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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
WEST ALABAMA FAIR
 OPENS THIS MORNING
Everything Is in Readiness for the Best Fair Ever Held in
 That Section

Tuscaloosa, October 15.-(Special. 1.-The grounds of the West Alabama fair pre- sent one of the most animated scenes yet witnessed In this section and the final strokes are completing the great preparations which have been occupying the mind and time of the fair officials for week past. The fair opens on Mon- day. October 16. and a record breaking attendance is assured A special 21 piece band has been secured and daily con certs will be a drawing card.
 Tuesday the races begin and a splen- did programme has been arranged, as some of the best horses in the state will be entered. Wednesday has been desig- mated as Good Roads and County Im- provement Day" Judge W. w. Bran- don. chairman of that work. has issued invitations to all the probate judges and county officials representing the counties pin the fair district urging their pres ence and a special programme will occu- py the day.
 Thursday will belong to the farmers and all live stock, poultry and farm products will be judged, while instructive lee lures will be delivered to aid the farmer in modernizing his work.
 Friday is school day and arrangements have been perfected to have a repre- sentative crowd of school children from every county in the fair territory
 A most interesting and unique attrac- tion will be the ante-belum plantation melodies sung by chorus of 50 Tusca- = loosa negroes, who have been trained by Benjamin Barnes. This is a new departure from the regular fair attrac- tions and the negroes will entertain the visitors on Wednesday and Friday night with a varied programme of negro folk songs sung as only the colored people can.
 The fireworks display will rival any ever seen in this section and the other attractions bespeak for the West Alabama Fair unqualified success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
|JOE SHANEYFELT SERIOUSLY HURT
Claimed That Tom HightOw- CT Struck Him Over the
 Head With a Gun

As a result of fight in Ensley Sat- urday night Joe Shaneyfelt lies in A critical condition at the Cunningh hospital on Avenue r and Tom High tower Is in the Ensley jail facing a charge of assault with attempt to mur- der; which will be changed to one oc murder if the injuries of Shaneyfelt prove fatal
 Very little could be learned about the details of the affair, as there. were no eye-witnesses and neither of the partic- pants will make a statement, but the general opinion is that the men were engaged in game of cards in High towers room, when difference sof opin- ion arose. It is claimed Hoghtower then struck Shaneyfelt over the head with heavy army revolver. The po- lice officials think that the affair oc- cured late Friday night. or early Sat- urday morning. and that Shaneyfelt remained in the room until today, when his condition became so bad that he was forced to seek medical aid He was able to wallS,to tke hospital Satur- day evening, where 1t was found his skull was fractured.
 AHc cui ScohSa optTateu on iliHl diiu removed the depressed portion of the skull. The hammer Of the pistol had struck him on the back of the head and from appearances he had been hit scv- eral times. The attending surgeon stated yesterday that he thought shan eyfelt was out of danger, although com plications might set in that would prove fatal. AS
 Officers Donnelly and Granger arrested Hightower late Saturday night. He de- nied that he had been intoxicated and said Shaneyfelt and he had always. been the best of friends. but would not make statement of what thee quarrel was about. Hghtower shot Dave Collier in the Hamilton hotel, on Nintecnih ptreet, about two years ago, but was acquitted. Shaneyfelt Is married man a1d nas been employed in the steel plant ever since it started. Both men are about 8 years of age and are well known in Ensley. a. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
 WILL MEET TODAY

Carrollton, October 15.--(Special)-The Pickens County Teachers institutea will he he'd in this place beginning tomorrow, and Carrollton has made the necersar3 plans for the entertainment of them while hert. Ti:ere are something like b0 teachers in the county, and tiie state law makes it compulsory Upon them 10 at. tend these annual institutes, and It IS expected that large number Will Dc present cn this occasion.
 The lovers of fun are looking forward to the appearance on next Thursday cveE- ing of ''Betey Hamilton" who VIII ap- pear in the auditorium of the public school building The proceeds or the en- tertainm.nt will go to the fund of the w.. c. T. U. society of this place.
 Tie gins in this section ere all running on full time, and the number of fbales ennetl up to the present. time far exceed that of the same Gate last year. While tlitre is great dea' of cotton being ginnel. the farmers are inclined to hold their crop or goca rortion of 1t await- i;,g a better price. sf2 &
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
EDUCATORS MEET
 IN NOVEMBER Association of Colleges Will Hold Session in Tus- calOosa

