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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
EnSIey Department

$1000-$900 cash, balance in six and 12 months, four-room house renting for $15 per month. This is an excellent bargain, good rent proposition and will increase in value; per cent in. terest on your money. $3000-$500 cash, balance at $50 per month, an Broom 2-story house at Hill Top Station, bath. lights and all improvements.
 $1400-100x140 feet, on Ensley High lands. Here Is chance for you to make money. We can make you terms on this.
 $6500-50x150 feet, on Avenue D, close in. This is good business property. Buy this now; you will never buy this close in for this money again. S16,000-16 acres on the Highlands, close to the South Ensley car line. Cut this into lots and make $10,O0O profit. You lose if you miss this proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
BRITAIN'S TINY POSSESSIONS.
Little Islands Which Appear Like
 Specks In the Water.

From Pearson's Weekly.
 That very latest addition to the British empire, Coetivy Island, is not the smallest single bit of territory reigned over by King Edward
 For Coetivy although little more than chunk of volcanic rock dumped down by nature in the middle of the Indian ocean, is between eight and nine, square miles In extent: and this for a desert island, is quite a respectable size
 It is. for instance. at least ten times as big as Pudding Island, in the Tonga group, which is, by latest reports. less than a mile in circumference. The area of this latter, too, Is gradually diminish ing. owing to the disintegration and sub sidence of the coral base on which 1t stands It derives it's curious name from it's striking resemblance to the top haf of, pudding the barrier reef which en- tirelv surrounds it standing for the rim of the basin.
 Then again, there is Beehive Island Tn the South Pacific. which rises from the center of a perfectly circular platform to A height of 400 feet, in a smooth, dome-shaped hill of polished basalt, ex- actly resembling a beehive. Its area al- together is less than a thousand acres. : Nevertheless on the edge surrounding ] the inaccessible central dome are some i 200 natives who support themselves oy i fishing.
 ] Conway island is another curiosity In l smallness It Is six feet above the water
 and measures barely 1S0 yards in one di-
 rection by about 80 in another. Ninepn island, near St. PauFs, in the 1 Southern Indian ocean. Is shaped exactly ike a gigantic ninepin and nobody ever
 has succeeded in climbing to the top. But l its total area cannot exceed a few score l acres.
 Hunter island Is another tiny portion of
 the British empire upon which no one ever has set foot. although 1t was dis
 covered by Captain Fearm of the Hun ter so long a go as 1798. It is an ob'
 long block of volcanic rock, rising sheer
 from the sea to the height of 1000 feet and measures half a mile long by one | third of a mile in breadth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

$1150-$200 cash and $25 month, nice 4-room house on the shady side of the street This is a nice home for you, or will rent for $12.50 per month.
 s8OO-s400 cash, balance $25 per month, 60x150 feet lot, at Hill Top station. This lot is worth 5000. $800-$300 cash, balance at $25 per month, lots 10 and 21, block 53, Ems ley Highlands. This Is two lots for the price of one. Better see this. s3000-$1000 cash, balance easy, G. room house on Avenue H and 26th street, with all modern improve ments.
 s65O-$20O cash, balance $25 month, lot 12, block 1, Ensley Highlands. This lot is worth $900. Now is your chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
THE LURES OF
 THE LOAN SHARK
!. w.o, 1Doro in uarner,s Weekly.

Baxter Ware in Harper Weekly.
 There is one point on which the shark IS sure. He is always sure of beating you if YOU 20 into bankruptcy. When in sheer desperation you do seek relief in the bank ,uptcy court he has got you. You nave to state the items of all your indebtedness there in order to get relief from H. anu the shark has to have notice of 1t from the court itself One of the provisions or the national bankruptcy laws says that no debt created in any manner through 1rauu can be cancelled through the operation or the bankruptcy court. The sharks at- torney will easily prove that you used fraud and deception in making this ac- count, and there you are you were trapped in the beginning, and IL IS part of the irony of things that you can es- cape from every one except the devil nlni- self The promissory note Is simply the ordinary note usually given when one DOT rows money. The assignment of your salary and power of attorney to collect III case you fail to pay on certain oate al low the shark to present to your employer | this order, signed by you, so that ne can collect all that is due you to oate, or so much of 1t as your loan amounts 10. AS such proceeding Is entirely legal, your eiil, blower will either have to pay or stanu
 
