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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09

Mr.. Resler, is expected in a few
days.
The Columbus agency will have
jurisdiction along the Southern
railway in this vicinity. the
Southern railway in Mississippi.
and the Mobile & Ohio railroad.
exerting its efforts toward the
further agricultural and indus
-tuis.a s,evvispmcns III cnc tu4ri~r--
traversed by these lines.
The establishment of this new
Office of the Land and Industrial
Department of these railroads is
another indication of the increas-
ing efforts on their part to aid in
the DEVELOPMENT of the country
they serve by exploiting its adj
and attractions in every
proper manner in the endeavor
10 attract desirable settlers and
from the sections out
side the south.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09
FIGHT ON DISEASE
TAKEN TO NATCHEz
TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBIT PACKS
Director noutsahn Held by Co
lumbus Attractions lias i.in-
asrsd Longer Here Than Us.
ual, IIul Also Working

Tho Tuberculosis Exhibition
headquarters is iusl being CLOSED
up. preparatory 20 moving the
exhibit 10 Natchoz According 10
Director Routzahn n week Il usu.
ally taken IN closing up the bust.
ness. packing up the exhibits.
and finishing up the follow.up
work in each tnWn. But The al
lurcment Of Columbus and par.
ticulurly the possibility Of h wing
a pleasant place IN which to work
for a few days led to q longer
stay here.
During the past week the mod
els have been gone over and
much repair work has been doue
on the exhibits. in addition to
general campaigning and plans
for the work touching various
parts of Mississippi. Then there
has been conference by mail
with workers in dilferents parts
of the South who hive been writ
ing here for special information
and suggestions. A pretty good |
sized business is done along with |
the general campaigning in help |
ing the towns the exhibition
has left behind in planning for
the general campaign in the
states yet to be touched.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09
TO HAVE
orFICE HERE

vas made
Friday by the mv~..- & Ohio r.
R.. .and Southern Railway that an
Office Of their Land and Indus
trial Department Will be opened
in this city on April Is, in charge
of f. E. Resler, who will be pro-
noted from a position in the
Western Agency at st. Louis.
A letter to this effect was re-
ceived by Secretary Weatherly
of the Columbus Business League
in reply to repeated communica-
tons from the Business League
urging the establishment of such
an agency here. Mr.. w. l.. Hen
derson, the agent at Mobile, with
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09

Mr.. E. B. Lang, representing
the law firm of Herbert and Mi
cou of Washington, is in Colum-
bus securing claims for cotton
seized and sold by the govern
ment after the war. Mr.. Lang
comes indorsed by former Con-
gresham E. ]. Bowers of Gulf
port. Mr.. Hilary Herbert. head
of the firm he represents. was
Secretary of the Navy under
President Cleveland. Herbert
and Micou take claims for COM
mission of Is per cent.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09

The ictmps nov on
dispIal n induatrinl lnsti.
tutc NJ BY the rcnown.
cd Am tan3 ist Mr. NJ. viii.
lam ~ ars atinf Intense in
tercst ,ion11 Iovers Of high.
class h, H eity, ~ we'll as
anon td tkue ADf the col.
lcgo. % orc can afford to
miss ils irh irtrpat that Is
seldom sivcn apIace the size
of q limbuA Mr Silva is an
artist born. A with natural
gifts 4, has WI ,ln tho past few
years aimed II own by serious
study Heisn ltivc Of Georgia.
He spent his q rIy years In and
around Savanli b. From there he
went 70 IllaNka nouRa. Wnere ne
was tor many . RS in business.
All this time k0wever, he found
time 20 indulge bis artistic taste
in sketchin0 and painting and
the outcome was SO delightful
and encouraging that he finally
gave up his business in Chatta-
nooga and with his wife went to
Paris in 1907 where he studied
for t~o years with won.
derful results After working
earnestly with The masters he
was soon recofnized by them to
be a genius and In a very short
period was famous. His inter- !
pretations arc presentations of
home and FOREIGN landscapes, as
we'll Is Other studies. are a reve-
atiod ti &c fine art, who
o4dil, u Il. - parchase MIS-
,ictursss ha display has hem
IN exhibiticn N Memphis and by
an invitation 'of Miss Pennell. |
who is at the head of the fine
arts at the college. and President
Whitfield, Mr. Silva consented
% come here, principally for arts
'ake. 1t would be a difficult task
9 do justice to the exhibit. So
ar are we from doing it, we
would advise every one who pos
iibly can to see it for themselves.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09
GOVERNORS WILL CALL BIG
CONVENTION FOR COLUMBUS
Business League Gets Word Governors Noel and OHea VIII
IOIN Movement which Brings Here May 3O-3l
Most Prominent Men Of The Country

