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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-02
SUMMARY OF THE NEW
 STATE SCHOOL LAWS

Montgomery September 1-(Special.) The following summary of the school laws, after action by the recent ses- sion of the legislature. is made up by ". F. Feagin, chief clerk to the de- partment of education, and one of the most widely informed men on school law in the state:
 Two sections of the examination law have been repealed and six sections have been amended materially. One of the repealed sections had reference to the official meetings of the board of examiners in November and May. The present law changes the dates and makes three examinations annual ly instead of two and necessarily re- ouires a change of time for the prepa- ration of the questions and for sending them out.
 The other repealed section required the cancellation of a life certificate after the holder had been out of the work of teacher for five years. As the law now stands when a life cer- tlfcate is granted a teach CT it Is a life certificate indeed and in truth unless cancelled for cause and it can be can celled only for immoral conduct or un- becoming or indecent behavior.
 None of the amended sections of the examination law passed by the re- cent legislature go into effect until De- cember 1, next hence special examina- tions at Montgomery can be allowed only during the months of September, october and November. In other words after December 1 no more special ex- aminations will be allowed and every teache who does not take the regular examination must wait until the next regular examination to make applica- tion for a regular certificate. After December 1 temporary certificates may
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Florence Teachers.

Florence September 1.-(SpecfaI.)- A full corps of teache CTS for the Flor ence public schools for 1909-10 has just been given out, the list being as fol- lows: J. B. Lockhart, superintendent and principal Patton school; Miss Mary Miner, principal Brandon school Misses Ada Coffee, Lillian Kirby Annie lie Lindsay, Douglass Robinson, Frenchie Johnson, Mary Porter, Mattie Mcfarland, Velma Moore, Mabel Watts Mrs Ellie Sherrod and Miss King of Leighton. Colored school, Y. A. Wal lace, principal, Araminta Murdock and Julius Jones.
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fees means that the government would erect building here, to cost not less than $100,000.
 Consolidation of the two Decaturs would mean Greater Decatur" of population of 2O,c00 or more people. It would mean a stronger and in every way city of more influence and power
 Dr. w. L. Dinsmore of Decatur says he has under his trea tment two cases of pellagra. So far known these are tue only cases of this disease that have come to the notice of the medical pro- fession in this section of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-02
FIRST COTTON.
Fine Rains Fall Throughout Morgan
 County.

Hartselle, September 1.-(Special.)- The first load of this seasons cotton came to town today and found a ready market at s5 per hundred pounds in the seed. The cotton was bought by S. E. Stewart & Bros. Last year the first cotton of the season was brought in on September l. The staple Is opening rapidly and in 10 days there will be considerable of it on the market.
 Fine rains fell near here yesterday and enough fell here to lay the dust for awhile, and render the air cooler.
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IMPORTANT.

Desirable office space for rent in the Brown Marx, Wood ward and First National Bank Buildings; possession now or October 1st; 730 feet of south ern and eastern exposure; rooms single or in suites; bull l. ings both fire and storm pro )f.
 BROWN BROS. & GO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-02
For VjoIatjno Law.

Huntsville, September 1.-(Special.)- J. Robert Anderson, a negro was lodged in jail by Deputy Bullard last night on a charge of violating the prohibition law He was caught selling whisky from a market basket which was filled with small bottles Anderson is the first violator that the Huntsville officers have captured since the last batch of prohibition laws vent ;nto effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-02
Plan Boston Irin.

Sheffield, September Special. )- meeting of the joint committees of the Commercial clubs of Florence, Shef- field and Tuscumbia was held here this morning in the Commercial club rooms and plans perfected for Tri-Cities Booster trip to St. Louis In October H. B. Urquart and W. H. Sadler rep resented the local club; Edgar James and Murray Campbell the Florence club, and G. E. Henderson and J. F.. Isbell the Tuscumbia club The joint committee will arrange all details in regard to transportation and adver- Using matter and the trip Is expected to bear rich fruit for the tri-cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-02
Rain in Madison.

