The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-14
SelIs-HackWorth.

Scottsboro, July 13.-(Special.)-J. S. Sells of near Bridgeport and Miss Lydia Hackworth of Bass were quietly married in Chattanooga recently. MT. Sells is prominent young farmer and is a cousin of Judge J. J. Williams of this city. The cride is sister of Hon. James B. Hack worth of this place and has many friends here. where she has often visited. -------------~~~~- 14,147 feet to the summit of Pike's Peak Shiyering in the cold wind, and afraid Of the test on lungs and ear drums, it was a peaked looking bunch that gathered around the highest lunch counter and drank the highest priced coffee in the world.
 Then followed the most beautiful one day trip in the world over the Short Line railroad, mid peak and canyon, to the Land of Gold, the Cripple Creek mining district. Words cannot describe the gran deur of the view from Point Sublime, the beauty of the Garden of the Gods, the magnificence of St. Peters Dome, the wonder of the Cathedral Spires and the stretch of great distances winch followed each turn and exit from the many tun- nels which dot this triumph in railroad engineering.
 At Cripple Creek the party remained
 
 Bonanza King gold mine, a distance of 2oOO feet, and getting a thorough under standing of the mystery of the pan. In this little city a quarter of a million dol lars comes to light every year and the whole side of the mountain Is dotted with the works.
 The visiting Elks were given a dance last night at the Antlers hotel, where one of the principal attractions was the trio of Cn1 I Of Joppa, Mo, the former hack driver, who married millions and Is now a widower He wore a vest fairly embroidered. with diamonds, costing $20,000, and a pair of gold decorated patent leather shoes, with gold buckle and lock, costing s200. He also carried a leather strap attached to his belt and caught on his shoe, which he explained was for the use of his dog. He chatted interestingly of his money. his mines and his travels. T live in a trunk" he said 'I once passed through Birmingham and bought a fancy pair of shoes" This is the man who gained world wide notorety several years ago when he advertised for wife in Indi- annapolis and thousands of women an- swered.
 The whole of today has been spent in crossing the Rockies toward Salt Lake City, a continuous stretch of marvels for the eye. From the line by the side of the little river in the Grand canyon of the Ar kansas. through the Royal Gorge where the red granite walls, sparkling with mica lower aloft on either hand 2627 feet and the train passes over a bridge but 10 yards wide. All morning the special rose among the snow-capped peaks to the Great Divide, and at o'clock, after wit messing the Collegian mountains and many others slipped down into the valley on the western side We arrived at Glenn wood Springs at g o'clock, six hours late. The delay was caused by terrible land slide just this side the gorge, which oc- cured during the cloudburst of Monday. The ElkS specials, with 54 cars from all points east, were the first to cross since the accidents 600 Greeks having been con- stantly at work cleaning up the track. We will reach Los Angeles Sunday and re- main there attending the convention ur- til Friday. HA~r ms~ s