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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Federal Court News,

The federal court, in session this week.
is having a lively time with the GRIM
inal docket. and cases are being dis
posed of rapidly An indictment was re-
turned by the grand jury today against
John Wyatt of Clay county for shoot
ing at revenue officers, and cases were
disposed of as follows:
But Mitcham, found guilty of Illicit
distilling. The evidence In this case was
heard yesterday.
Jesse Mitchell pleaded guilty this morn
ing to breaking into the postoffice at
Pyriton and was given sentence of 13
months in the federal prison at At
lanta.
C. L. Rape was found guilty of Illicit
dstillng and given a 13-months' sem
tence
The case against V. A. C. Afford of
Clay county for operating moonshine
plant was heard this morning and given
to the jury this afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Personal and General.

Mr.. and Mrs. James r. HUMPHREYS
left yesterday for Pensacola. Fla,
VIII ere Mr.. HUMPHREYS will look .fter
the shipping interests of the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad company. They
will be absent several months.
Mrs. Springfield. wife OF DR.. 7. j..
Springfield, is very sick at her resi-.
dence, Avenue q and Nineteenth
street.
Mrs. ]. F. Echols, who has been so
seriously i'll with pneumonia. Is i'm
proving.
DR.. r. r. Sh uptrine has returned from
Faunsdale, where he has been visiting
relatives.
Thomas J. Judge Will leave Wednes-
day for Clay county, where he will
make a number of addresses against
the amendment.
Mrs Mccain Robinson of New Or
leans is the guest of her parents. Prof.
and Mrs. Douglas Allen, at Wylam.
Rev. l.. NJ Bradley Of Selma is VISIT
Ing his son Leon c. Bradley of Ehslev.
Irly Zeigler has returned frHm a
business trip to Gadsden.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Defenders Hold Meetings.

The two meetings of the defenders
in the city last night were well at
tended and addressed by some OF An
niston's best orators. The meeting
in Ward three, held at Fireman's hall.
was addressed by H. D. McCarty and
J. ]. Arnold, and the one in Ward five
by J. j. Willett and A. p. Agee. About.
100 people attended each one. On ac-
count of objections raised by some of
the trustees of the Knights of Pylhias
hall, where the meeting In Ward i've
was sch eduled to be held, the addresses
were made in the open air with the
speakers mounted on dry goods boxes.
These two wards are now counted as
safe against the amendment, and vita
them the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Railroad Directors Elected.

Cincinnati, November 16.-At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pa
cific Railroad company Cincinnati South
ern). held in the company's offices in this
city today, the following directors were
elected for the ensuing year: w. w. Fin
ley, Fairfax Harrison, ]. s. Cunningham,
M. f. Ingalls,, ID. w. Kittredge, Oscar G..
Murray, George w. Perkins, William Cot
ter and Norman B. Ream
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
DR.. a. L. Holiday,

The funeral services over the re-
mains of Dr. A L. Holiday, who died
yesterday at the home of his son, DR..
w. II. Holiday, at Fairview, were held
this afternoon at o'clock at the Fair
view Methodist church. the Rev. M. R.
McNutt officiating. DR.. Holiday was
10 years old, and had lived in Albert
vile for more than 80 years. where he
practiced his profession. Recently he
came to Ensley, where he was being
treated by his son, DR.. w. II. Holiday.
The deceased had been in i'll health for
some time. and the end was not alto
gether unexpected. Interment was made
at Oakland
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Statistics of EnsIey Industries.

Alexander Helper of Baltimore. rep
resentative of the Manufacturers
Record, was in the city today in the
interest of his paper and to gather
statistics of the various plants and
industries of Ensley and vicinity. He
interviewed J. M. Perkins, president of
the Ensley Commercial club. as to the
general conditions industrially and 9TH
erwise, and spoke highly of the SPLEEN
did Industries of Ensley and her future
prospects.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
BurqIars' Efforts FruitIess.

Dynamite was used unnecessarily on
the safe at the Southern depot at
Fruithurst last Sunday morning early,
as the safe contained no valuables and
was not locked. No trace of the burg
lars has been found yet, bul sure
enough Bertillion measurement was
secured by one of the men turning
over a bottle of ink in his operations
and leaving a foot print 10 inches long
when he stepped In 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Fish Out of the Game.

