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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
Musicale at High School

A charming musicale was given tonight
az, the High school auditorium for the
berefit of the, Christian church, and was
greatly enjoyed by a large number of
Bessemer's music loving people. The
prominent musicians of the city took
part and rendered delightful music. The
affair realized nice sum, which WILL be
devoted to the Christian church. The
programme was as follows:
Chorus (Filmore)-Pianist, Miss Mabel
Morgan.
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FIRST SHIPMENT
OF GREEN BEANS
CUBA FARMER SHIPS CRATE OF
EARLY VEGETABLES TO LOUIS
yILLE-RURAL TELEPHONE LINE
ESTABLISHED

Cuba May 5.-(Special.) 1.-The first crate
of green beans was brought in today by
Dennis stephens. bought by Charles
Treadway and resold to w. G. Mcdaniel,
who shipped to the old firm of Joseph De-
nunzio of Louisville Ky. Mr.. Stephens
had the good fortune to save a small
a.ch from the recent cold spell, which
accounts for his success. In general
way this will prove the most disastrous
season truck-growers have ever ex-
terienced. The yield of beans may not
cars are looked for this season. Added
to the immense damage done by the freeze
recently the weather has been SO dry
that a great many plants have died. The
green pea deal is over for the season, as
the farmers are cutting the vines for hay
The only crop holding up under all the
yicissitudes of the season will be cabbage,
which is looking well, and which may
turn out to the advantage of shippers. The
continued dry spring has served to call
to mind the fact that an irrigation pro-
sect could be started here for an outlay
of $4,000, which would serve to irrigate
about 1000 acres. as the source from which
this water could be drawn Is from 80 to 15O
feet higher than the fields to be supplied.
Last season a grower irrigated a small
area with a force pump and grew two
crops of beans In one year, selling the
second crop before Thanksgiving at a
fancy price tc New Orleans commission
men. People here think that if tie South
ern railway is really in earnest about
helping the south that they, could en-
plOy their talent to excellent advantage
on this small irrigation project, as it
would add greatly to their tonnage In
vegetables. both spring and fall.
Three miles additional of rural telephone
line has been added to the local exchange
of the Southern Bell company and four
additional phones installed on the Yantley
line. This now gives Cuba 81 miles of
rural line, all added within the past IA
months
Veterans and others returning from Mo-
bile are enthusiastic in their praise of the
way the crowds were handled and the uni
formly reasonable prices for rooms and
board. An ats active feature of the enter
tainment committee was the schooIbovs
wearing badges which read: 81 live here.
ask me- Another thing the veterans
liked was that the sponsors. for once at
least, did not have the right of way. but.
were subordinated to them
Mrs. Richard Inge of Mobile is tie guest
of Dr. and Mrs H. B. Ward
Charles E. Mccall. former rroba,e
judge of Choctaw county, Is in town To-
day on his way to Montgomery, HAVING
been to his old home to vote
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06
TWO BROTHERS
FATALLY SHOT IN
!, FIGHT AT VINCENT

Vincent, May 5.--(Special.) While a
party of fishermen. who were farmers
of this community, were out fishing
yesterday evening a difficulty arose
among them and last night at q late
hour the quarrel was renewed, and
Time Mcdonald is dead. and his broth er,
stephen, is dying from bullet wounds
inflicted by Bud Shuts, commonly
known as Henry Shuts.
A reward is offered for the appre
hension of Shuts, who has relatives
near DeArmanville.
Excitement on the Elliott plantation 10
high over the tragedy of last night.
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yioiators Given Heavy Fines

Decatur, May 5.-(Special)-In the police
court of New Decatur this morning Mayor
Edwin c. Payne of New Decatur fined
several soft drink stand men. who were
arrested yesterday. to the tune of 500 and
six months at hard labor on the streets.
All the cases will be appealed to a higher
court. The charge was violation of the
laws of the state.
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$25O,O0o ISSUE OF
BONDS PROPOSED
DALLAS COUNTY NOW PUSHING
GOOD ROADS CAMPAIGN-SELMA
DRIVING CLUB TO GIVE NATL
NEEs-MRS. KERR DIES