 torney to confess judgment Is the most valuable paper the shark uses; TOT "itii that ne can enter suit against you, gen erally in the magistrates court, ana cur fess Judgment in your name, thus pre- venting you from making defense.
 When one Is sued in law he IS nrst summoned to appear at trial ana mahe defense to the suit Should he appear and his adversary prove ms caso. l judgment is rendered against hlm. II | not satisfied he can then appear to q higher court and have another triai, If he does not appear when summoheo the case viii go against him by derauit' i although he still has certain length i of time to make an appeal. If, however i at the time debt Is contracted. the creo- | itor is especially anxious that 1t be pa,u l r the day 1t Is due, he will have ms debtor give him a written authority to , allow some third party to appear TOT the [ debtor in some court, acknowledge the debt. end confess that Judgment be ren-
 oered at any time the debt become que l This is one of the most binding anu
 conclusive privileges known to legal prac-
 flee as in almost all states the law says
 that a Judgment by confession "annot pc
 appeaIed from So without any knoWl- edge and without any resources on your | mart YOU lose the suit and can never afterward dispute the debt on the iega-
 processes that will be used to collect ' 1 The first notice you have Is when youi
 property Is levied on or your salary #
 rarnisheed. Then 1t is too late. The 1 shark has been to court perhaps twe , weeks before. and the record shows tha
 vou have confessed judgment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

From the Denver Field and Farm.
 The discovery of gold in Montana in the early eos caused stampede which for d time threatened to depopulate the country around Denver. A large num- Ter of the dangerous class naturally went in to cultivate the broad, rich field for lawless operations. These desperadoes quickly organized a secret compact body. with signs and grips, with captain, lieu tenants, a secretary, road agents, and outriders, who became the terror of the whole region. Henry Hummer, the chief of this extraordinary band and unques- tionably the Napoleon of western out laws, had once been marshal of Nevada City. whence after having twice been imprisoned for murder, he fled to Ore gon and thence to Montana. He soon in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
DESPERADOES HUNTED
 TO DEATH IN MONT ANA

gratiated himself into the favor of the people by his singulary smooth man ners and insinuating address, and ere long was elected sheriff of Beaver county.
 Hummer was famed for desperation and skill in the use of a gun and in quarrel at Bannock he shot and killed his friend Jack Cleveland who was dis posed to dispute his title as chief of the outlaws. Hummer was tried for mur- der, but was acquitted on the ground that the dead mans language had been irritating. At the same time Charles Reeves and a man named Williams, members of the Hummer band, who had fired into a camp of unoffending Indians to see how many of them they could kill at one shot. were tried for murder, and acquitted. Soon thereafter another
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

S675-For a 50x150 feet lot on Avenue F and 30th street. If you do not buy this you will regret it.
 $1250-$450 cash, balance in one and two years, for 50x175 feet lot on Avenue B and 2Sth street. See this. S2700-6-room house on Jefferson av- enue, Ensley Highlands, $900 cash, balance easy, bath, lights, furnace heat and all modern improvements. $65O each-s25O cash, balance easy, two beautiful lots on the Wylam car line and 32d street.
 $500 cash-Lots 20 and 21, Ensley South Highlands. This is worth $1250. Let us show you.
 $7200-36 lots in Wylam, close to the car line, close to the L. & N. R. R. and within two blocks of the new brick plant and pipe works. There is 50 per cent profit in this for you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
COAL MIN E.

COAL. MINE FOR SALE in Alabama self drainage. good tap; good steam coal; equipment worth s75OO; mine made $sooo in two years in spite of practically no work ing capital. and it is the key to mucn
 la ~eer situation; conditions of outside ln- terests disenable owners to breast tenn norary shutdown and forces them to sell. Price s7500 on quick sale. Address Collier Realty Co.,, Opelika, Ala. 7-12-2t-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Epworth League Meets.

The Epworth league will meet Mol day evening at the Methodist church. Dr. R. M Cunningham will deliver a lecture at this meeting. A large at tendance is anticipated as an announce ment that the doctor" is going to speak Is usually an assurance of large attendance. After the lecture re- treatments will be served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Real Estate Active.

