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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-19

possessions and the federal reports.
And 1 have maSe some investigation
of reports on educational and economic
matters. and statistics on criminology
of other countries, and the facts thus
gathered show that the condition OF
the southern white people Is the most
deplorable in the civilized world. The
negroes are making greater progress
than the whites. In many rural Sec
tions the negroes are accommodating
property faster than the whites. In
education they are leading the whites
and the way we are now going with
in 10 years the flIiteracy wfll be great
err among the whites than the negroes
Porto Rico is making greater progress
than the south; SO Is Hawaii except the
natives of that island. In the great
northwest there are thousands and tens
of thousands of men and women who
came here as steerage passengers with
all their worldly possessions In packs
on their backs, but today they have
better homes, more Of the comforts and
pleasures of life, more reserve In the
savings bank. and their children are
better educated and have promise of
more voice in the affairs of govern
ment than the descendants of the men
who fought at Kings mountain and
Cowpens.
WILLIAM H. SKAGGS.
Birmingham, July IS. 1910. Hotel
Hillman.
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mr.. Fullerton to Preach

Rev b. P Fullerton of st. Louis is to
be in Ensley this week and will preach at
Grace Presbyterian church, Eighteenth
street and Avenue l. DIR. Fullerton is an
ex-moderator of the general assembly OF
the Presbyterian church. and Is one of the
strong and useful men of the denomina-
ton He Is at present field secretary of
the Home Mission board for the south
and southwest. All the members, espe-
clally of Grace church are urged to be
present and all the people are cordially
invited to come and hear DR.. Fullerton.
The pastor, Rev L. A. Reagor is hoping
for this visit to result in great good and
desires to have a large audience. He
will speak Wednesday night at o'clock.
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churches are considered sufficiently good.
No attention whatever is given to the i'm
portanee of heat light, comfort and ven
tilation."'
In the latest biennial report of the SUI
perintendent of education oe Alabama a
letter from county superintendent Is
published from which l take the follow
ing:
'Under the present arrangements, many
pupils have to go for weeks without books
after the opening of schools because,
under the present form of contract with
the depository, some of the county agen-
cies will not keep a supply of books on
hand sufficient TO supply the demand.
Another county superintendent writing
to the state superintendent says: The
curse of Ignorance and illiteracy is so
marked in some sections that the teacher
is handicapped and often forced to aban-
don his school as the result of being
made a scape valve for the chickering's
and quarreIs of the community"
While travelling In Alabama few
months ago a farmer whom / know very
we'll told me that he had made three
trips to the county seat for the pur-
pose of buying school books for his
grandchildren He lives eighteen miles
from the county seat and the county seat
was the nearest point where books
get the books This man is 70 years old
and is faithfully-and I may say, hero
lically-trying to educate his grandchild-
rem Under existing conditions in this
state, this old man, in extreme poverty,
is displaying a moral courage. pride OF
family and love of country, hardly less
commendable that the physical courage
he showed for three and half years in
the service of the Confederate states.
The state superintendent of South Car
DINA In the latest biennial report makes
this astounding statement:
LESS than two per cent of our boys
and girls ever get to college. Barely four
per cent are enrolled in the high. schools,
while more than 100000 in attendance on
our rural schols go back to their homes
without any knowledge of the great, yet
simple laws controlling the materials and
surrounding of their everyday life"
| Another interesting but distressing fact
brought o,t in the reports from South
Carolina is that the negroes have 71S
private school houses and the whites only
254 And in this connection. 1t may be in
! teresting to note that In Alabama the es-
timated value of private school property
Is s7585s5 of which the whites have $780,
900 and the negroes $37O,565. The negroes
have 40 per cent of the whole, more than
their proportion, on basis of population.
and many times their proportion on basis
of wealth and opportunities. And here is
an Official statement taken from the edu-
cational reports of South Carolina. and
republished in the Atlanta Constitution
two years ago
THE report of the superintendent of
schools of So,sth Carolina shows that the
number of negroes taking the various
studies in the common schools of that
state overwhelmingly exceeds the number
of white children engaged In similar
branches. Here are the Official records,
showing school attendance in various
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Hocklns rnjunctio. Granted

