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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23
FIRELESS COOKER
We Want Your Calfskins
Will soon be here. We have

Beef Hides, Horse Hides, Sheep Pelts,
Tallow, Bones, etc., and will pay you
outside prices therefor. We pay spot
cash; we pay the freight; we pay full
market value. We want to arrange
with someone in every village where
we have no agent, to collect the above
named goods for us and to sell Pages
Perfected Poultry Food and other
poultry supplies. We furnish money
with which to buy and we keep our
buyers thoroughly posted at all times
as to market values. Write for full
particulars.
CARROLL S. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-23
WEST CHARLESTON.

Harold Mcnamara is sick.
Mrs. John Shedd. who was very sick
last week, is improving.
J. G. Turnbull of Orleans was in
town Monday on business. n
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton Wilson visited
his daughter in Barton recently.
Capt. Randall of Island Pond was a
guest of P. Pickel Thursday.
The Mothers club realized a little
over 81 at their ice cream sale Friday
evening. ,
DIR. Kendrick was called to Albany
Sunday because of the death of q
brother.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
BIG BLIND TIGER
IN BANKRUPTCY
A. P. Sims of Natchez Will Go
Out of Business
FILTRATION FOR WATER
People of jackson Complain Of City
Water Because it Gets Muddy and
Want Steps Taken to REM
edy the Matter.
FILTRATION FOR WATER

Jackson. Miss, August 20.-(Special)-
Attorneys representing the creditors of A.
P. Sims of Natchez have filed petition
in bankruptcy in the federal court here.
The principal creditors are Britton &
Koontz, Natchez bankers, and Wright &
Taylor Louisville liquor dealers, these
two claims amounting to about s25, 900 and
the total Liabilities being given as about
$4,000, while the assets are estimated at
$1,000.
Mr.. Sims came into a good deal of no.
toriety last winter when the attorney
general of the state went to Natchez and
seized several thousand dollars worth of
liquors, the property of Sims, and which
were found in the place of business of the
Sims Express company, a concern which
was incorporated in the state of Louisiana
and was doing business in Mississippi
without having filed its charter for record
In this state. In fact the state of Mis-
sissippi had declined and refused to ap-
prove the charter of the express COM
pany. That litigation cost Sims several
aousand dollars. and put him out of the
Snor business, but he goes down in his
NJ as the biggest blind tiger with which
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
NEGRO BUSINESS
LEAGUE MEETING
Stormy Session Is Prevented
By Booker I. Washington
A PLEA FOR MORALITY
Choice of Next Meeting Place is Left
to Executive Committee and
Convention Reflects its
Former Officials.

Louisville, KY, August 2O.-Morality
and women of the black race was earn
estly pleaded for by speakers at the
closing sessions In this city today of the
National Negro Business league. For a
time a storm seemed impending, when
George L. Knox of Indianapolis, Ind, in
quired why a negress in a northern city
should not be as safe on the street as a
representative from Helena, Ark, had de-
clared a white woman to be in that city
Resulting excitement was quelled only by
the influence which Booker T. Washing
ton, who was in the chair, wields over
his people. Hundreds of delegates, desir-
ing to avoid any reference to the crime
which they declared had done more to in
fluence the public against the negro than
any other thing, raised a disturbance
that drowned out the interrogations of the
indianapolis speaker. Finally DR.. Wash
ington ruled that the discussion was out
of order and quiet was restored.
The convention today left the choice
of the next meeting place to the execu-
tive committee and reelected its former
official personnel, of which Booker T.
Washington is at the head. with but
three exceptions.
The new men are:
Scipio Jones of Little Rock. Ark, fourth
vice president; w. c. Gordan of ST.
Louis, Mo-, fifth vice president, and j. c.
Thomas of New York, executive COM
mitteeman.
1t was announced today that a school
to train negro girls as domestics will be
opened in Washington. %. c.
The league passed resolutions thanking
railroad fremans strike in Georgia, the
United States government for sending a
committee to Liberia and asked all news
papers to grant work of negro leagues
impartial publicity.
The National Negro Bankers associa-
ton, affiliated with the National Negro
Business league, concluded It's labors
yesterday by electing the following Off
GERS: w. r. Pettiford, Birmingham, Ala,
president; W e. Nealleson, vicksburg,
Miss. vice president; T. Clay Moore,
Nashville, Tenn. secretary; John w.
strauther. Greenville, Miss, treasurer; ].
e. Armes, Birmingham, Ala, correspond
ing secretary.
The following compose the board of di-
rectors: II. T. Healing, Nashville; R. F.
Boyd, Nashville, Tenn. P. w. Howard,
Jackson, Miss; j. G.. H. Bowman, Vicks-
burg, Miss, and w. A. Scott, Edwards,
Miss. More than 40 banks throughout
the southern states were represented at
the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
DEATH IN A STORM.
Woman Drops Dead and Many Others
Are Injured.