Nashville, October 15.-(Special.) )- The seventeenth annual meeting of tho Association of Colleges and Prepara tory Schools of the South will be helt at the University of Alabama, Tusca- loosa, Ala, November 2-s. Ame very important action of inter to al southern educators vii be taNh.
 Chancellors, deans, professors ant principals from 15 southern states, rep resenting between 50 and 100 institu- tions, will discuss the system of ad- mission to colleges and related ques- lions. The south very much needs a reform of the present system of certifi- cates, and an extension and improve ment of the examination system of ad- mission.
 The programme is as follows:
 Thursday. November 2, 5:SO D. m Meeting of the executive committee (Executive session.)
 D. m: Address of the president Dean c. H. Barnwell of the University of Alabama. Address. "Southern Col leges for Women,' Miss E. A. Cotton Meredith college, Raleigr, N. c.
 Friday, November 2, 10 a. m.; Annual musiness meeting. report of the secra tary and treasurer report of the com Inittee on uniform entrance examina- tions, report of the committee on reg ulating and improving the administra- ton of the certificatins system, Prof J. L. Henderson cf the University oi Texas, chairman of the committee. Dis cussion.
 D. m. :: Report of executive commit tee and election of officers, address College Entrance Requirements in tho South" President I. II. Gaines, Agnes Scott college, Decatur, Ca.
 8 D. m.: Address, Experiment il Raising Standards President Henry N Snyder of Wofford college. Spartanburg S. C.: round table discussion by repre- sentatives of Universities of Alabama Georgia. Tennessee, Virginia, Tulan University Washington and Lee, etc.
 n m.: Informal reception.
 Officers of fife association at presen are as follows:
 President, Dean C. H. Iarnwell Uni versity ct Alabama.
 Vice presidents, Prof. John Morris University Of Georgia, and Dr. J. D Blanton, Ward Seminary, Nashville.
 Secretary Treasurer. Prof. B. F, Young, Vanderbilt
 Executive committee. Chancellor J. H Kirkland, Vanderbilt; Principal c. B Wallace, University school, Nashville Prof E. c. Brooks, Trinity, North Caro lima President Bruce +. ayne George I'aabudy College for Teachers. Prot Walter Miller, lInixe, sitY of Missouri Dean C. II. Isarnwel'. University O Alabama. Pref. F. l.. Young. Vanderbil university
 The attendance at the meeting is ex pected to be large and the delegate will be handsomely entertained by tn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
LUXURIOUS SPECIAL
 TRAIN OPERATED

One of the most luxurious special trans that ever left Birmingham was operated last night over the Alabama Great South ern railroad to Meridian. The special, under the personal direction of J. w. Evans, superintendent, was occupied ly w. w. Finley, president of the Southern Railway company, J. B. Munsen, vice president of the Georgia Southern ana Florida reilroad. Nat c. Goodwin. the eminent comedian, H. C. Harris, general superintendent of the Southern Railway company and l.. sevier, general agent oi the executive departments.
 The unusual congregation here of raii- ioad officials and extra heavy traffic or the fast Alabama Great Southern line last night necessitated the operation of the special train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16

area overlies the Rock mountain sec- ton, but it is having very little in- fuence over the weather in those re- gions, moderately cool and fair wealth CT prevailing.
 Warm weather has again oterspread the lower valley and gulf states. but 1t is pleasant enopgh in the northern half of the country. It was degrees above the normal today in Birmin gham. More or less unsettled weather will prevail in Alabama Monday, and the tionary.
 Summary of observations made at United States weather bureau stations October 15, 1911:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
Weather Forecast

