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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-09
man Committee on Appropriations United States Senate"

man Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate"
 The First Exhibit.
 "The first exhibit contained in the communication is Senator Tfllman's personal explanation, made on the floor of the Senate on February l9, 1908, In which he complained of an alleged unauthorized use of his name in a circular issued by Bryan R. Dorr, president of the St. Paul and Pacific Timber syndicate of Portland. This circular says that Senator Tillman was interested in action to compel the Southern Oregon company to sell to applicants about 100000 acres of tim Der land which had been granted to the Coos Bay Wagon Road company on condition that 1t should be sold in quarter sections for price not ex- ceeding $2.50 per acre.
 Mail Is Withheld.
 'In that statement, Senator Tillman
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Struck By Car.

Charlie Cardwell, foreman of an Ala bama Great Southern switch engine, this afternoon while weighing a string of cars had occasion to have to chock one that was moving the scales, when the wheel struck him on the knee, throwing him down and seriously injuring him. The flesh is not cut in any way, but the muscles of the leg are thought to be bad ly bruised, and the probability Is that the limb will have to be amputated. Ken nedy's ambulance was immediately sum moned and the injured man removed to his home near Jonesboro.
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A Good Offer.

Miss Irene Jenkins, daughter of Officer Jenkins of this city. has had a position offered her that is a very fiattering one Miss Jenkins, who has very sweet so- prano voice, and one that for the past two years has attracted considerable at tention, was offered a position with the Lyceum bureau, and it is thought will accept. Her friends predict for her a bright future.
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Governor Conner to Speak.

In response to an invitation by the Law and Order league of this city Gov ernor Conner has expressed his willingness to address the people of this city on prohibition at an early date. The local organization will set a time for the ad- dress suitable to the governor, who has not spoken in this city since his canvass for the position he now holds.
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Badly Hurt.

F. M. Wfitlock of Brighton sustained 8 severe injury at Woodward furnace today about noon, when an engine stack fell, striking him on the head, inficting a pain full and possibly a serious injury. As soon as possible Kennedy's ambulance was summoned and the injured man re- moved to the Robinson infirmary, where his injuries were treated. It is stated that there is a fracture of the skull, and that there is danger of fatal results.
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Generous Response.

The committee canvassing for funds for the stricken Italian district has had a generous response from Bessemer citizens as over $250 was paid to the committee and this will be forwarded through the proper channels by Mayor Rush. It is be- lieved that the fund will reach $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-09
Paner Erom suuar cane.

Hartford, Conn.,, January S.-An exper- iment in making pulp from sugar cane is being tried at a paper mill in New ington Centre, it is said, by a secret process. It is believed a very good grade of paper can be produced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-09
Baracas Entertain,

This evening at the home of Mrs. Chess Gwinn on Sixth avenue, the young men of the Baraca Sunday school class enter tained the young ladies of the Philatheas and a delightful time was spent playing games and enjoying the refreshments that were served.
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PaydaYs Today.

There will be several pay days in and around Bessemer on Saturday, and big sum of money will be turned loose, as fairly good time has been made by the employees.
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Only One "BRoMo aUININE.,

That Is LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. w. GROVE. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
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Our first big auction sale of horses and mules for this sea- son will be held Tuesday morn ing, January 12.
 FEES 6 SON.
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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

