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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-10-07

souri, where he has been attending
a conference of the Mennonite church.
Mr.. Vesper OF Fairview was a cal
Ter in our neighborhood last Monday.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-10-07

Doubled in last five years and will more
than double in the next five years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
MILITARY MUSTER
 THURSDAY NIGHT
OFFICERS WERE ELECTED AT MONTHLY MEETING OF JEFFER- SON COUNTY NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION YESTERDAY.

The regular monthly meeting of the Jefferson County National Guard asso- citation was held yesterday afternoon in the armory at the city hall. The meet ing was one of the largest of the year, the full attendance of the association be- ing attributed to the fact that yester- day was the regular day for the election Of officers for the ensuing year.
 Capt. J. B. Scully of Company A. Third Infantry, was elected president; Lieut.. w. D. Hooper of the Third battalion, Sec ond infantry. was elected vice presi- dent, and Lieut.. Ed l.. Anderson of Battery D, First artillery, was elected secretary-treasurer.
 The National Guard association also took up the matter of the regular month ly muster and decided on next Thursday night as the date for the occasion this month. The coming battalion drill will undoubtedly be the largest ever held i1 Birmingham. The association has ex- tended to Colonel Berry an invitation to have the Howard college cadets par ticipate in the drill and if the invitation is accepted, as it probably will be, about 150 soldiers will be added to the pa rade, making a total of about 300 men who will participate.
 The drill will be conducted by Maj. Carl Seals in command and Lieut.. w. E. Hooper as adiutant The military will form in line in front of the city hall at S:9O o'clock Thursday night, and, headed by band, will parade through the prin- cipal streets of the city, finally assem- bling under the arcade on Third ave- nue to hold the maneuver, the like of which were so popular last summer. Com panfes A, G and B, Battery D and Troop D and probably the Howard college ca dets will take part.
 "The History of the Jefferson County National Guard" a handsomely gotten up magazine issued by the association has gone to press and will be on sale al | the news stands in a few days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
Birmingham as Easing Point.

To tie Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Your correspondent at Decatur recently sent you an item from that city which you published that places mer fin an erro- neous light before the public and which l desire to correct.
 The item in question purported to be in part an interview from me in which the impression was, created that I was contemplating withdrawing my activities here and giving them to Decatur, when nothing that could justify any such in- ference was ever said or even thought of by me.
 I may say that prior to my taking up the enterprise with which I am iden- tlhed here l made a proposition to De- catur to handle some real estate there because I recognized the many advan- tages that Decatur really possesses for greater development but that proposi- tion was so long delayed and hedged around with so much red tape by the New York owners of the property that l took up the one here and have given that my undivided energies ever since. l may not live long enough to see the full fruition of that enterprise which, from it's inception. I foresaw was des- tined to prove of great value to Bir- mingham, and I am pleased to hand you herewith, MT. Editor. a letter which shows just how I have been fulfilling some promises made in Birmingham's be- half.
 leave it with you to give any DOT tion of that letter to the public If you wish, but as it Is in a direction that promises to open the doors to immense lie can feel assured that Birmingham's future Is all that I or any one else has predicted for 1t. N. F. THOMPSON.
 Birmingham, May g. 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
]. C. TURNER HURT
 IN AUTO ACCIDENT
AL TOMOBlLE DEALER THROWN FROM CAR ON MOUNT PlNSON RoAD-cAR STRIKES POST BUT I5 NOT DAMAGED.

J. c. Turner, automobile dealer. suffered a severe dsocation of the right shoul- der yesterday afternoon when thrown from his automobile while riding out the Mount Pinson road. He was hurried back to town in the car and his in iuries treated by Dr. James E. Dedman. He is at his residence and while his injuries are extremely painful they are not regarded as serious.
 Several persons were in the machine, MT. Turner being on the front seat next to the young man at the wheel. He was preparing to exchange places with the chauffeur and the machine was run ming at slow speed. The chauffeur re- leased his hold on the steering wheel thinking MT. Turner had grip on 1t. MT. Turner did not, however. and with out A controlling hand the machine veered to the side of the road and ran into a pole.
 MT. Turner was standing at the time and the force of the collision while not strong enough to hurt the machine sent him sailing through the air. He landed heavily on his shoulder and was stunned for a moment It was thought at first that he was hurt a great deal worse than he really was.
 The machine was only slightly scratched and after being drawn away from the pole was reversed, MT. Turner placed in it and taken to his home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
Ramsey Class Ranquer.

