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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08
Aiabarnian Originated the chau.auauu

''It Is interesting to know from most excellent authority that a native Ala bamian Is the father of the present-day Chautaugua, at least the basic idea" said G citizen.
 ''The Rev. John Vincent, who went from Alabama some time in the 50s to Rockford, H.. recognizing the waning in- fiuence of the religious revival after a great wave had swept through the mid- dle west and spent itself on the rocky reefs of New England. laid the founda- tions for the Chautauqua-
 .'It was the Rev, Sam Jones who de- clared that a Chautauqua meeting was cross between a revival and county fair Be that as it may, these assem- blages have become potent for much good and mental and spiritual uplift.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08

Circus elephants are selling down to aa2S this 1IRtsrj
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08

SPEAKING OF PEACHES.
 (Contributed) The Birmingham Peach has rosy glow When the weather is sharp and cold, And her nose is a sight, though her eyes are bright And her carriage is free and bold. She walks with the vigor and stride of health Ana will never become, you bet, A shrieking, loud-talking bothersome cuss- A homecoming suffragette!
 -Junks.
 SACRE BLEU! Here is a statistician who talks about three and half persons" Absurd. What would half a person look like?" Like Boni de Castellane, I guess"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08

Shall we serve Heaven With less respect than we do minister ITO our gross seIvess
 Measure for Measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08
THE COST OF. LIVING

"Where are you going?" Down to the bank to draw out slOO,- 0oo.'
 "Anything on?"
 ''Yes; have an engagement to take a chorus girl out to supper"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08

WATCH THE sEISMOGRAPH. There'll be something Doing soon; Teddy will
 Return in June!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08

Washington Bureau Age-Herald, 1424 Q street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08

No communication will be published without it's authors nome. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are inclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08

R. L. O'Neal. Jr., z. F. Morgan and T. s. Millsap are the only authorized tray cling representatives of The Age-Her- aid in its circulation department.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-27

said one day. when they were sitting together
well. no. amt" admitted Old Billings. reluct
antly. Il don't say but what I've thought some OF
traVeln', but ain't never seemed to find time as
You might say. Travelin takes time"
NOW, but alnt that pityl" said Casey. II was
hopin' ye had teen- i there once, Thin WAS
young an was Just wishin' you had bcen Them
French do be KNOWN how to run carnival better
than what Davis does. I'm disappointed 80 amt
seen Paris carnival. Mister Billings. Ye would be
the Kind OF man could tell Davis thing or two
about It."
Il guess maybe could" said Old Billings with
satisfaction II got q remarkable men,'ry for tbinca
remember In the fall O. sixty-eIght-"
III ye had been TO Paris" said Casey, "ye could
tell Davis about that there confetti An ye would do
SO. No one that has been to Paris. like ye would
have been. would forget to tell Davis sbout that
there confetti 'Twould bo th' first thing 70 would
tell him about. wouldn't It now7"
Il guess wouldn't let nothin much stnnd In the
way OF my tellin him." said Old Billings Don't you
reckon he knows about that there-that what-you-
may-car-it7"
''He do noti" said Casey, positively How should
he. an him never havin been to Paris. ] wager
there be no ono IN Kilo but you an do know
about It, Mister Billings. An grand sight 1t IS. to
be sure. TO see tho air full O. It an th streets
cred with It! Ah It's pity we are to hnvo none OF
It here with the carnival an ALL Have ye ever been
on tn boueyards In Paris Mardi GRASP but, mol
l remind me ye say ye have notl Confetti 'Tis
nothin' but confetti an tbs plenty OF carnival with
nothin' else but confetti I would no give a dang
for carnival without confetti. Mr. Billings. would
your
IOS me, IL i WOuluI salQ Old t3iulDB9 I'm
s'prised Davis amt thought on It afore now"
Casey waved his hand In the air TO dismiss Davis
from consideration
.Yc know what he Is likel" ho said. 'TThnkin. OF
Dothin but thin red headlines o his wisht-I
wisht--"
He paused wistfully the word. and then his face
frightened and no turned 10 Old Billings and lowered
his voice to whisper.
AN why not havo confetti7" he exclaimed There
would be good money In II for Nr. Billings,
II they had a monopoly OF tn confetti business for
tn Klo carnival! Th' people would be after goin'
crazy over It, they would tako TO 1t So Ten cents
bag could get for II, an to think II nothIn
TO makeI But, mol" he eaid. letting his face grow
sad again: Il have not tn time { make It"
Old Billings moved rcstessly on his chair.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-27

