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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
CITY ITEMS

c,v..+,,n Science Church-services
~ Tirst Church of Christ. Sclen'is.' u,
Goatb Eleventh avenue, near mug ma ~
Circle, Sunday morning at ooiooA
Subject of the lesson sermon u.As
.ventnr Testimonial meeting at
n,a,ock- The reading rooms OF the
church are in the Brown-Marx build
sns rooms 7ao-131, and are open daily
except Sunday from 10 a. m. to p m.
Mayor O'Brien Much Betfer-Acelns
chief of Police Martin Egan yesterday
received the following message from
Chief Bodekes, which brings sood news
of Capt Frank P. oBrseni saw jugs
fJpndiav this morning. Said Captain
O.Rrien was very much improved. Let
Mr. Ryau know. George H. Bodeker.
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fetal has been made in regard to the as
sistant postinastership. The officials at
the federal building, however, think that
6. c. Willis will secure the place. Prof
j.. T. Bakemore has been assistant for
a long time. He is said to have been
provided for in the event of a change
Mr.. Willis is connected with the marshaIs
office and has bee nfor number of
years.
None of the officials at the federal
building would discuss the announcement
of Mr.. Thompson yesterday for publica-
ton. However, 1t is said that this ap-
pointment will be the means of bringing
the republican factions together, and that
those who have opposed Mr.. Thompson
will be appeased by this news. How
ever, 1t Is difficult to say as none of the
anti-Thompson men would talk last night
about the future Of the republicans in
this state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Louise Smith

Louise Smith, the 1-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. j. r. Smith, $50 North
Twenty-eighth street died yesterday at
the family home, The body will be sent
today to Kenne6S for burial by Shaw &
Son.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
Special Meeting OF
Council Is Called

pany was affixed to the memora ndum in
the report Of the committee as having
been adopted, and in order to make every
thing legal it was decided to hold an
other meeting, have the contract redrawn
and adopted in due order. 1t is under
stood that there will be changes made in
the rate.
The wording of the call was that the
council will consider any matters that
come before it. but 1t is not probable that
anything else will be brought up.
decided opposition to the proposition
to pay the aldermen salaries is develop
ing, and the sentiment among some of the
aldermen is that this is not the proper
time.
The ordinance could not possible become
effective until August. and it will prob
ably hang fire for some time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
PERSONAL

DR. E. N. Wood has returned from a
visit to New England.
Mrs. John Winston is spending sew
eral days in Opelika.
Alden M Wallace left last night for
ST. Louis, Chicago and New York.
DR.. J. G. Hopping left yesterday for
vacation trip of several weeks to
Chicago.
Mr.. Wesley M Smith has returned
to the city after a weeks visit to st.
Clair Springs.
F. w. Milsap of the Pullman COM
pany left last night for New York to
be gone several days.
Alex Bonnyman. general manager Of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad was in Birmingham yesterday.
T. r. Steele. general freight agent
for the New Orleans and Northwest
ern railroad, was in Birmingh ham yes
terday.
Adolph Hirsch has returned from his
trip abroad. While in Paris Mr. Hfrsch
purchased some pattern hats which will
soon be on display in Birmingham.
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special meeting of the City Council
has been called for tomorrow night to
straighten out the muddle into which the
arc light contract has fallen. Due to the
fact that the voluminous papers winch
have gathered since the matter has been
up had become mixed in the committee
meeting, it was found yesterday morn
ing impossible to decide which contract
the council adopted last Wednesday
Acting Mayor Harry Jones called a
meeting of the judiciary and light COM
mittees in his office yesterday morning
and they all agreed that they had in
tended to adopt the old contract, with the
simple change of the rate from SIS to $40,
and the time from 10 to five years.
However. Graham Perdue contended
that the contract submitted by the COM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Mr.. Wesley M. Smith has returned
to the city after a weeks visit to st.
Clair Springs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

