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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12
GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY COL LECTED FIGURES ON DESIRABLE ITY OF USING AUTOMOBILES IN CARRYING THE RURAL MAILS.
By PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, May -(SpeciaL)-Assist- ant Postmaster General Degraw is hope full that the campaign for good roads
 throughout the country will result finally in a general use of the automobile in TUT al mail delivery. a condition which will
 bring about little difference in time be-
 tween the mail delivery In city and coun-
 try.
 Mr. Degraw, in discussing the matter
 today said "rhere are now in operation
 throughout the United States 40 525 rural
 routes, of an average length of 240S
 miles, and to serve these routes the rural
 carriers are required to drive about one
 million miles every day in the year except
 Sunady and holidays. The rate of speed,
 where horse- drawn vehicles are used is
 about four miles an hour, and the aver age time consumed by each carrier is about eight hours per trip. There are known instances where rural carriers, us- ing automobiles, have served their ruote,
 making the necessary stops to deliver and.
 collect mail, at an average rate of speed
 of IS miles an hour over routes 30 miles in length. Now it will readily be seen tha1 if by using motor vehicles all rural car riers or a considerable part of them could | serve their routes with such expedition
 there would not only be an enormous sav- ' ing of time, but rural patrons would have
 the advantage of very much earlier de- livery and dispatch than they are now re- 1 ceiving. In fact, the service thus given would be ideal. Unfortunately, however there are conditions existing which make the general use of automobiles or motor cycles by rural carriers impossible at this time or in the very near future.
 Sanctions Their Use.
 For several years past the department
 has sanctioned the use of motor vehicles by rural carriers where the topography of the country and the conditions of the
 roads permitted their uninterrupted use for an extended period. Late in the year 1908 the department called upon postmas- ters at all rural delivery offices to submit reports where rural carriers used motor vehicles in serving their routes, indicating
 the cost price of the vehicles, cost ot | maintenance per month for gasoline and
 repairs, the average time made per mile,
 and the number of days they could be used continuously.
 "A compilation of these reports showed that at that time there were in operation ! on rural routes throughout the United StateS 3lz automoDleS ana 4i4 motor cy- cles, the average cost of the automobiles being $535.70 and of motor cycles $1S2. B,
 a cost of maintenance per month for gas- oline and repairs to each automobile of S10.05, and to each motor cycle of S4.29.
 It was also indisputably shown that motor
 vehicles can be used on rural routes dur ing the summer and fall months under
 best climatic conditions for periods vary
 ing from three to eight months and that the average length of time during which
 such vehicles can be used continuously
 does not exceed ten days, though there were exceptional instances where motor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12
THE WEATHER.

Washington May 11.-Weather fore cast for Alabama: Fair Wednesday and Thursday; moderate temperature, light variable winds.
 For Mississippi: Fair and warmer Wednesday,; Thursday fair, light east to southeast winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12
Marriage Licenses Issued.

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday from the office of the probate court:
 Linton b. Treadaway of Birmingham to Miss Annie May Driscroll.
 B. M. Brasher of Birmingham to Miss Maud Kimbrough.
 w. R. Sims of Bessemer to Miss Florence McMillan.
 w. T, Moore of Birmingham to Mrs. Annie Love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12
B. T. Shaw 6 Son. Undertakers.
Green Undertaking Co.
ANNOUNCEMENT

To the Qualified Voters of Woodlawn: I hereby announce myself candidate for the Mayoralty of Woodlawn, at the municipal election to be held July 6, 1909, and ask your support. pledging myself to the advancement of the best interests of the city should I be elected.
 J. P. CROUCH. Woodlawn, Ala, May Il, 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12
A Constipation
 Remedy Free

