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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28
Personal and General

Miss Jodie Rubush of Meridian ,rt.u IS the guest of MT. and Mrs P. I Gillan MISS Rubush Is quite a friend of Mise llhel Giilen. who will graduate tomor- row evening ''"ioi
 MT; Charles Donald who was formerly III 'ne urug business in Brighton and ! "ho mas been spending the mast fer,, weeks at Monterey. Ala. will leave this evening for Denver, Col, where he ex poets to remain several months
 me moulders of this city will give their annual ball at the Beavers hall on the evening of May %. The committee III charge is composed of Walter Pickett Joe Forster and James Alfred These af iairs are always very enjoyable and if Is believed this one will prove to ha a decided success.
 A dance will be given at the Hippo- drome on Friday evening. The dance gwen there last Friday evening proved to be very enjoyable affair. The pa villion Is much cooler at this time of the year than any of the halls in the citv and as the ride is only short one. t does not take up much time coming and going.
 The Bessemer Beavers will cross bats with the Y. M. c. A. team of Birminm- ham Saturday afternoon at the Fourth Avenue park. Seats will be provided and 1t is thought a good crowd will be on hand to witness the game
 MT Eugene Ragsdale entertained at A stag dinner this afternoon at his bache- Tor quarters. Hour of Rest" at Sloss mines. Mir. Ragsdale is an ideal enter tainer and the dinner this afternoon was no exception to the general rule, Those present were Capt. J. D. Han Prof. J. w. Morgan, George VeitchS V. H. Ragsdale, R. Smith, Charles Gaints . Luke Harwell, C. J. Krotzman, E. IT. Ragsdale, E. M. Jackson and H. N Free man.
 MT. and Mrs. Phillip Ripco and family will leave shortly for Mississippi where they will in future reside. It is under stood that MT. Ripeo intends going into business there.
 Mir. and Mrs. s. L. Kartus will also leave in a short while for Mississippi, where they expect to locate.
 The Peoples cafe Is now under new management, one of the firm having dis posed of his interest in the concern.
 The colored schools held their closing exercises at the city hall this evening. The colored schools in this city have had Q very successful term and most of the scholars have shown a decided effort to make good marks.
 The following programme will be rem dered at the graduating exercises of tho High school at the First Baptist chur0n tomorrow evening:
 Pano Solo-Miss Walker.
 Invocaton-The Rev. w. E. Morris.
 Song-Class.
 Salutatory-Rchard F. Lanier.
 Prophecy-Miss Jessie Huey.
 Presentation of Gifts-Miss Mary Brown.
 Song-Miss Mcclure.
 Address to Graduating Class-Prof. Edgar M Wright of Troy Normal col- lege
 Presentation of Diplomas-Joseph NJ. Dill, superintendent of school
 Class Song-Class.
 valedictory-M Annie May Herbert.
 Song.
 Benedction.
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Miss Handley has issued invitations for a pupils recital Friday, May 20, at S3O o'clock, at the Forbes Piano company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Judge s. D. Weakley delivered an ad- dress to the graduating class of Howard college yesterday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Little Miss Margaret Chenoweth and Miss Rachel Troy London will leave this afternoon for "The Meadows" Etowah, N. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Mrs. Conner accompanied the governor to the university commencement and at the presidents reception she was dis tinguished and charming figure. By her brilliant personality and her unusual charms as conversationalist Mrs. Conner is admirably suited for her high
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Invitations have been issued for the graduating exercises of Miss Hannon' s school on the morning of June ?.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Mrs. Owen Gillespy was the lovely young hostess at an informal tea yes terday afternoon in compliment to Miss Schaefer of Georgia, her house guest.
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MT. and Mrs. Market have gone north and will sail on May 30 for Italy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Miss Martha Young, the noted Alabama author, will give a dialect reading next Tuesday afternoon for the benefit of one of the charitable organizations of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

A delightful occasion among the young school set will be the dancing party to which Miss Joy Tomlinson has issued in- vitation for the evening of June at the Country club In compliment to Miss Oliphant and Miss Ansthoeter of Penn sylvanla, who will return with her on Saturday from the Shipley school. Miss Oliphant Is a cousin of Miss Katherine Elkins of West Virginia, the fancee of Duke a Bruzzi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

MT. Hill Ferguson attended the univer- sity commencement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

MT. Frank s. White, Jr., attended the university commencement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28
BESSEMER KICKING
 ON MAIL SERVIEE
MERCHANTS SAY NEW ARRANGE MENT CAUSES THEM INcONvE- NlENcE-HlGH SCHOOL GRApu- ATING EXERCISES TONIGHT.

