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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-15
w. w. ROSS RESIGNS.
H. r. Sanders Is Made Manager o'
 Farmers Cooperative Store.

onelika. July 14.-(SpeciaL )-The board of directors of the Farmers AL liance Cooperative association of Lee county held its regular semi-annual meeting here today for the purpose or electing officers for the store. The following directors were present: John T. Harris. Sr., president; W. H. Mel ton. w. B. Tucker. T. J. Little Of Au- burn. c. III. McCulloh of Beulah, W. H. Kimbrough and W. M Bass, G. w. Hardy of Tyler Ala, the secretary ana T M Walton of Lafayette were absent from the meeting. Wiley w. Ross, who has been the manager for 20 years, o1 the Farmers Alliance Cooperative store. doing an extensive advancing business of general merchandise in this city. rendered his resignation. Alter passing splendid resolutions Of thanks to MT. Ross and depressing regrets that he desired to sever his connec- tions with this business his resignation was accepted.
 H. T. Sanders, who has been ware houseman and bookkeeper for nearly 20 yt/ ~. was elected business manager to succeed MT. Ross, whose resignation will take effect August l.
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Personal and General.

A. Mansack, white was placed under bond today, charged with violating the prohibition laws. His case will be tried by Mayor Sugg Thursday morning.
 The Fairview Masonic lodge held pub lie installation last evening. Dr. R. M Cunningham conducted the exercises and delivered an address. The following off cers were installed: Dr. T. J. Springfield worshipful master; c. c. Hancock senior warden; L. H. Lindsay, junior warden P. H. Tyler, secretary; w. s. Freeman, treasurer; J. Hafner, senior deacon; J. S. Tollett, junior deacon; w. T. Hutto, tyler.
 The Rev. L. H. Jackson will preach a special sermon to the Red Men of Pratt City Sunday afternoon at o'clock A special musical programme has been ar ranged. including vocal selections by Capt. J. x. Thomas and Arthur Thomas.
 The Amphon club gave a delightful dance at East Lake this evening.
 A special meeting of the Ensley lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, will be held Thursday evening. Every Ma son is urged to attend, as important bus mess is to be transacted.
 Miss Myrtle Mcguire is visiting her brother c. H. Mcguire. at Goodwater.
 Little Mildred Ohl leaves Saturday for Sharon, Pa., to visit her grandfather.
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JAIL DELIVERY
 IS BARELY SAVED

Greenville, July 14.-(Suecial.)- Only by a lucky chance were eight prisoners confined in the county Jail here prevented from escaping last night, On account of the bad condition of the new jail the eight prisoners were taken out of their iron cells and placed in cell in the old jail. This cell was directly over the bedroom of the jailer, William Kirksey He was aroused about 12 o'clock by hearing some unusual noises above him. Sus- pecting trouble he went Immediately for Sheriff Watson. When they ar rived they halted outside and watched the negroes at work when the lightning would flash. Finally the sheriff shot near them and then went up stairs. When he gE there the negroes were asleep and snoring. He found that
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BISHOP QUAYLE
 DISCUSSES HOME { (hicagoan Expresses Views on
 Marriage and Divorce BIG IRRIGATION PLANS Horse Heaven Country Near Spokane Will Have Irrigation Plant Which
 Will Water Six Hundred
 Thousand Acres.

