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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
Letters to the Editor
Alabama Press Association

To the Editor of The Age-Heraid: 1 I will appreciate to have you publish
 the following in your paper of tomorrow,
 Monday, morning.
 l On May 25, 1911 a circular letter was
 mailed to the editors and publishers of newspapers in Alabama regarding the fortieth annual meeting of the Alabama Press association.
 Again on June 25 1911, another letter was mailed to each member of the as- isocation announcing that the foretieth annual session would be held in the city
 of Montgomery, July Il and 12; further that the Honorable Woodrow Wilson had been invited to attend and address the press association.
 That circular also advised the members that the railroads had granted a special rate of three cents mile for the round trip to Montgomery, and that tickets would be on sale July 9 and 10, with a return limit to midnight of July H.
 Particulars were also given regarding the outing, to Tybee Beach, Ga, and in order to complete necessary arrangements for the annual meeting and outing, and provide for entertaining the press dur ing their stay in Montgomery. the mem- bers were earnestly solicited to advise the secretary immediately on receipt of his letter whether they would or would not attend the annual meeting at Mont
 gomery.
 Twenty members responded to the re- quest of the secretary and of this num- Der IA expressed regrets at inability ia attend the annual meeting because of political conditions prevailing about com mission form of government in towns and local option in the counties Of their respective localities. Eight of the four teen members who have thus written are
 the oldest and leading members of the press association. Six members advised the secretary of their intention to be present at the meet ing; but no responses have been. receiv- ed from any of the other membefe of tho
 press.
 The secretary. finding himself confront
 ed with peculiar condition of affairs sought the advice of Major W. w. Screws and other friends of the press and they were of the opinion that under such con. ditions the fortieth annual meeting should be postponed from July to some day in the fall, as no annual meeting can be held with prospective attendance of only six members
 Therefore, for reasons heretofore stated and for the further reason that the Hon.
 orable Woodrow Wilson cannot be with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
FOURTEEN NAVAL OFFICERS MUST 60 Secretary Meyers "Pluck- ing Board" Makes
 Its Report

Washington, July 3-The names of II officers of the United States navy, se- lected for compulsory retirement by the "plucking' board appointed by Secretary Meyer, were announced today and the suspense which for several weeks has gripped the personnel of the service from lieutenant to captain was dispe!led. By the conclusions of the board which have been approved by the President, four of- ficers of each of the grades of captain, commander and lieutenant commander and lieutenants were transferred to the retired list from June 30. The officers affected, most of whom are Spanish American war veterans, are:
 Captains-James T. Smith of North Carolina, commanding the receiving ship Hancock; John T. Newton of Ohio, until recently in command of the battleship Nebraska; Robert F. Lopez of Tennessee senior member of the board surveying vessels on the Pacific coast, and Harry Phelps of New Jeraey, serving on gem eral court martial duty at the New York navy yard.
 Om1nanderS-Patflck wv IIOuTlSdn or New York, commanding the naval train
 ing station at Newport, R. l.; Harold k. Hines of Kentucky, commanding the supply ship Glacier; Edward T. Wither- spoon of New York, commanding the transport Prairie; John R. Ede, of the District of Columbia, executive officer of the battleship New Hampshire.
 Lieutenant Commanders-John H. Ro- wen of Pennsylvania, executive officer of the battleship Maine; Alfred T. Pratt of Illinois, on sick leave; Ernest F. Eek hardt of Wisconsin, executive officer of the receiving ship Independence; Henry T. Baker of Ohio( on duty at naval sta tions at Caviete and Olongapo, P. l.
 Lieutenants-Semmes Reid of West Vir- ginia, on sick leave; Roland R. Riggs of New Jersey, on sick leave
 The retirements are made in accord ance with the provisions of the naval personnel act to create vacancies in the line of the navy to permit promotions. The vacancies during the last fiscal year caused by death. retirement or resignation were fl less than the number prescribed by law. Each of the officers retired will be advanced one grade in rank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
OFFICERS MAY
 NOT RETURN SOUTH

Washington. July 3.-Rear Admiral Young and Captain Helm, commandants respectively of the Pensacola and New Orleans navy yards, will be ordered shortly to attend the summer confer ence' at the naval war college at New port and probably will not return to their present stations. The department in connection with the plan to reduce the expenditures of two years to 0 minimum probably will place as com mandants of the yards officers of lower rank.
 The removal of the dry dock at Pen sacola to the naval station at Guanta- namo, Cuba. also is under considera- tion. The New Orleans dock cannot be disturbed. however, without the consent of Congress as the appropriation under which 1t was constructed stipulated 1t was for New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
INDEPENDENCE DAY
 FESTIVITIES NOTED

