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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-06-16
srItaIn.s Work In tn. Sudan.

The Britisher. with all his faults Is
a wonderful creature. as witness his
work In the Sudan. Eleven years ago
II was death OF captivity almost worse
than death to any white man found IN
the Khalifa's sphere of murder. rob
berry and rape. Today you step into
a steam tramway car in Khartum.
which takes you to steam ferry, and
from that again you board another car
and are set down In the heart OF once
terrible Omdurman. Even in what Is
still completely native rabbit warren
Of city there are signs OF the tidy
tng-up process on every side. Police
Post" you see written up at FREQUENT
intervals. Government School" &C.
N. S. Dispensary." the placard Of an
English IRE insurance Office on a
the tall. spindle-shanked.
but eminently soldierly Sudanese sen
tries at the barracks. the numbered
armlets which the donkey boys must
wear-ail tell the same story. that
Britain, here Is elsewhere. has taken
1p the white mans burden for good
Montreal Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-06-16
CAPITAL SAVINGS BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY,
Capital, 100000
Undivided Profits, $4,000
Assets, ST, 700, ooc
Banking In All its Branches. DEPOSIT
tary for the State of Vermont
and the City Of Montpelier.
MONTPELIER. VERMONT

Welcomes and appreciates deposits, with
interest at FOUR PER CENT. per annum,
payable semi-annually, on the first DAYS 81
January and July in each year-the highest
interest rate paid by banks. Deposits made
on or before the 5th day of the month will
draw interest from the first day.
Checks, postal and express money orders
BY mail are deposited al par the day re-
ceiyed. A 5000 deposit, the bank paving
the taxes, yields MORE NET INCOME
than 3 per cent taxable investment. In
terest paid when due and the deposit avail
able in whole or in part at any time of need.
The profits of capital are the reward of la
Dor Just as much as the wages directly paid
to the aborer, An increase of interest on
bank account is equivalent to an increase
of salary.
TRuSTEES-T j. Deayiu, President Albert lobon.
mott lst Vice President A. ] Sibley "a Vice Presi.
dent II N, Iapin, Alex Cochran George l. Bianeb
ard Warren g. Nye.
7. J. DEAVITT, President.
FRANK N. SMITH, Treasurer
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-06-16
Domestic Life.

It was the poet Cowper who sang of
domestic happiness as the only bliss
that has survived the fall One Of the
burning and unsolved questions Of m.
day is: Win 1t survive the twentiatb
century, WIN It survive rapid tran
sit and bridge and woman's rights. the
modern novel and modern drama an
tomobiles, flying machines and fntal.
hgence ofaees9 Hotel. apartment ana
suburban life. or four homes or non.
at al2 Is It q weed that viii grow
anywhere IN q crevioe between two
stones In the city, Or is It a plant
that requires tender care and the wa.
ter Of self-sacrifice? Above all a I,
desirable7-From ChurchiIrs "a Mo5.
ern Chronicle"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-06-16
MADE EASY VICTIM
EXCELLENT JOKE ON BURMESE
MONEY LENDERS.
cupldity Of Usurer Led Him Into Trap
Which Crafty Priests Had Ar.
ranged With a Great De-
gree of Care.