Real estate continues very active in this city. All the real estate men are in happy mood and are mak ing sales almost every day More building has been going on since the financial strin- gency last fall than any time previous. The building is confined mostly to res idence sections, the city already being well supplied with business houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
|B|G IMPROVEMENT AT THE STEEL CITY Tennessee Company to Spend
 S1,OOO,0OO MAN FATALLY INJURED Real Estate at EnsIey On a Boom. Everyone Interested In Sermon On
 Labor and Capital By
 Father o'Grady.

Ensley, July Especial "A for was probably fatally injured at the furnace place this evening about o'clock by being struck by the ele- vator, or buggy, that carries material to the furnace. The unfortunate man was removed to the Cunningham hos pital and his injuries attended to. He sustained a severe fracture of the skull at the frontal bone and a badly dislocated left shoulder joint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Personal and General.

Miss Lula M. Litesey of Havana, Cuba Is the guest of Mrs. M. E. Litesey.
 Mrs. James Dupuy is visiting Miss In gram, formerly of Ensley but now prin- cipal of one of the schools at Alexan- der.
 J. S. Faulkner, who has been i'll for some time, is able to be out again.
 R. J. Standerford left today on a pleas ure trip to Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago.
 Mrs. T. C. Castleman and Miss DelIce Fisher of North Haven and MT. T. C.. Dawson of Flat Top were the guests of MT. and Mrs. F. M. Slye at their home on Nineteenth street Friday.
 Rev. K. V. Willard, of California will fill the pulpit at the Baptist church Sun day morning. Rev Willard Is quite an interesting speaker. Having travelled ex- tensively in the Holy Land and made a special study of Egypt, he will no doubt De heard with great interest.
 The funeral services over the remains of Hugh Dolan took place this morning The services were conducted by Rev. F. c. Doyle. Interment was at Pratt City. Echols & Angwine had charge of the fu- reral arrangements.
 A serious cutting affray took place this morning in West Ensley. Lizzie Lincoln, a negro woman. wife of a preacher, in- dulged in an affray with another negro woman by the name of Lula Collins, ir which the latter was cut up so badly that death may yet be the result. The weapon used was the proverbial razor A y~>-rant was sworn out against thu Lincoln woman before Judge James Bro 1 5ie. Constable White placed the woman under arrest.
 Mrs. E. P. Owens and son Herber will leave Sunday for New York, whenc. they will sail for Liverpool They vii 1 visit Mrs. Owens birthplace, Hairwain Wales. They will return in about three l months.
 Rev. T. A. Reagan has returned iron Bibb county and will occupy the pulpi Sunday at the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
 Arthur BurFin and w. c. Maxwell hav' returned from Chicago.
 Quite a number of Ensley people vii go to Pratt City Sunday to hear tn sermon on "The Rights of Capital an Labor" The sermon will be preache, by Rev. H. E. O'Grady. at the Catholl church. to a congregation made up 0 union and non-union men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Estimate of His Value.

From the Chicago News
 Smith-Brown Is worthless sort oi chap, isn't he?
 Jones-Oh, I don't know. He had his life insured for s2O,ooo last week
 Smith-It's wonder the insurance people didn't have him arrested Tor try ing to swindle them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Tennessee Co.'s Improvement.

It is understood that the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company has ments at Ensley $1,000,0 900. The im- provements will include the remodeling of two of the blast furnaces. The tracks of the Birmingham South ern, 1t Is understood, will be moved over to- ward the Semet -Solvay company tn make room for the building of addi : tional ore bins. It is believed that this is only the beginning of mammoth de yelopments that the company will mako within the next 20 months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Invisible Chess.
From the Minneapolis Journal. 'I take your third pawn"
 ssMv nlleen forward to-


 q take your third pawn"
 My queen forward to-"
 Excuse me. gents,' the drummer in the corner interrupted "but you've been sitting opposite each other ever since the train started. talking about checks and knights and castles and kings, as if you were playing a game of chess
 well, my friend. we are playing game of chess" said the man in gray.
 But where is your board? Where are your men?" . "An expert chess player the man in gray replied, 'needs neither men nor board. He carries the whole game III his head. In his minds eye he sees board and men quite as clearly as though they were really there.
 "My friend and I are commuters, ana we nlay chess daily as we ride to ana from our work. But we use no visipie men. no visible board. Have we not memories?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
ONLY BARGAINS

