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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
M'DOWELL ANSWERS STEWART'S CLAIMS Says Ensley Is For Licensed
 Saloons TIRED OF AGITATION Captain Hobson Agrees to Speak in Ensley Next Tuesday Night.
 General News of the
 Steel City
TIRED OF AGITATION

M IT. Mcdowell. former alderman and a prominent real estate dealer of Ensley, states that the report given out by the prohibitionists at the meeting Monday night is absolutely incorrect. He states that there are more than 700 legal voters on the polling list In Ems ley and that the people themselves know that Ens1ey is opposed to the present reign of the blind tigers and that they are heartily in favor of the well regulated saloons.
 His statement Is as follows:
 .'Mr. Stewart. manager of the prohi- bition campaign at Ensley, in his boast, as published in The Age Herald Tues day, was so fragrantly wrong that no answer Is necessary so far as local sen timent Is concerned
 "Ensley is overwhelmingly against blind tigers and dispensaries The voters have had their minds made up for months. They know as much about the average question as the average speaker can tell them. Haven't they been living under present conditions for four years?
 "On the voters list, furnished by the probate judge there may be the names of 15 de ad men. MT. Stewart evidently counted them and some 200 more dead or ficticious ones to arrive at his to- tals While Mir. Stewart Is a good citi- zen and a qualified eleotor, his name does not appear on the original certi fled list.
 MT. Stewart knows that there are more than 700 qualified voters in Ems ley. He also knows that the elections are as honestly conducted at Ensley as any other precinct in the county. In the prohibition fight of 1907, the amend ment fight, the O'Neal-Mallory cam paign, and in the election to be held next week, the prohibitionists have con- trolled the election machinery. Per believe that these election of hcers were and are honest men and 
 'If any one should be mislead by Mir stewart's flambuoyancy he will be rude ly awakened on the night of August "A. Ensley will not support prohibi- tion or dispensaries. for prohibition has proven a gloomy failure, while nine out of ten men who vote for dispen saries would immediately turn about and repudiate their child, leaving the system with few if any friends, and continue an agitation and condition that has done so much to wreck the business of the district.
 Moderation and toleration are com Ing into their own in Ensley. as well as in the rest of Jefferson county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Commercial Club Meeting

The Commercial club of Ensley held it's semi-monthly meeting last night in the inferior court room at the city hall. The attendance was rather small on account of many attending the Hobsen meeting in Birmingham.
 The chief business of the evening was the discussion of the telephones their rates and service A lengthy discussion was entered Into and after much debat- Ing and arguing a committee consisting of T, C. Burke, W. A. Burgin and J. c. DeLacee, was appointed to investigate and secure data on this subject. They will report at the next meeting.
 After the discussion Of the telephone rates, the discussion of securing direct mail delivery from the trains was taken up. The members stated that Ensley should receive direct mail service. As the condition is now, the Ensley mail is received at the Birmingham postoffice and then transferred to the Ensley office. The merchants object to this on account Of tie delay in the transmission and an effort will be made to have the mail sent direct to Ensley from the traian,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Personal and General

The Ladies Aid society of the Shady side Methodist church will give an ice cream supper this evening at the end OF the car line.
 Rev. H. C. Kegley of Decatur was a visitor te the city yesterday on a business trip.
 M. H. McDowells visitor Mrs w. S. Raby, his sister, left yesterday for Selris where she will visit friends before re- turning to her home in Tennessee.
 MT and Mrs. John Faulkner left yester- day for an extended tour of the north and the west. They will be gone for some time,
 w. A. Morton left recently for Chicago, where he will attend the lumbermen g meeting. He was accompanied by his wife. They will be gone for about 10 days. Mrs Owen Culpepper and her son are visiting Mrs. Hardin at their residence or Avenue E.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Pou returned after most delightful visit to friends and rel atives in Pickens county Miss Katherine Emmal of Pittsburg is visiting her mother, Mrs W. s. En,inal at the family residence on Avenue H. | George H. Tragressor has returned after ] an extended vacation in Georgia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
CENTERVILLE NEWS

