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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

There will be a called meeting of the Clionian club Tuesday morning at Il o'clock in the coseytorium
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

Mrs. W. R. Miree of Marion is in tn, city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

MT. and Mrs D. M. Drennen are at French Lick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

Mrs. H. Simon will occupy, after the 18th nf this month, one of the new Cullom apa'1 aents on South Twentieth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

MT. J. l.. Pultz, one of the officials in the Tidewater Development company, will move to Birmingham in October with his family. Hhe has engaged apartments in Terrace Court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

\ Mrs. T. F. Florence and her little son, Porter Ramsey, will go to St. Clair Springs tomorrow to spend two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

At the morning service today at the Southside Baptist church Miss Marie Sta pleton will sing There Is Land Mine Eye Hath Seen," by Crowninshield. The soloist at the evening service will be Miss Fern Minor who will sing 'Callest Thou \ Thus, Oh Master" by Nietzke. /
 Mrs. Leon Cole, the regular soprano in this choir, is spending several weeks in recreation and study in New York city. She is expected to return in about 10 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

Miss Jane M. Hannum, who has been spending the summer in the north, will return tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

The Home Missionary society of the Fountain Heights Methodist church will hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Chadwick 11O1 Twelfth avenue, north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

MT. and Mrs. T. l.. Hill have taken possession of their new home. 12O4 Louisa street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

There will be a called meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of the First Presbyte-
 rian church tomorrow afternoon at { o'clock at the church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

Mrs. Orr will have her school this win ter in her own home, which is on Thir-
 teenth avenue and Sixteenth street. The
 opening day will be a week from Monday, September IA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

MT. and Mrs. Frank Nelson, Jr., after October 1, will occupy apartments at Ter race court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Rains who hav recently moved to Birmingham, have taken apartments at Terrace court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

MT. Claud L.. Norris has taken a suite of apartments at Terrace court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

Among the members of the bachelor section at Terrace court are the following well known gentlemen: Messrs. J. H. Barr, J. A. Menge, Hugh Martin, R. w. Fonvielle, R. A. Brown, Claud L. Norris, M. Paul Phillips, and William Mudd Mar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

MT. and Mrs. Hale V. Tarrant will move into their new home, 1905 South Twelfth street. next week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22

Washington, April 20.-Political
circles in Washington in both parties
and in all factions were deeply stirred
by the recent announcement of Rep
resentative Grant E. Mauser of the
Thirteenth Ohio district that he
would not be a candidate for re-elec-
ton because of the strife and turmoil
in the republican ranks of his state.
The formal withdrawal of Congress
man Mauser was made all the more
interesting by reason of the current
reports that tentative steps are being
made to reconcile the Taft-Foraker
factions in the Buckeye state in order
to minimize as much as possible the
likelihood of democratic victory at
the polls next November. The inter
est in the Ohio situation has not been
confined to the congressional delega-
lions and politicians from that state,
but has been general Much concern
has been felt in the amps of the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22
DECLINES REELECTION BECAUSE OF
STRIFE IN REPUBLICAN PARTY IN OHIO

republican presidential allies, who
were put on the qui vive by the ru-
NOR that conciliatory measures are
being undertaken to restore harmony
in Ohio. One of the strong arguments
they have employed against Secretary
Taft's candidacy has been that there
is a strong probability of his state
going democratic in November, thus
seriously affecting the chances the re-
publicans might have for success
with the war secretary at its head.
Therefore it is that they view with
alarm any attempts to bring peace
to the republican party in Ohio, and
will strive. nightly 10 thwart all
overtures looking to an amicable adj
justment of the row there. Men on
the inside, however, claim that there
is nothing to indicate that there will
be an early, if any, reconciliation,
and this has only been fuel to the
fire of general interest in things POI
litical in The state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22
4 QUEER STATE OF AFFAIRS
WON'T SELL REVOLVERS. But
WILL LEASE YOU ONE IN TEXAS.

