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bank in St. Clair county and its success is a matter of congratulation not only for the officers but the people of the town and community.
 Plans are now about perfected for the changing of the bank from state to national institution. It is said that this bank now carries a larger surplus than all the other banks of the county com bined.
 Charles P. Pratt is mayor of the town. He is a young man of unusual enter prise and Is doing a great work in the building up of the community. He Is county solicitor and associate editor of the Pell City Progress. the newspaper of the town. MT. Pratt is the son of G. W. Pratt, formerly president of the cotton mill here, but now of Tuscaloosa By the way, the elder Pratt Is a candidate for state railroad commissioner. He will be warmly supported by his friends at Pell City.
 PeIl City is the largest town in the county and Is doing everything in its power to keep the lead. It has court house and a branch of all the courts All the county officers are represented here by resident deputies and clerks. The only Farmers union warehouse in the county is located here. It is one of the largest in this section of the state. In connection with the warehouse Is a farmers cooperative store. which Is do- ing thriving business. Pell City buv about 250O bales of cotton annually. AboV 1500 bales are consumed annually by the cotton mill. N. B. Spradley, a prog ressive farmer living about two miles from Pell City, is president of the St Clair Farmers union.
 The town has just built a new city hall and jail at a cost of $2500. It Is of brick and Is a creditable structure for the town. There are a surprising number of magnificent homes here. The location is ideal for town and the streets have been arranged to the very best advantage. The highlands, north of the business sec- tion, are admirably suited to the build ings of residences. The streets are well kept and most of them are cherted. The roads leading out from the town in most every direction have been improved, some of them permanently. They are said to be the best roads in the county.
 Pell City has four railroads, the South ern, Seaboard Air Line. the Birmingham and Atlantic and the Lathrop Log road extending IA miles south of the town. This is a standard guage road and there is a prospect that it will some day be extended to some advantageous con- nection to the south. It reaches to with in rew miles of Vincent in Shelby county, now.
 The members Of the city council of PeIl City are Sumter Cogswell, IT. M Starnes. c. B. Alderson, Base D. Gather and w. B. Walker. The school board Is as fol- lows: McLane Triton. Jr. chairman; M. M. Smith, secretary; S. D. Kilgore, J. H. Walker and T. J. Smith,
 At Pell City 1t is checkers
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PILL CITY BUILT ALONG FINE LINES Some Evidences of the Towns
 Enterprise STORY OF A SCHOOLHOUSE Every Town Has It's Popular Fad and PeII City Is No Exception to
 the Rue-ModeI Site
 for City.
STORY OF A SCHOOLHOUSE
BY WALTER HARPER,

Pel City, July 15.-(Special. )-Every town has Its peculiar method of spending its idle hours. The sporting blood in every community finds some distinct method of venting itself The fad, whatever direc- ton it takes, is like an epidemic. If it is marbles, everybody in town plays marbles. If it i. is baseball, everybody works at it. In isome places it is pitch ing horse shoes; others it is checkers, horse-swapping, horseback riding, target apractice, or may be going down to the depot to see the trains go by.
 This reminds me of a twentieth century parable. Once upon a time the state high school commission was called upon to de-
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Likes the Decaturs Best.

Decatur, July 15.-(Special) )-Mayor Ed win c. Payne of New Decatur has just returned home from a two weeks visit to various points in New York state, in- cuding his old home at Tonawanda, N. Y. He says that the two Decaturs are the best towns of their size in the United States so far as he has seen.
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News of Greensboro.

Greensboro, July 15.-(Special. )-Prof. Theodore H. Jack, who was recently elected to the chair of history in the Southern university, arrived this morning from Harvard university where he has
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Marriaqe Is Announced.

Tuscumbia. July 15.-(specia1.)-Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cloud have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Miss Fannie Cloud, to MT. Clyde Williams. both of this city. The wedding will take place Wednes- day evening, July 21, at the home of the brides parents.
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Child Is Buried.

Decatur. July 15.-(special )-The re- mains of the 1-year-old daughter of Mr. Malone of New Decatur, who died a few days ago at Roswell, N. M. reached here today and the interment followed in the city cemetery. The child was with relatives in New Mexico when it was taken III and died.
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Shlppinu Potatoes.