F. w Millsap of the Pullman com-
pany left last night for New York to
be gone several days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Alex Bonnyman. general manager OF
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad was in Birmingham yesterday.
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Ask for a Fire In
surance Policy i'm
the Home Company
THE
Southern States
Fire and Casualty
Insurance Comply
OF BIRMINGHAM
Office 429-430 First National
Bank Bldg. Bell Phone 55l6
THE WEATHER

washington, August @.-Forecast for
Alabama: Showers Sunday and Monday !;
light, variable winds.
For Mississippi: Local showers Sunday
ponaav except fair In extreme north
portion; light, variable winos.
rbe following is the local report of the
J1n,tsa states weather bureau at B1T-
1Aa.,a FOR the "a hours ended at p.
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SHAW, The Undertaken. Phones 9.
GREEN Undertaking Co. Phones 1902
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

DR.. J. G. Hopping left yesterday for
vacation trip of several weeks to
Chicago
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Alden M. Wallace left last night for
ST. Louis, Chicago and New York.
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14
Wanted.

Want to buy fer large Harvester
Manufacturing Company, direct from
owners, good land suitable for fruit,
alfalfa or beets; both large and small
tracts of improved or unimproved will
be duly considered as the Harvester
Company propose distributing ten and
twenty acre tracts among their thou
sands Of employees. will deal only
with actual owners and at the lowest
cash price.
Send full description, stating total
number of acresj number in cultivationi
amount waste; distance from railroad;
kind of soil; how long in cultivation.
If in fruit state number of acres,
varieties, age and amount of last sea-
sons crop. Give full particulars re-
garding water right and full details or
no attention will be paid.
Address Burton II. Corbett, 123 N,
Weber St.. Colorado Springs. Colorado.
47.49-5l.
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14

Dillon, w. B. Smethurst and several
of the Mccormick boys. We have not
attempted to name all as it is impos-
sible to keep track of all who have
gone.
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14
Said by Others.

We are emphatic in the statement
that agricultural lands in Colorado are
the best form of investment presented
to the buying public at this time. No
soil is more productive than that of our
irrigated districts and none which has
more advantages of climate and GER
tainty of crops. The farmer who has
the benefit of irrigation is not depend
ent upon the whim of the weather. The
proof of the pudding is in the eating
and the proof of this assertion is in the
experience of those who have been en-
gagged in agriculture in Colorado for
many years past.
If our sugar beet industry is given a
fair show Colorado will rise equal in
this as in every other emergency and
in few years will become the sugar
bowl as well as the granary of the con-
tinent. The millions of dollars which
we are yearly sending abroad will and
must be kept at home and the thou
sands of laborers in the beet fields and
factories. living according to American
standards, will consume far more of our
manufactured products than the island
peoples with their primitive wants,
whom we are now enriching by the pur-
chase of their crops.
Our west which has remained so long
terra incognita to most of the people
who dwell east of the Mississippi, has
suddenly come into prominence as
land of golden opportu tunities and large
influx of settlers has followed An enor-
nous amount of money has already
been expended to make habitable many
fertile valleys in the state. New COM
munities are springing up so rapidly
that it is difficult to keep pace with the
development. An especially interest
ing and cheering phase of the growth
of these communities is the splendid
class of citizens who have established
themselves in this new country. They
are largely the young, vigorous and in
telligent descendants of the pioneers of
the Mississippi valley who have been
crowded out of the thickly settled ag ri
cultural districts by reason of the
growth in population and the high price
of farm lands.
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14

tn. Independent for All III. N.w..
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14
Look al the Date on Your Label.

Subscribers are asked to examine the
date on their subscription labels and if
not correct to notify the office. We
are revising our lists and wish to get
names, dates and addresses, correct.
During busy December SO many paid
subscriptions and so many new names
were added, that corrections got be-
hind, owing to the illness of our mailing
clerk, and there are liable to be mis-
takes. Tell us and we will correct for
vou
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14
Potatoes $40 Bushels TO Acre.

Montrose doser't claim to be much
of potato country, but by way Of
showing what it can do, Will Price
gathered 400 bushels of potatoes to an
acre, and Tony Mcneil and Clarence
Mock, from twenty acres, gathered
300 bushels of spuds to the acre. Jacob
Pluth had one acre which produced i29
bushels of potatoes, and Harry Mcneil
had an acre which gave forth $50
bushels. From twenty-three acres, J..
S. Reynolds, in his first year of farm
ing. gathered 5000 bushels.
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14
Plenty of Coal at Winton's S.

