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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
BATTLES DEATH IN
 AN ELECTRIC CHAIR

Eddyville, Ky, August 22.-When OIL yer Locke, a negro wife murderer, was paying the penalty for his crime at the penitentiary here today, the condemned man, through whose body 2000 volts of electricity were believed to be coursing, struggled for 2s minutes with super-hu- man strength and finally broke the leather straps that bound his arms and legs to the death chair.
 After breaking tue straps the negro toppled to the floor and apparently suc- cumbed, but an examination by the prison physicians revealed the fact that he was | slowly reyiving. His body was again | strapped to the chair and 2500 volts of electricity turned on. Several minutes | elapsed before life was extinct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

tlIe churches, and then we directed the chauffeur to drive us out Highland ave- nue.
 Such wonderful flowers" said the man from New York. 'I never saw more beautiful lawns and trees, and such Weather!'
 "Birminhgam is always salubrious and fine and full of blooming things said Peggy proudly. Winter and summer we have here the climate of California and Ficrida combined, and do you know that Dolly and I haven't even been out of towr this summer Birmingham is all the things you read on tourist folders, and niore.'
 'It is ideal here' said the man. And really I never knew"
 "We don't want people to know 1t all, " brsgged Peggy loftily, "at one time. Bir- nipgham is the best advertised city in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

r,;rlal station,' he replied. Saw the fur naces as I came in.''
 'I think I'd bore myself to death."
 s'How's that?" asked the man quickly.
 CT have a theory that its really true wEat the comic supplement picture about New Workers going to heaven,' she went on. There's no use for them tc go there, because they couldn't find anything there as good as it is in New Ycrk-so whats the use? know exactly the feeling that St. Peter must have had vben the first New York man entered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
BY DOLLY DALRYMpLE

I'm here," announced the man from Now York yesterday over the phone and waited.
 The infection of his voice was obvious. You could add & lot to my pleasure, he went on. You know I am practically q stranger here."
 '.lt's up to me then, is it?' rejoined, ito show you the sights?. Have you seen the furnaces?'
 He bedsed and remarked on the wealth CT.
 ''It is rather warm for furnace parties' l replied. but the weather IS nice Just the same for this season, isn't it!'
 Its wonderful" the man from New Ycrk replied. "why it's been as hot as bIue blazes in the east and here the climate is as salubrious-the breeze is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

She has visited Johnson City, Jonesboro and other points and is now in Green vile, where she will remain until after the marriage of a. cousin, when she will be one of the attendants.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert T. Ingalls,, who are at present with her parents, MT their pretty new home on Fountain Heights in about two weeks.
 Miss Lois Thompson and MT Magruder Thompson are enjoying a pleasant visit to friends in Tuskegee The former will go to Montgomery Friday to visit Mrs B. ". Walker for week and her brother will return home
 Mir. Ed Sauls of Columbus, Ga. left yesterday for his home after visit to MT. Henry McCary. The young men are college mates at Auburn.
 Mrs Annie Carney is at home after visit to New York and Washington, D. c. She was absent several weeks.
 
 MT. and Mrs c. c. Walker have named their little son Charles Helman Walker Mrs. W. J. Garrett returned Monday night from Montgomery, where she has been the guest of her cousin, Miss Maud Bayne.
 Miss Louise Dugger of Tuscaloosa, Is the guest of Miss Edith Thompson. She will remain a week or two longer.
 Miss Annie Kolb and Miss Mary Kolb of Athens, Ga, are guests of Mrs H. N. Starnes. Miss Annie Kolb will be in the city until Thursday. when she will return to Athens to resume her duties as physical director in the State Nor nal college.
 Mir. and Mrs. Asa l.. Hoyt have re- turned from a pleasant stay at wrights- vile Beach, N c. Miss Kate Arnold has just returned from St. Simon's island, where she has spent several weeks.
 Miss Freder Lane and Miss Edith Uhl of this city are visiting relatives at Mem phis, Tenn.
 Miss Augusta Clark is expected to re- turn from Montgomery today. She will be accompanied by Miss May Banks and Miss LeGrande Smith.
 Mrs. Horace Adams writes of delight full stay at Lake Chautauqua .It is a perfectly beautiful place." she says, with worlds of people and lots to do. Mrs John G. Bradley and her son. MT John Bradley, are in an adjoining cottage. I wish you were here to enjoy the cold weather. We are sitting by fires. Mrs. Henry Gray, Mrs. Walter McAdory. Mrs. Buck and Miss Murray Adams are among the Birmingham people here"
 Judge and Mrs. William I. Grubb and their two children will be home tomorrow from vinemont, where they spent TWO weeks
 
