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the council would elect any one other than Seals to the plate. City Attorney Robert Thach at the request of Mayor O Brien has handed down an opinion to the effect that the Board of Aldermen has the power to fill such vacancies.
 Seals when asked about the matter stated that he felt no fears as to his re- appointment by either the council or the governor. It is known that the powerg that be of the Board of Aldermen have stated to him that they would re-appoint him in case the supreme court removed him. 'I have simply been advised, how ever," said Mr. Seals, that laws passed by the recent session of the legislature provided for the filling of such vacancies by gubernatorial appointment and simp- ly requested the governor to reappoint me. If the power to fill the vacancy, however, lies in the hands of the City Council fully believe they will appoint me. I was elected by good majority and I really think I deserve the place. The Board of Aldermen I also believe appreciate my position"
 Seals when elected was a resident of Mountain Terrace. Shortly afterward the act which had annexed Mountain Terrace to Birmingham was thrown out on a technicality and the supreme court ruled that Seals could not serve as police com missioner as he was a nonresident. Mountain Terrace was shortly afterward again taken into Birmingham.
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you shall do you gentlemen know you will do. l believe l was invited here by his suggestion to let you see what hor- rible example of manhood one is who comes through a strenuous campaign. I am now down to 228 pounds.
 "As a business man from the count ing room, who wants to speak with you in spirit of fellowship, 1 want to say that we do not all appreciate what we owe to this Christian civilization. l stood in the city of the Golden Gate not long ago. and looking into Chinese restaurant noticed a great, big safe, and was sur prised that instead of the ordinary combi- nation lock, 1t was secured with seven padlocks. The guide told me that there were seven proprietors of the concern. These Orientals in their degradation and heather condition could not trust each other, and that safe is never opened until all seven proprietors are there with their seven keys to see that their part ners do not rob them. Put this over against the fact that we trust our very fortunes to our office boys and how few of them go wrong, and you have fair sample of what you and 1 owe to the teachings of civilization.
 Conservation of Manhood.
 "But debtors as we are to the Chris tian church, that church today has seri- GUS problems ahead of it. You were to- day reading President Taft's message on the conservation of resources, and you remember that a year ago the cry was raised In Washington that great danger of the exhaustion of our resources threat ems if the waste continues, but I tell you that here in our midst we have a greater problem than even that-the conservatism of American manhood. There may be
 esfa tx, clothe and feed the world, but there Is a far greater waste in human man. hood.
 q count myself happy that am privi- legged to sit here and hear these men give thousands. It is a mans job which you have undertaken, even for Birmingham. It gives your estimate of your Christian
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SSS,6OO IS FIRST NIGHTS STARlER IN GREAT CAMPAIGN FOR S2OO,OO0
 FUND TO BUILD '. N. (. A. HOME
CONTINUED FROM PAGE b1


 and I anticipate only the utmost success. In 100 cities where such campaigns have been conducted there has been not one failure and I have yet to find the first man who really regrets the part he took in the campaign"
 MT. Ward then took up a discussion of the committee plan and the method of rendering reports. He stated that every day the various committees would gather at headquarters, 20l2 First avenue, for luncheon and that the hand on the great dial would be pushed around to show the status of the proposed s2O0,0OO fund.
 He also told of various campaigns which he has conducted and stated that in a number of instances successes were made out of apparent failures. He spoke of the campaign in Norfolk in 1908 and told of the difficulties which presented themselves there right after the panic, at which time the campaign was con- ducted. He said that men had made sac rifices and everyone worked hard.
 And the strange part of 1t all is" said MT Ward, that the only man who gave expression to his regret was a young doctor. He said that he had neg lected his patients for two weeks and that they had all gotten we'll"
 Mir Ward stated that the banquet was a fair expression of prevailing enthusiasm here and he said that If this enthusiasm continued Birmingham would raise con- siderably more than s200 GOO.
 In introducing Patten.
 Mir. Percy. in introducing Mir Pat ten of Chattanooga, said: If little Chat tanooga can raise s2Oo, 900, what can we dol"
 MT. Patten told him. What Ward says
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cut his finger off. He also told me about some other hold-ups, one being MT. Miller of North Birmingham"
 Have Been Arrested Before.
 Both Jim and John Raper have been arrested before on charges of highway robbery, but always secured their release. The negro who gave up forefinger was thought to be dead, but Officer White states that he Is still alive and that he can locate him and secure his testimony against the men. There have been a great number of mysterious hold-ups in the vicinity of North Birmingham during the last few years in which the officers were never able to find a definite clue to the guilty ones, but in the Rapers it Is believed they have the proper men ar rested. A large quantity of goods, which Mrs. Raper stated was stolen property. was found in the house and taken charge Of by the officers.
 James Raper's condition is regarded as extremely serious, and while he is re- garded as having good chances to recover from his wounds the physicians are somewhat fearful
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SEALS APPOINTED
 AS COMMISSIONER

