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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18

late in the year. This Is the impress sion gained by a number of gentlemen who have talked with Governor Conner during the past few days. commit tee of bankers called on the governor this week and he agreed to take care of the uniform instruments bill if it is de- clared bad by the courts in any call that he may maks.
 Kyle Will Not Resign.
 A report that has gone the rounds that J. A. Kyle of Scottsboro will resign as secretary of the senate in case of an extra session is an error A man who Is close to Colonel Kyle says that he will not resign. While he deeply regrets tho faults that have been found with his records he has idea of giving up tho post, as the trouble grew out of the work of copying clerks. It is understood that the colonel, who is a very popular man in the capital. will be here in few days to visit friends
 Governor Corners Hike.
 Gov. B. B. Conner will give an exhibition of hiking in Coffee county where he will speak on education tomorrow. He opens at Pleasant Ridge at a. m., and from there he goes to Union academy, Keyton school house and Enterprise. Al lowing time for travel between stops he must not lose over an hour at each with as much time for noon lunch. He will speak a second time at Enterprise on Friday and then spend Sunday at his home in Barbour county.
 kolb Enters Race.
 After several years Capt R. F. Kolb re-enters state politics. announcing today his candidacy for state commissioner of agriculture. Captain Kolb is the man who led the bolt against Thomas G. Jones. the democratic nominee for governor in the early sos, after two terms as com missioner of agriculture. Charging fraud the friends of the captain tried to have him inaugurated governor any way. Since that time, however, he has returned to the regular fold and has long been reeog- nized as a democrat.
 Pen for Negroes.
 Orange and Jim Jenkins have been sent to the penitentiary for the murder of Osie Cannon who was kled by them a short distance In the country several months ago. One of the negroes held pistol on a brother of the dead man to prevent his interfering while the other cut him to death with knife. Orange gets 25 years and his brother ten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
RIVER REACHES
 STAND AT SELMA Damage By High Water Is
 Comparatively Small
PAVING WORK PROCEEDS
Selma Street and Suburban Railway Company Orders 114Pound Rails for Main Tracks In City.
 Heaviest In State.

Selma. March 17.-(Special.)- )---The still in Selma, having reached a few inches above 53 feet This is the high | est the waters have reached here since i 1888, and Selmans breath freer now that they hardly think it likely the stage of 1886 will ever be reached. The wa ters went to about 57 feet measured by the present gauge and the additional four feet made a vast difference in the ! width of the river here. There have been no fatalities connected with the flood and the damage done has been exceedingly small. The Graselli Chem ical company were put to considerable expense moving their fertilizer to high CT ground but other plants were not damaged by the waters.
 Paving on Apace.
 Broad street presents busy appear ance these days with the active work of paving going on. The big traction engine pulling a deep cutting blow up turning the soil on Broad street is watched with interest by hundreds There is talk of paving Alabama street next and then Washington. This will pave quite bit of the business DOT tion of the city.
  Jud Brislin, who has conducted the only undertaking business in Selma for a number of years, succeeding his father, D. Brislin, who conducted a similar business before the war, has sold out both undertaking and furnl- ture business to Miles Hardy and asso- ciates. The figures given were $20, 900. MT. Brislin's undertaking outfit has been remarked on a great deal and Is ac- corded to be one of the finest in the south The principal feature Is the four pairs of snow white horses used to carriages, pail coach and preachers brougham. After purchasing the plant the same has been consolidated into the Johnson Furniture company and will hereafter be conducted by Jerry Hardy, Charles F. Brislin and T. w. Dansby.
 Canebrake Visitors.
 There were number of canebrake visitors to Selma today, Demopolis Linden, Fansdale. Uniontown and Ma rion furnishing quite a large number. Among the number were MT. and Mrs. A. c. Davidson and Mrs. w. H. Fay Toe of Uniontown, who were the guests of MT. and Mrs. J. B. Ellis; Judge Nasty of Linden, State Senator J. J. King, s. E. Parrish of Consul, Capt. William M. Selden of Faunsdale, Mrs. W. B. Ogeltree and daughter, Miss Christian, of Uniontown.
 Heavy Rails Ordered.
 The Selma Street and Suburban Rail- way company expects to have the rails here next week to be put down on Broad and Water streets that are to be paved. The rails that will be put down will be the heaviest on any street railway in the state and will weigh IA pounds to the yard. The requirement was 70-pound rail, but in order to get a groove rail quick and one suitable for the purpose of the company the 114-pound rail was pur- chased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
Headache
  For Years