As a rule are advertised through this snace. Allow me to show you any of the following: ss7so-Modern, Broom house on Avenue G, in fine condition; comparatively new; will net 12 per cent as rental invest ment.
 s30O0-Brand new, thoroughly modern, S. room house on Ensley Highlands; inves- tigate this; $500 profit in 90 days s16oo-Brand new, broom cottage; Rising station; s25O cash. balance $20 per month.
 GET TT NOWw s5s00-Corner business lot, 10Ox130; you are sure to make it quickly on this property.
 ss5O-Lot on Avenue D; buy this; $275 cash balance 6. 12, IS months; close in. There is quite demand for Ensley High lands property; I have 1t in punches; some real good things in lots and houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
FOR SALE  .ENSLEY REAL ESTATE

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  to The above are onv a sample of what have to offer. Our list consists of business property residence property vacant ots farms timber and mineral lands. If you want home and have not got but little cash, us. We can arrange to build you house and allow you to pay for like rent Property going up all the time. Call at our office We keep autos and other turnouts to snow you around.
 Special attention given to collection Of rents and selling property assessing and paying taxes. ENSLEY REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENT CO.
 INSURANCE R to Bell S1 Peoples A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

The funeral services over the remains of Hugh Dolan took place this morning The services were conducted by Rev. F. c. Doyle Interment was at Pratt City. Echols & Angwine had charge of the fu- reral arrangements.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-28
RAISE BONDING
LIMIT IS PLAN
scARMg- GENERALLY FAVORED
FOR Occurring FUNDS PoR
CONVENTION HALL,

That an oRdeavor viii DO made to
ralse the eity'a bonding limit 20 allow
OF Issuing bends for y convention hall
agitation Coz which was begun by The
Times, seems 70 be the eonoehsus or
opinion among the aldermen and
Board OF ommerce members who have
the project Ia nand,
Ali the legal intrieaeleG VIII he
looked up frst before ans Getiaa 40
taken hy the jaint committee, how
ever, For that purpose u finance COM
mittee consisting OF Adj, Paul g.
Renaud, chairman, Aid. u. M, Waiaan,
w. q. Maybury. II, M, Dyar and w,
III. Miller was appointed Monday after
noon in a session held In the council
committed rooms, This eommi,tee
will consult with the eitya legal &c,
partment before geing ahead 60 deter
mine what may bs daae under the
present aud under tas aew eaRstitu
ten.
II Is prahahla .as, r portion 8l ,Re
east af the nail will he raised AZ sN8.
soriptian and the remainder NJ Rata
issue,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-28
ONLY ABOUT 10 PER
CENT FOR GLAz|ER
CREDITORS
REPORT FILED BY RECEIVER is
OiSAPP TING FORMER
TREASURER STILL TOO ILL TO
APPEAR FOR EXAMINATION.

Just how bad the smash was when
Frank p Glazier failed last year was
only fully realized when the report of
the Security Trust O. as receiver was
made in meeting OF Glaciers cred
itors Monday afternoon. Attorney
Mcneil stated that all OF the real es-
tate. excepting the heavily mortgaged
Blodgett Terrace and Ann Arbor Of
flee building. amounted to but 100000
and that Mrs. GlaZier has a one-third
interest in this.
IL will take $4,000 to complete the
office building and it is expected that
the creditors will then receive about
$4,000 net after deducting mechanics
liens and the cost of completion. The
lBodgett Terrace is worth about $780,
900 to 100000. but there is legal
fight on TO set aside the mortgage
given the Chelsea Savings Uank,
which mortgage must be set aside be
fore the creditors get anything.
The personal property is not ex-
pected to ever be worth much, and,
taken altogether, the assets do not
appear to be worth more than 10 per
cent OF the million and a third of in-
bedtedness which Glazier acknowl'
edges
Glazier did not appear either per
sonally orb y attorney in the creditors
meeting. 1t being explained that his
health Is still bad. The meeting was
adjourned to Aug. IL, and, IL he is not
better by that time. It may be that
the next meeting will be held in Chel'
sea 30 that he may be examined be
for Refer Davock.
Tn Security Trust Co was elected
trustee and authorized
OF trustees certificates to complete
the Ann Arbor building. This build
ing has already cost s126,000. has SS2'
600 OF mechanics liens on II and will
require thousands more TO complete
II Is asserted that II will sell for s70'
600 to $4,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-28

