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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
GAMBLE RETURNS HOME
Inclined to Think Charles Henderson
 Will Not Have Opposition

Troy, December 3.-(SpecialD-Senator John Gamble has returned from Birmlng- ham. where he has been attending the democratic executive committee meetins of Alabama He stated that he was well pleased with the result of the meeting' though some measures that he approved were not adopted by the committee. MT. Gamble stated that he was in favor or nominating officers by the direct primary method. but that the convention system might work just as well, and that it was really immaterial which method the state smployed to nominate the national ticket or delegates to the national convention.
 When interviewed with regard to the re-. nomination of MT. Charles Henderson or this office would have any showing at railroad commission of Alabama. an office which he now holds, MT. Gamble stated that he did not think any opponent for this offoce would have any showing at all He stated that there was a good oeai of opposition to MT. Henderson In the black belt section but that the opposition was weak. both az to prospective candl- date and his following. The outcome of it all, thinks Mir Gamble, will be the renomination and reelection of MT. Hen derson to his present office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
PRESIDENT TAFT
 PLAYS SANTA CLAUS

Washington, December 23.-Presi- dent Taft played Santa Claus today to
 two score policemen, more than 20 clerks, the secret service men, who are on guard at the executive offices, and dozens of other employees of the White House. To each policeman and married man employed about the White House outside the office force the steward presented a fat fowl with the compliments of the President and Mrs. Taft Each clerk found an enve- lope with $5 gold piece in it on his desk.
 The President himself acted as Santa Claus for the secret service men who have travelled with him from Boston to Seattle, from Washington to Panama and many other journeys. Each guard was given a gold stickpin.
 One present for MT. Taft himself that had reached the White House came from Postmaster Dugger at Tusca- loosa, Ala. It was a 45 pound turkey, one of the largest ever sent to assist in the Christmas dinner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
POLITICS IN ST. CLAIR
Not Yet Known Whether Republicans Will Nominate Ticket

Ashville, December 2S.-(Special)-Loca politicians and officeseekers will enter the campaign with renewed vigor now that the date of the primary has been set for April 1. This will give three months for campaigning, which is con- sidered a long time. Whether the re- publicans will have a ticket in the field
 or not has not been determined, but II is expected that they will put out ticket from convention which will be called
 some time after the first of the year. The School Improvement society gave an excellent entertainment at the High
 school auditorium at Ashvile Friday
 night. It was a bad night, but "a good
 crowd attended. The play was carried
 out in three acts and the way the parts were delivered was a credit to the peo- pie in the play and the citizens of the town. neat sum was realized for the
 School Improvement society at Ashville. The St. Clair County High school at Odenville closed out for the holidays on
 Friday afternoon by rendering an excel lent programme.
 The boys and girls are arriving from the
 different colleges to spend the holidays at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Christmas Trade Not so Good

Decatur, December 3.-(Special. lowing to the low price of cotton and the fact that many farmers have held their cot ton, Christmas trade in the two Decaturs and in this part of the state has not been as good this year as formerly. How ever, the prospects for the new year are bright, and it is believed that the com. ing year will be one of the best that this part of the state has experienced In many years. In the two Decaturs the past year thas been year of progress and improvement Many fine residences and costly business blocks have been erected, and many public Improvements in the way of sidewalks and street paving have been made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
DIR. CAMPBELL IN
 EXECUTIVE CHARGE
Will Assume New Duties When Dr. Denny Leaves Washington
 and Lee