Columbus, o., July 1S.-Common
Pleas Judge. Rogers today held that
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, the
Hooking Valley and the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern are Illegally
holding stock of the Kanawha and
Michigan railroad, and granted an in
junction against their voting it. He
orders that they shall not be allowed
to acquire additional stock. The case
was entered in court by David H. Gould
and John S. Staunton, minority stock
holders.
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Police Court Items

There was quite carnival of crime in
the outskirts of Ensley Saturday night
and Sunday, and as consequence the
city jail has been well filed. While the
greater number are minor offences, there
are several serious charges on the docket.
In addition to the deplorable affair at
Wylam, there was a negro killed near
No. 8 mine named Andrew Jackson by an
unknown negro, who escaped
Earnest Brown and Walter Barrett.
both negroes, tried to carve each other
up. Both were cut considerably and will
be given hearing today before Judge
d. +. Sugg. Pearl MCGEE is charged with
using the business edge of razor on her
husband Charles johnson has a case OF
robbery docketed. against him. These
cases will be heard at the recorder
court TODAY
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Farmers Are More Cheerful

FLORENCE, July Especial -Lau-
Aerdale county farmers are cheerful
despite continued rains. While in some
spots cultivation has been impossible
for three weeks past, blowing in the
eastern portion was resumed last Mon
day and continued throughout the week
and probably half the crop in this
county was worked out. The land gen
orally is we'll drained and the serious
damage is only In the bottom land
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Rains Continue in Morgan

Decatur, July -(Special)-H
yains continue in this section of the state
almost daily and a result the farmers
are becoming very much discouraged. In
some parts of this county the grass and
weeds have taken the cotton and many
acres are now beyond redemption Even
# the rains were to cease now much of
the cotton would not make more than a
half crop on account of being badly
ptunted in it's growth Wy being choled
out by weeds and grass. The corn crop
A. not nearly go badly damaged as is the
cotton, as fhe growth of the corn was
more advanced when the rains came.
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Killed By Passenger Train

Spartanburg, s. c., July 18.-Thomas
Wyatt a prominent Cherokee county
farmer, was ground to pieces, his son
Lucius fatally injured, his second son.
Hamlet. slightly huff and his team Of
horses Instantly killed today at a
grade CLOSING near Thicketty station,
Is miles north of this city, when the
wagon In which they were riding was
struck by the Southern railway fast
mail train No. 81
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Albany, Ga, July 1s.--Minor Win
chester, collection clerk Of the Citi-
zens' First National bank for several
years past disappeared from his home
here Friday of last week and all eff
forts of the bank oficials and friends
to ascertain his whereabouts have been
fruitless. It Is stated that there were
some irregularities" in his work, but
that the bank would lose nothing. Win
chester is 81 years old and unmarried.
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odd FeIIov, Install omcer.

Decatur, July 1s.-(Special)- Decatur
lodge of odd Fellows has just installed
Officers as follows: Noble grand, r. J.
zones: vice noble grand, j. w. Holland,
Jr: financial secretary Frank Pierce;
recording secretary, Frank j. Davis;
treasurer John A. Thomason. The in
otallation ceremony was conducted by
John W. Bailey in a most impressive
manner.
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Huntsville, July Is (Special)-
President J. w. Abercrombie of the
university of Alabama has written r
r. Pettus of the local alumni associa-
ton that he will make visit to Hunts
VILE In the Interest of the university
in the next few days. The alumni are
preparing to give an entertainment In
his honor
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Columbus, Ca. July 1S.-E stampede
OF As head of cattle here today, pre-
paratory to being loaded on a river
steamer, resulted in the drowning of
all but 10 of the number.
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Alabama Men to Move

