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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
TWO BOYS DROWN
 IN WARRIOR RIVER
LUTHER JETToN AND WILLIAM WHITLOW ARE GOOD SWIM MFRS, BUT ARE DRAGGED TO DEATH IN DEEP WATER.

Cordova, May 2S-tSpecial)- )-Luther Jet ton and William Whitlow. both aged about river near here yesterday.
 Both were good swimmers but 1t seems that Jetton fell suddenly into water over his head and strangled. His companion saw that he was in trouble and went to his assistance. In his efforts to save Jet ton. Whitlow was dragged under and both were drowned. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
State Committee Will Canvass Primary
 Vote Today.

Montgomery, May 28.-Chairman Nal lory and several members of the state committee are here for the count of the state primary vote tomorrow. There are no contests and the count will be a recital of a fact generally known already
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
coIored Schools Close.

The colored schools of the city held their final closing exercises at the city hall this evening and the programme was well gotten up. The hall was crowded and the programme was quite a lengthy one. The colored schools Tn Bessemer have made rapid strides within the past couple of years and the exercises held this evening con- clude the most successful term the schools have ever enjoyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
Neqro Found Guilty.

Mobile, Aia., May 2S.-A special to the Register from Pensacola says that James Hart, a negro, on trial for the murder of Sergeant Oscar Calling of Fort Barran- cas, Fla, was today found guilty in the federal court of manslaughter The jury was out 12 hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

LOST-Black shopping bag on 14th Avenue and 20th St., or 10th Avenue, South High lands. Finder will receive lib- eral reward by returning same to L. V. Clarke & Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
Medical Society Meets.

The Bessemer Medical society held its regular monthly meeting at the city hall this evening. Quite num- Der of physicians were in attendance and number of papers pertaining to the best methods for treating diff ferent diseases were read. The meet ing was presided over by Dr. T. y. Donald and Dr. T. I. Conwell acted as secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
Postal Chances.

Washington. May 2S.-(Special )-Post- masters appointed Malone, Randolph cchnty, William M. Dodson; Mitown, Chambers county Kenon H. Gaines.
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and will remain here until the work Is completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

PORCH FURNITURE should be pro- tected and beautified each spring with Jap-a-lac. It Is best to use the color of the old finish; but if you wish to change the color, use Red or Green Jap-a-lac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
WORK TO BEGIN ON NEW ROAD NEXT WEEK Contracts Being Let for Nash
 vile & Huntsville MILL MEN OPTIMISTIC Annual Commencement at Agricultural and Mechanical College at Nor
 mal-President Council III
 and Cannot Attend.
MILL MEN OPTIMISTIC

Huntsville, May 2s.-GSpecial)-Work on the Nashville and Huntsville railroad will begin June l. large number of con tractors have come to Huntsville and the work of grading is being let by l. l.. Me- and completing the road. The contract for 10 miles of the surveying has been let to local civil engineers and this work will be started at once. T. w. Pratt stated last night that an army of men will be employed on the job within the next 10 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

WICKER FURNITURE coated with Mahogany, Ox-Blood Red, Malachite Green or Gloss White Jap-a-lac, looks better than new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
ATHENS COLLEGE
 COMES ID CLOSE Exercises Best In History of
 the Institution NEW COLLEGE DEDICATED Negro Institution at Athens Has Hand some New Building-Negro Kills
 His Successful Rival
 in Love.
NEW COLLEGE DEDICATED

Athens May 2S.-(Special.)-Th Athens college has closed, all the exercises have been completed and the young ladies are leaving on every train. The closing ex- ercises were the most delightful in many years and the town was filled with visit ors. Miss Moore. president of the college, made her report to the trustees, and it is pronounced the finest report in the en- tire history of the college. Many addi- tons and improvements will be made before the fall session opens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