This the "Glorious Fourth always in- teresting to young and old, will be es- pecially busy today, with two baseball games In prospect, the golf tournament and barbecue at the Country club, innu- merable small gatherings and the after noon tea at the Country club. Following a day that was almost without ripple socially speaking, Tuesday, while not bril- liant from a formal standpoint, will be full of interest from sunrise to sunset.
 The afternoon tea at the club promises to be the smartest of the season. It IS expected that many will motor out after the baseball game, and that the golfers will come in from the links to add their presence to the happy occasion. The hostesses who will preside over the des- tiny of this and the Thursday tea were a fortunate choice, as may be said or every hostess that the club has had this spring. They are to be Mrs. Webb Craw- ford, Mrs. Nathan l.. Miller and Mrs. John H. Minge, each of whom will grace 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
ASHWORTH- WILLIAMS

The marriage of Dr. Robert Fraser Ash
 worth of this city and Miss Capitola Will Hams, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. w. Williams, was soemnized several days ago at the home of the brides sister, Mrs | Taylor Durham, in Chattanooga. It was attended by number of Birmingham people. Commenting upon the nuptials, the Chattanooga News says in part: Brass jardinieres filled with white car nations were used to decorate the man. tels and cabinets while ferns were used in every available nook. Asparagus ferns
 were festooned from the windows and
 over the doorways. The shades were
 drawn and the entire house lighted with
 candles, the soft light shedding a soft
 glow over the rooms. The ceremony took
 place under the archway between the liv- ing room and hall before pretty alcove
 formed of palms and ferns.
 Just before the ceremony, Mrs. Ben
 Bush sang All That I Want Is Love-"
 Miss Vivienne Wesson presided at the
 piano and played Mendelssohn's wedding
 march as the wedding party entered. Dr.
 E. A. Elmore, the officiating minister, en-
 tered first, followed by the rng-bearer, little Miss Virginia Tucker, wearing a
 dainty white lingerie frocll and carrying the ring in a basket of white carnations and maiden hair fern. The bride and groom enterad together The bride, who is an unusually pretty girl. was especially lovely In her wedding gown of embrold- cred marouisette over white satin. Her
 white picture hat was trimmed with sweet peas and valley lilies and she car
 ried shower bouquet. In performing the ceremony Dr. Fillmore used the impress sive ring service. After the ceremony an informal reception was held. Assisting MT. and Mrs. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Ashworth in caring for the guests were: MT. and Mrs Ashworth of Birmingham, pa rents of the bridegroom; MT. and Mrs. Lancaster and Miss Buena Smith of Bir mingham: Mrs. A. c. Foust and Mrs. Myrtle Tucker.
 1 Dr. and Mrs Ashworth left for we'd ding trip to eastern points, Including washington, New York and other eastern cities. The brides going-away gown was | a tailored suit of gray worn with a gray poke bonnet and shoes and gloves to match. Upon their return Mir. and Mrs. Ashworth will make their home in Bir-
 mingham.
 | The summer home of MT. and Mrs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
LUMBERMAN CHARGED
 WITH TRUST TACTICS

Kansas City, Mo-, July S-Harry A. Gorusch. secretary of the Southwestern Lumbermen's association, was arraigned before a United States commissioner here today charged with violation of the Sher- man antitrust law in connection with the issuance to dealers of lumber price lists by his association. The arraignment followed the receipt today of the indict- ment returned against Gorusch two weeks ago by a federal grand jury in Chicago, when seventeen other secre- taries of lumber associations were also indicted.
 Gorusch was released on 5000 bond to appear for trial in the United States dis trict court in Chicago, September l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
ANOTHER PELICAN
 GOES TO THE MAPS