Legislature Passed Law Prohibiting
Sale of Pistols and Foxy Dealers
Now Rent Them for so Years.
A cowboy walked into hardware
store in Austin, Texas, the other day
and asked to be shown good six
shooter
How much is it," he asked when
he had looked it over.
81 can't sell it to YOU" the. dealer
replied, "but l will lease it to you
for fifty years for $15."
This is a dad-blamed funny kind
of a joint" the cowboy said. Il
don't want to lease gun; want to
buy it,"
He started to walk out, but was
called back by the dealer, who pa
tiently explained that the last legis-
lature of that state had passed law
which imposes a tax of SO per cent.
on the gross proceeds from the sale
of pistols.
IF | sold you this six-shooter for
SIS would have to pay the state
tax of $780," the hardware man ex-
planned. II can lease it to you, how
ever, for fifty years and won't have
to pay the state anything"
The cowboy saw the point and
leased the gun.
The law, which was enacted for the
purpose of taxing pistols out of ex-
istence in Texas, has been in effect
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22
BIG MONKEY WILL Be USHER
AT FASHIONABLE GOTHAM ROOF
GARDEN THIS SUMMER.

Educated Simian Is Tailor by Trade,
But VIII Be Trained for His New
Duties and Wear a Uniform.
Checks, please! Checksi"
No, Harrigan, the newest find
in the chimpanzee line, won't really
demand your coupons when you step
out of the elevator onto the Victoria
roof garden this summer, says New
York dispatch, but he will take them
and under the guidance of an usher
will sedately bow you to your seat.
You needn't, however, be the least
upset or frightened, for Harrigan is
as harmless as he is intelligent, and
that is saying a good deal.
Each year Mr. Hammerstein looks
about for some distinctive novelty.
and a few days ago he found Harri-
gan darning socks and cutting out a
new pair of pants at 259 Broadway,
where he is a part of J. S. Edwards
animal exhibition
When a reporter called on ,Harri-
gan he was laughing over the antics
of some spider monkeys, whose tails
he had been tweaking through the
bars of their cage with his long fin
gers. He left off long enough to hug
the reporter by way of introduction.
''Ha, ha, chick chung kahle, we
hi hi roared Harrigan, motioning
toward nifty suit of clothes hang
ing on nearby peg.
He says that he's tickled to death
to make your acquaintance, but he
wishes you had come around this
morning when he had on his best
pants, explained Mr. Edwards.
He's mighty particular about his at
tire when he meets strangers.
1t also appeared that Harrigan is
particular in other matters. Having
become civilized he refuses to walk
on his hands and feet, prefering to
propel himself as man does. He eats
with knife and fork, uses a needle
when his apparel needs repairing and
accomplishes hundred and one use
full things.
Harrigan is to be taught to act as
usher at the Victoria roof He is,
in fact, already receiving lessons and
! by the time the warm nights arrive
he will be letter perfect. He is to
have a nice platform, top hat and
patent leather shoes, and he is ex-
lpected to create something OF a SEN
sation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22
IF THE ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY

there are many counties in that sec
tion in which, according to impartial
opinions, there has been no change,
and that will line up again for smith.
Nearly every visitor from the First
congressional district says that
Brown will carry all the counties
therein by a safe majority.
Strong in Middle Georgia.
"In the center of the state the
governor is reliably reported 10 nave
held his own. Morgan, Greene, Ogle-
thorpe and Putnam are said TO De IN
the Smith column. The northwest
ern section of the state seems to have
experienced little change, too, and
the same may be said of the other
side. Reports from Hall county IN
dictate that Smith is possibly superior
there. but the surrounding counties
are said to be about evenly divided
with inclinations towards Brown.
The Cities.
"The Brown managers claim to
have information indicating that
their candidate will carry every coun-
ty that contains city. If the cleo
tion were to occur tomorrow 1T is
probable that the opposition would
carry Fulton by a safe majority, but
the governor is going to do his best
campaign work henceforth in his own
county.
1"The Brown people expect to bene-
fit by the majority rule adopted by
the executive committee at its re-
cent meeting, because of their hope
to poll big votes in the large coun-
ties. They think that they will win,
even if they lose a majority of the
convention vote.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22
CARNEGIE WORRIED OVER EGGS

