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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-15

West Blocton, April 14.-(Special)-At
the first regular meeting for April of
Blocton lodge No. TO, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, Wednesday
night, the following officers were installed
for the ensuing year: j. Hardy Lawrence,
exalted ruler; w. o. Broadhead, esteemed
leading knight; Sam B. Israel, esteemed
loyal knight; William A. Stewart, es-
teemed lecturing knight; Pat Shannon
treasure; Ray r. Wright. Secretary, had
been previously installed. James r. An
ton, tiler. was absent. The exalted ruler
appointed the following officers: j. Philip
Melvin, esquire; Lewis Wessnger, inner
guard. The installation was conducted
by Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler George
W. Randall, with John Golson as grand
esquire. DR.. Randall is member of Bloc
ton lodge No. no.
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pitch during the afternoon. The presence
of several outsiders added to the pleas
ure of the members. Among those pres
ent were Mrs. Alex Birch, Miss Marjorie
Weatherly, Mrs. Hill Ferguson, Mrs II.
A. Drennen. Mrs. John l.. Kaul, Miss
Belle DeBardeleben, Mrs A L. Fulen-
wider. Mrs Webb Crawford Mrs. Frank
Fowlkes, Mrs. b. f. Moore, Mrs VIII
Huey, Miss Virginia Means, Mrs Henry
Dean Miss Kathleen Nixon. Mrs. William
II. Kettig, Miss Mary Ruth McLester,
Miss Sadie Gillespy, Mrs. Frank Crockard.
and Miss Mary Ware.
The trophy was won by Mrs. Birch on
cut with Miss Nixon.
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Plau. Germany. April 14.-Maj. Vor
Parsevafs new aeroplane, which is the
largest yet constructed and which early
this month underwent successful pre-.
liminary trials here, was caught in 8
violent and dusty wind while fIyinl
over Lake Plau today ana. turning
turtle. fell into the water k,ngincel
Blochmann and Hoif esca nod uninie~e
they dropped with the machine but sut~
ceeded In freeing themselves i.oni II
wreckage and were picked up by
passing craft. Il
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WARE-M'DAVID
INVITATIONS ISSUED

The following cards have been sent
out:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patton Media
vid request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their sister, Miss Mat
tie Hays McDavid, to Mr.. Harvey Ber-
from Ware, on the evening of Wednes-
day, April q, 1910, at $50 O'Clock, at
919 South Eighteenth street, Birmingham,
Ala"
Enclosed cards state:
"At home after the LIST of May, FLOR
ence, Ala
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spent yesterday in Birmingham. Her
daughter who has been attending school
in the city, returned home with her last
night.
Mrs. Frank King is the guest of rela-
tives in Oklahoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. p. Winstead have taken
the Frank King residence on South Fiji
tenth avenue for the summer
Mrs +. TT. Andrews has as her guests
Mrs. Lanier Crawford and Miss Craw-
ford of Anna, Ill.
Mrs L. A. Condor returned yesterday
from Florida.
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THE AMITIE CLUB
WITH MRS, SNOW

Mrs. Nelson Snow was the pretty host
ess yesterday at a meeting of the Amitie
club, entertaining them at her home
with series of bridge games. The club
membership was augmented by several
outside guests. The trophies, a jabot
and a pair of silk hose, were awarded
during the service of a salad and ice
course.
Mrs. Shows hospitality included Miss
Sadie Allison, Miss Ruth Smith, Miss Ruth
Haynes, Mrs. Long, Miss Mary Long,
Miss Harris of Missouri, Miss Lucille
Moore, Miss Susie White, Miss Elizabeth
Going, Miss Margaret Ewing, Miss Mar
garet Terrell Miss Mary Tardy, Miss
Cary Johnson, Miss Meta Ware, Mrs.
Kenneth Harwood. Miss Marjorie Fletch-
err, Miss Gamaliel Dixon. Miss Helen
Rosa Randolph, Miss Nettie McCrorey,
Miss Carter and Mrs. Thornton Estes.
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LITTLE JOKERS WITH
MISS FANNIE DUNN

