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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
trees on the grass and leaves. Every
body spreads together and everybody

trees on the grass and leaves: Every
body spreads together and everybody
must eat.
A feature Of the singing is that both
old and young participate.
The grandmothers and grandfathers Of
30 and 30 years sing as Justify and with
as much sweetness as the younger peo-
pie Indeed the music Of the old Sacred
Harp is peculiarly fitted to the singing
of the old people. 81
There Is no music as expressive Of re-
ligious devotion as is found in this old
classic.
Two Past Masters
The two past masters in Sacred Harp
singing In Alabama will attend the con-
vention in Birmingham. They are Prof.
]. T. benson Of Winston county and his
aged father. They have been singing
the Sacred Harp songs from their In
fancy and have Hung no other.
A peculiar cuGtom OF Professor Dem
son while leading a class Is to throw
his book aside and sing from mem.
ory He can call the number and page
Of any song In the book from memory.
He keys the tune and leads the singing,
every note and every Zine Of poetry"
without reference to his book, which he
usually hands to some member of the
class who happens not to have a copy
The coming convention in Birmingham
Is an important occasion. not only from
the feature Of the singing, but for tbs
number Of good people II will bring to
this city from all sections Of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04

The ideal place for holding such con.
ventions is an old camp meeting ground
centrally located for several adjoining
counties A big arbor large enough to
seat several thousand people is fringed
By two or four rows of board tents or
camp houses Not far from the camp
and at q convenient distance for the
promenading of lovers is q bubblin<
|spring leaping from the roots of a spread.
ing beech tree. Great oaks and beechea
shade the hillsides around about the
camp.
The dinners are spread under these
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04

During the past two weeks the revenue
officers have destroyed nine stills where
moonshine whisky was being made. This
shows that in the mountain districts near
here the making of this article is on the
increase since prohibition has been a
statewide law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
GEN. WOOD HAS PRAISE FOR
FORT MONROE HEROES
LIeutenants Halves and Van Deusen
Arc Especially Commended for
Heroic, Conduct.

Washington. - Officers returning
from Fortress Monroe detailed at
length to General Wood, chief of
staff of the army. and other depart
ment officials stories of valor and sac
rifice when the explosion of the big
gun at battle practise at the fort oc-
Cured.
These personal reports were aug
nnented by further telegraphic reports
from Lieut.. Col c. P. Townsley of the
coast artillery corps, commandant of
the fort.
Lieutenant Halves is praised by the
commandment for having extinguished
with his bare hands burning material
that threatened to ignite the second
charge. which was on it's way to the
emplacement.
Conspicuous in the group of those
whose heroic conduct attracted atten-
ton was Lieutenant Van Deusen, who
suffered a briken leg from the body
of one of the men being hurled
against him. His body also was burned
by gas. He was the timekeeper dur
ing the target practise.
Following the receipt of the reports
General Wood sent a telegram to
Fortress Monroe expressing his SYM
pathy for the bereaved and suffering
and his appreciation of the excellent
conduct" of the officers and enlisted
men.
The war department has begun a
rigid investigation to determine the
cause and fix the responsibility for the
explosion of the gun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
HAS TE KILLS TASTE.

Everywhere haste mars art among
US. What is the reason for so re-
splendent failure as the COMPRESSION.
al library at Washington? Simply that
haste precluded a thorough maturing
of the general scheme and prevented
the mural painters either from har7
monizing their work with the whole or
even doing their individual best. Why
Is the average tall building, in spite of
Its imposing mass, poor thing to
look at? Simply because the architect
has hurriedly applied irrelevant orna1
ment to the work of the engineer.
Under commercial conditions these
makeshifts may seem inevitable But
the vice of precipitancy runs through
our whole social structure. Academic
and Parnassus suffer violence, and the
violent take them by force. How many
university chairs have been occupied
by glib young scholars whose achieve
ment was mostly verbal, while sound
learning languished in obscure posi-
ton? How many an actress has rolled
her pretty eyes at an audience, to be
extolled promptly as a star of magni-
tude?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
TAFT MAKES TALK IN DRIzzLE.
President Addresses Town Folks on
Village Green i'm Bar Harbor.