The Winton coal mine is working
right along and has plenty of coal for
customers, and better quality than
ever. At Winton's you get that which
will not only give you satisfaction but
which will highly please you. Stiff
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14
CiderI CiderI CiderI

Bring your apples to our mill and
take home big yield of cider.
Barrels for sale.
Sweet cider fresh every day for sale
at the mill. 20e per gallon.
40 If. THE DELTA CIDER MILL.
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14
To Trade.

Improved 40 acre ranch near city for
city property. Inquire at 255 Main
street.
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14
Notice.

On and after this date, we will sell
lump coat at A.75 per ton, in conform
ity with mine prices. 47-4t.
G. F. CUNNINGHAM,
CARL BURCH.
The Delta independent., 1910-01-14

attempted to name all as it is impos-
sible to keep track of all who have
gone.
Paonia Newspaper.
Rev. J. K. Hester returned home
last evening from Texas where he has
spent several months recuperating his
lost health.
j. B. Ross and wife who have been
occupying the E. ]. Mathews house
since leaving their ranch, left Monday
for Philadelphia, Pa, to visit relatives.
Mrs. Clymer, of east Paonia, had the
misfortune TO fall and dislocate her hip
one day this week. She is lady over
eighty years old and thus the injury is
serious one,
A letter to friend here from H. M.
Laws who was at Paonia few weeks
in the position of lay reader for the
Episcopal church states he has charge
of mission at Meeker, where he finds
plenty of work for the Master. From
the tone of his letter it is inferred the
cold weather there makes him long for
the good comfortable air of Paonia.
Paonia Booster.
Report comes to US of little girl
born to MIR. and Mrs. Albert Goodenow
of Glenwood, on December Goth.
/. D. Blanchard has handed US the
following tabulated report of his peach
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-24
THE FUNERAL OF MAJOR FRENCH

The funeral of Major Seth BARTON
French took place from French Memo
RAJ Chapel Sunday morning, Conducted
by Rev. J. II. Henderlite. The train
bearing the remains from Florida was
several hours late. and the funeral
which was to have taken place at 9:3o
o,cioek, was delayed until after II
o GloeK. Inc entire space around the
pulpit in the chapel was banked with
beautiful floral offerings of the rarest
flowers sent from New York and which
arrived on an early train. Amongst
tnem was a wreath, composed of or
chids, lilies of the valley and ferns.
which was sent by Mr.. j. Pierpout
Morgan. The floral offering are esti-
mated to cost over 81, 800. The friends
3I me deceased came down from New
York in private cars. They were ear
ried back attached to the 100 D. m.
train.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-24
THE KING GEORGE COURTHOUSE
QUESTION ONCE MORE

King George Co., Va, Feb. p.
To The Free Lance.
To build or not to build? That is the
question that has been agitating these
parts, as your readers ere this are
aware. Some of the ''old croakers. -
notably Messrs. Robt Baker, Allen
Smith, Thacker Berry, Treasurer Minor.
DIR: Arnold and others, put their bills
in, or at least one bill got in with the
Governors signature attached thereto.
lthanks to Hon. r. c. l.. Moncure and
Mr.. Henry Garnett, who was ION the
spot }, and the matter, we hope, is ended
so far as the building of courthouse
is concerned. Thus the board and a
few of the small taxpayers were check
mated. Do not imagine Mr.. and Mrs.
Progress Cd that there is nothing do
ing" when our old croakers get earnest
ly to croaking. The ''brainy" ones, in
eluding committees, are literally mot
IN it, on such occasions. NJ.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-24

educated, or now educate their children
Soiely IN Roman psrOchal schools. and
such as have been or do need never
iear Protestant rule TO divest then, of
IL as long as its free institutions live.
ana, second, the public school is the
2est agency for the preservation of
democracy and its free institutions
and lastly, the many millions of aliens
OF all creeds who have sought shelter
from aDsolutism IN our free institutions
OF conscience and opportunity have
Deeh assimilated through the free
schools whereby they have imbibed the
spirit OF our free Institutions. even To
making them freemen contrary to anv
institution Of absolutism TO which they
may still blindly cling
The tairbanks-Natican affair has As
sumed International scope and world
wide effect, not only m the religious
world, but m the political as well. and.
IKE banqu0's ghost. will never down.
Andrew Jordan Green.
Washington. Feb. 2lst. 1910
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-24
EXCITED OVER OIL FIND
Delaware People Find Scum On u
Bfoadkilr River