Wat-at-All," brought encore after en-
core, as did other portions OF his
work. His peculiar voice and manner
isms. al once put him on friendly
terms with the audience and there
was a great disinclination 10 let him
leave the stage even after he had re-
turned again and again merely to bow
his Acknowledgement of the applause
Mr. Herr established himself as a
favorite in vaudeville at the first per
Torrance.
George w. Barry and Maude VOL
ford, in up-to-date topical songs and
nonsense talk, kept the audience busy
following their jokes and hits, the
ones referring to the ball team being
received with howls of delight. Their
act was one of the greatest laugh-pro'
ducers OF the afternoon. Excellent I'M
presentations OF stage celebrities were
given by Sadie Janell, dainty little
girl recently with 1.-The Social Whirl'
company. and In the vernacular OF the
street, she made good"
Edna Phillips K Company appear Ill
sketch, Lost: A Kiss in Central
Park" This is tumble OF ludicrous
mistakes that take five people to
straighten out, after the calling in OF
the police and the sending OF couple
OF the prime movers In the AFFAIR 10
the insane asylum. II doesn't re-
ouire much gray matter to follow the
plot. but its just about the calibre nee
essary for a hot-weather audience.
Besides the acts already mentioned
there are w. c. Steely and A. Ed
wards who play, sing and talf. all for
the amusement of their listeners; Ar
thus Huston, juggler, as Stanley In
Africa" who is fairly good; the seven
Yuilians, who do some acro0auc
stunts. and the kinetograph showing
William Fl. Taft in Washington.
The management has been unusually
happy In the selections for this week.
for taken as whole, the bill Is one
of the best presented for long time
in the Temple.
The theater itself Is well worth the
seeing Ever since II closed three
weeks ago workmen have been BUSY
night and day. From tn blue cloud
effects in the dome TO the carpetlngs
there has been an excellent blending
OF colors. The ivory walls have gold
capped pilasters, the brocatelle hang
ings are held In place with immense
cords and tassels, and on every side
huge mirrors reflect the dainty color
ings of the decorations. The foyer is
rich In gold characterization. with blue
and ivory walls and golden arches.
The heavy doors have thick gold bars
across the plate glass and great laurel
wreaths in FURNISHED gold The box
es have prettly designed chairs in
gilt In the old Renaissance modeis'
while the new drop curtain pictures
in soft colors an old italian garden.
Everything about the theater Is bright
and cheerful looking, and In the most
artistic taste.
The management has been congrat'
ulated on every side for the enterprise
shown In spending thousands OF dol.
lars to produce such rich and splendid
effects.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-28
TEMPLE THEATE R
HAS GORGEOUS :
NEW DRESS
BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL TiNTs OF
REDEcoRATEp PLAYHOUSE IN
SPLENDID ACCORD WITH HIGH.
CLASS BILL PRESENTED.
TEMPLE CAMPAIGNS
AGAINST DULL CARE

AS this workaday world be-
comes more strenuous, Serious
or sombre. II devolves upon the
wide-awake amusement concern
10 take on brighter tintS, 10
swing over still further 70 all
that is diverting. entrancing-all
that is guaranteed 10 be III
stantly fatal 10 dull care.
That's the notion that possess
es the mind or General Mana
ger Moore, anyway, and he has
worked IL out in gloricusly
renewed interior of the Temple
theater. The blue and gold OF
this mimic world lend them
selves readily 10 its mission Of
making people forget the mis-
cries of the real world; and the
new season begins with carni-
val OF color, action and drollery
that shows just where this in
stitution Is going TO stand In
the coming campaign. It's plat
form is unequivocally for forget
fulness OF LIES worries, with
every plank dedicated to the
peoples inalienable right 70
have a few hours off for unre-
strained enjoyment or TO take
the little lessons of the vaude-
vile stage that are well mixed
with laughter.