placement frequently. They evidently
considered the game too easy 10 neces-
state much exertion. and avoided carry
ing the ball more than was aosoluteiy
necessary This would have been al
right, but luck was against them. -Four
trials at place kicks in that half Were
missed, and all were from easy ois-
tance. The misses were by narrow MAJ
gins, but that did not make them any
better than the proverbial mile SO TAI
as their scoring was concerned
The half ended with the ball In the
possession of the s. team, on Mesa
vistas / yard line. The whistle Just
prevented another touchdown, mucn 10
the disgust of the naughty city eleven.
The second half started with rusn-
Jimmy had secured an interpreter oSr-
ing the intermission. and through MIN
had Instructed Juan as to how TO pro-
ceed during the rest OF the game. The
big Indian had been offside during the
greater part of the first half. and had
lost much ground for his team, through
penalties, thereby. Jimmy explained 10
him that he must wait until the Dali
was In motion and then try TO break
through and stop the plays of the other
side. "Bueno." said Juan. Him DO
it," said the interpreter.
The first play of the s. team was
a buck through center Juan was there.
1t ended with the quarter. full and one
of the halves in the red mans gigantic
embrace and a loss of five yards. A
sub had to be put in to replace the man
who had formerly opposed Juan In the
line, and the poor chap spent his time
during the rest of the game avoiding
the dangers that went with the Job.
Juan was on the warpath now in
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expectantly with subdued excitement,
awaited its first football game.
Right here let me describe the Mesa
Vista champions a bit. Jimmy had on
the only respectable-if the word be
permitted IN this connection-football
suit in the outfit. AT practice the boys
had worn their ordinary clothing, in
which there were not many creases of
a kind to be noticeably damaged by
the rough play, and they had cut out
dress rehearsals. Now they were
rigged up in full panoply for the great
occasion. The fullback had on red
baseball pants and a pink shirt with
wildcat skin. furry side out, sewed on
the shoulders for padding. 1t was the
most ridiculous costume for the great
game of football have ever seen-and
I have observed some very odd ones
in my time Another fellow was safely
and securely wrapped up in strips from
an old, green bedquilt, wound around
his stocky legs and tied with rope.
Overalls. baseball pants and one or
two antiquated and much battered
moleskins bedecked the rest, and these
were made fast with suspenders, ropes
or baling wire. Pillowlike pads were
sewed on these costumes In various
places, as best protected the favorite
tender spots of the owners. They
would have made a hit in any circus
and, in contrast to the neat city team,
looked wild and woolly indeed
refrained from laughing at the un-
usual sight, however. because I had
no desire to arouse Jimmy's Ire, and I
was well aware that he would violently
resent any insult to the personal ap-
pearance of his star players.
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how, and in short order, too, Tor IL was
already past the scheduled time Tor
the game to start and the crowd was
getting restless.
Captain Jimmy rose to the occasion
like the born commander he was Juan
Horsetrotter, one of uncles men on
the ranch, had laid off for the day to
take In the game. He was an Indian,
as his name suggests, and could not
speak one word of English. James
spotted him in crowd of feliow red
men and hauled him forth Immediately.
Juan protested, in Indian and with his
hands and fat body generaliy-being
we'll up in the sign language-but
Jimmy was not to be balked. He or
dered him to play Was ne not one
of the bosses on the rancho?
1uan's only football experience had
Eeen at the hands of the one who now
insisted on his getting into the game.
On numerous occasions Jimmy, who
had picked him out as good material
from the start, had demonstrated to
him how the game was played east"
and assured him that his sweight-225
pounds. think-would guarantee him
position on any team The big fell
low would nod his head at this valuable
though untranslated information and
grunt unintelligible grunts in his own
lingo.
Juan was put in at guard.
Jetty's position was still in doubt,
when who should come trotting on the
field but Joe, the other man on the
ranch. His last football practice had
been on that memorable day when
Jimmy knocked the wind out of him
while showing him how to break
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The San Francisco Sunday can