CS'@WaTe FecDle Find Scum on the
6coadkiln River.
Milton Del. Feb 2-Fxcitenenf ia
at fever heat in Milton over reports OF
an oil find. For the past few days at
low tide the water Of the upper Broad.
Kiln river have been covered with A
thick scum Of oil. plainly distinguish.
able on the water.
Al first 1t was thought a leaking
naphtha launch had been covering the
water until the oil was traced 10 q
point above the mooring place OF these
boats Many believe the oil comes.
from natural well IN the lowlan1s
above the city hall hut efforts have
ieiled 10 locate 1t. There Is n snppo-
sition that il may be marsh metro.
leum similar to that discovered float.
inf on the marshes near Milford some
years ago. except that this oil Is thick
and shows every appearance of being
OF the best One rumor IS that tho
how was located my a Milton man
and the location Is being kept a Sc
cret by him.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-24

t.t un,.-n, fU~,Dms-
Tive United States insisted on our
rsht in share in The loan because OF
''i treat OBLIGATIONS with China and
o;r pres,igc iH that part of the world.
o'i pait Ia cs,lalishing the open door
irii'N aad other valid reasons. After
len and bitter controversy the Unit.
"a S;Ncs wen ou;.
secretary Knox regards this as his
finest tit OF statcsmonshin. Il saved
china a further setback. and enhanced
the influence of the United States in
the East. At the same time stipulation
was made that part OF the supplies for
the railroad should be purchased in
America
Secretary Knox turned over 10
Pierpont Morgan the duty of handling
the share of the loan awarded to
America. He merely stipulated that
the firms taken into the syndicate
should be OF such character as to
carry absolute confidence to the for.
oigners
In reply to the critics who a!lege
that the Knox diplomacy Is nothing
more than a plant" to obtain foreign
contracts for the Morgan group OIL
bankers. comes the statement that
any American can obtain recognition
at the state department by merely
showing that they are in position to
make good" and are as respon iblc
As the foreign syndicate
Il is stated that the departments
action in the loan to the Honduras
government was governed by the same
motives.
In view Of the larger politics IN
'olved in these transactions. Secretary
krox grows very weary when he hears
the charge that he is running the
state department in the interest of
Morgan and other bankers.
He believes his policy furthers the
best interests Of the United States
government. He is becoming tired of
The continued criticism. based. as he
believes. on wrong understanding
of the situStion. an4 is seriously con
sidering Issuing a statement which
viii show that II the people don't want
this sort OF thing. he will be content
to limit his activities simply to pro
tecting the lives and properties OF
Americans in foreign lands.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-24
MRS. RoULWRRE ENTERTAINS

Last Friday evening at the home of
MIR. and Mrs. ID. J. Boulware on Wash
ington Ave, a merry crowd assembled
Hunt. "
The hostess dressed as the queen Of
hearts, with graceful basket Of valen-
tines on her arm, received the guests.
distributing among them the contents
of the basket.
After the rooms were well filed il
was announced that two hundred hearts
were hidden, and the search began in
earnest At the end of ten minutes
time was called and prizes awarded.
In honor Of the evening the game 4
love my love- was played, then follow
ed a guessing contest Lovers in Fic-
ton, with prizes. After this. de-
hcious refreshments were served. and
then contest in Colonial history was
heid- Other games were played and
after midnight the merry throng dis
persed, with many expressions of salts
faction. The rooms were decorated
with red hearts and a cherry tree was
the centre piece Of the dinninp-roorn
table and tiny candle sticks were used
as favOrs.
The young ladies were lovely in colo
NAL costumes with powdered hair and
patches, and the soft light of candles
under red and green shades added to
their charms.
Those present were: Misses Mar
guerite Barnes, Geraldine Baird. Marie
Abernethy, Annie Martindale. Beulah
Boatwright, Annie Keim, nellie Somer-
vile, Leila Sanford, Sarah lizard. Kate
Rodrigues, Elizabeth Boulware. Mary
and Annie Fulton; Messrs. Ellis Baker.
): +. Gammon, Lyle Jones, Nat Rod
rigues, Prentiss Thompson, Edward and
Norris Caldwell, Langdon and Frank
Ligon, William and Charlie Hassell.
George and Charles Rowe, Chas. Saun-
ders, Holmer Turner, Wilson Somerville.
Severely CLANCY, Brown Boulware and
Stuart Williamson.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-24
500 REWARD, 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages. and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional diseased, requires a con.
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
cure IS taken internally, acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surface
of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building np the
constitution and assisting nature in
dong its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case 1t fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials.
Address F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for eonstipa-
ton.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-24
NOTES FROM MADISON