spokane, Wash, Dis cussing the tremendous advantages to the preacher of being a scientific 'sparker" Bishop w E. Quayle of Chicago said in the course of an address at First Methodist church of Spokane that any pastor who does not know how to spark out to be ashamed of himself. And" he added, there is no use of sparkling woman unless you can hold her hand. cannot explain why this is so, but l do know that it has to be done, for have been there myself"
 Judging from the prolonged applause and the repeated mods of approval by the listeners in the amen corner following this remark, 1t is taken that the Chi cagoan has started something right here in sunny old Spokane.
 Bishop Quayle was assigned to speak upon Hall Caine and His Island" but he digressed several times to express his views on marriage and divorce, the influence of woman and other questions Here are a few of his sermonettes, gath cred at random:
 "A foe of the home is always destruc- tive of good order, civilization and de cency.
 "S,ums are wherever deviltry is. have seen sums in boulevards and in the homes of millionaires.
 "The solitary thing that keeps the world decent Is the home. Abolish 1t and the world will go to the devil. "Marrying is the greatest thing in the o,a h,,. ero,,, it's very commences we do not appreciate the fact. Amy one who slurs a woman's love In suits the race The worlds life never gets and stays above the level of woman hood.
 "In America man is a sort of pocket book for woman. She wants him around at n ght because he is then about as good as a poodle.
 .'The making of home sweet place and the raising of babies is often con sidered small business, but domesticity is still Gods greatest necessity and all ways will be be-"
 What is designed to be tie largest pri- vate irrigation project in the United States will be installed in the Horse Heaven country, southwest of Spokane where 600,000 acres of land is to be watered at cost of $15,0Oo,00O. The Klickitat Irrigation company is backing the scheme which is to be in operation within five years The main canal will be 150 miles in length and there will be Is reservoirs to be filled with rain during the winter months and melting melting snow from Mount Adams in the summer. The irrigation of this tract, of fcially known as the Klicktat project was deemed feasible by government en- Gineers, who said in their reports that the
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during the rainstorm that was still go- ing on they had taken two horse shoes and a tin spoon and removed a large piece of plank studded with nails from near the window and had nearly completed loosening the bars having bent one of them. At the rate that they were going they would have been free in a short while. They were put in two cells in the new jail where it is not possible for them to get away. This is the second attempted delivery in two months, and both almost suc- ceeded.
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T. Goodwin and children of Montgom- try, MT. H. s. Taylor and family of Wetumpka, MT. J. R. Gamble and fam fly of Wetumpka, Mrs. F. A. Lancaster of Wetumpka, Mrs. ". G. Lancaster of Wetumpka. Miss Ira Pearl McElhaney of Wetump'/I, Miss Lucas Williams of Wetumpka, Miss Madora Lancaster Of Wetumpka, MT. Lloyd Lancaster of Wetumpka. Miss Laura Dean of Alex ander City, MT. Charles Dean of Alex ander City MT. Ed Tn omas of Oklaho- ma City. Okla
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Survivors of Wreck.

Sydney, N. s. w., July 14-The steamer Tafua came In here today bringing five survivors of the Norwegian bark Errol from Chimbote, April 1, for New Castle,
 N. s. w, that was wrecked June IS on Middleton reef. Seventeen members of the ships company, including Captain An derson, his wife and four children, lost their lives when the ship was cast away.
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GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW SCHOOLHOUSES
TWO STRUCTURES IN ENSlEY NOW EXPECTED TO MAKE RAP ID HEADWAY-PERSO AND
 GENERAL NEWS OF STEEL CITY.

Ensley July 14-(special )-Ground has been broken for the erection of two hand some grammar schools. Ager & Cline, who have the contract for the Eighth Ward or F'airview school, are making consid- erable headway, and John s. Baker, the contractor for the Fourth Ward school, has been at work several days. Work on the city jail improvements, which are being made by H. W. Culpepper. under the supervision of Mayor Sugg and City Engineer Ohl, is progressing rapidly.
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Curtiss Flies Hiqher.

New York, July 14-Glenn H. Curtiss the Hammondsport aeroplanist, whose recent flights have earned him high hon ors in the field of aviation in this coun- try. today improved on his past perform ances by remaining aloft 5 minutes and 16 seconds in flight at Mineola L. l.
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Mrs. j. F. Adams Dies.

OpelilSa, July Especial )-This city was saddened by the untimely death of Mrs J. F. Adams at her home last night at g o'clock. The deceased is mourned by her devoted husband, J. F. Adams, and two daugh- ters, Mrs. J. W. Persons and Mrs. Addie Adams Woolwine. both of this city, and a large circle of relatives and friends.
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CAMPING PARTY.
pr. and Mrs. r. H. Street Entertain
 Friends on the HilIabe.

Alexander City, July 14.-(Special.)-- large party of pleasure seekers, as the guests of Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Street of this city, have bivouaced on the Hillabe for number of days in camp fishing, hunting, bathing and other games of sport, six miles from Alexan- der City.
 The guests are as follows Mrs. R.
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Dismissed From Army.

Washington, July 14.-Upon conviction by courtmartial for passing bogus checks and failing to pay his debts, Maj Charles J. T. Clark, Twenty-sixth infantry, has been dismissed from the army, according to an announcement at the war depart ment
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Quiet In Bolivia.

