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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-06
Well Known Aldbdn1idnS
In Birmingham Yesterday
BY WALTER HARPER

Walter D. Seed. state treasurer and
nominee for lieutenant governor of Ala
hama. passed through Birmingham yes
terday morning on his way home from
St. Clair county, where he made Fourtn
of July speech at St. Clair Springs Mon
day.
He smoke under the auspices OF ths
School Improvement association ana re-
ports that he was heard with close az
tention by a very large crowd.
Mr.. Seed is looking well. though he
n one of the busiest men in the state.
Though the campaign is over he Is re-
spending to almost as many calls TOT
public speeches as he received during
the DAYS of the campaign He Is pleas
ing speaker and has winning personality
that never fails to win friends.
.~rhese rains are doing great dam
age to farms and other property II
aoi,th Alabama said H X. Miner oil
washington county, who spent yesterday
In Birmingham
ssThough the overflows are not as heavy
N two years ago the rains are falling
At a time when they do most damage
to growing crops. The foods OF two
wears ago were in February. before Tho
crops were pitched
washington county has just been or
ranized into a county good roads asso'
citation and we have begun campaign
of education. The work may be $40"
for a WHILE but we hope eventually u
have such a sentiment for better high
ways in Washington county that vii
demand immediate action.
1.-THE good roads sentiment develops
rapidly when it once takes hold OF the
people and ] feel sure that our county
will soon take leading place IN this
une of Improvement"
4. A. Griffith of Cullman spent yes
ter6ay in Birmingham. Mr.. Griffith il
the nominee of Culman county demo
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ent legislature from Meriwether coun-
ty, and has been judge of that county's
court.
Mr.. Bennett was formerly solicitor
general of the Brunswick circuit and is
well-known over the state.
So far the only other contests for
state offices are as fol lows:
Hon. Peyton M. Halves of Elbert is
making the race for state treasurer
against Hon. w. ]. Speer of Fulton,
the present treasurer, J. Pope Brown.
having decided not to enter the race.
James A. Jerry of Gwinnett is making
the race for railroad commissioner, as
are also Railroad Commissioners C. NJ.
Gambler, o. B. Stevens and Joseph r.
Gray, who are standing for reelection.
There are three to be elected.
NJ. L. Britain who has just gone
into office as state school commissioner
under appointment by Governor Brown,
succeeding Jere NJ Pound will be
candidate for election at the primary.
Whether or not he will have opposition
remains to be developed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-06

Gratis for the state legislature.
'I am perhaps more interested in the
passage of some good roads laws than
most anything else" said Mr. Griffith. II
consider this one of the most important
subjects now before the people and one
that can be made to result in more real
good to the general public.
"Cullman has some special road laws
that were intended as an improvement
over the old system but they are not en-
tirely practicable. l shall seek to have
these revised and will also lend my in.
fiuence to the framing of such state
laws that will assist in the building of
better roads all over the state.
"Of course there are other matters that
will come up for consideration at the
next session Of the legislature Of great
Importance to the people, but / am not
yet prepared to discuss them in detail -
Mr. Griffith is one of the most sue
cessful young attorneys in Cullman and
has many friends over north Alabama.
r. L. Chappeli Of Alicevflle was in Bir-
mingham for a while yesterday morn
ing. He was registered at the Metro
politan hotel.
! Senator John H. Bankhead spent yes.
terday in Birmingham.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Gunnels OF
Montgomery passed through Birmingham
| yesterday. They are beginning a month 6
vacation during which they will visit
several points of interest in and out OF
the state. Mr. Gunnels is state super
ntendent Of education.
| Mrs Gunnels for some time was pres
| ident of the Alabama School Improve
ment association and is still an active
worker In the ranks. She talks inter-
esting1y of the work that has been &C
complished through the organization.
She said: The Alabama School Inn
provement association was organized
seven years ago. 1t has grown rapidly.
County associations have been organized
IN every county Of the state but II.
These will be organized as rapidly al
possible.
THE School Improvement association
has done as much as any other one
thing for the high standard that has
| DrcI IcdClCO AL LILO <aidbatIla bCalOOA oyS-
| tenn. We have longer terms and better
paid teachers than any other state In the
south and great deal of this has been
accomplished through the good influences
/ that have been started by the associa>
ton.
1.-THE Improvement of the general condi,
tons in one school in a county or com
munity is infectious. 1t spreads to other
schools and spreads rapidly. One goot
example in any community soon reacha.
all the other schools and the improve
ment becomes general. 1t Is like q beau
tiful flower garden In a city block.
Neighbors see and admire the garden
and pattern after it.
lone of the main objects Of the asso
ciation is to intere st the mothers ant
fathers In the schools and the genera
Improvement of the school conditions. w
have had great SUCCESS and the beneficial
results are apparent In every communit,
that we have been able to reach"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-06
SAFE AND SANE FOURTH
ON ROAD TO SUCCESS