Centerville, August 15.-(Special.- commissioners of Blob county convened here on yesterday and will probably be in session several days, as there IS much work before the court. Quite numer of persons from various parts of the county are attending court.
 On Monday of next week the fall term of the circuit court will convene here, The civil docket is not very heavy, but quite a number of criminal cases will he called for trial large per cent of which are cases where defendants are charged with violating the prohibition law several murder eases will come up fol, hearing at the approaching term of the court.
 R. c. Goodson, tax commissioner for Bibb county, has been busily engaged at work on the tax records and as a result much property that has escaped taxa tion for several years will be added to the tax rolls A number of persons have heen cited to appear to show reasons why the taxable value of their property should not be increased
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
LANCE ORD GETS
 BEST OF O'bR|EN

New York, August 15.-Sam Langford of Boston, with an advantage of about 10 pounds in weight, fought 'Philadel- phia Jack" OBrien to standsttll in four and one-half rounds tonight at the Twentieth Century club. Referee Charlie White prevented a knockout when he stopped the bout in the mid de of the fifth round. O'Brien prac- tically was out from the effects of a hard left hook to the jaw and had to be helped to his corner.
 It was the old story of a clever, game boxer pitted against a hard-hitting fighter. and from the start the Boston heavyweight had O'Brien's measure taken Langfords blows were of the sledgehammer variety, while none Of OBrien's blows and hooks had suffi- cient force to hurt the negro. The play was fast and O'Brien showed clever footwork, as well as scientific box ing.
 There was no question as to OBrien's gameness, as he took a lot of punish ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
NEW ARRANGEMENT
 ID GET TEXT BOOKS
High School Texts Can Be Secured on Consign-
 ment

Montgomery, August 5.-(SpeciaD. IA consummated by Superintendent of Edu- cation Henry J. Willingham relative to the text books used in the high schools of this state, whereby all text books are soured on consignment, and whereby they can be returned when not sold, instead of having to purchase them at whatever prices local dealers might charge, will be a source of qualification to students, parents and local book dealers of the state. Moreover the arrangement is one which is said to exist in very few states, Alabama being one of the few states to reach such fortunate agreement. Public school books are secured by state l adoption in most all the states High | school books are obtained through state adoption in very few states. In Alabama, as in most all the other states high school books are bought direct from the publishers, and whenever better scientific treatises on high school text books have been brought out school authorities have tried to get the benent of them without waiting to the end of adoption periods Besides, high school teachers and high
 
 number. High school teachers frequently do much better work with one book than they could with another
 The chief difficulty Involved in the ques- tion of high school text books is a meth cd of obtaining them easily and at right prices. During the present summer. ar engagements have been made by State Superintendent Henry J. Willingham, which. for the first time, puts the question of high school text books on a business basis that Is highly satisfactory The pub fishers whose books are adopted for use in the county high schools as well as those in the district agricultural schools, have agreed to supply all these books on consignment.
 It is agreed furthermore, that the high school text books already on hand in the local Repositories where county high schools and agricultural schools are To- cated, shall be regarded as part of the first consignment-that is to say the books will be kept in plentiful supply In the local Repositories and furnished to the students at net publishers prices, and any books unsold at the end of the year may be returned to Loveman, Jos eph & Loeb, who will supply them from Birmingham.
 In addition to this arrangement, appli- cable to all high school text books in use next year in the county high schools and in the district agricultural schools, Love- man, Joseph & Loeb have agreed to take up and dispose of. in their own way, and without loss to the local Repositories, any other high school text books which may in the past few years have been mis- placed by the adoption of others.
 This arrangement prevents local deal- CTS from losing anything whatever on high school text books. making them as safe to handle as the adopted common school text books. Furthermore, any stu dent who may have on hand an old book formerly used as a high school text book, may use such old book in the payment of a new one, valuing the old book at 40 per cent of the price of the new one. How ever, very few exchanges of this kind will be required
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Prohibition Meetings