Pittsburg, August O.-One woman died
of fright panic occurred in a street
car which was struck by lightning, and a
house roof was ripped off while the in
habitants lay in bed during a violent
electrical storm today.
Unheralded by any antics on the part of
the barometer or any of the delicate in
struments, the storm struck Pittsburs
shortly before noon. Traffic on car lines
was suspended within ten minutes after
the rain started falling. Telephone and
telegraph lines were for the greater part
incapacitated.
Bridget 0onley fell dead after par
ticuarly vicious peal of thunder
A policeman was injured when he at
tempted to lift a live wire from car
tracks where it had been blown by the
severe gale.
The entire eastern section of the state
reported losses to farmers
The loss caused by the storm Will, II 3
said by the weather bureau, exceed s2oo'-
M
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
Basis for Corporation Tax Law.

Detroit, August 20.-After three years
throughout the United States, who are
now meeting here, today completed the
draft of proposed law to regulate the
transfer of certificates of corporation tax
The proposed law will be presented to
the various state legislatures. 1t is based
upon codification of statutes and decis-
ions prevailing in all the states. The
principal advance made over the existing
legislation Is a provision that no attach
ment or levy shall be valid upon shares
of stock for which certificate is out
standing until such certificates shall ac-
tually be seized by the officer making the
attachment or levy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
Strike is Almost Settled.

Youngstown, Ohio, August 20.-The
backbone of the steel workers strike
at the Girard mill of the A. NJ Byers
company appears to be broken. All
of the union men who went out on
strike may, with the exception Of two
workers, be taken back Monday. The
men will be paid union wages, but no
union scale will be signed. Enough
men have been obtained at the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube company plant
TO run the sheet department in which
a strike was recently declared. Off
cials say they cannot find places for
all the applicants for positions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
Porch Climber Is Caught.

Pittsburg, August 20.-Discovered
perched on the second story window
ledge Of the banking house Of Louis
Moeser & Co.. Smithfield street, short
ly after 11:30 o'clock tonight, man
giving his name to the police as
Charles Nell and his occupation as a
waiter at the Union club, was shot
down by Special OFFICER Moreno and
after sensational chase through the
downtown streets was captured in an
alley nearly mile away from inc
scene Of the shooting. ACCORDING 10
the police Nell was in the act OF fore
ing an entrance to the banking mousse.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
Taxidermist is Busy.

Washington. August 20-George B.
Turner, chief taxidermist of the Smith
sonion institution, has been recalled from
his vacation in order that prompt atten-
tion may be given to the SO skins of Afrl-
can animals that have been sent to this
city by the Roosevelt party. Mr.. Turner
will lose no time in unpacKIng these cases
and in caring for the pelts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
7,.o nrowned While swimming.

Wildwood, N. j., August zo.-in lutie
effort to save the life OF W. Brooks
Lessig, a we'll known Philadelphia law
yer with whom she was swimming in
the surf at wildwood Crest late this aft
ernoon, Miss Virginia Paul, one of the
leaders In the younger set of Philadel-
mia society, was also drowned in the
swift ocean current Miss Paul was a
daughter of Clarence Jeffries, a Penn
sylvania railroad official, and resided at
Swarthmore, Pa. She and Mrs. Lessig
were guests at the cottage of Moran c.
Paul at wildwood Crest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
FLAGS Nav Be Returned.