Washington, October 15.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Gener- ally fair Monday; local rains and cooler at night. or Tuesday; light south winds becoming northwest and moderate by Tuesday.
 For Tennessee: Local rains and cooler Monday or Monday night in west, and Monday night and Tuesday in east; fali in west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
Social and Personal

Mrs. J. W. Carter is able to be out after an illness of 10 days.
 Mrs. Ellis has returned from visit to her former home in Mississippi and is with her sister, Mrs. A. NJ. Winters.
 John A. sJones of Dallas county has been the guest of his brother, George W. Jones, during the fair.
 Mir. and Mrs. Albert Donovan of Wood lawn are the guests of MT. and Mrs. M. P. Briggs and family today.
 George G. Neal is improving after an illness of malaria fever.
 Professor and Mrs. J. O. Sturdivant re- turned to their home at Odenvile yester- day after visit to the Rev and Mrs. J. F. Sturdivant during the fair E. B. Ragsdale has moved his family to Sloss.
 Mrs. T. H. Tutwiler of Seares will re- turn to her home Friday, after a very delightful visit to her relatives, MT. and Mrs. Carter B. Tutwler, at Sloss.
 MT. Ogletree, who was employed at Sloss, has been transferred to Brook side.
 Mrs. R. W. Wright of Andalusia is visiting her son, J. E. Wright, on Sixth avenue, with Ben Wright. brother, of Montgomery, and Mrs. Ella Allen, a sis ter. of St. Clair Springs. Jim and Dan Roberts are quite i'll al their home on Seventh avenue. with fever
 Sam Stein has gone to Calera to spend the day with his brother. Miss Kathryn Livingston, who has been the guest of Miss Minnie Jackson, has re- turned to her home in Birmingham. Mir. and Mrs. J. F. Keeton of Yolande are visiting relatives and friends in the city.
 MT. and Mrs. Smith Eidge and Miss Jeanie Frazier went to Ensley to attend the funeral of Edward Wren.
 Mrs. J. M. Foster. who was operated on at the Robinson hospital was taken tc her home on St. Louis avenue this after noon.
 Mrs. D. L. Pope's many friends will be pleased to know she was taken from the Robinson hospital to her home in Bright on today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, October 15, 1911, p. m. A low pressure area central in the low CT Missouri valley has caused rainy weather throughout the upper valley and the southern lake states, and in combination with the "high' passing off the Atlantic coast showers were pro- duced to the middle Atlantic coast.
 With the exception of narrow strip of the east gulf coast the remainder of the country was fair during the past 24 hours. A decidedly high barometric
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
NEW PROPERTY FOR
 TROY NORMAL SCHOOL

Montgomery, October 15.-(SpeciaD.- Carrying out an exaction of the state normal school board, which was laid down several months ago. not to. build other structures for the Troy Normal school on it's present site, the board has purchased 7s acres of land from J. T. Bos- well of Troy. The new acreage Is to be used ir the near future, 1t is believed, in the erection of new buildings. and for the general enlargement of the school. The property was bought at an expense of S7500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
WITNESSES IN
 GOVERNMENT SUITS

Biloxi, Miss, October 1b.-More than 1000 witnesses have been summoned to appear before the federal court for the southern district of Mississippi which will be con- yened at Biloxi tomorrow. to testify in 20 suits brought by the government alleging timber depredations Damages aggregat- il,a s3,5c0,000 are asked.
 The defendants, principally sawmll op- orators, are also named in criminal pro- coedpgs which will be called for trial at subsequent term of court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
NegrOes in Fight

Herb Williams and Tom Burnett, young negroes of Thomas, became rather reck- less with a gun Saturday night and shot John Wright and Bennie Ferguson, col ored, of the same place. The whereabouts of the offenders has not been found as yet and neither of the victims will pre- fer charges. Neither of them was sari- ously hurt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
Automobile Accident

