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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07
BRACKETT SEEKS
 TO RESTORE RAGING

Albany, N. Y, April 6.-senator Braek- ett, republican leader in the senate, is at work on a bill which he thinks, if passed, in New York state. Senator Bracket was chairman of the senate commi tee which reported the law passed last year holding the trustees or directors of rac- ing associations personally liable for gambling, which has been blamed for the abandonment of the sport in this state.
 Senator Bracket does not believe the legislature will repeal the law, but has suggested the enactment of law pro- viding for the appointment by the gover- nor of special officers whose duty it shall be to patrol the grounds and to prevent gambling at races. These officers would be held accountable rather than the di- rectors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07
WILLIAMS GETS
 JEFF DAVIS SEAT

Washington. April 6.-John Sharp Williams. the new junior senator from Mississippi, has succeeded in life time ambition. He has the seat in the Senate which was occupied by Jefferson Davis, president of the Southern Confederacy. The desk still bears the bayonet marks made by Union soldiers during war time in an effort to destroy it. The bayonet stabs are filled with putty, but are easily discernible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07
GARDNER CASSATT
 DIES IN FRANCE

Philadelphia, April GA cablegram received by relatives here today an- nounced the death in Paris, France, last night of J. Gardiner Cassatt, we'll
 known financier of this city and broth-
 CT of the late A. J. Cassatt, former pres
 ident of the Pennsylvania Railroad company. Mir Cassatt was stricken
 last week after a trip up the Nile and
 through the Mediterranean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07

Mrs. J. A. Rountree. number of pleas ant informal entertainments for Mrs. Galloway made her visit in Mrs. Roun- trees home especially pleasant.
 Mrs. Houston Davis is i'll at St. Vim cents hospital following an operation for appendicitis. Her friends will be glad to know that she was reported yes- terday resting very well indeed and, it is thought, will soon be able to return home.
 MT. Maurice O'Connor. Sr., who has been spending the winter with his son and daughter, MT. and Mrs. w. c. Mid daugh, has returned to his home in New York. This was the venerable gentle mans first trip south. The marvellous growth of the city, the great industries, delightful climate and the charming peo- pie were very interesting to him. AL though S6 years of age, he is alert and enjoys active exercise and is very fond of travel
 Mrs. A. c. Sexton Is spending a few weeks with her sister, Mrs. James E. Clarke, at Vinemont, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07
A LOCAL LADY RESCUED FROM A LIFE OF MISERY
Seems PnSM N Complete an k F Five SaC Such Was Case This WomanW Expelled
 Tap Worm d

Mrs. R. l.. Ayers. who resides at Mo-
 SN Forty-ninth street., this city, with five small children and her husband, who is a yard foreman at the Alabama Great Southern railroad yards, Avondale. As this lady is the mother of five small chill dren and has been in poor health for years, she was always under the opinion that 1t was due to the constant care and worry that kept her feeling so bad. She said: T never have time to complain, for the badies have always kept me busy tending to their wants, so went on from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07