There is no action of your daily life of greater importance than to see that your bowels move. They should move at least once 8 day naturally, and by that Is meant without any help. If they do not move at-ieast once a day you can consider yourself constipated and it is time you did something about it.
 You will be glad to know there is way out of the difficulty. Lem- uel Landerdale, an old soldier at Quincy, Ill. Elmer McMillan of Speed. Mo. Mrs. Monahan of Stonewall. Miss, and many oth CTS were as you are now. But one day they awoke to the fact that Dr. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin was curing their friends. so they bought 1t too and it cured them. Today they are loud in praise of it.
 What Dr. CaldwelIs Syrup Pepstn did for them 1t sh ould do for you Surely your constipation is no worse than theirs. one of whom had 1t since 's1. It only remains for you to realize and what you want is a permanent cure; that purgative tablets, oathartio pills and such violent things make a great show of doing something, but do nothing that Is lasting: pr. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin is a scientific prepara- tion, laxative-tonic. a mild syrupy liquid that contains ingredients that not only cure the constipation, but tone the intestinal muscles so that they learn again to work without help. A bottle can be bought of any druggist for the small price of 50 cents, and there is dollar size for families who value aS in stomach. <iver ana bowel troubles, in old or young.
 Send your name and address to the doctor and free trial bottle will be sent you so that you can test 1t be- fore buyinR.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Marie Thompson.

Marie Thomas, the 8-months-old daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. G. G. Thompson, died yesterday morning at the family resi- dence 12O5 North Seventeenth street. Flu neral services will be held at the resi- dence this morning at 10 o'clock and in- torment will be In Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12
Mayer 0Brien Creates Stir By Vigorous Attitude Toward
 Law Enforcement
COM MISSIONERS AGREED
 ON IMPORTANT SUBJECT
New Commission Announces That Po- lice Must Attend to Duty and Drunkenness Will Be Cause
 for Expulsion.
MAYOR O'BRIEN SAYS
 LID WILL BE PUT ON

'It has been rumored that be- cause l was opposed to the passage
 of the prohibition law that Bir- mingham would be run wide-open during my administration. This is
 absolutely untrue. The laws are . to be enforced. 1t is outrageous, the manner in which the law is , being violated here and these vio- lations must be stopped. l am to 3 be here for IT months and when l leave l shall be conscious of hay ing done my duty. This way of re- moving the licensed saloon from the first floor of the Illicit estab- lishment to the second, third and fourth noor Is bad for the com
 munity. You had an example of this today by the loss of a life in a lock CT club.
 Every member of the police
 force will be expected to enforce
 3 the law and we shall hold the cap
 tains responsible for the men un-
 der them doing tn cir duty. There is going to be strict compliance
 3 with the law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12
Weather report for 24 hours ending
CITY ITEMS.

Criminal Term Called OR--Judge Os- car R. Hund1ey yesterday called off the special term of the United States court which had been set to convene on May "A. It was found that not enough de- fendants are in the jail to warrant drawing a special venire for the crim- inal docket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12
Degraw's Objections.

Assistant Postmaster General Degraw, in an interview with The Age-Herald' s Washington correspondent, raises every objection possible to the use of the au- tomobile on rural delivery routes. He is heartily in favor of their use, and is doing everything to encourage their adop- tion He merely points out the difficult ties.
 am glad he does this. There are al- ways difficulties in the way of every big and worthy undertaking. Overcoming diff faculties has made America great.
 Only a few years ago the automobile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12

Still Near C0rdova--About seven miles from Cordova Deputy Marshals Smith, Montgomery and Anderson found a still Monday which had just been equipped with all the necessary new machinery. Hitherto 1t had been a pot still, but the officers got there in time to ruin the whole works. Calvin Bar nett was arrested and held on the charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12

If thereis anything a bout your ailment that you don't understand. or if you want any medical advice, write to the doctor, and he will answer you fully. There Is no charge for this service. The address is pr. W. R. Caldwell, 601 CAAdvel1 Ibuildtng. Monticello m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12

was considered only a luxury for the very rich Now they are used by doctors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
 Best issued by the Hartford Fire Ins. Go. !, McDavid, Terry & Garland ! 7 General Agents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-12

