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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-06

writes in a most optimistic tone, but it is learned that he spent his fortune lavishly.
 Wiley Sherrod was a slave, and one of the best cabinet makers of that early day. Wiley constructed two beautiful mahog- any tables with bellied sides for the ad- mission of chairs, and these were used b, the president and secretary during the deliberation of directors.
 These tables, still beautiful, are in ex- stence. onef<p the Southern railroad or fees at Memphis and another in the depot at Huntsville. Senator Sherrod has made re peated futile efforts to acquire these tables But it seems that the only me mento of the period of first railroad build ing in Alabama which he will ever pos sess is the yellow and crumpled copy of the fourth annual report of the Tuscum- bia, Courtland and Decatur, under date of 1886.
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EXCISE OFFICIAL IN STREET FIGHT Mobile Saloon Probe Starts
 Trouble Between Com missioner and Citizen

Mobile, October Special.1-EXcise Commissioner Joel W. Goldsby, chairman of the board, and Reese Dawson, well known young man, came to blows to- night on Government street. when DaW- son called the commissioner q - "crook, in connection with remarks relative to an investigation of the saloon of Will liam F. Finn. which has been set Tor next Tuesday.
 Mir. Goldsby. according 10 his own state ment, was returning to his office about [ O clock. When passing a store where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-06

Miss Elizabeth Baker was married yesterday afternoon to Charles Gray son at the home of the brides mother in Trinity, seven miles west of Decatur The ceremony was performed by the
 Rev. w. NJ Mcdonald, pastor of the Methodist church of Trinity The only
 attendant was the brides sister Miss Ella Kirk Baker. The bride wore a gown of white satin yelled with white marquisette and carried Bouquet of bride roses. After the ceremony they
 left on their honeymoon to Chatta- nooga.
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Athens Is preparing for the Lime . stone county fair to be held there com mencing on October T. R. NJ. Walker, owner and editor of the Limestone Democrat, is secretary of the fair as soclation. He is sending out adver- Using matter all over this end of the state. Secretary Walker said that they were expecting a much better fair this year than last season There will be more and finer exhibits and some of the best racing ever witnessed in this section of the state.
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a number of loiterers were gathered, he was accosted by Dawson, who asked him why he was prejudiced against Finn. MT. Goldsby asked his questioner Ivy what right had he addressed him on the subject and Dawson replied by stating his name to the commissioner MT. Colds by says that Dawson made some other remark, which was not understood by him. and that he started to walk off.
 Going short distance, thinking that the remark made to bystanders by Daw- son, Mir Goldsby came to the conclusion that an insult had been intended to the commission, and returned to where Daw- son was standing and asked what 1t was he had said. Dawson replied that n" considered Mir. Goldsby - "crook." and the excise commissioner immediately struck him in the mouth following the initial blow with a rain of othds until they were separated.
 The commissioner is of frail build while his opponent weighs possibly 225 pounds, but the latter made a poor showing.
 Neither was injured beyond a few bruises Both Goldsby and Dawson was placed under arrest on the charge of disorderly conduct. Dawson refuses to make a statement
 ATLANTA AND RETURN
 ONI,N 9r.oc. GOOD r5 DAYS
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The little village of Eva, this .coun- ty. is asking the board of county com missioners to have the Decatur to Montgomery highway pass through their village. They have already raised a bonus of $500 and can raise more if necessary. The citizens of Cum Springs Ncih is on the road to Eva, are a ra sing bonus. Some days Hago HrI1l vile offered to put up bonus of 5000 10 have the road run through there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-06
ORGANIZE AGAINST LAW V|OLATORS
Hartselle To Be Scene of Prohibition DemOnstra-
 tiOn Saturday

Decatur, October Special )-Capt Frank S. White of Birmingham anc other well known prohibitionists of tht state will address meeting to bt held at Hartselle, this county, neX' Saturday at 10 o'clock m the morning The purpose of the meeting.is to per feet organizations in every precinct oi the county for the purpose of enforc- ing the prohibition laws of the state Heretofore the prohibitionists of the county have done little toward the enforcement of the state prohibition laws in this county. As result the laws have been fiagrantly violated all over the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-06

At this time indications are that Judge William Richardson of Hunts vile will have no opposition for the democratic nomination and reelection to Congress Judge E. B. Almon of Florence and Frank Julian of Tus- cumbia have been spoken of as pos sible candidates for Judge Richardson's s seat and both denied the reports that they are thinking of making the race
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Prospects Were Bright