''I keep Dr. Miles Anti Pain Pills on hand all the time, and would not think of taking a journey without them, no mat ter how short distance I am going. 1 have a sister that has had terrible headaches for years, and 1 coaxed her to try them and they helped her so much, she now keeps them by her all the time. From my own exper- fence I cannot praise them enough"
 MRS. LOU M. CHURCHILL,
 63 High st., Penacook, N. H.
 Many persons have headache after any little excitement or ex- ertion. They cannot attend church, lectures, entertainments, or ride on trains without suffer ing. Those who suffer in this way should try Dr. Miles Anti Pain Pills. They give almost instant relief without leaving any disagreeable after effects, as they do not derange the stomach or bowels; just a pleasurable sense of relief follows their use. Get a package from your drug gist. Take it according to direc- tions, and if it does not benefit he will return your money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
ATTENTION ELKS

Members of Birmingham Lodge No. 79 B. P. o. E., are requested to assemble at the home of our late brother, J. O. Mclean, 705 s. goth St., at 3 pm. today to attend his fun eral.
 J. E. Shelby, Exalted Ruler H. E. Shropshire, Jr., Secy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
Engagement Announced.

Talladega, March T.-(Special.) l.)-George P. Kyser announces the engagement of his sister, Matte D., to MT. Samuel Bor- ders Wilson, the wedding to take place in April. Both these young people are great favorites in Talladega society
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
MRS. E. L. VANCE
 KILLS HERSELF

Taladega, March 17.-(Special)- )-Mrs. F. L. Vance of this city committed suicide in the Alabama hospital at Tuscaloosa yesterday She has recently passed through great bereavement and in ad- ditiol to this suffered amputation of one of her lower limbs. While suffering great pain, and under mental stress she made rope from window curtain with which she hung herself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-18
Peaches In Dancer.

Decatur, March T.-(SpeciaL) L)-There was another freeze in this section of the state last, night and 1t is feared that the peaches are badly injured if not killed entirely. The thermometer last night was lower than on Sunday night.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
US. WINS POINT IN PANAMA CASE
RESTORER' REMOVES HAIR
Woman Has Cause For Complaint II
She Becomes Bald In Using
Hair Dies.

Milwaukee, Wis.-That a woman
has a perfectly good cause for COM
plant in an action for damages II
she loses her hair by reason of an
application Of chemicals, particularly
SO if the solution is advertised as be-
ing a hair ~restorer was held by Judge
]. V. Quarles.
Judge Quarles overruled the demur-
rer of a Fond du Lac Drug company
to the complaint of Mrs. M. L. Bow
man, to the effect that her complaint
did not state a sufficient cause of
action.
Mrs. Bowman, a travelling woman,
sued the Drug company and a st.
Louis manufacturer of hair dye for
$40, 900 damages for the loss of her
hair. She alleges its loss was caused
by the application of hair stain pur-
chased of the drug company and made
by the st. Louis company. The defen-
dants demurrer on the ground that the
complaint failed to state a sufficient
of action.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
Taxing weaIth-ln Ennland.

The British house of commons.
passed by a vote of four to one the,
new income taxes under which an in
come above $4,000 must pay SIS per-
cent, and M above $500, 900, eight
per cent.
Thursday by varying votes of more
than two to n it passed the new
death, settlement, legacy and success
sion duties. The death duties are to,
be six per cent. on 100000 estates,
ten per cent. on $4,000, 900 and Is per
cent. upon all excess above that sum-.
The legacy and succession duties will
range from five to ten per cent. Thus
a very large estate may pay to the,
nation nearly one-quarter of it's value
in passing from one generation to the,
next.
The autmobile tax was adopted
without a division by y~ea-and-nay
vote. 1t taxes a 60-horse-power auto
a little above 5000, besides a heavy
tax on gasoline. The law recently
passed by the New York legislature
taxes a big automobile only $1O,.
which does not begin to cover the,
road damage it does, and releases it.
from a much larger payment in taxes.
upon personally.
In Great Britain, as in Germany,
they have learned to tax wealth, not.
poverty,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
IS POSTPONED
TYPICAL SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN
AND FIVE co-DEFENDANTs
WANT A REHEARlNe.
CROWD ASSEMBLED IN COURT
Sentence Is Deferred by United States
Supreme Court and Defendants
Granted Thirty Days Time
to File New Petition.

