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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16

prove Fiftieth street from First avenue to Fourth avenue; to construct sanitary sewers in Fifty-third alley, Fifty-fourth alley, Grand avenue.
 That petition of R. Q. Romeo be- re- ferred on improvement protests.
 That resolution to move bridge on Tusc- caloosa avenpue across Elyton branch be referred to finance committee with favor able report
 That improvement ordinances Nos. 594, 5s5. 596, 597 and 59s, new series, be re- ferred to the judiciary committee.
 That the bid of Tissier Paving company for sidewalk paving under improvement ordinances Nos. 576, 5S2 and 5s4, new series, for the sum of s1ss6 be accepted, being the lowest bid submitted.
 That the bid of Tissier Paving company for work under improvement ordinance No. 5S4, new series, for the sum of $101S be accepted, same being the lowest bid submitted
 That the bid of Tissier Paving company for work under improvement ordinance No. 582 new series, for the sum of $2869 be accepted, same being the lowest bid sub mitted
 That the bid of Dunn & Lallande Bros. for work under improvement ordinance No. 576, new series, for the sum of $5707 be accepted, same being the lowest bid submitted.
 That bid of Andrews Asphalt company company for paving under improvement ordinance No 576, new series, for the sum of $55. 454 be accepted, same being the lowest bid submitted.
 That all other matters go over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16
TUSCALOOSA ID
 HAVE FINE ROADS
Increased Property Values Give $50,O0O for Improv-
 ing Roads Thi sYear

Tuscaloosa, February 15.-(Special)-
 One of the most interesting matters con-
 sidered by the board of county commits
 sioners Tuesday morning was the amount
 of money to be turned over for the i'm
 provement of the public roads in Tusca-
 loosa county.
 There is certain per cent of the gen.
 eral tax set aside each year for this pur-
 pose and the great increase in property
 valuation makes thse amount of this fund In the neighborhood of $50,000 this
 year. This amount is enough to put
 the roads throughout the county in first
 class condition, thereby greatly increas-
 ing the value of country property and
 making the appropriation for public roads larger each year.
 At the bi-monthly meeting of the direc- tors of the Tuscaloosa board of trade last night seven members were enrolled and much business of importance was dis patched. MT. Northern reported several new industries which were contemplating location in Tuscaloosa Among them were the Florence Wagon Works and a foun- dry from Texas.
 G. B. Wright of the Ten-Cent store is in New York to purchase his spring stock of goods for his stores here and at Gadsden and to select the stock for the new store in Columbus. which will be opened about the first of March. His son
 will move to Columbus to take charge of
 the business there, and Tuscaloosa yields
 this young man with regret for he has
 been associated with his father for a number of years and is one of the most popular young business men in the city. Ben Eddins of the Eddins Furnishing company left last night to attend the Ma tional Association Of Merchant Tailors, which is converting in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16
TO THE FEE
 SYSTEM SPREADING FAST
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Montgomery, February 15-(Special.)- Opposition to the fee system is extending. So satisfactory appears the bill providing ment segregating Jefferson county rom the remainder of the state that represen- tatives of other counties are looking for the same privilege and protection. Each county in the state, it begins to appear, wants to regulate the salaries of its own officials.
 Fleetwood Rice, the representative or Tuscaloosa county, stated tonight that tomorrow he will introduce bil lexact- ly a. counterpart of the Jefferson bill. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16
ADVERSE REPORT ON BILL
 SUBMITTED BY DOCTORS
BY HUGH W. ROBERTS

Montgomery, February 15-(Special.) The committee of public health of the house this morning adversely reported the bill of pr. Justice which passed the senate providing for the establishment of a board of doctors for the purpose of Investigating charges of malpractice or non-ethics and trying alleged of lenders.
 The bill. after its passage by tho senate, created profound interest throughout Alabama doctors in the in- terest of and opposing the bill have ex- pressed themselves in all parts of the state and numerous members of the profession came to Montgomery.
 One of the delegations is composed of those doctors who advertise in the newspapers and who thought that by the provisions of the bill, they would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16