1TCSpcCtS W ciC DiiShb
 From the report, therefore, it is learned that the company had invested in It's D. oject $42S, ,S91. Il. The operating expenses throughout the fiscal year of 1SS6 amount ed to $10i 339 54.
 President Sherrod reports that S2o,0OO profit had been netted, and adds; This is about per cent on the investment, small profit, but a good indication that the railroad is on it's feet and will event ually produce a great amount Of money.
 From the tone of the report it is cer- tainty that the prospects were Drllllaht' President Sherrod speaks of the neces- sty of a railroad passing from the Mo bile bay to the Tennessee river, and states that this must strike his line some where He mentions, too, that a railroad project in Virginia Ahad made over lures to bring about an extension CT the two lines to a point of meeting. And Gen eral Manager Deshler, after speaking or some of the difficulties of transportation, suggests that an arrangement be per- fected as a result of which sand could be dropped on the track to prevent the slirping of the wheels in wet weather. It is needless to state that MT. Sherrod s dream of a railroad running from south to north Alabama has materalized. but the Louisville and Nashville. though 1t does touch the original Tuscumbia, Court land and Decatur, has never succored as was hoped, the resources of that line, and needless to state. too, that the sug- gestion of Deshler that sand be poured or filtered upon the tracks. was, in the light of present day advancement, an excel lent one.
 Financial Misfortunes
 Intimate contact with the subsequent history of the line is denied because as far as known the fifth annual report is rot in existence. But misfortunes event. ualy fell upon the gallant promoters, and as stated above, the line changed hands after President Sherrod had lost S300.- O09 not included in the railroad invest ment.
 There is every reason to believe that President Sherrod was the moving spirit ip the railroad dream, for he not only
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Born in 1906, Died Yesterday

, Huntsville October 5.-( Specially , Mary Townsend, one of the former , slaves of the noted Townsend fam ily. pioneer settlers in this section,
 died yesterday at her home near , Hazle Green. aged 105 years. The old woman had been well known , among the people of the neighbor- ) hood many years and her age was
 } well authenticated. She was , brought to the Hazle Green neigh , borhood when that section was a , wilderness and infested by Indians ) and wild animals.
 }
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Etoile Wells, the 3-year-old daugh- ter of Lester Wells, died yesterday at the home of her parents in Fairview, suburb of the Decaturs. The funeral services were conducted this afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-06

A 16-year-old son of ". w. Woods, who formerly lived in New Decatur, but now is a resident of Memphis, Tenn, was killed about =75 miles north of Memphis by a train. Relatives in the .Decaturs have been notified and left for Memphis. It is said that the boy was riding on a freight train. His body. it Is said, was found lying by the railroad track.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-06
The Early History

On January IS. 1880, an act incorporating the Tuscumbia Railroad company was passed by the legislature of Alabama. The
 company, formed for the purpose of con- structing railroad from the city of Tus- tollzed at s2000O.
 In May, 1S3G, the first board of directors was chosen The members follow: M Tarver president; A. Barton James FL | liott B. Merrill, P c. Cooley. John Ken nedy, D. & Goodloe, John Sutherland Jr., John F. Pride. John Haynie, Henry Cook, Thomas Keenan and D. Desher, directors.
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cred that 1t was the best locomotive of that date. It was purchased from M' w. Baldwin of Philadelphia for $I091 .j6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-06

Signs. Signs! Signs! We have every facility to do any work in the sign painting business. Let us figure on your work Hermitage of course. 25th street and 2d avenue. 10-5-St
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S5.25-ATLANTA, GA.-$5.25
 AND RETURN SOUTHERN RAILWAY
,yuITE CREST ELOUR

WHITE CREST FLOUR VISIT WHITE CREST EXHIBIT AND DENONSTR ALTON AT THE FAIR. TASTE WHITE CREST FLOUR PRODUCTS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-06
EARLY STORY OF FAMOUS RAILROAD Benjamin SherrOd Was a
 Moving Spirit RAN TO TUSCUMBIA Copy of Fourth Annual Report Contains Some Items of Much
 Interest At the Pres
 ent Day
 