Columbus. O.. August 2o.-Encouraged
by their recent success in securing the re-
turn of flags captured from them by
Ohio troops in the Civil war. representa-
tives Of organizations of survivors of
Confederate organizations are continuing
their efforts in the hope of securing those
remaining in the state rooms.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21

Capt James Trip, one of the most
successful planters in this section of the
state, reports that he procured lot of
cotton seed from Georgia last spring,
very prolific variety which he thinks
should be suppressed, as it makes so
much per acre that if all farmers planted
it the price of the feecy staple would be
next TO nothing He does not doubt that
his crop will make at the rate of two
bales per acre, being loaded from top to
bottom with grown bolls. 1t was planted
on the first of June.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21

The Cumberland Telephone company
makes reports for two quarters at once
to the railroad commission, having failed
to get it's March report in till now. For
the first quarter its receipts in this state
were s276146, expenses s21S,03O, net earn
ings s54. JIG For the second quarter. re-
ceipts were 1886, 43s expenses 1919 723, net
earnings 1851 O4. For correspo ading quar-
tiers last year the net earnings of the
company were s62031 and s84.141, respec-
lively
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21

The Capital City Is rejoiced to know
that Postmaster r. o. Edwards was sue
cessful in his determination to bring the
convention of postmasters to Jackson
next year, and will see to 1t that they
have the time Of their lives. Jackson
cannot promise them any salt water bath
ing but will guarantee something just as
good.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
FOR NEW RAILWAY
Capital Will Be Furnished for
Line Into Meridian
CITIZENS WILL GIVE AID
Railway Officials Pay Visit to Merid-
ian-coIoneI Street viii intro
duce Bill on Insanity Into
the Legislature.

al.)-The head officials of the Mis-
sissippi River Western railway, new
road to run from Meridian to Natchez,
reached the city tonight accompanied
by prominent Philadelphia. Pa, cap
italist, who declares he will have no
trouble to place the securities. A ci:i-
zens' meeting will be held at the board
of trade tomorrow at which matters
pertaining to the road will be dis
cussed. This read seems assured
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21

A party of distinguished railroad Of
ficials spent yesterday in this city. All
of them connected with the Queen and
Crescent. Those who were in the
party were President D. d. Curran, s.
e. Flanagan, superintendent; L. A..
Jones, vice president; ]. c. Haugh. civil
engineer; M. v. Harvey, superintendent
of the A. & ". and L. F. Steele. freight
agent of the Queen and Crescent. Mr..
Curran left yesterday afternoon for
Shreveport and the other gentlemen
went south last night. 1t was stated
that there was no special Significance
to the visit-that the officials were
merely visiting the large towns along
their lines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21

Col. H. M. Street stated yesterday
that it was his intention Ito introduce
a bill when the Legislature met in jan
uary on the subject of insanity. He
desires to have a jury of doctors to
try a man for insanity when that plea
is offered in defense of murder, be-
fore the regular court trial. If the
jury decides tn 9 man insane, he will or
sent to the asylum. II he is decided
sane he will stand trial in the circuit
court in the regular way, but will have
to discard the plea of insanity.
Where expert testimony is desired
the state will pay for it regardless Of
whether it favors the state or defense.
This is done in order to give the de-
PENDANT, when a poor man, the same
chance the state has. This seems to
be good proposition and will doubt
less commend itself to the law-making
body.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
COURT OF INQUIRY
HOTLY ASSAILED
Death of Sutton Not Explained
Clearly Enough
TESTIMONY Is REVIEWED
Attorney Says That Civilians Will Not
Understand How Such concIu-
sons Could Be Reached in
Handling the Case.
TESTIMONY is REVIEWED

