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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
History of the Crime

The crime for which Aberdeen John son, who for some time went under the name of Jack Walker, was lynched on yesterday, was the criminal assault of Mrs. J. J. Butts, near Goshen, on March 3. The negro stopped at the home and asked Mrs. Butts to give him a match She went into the house to get one for him and when she returned he was standing on one side of the front door, grabbed her and dragged her, with two small children into the woods. He started to kill the woman, but she suc- ceded in persuading him to let her go back to the house by offering him $200 which she told him she had in the house. Once in her home, the woman seized pistol which was lying on the mantel but in her excitement forgot how to load 1t and the negro escaped.
 About 35 men from the Goshen neighborhood have kept up a system attic search for the negro ever since he escaped capture in the swamp near Goshen the night after the commis- sion of the crime. The sheriff of Bull lock county and posse have also been continually on the trail. At several different times they have thought they had him cornered, only to find that they were a little too late. The negro has been lodging about in Bullock county practically all the time, hiding In the houses of relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
Fire at Clinton. Xiv.

Clinton, Ky April 3.-Fire early to- day burned down a row of business buildings and residences on the west side of the public square. The total loss is estimated at $30,000. The prn- ciral losers are the owners of the Reid opera house block, the Richmond of flee building and the Johnson Furni- ture warehouse. The blaze is supposed to have started from cigarettes stubs left by careless crap shooters gaming in. one of the buildings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
Cullman Store Burns

Culman, April 3.-(Special)-A disas- trous fire occurred in Cullman Monday morning at ? o'clock in which the store building and entire stock of general mer- chandse belonging to l. J. Nixon was completely destroyed. The building was two-story one and it seems that the fire originated on the second floor where there was stored a quantity of hay and other feed stuffs, but the origin of the fire is unknown. The building was a very old one and was a frame structure. The loss was fully covered by insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
SALE OF RAIL FENCE IS
 TRIBUTE TO CEDAR'S VALUE
By WALTER HARPER.

1 Rock mill was working on an order foI
 the Faber Pencil company when l was
 shown through.
 l The saving and rough work is done by
 men and boys, while girls and young
 women do most of the work in the sort
 ing and lacking department. This latter
 Is the most important of all the opera
 tions. Every "slat" is handled separ-
 ately and packed according to grade.
 The industry is still a very important
 enc in many sections of the hill country
 of north Alabama.
 The mill not only employs large num-
 bers of people but many more are em-
 rioyed in cutting, inspecting and ship ping the timber from the mountains l All the companies have agents in the field at all seasons seeking new sup l plies just as the old rail fence was pick ed up last week.
 The cutting and shipping of cedar tim
 Der as well as hickory and other kinds
 is quite an important industry along the Louisville ard Nashville railroad
 through Morgan county at Fallzville, Hartselle and the Decaturs. 
 | I see that the commissioners of Lime stone county have determinde to enforce
 the stock law with view of eradicat-
 ing the cattle tick. They have appoint ed inspectors to assist a government
 man in enforcing the law. Of course there is opposition. But Ala bama should be proud of the officials of Limestone county, who are not afraid to do what is best for all the people of the county Their courage and wisdom will win out in the end. Two weeks ago a travelling man saw
 a drove of fine cattle sell on the streets of small town just across the line in Tennessee for cents per pound on foot. Next morning he was in Athens, in Limestone county, in ticky Alabama and saw drove of as fine looking cat tie sell for 21a cents per pound on foot. The Tennessee town was off the rail-
 road while Athens Is on main line to all the markets
 Naturally the stranger wanted to un- derstand the reason for the wide differ ence in price. He told that it was
 on account of the government quarantine against Alabama cattle.
 Tennessee has eradicated the cattle tick and the quarantine has been raised. The cattle raiser in Tennessee gets the high est market price for his cattle. The
 Alabama farmer gets no more than half. Ticks are being eradcated in Madison
 and Lauderdale counties, north of the
 Tennessee river. When they are eradicat- ed in Limestone and Jackson the quar- antine lines will be dropped to the Ten nessec river and Alabama will have four clean counties. Limestone is doing the proper thing. It will be worth
 thousands of dollars to the people of the county whether they want the benefits or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04