Lexington, Va, December 2s.-(Special) ) Pending further action by the trustees, the administrative and executive duties of the university will from January l, 1912, devolve upon pr. H. D. Campbell, dean of the university. and upon John l.. Campbell, treasurer of the univer- sity.
 The university commons, situated be- tween the dormitory and the library, was ] opened this fall with accommodations for 150. The building is of red brick in colonial style and presents fine appear ance with its front of six round columns. Two important changes are noted-the automatic rule by which a student sewers his connection with the university pro- vided his record at the close of any term is F on more than half of his tickets; the examination period reduced to six instead of 10 days, and examinations limited to three hours each
 The w. and l.. football team was placed sixth in the ranking of south Atlantic teams Despite the fact that there was the greatest wealth of new material, the rating is just, since none of the big
 
 that the team did not become a unified fighting machine.
 There Is plenty of good basketball ma terial, and all confidently expect a team to be proud of. They are planning trip in the south during the holidays. Glas- gow having found it necessary to resign captain the five will be led again by Hannis.
 The Y. M. c. A. meetings have main- tained average attendance equal to that of other years. The principal actlv- ity during the term was in the Bible study department. Over 200 men were engaged in that work This, we believe, eclipses all our former records. The student vol unteers in the university at the opening of the session were two, now there are six. The piano purchased at the open ing of the session and placed in the as sembly room has increased many fold the musical efficiency of the meetings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
FAMILY POISONED
 AND TWO ARE DEAD

Henderson, Ky, December 23,-While the coroner began inquiry into the fatal poisoning of the Royster fam fly at Robards last night the sheriff moved rapidly today, arresting Phillip Burs, said to have been a rejected ad- mirer of one of the Royster sisters, and formerly employed on the Royster estate. Of the persons stricken in the home last night two are dead today. They are Henry Royster, aged IS years, and a negro cook.
 Thomas Royster and a daughter, Lo- rena, are seriously i'll, but physicians who worked over them for hours after the poisoned food had been eaten said they and other members of the family would recover. 8 sx
 The splan adopted to poison the fam fly was accomplished, it is believed, through malt sent to the Roysters sup posedly by friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
News of TuSkegee

Tuskegee, December 23.-(Special.)- Frank V. Evans, one of the examiners of public accounts, has been here for several days going over the books oH the county officials.
 day or two have largely affected the sale of holiday goods, and the merchants are not so cheerful over the outlook. Early shopping, however, caused a very good re- moval of this class of goods after all.
 The tax assessor and collector are very busy now rounding up the years work.
 The political pot has begun to boil here, three candidates having announced for county superintendent of education. The other officers of the county will be re- nominated without opposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
PAROLE CONNECTS

Montgomery, December 23.-Gov. Elm nett O'Neal today paroled for life 26 convicts and for from 20 to 90 days four others as his Christmas gift to Alabama prisoners. Those freed by the executive order had been convicted of crimes ranging from robbery to mur- der.
 Not single full pardon was grant ed and each parole is conditioned upon future good behavior.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Mrs. ]. M. Grooms Dead

Huntsville. December 23-(Special. .)l-Mrs. J. M. Grooms, aged 67 years, died yester- day at the home of her son, w. IT.. Grooms, at New Castle, while she was there on a visit. Mrs. Grooms is sur vived by the following sons and daugh- ters: J. W. Grooms of Prospect, Tenn I. J. Grooms of Limestone county, J. B. Grooms of Lax, w. H. Grooms of New Castle, Mrs. ". R. Mitchell of Centre Hill, Mrs R. V. Newby of Athens and Mrs. w. T. Davis of Limestone county. The body was brought to Huntsville and in- tered in Maple IIill cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

Booklet on Sanatorium and Home Treatment of Drug Addic o n S Drunkenness and Tobacco and Cigar cite Habits. containing testimonials, etc, sent sealed under plain cover. Correspondence confidential Address Chas. R. James Sanatorlum. Dept. 8, 133 Poplar avenue. Memphis, Tenn. The only sanatorium operated under a state license. that has a record of 90 per cent cured to their credit. or that has been engaged in the exclusive treatment of Alcoholism, Drug Addictions. Cigarette and Tobacco Habits for more than ten years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
West Huntsville Mill to Resume