Cambridge, Mass, November 16.-Cap-
tain Fish was again absent from the
lineup of the Harvard football team dur
ing the two hours of practice in the
stadium today. While the medical at
tendant of the team states that Cap
tain F1sh's condition is not serious, the
undergraduate body is somewhat uneasy
because of rumors that the captains
playing ability has been impaired.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
FOUGHT Death to a Finish.

Richmond, Ind. November 16.-At the
close of big celebration in honor of
the one hundredth anniversary of his
birth, John Fletcher Medaris of GREEN'S
Fork, small town near here, died late
today. Medaris all but collapsed early
in the day, but by his grim determine
ton lived until the programme in his
honor had been carried out. 1t was his
expressed wish to live for the celebra-
ton. Medaris has been citizen of
Wayne county for so years. He was
born in North Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Charged With Daughters Death.

Washington November 1.-THE police
tonight arrested Edna Carver, mother of
the 12-year-old colored girl who was found
dead with her head severed near the
District Line in Maryland last week.
The police believe she is responsible for
her daughters death. Raymond Carver,
father of the dead girl. is also under ar
rest as a witness. They claim to know
absolutely nothing about the murder.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Amenders to Have Parade.

A mass meeting is to be held at
Weaver, a few miles north of here,
Wednesday in the interest of the pro-
posed constitutional amendment A par
ade has been arranged for, which will
take in Four Mile and Antioch school
house. and which will leave Weaver at
the close of the meeting there. Arriv-
ing at Antioch school house about
o clock the paraders will be served with
lunch and then a general mass meeting
will be held. A brass band and glee
club will amuse the crowd at intervals
and speeches will probably be made, no
information along this line having been
given out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Quarterly Conference.

The fourth quarterly conference of
the Bessember district of the Methodist
church will be held Thursday at the
Methodist tabernacle in Ensley, the
Rev. r. w. Brandon, presiding elder In
charge. The meeting will be an i'm
portant one. as the final reports pre-
vious to the meeting of the general
conference which convenes in Decem-
Der will be received.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
PENNSYLVANIA Orders FREIGHT Cars.

Philadelphia, November 16-By orders
placed here today the Pennsylvania rail-
road will add 10000 freight cars to it's
rolling stock. These orders are in addition
to the orders for the regular requirements
on the 1909 and 1910 schedules for which
5000 cars had already been ordered since
the first of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Predestlnarians Play To-day.

The football game between the Pre-
destinarians and Selma Military institute
here tomorrow promises to be hard
fought. as both teams are pretty evenly
matched. 1t is the second game be-
tween these teams this year. Selma hay
ing downed the local boys at Selma about
three weeks ago. Considerable change
has been made in the lineup or the
Predestinarians since then, and this, to-
gether with the hard games they have
had since, has about put the locals IN
position TO walk away with the game
With Lang back in the game at center,
and Slattery on the job at end, the
boys feel confident Of success.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Taft at the Theatre.

Washington, November 16-President
Taft made his first appearance of this
season at a Washington theatre tonight.
attending the performance of the "Old
Town" by Montgomery and Stone at the
New National When the President
entered his box he was greeted by the
audience with continued applause. The
President was accompanied by Mrs. Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
School Improvement Association.

The Wylam School Improvement as
ISOLATION will hold meeting Wednes-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Wylam school building on Powell ave-
nue.. Mrs. J. B. Arid of Birmingh am
will make an address. number of
ladies connected with the Central
School Improvement association of
Ensley will be present. The report of
Professor Duncan of the Auburn Poly
technic institute In reference to the
identifying of the school grounds will
be received and discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

ture. He explained that his position was
temporary and that his appointment came
from the revolutionists' representative in
Washington. instead of from his chiefs
in Nicaragua Mr.. Vigil said the pur-
pose of his appointment was ITO expose
in Mexico the methods of the government
of President Zelaya and to do away with
the impression that the revolution was pa
tronized by the United States"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Thread of the Story Club.

The Thread of the Story club will
meet Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
with Mrs J. Moog on Avenue G and
Eighteenth street; new book will
be commenced, The Dawn of To-
morrow" by Mrs. Frances Hodgeson
Burnett. All members are requested to
attend
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Good Prices for Tobacco.