Washington. August 20-Sharply criti-
cising the conclusion of the court of in
quiry which recently reinvestigated the
death of Second Lieut.. James N. SUIT
ton of the United States marine corps,
Henry E. Davis counsel for Mrs Sutton,
mother of the dead OFFICER in a state
ment issued today, declares that the judge
advocate was derelict in his duty in not
confirming the two legal propositions sub
mitted by Mr.. Davis. Had he done so,
and the court needed him, Mr.. Davis con-
tnues, 1T would have been absolutely
Obliged to seclude the hypothesis of sui
eide, and almost as certainly to exclude
the hypothesis of a wound self-inhicted in
any manner as the explanation of Lieu
tenant Suttons death"
OF the two propositions referred to, Mr..
Davis stated that one of them related to
the quality and extent of evidence neces-
sary to verdict of suicide, and the other
respecting the conditions under which a
phenomenal explanation of a given situa-
tien--in this case the nature of Lieu
tenant Sutton's wound-could be ac-
cepted."
In. view of the findings and opinion of
the court of inquiry, especially the fifth
opinion that the charges of Mrs. SUIT
ton are unsupported by even a shade of
reason, Mr. Davis declares that he feels
it to be his duty to Lieutenant Sutton's
mother, whom he says has SO faithfully
sought to relieve her son from the stig-
ma of suicide" to submit a statement for
the consideration of the public. He re-
fers to the language and the decision of
the court las eminently injudicial and
unnecessarily harsh"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21

The Rev ". Fred Long. general secre-
tary of the state Sunday school organ
izations, has just returned from Corinth,
where he organized the Alcorn County
Sunday School association, and reports
a very enthusiastic reception. Seventeen
different schools were represented in the
county meeting and the prospect is for
a vigorous campaign for attendance.
Mr.. James Brown was elected president
of the Alcorn association, and J. W.
Dovette secretary.
Mr.. Long states that a resolution was
adopted calling on Governor Noel to in
clude in the list of subjects to be sub
mitted to the special session of the legis-
lature next January the prison REFORM
atory and the representatives from AL
corn county are requested to vote for
the measure should 1t be submitted.
There is little doubt that the REFORM
atory or reform school will be recon-
mended by Governor Noel. as he is In
hearty accord with the movement. Mr.
Long has taken hold of the subject with
a determination to create demand for
the reformatery, and will call on all the
county Sunday school associations in the
state to demand 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
the state of Mississippi has ever had to
dnnl

Those citizens of Jackson who drink
water have received a very strong re-
minder that their demand for the con-
struction of a filtration plant Is just and
reasonable. Their complaint heretofore
has been that the water they are getting
is muddy and insanitary when used for
bathing purposes. A great many families
haye private filters, but there are hun
dreds who do not, because of the expense,
and gulp down anything In the way of
liquid that comes from the MIGRANTS.
However, they will be a little careful
since Mr.. L. c. Holloman found a live,
wiggling eel nearly foot long in bowl
of water where he had started to battle
his face. The slippery fellow had come
from the hydrant into the wash bowl. He
was direct from the waters of the now
placid Pearl, and endec MS tortuous jour
ney in a bottle of alcohol for exhibition
and argumentative purposes. He is one
OF the best arguments for filtration
plant the advocates of that proposition
could get
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
Reasons for Action.

Reasons Tor ACTON.
II am impelled to this course in large
part" says Mr.. Davis, by the apprehen-
sion that those who know only so much
of the case as the press has found it pos
sible to publish may be led to think that
the determination of body of officers in
the military service of the country must
be righteous result, and that Mrs. SUIT
toms attitude may have been justly esti
mated by those to whom the honor of the
service as we'll as the cause of justice
was for the occasion committed.
Mr. Davis then reviews extensively
the finding of the court and concludes by
saying the statement is on his own exclu-
sive responsibility, and is given out with
| out conference with any other person
| whomsoever.
! Mr.. Davis declined to state what fur
| Their action he would take although it
was made evident that the case would not
be dropped. He is leaving the city today
to be gone until October, and said upon
his return he would make an announce
ment of his purpose.
Accusing the court of inquiry of culling
from mixed and contradictory testimony
certain statements, almost, If not exclu-
sively, those of the accused, which the
court finds standing out clearly. distinct
! ly and beyond dispute and cavil,' At
| toraey Davis declares that the court con-
| veniently rejected every statement,
| whether of the accused or of other wit
| nesses, in conflict herewith. Pointing
out that it is impossible to meet state
ment of this kind without going at for
| hidden length, he states that it must
! suffice to refer to certain significant
and, indeed, pregnant facts, left wholly
without treatment Of any kind by the
| court
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
Cause of Killing.