Village Green in Bar Harbor.
Bar Harbor, Me-President Taft
forsook his golf game at the Kelso
Valley links at the twelfth hole. rode
over to the village green here and
made a speech to the townsfolks.
A crowd of several thousand greet
ed the president, who was in his jol-
lest mood. The president entered
into the full spirit of his strenuous va
cation and in yachting trousers, blue
coat and white yachting hat he
beamed broadly upon the crowd that
cheered him in the drizzle of rain that
fell while he spoke.
Mr.. Taft devoted himself largely to
the philosophy of summer vacation in
his address. The American people.
he said. are learning the value of rest.
The president advocated vacations of
two or three weeks a year and the
crowd which had just come from work
in the shops applauded vigorously.
Immediately after the conclusion of
his speech the president and his
party entered coaches and were driv-
en- over to the villa of Mrs. Mark Han
ma in Deal Harbor. where they were
entertained at lunch. In the evening
the party were dinner guests of
Charlemagne Tower, former ambassa-
dor to Germany, at his place at North
East HarbOr.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
PLAN TO RAISE THE MAINE
Swing Maine in Cradle of Cables to
Permit investigation.

Washington,-John F. O'Rourke. the
engineer who bridged the Hudson at
Poughkeepsie and drove the Pennsyl-
vania railroads tunnel under the
North river, laid before Assistant Sec
rotary of War Oliver his plan for rails
ing the Maine from the mud of Ha-
vana harbor
Briefly, this newest plan is based up
on a system of pneumatic caissons,
such as have made possible the build
ing of extremely deep foundations un-
der water. and which contributed
largely to the success of the building
of tunnels under the Hudson. No div
ers are used and the pontopn system
is put completely aside. The method
proposed is to swing the Maine in
cradle of powerful cables and lift her
completely out of the water where
complete inspection of her hull will be
possible.
While the ship is suspended above
water Mr.. O'Rourke declares she can
be repaired as readily as if she were
I'm dry dock, and after being re-
launched from the cable cradle can
leave Havana harbor under her own
steam. This is said TO be the first
plan yet proposed which would present
the ship to naval board in precisely
the same condition as she sunk on the
night of February Is, 1898.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Try This. This Summer

The very next time you're hot, tired
Or thirsty, step up to soda fountain
and get a glass of Coca-Cola. 1t will
cool you of, relieve your bodily and
mental fatigue and quench your thirst
delightfully."-. AT soda fountains or
,arbonated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome.
Send to the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
Ca, for their free booklet The Truth
About Coca-Cola." Tells what Coca
Cola as and why it is so delicious, re-
treshing and thirst-quenching. And
send &c stamp for the Coca-Cola Base
ball Record Book for 1910-contains
the famous poem Casey At The Bat"
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball informa-
ton compiled by authorities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
EX-NAYOR KILLED
VIRGINIA TOWN EXCITED OVEG
THE ASSASSINATION OF
A. n. SOUSMAN.
WAS SLEEPING IN HIS YARD
Unknown Enemy Tossed Dynamite
Bomb Which Landed in Hammock
and Exploded-No CIew to the
Murderer.

Ridgeway, Va.-Ex-Mayor A. II.
BOusman was assassinated by dyna-
mite bomb. No clue to the identity
of the murderers or trace of them has
been found. Mayor Bousman had been
spending the hot evenings sleeping in
a hammock swung between two trees
on the lawn in front of his residence
10 o'clock the bomb was thrown by
someone passing along the street 1t
landed in the hammock at his feet and
in an instant exploded. The ex-
mayors feet were torn away by the
bursting shell and his legs mangled
Although the town authorities, when
notified of the murder. made every eff
fort to discover the assassin, no clew
could be found and it is believed he
escaped without being seen by anyone.
The news quickly spread about town
and excitement grew to high pitch.
The surrounding community is worked
up over the murder and it is believed
If the assassin is caught he will be
summarily dealt with
AS mayor of Ridgeway, Mr.. Bous-
man presided over the police court OF
the town. trying petty cases. 1t is
thought some person on whom Bous-
man in his court had passed sentence
of punishment held a grudge against
him. and had been awaiting an oppor-
tunity to wreak vengeance. He re-
Gently declined to serve second term.
The terrific explosion attracted
many persons, but the excitement was
so great that apparently no one
thought to search for the assassin un-
til he had made his escape.
The town council has offered a re-
ward of $500 for the arrest of the
bomb thrower and the governor will
be asked t. add $500
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
DEMAND A PECULIAR WATCH
In Turkey the Day Begins and Ends
at Sunset, Which Is Called
IL O'Clock.