county, Georgia, the son of country phy- sician, July B. 1856. When he was about year sof age his father with the family moved to Montgomery. Here the boy grew and thrived with the avearge ad- ventures of the small boy until he was put in the public schools. Here his life was an uneventful as the average boy.
 He had no special ambition along any particular lines He does not recall that he even cared to be a policeman, de- tective of a steamboat captain. In the normal fullness of life he felt that the world held particular niche for him, and that he would fall into 1t in proper time.
 Before graduating even. in the high school of Montgomery he began teaching and followed this profession in the public and high schools of Montgomery for four years.
 This profession was not just to his liking and he managed to save enough money to enter the law department at the State university. Here he took course in Eng fish and law.
 He was admitted to the practice of law at MOnISOIneTy III lofJ Ilc lCiiONCu to Birmingham in December of 1882 and formed a partnership with Judge H. A. Sharpe. This partnership was continued until Judge Sharpe was appointed to the bench.
 He afterward worked :, in partnership with Samuel A. Putnam, now of Washing ton: Walker Percy, A. G. Smith and Judge Stokely successively.
 He was appointed counsel for the South ern railway when that road first came into the Birmingham district and has served In that capacity ever since.
 MT. Weatherly while member of the lished one thing that stamps him as a constructive statesman of no small &C., count.
 He is the father of the famous grand father clause" in the constitution that limits the franchise of certain kind of woud-be voters in Alabama He was a member of the suffrage committee of the convention of which Judge Coleman was chairman. Every member of the commit tee, as well dS OtHeT HleHlDefS UT t1e ceH- vention, had their varying ideas on this subject. Among them were some of the most prominent political statesmen of the state. Mir Weatherly's plan was fash toned after the clause that had already been adopted by South Carolina. But he had but little support from the other members at first. After much discussion MT Weatherly was appointed a committee of one to frame his clause After much wranglng pro and con it was finally adopted by the committee and later by the convention as a whole.
 MT. Weatherly is a modern democrat. He is making a careful study of all the new democratic ideas, the initiative, the referendum and the recall.
 Indeed, he has been asked to address the Mississippi Bar association which meets May and he will discuss these features of the new democracy.
 The third commissioner of Birmingham is a man of fine address, pleasing manner and ready wit. He has that broad educa- ton that is acquired by practical experi- ence, personal study and close application.
 He will help to sustain the dignity of the new city government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07

had nasty slime in my mouth in the morning. I had been reading and hear ing about the Health Teacher who has introduced the wonderful Quaker Herb Remedies at Gunn's Pharmacy. and after being persuaded by my friends I called on him and procured the Quaker Extract and am thankful that did. for to think have only used the medicine three days.
 felt little disturbance in my bowels and behold there passed this monster tape worm, squirming alive and complete.
 And this was the true cause of all my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07
Society
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7)

 marriage was one of the events of early spring, returned Wednesday night from their wedding trip to Cuba, Palm Beach, St. Augustine and points in North Caro- lima, where they were guests of MT. Old hams relatives.
 Mrs. w. H. Welch will leave today for Selma to visit her sister Mrs. Benjamin Fowlkes, and her mother, Mrs. J. H. Love.
 Miss Ruth Coleman has as her guest Miss Carrie Sharpe of Tennessee. Miss Elizabeth Oldham of Zanesville, O.. is the guest of her brother, MT. B. F. Oldham, 2320 Avenue G.
 Mrs. R. B. Galloway has returned to her home in Livingston, after a visit to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07
Birmingham Special" Entire train Electric lighted.

day to day always thinking would feel better the next day. I never had the ravenous appetite that I have heard so much about when people were afflicted with & tape worm
 But would feel like there was lump in my throat, and could not get it up or down, unless I would eat something. would have a dizziness and headache a good deal; sometimes pains in the back of my head and lower bowels, running around to my back. My breath was very short at times. My breath was foul and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07

trouble. Now. my friends and sufferers, whatever he tells you that Quaker Rem edies will cure l honestly believe him. for he says he proves what he says"
 If you suffer with stomach catarrh, kid ney, liver or blood troubles, that means indigestion, constipation, bloating. belch- ing, dizziness, shortness of breath, head ache, start at once using Quaker Herb Extract and Oil of Balm and see what wonderful change a few days will make. We recommend them. Gunn's s Pharmacy, corner Third avenue and 18th street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07
SEVENTEEN MILLS
 REDUCE DIVIDENDS

Boston, April 6.-Seventeen New Eng land cotton mills have reduced or pass ed their dividends or omitted the lex
 tra" which has been paid with sufficient frequency to be considered a regular adjunct to the ordinary dividend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07
TENNESSEE FAVORS
 THE INCOME TAX

Nashville, April GA resolution rat flying an amendment to the federal
 constitution on the subject of the in-
 come tax, was adopted by the Tennes-
 see senate today. The house adopt
 ed similar resolution several days ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-07

All-wool suits made to order flor $12.75. Singers, 107 N.
 2Oth street.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-16
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