Washington, July 5.-Inspiredf by the
success of the safe and sane Fourth
of July this year the American Civic
association has announced that it will
exert its efforts for greater and more
positive results for 1911.
In statements made today by Presi-
dent ]. Horace Mcfarland and it's sec
rotary, Richard B. Watrous, the asso-
citation expresses the opinion that tho
American people never will return to
the noisy and dangerous celebration OF
the Fourth, but in the years to come
will be more insistent in demonstrate
ing that the use of explosives on the
Fourth of July be done away with, and
ask that laws enacted be strictly en-
forced. 2
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-06
PEABODY SCHOOL
HAS NEW GROUNDS

Nashville, July Sat an adjourned
meeting today Of the board Of trustees
Of the George Peabody school for teach
ers recently endowed with 100000 by the
trustees of the Peabody education fund,
Wickliffe Rose was elected president of
the school. 1t was decided to locate the
institution on the site Of the old Roger
william university, a negro( school just
southwest of the Vanderbilt university
campus. No steps were taken in the mat
ter of erection of buildings
The board adopted resolutions in regard
to the death of Chief Justice Fuller of
the United States supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-06
CORPORATION TAXES
MUST SOON BE PAID

Washington. July Accommodations
Cabeu Of the internal revenue bu-
reau expects that all corporations which
have not paid their corporation tax
will do SO before the close of busl-
ness next Saturday which is the last
day allotted under the law. Inasmuch
as the government is empowered to
make seizures by July 20 1t is expected
the delinquents will pay up under pro-
test as many have done already and
await tie decision of the supreme court
on the constitutionality OF the law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-06
Casualties in Nashville

Nashville. Tenn, July ga dozen cas-
ualties are reported as q result of the
celebration of the Fourth here yester-
day. Five received gunshot wounds, No
fatalities are announced. One negro shot
another as result of the prize fight.
Many negroes surrounded the newspaper
bulletin boards yesterday afternoon. but
they were orderly and trouble occurred
between the whites and blacks.
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Hon. Hewlett A. Hall of Newman. who
has been appointed attorney general to
succeed Judge John G. Hart. and who
goes into office July Is. will tender
his resignation at once as chairman OF
the state democratic executive COM
mittee and the vice chairman OF the
COMMITTEES, Hon. c. r. Pendleton, edi-
tor of the Macon Telegraph, Will take
charge. Any future meetings of the
committee will be called and presided
over by Mr. Pendleton.
| Mr.. Hall, 1t Is stated, will also be .
candidate for the long term as attor-
ney general In the primary of Au-
gust 70. Among other possible csndi-
dates are Judge Roger L. Gamble OF
Louisville, Judge John ]. Allen OF MIL
ledgeville, Hon. John w. Bennett Of
Waycross and Judge w. r. Jones OF
Greenville.
Judge Gamble is weil-known law
yer who served long time on the
superior court bench,
| Judge Allen Is judge OF the county
court Of Baldwin county and has seen
| considerable service In the legislat uras
Judge Jones IL member Of the pres
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company was chartered to operate in the
Fayette oil and gas fields in Alabama.
The citizens of Jeffersonville, Ca, are
considering the advisability of erecting a
cotton seed oil mill and are securing data
on the subject A $4,000 school building
contract was awarded at Mobile, Ala
Plans are invited for the proposed Ma
sonic home near Montgomery, Ala, A
$4,000 building and loan association was
Incorporated at Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-06
New york Grows richer