Consul Milo A. Jewett of Trebizond
repeats the announcement that there
Is a demand In Turkey fer watches
Franc" time. He writes:
For some years there probably will
be considerable demand for such
watches In this country and Persia.
For centuries reckoning time in this
part or the world has been based on
the assumption that the day ends and
the new day begins at sunset. which
is called II o'clock. This was uniyer.
sally observed by the people, who sell
dom had watches, judging the time O,
the day by the sun, this system also
being employed by the civil and re-
ligious administrations Watches and
clocks made to keep regular mean
time must be changed almost daily to
adjust them to sunset time
Turkey is adopting modern i'm.
provements and the more accurate
and scientific reckoning of time used
by the Francs is coming into use.
After discussion by the government it
has been decided not to impose the
Franc or mean time by law. 1t win
be introduced gradually. Various ad-
ministrations will employ mean time,
and the people will gradually become
accustomed to and adopt 1t, being al
ready introduced into most of the GUS
tom houses and in some military bu-
reaus and schools. The building of
railroads, which must employ accur-
ate time, will tend to introduce mod
ern time. There will be a long period
or transition from the old to the new,
during which both systems will be in
use. During that period many people
Will want watches showing both kinds
OF time. and it seems that a good bust.
ness will be done in them. Watches
or this sort have been made and sold
IN Turkey for years. They were bought
only by a few persons, either foreign
ers or those having some relations
with foreigners.
There are three systems of double
time watches. One has two dials. one
dial on each side of the watch: an
other. which seems more popular and
is more easily repaired, has two small
dials side by side on the same face.
The third system, which seems to be
the best, has a central fixed dial for
Turkish time. 1t is stem wound and
stem set with a mechanism which per-
mits changing the hands Of the watch
or swinging the outer one bearing the
figures for minutes and the inner one
for the hours. The two are turned
with the same motion and their nor
NAL relation to each other is automat-
ically maintained"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Waikiki Beach WASHING AWAY.

The famous Waikiki beach at Hon.
olulu is rapidly being washed away
and only immediate strenuous exer.
ton can save it. The dredger that is
engaged In filling in the swamp land
recently condemned and purchased by
the government as a site for the Fort
de Russy military post is responsible
for the destruction of the famous re-
sort.
For several months the sand has
gradually been washing away from the
beach. exposing the sharp coral and
making it impossible to battle along
most of the beach without danger of
being badly cut up by the knifelike
edges, but during the past two or
three weeks the work of destruction
has increased rapidly and as a con-
sequence the boat houses of the Mo-
ana and Seaside hotels and many of
the trees on the lawns of those hos
telries are In danger of falling into
the sea.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

Two sailing ships, in coast parlance
"windjammers," have just gone to sea
from Seattle provided with wireless
telegraph equipment-the first craft of
their character to be thus equipped.
the apparatus by her Japanese stew
ard. who was formerly a member of
the signal corps of his country's navy.
This indicates that the installation of
wireless telegraphy on sailing ships Is
neither complex nor costly, and fore
shadows quite general use of the valu-
able means of tmmunication. Ro-
nance and mystic } are being driven
from the sea by steam and electricity.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

New York and New England are ia
king steps to improve their agricul-
tural conditions, and, curiously
enough, the leadership in the move
nent is taken by railroad presidents
md merchants. The other day meet
ing was held at the Produce Exchange,
Of New York and permanent organi-
tation was effected to preach and illus
.rate the gospel of intelligent. in
tensive farming. Among the able ad
dresses delivered the most striking
was that of President Brown of the
New York Central. He gave Ameri-l
can, South American and Canadian,
statistics pointing the moral that We
have surrendered our rlace as the first
Of the food-exporting nations; that
food production has not kept pace with
consumption, and that in few years
We shall be compelled to import grain.
1t seems that We have in the country
about 100000 acres of practically
abandoned farm land, while the land
that is cultivated Is bled mere and
merely scratched there.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
BURNED FOR KILLING OFFICER.
Negro Is Hauled by Neck to Pyrc-
Two Others Escape.