Bessemer, May 27.-(speciaI )-Every one in the city who has much correspondence is objecting to the mail service recently installed by the Alabama Great Southern railroad.
 The schedule was changed within the past two or three days and now if q letter going toward Birmingham ia mailed later than 43o o'clock in the after noon 1t will have to wal. over until 1o:so the next morning. This naturally means that there is good deal of delay and VIII no doubt be the cause of a great deal of annoyance and inconvenience f, the merchants of Bessemer.- Up to this time the mail service out of Rassep,er mas been especially good. The Southern mas also suspended its early morning m~al ~ service and that, added to the other' has tended to handicap the cl.v to quite an extent '
 It is understood that the change is o,I,, temporary and that the original schadulos VIII pc resumed within the near future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Mrs. Chappell Cory president of tho William l.. Yaneey chapter, has called a special meeting for tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. R. U. Ewing, 1914 Tenth avenue, south Several matters of much importance are to be decided at this meeting and every member is urged to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28
Pretty Girl Graduates

x1VVUy O111 MI uVCIxtsVSS If you wish pictures the most artistic and best as the occasion and dress ie- mand go to
 Morton's Graduates from distant schools will also be especially pleased with our high-class work. Write, phone or call for engage ments. MoRToN's PHOTO STUDIO, Cor. and Ave. and leth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Mrs. w. P. B. Davis will return early in June from Rochester, Minn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

pr. and Mrs Charles M. Nice have re- gently moved to 9051 Quinlan avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

The final business meeting of the Music Study club will be held this morning at 10:30 with Mrs. J. c. Carmichael 1160 South Twelfth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Mrs. A. c. Jenkins is in Chattanooga, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Milton Browne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

social position as the wife of Alabama s chief executive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

A call meeting of the Edgewood club will be held Friday, May 29, at o'clok. at the residence of Mrs. J. H. Ward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Mrs. Charles Smith will entertain the Thursday Afternoon Social club this aft. ernoon at 3 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

Mrs. John W. Smart Jr., and little daughter, Mabel Louise Smart who have been visiting MT. and Mrs T. H. Vaughan, have returned to their home in Wilmington, N. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

ing merely to boss the Job. placed
the hunters at one end OF the island,
where tho deer would pass to the main
land, and then the boy and I. with a
hound. drove q bunch of probably 200
deer down to the ford. Our friends did
down six. Then all came to camp for
grub.
Many joke was cracked about my car
bine and plug horse. So while the two
hunters were bringing In the game took
the hound and started around the island.
The dog jumped q monster buck. ana
started to run him OF the island. had
ridden only about halfway down when
heard the music coming back. jumped
my cayuse up on mound, about eight
feet high and fifty feet across. so I could
look over the open place in the middle OF
were coming back The buck was hit
ting the high places in good style. with
the dog about a hundred feet behind.
placed the carbine at my shoulder with
one hand and held It about ten feet over
and ten feet ahead of tho buck. and let
Der government carbines makes a big
noise and a big kick. The little mare
spun twice on her hind feet. jumped In
the air and struck. stiff-legged. In the
wh1rl 1 heard g. far-aWay voice yell,
Wow! What q shot! Pace it, pace itv'
the distance was $50 PAGES. The bullet
hit the buck just behind the ear, and stop
ped IN the jaw. on the opposite side.
And thereafter I was called 1.-The crack
shot Of the Yellowstone" / did not ex-
actly enjoy the notoriety and did my
best to squelch 1t at the time. But as
I look back now and recall some decided
ly inferior shooting I have done with
greatly improved rifles I am prone to
admit that it was shooting some.''
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THE IRON INDUSTRY.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 25.-The Iron
Trade Review says:
''The passing Of the week is showing but
little change in the iron and steel situa-
ton. After having advanced by easy
stages since January to q point where an
average mill capacity Of approximately 40
to 80 per cent Is being sustained. the de-
mand 10 now less marked. It Is not nee
essarily taken. however, that the general
buying movement Is on tho decline.
II April is showing any decrease In ag-
gregate tonnage moving over March, it is
not because Of the number Of orders being
placed: it is rather that the individual
order has not called for as large q guam
tity Of material by reason Of the lighter
finished commodities now being taken
most actively. such as tin plate. wire
and the heavier finished lines. which
quickly mount into large tonnage under
any consistent buying movement, have
exhibited less life.
Stronger efforts are being made to hold
In check the pig iron market. which Is
apparently becoming moro unsettled as
quiet conditions continue. and Is conse-
Quently exerting a bad effect upon the
general outlook.
A harmonious meeting Of independent
sheet and tin plate manufacturers was
held In Pittsburg during the past week,
at which the present prices were reaf-
hrmed.
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SIX DOLLARS A WEEK A PLENTY