 MT. and Mrs. B. IT. Goldberg are spend ing few days with Mrs. D. Levy on the South Highlands. MT. Goldberg will be remembered as one of Birmingham's pioneer business men. His son, Mir. B. s. Goldberg, will make this his future home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
ISSUE ARTICLES OF
 INCORPORATION

Montgomery. August 22.-(Special)-The following concerns were incorporated by the secretary of state Monday:
 The Palmer Terrace Realty company or Birmingham, authorized and paid in cap ital $5000
 Franklin Theatre company of Ensley authorized and paid in capital of s3D0o
 City Drug Store, Inc, of Union Springs authorized capital s5000 paid in S41N.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
AN INFORMAL TEA

One of the pretty informalities of the week was a small tea party at which Mrs. Joseph V. Allen was hostess. She invited several friends to meet her kins- woman, Mrs. Allen. The matrons whom she had honored thus were seated ht a dainty table garnitured with clusters of golden glow. After tea an informal musical programme was presented, Mrs. Allen at the plano and Mrs. Dent with her violin giving some especially lovely numbers. In the coterie were Mrs. Allen, her guest of honor. Mrs. Dent, Mrs. J. O. Thompson Mrs. s. D. Weakley, Mrs. George Cruikshank, Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Walter Gulley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
Investigate Death

Boston, August 22.-A court of inquiry in the revenue cutter Adroscoggin Monday probed into the death of Lieut.. William P. Whittier. executive officer of the cut ter, who died yesterday, as the result of severe blows received from unknown men on Saturday night while he was nassing through the north end of town. Witnesses declared that the attack was without pro- vocation so far as they could see.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
RICH PASTOR WILLS
 HALF ID CHARITIES
John Sharp Williams Will Present Vardaman's
 Credentials

Jackson, Miss, August Alt develops that Rev. J. w. McI4aurin, superanu- ated Methodist minister. formerly of Jackson, who died recently at Monteagle Tenn, was possessed of a great many more of this worlds goods than the av- craze minister of the gospel is supposed to have.
 Several years ago he invested in vacant1 lands in and about Jackson, all of which have greatly increased in value as the city limits were extended, so that his holdings here are worth at least $50, 900. One-half of that sum. or s2500o. under the terms of the will received this morning by Watkins & Watkins. attorneys, from Monteagle. is beqeuathed to the Mssis- sippi State Charity hospital, now in course of construction.
 A few days after the primary that named James K. Vardaman successor to Leroy Percy in the United States Senate, a Jackson paper expressed doubt that John Sharp Williams would present Major Vardamans credentials when he appeared to take the oath of office, or that Vardaman would give him formal notice he was ready to take such oath. Tn puDi1Sned leIter, however MT. WIZ Hams replies and repudiates the idea that he would permit his personal feelings to control In a matter where the dignity of the state he represents is at stake, say
 ing:
 "I did not believe. and do not believe, that Vardamanism is for the best inter est of the state of Mississippi, but I do not want anybody in Mississippi to believe that I would permit myself to be guided by any pettishness or wilfulness. As you say. 1t is the usual formality for a new member of the Senate to have his commission sent to the older member for the purpose of having it presented to the Senate. If Major Vardaman sends me that commission, shall present it. and shall present 1t in the usual and in the courteous way"
 Mrs. Ida Lee Warren died yesterday from the effects of a horrible burning. Sunday afternoon Mrs. Warren was busy about her kitchen, when a gasoline stove exploded saturating her clothing with the oil. and burning her from head to foot. Her husband, R. c. Warren, clerk at a furniture store, ran to her assistance and was seriously burned about the face and hands while tearing the clothing from her body. With intense sufferings she died a few hours later. The body was taken to her old home at Vaughn Station for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
 WOMEN AND SOCIETY
The Weather Grievance and What Brton Thinks of Mss Thach of Auburn Receives Vassar Scholarship-An In formal Tea-Prominent Americans at Carlsbad.
 Some Returned Travellers and Other Topics
BY MYRTLE MILES