BY HUGH ". ROBERTS

Courtland october 5.--tSpecial.)-The
 first railroad constructed in the United
 States fas operated between Baltimore and Washington the second between Tus-
 oGmbia and the landing of the Tennessee
 river, distance of two miles.
 This two mile line was eventually ex-
 tended to Decatur, and became known as
 the Tuscumbia Courtland and Decatur
 railroad. Under financial distress it be-
 came the property of the Memphis and Charleston railroad. In the 1S90s the prop
 erty was purchased by the Southern, and
 as a branch of that great system is op-
 erated today between Memphis and Chat
 tanooga.e
 The main spirit in the construction of the old ,Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur was Benjamin Sherrod, grandfather of Charles M. Sherrod, who at the present tune lives at Courtand, and represents
 Lawrence and Morgan counties in the Alabama legislature. In the possession of ! Senator Sherrod is a copy of the fourth
 annual report Of the officials of the Tus- | cnmbia, Courtland and Decatur railroad, under date of 1S36 In this report is in | cluded the history of the construction of | that railroad, which is not only of intense 1 interest. but is of certain material value. Before entering into the subject matter | 1t is of importance to state that while the railroad in it's youth, as shown in the report of 1S36, was in good financial con- dition, such good fortune did not long continue As a matter of fact, it sub sequently became necessary to float bonds | in the sum of $3O0.000 and these could not l be sold until Benjamin Sherrod had per sonally indorsed them. MT, Sherrod ul-
 timately paid the $3000OO. In spite of this distressing fact, he died possessed of prop | erty valued at $2,000,000
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and the interment took place at tn; city cemetery
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Muscle Shoals Bugaboo

uuStic dDUO
 The scheme was handicapped at this l point because, through a defect In the | charter the company was not authorized to condemn property. Nothing was ac- complished on that account until April, | 1891, when the plantation, presenting the original difficulty, was purchased. Ground was broken with ceremony June ,. 1S31 | The railroad was completed to the Ten
 nessee river June P, 1882, it having re- quired more than a year for the company
 to construct two miles of track. At this period of Alabama history, Muscle shoals. possessed of sufficient lat ent power to light every city in the south, was considered a handicap to in dGstrial development. Then it prevented the navigation of the Tennessee river-and does vet, to a great extent. Wise men of that day, noting the value of railroads as illustrated by the service of the little line from Tuscumbia to the river planned to overcome the handicap of Muscle shoals by extending the Tuscumbia line from that city to Decatur They realized that with the scheme matured, freight could b moved from Tuscumbia to Decatur and from Decatur to Tuscumbia, and from the two points put upon the Tennessee river boats
 To discuss this idea, delegates of Frank lin, Lawrence and Morgan counties met October s. 1881. As result charter was granted by the legislature January 13. 1882 incorporating the Tuscumbia, Courtland
 and Decatur Railroad company. March l.
 1882, stockholders met at Courtland and
 elected new directors for one year. Ben
 iamin Sherrod was chosen president and
 Jack Shackelford treasurer. Grandsons
 of these officials are living today in Court
 land.
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Steps of Completion

Steps of Completion The original stock of the company con 1 sisted of 3063 shares valued at S1O0 | share, the capitalization, therefore being | S306 300.
 | Work was begun at once on the exten- | sion of the line. and the following items are included in the report of 1S36-- | August 20. 1883, completed to Leighton. | March 1, 1884, completed to Town Creek. July 1. 1884, completed to Courtland | December 15, 1884, completed to Decatur | From the above it is ascertained that I tue art of railroad construction was more | advanced in 1884 than in 1881, for whereas | in 1881 it required more than one year | to complete the two miles of track from
 Tuscumbia to the river, in 1884, 2S14 miles, | rom Town Creek to Decatur-were com peted in months and II days.
 Passing of Horse From the date of its completion until
 the date of the fourth annual report of l it's officials, 1886, the Tuscumbia, Court and and Decatur railroad developed rap | idly. In the beginning. instead of iron | rails. wooden stringers were used. these later topped with leather; later still with | ron. and later still with legitimate ma-
 terial. In the beginning, horses did the 1 greater part of the work of hauling pas
 sengers and freight from Tuscumbia to
 
