davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
STORMS WAKE IS
 FULL OF HORROR
Whole Families Are Wiped Out
 By Force ot Tornado
REGION LAID DESOLATE
Houses Are Completely Destroyed, Fences Swept Away and Crops Ruined in Section of Giles
 County, Tennessee.

Decatur, May 3.-(special)-Mr and Mrs. M. E. Woodward of Decatur, and William Davidson of New Decatur have just returned from the scene of Fridays cyclone at Bee Springs, 10 miles south east of Pulaski, Tenn. Three of MT. Dav- idsons cousins were killed in the cyclone near Bee Springs.
 In speaking of the work of the cyclone MT. Davidson said today ''rhe cyclone, which left death and destruction in its path, is indescriable. In order that one may fully realize the destruction to life and property it Is necessary to visit the scene and witness for ones self the work of devastation. Twenty-one people are known to have been killed, about 200 residences and barns wrecked, fences blown down and fields devastated"
 It Is said by those who have visited the scene of the cyclone that the farmers there are left in a bad condition. The farming season is now on and nearly all of their fences are blown down. It IS said that 1t is impossible to employ la bor to rebuilt these fences. While in Pulaski yesterday E. D. Bennett, a promi- nent business man of Pulaski, told your representative that he was going to the storm-Wrecked district today and take off his coat and help the people there to rebuilt their fences. Several other prom inent citizens of Pulaski said they would join MT. Bennett in this work. Circuit court was to convene in Pulaski today and MT. Bennett said he and others would ask the judge to adjourn court in order that the people of the Bee Springs neighborhood might return to their wrecked homes and prepare for the re- building of their residences and the recon struction of their farm fences. The cit- zens of Pulaski have already lent much aid financially and otherwise to those who have suffered from the storm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
CLAYTON IS B|G
 MAN OF COUNTRY Reason for His Selection As
 Alumni Speaker ARE PERFECTING APPEALS J. G. stokeIy Prepares Franchise Tax Cases of Southern Railway for
 Supreme court-stock in-
 surance Schemes.
ARE PERFECTlNG APPEALS

Montgomery. May 3-(Special. )-"Henry D. Clayton of Alabama was selected as the alumni speaker of the university this year not because of his being an Ala bama man, but because he is one of the big men of the country, the kind that the institution students have been bringing out for the past several years," says State Senator Henry F. Reese of Selma, who has been in the city for a day or two. His home and place of birth are merely coincidence. He is one of the strong and attractive men of the country at this time and we asked him for that reason, though it is, of course, gratifying that he is an alumnus of the school"
 Senator Reese is enthusiastic over the university He believes that 1t is grow ing vastly in the estimation of the peo- pie and is satisfied that it is doing a class of work that will commend it to the best appreciation of the people. Next fall the standard will consist of 12 units, after that the full IA. which will place 1t in a class with the best in the country we must leave something for the secondary schools to do," said Mir. Reese. ''They are now being brought up to excellent service and the state needs them."
 Senator Reese was in the office of Mir Justice John Anderson of the supreme court bench while talking, and the judge joined in with good words for the uni versity, which brought on the talk to old schools and this to the school run for many years at Green Springs, in what is now Hale county, by Henry Tutwiler, who taught three generations of boys. "Wherever we struck a boy from Tut wiler he stood high." said Judge Ander- son. '"rhey came well prepared to take leading part and went high in the classes all the time There has never been a man nor school that, in my opinion. made such an excellent impression on the youth of the state as this one"
 Henry Tutwiler was a professor in the University of Virginia before he came to Alabama, and the first man to take the master of arts degree at that insti- tuition. He was the father of Miss Julia Tutwiler, who is now the head of the Livingston Normal, and the grandfather of Julian Brewer Tutwiler of Troy, now a student at Charlottesville, in rooms only few feet from those occupied by Edgar Allan Poe. Many of the best known men in the state are graduates of this school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
Storms Fierce Work.

Many of the bodies were badly cut by having been thrown against trees and buildings. One little girls body was found hanging across the limb of tree and the body of one little 3-year-old girl has never been found. MT. Bennett said that one house was completely blown away, there being no trace whatever of 1t left. In Pulaski yesterday a man who had just returned from Bee Springs brought in quail which had been picked of it's feathers by the storm as perfectly as if it had been picked by hand It is said that many chickens in the path of the storm were also stripped of their feathers. Trees in the path of the storm were cut clean off, like field of grain that has been cut by a moving machine.
 The country about Bee Springs is a sue cession of hills and valleys. The storm would dip down into one valley, killing people and live stock and wrecking build ings, and then jump over the next hill and dip down into the next valley where it would leave death and destruction in its path This was continued for num- Der of miles. The cemetery at Bee Springs where are buried many of the once prominent people of the neighbor- hood is a perfect wreck. All the tomb stones are blown down and many of them are broken into many pieces. It was in this cemetery that the most of the bodies of the storm victims were buried.
 JboIa E,poiIiee Killed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
Perfectlnq Appeals.