Florence, July 15.-(Special)-Two car loads of Irish potatoes were shipped out from Florence this week. The potato crop in this county is unusually fine. The returns per acre from this crop ex- oeed the profits on cotton
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time and this insured the permanency of the place This mill represents an ex- penditure of $1,200,000, and Is one of the best small mills in the state T. H. Rennie is president. MT. Rennie stands very high among the mill operators of the country. having been at one time pres- ident of the American Cotton Manufac- turers' association.
 The Bank of St. Clair County was also organized and opened for business in 1903 by Sumter Cogswell and McI4ane Hilton. These men are president. and
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HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.
Cook Springs


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GRAND ATLANTIC HOTEL
HOTEL STRAND
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

Always open. Capacity 800. On the ocean front new throughout, with ev- cry appointment. Fresh and sea water baths. Single and en suite. Golf, driv- ing, garage. Booklet and rates on ap- plication. F. B. OFF, Manager. H. c. EDWARDS, Asst. Mgr.
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 eide rather knotty proposition. Three progressive towns in St. Clair county wanted the location of the high school, which should be built somewhere in the county.
 For some good reason not necessary to the point in this parable the commission located the institution at Odenville. Now, the people of Pell City had subscribed a good sum of money which was offered the state as an inducement to locate the school here. After the decision giving the institution. to another place these people voted to build a modern school in- dependently. Those who had subscribed money to the original proposition trans ferred their subscriptions to the new en- terprise. The result is large and credit able brick school building costing nearly s1O,0OO. It Is one of the best school build ings in the state for the size town, per- haps 1t is the best. Prof. John Worth Allen, one of the best teachers in this part of the state, is principal. His assist ants are Miss Ellen Spears and Miss Minnie Gunter.
 Pell City was named for Captain Pell, the civil engineer, who was the principal builder of the Birmingham and Atlantic railroad from this point to Talladega. It has population of 1900 and is one of the most enterprising small towns in east Alabama It dates its history from 1908, though it had precarious and uncertain existence for some years before that time. The permanent building of the town began about six years ago and the growth has been steady and satisfactory.
 The cotton mill of the Pell City Manu- featuring company was built about that
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GALEN HALL
HOTEL AND sANATORIUM.

HOIEL AND SANAIOHIUM.
 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. With its elegant comfort and superior table and service, Is an. ideal place for a long or short stay.
 F. IL. YOUNG. Genl Manager.
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Shelby Springs, Ala.

This famous old resort now open for guests; no leaky cottages; everything comfortable; abundance of Jersey milk and butter, chickens, and home grown vegetables; mineral waters pre- scribed by physicians for indigestion, rheumatism, kidney and bladder trouble, nervousness and other troubles; elegant string band, dancing, tennis and other amusements; unex- celled cuisine. For rates and booklet address
 Mrs. M. M. M'MahOn
 Shelby Springs, Alabama
 7-11-su-tu- thu-7t
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ARTISAN HOTEL LIVINGSTON, ALABAMA

l.. A. M'LEAN, Prop.
 This hotel is under new management, has been thoroughly renovated, and newly furnished. Everything first class and up date Travelling public and water drinkers patronage solio- tted. Rates s2.00 per day.
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cashier, respectively. This was the first bank in St. Clair county and It's success is a matter of congratulation not only for the officers but the people of the town and community.
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For Atlanta take Seaboard; 1; three trains daily.
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Get the Birmingham habit-trade In Birmingham. Week-End rates on Southern, A. G. s., SeabOard, A., B. & A. and I. c. Special two-day rates on sale by Frisco and Southern. Ask your railroad agent.
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Slaves to the Servants.

81 am very tired" said the fashion
ably dressed woman. Il have been
working dreadfully hard all day. Do
ing what? Why. seeing to my serv-
ants-working for them. Didn't you
know that the more servants you have
the harder you must work? Certainly
/ have to do all the shopping for my
servants | have to buy their uni
forms. the caps and aprons Of the
maids, the clothing of the housekeeper,
and have to see to the marketing, too
yes, and very often, in spite of the fact
that have a housekeeper. l must. or
they will form combine to rob me Of
everything | have The housekeeper
will get rakeoff that will enable her
to retire in few years. Then perhaps
it is | who must hunt a place as
bousekeeper for some one else. Oh,
yes. if you want to keep your position
as mistress of household of servants
you must keep hustling. You can't at
ford to let the grass grow under your
feet to any great eXtent."-New York
Press
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THE ELEPHANT IN BATTLE.
Most DociIe Vet Courageous and Faith.
full of Animals.