L
"Wrangle, jangle and nothing
accomplished, that's what l think
the next session of congress will
be- Rep. E. J. Hill (Rep.,
Conn.,. Guess you're right, E. j.
Judas S. Smith, Dallas, Ill, ad-
vertises for wife, specifying
weight, height, complexion, etc.
Judas must be in livestock bust
ness.
Why is it that corporations try
to have their cases go before fed
era1 judges? Willie, how dare
you! That's contempt of court.
Mrs. Vermilya says relatives
: looked upon her home as hos
pital. Or a morgue?
Castles in the Air" and Beef
Trust Hogs in Stripes amount to
same thing.
Standard Oil plans for "reor-
ganization" now public. And only
thing ordinary person can under
stand from them is that he has
been stung again.
Judge. Backus, Milwaukee, SEN
fenced slayer to support widow
of man he killed.
In Nankin, Manchus are in
speeding heads of Chinese. If no
queue attached to head, they cut
it off. When rebels, retake Nan
kin, it'll be a bad day for heads
with queues.
Congress threatens to abolish
Taft's commerce court. High
time somebody took it in hand.
Rep. Henry, Texas, says there's
only one way to cure trust, and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-16

vision of Gary, U. S. steel corpor-
alton has evicted 800 foreigners !,
and their families. Which shows y
what a fine thing it is to have a
corporation run a city.
E. D. Ridgway, N. Y, pub :
Usher and ''muckraker," has left
Chicago between days with de-
tectives with writ charging GRIM
inal libel, on his trial.
Edw. Ricord, one of the "rep- /,
resentatiye" citizens of Lincoln
Center, admits that he lured ?
Mary Chamberlain,to place where J
other representative citizens ~
tarred and feathered her. Nice
man Edward must be.
Italy is righteously indignant
because Tripolitan Arabs insist
on defending their homes.
Brand Whitlock, elected mayor
of Toledo for fourth time on in"
dependent ticket, filed certified
statement showing he did not
spend one cent for expenses OF. (.
campaign,
Packers yesterday hammered
down cattle prices. understand
this won't make any difference in
the price of beef: Packers will Sell
at old prices and pocket extra :
profit.
Pastor c.. T. Richeson's attor-
neys ask for change of venue be-
cause impossible to get unprei
JUDGED jury in Boston. @
Political bosses would go out
of existence if the wealthy did
not support them. lob Hedges.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-16

.I5uauTd sgueiisdo liirot
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

The Mississippi Land Develop.
msnt Association Is doing an enor.
nous amount Of advertising the
splendid resources Of the state, and
are receiving encouragement and
promise Of persistent support from
all par.s Of the state. L sswhere in
this issue is the program Of the
big convention they will hold at
in June, to which we
your attention, asking that
all who possibly can, attend and
in this splendid work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19
VIII Peteet will insure your
Mules and Horses.
WASH THAT ITCH AWAY

1t is said that there are certain
springs in Europe that give relief and
cure to Eczema and other skin dis.
eases. II You knew that BY washing
10 these waters you could be relieved
from that awful itch, wouldn't o
make every effort to take q trip to
Europe ut once? Would yon not be
willing to spend your last cent To lind
the cure?
But you need not leave home for
these distant springs. Relief Is right
mere In your home town!
A simple wash of OIL VI Winter
green. Thymol and other ingredients
rs compounded only III ID b D. Pre-
scription will bring instant relief to
that terrible burning itch, and leave
the skin as smooth and healthy ~
that Of a child.
" yon have not already tried n. get
At least a 25-cent hottie today. We as
SURE you Of instant relief.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19
the wtATHfR AND TINE CROPS.