For best adver;ising cuts try The Gswk. Age-HeraM building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

will be started at once T. w. Pratt stated last night that an army of men will be employed on the job within the next 10 days.
 Joseph J. Bradley, agent for the Merri- mack Manufacturing company, who has just returned from a visit to Boston, feels more optimistic over the textile manufac- turing outlook now than he has felt for several months He says that there has been a marked improvement in the situ- ation and if the operators will continr- to hold their product as they are doing now there will be no need for further curtail- ment It is not believed that the Merri- mack mills will close down. as appeared quite likely few days ago.
 The city school board has elected Robert E. Sessions of Covington, Ga, princi- pal of the city schools. MT. Sessions is taught schol for several years at various points in the south. He is a native of Montevallo There were about 100 appli- cants for the position here.
 Ine commencement exercises or tns Agricultural and Mechanical college at Normal held the latter part of last week and part of this week have come to a close. The past session has been most successful and work in the various de- partments has never shown to better advantage. The exercises of the literary department were held on Monday night. Twenty-three graduates from the normal department and two from the college de- partment received diplomas. The address to. the graduates was delivered by l.. b. Williams of Huntsville. The commence ment exercises of the industrial depart ments were held on Monday morning and there were 47 graduates. On Tuesday the alumni meeting and banquet was held
 The baccalaureate sermon was preached Sunday by Dr. c. H. Parrish of Louis vile, Ky President w. A. Councill of the Agricultural and Mechanical college was too i'll to attend the exercises. He sent a communication to the students, giving them some good advice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
1f You Get Thirsty To-day

Ask the soda fountain boy for PEP -TO.LAO. no ''dope" or heart-itimulant. cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

WINDOW and DOOR screens should be coated with Jap-a-lac each spring, using the Brilliant Black on the wire, and the Mahogany, Oak, Cherry or Walnut on the frames. It gives them new life and the wire cloth is protected from rust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

tire history of the college. Many addi- tons and improvements will be made before the fall session opens.
 This has been a great day for the colored race in this place. It was the occasion of the dedication of Trinity col gently completed, which takes the place of the one burned year or more ago. The new college is a large and imposing three-story building of brick, situated in the heart of the old fort west of the square, where was fought the battle by Forrest with the federals in 1864.
 When Trinity was burned it was just across the track from the railroad sta ton, but the authorities in New York decided to remove the building to some other place and finally decided on the old fort, and it was purchased.
 It surmounts the highest hill in this community and overloolSs the town and surrounding country, and here they caused to be erected the handsome edu- cational building which today was dedi- cated by Dr. J. G. Merrill. D. D., Of New York A basket dinner was served and a programme of considerable length car- red out
 Arthur Brown, a negro, Is now in jail in Athens with a pretty fair chance of hanging He shot and killed negro named Jim Wood in the south part or county a few nights ago. The murder was one of the most cold blooded to opc11r here in many years.
 Wood had married a sweetheart or Browns while living in Decatur and tnls Tiled Brown to the point of desperation. Wood moved to Limestone to farm ana was living on the Hundley place Brown followed few days later, and nnoing where Wood lived, lay In wait until Wood retired for the night, and going to the building. poked long gun through a crack until 1t almost touched the slos of the sleeping negro He fired, the load passing into the sleeping negros heart. producing instant death. He fled, put was arrested in Decatur after a hard fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

WEATHER BEATEN front doors are revived and beautifled when coa'ed with Jap-a-lac, and 'newness iolio"s the brush" It is best to use the coiof nearest that of the old finish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

WATER PIPES, furnace fronts, radi- ators, hot water tanks and iron fences are preserved and beautified with the use of Jap-a-lac. Use the Gold, Alum mum, Dead Black or Brilliant Black.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
DIR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY Specinlist Private Diseases

l 5 udrantoo you a cure and give y O u reference with permission. to First Nat'l Bank. Jefferson County Savings Bank and tho Commercial Stato Bank. as to my responsibility
 l006 First Na- tional Bank; of flee hours sac am to [ pm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
SEFUL HINTS TO HOUSE.
 KEEPERS.