been chucSed into It In tho last seven years. and It
was wonder they didn't drag out Old Billings. They
would have dragged him out II ho hadn't been In the
cellar OF tho Times building. wading around kneo
deep In confettL But It made good extra for the
''Timos" and by tho time Old Billings thigh
deep In torn-up exchanges. Ko was reading the list
OF the men who had dragged the river and tho biog
raphy OF Old Billings. and the full account OF tho
dragging Of the river Casey proud Of It that
he took Old Bllings's vest
You can do a good deal with a vest II you know
how. and have had thorough modern journalistic
education and pick up stray chicken that needs
Its head chopped OF for the good OF tho public.
There is enough blood In chicken TO mako strong.
agile murder mystery II 1t is applied in tho right
way; and tho way Casey had Davis organize tho
search party to ecour the woods on tho other Side
did credit TO hts training Kilo had not been men,
toned in the big city papers since the cyclone
OF rs. but tho day after Old Bnhngss vest was
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-27

noon Thursday he decided he had misunderstood
Casey, and he increased the size little. He made
1t the size OF dime And about the time Davis
really getting excited the disappearance OF Old
Billings and taking 1t seriously. Old Billings decided
that, while confetti tho sizo OF dino might do for
Paris. what as wanted for America Tas generous
confetti the size of silver dollar. He fet that II
would be to disappolnt tho public by giving
them etingy. little bits whom they might BIO wanting
large. round ones; he mado them that way. He
felt that If anyone had depraved Partisan taste and
wanted the small kind. 1t would be easier for them
to cut IL down to suit than II would be for tho others
to paste the lttle together X they wanted big
ones
When Casey came down cellar with Old Billings
dinner at noon the old man had grown generous
that his confetti was the size of saucer. but tho
food chcered him up little and he reduced the size
to the dimen sions of huntins-case watch, mems
size.
Friday morning Davis was In his glory and said
that If Old Billings did not show UP by the next
morning he would actually get extra, and Kilo
IN good state to receive one, for Old Billings
was still absent
Saturday ,ras hard day for Casey. He had to
of the extra the hand press. and Old Bill
lngs grmblIng so hard that he had to sing
Rory ONfoore at the top OF his voice all day. Davis
thought It was pure happiness because the Times
had such good news. but 1t wasn't; and Casey was
so glad IN his Life ns when he shut up the Of
fee Saturday night s--s -7,-1c -r7c
Old Billings started to tear the confetti and no
tore hopefully all day. 1t really amazing how
much he could tear when he hadn't anything to dis
udCI nb HlIu. foy evening ne nau tnc Hoor OF tue
whole bare space in the cellar ankle deep in confetti
and It cheered him on to see how we'll he was get
ting along.
1t was warm work. II the collar was cooler
than out doors. and Old Billings had shed his coat
right at tho start; and about Tuesday. as Old Bill
ings did not secm to need It. Casey just took 1t out
OF his way and. after supper. walked out to the rlv
er-three miles-and sort Of draped It the edgo
OF the river Davis found II there. all right And
Casey saw that ho found It early enough Wednesday
morning TO work up good article for the Thursday
Times
1t was right then that Kilo really began to worry
about Old Billings The men OF the town held
meeting. and went In body to drag the river with
Davis along to show tho spot where the coat had
been found and to take notes They dragged the
river well. and got out every old bait that had
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-27