The automobile of George Rutledge struck Smith Edges car this afternoon about 1:30 o'clock. The accident oc- cured on Nineteenth street MT. Rut- ledge's car was not damaged, while s15 will cover the damage of MT. Edges machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
DIR. PRESTON BLAKE
 IS SERIOUSLY ILL

Dr. Preston Blake, pastor of the South side Baptist church. Is Tying critically i'll with typhoid fever, at the Davis lii- firmary. His friends have been advised to send for his relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
Atlantic City Observes Law

Atlantic City. N. J.. October 15.-For the first time in four years Atlantic City observed the Sunday liquor laws today. Unprecedented ,, dryness prevailed from midnight last night. Indictments against saloon men caused thes.:dry'' order to be Issued.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16

The Bessemer policemen were busy
 last night, making 20 arrests when a room on Twentieth street, where a
 craps game was going on, was raided
 Seven white men were arrested, but all
 made bond.
 A negro craps game was also raided last night in South Bessemer and seven negroes were arrested. The other six arrests were for various charges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16

Mir. and Mrs. J. F. Wright delightful ly entertained today at their home on Sixth avenue in honor of MT. Wright and his twin brother, Ben Wright, of Montgomery. in the style of birthday dinner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16

John Tunnie, a former resident of Bessemer, died at his home in Ensley this morning about o'clock of acute Indigestion. He is survived by his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16

Universi-v of Alabama. Tie import ance of this associa .ior ;D our sou h ern educational system cannot be over estimated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
Accused of Robbery

Edward Stein and Chester Murlkern, both white. were charged with rob ping Smithson's drug store on Thrd avenue this afternoon. It seems that the men tried to buy some cocaine from MT. Smithson and when he refused to let them have it one drew a gun on him while the other ransacked the store, getting small amount of CO., caine and other drugs. The men are supposed to be travelling with show from the Fair. which passed through Bessemer on it's way to Meridian today. They were arrested by Officers McCabe, Ross, Childers and Stoutenborough. Last night the store of pr. E. l. Gregg, colored, on Second avenue and Twentieth street, was entered by thieves by breaking the glass in the front door and five boxes of cigars, a Marlin rife. single barrel shotgun, a pair of trousers and coat were stolen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
BATSON WOULDBE
 COUNTY TREASURER
Bessemer Man Announces Candidacy-General and
 Personal News

Bessemer, October 5.-(Special. )-T. J. Batson, one of the most prominent business men of Bessemer, has an- nounced himself as candidate for county treasurer of Jefferson county. For some time an effort has been made to get MT. Batson to enter this race. After several weeks of close inyesti- gation Mir. Batson has decided to make the race and will at once begin an ac- tive campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16

Observations taken st ssvensynfth meridian tYme
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
Local Data

For the 2l hours ending at p. m,
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-11-07
Governor Refuses to interfere.

Richmond, Nov. 6.-The petition
for appeal and writ of error in the
case of the commonwealth against
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., charged with
the murder of his wife and sentenc.
ed to die in the electric chair Friday,
November "a, was filed late Satur
day afternoon with Judge James
Keith, president of the supreme court
of appeals of Virginia, by Lawyer
Hill Carter, the lawyer taking the
papers in the case to the home of
Judge Keith, 11O Cathedral Place.
The papers in the matter are very
voluminous. There is more than L.
700 pages of typewritten record and
tie appeal itself covers twenty-odd
pages and contains eleven separate
clauses upon which an appeal is ask
ed.
Givernor Mann said that he would
not take any action whatever in the
Beattie case until the supreme court
of appeals had passed upon the peti-
tion for a writ of error filed with
Judge Keith. The governor said that
he was still being deluged with let.
ters of all kinds from all sections
begging for his clemency towards
the condemned man. The governor is
making no attempt to answer such
communications
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-11-07