Want to exchange new ranges for old ones. Robt. Prowell Stove Go.
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 Boys Club Meeting-There will be an important meeting of the directors Of the Boys club this morning to take up matters of importance to the organiza- tion A summer camp for the boys Will be arranged, while reports will be re- ceived from officials, and the ladies Will talk over the needs of the club with the advisory board which meets at ll:o9 o'clock.
 New Corporation-ArticIes of in- corporation were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday by the Bli- 1ningham Development company, which proposes to conduct a general real Co tate business with offices in BlrmlnS- ham, The authorized capital stock is S3OOO the full amount of which is sub scribed and paid up. The officers are: J. R. Hunter, president; w. B. Fowlkes, vice president, and T. G. Lisle, sec retary and treasurer.
 Maenner-ChOr Conccrt-The BiEming- ham German Turn -Verein hasTissued invitations to the annual concert of the Birmingham Maenner-Chor, under the direction of Prof. E. Wunnenberg, to- gether with the opening of the Rath- skeller tonight at 8;30 o'clock. Re- freshments will be served at the Rath- Skeller, IurneT Hdll, zVAl 12 II II Sl oNt- nue. The committee in charge consists of A. G. Brandt, Charles G. Koch, $. E. Covin. C. Kuhlo, G. keul, Dr. F. C.. Grace. H. School, A. Speaker, J. j.. Wirth.
 Epworth League at East Lake-The 0 district union of the Epworth league held an enthusiastic meeting last night at East Lake. There were over 800 peo- ple attending, and much time was taken LID with plans for the Epworth league trip to Seattle. A special car will take representatives to the international con- vention to be held In June. "A Model Devotional Meeting" was the subject of a discussion led by Maurice Willows. Other talks were made, and plans com pleted for a big debate at the next meeting.
 To Investigate Death - c O r n e r Brasher will hold an official investiga- tion this morning of the death of Will Lowe, a negro laborer, who recently came to Birmingham from Atlanta and worked for an East Lake contractor. Lowe was found dead in his bed Mon day night shortly after 12 o'clock at his home in the rear of 22OO Twelfth avenue, north. Dr. Frank c. Glass made a postmortem examination of the re- mains of the negro yesterday and will report his findings to the coroner's jury this morning.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 6.) -
 THE QUICKEST.
 Because the Seaboard is the Short and Smooth Way to At lanta. Only AZ hours. Leaves zoo a. m. Through Sleeper and Dining Gar.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08
TWenty-fitth Anniversary OF
First M. E. Will Be
Celebrated.
CEREMONIES THIS MONTH
ON SUNDAY NEXT THE REV. w. J..
~vIGUs, PASTOR OF CHURCH
FROM 1873 TO 1880, WILL BE IN
THE PULPIT.

Services commemorating the TWEEN
ty-fifth anniversary OF the dedication
of the First Methodist church will be
held this month at the church on
the Rev. w. j. Vigus of Wabash, for
merly pastor here from 1878 to 1880
will preach at the church both morn
ing and evening. On next Tuesday
night, October IL, there will be what
is called farewell meeting at the
old Fifth Street church. Farewell
services were held there just twenty
five years ago, since when, however,
mission has been established In the
old church. Letters OF greeting from
all the former pastors will be read at
that meeting.
Sunday, the seventeenth. will be
"old peoples day" and services will
be conducted at the East Main Street
church as will all other services Of
the celebration. Carriages will be
furnished for the conveyance Of the
old persons to the church, who desire
to attend the services. The Rev. T..
M. Guild will preach in the morning.
Dinner will be served in the base
ment of the church and the afternoon
will be spent in the nature of love
feast. The Rev. Ralph NJ. Diffendor-
fer of Madison, N. j., will deliver the
evening address.
Rev. Bacon to Speak.
The exact day of the twenty.fifth
anniversary of the dedication of the
church will be Tuesday, October 10.
On that evening Rev. c. E. Bacon Of
indianapolis, formerly pastor here
from 1884 to 1887 will be the princi-
pal speaker. The special feature of
the services will be the burning of
the $500 note on the church incurred
in the repair of the basement by the
Ladies Aid society. The note has
been banging over the heads Of the
members for about year. The Mems
Brotherhood have volunteered to raise
the money and pay off the note.
Rally Day will be held on Sunday
the oath. Evening services will be
conducted on each day of that week,
featured by steriopticon lectures and
music.
The celebration will be fittingly and
appropriately closed on Sunday, the
31st. which will be known as mem
bership day. 1t is expected that at
least fifty new members will be taken
into the church on that Sunday. The
church organ has been thoroughly ov-
erhauled and repaired for the occasion
of the celebration and is now In excel.
lent condition.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08
F FOOTBALL SEASON
SPRUNG SATURDAY
EarIham Gridiron Heroes Will
Jump on Doughty Cedar
vile Team.
WILL BE CLOSE CONTEST
oUAkERS ARE OUTWElGHED, BUT
TITS THOUGHT THEY HAVE THE
sPEEDIER oUTFiT-LlNEUP OF
EARLHAM TEAM.