seventy-ive years ago the predecessor of Farmer J. B. Woodall, of Huntsville. built fence around the farm he now owns in Jackson county.
 Because cedar timber was easy to split and because it was the most plentiful in that particular section, this material was lused in the rails.
 MT. Woodward sold the fence last week for 5000. And this after the old fence had served its purpose for three-quar- ters of a century. The farmers who built the fence in the primitive days of the country would no doubt have smiled with incredulity had they been told by some far-seeing prophet that the ugly rail fence had a marvellous value outside that of keeping stray cattle out 6n the ticky ranges. But the older and uglier the fence became the more valuable it was.
 All this time scribbers were using lead pencils by the millions. Their manufac- ture called for thousands of tons of cedar wood every year. Cedar is a slow growth and is becoming exhausted. In the old en days when cedar was used in the manufacture of fence rails the best ce- dar timber was selected. Americans are born with extravagant ideas. They se- lect only the best of everything and waste the balance.
 We take the tripe and the porterhouse from the steer and leave the rest for the cleaners. We become alarmed and begin preaching the doctrine of conser- vation after our resources are slipping from us.
 The story of the cedar timber waste in America is the story of our waste of all other natural resources of the coun- try. We have skinned the cream until there is no cream and we are making a great fuss about saving the skinned milk.
 So it is in the cedar industry. North Alabama has been rich in cedar timber, but it is now almost exhausted. The mills are often put to it to keep In op- eration. They are working scrub, old rails and knots. few more years and they will have to seek other territory, though almost every cedar section or the United States is almost as closely worked as North Alabama. There are |, tnrse or four mills in Jackson, Madison and Morgan counties. There is also good-sized mill at Greenville in Butler county.
 The cedar 'slat" mill is one of the interesting industries of the State. had the opportunity of inspecting one of the largest in the State at Paint Rock, in Jackson county, few months ago.
 The cedar poles or rails are carried 10 small circular saws where the timber is cut into blocks the length of lead pencil. Other saws split the blocks into slabs of various dimensions according to the size and quality, of the timber. 9th or saws reduce the blocks to "slats' the thickness of half a pencil and as broad as four. In other word ''sat' has four halfs Of pencils which when flnished' groved filled and glued together com pletes two lead pencils.
 The slats are shipped to pencil factories in America and Germany. The Faint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
SUMTER NEGROES
 G0 ON RAMPAGE Shotguns and Pitch Forks Are Used in Petty
 Fights

Epes, April 3.-(Special.) .)-The negroes
 bloody rampage among themselves with in the past few days and as result their physical conditions are variously
 represented in the sick bed, the grave and the jail, while some of the fugitives are yet to be heard from.
 | The most serious of the affrays hap | pened at the barn of Allen Cockrell Sat | urday night, when John Spates shot | William Browning in what was said to ] be craps game dispute. Browning died | late yesterday afternoon
 l Saturday morning in the eastern part
 of town; Frank Carter used a shotgun
 in trying to annihilate Leathey Ann Lee. The charge struck the woman in the face, but in such a manner that it is not thought to be dangerous wound. Frank is in jail.
 Yesterday morning out in what is
 known as Jones quarters, a negro man slashed and stabbed negress. and she is reported in dying condition. And yet another negro woman near Sumter vile yesterday stabbed her husband with pitchfork and he is not expected to recover, it is said. The names of the participants in the last two affrays are | not available.
 l These are all native negroes of Sum-
 ter and their white friends cannot &C., count for the sudden wave of crime 1 The native negro of this county is quiet
 and obedient, and it Is usually the tran
 sient son of Ham who gives the trouble | A pronounced case of varioloil is quar-
 antined on the east side of town. The | case is that of negro woman, and no l alarm is felt. as conditions are being rigidly safeguarded.
 | Another meeting will be held at Liv- 1 ingston this week by committees repre- | sentipg the "standpatters' and the an ] tis'' Tn me work of tick eradication in
 Sumter It is thought this meeting will
 prove to be an ''adjuster'' in the dispute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
UNION SPRINGS MOB WAS DELIBERATE Only Feared Interference
 of Governor WAS THRILLING CHASE Aberdeen Johnson Finally Captured After Most Persistent Man Hunt
 Ever Known in Pike
 County
WAS THRILLING CHASE

Union Springs, April 3.--(Special.)-
 The lynching of the negro Aberdeen
 Johnson, which occurred near this city pal subject of conversation on the
 streets here today.
 | The affair is greatly deprecated by the citizens of this county, and al- though the criminal was strung up not far from the city limits of Union Springs, it was not strictly a Bullock
 county lynching, for as far as is known,
 not single citizen of this county vol
 untarily took part in the proceedings. | The deed was done by a mob of
 about 95 men from the neighborhood
 of Goshen, near which place the negro
 committed the dastardly crime about
 one month ago. The men formed quite
 cool and orderly bunch and it was hoped and believed that they were not going to interfere with the officers de- l livering the prisoner into the hands of | the sheriff of Pike county. In the early afternoon, however, they learned that | there had been some communication l between the officers and Governor | ONeal and that the governor would | probably send a detachment of soldiers out some time during the afternoon. | Just at this juncture, it is said, the whistle of the U. S. & N. train was heard coming in from Fort Davis, where an excursion was being run to hear Booker Washington speak. Talk | ing this to be the train from Montgom- | cry, the mob at once decided to have | their prisoner out. As Deputy Ritch had gone home to his dinner, and most of the men who had been standing around awaiting developments had | dispersed, the men had practically no opposition in securing the negro. Among the members of the mob yas J. J. Butts, | husband of the woman who was as- saulted, and his brother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04