AS hostess yesterday to the members of
the Little Jokers, Miss Fannie Dunn gave
them the most delightful of welcomes.
The club played as usual for one prize,
and the interest in the game was at high
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THOUSANDS OF DESERT
Frs from the high priced tail
ors who have been paying $25
for the same all-wool suits
which we are offering, made to
order, at $12.75. It's worth in
vestigating. SINGERS, 1O7 N.
goth street.
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NOTES AND PERSONALS

members of the chapter will be in at
tendance.
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The Amaranth club will meet this after
noon with Miss Henrietta Wilcox, I'LL
South Thirteenth avenue.
Mrs. Vincent Ferguson will be the
hostess this afternoon for the meeting
of the Study Circle.
peanut hunt will be given this after
noon under the auspices of the Henley
School Improvement association at 2:3o
o'clock in West park. The purpose Is
"a raise funds for the school piano. The
ladies who assumed charge. have ar
ranged a most pleasant affair. Bags of
candies will be hidden as prizes and a
sale of sandwiches and bonbons will be
held.
The Qui Vive club will hold its regu-
lar meeting this afternoon with Mrs. T..
T Glass, 1916 Eighth avenue, north.
Miss Nell Wade, a pupil of Miss Strib-
ling. will give a recital this evening at
the Mendelssohn studio
Mrs f.. M. Jackson will entertain the
Civics club this afternoon.
Boys club chapter No. will meet this
morning at II o'clock. 1t Is hoped all
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A BIRTHDAY PARTY

In celebration of her sixth anniversary
little Mabel Lee Gotten, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Gotten. entertained
a coterie of her playmates yesterday aft
ernoon with one of the hanpiest juvenile
parties of the month. Pink and white
blossoms made a graceful setting for
the event roses and snowbals furnishing
the floral scheme The table about which
the little people gathered for ices and
bonbons held as its central decoration a
large birthday cake, holding SIX blazing
tapers pink and white.
The hours were enlivened with games
and a contest the prize for the latter
being box OF candy. The CHILDREN
whom the small hostess invited were
Elizabeth Woodal, Louise Nevins, Mary
Carper. Mary Elizabeth Southgate, Anita
Hodges. Katherine Drennen. Katherine
Brown, Aileen, Ruth and Ida Stephen
son, Martha Hill. Elizabeth Johnson, Mil
dred Adams. Mabel Dunlap, Mabel Mat
thews. Margaret Babb, Marguerite and
Earline Reynolds, Mary Mildred Wood
row. Eva Watson. Mary Elizabeth Nc
Pherson. Sarah WEIGH. Florence Tarrant,
Mary Miller Coulbourne, Evelyn Redd
Mary Bell Buford, Azeia Hawthorn. May
belle Hill, Annie Gallian, Mary Virginia
Brabston. Evelyn Kinney Mary Slater.
Margaret Lewis, Margaret Taylor, Ethel
SNYDER. Alice Gotten; Edward Carper.
Ned Durham Ill, Gary William and
Woodson Burchfiel Edward. Robert and
Ralph Bremen. James Brown, Edward
and Robert Douglas. Hardie and Percy
brown, Samuel Dunlap, Samuel Denton,
CHARLES Cox, Edward Coulbourne, Fulton
Clark and Lee Gotten.
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for
Iced Tea

A selection of very useful
premiums with each pound.
or 30 Green Trading Stamps.
Price -. ....., soc per lib.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
The Insect and Disease.

Entomology is one of the fertile
fields of science and the, discovery
of the role of the insect in the dissem-
ination of disease constitutes one Of
the most brilliant chapters of proven
tive medicine There is scarcely a
common insect that has not been ar
raigEed at the bar Of science and, sur
prisingly enough, found guilty of a
much graver offense than the mere
Fostering of sleeping, eating and rest
ing man. The house fly, for instance.
as We all now know, carries disease
germs on its hairy feet and deiiber.
ately walks on the food of man. Ty-
phoid fever and otller diseases fol.
low in it's wake. The little fruit fly,
the health authorities tell us, must
also be accused. Its methods are
similar to those of the house fly.
People often eat fruit upon which
these little flies may have deposited
disease producing bacteria. House
ants, particularly the red ant, cock.
reaches, house tleas and bedbugs are
all disease carriers, as has been
proved by direct observation. 1t has
been repeatedly demonstrated that
bedbugs can carry the germ OF ty.
phoid fever from the typhoid patient
to healthy man and infect him.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
Woman as a Social Success.

