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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-02
ENJOYABLE DANCE
 AT GREENVILLE

Greenville. December 1.--(SpeciaL)-- A Thanksgiving dance was given by the young men of the city in honor of the visiting young ladies last even ing. The affair was given at the Grenada hotel. The large dining room was effectively decorated with palms and evergreens Music was furnished by a local band. Seasonal refresh ments were served. The occasion was one of. the most brilliant events of winter season.
 listed force by 2000, and the commission ing of midshipmen upon their graduation from the academy.
 Touching the abolition of navy yards Secretary Meyer promises to present the whole matter afresh to Congress when he receives the report of the joint board of the army and navy next January. Meanwhile he sees no reason to change his views already expressed as to the propriety of closing a number of yards or changing their functions.
 The secretary also directs attention to the fact that some provision must be made immediately for accumulating on the Isthmus of Panama a sufficient sup ply of coal to meet the needs of the vessels using that waterway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-02

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  Presidents leader of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-02
Peruyian Minister Named

Lima. Peru, December 1.-The govern ment has appointed Dr. Jose Manuel 0aSs cia to be minister of the interior.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
KILL 100000 CATS.

New York, Sept about 100000
cats have been put to death in New
York so far this year, according to the
records of the Society for the Proven
iton of Cruelty to Animals. On the ac-
cepted basis of nine lives to each cat,
this involves a sacrifice of 100000
feline lives. The average daily slaugh-
ter is 400, and yet the cat-catchers
employed by the society say there Is
no perceptible diminution of the avail
able supply.
The death of the captured toms and
misses is said to be absolutely pain
less. They are placed in an immense
tank into which Illuminating gas is
turned and each of the nine lives OF
each feline is snuffed out simultane
ously The society operates nine wag
ons and automobile ambulances in the
collection of superfuous cats in New
York and Brooklyn.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
AN IDEA on GO0D ROADS
Mr.. J. e. Butler Favors Good Roads
District with Bryan as
the Center.

Mr.. j. E. Butler, who was one of the
leaders in promoting the great levee
along the Brazos river for the protec-
ton of the lands from overflow, gave
an Eagle reporter his views this. morn
Ing on good roads and good streets for
Bryan and vicinity
Mr.. Butler favors the organization
of good roads district under the
same law and in the same manner as
was done in the organization of the
Improvement levee district under
which the levee was built. He favors
district with Bryan as the center,
and a bond issue based on the prop
erty values within the district, and
from the proceeds of the sale OF the
bonds pave Main street, improve the
other streets. and then macadamize
the highways south to A. & M. college,
and north, east and west to the limit
of the good roads district. With TINS
done the remainder of the county
could organize districts in a similar
manner and carry on the work of road
Improvement to the county limits II
every direction.
The method of procedure, in brief
would be about as follows: A petition
directed to the commissioners cour
would have to be signed by one-thirt
of the property taxpayers in the pro
posed district, asking the court to OF
der an election for the issuance o
bonds and proceed with the organiza
ltion of the district. II the petition l
granted. then an engineer would hav'
, to be employed to make an estimate
of the cost of the proposed improve
, ments. With this done, the cour
would order an election of the prof.
=. erty taxpayers of the district on tn
3 bond issue and also on tax levy tina
: would be sufficient to take care OF tn
, bonds. If the election carried, the con
+ missioners' court would then appoir
s Improvement commissioners 10 hav
+ charge of the work and they woul
v proceed to sell the bonds, make col
k tracts for the work and keep thing
n moving until the improvements wei
e completed.
t The plan looks feasible. 1t is, to sa
h the least, fair, as every district wou
d then be paying for its own road IN
provement.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
LETTERFROM MERED|TAJAME
Writes Entertainingly Of His Stay In
the North and the Things
He Has Seen.