nowo values. Davis was. He could tell tho nan,
value OF anything at tho first glance. Davis could
look at man or woman once and give that person
his or her news value. and he proud OF the fac
ulty SO, as soon he saw Old Billings aseep ON
the station platform, he gave him his news value:
and 1t was a big one, He expected Old Billings To
furnish great many pages of scare-beads during
each year. Old Billings asleep there looked Ike
crime" and "debauchery' and Our dissipated leis
classes all In one. and Davis expected him to
behave as such.
After Davis had been publishing the Kilo Timer
iew months he began to look worried The strain of
getting up redppe sensation for his first page
every week IN q town where nothing happened was
beginning TO tell him, and all his efforts to do the
modern journalistic thing had not doomed his cir
culation the way he had thought It would The
Times had had one hundred and six moro OF less
paying subscribers when Thomas Jefferson Jones
sold out and after several months of Davis It had
ono hundred and scyen: but Davis learned that tho
new one was less paying than any OF the others Klo
did not appreciate red Ink. and that worried Davis;
and news was hard to get and that worried him and
tho advertisements were actually fewer in number
than thoy had ever been. and that made him mad.
But the thing that he hated worst OF all was that
Old Billings hadn't lived up to his news value. 1t
seemed TO cast elur on Daviss journalistic ability
and preslght Old Billings didn't do thinr that
would look even plauslbly Ike news in the Times
Ho never had done much In the news-making Inc OK.
cept to be born. and he couldn't help that The only
other news he seemed liable to furnish death
notice. and Ct the slow. easy-golng rate he v.
Ing. It looked as though no would outliye Davis Old
Billings wasn't wasting any energy. He generally
eat down In front OF tho hotel the grocery. the
livery stable In tho morning and sat here until uoon
and then sat In front OF the depot until supper and
after that he sat In front OF tho grocery the livery
etable. or tho hotel until bedtime It was not
wearing life; not the nervous prosratlon kind. Hard,
ly anyone died Of nervous prostration In Fjlo but
It began to look II Davis would; Old Billings
him
And then. Just as Davis had about decided that his
health wps giving out entirely. his only compositor
wandered out OF town and carnc back. For
two weeks Davis struggled along weakly. trying to
frr.a. vail hF,Ctt
Old Billings and the day ho took TO his bed. decd-
ing that he was going to die OF It all Casey wan.
dered into Kilo and hunted up the Times ofce-
which wasn't very hard to fnd-and struck Davis
Tor Job
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-27

"I WIFI be nothngi" declared Old Billings. 7 will
be nothing but what am and DO doing nothing but
making contott"
For minute Casey considered
WELL GO ON, tben" he said. standing aside 10 let
Old Billings out, I'm thinkn' they will think ye
crazy one way the other. From what have seen
OF Kilo. by tn time yo explain e them what confetti
might DE. an how We expect L make By SELL
In folks bits O. torn-up paper. an how was will
In Z stay down cellar tearn paper by tn light OF
lamp week IN an week out guess they'll think 20
arc crazy enough"
That night Davis sat alone 10 his Office With his
head in his hands and q frown on his brow. He
was deeply worried lie could not decide which
headn cs TO run red ink the top OF the next days
issue Of the "Timcs.- whether to Strange Aber-
ration" or Tho Lost Returns" Then suddenly ho
smiled and scribbed across the pad before him tho
hugo words mysterious Disappearance For Casey
had left Kilo suddenly. and without stopping TO say
good-by or 70 pay his board bill ct the Kilo Hotel
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-27

Ola Billings He said afterwards that ne didn't
man to put value on he would have put It on
someone else; but that he had worked under many
an editor and he knew they were all more less
crazy. and that Davis was boss. If Old Billings
tho kind OF man Davis had picked out having a
news value. the thing to do not to complain but
to get tho the news out of Old Billings Then he
asked Davis about how high he had set Old Billings
news value. and when he heard. he sat down and
whlsted long whistle and scratched MS head 1t
looked like good deal OF news to get out OF Old
Billings.
The next number OF the Times' had plenty of red
Ink. and the words at the top of the first page wero
THE Carniyal" 1t took Kilo by storm, and made
moro talk than anything since the Civil War. Kilo
hadn't known there going to be carnival but II
was all set forth in tho Times SO there could be
no doubt about i 1t to be a merchants car.
niva; tremendous celebration in honor OF Kilos
prosperity. and there to be floats the populace
In costume, and decorated Streets and fireworks In
tho evening and the day to be the 1st of Oc-
tober Casey wrote the whole thing, and had an
Order of March for the parade and the whole thing
was as attractive 1t could be in print BY the
time the Times again, week later
everyone was pretty well used to tho idea and Casey
called 1t tho Times Carnival without anyone car.
ing. and it brlghtelod Davis up considerably to 60
around and talk the thing up with tho merchants
Casey just took things easily All he did was to sit
around In front of the grocery, the livery stable
or the hotel and Loaf but he always happened to sit
next to Old Billings. -Ir-.t. eoo,i-
@Have ye over been to Paris, Mister Bilings?" he
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-27