braces,' we continue to eat meat three times day; and the motor omnibuses are dramatically sealed They build these vehicles with glass windows on the sides, but there is no power on earch that can open them unless it be a stone that is hurled through them. De- cidedly, the best place In which to view England at this time of the year Is at a cinematosraph performance fin Ice land"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
Trial Size at Your Druggist
 25 Cents

passenger train. known as the .sUncle sam special, were shaken up today whom the train ran into a switch engine in the local yards. The train which left Minpe- apolis at D. m. yesterday was late, and the switching engine was on the main track by mistake. The special was run ming at 8 reduced speed as is customary In the yards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
Wagner Will Soon Play

Pittsburg, August 22.-Deflnite an- nouncement was made last night that the injured ankle of Hans Wagner short stop of the Pittsburg ball team, shows no break, and that the well known player sustained only a severe sprain He will be able to play at least sew eral games before the eastern invasion comes to an end. 1t Is thought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Leaves the skin clear, soft, healthy and beautiful. 50 cents and $l.00 by toilet Countars or mail.
 NATIONAL TOILET COMPANY ssvta TsuA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
PEGGY AND I POINT OUT
 BIRMINGHAM'S CHARMS

What the Man From New York Said About Our Magic City Was Impressed In More Ways Than one-The Salubri ousness of the Climate and the Good Things He Had to Eat-Quotes Owen Mister and Waxes Most Con-
 plimentary-The Half He d Not Been Told
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
Guard Your Baby Against the Summer

If only the baby gets through the summer all rightl " In thou sands of mothers minds that thought is running night and day. Yet sum- mer need hold no terror for you if the baby is fed right. Nestle's Food will make this Summer easy for you, as it has made the summer easy for other mothers for forty years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

the pearly gates and he started to show E,m around" .
 why Peggy" I interrupted, "how you talk and you perfectly good Sunday school teacher, too."
 That's just the reason,' she replied. q hate he New York attitude of hav- ing seen all this before. Now, why did you ask us to show you about Birming- ham?"
 Because I wanted to see it," said the nan. And see it I will, every inch in the short time I'm going to be here"
 And so we got busy, Peggy and l., and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
Passengers Shaken Up

Chicago. August 22-Twenty passengers of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pau
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

She has visited Johnson City, Jonesboro and other points and is now in Green vile, where she will remain until after the marriage of a cousin, when she will be one of the attendants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

And so we got busy, Peggy and I, and pointed out all the skyscrapers, and the Chamber of Commerce, and the court house and the public schools, and the Age Herald building and the clubs and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

The crowning spot to the man from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

For forty years mothers have relied on Nestle's. For forty summers they have found that the bone and muscle supplied by Nestle's fought off summer disease. You will find that, helped out by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Judge and Mrs. William I. Grubb and their two children will be home tomorrow from vinemont, where they spent TWO weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
You are right to guard
 against the Summer. Summer

You are right to guard against the Summer. Summer diarrhea is the cause of more deaths than all the other children's diseases put together, and its chief cause is impure milk. Time and again, doctors have said that milk, as it comes from the COW, is no substitute for mothers milk; because cows milk contains indigestible curds and because 1t is full of germs.
 But cows milk contains much that is good for the baby. Preserve the good parts, eliminate the bad parts, add some vital elements-and the result is Nestle's Food. Mothers and doctors have agreed in consider ing it the best substitute for mothers milk for two generations and that's because 1t contains practically the same elements as mothers milk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

MT and Mrs Robert T. Ingalls,, who are at present with her parents MT and Mrs. M. J. Gregg, will move into their pretty new home on Fountain Heights in about two weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

MT. and Mrs. B. IT. Goldberg are spend ing few days with Mrs. D. Levy on the South Highlands. Mir. Goldberg will be remembered as one of Birmingham'a pioneer business men. His son. Mfr. B. s. Goldberg, will make this his future home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Miss Lois Thompson and MT Magruder Thompson are enjoying a pleasant visit to friends in Tuskegee. The former will go to Montgomery Friday to visit Mrs. B. ". Walker for week and her brother will ret,lrn home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23
Nestle's Food is the purest, richest cows milk, procured in

richest cows milk, procured in sanitary dairies, from selected cows, purified and modified under scien- tifc directions, and reduced to a powder. Just add water, boil it two minutes and 1t is all ready for the baby-a delicate, perfect, digest ible, nourishing food that will ward off the summer terrors, and bring your baby through the hot days, cheerful and happy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Mir. Ed Sauls of Columbus, Ga. left yesterday for his home after a visit to MT. Henry McCary. The young men are college mates at Auburn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-23