Huntsville, December Special )--Ths West Huntsville Cotton mill, after an Idle ness of about two years. will resume op- erations next week with full comple- ment of operatives. The plant will grve employment to about 200 people or a few more than that number. and they are coming in on every train to begin work. The cotton mills of this section are hav- ing no trouble in keeping their forces of operatives full. Their recruits come from the small farmer class who have made no money on the farm during the last two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Record in Cotton Production

Huntsville. December S,-(Special.)--A lison Baker. farmer of Hurricane. Mad ison county, has established record here in the production of cotton, having pro- duced S200 pounds of lint cotton on 1.-two acres. Baker has been using the ground for other crops during the last twd years before this. and fertilized 1t with stable manure, He planted 1t in cotton last spring and the yield has just been ascer- tained He got more than 1000 pounds of lint cotton and more than ton of seed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

ing. I used the ointment he gave me and without any relief at all. Then l wrote for book on Cuticura, and pur- chased some Cuticura Soar, and Ont, directions in the Cuticura Booklet, and when she was one year old, she was entirely cured. Now she is three years and four months, and she has never been troubled with eczema since she was cured by the Cuticura Soap and C,lticura Ointment" (Signed) Mrs. Freeman Craver, 311 Lewis St., Syra- cuse. N. Y., May 6, 1911.
 Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold throughout the world, but to those who have tried the usual remedies and found them wanting, and who have lost faith in everything, liberal sample of each, with 32-p. book on the skin, will be sent post-free, on application to Potter Drug | Chem Corn Dent PA Boston. Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
FREE DRUG CURE

tOn receipt of letter giving kind and quantity of drug used. how used. age and physical condition, we will send per express. charges prepaid, FREE SAMPLE of either JAMES TREATMENT for Hypodermic use MENT for internal use. Samples are wrapped In strong paper, with nothing on package to indicate con- tents or by whom shipped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Escape From Madison County Jail

Huntsville, December 3.-(Special.)- Claud Newby, charged with carrying con cealed weapons and violating the prohibi- ton law, and a hobo celmate, whose name is unknown, escaped from the Mad- ison county jail yesterday. They sawed out a bar in their cell window and made rope of their hammocks. with which they lowered themselves to the street three stories below.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Young Man ROhhed

Anniston. December 23-( -(Special)- Nora Phillips, Clay county planter was sandbagged and robbed of sl0 by Luther Fowler, young white man in Anniston Friday night. Fowler was ar rested tonight and placed in the city prison. Phillips has shown his money in a rowdy house, where Fowler saw 1t. When he left he was followed by the young man and was later robbed by him,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Decatur's New City Hall

Decatur, December 23.--(Special)- catur's new $2o,Ooo city hall is being built rapidly. The walls for the first story are almost completed, and the work Is being pushed as rapidly as possible When completed it will be one of the best buildings of the kind In this end eof the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Report Absurdly False

New York, December 23.-The Mexican vice consul here says that dispatch re- porting the sale by the Mexican govern ment to the United States government of a portion of Lower California is absurdly false, because, under the Mexican consti- ution, no territory can be alienated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Colonel Kenan Dead

Charlotte, N. C.. December 2S.-Col. Thomas S, Kenan, clerk of the North Carolin., supreme court since 1886, died at his home in Raleigh this morning after an illness of several months. Colonel Kenan was lawyer and democrat and a Confederate veteran.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

her lace, neck ana back. When she first came down with it, it came in little watery- like testers under her eyes, and on her chin, then after a few days it would dry down in scaly, white scabs. In the daytime she was quite worrysome and would dig and scratch her face nearly all the time.
 "I consulted our physician and found she was suffering from eczema, which he said came from her teeth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Road Bond Election