It was new lftc and leo cream for,
Davis, for Casey wac one OF ms own
kind, only moro SO. He was mod
crn Journalist, too. but he was q few
years In advance OF Davis He didn't
take tho news as he found 1t and
swell II I'd big. II there wasn't any
news. he mado some He belonged
20 that school OF journalism. and 1t
is pretty good school to belong to
in a town like Kllo. AS soon as no
heard about Old Billings. and how
Davis had put his faith IN him. and
how Old Billings had betrayed that
faith, he went out and had q look at
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-27

printing big headlines over unImport-
mt news so long that he could hard.
ly believe that Old Billings wasn't
lurking around somewhere, sort OF
playing a joke on him, making the
news look true, But Old Billings
wasn't He was down cellar cutting
out confetti, and getting mighty tired
OF tho job. He didn't have the right
ldnd OF shears nor the right kind OF
fingers to cut out confetti tho size OF
a lead pencil end, and he was get
ting n1adder and madder. He
didn't SEQ why confetti had to
be so small anyway, and by
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-27

S.ve > % q moae, er 'O''s.y y. 7 he DIDN'T |
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-12-01
Beware Of OiHtmeHiS for CdtaFfh tha
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions, from repu-
table physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F J Cheney & Co, Toledo, o, con-
tains no mercury and is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken
internally and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F J Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-12-01

from Good Roads Magazine. New York;
expects to haul q good deal Of water
and use a roller. BY far the most eco
nomical way to build q gravel road fs
to spread about two inches on the Or
dinary surface Of q road that has been
previously cleared Of all dead and
worn out material that would never
pack again and then plow the road
and put the gravel on about three or
four inches deep and just allow tho
traffic to work 1t In and have q man
continuously along the road Tor two
or three weeks with q rake to all In
the ruts and pick out any OF tho toe
large gravel stones, as the top surface
should contain no stones larger than a
hickory nut.
Another method Of constructing
this road which would be stiIl more
economical would be to spread the
gravel on in November or December.
Spread It over the road about two or
three inches deep and repeat during
the winter as the traffic works 1t into
the mud. l am assuming now that
we have a road that would get muddy
in the winter time and one that would
have a clay or loam bottom or large
percentage Of loam. If we are to deal
with q sandy road 1t will be necessary
to put a considerable percentage OF
clay or loan with the sand prior to
the spreading Of the gravel. l have
built quite a number Of pieces Of road
in this manner, by putting the gravel
on during the winter. and they have
been very satisfactory.
"One Of the greatest difficulties with
a great many people in mending roads,
in my judgment. is that they endeavor
to patch up the road instead Of plow-
ing it up and letting the whole mass
settle at once. Some people have an
idea that traffic will make road level.
Traffic will mash down some Jumps
and some Of the coarse gravel, but IL
the material is not evenly spread or
the road not properly graded when 1t
is constructed it will grow worse--that
Is, more uneven-as time goes on. 1t Is
time we'll spent in the grading OF a
new road to go over it innumerable
times with road machine in order
that the grade may be made perfect In
the beginning. and l know OF a great
many roads in Nassau and Suffolk
counties, New York, now which, If they
could be plowed up and have little
sand put in some places and a little
loan in others. then be thoroughly
graded with a road machine and have
little gravel added during the winter.
would be good all the year round for
wagons or automobiles, and If they
were oiled they could be rendered just
as dust proof as macadam road"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-12-01
Witty Toasts.