Interest in the busting of Carl H.
 Seals from his seat in the police conn mission by the supreme court on the grounds of ineligibility in being a non- resident at the time he was elected. was aroused further yesterday by Governor Comer's appointing Seals to the vacancy.
 This appointment will bring to a point the question of whether the City Coun- cil or the governor has the right to 6ll such vacancy, though 1t is not believed
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Big Victory for s. & H. Green
 Trading Stamps
THE SHERRY & HUTCHINSON co. WINS IMPORTANT DECISION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Washington. D. C., January k-All question regarding the legality of IS. & H." green trading stamps has been for ever disposed of in the sweeping decision just rendered by Judge Mullowny. The fudge carefully reviews the Lansburgh decision, and holds that 1t has no applicas ton to the eperry & Hutchinson com pany's trading stamp business, and in conclusion says: Tn the defendants scheme or plan of business. therefore, there is no element of chance, no appeal to the gambling instinct or anything by which the morals of the community may be affected"
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At the end of the first half the score was 2S to O. Three of the regular Columbus players were out and the Alabama team was also somewhat disorganized. Lyon of Columbus made ten goals. The lineup:
 Columbus. Position. Auburn. Lyon ...... forardsm2onA FSHRDL- Freddy and Thomas Gordy Lyon ...-....... F. .......... and Jones
 Sales and Massey ....-...-.... c. ............... Major Dozier and Scarborough Kilcrease ....-.-. c. ........ and Parker
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BASKETBALL GAME
 VERY ONE-SIDED

Columbus, Ga. January 14-(Special) J. The Columbus Young Mems Christian as- sociation defeated the Auburn basketball team A to tonight in a one-sided game.
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experience behind me I can say that have never one day regretted it."
 He spoke of his relations with the honored founder, George Williams, while living in England. and in glowing words described it's wonderful growth, until now "the cold blooded corpora tions, the bankers and the men wno. employ artisans all agree that it is great cause. and paying investment.
 We are here gathered together for the first time to push forward some thing larger and better for Greater Birmingham. We want to turn out men growing up in sterling manhood to carry into life better type of every profession, men who tnink not only for themselvea. but for their neighbors We must set standard for all Ala bama."
 Though 1t was II o'clock when ad- journment was taken, the committees remained another hour. going over the lists and checking the names of the men on whom they will work tedAz.
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James Bowron. the last speaker. who is member of tn 10 international com mittee, and state chairman for Ala barna, said T have been an associa- ton man for 46 yearA. aud with that
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-01

last, ho il Deserved at every turn. In
formed BY the labor contractor in the
City Of Mexico that he win receive good
wages Of ffty eents a day from the mo-
ment be sets loot on the plantation,
he finds on arrival THAT fifteen dollars
railroad fare and contractors fee Of
fifty dollars have been charged up
against him-of rather. he finds this ont
az The end Of bis service Adding seven
dollars on 80 for q petata gstraw natl
mess pan and outfit 81 cotton clothing
worth actually very little ever 9 dollar
and deducfiug che credit Of four cents
a day 81 the plantation store for agun
deBte and cigarros il takes him exactly
one hundred and eighty eight days 70
clear his debt to ne plantation. FIVE
more than hts six month"; term Of serv-
Ice This. Of course, il he is never sick,
for lie Is charged for hts board when
not working, each sick day adds two Go
the length 81 Bis term When his fimsy
sottgns wear ont which happens verY
quickly ne has to replace them nc The
same eSorbimDi prices and Is he cannot
return 70 his pais TIL be has earned rail-
road fare II a seldom that III Is able
70 leave the plantation before the end
IF a year. Many DO not leave tiH they
IRE carried out, feet first, - the scores
ont IN the jungle the dark
annex established partly g agoid the
trouble ard expense Of burial and regis
ration at the municipal graveyard miles
Town the river principally to avoid tx
oosure Of the frightflh plantation death
from dawn to dark under tie boiling
Yopieal sun. crowded At night into fonl
ateras, which aave the most primitive
# toilet accommodation, and absolutely
10 provisions for ADDITIONS. worn by
eaten hY blood poisoning, cry
iipelas and other scrofulous diseases,
hey die like flies and receive AZ little
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-01