New York, July 5-The tax rolls sub
mitted to the board Of aldermen today
show the assessed valuation of real
property in the whole city as $7,o44.192.-
s74, m increase of $2S7 ,O12,S70 over 1909
Personal assessments show decrease
aggregating $7O.076,0so. The budget this
year amounts to 1858, 1a0,270.
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his conviction In June, 1909, on an in
dictment charging him with obstruct-
ing the administration of justice by In
stigating the removal and mutilation
of the books of the United Copper
company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-06

Mushogee, Okla, July s-Fred A.
Knowlton, assistant cashier Of local
bank and Miss Josephine Jarratt, were
drowned while swimming in Grand river
near here late yesterday. No sooner
had Miss Jarratt entered the water than
she began to sink. Knowlton leaped in
to rescue her when In her frenzy she
seized him by thefoot and dragged him
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-06
small Sentence for H~,nxe

New York, July 5.-The United States
circuit court of appeals in a decision
handed down this afternoon affirmed
the sentence of ten days imposed by
Judge Ray on Arthur p. Heinze after
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08
THEY ARE WORTHY OF THEIR
HIRE.

The action of the City Council in
increasing the wages of the members
of the police and fire departments by
ten per cent will meet with general
public approval
These servants of the people of
Americas have been underpaid. The
monthly wages given them have been
smaller than in other towns of equal
Importance with this. With the great
increase in the cost of living in recent
years it has been a difficult matter for
the men to maintain themselves.
The life OF police officer or fire.
man is dangerous one. 1t may seem
to many an easy existence, but it I'M
doubtedly carries with it great expo
sure to illness and death by accident
or violence, When the pay attached
to it is meagre, the tendency is for
good men to leave the service as soon
as an opportunity offers. The city,
and by the city is meant the entire
community, is thus deprived of the
services of brave, experienced men
The increase in the pay of the men
in these departments is thoroughly
justified by the value of their service
to the people. 1t has been given none
too soon. There is no one who will
bergudge them the small additional
amount the monthly pay envelope will
hereafter hold.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have SO much faith in it's
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testimon-
ials. Address:
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
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EditOriaN Telephone 30.

(Tudor jerks, in Munsey's MagazineyN
Lobelia is my cousin--welll call it
twice-removed;
A clever girl in many ways, and thor
oughly approved.
She's pretty, and she's bright enough
girl you'd not forget;
And still Lobelia failed to fill high
place in our set.
She would not spend all waking hours
in talking about dress
It's hardly strange Lobelia was not a
great success.
I introduced her all around, and
launched her faithfully
With tons of cake and bonbons, and
gallons of hot tea;
But poor Lobelia couldn't show alb
sorbing interest
In nerves, and rheumatism, and colds
upon the chest.
Lobelia changed the subject; and so, I
must confess,
It's hardly strange Lobelia was not a
great success.
She had no queer religion, her views
were OlluOdOA,
She hated picture-puZZles made of
wriggly little blocks;
She didn't care for bridge enough to
sit up to all hours;
She doubted that mahatmas had queer,
supernal powers;
Lobelia did not wish to vote, and could
not win at chess
It's hardly strange Lobelia was not a
great success.
When older folks were talking Lobelia
would sit by
And never interrupt them; she didn't
even try
To prove they were old fogies, COM
pletely out of date,
Though long-drawned "reminiscences
they'd venture to relate.
Lobelia was not up in slang, she used
puns even less.
It's hardly strange Lobelia was not a
great success.
l found her rather quiet, though a very
charming girl;
She did not keep your faculties in one
unending Whirl;
Her tone was low and modest, her talk
had something in it,
And, strange to say, she didn't giggle
every single minute!
She married we'll and early, though
why l canot guess;
So, after all, it may be said, she had
some slight success.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08
THE NEPOTISM OF .1ENATOR
MONEY.