Mr.. Davis then takes up the sixth find
ing of the court, which declared that SUIT
ton was KILLED by revolver shot from
service Colt revolver, held in his right
hand and fired by himself without the
Intervention of any other hand" and
after quoting extensively upon this point
of the testimony of Lieutenant Adams,
both before the board of inquest and the
court of inquiry, he declares that If
Adams statement be true, obviously the
fatal shot was not fired from the Colt
revolver"
/ 1T is agreed on all hands" declared
Mr.. Davis, THAT Immediately prior to the
final encounter, Sutton had two revolvers,
one a Colt and the other a Smith &
Wesson, and that before the fatal shot
was fired, somebody had taken one away
from him, and an attempt was being made
to get the other at or Immediately be-
fore the fatal shot and also the revolver
in Sutton's hand was the Colt
Calling attention further to Lieutenant
Adams testimony in which he is declared
to have said that the shot with which SUIT
ton is alleged to have killed himself, was
fired from 1.-The little revolver" Mr..
Davis says that the significance of the
fact that Adams was the only witnesg
who stated that he saw Sutton IN the act
OF shooting himself. thus identifying the
Smith & Wesson as the revolver used by
Sutton in the alleged act, is too obvious
for comment"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-21
Ownership Hint.

Touching upon that feature of the inves-
tigation relating to the ownership of the
pistol at the time of the fatal encounter
Mr. Davis declares that comment upon
the courts utter failure to deal with this
pregnant incndent would be superfiuous
Referring to the fifth opinion of the
court that the charges of wilful murder
and conspiracy to conceal 1t made by the
complainant, Mrs. Sutton, are purely
imaginary and unsupported by even a
shadow of evidence, truth or reason" Mr.
Davis states that the average civilian
wind will have some difficulty In compre-
bending this statement and he declares
that the court was not convened to try
any supposed charges of Mrs. Sutton. but
to inquire into and fix the responsibility
of Lieutenant Sutton's death.
In presenting the case the attorney says
he dealt exclusively with the testimony
produced before the court, and upon that
testimony sought the judgment for
which I contended, namely, that Lieu
tenant Sutton did not die by his own
hand, whether Intentionally or accident
ally, and the courts opinion Immediate
~ upon consideration, was. and is, who'll
ly gratituous.''
Pointed reference is made to the action
of Major Leonard the Judge advocate
of the court of inquiry, whom Mr.. Davis
stated placed Mrs. Sutton. who was orig
inally only party to the inquiry, first
as a complainant before the court and
next as a defendant, against whom the
| energies of those interested in the ac-
| cl1sed officers were thenceforth directed
| He dismissed the matter by saying that
| 1t is not necessary for him to characterize
the action of the Judge advocate in the
] premises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-11
MAY INSIST ON
 FULL EXPLANATION

Washington, January 10.-When the sen ate committee on the judiciary meets to- morrow. it is expected that sup-com- mittee will be appointed to consider the culberson resolution, directing an inquiry into President Roosevelts authority to hermit the absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company by the ohi'oo states Steel corporation.
 The resolution introduced py oeha'o, e,u,herson called upon Attorney Geherai eonanarte for an explanation or the ac- ou,sition of the Tennessee concern py 'ne steel company, and members or the oen- ate arc not satisfied with President nooee- velt,s refusal to permit an answer 10 come from the department of justice
 Tn the event 1t is found by the commit. /, tee that the absorption was In Vloiatioil ol the sherman act and the report ol .he committee is adopted, it is likely tiia' d resolution will be introduced calling upon the Attorney General to bring an ac'ioi against the Steel corporation.
 The fact that the President mas assuineu entire responsibility for the apparent ap- ,rova, of the deal by the Attorney cen era1 will undoubtedly tend to widen 'he breach between the administrators anu Congress, if a radical step is taken.