Mrs W. J. Garrett returned Monday night from Montgomery where she has been the guest of her cousin, Miss Maud BaYne.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-07-07
Drinking Wells.

The study of various methods of
preventing foundations to which
French engineers have been led by
the disastrous floods in the basin of
the Seine last winter has brought to
light a very curious plan for dispos-
ing of surplus water which has been
employed during the last five years
by the count of Beauchamp on his ex-
tensive estates between Poitiers and
Avalon. Formerly his lands were
subjected to disastrous foundations,
but the trouble has been entirely
averted by means of drinking wells"
They are dug to a depth of so or 60
feet, at chosen points, penetrating a
layer which is very absorbent for "a
ter. The wells are walled with loose
stones, and the surface water is led
by bitches and barriers of earth not
directly into them but to their neigh
borhood. whence it finds its way in by
pe~reolation through the walls. 1t is
thus freed from mud, which would
quickly choke the wells. The success
of the plan depends upon favorable dis
position Of the geologic strata
Youths Companion.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-07-07
MUSIC Is AUDIBLE BEAUTY
Its Charm Results From the Marriage
of a Spiritual Fact With a Ma
terial Form.

Music Is both body and soul, like
the man who delights in it. It's body
Is beauty in the sphere OF sound
audible beauty. But in this very word
beauty is implied a soul, a moral end,
a meaning of some sort, which makes
it of interest to the inner life of man,
which relates to our invisible and real
self. This beauty, like all other, re-
suits from the marriage of q spiritual
fact with a material form, from the
rendering external, and an object OF
sense that lives In essence only in the
soul. Here the material part, which is
measured sound, is the embodiment
and sensible representative, as we'll
as the reacting cause, of that which
we call impulse, sentiment, feeling,
the spring of all our action and ex-
preston. In a word, it is the Ian
guage of the heart-not an arbitrary
and conventional representative, as a
spoken or written word is, but a
natural, inYariable, pure type and cor
r~espondence. Speech is the language
of ideas, the communication of thought,
the Mercury of the intellectual Olym-
pus enthroned in each of us.-John
Sullivan Dwight.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-07-07

the country, concerning which a
controversy has existed for many
years in the War Department.
In the course of a short address
before the Senate upon this sub
.Jeet, the Nebraska Member said
that he was frank to admit that
he had a local interest in the
matter, and he indicated that this
interest had to do with fair
treatment for some forty fam
lies living in his home town. lie
said he believed the Committee
on Military Affairs of the SEN
ate should grant hearings and
make some Investigations upon
the relative merits OF the two
systems, which "have been tried
from time to time, and which
have been abandoned and resum-
ed and abandoned and resumed,
each time at II considerable ex-
pense and each time with great
disturbances to the organization
throughout the country He
called attention to the fact that
Senator Warren Of Wyoming, had
introduced Il resolution relating
to the subject, and he asked that
the Committee on Military AT
fairs poreeed with the hearings
and Investigations Of thhe matter.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-07-07
Roman Bricks.

When the preparations for rebuild
ing the Campanile in Venice were I'M
dertaken the archaeologists were at
forded an opportunity to make some
interesting studies of the bricks.
II was found that they had been
used In arches, Notifications. the tops
of walls and in other ways before
they were built into the Campanile,
and that they were not Venetian but
Roman bricks.
These ancient bricks were made in
slices, for in many the layers could be
e undisturbed. 1t is said that
bricks made this way can bear a
greater weight than modern bricks.
The bricks examined were of the
first century. One of them bore the.
imprint of a horseshoe, which may
prove that Romans used a horseshoe
like ours although it Is generally be-
lieved that their horseshoes we're
strapped on, not nailed.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-07-07
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT

About sixty ladies were enter
tanned by Miss Stella Schock
last Friday morning, June 30,
from nine until twelve clock.
The house was beautifully de-
corated for the occasion, pink and
white carnations being used in
all the rooms and in the dining
room ropes of smilax were drawn
from the chandelier to the four
corners Of the table.
Pretty hand painted folders
were given the guests and the
name of some character in liter
allure was announced. The young
ladies were asked to write the
name of her sweetheart thereon.
Music was furnished by Sarah
Morseman, Mrs. 7. l.. Davies,
Mrs. r. b. Simpson and Una
Snidow.
After the program the guests
We're asked into the living room
and a large mock wedding cake
was brought in and placed upon
the table. Ribbons extended from
the center of the cake and when
drawn contained cards with the
announcement of the marriage of
Miss Stella Schock to Glenn 4.
Mcmillan, July 6, 1911.
At eleven o'clock a two-eourse
luncheon was served by Misses
Gladys Holland and Florence Ly-
ford.
The out-of-town guests were
Mrs. Thomas Snyder, lndianap-
oils, Mrs. Roy DePutron, Lincoln ;
Marie Bennewitz, Omaha; June
Rummel, Reserve; Meta Heine-
mann, Ethel Sailor and Mrs. VIM.
Sloan of Verdon.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-07-07
LADY IS HEAVY CONSUMER
She Is Supported by the Toll of 9th
ers, Who Aequiesce cheertully to
the Condition.

Economically the lady Is supported
By the toll Of others, but while this is
equally true of other classes of soei-
ely, the oddly Of her ease consists Of
the aequescenee of those most con.
eerned.. The lady herself feels no IN
enslness In her e%quiYocal situation,
and the toilers who support her do
SO with enthusiasm. She is not a pro-
Queer: In most communities produc-
tive labor is by consent unladylike.
On the other hand, she is the heaviest
OF consumers.
The women of the working classes
have been saved by their work itself.
In the shop and the factory they have
learned what the nursery can teach.
But the lady has had no social train
ing whatever; the noticeable weak
ness of her play at bridge is a tend
ency to work for her own hand. As
the gentleman decays, the lady sur
wives as the strongest evidence of his
former predominance. Where he set
her, there she stays. One after an
other the fabrics hat supported her
have tottered, but she remains, adapt
ing herself to each new set of circum-
stances as It arises. 1t is possible that
an advancing social sentiment will ex-
tinguish her altogether, but she can
never be forgotten.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-07-07
Liked Them Eat.

The contention of DR.. Moots, before
the Ohio Medical association, that
there must be something wrong with
the internal workings" of thin women,
will find ready Endorsement among the
Apache Indians. Some years ago a
delegation from that tribe came to
New York, and at a reception given
for them a oma asked one of the
chiefs what he thought of the white
women he had seen. The late Gov.
Richard Mccormick, who had charge
of the party, reluctantly returned the
answer given to him by the interpre-
ter: white women are all thin and
sick-good women are fat"
The Falls City tribune., 1911-07-07
Had Lost His Chance.

Years ago when the Panhandle" rail-
road was in course OF construction its
progress was a matter of great inter
est to the people of the region. says
the Youths Companion. A farmer
who sold provisions to the contractors
often reached the place where the men
were at work at meal time. He vas
greatly impressed at their voracity.
The work was hard and when the din
ner bell rams every man made a dash
for the table and before M could be-
lieve II possible the food had disap-
peared. One day a workman on his
way to the table tripped on the root
of a tree and fell. He lay quite still,
making no attempt to rise. The farm
er rushed to him in great concern.
Are you badly hurt?' he asked. No
answered the man. We'll, why don't
you get up and go to dinner?' mo
use" returned the other, sadly. IT'S
too late now"
The Falls City tribune., 1911-07-07
Malnz Cathedral in Danger.

The famous Mainz cathedral. n Of
the oldest and most interesting in Eu-
rope, is stated to be in serious dan
ger, owing to the action of under
ground water. Special drainage opera
tons have before been carried out
with a view to removing the danger,
but apparently the results have not
been lasting, water having again col
lected, and it is feared that the eff
fects on the foundations of the cathe-
dral will be disastrous. 1t is now
proposed to proceed without delay
with the work of strengthening the
foundations, not only of the cathe-
dral, but also of several other old
buildings. including the ducal castle.