The Ramsey class for young men at the First Methodist church will give a ban uuet tomorrow night and the toasts and speakers will be as follows:
 Postmaster J. E. Ramsey.
 ''The Birmingham Ramsey Class, J. V Hewitt
 'The Chattanooga Ramsey Class" c c. Breeden.
 "Winning Men for Service J. J. Rog- CTS.
 'The Young Mans Opportunity" L. M. Thomas.
 "Our Sweethearts," Dr. H. T. Hef1in. "The Gospel of Good Fellowship" Hugh Locke.
 ."The Boy from the Country" the Rev L. C. Branscomb.
 "Right Ideals" Judge s. D. Weak ley.
 IA Greater Better Birmingham" Gen Rufus N. Rhodes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Mrs. Eddy and Christian Science.
) the Editor of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 My attention has today been called to a report in one of your issues of the re- marks of an evangelist concerning Mrs Eddy and Christian Science, and l beg your courteous permission to set forth the naccuracy of some things which he claims concerning thls religion. The charge that Christian Science is plagiarized from Hin duism is similar to many other charges along that line, but saying a thing is not proving it. He states that Hinduism is 4000 years old, Appleton's Universal Cy- clopedia states that Hinduism is "a com paratively modern development through Brahamanism and Buddhism influenced by non-Aryan nations, of the primitive nature-worship of the earliest Aryan settlers" From this we should judge Hinduism to be a mass of mixed notions, some ancient, some of recent development In many religions of the human race are found glimpses of a high and spiritual conception of God. This fact is encour- aging to the hope that eventually we shall "all come fin the unity of faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man." as the Apostle Paul expresses the thought Mankind always needs a correct knowledge of God and His Christ In ule historical and prophet ic writings of the Hebrews we can trace the growth of a higher and purer concept of Deity, away from the worship of personi1ed forces of nature. Jesus Christ, who icame not to destroy the law and the prophets, but to fulfill" de- clared unmistakably that God Is Spirit, and His teachings offended the rabinical authorities offhat day Christian Science Is simply making plain the teachings of Christ Jesus. The term personality Is so favored with our human sense of a per- son that it tends to confusion when ap- piled to God. Hence Mrs. Eddy says on page 18 of Science and Health, tIf the term personality, as applied to God, means infinite personality, then God is infinite person, fin the sense of infinite person. ality, but not in the lower sense" The idea of physicality which the lower sense of personality suggests needs to be disso- ciated from our thought of God if we would "know Him aright," as Jesus en- joined.
 The statement that Christian Science puts Mrs. Eddy on an equality with Christ is entirely incorrect. there being not the slightest basis for such an asser- tion Christian Science teaches unmis- takably that there is but one Christ and Mrs. Eddy speaks of herself as "a willing disciple at the heavenly gate"
 When we recall the description in Acts of the baptism of the Holy Ghost received by the disciples in the r'upper chamber" we must perceive, even if faintly, that it signified the illumination of their minds with better understand ing of God than they had before. This clearer apprehension of the divine nature enriches and enlarges the human capaci- ties, and we see this to have been the case with the disciples. No better wish for our critic or for ourselves can be made than to be prepared to receive this baptism through right or scientific think ing and living. IDA HODNETT.
 Mobile, May ', 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
COPELAND HAS
 FOOT MASHED
Bessemer Man Falls from Steps of Train at Garden
 City.