A publisher once gave the follow
ing: Woman, the fairest work in all
creation. The edition is large and no
man should be without a copy"
This is fairly seconded by youth
who, giving his distant sweetheart.
said, "Delectable dear, so sweet that
honey would blush in her presence
and treacle stand appalled,"
Further, in regard to the fair sex,
we have: "Woman-she needs no eu-
logy. She speaks for herself" "Wo-
man, the bitter half of man."
In regard to matrimony some bach
elor once gave, Marriage, the gate
through which the happy lover leaves
his enchanted ground and returns to
earth"
At the marriage of deaf and
dumb couple some wit wished them
"unspeakable bliss"
At a supper given to a writer of
comedies wag said: The writer's
very good health. May he live to be
as old as his jokes"
From lawsscritic: The bench and
the bar. If it were not for the bar
there would beklittle use for the
bench" "
A celebrated statesman while din
| ing with duchess on her eightieth
birthday in proposing her health said:
May you live, my lady duchess,
until you begin to grow ugly"
Il thank you, SIR she said, and
may you long continue your taste for
ANTIQUITIES. ."-L0ndOn Tit Bits.
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AMYsrERIoUs TRAGEDY.
Bennestsville Lads Out Hunting
F0und Dead I'm Pee Dee Swamp.

On Thanksgiving day two boys.
Guy Rogers, aged IA years, a son OF
County Treasurer N B Rogers,
Of Marlboro county, and Prem
tiss Moore, a son of Mrs Wiley
Moore, went on hunting trip into
Pee Dee swamp, which is several
miles wide and many miles long. The
bovs failed to return and searching
parties secured the swamp Thursday
night and all day Friday and Friday
night. Saturday morning about 10
o'clock the dead bodies of the two
lads were found. The boys had
hitched their horse and buggy on the
edge of the swamp and there the
team was found by the searching
party, but no trace of the boys was
discovered until the grewsome find
Saturday. Prentiss Moore, the
Younger boy, was found lying on the
south side of a branch about tlve
feet deep, shot through the body.
Guy Rogers body was found near by
that of his companion. He too was
shot through the heart. Both boys
were evidently shot at close range.
A shotgun with several empty shells
was found near the bodies. The
scene Of the tragedy was in the edge
of the swamp within a few hundred
yards of a negro settlement.
The affair seems to be wrapped in
mystery.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-12-01
GRAVEL ROAD
CONSTRUCTION
Two Economical Methods Do
scribed BY an Expert
VERY LITTLE SAND NEEDED,

Material to Use-Wiatsr Treatment
Considsred the cheaser-Advies On
the Mendins Of Highways.
Representative William W. Cocks OF
Long Island. who has built several
gravel roads and has found them very
satisfactory, tells how they can be con-
structed economically.
To the minds Of most people," be
says. when we speak OF gravel
road comes the idea Of coarse sand,
such as they have seen dumped ON the
road from time to time and frequently
in such quantities that it dh not mix
properly with the loan, and hence
there was soft, sandy road, which is
the worst road in the world for haul
ing heavy loads over. What ! mean
by a gravel road is screened gravel or
gravel that may be found in some
banks that would be suitable for road
construction without screening. but it
should not contain over 10 per cent OF
sand in most instances unless one
were to use a very thin coat and over
a road that was Of very deep oam.
when it would be well enough to allow
a little larger percentage Of sand. but
otherwise prefer it to carry as little
sand as possible.
There are two methods in which
this kind of road could be constructed.
One is by the formation of trench.
treating it very much as we do road
for macadam and then putting in the
gravel about eight inches deep mixed
with 4 little loan or clay. and be-
lieve that now it would be wise to put
some tar on the top course. In the
construction Of this road | would lay
it in two courses provided were 60
ing to use tar in the upper course.
There would be some difficulty in get
ting a gravel road TO pack if it were
laid in eight inches thick. and 1t should
be done in the winter time unless one
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