New Orleans, July 3.--Outfelder Hank" Butcher, a star on the New Orleans team since the spring of 1910. left tonight for Cleveland to join the Maps. It has been known for some time that Butcher was to be released to Cleveland. He is the third player to
 go from New Orleans to Cleveland this
 season, Paige and Lindsay preceding him.
 Pitcher Fanwell, formerly of Cleve- land and Portland, reported to Man ager Frank today. Hyder Barr will play left field for the locals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
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us in the month of July the undersigned with the hearty concurrence of the tpres- ident of the Alabama Press assadiation hereby calls off the annual meeting of the Alabama Press association which was to be held in Montgomery July Il and 12, 1911.
 The excursion to Tybee Beach, will. however, take place and members who desire to take that outing will please communicate with the undersigned ae once. Respectfully,
 JACOB PEPPERMAN, Secretary Alabama Press Association, Montgomery, July 3, 1911.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

have as their guest Mrs Edward Rich ardson of New Orleans.
 MT. and Mrs. G. A. Clayton of Atlan- ta are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lanier.
 Miss Margaret Latady has returned from a short visit to Jacksonville, Ala. MT. and Mrs. Charles DeBardeleben will leave the last of the month for visit to Tate Spring.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur Adams are also among those who will spend a part of the heated term at Tate Spring.
 
 Mrs. Laurens Block will leave Thurs day for Michigan. where she will spend the remainder of the summer. Her mother, Mrs. Bloom of Memphis, will &C., company her.
 Mrs. J. R. Scott, Miss Katherine Scott and Miss Martha Lewis Scott are visiting in Kentucky and Tennessee. Col. and Mrs. T. O. Smith returned yes terday after a delightful summer outina that included Lexington, Va. where they
  son, Julian Smith. and later Atlantic City and New York
 Miss Grace Smith, who has been visit ing in New York and Baltimore, has re- turned home.
 MT. and Mrs. D. IT. Markstein have as t'.eir guests Miss Frances Wolf. Miss l'h1lipa Marx and Miss Edith Meyer of Montgomery.
 Mir and Mrs. Bert Meadow have re- turned from New Orleans. Mrs. Lige Loy and children have taken possession of their summer cottage at St. Clair Springs. They will remain there until autumn.
 Miss Elizabeth Calen is visiting in Louisville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
THE TRUE SPORT
What the Minister Told His Congregation the Other DayA Chip Off the Old BockMr. Jack Barrymore Arises to Express Some Views About the Married Sport Which Savor of Pearls of Wisdom-Matrimony Is Like
 Race Cross Country
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE

As well as I remember it was a Ken lucky woman who eloped with a man In every way unworthy of her, but who hung on to thim to the last without ever murmuring.
 Finally when he had the deeency to run away and desert her her father, marvel ing at how she had endured her life with such a creature, she answered:
 I'm your daughter and you're a dead game sport. That's all. took Jack for better or worse-it turned out to be most ly for worse. but I gritted my teeth and smiled and bore 1t as long as it was humanly possible, and that's the whole story
 She got her reward and her freedom and she's had nothing to reproach her. self with, and is perhaps happier now than she ever was before and all because she was a true sport.
 That's all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
WILL MEET TO
 ELECT CASHIER

Ashvile. July s.-(Special)-The direc- tors of the Bank of Odenville have been called to meet on July Il at which time a cashier will be elected Howard Smith has been acting cashier since the resigua. tion of Algn Smith some tune ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
A HOUSE PARTY
 AT MOUNT PINSON

J. H. McCary at Mt. Pinson made com fortable and cheery gathering place for a party of their daughters friends dur
 ing the week end. Among those enjoying this delightful outing with Miss Helen McCary as the hostess, were: Miss Avis Myatt, Miss Mary Parke London, Mise Helen Eubank Miss Marguerite Nabers' Miss Marjorie Bell. Mir. Marshall Dabney, MT. Jefferson Beall MT. William McCary and MT Henry McCary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

ters. Mrs Maud Wynn and Mrs. Mary Lowe are with her constantly.
 ses
 Miss Mamie Lively left yesterday for Wrightsville Beach to tspend the month of July.
 Mrs Brooks Lawrence and Miss Velma Lawrence are spending the summer in Tiffin and Toledo, Ohio, and Detroit. Mich.
 Mrs. Edgar Mark Williams and her lit- tie daughter, Mary Juliette, have gone to Milwaukee to spend the summer.
 
 Miss Rena Barker of Gadsden is the guest of Miss Marguerite Robinson in Glen Iris park. Miss Robinson and her guest spent the weekend at Blount Springs, but are expected home tomor- row morning.
 MT. and Mrs. Willis Hitzing, who moved to Nashville last winter, have taken the home of one of the professors at Wander bilt for the summer. as a number of mem- bers of the faculty are summering at home. find themselves in the midst of a charming little coterie There have been a number of entertainments of a more or less informal nature and events are shap- ing themselves very pleasantly for these former Birmingham people.
 MT. w. P Ballard is spending a few days at the hotel at Blount Springs.
 