be put out of business. A member of the newspaper fraternity in Montgom cry appeared before the committee in protest against the passage of the bill
 Jere C. King, the well known Bir- mtngham attorney, spoke to the com ,. mittee against the bill. He told tho members that by the provisions of the bill this board to be created could jerk la man up and try him without applying the rules of evidence, and that by the provisions there could be no publicity and no appeal.
 This bill" he declared. lis directly opposed to the bill of rights and is in contravention to the idea of liberty and free government"
 In spite of the fact that pr. McLen- don is chairman of the committee, and two other of its members are doctors Mir. Kings argument was so convinc- ing that he secured a unanimously ad- verse report.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16

states that the people of his county have had trouble with the fee system and he wants Tuscaloosa segregated. He figures that with this result obtained the peo- pie could pay the officials nice salaries and get better service without the present trouble and inconvenience.
 Senator Kilby of Calhoun Is anxious for the passage of a bill segregating his county-Calhoun. It begins to appear, as matter of fact, that the entire coterie of more populous counties is tired of the fee system and Is preparing to cut off it's head.
 MT. Rice's bill will be introduced tomor- row. The Jefferson bill Is at the present time before the senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16

Montgomery, February 15.-(Special)-- The legislature of Alabama has concluded that 1t Is not working hard enough and has adopted resolutions to do better.
 Heretofore, as a rule, the two houses have convened at II o'clock in the morn ings, proceeded with their duties until tired, recessed until o'clock in the aft ernoons, and again proceeded for an hour or more
 As a result comparatively little has been accomplished, and the calendar which remains to be acted upon Is a vo- luminous one. If there is to be split session, aggressive work must be under taken, for the liquor regulations are yet to be enacted into law, the bills for com mission government of cities have hard ly been touched and the revenue bill IS yet hanging fire.
 The rules committee of the house this morning introduced resolution, which was adopted, providing for the converting of the house every morning at 10 o'clock, recessing at 1 o'clock, reconvening at } o'clock. and adjourning at 6 o'clock. In this way the members of the house will work six hours day. Speaker Almon urges every man to be present promptly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16

Geo. c. Oliver, G. A. Nat T Surety Go.
 Phones 334
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-05-19
Summer School of the South.

The University of Tennessee and
the summer school of the South,
which holds it's sessions at the Uni
versity of Tennessee, will again Of
fer free scholarships to public
school teachers in Tennessee who
will agree to do four hours work
each day in agriculture during the
six weeks of the summer school ses-
sion, four scholarships to each
county, to beawarded by the County
Superintendent. These scholar
ships entitle the holder to free reg
istration. Thereisno other charge
except, of course, for board and
textbooks. The Department of
Agriculture, supported both by the
University and the summer school,
is one of the best in the United
States. This offers an unusual op-
portunity to Tennessee teachers to
prepare themselves for teaching
agriculture in the elementary and
high schools, as now required by
law. Teachers who wish to take
this course should apply to Super
intendent nj. L. Hardin. The
summer school begins June 20 and
and ends July 26. The railroads
sell round trip tickets at the rate
of three cents mile one way.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-05-19

provisions the session of the Gen.
eral Assembly came to an end
The action of the Senators was q
dignified action, in which was
counseled forbearance, prudence
and wisdom in dealing with the
situation.
The breaking of quorum of the
Brownlow Legislature was caused
by Democrats because Of an at
tempt to amend the election laws
whereby Democrats would be dis
franchised.
The breaking of quorum in
1885 was caused by Republicans
because they feared that the cleo
tion and registration laws proposed
by the Democrats were intended
to deprive Republicans of many
votes.
The breaking of a quorum in
1909 was caused by the so-called
straight Democrats to prevent the
State Election Board from being
elected and thus defer putting in
operation the election law by that
session of the General Assembly.
The breaking of a quorum in
1911 was caused by Fusionists,
Independent Democrats and Re-
publicans because of an attempt to
repeal the election law of 1909,
and substitute therefor the pend
ing bill, which is regarded as a
partisan, unfair measure, design
ed to deprive Republicans and
Independents of fair representa-
ton.
1t will thus be seen that in all
four of these cases the matter of
enacting or amending election laws
was dominent feature and cause of
the trouble.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-05-19
FROM OVER
THE COUNTY
NEWS NOTES BY REPORTERS
Farmers Busy and Crop Outlook
Not so Promising.
FLATWOODs.