 l line occurs: "Toward the conclusion of l last year. such progress had been accomp- 1 lished that horses performed only from l oEe-third to one-half the total amount or work"
 1 In 1886 the railroad possessed four en- l sines. each Of which bore namc 10 | freight cars and three passenger coaches. The names of the engines were the Full
 ton. the Pennsylvania, the Comet and the l Triumph. The freight cars were desig- mated as lumber. cars, and the passenger l coaches as pleasure cars. | In 1886 the total investment amounted
 to S4as,s917l, interesting items of which l follow:
 Cost of railroad .................$ .$2lS, ,566 47 l Locomotives CD ..................... 26,1S9. Il 1 Negroes .......................... 9,3i5 .OC l In 1886, after the acquisition by the com pany of the Triumph, over which the re- l port goes into ecstacies, in marked con- | trast to it's criticism of the Comet, in
 tho purchase of which it is claimed the ] company was swinded most fagrantly
 horses, the report proudly boasts were l no longer used
 This was a happy period for the pro- | motors of the primeva scheme, for horses | were expensive, as is proved in the fol- lowing table of comparative costs Iiorses for year .$l4,oio iS l Engines for year ...................s b,45J. io l Tie report enters into a lengthy account
 of the Triumph, from which it is gath
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-01
ECUADOR WILL NOT
LEASE GALAPAGOS

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Jan. 81
Yielding to the will of the people of
Ecuador expressed in recent riotous
demonstrations, President Alfaro to-
day announced that all negotiations
between the United States and Ecua-
dor, looking toward the acquiring of
a naval base by lease on the part of
the United States, are to be regarded
as abandoned
The United States had made pro-
posal to lease the Galapagos Islands,
there to establish a naval base and
coaling station. President Alfaro re-
ceived the suggestion With favor, but
the idea of favoring the United States
in such a way met with instant pro-
test from the Ecuadorians
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-01
Cable News
MEXICAN REBELS
STILL GAINING
tAssocia,ed Press cable.l

Fl. PASO, Tex, Jan. 3l.-Reports of
important successes by the Mexican
revolutionists continue to come in. the
nature of the news Indicating the fact
that the activity of the anti Diaz
forces is more widespread than had
been supposed
Today the reports from the south
told of the capture by reVolutionists
of two important towns, Galanea and
San Buena Ventura, after meeting and
oven coming Federal troops. The rev
olutionists also cut the line of the
Mexican Central Railroad capturing
two through passenger trains.
Several government officials, passen-
gers on the trains held up, We're taken
prisoners, while quantity of foodstuff,
going through as express matter, was
Communicated by the revolutionary
leader.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-01
BAND CONCERT

The Hawaiian band will give a pub
lie concert this evening at Aala Park,
the program to be:
Overture-Poet and Peasant Suppe
Intermezzo--Kid-N Nee Foot. 80. Brown
Selection-Bright Eyes. ....., .Hoschna
Vocal-Popular Songs. =. Ar. By Berger
Selection Madame Sherry. .Iloschna
WaltZ-El Paso .............An Andrews
March-North Beach .,....r.t Brown
The Star Spangled Banner.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-01
RACING DEAD IN CALIFORNIA.

SACRAMENTO Jan, Ex-Governor
Johnson today signed the antiraCing
bill, which is now law The measure
is particularly drastic one, its pro-
visions making any further use of the
Emeryville track an impossibiity.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Entered for Record January 80, 1911.
From 10:30 a. m. to p. m.

Entered Tor RECORD january ~, 10 u
From 1o:30 a. m. to p. m.
Trent Trust Co Ltd, tr, to Kaimuki
Land Co Ltd NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ID
Hookaa (w) to Libbie An Yet. -. ID
Elsie NJ Wundenberg by atty to
Fanny Strauch ............... Rel
Edw II Wolter IT, to Lonoho-
nualIini and hsb ................ Rel
Samuel X Oneha, tn to Hirozuchi
Nakata ........ ................ -
G l. Samson and VT to A f Ar
ledge ..................., ID
George 7 Plummer and VT to Mu
tual Bldg & Loan Socy of Fl Ltd M
w McCandless to A II Dondero ct
al ....................P Par Rel
A H Dondero ct al to Y Yoshi-
kawa ............. ID
Virginia Comes to william VOL
tiers .-..........,....... u
Theresa NJ Louisson by atty TO II
Wilhelm VOTERS .............. ID
John Mana and WI to Austin Whit
l. Nakanealoha Mana and hsb to
Maunakapu Whiting ct al ....... ID
Austin Whiting ct al to Mrs l. Ma
kaneaoha Mana ................ ID
Mrs A Cummins to Won Hamm-
| Young Co Ltd ..................C M
Entered for Record january 81, 1911.
From 8 a. m. to 1890 a. m.
| J Alfred Magoon to Mary Pulaa..
- ''' 49,
Mary Pulaa and hsb to Emmeline
NJ MagoOn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II
A S Humphreys to Lyle Dickey ID
Lyle A Dickey to Marie X Hum
phreys ........,,.,...,. -
T. w Kuahewa to Mrs Kuhi Palau ID
Isabella NJ Keanu and hsb to Will
| liam Achi Jr ...,..........., ID
Est of b p Bishop by trs to Annie
i Is PafKef ....''''''' '''''''.. -
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
NOT EVEN A
N|CHT|E ON
HIS BACK
PRoMENADED STREETS OF GRAND
FORKS IN ONLY NATURE
GARB.
sIVERT GULLICKSON STARTLED
THE NATIVES OF THE UNI
vERsITY CITY.