mass OF excited humanity anu
spinning at his feee T.
Tor a few seconds thought Joe
was going TO faint He was Ial1ly
"a ra1vzed by the imminent danger q
- sudden proximity to the ob1ecr OF
an the struggle. Jimmy saved tne
A. arain. Grab IT. you id BABY.
- velIed at the top Of his voice. joe
~~abbed II. turned about, and ran 1usI
.. two s. men started 70 pounS0
on It. -, ard q
touchdown sped the leather legged
SSs~ican- closely followed by the Two
a~.t sooted s. ends from Wnom Nc
Ma lust saved the ball One or these
had been his opponent throughout tne
came and had handled Joseph VStS
roughly He recognized the man aS 80
grabbed the pigslSin and TINS dooou -
10 terror which had already taken
s1-,sssSston 10y Of him. What II the fellow
xrith the rubber thing over his nose
should catch him and jump on MIN As
he had done before7 he thought as ne
sned madIy along. The prospect Oh
the awful consequences or sucn ca
Iar,,ifv' made his hair stand on end
until his sombrero fell on and was
nronptIv r., stepped on by his nearest
pursuer- ~,
behind the two s. men came JIM
nv shouting encouragement 20 Joe as
Re ran "Ah. he. too, is after me,
thought the terrified Mexican. VINO un-
darsfood English but indifferently even
durfnz his calmest moments now
indeed, must I fly"
1T was a glorious run When Joe
crossed the line, straight under the
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far as producing the much needed play
ers themselves was Concerned. Dan
answered the ring at his place, and,
almost tearfuily, explained that 1.-The
old man" needed him to stack raisins.
end would not let him off under any
consideration. James called. Dan Sr.
to- the. phone and demanded a reversal
of. the order at once.
GO Ito h-l!" was the short but con-
vincing response.
Jetty's absence. could not be account
ed for because no one would answer
his phone. A teammate claimed to
have seen him just before the s.
boys had lined up for their practice,
and to have observed a look on his face
at that time which plainly bespoke a
sinking sensation somewhere near the
pit of the Jetty stomach. It looked
like disgrace for Jet, all right.
Dan weighed $50 pounds and played
guard, or rather, had practiced in that
position. Jetty was lighter man, and
was to have held down an end Their
places simply had to be filled some-
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through Joe's last name was Capis-
trano, and he was a very proud Span
lard indeed. He was arrayed, on this
occasion. in a complete cowboy out
ft-chaps, spurs, broad sombrero and
much ornament manufactured from
Mexican silver dollars. His especial
senorita was to be there, and Joe had
calculated to impress her. His bronco
was doing its best to assist him In this,
and shied gracefully as he carried his
master into the limelight.
The beautiful senorita's presence
was, perhaps. responsible for his will
ingness to "go in at end" on Jimmy's
cordial invitation. He started for the
field with his spurs still on, but the
other team protested to q man, and I.
as referee; ordered him to discard them.
His leather chaps were just the ticket,
and his sombrero, with the string un-
der his nose, made an ideal head
harness.
Jimmy won the toss and chose to
defend the north goal. The teams lined
up for the kickoff, and Mesa Vista
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
PCGoTBAlL REACFFS
39S1>A MECAVISIA
HOW THE MEXICAN ANDo
THE INDIAN VAQUEROSo
SAVED THE DAY FOR THE
GANGLINC HEROES OF
THE UNION HIGH SCHOOL Q

ball and calling them together for a
little preliminary practice. Alas. poor
James, 1T this eleventh hour (not
meant for punD there were two men
shy in the lineup.
Where the dickens are Dan and Jet
ty?" he yelled, and the rest took up the
cry, but the carefulest search did not
produce the two deserters. The phone
at the postofflce was brought into serv-
ice, and the Dan and Jettye ranches
called up; but with poor success as
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
By Stanley R: Hoflund

II RoTHER. .JIMArY is; something of
X a football player. The day we
departed from. our home in Chi
=. caeo to. MIGRATE to a ranch in.
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Two. Men Missing

! Jimmy did: his. best to- .dispef. the
gloom Whieif threatened completely to
aeIn@ralize. bis. mates. by SECURING the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-06-10

only four billions. But one Is just
as much a debt as the other, SO the
income property is debt upon the
people twenty-five times greater than
the public or bonded debt.
SO we are slaves whether the debt
is an income debt, privately owned,
or a bonded debt.
Every building built for income is
an addition to this debt for you and
your children to pay.
The richer becomes the nation, the
greater becomes the debt upon you
and your posterity.
The income on this property is
greater than the net income of the
nation, and hence the property now
held by the many is fast going into
the hands of the few to pay this in
creasing income.
The total annual interest on the
public debt of the Government is
about twenty million.
But you pay Rockefeller seventy
million year profit on oil, and think
you are not in debt.
You see, Rockefeller is nearly four
times as great a debt to you as the
obligations of your government.
And the same is true of every 9TH
er industry that you do not own
How is that for a skin game?
How can you and your posterity
escape the damnation of slavery?
If you can get that into your head
clearly you will never be deceived
by any political haranguer. You will
know the truth-and the Bible says,
"The truth shall make you free.
H. L. GURLEY.
Meridian, Miss, June 1, 1909.
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Amtobiograbhy of Jefferson Davis
Concluded from Page 81