OF the docility of the elephant there
Is no need to multiply examples. 1t is
said that In India native women some
times when called away intrust their
babies to the care of "the handed one"
confident that they will be safe and
tenderly handled.
But of all elephant stories surely the
finest is that which tells how the
standard bearing elephant of the Peish-
wa won a great victory for its Nah
rata lord. At the moment when the
elephant had been told to halt its ma
bout was killed. The shock of battle
closed around 1t, and the Mahratta
forces were borne back, but still the
elephant stood, and the standard which
1t carried still flew, so that the Peish-
was soldiers could not believe that
they were indeed being overcome and,
rallying in their turn drove the enemy
backward till the tide swept past the
rooted elephant and left it towering
colossal among the slain. The fight
was over and won, and then they
would have had the elephant move
from the battlefield, but it waited still
for the dead mans voice.
For three days and nights it remain
ed where it had been told to remain,
and neither bribe nor threat would
move it till they sent to the village on
the Nerbudda, hundred miles away,
and fetched the mahout's little son, a
round eyed, lisping child, and then at
last the hero of that victorious day.
remembering how its master had often
in brief absence delegated authority to
the child, confessed its allegiance and
with the shattered battle harness
changing at each stately stride swung
slowly along the road behind the boy.
London Times
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REUNION Of :. !.
/ THE PARTNERS,
/
Story of a ShiftIess Fathers Rec
lamation by a Loyal Son.
BY FRANK n. SWEET.

TCopyright 1909, by American Press Asso-
ciaton.l
A brief stop and the train pUffed i'm
patiently away toward Tavares. The
platform was soon left to the posses
sion Of two fruit farmers. who were
transferring boxes of oranges from
their mule wagons to an empty car on
side track, and a small, sallow faced
boy twelve or fourteen years old. For
some time the boy watched the opera
lions of the men with languid inter-
est and then moved slowly down to
where several cases of pineapples were
awaiting shipment. Seating himself
on one Of these he appeared to give
himself up to the enjoyment of the
fragrance of the fruit. Occasionally
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A Little Crowded.

A backwoodsman went to New York
city for the first time, says the Satur-
day Evening Post He stopped at a
Broadway hotel which was pretty well
downtown. Next morning his nephew
who lives in New York, came to take
him out and show him the sights. They
walked down Broadway until they got
to Canal street. The backwoodsman
stopped and contemplated the great
congestion Of traffic there, hundreds OF
trucks going every way.
"Son." he said to his nephew, ''you
have nice city here, but it pears to
me that your folks is hull passed. be-
hind in their haulin'."
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MAGNETISM.
Some Of the Peculiar Properties of This
Strange Force.

Some Of the Peculiar Properties of This
Strange Force.
The true nature OF magnetism as
such. of course is not known. All
that we can be sure OF is that mag
netic attraction does not radlate out
ward in all directions as does light,
r;l- i;nn.i acts along lines consisting
Of closed curves and called lines of
force, these lines connecting tho two
poles and not extending very far out
ward between them These curves
may be found very nicely by placing a
horseshoe magnet under thin sheet
of paper and sprinkling iron filings on
top. The filings will collect along the
lines.
Now. as to the different kinds of
magnets, there are natural, artificial
and electro magnets. The natural ones
are found as magnetic ore in the EARTH
the artificial ones are made by stroking
piece of iron or steel with a mag
net, and the electro magnets are caus-
ed by the action of an electric current.
Some peculiar things have been no.
ticed in regard to magnetism, among
which are the following facts:
1t has been observed that fire irons
that have rested in one position dur
ing the summer months are often high
ly magnetized, no doubt having been
caused by the magnetism of the earth
itself by the process known as Undue
ton. Other iron articles that stay in
one position and do not come in con-
tact with fire or other heat are often
found in the same condition, such as
iron bars to Jail windows and iron
ratings in front Of houses.
The most peculiar observation made.
however. was that the upper part of
the steel tire Of a carriage wheel at
tracts the north pole of a magnet.
while the bottom part, or part in con-
tact with the earth, attracts the south
pole. This is In the northern hemi-
sphere only and is fully In accord with
the theory of induced magnetism. OF
course in the southern hemisphere
where the earth is under the influence
of the south magnetic pole, the condi-
lions are reversed.
A magnet dipped into boiling water
loses a great part Of its magnetism,
which is miraculously restored to it on
becoming cool again.
A sharp blow given to magnet will
cause it to lose its magnetism. Also
the application of heat will have a
like effect.
If a magnetic needle be placed over
rapidly revolving plate of copper, al
though it be separated from it by a
thick plate Of glass, the needle will
revolve in the same direction as the
plate.-Exchange.
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P. O. Address, Ashland, Wisconsin.
What a Dollar DOG Can