TO the Editor Of The Bryan Eagle:
have now finished my work in the
New York orchards. have received
the Bryan paper daily and 1t was one
OF the many pleasures of my trip. You
need not send it any more, for VIII
not be here to get it.
For the past two weeks have been
seeing the country some. ] went 10
the old soldiers reunion at Rochester
last week. From there ! went to Bur
falo, Niagara Falls, Queenstown, On
tario. Canada, Lewiston, N. T., ana
Toronton, Canada, where the great
Canadian National Exhibition Is held
II enjoyed the exhibition more than
lanything else. This fair. is the most
largely attended annual exhibition on
1.-THE American continent, reaching near
lly the million mark this year. The
livestock show alone was more than
worth the price OF the trip. Ten thou
sand animals OF the best that two con-
|tinents could produce made up this
great stock show. The display OF arts,
fruits, all branches OF agriculture,
dogs. cats and babies was just as
great. Every evening most wonder
full display Of fireworks, forming ships
in naval warfare, pictures OF the KING
and queen of England. the crown jew
els. ETC.. was pulled off in front OF the
grandstand.
The grandstand is made Of steel and
concrete. seating 10000 people, and
: cost S225.0OO. 1t faces Lake Ontario so
; that displays of fireworks can be given
out over the water.
Coming back to Niagara Falls from
Toronto across Lake Ontario, the wa
e ter was rough and one hundred and
r fourteen people got seasick. q
e I went to Walkers Glen YESTERDAY
$ which is one of the seven wonders oil
i the world" | went down by steamer
e on Geneva Lake, New York.
will leave Geneva Monday to take
in Syracuse New York state fair)
Albany, Boston, and then New YorF
l. City. will sail from New York tt
# New Orleans, September 10, and al
If though like this country fine and th'
e weather has been chilly all the while
g vet I'll be gald to get back to Texas.
MEREDITH JAMES.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
CHINESE INVADE MADISON.

Madison, Wis, Sept. "a Chinese
army has invaded Madison and the
University of Wisconsin this week and
today finds the foreigners in complete
possession. The occasion OF the in
.yasion is the second annual confer
ence of the Middle West section of the
Chinese Students Alliance OF Amer
lea. About two hundred celestials, IN
Guiding a dozen goods, are now en-
rolled in the colleges and universities
of the central states and their num-
Der will be added to this autumn by
the arrival at San Francisco this week
Of a large party of young Cinnamon
whose tuition and expenses Will be
paid by the Chinese government out
of the Boxer indemnity fund which
was returned to China by the United
States.
! Six wears ago there were less than
hundred Chinese students in all the
institutions of higher learning OF the
United States, and these were the
charter members and organizers OF the
Chinese Students Alliance OF America
The initial meeting was held at Am
herst college. With the new arrivals
of this week there will be about one
thousand Chinese in American col
leges this fall
Among the schools represented II
the conference here this week, besides
the University of Wisconsin, are chi
cago, Illinois, Northwestern, Wooster
Michigan, Ohio State, Oberlin, ono
Northern, Indiana, Missouri, Georgia
Iowa, Valparaiso and Armour Institute
The entertainment committee is com
posed of the thirty Chinese students
of Wisconsin.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
Tax Experts in Session.

Richmond, Va, Sept. 5.--Distin-
guished tax experts of the United
States and Canada are the guests OF
the Old Dominion capital today and
opened the annual conference of the
International Tax Commission. The
deliberations of the body will occupy
three or foru days and the proceed
ings will doubtless add much to the
knowledge OF taxation problems. All
phases of modern forms of taxation
will be discussed by men who know
whereof they speak. Many of the dele
gates were officially appointed by the
governors of states.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