J. G. Stokely of the law firm of Wealth erly & Stokely has been busy in the city for day or so perfecting the appeal of the Southern railway in the franchise tax cases. Some days ago the papers were made out here in the cases of the Louisville and Nashville and those roads fighting the courts here. This is a fight on the new franchise taxes levied on for eign corporations and means a gain or a loss of $100.O00 or more to the state, The lower Alabama courts have been sus- tained by the state supreme court in their holding that the tax Is good, and the litigation is now going to the supreme court of the nation, 1t having been inti- mated by the Alabama courts that 1t may be dangerously near violation of the four teenth amendment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
Whole Families Killed.

Words are insufficient to describe the scenes of death and desolation caused by the storm around Bee Springs. In some instances every member or family was killed and their residence blown into kindling wood Some of the bodies were carried by the storm some distance away from their homes. Hundreds of horses, cattle and other live stock were killed.
 Yesterday at Pulaski was an Ideal day and hundreds of people from Pulaski and other points in that section of Tennessee and from North Alabama visited the storm-swept section about Bee Springs. In Pulaski yesterday every livery stable ve- hicle was rented out to people who vis- tied the storm-swept district. Almost every private conveyance in Pulaski yes terday also carried people to the Bee Springs neighborhood.
 Many of, the people of Bee Springs Will be unable to make a crop this year, be- cause their horses and mules have been killed and the fences blown away, but the people of Pulaski and other places in Tennessee and in North Alabama are do- ing all within their power for those who have suffered in the storm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-04
Stock Insurance Schemes.

Beware of insurance stock schemes" !" says the secretary of state and deputy insurance commissioner, Frank N. Ju- Han, after an examination of a proposi- tion sent him from Birmingham. "Take this now. Here is a letter about the Re- liable Life Insurance company of Indiana It is said that stock in it is being offered for sale in Birmingham. It is not au- thorized to do business in the state, neith- CT has it right to sell stock, not hav- ing qualified as a foreign corporation. Every agent that offers the stock is liable to a penalty. However as the company has no standing in the state the buyer has no recourse Everybody who has a proposition ought to write us so that we can prevent loss in concerns that have no standing in the state.'
 Alabama News Notes.
 Game and Fish Commissioner John H. Wallace, Jr., has gone to New York to represent Alabama in the shell fish con- vention of May 5 and 6.
 George Barbour has been reappointed mine examiner at Pratt City and G. M to succeed D. c. Foster, elected mayor of Girard.
 The Loose-Wiles Biscuit company of Kansas City has been authorized to do business in Alabama, with B. M. Cobb at Birmingham as agent
 The Tuskegee institute band which played here Monday night serenaded the capitol officials and was complimented by Governor Conner and others who gath cred on the portico to hear the music
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
DELTA'S FUTURE
EASILY F0RET0LD
The County viii Become the
Greatest Wealth Producing
Territory Known.
A Fortune in Each Small Tract
When Properly Improved and
Brought Under Cultivation.

1t doesn't require large amount of
study to predict future for Delta
county.
The inevitable must happen.
Where land is so rich in soil and re-
source; where a few acres, well i'm
proved and properly cared for are
equal to quarter section farm in other
districts, two conditions are sure to
follow:
Dense population, perfect and scien-
tific cultivation.
1t will not be but few years until
small tracts; gardens, orchards and
meadow lots, will largely constitute
the holdings.
These, well cared for and improved
as they should be, will provide for the
families who occupy them not only
a good living, but a bank account
which should grow from year to year.
1t has been necessary to attract pub
lie attention to Delta county and to
acquaint people with all the facts con-
cerning advantages and opportunities.
What of this has not already been ac-
complished is being carried out every
day.
The larger land owners. looking
clearly into the future, are dividing up
their land into FIVE. ten and twenty
acre tracts and offering it on the mar
ket at fairly reasonable prices and the
easiest of payments. This shows both
enterprise and proper business spirit,
and will greatly speed the better set
tling up of the country
Within the present year there prom
ises TO come to Delta county hundreds,
perhaps thousands of homeseekers,
and the opportunities many of them
seek to get good small tracts of land
should be ready for them.
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
So Declared Hon. Clifford Pinchot at
the Close Of the Banquet,
Monday Night.
Forester Fully Captured by FriendIi-
ness of Western Slope People.

