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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
ID DEVELOP WATER
 POWER IN ALABAMA
London Banking Firm Back ing Gigantic Undertaking.
 $250,O00 Depot atMObile

Columbus, Ga, April 3.-(Speeial)- The Industrial Index says this week:
 Announcement is made that q com pany organized a short time ago 10 develop water powers in the southeast and furnish electric energy for man ufacturing plants has consummated A. nancial arrangements with q large banking firm of London and will pro- ceed immediately with initial invest ments in Alabama that eventually will amount to millions of dollars.
 "Twenty-six corporations were formed with minimum capital stocks aggregat- ing s1,913,100.
 "A lumber company formed at Way cross. Ga, now has a paid up capital stock of sl,OO0,0OO. and will expend 1000 upon woodworking plants.
 "A contract will be let in a few days by one of the big railway systems for the construction of s250000 passen- ger station at Mobile
 "A s200,00 land deal in Florida Is an evidence of one line of activity in that part of the southeast.
 These are further illustrations of the great scale upon which 'development Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
QUIET ELECTION IS
 HAD IN STEVENSON
Jackson Goes Solid for Oscar Under wood for President-Richard-
 son Carried County

Stevenson, April B. 3.-(Special.)-The cleo tion passed off very quietly in Stevenson Monday. Presumably the great number of county candidates running for office made some confusion and delay in get ting returns. Jackson county showed her appreciation of Alabama's distinguished son, Oscar W. Underwood. by going solid for him for President of the United States.
 Judge William Richardson of Hunts vile carried Jackson, it is estimated, by 1000 majority. The precinct of Stevenson cast 1G3 votes for J. B. Atkins and 29 for J. w. Hill for congressman at large, and 163 for Cyrus Brown and % for Charles Hen derson for president of the railroad com mission. John H. Wallace, Jr., received 100 votes, the majority here for state game and fish commissioners
 The race for county treasurer between John Graham of this place and Dallas Brown was close. The election of the latter is conceded by MT. Graham g friends. J. Wimberly of this place was elected treasurer. c. S. Brewton of Larkinsville was reelected county super intendent of education, though H. l.. Beavers received the majority of votes for that office at this precinct. J. M. Money were elected tax collector with nine opponents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
VETERAN ANXIOUS
 T0ATTEND REUNION
Tramping From Dallas to HacOn on $500 Wager.
 700 Miles Covered

Millbrook. April 3.-(Special.)-J c. Will Hams, a civil war veteran, 93 years ot age, passed through Milbrook, sever miles north of Montgomery today on his tramp from Dallas, Tex, to Macon, Ga, for the $500 offered by the people of Den- ton, county, Texas, to any man 70 years or over that would walk from Dallas, Tex, to Macon, Ga, leaving Dallas the date of o'clock on February 27, and arriving at Macon by the time of May 27, 1912.
 MT. Williams enlisted in the Twentieth Mississippi regiment June IT, 1861, and served throughout the war under Joseph E. Johnston from that date until his company surrendered at Greensboro, N. C., April 25, 1865.
 He was wounded twice on the line of battle at New Hope. Ga, during John stons retreat in 1865.
 He has walked nearly 700 miles of the journey from Dallas, and says he followed the railroads all the way, coming through Shreveport, La, Meridian, Miss, to Sel- ma, and from Selma to Montgomery.
 He is in good health and was in no doubt about reaching Macon for the re- union by May 27, 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
nroceedIng in the southeast


 "Some of the items of construction work to be done, as reported this week. are:
 "Bank and office building, Soperton, Ga; paving, Brunswick, Ga; five story addition to business building, Ma con, Ga; apartment houses, Atlanta and Savannah, Ga.; factory building, Deca- tur, Ala; fraternal buildings, Dublin and Macon. Ga; hotel, Fernandina, Fla; school building. Columbus, Ga; churches. Bainbridge, Hillsboro. Ga. and Uniontown. Georgiana and Tnsca- loosa, Ala. paving, Rome, Ga; audi torium, Commerce, Ga; steel bridge. Banks county, Georgia.
 "Contracts have been awarded for the construction of the following: School building, Guin. Ala; bank building, Winter, Ga. and Miami. Fla: hotel Ocala, Fla; pacing, Bir- mingham; docks, Mobile; sewer system, oxford, Ga.
 "Eleetions upon the issuance of municipal improvement bonds will be held in Fort Meade and New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
FLORENCE VOTES
 FULL STRENGTH Underwood and Electors
 Had No Opposition INTERESTING RACES
Abercrombie Carried Lauderdale, As Did Richardsen-Wallace Has Easy Victory-Two Recitals on Nor
 nal Lawn in May