Grand Fork. \. D., July 13.-Clad
only in the habiliments of nature, ST.
vert Gullickson INDUCED in sleep
walking promenade OIL DeMers avenue
about l1:30 O'Clock last evening that
startled the natives. Gullickson came
out Of the rooming house in the base
mcnt Of the Schlaberg building on the
run and hitting for tile middle OF the
road, he let out a few blood d-curdling
yells and legged it for the west, main
tanning the center of he road. AS he
reached the intersection of DeNlers av
enue and Third street he slowed up and
walked over to the right side of the
street He was at once taken in charge
by Officer Hcrrick. blanket secured
and the man taken to the city hall. His
clothes were brought down later by his
landlord and Gullickson put on his
clothes and accompanied him back to
his room.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
GIE MILLIONS HAVE BEEN MADE
AWAY WITH DURING ENC-aM2-
MENT IN CITY.
FROM ONE THOUSAND TO TWO
THoUsAND LoAvEs OF BREAD
SUPPLIED DAILY.

Barnum Y Bailey and Ein"lin" Bros.
circus have for year, advertised the
ratlons supplied the performers each day
but these two great organizations COM
bined have nothing over the North
Dakota National Guard i'll cncampment
here this week.
AS Il result Of the cncanlpment one
citizen was heard to remark that there
was a scarcity i'll provisions and every
thing in the line Of eatables was being
supplied to the soldiers first. People
in the city have wanted for potatoes
and eggs, while on several occasions
bread has been held at premium, due
to the fact that from 1000 to 1000
oaves OF bread, the real North Dakota
product. has been supplied the militia
daily.
The greatest scarcity, however, ac'
oordin. to all reports. is in the supply
Of beans, and it is ctimated that 5O0,-
900 beans are devourcd by the soldier
boys at each meal, and some get them
every meal. making on an average of
100000 beans, or thereabouts, each
day.
Up to last night conservative calcu-
iator gave out the statement that at
least G,n00,00O beans have entered in
to the systems of the boys during the
period they have been at Camp Burke
and if this is true. one bean placed upon
another would make four walls that
would reach the height Of the Lock
building, in which The World is To-
Gated, one Of the largest buildings i'll
Devils Lake.
These beans, if placed end to end
would reach distance from Devils
Lake to st. Paul, or fifty in row
placed end to end would reach to Chau-
tauqua by way Of the Chautauqua
boulevard.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
PRODUCTION IS
BEST EVER HERE
so SAYS A. F. BACON OF MINoT,
WHERE "FLOWER OF RANCH''
PLAYED LAST NIGHT.

''The Flower of the Ranch' is un-
vqualifedly the best that has played
i'll this part of the state since have
been in the business said A. F. Ba
cen, manager of the M'uct opera house
over the telephone this morning. when
asked regarding the performance last
evening.
The Flower Of the Ranch will play
ic this city Friday ano Saturday nights
Saturday " Ill b. m,ii:::' day and the Of.
fi:ers have accepted an invitation from
Manager Cowley to be his guests while
the rank and file will be given an
evening off SO that they may avail
themselves Of the privilege Of seeing
this attraction.
Two crowded houses are expected !:y
the management.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
AFFAIR
GOES TO CASS
MAN CHARGED WITH FORGERY
GETS CHANGE OF VENUE AT
LAKOTA-sTENSL CASE

Lakota, \. d.. July 1:'.-The trial Of
3. W. Lempke, charge with forgery,
will tagc place in Cass county, accord
in to an order, issued by Judge TEN
pleton. This is in cocpliance with
change Of venue affidavit filed by Lem
pge's attorneys. Carl Stensle, charged
with maintaining "common nuis-
ance'' is now on trial.