Did you get a Permit to smoke at the City Hall last week?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
NEWS OF ONEONTA

Oneonta, Aprll 3.-(Speclal.)-Dlrtl IS De- ing moved preparatory to putting in the foundation for the large livery stables on the corner of Third street and Second avenue.
 T. w. Chamber, an old and highly es- teemed citizen of Nectar precinct, north west of Oneonta, died yesterday from tuberculosis MT. Chambers was 63 years old at the time of his death. He had been an upright and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church for 40 years He was also a zealous member of the Masonic fraternity. The remains were laid to rest Sunday in the Nectar cemetery, the Rev. Waits of Cleansland conducting the burial services.
 At the residence of T. J, Mullens, fath- CT of the bride, April 1, at o'clock p. n, Mir. Mark Cushman and Miss Viola Null lens were married, the Rev. J. s. De- Lachi performing the ceremony. MT. Cushman is an employe of the Tennessee company at Champion. Miss Viola was one of Oneontas beautiful young girls.
 George Ellis has leased the Guthrie ho- tel and took charge April 1. sam Guthrie and wife will go to their country farm, northeast of Oneonta, for season of rest and recuperation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
Negro Captured d

On Saturday afternoon last at 1 o'clock Deputy Sheriff Guy Ritch came hurriedly into town and secured an au tomobile saying that he knew just where to go to get Johnson. He went out to a house about four miles from town only to learn that the negro had left there about 15 minutes earlier A hot chase was kept up all night, the pursuers getting closer and closer and the criminal was finally run down and captured near the race track at the fair grounds, just a little southeast of the city. When caught the negro had thrown down his gun and every thing else that would hinder him from running and was pretty well exhaust ed. It was found that he had put pep per, salt, turpentine and other things in his shoes in an effort to prevent the dogs tracking him.
 While being dragged to the place of his execution the negro Johnson con- fessed that he was the man who com mitted the crime of which he was ac- cuscd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24
NATURES WARNlN"'
no,,os People Must Recognize """
Heed Ii.

Kidney ills come quietly-myS'e'-
iously, orrs vou
pnt nature always warns you
H,at;ce the kidney secrettons'
CO. If the color is unhealthy
II there are settings and sediment ,
passages frequent, scanty' pam ui'
re time thento use Doan's Kidney
Pills, ,,.oosa or dia-
To ward off Brights disease OF III"
betes. or1, in this
locality. -o+ 1nda-
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noan,s Kidney Pills and l am glau 10
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noan,s Kidney Pills, did so and py
+ba time I had taken the contents oi
+hreo boxes. my trouble disappeared
7 have not been bothered since then
and consequently have no hesitation III
recommending Doan's Kidney PllIs u
other kidney sufferers,
For sale by all dealers, Price oV
cents. Foster-NiIburn Co., But1alo
New York. sole agents for the Uniteo
States
remember the name-Doan's- ant
take no other.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24
FOR STANDARD FRUIT BOX
oo,s,ature Passes Bill Fixing Lesa'
Size Approved by Growers

SALEM, Or, Feb 22.-"rhis s'anu u,
ard apple box prescribed IN '"e W. Da
that has passed the Legislature is 'n'
standard now for British COLUMBIA
washington. Idaho, Montana ana Vi
eeon." said Representative "eS'e
lund. introducer of the measure
..This is the box desired by the
growers. as against the box descIl'e'
in the Lafean bill, which was defeat
cd in Congress. The Lafean box Is ti'e
one desired in the East. These iiiei, =,
ohioct IN our box because they say It
docs not contain quite a bushel' bu"
&c matter of fact, our box contains
as near bushel as is feasible III man
ing the fine apple pack that has iIlaue
oreqon famous. That pack has large
" made our apple industry the SUI
cess that it is, and the growers lhsiS'
on having standard size box "hic"
will also keep the pack up 10 ti'e
standard. %
The legal box for apples VIII De 10
inches long, II 1a inches wide ana ~ 1s
inches deep, and the legal pear poA
will be Is inches long, 1l1s lhches
wide and 8 inches deep. THESE are
the inside measurements.
"Oregon has been behind the rest u
the Northwest states in this respect
and our bill now puts us on the same
plane.
THE special box provided is some
what larger and may be used by the
growers who prefer it, and tha'
amendment was perfectly satisfactory
TO us, as added in the Senate.
Representative Westerlund said tha'
growers had given virtually unahi'
nous approval to the standard box
as incorporated in the bill. Governor
West has not yet determined his ac'
ton as to the Westerlund bill,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24
EMERGENCY MUST EXIST
Otherwise. Governor West Will \eto
Bills Containing Such Clause.