Imported Setting of Minorcas Are
Shaken on the Voyage.
Andrew Carnegie's valet, G. lrv-
ing. who went over to Scotland to be
with his aged father in his last i'll
ness. came back to New York on the
Lucania.
Mr.. Carnegie is anxious to raise
some Scotch-bred black Minorca
hens. which he believes are the best
LAYERS in the world. Irving secured
a setting of dozen and a half OF
guaranteed black Minorca eggs and
carefully brought them in a basket
in his stateroom.
The Lucania had such rough going
that the eggs were shaken up pref
tv badly. When the customs inspec-
tor. Rowland Story, who happens to
he a poultry sharp inspected the
eggs they ratified. It is feared they
have been shaken up so by the tumb-
ling of the ship that they won't hatch
ont under the downy warmth OF one
of Mr.. Carnegie's brooding hens.
There was no duty on Mr.. Carne-
gie's eggs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22
HE GOT ON HER NERVES. +"
Millionaire Bride Will Not Return
From Paris to SorrOwing Husband.


A New Jersey bride of some few
months, daughter of a millionaire
Judge" who recently left her sorrow
ing young husband and went to Paris
for a holiday, declares she will never
return to her spouse, but will divorce
him because he "got on her nerves. "
The bride says she will get her papa
to pay the nerve-racking young hus-
band a comfortable sum of money
never to bother her again, and that
she will hereafter live quietly in one
of the New York hotels, like the Wal
dorf-Astoria or the st. Regis. What
a fine thing it is to have rich papa
to pay the bills, when one wishes
to get rid of obstacles and live in re-
tirement!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22

more than nine months. During that
period only two pistols have been
sold in Texas, according to the tax
receipt records of the state comp
trollers office. One of these weap-
ons was sold the other day in Amar-
lilo for SIS and the dealer made re-
mittance of $3.50 tax on the sale to
the state comptroller. The other pis-
toll was sold at Gainesville several
weeks ago for $40, one-half OF
which sum passed into the Golfers
of the state.
1t is said, however, that dealers all
over Texas are evading the new law
by leasing pistols for periods of nifty
years and more. This is practically
the same as a sale, as the life of
six-shooter will hardly exceed fifty
years. The promiscuous carrying OF
six-shooters has resulted in many
killings in Texas, and the legis-
lature hoped to diminish the fatali-
ties by making it as difficult as posi-
BILE for a man to acquire one of the
weapons. Pistol "toting," as it is
called, is not openly practiced in any
part of Texas. Many men still wear
six-shooters, but the weapons are
secreted from the eyes of the officers
of the law. There has been won
derful change throughout the south
west in this respect during the last
fifteen or twenty years. In the early
days almost every native in this
region wore one or two six-shooters
in holsters attached to belt around
his waist 1t was the general GUS
tom, and nothing was thought OF 1T.
Then the moral wave which wiped
out gambling and is about to do
away with the saloon in Texas came
along and the six-shooter lost its
popularity. Peace officers in all parts
of the state are very vigilant when
it comes to arresting men for carry
Ing concealed weapons. Only few
days ago a man was arrested there
and a pistol found on him. He was
fined 500 for carrying the weapon.
Not a great many years ago 81 and
costs was the usual punishment IN
ficted upon a man found guilty OF
carrying a concealed weapon. The
fine for that offense is now seldom
less than $50 and costs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22
SMITH WOULD CARRY STATE BY
REDUCED MAJORITY; BROWN
WOULD GET FULTON.
CAMPAIGN GETTING LIVELY
An Impartial and Conservative Ac-
count of the Situation as to the
Race for Governor at the
Present Time.