! a bic convention Of the Tom.
bigbcc River Improvement Asso.
citation 10 be held In Columbus
May 80-3l. with many Of tho
most prominent men in the South
present. Is now a certainty. The
Columbus Business League, which
fathered the movement, has been
notified by Governor Noel and
Governor O'Ncal Of Alabama
that a joint call for the conven-
ton will be issued by them at an
early date. Besides the two gov
ernors. who will be executive
head Of The association, the fol-
lowing prominent men will com
pose the executive committee:
Governors f.. f. Noel and EN-
met O'Neal; Senators John
Sharp Williams, II. ID. Money,
Leroy Percy, John II. Bankhead.
and Johnson; Congressman r. P.
Hobson. e. S. Gambler. Oscar w.
Underwood, Geo. w. Taylor, Ben
G. Humphries and S. A. Wither-
spoon; J.ss M. Acker and Julius
Reubel, Aberdeen John 7. White,
G. r Horton, J. NJ. SomerviIle
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09

One picture that has bee
ly admired is a group of trees on
the Savannah coast, so real and
inviting one has a desire to sit
under the boughs rest and enjoy
the nearness of the ocean. An
ctlor .arceietab,s y.e.d.s1 Is a
snow storm in Washington. One
could stand for hours and gaze
upon its seeming realistic beau
ties. 1t has been said that no
one has ever been able to paint
sand with quite the same mar
velous touch that Mr.. Silva has
achieved. Several pictures show
ing sands and the mist may be
seen to advantage among the
other artistic gems. The gallery
will be open to the public free
every day from 8 to 4 and at
evening from 2 to 8 until the
Of the week.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09
Ball Game Tuesday.

The first base ball game to be
played in Columbus this season
will be at Lake Park Tuesday af-
ternoon. when the quick team
from the Franklin Academy will
meet the Southern Christian Col
lege boys of West Point
The local team won a game on
April 3. in West Point. from the
Christian College, and they viii
make every effort to capture
honors in the coming game,
whieh viii he called at $50 p m.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09

Hon. Jas. K. Vardaman, can
didate for the U. S. Senate, viii
speak in Artesia next Wednes-
day. A large crowd from this
city will probably attend.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09
MURDER BREAKS UP
A NEGRO CONCERT
DHOwnnlGG sTADs (; ESCAPES
Jes Crlss Tries 10 Enter Hall In
Queen City Hotel 10 Re
hsafss for 9th
of May.

Murder broke up n c0nrert re-
hemsal nj the hotel for negroes.
tho Queen City. conducted bj
Robert Walker. at II O'Clock
Thursday night. when the par.
ticipanta In the show which was
being made ready for the 9Th
day Of May heard of what had
happened and the women were
set screaming by the bloody
sight they saw In the ditch out
side. About getting into the con.
cert hall, II seems, n row started
between the negroes Robt. Brown
rigg, about 20 years old. driver
for the Columbus Cleaning and
Pressing club. and Joe Grice.
about II, who worked at press
ing concern run by his brother,
John, across the street from the
Queen City hotel. Brownrigg
was door keeper for the concert
and he not only kept Grice from
coming in but stabbed him to
death, cutting his throas, sever
ing the juglar. and driving the
knife hilt deep into breast and
back. Either of tie wounds, DIR.
Henry said, was fatal. That is
the last record q Brownrigg in
Columbus. Alt tbough officers got
close behind min at Artesia the
next night, he got away. Chief
Munger feels Confident that ne
will get him Pon.
Wien theeall was sent into \
police adluarters immediately
siier flle ril1inr 0iIzeezs 6ook |
er,S a sil4 IIal] lI'6|zIs fesEs3nd
u. but l fEownrieS had disap- |
Deared. Al minute or so later
Chief Munger arrived from his
home. He at once had the en-
tire neighborhood searched and
sent men into the country in sew
sral directions. 1t Is supposed !
that the negro caught in the
yard an M. & o. freight train
which passed here about mid
night for Artesia.
AS nearly as could be ascer-
aimed from the four eye Wit
1esses to the killing, Will Jones,
Sam Holman, John Grice and
Sandy Edwards. all negroes,
3rownrigg kept Grice from en-
;ering the hall on the ground
hat he had no right there. Later.
he row begun. was renewed in
he street. They clinched and |
vent into the ditch, where
3rownrigg was seen to stab sew
.ral times. One of the witnesses,
Sam Holman, says Grice first at
acted Brownrigg with a stick.
ind others say that Grice had a
stick in his hand at the time.
there are rumors
among the negroes that John
irice held Brownrigg while his
brother. who was killed, beat
lin with the stick. no witnesses
lave so far been found who
make such testimony to the po-
ice.
Chief Munger got wind Friday
that Brownrigg was
lear Artesia with kin people. and
ient two plain clothes men to the
pot. These men, who are still
m the trail, believe that when
hey started across a field to the
louse where Brownrigg was,
bout a mile from Artesia.a negro
him and he got away.
negro woman at the house said
Ie had been gone two hours.
Brownrigg is the son of Robert
Srownrigg, driver of street
Iack, and belongs to an old fam
" of negroes. He has a bad
'olice record. shooting craps and
isturbing the peace. his de-
cription is : 5 feet Z inches high.
Teight $50 pounds. freckled. red |
d color, large round head. grey.
ock-eyes. Grice had no po-
ce record. He was smaller
nan Brownrigg.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09