finally comparing himself to the man
ject, but it caved in on me. DR. Darley,
as usual on such occasions, brought
down the house.
Hon. Clifford Pinchot, as he arose to
respond to the toast: "Our National
Resources, said: This has been a
red-le day with me; one of the
most pleasant in my life. | shall not
forget this splendid demonstration of
friendliness at Delta, and ! warn you
that if have AN opportunity | am
coming back. / thank the citizens of
Delta county for our meeting today
and the ladies' for this splendid banquet
tonight, and for all they and the citi-
zens have done to make the occasion a
happy experience which | shall always
remember. / also thank Montrose for
sending more than 300 people here as
voluntary participants in this demon
stration- / congratulate Delta County
and the " estern Slope on its splendid
present and promising future" Mr..
Pinchot then spoke at length on the
forestry work, its plans and purposes,
the intent to make good not only to the
people of to-day but posterity, our nat
ural resources. The child's interest
should be protected as well as the
man's-the interest of the man with q
dollar should be looked after as well as
that of the man with greater wealth.
DIR. Stockham performed the func-
tons of tcast master i'll his usual
successful and very entertaing manner.
The musical numbers were heartily
applauded. Prof. Forests orchestra
discoursed sweet strains as an accom-
paniment to knife and fork, and, be-
tween speeches solos were rendered by
Mrs. Seaton. Mrs. Forrest, Miss Uglow
and Mr.. Fleetwood. The quartette
also gave one song. During a part of
the program the Montrose band gave
street concert which was highly appre-
ciated by the many who could not gain
admittance to the hall. At the Opera
House a ball completed the festivities.
A procession of eight automobiles
went down on the Grand Junction road
Sunday to meet and return with Hon
Clifford Pinchot.
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
Their Little Scheme.

Dozens of people from everywhere
are pouring into Delta, all with a
scheme to separate our people from
a little cash. The newspapers of other
points. the manufacturers of this. that
and the other, the magazines and
monthly publications of here, there and
everywhere, agents for all sorts of
quick selling traps down to the COM
mon bum. the worker for Foreign
Missions. Salvation Army, and the
Lord knows what all else, are fiocking
here as they flock to all places that be-
gin to smell of prosperity.
This class of people can scent town
which begins to sniff of prosperity
farther than a vulture can smell a
dead carcass, and to such place they
HE in force.
People only moderately prosperous
cannot contribute to er support the
whole world with its uu-numbered army
of beggars. and the sooner they fortify
themselves to stand pat on the fact,
the better off they will be.
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
Extracts From
Mr.. Pmchot's Remarks.

IF, by mistake, injustice has been
done to any.man it will be corrected,
so far as have the power.
The general forest policy has been
established and it will move along
under the new administration as under
the old. -
II do not believe the change in pres
idents will have any effect on the for
est policy: l have seen no signs of it. ="
"Of the total amount received from
those who received direct benefits from
the use of the varied resources of the
national forests of Colorado last year,
% per cent. or $50, 76l. .2s, was turned
over to the state TO be used in the de
velopment and maintenance of roads
and the public school system.
The forest service exists not only
to protect the national forests. 1t eX-
lists Just as much to develop the nation
al and the state in which they lie, and
it has no stronger desire than to pro-
mote and foster the development of
Colorado and every other western
state. No more complete mistake
about the national forests has ever
been spread abroad than that they are
shut against development and use"
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
Erenzied Finance.

]. ID. Homes, contractor, is said
to have departed from Delta leaving
a well-planned modern house in
Peach Flat" on Garnet Mesa. un-
finished and the material and labor un-
paid for. AS a result numerous liens
are being filed for material and labor.
1t is rumored that the erection of this
house, which completed would call for
the expenditure of about $500. was
undertaken without funds to pay for
either material or labor.
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
Equips Win Oil Heaters.

w. S. Haswell, who has just come
up from Denver to put in the summer
on his fruit farm near Cory, has had
ton and is shipping a car load, 5000
gallons of oil. Mr.. Haswell has 20
acres of bearing orchard and 20 acres
of Young trees. He estimates that it
is costing him about SS5 per acre to
equip against frost. He has closed
heater, with side draft, which he mod
eled to his own liking. after having
studied heaters of many different
makes.
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
Hotel Arriudls.

