before said meet ing. R. D. MILLS,
 12-19-3t Sanrataxxs
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FOR SALE.
$1S,5OO.

$1S,5OO. One of the finest corners on 9th ave- nue, 100x120, with a large 12-room house, slate roof; also has servants house. Rental, $1200 per year. This property was held IS months ago for $25,O00, but for quick sale the owner will take s1S,500.
 $035O. At Rhodes circle an 11-room, furnace heated home, has hardwood floors, two bath rooms with tile floors. Let us show you this.
 McCarty- Reese Realty Go. 9S3 Bell 2115 3d Ave. SC Peoples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
ProposaI.


 Proposals will be received by the wa ter works commission at its office in the city of Tuscaloosa, Ala, on or be- fore January f. 1909 for the furnishing of a supply of coal for it's power sta- ton for period commencing January Il, 1909 and ending November 27, 1959 The coal must be a good steam, bitum- inous coal, first run of the mine, and reasonably free from eirt, slate and ex- cessive dust, and shall be delivered f. O. b. cars alongside coal bin at the pump station or f. o. b. barge to the water edge of coal hoist and delivered in quan- titles of fifty (50) tons each week dur ing the contract.
 Settlement for coal delivered in a given calendar month will be made not later than the 20th of the following month.
 Successful bidder shall furnish surety bond with surety satisfactory to the wa ter works commission in the amount of 20 per cent of the total estimated value of the contract.
 All bids shall be addressed to c. F.. Abbott manager, and marked on the envelope Ibid on coal supply"
 Each bidder shall state the mine from which the supply under this contract Is to be furnished and the water works commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids. 12-20-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
FOR SALE.

TOf SlhIE.
 To high-class colored people, nice cot tage home on choice lot on S1uthside near colored school. This property has all street improvements, plumbing, etc. and is ready for occupancy; will be sold on reasonable terms to responsible party. Call at office for full particulars. GEORGE BILRE, Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
ONE GENT A WORD.

RATES-One cent . word a dayl no nu. taken for less than 25 cents for hrss insertion. Cnsh must accompany every nrnpr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

FOR RENT-Trtck or dairy farm about a mile and half from Bessemer; will rent cheap to good parties; possession can be given December l. Apply to P
 F. Murphy, Bessemer, Ala. 11-22-tf