A remarkable tale of how the ma
tives OF village In Burmah got the
better Of rich but parsimonious mon
ey-lender is related by a government
oincial who vouches for the truth OF
the story. The preparations for the
/ coup occupied several weeks. AT the
outset a holy man" took up his sta.
ton under banyan tree near the
money lenders house, and men daily
brought him offerings. For several
days In succession, just at sunset. the
molly man" was the center of a group
which engaged In some strange rite.
IN which a forked twig. suspended by
a silk thread. played a prominent part.
Presently an awed whisper went round
the Ylllage-the holy man" was find.
ing buried treasure-gold bangles and
anklets and jewelry, and even English
sovereigns; and the district throbbed
with excitement After a time the
money lender got wind Of the discoy.
cries, and his eupidty getting the bet.
ter or him, he begged TO be present at
one OF the ceremonies. After several
repulses he was permitted to be pres.
ent on paying a tribute Of a hundred
rupees to the temple from which the
molly man" was supposed to have
come. The twig was then suspended
over number OF different spots until /
II at length trembled and whirled
round and round. and the holy man
signed to his companions to dig. They
dug, and at a depth OF foot or SO
came upon a bangle, which was pre-
sented TO the money lender. He took
Il home and tested It and found il 10
be ~ karat gold Overjoyed, he sought
The gold-fnders again. and the per.
torrance was repeated, until he had
for his hundred rupees (s33
ewels worth about $50. When this
point was reached he did not need
much persuasion to accompany the
men to the holy mans" temple. In or.
Ter to purchase the hoard of treas. ,
ire which had been found by means
4 the enchanted twig and stored
mere The journey was to be made !
y night and strict secrecy was en-.
oined upon the money lender. as the
Of other priests was great !
feared. The money lender took with :
I'm 10000 rupees (sS,300) and. ar. s
wing at a hut near the alleged tenn !.
le, exchanged his money for an iron. =
ound Golfer full Of treasure-of which =
ne, but only one. gold armlet was :
lown to him. The Golfer was hoist. -
] Tor him into a bullock cart. and !,
'yfully he started TO carry home his :.
'oil. Alas! when but few hundred =
lrds along his road home he was I,
slted by a procession of priests, who =
IT him through so searching a cross. !.
that he told the whole =
DRY; and the chief priest, raising a =
an, solemnly cursed him, and stri. ~ ~
ng the Golfer Of treasure, cursed that =
Q, and exclaimed: 20, thou stolen - =
Id be thou now and henceforth but =
brass and front" And the curse -
ted; at any rate, when the money az
ider got his Golfer home. he found
1t nothing but old front
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-06-16

A German company In Ecuasor
cleared sl17,571 in one year in coco
production With 9 capital Of $4,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
DONELSON WITH
 ANDREWS COMPANY
Is One of the Largest Asphalt Concerns in Country-Wf1 Make Bid for
 Birmingham Work

With the appointment of John B. Don olson yesterday morning as general south ern representative of the Andrews Pav- ing company, Birmingham was linked to an asphalt lake in Venezuela that caused a war, overthrow a president and caused the gravest charges to be made against American diplomats by South American people
 The American paving concern that of fered bids to the city yesterday for as- phalt paving owns a lake in the South American country of crude asphalt of what is said to be a fine brand. The lake is situated in the heart of the do- main formerly presided over by Presi- dent Castro, who is now seeking health and quietude in gay Paris. The asphalt lake is an underground formation and the quantity is said to be unlimited. The American company gave N,000,000 toward the revolution and also equipped a bat tleship for those who overthrow the gov ernment. The asphalt which may be used on Birmingham streets issshipped to a point in New Jersey, where 1t is re- fined and then apportioned to those cities that contract for 1t as a street or side walk material.
 MT. Donelson, who will have charge of this company's business in Birming- ham, was formerly with the Bitulithic Paving company. and is perhaps as well known as any man in Birmin gham. He has been assistant city engineer of Bir- mingham and Is successful contractor. He said last night that he intended to demonstrate that Birmingham can se- cure & better grade of streets at a lower cost than heretofore and that he is in position to hai.dle the entire southern consumption. It is probable that fine and modern plant will be constructed here to handle the business as 1t develops. MT. Donelson secured the construction of a bitulithic plant in Birmingham, which employs quite number of men, when he was in charge of that company's af fairs in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
GURGANUS CASE HAD
 UNUSUAL FEATURES

The Gurganus case, or the killing of Arnett Anderson, late of the government revenue service, was the most interesting event of several months to T. w. Powell, chief deputy United States marshal in Birmingham.
 "I often soliloquize upon that Gurganus case/ and wonder what could have pos sessed those crude men to assassinate An derson," said MT. Powell yesterday. "He was a young man, with several relatives dependent upon him, and the men who took his,life had never seen him before. He was en route to their home to tell them of an arrest when he was shot down upon a public highway. I sometimes be- leve 1t is past human understanding to decipher what must have raced through the dull brains of those men when they lay in ambush and awaited the approach of their innocent victim.
 Anderson, in the prime of young man hood, bubbling over with love for his fel- lows and for humanity, was killed like A brute in the field and then allowed to lay prostrate upon the ground without any one coming to his aid. He died as a matter of course instantly.
 "The assassins of Anderson then con- gregated and one of the men, who was a Justice, held an investigation. Later we officers were notified. The woods about the place were soon filled with grim, de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
MAYORS EXPERIENCE
 AS CONTRACEOR PAID