rather go the penitentiary Tor 3o
years than to see his friends suf-
fer.
tuesday morning Steele, pelng
recalled to the stand, helped out
the governments case by saying
that the bagus bills OF iading
were sent through the mails to
mr. van Gerpen in New York,
VINO thinking them genuine, dis
posed OF them to New York
panks Mr. Van Gerpen ard y,
= ecnineues an ONCE ernpioye
- 'ne iar we're the Other witt
| s u 2e Qs aehz1R< IeS
l|sss X Pom '1st I
he had kRl' pnt ne had never
seen Miller get or mail any let
ters. This was done by Norris, !,
the stenographer.
Steele was again recalled and
identified drafts from Van Ger
pen, which he said Miller had
signed.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09

Miss Helen Hampton who is
attending college in Arlington.
Va, has many friends in this
city who regret . learn Of her
illness.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09
MAY GET is YEARS ON FIRST INDICTMENT
Eight Other indictments Held Against Member Cotton Firm
SiesIe.Mler & Co.--Cases Of Steele, lInds and
Mcknight Open al Aberdeen Monday

John II. Miller member Of the failed cotton firm OF Steele,
Miller Co.. yesterday In Aberdeen found guilty OF using
the United States mail dsud the first Of nine indictments
the brought against him. No evidence presented
by the defense Judge Niles will sentence when the
trials Of Steele. Lnde and McKni Rht ended
This first indictment of Miller contains three counts on each
which be sentenced the pentenary for five years
There indictments against Steele Lnde and Mcknight
Their cases. the other indictments against Miller will
Monday
The arguments the defense closed before yesterday
At 1916 the Miller in the hands Of the jury and at
1880 verdict of guilty charged returned At o'clock
Miller in the custody of United States marshal was lodged in
Jail.
All these indictments the result Of the Investigations OF
Post Office Inspector Watson of Columbus.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-04-09

Of which he may be sentenced TO
There are six indictments ag'
Their cases, with the other indict
Monday.
The arguments for the deft
At 1915 the case of Miller was
1890 a verdict of guilty as char,
Miller, in the custody of a Unit
Jail.
All these indictments are
Post Office Inspector Watson of c
The Steele Miller trial which
now bids fair to run through
another week, was opened in Abb
erdeen in TIM United States dis
trict court Wednesday, morning
and the first witness .alled to
testify as to bogus bills of lad
ing, with which members of the
cotton firm are charged by the
government with using the
mails to defraud, was Mr.. c. H.
G. Linde. who for the past six
months has made hls home in
Columbus. Mr.. Linde was q part
ner of Steele Miller & Co. which
last y s.:a n
mons Of dollars. having out at the !
TINS it is said, forged bills Of
ls hg for some 10000 bales of
ff5n-existant cotton.
Mr.. Linde is from Bremen.
Germany. and his work with the
firm was to sell cotton abroad
and to look after foreign agents.
1t was while he was in Europe
that the forged bills of ladings
were first used. it seems. and
when he returned to Corinth,
their main Office. Steele-Miller &
Co., was short %, bales of
cotton.
The duties of the other men,
bers of the firm, L.. C. Steele !
and ]. H. Miller, MIR. Linde said,
were to buy cotton and to man.
age the financial department.
Mr.. Linde stated that Miller forg- |
ed the railroad agents name to
the bills of lading in the Corinth
office and gave directions as to |
their disposition. 1t was upon
these forged bills, attached to
drafts. that the firm got money |
by sending them through the
mails. Only foreign houses, ex-
cept Mr.. F. Van Gerpen. a
New York exchange broker, were !
caught, it seems, wher the crash |
came, and these foreign houses
were the friends of Mr.. Linde.
The witness said that the con-
duct of the firms business had
cost him all the friends he had |
at home. He said that when he
found the shape that things were
in, he ID Steele had done all
they c. ID to get the firm out of
the no Asked by w. d. Hous-
ton, al orney for Miller. if he did
not by testifying against Miller
hope to escape punishment, Mr..
Ende replied that his only hope
was to clear the stain of it all
from his name.
Mr.. Steele was then called to
the stand and corroborated the
testimony as to bills of lading.
Steele said Miller kept a little
red book in which were recorded
the marks set forth in the forg-
ed bills. Where the red book is
now he said he did rot know, al
though it was in the Office up to
the firms failure. At the time
of the failure he believed there
was enough cotton on hand. Sc
cured with money obtained on
false bills Of lading. to cover
them. Steele said that in order
to protect local banks and friends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
SOCIETY, GIRLS WILL PLAY
 SANTA CLAUS AT HOSPITAL