House Of Lords Of the power to veto
any bin whatsoever Their favorite plan
would be to compel the Lords to adopt
any BIN sent to them for the third time
by the House Of Commons, which whilo
making the House Of Commons consider
rejected blu carefully, would give that
body the power to pass any legislation,
on which it had determined, in one ses-
sion.
1t is taken for granted that the House
Of Lords will pass the budget, since the
country has decided against the Lords, a
the face Of the election returns, but the
cabinet may be obliged to erase the
whiskey taxes to get The votes Of the
Irish members. Beyond Che reform q
the House Of Lords and the passing q
the budget, Parliament Is not likely to
get far with anything The Irish meme
hers probably viii obtain the introduce
tion 81 home rule measure, but the
Conservatives will oppose that solidly,
and number Of Liberals are pledged
against home rule also. Several cabinet
changes are probable when the new gov
eminent is formed Reginald Mclxenna,
who has been unpopular as first lord
Of the admiralty. win likely be dropped.
He may be given peerage. Richard
Burton Haldane. secretary Of state for
war, may become head Of the navy.
John Burns, president Of the local govern
ment board, viii probably succeed Her
bert j Gladstone as home secretary
Winston Spencer Churchill win take the
place vacated by John Burns and they
viii each receive $4,000, instead q
$4,000, a. salaries, both places having
been raieed BY the last Parliament, with
the provision that the occupants should
draw the increase during their tenure
Of Office.
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General" she said. Being a high
private. / wilted at being called "gen-
eral' Il want to thank you over and
over again for the favor You done me
this mornin'"
"Did you see the PRESIDENT" !
asked
No; / didn't see Mr.. Lincoln, but /
saw some one that done all / wanted"
How was thatT'
''Well, / went to the White House.
as you told me to do, but the man at the
door said Mr. Lincoln was busy Just
then. But he must a. told me an un-
| truth, for a couple o. men came down
stairs just then, and l heard one Of
'em say to the other, The president
has Just gone over to the war depart
ment So thinks I III just step over
to the war department and see him
there / inquired the way, and as
went in met tail, thin man with
stovepipe hat and an umbrella comm
out. said to him:
~ heard the president il 10 here.
I want to see him. kin you tell me
where to ind himg
what do you want TO see him
aboutT asked the man. bendin down
to hear my answer
Il told him that my son had been
wounded down IN Virginia and / had
started across the bridge to 60 down
and take care Of him. but the man
with the gun was tellin you about
had stopped me I said ] wanted Afr
Lincoln to tell that man with the gun
70 let me 90 by.
Come with me. be said.
80 | trots along the tan man TAX
IN one step to my three be has the
longest legs ever seen-and he asked
me al about my son and what regi-
ment he was IN and al about him.
When we got to the White House he
just walked right By the man at the
door and took me with him upstairs,
just as II be had as good a right there
as the president himself He opened
d door and said somapin to young
man writin at a desk. but didn't
hear what it was Then be set me
down 10 q room. and that's the last
seen Of him. Bur pretty soon the
young man he spoke to came In and
give me this"
She handed me an envelope. hur-
riedly took a paper from itand glanced
at the signature Il was a. Lincoln
The paper was an order not only to
pass the woman anywhere she liked
% orr lines. but to furnish her with
transportation and any supplies Of
guartermastef on commissary or hos.
pital stores she might need.
was terribly ashamed OF my boy
ish, tboughaess heartlessness.
Madam said, have you any
money in your pocketw
Yes got ST.
you'll need more"
pulled a small roll Of bills from
my pocket $50, all | had-and handed
It TO her, saying:
sfYou can pay this when you like to
General Farusworthn
And ! got away from her before she
could say another word
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-01
Photo-Era for February.