Radiant. Va, Feb. q.
Mr.. c. T. Lohr is out again. after
an attack Of grippe.
Mr.. j. W. Hicks was in Fredericks-
burg and Spotsylvania on business last
week.
Mrs. Oak Lohr. Of Repton Mills is
sick with pneumonia. She is a niece of
Mrs / +. Payne. of Spotsylvania.
Mrs. w. W. Powell continues sick
Mr.; G. A. Carpenter died at his home
near here Jan. %, aged % years. Be
sides his wife he leaves three brothers
seven daughters, three sons and two
grandsons. His body was laid to rest
IN the family burying ground on the
oId Tucker place. Pallbearers were:T..
Hutchinson. CT. Lohr. Haywood I.ohr.
). W. Hicks, Fisher Hutchinson and c.
.. Pritchett.
The graded school at this place will
celebrate George Washington birth
day the 22nd. r p
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-24
MASS-MEETINe IN KING GEORGE
Action of Supervisors Condemned
Petitions For New Legislation. Etc.

AT a meeting of the citizens and tax
payers of King George held on Feb
18Th. 1910. at King George c. H.. DR.
/. 1. Arnold was elected chairman and
Mr.. j. Armistead Lewis secretary
Ihe following motion was made bv Mr.
Forest Tayloe; That we. the citizens
OF King George county. in meeting as
sembied, do hereby condemn the unfair.
unbusness-like and arbitrary way in
which two members Of our board of
SUPERVISORS have acted in endeavoring
10 iorce two measures upon our people
ISL a levy of Sl.O0 additional capita
ton tax.
2nd. A bond issue for the erection Of
a new courthouse: the said board of
supervisors being fully advised of the
popular sentiment against their meas
ures and knowing that the people.
through their representatives. are try
ing 10 get a new passage making il
compulsory TO submit the bonding of
the county for such a purpose 10 the
vote Of the people. And that we. the
taxpayers and citizens of King George
county, do hereby tender our most
grateful acknowledgment TO Messrs
Moncure and Walker. and beg them 10
accept our sincere thanks for their
prompt and efficient action in securing
passage of this bill, and also for the
courteous attention given the petitions
from our citizens and taxpayers asking
for the passage of said bill. .
This motion of MIR. Tayloe's was
unanimously carried.
Following the adoption of Mr.. Tav-
loe' s paper the following motion was
made by Mr.. James Rogers: I'VE. the
cluzens OF King George county, in mass
meeting assembled at King George c.
H.. on Feb. 18th, 1910. respectively ask
our representatives in the Legislature
that they use their best efforts at this
session cf the Legislature TO so amend
existing laws, or pass a special law.
limiting the power Of the board of
supervisors in laying the country levy
10 such amount as will be sufficient TO
meet the ordinary and usual current ex-
penses OF the county, that when
ever the board of supe ssors deem it
r'>.us ~. II II galsS- lie county levy
necessary - %, eS-..S.- -~sssss' rs ,vis-
for any purpose the board Or
ors shall in every such case submit such
questions of extra levy to the vote of
the qualified voters for ratification
We ask this as an emergency measure
IN force from its passage.
friendly discussion then ensued.
marked by extreme interest and intense
enthusiasm, some few persons being of
the opinion that possibly the petition of
Mr.. Rogers was too general in scope.
and that his desire that the board of
supervisors be restricted in power
should read only in regard to the county
levy for the erection OF new court
house. This question was put TO the
vote of the meeting, with the result in
favor of Mr.. Rogers petition in its
original form, and the secretary was
desired 10 prepare a copy TO be sent to
our senator and representative.
(Signed)
j. Armistead Lewis. Secretary