F. w. Copeland of Bessemer had his right foot badly mashed by a Louisville and Nashville train at Garden City late Saturday night He was brought to Bir- mingham yesterday morning, the train being met by the Green Undertaking company's ambulance and the injured man was removed to the Hlllman hos pita1.
 Copeland was on his way to Blounts- vile, going by way of Garden City. He stepped out of the car upon the car platform and was either thrown or fell down the steps. As he fell his feet be- came entangled with his suitcase, caus- ing him to fall to the ground along side the track.
 His right foot fell partially on the rail and the car wheels passed over a part of 1t. The sole of the shoe, how ever, was ground up and drawing the shoe squeezed his foot badly. At the hospital last night his condition was re- ported as being good and it Is not thought that it will be necessary to amputate the member.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
Graduation Exercises Are Conducted d at Eleventh Avenue Sunday School.

The annual promotion and gradua- tion exercises were held yesterday morning at the Eleventh Avenue Meth odist Sunday school. Some S6 young people comprised the junior classes and 10 of the primary class were awarded certificates Miss Mary N. Moore of the Athens Female college delivered an address which was greatly enjoyed The following interesting programme was carried out:
 Song-School.
 Devotional-Rev. Keener Matthews
 "The First Children's Day"-Mar- garet Reilly.
 Music Happy Graduation Day. Primary department.
 Beginners Promotion-Miss Kate Simpson, superintendent.
 Primary exercises:
 Solo, selected-Mr. Shoot.
 Address-Miss Mary Moore.
 Primary diplomas conferred.
 Junior exercises:
 "Welcome to Primaries"-Mary George Carpenter.
 Song, "The Christian Flag"-Mary Powers. Susie Perry. Selma Robinson.
 Apostles Creed"-Certificate chill dren.
 eatitudes'-Junior graduates. Junior certificates and diplomas con- ferred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10

would be about equally served. It would remove the 'wart on Birminghams nose and she would look better.
 Birmingham Is so great so powerful, and so rich that she can and must look out and beyond her present limits to- ward a greater and mightier scope for this wonderful city Thus far shalt thou grow and no farther will not fit Birming- h5an The jail and courthouse right in the center of q splendid city never can be an admirable sight for even the most craven fancy, no matter if it Is ten or twenty stories high, neither will it add to the beauty or business of Birming- ham.
 The jail and courthouse on the present site may be very convenient for us who live near by but this is county af- fair. Convenience Is all right, but It should apply to the greatest number of the citizens of Jefferson county and not particularly to the city of Birmingham. or course 1t would be great to look LID to a tall building from our veranda at home and point to the sl1yscraper and say to our family and friends. that's where our hangings are done: isn't 1t beautifulY and that tall building is the home of hundreds of miserable culprits'
 T hate to see our office buildings im- itated by an enterprise like that. Let every skyscraper here be a bee hive of commerce and profitable business inter- estS. blrHllnsham does not need jail office building, 1t would make all the nice buildings look like half f-brothers or first cousins to it. Don't put the place of hanging and misery right in the faces Of an otherwise cheerful citizenship The sight would not indicate prosperity or proprietv.
 'The city of Birmingham does not own the courthouse. but Jefferson county does. I would like to see the ear buncle' squeezed clean out, not squeezed up little. and it never will get well till 1t is squeezed clean out. When Besse- mer wanted a courthouse the people at this end generally objected. Pratt City hasn't asked for. it. neither has Ensley. but these good people have as much right to have the jail and courthouse within convenient reach as we. Birmingham can't and wont lose anything by favoring convenient location of these build ings for all these towns besides they are entitled to equal convenience as near as practicable, as citizens of the county. It would bring about a kind of fellow feeling and show that unselfish and friendly spirit of Greatest Birmingham.
 Let Birmingham tote fair with her | little brothers and sisters and they will love her all the more. It's all in the family. anyway, and nobody is mad, so let's quit pouting. We. would have no magnificent Terminal station If we had insisted that it be built on the old site or in somebody's back yard and we will probably not have a suitable or adequate courthouse and jail If we insist on squeez- ing 1t up. Squeezing it clean out is the only cure, and accommodate the bal ance of the Jefferson county family at | the same time. That's a 'Fairview to take of it. I think. J. s. HEAD.
 Birmingham, May 8. 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
Waking a Model City
JOSEPH BABE Secretary Birmingham Chamber Commerce.