count of the Situation as 10 Iho
Race for Governor at the
Present Time.
The Savannah Press, which is sup
porting Governor Smith for re-elec-
ton and is one of the most conserva-
tive newspapers of Georgia, prints
from it's Atlanta representative an
interesting article on the guberna-
torial race, and tells of the situation
as it appears at this time. 1t says:
Assuming a Lively Aspect.
"The state campaign is assuming
an aspect of great interest. with
no purpose of making biased COM
ment, it can be stated that more at
tention is being paid to the OPPOSE
ton by the administration forces
than they at first thought it would
demand. The governor expresses
himself as confident of receiving the
nomination again and does not seem
to be much worried. He never trusts
to self-confidence, and where there
is danger takes the steps that are
needed to meet it.
Changes His Mind.
That the governor has changed
his mind about the force of the oppo-
sition is shown by the changes IN MS
campaign plans When Mr.. Brown
first announced the governor stated
that he would not wage an active
campaign and would devote most OIL
his addresses to educational discus
sions. He is now planning to put IN
the greater part of the time between
now and the primary to canvasslng
the state. He has opened regular
campaign headquarters.
Mr.. Brown has decided to do no
canvassing beyond what can be done
by letter. He states that he Would
not have time to visit every sectloh
OF the state and does not care 10
confne his exertions to few. he
also frankly admits that the orator.
cal art escaped him. A documentary
campaign will be waged from his
Office in Atlanta.
No Change in North Georgia.
mo one is denying that there has
been a remarkable change OF sentl-
ment throughout the state, but that
1t will prove sufficient to change the
administration is doubted by many.
Through southwest and extreme
south Geogia the Brown sentiment
seems to be strongest. However
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22
PAINTER OF MANA DIES PAUPER
Famous Picture Melted Others Over
a Million Dollars.

Famous Picture Melted Others over
Million Dollars.
M. Sukhorovsky, the Russian art
ist whose painting Mana" has been
exhibited all over the world and made
fortune for himself and others, is
dead after being reduced almost to
beggary through speculation.
After receiving some 100000
from the various exhibitions of ma
ma" M. Sukhorovsky sold the pic
ture for $4,000 to a dealer, who
subsequently resold it for $4,000
to an American The American is
said to have made 81, 100000 by the
enterprise.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-22
TRAIN WAS WRECKED BY TREE
Accident Occurred ON the SeabOard.
No One Was Hurt.

No One was Hurt.
The Seaboard Air Line passenger
train between Savannah and Ameri-
Gus was wrecked at the 218-mile
post while running at a speed of
thirty miles an hour.
The wreck was caused by a tree
falling across the track just two tel
egraph poles ahead of the engine.
Engineer o. ]. Gillstrap not having
time to stop struck the tree. derail-
ing the engine. No one was Injured
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
Worm In Corn Roots.

number Of the roots are DESTROYED.
or there is dry weather, or the soil is
poor, there will be a whiting of the
corn plant and in some instances It
dies as It does when attacked by heart
worm. Late in July the worm changes
and In a few days comes forth as a
green beetle. 1t feeds on the yellow
pollen as 1t is collected on all parts
of the stalk. Others feed on the corn
grain and still others fly to the bios
SONS Of weeds growing in the vicinity.
The writer has noticed them feeding
on blossoms of pumpkins and similar
vines. The females lay the eggs for
the next years brood in September on
the dying roots Of the corn.
The only remedy is rotation of crops
and this is sometimes not very salts
factory. Be sure that the soil is as rich
as it is possible to make it. If II Is
the plant will be vigorous enough to
stand the assaults of number of the
worms before there Is any noticeable
injury to the plant.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
DEVELOPING NEW PLuMs.
Experiment Stations Doing Much to
Produce Fine Fruit.

we are likely in the near future to
have some very good new plums for
general growing. Some of our stations
are making good progress along the
line of crossing the native American
varieties with plums from Europe and
Asia.
Among the stations that are doing
excellent work in this direction is the
South Dakota station. Prof. N. E..
Hansen is the leading spirit in this
work and he is obtaining valuable re-
suits. Prof Hansen has travelled
extensively in Europe and Asia and
has had large opportunity to observe
plum production ON three grand di-
visions of the worlds surface.
One of the great requisites for an
American plum is hardness, and this
has been obtained in. selecting as a
female parent the native sand cherry,
which produces a fruit the size of a
large cranberry. This has been
crossed with the Chinese apricot and
plum produced which is called the
Tokeya. Tokeya is not Japanese
name, as might be inferred, but a
Sioux Indian word meaning first.
This new plum is rs inches in diam
eter. In color it is dark red, and the
flavor of it is good
Prof. Hansen has also crossed the
native plum (prunus Americana) on
the Chinese apricot plum. The prod
uct is plum that the professor has
named Hansaka, which is Sioux Indian
for tall, because the tree grows very
tall and large. The trees grow to a
height of IL feet In three years,
and even two-year-old trees are too
large to ship well. The future growth
Of these trees is awaited with inter-
est.
The same experimenter has also
crossed the western sand cherry with
the Sultan, a Japanese plum. The
western sand cherry was a favorite
of the Sioux Indians, and 1t is not to
be wondered at that Prof. Hansen has
had this in mind in naming the new
plums he is producing. The product
of the above crossing he has named
the Sapa, which is Sioux Indian for
black
Skuya Is Sioux Indian for sweet,
and this is the name Prof Hansen has
given new variety that has resulted
from crossing native plum with
Japanese variety.
There is therefore being developed
for the northwest, says the Farmers
Review, a group of plums adapted to
this locality. West of Lake Michigan
and northwest to the British line is
stretch of territory that does not
serve well to produce the Japanese
plums or the plums from Europe, and
1t Is necessary to produce a kind
suitable to this region, If it is
to have good plums in abundance.
The native plums as a general
thing lack quality and size, though
they have that very essential thing
hardness.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
Inc Jews and Thirteen.