Huntsville, September 1.-(Special)-A general rain fell in this session last night, giving new life to the growing cotton crop. The cotton farmers had begun to complain of the hot, windy days that were causing abnormal shedding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-02
BURNETT WORKS FOR NEW BUILDING Hopes For Increased Appropri-
 ation at GadSden FOR THE POSTOFFICE Treasurer Cochran Shows Financial Affairs of Etowah County To Be
 in Good Condtion-About
 $2o,ooo in Treasury.
FOR THE P0ST0FFICE

Gadsden, September 1.-(Specia1.) .)-Con- gressman John l.. Burnett, in an inter- view this morning, stated that he hoped to have the appropriation for the Gads- den postoffice building increased at the coming session of congress by some thing near s10O,OOO. He will introduce A bill asking for that amount additional to provide for the room required by the federal court and does not think that there will be any difficulty in having the measure passed. The additional ap- propriation will probably be secured be- fore the building is finished under the present contract.
 County Treasurer Cochran today filed his semi-annual report with the probate judge showing the affairs of the county to be in fine condition. The total amount of cash on hand In the various funds as certified to by the treasurer is almost s2o,ooo, being upwards of s10.0OO more than was shown by the report of year ago.
 Charles F. Hill a local stenographer has been appointed official stenographer of the sixteenth judicial circuit by Judge Inzer. This includes the work in the city court of Gadsden MT. Hill came here from Birmingham about a year ago and by faithful work in his line has made many friends who gave him every assistance in securing the place.
 After further consideration the city council which yesterday passed resolu- tions looking to the incorporation of some outlying territory, and excluding the steel plant, has reconsidered its ac- ton and will now try to gain the con sent of the Southern Iron and Steel Company to take in the plant itself and exempt it from taxation for @ period of years. It is thought that the company will readily agree to this proposition and thereby settle the incorporating question for many years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-02
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
Non-pAYINe HOTEL PATRONS.
inevitable Expense That Proprsetors
Of New Ysrk Hostelries Must
Be Prepared For.

The proprietor OF one Of the largest
hotels in New York. speaking OF the
uses made by non-paying customers OF
his house, said to a rural guest few
days ago: I'VE have large number
of patrons from whom we never col
lect a cent, although we have no such
thing as a free list. They come here
In the morning. pick up a CASTOR pa
per, which they read, keeping an eye
open for another, which they grab as
soon as 1t is dropped. After reading
awhile they stand at the ticker, often
giving long lectures to their fellows
on financial conditions and stock pos
.sibilities. The overcoat becomes bur-
densome, and 1t is taken to the check
room, where it's owner knows II will
be perfectly safe. Then, If they can
tear themselves from the ticker, let
ters are written on our stationery.
They do not use our telephones, be-
cause we charge an extra five cents
for the call, but they carry home
matches, toothpicks. blank cards and
blotters, and use MP the soap in our
lavatories. They also take generous
nibbles Of the cheese and crackers In
the cafe. The strangest part OF all IL
this, that the majority Of this class
are well to do and highly respectable
and ON that account we do not shut
them out"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
BURY BOOKS UNDER HOUSES.
Writers and Others Often Place Vel
umes IN Foundations Of Well
known Ediaces.

1t has lately been recorded In
London Tit Bits that the late DIR.
Samuel Smiles caused to be bur.
led under the foundation stone
OF a house that he built at Black
heath a copy of his own world-re.
nowAed work, "Self-HelR" but IL
may here be said that If all the
hooks that have during the last
few decades been similarly buried
were to be disinterred a consid.
cradle library would be the result.
That clever dramatist, the late
81. j. Byron, who wrote "Our
Boys" had q mania for removing
from house to house, and on one
occasion, when he built a new
house In the north of London, he
placed beneath the foundation
stone the original script" Of sew.
eral Of his plays. When this house
was afterward sold, just at the
time when the dramatist's fame
was at its zenith, the land agent
in charge of the transaction cited
the buried manuscript as giving
additional value to the premises.
In the north Of England, and
especially in Yorkshire and Ian
cashire, it was found that coins
and other valuables deposited be-
meath the foundation stones OF
new public buildings were only
too frequently appropriated b,
cunning workers-and this de
spite the efforts of contractors
and their foremen-and it then be
came the custom always to deposit
the volume which formed the cur
rent LEGAL directory, and scores Of
these lists of the inhabitants Of
towns at given time have beer
tuun piACSu'
In many cases copies OF thu
works of authors whose names
have been identified with giveI
locality have been placed beneath
the foundation stones Of publ,
buildings in such districts, case
in point being furnished by Dick
ems, Harrison Ainsworth and 9th
ers. Near York a gentleman
built a mansion upon the site Of
dwelling formerly in the occupa
ton of Laurence Sterne, and h
placed beneath it a complete Sc
of the works of that author, on
OF these being a valuable auto
graph copy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
STORY WON A BIG BATTLE
Lieut. Robson Tells How Manuscript,
Fired from Cannon, Com
PEELED Surrender.