'1O. To map a physically perfect Boston.
 '11 Establish neighborhood centers.
 '12 Regular courses of lectures in these.
 '13 Broaden public library branches.
 '14 Increase knowledge by picture and lecture
 "l5. Have more music in the public centers.
 ZIG. Pension plan for incapacitated workers.
 Still further to show how the plan pro- poses to map out the work, assigning cer- tain parts of it to the next few months, and certain other parts to the period be- tween 1910 and 1915, We select a single broad and brief exposition of one of the 16 propositions-No D:
 Fifth, by 1910 to secure a broad-minded consideration by and with it's employers and employees of their relations; happier and better conditions here for both the workers themselves and their wives and children than anywhere else in the world, to the enc that by 1915 all Boston shall be busy in peace and prosperity, and lead ing in the solution of this great prob lem'
 The Outlook comments, "rhe other great cities will watch with profound interest this novel and comprehensive movement. If carried out successfully it will be splendid example of conscious civic foresight
 Birmingham Is destined to be a great city. Those who live here now have a rare privilege in the opportunity accord ed them to establish standards of civic virtue; to stimulate municipal progress, and to promote and direct the material and ethical development of the city Much progress has been made along these lines in recent years, but to get the best re- suits we need the coordination of all the agencies that work for betterment. In addition we need a comprehensive plan and a systematic adherence thereto. We have men of broad vision fin Bir- mingham. We need their counsel and suggestion. We have as body of citizens remarkable for their energy, their indus try and their loyalty to Birmingham. We need their constant corporations. There are many organizations of men and wom- en here of power and influence. They must be united under the gonfalon For Birmingham" We can make Birmingham a model of cities, the pride of America and the wonder of all men. We will never be the biggest city on the globe. but we | can he the best, and that will be big 1 enough.
 | If the individual and collective forces of Birmingham work together for the l common good 1t will not be long before the city is rightfully entitled to the in- signium, "The Best Place in the World to Live" Is 1t not worth the effort ? Let Birmingham have her plan as well as Boston, but let 1t be a better and a broader plan. It Is a race worth run ming. The prize to be won Is worth the winning. All together for Birmingham, 'The Best Place Tn the World to Live"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10

Tn addition to the promotion directly of the material growth of Birmingham, the Commercial club should be a factor In making the city the best place in the world to live. Birmingham has an op- portunity for civic development and beauty that few other ecities enjoy. 1t is new. It is in the formative, state. The foundation for improvement should be laid now'
 The above is a suggestion quoted ap- provlngly by MT John L. Kaul in his inaugural address to the Commercial club one year ago. To Make Birmingham the Best Place in the World to Live" is an inspiring slogan. It is a call for action. Probably Boston never heard of the sug- gestion, but Boston nevertheless has very recently adopted a similar one The watch word there is Boston, 1915, the Finest City in the World
 The Outlook in it's current issue set forth the Boston movement as follows
 "Concretely. It is proposed to plan out all improvement and development pos sible of execution in the next six years, to work on the selected lines with the date 1915 in mind, and at that time to have a kind of taking of what has actually been accomplished. At a great public meeting held to discuss the pro- ject, the presiding officer Mir Edward A. Filene, declared his belief that the growth and welfare of the city could be immeasurably helped by co-ordination and planning ahead. Cities he said, in the past have grown unguided. But a change has come in the world. Cities are being planned now. And why not? It is not proposed to invent much new ma- chinery; Boston has numerous agencies for good; but to coordinate these agen- cles, to get individual men and women and even children-to engage themselves to work practically, to give definite hours and days, to do each an assigned share all for the better Boston of 1915. Thus, said MT. Filene, the chamber of com merce, the Boston Merchants association, all the citizens associations, all the schools and churches and theatres and libraries, shall have their part, and each shall have the help of all the others when needed. Already outline plan has been formulated, and as it may well serve as suggestion for other cities, and as 1t also expresses practically the Boston 1915 idea. we give 1t here in its most condensed form:
 '1. Expert accounting of city finances. "2 To understand waste and losses.
 "3l To have the best public health body.
 A Careful accounting of human re- sources.
 g. Better relations between city and employees.
 ''6. Extend present. introduce new en- terprises.
 ''7. Study and better New England as a whole.
 "8. Organize great system of public education.
 '9 Intelligent system of transportation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
SON WASBORN YESTERDAI
 70 JUDGE AND MRS. GR UBB