arc the hikes each Saturday. on which
boys are taken for long tramps through
beautiful suburban districts under the
guidance Of a naturalist. In winter these
trips have for objective some great manu.
featuring institution. the museums, navy
yards. immigrant station and the public
institutions. To aid men in their ambi-
ton for the outdoor life the West Side
branch conducts also a motor boating
school. in which the students build boats.
and later. on the rivers. learn to operate
them. There Is also a riding club. In
which members get fine mounts for about
half the usual price. and go for long rides
In the evening and on holidays.
Further Vacation Plans.
But even these facilities do not meet the
needs OF all. There are many who have
to work so late that they are barred from
these pleasures. and to give them Q
chance for outdoor exercise the associa-
ton has been compelled to equip its great
athletic field at 57th street and sth ave-
nue.. in the heart of the city. with electric
lights. SO that Office bound New Workers
may exercise at night.
These out-of-door tendencies. however.
are but a beginning. and there are now
being planned by the city Y. NJ. {. A. two
Of the most novel suburban communities
ever projected. Already the search for
sites for these two Y. NJ. C.. A. towns
near New York is being prosecuted. ana
every available neighborhood Is being IN
spected. The plan Is nothing less than
to establish on some lake or on the sea-
shore within easy committing distance and
low railroad fare of New York a suburban
Boytown. which will have for citizens all
summer 600 boys. grouped into six camps
of 100 each. To these camps after bust
ness the Office boy could go every night
and have a swim and supper and sleep In
the open, pure air. On Saturdays and
Sundays he would find here recreation
and health amid moral surroundings. and
so escape the Sunday corner lounging and
temptation to smoke cigarettes and shoot
craps. The other camp would be tent
community for men who would be only
too glad Of the chance to live out OF town
over the summer II they could only md
the means OF doing this cheaply enough.
II the association can find the sites which
answer the requirements OF sanitation.
water supply and accessibility, II Is stated.
1t will be able to start these two unique
institutions for boy and men commuters
almost at once.
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q group Of boys. tanned to . hne leather
color. with veritable grin OF health
showing between their freckles. They
had solved . problem In congestion OF
population.
The New York Y. M. c. A. was quick to
discover this out-of-door tendency on the
part Of little New Workers. and to meet It
But 1t also found that the little chaps
were not the only ones who needed q
chance to get away from Gotham's sum
offered few opportunities for amusement
which could be classed as desirable OF
healthful. There were many adults
clerks earning ten dollars or less. who
could not AFFORD to get out OF town. The
central committee. therefore. established
where men can board for 81 week dur
ing their vacations. The city committed
also secured the schooner-yacht Amazon
on which members can go for q week OF
two weeks cruise at cost.
"Hikes" Over the Country.
The state committee also established
Camp Dudley for boys on the shores OF
Lake Champlain. where youngsters car
have q glorious time for IS per week
There il also a great resort at Silver bay
Lake George. where men and women may
board for So per week up.
These camps have aided materially ir
solving the vacation problem for boys and
men. but are so far from the city that
they do not give the clerk in New York g
chance to get out Of town at night or owe,
Sunday. To meet this need. the Wes
Side Y. NJ. c. A.. which operates its owr
summer camp for boys at Lake Nembosha
Monroe county, where the ONCE boys car
get q weeks outing for $3.50. started q
plan Of week end hikes and camping trips
This plan follows closely the system Of the
original ofrce-boy campers. A group OF
ten or twelve members Of the boys de.
partment start OF Friday evening or Sat.
urday morning by trolley or train to some
nearby camping ground on the seashore
or by a river. They pitch camp and stay
over Sunday. which Is spent in quiet walks
and a campfire talk on right living and
thinking. and return Monday morning &c
business freshened up for the entire week
Every weekend different groups Of boys
go to different points accessible for small
carfare, and their three days cost them
from $3.50 ur to 81 for everything. Sup
plementing these outdoor camping trips
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MANCHESTER wool MARKET.