A COAT of Natural Jap-a-lac applied over old or new linoleum or oilcloth will double its life, by preserving tne original coat of varnish which Wouiu
 otherwise soon be washed or worn OH.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

HORNBLOWER, MILLER & POTTER,
 Counsel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

PICTURE FRAMES, candelabra, gas fixtures, lamps, etc., given coat of Gold, Aluminium or Dead Black Jap-a- lac, are renewed almost beyond belief; the Dead Black produces that beau- tiful wrought-iron effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29

JAP-A-LAC is a household necessity, and can be used in hundred and one ways, from "cellar to garrett" and is especially adapted for finishing old or new floors and woodwork. Ask your paint dealer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-29
SOUTHERN STEEL co.
 Holders of

For Overdue nnd Unpaid Interes For Adtustment of Interest ... COLLATERAL TRUST NOTES .....
 For Overdue and Unpaid Interes For Adjustment of Interest ... GENERAL CREDITORS on Basis of
 Claims for Other Amounts Prop PREFERRED STOCK Per Share of
 On Payment of $10 Per Share :. COMMON STOCK Per Share of. ..
 On Payment of $10 Per Share .
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16

A citizen of Douglas County
brought to the office Of an Ava paper
what is said to be called by the In
dians tuckahoe. 1t was turned up
by the pillow. 1t is singular veget-
able substance, seldom found except
in the southern lowlands Of the Uni
ted States. 1t grows under the
ground and sometimes attains the
size and somewhat the appearance of
loaf of bread and is often called
Indian loaf, or Indian bread
1t is said that its methods of
growth and reproduction are I'M
known, it having neither root, branch
nor cellular structure, for which rea-
son it has been considered as sec
ondary product, caused by the degen-
GRAFTON of the tissues of some flower
ing plant. 1t was eaten by the In
dians and considered by them very
dainty dish,-From the Mount Yer
non Fountain and Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16
"Reioice in the Lord. !"

Why should we not rejoice in the
good things of God? If the day is.
pure and serene, we enjoy it's glad
ness. Why should we not rejoice in
the serene light of truth that shines.
from heaven upon US? We find a joy
in the presence and cheerful greeting,
Of our friends. Why should we not
look up to heaven, whence so many
pure and most loving faces look upon
US with divine affection, and with
most tender desire to cheer and help.
as?
Having an almighty and most low
ing Father, in whom we live and
move and have our being, let us re-
joice in Him. Having a most loving
Saviour, who has made Himself our
brother, and feeds us with His life,
we ought surely to rejoice in Him.
Having the Holy Spirit of God with
us, making US His temples, and pour
ing His love into our hearts, we ought
certainly to answer His love and re-
joice in His overflowing goodness.
Rejoice in the Lord always, and
again l say rejoice. William Ber-.
nard Ullathornes
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How to CONQUER sin.

Sin begins in the heart If the.
thoughts are pure the life will be
blameless. The Indulgence of sinful
thoughts and desires produces sinful
actions. When lust hath conceived
1t bringeth forth sin. The pleasur-
able contemplation of sinful deed is
usually followed by it's commission
Never pause and consider the
pleasures and profit of any sim Close
your mind against such suggestions
at once, as you would lock and bolt
your doors against a robber. Let this
one thought, 1t is wrong" end ali
dalIiance Ii Eve had not stood par
leying with the devil, and admiring
the beautiful fruit, earth might have
yet been paradise.
No one becomes thief, a fornica-
tor, or murderer at once. The mind
must first be corrupted The wicked
suggestion must be INDUCED and re-
volved in the thoughts until it loses
the hideous deformity and the antici-
pated gain or pleasure comes to out
weigh the evils of the transgression.
Detroit News-Tribune.
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The wielder of language has not
only single words freighted with as
sociate ideas at his command, but he
has analogies, metaphors, compari-
sons, SMILES, parallels, tales, to draw
upon. The whole experience of the
race is his--limited only by his
hearers or readers intelligence,
AYERS the Dial No other artist has
a twentieth part of the weapons with
which he is armed for the conquest
Of mankind.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16
Directoire style.