Jasper December 23.-(Special. )-The road bond election will be held March 12 The board of county commissioners unan- imously passed all resolutions necessary for calling and conducting the election The proposed bond issue will be $3Oo,010
 The amount of interest for said bond issue shall not exceed the rate of 5 per cent per annum. One hundred thousand dollars are to be expended for the con- struction of roads each year for three years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

will be furnished at the following prices;
 Whiskey, Wine or Beer ..$12.50 Tobacco, Cigarette or Snuff .... 800 Nervousness and Insomnia .... 500
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
Mrs. Godbold III

Montgomery, December 23.-(Special J. Mrs. N. D. Godbold of Wilcox county Is i'll in Montgomery, where she has been operated upon. Her husband, State Sen ator N D. 9Godbold, is with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

remarkable, and is a great advertise ment for the Sand mountain country, showing what intelligent and modern farming methods can produce on the mountain. MT. Lumpkin had his prod ucts on exhibition at the Marshall coun- ty fair, held here in October, and carried away a number of premiums. In addi- tion to the statement above. Mrs. Lump kin's profits on chicken and eggs Is also remarkable. as she realizes a neat sum annually from her poultry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
ECZEMA CAME
 FROM TEETH|NG
Watery. Testers Dried in Scabs. Would Dig and Scratch Her Face. Used Cuticura Soap and 0int-
 ment and Was Cured.

"When my little girl was about eight months old, she was taken with very irritating breaking out, which came on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
JAMES HOME CURE REMEDIES

new resolutions for home.. health and happiness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
r FARMER'S RECORD
 IN ALbERTWLLE
J. B. H. Lumpkin on 20 Acres Makes Net Prof
 it of $145O

Albertville, December 23.-specia1)- In winding up his years business J. B. IF. Lumpkin, a well to do resident of AL bertville has made a report on his small farm near the city MT. Lumpkin owns a small farm just in the corporate linn it's of the city, and with 20 acres in cul- tivation worked with one horse, he made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24
OZARK IS VISITED
 BY MORNING FIRE
Several Buildings Damaged But He roic Work Saves $200,000 Worth
 of Property

Ozark, December 23-(Special.)-Ffre of side of the square in the two story build ing owned by Hill & Morgan at o'clocl this morning. The volunteer fire compan. promptly responded, and by heroic work saved $2O0,000 worth of property. The losses are, on second floor: Tele- phone exchange. $5OO no insurance.
 H. B. Bowling, 5000; no insurance.
 Dr. E. B. Ard; not given.
 Dr. Malcom Grace, $200.
 Damage to building, 5000; insurance, $25oO
 Smith & Bowling, general merchandise, first floor, stock ruined by water. $eOOo; insurance, $S0o0.
 Whaley 6 Bro, stock injured, $500. No insurance.
 Rain was falling, but a large number of people turned out to watch the results, as great interests were at stake.
 The Ozark City bank continues it's business, though it's founder and presi- dent, the late William Garner is dead The business is in charge of William Garner, Jr., and Ralph Garner. the two sons of William Garner. A new presi- dent will be elected some time in the first months of the new year. MT. Gar ner's will left everything in the hands of the widow during her life, and. as he owned nearly all the stock, there is no hurry to elect a successor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

The agricultural agent for the Central of Georgia railroad has selected 50 acres of land at Florence to be used as a dem demonstration farm. The Central is es- tablishing there farms throughout Ala
 bama and Georgia The farm will be
 under the direct supervision of Alexander
 McRea,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-26

the Chicago Republic off the hands of Charles A. Dana, Dom Piatt became the Washington correspondent of the Cinein- nati Commercial and held the position for several years. If you will take down IIarper's Monthly for about 1870 and read My Presentation at Court or The Os- tend Manifesto,'' both by Piatt, you will spend a delicious hour and have some idea of what daily letter from Washing ton from that pen was.
 When Piatt established The Capital, H. V Redfield, who had won his spurs as a newspaper man in Tennessee, succeeded to the Washington correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial. When you are reading Smolett you think him better than Fielding; when you are reading Fielding you say he is better than Smol- lett, and 1t is the same as you read Dick ems and Thackeray, and l recall that Mack was better than either Piatt or Redheld, that Piatt was better than either Mack or Redfeld, and that Red field was better than either Piatt or Mack" There are a score of best law yers, and there are 50 best novels.
 Redfield was commissioned by the Com mercial to go out to Minnesota and see how the Northern Pacific railroad was getting on. In a series of the most re- markable letters ever printed in news paper he told the story of the road and the climate These letters made Jay Gould a bankrupt and precipitated the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-26