La Pax, July A.--It Is impossible to confirm the rumor current yesterday that Senor Fonsca, the Argentine minister. had been recalled because of attacks upon him and the legation building by moo aneered by Argentina,s arbitration award in the dispute over territory between Bolivia and Peru The situation this morn.Sg was quiet.
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The method of harpooning seal by the Eskimo is graphically illustrated in a large pond in the Eskimo village at the Seattle worlds fair. There are number of live seal swimming about, but the harpooning is done on dummy"
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work would be too expensive, while others said that the task is out of question. The promoters of the enterprise have made a thorough investigation of the land to come under the system, and H. A Hol- lenbeck, secretary of the company, says that as soon as owners of 5000 acres of land sign to pay s6o an acre for per petual water rights the work win begin. He announced also that no payments are to be made until a year after the delivery of water.
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A cone of apples N feet high and 1C feet long at the base stands in the center of the Oregon building at the Seattle worlds fair About the base of it is grouped the horticultural exhibit, the whole making a most pleasing display.
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Some $1 ,2OOO00 is shown in the gold booth at the Seattle worlds fair, consisting of bricks, nuggets and dust. The bricks were all made in the treasury department exhibit in the main government building.
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A Tacoma policeman had his badge and money stolen from him while viewing the exhibits in the main government build ing at the Seattle worlds fair. This Is the only case where the light fingered gentry have piled their trade on the grounds of the exposition which is re- markable record for big fair.
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Gold to Buenos Ayres.

New York, July 14.-Heidelbach. Ikle- heimer & Co. today engaged $1,500,000 in gold for shipment to Buenos Ayres.
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Edward L. Payne, a native of Indiana, born near Indianapolis on January S lS9o who was a stage driver between Portland and Sacramento in the late 50s and drove the first overland mail from Portland east in 1seo and his bride. formerly Miss Mag gie L, Wilson, 54 years of age, who were married at the home of the brides mother at Columbia City, Wash, after brief courtship. have gone to their home at Conconuliy, Okanogan county Washing ton They passed their noneymoon at Puget Sound points and Wenatchee, wash. Payne, who is known all over tbe Pacific northwest as Uncle Ned, came west at the height of the gold fever in 1852, and settled at Hanstown, now Placerville. Cal, going afterwaro 10 the Frazer river mining camps m nrillsi, Co,vr,bia He was driver of the stage that carried Gen. U. s. Grant part or the way east from Portland in 1866 and IS veteran of the Modoc war.
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Benjamin Franklin's cane which he pre- sented to General Lafayette as a token of friendship, is one of the historical ex- hibits in the Pennsylvania booth at the Seattle worlds fair.
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Buyers for Puget Sound and Spokane commission houses are paying record prices for potatoes in the Yakima valley west of Spokane, in an effort to corner the market. From $33 to s35 ton is be- ing offered by the speculators with the available supply almost exhausted. The farmers are taking advantage or the ny CTS and are unloading rapidly. W. F.. Hass, a farmer eight miles west Of Sun nyside, Wash, who produced 10 tons Of Russett potatoes on three-quarters or an acre of land on his ranch last season, made a good clean up with his crop. The tubers grown on the Hass ranch are the largest ever put on the market In the Yakima district. Ninety of them niled a wheat sack. Other growers also had good yields averaging from eight to ten tons the acre, according to location. Ste vens county, Washington, holds the rec ord of the world for potato proouctlon, single acre yielding 751 bushels last sea- son. The Yakima valley holds the record for prices.
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One of the most interesting exhibits to be found at the exposition is in the Fish cries building and is the collection of fishes imported from the Hawaiian isl ands There are no less than 100 of these finny specimens of almost every conceivable size, shape, form and color. Some are black and yellow, others a pale green, while some are tri-colored with specks and stripes resembling an American flag.
 Their tints are as gorgeous as the rain bow and as radiant as a butterfly. Their shapes are odd in the extreme. Some have the head of an ant-eater, others are more than half-head with eyes in the top of the back. One particular variety have more the appearance of butterflies than fish and move about as gracefully as a sunbeam upon a wave. This is the first importation of live fish ever taken from the Hawaiian islands and their unique appearance causes thousands of visitors to finger about the aquariums looking upon the pristine beauty in wonder and amazement.
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This is an eight-waIl refrig- orator and is the best one made. See these hardwood boxes and be convinced.
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JAPAN SHOWS UP
 WELL AT SEATTLE
Exhibit At Exposition Is Ahead
 Of Other Nations
HAWAIIAN FISHES SHOWN
Tints From the Wonderful Fish From the Pacific Islands Are Gorgeous and Attract Great Atten-
 ton From Visitors.