If you will allow me littlespace
in your in your paper will give
you the news of this place.
Several from here attended SER
vices at Rushings Greek Sunday.
Farmers are very busy now, but
prospects are sorry for good crops
at present.
Orville Dobson and sister, Miss
Bessie, spent last Sunday with Miss
Lillian Paford.
Next Saturday is the day set to
meet and arrange for children's
day at this place.
Wonder if Thurman Cuff still
has good luck at Rushings Creek
fishing on Sundays now?
Rev. A. e. Wilson preached a
splendid sermon at this place last
Sunday to large audience.
The County Sunday School Con-
vention will be held here the first
Sunday in June. We look for
large crowd and nice time.
The report is that there is to be
an educational speaking next Sat-
urday night at Farrar's School
House by Luther Hollingsworth
and Walter Wick. Come out and
hear them speak.
Best wishes to the Chronicle and
its many readers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-05-19
A Cash Offer.

The Chronicle has made a spe-
cial clubbing rate with The Mem
phis Weekly Commercial Appeal
by which we will furnish both pa
pers for one year for The Chroni-
cle's regular subscription price,
$100. The Commercial Appeal is
one of the largest and best papers
in the South, and we hope to receive
many new subscriptions on this Of
fer; $1.O0 cash for both papers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-05-19

The Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis Railway will allow a rate
equal to one-fourth the published
tariff rate on stock consigned to
Lewisburg account of sale, and will
return stock to purchasers home
on same basis, provided interstate
movements are not involved. The
company will also allow passen-
ger rate approximating one-half
regular fare from points on it's line
in Tennessee within radius of
100 miles of Lewisburg. l., 2. Bel
lah of the industrial department of
the road is spending sometime in
Lewisburg in the interest of this
feature of the sale.
Other prominent and reliable
stock farms that will consign high
grade stock to the Lewisburg sale,
are the Brookhaven, Maplewood,
Doddieland, and others.
This sale will supply long-felt
want in the section contiguous to
Marshall County in giving the peo-
pie an opportunity to purchase
thoroughbred stock of all kinds at
most reasonable prices.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-05-19
CLAUD.

Robert Cooley of Ramble Greek
was here Saturday.
Man Garner departed for parts
unknown last week.
J.F. Pierce of Jackson was here
on business last week.
James Holloman of Sulphur
Creek was here last week.
Alvin Graves spent Sunday with
homefolks on Lick Greek.
Robert Cherry and family spent
Sunday on Sulphur Greek.
Walter Mobiles of Big Sandy was
here to see friends Sunday.
Mrs. Bette Farmer of Harmons
Creek visited here last week.
T. j. Conway and John Dillon
were in Big Sandy Thursday.
Little Miss Allie Corbitt of Har-
mons Greek visited here last week.
Bud Hartley, 7. H. Ball and d.
A. Phifer were in Camden Monday.
A. w. Lashlee of Eva City went
to Point Mason one day last week.
Mrs. Joe Melton and daughter,
Miss Alice of Harmons Greek WIS.,
tied here last week.
The warm open weather of last
week was helpful to farmers, who
are almost through planting.
j. r. Bagwell and niece, Mrs.
Ida Berry, and her son, Elmer, of
Paragould, Ark, are here on visit
to relatives and friends.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-05-19
A Good Position

Can be had by ambitious young
men and young ladies in the field
of "Wireless" or railroad telegra-
ply. Since the S-hour law became
effective, and since the Wireless
companies are establishing stations
throughout the country there ID
a great shortage of telegraphers.
Positions pay beginners from $40
to 800 per month, with good chance
of advancement. The National
Telegraphic Institute operates six
official institutes in America, under
supervision of Railroad and Wire
less officials and places all gradu-
ates into positions. 1t will pay you
to write them for full details at
M empbis Tenn, OF Columbia, S C.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-05-19
Sale of Thoroughbred Stock.