The past week has experienced
very favorable weather throughout
the cotton belt. There has been
very little rain, the precipitation
having been confined TO local
showers. The absence Of rain has
given farmers the needed oppor-
tunity TO complete planting and
thoroughly clean the field Of weeds
and grass, while tho soasonsble
temperature has given tho crop a
good start In the way Of growth.
As a refust Of the two week Of
good weather excellent reports IS 10
the condition Of the crop arc being
received from practically all parts
OF the belt.
There has been some complaint
from a few districts Of lack Of rain,
but this condition prevails in only
q very few places, and 1t may reaa
sonably be doubled il any actual
harm has been done, particularly
a. al thfs season Of the year II is
not likely that the needed rain will
-
be long delayed. 1t 10 generally
admitted that no acreage has had
10 be abandoned so far on account
OF grass and weeds or any otehr
cause, which is rather an exceptional
condition.
With tho crop practically all
planted. the question Of increase IL
attracting general attention. That
there has been a considerable
increase is freely admitted, and,
although this increase has been
greater in some states than in Others,
has been general, az there ia a
general desire to produce q large
crop this season, il being realized
that such a crop is actually needed
10 meet the worlds increasing re-
lnirements and restore exhausted
reserve supplies. 4
According to all accounts, the
,orn crop and grain crops gener-
lily throughout the South are max. |
ng excellent progress and liberal
are indicated, Despite the I
increased area devoted Tn cotton,
are not neglecting crop
iyersification, and have even added 4
their corn acreage. From the 4
sections all reports indicate I
hat the crop is making good prog- :
ess and promises a good yield. I
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19
FARMERS, ATTENTION +!

The average farm mule will cost
now about 5000. The high price Of
mule will stimulate the breeding Of
mules in those states known as the
mule section. by this system, when
a mule mare dies she has left no
offspring to take her place, for tho
reason that mare raised mules and
not horses. Already there is q
scarcity Of good brood mares.
The Southern farmer must give
some attention to growing his own
work stock instead Of buying.
In Mississippi, within rs miles
OF Memphis, there's farmer who
runs fifty to sixty plows and never
has plowed a mule on his farm that
he did not raise, II, has shipped
a carload Of mules raised by him.
lie now has about 2J mule colts OF
various ages.
This instance shows that mules
can be raised to advantage.
Breed tho mares you have. Urge
yonr neighbors TO do the same.
Sipposo you make an estimate
the cost OF mules brought in
your neighborhood for the past ten
years and figure how much could
been saved by raising them.
i you are careful in your figures,
. will surprise you.---C Commercial
Appeal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

Hattiesburg has baeged the
Travellers for next year. Wes.
Point was after the d~rummers, too,
and Greenwood should have been
there with her bid, as these boys arc
in a position to do incalculable
advertising for the city that enter
tains them at their annual conven-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19
Strength OF FIRST
DIVISION TEAMS.
Jackson. Greenwood and Yszoo City
are Simply 0uteisssed.

The final series OF last week In the
Cotton States League c~onclusiyely dem
onstrated the superioty Of the Hatties.
burg, vicksburg and Meridian teams
The three teams In the first division
each took three straights from the
second division teams. And luck play
cd a mighty small TART in the success.
siye victories.
Those who had entertained hope that
the Greenwood. Yszoo City aud jackson
teams, with their present lineups would
succeed in pulling above the .450 mark
ia the percentage column, and make 1t
. neck and neck race for the pennant
are now convinced OF the error of their
diagnosis.
1t is simply a case Of the survival Of
the httest. The Woodpsckers, the Hill
Biilies aai tn NJ ,tropJlitans are any
where from twenty to ffty per cent.
stronger than the Greenwood, Yazoo
City md Jackson teams. Whiio the
latter may win games occasionally,
when they do it will be In contests
wners the element Of luck plays a con-
spicious part.
And the most regrsttable part Of 1t In
that the irst division teams continue to
strengthen, while every little In this
direction has been done by second
division teams. The managers say that
IL il impossible to get capable players
at this season Of the year without 60
ing far In excess Of the salary limit,
aud this they are unwilling to do.
However, Manager Mills of yicks-
burg, Smith Of ~Hattiesburg and Wal
dron Of Meridian, do not seem to en-
counter much trouble in getting new
players OF established merit. For in
stance, Hattiesbnrg has been Joined
by viebahan, formerly a member Of the
twirling staff at Nashville, and it Is
understood that the purchase price paid
was $500. Other new players are to
join Meridian and vicksbarg before the
the close Of the week, according to
current reports.
Appropos Of Carlos Smith and his
bunch Of pennant chasers, the story is
going around the circuit that the Hat
tiesbarg manager has swallowed q
horseshoe, and the only chance to re.
move 1t 10 by having him kidnapped
and a surgical operation performed. 1t
Is an u~ndisputed fact that luck has
travelling his way ia carriages
Y 9 since the opening Of the season
None OF his players have met with se.
accidents, and he has been p~artic-
llariy fortunate In picking players.
Furthermorc, his individual game ia
The best no has ever played, even In
me palmy days when no was star out.
ielder OF the birmingham team, and one
II the leading sluggers on that circuit
During the past week he has kept his
average close to the .470 mark.
IL tn IRE anything Ia lilthis w,rld
nat ia OF more Importance to you than
digestion? Food must be eaten
. sustain life and must DO digested and |
'onverted into blood. When the diges-
ION fail the whole body suffers. Cham
'eriain's Tablets are a rational and
eiiable cure for indigestion. They in \
rease the flow Of bile, purify the blood,
treDgthen the stomache, aud lone up \
no whole digestive apparatus to a I
atural and healthy action. For sale I
y all dealers. !
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