Bolton, Tex.-Henry Gentry, a ne
gro. eighteen years old, paid the pen
atty of his crime-murder and intend
ed assault-at the stake. Two others,
a brother and a companion, charged
with implication, missed like fate
only through the pleadings of Sheriff
Burke and several citizens.
Gentry attempted to force an en-
trance into the home of Mrs. Lamb.
widow, but was frightened away
with shot by the woman's daughter.
Several hours later, while Gentry was
being hunted by posse headed by
Constable James Mitchell, Gentry, fir
ing from ambush, killing the leader.
The posse surrounded the fugitive.
Gentry made a dash for liberty and
was shot and crippled. He was
dragged behind an automobile to Bel
ton, where several thousand men and
boys waited.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
FORMER PREMIER MAURA
SHOT AT BARCELONA
Statesman Is Wounded in Leo by
Radical AS He AIights From
Train.

Barcelona, Spain.-As Senior Anto-
Mo Maura, former premier of Spain.
alighted from a Madrid train at the
Francia station here last night he was
shot and wounded in the leg by a
man who was afterward arrested. The
would-be assassin fired three shots at
the statesman.
Senior Maura came here to take the
steamer Miramar to Palma, in the
Balearic island, with his family, to
spend the summer. The announce
ment of Senior Maura's approaching
arrival created excitement among the
radical elements when it was made.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
A Knowing Girl.

When young Lord Stanleigh came
to visit an American family, the mis-
tress told the servants that in ad-
dressing him they should always say
Your Grace" When the young gen.
tleman one morning met one of the
pretty house servants in the hallway
and told her that she was so attrac-
tive looking he thought he would kiss
her. she demurely replied. clasping
her hands on her bosom and looking
up into his face with a beatific ex-
preston, 20 Lord, for this blessing
We are about to receive. we thank
hee."-Lippincott's.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
CHAUFFEUR HELD
IN THE RAWN CASE
Ernest Stevens, Negro, Is Arrest
ed As Murder Suspect.
CLAIMED HE MADE THREATS
Police Admit They Rave But Little
Evidence Against the Discharged
EmpIoye of the Monon
President.

Chicago.-The elimination of the eff
forts to prove that Ira G. Rawn, presi-
dent of the Monon railroad, died We'd
er person than himself, came in the
arrest of Ernest Stevens, a negro
chauffeur, formerly employed by the
railroad man.
The young negro came through a
four-hour third degree ordeal at the
hands of Coroner Hoffman. Deputy
Police Chief Schuettler and half
dozen detectives with a story that was
practically mistaken. Although he
was held that his statement might be
verified, the authorities were about
ready to admit that he had no part in
the tragedy at Winnetka.
The arrest of young Stevens came
about through a report made to the
coroner by H. P. Cullen, a collector,
who reported to Coroner Hoffman that
the negro had made threats against
Mr.. Rawn last May.
Cullen told the coroner that he had
learned that Stevens had been dis
charged as the Rawn chauffeur for
Joy riding. He threw this up to Stevens
when the chauffeur was unable to pay
a bill for a diamond ring. He de-
clared that Stevens said in referring
to Mr.. Rawn:
d that white man; I'll get him
yet
Stevens denied this time and again
during his examination. He expressed
great admiration for his former en-
ployer He said that he had been
discharged only because Mr.. Rawn
had sold his car. He dared the au-
thorities to telephone to Ralph G. Co.
burn, Mr. Rawn's son-in-law, If they
did not believe him.
Coroner Hoffman took the negro at
his word and reached Mr.. Coburn at
Winnetka and Mr.. Coburn said the
negro was telling the truth. He had
been an excellent chauffeur, except
for the fault that he was often late
in keeping appointments. Mr.. Coburn
would not believe that Stevens bore
Mr.. Rawn any malice.
Stevens furnished the police with a
detailed account of his movements
Tuesday night and Wednesday morn
ing. He was nowhere near Winnetka
The police are verifying his state
ments and If Stevens has told the
truth he will be freed.
With the chauffeur suspect out of
the way the theory that Mr. Rawn took
his own life because he could no
longer stand the strain of worrying
over prospective disclosures of Illi-
nois Central graft stands almost
alone.
Even members of his family are be-
ginning to doubt their first belief that
a burglar fired the shot. They adj
mitted the possibility that he had
tripped on his night gown while COM
ing downstairs and shot himself by
accident.
Mrs. Rawn, the railroader's widow,
although too Frustrated to attend the
funeral, reused herself by sheer force
of will to dictate a statement detail
ing the events of Wednesday morning
as nearly as she could remember
them.
Mrs. Rawn Was sure of only one
shot. She was not certain that she
heard scuffie. The noise which made
her scream might have been the fall
of her husbands body, for all she
knows. She heard no one running
away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
STRIKERS ACCEPT PEACE PLANS
Grand Trunk Trainmen Are Willino tc
Arbtrate Their Trouble.