Our farmers and live stock friends
will be interested to learn of pub
lie combination sale of thorough
bred stock at Lewisburg June 9, to
be held under the auspices of the
Marshall County Live Stock Asso-
citation. Most prominent in the
sale will be the entire herd consist
ing of eighty excellent animals of
j. j. Murray of Lewisburg.
This sale is the outgrowth of a
system of public combination sales
of thoroughbred live stock inaug-
urated by the industrial depart
ment of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis Railway last fall, un-
der which arrangement sales have
been held at Jackson, Waverly and
other points on the road. BY this
system a high class of stock is
brought to the farmers home town
and he is given an opportunity to
purchase at his own price. These
sales are not conducted for profit.
They are held by the local county
live stock association, and the
breeders who contribute to the sale
meet the expense incident to them.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-05-19

tion, No. 1873, fixing April 9 as the
date for adjourning sine die. Mr.
Love offered an amendment pro-
viding that the House agree to re-
main in session without pay until
the important bills of the season
be passed. This was tabled. A
committee was then appointed to
confer with Senate committee on
the situation. The House mem
bers were Munford, Johnson and
Ruhm and the Senate members
were Keith, Looney and Mellow
ell.
Four of this committee submit
ted report recommending an adj
journment on the date fixed by the
House in it's joint resolution. This
was adopted. Munford and T. B.
Johnson madea minority report to
the effect that if both houses had
a quorum on that date the adjourn
ment be taken, but if no quorum
be on hand, that they should either
adjourn orgo quietly totheir homes
and allow the blame to rest on the
recalcitrant Senators.
This action came after develop
ments in the muddle when it was
learded that nothing could be
gained by a legal fight. In the
Senate Mr.. Stoveall offered reso-
luton providing for the arrest of
the absent members and this was
adopted, the Senate then daily GO
ing into secret session to discuss
the situation. Ramsey was finally
arrested. He was brought to the
bar of the Senate and right on his
heels came the Sheriff of Davidson
County with writ of attachment
for the Sergeant-at-A Arms, but he
was Observation-Disclosures to the Sen
ate.
The next development was for
malcommunication from the twelve
Senators to their colleagues in the
Senate setting out their position as
outlined above. In secret session
the Senate refused to treat with
them. About this time Messrs
John j. Littleton and Stanley II.
Bell were arrested for aiding and
abetting absent Senators, and Bell
was tried and finally dismissed with
reprimand. The trial of Little
ton was finally postponed indef-
nitely.
In the meantime the contempt
case having came before Judge
Reid, he indicated by his opinion
that the Legislature had no hope
for successful fight in the courts
and in another secret session. they
decided to adjourn. They did not
recede from their principles, but
said that it was plain that Judge
Reid would rule against them, and
it was useless to protract the ses-
sion. Accordingly, the Senate
adopted House joint resolution No.
1873 without quorum being pres
ent, and in accordance with it's
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-05-19
FlLIBUSTFR IN
'EIGHTY.FIVE
A QUESTION OF USING FORCE
Legislature Adjourned Without q
Quorum In the Senate.
Nashville Banner.l ]

Comparison of the Legislatures
OF 1885 and 1911 10 illustrative of
the fact that history repeats itself
and is also proof of and old saying
that results depend much on" whose
OK is gored." The Legislature of
1885 was adjourned by Democrats
with formal resolution passed by
both houses, though there was no
quorum in the Senate at the time.
John G. Houk, now a Senator, was
an ardent supporter of the filibus-
ter and aided and abetted the Sen
atoTs who left their seats in the
Senate and who refused to return
to their duty. These Senators with
the aid of the courts made sue
cessful fight and forced an adjourn
ment of the Legislature and made
an extra session necessary to pass
an appropriation bill.
There was another similarity be
tween the two sessions in that an
election bill caused the trouble.
The filibuster was inaugurated to
defeat the possible passage of a
registration bill, whichit wasclaim-
cd would disfranchise several
thousand Republicans in the State.
The filibusters claimed that the
bill was illegally passed in the
House without a constitutional
quorum. The twelve members
who left their seats in the Senate
did not go out of town, but remain
ed in the city and bade defiance to
their fellow-members in the upper
branch of the Legislature.
They barricaded themselves in a
room in the Maxwell House and
there remained until the Legisla-
ture had adjourned. They sent
from their headquarters an ultima
tum to the Senate which was de-
clared disrespectful and revolu-
tionary and refused further consid-
Grafton. Efforts were made to
force attendance by warrants of ar
rest and habeas corpus proceedings
were begun, but never finished.
A contempt case growing out of
the habeas corpus proceedings in
stituted by FL. B. Ramsey after his
arrest showed that the Legislature
had no chance to win out in the
courts, and they gave up. In this
case, Judge F. 7. Reid of the Da-
wilson County Circuit Court held
that the Senate was without au-
thority to act and any process to
force attendance of its members
was without effect and void.
At their headquarters in the
Maxwell House the Senators were
so closely watched that meals had
to- be slipped to them. John G.
Houk and Arch Hughes had charge
of the commissionary department
for the twelve Senators and were
successful in getting their meals
to them. They accomplished this
by stretching wire from restau-
rant where the Utopia now stands
and sent food over in basket by
means of string and pulley.
April 6 was the date when the
quorum was broken to preventive
passage of the registration BILL the
following Senators failing to an
swer to their names: Brown, Case,
Farmer, Logan, Gaut, Lyle, Phil
lips, Ramsey, Rowan, Rogers, Met
calf, Simerly, Smith of Hardin and
Smith of Shelby. Metcalf was ab-
sent by permission. Ramsey was
afterwsrd arrested, but twelve held
out.
The House first took action, Mr..
Vernon introducing a joint resolu-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-12-16
POETIC MEALS OF PERSIA
DelIcscIes Prepared for the Traveller
Sound Like Banquets Do
scribed in Fairy Tales