An advanced message has been received from St. Nicholas that the children of the Hillman hospital charity wards will be included in his round of visits on Christmas eve. A group of philanthropic girls, members of St. Mary y's-on-the-High- lands Episcopal church, have whispered to him that they will be his first aides in preparing the tiny Christmas trees for each child with stockings filled with San ta Claus joys and toys for every boy and girl.
 The organization, which Is yet unnamed, for charitable purposes among the so- ciety girls of Birmingham was effected d few days ago by nearly 20 of the most attractive of the younger girls and debut antes. Miss Clara Lee Woodson has been elected temporary president with Miss Virginia Underwood as secretary and treasurer The Christmas spirit of giv- ing and playing Kris Kingle to little children who do not even know of the proposed trip down the steam radiator at the hospital, was the inspiration of the organization and although this band was organized for this Christmas, the mem bers plan to extend their work through out the year rather as a reserve force than a leader in any line of charitable endeavor.
 With the cooperation of their rector,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
JUDGE ALMON WILL
 NOT BE IN RACE
Announces Definitely Will Not Run for Congress-
 man at Large

Judge D. B. Almon, speaker or the house of representative and one or the best known men in Alabama public life, announced yesterday when he arrived in Birmingham for the state commit tee meeting that he was not a candidate for congressman at large from Alabama, and that this decision was absolutely final. Judge Almon said after the com mittee meeting today he would per haps issue a formal statement as to his position in order that the state leaders may get the matter straight in their minds before the election rolls around
 Speaker Almon said that he had given the proposition of offering for con- gressman at large considerable thought but that his recent announcement from Washington as to his not being a can didate was final.
 Judge Almon paid his tribute to Ala bama's favorite son, Oscar w. Under- wood, by saying that he was of the opinion that Alabama had the rare op- portunity of placing President in tho White House.
 q was in Washington recently said Judge Almon, and found the very best thinking men there and the wisest politicians in favor of MT. Underwood for the democratic nomination. I be- lieve he can get it if the proposition is handled properly. Alabama should do her full share by sending a delega- tion untrammeed by any second choice propositions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
AT THE HOTELS

J. H. Bankhead, Jr., of Jasper is stop ping at the Morris.
 John D. McNeal of Montgomery is a guest at the Morris.
 c. B. Smith of Montgomery is stopping at the Morris.
 J. L. Landman, Jr., of Huntsville is a guest at the Hillman.
 B. Eugene Smith of University is at the Hillman.
 R. E. spragins of Huntsville Is stop ping at the Hilman.
 R. B. McCary of Huntsville is at the Florence.
 G. R. Moore of Monteva1lo is at the Metropolitan.
 J. G. Stalcup of Winfield is a guest at the Florence.
 w. N Bennett of Atlanta is stopping at the Florence. T. IT. Ellison of Altoona is at the Metro politan.
 John McCracker of Athens is guest at the Metropolitan. \. A. H. Singer of Fayette is stopping at the Birmingham.
 A.. S. Stevens of New York is guest at the Birmingham
 w. T. White of Atlanta is stopping at the Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20