There is no quality more to be de-
sired to make woman a social sue
cess than that of tact. It's possessor
knows the right thing to do and
the right time for doing it and thus
gains reputation for cleverness and
for many virtues which tactless per-
son would never win from her circle
of acuuaintances, no matter how ex-
cellent her qualities of both heart and
head.
The tactful woman is not only pa
tient listener, but she is thoroughly
good one. She shows no WEAKNESS
even when she has heard the same
story more than once from the same
person and she smiles in the right
place and appears to enjoy hearing
Jokes as much as her companion en-
joys telling them. says Woman's Life.
A tactful woman generally gets her
own way with her husband and with
other people and yet In such man
ner that people always suppose that
they are following their own and not
her inclinations The fact is that she
knows when a man is approachable
and likely to be amenable to her
wishes and when it is best to leave
him alone Tact is weapon guided
with multitude of precautions and
feminine wiles by the wise woman and
it is only the wise who possess it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
LASTING CURE FOR HEAVES
Some Good Horsemen Declare Dis.
ease Cannot Be Standardization
bic Rapidly Increasing.

Some good horsemen say heaves
cannot be cured permanently How
ever, the trouble is constantly and
rapidly increasing. If the case is a
mild one and of recent origin it may
often be cured entirely by turning the
horse out to pasture for two or three
months. If it is necessary, however,
to work a horse affected with this
trouble, he can be relieved greatly by
feeding no hay except at night and
then only a very small amount of
clean and bright hay, entirely free
from dust. If there is any danger Of
dust it is we'll to dampen it but only
bright hay should be given. Roots
will be found helpful, beets, tufuips,
potatoes, or anything of that sort that
the horse will eat. The amount ef wa
ter should be limited as much IS pos
sible, and no horse with heaves should
be given water for two or three hours
previous to going to work. DIR. Law
recommends arsenic in fve-grain
doses daily and continued for month
to two months as especially valuable,
and says that the bowels must be
kept easy, by laxatives if necessary.
By treatment of this sort horse with
heaves can be greatly relieved. When
the disease first comes on it will pay
to turn the horse to grass, with the
hope of effecting cure at once and
before the disease progresses to the
extent where it becomes incurable.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
BREED RANGE MARES
Texas Breeder Successful With
Compact Chute.
Solution of Puzzle as to How to Treat
Wild Common Animals OF Plains
One of Best Improvements
Ever Made-lnexpensive.

Until last year l failed to get any
suitable plan for erecting chute for
breeding and impregnating wild mares
off the range. wanted to breed these
mares to a jack. Last year expert
mented with chute and found it very
successful in saving work, writes
Stanley Turner of Tom Green county,
Texas, in Breeders Gazette. 1t helped
the man, saved the jack and was
easier on the mares, too, although
they must become accustomed to 1t.
A 60-foot corral was built in which
to try the mares and this opens by an
S-foot gate into a small corral. At
the farther end of the small corral
are two breeding chutes side by side
opening off from it. These chutes are
16 feet long, just wide enough for the
mares and solidly built of by inch
stuff in the same way as ordinary cat
tie chutes. They have bars across
each end and bars to 60 directly in
front of the mares when they stand
barely inside the chutes. A gate on
each side of the small corral is hung
to the post of the chute and can be
swung so as to either close the gate
way from the corral or fit against the
end of the chutes. These gates are
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

DEAF AND DUMB!
Bv HARRIET LUMMIS SMITH
Copyright, 1909 by Associated Literary Press)

The two young men seated at the
round table in the little open-air res
taurant had kept up a desultory flow
of talk, such as was compatible with
doing justice to the delicious soft
shelled crabs for which the Sea Gull
is noted. But it was soundless con-
versation, inarticulate, for the fingers
talked rather than the lips. George
Laveton was deaf mute and his
cousin, Allan Merrifeld. though less
proficient in the sign language. had
mastered enough of its intricacies to
enable him to sustain a part in the
conversation.
Deaf and dump. poor things! Isn't
it dreadful?"
1t was a girls voice, coming from
the table at the right.
YES, dreadful! And especially for
the handsome one," replied her COM
panion.
Now, which of US does she mean?'
wondered Allan. His uncertainty was
a credit to his modesty, for Georges
lean, brown face, in spite of an ex-
preston of alert intelligence, lacked
every element Of beauty. Fortunately
the speaker settled the question by
adding, What dark, beautiful eyes he
has! never care for blue eyes in
a man"
Allan neaved sigh of relief.
Georges eyes were gray. He i'm
proved the first opportunity to glance
at the other table. The girl in blue
was beautiful. Her oval face was tint
ed like a seashell and the big violet
eyes with their long lashes were be-
witching in their frank pity.
George nudged his friend and his
nimble fingers spelled out warning,
Don't stare so. It's rude"
'The worst of 1t u.s." remarked the
girl who had spoken first, that such
an affection shuts them out of every
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
Chute for Breeding Range Mares.