Selma, May l.)-The CAM
paign in Dallas county for the Issuing
of s250.OO0 of bonds with which 20
build the public roads of the county
is now on and speeches upon this sui
ject in all sections of the county will
be made next week by Superintendent
of Public Roads w. S. Kellar.
The election upon the bond issue
will be held on Monday. May 16. and
as there has developed considerable
opposition among the voters the cam
paign promises to prove an interest
ing one before the day of the cleo
ton.
Mr.. Kellar will on Monday begin his
speechmaking trip through the coun-
ty for the purpose of telling the voters
the good and the benefits which they
will ultimately derive by the roads
being placed in first class condition ia
way it is hoped to educate the citi-
zens as to the needs of good roads
and in that way quell the opposition
which is rising against the proposed
bond issue.
Next week Mr.. Kellar will address
the voters of the county at the fol-
lowing places: On Tuesday at Plan
tersville, Tuesday at Marion Junction,
Wednesday at Orrville, Thursday at
Pleasant Hill, Friday at Dublin and on
Saturday he will address the voters of
Selma.
Beginning Friday afternoon the Sell
ma Driving club will give the first of
series of races matinees at the Sell
ma driving park. On each Friday aft
ernoon during the remainder of the
summer similar matinees will be given
at the park and to which small en-
trance fee will be charged and which
will be used for the purpose of plac-
ing the race track in a first class con-
dition.
Some days ago the Selma Driving
club filed application in Hartford
Conn, for membership to the National
Matinee club and the card of member
ship to that association is expected to
reach here next week.
An attractive programme has been
arranged for the opening matinee,
which will be held tomorrow after
noon. The programme consists of two
trots and a pacing race, and in which
there has been entered number of
local horses. All during the summer
the races will be pulled off between
local horses and 1t is expected that
the attendance Will grow with each
matinee.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-06

Decatur, May Especial )-Eleven
miles of sewer laterals are now being
laid in New Decatur. and the work will
be pushed as rapidly as possible. The big
main. which empties into the Tennessee
river is almost completed. Work was
commenced on this last fall. This will
cost New Decatur about $4,000. but when
completed 1t Will be one of the finest sewer
systems OF any city of like size in the
south.
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WORK
DONE BY SCHOOLS
Agricultural Institutions over
State Doing Well
MONEY FOR SOLDIERS
ceive 1880 More-Govcrnment
Watching Negro Witnesses.
Tiger Is Raidcd

MONTGOMERY, May 5.-(Special.-
That excellent work is being done by
the agricultural schools of the state
is evidenced in the report of the
Seventh District school, just made to
the trustees. In 1t President Hobby
shows that.not only is the standard
of the chool work kept up and en-
phasized, but the students are taught
to grow crops and the people are
helped in the task of securing good
seed.
During the past year this school,
locat ted at Albertville, had out a num-
Der of contests in which prizes were
offered and among other results were
3S4 bushels of potatoes on one acre,
and 392 bushels of onions on anoth er
acre. Corn, even on the high sandy
lands of that section, went to As bush :
els to the acre, and from two hogs
pigs to the value of $10S were sold.
The farm yielded $s0S.12, and there
were many tests made in seed selec-
ton that will do great good.
The president thinks that in this
opportunity for good. The farmers can
in this way use the school to keep
the standard up on all kinds and classes
of seeds, and the result will be to
bring high the output because of the
best of seed conditions The prize
crops, at the same time, are not made
on the school farm, but at the homes
- hot ut
them all the year round. This has had
the effect of teaching the children to
take good care of their own home
farms
The school this year has 2S7 high
school pupils from 16 counties with
1O5 boarders. In 1903 and 1904 there
were only Ito and 90 boarders. This
is an increase of over 100 per cent
in both classes. The graduating class
this year numbers II and it is a rule
that one of the requirements for grad
uation is ability to secure first grade
certificate to teach in the Alabama
sch ools. With the adoption OF the high
sch ol standard the work of the school
has increased and broadened in every
way.
A line of teaching that Is of great
good and important to the section is
Identification of the front and back
yards of the homes at Albertville. This
follows a time when much of the town
was wrecked by a storm and is CIV
ing the pupils a lot of practical work
in horticulture and arrangement OF
flowers President Hobby is greatly
pleased with the results.
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Spicer Must Report