Seattle. July -(SpeciaI)-On July 21 the exhibit building of the Imperial Jap anese government of the Alaska ukon- Pacific exposition will be formally ded- icated. The ceremonies will be made particularly elaborate and interesting, Japan has by far the most impressive building and exhibit brought 70 the eX- position by any foreign country and is the most valuable and instructive that the nation has ever displayed in foreign country
 The building erected by the Imperial Japanese government is one of the most beautiful types of Japanese architecture to be met with It's graceful lines fol- tow those of 100 years ago, and are the same employed in the more pretentious structures of that period. Approach to the building is gained over beautiful bridge, and the grounds are tastefully laid out in Japanese landscape designs. The color scheme is Oriental red, trimmed with gold; it's setting among the tall frs displays it to the best possible advan- tage, and it is one of the handsomest structures of the exposition.
 At the time of dedication it will pre-  sent a gay and yarigated appearance; thousands of paper lanterns will be fly ing from lines stretched from the highest point of the building and the display of roses and blossoms adorning the bridge, halls and exhibit rooms will be the finest possible of accomplishment
 The wonderful exhibit assembled by Ja- pan forms one of the most attractive features of the Alaska Yukon-Pacific ex- position. It is daily thronged with visit ors, and representatives of the country who are familiar with former expositions state that at no previous time has Ja- pan succeeded in winning more intelli- gent appreciation thah mas been done at Seattle A valuable assistance is found by visitors in the lucid explanations made when requested by MT. Jihei Hashiguchi, a student of the State university, who is actively interested in the success of his nations exhibit in Seattle.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-10-22
The Meanest Trick.

TITS strange, strange, strange, that
I can't find a thing or keep a thing
in this house." said Mr.. Podmore the
other day. Its all because of your
loose, slack, unsystematic way OF
keeping house, Mrs. Podmore!"
what is it now, dear?"
Don't dear me, but help me to find
my hat. 1 hung it on the hall rack
when l came I'M"
'Why, Henry"
Don't stand there staring at me
in that idiotic way, but help me 20
find that hat. I suppose l must wear
my straw hat, and it's raining like
fury"
Henry Podmore, will you listen"
mo, I'll not. When a man lays down
his hat and can't find it"
Henry, that hat is on your head"
what! Who put it there? This is
some trick. I'd take my oath before
any court in the land"
"Nonsense!"
tits not nonsense! It's as true as
that I live and stand before you, a tor
mented, worried, harassed man, who
is ridiculed and made the victim of
some mean, low trick in his own
house every day You'll hear more
about this when I get home!"
Then he rushed out slamming the
door after him.-Los Angeles Exam.
liner.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-10-22

hereby warned and notified to file
their opposition to the application in
writing with the clerk of the court at
his office in the town of Lafayette,
ten DAYS after the first notice hereof,
otherwise the said applicant will be
named and appointed as such adj
in accordance with law.
Witness my hand this 18th day Of
October, 1909. F. K. HOPKINS,
Deputy Clerk of District Court.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-10-22
Try This in November.

Thousands upon thousands of fam.
lies who have not been regular eaters
OF Quaker Scotch Oats will begin on
the first day of November and eat
Quaker Scotch Oats once or twica
every day for thirty days Of this
month; the result in good health and
more strength and vigor will mean
that every other month in the year
will find them doing the same thing.
Try 1t! Serve Quaker Scotch Oats
plentifully and frequently for the thirty
days of November and leave off a cor
responding amount of meat and greasy
foods. You'll get more health, more
vigor and strength than you ever got
IN thirty days of any other kind of
eating.
While You are trying this see that
the children get a full share.
The best food for them. Quaker
Scotch Oats is also packed in hermet.
ically sealed tins for hot climates:
keeps Indefinitely. Z
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-10-22
PRODDED BY MUSIC
HOW MAJ. KENYON GOT WORK
OUT OF THE FILlPlNOS.
Band Airs Gave Impetus to laborers'
Zeal in Building the Famous
Benguet Road Through
luzon Mountains.

