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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
CHICAGO WOMEN WILL
 RESORT TO PRAYER

Chicago, February a.-Members of tho Womens Trade Union league will resort to prayer during the Lenten season in the hope that 1t will assist them in the work of organization.
 Mrs. Raymond Robbins. president of the league, suggested to members yester- day that they repeat a prayer each night during Lent.
 of it has no other effect" she said, it will at least keep before you the great need of organizing the working women of whom there are about 12500 in Chicago with only 1000 now interested in religion. Circulars will be sent to each member of the league"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
MERIDIAN TO INVEST
 IN BLOODHOUNDS

Meridian. Miss, February 21.-tspecial0 The city of Meridian will purchase a pack of bloodhounds which are to be kept by the police department to be used when necessary in the work of tracking criminals doing desperate deeds in this city. This innovation in police depart ment work WAS determined on at a meet ing of the boards of councilmen and al- dermen at last nights meeting on motion of Alderman w. E. Jones, chairman of the police committee. Every effort will be made to secure the best pack of trained hounds that can be found
 The determination of the boards in this respect was brought about by recent des- per ate deeds in this city by persons who escaped, leaving no trace to. be followed by human ingenuity. One recent act was Inc shooting by negro of policeman And the recent entrance of black into the home of | prominent citizen has aroused the authorities to a determination to prevent if possible the escape of such violators in future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
The Way of the Health TranSgreSSOr
 Is Hard
NEW LIFE Found in Change to Right Food.

After one suffers from acid dyspep- sia, sour stomach, for months and then finds the remedy is in getting the right kind of food. 1t is something to speak out about.
 \. Y. lady and her young son had such an experience and she wants others to know how to get relief. She writes:
 For about fifteen months my lit- tie boy and myself had suffered with sour stomach. We were unable to re- tain much of anything we ate.
 After suffering in this way fof so long I decided to consult specialist In stomach diseases. Instead of pre- scribing drugs, he put us both on Grape-Nuts and we began 10 improve immediately.
 Tt was the key to a new life. found we had been eating too much heavy food which we could not digest. In a few weeks after commencing Grape-Nuts. I was able to do my house work. I wake in the morning with clear head and feel rested and have no sour stomach, My boy sleepsswell and wakes with laugh.
 We have regained our lost weight and continue to eat Grape Nuts for both the morning and evening meals. We are well and happy and owe 1t to Grape-Nuts. There's a Reason"
 Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Read The Road to We'll. ville," in pkgs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
PASSENGER TRAIN
 CAUGHT IN DRIFT

Enid, Okla, February 21.--A rescue crew was sent to Covington, Okla. near here. early today to dig out of a snow drift & passenger train on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad which was caught in yesterdays storm. No serious suffering to passengers is reported The snowstorm was the worst known in this section in 16 years.
 Trains on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, on the Frisco system, and on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific were unable to leave here for hours.
 Conditions are becoming improved now with the prospect that traffic will be in normal condition by tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
THREE KILLED IN
 MARDI GRAS RUSH

New orleans. February 21.-Three per- sons are dead and two arc in a hospital dents occurring in New Orleans dur ing the Mardi Gras festivities yesterday. Joseph Delaney, whose residence Is un- known further than that he lived in Mis- sissippi was run over and killed by an automobile.
 James J. Deblois, 72 years old, lost his life by being knocked under the wheels of street car.
 girl, who was run over by street car
 The two seriously injured were white boy and a negro. both being in street car accidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
IMPROVEMENTS
 NOTED IN ALABAMA
Municipal Improvements Keeping Pace With ln-
 dustrial Developments