Washington, D. Gone of the larg
est crowds ever assembled in the
Southern gentleman with a spare, gray
to hear sentence pronounced on Sheriff
Ship and his co-defendants, who were
brought here to answer charges OF
contempt of court in permitting the
lynching of a prisoner.
The six defendants were brought in.
to court a few minuts before the en-
try of the justices and seated Just in
front of the bench. At their head
walked Ship, gray-headed, tall and
erect, despite 67 years-a typical
couthern gentleman with a spare, gray
goatee and benevolent features. He
was the most striking figure mang the
defendants and appeared not in the
least perturbed.
In was the first time in the history
of the court that men had been sum-
moned before this bar to receive pun.
ishment for contempt.
Immediately after the court crier
had repeated his t~ime-honored form
ula, Marshal Wright escorted the de.
PENDANTS to the space in front of the
bench. Solicitor General Bowers
stepped forward and said:
in this case, your honors, l move
sentence" i.
Then Attorneys Cliff, Chamlee and
Shepard, representing the defendants,
requested permission to file petitions
for rehearing.
The justices retired to consider the
application and upon returning to the
bench Chief Justice Fuller announced
that sentence would be deferred and
granted counsel thirty days time in
which to file their formal petition fol-
a rehearing.
The entire matter was then set aside
until next term. The six men were
~thereupon again turned over to the
marshal for the eastern district Of
Tennessee for conduct back to Chatta
nooga, where they will be again re
leased on bond.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
MISSOURI NEWS
0 SIGNS AZ BILLS.
Kidnapping and Holding for Ransom lie
Made a Felony.

Jefferson City.-Gov. Hadley has
made a big stride toward cleaning his
desk of the bills which the general as
sembly left upon its sine die adjourn
ment. Forty-nine more of them, all
senate bills, and almost without excep-
ton revision measures, received his
approval. Among them are two which
are designed to prevent the sending
to the penitentiary of youthful offend
ers, as one of them provides for the
sending of incorrigible girls of Is to
the Industrial Home for Girls at Chill
licothe and the other for putting boys
of the same age in the Training School
for Boys at Boonville. Heretofore they
have been placed in the states big
prison.
Another Of the measures makes kid
naping and holding for nsom a fell
ony by harmonizing the conflicting
statutes relating to that crime. Ac-
cording to the provisions of another
of the laws names of candidates for
the United States senate are to be GER
titled by the secretary of state to the
county clerks twenty days before the
general election, while another one
prohibits prosecuting attorneys or
their assistants from accepting pay,
during their term of office, for sign
ing applications for pardons. One
puts three degrees to the crome OF
arson, with a graduated punishment,
which may run from one year in the
county Jail to ten years in the peni-
Tertiary.
The city SHARP" who pilots the
country visitor about while he relieves
him of his valuables, can not now
escape as having committed only a
misdemeanor, the law having been so
amended as to make the working of a
confidence game a felony. Another OF
the laws requires the payment of a
fee of rs cents to the state auditor
for each bond he registers. One OF
the added privileges given to the
women is that a female Of Is years
may be made either an e%xecutrix or
Administrative of an estate.
Though there are still a large mum
Der of bills in the governors hands he
will dispose of them all in the time
allowed him. Any of them remaining
unsigned June 16, which he does not
veto, become laws without his sigma
ture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
CLAIMS WHITLA REWARD
Mercer County, in Political Move,
Wants $4,000 From State
of Pennsylvania.

Mercer, Pennsylvania.-The county
has put in a claim for the $4,000 re-
ward offered by the State of Pennsyl-
yania for the arrest and conviction
of the %kidnapers of Billy Whitla.
The stand is taken by the county
authorities that it was Mercer county
which apprehended the Boyles and
convicted them and that the county
should be reimbursed for its expendi-
lures through the reward the state
has offered.
Back of the move lies an interest
ing bit of politics. For years Frank
Bull, rich uncle of the kidnapped Billy
Whitla, and James P. Whitla, the
child's father, have been political
leaders of Mercer county.
There is now much i'll feeling in
the country districts over the unsat-
isfactory trial OF the Boyles, especial
" the $4,000 cost of the trial. Unless
the Buhl-Whitla element a collect
the $4,000 reward to reimburse the
county their political future here
looks bad.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
crandmothers skip the Rope.