of the lot, east or west He must have studied Iomin, and certain it is that he was both strategist and tactlcan. No doubt General Lee found his letters what Horace Greeley called mighty interesting reading.
 After the war, Townsend became a fix- ture in .'the row. at Washington Mo- Cullough had invented the Interview, , but it was left to Townsend to delve into that mine as none other did, and the quantity of journalistic wealth. to name it, that he extracted from 1t was as val uable as 1t was enormous.
 His versatility was bonndless, his read ing vast and varied and his style captivae- ing. He had both a passion and genius for labor, and his physical as well as his mental constitution was stalwart. robust. He was prone to the discursive, and when in his prime it was delightful; bur later in life it became almost vice, and it is possible that Tristan Shandy' Is his favorite English classic. He was also 2, strong partisan, though at one time he was supposed to be laboring under the malady of what subsequently became known as 'mugwumpery,' but in very mild form. That was when he. in connec- tion with Dom Platt, established the Washington Capital, that became the Tony Lumpkin of American journalism. I think read at the time that Townsend remained with the Capital only three weeks. because he and Platt were nor agreed upon any political issue other than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-26

~ FORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND
 years and ten some days ago, and on that occasion received the congratula- tions and good wishes of numerous of his friends who gathered at his home for that purpose The death of the veteran Shaw last year left MT. Townsend the dean of that worthy cloth, Washington Culloch, Platt, Redfield, Ramsdel, Gibson. White, Richardson, Washington and oth- CTS who made Letters from Washing tom the cream of American journalism. Henry Watterson, it is true, is an older man, and was a Washington correspon- dent ere Townsend painted his fingers with printers ink, but we think. of Mars Henry'' as the editon-in- not as the contributor.
 Townsend was first introduced to large constituency as a war correspond ent" Bull Rum Russell, an English man. saw the "foot-race" from Ma nassas to the Long Bridge, July 21, 1861 and gave a graphic picture of 1t in the London Times that loyal folk read with chagrin and indignation, whereupon lead ing American journals sent correspond ents to the front with rowing commls- sons to discover, to speculate, to narrate. and to criticse. Townsend was one of the representatives of the New York Her aid. and by all odds the most brilliant. the most copious, and the most successful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-26

9 Sweden, however. and Norway, hav- ing barred the use of poisonous phospho- rus for matches intended for home con- sumption, permit it's use for export trade. These Swedish matches are exceedingly cheap. Thrifty folk, those svensk, those Norsei
 3. The nonpoisonous substitute is pro- tected by patents in France, England, Germany, the United States, etc. The owners of that patent in this country are the Diamond Match company, which ap- pears to be a branch of the Bryant & May company in England.
 1. In order to facilitate an agreement in England three years ago for the barring of poisonous match manufacture, the Bryant & May company voluntarily surrendered their patent rights to commission repre- senting all manufactures. This action en- abled the English government to join with other governments in the agreement to eliminate all trade in the poisonous matches.
 5. In this land the Diamond Match Go. has just taken the same step or it's equiv alent, as described in a recent issue of the Scientific American, which a valued correspondent has kindly mailed to me. This is apparently the clear gift of the American rights over the patented sub stance to the whole nation.
 6. Evidently, therefore, there can be no question now of protecting the one man ufacturer against another, though .5u- eral action should positively bar the man ufacture of poisonous matches. All may use the sesqui-sulphide, as patented by the French.