The football season opens at Earl
ham college tomorrow afternoon with
a game between Cedarville college and
Earlham. The prospects for a hard,
fast game are good and the outcome
is matter Of speculation. Cedarville
comes to Earlham expecting the scalp
of the Quakers, with a much heavier
squad while the Quakers are c'eterm-
ined to win from Cedarville at all odds.
Twenty-three men will be matched
against Cedarville in the opening
game. Coach Glen Thistlethwaite has
been unable to pick squad OF eleven
men who could pull for Earlham and
as a result two men will be tried out
In each position. The men have spent
some weary hours in scrimmage this
week during which time the Coach has
drilled some fundamental principles
about dealing with the pig-skin, into
the squad.
Has Veteran Team.
Cedarville has eight former co. men
on her team this year and it is report
ed that the squad greatly outwelshs
that of the Quakers. Cedarville won
from Earlham last winter SO uneX-
pectedly in basket ball that the Earl
hamites fear she may have the same
thing in store fer them in football to-
morrow
The men who will line up for Earl
ham tomorrow afternoon include:
Stanley and Jones, center; Beebe and
Connolly, quarter; Lewis and Coppack,
right guard; Over1nan, right tackle;
Francis Furnas and Hill, right end );
Kelsay, Jones and Hayes, left guard;
Highlands and Wright, left tackle;
Larrance and Reagan, left end; Bruner
and Wann, left half; Haworth and
Cook, full back; and Brunson and Tur-
byville, right half.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08
A SERMONS SEQUEL

At next Sundays vespcr service.
Rev. E. G. Howard promises to offer
some suggestions as TO the cure IT the
curse Of the churches which he has
been diagnosing in a series Of sermons
which have attracted more than usual
interest and which have awakened the
consciences of many people.
The attendance ut the Vesper hour.
5 p. m. has been SO satisfactory that
the Congregation decided at its annual
meeting to continue the second service
at that time. This gives an opportu-
nifty for parents to bring their children
without keeping them from home late
in the evening. The children will be-
especially welcome at this time and II
is thought that parents will be glad to
avail themselves of this special oppor-
tunity.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08
CHARGES ARE GRAVE
Latest Champion of Dr.. Cook
Takes Fall Out With
Commander Peary.
RISKEO ESKIMOS' LIVES
(American News Service)

(American News Service)
Copenhagen. Oct. S-Grave charges
against Commander Peary is given the
north pole controversy. The latest
champion Of DR.. Cook is the Rev. Lud-
wig, Greenland clergyman. In a
lecture the minister declared that
Peary had endangered the lives Of sev-
eral Eskimo women and children By
leaving them on the ice without food
Peary took this action, according to his
accuser. because he thought that the
women and children hindered the pro-
gross of the expedition.
In the Greelnad colonies, the Danish
authorities have received hundreds Of
complaints from Eskimos regarding
Peary's alleged cruelty. DR.. Ludwig
says. The commander kept the ma
ives dependent on him, except in rare
cases.
Ludwig is a member of the Cape
York mission and knows both Cook
and Peary. He says other explorers
will corroborate his charges.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08
CALLS PETIT JURY
Judge Fox Orders the Jury
Members to Report at
Court Monday.
MAY HEAR HARRIS CASE

Judge Fox of the circuit court issu-
ed call for the jury of the October
term of court to report Monday morn.
ing. in order that they may serve in
case William H. Harris, charged with
assault and battery with intent to kill
John D. Lancaster, a prominent farm.
er, desires jury trial. The jury In.
cludes the following: l. F. Ryan. Bos.
ton township; John X. Eliason, Cen.
ter township: William c. Harris. Clay
township; Nathan Davis, Franklin
township; Scott Lichty. Harrison
township; Samuel Snyder. Jackson
township; John r. Thornburg. Jeffer.
son township; Orla B. Henderson
New Garden township; Charles A.
Mendenhall. Perry township: Frank
w. Wallace. Washington township:
J. Will Cunningham, Wayne town
ship and Daniel Tice. Webster town
ship,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08

