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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
Seymour Will Go Home.

Marlin, Tex, March 12.-Folowing an altercation with Arlie Latham and his dismissal by Manager McGraw, "Cy'' Seymour, outfielder of the New York National league team this afternoon left the hotel where the club has quarters and purchased tickets for himself and wife for New York, from whence, he states he will go to his home. Seymour tonight declared that the attack was justifable, but further than this would make no statement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13

afternoon promises to be no exception, for the bill this week is all that could be de- sired as entertainment for people of all ages There is such comedy as the Swor brothers, late with the Wizard of Oz; Frederick Bowers, star of the Ham Tree; Minnie St. Claire, a clever country girl in the city; Dean and Price in a clever lit- tie comedy playette, and the Musical Craigs. The engagement ends with per formance tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
We are just receiving a solid

We are just receiving a solid car load of Herring Hall, Mar win Safes on which we are able to offer special inducements. These Safes are manufactured by the same people who hnilt the magnificent work for She First National Bank
 BIRMINGHAM SAFE EC1
 TIP First Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
eeoraia Prison Farm.

Atlanta, March 12.-It is reported that the prison commission has recommended to Governor Smith the purchase of a tract of land in Twiggs county as the site for the proposed state prison farm. The tract embraces 5000 acres and is To- cated 20 miles below Macon on the South ern railway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
Horse Show Will Be Held.

New York. March 12.-The National Horse Show Association of America, at a meeting held here today. adopted resolutions pledging itself to hold horse sh ow in 1909. Alfred G. Wander bilt was elected president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
Saturday Matinee,

Always at the Saturday matinee at the Majestic theatre there is large crowd of women and children. as this fs tho special weekly occasion for them. This
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
Goals. Goals. Point
Field Foul
 G@-1- ~f.

Fouls called on Powell, 5; on St Pauls, 4. Referee, Truman Thomas
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-23

The regulation Of Amer as great
lest poe-]cal genius is extending. Not
EOnly IS this true as to france and
&England, but it is SO now in the North
Aern States. Poe's fame has EXTENDED
BAND 0aeDened in the last dead :
lannon's Northern Writers-nOt all but
many 50 with. and. a broad. friendly
Recognition of Poe is not u~ncOIn3-'on
Snow. For quite thirty years French
k@critics hav declared that the genius
Got the South is the foremost poet ever
ION this continent. In Europe l have
met with praise equally as high. | am
GLAD CT this. for my own judgment
WAS given to my readers quite I de-.
asO that Poe was supreme anlOrs;
american writer's of verse. | recall
that nearly thirty-five years agO-'n
May, 1871 had occasion in a news
paper article to express regret that
Poe was not born in the South. in
Maryland, OF Nirginia. or at least IS
Far South as baltimore. He
is found in that progress
i've city but he was Accidentally
so to speak, BORN in Boston, but hao
Yankee blood in his veins. for his
father was OF Maryland ancestry n
Nationality, While his mother was OF
English blood. Poe is buried in Bal
timore, and richly deserves to have a
fine monument erected to him by the
true men and women Of hat city.
There IS already one monument to
his memory in hat city of monu-
ments, but q grand shaft to his mem
aory should be erected in a central
splace to proclaim his high genius
Through the centuries. He rests quiet
~ now in the city of his ancestors.
and where i~enorantly Griswold n
others equally ignorant said he was
born. Some time ago / wrote briefly
of Poe, and referred to the cordial
spraiSe he had received from that fine
Scotch critic Andrew Lang, I wish
10 w 80 - 31A- ~ n ~ va IN
aDie opinion of the able Scotch au-
who wrote of Poe more than
stwenty years ago that he was the
greatest poet, perhaps the greatest
slitcrarY genius of America.' There
is no better equipped critic now liv-
ing among British critics. Poe was
not prolific as q writer Of verse but
finely attuned and marvellous. Poe
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-23