The Alabama men, about $500 in ALL
will begin to move on Wednesday from
home stations. Train No. | goes from
Mobile taking Mobile battalion and band
leaving at 10 p. m. over the Southern
Train No gets out from Geneva on the
Louisville & Nashville at p. m. 1t is
filled up at Andalusia, Georgiana, Brew
ton, Evergreen. FIT. Deposit. At Mont
gomery it will get a sleeper and take the
Southern at Calera, going to the park
via Rome, Ga
| No. 3, Coast Line, starts at Dothan at
s p. m. taking on companies from Enter
prise and Luverne before reaching Mont
gomery where it gets a sleeper. 1t goes
| from here via the Louisville & Nash
vile to Calera and then over the South
ern and Central to its destination. No. 4
leaves Demopous at midnight July 20.
| picking up Uniontown and Selma, using
the Southern all the way to Rome. No 3
gets out of Eufaula at p. m. on the
Central. taking in Montgomery, Alexan-
der City. Sylacarga, Lafayette on the
way.
| Train No takes the Montgomery
troops over the Western of Alabama to
Newman, Ca, where it is turned over to
the Central in which will be also the
Tallassee boys those from Tuskegee and
the Opelika detachment. No will carry
THE battalion of artillery out over the
Louisville & Nashville going via Bir-
mingham and the Alabama Great South
ern. No. via the Alabama Great South
ern leaves Tuscaloosa at 9:15 p. M, going
via Birmingham to the camp. 1t will
carry Tuscaloosa and Birmingham COM
panies and the Third regiment band.
| Train No. 9 goes from Talladega over
the Southern leaving at midnight. taking
Talladega. Admission and Oxford COM
panies with headquarters of the Third in
| fantry. No. 10 goes over the Southern
from Florence. taking Florence and De-
catnr companies, and No. II goes from
Albertville, taking Albertville and Gads-
den men. These last two get away on
Thursday, July q.
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When Thinking OF
LOOSE LEAF
GOODS

Think of us-we are head
quarters for loose leaf
goods. Sole agents for the
"Twinlock" Perpetua
and Jones Improved
systems.
Also Up Price Books
leaves and indexes.
We manufacture promptly and
accurately flat opening leaves
for any and all loose leaf sys-
tens.
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WANTED

To sell an interest to right
party to take active manage
ment of good paying establish
ed business in Birmingham.
Best reasons for selling an in
terest. Investigate if you have
$4,000 cash and mean bust
ness. J. j. G., care Age Herald.
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Y o u can
eliminate all
chances 'of a
sick $ p e ! l
from some
stomach, , liv-
err or bowel
disorder by
taking I n e
II 4 t t e r \
promptly. 1t
is for Poor
Appetite, In
d IL - ito =,
Cramps and
Diarrhoea.
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"a highly Important feature Of these
statistics is that, while they show cam
parative disparity in the number Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-19
SOLDIERS WILL GO
]. TO CAMP THIS WEEK
Alabama Men to Be Assembled
at Chickamauga
ATTENTION TO HEALTH
The Men VIII BE Permitted to Drink
Boiled Water OnIy-General Graves
Is Already the Ground.
Men Follow Thursday
ATTENTION TO HEALTH

Montgomery July 1S.-(Special) Gen.
Bibb Graves, brigadier general command
ing, and the headquarters staff, left
Montgomery tonight for Chickamauga,
where on Thursday. July u, the three
Alabama infantry regiments and a bat
talon of artillery, with the signal corps.
will go in camp with regular army forces
for 10 days. Accompanying the comman-
lder-in-chief are Col. E. H. Graves OF
Eufaula, chief of staff; Maj. L. C.
Brown, Birmingham, adjutant general ;
Maj D. NJ. Scott, Selma, quartermaster
Maj A. C. Sexton, Montgomery com
missary; Maj. s. e. Washburne, Mont
gomery, ordnance, engineer and artil-
lery; Maj w. II. Oats Mobile, surgeon.
Clerk Lyons and Trumpeter Courtney
both of Montgomery are along also.
The most careful attention will be given
to the health OF the men. In each case
sanitary surroundings will be preserved
A detail of each company will see that
men do not drink from water faucets or
any water at all that has not been
boiled. A can of boiled ice water will be
in every tent. Mess kits will be washed
with boiled water KITCHENS must be Kept
clean. In conclusion the order sets forth
this warning: Company commanders
are advised to forcibly impress the fact
on their men that all the water in
Chickamauga park and Fort Oglethrope
is polluted and that it is not fit to drink
until boiled" Cards will be issued bear
ing this legend: Don't drink this water
or any other water except boiled water"
They will be put at every place where
water can be had
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-30
Rylander Shoe Company,
CLOTHIERS AND FURNlSHERS.
AMtRICUS WILL HAVE
TWO DELEGATES,
Rev. Lawrence Takes DR..
StrOng'S Place.