Unless there is some semblance OF
an actual emergency no bill that mas
passed both houses of the late Legls-
Iature. or any future Legislature
with an emergency clause attached
stands much chance of passing the
approval of Governor Oswald west.
The governor believes the peoples
veto should not be infringed upon by
the legislature and will endeavor Whlle
he is in the office to see that referen-
dunn mower reserved by the people is
not taken from them by the busy leg
islators.
Because the bill allowing Multno-
nah County an additional circuit
Judge carried an emergency clause
Governor West, though faVoring the
additional judgeship, will veto the Dill
for the reason, he says, that opinion
is much divided among the people OF
Multnomah County as well as among
Judges on the bench in Multnomah
County, and the people should be CIV
en- the privilege of referring the mat
ter. The governor, before the session
closed. sgnified that he would approve
bill giving Multnomah County one
additional judge, but he says he sees
no emergency of such import but that
Multnomah County could exist three
months before such a judge should
take office, and can further see nc
reason for an emergency except tc
deprive the people from referring II
under the referendum amendment.
A great number of bills of all sorts
with emergency clauses were intro
duced, especially in the lower house
Because of the stand of a number OF
committeeman and such men as Pres
ident Ben Selling of the senate, who
would vote for no measure with al
emergency clause, these Objectionable
appendages were Topped off in mos
cases before they reached the gov.
ernor.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24
Begin Branch Asylum.

SALEM. Or, Feb. 22.-Governor
West and State Treasurer Kay are
taking Immediate steps to go ahead
with work on the Eastern Oregon
branch hospital at Pendleton, and
Assistant Engineer Murphy of the
oregon State Insane Asylum force
has been selected by the board to be
its personal representative on the
proposed work. and to have charge
of its mechanical features Mr.. Muir
ply left for Pendleton today and will
first extend a water main from the
city waterworks to the site, this being
a, emed the first essential.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24
New Parsonage at West Salem.

Mrs. ]. r. Hunt and Mrs. l.. Beck,
of West Salem, are hustling up big
subscription for a parsonage for the
Methodist church. They have about
$500 subscribed and need as much
more to have the home for the minis
ter in keeping with other improve
ments at West Salem. The founda-
tions are going in, and the old school
house is to become the house of wor-
shin. while a new ten thousand dollar
high school is on the way to erection.
Even the women of West Salem are
boosters, and that is what is sending
the place ahead so fast.-Salem Jour
nal
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24
MONEY IN PRINTERS INK
Great Gain I'm Business Credited To
Newspaper Advertising.

The largest increase in business yet
reported by any Eugene firm is that OF
the Dodge department store, according
to figures of the company just sub
mitted.
After a careful comparison for the
whole year. the company finds that IT'S
increase over 1909 will run consider
ably over l5O per cent. And this re-
markabIe increase in business is due,
in the opinion OF the proprietors OF
the store. to newspaper advertising
This firm is one Of the heaviest adver-
tisers in Eugene. and because OF
changes in the policy Of the store. has
watched carefully the increase OF
business and the causes therefor. To
newspaper advertising and manage
ment. Mr.. Dodge credits the whole
OF the FIRMS remarkable showing.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24

A piece of flannel dampened with
Liniment and bound on
to the affected parts is superior to any
MASTER When troubled with lame back
or pains in the side or chest give 1t
trial and you are certain to be more
than pleased with the prompt rellef
which it affords. For sale by all good
dealers.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,)

State of Ohio, City of Toledo,)
Lucas County. } IS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of f. ].
Cheney 4 Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that the said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. d. 1886.
(Seal.) A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists. Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
pation.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24

A man and woman were driving
into Eugene before daylight; in pass
ing through a driveway guarded by red
lights, the horse became frightened,
reared and backed and fell into a gas
main ditch; its plunging broke the
main and it was asphyxiated. A man
came along and lighted match to see
what was the matter, when the whole
vicinity burst into flame. providing
roast horse.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24

sedentary habits, lack of outdoor
exercise, insufficient mastication OF
food, constipation, a torpid liver wor-
rv and anxiety, are the most common
causes of stomach troubles. Correct
vour habits and take Chamberlain S
stomach and Liver Tablets and you
will soon be well again. For sale by all
good dealers.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-02-24

Reports from the sietz country in
dicate that wildcats. cougar, eivet cats
mink. coon and marten are very plen-
tifui and that wildcats and cougar are
causing considerable loss 10 sheep ana
stock owners says the Corvallis Ca
zette-Tinies The man who brought
the information has killed ia wildcats
this season