said IF himself hat with himself
poetry was not d pursuit but a pas
sion" Land, closing his short, strik-
ing paper on Poe, says, Farewell,
farewell thou sombre and solitary
spirit. a genius to the track
work of the press, a gentleman among
.camiile, a oct among poetasters.
The South to now has had a few gen.
bus poets, with their wood-nOteS
wild" But it has-.but one Poe. He
was the one richly endowed poet who
fappsars to have taken pleasure in
poetic pains" but there We're others
who nave thrown off now and then q
.stanza. with the rich, clear ring of
the. inspired singer. But the South has
really but one Edgar Poe. a sorrow
felt cut most rarely gifted son of the
muses.. Poe viii live because Of his
most rare and exquisite genius. He
eternize in his splendid verse the
southern name.
Being a native of Raleigh I am
very partial TO it. l have lived there
as q school boy, and as an editor, and
it is q dear place in my affections. l
have had many true friends among
its people, and there are a few re-
naming to whom may apply that en-
dearfng word of recognition. AT the
cemetery repose many l had known
in the. flesh. III the Confederate
cemetery there are heroes and martyrs
OF the Lost Cause. / recall three
monuments that much interested me
when ] saw them in 1876, now thirty
three years since. Their was the
plain, solid shaft of granite erected
I'm Memory Of Our Confederate
Dead" This was in 1870. On the
western SIDE Of it are some tender
lines that were written by a youthful
Confederate soldier who died not long
after the war, when full of promise
by reason of his gifts. L reproduce
them here.
sleep warrior, sleep! the struggle,
The battle-cry is hushed, -
Our standards have. beer lowered,
Our blooming hopes been crushed.
Sleep, for thy name is cherished
BY the bra vest and the best,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-23
PIEDMONT RAILWAY ORGANIZED.
Takes Over Property OF Carolina VAL
ley Company.

High Point, N. c., Feb. 19.-The
Piedmont Railway Company was or
ganized last night at Thomasville with
a capitalization of 100000. Milton
T.. Jones, former president Of the
Carolina Valley Railroad, is president
of the new concern; ThOs. j.. Jerome,
of Salisbury, a prominent lawyer, is
vice president; j. L. Armfield is sec
rotary and treasurer. Directors are
F. S. Lambeth, J. w. Lambeth, DR..
Mock and A. E. Carl, d. and J.. 3.
Jones, sons of the president.
The road taken over is the old
Carolina Valley Railroad, running to
Denton, and the new n wili ex-
tend it further down the Dad into q
good lumber belt.
Already a new locomotive has been
ordered also two new passenger
coaches.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-23
CAPT. DOCkERY's CLOSE CALL.
Captain Oliver II. DOckery Has Mar
row Escape OF West coast OF
F1orida-Clings to Capsized Boat
All Day-A Hero.
(Charlotte Observer, 14t]

(Charlotte Observer, 14th.)
The many friends of Captain Oliver
II. Dockery. Tw~enty-fifth Infantry. o.
S. A.. will be interested to learn that
he had a very narrow escape from
death by drowning off the west coast
of Florida last Tuesday While out
sailing with a party Of friends. In the
boat, in addition. to Captain DOckery,
who, with his family, was spending the
winter in the South. were Raymond
HACKNEY, Of Chicago; Charles G..
Wicker, OF Highland, Ind; William
Phillips, Of Naples, Fla, and DR..
Herbert Caldwell of Louisville. KY.
The party was gotten up by Mr..
Wicker, an ardent sportsman, and the
trip out from the pier at Naples was
made in the face Of a stiff southeast
wind and against the advice of
friends. Shortly after getting out sew
eral miles from shore, the boat zap
sized. The tide being out, Hackney
volunteered to take a spar and see if
he could not swim to land for help.
The broken spar was found but Hack
ney was never heard of. It is sup
posed that he was drowned. Dock
cry, Caldwell. Wicker and Phillips
clung to the capsized boat all day
Tuesday. The story. as taken from
the Chicago Record-Hcrald. Of Tues
day, is as follows:
Late in the afternoon the mail BOAT
passed within a mile or two of the
ICChCd IfC1l, Dut tIltS we've uiidDic
to attract attention. Chilled by the
water and eXhaused b. his efforts in
clinging to the ~capsized boat, Guide
Phillips fell off shortly after h mail
boat passed and was drowned.
Seeing that Wicker was almost ex-
hausted and that he cOud not long
hold on, Captain Dockery dashed the
mar to himself, not releasing himself
until evening, When Wicker was dead.
"Captain DOckery pushed the boat
with a single oar toward the shore.
hOping to reach the route of the mail
boat as it was returning north his
mOrnino With wonderful fortitude
he succeeded in doing this, and early
in the morning he n DR.. Caldwell,
greatly exhausted, We're picked up by
the mail boat on its way to Punta
Rassa. Both were brought ashore and
restoratiVes given. Physicians in at
tendance say they will be all right in
q few days.
THE people at Naples are high in
their praise Of the bravery of Ray
HACKNEY and Captain Dockery. Cap
tain DOckery undoubtedly saved the
lives Of.Dr. Caldwell and himself by
his calmness, courage and nerve.
The body of Wicker was recov-
cred the same time the mail boat
picked UP Dockery and Caldwell, and
was shipped to Fort Myers. this after
nOOn.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-23