 MT. W. G. Kilgore spent the weekend at Blount.
 Mrs. w. G. Kilgore is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Richard Lyman, in Jackson vile, Fla.
 The annual opening dance at Blount Springs was attended by number of Birmingham people. Among the men go- ing up on the late train Saturday to be present at the dance were: o. L. Wilson, E. G. Harris, R. A. Heath, Hugh Harri- son. Robert McDavid, Jr., H. E. Pilgrave, c. V. Galham and others
 Mrs. James Armstrong, a former resi- dent of Birmingham, but now living in Montgomery will spend the summer at Kanuga Lake, N. c.
 Mrs. Homer LeGrand of Montgomery is viting her aunt, Mrs A. c. Birch. MissVirginia Bridges has returned from visit to Miss Estelle Hubbert of Mont gomery.
 MISS lSaDelle CTOSSlHnu IS NlsitinS reld- tives in Montgomery.
 Miss Estelle Scheussler is visiting in Montgomery.
 Miss Gladys Hudson of Montgomery will arrive next week to be the guest of Miss Scheussler.
 Mrs Maggie Duffel, who has been visit s,,z- s,, Ioc onn n c
 .
 Dr. and Mrs. Felix Tarrant are ex- pecting to leave in a few days for At lantic City to spend the remainder of the month.
 Miss Louie Compton has returned from Biloxi, where she spent several weeks. Miss Ruby Hume will go to Montgomery in few days to visit relatives. MT. and Mrs. w. F. Aldrch of Aldrich. Ala, are guests at the Blount Springs hotel.
 pr. Alfred Walker is at home after spending a short time in Michigan, where his wife is passing the summer. Mr. John w. Luke went to Atlanta sev- era! days ago to join Mrs. Luke who has been the guest of Col. and Mrs. Van Ors- dale. He is expected to. return home in a few days accompanied by Mrs Luke. MT. and Mrs. Matthew S. Sloane have taken an apartment in the Levert. MT. and Mrs. George Gorion Crawford
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
First Automobile Torpedo

Te great danger attendant upon the nseof the clumsy movable torpedo has beei responsible for the ambition of in venbrs 10 perfect a dirigible torpedo. In B64,i an Austrian naval engineer namtd uupius had so far succeeded that ht engaged Robert Whitehead, then msnager of an engine manufactur- ing corcern at Plume, Hungary to as- sist in the development of the tor pedo.l From that time on, MT. White lvanced so rapidly with his tor b Improvements that today the Whitehead torpedo is known the world over as a marvel of mechanical gen ius.
 Hs first torpedo was a steel shell II fncles in diameter, containing IS pounds of dynamite and weighing 300 pounds. Its moor power was compressed air up to 700 0pounds to the square inch, which was all the boiler-plate shell would stand Naturally its speed was slow, being about six knits an hour.
 h connection with the earlier stages ofItorpedo development the names of Ad- mfal How'll of the United States navy. Sipms. Havey and Schwartzkopf must bel linked with Whitehead's, since each contributed much to the progress of the invention.
 Ads Other Industries
 Before Gplaining some of the details of the Bliss l-eavitt torpedo which have made 1t he highest type of destructive engine i1 the world, it should not be overlook9i that the torpedo has been largely rbponsible for some of the great est improvements and inventions in other kindred industries The wonderful strengtl and resistance of steel can oe directly traced to the necessity for bet ter hapening processes to which the tor pedo dlled attention. Also, the success ful mention of submarine vessels is but the dtgrowth of self-propelled subma- rine brpedoes.
 The Bliss-Leavitt type of torpedo is manjfactured in two sizes. IS feet 1 inchE in length. IS and 21 inches in diam- eterj Its weight complete Is 2OOO pounds It I}divided into four compartments des. ignaed as the head, the air flask, the saftsbody and the tall. Each torpedo is suplied with two heads; one for prac- r tics purposes and the other the war heal. g The air-fask is a shell or cylinder of spd,ial grade of nickel steel finished 10 . thickness of 7-16 inch. Each end of the flask is fitted with a heading. one of whlcI is removable to permit of cleaning out fNe flask when necessary. There are threj compartments in each flask; a mais air chamber in the center, with a buohncy chamber at each end. The main compartment contains the compressed air
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
Blue Ribbon Means Quality