Quite number of meetings will be held by the prohibitionsts and several prominent speakers have consented to address the audiences. On Thursday night pr. L. c. Branscomb will address the audience at the prohibition head quarters.
 On Saturday night meeting will be held at the bank corner. The meeting will be addressed by Capt Frank White, c. P. Beddow and Charley Rice, The meeting will begin at o'clock.
 Following the meeting on, Saturday, Rev tUpchurch will deliver an address on prohibition Sunday at the Frank lin theatre In the evening he will speak on the same subject at one of the churches.
 Perhaps the most noted speaker on pro- hibition in the south will address the mass meeting. which will be held at the opera house on Tuesday night. Rich mond Pearson Hobson, the noted speak CT. will speak to the audience on Tues day evening at the opera house at s o'clock. The captain announced that he " ould accept the invitation last night. The prohibition leaders in Ensley feel very elated over this announcement and fl is expected that a large number will turn out to hear him speak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
COMPLETE FACULTY
 FOR NORMAL SCHOOL

Montgomery, August 15.-(Specialy- Announcement was today made by Superintendent of Education Henry J.. Willingham of the completion of the faculty of the Florence Normal school by the election of Prof. G. G. Glover to the department of natural sciences, and of Miss Gabrfella Knight to the de- partment of vocal music. The nomina- tions were made by pr. James K. Powers. president, and approved by the executive committee of the state normal board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
BRUNDIDGE IS THE
 ONLY APPLICANT

Montgomery, August 15.-(Special)-- The town of Brundidge in Pike coun- ty, is the only city in that county to request location of the county high state high school commission. who will tomorrow inspect that offered site. The condition is a most unusual one, in that nearly every county of Alabama in which county high schools have been located so far have put up most strenuous fight for the location.
 The commission leaves the city on tomorrow morning. returning to Mont gomery on tomorrow night. On the following day the commission will go to Monroe county to inspect sites ot- Lfered at Monroevills Jones' HILL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Adelphia Club Dance

The Adelphia club will give Its sec ono dance on Friday night. This will be the second of the pretty affairs given by the Adelphia organization recently. Prof. Boerner's orchestra will furnish the mu- sic and the announcement that the club will give many of these delightful af fairs during the season will no doubt be very pleasing to the young set in Ensley.
 It may be remembered that this or gsnization gave it's first dance last Friday. The affair was well attended ard many pretty effects were rendered. The dancing pavilion was beautifully dec- orated with Japanese lanterns and col ored lights. Many of the young people from Ensley, Wylam and Pratt City at- tended the last dance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Italians to Build Plant

A new industry will be laced at Ems ley to manufacture patented combina- ton tool. The Italians of Ensley are the stockholders and promoters of the new company. The patent Is ccmblna- ton monkey, pipe and vice wrench, and was patented by W. l.. Bassola. an Ital- ian.
 Plans for the factory have been for mulated and the contract for the ma chirery has been let. The paid-in capi- tai of the new company is s3000. It is composed of 40 Italians of this city. Im- medately following the arrival of the machinery and the other equipment the finished product will be placed on the rarket. The company will employ about 15 men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
BAPTIST ORPHANS
 HOME IS IMPROVED
Young Man Dies of Pt0maine Poison ing From Eating
 Salmon

Evergreen, August 15.-(Special. )-Dr. w. W. Perdue of the state health department has just made a thorough examination of the Baptist orphanage with a view to ascertaining whether or not there were any cases of hoolSworm there. Dr. Per due says in his report: "Of the S5 chil- dren at the home there were 10 suspects. This excellent state of affairs is due to the diligent work of Dr. Stallworth, the physician in charge, and the close at tention of the management. Heretofore there were quite number of the chil- dren who were infected. This was due to the condition of the playgrounds, which has been remedied by treating all cases and putting in system of sewerage. Upon the whole the home is in splen- did sanitary condition
 c S ,Thames., 9 young man who came here from Geneva about three months ago, died after a brief illness this morn ing. The remains were carried to Red death is supposed to have been caused by eating salmon from a can, which re- suited in ptomaine poisoning.
 The revival services, after continuing al the Methodist church for eight days, closed last night. pr. W. P. Hurt, who conducted the meeting, returned to his home in Opelika this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Attack White Slave Traffic