Lieut.. Hobson leetured at New
Kensington, Pa, recently, and
after the meeting entertained the
committee with the following
story:
"a war correspondent once
wrote an article which enabled
the army with. which he was trav'
cling to win a battle. Things had
been quiet for some days, and the
correspondent devoted his time to
writing an account Of the stirring
Incidents Of the war, in which the
officers and men about him fg
ured as heroic characters. When
the narrative was completed he
passed it among the men for
reading, and its excellence was
sounded In many mouths.
"The next day there was a bat
tie. The correspondent never
again heard from his story. Al
artilleryman needed wadding
seized the bulky manuscript, ant
with q great roar II passed from
the cannon's mouth,
1.-THE fort surrendered, and tn.
correspondent saw his country.
Dag float proudly over the ruins
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
GIVES TOUCH OF sMARTNEss.
Empire 0Irdle Adds Much to Attrae'
tlvensss Of Either Plain Cloth -
silk Froek.

A smart touch Il given 70 an other
wise plain cloth or silk frock By tns
addition Of an empire girdle.
II is made usually Of soft nnsU
corded black silk or satin. and comes
well up under the arms and across
the bust. The satin IL arranged N
soft folds on q fitted foundation. and
there are two sash ends Of uneven
length finished with deep silk fringe
The sash ends may be embroidered
IN fioss silk or q design worked On
thsm in cut steel or tiny vari-colorel
beads: any odd. barbaric buckle q
silver or hammered copper or an clap
orats jswsled one Il worn ct TIE ier
side.
such q girdle win be most ettrac
tive worn with embroidered ana iae'
trimmed lingerie frocks when theS'
make their appearance later on.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
CURIOUS HABITS OF DUCKS.
n, Domestic Fowl So Nervous They
Are Light Slespers and
Retire Late.

Men whose lives have been spent
In the care of domestic birds tell
me that there are none more nerv-
GUS than the duck, says a writer In
the Era magazine. Although it is
apparently an easy-going, dull and
ssnauoas creature, the duck is
said to be the most easily excited
Of all the feathered ones which
comprise SO much of our food sup
ply, and this is accounted for by
the fact that a duck is a light
sleeper.
1t never retires for rest until
midnight, and by four o'clock OF
ave it 10 out again ready to begin
another day. II you enter q
chicken coop between midnight
and morning the occupants, hud
died together on their roosts, viii
be STEPPED In slumber. But invade
a duck coop ut the same hour and
there will arise ct once q jargor
Of protestations.
And aone Of the domestic birds
10 a. easily disturbed AZ the duck
The appearance Of anything un
usual will set It and its comrades
all a-autter and interfere serious
u with their egg-laying. Unlik'
chickens Or pigeons, the duck doe
not require . nest, but b satisfied
t. lay its eggs on the fat ground
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
ADVENTURE OF AN OCTOPUS


Here is a true story Of an oc1
fopus, not the kind that has lie
headquarters in New Jersey
1.-TWO fishermen were plying their
vocation of Great Belle island
Conception bay, of the Newfound-
land coast. Suddenly they discov
cred at a short distance from
them a dark, shapeless mass,
floating on the surface OF the wa
ter. Concluding that it was
probably part Of the cargo or
some wrecked vessel, they .apI
preached it, anticipating a valu.
able prize, and one of them struck
the object with his boathook.
Upon receiving the shock the dark
heap became suddenly animated,
and, spreading out, discovered .
head, with a pair of large, prom.
inent, staring eyes, which seemed
to CLEAN with intense ferOcity, the
creature at the same time expos
ing to view and opening it's parrot
like beak with an apparently hos.
tile and malignant purpose. The
men were petrified with terror and
for moment so fascinated by the
horrible sight that they were pow.
erless to make a move to defend
themselves.
Before they had time to recov.
er their presence of mind the mon
ster, now but a few feet from the
boat, suddenly shot out from
around its head several long,
fieshy arms, graphing with them
for the boat, and seeking to en-.
velop it in their folds. Only the
two longest of these arms reached
the craft, and, owing to their
great length, went completely
over and beyond it. Selling his
Ratchet, with desperate effort
one of the men succeeded in sew.
ering these limbs with a single
wel[delivered blow, and the crea.
| ture, finding itself worsted, imme.
diately disappeared beneath the
waters, leaving in the boat it's am.
putated members as a trophy OF
the encounter.
Gone of the arms was, unfor.
tunately, destroyed before IT'S
value was known, but the other,
when brought to st. Johns and ex.
amined by Rev. M. Harvey, was
found to measure no less than Is
feet. The fisherman who acted az
surgeon declares there must have
been at least six feet more left at
tached to the monsters body,
The story is preserved in the pro.
ceedings of the British Geological
society"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
WHEN THE "sTAo" RoARs.
In the Fall Of the Year, About Sep
tember 90, the Animals BELOW
What English Writer Says.

NThere are certain spots known
to and recognized by the deer in
most forests called 'soiling
pools,'" says an English writer.
"They are usually peaty po@s to
which the stays resort, often at
night, to wallow and to have a
good time generally. Here ! have
occasionally seen them rolling Oh
heir backs, though more often
black bubbles bursting sluggishly
ON the surface of the water have
tod me that have come just in
time to miss their late occupants.
| was spying distant hillside one
day in September, when some
bright object flashing in the sun
caught my eye, and looking
through the glass / saw that it
was a stag. He was standing
shaking himself at the edge of one
Of these pools, the water flying of
him in all directions. 1t was the
sun flashing on this which had at
tracted my attention. The pools
are much used in the fall of the
year, beginning approximately on
September 20, known in Gaelic as
the day of the roaring though, OF
course, the exact date varies very
much according to the season. ]
have heard stays roar as early as
September 10, though this is rath'
CIR unusual. 1t is much more of q
below than roar, and is quite
awe-inspiring at close quarters,
more especially if the roarer il
himself hidden.
''The end of the season is always
the most exciting time for stalk
ers. Stays then are all on the
move, and great fights take place
l have never had the luck to wit
ness a real big pitched battle be
tween two champions. doub'
whether they often fight to thu
death, but the numbers Of stag
with broken and damaged horns
which are met with after the an
/ tumn season IL over show tina
pretty severe contests do occur
Stays always maneuver, whei
fighting, to get their cpponen
down hill. They have tremendou
power in their hind quarters, ant
in this position can use it to tn
best advantage. Deer do not figh
only with their horns, as both sex
es will rise erect on their hin'
legs and strike savagely with thei
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
GREAT VITALITY OF TREES.
Story from Utah Tells of Felled Giant
Which Sprouted Young orowths
from Its Sides.

An illustration of the wonder.
full vitality and reprOductivenesa
of the redwood is reported from
Ukiah as existing in the forests OF
Mendicino county. 1t consists
of the trunk of a redwood tree
felled for the manufacture Of shin.
giles, which, after lying on tho
ground undisturbed for several
months, sprouted a number OF
young trees whose roots had de.
yeloped in its own body. This de-
velopment IL enormously report.
ed, however, as the first case on
record where redwood completely
severed from the stump has pro.
duced a new growth. Instances
have been frequently recorded OF
felled redwood trunks reproduc.
ing growth Of young timber all
along the line Of the PROSTATE
log, and travellers through tho
coast forests have frequently OBJ
served the phenomenon Of rows OF
well-developed trees growing ont
of the bodies Of those that have
lain long enough on the earth to
perish and decay. Some years ago
. newspaper correspondent re.
ported the strange phenomenon Of
new redwood growth on a bridge
built of redwood logs across Z
Humboldt county stream. The
sides Of this bridge consisted
of two large redwoods, which had
been felled so that the ends rested
in the soil on each bank. ALI along
the upper side of each log q row Of
sturdy redwood saplings devel.
oped shortly after the bridge had
been finished, proving that life
was not extinguished in either, al.
though totally severed from the
original stumps.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
POE gafe % Weep.

Timothy L. Woodruff, in illus
trating a point which he wished to
make at q recent political gather.
Ing, told Of an epitaph which a hus-
band had caused to be chiseled
upon the monument Of his wife,
who had died after a somewhat
tempestuous married life. The ep'
itaph read:
ssHere lies a wife. Tears can
not bring her back. Therefore her
husband IN. Y. Times.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
10 Trade with Mexico.

According to current reports,
Canada Is making a strong EFFORT
to build up a large trade with
Mexico. The Canadian govern
ment has agreed to give an annual
subsidy of 5000, 900 in gold, and
the Mexican governments subsidy
of 100000 in silver, for a new
steamship service between Mex
leo and Canadian ports, both OF
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
Economical.

"The servant that works for me
must be very economical. said the
boarding house mistress to the appli-
cant for work.
"Orm such one. num-" promptly
returned the applicant. Indeed, me
hast mistress discharged me for bein'
that wayl"
"For being sconomical?"
"Yis, wild me clothes. OF used tc
wear hers."-The Bohemian.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01

A student at a medical college was
under examination. The instructor
asked him: "Of what cause. specif-
caIly. did the people die who lost their
lives at the destruction of Herculane
am and Pompeiif"
T think they died Of an eruption,
dr." answered the student-Argo
maui.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
his VIEW THAT OF MANY MEN
ICY Surprised 1t Idea o. Mother Ne
eslvIna Wsgss-"she Dent
% Ne Work


Harking back to women and their
smpioyments, read somewhere lateiy
u good story OF Mrs. Runciman, wife OF
the president of the board OF educar
sson, or, rather a good story told py
her. Mrs. Runciman addressed the pu.
pills Of the high school at Bromley and
said among other things that she ap
proved Of marriage as profession Tor
women because most people thought II
women stayed at home to look after
house they did no work. TO emphasize
this she told q story. A growing boy
had obtained a small job-his first
and boasted how much work he did
q gets up at half-past ive o'clock and
HAS my breakfast" says he. Anyone
else get up, too?" he was asked. "oh.
yes-mother; she gets me breakfast,
and then she gets dads at half-past
six" "And your dinner?" "oh, moth
er gets that, too; and then she gets
fathers" Has she the afternoon 10
herself?" "Oh, no; she cleans up
looks after the children, gets the tea
for dad and me when we come home
We gets our smoke and then we gets
TO bed" "And your mother? We'll
she does a bit Of sewing then. when al
is cleared up after tea" What wages
DO you get?" the boy was asked. on
| get ten bob, and dad gets 35." AND
your motherT' Mother! She dom
, get no wages; she don't do no work
-Lmavady. Ireland. letter to st Louis
| Globe-Democrat.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
When Humility Dies.

As soon as you are proud Of your
humility It dies-Chicago Trib-
nne.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-01
Conscientious.

Conscientious.
Young Wife - What's the
trouble? Why do you sit on the
edge Of the cSair?
Husband-Weu. dear,you know
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-08

nor for spite, but because we
know that this must be done or
else we cannot hope for decent
people, white or coIored, to re.
spect US. We hope you see it as
we do. Our people are too well
satisfied with dirty houses. Clean
up your house inside-take up
the old dirty carpet and wash the
house out.
Another thing: clean yourself
and your children-do not allow
them to appear dirty and in need
of mere bath.
This is a practical talk but if
needed, will be a million dollar
asset to the race.