WHAT q 6ObdT Ivy YAH SOs
A man In a nearby city bought for
his wife and child a year ago a dog,
for which he paid a dollar. 1t was
obviously nothing wonderful in the
canine way-merely a mongrel, with
the bulldog strain predominant. The
owner was man in humble circum-
stances. and the dog in his modest
dwelling was the principal asset aside
from IL few sticks of furniture. The
Uther night Tom was tied to leg OF
the Kitchen sink. as usual. and the
family went to bed. They were awak-
ened by the dog at midnight scratch
ing at his masters door, When his
master came out to see what was the
matter the dog. with a remnant OF
chewed rope hanging from his collar,
whined and ran to the head OF the
stairway. The house was on fire, and
shortly after woman and child and
man and dog made their escape their
poor dwelling was a mass OF glowing
embers. The owner of the dog has
been urged to part with him for a
large cash consideration; but, though
he is pennless, he will not part with
the four footed savior Of his family.
Neither has the dog at any time had
thoughts of leaving them for luxurious
kennels-New York Times.
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iiar, Ead fhax MAdA a haiSa

cdCu OhACh. AAdu lucy uhuC u AAp-
take? Surely the father of such a
boy could not be wholly bad.
Meantime one neighbor gave Bob
some seeds, another showed him how
to ridge up his sweet potatoes to the
best advantage, another taught him
how to put a bud into an orange tree
Later, when his peas and beans began
to approach maturity. they frequently
stopr G ART te ;; +. truck INFO t, MI
and soli it with theirs.
The winter had passed, and early
summer was approaching, and still
there were no signs OF the elder Croft
fers. Mr.. Window told Bob that mis-
business must have been more diff
cult than he had expected. Likely he
would be back before long. Bob never
heard the full story from any one.
He had been at work for Mr.. Win
dom for several weeks, grubbing pal
metto. and was TO take his pay in
young orange trees. He had TO leave
home very early and did not return
until after dark Mrs. Window usual
ly forced on him small basket of
provisions or filled his pockets with
oranges.
One evening, as he approached home
against the fence 1T was too dark to
see clearly. and for a moment he STOP
ped irresolutely. Visions. of thieves
and robbers rose before him, but the
thought of home made him pull him
self together and walk quietly for
ward. j If E
The figure did not seem to notice
him. AS he was about to pass by a
broken sentence caught his attention
'Ye're diff'runt now and dressed up,
but ye're mine. mine, only I dasn't
come to We! / never done anything to
| be chased off like a bear and never
be let meet Bobby. Poor little Bobby!
I expect he's done lost before now
| and can't see him any more"
The boys heart seemed to stop for
| a moment. and as half sob caught
his ear he sprang forward with pas
sionate cry:
"Paw-oh, paw. We have Gomez
For some minutes they chung to
each other in silence Then Bob dis
engaged himself from his fathers arms
and stood back to survey the massive
| figure.
Eye are big, paw, just-surely-big
And now we'll be PARTNERS and make
the orange grove. I've worked for
| the trees of Mr.. Window"
tMr. Windom!'' repeated the man in
a dazed tone. "DOes Window know
/ were a-comin back"
'He lowed you were a-comin' before
long. and he helped me get in the
| crop, he did"
"'Lowed I were a-comin' before
long," again repeated the man. "But
who's jumped the place, Bobby, and
done all this ERE fixin'? amt feelin'
hard on him, lad, cause he's taken
care Of We, only l just would like to
know who's to live on the homestead.
It were mine-the only bit OF ground
/ ever really owned"
Bob looked at him wonderingly.
"Why, paw. nobody's been here but
me. We are pardners, We know, and
Mr. Window lowed I'd better look
offor tho nlaoo au6 Ry II nm AGAINST
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ye come back. But let's be gettin'
supper. Mrs. Window give me bas-
ket plumb full of pies and fixin's."
Slowly the two walked toward the
house. but after Bob entered the man
fingered for moment gazing at the
stars.
"I'll be good to the boy arter this,
/ sw'ar" he exclaimed, and he, too,
entered, to be driven out no more. To
be ''pardners" with Bob made him a
good citizen.
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Ii DiGn,t Work Out Just Riuht,