Whiteside.-A family gathering at
the home of Alpheus B. Magruder of
this place celebrated the reunion of
five brothers-Elias Magruder of Hun.
ter, Okla; George w, Magruder of
Clinton, KY; Isaac. M. Magruder of
Winfield, Mo-; David M Magruder and
Thomas G. Magruder, Whiteside. This
was the first time in more than rs
years the brothers have all been to-
gether. Many Of their descendants
were present, making in all about 100
in the party. The Magruders have
been active in the development Of
Lincoln county. After a dinner many
old-fashioned games were played. The
chief sport was a rope-skipping con-
test. Grandmothers and grandfathers
We'd with the youngsters in the pas
time. The eldest of the brothers is
7S years old and the youngest is &C..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
TOOLS OF TRUSTS
REPUBLICAN sEAToRs SEEN IN
TRUE LIGHT.
aProteetIon" Cry invoked by Them to
Tax the People in the Interests
of a Few Eastern Man.
u~facturers.

Recently in the United States sem
ate occurred this brief dialogue:
Senator Bailey-How far would you
go in making a tariff in the interest OF
the American manufacturer?
Senator Aldrich-To the limit.
Senator Bailey-If, in your opin-
ion, the American manufacturer would
be better off with a 300 per cent
duty, would you favor such a rate?
Senator A%ldrich-I would. And If
necessary to go beyond that figure, l
would be in favor of that"
In the light of his quoted remarks
can there be any doubt in the mind Of
any reasonable human being that Nell
son Wilmarth Aldrich is absolutely
unfit to be permitted any voice in
tariff revision, much less sole reviserT
His doctrine is protection gone clean
crazy.
Every sane political economist, from
Adam Smith or John Stuart Mill down
to the present school, defines PRO
lection as the difference between
the cost of production at home and
abroad, plus reasonable profits to-
home manufacturers.
We developed, in this republics
economic struggle following the civil
war, from a tariff for revenue basis
to a protective tariff basis. Now,
scarcely more than 40 years later, we
are pushing protective tariff aside
in favor of a traiff for the speciaE
benefit of robber trusts.
If that seems a strong statement
scan the hundreds of schedules in the
Aldrich tariff bill that go beyond the
true principle Of protection" AID
rich and his allies are probably the.
least scientific of any tariff trainers
in American history. They boldly and
arrogantly attempt to to levy taxes up
on American consumers for the bene-
fit of manufacturers who have long,
since ceased to need tariff protection.
The essence of tariff protection" is
its inherently temporary nature. Real
political economists are unanimous in
declaring that protection" is some
thing to be ended as soon as possible
1t lays burdens on home consumers,
that should be removed the moment,
an industry is on its own financial feet.
AS a nations industrialism grows
prosperous, the protective" tariff
crutches should be thrown aside in
favor of a simple tariff for revenue.
Aldrich and his high-tariff allies in
the senate merely work the "protec-
ton fetish in the interest of eastern
trusts. Their policy is one of trickery
and deceit. Critics within their own
party ranks, like Dolliver of Iowa,
have convicted them of juggling
schedules, not to increase government
revenues, but to line the pockets Of
manufacturers.
Ordinary Americans are heartily
tired of being robbed under the guise
of a protective" tariff. They have
abandoned hope of relief from a SEN
ate dominated by crafty tools of the
trusts.
To President Taft, who was elected
under a distinct pledge to lower tariff
duties, the hopes Of American con-
sumers turn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
CROP PROSPECTS ARE Al
President Of New York Central Makes
Personal investigation and is
Pleased With Prospects.

New York, N. Y.-William G. Brown,
president of the New York Central
railroad, who is also a practical farm,
er, returned from a western tour in
which he made special observations of
crop conditions.
Never has June / seen a better
outlook for fine crops than it does
today" he said. Farming condi.
lions are better than business con.
ditions for the reason that business
everywhere held back by the delay in
passing the tariff bill. The tariff
doesn't affect the crops"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
AIRSHIP TESTS WIRELESS
German Craft Conducts Series of Elk
periments While ~Maneuvering
Over Berlin.