strong and have openings at the right
height for man to use the impreg-
nator through when they are swung
in behind the mares.
AS the mares are tried in the 60-foot
corral, those found to be in season
are cut into the small corral, two at a
time. These two are run into the IT,
foot chutes and the bars put in behind
them at the end. Then they are backed
down against these bars and the other
bars put in directly in front of them
to hold them fast. The jack is then
led in and allowed to serve one. Then
the gates are swung up close to the
mares to protect the operator while
the second is impregnated from the
first.
In my opinion the solution Of the
small wild common mare is found by
this method / would breed her to the
largest jack to be found and then the
produce will be useful salable ami
NAL and there will be no more COM
mon horses raised from that stock.
We have handled and bred range
mares for 25 years and consider this
chute one of the best improvements
in methods we have made.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
Provide Feed for Cattle.

Next August the best pastures are
apt to become dry and the grass
corn this spring to furnish green feed
when pastures do become short. 1t is
said that an animal well summered is
half wintered. To summer the animal
we'll it must have all the green feed
it will eat during all the summer and
fall months. A patch of early sweet
corn will solve the summer green feed
question. If there is any to spare it
can with profit be fed to the work
horses.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
GENERAL FARM NOTES.

Refill the salt box in the pasture.
Set the strawberries in rows four
feet apart and two feet in the row.
When desired to hatch ducklings
early in the season it will be best to
use the incubator
Remove the brood sow to a place
where she can be free from noise or
other disturbance.
If the pump bucket leaks take it
to town with you today. The timer
will fix it while you wait.
A good dairy cow usually has bright
intelligent looking eyes-just the kind
that the successful man has.
Hellebore sprinkled on the currant
and berry bushes while wet with dew
will destroy the currant worm.
Overcrowding, poor ventilation and
improper feelings are the things that
play havoc with brooder chicks
The special purpose buttermaker is
quite as essential in the creamery as
the special purpose COW in the dairy.
Never use grease or oil of any kind
to kill vermin on sitting hens, as it
will close the pores and ruin the eggs.
A good creamery in town means
prosperity for the farmers and the
business men, The cow is the cause
of it all, too.
Remove all the trash from along
the fences. There are insects that
will destroy some of your crops in the
dry grass and weeds.
Devote short time with the women
folk figuring out improvements for the
front yard, then spend longer time
putting the plans into execution.
From 5000 to 5000 pineapple plants
can be raised on an acre of land, each
plant producing one pineapple. They
bring about 20 cents each during the
winter months.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
Ferti|izing Cotton.

The work of the Georgia experiment
station shows plainly that phosphoric
acid is the most important element in
any fertilizer mixture for cotton. Next
in Importance is nitrogen and finally
potash. Best results have been Sc
cured when all three of these ele-
ments have been combined in one
fertilizer in the proportion of 1-3
parts phosphoric acid, one part nitro
gen and one part potash, or in the pro.
portion of 1000 pounds acid phos-
phate, Is pounds muriate of potash or
800 pounds of kainit and 700 pounds
of cottonseed meal or los bushels of
cotton seed. The ingredients should
be mixed and applied in such man
ner as to secure from 200 to 400
pounds of the acid phosphate per acre.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
MADE PROMISE Of SECRECY
Therefore Caller Could Only Guess
Who Had Taught Youngster to
Stand on His Head.