Milwaukee, Wis, August 15.-A direct attack upon white slave traffic has been planned by the woman's committee of the national socialist party. At meeting today the committee made plans foy campaign to reduce the traffic that Mil nxtend all over the United States. N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Moonshiners Desnerate

Nashville, August 15.-The local internal re venue office regards the situation as regards illicit distiling the worst it has been in years. The moonshiners are show ing a desperate spirit, and the revenue officer who goes on a raiding expedi- ton now Is taking his life in his hands. Reports of the destruction of three stills, one in Wayne, one in Campbell and one in Eevier counties were received here today. No arrests were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
PENSION BOARD
 SPENDS BUSY DAY

Montgomery August 15.-(Special).- The state pension board. which has been in session in Montgomery since Monday, IS now down to routine work, rearransing the pension rolls of the state. and quite generally re-classifying the pensioners Before the board adjourns, in the neisn- torfrood of 5000 names will have been acted upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
General News

The recorders docket was heavier than usual Tuesday. Many arrests were made for drunkenness and disorderly con- duct, and the usual assault and battery cases were also In evidence
 Many yiolators of the prohibition law, were brought before the court In all about eight cases were recorded on the docket. a
 The Order of Lions, den No. B. will hold it's regular communication tonight at the lodge rooms Several matters of import ance will be taken up and all are urged to attend this important meeting. .sandi- dates for admission to the order will put in their application for membership These applications will'be considered and passed upon by the order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16

of the cause of the overthrow of the ancient governments terming it de- generation through the use of alcohol.
 Tt would be more marciful for the state to license a highwayman, to stand | on a corner with a Winchester and shoot a man dead every third day than to license a saloon. The saloon will | do it. Each saloo&Awill shoot 25 men per day In the lungs and 100 men every | day in the shoulder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Local Option Smoker

The local optionists of Wylam will hold a smoker tonight at Thompson Hall in Vivian. An invitation is extended to the members to attend. It will be a very inn portant meeting and all the members are requested to be present. A good time is assured to all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
CANNOT SELL LIQUOR .
 ON ANY DINING CARS

Montgomery, August 15.-(SpeciaL)- )- It is against the sanction of the Smith regulation bill, which controls the sale of whisky in this state, to sell intoxi- eating liquors or beverages on the din ing cars in Alabama, according to an opinion which has been rendered to Governor O'Neal by Attorney General Robert c. Brickell. The query was put to the governor by Dr. A H Montgom- cry, chairman of the Montgomery ex- else commission The opinion affects all railroads of the state which carry dining cars on it's road
 In another opinion which has been submitted to Governor O'Neal at the request of Chairman John C. Sprag- gins of the Tuscumbia commission, the attorney general holds that section 27 of the Smith bill forbids connection of a bar room with a pool room Tus- cumbia asked for advice on the ques- tion on the strength of application to establish such a connection in a hotel of that city.
 No further action was taken on this matter.
 After a session of about two hours, the meeting adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-16
Italian Festival

The lawn fete, which was held by the Italians and the Ladies Aid society of St Anthony's church yesterday on the lawn of the church, was a great success, finan- cially and otherwise. This celebration was held in commemoration of Saint Maria del Balzo.
 The Italian band of Ensley, with A. Costa as director. furnished splendid music for the festival and the selections were mostly new, some having just al- rived from Italy.
 It was found that quite a sum had baen made, after all expenses were paid by the fete. This amount was contributed to the church. The festival was finished late in the evening, after most delightful and suspicious day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-20
TWO MEN ALIVE, BOTH
MOURNED AS ONE DEAD