H. NJ. Roe, Cimmaron; G. c. Faris,
Charles Oliver, G. H. Merchant, j. ID.
Hawkins, r. w. Curtis, Merle d. Vim
cent. w. H. Babb, Paonia; t. j. Pierce,
w. G. Balch. Chas. w. Miller, II. I.
Hesgleson, Paul Wilson. Hotchkiss, L.
]. Sherard. Phil Sherard, Whitewater;
David Anderson, Colbran; c. P. Dodge,
c. 7. Wilder, Colorado Springs; +. II.
Posey. c. n. Maritz, Montrose; E. l..
Young. Olathe; Homer E. Finn, Ogden,
Utah: C. l.. Curtis, Parshall, Colo; II.
f. Baker, Watertown, n. Y. j. w.
Fogg. Boulder; Frank A. Chase, Tellu-
ride; W. A. Gillispie. Gunnison; F. Z.
Goudy, L. n. Taylor, H. L. Simpson
C. E. Clark, A. C. Londequest, N. ).
Ballantine, Clayton Fitzpatrick, ). l.
Laniy. H. N. Fletcher, A. P. Simpkins,
N. P. Harrick, F. A. Burkhart, II. w.
Dive. E. w. Ruth. II. H. Mitchell, Is
V. Frenkel, Denver; Ed. Demine, D.
Smell. w. ]. Mack, w. f. Duetch,
Grand Junction; f. w. Goddard and
wife. breckenridge; A. c. Botsford'
Redstone. VIM. Hutton, Milwaukee; l..
b Allen, Pueblo; A. F. Eriek, De-
troit; ]. f. Landoft, st. Louis; +. u
North. n. V; l.. A. Graf, Graf, Ne
braska: f. NJ. Newsom, Chicago; Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. II. Duke, Hotchkiss.
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
kidnapping Children Don't Pay.

The last sensational kidnapping case,
that of Willie Whitla, at Sharon.
Pennsylvania, has turned out bunch
of trouble for the kidnapers, like all
cases proceeding it.
In this case the man and woman who
did the job, succeeded in landing the
$40. 600 ransom they demanded. but
soon thereafter fell into the hands of
the police.
Such people deserve the severest
punishment which the law can deal
out.
Pat Crow admits the business is a
failure and advises that no one under
take it, and Pat has had some exper-
ence
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
ACTIVITY IN
DELTA REALTY
Every Weeks Chronicle Shous
Many Deeds Recorded
and Prices Firm.
No Question Now About the Sum.
mer's Rush. Break
All Records.

Warranty Deeds recorded during the
week ending March %, 1909. Fur
| nished by The Delta County Abstract
Company:
U. S. Hanson to j. B. Caldwell, 40
acres Surface Creek, $780,
R. L Coutts to R. w. Curtis, lots
Cedaredge, sl25O.
Melvina Clark to o. G. Taylor, tract
in Paonia, s345.
H. H. Aver to Mary E. Eley, acres
near Crawford, $3.50.
Mary Eley to H. H. Aver, AZ lots
in Crawford, $3.50.
Rudolph Feutz to L. ]. Ingersol, 10
acres ANYWAY Mesa, $500.
E. C. Hotchkiss to c. H. Gray, 4
acre Hotchkiss, $50.
A R. Moller to C. c. Hawkins,
undiv. = interest in tract near Pa
onia. $500.
H. L. Falconer to Golding Fairfield.
= interest ? lots Delta. $3.50.
j. B. Scofield to Frank Fisher,
acre North Delta, Sl325.
ID. M. Dunton TO u. III. bennett anu
wife, 1S9 acres Peach Valley.
C. E. McMullin to l. R. Anderson,
361s acres near Hotchkiss, $1,000.
s. Vance to Frances Conkle, 2 lots
Delta, $500.
Mathews & Starks to White, Davis
g. Burris, l60 acres Payne Mesa, $500.
Theodore Roeber to Gustav Roeber,
so acres German Mesa, 81.
Augusta Ruble to Theodore Roeber,
AZ acres German Mesa, 81.
Theodore Roeber to Augusta Ruble,
40 acres German Mesa, 81.
Theodore Roeber to Margereta Pi-
burn, 40 acres German Mesa, 81.
Theodore Roeber to Mary A. Sellers,
40 acres German Mesa, 81.
Theodore Roeber to Adolph Reober,
so acres German Mesa, 81.
Theodore Roeber to Louis b. Roeber,
40 acres German Mesa, 81.
Nancy Gable to George F. Horn, 2
acres North Delta, $1,000.
Delta Town & Imp. Co. to Mary w.
Fairfield, lots Delta. $500.
w. H. Burnett to U. II. Boone, 20
acres North Delta, S35OO.
David l.. Hemphill to John w. Glib
son. 40 acres Payne Mesa, $4,000.
l. ID. McFadden to Bessie McFadden,
20 acres near Paonia.
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
Canadians Hold Social.