1.-THE venerable countess of Cardi
gan, the author, you know, of that
wicked book of memoirs, thinks the
modern girl is too athletic and hoy
denish," said an English visitor to
New York.
1.-The countess of Cardigan often
tells of young man who was drink
ing tea with beautiful girl when her
little brother Slipped into the room.
"-sMr. Mannering,' the boy asked.
can you stand on your head?'
"No, said the visitor laughing,
don't believe I can
well, / can, said the boy. Look
here
and he stood on his head very
neatly in the corner.
cha, ha! laughed Mr.. Mannering.
And who taught you that?'
The urchin frowned.
"'sister,' he said, told me I must
never tell.'''
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

way, except that l have thought 1t
best not to split the stump in halves,
but rather to one side of the pith, and
in case of large trees making a sharp
er angle, not splitting the wood too
much, and putting in more than two
and sometimes four or five scions, as
shown at above cut In this climate
grating may be done any time before
the tree is out in leaf if the scions are
kept in good condition. In top-graft-
ing lot of apricot trees to peaches.
cut the trees back severely, and then
budded the young growth in July.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
Cows in Pasture.

It is not advisable to turn the cows
on the permanent pasture till the
grass has made good start. There
are at least two good reasons for this
One Is that the young grass is i'm
mature, watery and lacking substan.
tial nutritive qualities. 1t is relished
by the cows, yet they cannot get a
full flow of milk on it alone Another
reason for not turning them on the
permanent pasture early is that they
will injure the soil by walking on Il
while it, is wet and soft
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11

fact that touring car was bearing
down upon him. heralding its adj
vance by the aggressive toots by
which the modern motorist asserts
his pre-eminent claim to the public
highway. Allan believed that he had
time enough to get across before the
car should strike him and that. any
way, It was the chauffeur's business
to look out.
At the critical moment his calcula-
tions were upset by hand that
clutched him arm. He stopped and
pulled violently back, from under the
very wheels of the swerving car.
Allan got back to the sidewalk with
out knowing just what had happened
| except that the hand that had first
i clutched him still held fast to his arm.
Then, looking down, he saw that 1t
was a little hand in blue glove.
The hand released its hold on him,
touched his shoulder, as If to attract
| his attention, and pointed in the direc-
| ton of the now vanishing car. ALLAN
| understood that an effort had been
made to save him from the conse-
quences of his own recklessness and
he tried to seem grateful.
"Yes, l see," he stammered. II sup
pose it was rather close. Awfully
good of you"
The brim of the big hat was tilted
with startling suddenness, disclosing
a face, winsome in spite of its pallor
"Yo-you can speak?" gasped the
girl-the girl whose name was Wini-
fred.
The situation was trying. Suddenly
it flashed upon him that his posses
sion of the normal faculties was an
! offense to her. He tried to think Of
an answer to make to her and she
backed away from him. the waves of
color flooding her face.
And you can hear, too," she &C
cused him. "You can't deny it."
Tin afraid I can't" said Allan,
with real emotion.
And you're not deaf and dumb at
all? l was trying to save your life.
thought that you couldn't hear the
| horn and that you would be killed -
II did hear it and thought l had
time to get across. But it was just
as plucky of you," Allan cried. Il
shall never forget it. Never!"
She had her hands up over her face
He could see only the tips of her ears
His admiring tribute had not comfort
ed her. She was thinking Of some
thing else.
"You heard me?" she cried in g
smothered voice-"that day in the res
taurant? You couldn't have helped
hearing every word. OH" her voice
rose in wall "Oh! What must you
think Of me?"
He came close to her. The street
was full of people. Some passers-by
stared at the pair. the girl with hel
face covered, as If she were crying
and the tall young man bending ovel
her and plainly trying to comfort her
But, for all Allen knew, they two
were alone in some enchanted garden
I'D like to tell you what do think
of you" he said, unsteadily. Some
time when we're better acquainted
shall do it. But without waiting
can tell what l think about myself
and it's that I'm the luckiest fellow
on earth to find you again. Now In
going to walk along with you and fine
out what your name is-besides Wini
fred"
The client came promptly at eleven
And he waited as long as il Allan had
been an acknowledged ornament tt
the bar, rather than beginner with
a name to make.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
Trim the Horses Feet.

Take care of the feet of the work
horses. The writer prefers, unless his
horses have to stand considerable road
travel, that they be unshod, but that
does not relieve the farmer from the
duty of keeping them properly
trimmed. A set of tools is a good
thing to have, but lacking that one
can get along very well by using
sharp chisel, a good knife, and a rasp.
The added comfort that comes from
properly trimmed feet means added
work, or its equivalent, less feed and
better flesh Keep the feet in the
best Of condition.