MANCHESTER, April 25-The contin-
ued decline In cotton encourages the buy
ers OF cloth and yarns to hold of more
than ever in the hope Of getting better
bargains. Trade on the cloth market
has. therefore. been disappointing during
the week and confined to the narrowest
limits. Orders were placed for urgent re-
quirements only.
Prices were lower, but It was diflcult
to secure a test owing to the dearth OF
business. Yarns inclined another half
penny without increasing the turnover.
Producers complain that the offers are
unremunerative and that the stocks grad
ually are Increasing
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An Old Scout Writes Of Hunting
in 1880.

IAN Old Scot writes to Recreation:
When Lewis and Clarke returned from
their trip across the continent. a hundred
years ago, they reported games SO abun-
dant on the upper Missouri that by 1925
there were many hundreds Of trappers and
hunters there; in fact there were some
times $50 Of them together for their pro-
lection against the hostile Indians.
In the forties the Yellowstone river
country was probably the best hunting
and beaver ground in the west. II not IN
the world. 1t is a large country. one
county (Dawson) being Larger t nan me ne
the Yellowstone is partly in Dakota and
partly in Montana, and is now q great
cow country. The gamma" or buffalo
grass, is everywhere. The bad LANDS
climate is favorable for game and cattle
In 1880 the writer started In on three
years hunt on the Yellowstone. Buffalo
were plentiful: three kinds OF deer and
antelope bighorns and bear could be found
every day, in any direction. My outfit
consisted Of a large cook tent. two sleep
ing tents. one heavy team and wagon for
hauling game to market. two pack horses
and two light hunting horses hitched to a
light wagon. A cook and two camp hands
and drivers were employed most of the
time. The object being to hunt for sport
but to waste nothing. the hides and all
of the game killed were sent to market
Some friends from distant places came to
visit; the number OF guests In camp In the
three years was some 16O.
Among them was a business man from
the state of Maine, who tipped the scales
at $50 pounds; a jolly. clean. handsome
man of wealth., He had hunted some at
home, but never with much success. But
he could make a ringer" at a mark
every time. We had driven him on a
blackboard right into a monstrous herd
Of buffalo He downed twelve. then he
was satisfied. and said it was "a d.
shame to slaughter them So" And It
was. We next took our fat friend down
river from Glendive to Horsethief Island
which is about a mile long and less than
half q mile wide, fringed with thorn Quill
berry, and brush. The center of 1t was
open, and all of 1t level. It was an
island only during high water. The party
consisted Of our friend from Maine and
his son, a boy OF sixteen, and two Of the
best hunters In the country. men who
took their deer on the Jump" It so
happened that loaned the boy my rife
and also had to borrow a saddle horse, a
risky and wild mouse-colored mare. quick
as fash and mean. The stable man
handed me an old rusty carbine, that had
swell in the barrel, where some fool
had fired out fast bullet. halfway down.
AS he gave me the cartridges he remark
ed: "She is a good one" I took the
outlt. but did not expect to hunt. intend
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Of q cross only less sacred ir
the worlds eyes than the ia
miliar one which is used In pic
turing the great sacrifice which saved the
world.
The Red Cross, symbol Of the noble
humane society that ministers to the
suffering on the battlefield. or in time OF
calamity, IL to be taken from the GRASP
of those who use it without authority.
Appropriately enough, the protest
against misusing the symbol Of mercy
comes at Eastertlde, when the worlds
thoughts are concentrated on the hoii'
ness of another cross which figured IN
the contamination Of the deed thai