Commenting on the thirteen super
stitions In the Oestereichishe Wochen-
schnift, Jacob E. Enrich, a Jewish
writer, says: '"The number thirteen is
surely not a bad one for US. The
holy writ tells Of the thirteen attri-
butes OF the Most High, and we have
thirteen feast days In each year. Our
great arch enemy, Haman, was hang
ed on the 18th Of Abas. The thirteenth
birthday Of our sons is a day Of joy
because on that day the child becomes
member Of the religious community.
The dream Of Joseph was Of thirteen
the sun, the moon and eleven stars
and Jacob had thirteen children"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30

The NEWS by carrier I0c a week.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
CORN ROOT WORMS.
The Only Remedy for the Pest Is Rota.
ton of Crops.

The northern corn root worm is
white slender worm not thicker than
a pin. 1t is about quarter of an inch
long, has small brown head and six
very short legs. In this section of the
country, 1t begins it's attacks on the
corn in May and June. AS soon as it
assaults a root, the latter dies and If
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
He MIGHT

Old Golf PROFESSIONALISM, yen no
max gowffer. Ye've begun over
late and we've over muckle polite.
But It's JUST possible If ye pr-ractice
hard. vera hard, for twa-three years
We MIGHT Jones (expectantly)-Yes7
PROFESSIONALISM MIGHT begin to haze
glimmer that yell never ken the r-rudi.
ments o. the game.-London Sketch.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
Good Tooia.

Keep a lot Of good tools of your
own. You will appreciate them your
self and so will your nefghbor. be-
cause you won't be borrowing his.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
Bank MESSENGER Calls.

1t was during this time that mes
senger from the bank came unlimited
into our Office, and presented a draft
for four hundred dollars. / passed
it over to the senior member of the
firm asking what he was going to
do about it? He said / am going to
get a drink what are you going to
do about it? joined him requesting
the young man to remain until we
returned, it is my present opinion
he did not remain as requested, as
the building has since been torn
down and no remains were found.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
Upward.

'Is Mike Clancy hereT' asked the
visitor to the quarry after the prema-
ture explosion.
mo. SIR" replied Costigan. "He's
gone"
For good?"
well, sor, he whit in that direction"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
Sarcastic.

Guest Qmpatiently)-I say, waiter.
how long have you been employed
here? Waiter Bout a week, sir.
Guest-Oh, Is that all? Then / must
have given my order to some other
waiter.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
A Panic Occurred.

A panic arrived during the time
we were publishing the paper, upon
reflection ! know now the panic would
have struck us even if it has miss
ed every one else, at the same time
we have always held a grievance
against the responsible parties for
that panic, remembering that in some
way we were injured, but just how
has escaped my memory, | do re-
member that no bank closed its door
(or opened them for that matter)
with any Of our funds, no one owed
us anything and we had nothing to
sell, still | have never been able to
quite forgive the responsible par
ties
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-30
Left Set Up.

We left "set up" for things "Laid
on our table" that seemed to be the
only place for any article brought
into a printing Office. This heading
served for 1.-THE first tomatoes Of the
season." 'Three-legged ducks"
Double top-notted guina fowls"
1Paize pumpkins" ''Bootjacks and
rustic pipes sent to the President"
in fact for all farm products and
curiosities except double yallered
EGGS this exception had to made for
fear some hyper critical poultryman
might question the statement.