Judge W. ]. Grubb's good fortune ap- pears to be coming to him in clusters these days. In other words. "Everything comes to him who waitsa It has not been so long ago since the modest young attorney was struggling along in Birming- nam to make a living, but it was only little later that he began to have an income which was probably second to none among attorneys in Alabama
 Saturday his ability and fitness were recognized by President Taft, who sent his name to the Senate as judge of the federal court of the Northern district of Alabama, one of the most responsible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
WANTED TO LYNCH
 NEGRO AT LEEDS
CROWD ASSEMBLED WHEN RE- PORT SPREAD THAT JEESE PITTS HAD iNSULTED WELL KNOWN YOUNG LADY.

The lynching of negro named Jesse yesterday morning by the coolness and presence of mind of Deputy Sheriff Lee Higdon, who went to Leeds to get the negro, who was charged with burglary and attempted criminal assault
 Yesterday morning shortly after i o'clock negro entered the home of s. w. Spruell at Leeds and grossly insulted the daughter of MT. Spruell, a promi- nent and highly respected farmer. The negro, 1t seems, broke into the house and entered the room of Miss Spruell, a young woman about IS years old. The young lady was awakened by the noise made by the negro and when she saw him standing at her bedside she screamed. Her father was attracted by the screams but the negro was gone before MT Spruell entered the room.
 Pitts, 1t seems, is one of MT. Spruell' 8 tenants and was well known by the young lady. From the description given by Miss Epruell the father suspected Pitts and went to his house, where he found the negro awake. He immediately iidu d wal dil SWIM out 1ot IltlS dIlO the negro was arrested.
 The news of the occurrence spread over the adjoining country rapidly and 1t is stated that yesterday morning white men from all parts of the Leeds vicinity as- ~sembled about the spruell home, some of them coming several miles.
 Deputy Sheriff Lee Higdon left Bir- mingham on an early train to go after Pitts and when he reached Leeds he found the feeling there at high pitch. He immediately took possession of the negro and when he started for the train to come back to Birmingham there were indications that a lynching was being planned. When the deputy made a move to get on the train the crowd of men assembled at the railroad surrounded and started toward him. Deputy Higdon, fearing violence to his prisoner, drew his revolver and instructed the men to stand back, stating that he would fire on any one who attempted to approach him.
 The negro was landed safely in the county jail, where he is being detained without hail on two charges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
RACES AT HOT SPRINGS.
Bill May Go By Default In Arkansas
 Legislature.

Little Rock May 9.-Unless resolu- tion extending the present session of tba Arkansas legislature is adopted by that body, little hope is held out Tor the passage of the bill re-estabpshing races at Hot Springs. Some prominent mem bers of the legislature believe that noth- ing will be done with the bill even if the session is extended, as the house has shied at the racing bill from fear of a long fight, and many local bills and more important matters will have to be taken up in the final days of the session. The bill passed the senate and has been read once in the house. The friends of the bill state they will con- tinue the fight until the last minute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10
Malestic-VaudevilIe.

"The Gypsy Wayfarers," the biggest single act of the season, is one of the Majestic features this week, commence ing with the matinee today and the performance tonight. There are eight singers of note in the caste. Another feature is Miss Alice Mortlock and company in "Billy's Girl" There is a Japanese actor, speaking an English part, in the caste, which will be dis tinct novelty. The other acts are the Musical Benntts. Valveno and Tresk gymnasts; Miss Coy de Trickey, black face minstrel girl; Douglas and Doug las, "The Clown and The Lady," and Claude Thardo, singer.