Charles Spicer, negro witness in tho
Shreve jewelry cases, and Wash Gard
ner, witness in the peonage charges
against the Searceys of Butler county,
must not get out of the range of the
federal court Spicer has been givep
cards which he must mail every day
to the commissioner here, and he car
ries a letter which will identify him
to the postmaster SO he cannot fake
on it. Gardner Is not allowed to leave
the city of Montgomery and must re-
port to the court in some way every
day.
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:. Florence. May ESPECIAL 1.-The fire.
ouent result when prisoner is locked up
in the city callaboose, happened last night
when, d negro named Carson bi IKE out
and made his escape Carson was arrest
ed. Monday for, stealing q Ji:y &c, and
when searched dirk and a pistol We're
found on him. lie had agreed to plead
guilty when arraigned.
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Eagles Give Barbecue

Huntsville, May 5.--CSpecial. THE an
nual barbecue of the Eagles of this city
was held today at Rocky Ford on Flint
river. The party left Huntsville in 4
special train and a very pleasant day was
spent on the river bank.
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Sheffield, May Especial Be
tween 40 and so Rhode Island Red
hens and a large quantity of feed
stuff and cotton seed were destroves
yesterday when barn on the place
of Fire Chief j. L. Frey was burned
Mr. Frey's residence was about so feet
from the barn and was saved with air
flculty. The fire is believed to have
been the work of an incendiary. Mr..
Frey estimates the loss at over $500
with no insurance.
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In a raid made by constables out
of the court of c. B. Young, justice
of the peace, on Thursday, four bottles
of beer We're found. cool and icy, ready
to drink They were in an ingeniously
contrived refrigerator let into the floor.
No arrests were made.
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SyIacauGa school

The work at the Sylacauga school,
Fourth district, has been efficient
There were 6S males and IS females
in the high school from nine coun-
ties. There were II acres in cultiva-
ton last year. 10 in cotton, In corn
and 8 in oats Nine bales of cotton
were made, of them on four acres. $50
bush els of corn and 125 bushels of
oats. On plat of less than one-third
of an acre SO bushels of corn were
made
Many farmers visited the school with
great benefit. On one occasion the
probate Judge of Talladega county took
over a party of men to observe the
work being done. The school owns
40 acres of farm lands and four build
ings worth $4,000, and all the prop.
erty is in fine repair. The people about
the school get great benefit in tho
example of farming and seed selection
which the school is working on. Pres
ident Thigpen is much gratified at the
cordial feeling that exists for 1t.
The schools of the Skin, Seventh.
Eighth and Ninth districts We're rep
resented at meetings here this week.
All the presidents were reelected as
follows: Sixth, at Hamilton. r. Fl. Sar.
geant; Seventh, at Albertvllle, J. y.
Hobby; Eighth, at Athens, J. M. At
kinson; Ninth, at Blountsvl!e, E. A.
Miller ]. M. White and ]. 7. John
son. local trustees of the Hamilton
school. were present, as were s. w.
Riddle of the Eighth and Senator l.
r. Wilson of the Ninth
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Edmundson Announcer

Lacey Edmundson has made his for
NAL announcement for mayor and states
his platform. 1t seems that the water
wcrks is dead issue in Bessemer poll
tics, as none of the candidates will ex-
press themselves on it one way or the
other. The only issue drawn by Mr..
Edmundson in his platform is that he
WI give his entire time to the city and
will keep an Office in the city hail. 1t
will be remembered that the city council
attempted to force Mayor Lewis to do
this, but dropped it after some discussion.
L. d. Thomas has stated an active cam
paign for mayor. This is the third candi-
date for mayor to announce from the
ranks of the present administration. Mr..
Thomas is an alderman from the Third
ward. He is the fifth candidate Tor the
office of mayor and another candidate is
looked for. 1t is very probable that some
of the present candidates for mayor will
withdraw from the race in the near flu
ture, leaving the votes less badly split.
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Personal and General

The little son Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. f..
Haynes, who was badly burned few
days ago by the overturning OF a coffee
pot, is improving nicely 3
An auxiliary church society has been
OF ganized in the Presbyterian church for
the purpose of aiding the pastor in every
thing that comes up. The society will
meet on the second and fourth Wednes-
days Of the month.
The Tour Around the World will be
given tomorrow and elaborate prepara-
tions have been made for a good time
Cars will leave the church at o'clock.
The following ladies will act as hostesses
during the evening: Washington. Mrs
Terry; Paris. Mrs. A. NJ. Winters; Japan
Mrs. Faulkner; Boston, Mrs. Perkins,
Cuba. Mrs. Jenkins; Florida, Mrs
Schwartz: India, Mrs. Herbert.
& Dr.. and Mrs. f. w. Mcneil have as
their guests Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Oxford
Of Marion. s. 5stds
j. b. Chapman, principal of the High
school, is critically i'll with typhoid fever
at tho Robinson hospital.
+, Miss Pauline Wood and Miss Naomi
Ellis are visiting Miss Corneiia Fulton
for a few days. ss -
The Lovest Training school will hold the
annual commencement exercises tomor-
row night. I'LL
& The district missionary rally met at the
Presbyterian church this morning with
about 10 delegates Hsr. II 's
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Death of Mrs. Kerr
Mrs. William Kerr, a we'll known res
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More Money Ready