The sugar trust has been convicted
of stealing millions from the govern
ment and has been forced to disgorge
a part of it in the shape of fines. Now
to recoup itself it has added cent a
pound to the price of sugar just at the
season when sugar is most in demand
for canning, preserving, etc. The
trusts are still rampant, in spite OF
the half-hearted prosecutions of them
by the party that created and fostered
them. And the people of all the states
are beginning to realize that the trusts
will never be controlled until there is
change of parties in the administra'
ton of the government.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
TAFT AND THE KANSAS FARMERS

n A. McNeal, editor of the Topeka
Mail and Breeze, progressive repup-
]ican newspaper, in response TO many
inquiries about the political situation
in the Suniower state says:
"A majority of the farmers OF Kan
sas are against Taft. They are more
against him today than they were SIX
months ago.
II do not agree with the opinion that
the reciprocity measure will damage
the farmers of Kansas do not be-
lieve 1t will--but am trying to tax
now about sentiment as ! find II, not
as may think it ought to be.
RECIPROCITY is unpopular among the
farmers of Kansas. They believe that
II gives them the worst of it and they
blame Taft for it. His veto OF the free
list bill and the bill reducing the tarlff
on wool and woolens adds to the senti-
ment against him.
THE farmers say that he is standing
in with the protected manufacturers
They call attention to his alleged rea'
son for vetoing the free list bill and
the wool bill--that the tariff board nae
not had time to examine the matters
affected by those bills and report.
"They say that in the case OF tht
reciprocity measure he did not wal
for any report of the tariff board bu
insisted on its going through congress
Just as it had been prepared.
Now, without stopping to argue tn
question as to whether these farmer
are right or wrong, ! am telling VIVA
find to be the facts. ] will not sa
that Mr.. Taft can not carry kansa
next year, but it looks that way t
me-"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
POLITICAL POT BUBBL|NG

Columbus, Ohio. Sept. with Pres
ident Taft, a native son Of the Buckeye
state, certain to be the republican can
didate to succeed himself, and Gov
ernor Harmon, another native son, now
in the race for democratic leadership,
Ohio may we'll claim to be the political
center of the country. The partisan
pot begins its bubbling today with the
primaries to choose candidates for the
election of November Z. There are no
state contests this year, the fall cleo
lions being municipal only. but both
parties are preparing for holly con-
tested campaigns in the belief that vic
tory in Ohio cities this year will pre-
sage presidential victory next year.
There are number of close contests
for nominations in the various cities
to be decided today. In this city
Mayor G. s. Marshall has been bitterly
opposed by the labor element because
OF his course in the street car strike,
but the field Is so split that his re-
nomination seems probable. In Toledo
Mayor Brand Whitlock will run again
as an independent, against both repub-
lican and democratic opponents. In
Cleveland, Cincinnati and other cities
there are contests for the mayoralty
nominations of both parties. AT Mas
lsillon the campaign was enlivened by
a free distribution of ice cream to all
the inhabitants of the city by one OF
1.-THE candidates for the republican may
orally nomination.
Aside from presidential and munich
pal affairs, great interest centers In
1.-The constitutional convention which
will open here in January. The cleo
Ition of delegates promises to be to
large extent non-partisan. The initia
Tive. referendum and recall and the
commission form of government fol
cities and other new ideas will be con
sidered for incorporation in the new
constitution. These measures have
found a staunch republican defende
!. lin James r. Garfield. secretary OF thu
interior in Roosevelt's cabinet, who i
a candidate for delegate to the constl
, tutional convention. II is said that tn
democrats will support him.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

The birds of passage, who at the
approach of warm weather fitted away
to the mountains, to the Northern
lakes, to the seashore or to the child
hood nest back in the old states, are
fi0cking home again; every incoming
train brings load of them. Every one
Of them had good time, but is glad
to get back. Now it is up to them to
give the Civic League and the Com
mercial Club the benefit of the new
ideas they picked up. Every one OF
them doubtless has an interesting
story to tell of what they saw and
heard that can be made useful to
Bryan.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