Arbtrate Their Trouble.
Montreal, Quebec-Vice-P President
James Murdoch, representing the gen.
eral committee of the Grand Trunk
and Central Vermont conductors and
trainmen, in Geographic message to
Ottawa, accepted Minister of Labor
Kings suggestion for arbitration of
the Grand Trunk wage dispute by a
board to be named by the government
mutually satisfactory to both parties
involved.
An official statement issued by the
company says:
The situation continues to improve
Every scheduled passenger train on
this division is now in operation. Way
freight left Montreal for the west and
a fast freight for the south. Way
freight left Portland and another left
Gorham, n. H."
Belleville, Ont, July 23.-violence
has entered into the Grand Trunk
strike. AS the result of an outbreak
here on the arrival of a Grand Trunk
train from Toronto, John McMann,
its acting conductor, and NJ Donovan,
brakeman, are lying in hospital, in
a critical condition. AS the men left
their train they were set upon by a
hundred or more persons and severe
ly beaten. The injured men were car
ried into a hotel, which was shortly
afterward bombarded by stones and
considerably damaged.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Boat upsets: Two Drown.

Erie, Pa.-Halry and Alvin Winfield,
brothers, and well known young men,
were drowned in Erie harbor when
their sailboat capsized. They had
just taken picnic party safely across
to the peninsula and were returning
for another load of young people when
gust of wind overturned them. AL
win Winfield's sweetheart was among
a number of girls who. helpless, wit
messed the accident from shore.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28

To the other favorable crop pros
poets must be added the prediction
that cotton is likely to show the
largest yield on record. There is gen.
eral agreement by experts as to the
outlook for big supply. the estimates
placing the figures between $4,000, 900
and 100000 bales. Should the latter
total be touched a new high water
mark" will be reached The great cot
ton crops heretofore were 1856, 900
bales in 1905. 13,550,O00 bales In 1907
and 13,o2s,s46 bales in 1909. Notwith-
standing reports of ravages by the
boil weevil and of attempts at re-
stricting the output cotton appears to
be on the gain-and America furnishes
the chief supply for the world.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
OFFICER KILLS FIVE NEGROES.
Deputy Uses Two RevoIvers When Ar
rest Is Resisted.

Elliott, Miss. Deputy Sheriff
Sid. Cauley of Carroll county, in
defense of his life, killed five negroes
and mortally wounded two others on
With a big Colts revolver in each
hand and both working at the same
time Cauley cut down the seven ne
groes in less than ten seconds while
all seven were advancing on him with
axes and pitchforks with the avowed
determination of cutting him down.
Cauley had gone to the Beck place
to place the negroes under arrest for
a minor offense. Cauley went to Car
rollton, the county seat. and surren-
dered to the sheriff. His exoneration
is foregone conclusion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Cyclone Sweeps over Sweden.

Stockholm, Sweden.-Central Swe-
den was visited Thursday by cyclone.
No lives were lost, but there was
much damage to property. Many farm
houses and factories were unroofed
especially in and about the city of
Eskilstuna.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-28
Boys Burn Many BUILDINGS

Chicago.-The youngest pyromani-
acs In the history of Chicago Wednes-
day confessed setting fire to eight
buildings in two days. The bows are
Leroy Holzner, aged twelve. and Har-
ry Hanson, aged thirteen. The total
loss is $4,000.