Americus will have two delegates al
the Triennial General Convention o.
the Protestant Episcopal Church of tbs
United States, meeting at Cincinnati
next week, and continuing it's ses,
Sions for perod of probably tw,
weeks.
Capt John A Cobb, who was elected
as one of the lay delegates from the
Diocese Of Georgia, will leave u
Monday for Cincinnati.
Rev. ]. B. Lawrence was chosen al
the diocesan convention here as one
of the alternates. Rev. Charles II.
Strong, of St. Johns church, Savar-
nah, viii not attend the convention,
being absent in Europe, and Rev. Mr..
Lawrence, of Calvary church, this city,
takes his place as delegate.
This gives Americus the rare honor
of two delegates, one in each branch
of the convention.
Mr. Clarence j. White, who was
chosen as a lay alternate, will not al
tend the convention, in all likelihood.
Rev. J. B. Lawrence will leave Sun
day night for his old home in MI
rietta, where he is to officiate at a
Welding on Manday night, going
thence directly to Cincinnati.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-30
lIITIE MONEY is PAID
YET INTO TREASURY.
In Settlement of County
Tax Bills.

Tax Collector Small now greets
oheerily the all too seldom cit. who
blows into his sanctum and timid y
inquiries the tax bill so soon to ftli
Tue, and TIE Sonnet bills coming like
an avalanche next week. Collector
Small is ready to wait upon the man
who fain would pay the tithes and
hlandly explains that the rate is $15
per thousand this fall, or about thai
of last year OF tits amount the state
gets five anills, or one-half per cent
and Sumter county ten mills, or orc
per cent. In view of the vast amount
of work accomplished in Sumter coua.
ty this year the tax rate as levied is
rot excessive. If the city leyies a
like rate of taxation, as may be done
q little later, the taxpayer will g0
up against an even 3 per cent. prop
osition this fall--that is-the' man
who lives in Americus will pay So
ON ach $1,000 of property he POS
sesses, while the farmer beyond the
city limits will pay half that amount
or SIS per thousand.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-30
RALLY AT CALVARY ON
SUNDAY MORNING.
School and Congregation
Will Unite.

There will be service of more then
ordinary interest at Calvary Episco
pal church on next Sunday morning
when a Sunday school and congrega-
tional rally will be held.
A special service of music will bC
prepared for the occasion, and tn
singing, with the entire school an.
congregation uniting, will be an ex
ceedingly pleasant feature of the SER
vice.
The Sunday school of Calvary is in
a prosperous state and great Interest
is shown by the officers, teachers anl
children. The occasional Sunda
rallies have the effect of inspiring al
to greater interest in the work of tle
school and stimulating a closer con.
nection between church and school
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-30
Big BUNCH OF ZtBRAS
ARE READY FOR GANG
Field Week in City Court
Was This One.
.Tw enty-Seven Cases
Tried and Many Con-
victed---A Dozen Re-
cruits to Gang.

The busiest and best week of years
has been this one in the City Court
of Americus, with a larger number ot
cases tried and big batch Of con
victions.
Judge Crisp has presided, willie City
Court Solicitor Zack ChiIders has sur
passed all previous efforts in the good
work done.
The hopper has whirled stead. y,
with the gratifying result of nearly
tlirty cases tried since Monday, with
convictions in most of them.
The crimes charged included almost
everything from blind tigering ID
wife-beating.
The following caess had been di,>
posed of up to noon yesterday:
jim Brown, larceny; u months, or
$3.50.
Jim Wood, using mule without con-
sent; ten months, or $50.
Tom Black, illegal sale of liquor,
II months, or $50.
Allen Floyd, wife whipping; II
months. (No fne)
Press Harris, cheating and swim
ling; 8 months or $35.
Cora King, larceny from house; 10
months. (No fine)
John Caldwell, cheating and swim
Hing; Il months. (No fne)
John Caldwell, cheating and swim
ding; II months .(No fine)
John Caldwell cheating and swim
Jling; 8 months, or $50.
Jessie Casey, carrying pistol; 10
months, or $50.
Morgan Tyson, carrying liquor ro
;hurch grounds; u months, or $3.50.
Thad Corbin, illegal sale of liquo"
not guilty.
Hattie soloman, assault and battery
5 months, or $40.
Gus Shealey, assault and battery
aot guilty.
S. S. Wells having liquor in his
Dlace OF business; not guilty.
Many Hightower, assault and b.;
cry; not guilty
Cooper Sheffield, 8 months, or $50
Henry Ellis, larceny from the house,
IL months. { No fne)
Gus Taylor, carrying pistol; l2
months, or $3.50
Elbert Walters, carrying concealed
weapons; II months, or $75.
George Teel, cheating and swindling;
IL months, or S100.
George Dwelly, gaming; months
or $45.
Rufus Weston, carrying pistol; S
or $50,
Of the bunch tried already, suct
Christian carried g covey of nine to
the chaingang yesterday, and will
make another load today, quite likely
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-30
JUDGE COSBY IS
DEAD AT PRESTON.
Webster County Has Lost
Tier Able Ordinary.
Especial to Times-Recorder.)