Southern statesmen have seldom
been accused of nepotism. Whatever
their faults may have been they have
heretofore never been guilty of the Of
Tense of providing for their relatives at
the public expense. Their skirts have
been clean of reproach on that score.
For this very reason the accusation
that Senator Money, the Democratic
leader in the Senate, has turned the
emoluments and not very arduous du-
ties of several official positions over
lily sits with very poor grace on.
Southern stomachs. That a represen-
tatiye Southern statesman, honored SO
highly by his colleagues at Senator
Money has been, should so far forget
the time-honored principles that have
governed his predecessors and assoc1-
ates from this section in regarding
public Office as public trust and not
as private family snap, shows the in
roads that have been made in recent
years on the standards that for a CEN
fury governed the public men of this
section, and how far the adherence to
old time views of propriety have been
undermined.
When Senator Money provided for
his family in official places at the pub
lie exnense he dealt a blow not only
to his own prestige, but to the posi-
ton his party has heretofore occupied
in opposition to such procedure. AS
the reports 60 the following appoint
ments show how carefully the Missis-
sippi senator has availed himself of
his new opportunities: Clerk of the
conference. his son; assistant, his
sons wife; messenger, his daughter;
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08
GEORGIA'S "CRACKERJACK" IN
VESTMENTS.

Now is the time to buy land in Geor-
Agia. If the price of cotton remains
above ten cents for year or two, and
EA& probabilities are that it will never
IN drop below that Georgia
~ will command double what they
are selling for. The talk now is
that N season the price of cotton
will rufsSfully as high as it has this
season. If that should be the case
there will be an advance in the farm
lands of this state of 100 per cent and
more. And there will be a bigger de-
mand for them than there has ever
yet been. There will never again be
such bargains in Georgia farm lands,
even if the price of cotton falls below
ten cents, and it is pretty certain it
will not fall that low at any time in
the near future.-Savanna Morning
News.
During the past six months the
Times-Recorder has told this story
over and over again in it's news col
umns. Every sale of farming lands
reported has chronicled the same graf
flying increase in values during the
past few years. In many instances the
actual increase in values has ranged
from ten to twenty per cent year, a
magnificent return regardless of the
profits derived from crops or from rent
ais
That these increa values will
continue for some time to come is
practically assured. This section Of
the state, in fact all South Georgia, is
just beginning to develop as it should.
With white farmers coming in to set
tie, to establish and maintain homes
in the country districts, with the suo-
division of old large plantations into
small compact farms that can be thor
oughly titled, with good roads, good
schools and other factors telling for the
continued upbuilding of life in the
country, it stands to reason that
values must continue to increase, Just
as they have done in the past five to
ten years.
Land values in Sumter county, as in
so many other counties in South and
Southwest Georgia, are too low, even
now. Good farms can be had for
prices varying from $40 to $40 an acre.
Fine plantations bring on an average
say $25 an acre. What is this COM
pared to the $1OO, $3.50 and 5000 an
acre farms of the West and North
west that are bnSat with tho frioI+f,,l
winters of those regions and offer far
less advantages to the home-makers
and the living earners than those Of
this part of the country
The Morning News is unquestion-
ably correct in its statements. There
is no better investments today than
Georgia lands. The man who knows
anything about farm lands, who in
vests his money in anywise iudicious-
ly, can go on his way with the com
placent satisfaction that comes from
the knowledge that he, at least, has
a ''sure thing" something that fren-
| zled tinanciers cannot take from him.
a treasure that thieves cannot get ac-
cess to, and that is piling up wealth
for him at rates that are almost equal
to the earnings of the modern trusts.
When it comes to safe, profitable,
permanent investments Georgia farm
lands have no peer. They are simply
superb.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08
williams Kidney Pills.