but. following rule that had gov
erned my action in all such cases, [
declined to accept it. | continued to
live in Richmond until the Confeder-
ate forces were compelled to with
draw from the defenses of the capt.
tai
That event was not quite uneX-
pected but it occurred before the
General Lee contemplated retreat
After General Lee was forced to sur
render and General Johnston consent
ed to do so, I started with a very few
of the men who volunteered to &C
company me for the MISSISSIPPI
pi; but, hearing on the road that ma
RAIDERS were pursuing my family,
whom | had not seen since they left
Richmond but knew to be enroute
to the Florida coast, | changed my
direction, and after long and hard
ride found them encamped and
threatened by a robbing party. To
give them the needed protection, /
travelled with them for several days
until in the neighborhood of Irwin
vile, Ga, when ] supposed ! could
safely leave them. But, hearing
about nightfall that party Of ma
RAIDERS were to attack the camp that
night, and supposing them to be pill
Laying deserters from both armies
and that the Confederates would lis
ten to me, ! awaited their coming,
lay down in my travelling clothes, and
fell asleep. Late in the night my col
ored coachman aroused me with the
intelligence that the camp was at
tackled, and I stepped out of the tent
where my wife and children were
sleeping and saw at once that the as
sailants were troops deploying around
the encaMpment. I SO informed my
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great desire for Confederate indie
pendence.
In my inaugural address | assert
ed that necessity, not choice, had led
to the secession of the Southern
States; that as an agricultural peo-
pie their policy was peace and free
commerce with all the world; that
the constituent parts, not the system
of government, had been changed.
The removal Of the troops from
Fortress Moultrie to Fort Sumter,
the guns of which threatened the har-
Dor of Charleston, and the attempt to
throw re-enfOrcements into that fort,
thus doubly breaking pledge that
matters should be kept in statu quo,
constituted the occasion as we'll as
the justification of the opening of fire
upon Fort Sumter. Speedily follow
ing this event came the call for
large army by Mr.. Lincoln and the
secession of other Southern States as
the consequence of this unmistakable
purpose of coercion.
Virginia, which had led in the eff
fort by a Peace Convention to avert
national ruin, when she saw the Con-
stitution disregarded and the pur
pose to compel free States by mill
tary force to submit to arbitrary
power, passed an Ordinance of Seces-
sion and joined the Confederate
States.
Shortly after this, as authorized by
the Provisional Congress, I removed
the Confederate capital from Mont
gomery to Richmond.
Among the many indications of
good will shown when on my way to,
and after my arrival at, Richmond
was the purchase Of very fine resi-
dence in Richmond by leading citi-
zens. Tt was offered as present;
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PAGE SIXTEEN