Florence. April 3.-(Special.) )-The cleo ton in Lauderdale county passed off quietly, with no disturbance at the polls. feat from candidates who staked heavily on success. Florence voted her full strength. Underwood and the electors had no opposition.
 Abercrombie carried the county by a good plurality over Atkins, who was his nearest opponent. Richardson made good by majority of TOO.
 Cyrus Brown for railroad commissioner led over his opponents by 100 votes. John Wallace for game warden went three to one over his two opponents. In the county much interest was cen tered about the treasurer and superin- tendent of education.
 II. P. Davis led in a vote of 200 over NJ. Malone. his nearest opponent foi treasurer.
 J. A. Hill for tax assessor had a clean majority over four opponents.
 Alonza Carson, tax collector, made goot by an overwhelming majority.
 D. O. Warren out distanced Homer L Reeder for superintendent of education two votes to one.
 Andrew J. Smith was elected commis sioner of the First district.
 O'Neal in Florence
 Among the distinguished home-comer' who returned to Lauderdale county tC exercise the right of suffrage was mum bered Governor Emmet ONeal. He wa: accompanied by his wife who will in al probability remain as a guest of friend: until after Easter Governor O'Neal vii return to his duties tomorrow.
 Musical Treat
 Major c. W. Ashcraft and the conner cial club will give the necessary finan cial backing to the Minneapolis Sym phony orchestra, who will give two per formances on the campus of the Stat, Normal College on May 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

Smyrna, Fla, and probably in Valdosta, Ga. Selma, Ala. and Senioa, Ga. voted bonds for erecting school buildings.
 Some of the industrial plants to be established are Compress, Vidalia, Ga; ice, Dahlonega, Ga.. bagging mills, Brunswick, Ga.; gas plant improve- ment Augusta, Ca. power plant. Cor nelia Ga. and woodworking plants, Apalaohicola and Durbin, Fla. and Dah- Ionega, Ga"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
A bsOIute Government

Vienna. April 3.-Telegrams from Agram. capital of Croatia, announce that owing to the landtag elections which re- suited in an overwhelming majority in favor of the severance of Croatia from Hungary absolute government has been proclaimed there. The constitution has been suspended and all authority is vest ed in a royal commissioner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
EmperOrs to Meet

St. Petersburg, April 3.-Newspapers announce that Emperor Nicholas will meet the German Emperor in Finnish waters in July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
AND HARMON IS A CANDIDATE

Guthrie, Okla, April 3.-Mrs. J. A. s Thalzgraph of this city gave birth to four boys today. Tho babies are all alive and vigorous. The father of the children is 8 third cousin Of Gov. Judsou Harmon of Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Daylight Burglary
Ware-Guyer Nuptials

Miss Mary Hester Guyer of New De- catur and Whyte p Ware, foreman of the composing room of the Decatur Week. ly News. were quietly married at the home of Probate Judge William E. Skeggs, Judge Skeggs officiating. Will w. Nelson, editor of the Decatur Week ly News, was an attendant at the mar riage They are making their home for the present with the parents of the bride in New Decatur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
The Hat That Will Grown the Heads off Best DreSSerS Easter Morn Will
 Be a KNOX $500
Mer1's Sprir1q Neck,uear

Easter Neckwear from the worlds fashion centres Lon don contributes silk hand knit ties s5O to $350 Auerbaeh shows the smartest ties this side of the water bias srpes cross stripes plains and fances, 50c up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
UnderlUear

Spring Underwear is ready and selling very fast. 50c to S2.50 the garment. Silk Pa- jamas, Night Gowns, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
NORMAL STUDENTS
 ENJOY AN OUTING
About Eighty Spend April l at Hen.
 derson's Lake-Troy Will Be Represented

Troy, April Especial. )-Some s0- odd students of the State Normal school celebrated All Fools day by leav- ing school in a body immediately after morning chapel and betaking them selves to the quietude of the sylvan glades surrounding Henderson's lake, where feast was spread in the shade of the old apple tree and other trees of like fond remembrance.
 The feast, notwithstanding its varied ingredients, was partaken of with great ayidity and gusto by the students. who, having thrown care to the winds, plunged into the tempting lunch. and soon cleared the cloth of the last vestige of food. Lemonade was served from large galvanized iron tub, hired for the occasion.
 The churches of various denomina- tions in this city are preparing to send delegates to the State Sunday schooi convention to be held at Selma April 10-12.
 A large delegation Of teachers from the graded and normal schools of Troy will attend the Alabama Educational association meeting to be held In Bir- mingham April 4, and 6. The rural schools of Pike county are also ex- pected to be well represented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Little Fertilizer Handled
Need Police Protection

At the meeting of the council at Ala bama City last night an ordinance was introduced looking to the proper police protection of the ball park. The Gads- den park is located within the limits of the mill village and police protection has heretofore been lacking. There is no doubt that the measure will be enacted and that protection will be had this sea-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
PYTH|ANS CONVENE
 IN DECATUR TODAY District Convention Meets
 With HermeOne Lodge MAN SLIPS ON STREET Ware-Guyer Nuptials Are Solemnized in New Decatur-Overall Factory
 to Be Located in Decaturs. Daylight Burglary

Decatur. April 3.-(Special.) )--The district convention of the Knights of Pythias will be held here with Hermeone lodge No 16 tomorrow. There will be q banquet and work in the exemplified third degree during the meeting. This is the regular semi-annual meeting.
 Daylight Burglary
 A daylight burglar entered the home of City Alderman William E. Crawford while the family was away from home and stole MT. Crawfords revolver and the toy bank of his little son, Skeggs Crawford. The bank contained about 5 in small change. There is no clue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
DislOcates Shoulder

Will W. Nelson, editor of the Decatur Weekly News, and special newspaper cor respondent for the Decaturs. Is suffering with very bad arm his right elbow hay ing been dislocated by a fall on the pave ment. caused by slipping on 8 banana peeling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Schools Closed

The schools of the city were closed this evening and the teachers and pupils given a ten days holiday so that the teachers can go to Birmingham for the meeting of the State Educational association. A large delegation of the city and country teachers will attend the Birmingham meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Overall Factory

The Chickamauga Manufacturing com pany of Rome, Ga, are contemplating building a large overall factory in the Decaturs. It is understood that the fac tory would give employment to some 300 or 400 persons. The business mems or- ganzation of the Decaturs have taken the matter up.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-28

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-28
PART VI.
THE CHOPS ARE EATEN

The memory Of that meal will prob
ably some day live in the annals of the
Jones family, of Jonesville, Conn. While
that may not have hapepned as vet, it
certainly remained a distinct recollec-
ton IN the minds Of all who ate IT, Even
Sammy. absorbed in eating and longing
Tor The time to come when he could en-
tertain the company with his banjo, felt
that there was something unusual in the
atmosphere.
The meal began with the chatter and
spirits Of Clara and Wallace spreading
their influence over the little group. But
as ii progressed Josie, as Broadway would
nave said at an earlier time. took the
stage and held it for the balance of the
dinner.
Never had the Judge nor Mrs. SPOTS.
wood seen the usually demure. sedate
Young woman in such wild spirits ana a
mental poise that trembled at times upor
( the edge OF abandon.
moment later she would seem sunk IN
| impenatrablo gloom bur this would mass
speedily. ana there would ht "a return n
! her former hilarious mood Win Vet .
subtle difference
Continued ir Next rseu.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-28
Up-to-Date Jokes

Cant you stop to dinner?"
Not this evening I'm afraid"
Needn't be afraid; we've got new
cook"
She (pouting) we were mar
ried you often used to catch me in your
arms.
He-Yes; and now I catch you in my
pockets.
Little Elmer-Papa, what is polite
ness?
Professor Observation-Disclosures, my
son, is the art of not letting other
people know what you really think of
them.
Whats the difference between a fort
and a fortress?"
"Well,' said the woman-hater, 81
should think the only difference would
be that the latter IS the harder to ST
lence"
Little Boy-Mamma, what's my book
about?
Mamma-It is called "The Sleeping
Beauty" and is about a girl who slept,
and slept and slept, and nobody could
wake her
Little Boy--Was she a servant girl?
The Young Man-Yes: I kissed her
when she wasn't expecting anything of
the kind.
The Elderly Mana young man. a
young woman, and nobody about, and
the young woman not expecting to be
kissed HIM. Ha! Rubbish,
She (who has offered to hear little
Jones part in the coming theatricals)-
Now, what's your cue, Mr.. Jones?
Jones (puzzled) cue?
She-Yes; what they say just before
you come on, you know?
Jones-Oh, I see! They always say,
Come on, You silly goat, can't your"
Benevolent Party-Don't you think
fishing is cruel sport?
Angier-Cruel? Well, l should say
SO. I've sat here three days and not had
a bite; been nearly eaten up by gnats
and stung by two wasps, lost my peck
etknife in the river and the sun has
taken all the skin off the back OF my
neck
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-28
GRAY OR FADED
HAIR RESTORED TO
NATURAL COLOR
Famous Southern La Creole
Hair Dressing the Remedy.
Safe and Sure.

A harmless hair preparation, originated
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-28
Do You Know

Chimneys were first erected in Brit
ain in 1900.
Among poor people there are more
| deaths from measles than from any
other infectious disease
Owing to the hind wings o. an earwig
| resembling in shape the human ear, the
insect has derived its name.
A total of $12O,OOOOOO per annum is
spent on the salaries of government Of
hcials in England, Scotland and Ire
land.
During the past fourteen years the
production Of crude petroleum in India
has increased by nearly 200 million gal
Ions.
The schoolmaster of Toggenburg
Switzerland, is the village bandmaster
the organist, fireman. a matchmaker,
and farmer. And in his spare time,
no doubt he does a bit Of teaching
A machine combining two modern
inventions. the electric car and the
vacuum cleaning apparatus, has been
applied in Strasburg to clean the tracks
Of that city. In the operation of the
machine the roadbed is sprayed with
water then the dirt is loosened by a
scratCher and drawn up into the car by
the suction apparatus. With this ma
chine one man can clean 25 miles of
track day, replacing the labor of II
men working in the ordinary way.
To meet the requirements of bust
ness people who occasionally employ a
typist, but have not sufficient work to
keep one regularly employed, the idea
has been evolved in an American town
of establishing telephone secretarial
office Clients ring up the office in the
morning, choosing their own hours, and
dictate their correspondence to the
clerk at the other end. These girls do
their work straight from the telephone
on to the typewriter wearing a cap
Ike a wireless operators headpiece. In
short time the batch of letters and
addressed envelopes are ready to trans
init by special messengers for the au-
thor's signature.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-28
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
By Frances L. GarSt6e

her face hidden in the folds of his
rough coat, to the ends of the earth
with the man who loevs me-"
Daysey Wayne always feels less r..
mantle when ~he has her hair off
Throwing the book across the room. she
picked up morning paper, and read:
The testimony given by Sarah Jones
in her suit for divorce from Silae
Jones, as heard in the court YESTERDAY
was both rich and racy.
HE called me pie-face, she said
to the judge, and said my kin were
mess of Holsters. He hasn't given mo
more than dollar a week to live ON
since | married him a year ago, and II
it We're not for my father I'd have
starved to death
Yes in answer to a question from
the judge, our marriage was an clone
ment. ! thought l loved him, but ma
one can love a squirrel faced tight.
wad pirate like him very long,"
Daysey Mayme finished the account
and threw down the paper with sigh
OF regret because there was no more to
read
All" she said, gathering her hair
wash off the line IF you want real,
lie read the divorce stories in the
newspapers
Preface musingly; mess Of lob
sters, ah, there's Life in that"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-28

We are just about as old as ue LOOK
People judge us, by the way we LOOK.
The man or woman with grey hair is be-
Ginning to get in the "Old Timers Glass. e"
Ibis Twentieth Century does NOT want
GRE1 hairs-itwants the energy of Youth.
The big things are being done by the
YOUNGER generation.
There's a sort Of HAS Been look
about those Grey Hairs. There is always
one TO criticise and smile scornfully.
Father Time is stern disciplinarian.
Get the best of him. Give him the laugh.
Do not be Has Been. " It's unnecessary.
Use HAYS HAIR HEALTH
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-28
If YOU WANT REAL LIFE

a NUMBER of years ago, when
n woman washed her hair, she
washed it on her head. and sat
around for hours with it hanging like
wet rat-tails around her face, waiting
for il to dry.
Times have changed.
There was hanging on the clothesllne
at the Appleton home round thlng
which looked like half a cocOanut; 1--WE
switches. two yards of puffs and a
fringe looking somewhat like that Sit
ting Bull wore around his waist when
ne had his picture taken.
This was Daysey Mayme AppIeton's
hair And while it swung in the breeze
and dried, Daysey Mayme, with dain-
ty morning cap covering her badness
sat in the parlor and sought to improve
her mind by reading.
Morton paused. The restraint he
put on himself made the veins in his
forehead stand out like whipcords He
caught Maidie's lily white hand in his
and held it lightly. though tempted to
crush it between his big, strong hands.
we will away he said hoarsely,
while yon moon hides her face behind
the friendly shelter of a cloud
"Maidie trembled. Did she shrink
from him? Nay. nay, 1t was a maid
emily fear Of she knew not what that
made her slender form shake. But only
for an instant. Then she turned, and
threw herself into the strong arms held
out for her.
Away, away she murmured, with