Columbus, Ga., February H.-The h. dustrial Index says this week:
 Municipal and other public improve ments that make cities, towffs and sec tions more and more attractive are keep ing pace fully with the industrial devel- orment and general upbuilding of the great southeast.
 Notable instances of this are contained in the reports for the past seven days. Waycross, Ga, has awarded contract for paving about 6o,Opl square yards of sidewalks; Rome, Ga, has awarded con tracts for sums amounting to S3l,WO for street paving, and Brunswick, Ga., will rave 13 blocks. Bradentown, Fla, will install a sanitary sewer system. Man chester, Ga, will establish an electric light plant. and Swainsboro, Ga, has voted bonds for the same purpose. Hale county Alabama, has voted $100O0O Of bonds for road improvement. Proposed issAes of public improvement bonds will hx voted upon as follows: Glascock ' osuxx 9sqsgfas $5o. .000sz Americus, Ga., i k60000: Selma, Ala, s35O00, and Steven- son, Ala, sl4, ,500. Coosa county, Alabama, has awarded a contract for four bridges, and Laiderdale county, in the same state, Dt1Vtc Florida, has awarded contract for courthouse. Bids are being asked for The construction of a postoffice building at Talladega, Ala.
 A combined theatre and apartment building will be erected at Birmingham, Ala, at cost of approximately $4oo,ooo.
 Atlanta, Ga., is to have two more apartment houses to cost about s1o'oo each
 uothar ;tan,s ,f construction work to be done as reported this week, are:
 Three railroad bridges, Hall county, Georgia; church building additions. For syth, Gainesville and Thomasville, Ga.; four story business buildings, Atlanta and Columbus, Ga.: office building, Ma con. Ga; seven warehouses, $l00,OO0, and hospital building extension, $SO,U0 Sa- vannah, Ga; z bank buildings, Ocilla aLd vidalia, Ga; bridge, Duval county, Flor ida; hotel building addition, Huntsville, Ala: three story dornitory, Montgomery, Ala: three-story state building. Talla- hassee, Fla.
 ''Industrial plants will be established as follows:
 "Creosote, Macon, Ga; pulp board and turpentine. Vinegar Bend, Ala; electric light and power plant, Cordova, Ala; ice and cold storage. Camilla, Ga. Contract has been awarded for establishing s125,0O fertilizer plant at Dothan. Ala, and fer tilzer company with capital stock of s3O0oOO has been organized at Jensen, Fla. Hallway terminals at Savannah, Ga. win be improved at cost of s1O0000. Three cotton mills at Griffin, Ga, will be improved and placed in operation. and work will be resumed in cotton mill at Athens, Ala
 "Thrty-three new corporations were formed during the week with minimum capital stocks aggregating $2154,S0O.
 "A Savannah, Ga. bank doubled its capital stock of $150,OOo. and another bank In that city Increased its capital stock by . similar amount. A national bank which N Is being organized at Macon, Ga. will have capital stock of $2O0000, instead of n0000O as first intended, because of over subscription of the amount fixed origi- nally."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
GRAVE ROBBERS AT
 WORK IN LOUISIANA

New Orleans, February 21.-Grave rob bers plundering the graves containing bodies more than 70 years buried. secur- ing thousands of dollars worth of jewels, was the story brought here last night from Pointe-a-la Haehe. Plaquemine par ish. The water soaked caskets, glasses smashed, containing wasted bodies, were found above the ground Monday by per- sons living near the cemetery. The bodies had been removed from the private burial ground of a wealthy ante-bellum family to the public cemetery by the parish of. ficials. There is no clue as to the iden- tity of the robbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
ATTEMPT MADE
 ID ROB FAST MAIL


 Cedar Rapids, Ia, February 21.--F'ive men made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up passenger train No. westbound on the Chicago and Northwestern rail- road at 3 o'clock this morning near Ber- tram, nine miles east of here.
 The train is known as the fast mail and carries no passengers. It was forced to slow down to four miles per hour on account of construction work being done on the outskirts of the village and 1t was at this point the men signailed the en- gineer to stop. Suspicious of their motive and the method of signalling the engineer did not bring his train to stop. When the train failed to stop one of the bandits opened fire on the engineer hitting him hi the arm. Throwing on all of his steam the engineer brought the train to this city, where posse was formed and started in pursuit of the bandits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22

war; and that is the fact that when rates are once reduced they cannot be in creased without the consent of the rail- road commission. If the rates should be put way down, the commission might possibly, when the rate war ended. tell the successful competitor to stick to the low rates for awhile and see if 1t could not make a fair return from them. It is probable therefore. that the competitors will go little slow in the matter of reductions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
How One Birmingham Woman
 Rests Herself During "Lent
No Palm Beach Frtaons and Dress Parade Affairs For Her No Brass Band Set and Concert Pitched Frocs-"The Simple Life In All It's Sweetness and Quiet On
 Little Farm Down Near the Gulf Coast
BY DOLLY pALRYMpLE