The question has been raised
whether temporary presiding officer
of either branch of the legislature has
the legal right to sign bill as presid-
ing officer after its passage through
both houses. Should the question be
decided in the negative, the bill re-
apportioning the legislative districts
will not become effective and the dis
tricts will remain as they are until
after the next election. In that case
Brazos county alone will elect a repre-
sentative, as heretofore.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
DEDICATE FERNBANk DAM.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 5.-Fernbank
dam, one of the greatest engineering
projects of it's kind ever attempted in
this section, was formally dedicated
today in the presence of state and city
officials and prominent men from all
the Ohio valley states.
The completion and dedication OF
the dam has been made the occasion
of a great civic celebration and home
coming reunion, which has attracted
thousands of former residents OF the
Queen City and other visitors. The
festivities will continue through the
week and will include an observance
Of the centennial of the first steam
boat on the Ohio. This was the Or
leans. which passed Cincinnati on her
maiden trip in 1911. The vessel was
built at Pittsburg by Nicholas Roose'
welt, a grand-uncle of former President
Roosevelt, and was subsequently com
manded by him.
One of the spectacular features oil
the celebration is scheduled for Friday
night and will be a pageant showing
the evolution of navigation on the
Ohio. A replica of the Orleans has
been built for this spectacle.
Numerous sporting events have beer
arranged for the week, including re
gatta on Friday afternoon and auto
mobile road races on Saturday.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
Postofflce Employees Meet.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. "a conven-
ton of the National Association OF
Postoffice Employees OF
the United States is in session here
today. The business of the meeting
will be wound up tomorrow.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

A hundred thousand people drowned
in the Yangtse-Kiang food! But what
are a hundred thousand Cinnamon
more or less? Is that the way you feel
about it? Then, to manifest real con-
Germ about it might subject you to a
suspicion of eccentricity.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

Senator La Toilette says the progress
siye republicans do not expect to win
the next presidential election, but that
they are organizing and disciplining
their forces for the campaign Of 1916.
It is not unreasonable to expect
though, that good many of the rank
and file, unwilling to wait so long, VIII
vote with the democrats next year.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

This paragraph from Robert u
Ingersoll is going the rounds: "There
is something wrong in a government
where they who do the most have the
least. There is something wrong when
honesty wears rag and rascallty a
robe. when the loving, the tender, eat
a crust, while the infamous sit at BAN
auets.'
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

That h-Hackenschmidt wrest-
ling match was very one-sided affair
so much so that it was hardly inter-
esting. and Gotch wagged on with
500 900 easy money.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

It was naturally expected that Gov
ernor Colquitt would line up for Har-
mon, but the San Antonio Express
Austin correspondent declares he VIII
refuse to take part in the struggle for
presidential preferences. And this
promises to be one of the biggest
fights of the oncoming campaign, too
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

We have heard of carpet knights
but 'ice cream colonel is a new one
It had it's origin in Virginia and was
first applied to candidate for senator
who owes his title to having been
appointed on the governors stan.
There are several ice cream colonies
in Texas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

II every citizens could be induced to
count that day lost whose low descend
ing sun sees for his town no forceful
boosting done, the hum of prosperity
would swell into roar.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

Everybody has ceased to regard Ma
dero as a joke and the more the world
learns of him the more the world is
coming to believe that he is a truly
great man.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
Ohio Shoe Dealers.

Cincinnati, Ohio Sept. 5.-To con-
slider matters of interest to the trade,
the Ohio State Retail Shoe Dealers
Association convened here today for
session that will extend through the
week.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

The Topeka Mail and Breeze says
.sMany things we buy now are poorer
in quality than they used to be years
ago. but farm machinery is not among
them" But machinery, however good,
will not last long or give satisfaction
If left out in the weather when not
in use
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

The mosquito is bird of prey more
destructive than the eagle, the owl,
the hawk and the tabled harry, all
combined. On with the war OF ex'
termination against the mosquito!
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

The Beaumont Enterprise says; 1T
is estimated that Chicagoans eat
twenty pigs feet each year." AS there
are over two million Chicagoans this
seems scarcely enough for each to get
smell.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

The manufacturer who first gets
into the market with the Jake VOL
ters" five-cent cigar will gather in the
sheckels.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

The Eagle believes in reciprocity OF
valuable commodities, but not in the
exchange of worthless taffy which
some newspapers carry on ad nau-
seam.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

Neither France nor Germany has
even a tax tile to either Morocco or
Congo, yet they are dickering over
trade just as if they had warranty
dapdq
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

We agree with the San Antonio Re-
public and others who believe that no
man should be eligible to cast ballot
who is not able to make out his own
ticket.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05

subscribers will confer e favor on
the management by telephoning the
office promptly when carriers Iaia "
deliver the paper. or when change Oh
residence occurs.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-05
CONTRIBUTED BY COMMERCIAL
SECRETARIES ASSOCIATION.