is r orted, even mutilated, though
of SIS it is impossible to ascertain
thsS ruth. With their excitable tenn
p= .ment and highly developed ina.
alton the Italians suspected every
ing soul of gilt, and for four days
angs Of soldiers, often without Of
icers, shot every one they encoun.
tered
Previous to October %, the cor.
respondent says, the Italians treated
the Arabs with the utmost kindness
and says it is only fail to say that
many Italian officers, who looked at
the affair calmly afterwards, de-
plored it.
"The troops" adds the correspon.
dent, made a clean sweep of that
portion of the oasis in which they
were fired upon from the rear, al.
though there is no certain proof that
any Arab in the west end of that
section took part in the rising and
there were vast numbers of women
and boys who were perfectly limo.
cent. OF these nearly all the men and
even the boys above a certain age
were shot, while undoubtedly many
women perished."
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-11-07
TAKES POISON.
The vermIya Woman Who Gioats
Over the Dead and is Suspected Of
Killing Nine People.

The VermIya Woman Who Gloats
Over the Dead and is Suspected OF
Killing Nine People.
Chicago, Nov. 6.-"iMrs. louise Vel
milya, who was arrested of charges
of having murdered Policeman Bis.
sonette by poisoning him, made an
attempt yesterday to commit suicide
by taking a mineral poison.
cit is my belief that Bissonette
was given arsenic day by day even
while 1 was treating him, and final.
ly he was given enough to overcome
all attempts by myself and consult.
ing physicians to stimulate him and
killed without our knowing what the
trouble was"
The foregoing statement issued by
DR.. E. A. Van Arsdale, the physi-
clan who attended Mrs. Vermilya
during her recent illness, and who
prescribed for the policeman before
the latter's death, for the first time
furnished a direct connection be-
tween the widow and the last of
the nine deaths that have occurred
beneath her roof during the past
eighteen years.
DR.. Van Arsdale made the asser-
examinations of the contents of a
can supposed to contain pepper, and
which, used to season some food or
dered by the woman today, brought
on sharp illness that at p. m.
threatened death and which left her
in a grave condition for hours after
ward.
The physician said that while he
had given the woman severe treat
ment to counteract the effect of the
poison, there still was possibility
of death because of the absorption
of poison before the treatment was
applied and because of her weaken
ed condition due to previous illness.
When eggs were served to the wo-
man by the police, nurses who were
watching her pending her recovery
from an illness, she objected to the
black pepper with which they were
to be seasoned.
"In the pantry there is some white
pepper in a paper bag" she told the
nurse. *I'd prefer some of that if l
might have it,
The nurse, by the odor of the light
cOlOred substance in the bag, deter
mined it was pepper and allowed
Mrs. Vermilya some of it. Soon af-
ter she became i'll.
The pepper was taken to a drug
gist, who after an examination told
the police he thought the condiment
was mixed with an IarsenicaI rat poi
son. The remainder of the compound
was sent to a city chemist.
The incident has pointed to a new
possibility of the method by which
Mrs. Vermilya's roomers and rela-
tives in past years met death. If
the pepper and poison compound
had been a part of her larder in
past years, that fact, said the police
while pointing out more clearly a
basis for their contention that Mrs.
Vermilya has more than a passing
knowledge of the cause of death OF
her associates, made it more diff
cult than ever to connect her with
a death orther than that of Boisson-
nette, since rat poison may be pur-
chased anywhere without registry.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-11-07

ters chiefly in the choice of delegates
to the convention which will meet
here in January to revise the state
constitution. No state officers are to
be elected this year. In Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Columbus and some other
principal cities spirited mayoralty
contests are attracting attention.
Providence, r. l., Nov. 6.-Rhode
Island will hold her annual election
for Governor and other State Off
GERS Tuesday. The campaign has
been conducted on broad party is
sues. Governor Aram J. Pothier is
running for a fourth term on the
Republican ticket. The Democratic
ticket is made up of five young men
none of whom has ever held a poll
tica1 Office. The candidate for COVER
nor is Lewis A. Waterman of this
city, who led the party last year.
The result of the election is regarded
as uncertain, in view of the fact that
last year Governor Pothier won out
by scant plurality. Under the cir
cumstances, with the same candidate
heading the ticket the Democrats
naturally has strong hopes for, vic
tory next week.