Insist on having Blue Ribbon Vanilla
 and Lemon and you get the extract of quality. No better can be made. Best and takes less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

Up in Providence, R. l., the other day, the rector of fashionable congregation startled his auditors by declaring that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
NOTES AND PERSONALS

Mrs. George Troupe Brazelton returned Sunday from Wrightsvile beach, where she spent ten days. MT. Brazelton joined her for the last few days of her stay.
 Miss Mary Lou Cobb and Miss Hazel Tynes are members of house party in Corinth Miss.
 Mrs. J. I. Atchison of New York, who has been at the Hotel Hillman for few days, Is now at the home of Mrs. Emma Little, 1004 South Twentieth street. MT Atchison has gone to New York and will join her later.
 Mrs. l.. A. Condon's friends will regret to know that she Is quite i'll. She is at her home on Thirteenth avenue and Sev- enteenth street, South. and her daugh-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

married couples should be true sports.
 The remark brought on all sorts of talk in the church and preciatipted a great hubbub.
 There were those who understood what the minister meant and others who had to be told
 A clever writer on one of the big New York papers saw her chance for a story
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

and she accordingly took it to MT. Jack Barrymore, one of the present-day "Mati- nee Idols"-a trife under 30, and only re- gently married. He who when told that his sisters CEthel Barrymore) son was to be christened Samuel Pomery Colt II, suggested that the youngster be called "Pomery Sec'-which wasn't bad for a pun. was 1t?
 Coming as Mir. Barrymore does from a family of sports-"sports" as Broadway understands the meaning of the word, the newspaper woman asked him what he thought the Rev. gentleman of the fash ionabe congregation meant by the term, true sport.'
 In reply MT. Barrymore delivered him. self of these pearls of wisdom:
 'The married sport does not believe that his wife is 70 forsake her old friends ana devote herself to him exclusively:
 He knows that she requires friends and amusement just as much after marriage as she does before:
 The married sportsman will not nag and scold.
 The married sport will declare himself frankly and explicitly.
 Petty fault finding will be beneath him.
 He won't fly into a rage if his wife is admired by other men, neither shall she assume grouch If any other woman speaks decently to her husband.
 To sum up an awkward situation, the true married sport will give his wife men, tai. financial and social freedom"
 However widely the congregation that heard the minister recommend the true sportsman's spirit, may differ with him, there are many no doubt there and all over the country who admire his word of>broad and enlightened wisdom.
 The average girl who marries takes chance-an awful chance.
 In a way, matrimony is not unlike race cross country.
 There are fences and bramble patches, ditches and short cuts.
 Those who keep their heads and their tempers, who make the best of the worst. usually come out with a creditable record before the judges stand.
 For where is the person who having en- tered race would deliberately funk be- Cduot tne SOlDS was IOuSuer lndH ne or she thought?
 In a case like that 1t Is better to have all such entries scratched before the en- gagement is announced.
 There isn't woman alive who wouldn't rather die than suffer the humiliation of the divorce court.
 It's a stain and blur on her name that makes her bow her head in sorrow, and the right kind stick bad bargain out to the bitter end rather than go through such an experience, and the one who Is true sport hangs as long as it is humanly possible-remember that-and when that's done, then all is done, and the only thing left is the self conscious ness that you've been game to the last and that's something.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04

esn1 of eeauty b a Joy Foreve.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-09

Our little reference made to the
need of having "clean streets" B"
published in our last issue, has
brought favorable comments, es-
peciallly from residents of Main
street who see and feel the need of a
street sweeper. The opinion prevails
that Council should purchase a street
sweeper and have it used systemati-
cally. Property owners, it is de-
clared, in a large number of instan-
ces, are cooperating with the town
in this matter by sweeping the re-
fuse from their cutters to the center
of the street. This "streak" of
dirt down the center of the street
could be better taken care of if
Council provided Street Supervisor
Turner with a street sweeper. And
not only on Main street, but the
other streets as we'll.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-09

flourish and prosper. Let us hope
so. The growth and popularity of
Woodland cannot help but be felt
in Smyrna. In bygone days patrons
of the resort from all parts of Kent
County and lower New Castle County
made Smyrna a stopping place going
to and from. This means something
to our merchants and puts additional
money in circulation. Smyrna is sure
to receive some benefit from Wood
lands growth and the work that is
being done by President Mott and
the new road and viaduct promised
by the Levy Court, augurs for the
success of this enterprise which has
been lying dormant for many
years.