Lynchburg November 16-The first sale
of Burnley tobacco on this market oc-
Cured today when 200 piles were sold on
an average of nearly S15. with maximum
price of s24 per hundred These are trial
crops and the experiment In the Lynch
burg district appears to have been sue
cessful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
San Antonio Auto Races.

San Antonio, November 16.-Fast time
was made today but no records were
broken in the first of San Antonio's three
days auto meet. The Stoddard finished
first in two events. piloted by De Key
nal, he being forced into the wall in
the last event, but was not injured He
entered protest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Personal and General News.

Judking from the advance sale OF seats
for the performance of Contrary Mary"
by Adelaide Thurston, at the new Noble
street theatre tomorrow night, the at
tendance will be a record breaker. Box
parties are beirg planned by the social
set, and the audience promises 10 Do
a most brilliant one. The nnlshing
touches have bean put to the new pullh-
ing and altogether 1t justifies the name
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Mission of NIcarauuan.

Mexico City, November 16.-Francisco
Vigil, who has been appointed as the rep
resentative of the Nicaraguan revolution
lists for the Mexican republic, said tonight
that his office is not Of a diplomatic ma
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
PILES cuBrD i've TO DAYS

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure
any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or
Protruding Piles in to IA days or
money refunded. Sec.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24
What the Statute did not Say.

When Benjamin F. Butler lived in
Lowell, Massachusetts, he had lit
tie black-and-tan dog. One morning
as he was coming down the street
followed by the dog, policeman
stopped him and told him that, in ac-
cordance with an ordinance just pass
ed, he must muzzle the dog.
Very WE'LL" said Butler.
Next morning he came along with
the dog, and the policeman again told
him of the muzzling ordinance and
requested him to muzzle the dog.
"Al1 right" snorted Butler. at
is fool ordinance, but I'll muzzle
him. Let me pass"
Next morning the policeman was on
the lookout II beg your pardon Gen.
era1," he said, 'but I must arrest you
Your dog is not muzzled."
Not muzzled shouted Butler mot
muzzled ? Well look at him"
The policeman looked more care
fully at the dog and found tiny toy
muzzle tied to its tail.
General" he expostulated, this
dog is not properly muzzled."
Eyes, he is, sir" asserted Butler
eyes he is. / have examined thai
idiotic statute and / find it says thai
every dog must wear a muzzle. Il
doesn't say where the dog shall weal
muzzle,. and choose to decorate ths
tail Of my dog instead of the head witt
this Internal contraption."
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24
INSURGENTS SEE IN CANNON
SPEECH WAR DECLARATION.
Senator Cummins to Take up the Gage
of Battle in Iowa Campaign.