the quiet moonlit chamber While the
easement slowly grew a glimmering
square, was also keeping watch
above His own at the awful carnage,
and after the twilight and evening
belP He .tenderly guided them all
poet and martyrs-to their desired
haven, to be with Him forever in a
house not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens"
Wilmington, N. c..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-23
You Can. Afford to Buy a PIANO OR ORGAN

which, nobody now sanythinge except the ener-nor an instrument
hat as nothing to recommend it ut a wv price Don't let a low price
hide III TRUTH of III matter. Try to think out The problem of time, talent
LABOR, material n non tied u % in III factory. An intelligent study Of
tnese facts will tell u no GOO nstrurnen car be sold for next to nothing.
reasonable price n get reliable guaraptee. When o by al instru-
ment away ron home there's nobody to complain to- if things g wrong
The greatness of this store, thu thing N which it chiefly prides ITSELF, is its
long record of square n upright deaGng-it is a record of selling reliable
Instruments at the lowest prices to be found in n store, in any prtO this
vast country. Of the hundreds of people h have bought instruments of
u.s. % one can say thu We have nt ways been cautious nslderat
attentive fair. Come in am see how easy we can make terms Ia
will nab you to by a good Piano or Organ right here at home, nder a
guarant hat means something.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-23
Scared With 2 Hot Iron,

or ,scalded by overturned kettle-cut
with a knife-bruised by slammed
door-injured byAgun or in any other
way-the thing needed at once IS
Buck}en's Arnica Sa!ve to subdue in
Examination ard Kill the pain. Its
earth's supreme healer, infalIble Ter
Roils, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema
and Piles. 25c. at all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-23
Raleigh Cemetery in 1S76--Edgar Poe
Tennyson's Death and Poetry
By DIR. 7. B. kINGSBIRY.

And soldiers and woman's rove
Are with thee in thy rest"
George NJ. Whitins
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
CADETS MUST LOSE
EIGHT POLO PONIES
Comptroller Says There Is No
Appropriation for Their
Purchase
Purchase

Eight polo ponies were purchased last
summer by the Military Academy au-
thorities at West Point for use In the
instruction Of the cadets. Now they
have got to be sold or otherwise dis
posed Of because the auditor for the
War Department declares that there
was no appropriation to which their
purchase could be properly charged. and
the Comptroller Of the Treasury agrees
with him. Congress does make an an
nual appropriation for the purchase of
horses for the cavalry, artillery, and
engineer corps, hut it made no pro-
vision for mounts for the embryo sol
diers at West Point
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
WILKES COLLECTION
PLACED IN MUSEUM
Daughter of Famous Navi-
gator Presents Medals
and Uniforms.

An interesting collection has just been
presented to the National Museum b.
Miss Jane Wilkes, daughter of the late
Admiral Wilkes. the navigator, and
placed on exhibition in the Hall OF
American History.
In the collection are the gold medal
presented 10 Admiral Wilkes by the
Royal Geographic Society Of London
and a jeweled sword presented to him
for recognition of his services to the
Government in effecting the removal OF
the Confederate commissioners, Mason
and Slidell, from the British mail
steamer Trent
II service sword. cooked hat, and
epaulets are also included in the col
lection Perhaps one Of the most inter
esting relics Is the flag flown by him
on the exploring expedition when he
made valuable collections in natural
history.
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
POLICE SEARCHING
FOR PHILADELPHIA
Wealthy Postmaster Ha'
Been Missing for More
Than a Month.