'T was never more delightAd." said Sec retary to the Mayor Scudde Ryall, than when saw Captain O Braskn, though all ready past his three-score wears and ten, turn back to that time whss1a he was him self a builder. and put to flight all those who were bowling that ttbe city must have a city hall.
 "It did look impossible to contain it all in this building when Greater Bir- mingham came in. There was no place for the City Council excepti little place too small for 32 aldermen and a great loft in which no voice cou Id be heard.
 "1'he auditor, the city engineer, the street commissioner, every body was cry ing for more room. Even the aldermen were beginning to agree that new building had to be providedl
 But Captain O'Brien cbiietly looked around and almost before we knew 1t he had split the loft In ts TO, provided a fine council chamber and hded space for the public library, giving 1t more floor room than any other librar ty in the state, and had shuffled the off res around so that now every departme mt has plenty of room, and there Is mo he to spare.
 "The Captain also built a, machine shop for the city, where all thk wagons, cof- fins for paupers and reps hrs are made, and thousands of dollarsI were saved. There will have been fou1f new fire sta tons built during his adm illustration. and his inauguration of the system of the city building its own str eets is another record which make his a Administration a reputation for economic building"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
EDUCATION IN ALABAMA
By WALTER HARPER

ratio of educational advantages, while the higher institutions are being favored with more than their proportion of the states aid?
 c
 have had opportunity during the past two years to see something of the con- ditions that exist in some of the coun- try schools of Alabama and in districts where there are no schools.
 If some of the overzealous advocates of the higher institutions could see some of the deplorable conditions that exist in some sections of this state they would join in the fight for more aid for coun- try schools.
 There are boys and girls, white boys and girls in Alabama, over 21 years of age who cannot write their names. They are bright and promising. They would make good citizens If given the oppor- tunity. A common school education is better than nothing. Of course, this con- dition is not always due to lack of schools of some sort. but there Is much room for improvement In most of the common schools in the rural districts.
 I finished" my own education in the back district schools of Alabama, and have personal knowledge of some of the difficulties that confront the country boy who wants an education and Is often more ambitious to amount to something substantial in the world than many boys who are able to attend the university.
 If MT. Ferguson will look about a lit tie and find out something of the true conditions, I am of the opinion that he will join The Age-Herald in it's advocacy of justice for the common schools of the state. t5.. But as a matter of fact, MT. Ferguson isn't this hot weather affecting the call bre of your mind?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
PRISONER KEPT THEM
 BUSY WITH HIS ANTICS

"The escape from Big Rock jail of oscar DeArmond, the dope fiend,' and his two previous attempts to commit suicide have been about the most unique happenings around here during the past year." said Night Warden Fred s. Chew of the county jail.
 "Dopey,' as we called him, was one of the shrewest fellows we ever had in the jail, even though he was half crazy. He gave us no little amount of trou- ble with his antics, but the fact that he was half a lunatic kept us from treating him as we should a fractious prisoner.
 His first attempt at suicide was about two weeks before his escape. He asked the inside warden for a glass of water, and quietly put the glass down in his cell until the warden had left. Then he drank the water, broke the glass on the floor and slashed the artery in his left wrist with 1t. We fortunately got to him in time, and bandaged his wrist before he could bleed to death.
 "A week later he tore the bandage off his wrist and with 1t attempted to hang himself from the top of his cell. He had almost succeeded when the in side wardens reached him and. cut him down.
 His escape was another shrewd piece of work. By hard begging he got the warden to allow him to go out into the jail yard. While there he hid him. self and when the warden came in from the yard he thought Dopey had re- turned to his cell. Some time during the night DeArmond placed three car penters horses on a pile of coal near the wall on Third alley, sealed the wall and walked all the way around to the Fourth avenue wall in order to find 8 soft, grassy spot to jump on.
 "Dopey was a slick customer all the way round"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
MARSHAL OF BAY
 ANNETTE KILLED
UPON OFFICIALS WITH DEADLY EFFECT-sEvERAL POSSES ARE SEARCHING FOR MURDERERs