Berlin, Germany.-The Gross airship
conducted a series of experiments over
Berlin with wireless biography. The
apparatus was recently installed on
the airship and the trials lasted for
some hous, while the craft maneuyered
over the city.
An attempt was made to put the in
struments in tune with those at the
wireless land stations. The army Of
ficers who controlled their airship,
however, declined to make any state
ment as to the result obtained.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
sTRYCHNINE WAS FOUND
CHEMIST REPORTED POISON IN
LARGE QUANTITIES.
Inquest on Body Of Mrs. Archer May
Be Held at Earliest Possible
Moment.

Galesburg, 1llinois.-Further cor
roboration of the suspicion that the
death of Mrs. Josephine Carlton Ar
cher was due to strychnine poisoning
was received when in an interview
Coroner Chalmers reported that he
had received a partial report from the
chemist who is making an examina-
ton of the organs of the body, and
that the report showed that strych-
nine had been found in large quanti-
ties.
This report had been made in the
most positive n and it i'm
pressed the coroner with its impor-
lance.
Inquest May Be Held at Once.
The importance that the coroner at
taches to this report may be imagined
when II is learned that he has notified
the relatives of the report, and has
expressed a willingness to hold the in
quest on the remains at the earliest
possible time and without waiting fur
Their for the formal report Of the
chemist.
DR.. Chalmers is Of the opinion that
this preliminary report of the chemist
is sufficient on which to base a coro-
ner's verdict as to the cause Of death,
and that it will be as strong as the
formal report can be made, though
not going into such detail.
Report to BE Basis of Verdict.
Coroner Chalmers further declared
that he would wish to hold the in.
quest on the body in the Oneida GEM
etery not later than Monday, and if
he can get the consent of the rela-
tives that is the time at which 1t will
be held.
G. E. Marsh, who in behalf of his
wife has been pushing the investiga-
ton, was not at home, Saturday morn
ing, and there was no way of deter
mining just what would be done in
the matter of holding the inquest
Mr.. Marsh has been anxious, however,
to have the suspicious either con
firmed or set at rest, and it is not
thought there will be any objections
to having the inquest held at the ear
lest possible time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
"BILLBOARDS WIN IN COURT
Judqe Holds City Cannot Prohibit
Them When Erected on Private
Property.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The city
council passed an ordinance some time
ago forbidding bill posting in this
city. Councilman Bowman protested,
claiming the billboard was the poor
mans art gallery. The case was ap-
pealed to court, and Judge Fuller, in
an opinion, decides that the council
had no right to pass such an ordin-
ance, as the boards are erected on
private property.
In his opinion, the judge flirted with
humor, styling one of the pictures dis
played on a board as "a certain recum-
ment female Of prodigious develop
ment and diaphanous attire"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
Davidson Plans Festival.

Springfield.-Following the inspec-
tion of the new Frisco shops, which
are just being completed here at cost
Of $4,000, 900, by President A. J. Da-
wilson and Vice-President G. R. Gray
of the Frisco, it was announced that
there would be an industrial celebra-
ton over the opening of the shops
July 5. The Springfield club has in
vited Gov. Hadley and former Gov.
David R. Francis to be present and
deliver addresses. The shops here
will be the largest on the Frisco sys-
tenn and will increase the number of
Frisco shop employees here to 5000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
President Dlaz Meets Auto Drivers.

City of Mexico, Mex.-President
Diaz received at his home at Chapul-
tepec, F. Spooner, William Knipper
and James Howard of the pathfinder
auto car that arrived here Thursday
from Denver. Spooner acted as spokes-
man for the party and an interpreter
was present. Ambassador David e.
Thompson was also present. Spooner
presented to President Diaz a letter
from the governor of Colorado. George
A. Wahlgreen of Denver, who arrived
Friday, also was present. x
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10
Charity Secretary to RESIGN.

Jefferson City.-At a meeting of the
state board Of charities and correc-
lions, held here, it developed that the
resignation of Frank Bowman Of Lex
ington, who has been secretary Of the
board the past four years and a half,
would be rendered to Gov. Hadley in
the next few days. 1t will take eff
feet July /. Mr.. Bowman has been in
i'll health for the past six months.