I saw the best of intentions become
a veritable boomerang on Broadway
the other night. A policeman had ar
rested for some small disturbance two
we'll dressed men who had evidently
had too much. but were facing the in
evitable trip to the station without any
further fuss. A friend saw their plight
and rushed up.
"Offlcer." he piped in peculiarly eff
Terminate voice, Il beg that you will
not arrest these men. Why, they are
no more drunk than l am"
"Oh. very WELL" said the cop. "Pll
take you too"
And he did.-New York Telegraph.
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lie bent his head to gaze curiously be-
tween the Stats of the boxes. Clearly
ne had never eaten pineapples and
wondered If they tasted as good as
they smelled.
Sometimes he glanced up as if he
were expecting some one, but he did
not seem impatient. Perhaps he was
used to waiting.
Suddenly a gruff voice brought him
trembling to his feet:
"Can ye drive sonny?"
"I-I mought," stammered the boy,
q frightened look creeping into his
eyes. Il worked a heap with mules on
the poor farm" H
''There, there! / didn't mean to scare
ye. But I want some one to drive my
team over to the grove for another
load Smith III take the other team and
point out what yen do. I've got to
stay here and mark truck"
81 were awaitin' fer paw, and low
I cayn't go right now. If 1t weren't
fer that I'd accommodate We sure"
He spoke deprecatingly and bent his
shoulders as If he expected a blow
The man looked at him curiously. The
shrinking form and furtive glances re-
minded him of some dumb animal
cowed by long abuse.
Don't be feared, younker.~ I'm not
hurtin' babies,' he said in more kind
~ tones But l low your paw must
be pizen mean, and
my paw never hurried mev' inter
rupted the boy fiercely. "'Twere the
poorhouse men that pestered and beat
me. Ny paw wrote fer me his own
self. he did, and come clean from
Car'Iina on the cars We're goin' to
be partners, him and me He wrote so.
My paws bigger than you, and he'll
fight all you uns that talk to him bad.
Him and me are goin' to make an or
ange grove. and he wrote me the
money to come on paper, and the post
office man give it to me. He's bigger
than you and more favored" The sal
low cheeks We're flushed now. and the
eyes flashed angrily.
''Sho, shov' expostulated the man. 81
low / don't know your paws name.
and ! reckon he's mighty fine man.
But If yell take my team over I'll
make it all right with him when he
comes. Likely he'll not be round be-
fore next train now, and yen be back
long before that. Besides. We can show
him this when We see him." And he
tossed up a silver quarter and caught
it as it descended.
Quite treasured. the boy clambered
back the mules from the platform.
Seeing his team was in safe hands,
the man turned his attention to stem
Cling the boxes.
"Yell be sure and tell paw 1 were
awaitin'?" shouted the boy before be
disappeared from sight.
"Surep'
An hour and half afterward the
teams drove up. and the boy asked
eagerly:
ibid paw Gomez"
"Hain't seen him. answered the
man. "But perhaps he'll come to meet
the next train. Likely he lowed We
wouldn't be round before then"
But the next train pulled in and out,
and the crowd once more melted away
from the depot and left the boy alone.
Soon after the man who had given
him the quarter came up.
"Your paw must have mistaken the
day" he said kindly. 'That were the
last train. Ye'd better come home with
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Must Suit All Tastes.

"My wife wonders why the papers
waste so much space on mere news"
"What does she read?'
ooh, she reads the weather probable
tiles, the bargain probabilities, the
marriage notices and the love story
But an item about big battle or the
fall Of dynasty looks pifling to her."
Louisville Courier-Journal