The fight for control of the Middle
West between the two factions of the
Republican party is on.
Speaker Cannon's speech at Kansas
City on November 2S, In which he first
disclaimed purpose to read the Re
publican mid Western insurgents out
of the party, later extended to them a
vigorous invitation to get out, and
finally wound up by declaring that
they would have to be fought just as
Bryan must be fougAt, is accepted as
the definite taking up of the gauge OF
battle. The situation brought about,
in view of the Kansas City speech,
may fairly be described as sensational.
''I do not intend TO carry on this
discussion through interviews" said
Senator Cummins, recognized leader
of Middle Western progressives and
net aversion of Speaker Cannon. "At
the proper time and in the proper way
I shall have something to say"
The Senator proceeded to make
clear that he stands just where he has
heretofore announced that he stood; !;
he will, in his home State of Iowa,
make the fight for the nomination OF
progressive Republicans for Congress
in every district the coming year.
That the same contest will be made
throughout the whole West is the ex-
pectation and the understanding OF
ali the progressive leaders. They
characterize the Cannon speech OF
last night as the noblest and most
open pronouncement of rule or ruin
policy that has yet come from him.
Some public men venture the opln-
ion that the Cannon speeches, appar-
emily designed to embitter both sides
of the factionaI line, Will have the ef-
feet of putting an end to all hope Oh
legislative accomplishment. Senator
Cummins inclined to the other view,
suggesting the possibility that Speak
er Cannon and the other representa-
tives of his type of thought, IN Dotn
House and Senate, are just now sedu-
ousIy endeavoring to interpose the
President between themselves and the
wrath of the people. IN the line OF
that effort they may find it the part
of good policy to assist in getting fair
consideration for the Presidents pro-
gramme.
One amazing development of the re-
cent political discussion is the BELIEF
in some quarters which are commonly
supposed to be in touch with admins
tration sentiment that it is going to
be necessary for the administration
presently to give up hope of the Mid
die West and to turn to the South IN
the hope of recouping, with gains from
the Democracy there, the losses in the
West
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24
What Roosevelt Has Not Bagged.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt has arrived
The Colonel always arrives. But this
time he has arrived at Nairob1, has
arrived safe and sound, after one OF
the greatest hunts since Nimrod used
to range UP and down the hill country
shooting rabbits and squirrels. He
brings with him 6,683 specimens
you don't believe it, count 'em your
self-all killed by his own hand with
out other weapons or assistance eX-
cept 5 scientists, 215 negroes, Cat
ling guns, 2 cannons, 300 rifles, a gross
of pistols, pike, II razors belonging
to the African auxiliary force), one
big stick and Kermit.
While he only smiles knowingly
and will not boast of his exploits, his
friends feel certain that he has fought
tigers hand to hand; wrestled with
elephants and thrown them with the
jiu-jitsu clutch, and has roped lions
and branded them by the herd with the
flank-mark "T. R." The whole world
has looked on with admiring eyes,
while all Africa has jumped at every
crack of the gun. You would think
that would be glory enough for any
man, especially when he knows that
miles of giraffes, hippopotami, gnus,
zebras and leopards will be erected in
his memory at the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. But not so. The ambitious
man is never satisfied; "and Brutus
hath told you that he was ambitious" "
There is sorrow in the Roosevelt
camp because he has failed to bag a
bongo (or a giant pig, because he has
found no specimen of the kirkkakdik
or the kirumbo bird with its coral
plumes and green goggles, or the
guyascutus, which has eyes that shine
like diamonds and a real radium tail.
They have left brave Major Mearns
behind to hunt the pambafu and the
wood buffin, whose Sunday name is
Keldopiensis Africanus. Also there ia
missing that dear old friend Of human
ity, the Bartickiensis Africanus, which
we are given to understand flies with
its feet and travels with mouth-pow-
er.
The failure to bag the bongo, or
giant pig, is not surprising. Looking
over the Roosevelt administration col
lection of specimens we feel that he al
so overlooked few things in his great
broadside firing in this country. We
fail to find one single specimen Of the
Trutsus Americanus killed by the
Roosevelt rife. Not a single Rail
roadius Mergiensis is in the line; not
one Malefactor Opulentiu Magnus
Even the Aldrichus Major, at which
he fired so many times, and the JOSEPH
G. Cannonicuss are still as lively as
ever, cavorting around in the big
woods. They look back at the last
administration with win and ex.
claim, "He never touched me-" AL
these are varieties of the bongo, OF
related to it, and are so greedy thai
they eat everything that comes in theil
way. Roosevelt's bad luck with gian'
pigs in this country is duplicated by
his experience in Africa.-From Bal
timore Sun.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24

John Moser, IL years old, son OF
George Moser, of MiddletoWn, was
badly injured by the accidental DIS
charge of a shotgun Saturday.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24
The Woman with the Serpent's Ton.