Chicago, Ill Richard Oakes, 1882
North Robey street. and Edward
Sheridan, section foreman on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
road, positively refuse to be dead.
Despite the fact that the wife of the
former Identified his dead body and
the latter was supposedly on his way
to the county morgue. both "renig-
ged" at the las moment and baked
at being buried
The trouble all started with the
finding of a corpse in the north
branch of the river. 1t wasn't the
dead mans fault that he was the
dead" twin of two very much alive
Chicagoans.
Just as the corpse was being plac-
ed in an ambulance to be carried to
the county morgue last Saturday. John
j. Reinisch, 947 West North avenue
saloon keeper, identified the body
as that of Sheridan, an old friend of
his. The body was taken back into
the undertaking rooms at $50 West
North avenue while Reinisch, to
make sure, went back to his saloon
and gathered seven friends who knew
sheridan. One by one they viewed
the body and swore that the dead
man was Sheridan.
roadmaster for the railroad by
which Sheridan is employed told the
police that Sheridan had been work
ing all week at Galewood and that he
talked with him Saturday night.
Previous to this several friends of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-20
LOCAL MOOSE TO HAVE
UP-TO-DATE HOME

Having leased the second story OF
the Matlook- -Brownf.eld building on
Main street, Pendleton lodge Loyal
order of Moose is now engaged in
having the large room fitted up for
lodge purposes and for use as club
room. Messrs. Gibson 4 Cole are
now at work getting the building into
shape for the lodge.
Pendleton's lodge of Moose now
numbers approximately 500 members,
according to Major Lee Moorhouse,
the first presiding officer of the
lodge who holds the title of dictator.
The organizer is still in the city en-
listing members for the lodge and ex-
poets to run the membership to the
500 mark by the end of the week.
Under the terms of the lease upon
the second floor of the Matlock-
Brownfield building the lodge gets
the location for a period of five years
at $40 per month with a privilege of
leasing the room for five years more
after the frs, lease has expired. The
lodge itself is paying for the work of
converting the room into a suitable
lodge home.
The Matlock- -Brownfield building
has frontage of 100 feet on Main
street and has depth of 90 feet. Ow-
ing to its location and Main street
frontage it is admirably adapted to
the purposes for which the building
will be used.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-20
IMMATURE ROUNDUP
PLEASES SPECTATORS

quite a number of people assembled
nj Roundup park yesterday after
.lcon 10 witness the Roundup after
.I,ath which a number of prominent
, performers in the recent show put on.
and they We're entertained in a man
aer thoroughly to their liking. AL
though there were no steer bulldog
zing exhibitions as advertised, and
asveral oother features lacking, the
Tucking contest was exciting, the
horses proving almost as bad as those
7gho tossed the buckarooes at the
aound-Up.
IN the course of the afternoon, Mar
.sSse Mckay, the noted Indian bron-
chu buster, suffered a very painful
wrench of his leg when the saddle to
which he was trying to stick, slipped
ever the head of his steed and he him.
self precipitated to the earth.
Much amusement was afforded by
she "horseplay" of the cowboys as
they participated in the performance,
George Fletcher and c. E. Runyan
specially adding to the delight
7xhen they attempted to ride an
OUTLAW" double and were both
thrown.
L. f. Mccoy was pronounced the
rpeSt all-around cowboy by the judges
at the end of the afternoons enter
~ainment
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-20
COURT PROVIDES FOR
NEW PRECINCTS

Through action of the county court
taken Saturday Pendleton is to have
an additional voting precinct. an ex-
ira precinct, to be known as Asylum
precinct is created just outside the
city The fifth precinct in Pendleton
has not yet been established but it is
required under the law and will be
established soon. The Asylum pre-
cinct will comprise sections closely
adjoining the city and the residents
or which have been forced in the
past to go to Fulton, Mckay and 9TH
eC places to vote.
new precinct. known as Column
oia precinct is established in the Her
miston country while the boundaries
OF Weston and East Weston precincts
were changed so as to have Weston
precinct include the town only while
East Weston takes in country sur
rounding Weston.