While the camerist Is busy this sea.
son Of the year with home portraiture
still.life and winter, photography and
the professional is devoted to studio.
work, the average worker win be inter.
ested ID the February number Of Photo
Era Magazine The mlrside cover N EN-
bellished with an exceedingly beautiful
winter scene by electric light The
editor -in-ehief, Wilfred A. French. has
an eminently delightful description of
The Old mediaeyal city 81 Rotheuburg,
Bavaria, with large number 1T very
beautiful reproductions Of photographs
which he made there. last summer
The pictorial features Of the magazine
for this month are particularly strong,
containing work by such eminent bid
toralists AS William Flndloy, r. r..
Kaufman. T. w Kilmer. M ID. Richard
Pertuch. f r Sornberqer O. Zernickow
and others The famous English photog
rapher, Carine Cadhy, has "A Chat
about Cats and the Camera Illustrated
with some extremely unique pictures Of
feline pets.
Foremost among the technical articles
Of value to the photographer and cam
erist are "The ART Of Observation by
William Findlay; Control with Devel-
opment Papers, BY John sterry; Plate
Speeds BY F. Child Bayley, and the
usual technical helps 10 the department
Of The Crucible and the Round Robin
Guild department The Notes and News
are several strong editorials 81 the sub-
iect Of lens industry. motion pictures in
colors, and the photography OF sacred
subjects Any one interested should OBJ
tain copy Of this interesting issue for
is cents at any Photographic supply
house.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-01
QUEER MIX-UP
IN BRITAIN
Conservatives for COmprO-
mise Cabinet
---
A BIPARTISAN MINISTRY
The Prospects for Legislation Are
Budget and Reform
Of Lords Only Seem
Certain.
A BIPARTISAN MINISTRY

London, Feb. With Premier A.
quith on the continent and Chancellor
Lloyd. George closely following him, the
politicians are an rssting on their arms,
discussing what lines Of battle will be
taken up in the new Parliament. The
moral generally drawn from the elections
is that the country does not want radical
changes ia the House Of Lords Of in the
government policies The spirit Of con-
clinton. therefore, Is abroad and several
schemes for compromise are being de-
bated The Conservative papers propose
the most interesting plan. that joint
cabinet be chosen from the most moder-
ate men Of both parties 70 cary on the
government for about two years, and
that truce be declared on party ques-
tions in the meantime. A rovaI COM
mission to investigate the counry's is.
cal policy and to make recommendations
regarding tariff reform is proposed
The newspaper scheme Of coalition
government Is not taken seriously BY the
Liberals, who. having won victory, even
II It is very narrow one, obieet TO
having their opponents dictate the pro-
gram. Lord RoseheFy's name is put for
ward for the premiership in the compro-
mise cabinet. but Rosebery has for a
long tine refused Office, and his popular
ity now IL At low mark, because Of
bis course Oh the budget issues. The re.
form Of the House Of Lords seems TO be
the one thing assured. Both parties sup
port It now The Conservatives and ths
Lords themselves are willing to adopt
moderate changes Immediately, lest re-
forms. which would knock the founda.
tions from the upper house. be carried.
The result Il likely to be the abolition
Of the hereditary principle and the e..
Enlistment Of the principle that no
longer shall the second and. succeeding
generations be given a vote. except those
who shall prove their htness To legis. /
late b. service ID the House Of Com
mons, IN civil Office or in the army or
navy The Conservatives are willing that |
the Lords shall be deprived Of the power
to hold up taxation bills, if the plan
be adopted whereby nothing which could
be considered new legislation shall be
included in these bills.
The Liberals want TO deprive the
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CAUSE OF
DEBILITY
Is to BE Looked for In the Con-
dinon Of the Blood.
Experience Of a Baltimore Man
Who Was Badly Ron Down
From Qverwork.