que.
Mr.. William Watson, the English
poet who is visiting this country, in
his recent volume entitled New
Poems" included one called "The
Woman with the Serpent's Tongue y
1t is pretty severe and according to a
recent statement, attributed to him, it
was intended as a pen portrait of the
physical characteristics of Mrs. As
quith, wife Of the British Premier, and
the mentality Of her step-daughter
Violet. Other reports state that Mr..
Watson denies this. The poem how
ever has excited much comment and
subjected its author to invitations to
fight and harsh criticism, and we
publish it for the benefit of those who
may not have read it.
She is not old, she is not young,
The Woman with Serpent's Tongue.
The haggard cheek, the hungering
Eye,
The poisoned words that wildly fly,
The famished face, the fevered hand
Who Sights the worthiest in the land
Sneers at the just, contemns the brave
And blackens goodness In its grave.
In truthful numbers be she sung,
The woman with the Serpent's Tongue
Concerning whom, Fame hints al
things
Told but in shrugs and whisperings :
Ambitious from her natural hour,
And scheming all her life for power
With little left of seemly pride;
With Venomed fangs she cannot hide;
Who half makes love to you today,
Tomorrow gives her guest away.
Burnt up within by the strange SOU
She cannot slake, or yet control
Malignant-lipp'd unkind, unsweet;
Past all example indiscreet;
Hectic, and always overstrung-
The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue
To think that such as she can mar
Names that among the noblest are
That hands like hers can touch the
springs
That move who knows what men ani
things !?
That on her will their fates have
| hung =
The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24
All is Vanity

Sentimentalist-" -"And is that the
pretty little pig / saw frolicking be-
fore my window yesterday -
= Yes, miss
SentimentaIist-"A Alas, such is hui
man life !"-Fi Fiiegende BIaetter.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24
WINNER WORLDS RICHEST.
Either Jeffries or Johnson Will Get
$4,000 an Hour While Fighting
Beats Johnnie Rockefeller.

The winner of the Jeffries-J ohnson
fight, says the Philadelphia Inquirer,
will receive a larger income for the
three hours spent in the contest-as-
suming that the fight lasts forty-five
rounds of three minutes each, with a
rest of one minute between rounds
than that of any man in the world for
similar period. Calculations do not
include the rich profits that will ac-
crue from the moving picture conces-
sions. The winners hourly profit will
compare as follows with other hourly
incomes:
Nor,oo v,,~ h ,,,~
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24
Might hare Missed the Last.

"I suppose you have read Shakes
peare's works 2" said the youne niaA
from the East. g.&.-- r.,4s
'sYes, all OF them" repneu M,sS : - -
Of st. Louis, s'that Is, unless NC nas
written something WITHIN tug pas'
year" Chicago News.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24
Satin,s Wiles.

Nov, Willie, you know I told you
not to go swimming, and yet you nave
been in the water"
Il know it, ma, but Satan Tempted
me-
.And why did you not tell Satan TO
get behind you p rs
II did and he kicked me IN. -Juuse'
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24


wealthiest farmers of Camilla, Ca,
ten miles southwest of here Saturday
afternoon when he caught the fleeing
couple. Leaving his body in the road,
Huey and Miss Sellers, it is alleged,
went on, driving rapidly in a buggy,
intending to complete the elopement
with wedding.
Bessie Cahill, of Pittsburg, Pa, still
In short dresses, is under $500 bail as
the leader of a band of robbers. She
is accused of having instigated large
number of thefts, some of large
amounts, by number of boys, whom
she gathered about her. Five of the
boys are in Jail and warrants have
been issued for nine others. The girl
refused to speak when questioned, but
the five boys, each about 16 years of
age, blamed her for their troubles.
Considering his age, the recovery OF
George Morey, of Norwalk, Ohio, aged
81 years, from a broken neck, is re-
garded by physicians as one of the
most remarkable incidents of surgical
history. Morey is a farmer living
near Norwalk, and has been noted for
his unusual activity. A month ago he
was thrown against the side of his
barn while pushing heavy wagon
into the structure and his neck was
broken at the second and third ver-
tebrae.
Seven robbers who blew open the
safe of Athoi, (Mass.) postofice early
Saturday after overpowering and
binding two men, one a town police
man, secured only about $500 In cash
and stamps worth from $500 to 5000
The burglars had evidently laid theil
plans carefully, and that they were
desperate men was indicated by the
boldness with which they seized Nigh
Policeman Frank w. Bannon ant
| locked him up in the town polict
station after having relieved him O
his revolver.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24

Clarence Snyder, foreman OF the
Baltimore and Ohio steel car repair
plant at Cumberland, who was accl-
dentally shot in the abdomen Dy
Walter Reed, died Saturday morning
at the Western Maryland Hospital.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-24
FINANCES.
FINANCES.
STATE DEPOSITORY

Does a General Banking Business.
Has been in continuous existence, for
90 years; has declared 184 semi
annual dividends.