Mobile, August 17.-News reached Mo-
 bile tonight of the killing at 6:30 o'clock
 this evening of Town Marshal Joseph
 Smith of Bay Minette, Baldwin county
 by two negroes of party of three. The
 negroes were turpentine hands and were
 lounging in front of a white woman S
 house. The woman telephoned the mar
 shal and when the officer approached two
 of the negroes fired upon him. killing
 him instantly.
 People around the depot witnessed the
 shooting and saw the blacks take to the
 woods. A posse of 50 citizens quickly took town was thrown into intense excitement after the shooting and tonight the cit izens are securing the country trying tc
 capture the murderers. who are said to
 have escaped in the direction of Pensa- cola.
 A message was sent to Sheriff Drago of Mobile, asking that he send dogs to place upon the trail The Mobile offi- cers with two bloodhounds left the city at 10:3o o'clock on a freight train for Bay Minette and should arrive there be- fore midnight. The hounds only yes terday in practice trailed a negro five miles and overhauled him.
 Marshal Smith had held his office for two years and leaves a widow and two grown daughters
 One of the negroes was named Riser, five feet. ten inches high, wore No patent leather button shoes and a dark
 hat It Is said the negroes were on their way to Gateswood to work.
 Superintendent J. I. Mckinney of the
 Louisville and Nashville has ordered all freight trains to transport dogs and posses and every freight passing town Is being searched. Dogs have also been requested of Brewton. Marshal Smith was formerly from Morr1ston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
COL. E. 1. RUSSELL, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MOBILE AND OHIO, SHOWS WHERE NEW ORLEANS, LA, IS NIT IN THE PROGRESS COL
 LINN ACCORDING TO RE-
 CENT STATISTICS.

'The commerce of Mobile is in the clutches of a force, beside which every thing else that the city has passed through in the last fifty years is as child's play to the mans struggle for ex- Istence.
 "seeing what the future holds, unless some strong intervening power arrests the destroying hand, the Register has hastened to warn the people of Mobile"
 It Is manifest that this was said for the purpose of refiecting upon the meth ods of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad com pany and the Southern Railway com pany in handling their business through the port of Mobile.
 Again, in its issue of August '. the Register made the following declaration:
 Along with the announcement that the foreign commerce of Mobile has not grown in three years. Among merchants who have kept up with the loss on for eign trade the feeling was expressed that there is no use hiding conditions preju- dicial to the port any longer, and that a united effort must be made to correct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
ENSLEY MAY. ALSO
 HAVE AN ARCADE
MERCHANTS ON AVENUE 10 PRO- POSE TO LIGHT STREET-RE- WAL SERVICES CONTINUE TO DRAW LARGE CRONEDS

An effort is being msde by the mer- chants of Avenue E, Ehsley. to erect an arcade on that avenue between Eigh- teenth and Twentieth streets, similar to the one to be erected on First and Sec ond avenues, Birmingham.
 A committee is out soliciting names for this purpose and nearly a. sufficient num- Der of names have been secured The promoters of the scheme believe the installation of the arcade will not only add much to the appearance of the city but will attract trade to Ensley. In the event of sufficient mumber of sigma lures being obtained work will commence at once and in a few days Avenue p will be brilliantly lighted by series of arches ct with electric lights.
 The revival services at the tent on Avenue H and Nineteenth street con- tinues to attract large crowds with in creased interest daily The Rev. F. A. Violet, the evangelist in charge. recites the introductory chapter from the Bible from memory. He is asstrong and force ful preacher, his sermons are marked by much earnestness and are convincing. The choir under the able direction of Prof. O. J. Marks adds much to the service by way of splendid music. The services are instructive and of much in- terest and everybody is invited to at tend.
 Miss Leona and Master,A. c. Davis left yesterday for Russellville, where they will be the guests at a house party.
 Dr. J. A. Bowen. pastor of the Meth odist church, left yesterday for Mont eagle, Tenn. He will return the latter part of the week. accompanied by his wife, who has been spending the sum- mer months there.
 A movement is on foot to consolidate the Pythian lodges of Ensley and Wylam. A circular letter has been sent to each member of the two lodges. asking his views on the subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
REGARDS POLITICS AS
 FASCINATING GAME