Thin blood is the most frequent cause
Of debility. Aa the supply Of blood sent
to the brain does not carry sufficient
nourishment the patient Is dull and
drowsy, the nerves become starved and
there are marked nervous symptoms.
AS tile blood and nerves control diges-
tion the stomach snffors from lack Of
tone and the victim loses weight and
strength
The treatment for this condition is to
build up the blood and a blood tonic
that also directly strengthens the nerves
is best suited to promote rapid aud per-
manent Improvement such q remedy
Is Dr.. Williams Pink Pills
Dir. w. J. Daily, Of No. 1912 South
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I'm 1907 / was IN a general rundown
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that could hardly straighten up. Free
quently there were sharp pains through
out my body which felt AZ though 1 was
being ont with knife. NY suffering
became so intense that was greatly re-
duoed ia aesh.
cat first doctored myself but found
no help after trying several different
remedies. Then ! was treated BY the
doctors but they also failed to help me.
had been sick for year before I learn
ed Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills through
talking with a friend decided to give
the pills O trial and had taken them only
a short time before noticed they were
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I was able to get a good nights rest.
soon I was entirely free from pain Ia my
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was complete and | am still in good
health
DR. williams Pink Pills have been
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iumbaRo. and the after.
effects Of the grip aud fevers.
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ceiDt Of price. 50 cents per box; six
boxes for e. so by the Dr.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
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L!NC0LN'S ORDER.


copyright. 1910 by American Press Asso.
ciatonl
During the summer Of 1862 while
Eerving In the Army OF the Potomac /
was sent to washington BY my captain
to purchase some supplies for his mess.
Walking on Pennsylvania avenue, in
uniform, was stopped BY an old lady,
who said to me.
Il soc that you are one Of the noble
boys who are fightin' for your coun-
try. ] have son down there across
the Potomac. He was wounded In the
fight the other day. I'm tryin' to set
down there to take care Of him.
tried this mornin' to cross Long bridge.
but man with a gun stopped me-"
While I sympathized with the old
lady, was very much amused at her
simplicity I was but twenty years
old and more full Of Old Nick than
common sense. so / concluded to char
her bit
IF you wish that man with gun
to let you 60 down to see your boy
you'll have to get pass said to
her.
who gives out passesr she asked
"The president
Where can find himf" asked the
old lady
"At the White House. You follow
This avenue along till you pass jog
III the street. turn to your right then
to your left and you can't miss It.
Tell him sent YOU
What's your nameT
THEODORE Farnsworth, nth Pennsyi-
vania.
Of course / gave her an assumed
name
what kind Of a lookln' man Is the
PRESIDENT" she asked There's SIGH
crowd D. people pushin' their way II
everywhere here that I'd like to know
Somepin about the man I'm lookin' for
before / go to see him"
"Mr Lincoln is a little bit Of fell
tow"
Il though that was Senator Doug
las"
aNo: it's Mr.. Lincoln. He's the
smallest man IN the United States"
'Oh, / got It the other way. I'm
much obliged to you for giyin' me
ali this information. / spect your
mothers worritin' about you. II I
knew her address I'd write her and
tell her how kind you've been to me-
This gave me a twinge Of conscience.
certainly didn't propose that she
should write my mother what | had
told her and didn't furnish her with
the address. The old lady went TOT
ward the White House, and ] went
about my business.
The same afternoon while on the /
street I heard voice behind me-
General FarnsworthW
/ did not suspect that the voice |
called nae, but It was SO close to me [
that / turned. There was the old lady /
who had stopped me IA the morning. /
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-01
Herman Whitaker corroborates All That
Has Been Said Of Barbareua
Mexico

Herman Whitaker contributes to the
February American Magazine an article
telling 81 his personal observations ia
Mexico On the rubber plantations, where
another phase 81 tha peonage system IS
in force. He more than confirms al the
statements that have heretofore been
made in this magazine about "Barbarous
Mexico" Among many other things he
says
'It would, indeed, Be impossible for
the imagination to conceive Of harder
fate pfrture q more miserable figure
than TINT Of TIE poor enganchado who
exchanges the careless freedom Of Dis
life on the plateau for the heated slavery
Of the tropics Rightly Is be named
'enganehado. for in him its Spanish
meanings. to indenture also to entfap.
decoy, are both fuanedi from first TO