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-The police to-
day are searching for George Eli wash
burn. postmaster of Wyncote, a Phil
adelphia suburb, and a man Of wealth
and prominence, who has been missing
since November 16.
lie left his home, telling his wife he
was going to Philadelphia on business
The next day Mrs. Washburn received
a post card from her husband. IN which
no said that his business bad brought
him TO this city, and that he would be
detained for several days. he said he
was stopping at the Imperial Hotel.
Washburn Is subject to attacks OF
asphasia and Il Is believed that he Is
now suffering from a. lapse OF memory
Ills pOstOffice accounts are said to be
in good shape. Harold E Washburn
a son. IS here assisting the police.
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
PLAN TO INVESTIGATE
WHOLE CIVIL SERVICE
Senators viii Probably Make Thorough Study Of
Body With Idea Of Bringing About Policy of Re
trenchment- Senator Cummings Is Chairman

That there will be a sweeping inves-
tigation OF the civil service the coming
winter by the Senate Committee on
civil service and retrenchment, Of which
Senator Cummins is the head, is highly
probable.
In case this investigation is con-
Quoted. it may result IN important re-
forms in the Government service.
A resolution authorizing the commit
tee on civil service and retrenChment
TO make the investigation is pending
in the Senate. II Is before the COM
mittee to audit ana control the con-
tingent expenses Of that body. Senator
7Kean is chairman of this committee.
The resolution was introduced IN the
special session by Senator Borah. OF
Idaho.
An effort viii be made when the
session opens TO have this resolution
favorably reported. The prospects are
fairly good for a favorable report. 1t
viii doubtless be passed by the Senate
If il is favorably reported. Last ses-
sion It was held back. for the alleged
reason OF expense
Aimed at Senator.
Some indication was given, too, that
there was an indispositlon in high
quarters to allow an insu-gent Senator
Ike Cummins to get into the limelight
of conducting an important inquiry of
| this sort.
/ II the resolution is passed, II is known
that Senator Cummins purposes to &c
/ into the subject with great thorough
ness. The most important phase Of
the matter that Will be investigated
/ e ,,-be4ber under the system now in
Iuse there is anything like promotion by
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
No Indigestion, Gas, Heart
burn or Headache FIVE
minutes later.
nninutes &c

II you had some Diapepsin handy and
would take a little now your stomach
distress or Indigestion would vanish IN
five minutes and you would feel fine.
This harmless preparation will d.
gest anything you eat and overcome a
sour, out-of-order stomach before you
realize Il.
II your meals don't tempt you, or
what little you do eat seems 10 Ill you,
or lays like a lump OF lead IN your
stomach, or II you have heartburn, that
Is a sign OF Indigestion.
Ask your Pharmacist for a 50-cent
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
ALL STOMACH MISERY is ENDED
BY TAKING A LITTLE DIAPEPSIN

little Just as soon as you can. There
wiz be no sour risings. no beiching OF
ind gested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn. fullness or
heavy feeling en- the stomach, Nausea.
Debilitating Headaches, Dizziness, or
Intestinal gripping. This VIII all 90, ana,
besides. there viii be no undigested food
left over IN the stomach 20 poison your
breath with nauseOus OdOrs-
Pape's Dlapepsin IS a certain cure FOR
out-Of-Order sromachs, because II pre-
vents fermentation and takes hold OF
your food and digests Il just the same
as II your stor ach wasn't there
Relief IN five minutes from all stom-
ach misery is 81 any drugstore Waiting
for you
These large 5o-cent cases contain more
than sufficient 70 thoroughly cure al
most any case OF Dyspepsia, Indigestion
or any other stomach disturbance.
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
RECEPTION is GIVEN
LUTHERAN PASTOR

The Rev. Lloyd c. Douglas. the new
pastor OF the Luther Place Memorial
Church. and Mrs Douglas were well
coined BY the congregation at a receD-
ton in the parIors Of the church The
rooms were decorated with palms and
plants Members OF the congregation
and pastors or other churches wished
DIT. and Mrs. Douglas success In their
new work.
The reception was held last evening.
William II F'inckel made a short adj
dress, In which he urged the corpora
ton OF the congregation
The Washington times., 1909-11-24