Persian delicacies prepared for the
delectation OF the traveller sound some
what like the banquets described in
fairy tales. 1t is suspected that the ma
tives dine somewhat more prosaically;
but what could be more tempting to
the epicure possessed Of poetic fancy
than the following?
One of the best overtures to a way
side repast in Persia is a watermelon,
not cut in slices, as is done by some
neophyte, but eaten. like an egg, one
end being cut off, and the contents
eaten with wooden spoon, the rosy
fluid trickling all the time to the bot
tom, and affording a fragrant bever-
age when the first proceeding is COM
pleted.
AS second course may be recon-
mended a cold fowl. with slices OF
snake cucumber. For side dishes, the
most refreshing are sour milk with
chopped sage or rose leaves, also
eaten with pear wood spoon, or Gu
cumber smothered in sour cream. In
Faristan ice can be obtained to add to
these cooling preparations, which may
also be favored with rose water.
For dessert, the most easily pro-
cured dainties are prepared cream or
kaimak. faxed with sugar. fresh al
monds. iced rose water sweetened
with honey or rendered more fragrant
with the aroma of mountain thyme
and absinthe.
Many little additions. to complete
the poetic phase of the repast, may be
occasionally obtained, as a bunch of
delicious grapes, suspended for an
hour under the moistened frond of a
date tree, figs served up in cream
dates lightly fried in olive oil, or april
cot paste dissolved in fresh milk
Harpers Weekly.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-12-16
White snaIIs Are Edible.

The large. whitish snail, found on
the downs and chalk lands Of Surrey
and Sussex. is certainly eatable.
though l should hesitate at the ordin-
airy brown or striped hedgerow snail.
It has been conjectured that these
large white snails are in direct de-
scent from the Roman importation OF
snails, which may very well be true.
But the country folk will not eat them.
A foreign gentleman" was held In
great scorn by certain villagers be-
cause he collected these snails, gave
them a weeks special diet and then
ate them. Cooked with the right sauce
the snail can be delicious. But don't
forget the sauce. When you have
hooked him out OF the shell empty the
liquor that remains In the shell into
your mouth. It's delicious.-London
Chronicle.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-12-16

speak what we think. and in all
things
Keep ourselves loyal to truth, and the
sacred professions of friendship.
1t is no secret l ten you, nor am
ashamed to declare 1t:
have liked to be with you. to see
you, to speak with you always.
SO was hurt at your words, and
little affronted to hear you
Urge me to marry your friend. though
he were the Captain Miles Stand
ish.
For l must tell you the truth: much
more to me is your friendship
Than all the love he could give. were
he twice the hero you think him"
Then she extended her hand, and AL
den. who eagerly grasped 1t.
Felt all the wounds in his heart. that
were aching and bleeding so
sorely,
Healed by the touch OF that hand. and
he said. with voice full OF feel
ing: