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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-06

Reports of a contest of the nomination
 of F. o. Harris for the judgeship of the inferior court here in the primary April 1 gained prominence yesterday and caused a sensation. Friends and supporters of C. F. Camp, who was defeated of the nomination by 3S votes, are claiming that they are urging Camp to bring about the contest It is known that Harris was before the county executive committee yesterday afternoon in reference to the matter. D. J. Hummer, who was the third man in the race, Is said to be hands off'' in the proceedings. Thir- teen hundred and eighty votes were cast in beat 45 Ensley and Wylam, which was the high mark to date and the Camp supporters say that about 100 of them were illegal. They also say that men voted in Vivian and then voted in Ensloy and that Pratt City men voted here. which was illegal. When seen in refer ence to the matter Judge Camp said per sonally he was undecided what to do, but would make a statement for the press some time today. The matter has caused intense interest. The fight for the judge ship was bitter to the end and was one of the closest if not the closest election ever held in Ensley. The leading candl-
 dates, Camp and Harris, ran neck and
 neck all through the count and 1t was in the last hour that the final result was determined The count ended about o'clock and as late as o'clock bets were made that Camp would beat Harris for the nomination. Just what will be the result of the rumors and how far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-06
Fatal Cutting Affray

Clarence Davis. negro employed at tho plant of the Peoples Cotton Seed oil mills, cut Alonzo Moore, another negro, to death at the plant Thursday night about II o'clock After the cutting Davis made his escape but during the night was arrested and will have pre- liminary hearing before Recorder Vaughn Monday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-06
Fake Colleges Attacked

Southern schools which pose as colleges for women but really are not colleges at all, were attacked before the Souths'n Association of College Women this aff .- noon by Miss Elizabeth Avery Cox !, chairman of the committee on standards of colleges. She deplored the fact that schools which really are not even as high as first class high schools and pre- paratory schools call themselves colleges, and decried the tendency of so-called col leges to take special students and sub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-06
SELMA MAY HAVE GREAT WHITE WAY City Administration FavOrs
 the Plan TO COST ABOUT $500
Negro Fatally Cut by Another at Cot ton Seed Oil Mill-Miss Kitty Coleman of UniOntown Spon-
 sor on AnstiPs Staff

Selma. April 5.-(special)- )-There is lit- tle doubt but Selma will, within a short while, establish a great white way in the retail district. The city adminstra- ton favors the plan and will do all fl can in that direction and the carrying out of the plans which have been con sidered rests with the citizens.
 The majority of the business men on Broad street favors the plans which have been made to the city authorities.
 For several days past Mir. Reynolds, who represents foundry company in An nlston which manufactured the iron posts used on the great white ways in Bir- mngham and Atlanta, has been in Selma. He has interested the city authorities and the lighting company in the proposition he has made and it now rests with the citizens.
 MT. Reynolds proposes to sell to the city the necessary iron posts for the pro- posed great white way. These posts are to be erected upon each side of Broad street 50 feet apart from Water to Dal- las streets. On each of these posts there will burn five large lights. which will make the principal thoroughfare of the city nearly as bright as day.
 These numerous iron posts, together with the insulation and necessary wir- ing will cost in the neighborhood of s1500 To get the white way it will be necessary for the citizens to raise this amount of money to pay this expense.
 The Selma Lighting company, through Manager Ellis, has agreed to furnish the power for these lights at greatly re- duced rate He has agreed to furnish the lights to the city at figures far below the figures of the present contract which his company has with the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-06

CTS assumed charge by operation of la VI and the council was no more. During the past 12 months the commissioners have been handling the eity's affairs.
 
 stitute art courses or more or less ques~ tionable value for standard courses.
 Miss Cotton declared that out of the l4l colleges for women in the south hard- ly one-fifth are giving any standard co.'s lege courses. Only four colleges for woni- en in the south have been recognized by the Association of Colleges of the South- ern States and only six others are in, cuded by the specialist in higher edu- cation in either the third or fourth class The remaining 131 colleges for women. she stated, have never been classified &C., cording to any national or sectional standard.
 She said the four women's colleges in the south which have been recognized by the Association of Colleges of the Southern States are Randolph Macon. So- phie Newcomb, Boucher and Agnes Scott college.
 Ogden Reelected
 Robert c. ogden of New York was re- elected president of the Conference for Education fin the South tonight. Walter II. PaBe or New York was elected vice president, to succeed Wicklffe Rose of Washington. William A. Blair was re- elected treasurer. r. r. Claxton, execu- tive secretary, resigned because of his many duties as United States comms- sioner of education and the executive committee was authorized to select a suc- cessor, whose name will not be announced for several weeks. The executive con- mittee was all reelected and Is as fol- lows:
 Clarence Poe. North Carolina; Harry Hodgson, Georgia; A. P. Bourland. Wash- ngton. D. C.. George J. Ramsey, Ken lucky; J. II. Kirkland. Tennessee: J. H. Hinemon, Arkansas; J. Y. Joyner, North Carolina: J. B. Aswell, Louisiana: H. B. Frissell, Virginia; H. w. Laird. Alabama; S. C. Mitchell South Carolina; s. P. Brooks, Texas; A. A. Murphy, Flor ida and Joe Cook. Mississippi
 Among the speakers on the programme tonight were W. D. Weatherford of the nationat committee of the Young Mems Christik association and Lawrence Ab- bolt, am Dr. oswald Garrison Willard of New York, all of whom spoke on The Education of the Negro in the South."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-06
Big Deals Along River Front

Big deals involving the transfer of miles of terminal property on the Mobile river are indicated by the recent scramble for
 options
 Several miles of river front property,
 from three to five miles from Mobile, were
 recently sold to the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, but the secrecy
 which surrounds such negotiations makes
 a confirmation impossible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-06

do for the community The league offers a means of doing this"
 She paid a tribute to the efficacy of special day programmes to the aid of women's clubs, health boards and physi- clans like the day of Good Friday.
 School Supervision Plural School Supervision was the subject of Superintendent M. K. Shawkee of West Virginia. He cited figures to show that rural supervision had caused the percentage of increase in his state. It was IA per cent He said supervision was young there. He made an appeal for more money for the country school
 "The country needs more school none" " he said, and ought to have 1t. It has been robbed to enrich the city. The city has steadily played the part of the octo- pus in reaching out it's tentacles to feed the nav of commercial schools. It eX- cites me As matter of self defense if for no other reason, the cities must aban- don the selfish policy which 1t has en- ployed and join hands with the country for a mutual prosperity whose American- ism is broadly described by former Presi- dent Roosevelt. The improvement is both for city and country"
 He declared only one-quarter of the people live in the cities. but another quar- ter spends half of the nations school money forging reform. He suggested a federal appropriation of sl for every child in the United States and also collecting public service corporation taxes by d state or county unit law and distributing the money on q per capita plan.
 Club Women Meet
 The club women liberally representing the general federation held an early con- ference on the subject, "Economic and Civic Advancement Of Women," with Miss Emile McVea of Cincinnati leading This afternoon they were given recep- ton at Polk Memorial hall by Mrs. George w. Fall and Mrs. M. M. Gardner relatives of the wife of former President James Knox Polk and later were guests at a fashionable house tea.
 The School Improvement league held mass meeting. The Peabody alumni vis- ited the new college campus. The Middle Tennessee Educational association took sightseeing trip over Nashville, followed by numerous round table conferences
 The Southern Association of College Women elected the following officers: President, Miss May L. Keller Baltimore: vico president, Miss Caroline Carpnter Knoxville; Miss P B. Reed, Chicago; Mss Mary Leal Hardness, New orleans; Miss Eleanor Lord, Bryn Mawr; Miss Irene P. Myers, Lexington. Ky; secre- tary-treasurer, Miss F. A. Cotton of New York
 The Interstate School Improvement league elected the following officers:
 Miss Susie Powell, Jackson, Miss pres ident; Mrs. l.. R. Dashiell. Richmond, vice president; Mrs. William Munsford, Richmond, secretary; Miss Eva Relchard, Little Rock, treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-06
16 STORY OFFICE BUILDING IN MOBILE Structure to Be Built at
 Royal and Conti TO COST TWO MILLION Big Deals Along River Front-Bir- mingham Interested-Mobile-P
 sacola Canal-Frisco Plans
 Making Improvements
TO COST TWO MILLION

Mobile, April 5.-(Special. With plans already under way for the erection of a Is story office building on a valuable Royal street site and various other things of greater magnitude ''in the air." F. E. Troy, the new secretary of the recently organized Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business league, is starting to do things for Mobile. A syndicate of outside capitalists have secured an option on the site for the proposed skyscraper, which is located in the business district, corner of Royal and Cont streets, and the pur- chase price of which is s2OOO00. Plans and specifications for the new building, which are being prepared by a local architect, indicate that the skyscraper will cost in the neighborhod of s2,000,0O0. and will be one of the handsomest in the south.
 Secretary Troy of the Chamber of Com merce and Business league, who was for merly secretary of the Manufacturers association of Missouri and the St. Louis Manufacturers association, and was pub icity man for the St. Louis worlds fair. is receiving active cooperation from the members of the consolidated organiza- tion, now nearly a thousand in number.
 Industrial Development
 The great industrial development in Mo- bile, which, 1t was predicted, would pre- cede the opening of the Panama canal, has already started, and announcements of widespread interest are expected all most daily. The Frisco system has se- cured outlet at this port through the purchase of a controlling interest in the New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago rail- road. The Illinois Central, 1t is reported from many sources, has an eye on the Cochrane lines to point on which Illi- noiS Central engineers are now engaged in locating a line in Tuscaloosa county. The Mobile and Ohio, it is rumored, con templates the building of an extension to New Orleans, or to a point on the Mis- sissippi route of the Queen and Crescent. Work has already begun, in fact, on an extension west from Mann station, Mobile county, almost parallel with the Louis vile and Nashville railroads line to New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-06
CITY COUNCIL DEAD ONE YEAR

One year ago last night the city council of Birmingham ceased to be and at a session characterized by more than passing interest went out of bus mess.
 The last meeting was held April 5, 1911, on Wednesday night, 12 months from last night. The commission had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-06

just been named. composed of Mrv Exum, MT. Weatherly and Judge Lane, Within a few days after the council turned its last deal the commissions CTS assumed charge by operation of aw and the council was no more. During
 the past 12 months the commissioners have been handling the eitys affairs.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29
Calendars.

We receive many kinds of Calen-
dars, a calendar for the farmer, a
calendar for the country merchant,
and a calendar for the general bust
ness man but about the neatest
article yet received is the large il
Illustrated calendar sent out by
Samuel Bingham's Son Mfg. Co.
This Company puts out a superior
quality of Printers Rollers and their
illustrations are only interesting to
printers. To printers this wall cal
endar is certainly a gem. This old
reliable company started in 1849
and they now have branch houses
in all principal cities east and west.
The company is leader in anything
in the line of printers rollers. Don't
forget them when you need any
thing in their line
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29
Almost a Wreck.

Last Friday evening at about $50
as Burlington train No. IS was ap
preaching the East limits of Monroe
at a speed of about 35 miles per
hour, engineer Allison discovered
an obstruction on the track some
800 or 800 feet ahead. He at once
applied the brakes but it was i'm
possible to bring the train to a
standstill until the engine had
crashed into the obstruction. The
front trucks left the track and a
heavy tie was wedged under the
front part of the engine.
Some reckless persons had placed
two piles of ties on the track, plac-
ing them in a V shape pointing to-
ward the approaching train. 1t is
supposed that one tie was placed
across the track and the other ties
placed so that the point of the V
was lowest in order that the pilot
would climb up on the ties, but for
tunately the train was stopped be-
fore any great damage was done.
Section foreman Aye with his men
was on the job in few minutes
and after about an hour and a
quarter had the way clear and the
train proceeded. The passengers
we're considerably shaken up but
no one hurt.
So far as we can hear there is no
clue to the distardly Scoundrels who
perpetrated the deed. Some seem
to believe that it was done by
thoughtless boys, while others are
inclined to think that it was an at
tempt at a holdup.
Anyhow, had the guilty parties
been captured that night there
would certainly have been some.
thing doing.
Just one week before this some
one tempered with a switch near
the Roller Mills and came very near
causing a wreck. OF course it is
hard to say whether OF not the same
parties were guilty of both deeds.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

Backward, turn backward, Oh
Time, in your flight = give me July
again just for tonight; soften the
ground where the frost king has lain;
Oh. let me hear one mosquito again.
| am so weary of snowdrifts and ice;
weary of paying the coal trusts its
price; weary, so weary, of froSt-bitten
pie give me a slice of the Fourth
of July. Backward, swing back
ward, Oh, season of snow = mercury
fifteen or twenty below; turn on the
heat of the tropical zone roast me
until am cooked to the bone. ]
am so tired of freezing my nose;
weary of chilblains and corns on my
toes; weary of trying 10 sleep with
cold feet-turn on the heat, Mister
turn on the heat"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29
A painter who, in early life, SC

A painter who, in early life, Sc
lected a fair hoy as his ideal of
beauty and purity, for a painting
and forty years later painted a poor
wretch-the one time beautiful
child now grown into middle age
and degraded by vice, doomed to
the gallows, and hideous in form
and expression = as his ideal of ug'
illness and moral depravity. Late
hours of night and unfit compan-
ions is the explanation of it ALL
Elk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29
Monroe Travelling Men's Association
(Charter No. 455)

The travelling Ten who reside at
Monroe City, about Is in on, sot to-
gether last Saturday evening and
effected a temporary organization
with a view of making the oreani-
cation permanent
Quite a number OF travelling sales-
men (drummers) make their bead
quarters in this city and TIE object
is to draw these knights of the grip
into a closer relationship, socially
and otherwise. At thiS prelimina-
ry meeting temporary officers were
elected but we failed 10 Get list of
the same except that Porter Patton
was elected Postmaster of the club.
Anyone wishing to communicate
with the Monroe City Travelling
Mems Association should address
Col. Porter Patton, C. P, Monroe
City, Mo.
The Association will give a ban
Quet on Saturday evening, March
9th for themselves and families.
BY that date it is expected that
complete arrangements will have
been completed for the permanent
organization of the society.
The ordinary citizen very Iaiu-
rally expect the attendants at this
banquet to have great time as it
is expected to elect a Chaplain on
this occasion and three or four are
booked for nominating speeches.
j. S. Starrett, Walter Williamson
and A. H. Donley are the leading
candidates for the position.
This is a good time of year to
have that old suit cleaned and
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29
No Room.

BERTHE" said the hospitable hos
tess at a Sunday school treat,
won't you eat some more cookies?"
Il can't I'm fnll!' sighed BERTHE.
well, then, put some in your
pockets"
Il can't. They're full, too" was
the regretful answer.-Youth's Com
.panion.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

Emery Curtis and family arrived
in this city Monday with household
and farming outfit from Fulton Co.,
Ill. Mr.. Curtis has bought the Ed
Bross farm Northeast of town and
will probaly get set up to house
keeping this week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

Let Lambert Lane take your
measure for a new up-to-date suit
of clothes. In the meantime stay
in the swim by having Your old
suit cleaned and pressed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

All those indebted to Green &
Maxwell on account will please call
Ind settle at their earliest conven-
8ence. The business must be set
lied up Immediately.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

Parents do iyou wish for your
lildren to love and respect you?
lvou do, when your child comes
Vyou for advice be sure to give
BID advice; don't say, oh. 60
lay, don't bother me, 60 ask your
bther." or some such answer. Or
hey come to their mother per-
Rsshe says, Go to your father,
AIbNy." The child will soon get
~ to ask the advice for fear Of
rebuked, and it will be apt to
advice some where else II
Wake an interest in your chill
= Vtthen they viii take an interest
A6u.-Ex.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

If your suit is out of shape don't
think it is worthless. Lambert Lane
can renovate it by cleaning and
pressing.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

The following teachers of the
Monroe City public schools visited
he Quincy public schools Friday
I'D: Misses Ella Gentry, Daphne
l;awford, Eunice Wattenbarger,
falcS2e Larson. Bracy V. Cornett
Jenna Evans, Elma Smith and
#vodia Gentry. The party were re-
irning to Monroe on train No. IS
friday evening when near
reck occurred at the east limits of
he city. The young ladies report
delightful trip but all appreciate
be narrow escape of what might
hive been a serious wreck.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

Prof. E. M Sipple spent Friday
and Saturday with his father at
Bucklin.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

If you want/a good shave and
{ air cut, 90 to Stream & Sons Bar
kr Shop. Everything up-to-date.
Ie have two good BARRIERS and the
Id Man.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

This is a good time of year to
have that old suit cleaned and
pressed. Lambert Lane can fix it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

Lane will make that suit look as
good as new. Try it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

The Economy Store.
Headquarters for all kinds of
Garden Seeds, Northern grown.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29

For sale at reasonable price, 8
room cottage. a lots. 2 cisterns, barn
and other out buildings.
MRS. JOHN L. OWEN.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-29
OFFICIAL STATEENT
of the financial condition Of the
Monroe City Bank,

[ Charter No. 9i8 at Monroe City,
State of Missouri, at the close of bust
ness on the ooh day Of Feb. 1912,
published in the Monroe City DEMO
Graf, newspaper printed and pub
lished at Monroe City, State of Mis-
souri, on the goth day OF Feb
1919.
The evening world., 1912-05-01
TAFT Silent
ONJHE RETURNS
FROM BAY STATE
Gets the News On His Arrival
In Savannah But Makes No
Comment on Result.

SAVANNAH. Ga, May 1.-President
Taft reached Savannah at 10 o'clock
to-day from Washington. lie will be
the guest tonight Of the Hibernian
Society OF Savannah at It's centennial
celebration and banquet.
The President received his informa-
ton OF the results Of the Massachusetts,
primaries when he reached this city.
Although he remained up in his private
car until late last night, he got no word
from Boston or from Washington. The
FIRST indication OF the closeness Of the
fight In the Bay state came to Mr.. Taft
Al breakfast, when he saw a Savannah
newspaper.
He eagerly inquired for later develop
ments as soon as he was comfortably
settled in the home Of Gen. w. W. Cor
don, his host on this visit. The informa-
ton that he was leading in the prefer
entail vote pleased the President great.
~, and he WA hopeful that later news
might be still more encouraging. He
made no comment.
Aside from the banquet tonight, the
committee on arrangements had mapped
out n programme for Mr.. Taft's stay
here to-day that included luncheon a,
the Thunderbolt Casino. a short talk to
students at the Georgia State Industrial
The evening world., 1912-05-01
UNDERWOOD LEADS
WILSON IN FLORIDA,

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. May oscar
Undsrwood's lead over Gov. woodrow
Wilson In yesterdays Presidential pri-
maries in Florida was maintained by
scattering returns from the country dts
tricts to-day. Several places reported
Wilson gaining slightly. but these gains
we're offset by the count elsewhere. Tn
complete vote will not be known before
late tonight or Tomorrow.
Incomplete returns from Key West
centre OF the cigar making industry,
give Underwood 6sl and Wilson 20. Re.
suits In other cases show similar pa.
iorities. Pensacola and Palm peach
have gone for Mr.. Wilson, according to
incomplete count.
The evening world., 1912-05-01
ROOSEVELT men
BOSS CONVENTION
IN PENNSYLVANIA

HARRISBURG. Pa. May 1.-The Re-
publican State Convention to-day was
dominated by delegates favortng Col.
Roosevelt and It adopted . progress
sIve' platform which landed Roosevelt
ana omitted mention Of President Taft
o. the work Of his Administration.
The following ticket was named;
State Treasurer--Robsst X. Young
Wslboro. Auditor-A. W. Powell. Pitts.
burgh. Congressmen-at-lave-Fred Z
Lewis. Allentown; Arthur II. Ruppley
Carlisle: John NJ. MORN. Pittsburgh
Anderson II. Walters. Johnstown.
The twelve delegates-at-lange to tn,
Chicago convention were instructed 20
Roosevelt.