ROBERT GARDNER, NEW NATIONAL GOLF
CHAMPION.
holing out from a seemingly impossi-
BILE distance. Gardner made the morn
ing round in ~ strokes, 80 going out
and IS coming in. He took Al going
out in the afternoon with SKIES at the
first and sixth holes, but was only q
for the concluding seven holes, four
under DOGGY.
Gardner throughout the recent tour
nament played consistent golf. He dis
posed Of Walter ]. Travis in the third
round Of match play and won from
former western champion Mason E.
Phelps in the semidnals.
In a way he is a golfng marvel. He
has never before figured prominently
in big golfing events and last year did
not play at all. This year he took up
the game in earnest, and his play rap
idly developed to a degree of perfec-
ton that won him the championship.
Gardner is captain and the crack pole
vaulter of the Yale freshman track
team.
piece Of hot apple pie figured large
~ in the result of the recent tourney.
Egan was the victim. He suffered
from acute indigestion the day before
he met Gardner and shortly after his
long. hard match with "Chick" Evans
in the semifinals tainted in the locker
room. He was under a doctors care
and physically was unfit for a Cruel
ing game such as the final game proved
tn he
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08
COMING SPORT EVENTS

The annual fall race meeting held by
the Utah Jockey club in Salt Lake
City began Sept. IS and will close
Oct 80.
What promises to be one Of the
greatest automobile races ever held
v scheduled to take place in Fair
mount park. Philadelphia. Oct. 8. The
distance is 800 miles. Besides $1,000
In cash prizes. Of which $500 will go
to the winner. 1t is possible that the
Quaker City will give handsome sill
yer cup for the victor
The great classic field trial dog
event. the American Field futurity,
will be run on the quails in the vicin-
ity OF Hutsonville, ILL.,. beginning
Nov. 4. The stake is $1,000, of which
$1o0 Is awarded to the owner Of the
winning dogs and $500 to the breed
ers Of the same dogs. No greater
single stake was ever awarded in tho
interest Of canine hreederA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08
TO PLAY CHESS ABROAD.
Penn Students Will Match Their Skill
Against College Experts Of Europe.

Penn Student. Will Match Their Skill
Against College Experts Of Europe.
Bent on matching their skill at chess
against some of the leading university
players Of Europe. Norman T. Whita-
ker and Emlen Fl. Miller, two Of the
strongest Of the University Of Penn
sylvania experts. and William H.
Hughes. the only college player en-.
joying the distinction Of having won a
state championship. are now touring
Europe seeking matches with the old
worlds best college experts.
The team Of the University Of Am
sterdam will be the first to be encoun-
tered. and after an interval Of a week
the Pennsylvania players will repair
to Munich. After that England will
be the next country in the itinerary,
and a match either with Oxford or
Cambridge will be arranged. Last
year Oxford was beaten by the score
Of 11l5 to 61s. Whitaker making a
clean sweep Of six wins.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08
WAS UNIQUE EVENT

The Athletic Burlesque meet at
South Tenth street park this afternoon
attracted a very large crowd, who dis
played much interest in the different
events. There were a number OF con-
testants for each event. The most in
teresting event of all was the bur
lesque prize fight, which at the time Of
going to press had not been decided.
The flour roofing contest between COL
ored boys, black as the ace Of spades,
was also very interesting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08
GIANTS WILL PLAY

When the Giants line up against the
fast All Professionals, a team made
up of local players and several fast re-
cruits from other cities, next Sunday
afternoon at Athletic park, one Of the
best baseball games that has been
played in this city this season is ex.
pected to be witnessed. Harris from
French Lick will do the twirling for
the Giants and will be opposed by Ur-
ban, a we'll known pitcher from Bath,
Ind, who will fling for the All Pro-
fessionals. Much general interest is
being manifest in the contest between
these two evenly matched teams. The
game will be called at $50 o'clock
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-08
GARDNER GOLF CHAMPION.
Youngstsr Who Captured Tourney At
Wheaton . New Recruit to Game.

Robert E. Gardner of Hinsdale, ILL.,.
a clean limbed, rosy checked lad OF
nineteen years, is now the amateur
golf champion of the United States.
He recently won the title in Wheaton,
Ill.,, by defeating II. Chandler Egan
twice winner Of national honors,
up and 2 to play. He is the young
est man that ever won the national
championship.
Veteran golfers like Walter ]. Travis
and former open champion Willie An
derson watched In astonishment the
remarkable game OF Gardner. as hole
after hole he drove. then approached.
then took the regulation two puts or
brought applause from the gallery by