merit and whether some way cannot
be devised 20 bring about promotion by
merit.
one Of the DEVELOPMENTS in civil SER
vice matters which win be urged as
an argument why there should be an
inquiry is the recent developments In
the New York custom house, where IL
was shown that a large percentage OF
the employees who got In under the civil
service were participating in the sugar
frauds.
It is likely. too. the facts which have
come to the knowledge OF the Treasury
committee which is looking into the
efficiency OF clerks and other employees
will be found of value If there is a
general civil service inquiry.
System of Pensions.
II is expected an outgrowth OF any
inquiry which may be made viii be a
recommendation for some sort Of PEN
sion and retirement system FOR super
animated clerks. Many indications are
given that there Is a growth OF SEN
timent in Congress in favor OF such a
systom.
The advance in the cost Of living has
made Il indisputable that the Govern
ment clerks are poorly paid Realization
Of this fact has given added strength
to the retirement system movement
Senator Cummins himself Is favorably
inclined toward some sort OF a retire
ment system.
A few days ago he gave an audience
to Representatives of the clerks re-
tirement association on the bin which
that organization has prepared. Senator
Cummins, however, did not commit him
self TO this bill, and is not convinced
that this measure. which proposes 70
raise the furd by contributions Of
clerks and emf lOyes, would In the end
be better for the Government than tC
have the fund created by the Govern
ment outright.
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
FREIGHT CARS DASH
INTO DEEP RAYINE
Philadelphia and Reading
Engineer Crushed, While
Others Leap to Safety.

MAHANOY CITY, Pa, Nov. "a
Dashing down a three-mile incline at
terrific speed. q Philadelphia and
Reading freight train Of tWenly-Iour
300 feet below.
George Auman, the engineer, has not
been found, and it is believed he was
either crushed or met death by burning
under his engine. The rest or the crew
escaped by jumping.
The accident was due TO the train
crew losing control Of the brakes on
the steep grade between FrackVnle ana
Broad mountain.
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
HIGH SCHOOL BOY
LOSES RIGHT ARM

Lawrence Washington. a student OF
the Mckinley Manual Training School,
was so severely injured on his fathers
farm in West Virginia that amputa-
ton OF his right arm has been neces-
sary. Washington was an athlete. and
popular among hts fellow students.
He lived at 3418 Thirteenth street.
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
FATHER Is ON WAY
TO GET DAUGHTER

W. f. Porter VIII arrive in Washing
ton tonight from Omaha to take charge
OF his daughter, Miss Katherine Porter.
who has been an inmate OF the House
OF Detention here FOR the past week.
Miss Porter will be turned over 10 her
father as soon as he completes arrange
ments for settling the difficulties she
involved herself BY passing a check on
a local business firm. when she had no
bank account
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
ARRANGE RECEPTION
FOR OHIO VISITORS
Delegation Will Be Received by
President Taft at Whit
House Next Month.

Alfred Bettinger, a Cincinnati lawyer
and schoolmate Of the President. visited
the White House today to arrange for
a reception in the East Room Of a COM
mittee of loo. representing the Ohio
Valley Improvement Association. which
viii reach washington December g. This
association is an integral part Of the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
which also will be IN session here al
that time.
The President signified his willingness
TO receive the large delegation. Mr.
Bettinger was accompanied by John 4
Fox, OF Cincinnati, and Edgar G. Sny
der, Of this city.
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
PROMISES INVESTIGATED

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2.-The Mar
ion county grand jury began an inves-
tigation Of charges that Samuel Lewis
Shank, Republican mayor-elect, had vio-
lated State statute which makes IL a
criminal offense for q candidate 10 OBJ
tain the assistance Of an elector by
promise OF appointment TO Office.
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
JUSTICE BREWER
FLAYS DIVORCES

NEW YORK. Nov. 24.-'Tet no man
be rich enough 20 buy a veil 20 cover
the records Of a court Of Justice" This
is how Justice David J. Brewer of
the United States Supreme Court de-
nounces the practice OF secret d.
vorces. In a lecture before the Prog
ress Club at Far ROckaway last
night he declared. Better no d.
vorces at all than divorces obtained
in secret"
The Washington times., 1909-11-24
SPLIT METEOR FALLS.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Nov PA
large meteor that split in the middle
caused CONSERVATION IN eastern Ala
bama. The meteor threw off an cx-
ceedingly brilliant tail Of sparks and
then snapped IN two. Reports from Nc
Cullochs, say that the pieces in str K
Ing the ground Jared the earth for a
considerable distance.