the Rev. ". N. Claybrook, and pr. Henckel of the All Saints mission, the young ladies will decorate a tiny Christ mas tree, fill a stocking for each child with no distinction between the white and colored children in the Hilman hos ptal charity wards on Christmas eve. The boys will receive book or mechan- ical toy and every little girl will find a new dolly to clasp to her heart when she awakes Christmas morning. The nurses of the hospital will be enlisted to place the Christmas stands near the beds during the night.
 Among the girls who will bring the Christmas cheer to the children of the hospital are: Miss Carol Woodson. Miss Annie Blinn, Miss Catherine and Miss Mary Bibb, Miss Dunbar Averett, Miss Lucy Yates, Miss Virginia Abbot, Miss Florence Coffin, Miss Kate Perry, Miss Serena Kirkpatrick, Miss Doris Weath- erly, Miss Belle Roberts, Miss Roberta Porter, Miss Kate Irvine, Miss Lena Wilkerson, Miss Ellie Gordon Robinson, Miss Virginia Underwood and Miss Eliza beth Bowie. All of those composing the organization are not members of St Mary's, but it is regarded as affiliated with this church, as the rector is in. ac- tive sympathy with their plans and the majority of the girls worship at this church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
JUDGE PUGH QUASHES CASE AGAINST POWELL
Disbarment Proceedings Thrown Out
 of Court on Grounds of I'm proper Testimony

Judge John c. Pugh of the second d. vision of the circuit court yesterday sus- tained the motion to quash the disbar- ment proceeding instituted by the Bir- mingham Bar association against c. B. Powell a well known local attorney The case came up to be heard Monday and the attorneys for the defendant filed mo- ton to quash the proceedings on the ground that the allegations in the com plaint were not based on sworn testimony.
 The motion was argued at length hv F. M. Hamill and Joe R. Tate for tho plaintiff and J. L. Drenpan John C. Car michael, Felix Blackburn and George Bondurant for the defendant. After hear-- ing the arguments Judge Pugh sustained the motion and the proceedings are sus- pended pending an appeal to the supreme court on the judges ruling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
ANDY MOSS BOND
 SET AT S15,OOO
Recently Shot and Killed George Cook and Bar
 ton Haggerty

Andy Moss, who shot and killed his brother-in law, George Cook, and Barton Haggerty, an innocent bystander, at North Birmingham about month ago, was admitted to bail yesterday in the sum of $l5,0O0 by Judge H. B. Abernethy of the second division of the court of common pleas
 The killing occurred on Sunday after noon about a month ago at McElroy X Browns drug store, North Birmingham, and was the result of family quarrel. Haggerty was in the drug store at the time of the shooting and met his death at the hands of Moss. The evidence in the case was heard by Judge Abernethy last week, who held up his decision pend- ing the arguments in the case, which were made yesterday Hugh Locke rep resenting the state and R. D. Coffman the defendant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
STREET WHITE WAY
 SURRENDERST TO SANTA CLAUS

The executive committee of the proposed Twentieth street great White Way held most enthusiastic conference yesterday morning in the directors room of the First National bank building and decided to postpone the organization of working committees until after the holidays The general sense of the meeting was that at this time many of the business men and property owners interested in Twen- tieth street are busy with preparations for the celebration of Christmas or will spend the season out of town.
 The chairman of the committee, John L.. Parker. presided and a full attendance was present. The general chairman of the Twentieth Street way, Louis Gelders, Is also in favor of the action taken by the committee in waiting until the Christmas rush has settled into the usual routine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yester- day showing the following transfers of property, the consideration being 5000 or more:
 s200o-Ella S. Witherill and Ray A. Witherill to James D. Haggard, a DOT ton of lot in block TIA, according to the survey of the Elyton Land com pany.
 s1O50-T. M. Mccoy and wife, Flor ence, to S. E. Kerr lot IA at the south east corner of Fourth avenue and Car ter street. Avondale, said lot being in section 2s, township IT, range west.
 s2150-Carrie w. Wallace to George A. Millar, lot in block 27 in the survey of the Ensley Development com pany.
 $1400--R. J. Strickland and wife, Net tie, to George Tribble, lots II, 12, IS, II and 15 in block g, according to the map and plan of the property of William J. Yam & Co.
 s200Qr-L. A. Hurst and wife to J. H. Martin, an undivided one third interest in lot 15 in block 12S, according to the survey of the Bessemer Land and Im- provement company.
 $2000-L. A. Hurst and wife. to Mattie S. Crenshaw, an undivided two-thirds interest in lot 15, block 12S, according to the survey of the Bessemer Land and Improvement company
 $10O0--I. E. Hood and wife to T. F. Kincaid, lot IT in block c, according to the survey of the East Lake Land company.
 $10O0-Mrs. c. A.. Goodman to N. Steele Andrews, lots 23 and "A in block 2S, according to the plan and survey of the Highland Lake Land company.