Mrs. Walter Singleton entertaine
quite a number of Delta ladies Wed.
nesday afternoon, most of whom
were formerly from Canada or
some one of the British Columbian
provinces. She was assisted by her
daughter, Miss Irma.
The following were guests: Mrs. o.
P. Mccartney, Mrs. Jack Gale, Mrs.
Joseph Pregent, Mrs. w. P. Dale,
Mrs. o. T. Standish, Mrs. Fred Martin,
Mrs. Charles Clark, Mrs. E. d. Blod-
gett, Mrs. A. M. Anderson, Mrs. l. M.
McMurray. Mrs Harry Singleton, Mrs.
William Girardet, Miss NJ. Whitmore,
Miss Helen Davy, Miss Daisy Hornsby.
The ladies spent the afternoon with a
dash of fancy work, music, converse
tion, etc. An attempt was made to
sing God Save the King, but all had
forgotten the tune and got off on the
Star Spangled Banner" The rooms
were adorned with both American and
British Provincial colors, maple leaves
being worn as favors
Tea, oyster patties with crisps, ice
cream and cake were served.
The occasion was voted a most
delightful one.
One of the results of the social was a
determination to form a "Kennuck
Club ~
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
Subscriptions Received.

The following subscriptions to the
INDEPENDENT have been received since
last weeks report:
Frank Daily, Lebanon, Indiana; w.
j. Howe, Wa-Keeney, Kansas; j. Il.
Frey; +. C. Higgins, Las Animas, Col
orado; Theodore Roeber, Paonia; +. l..
Kellogg. Montrose; 7. b. Chynoweth,
Charles Billstrom, Read. Colorado: J.
d. VanValkenburg, VIM. II. Wing,
II. G. Snyder, j. c. Carney, Dan Wag-
ner, Delta.
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
Not Chrisiened Yet.

The Democratic papers of the state
dubbed the former legislature the
"Silly Sixteenth. So far they have
not been able to suggest a name they
think will do justice to the.
and it is Democratic. too!
The Delta independent., 1909-03-26
Badge of Honor.

Some people make public all tina
there is in them in day; others re
tain character for worth which, like
mineral treasures, to be seen must be
developed.
Our esteemed citizen Capt. C. P.
Bragg has disclosed to US a nava
record as brilliant as he is modest.
Entering the U. S. Navy a year be.
fore the Civil war as an apothecary. he
was selected by the Fleet Surgeon of
the West Gulf Squadron, as apothecary
of the Flagship Hartford, having charge
of the sick of that ship and also of the
medical and surgical stores of the
fleet of 70 ships.
He thus participated in the great
naval engagement of Farragut at New
Orleans, which the world has ranked
with Trafalgar, in the engagement
of the Rebel Ram Ark ansas, and in
two separate engagements of the fleet
at Vicksburg, where the Hartford was
under the rebel batteries nearly two
hours each time, in the bombardment
VI e1iid iotCi as oSSoiio
in command of the U. S. S. Signal on
Red River where his ship and the U.
S. S. Covington engaged whole di
vision of the rebel army of 1000 men
with 20 pieces of artillery during 6 terri
BILE hours, in which four other gun
boats sent to their aid were driven
away, great troop steamer was de-
stroyed with 200 of her soldiers killed
and wounded, the Covington was dis
abled and burned with all her wounded
and dead on board and the Signal was
sunk. More medals have been award
ed to the Signals sailors of this terri
BILE engagement than to those of any
other war ship afoat.
Capt. Bragg's part in the engage
ment was recognized by a sep arate
command from which he carries his
well earned title.
In the congress just closed bill was
presented by Hon. Geo. A. Loud, of
Michigan, which reads as follows:
''Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Repi piesentatives in congress
assembled that the Secretary of the
Navy be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to cause to be prepared,
with suitable emblematic devices
bronze medal which shall be bestowed
upon Charles P. Bragg late Acting En-
sign and Executive Officer of the
United States Gunboat Signal for gal
liant and meritorious services rendered
at the engagement at Shaggy Point on
Red River, Louisiana, on the fourth
day of May eighteen hundred and
sixty four"
Captain Bragg is now the proud
wearer of this medal. To the $4,000
other naval officers only l56 medals
have been issued.
On the diverse of this medal is
high relief cut of the Monitor and
Merrimac, above it the words The
Civil War" below it 1S6l-ls64. On
the reverse an eagle with outstretched
wings standing upon an anchor, below
the words, For Service also
wreath around the raised edge and in
gold letters are the words,
''Actg. Ensign C P. Bragg,
U. S. S. Signal"