Maj. L. w. V. Kennon, now COM
manding a battalion of the Tenth in
fantry at Fort Benjamin Harrison, in
building the famous Benguet road
through the mountains Of northern
Luzon, Philippine islands, accomplish
ed a feat called humanity impossible.
1t took music, money and a mongrel
army of 1000 men to do it, but Ben
guet road stands to-day one of the re-
markable highways of the world.
Maj. Kennon's army of 1000 road
builders rested only on Sunday. For
ten hours of each day they forged
ahead. On Sunday they rested in
their quarters, houses built on poles
and grass. They amused themselves
with dances, cards and games that az
pealed to the different nationalities.
Maj. Kennon introduced music as one
of the attractions along his lonely
highway. He is known for his re-
sourcefulness and he does not deny
that he used music to get better work
out Of the pleasuTe-loving Filipinos
and other Orientals. They did not
like to work, and when they did it
was with slow, sluggish movement.
One day Maj. Nennon decided to
try music as an Impetus to zeal. He
assembled his band, made up of men
of all nations, and ordered it to move
| quietly and secretly to a place where
several hundred Filipinos We're en-
| gagged in drilling holes in the canyon
walls. The band stole up behind the
slow-going drillers and suddenly
struck up a favorite Oriental air. In
stantly the Filipinos caught the spirit
of the music and began to beat their
drills against the rock in rhythm.
The result was more than a sur
prise to the resourceful Kennon. He
kept hat band busy after that. 1t fol-
lowed the Filipinos along the way and
played wherever they worked. From
laborers worth about ten cents a day
he developed them into musical ma
chimes that worked to drum beats.
Maj. Kennon insists that his band
saved the Philippine government thou
sands of dollars.
A bet had been made between Maj.
Kennon and his foreman on one side
and the members Of the Philippine
commission OF the other side that the
road would not be open by January
81, 1905. The story OF the bet was
borne from tongue to tongue along
the road. Maj. Kennon promised each
man a cigar if they won the bet. The
effect was good. The army of 1000
bent to their work, there being a man
to every seven feet of the road on the
last lap into Baguio. On January 20.
two days before the expiration of the
wager, Maj. Kennon rode into Baguio
in a carriage. There was a great cell
ebration and every man in the Ken
non army smoked a good cigar
marked The Kernon Special each
with q label bearing the majors pic
ture.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-10-22
Was Not Too Busy.

Lieut. Shackleton told an interesting
story Of %politeness in the u%ntrodden
regions of the Antarctic. His party
he said, were always extremely good
humored and polite, and one professor
in particular attained a degree of pc.
likeness unusual under such trying cir.
cumstances. care you busy, Nav.
SOM he called out one night to an.
other member of the party who was
in the tent.
81 am said Mawson.
"'Very busy?' said the professor.
"'Yes, very busy
eff you are not too busy. Mawson,
I am down a crevasse.'
"The professor was found hanging
down a by his four fingers.
a position which he could not have &C.
cupied for any length of time"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-10-22
Riaht Definition for "Weird."

Little Frances, aged four, was be-
Ing put to bed for the first time, in
a large and unfamiliar room.
Mother" she said, Il do not like this
room. 1t is SO weird looking" What
does weird mean, dear?" asked her
mother. Why" she replied, weird
is long and dark and no-father-and-
motherish looking."-The Delineator.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-10-22

By virtue of authority vested in
me. | will offer for sale and sell fol
cash, to the last and highest bidder
at the front door of the court house
at Lafayette. La, on
SATURDAY, OCT. 80, 1909,
the following property, to-wit:
Two cars of lump coal containing
seventy-three tons.
L. LACOSTE, Sheriff.
Lafayette, La, Oct. 16, 1909.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-10-22
In STRANGE Paths.

Say, papa" said the inquisitive kid,
what is a pathologist?'
"A pathologist, my son? Why, he's
a man who lays out paths in the parks
and elsewhere, my boy. Now run along
and don't bother papa any more; he's
very busy"