AS the season advances. it needs
no great prophetic vision to foretell
the assured acceptance of taffeta
coats with soft muslin and lace skirts.
There was quite promising attempt
made on these lines last season, which
those of us who saw and noted real,
lied was then only in its infancy Of
popularity. 1t is highly probable.
however, that in this particular con-
nection the long-tailed Directoire coat
will supplant the present short semi.
fit, in which case there is every prom.
Use of the long-handled parasol com
ing once again to the fore.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16

What makes the judlcious exag-
gerator grieve is the reckless waste
with which his carefully husbanded
reserves of strong and effective words
and phrases are squandered by tho
1nthinking and INSCRIPTIONS on sub.
jects of trivial moment; so that whery
the really great occurrence demands
forceful description, the adequately
descriptive terms are found to have
been all worn threadbare. Funds
that should have been accommodating
against an earthquake, pestilence,
or a war, have been dribbling away
in the purchase of daily bread. The
reckless exaggerator, insists The Dial,
is spendthrift; unthinking resort
to hyperbole is improvidence; and
the few wise and heedful pay for the
misdoings of the many foolish.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16

"A lesson in the ways of statesmen
may be found in an anecdote of
Gladstone at Oxford, told in a Corn
hill article: Mr.. Gladstone arrived
in the afternoon and was brought by
the warden into the coffee room to De
introduced to the fellows. M. B. had
expressed in vigorous terms his con-
viction that he could not conscien-
tiously meet Mr.. Gladstone, but had
been persuaded to join in the recep-
ton. Directly Mr. Gladstone heard
his name he said: "Ah, professor, it
is one of the charms of Oxford that
one meets at every moment, some
one who with whose name in some
branch of learning one has long been
familiar" M. 3. beamed with OBJ
vious pleasure. and at once surren-
dered to the spell. Soon after l saw
him trotting about after Mr.. Glad
stone with the sugar and cream jug.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16
JI7e
5tn7od,I-S School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTs FOR JUNE 2i.


Review OF the Second Quarter of the
Year Golden Text, John 2O:3f
The Purpose of Johns Gospel
Explained.
Golden Text. 49, But these things
are written that We might believe that
Jesus is the Christ the Son of God;
and that believing ye might have life
through His name" John 20:31.
The purpose Of Johns Gospel is
given in the Golden Text. The best
review of the lessons of the quarter
will be to go through the lessons one
by one and find out how this great
truth is illustrated in each lesson.
In Lesson I. the deity of Christ
comes out in His claiming to be the
door, through whom alone any man
can enter into the kingdom, and in
His claiming to be the Good Shep-
herd, the relation that in the Old Tes-
lament Jehovah claimed
In Lesson II. the deity of Christ
comes out in His demonstrating His
power to raise the dead by His simple
word
In Lesson III. the deity of Christ
comes out again in His being the One
who raised Lazarus from the dead.
In Lesson " the deity of Christ
comes out in the assertion of His pre-
existence with the Father, and in His
Fathers having given all things into
His hands, and in His knowledge of
what was going on in the hearts of
men, and in His assertion that He
was Master and Lord.
In Lesson v. the deity of Christ
comes out in His commanding men to
believe in Him just as they believed
in God, and in His assertion that he
that hath seen Me hath seen the
Father.
In Lesson vi. the deity of Christ
comes out in the assertion of His pre-
existence, and in His assertion that
all things that the Father hath are
Mime
In Lesson VII the deity of Christ
comes out in His very presence, over
towering His enemies.
In Lesson VIII. the deity of Christ
comes out in His fulfilling in detail
SO many of the Old Testament pro-
phecies regarding the Christ.
In Lesson TX the deity of Christ
comes out in His resurrection, the
Fathers seal of Jesus claim to deity,
In Lesson x. the deity of Christ
comes out again in The certainty of
His resurrection and in His accepting
to Himself ascription of deity when
Thomas called Him, My Lord and
my God"
In Lesson x. the deity of Christ
comes out again in His resurrection
fully attested.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16

they are drawn up below the knees
by elastic inserted in the hems The
gown portion is made in semi-prin-
cesse style, the skirt and the blouse
being Joined by means of belt at
the back and sides. while they cut in
one at the front.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size is ten yards
twenty-seven, Eve and three-fourth
yards forty-four, or five and one-half
yards fifty-two inches wide. with one
and one-half yards twenty-seven
inches wide for trimming and tie.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16