WITH one-half the world rushing down to the American Riviera and the other half hustling to Atlantic City, and every body running hlther and thither in quest of a change, during the Lenten season, It is rather refreshing to hear what one woman ras decided upon as 'her way
 There are many and various methods of resting up' during Lent, and the way the lady of my story has hit upon sounds alluring and restful to a de- gree. F.
 She packed her bag and stole away si- lently yesterday, but I made her tell me her secret before she caught her train.
 "Fm all frayed out at the edges" she said. "As our cook would express 1t. I'm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22

derest interest from her countless friends since her illness became known. It is certainly hoped that she will soon be con- valescent.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hale Tarran. are receiv- ing the sympathy of their many friends in the desperate illness of their small son, John Tarrant.
 Mrs. G. B. Mccormack and Miss Kath- erine Mccormack are expected home to- day from Florida and Cuba.
  Mrs. Samuel Cowan Is expecting her mother, Mrs. Atkinson of Bon Air, Va, to arrive today to be her guest. The many friends of Master Hubert Scruggs, Jr., will regret to learn that he is quite i'll.
 Mrs. Anna Lallande Is in Mobile, where she went to attend the carnival and is the guest of Mrs. John D. Logan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
BACHELOR GIRLS WITH
 MRS. q. B. MCCORMACK

One of the prettiest meetings of the Bachelor Girls to take place this winter was that of Mrs. G. B. Mccormack, Jr, which was held at the Mccormack res- idence this week. Mrs. McCormack had augmented the personnel of the Bachelor Girls with several brides and visiting girls, making quite a large company A Wash ington color scheme and decorative mo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
MendeZ Goes to Guatemala

New Orleans, February 21.--Senator Joaqun Mendez. Guatemalan minister to Washington sailed from New Orleans to- day on the United Fruit steamer Atenas for Puerto Barrios Minister Mendez goes 10 Guatemala to be present at the reception of Secretary of State Knox.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22

dead tired and plum tuckered out, so Ise gwine ter take CT res'
 No Atlantic City and boardwalks and fimf1amy Orchestras playing The Pink Lady and The Spring Maid tunes for me; no Palm Beach firtations and Dress Parade existence for me for the next 40 days; no fakirs and cheap jewelry and gewgaws and screaming crowds-no, not for me. I've been on one long, ter rible, horrible, awful strain of that sort since the first day of last November, and I'm just slipping away to get on little old boat that goes nosing about, well-no matter where, but sufficiently near to the Gulf Coast to make me entirely and absolutely remote from everypody I know and away almost from myself! I'll land at a rickety little old village, and alighting from the funny little old boat, there'll be mud bespattered buggy and a spav- ined old horse. ancient and graysas the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22

tive added to the attractiveness of the dainfiest hats and gowns in the ward robes of the young women to make the scene especially bright. The hostess had combined art and ingenuity in effecting he decorative plan. There were sugges- tions of the Washington story in every detail of the bridge party. Scores were llxept on hatchet cards ornamented with clusters of cherries. The consolation trophy was drawn from cherries and in other ways. was the pretty decorative scheme emphasized, Salads and ices were served after the games. Among those who, beside the Bachelor Girls were guests of Mrs. Me- Cormack, were: Mrs. Reid Lawson, Mrs. H. J. Porter, Jr, Mrs. Charles Terry. Mrs. Henry Westall, Misses Theoeen Elliott, Bessie .McCrossin, Isabel Turpin, Louise McWhorter of Charleston, w. Va, Julia Mae Henderson of Montgomery, Grace Gait of Gainesville, Ga., Mrs. w. O. Womelsdorf and Miss Kathleen Norvell. TODAY IN SOCIETY
 Mrs. H. J. Porters afternoon reception for Mrs. H. J. Porter Jr.
 