q have been most interested during the past year in politics." said Walter K. Me Adory yesterday afternoon. "Of course, I have had a personal interest in it, but aside from this the general science of pol itics Is fascinating. To me it has always seemed a game, although serious one. There are all the elements of chance in politics that tend to make any game in teresting. Politics furnishes the same ex- citement as a game without the i'll ef- fects of some pastimes.
 Tt is necessary to have skill to play the game of politics successfully Let no one think that he can go 1t happy go- lucky and win out. Too many have tried to do this and have come to grief"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
THREE WEEKS UNTIL
 UNIVERSITY OPENS

University, August 17.-tSpecial.) )-Three weeks from tomorrow the university will throw open it's doors for the beginning of the eightieth year of its life, and the coming session promises to be the most useful and successful in it's entire career. The prospects at the present time seem unusually bright. There are no accurate figures at this time which can be quoted, but the office force has been kept buster than ever this summer answering in- quiries from prospective students and sending out catalogs. From present indi- cations 1t seems safe to say that the enrollment this year will exceed consfd- erably that of last session, which was the largest in the history of the institu- ton.
 But the increase in numbers is really not the true measure of the university $ success. Though the university, like all other educational institutions. desires a large enrolment, the real aim of the school during the past two or three years has been the elevation of educational standards throughout the state. And now that the national standard of IA units for entrance to the freshman class has been attained. 1t is particularly gratify- ing to the authorities that there is a promise of an actual increase in enrpll- ment rather than falling of. as might naturally be expected on account of the rapid raising of the curriculum.
 The university Is better prepared thar ever before to answer every need of its students. About all that remains of the old dormitories are the walls; the in- teriors have been practically made over dormitories, was renovated, and during the summer now coming to a close Manly and Garland halls have undergone the same treatment. The rooms have beer refioored and replastered throughout, and complete toilet facilities placed on every floor. Moreover, all of the sleeping quar- ters will be heated by steam next year While during the past it has been neces- sary for many of the students to live outside of the college buildings. 1t seems possible that, with the increased accom- modations all men who so desire will be able to find quarters around the quad rangle next year.
 There are other material Improvements no less important. The new hydraulic laboratory has been put into actual oper- ation during the summer and will bt available next session for various prac- tical tests in the study 8-S ydraulics Moreover, Morgan hall, the new academic building, is being rapidly pushed to com pletion and will be ready for occupancy during the coming year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
Little Stories Told
 By Public Officials

termined men who knew Anderson in his life and who regarded him very highly We captured the GurG mus bunch, se- cured confession, and landed them In Jail without the privilega of bond within AS hours after the killing. The subsequent events in connection with this case are fresh in the minds of lnost newspaper readers. The department of justice. in or der to determine which county he was killed in, surveyed the olI county line. It was found that he breaA he'd his last in Tuscaloosa county. That incident itself Is the only time in the histcty of the state that such action has been taken by the government The trial opened here and then was conducted in T tuscaloosa. Tho bunns of the elder Gurganits, his pretend ing insanity, the sentences and the re- moval of the men to Wash dngton and At lanta are all facts that .tre seldom en- countered in real life, stnd the which would make narrative for a weaver of novels"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-18
TALKS OF LARGEST
 FIRES DURING YEAR

"The fires at the Wood-Norris Lumber company and Louis Saks' have interested me most during the past year, said Capt S. A. Middleton of the Birmingham fire department. While, the fires were not similar, both were of the hardest kind to handle, and 1t was only with great diff ficulty fnAt they were prevented from doing more damage. The fire at the Wood-Norris plant was especially so. We were fighting to keep the fire from the oil tanks of the Gulf Refining company, and there was a possibility of the tanks exploding any minute. If I might be per mtted to pay little compliment to the boys, I think that that was the bravest fight made by the firemen for years. Every man risked his life numberless times that night without a thought of himself"