"Hampton's aim," says the South
ern Workman, Hampton's magazine,
has always been to develop the prac-
teal side of education; to give to It's
students knowledge of real things
SO that they shall learn by doing; to
make the recitations in the class
room apply to the problems in the
shop; to give to every girl some
knowledge of sewing, housekeeping,
gardening and cooking, and to every
boy some acquaintance with agricul-
ture and mechanics. And this seems
the best possible course of training
for the Indian schools maintained by
the Government, whether they are
day schools or boarding schools and
whether they are located on or of
the reservations.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16

After twelve years of test litigation
the State Supreme Court issued a
mandamus writ against the Mayor
and City Council of Alton, ILL.,, re-
Quiring them to permit Ambrose and
Miss Minnie Bibb negroes, to attend
the Washington or any other conven-
lent public school. Having outgrown
graded school years, the Bibbs will
enter high school, having prepared
for it by private tutors during the
twelve years their father has been
suing for their school rights. Other
negro students will take advantage
Of the writ issued to the Ribhs.
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Scene, London. Time, 10th Century
CHAPTER l.
SeJi-RcStraint.

/ love not less though less the show APP
pear,
That love is merchandized whose rich es-
teeming
The owners tongue doth publish every
where.
There are parts of London which
never seem TO have been thoroughly
assimilated. Any one who is at all
familiar with tho metropolis will be
able to recall at least one neighbour
hood of this kind
In ono Of tho Quietest and most UNI
Improbable roads in st. Johns Wood
there is little two-storied house, or
rather cottage, with an acacia in
front, and at the back long out
building whose big north light pro-
claims its use.
1t was. in fact, at the time of
which l am writing, the studio of a
young painter who was already be-
ginning to be known in art circles,
AMI who was at work there on the
particular afternoon in early spring
with which the narrative opens.
Ronald Campion was too fond of
somewhat daring experiments to have
quite gained the confidence of the
British art patron, and, so far, such
praise as had been accorded him was
greatly in excess of the solid pud-
ding.
He was not strictly handsome
man though his face had power
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16

A donkey in Paragould, Ark,
prayed SO frequently and persistently
as to disturb a church congregation,
and the owner was sued for main
tanning nuisance, with the result
that the congregation was defeated.
The constitutional right of any crea-
ture with loud voice to make a
noise is sacred and must not be in
terfered with, b'gosh! comments the
Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16

A dispatch from Sargent, KY, de-
scribes the marriage of a boy of If
teen and girl of eleven near that
town with the reluctant but formal
assent of their parents. According
to the telegram the children were so
determined upon marrying that after
The elders had argued uselessly 1t was
agreed that it would be better TO let
chem have their way. The fault in
this case of unusual precocity, de
elares the Washington Star, lies not
With the children, but with the par
snts. If the father of the boy and the
mother of the girl had each applied
good old-fashioned remedy 1t is
luite likely that postponement would
nave been agreed upon as desirable.
such marriages are abhorrent to the
American ideal. They suggest the
oriental custom OF infantile match
making.
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NV Chief Joy.

can bear you this witness, that
not all friendship, not all praise, not
success in life, not the joy which
experienced in communion with ma
ture, nor the rapturous and exquisite
sensations in the presence of things
beautiful, nothing in earth, has ever
been to me such strength, such con-
slant JOY, as the sense that Christ
loved me While was sinner, and as
am sinner; that because am sick,
He is my physician; and because
am weak, He is my captain; and be-
cause am imperfect, He is my sail
and in all. Henry Ward Beecher.
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RahYfed Hats.

Hats appear to become more and
more babyfied. Just SO there be a
ruffie somewhere about the face to
give a caplike air, and that it gets
back of the head--that is about all
one seeks for. This style is decidedly
English. since no one but the English
woman ever seems to have any sue
cess with such headgear, and they
suit her picturesque head and sweet
ly-pretty face better than women of
any Other country.