Gen. Bib Graves. adjutant general
of the Alabama National Guard, Is IN
receipt of the nth installment of
money for the rejected men of the
Spanish American war, about 1880. AL
ready he has paid out $4,000 and there
are many who have not been paid for
what is due them.
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s24.75 Baltimore and return
via Southern Railway, the
quickest way.
The new era., 1910-01-13

Mrs. Brown Tail has them, and uses
them very well. She is dissipated
young thing, too. for she always flies
by night. and often telegraph poles
and the sides of houses will be liter
ally whitened in the latter part of
July. The time of flight is from the
1st to the goth of July, and as the
prevailing winds in New England are
from the southwest. the spread of the
pest has been mostly toward the
northeast.
The moths begin laying their eggs
soon after their flight is commenced,
and the larvae hatch in the early part
of August. They begin eating as soon
as they are Matched, first feeding on
the leaves where they were brought
to light, and later wandering all over
the tree. At night, like well-trained
little ones, they return to their orig
inal leaf When they are Matched
they are about one-twelfth of an inch
in length, and in five or six weeks shed
their first skin. Later in the season
they molt again Along in September
the caterpillars begin to spin their
winter webs by drawing together
number of leaves with silken threads
of their own manufacture, and when
the weather becomes real cold, form
colonies of 200 or 800, enter their
nests or webs" as the experts call
them. and close the holes after them.
They are then about one-quarter
grown.
In the spring, as soon as the buds
appear, the caterpillars emerge from
their winter quarters with six
months appetite. and proceed to eat
the farmer out of his orchard. The
caterpillar by dint of rapid and con-
tinuous eating reaches full size, a
The new era., 1910-01-13
cowpas for Hay.

Growing cowpeas for hay has gen.
orally been found to be satisfactory
but the main objection to the crop
for this purpose is that the stems of
the plants are very sappy and difficult
to cure. A week of good weather is
required to cure cowpea hay, and II
rains and damp weather come while
the hay is down much damage results.
If the crop is stored before it is well
cured the hay is very likely to mold
in the stack or NOV, making it unfit
for feeding.
The new era., 1910-01-13
slioht Misund derstandina.

Mickey's mother visited young
school teacher on the East side the
other day, says the New York Sun. AS
nearly as she could make out from the
mothers splutterings the teacher had
been calling Mickey names that no
lady would use and no dacint mother
would stand for" The teacher thought
hard, but could recollect no time when
she had given way to an impulse to
call Mickey dreadful names.
Sure but you did," insisted the
mother. II don't know what you meant
by it, but scurvy elephant is no nice
name to call boy. That's what he
said you called him, scurvy ele-
phant.'
"Scurvy elephant No." said the
teacher, inya relieved voice Il didn't
call Mike scurvy elephant. called
him disturbing element. and reiter-
ate my statement"
Mickey's mother went home partial
ly satisfied, but not quite sure that the
teacher hadn't been calling her names.
too.
The new era., 1910-01-13
BUILT UP GREAT BUSINESS
Frederick Mayer Boot and shoe Com
pany Monument to German
Thrift and Industry.