(SDecIdl TO lIm6S-Rec0rder.)
Preston, Ca, Sept. 29.-In the death
of Hon. W. H. Cosby, Sr., Ordinary OF
Webster county, this county has lost a
good and useful citizen. He was born
in Stewart county and from there
went to the Civil war where he served
with distinction, throughout that mem
orable struggle. He returned home
broken in health and pocket, and later
removed to Webster county where he
had since made his home.
Years ago lie was married to Miss
Sarah Sims and to them several chll-
dren were born to bless their home,
six of whom are now living, W. H.
Cosby, Jr., Richard Cosby and Miss
Leila Cosby, of this place; Mrs. Dav S
and Mrs. Tyler, of Marion county, and
Mrs StovaIl, of Coiquit county.
Mrs. Cosby, his faithful life compan-
Ion, proceeded him in deatl' only two
weeks, Judge Cosby being quite sick at
the time of her death, and it was hts
earnest desire to go with her in death
Since removing to this county Judge
Cosby has been a useful and disting-
uished citizen. He has served as
member of the Board of Education,
member of the County Commissioners
several years ago served one term a
Ordinary, and after several years, was
again elected to the office of Ordinary,
which Office he had filed for six years.
For many years he has been a consist
ent member of tie Baptist church.
Truly a good man has gone, and to his
relatives the sympathy of the entire
county goes out.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-30
WADE CLARK AT LAST
IN GRASP OF TIGER.
Sentenced to Chainqdnq
and Fined.

Convicted the first time of the
charge of selling liquor, Wade Clack
negro here VAS sentenced yes
terday in the City court by Judge
Charles r. Crisp to serve a term OF
twelve months in the county chain
gang, or pay fine of one hundrel
dollars. A condition of the sentenc.
is that Clark must serve at least two
months of this sentence in durance
vile, and may have the remaining ter
months commuted by payment of tn.
fine imposed, $100.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-30

Membership to Date. 49,. Is
The committee yesterday was aga.
headed by the indefatigable presiden
of the Board of Trade, Mr.. John W
| Shiver. This time two more block
| in tke city's business district wer
thoroughly covered, memorandum b ,
ing kept of those not seen. The re
suit, as stated, was the addition o
twenty names, four of the new mem
bers paying a years dues in advanc !
Those added to the roll YESTERDAY
were as follows:
Commercial City Bank, Turpin Bros
Smithwick's Gun Store, j. c. Denham
W. H. c. Dudley, Jr., w. H. C. Dudley
Sr., E. ]. Sheehan, Elton C. Parker, C
NJ. Williams, c. L. Rocks, ]. H. Bear 1
r. S. Pryor, j. H. Poole & Sons, r. L
Mcleod, w E. Wood, T. B. West
orook, DR.. NJ. K. Ford and two casA
contributing members whose names
were withheld.
The committee still has considera
BILE territory to cover and quite d
large number of business, profes
sional men and other citizens to be
seen.
The work of soliciting members AM
reviving interest generally will be
taken up again some morning next
week. President Shiver is confident
that another mornings canvass viii,
bring the membership UP to 175. The
campaign will not cease until the
total is run up to 200 or above.
Every effort is to be made during tha
remaining months of President Sh:-
ver's administration to push the ad-
vertising of Americus and Sumter
county and to get the Board of Trade
in such working shape that a pe"-
Iaanent secretary or field superintan-
dent, as such an official is some
times called, can be secured, whose
entire time will be devoted to pushing
TIE city and county.
1t is believed that during the nexI
four Or five months this can be done
and the organizations usefulness 10
the community increased by the eli.
gagement at the expiration of that time
of an effective, aggressive and expert.
enced man whose sole work will be
that of keeping Americus and Sumter
county before the public and devOting
his energies to bringing parties here
to look for themselves at the OppOr-
tunities here offered i'm an agricultu-
raj, industrial and commercial way.