II weather conditions viii como
across and do the proper stunts. our
crops this year will sii ! be d splen-
did one. But many more drouths
like the recent one viii play q little
havoc with results.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19
A Burglars Awful Deed

nay not paral,z az a mothers lops
Illness. But DR., Kings Now Lii. arc !
splendid re'nrd,y for women. "Th.y
gaze no womb rfui hsaeft in constipX
tion and female tronhlt,v wrote Ma.
NJ. 9. Danlan, " LssdiiI. Tenn. II ALL
log, try them. 25s At all drnggis,s.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

Battermilk has become such 3
universal sick diet thata /" butter
milk COW" y the crying need d The
line,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

The summer resort circulars are
almost as fascinating ard quite as
unreliable as tho seed catalc CUES.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

Tho recall acts as 4 chaser" for
after running % get in Office 4 man
must keep on the move to stay in.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

Wonder II In that little private
conversation Carter Harrison put
M. Bryan next" as 70 how u come
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

The postmasters are in session OF
Greenville this week, enjoying tie
hospitality Of our sister city.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

And everybody admits that we
need them badly. so why the delay?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

Noactivity towards organizing q
County Fair.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

Obituaries, Tributes Of Respecs and
Cards IT Thanks In this paper will be
eaArgsd for ss the ratio Of 5 cents q line
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

Quite an improvement, those oiled
streets.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19
No opera house yet,
Vacation days are now on tap.

Aud nothing about street railway.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-05-19

Subscribers not receiving their paper
promptly will please notify tho Office.
Changes In address should bs reported
promptly.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-11
AN ANCIENT uNKSTAND.

BERLIN, May i0.-An inkstand
that was probably in use 3,400 years
ago, is now exhibited in Berlin mu-
scum. 1t is Of Egyptian make and
is supposed to belong to the eighteenth
or nineteenth dynasty, or somewhere
ebout 1900 b. c., although its real
age can be judged only approximate
ly. 1t is made of wood and has two
compartments, an upper one provided
with two holes, one for black and
for red ink, and lower one for hold
ing reed pens. The black and the
red ink are certainties for some still
remains, in dry condition, within the
receptacle. Another ancient inkstand
is supposed to have been intended for
the use of a schoolboy. 1t would cer-
tainly hold ink enough for u school
boys needs, for IL has no fewer than
-four ink holes. Both inkstands were
found at Thebes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-11
MARK CAMP JACKSON FALL.

ST. LOUIS. Mo, May l0.--Civil
var veterans of st Louis and vi
cinity today Joined in celebration of
the tiftieth anniversary of the fall of
Camp Jackson The celebration in
cluded the decoration of the statues
OF Grant, Sigel, Blair and other Union
leaders and program of exercises at
which addresses were delivered by
Congressman Bartholdt, Major Leo
Psssieur former commander -in-chief
of the G. A. r., and other men Of
prominence.
II was on the morning of May 10,
1861, that force of Union soldiers in
command Of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon
marched upon Camp jackson. which
had been made the headquarters for
the gathering of troops and supplies
for the Confederate, and took the
stronghold by surprise. The capture
OF Camp jackson has been spoken
OF as the first decisive blow dealt for
the national government anywhere in
the country Historians are generally
agreed that Gen. Lyons bold stroke
kept Missouri in the Union and baked
the plans of the Secessionists to cut
the line of communication between
the east and middle west and the Pa
cifc slope.