That the key to real business success is
often based on sound principle, rather
than money, is best illustrated by the re-
production of the following biographical
sketch of Frederick Mayer, founder of the
EN- +; Mayer s Boo. t. = ;!ho Shoe g Company repro
American National Alliance:
Frederick Mayer, founder of the fac
tories at Milwaukee and Seattle now bear
ing his name, came to this country from
Niernstein, Hessen Darmstadt, in May,
1851, and immediatel, proceeded to Milwau-
kee, Wisconsin, where he entered the en-
ploy of r. Suhm as . journeyman shoe
maker.
The spirit that prompted him to seek
his fortune in the new world was soon
responsible for another change, and in 1852,
a year later. he embarked in business on
his own accord, making boots and shoes to
order as only German apprenticed arti..
san knows how. subsequently stock of
goods was carried and retail business con-
Quoted until 1880, when the manufacture of
shoes was engaged in at wholesale to the
trade.
In 1890 the business was well established,
the foundation firmly laid and the policy
well determined. From that time on the
growth was more rapid. The capacity of
the present Mayer factories at Milwaukee
and Seattle is 5000 pail. per day, giving en-
ployment to an army of people, paying an
wages, and employing sixty-five statesmen
who travel "a states in the interest of
Mayer shoes.
Frederick Mayer died on March 10, 1893,
after building up large and successful
business. He is succeeded by his sons,
George P. Mayer, Fred J. Mayer and Adam
j. Mayer, who. by rigdly maintaining. the
policy of the founder, have succeeded in
bringing, the business up to its present
magnitude, where it stands as monument
of German thrift and industry.
The new era., 1910-01-13
tuberculosis Death Rates.

The death rate from tuberculosis
among men employed in occupations
exposed to municipal and general or
ganic or street dust is higher than
among other employed males, accord
ing to recent bulletin of the bureau
of labor of the department of COM
merce and labor The percentage of
deaths from consumption among
males exposed to organic dust is %,
while the percentage for all males
in the registration area is 14.S. The
percentage of deaths from tuberculo-
sis among workers exposed to metal
lie dust is very much higher.
The new era., 1910-01-13
Rolled oat. in calf Feeding.

An experiment lasting 13 weeks was
made at the North Carolina station to
compare cooked rolled oats with skim
milk as feed for calves. Nine calves
fed the rolled oats made an average
daily gain per head of LAB pounds,
whereas two valves fed the skim milk
made an average daily gain per head
of 121 pounds. On the basis that
one pound of rolled oats is equal to
one gallon of whole milk, and that
whole milk is worth eight cents per
quart to milkmen, the cost of the milk
for a 13-weeks-old calf receiving no
rolled oats Is $26.96. When rolled
oats (Which cost "A cents per pound
delivered in barrel lots) are substi-
tuted for milk, as shown above. the
cost of the calf feed for the same
period is only $12.46, a saving of
$14.50 In favor of the rolled oats.
The new era., 1910-01-13
Colorado Sugar |
To Look for Bradley Land.

New York-Just to satisfy his own
curiosity as to whether there is any
Bradley Land in the Arctic sea. John
r. Bradley. financial hacker Of DR..
Frederick Polar expedition. has de-
cided to spend 100000 for an expedi-
ton to locate the vast area which the
Brooklyn physician reported he had
discovered and named for his benefit.
Captain Otto Sverdrup. a Norwegian
explorer. has been asked to head the
expedition. which will start from St
Johns. N. F.. early In July.
The new era., 1910-01-13
BROWN-TAIL MOTH WAR
ON AGAIN In NEW ENGLAND
luxurious Insect Favasins New fIamp
shire and Maile-Adjacent States
Also

New England Is again at war. Her
historic hills are ringing with the
sounds Of combat. and her verdant
valleys are volleying defiance to u
common enemy. The brown tail moth
is the invader that the farmers and
scientific men of New England are
battling. and although the state of
Massachusetts alone has spent more
than $7,000,000 in the war against
him and his terrible brother. the
Gypsy moth, the human forces have
thus far met nothing but defeat. Like
the Gypsy. the brown tail moth works
his havoc IN the caterpillar state. Each
mother moth lays about 800 eggs, and
each caterpillar converts several hun
dred leaves into skeletons in the
course of season.
At first the scientists thought the
caterpillar were partial to pear leaves,
but they soon discovered that while
the vermin always asked for second
or third helping of Bartlett buds or
leaves. they would also pass up their
plate for more when on peach. cherry.
oak, maple, elm or any other old tree
except the evergreens. Aha" cried
the deep-thinking scientists when they
made this discovery. "the brown tail
moth ceterpillars will not harm the
conifers! That at least is victory"
But the owner of an orchard that is
being rapidly skinned by the industri-
Gus caterpillars may be pardoned If
he does not jubilate over that fact.
1t is, of course, consoling to know
that the pesky brutes will not eat
pine cones, but how about the or
chard?
Just at present the brown tail moth
is pretty well spread over Massachus-
etts, New Hampshire and Connecticut,