in rent, and the burden Is so deli
cately distributed that all pay their
part of it, whether they know it or
not
For it must be true that if | get
an income, somebody, somewhere,
must pay it.
The ones who do not own the
house pay it to the ones who do own
it.
And the people who pay it have no
control over it whatever.
Is that clear to you?
Isn't that a fact with all property,
produces an income for the owners?
Well, now, suppose that your town
would build such a house, and go
into debt a million, wouldn't there
be a howl?
But isn't my building just as much
a debt on you as would be the public
ownership of it, built on bonds?
[ would draw an income in the
shape of rent, and the other would
be a smaller income to some one in
the shape of interest, and some time
you would get it paid for, and stop
interest, while if own it the tax on
you will never stop, but get greater
the more your town grows.
Now, every rented house in your
place, or every house used for bust
ness, is q debt upon you.
The people recognize only as a
debt some public bonds, but all the
income property in the nation is a
public debt upon it's people.
The income property of the nation
is something like one hundred bill
lion dollars. The public debts are
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wife. who urged me to escape. After
some hesitation I consented, and a
servant woman started with me, car
rying a bucket as if going to the
spring for water. One Of the sur
rounding troops ordered me to halt
and demanded my surrender. ad-
vanced toward the trooper, throwing
off a shawl which my wife had put
over my shoulders. The trooper
aimed his carbine, when my wife,
who witnessed the act, rushed for
ward and threw her arms around me,
thus defeating my intention, which
was, if the trooper missed his aim,
to try to unhorse him and escape
with his horse. Then with every
species of petty pillage and offensive
exhibition I was taken from point to
point until incarcerated in Fortress
Monroe. There I was imprisoned for
two years before being allowed the
privilege of writ of habeas corpus.
At length when the writ was to be
issued the condition was imposed by
the Federal Executive that there
should be bondsmen influential in the
Republican" party of the North,
Mr.. Greeley being specially named.
Entirely as a matter of justice and
legal right, not from motives of per-
sonal regard, Mr.. Greeley, Mr. Gerrit
Smith, and other eminent Northern
citizens, went on my bond.
In May, 1857, after being released
from Fortress Monroe, I went to
Canada, where my older children
were with their grandmother, my
wife as soon as permitted having
shared my imprisonment and brought
our infant daughter with her From
time to time I obeyed summonses to
go before the Federal Court at Rich
mond, until finally the case was
heard by Chief Justice Chase and
District Judge Underwood, who were
divided in opinion, which sent the
case to the Supreme Court of the
United States, and the proceedings
were quashed, leaving me without
the opportunity to vindicate myself
before the highest Federal Court
After about years residence in
Canada, [ went to England with my
family under an arrangement that I
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was to have sixty days notice when
ever the United States Court required
my presence. After being abroad in
England and on the Continent about
a year, I received the offer of an ap-
pointment as president of life in
surance company. Thereupon l re-
turned to this country, and went to
Memphis and took charge of the COM
pany Subsequently I came to the
Gulf Coast of Mississippi as quiet
place where I could prepare my work
on "The Rise and Fall of the Confed-
crate Government" A friend from
her infancy, Mrs. Dorsey shared her
home with me, and subsequently sold
to me her property of Beauvoir, an
estate Of five or six hundred acres,
about midway between Mobile and
New Orleans. Before I had fully
paid for this estate, Mrs. Dorsey died,
leaving me her sole legatee. From
the spring of 1876 to the autumn of
1879 I devoted myself to the produc-
ton of the historical work just men
toned.
Since settling at Beauvoir I have
persistently refused to take any active
part in politics, not merely because
of my disfranchisement, but from a
belief that such labors could not be
made to conduce to the public good,
owing to the sectional hostilities
manifested against me since the war
For the same reason I have also re-
fused to be a candidate for public of
fee, although it is we'll known that |
could at any time have been reflect
ed a Senator of the United States.
[ have been twice married, the Sec
ond time being in 1914 to a daughter
of William B. Howell, of Natchez, a
son Of Governor Howell, of New Jer-
sey. She has borne me six children
-four sons and two daughters. My
sons are all dead; my daughters sur
vive. The elder is Mrs. Hayes, of
Colorado Springs, Colo, and the
mother of four children. My young
est daughter lives with us at Beau
voir, Miss. Born in the last year of
the war, she became Familiarity
known as the Daughter of the Con-
federacy. COPIED from the Confed-
crate Veteran
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guest Of her sister, Mrs. A. H. Nc
Swain, on Main street. Miss Pearl
Denham Of New Augusta, and her
guest, Miss Dona Everett, Of Slidell,
ARE among the other house guests OF
Mrs. McSwain.
Miss Claudia Lee Sims, who is a
student at the University of Missis-
sippi, Oxford, will leave on the 23rd
for Bay Springs, with her uncle, Mr..
M. Oates.
Mrs. c. Sims will leave Hat
tiesburg on the 23rd. and join her
daughter at Bay Springs, where they
will enjoy family reunion.
Mr.. Collins McLaurin of Fl. Worth.
Texas, and Mr.. Colon McSwain of
New Augusta, spent Monday here, the
guests of their uncle, Mr.. A. H. Nc
Swain, on Main street.
Mr.. Ernest Dixon spent Monday
night. in this city, enroute from A. &
M. College, Starksville, Miss, to his
home in Wingate, Miss.
I: , -
DR.. H. A. Minor, or Macon, a promi.
nent physician of Mississippi, is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. T. P. Crymes.
I: : =
Mr.. Lawson, of Palestine, Texas,
spent Sunday and Monday here, the
guest Of relatives.