The leading railroads of Texas have
been bringing immigration specials
into the state during the past ten days,
and many more are scheduled for the
near future. The trains have been
sent to different sections OF the state,
but South Texas perhaps receives the
largest percentage of the homeseekers.
One of the necessities for future
growth lies in attracting settlers TO
our state who shall make their homes
among us. If they are intelligent ana
patriotic and willing to work It does
not matter where they come from. we
need more industrial workers and TO
obtain them we must treat them as
we would like to be treated. We must
not only extend the glad hand but we
must give them square deal.
Bad roads keep down land values
and smother progress. They make
rural SCHOOLS IdlluIc anu i"ii' '''~
drudgery. They discourage the raising
OF fine stock and encourage the use
Of ramshackle vehicles. They destroy
local pride and make country and in
dividual pride an impossibility.
Mr.. d. NJ. Fields of Willis, who has
large duck farm, has just closed e
deal with Louisiana parties for fiocK
OF ducks of very fine species. Mr..
Fields who has one of the few en-
elusive duck farms OF Texas raises
only the best grade of birds and finds
the raising of these fowls for the mar
ket a profitable investment
Bad roads encourage that wnicn
should not be done and discourage thai
which should be done. They leac
through the slough of despond' II
this life and afford small opportunity
of fitting oneself for anything better
in the world to come. To paraphrast
Goldsmith I'LL fares the land-ts
fastening ills subjected, where nut
aocumulates and roads are CONSTANT!
! neglected"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-25
4 Glove Hint,

From woman's Home Companion.
Before putting pair OF gloves In
your glove box, button one glove to
the other. and you will never find
yourself with a mismated pair.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-25
WHICH WHICH \ HI BOARD BOARD IS
TO PAY Teachers
WILL LIKELY HAVE
TO WAIT AWHILE.
chance With THE BANK
win Cash No Warrants Until Legal Is
suers Are Dctcrmincd-\clthcr
side aggressive.

As the end Of the school term draws
to close the teachers IN the Tulsa
schools are beginning to worry about
whore and how their salaries are GO
ing to be paid Tulsa has two boards
Of education, but which is going TO
pay the sarares Of tine teachers,
The old hoard states that II Is the
legal board; the new board says the
same thing. But who knows which is
which. The bank IN which the school
funds are deposited cannot safely take
a chance on either board, as by SO
doing 1t might possibly take wrong
step.
From all appearances, the teachers
in the city schools must go without
schools are deposited with the Central
National Bank j. NJ Berry. cashier
Of the bank states that he is unwll-
ing 10 he dragged Into the contro-
versy However, 1t Is understood that
he will honor none of the drafts is
sued by either board until he is legally
certain that which ever boards war
rants are honored is vested with the
authority To issue the warrants.
This means that until the matter is
threshed out there will be nothing
doing insofar as the bank is concern
ed
The old hoard is steadily refusing to
take any steps towards the ousting OF
the new board. The new board has
made no signs to the effect that it will
take the sQuabhle into court
The old board states that II is not
IT'S place to assume theresponslbllity
of carrying the matter into court; the
new board says the same thing. The
suggestion has been made that the
old board should at least take action
against G. r. Reuter- who has IN his
possession thesecretary's books. A
writ of replevin, a quo warranto,
or similar proceeding should he
brought against Reuter- by the old
board to obt6'n possession Of the
books II will demonstrated indirect
ly which Is the legal Tulsa board Of
education.