Have you neglected your Kidneys
Have you overworked your nervous
system and caused trouble with your
kidneys and bladder? Have you pains
in loins, side, back, groins and blad-
der? Have you a flabby appearance OF
dhe face, especially under the eyes
Too frequent a desire to pass urine ?
If SO, Williams Kidney Pills will cure
you-at Druggists, Price SOC.
Williams Mfg. Co., Props, Cleve-
land, o.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08

1t is dangerous thing to take a
cough medicine containing opiates that
merely stifie your cough instead of
opening it. Foley's Honey and Tar
loosens and cures the cough and ex-
pels the poisonous germs, thus pre-
venting pneumonia and consumption.
Refuse substitutes and take only the
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in the
yellow package. Sold by all Druggists.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08

The peculiar properties of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy have been thor
oughly tested during epidemics of in
fiuenza, and when it was taken in
time we have not heard of a single
case of pneumonia Sold by all dealers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08

Sprinkle Aliens Foot-Ease in one
shoe and not in the other, and notice
the difference. Just the thing to use
when rubbers or overshoes become
necessary, and your shoes seem to
pinch. Sold Everywhere, Csc. Don't
accept an substitute.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08
Rev. w. Williams Testifies,

Rev. I. w. Williams, Huntington, w
Va, writes us as follows: This is to
certify that l used Foley's Kidney
Remedy for nervous exhaustion and
kidney trouble and am free to say that
Foley's Kidney Remedy will do all
that you claim for it," Sold by all
Druggists.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08

combined salaries to imme
family, $3.50.
The Savannah Press welY
this does not comport with
ideas of Southern senators. So
paper:
Mr.. Blaine in his I'D
Years in Congress-" said that those
leaders constituted a remarkable
body of men. Having before them the
example of Jefferson, of Madison, Of
Mason in Virginia, of Macon in North
Carolina, and of the Pinckneys and
Rutledges in South Carolina, they
gave deep study to the science of gov
eminent They were admirably train.
ed as debaters and they became highly
skilled in the management of parlia-
mentary bodies. AS a rule, they were
literally educated"
Their secluded mode of life on
the plantation gave them leisure
for reading and reflection They
took pride in their libraries, pur-
sued the law so far as it increased
their equipment for a public ca
reer, and devoted themselves to
pOlIClCdl dlLolIo Will al dDoOIUluS
ambition. Their domestic rela-
tons impaired manners that were
naughty, and sometimes offensive;
they were quick to take affront,
and they not infrequently brought
needless personal disputation into
the discussion of public questions;
but they were, almost without ex-
ception, men of high integrity, and
they were especially and jealousy
careful of public money Too Of
ten ruinously lavish in their per-
sonal expenditures, they believed
in an economical government, and,
throughout the long period of
their domination, they guarded the
treasury with rigid and unceasing
vigilance against every attempt at
extravaganza and against every
form of corruption.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08
IS YOUR
MONEY
INVESTED
WELL. !?

Next to having money, the most
important thing is how to take care
of it-how best to invest it.
A Banking Institution of this kind
cannot only care for your financial
interests in a careful, conservative
way-giying you abundant banking
facilities in every department OF
finance-but can also give you valua-
BILE aid and advice about investments
and securities. Open an account with
the
BANK OF SOUTH WESTERN GEOR-
GIA'S SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
and enjoy the advantages that accrue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08
Evidently a MYTH.
Chicago Record-Herald.l

Chicago Record-Herald)
Il have jut been reading that Lord
Byron was a very clever boxer"
There must be some mistake about
it."
why do you think SOP"
IF he could box why did he waste
his time writing poetry?" {
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-08

A woman may always help her hus-
band by what she knows, however, lit.
tie; by what she half-knows, or mis-.
knows, she will only tease him.
Ruskin