wrought the worlds salvation.
As an Easter duty the world could per.
form no better deed than to Insist thai
the Red Cross be no longer desecrateo
by being used as the trade mark OF nos
organizations having no connection witt
the Red Cross Society,"
The executive committee Of the Ma
tional Red Cross Society Is the active
force in the effort to break up practices
which have been felt to constitute almos,
q scandal.
A request has been sent all over the
country that the insignia Of the organi-
zation be taken from all hospital ambu-
lances and relief wagons not allied with
the society.
Moreover, members are requested to re-
port to the officials cases OF tho Rel
Cross being used as the trade mark fol
medicines Of any kind. In the latter case
it may be necessary to appeal for the
enactment Of q law to protect the sym
Dol, but even this will be done II need be-
1t has become the custom of hospitals
throughout the country to paint on the
sides Of their ambulances a red cross.
No one will deny that there Is a certain
appropriateness in their use of the SYM
boil, for as in the case of the society
their work is directed to the alienation
of suffering. It Is from no petty motive
of jealousy that an effort Is being made
Society appreciates and admires the great
work done by the nations institutions
for the sick and suffering. but neverthe-
less It is compelled to insist that they re-
frain from using its symbol
~
While not 50 intended. the placing Of
the cross on the hospital wagon Is 9
violation of the treaties Of the nations
which give the Red Cross Society its
PRIVILEGES in time Of warfare. Accord
ing to all these agreements the symbo
shall only be placed on property actually
owned by the Red Cross Society. anc
only members shall be empowered Il
wear the emblem on their arms.
Any person not q member wearing Z
Red Cross badge or Disgusting the pur'
poses of a hospital wagon or vehicle o.
any kind by putting on the cross tna
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

TT HE ingenuity Of q group OF New
York Wall street ONCE boys who
succeeded. on q salary Of six dol
lars week. in getting all the luxury of q
country home while working downtown in
New York. has set an example to some
Of the great social betterment organiza-
lions, which promises to work q radical
Improvement in the summer life Of thou
sands OF young men who labor in the
crowded metropolis during the summer.
One Of the places is nothing less than q
new Office Boy Town. These office boys
came to the conclusion that to return at
night to stuffy. hot tenement or apart
nnent and to spend their vacation week in
New York was not consistent with the
dignity Of an once boy or an income of
six per. They got together over the
frankfurters in Broad street and found
that they had money enough among them
to buy a secondhand army tent and q
few cooking utensils. The next Saturday
half holiday found them on the banks
Of the Hudson within walking distance
meath the majestic Palisades. there was q
camp with tent up and q wood fire over
which bacon and eggs were frying mer-
rily.
No Extra Expense.
The evening was spent in rowing around
the river. In the morning there was an
early swim. q camp breakfast. a walk to
the ferry and then q subway ride to
business. A younger brother Of ono OF
the boys. who was not working, was left
in charge Of the camp during the day.
To their joy the boys found that they
co,,ld 1iva IN This nav all summer for
between 81 and $3.50 per week for food.
with $1.2O a week for carqfare. For
this expenditure they got good food. two
daily swims. boating and fishing and the
health which comes from open-air sleep
ing. Saturday afternoons and Sundays
the youngsters had a glorious time and
found that their vacation problem was
settled without having to think Of ex-
pensive carfare to a resort or high-priced
board at a country boarding place. A
bathing suit solved the problem of dress
for the day. The end of the summer saw