 Mrs. Ellis Foust's bridge party, includ- ing her club and a few additional guests. ANNOUNCEMENTS r The Quest club meets tomorrow after noon at 215 instead of 2:3O o'clock at the home of Mrs. Haskins Williams.
  Dr. Evans Shakespeare class meets this morning at 10 o'clock at the parish house, Church of the Advent.
 Mrs. J. J. Kennedy will be hostess to- morrow to the Fenelon club. The Twentieth Century club meets this week with Mrs. J. W. Fainon Friday aft ernoon.
 Mrs. R. M. Jenkins will be hostess to- morrow afternoon to the members of the Study circle. The hour is 2:O.
 
 | The Edgewood club will meet with Mrs. Blacklock, 10i4 Glen Iris avenue. The Culture club will meet with Mrs. H. S. Bartlett. 114O North Thirteenth street. Friday morning.
 PERSONAL MENTION
 MT. and Mrs. J. Reid Ramsey have re- turned after three weeks trip to Chl- cago, Wisconsin and New York city, :. l l Mrs. l. w. Brazeal underwent an opera | ton recently for appendicitis. She Is gradually improving. Mir. and Mrs. Hugh Montgomery have l leased the Julius Marx residence on South l Tenth avenue and will occupy 1t after April 1.
 | Mir and Mrs. Chapline Hodges will be | at home in a residence that they are re- modelling on South Sixteenth street. They expect it to be ready for them in about 1 six months
 | Mir. and Mrs. W. M. Cosby, Miss May belle Cosby and Miss Josephine Cosby left yesterday for a Florida trip which prom ises to be delightful. Miss Edna Rogers will arrive today from Huntsville to visit Mrs. Samuel Gardner. Miss Rogers is remembered as the very interesting guest of Mrs Gardner year ago.
 Mrs. Peebles is quite i'll at the homie of her daughter. Mrs. Charles Roberts. The malady has been pronounced pneumonia and her condition is regarded as decided ly grave. Mrs. J. B. Raulston. who is still critical Iy i'll with meningitis at the home of ner sister, Mrs. Henry Hidden. was reported yesterday somewhat improved. Mrs. Raulston has been the object of the ten-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22

Er man knows he's mar ried CT Angel, but he laks her best de mawin' when de cook doan come, an she gifts up an teks off her wings, an cooks him some breakfast, Ole Miss.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-18
AT THE GEM.

The bill for the last half Of the
week at the Gem consists of three
good acts. The first, Jerome, Su-
creme Master Of Acrobats, is one OF
he cleverest in his line of work. A
couple of the feats that he does is a
somersault through a hoop, while
the other is his best trick In which
be is the only artist In the world
doing, a round-off flip-hap and &
'omersault without the use of his
hands. The Carson Sisters have 8
very neat act in which they intro
duoe new arts in the line OF ser
Dentine dancing Both are very
neat and make a good appearance
before the public. The other act
ingalls,. Duffield and ingalls,, society
entertainers are two men and =
woman. They have one Of the ba.4
acts on the Crawford circuit and
have always made big hit in his
houses.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-18
Birthday PARTY.

Miss Eloise Lucille Sisney enter
tanned about SO OF ner friends Wed
nesday afternoon in honor of her
sixth birthday Refreshments OF
Ice cream. cake and lemonade were
served and bean bags were given as
souvenirs. Her mother, Mrs. George
Sisney, was assisted by Mrs. Charles
Fodge, Misses Eta Evans, Hermine
Cohn and Ella Sisney.
The guests we're the following:
Vanesa Balm, Mary Bambriek,
Frances Barry, Mason Bates. Thelma
Brewer. Carl Daukch, Ortie Falconer,
Leola Faudree, Llewyn Fraser, Cath
crime Goettel, Marguerite Gotheart,
Lorene Hasenjaeger. Rose Lindsey
Howley, Willie Karcher, Carol Kauf-
man. Louis Kaufman, James Kuy-
kendall. James LaHne, Mary LaHue,
Eloise Kierce, Elizabeth Ki.cce, Ed
win Kierce, James Langan, Arnold
Logan, Grace Niece, John Mating
ly, Lucille Meecham, Raymon Mey-
ers. Mary McCabe, Mary O'Rourke,
Catherine O'Rourke. Jeanette Grus-
kins. Winnie Sells, Doris Sells, Caro-
line Smith, Arthur Thistlewood,
Myrtle Travis, John Twinman, Har-
old Weber. Fern Downey, Victoria
comings. Clinton Terrell, Elizabeth
Wearen. Virginia Williams, Tom
Williams.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-18
UNDER TWO FLAGS
0uidas Famous Story in Two Reels
of Motion Picture at the Biiou
Theater Today.

o. The Bljou theater will this after
noon and evening offer as a program
a splendid two-reel reproduction IL
motion picture of Ouida's celebrated
novel, Under Two Flags"
| Under Two Flags requires No
extended Introduction. neither doe'
/ the story need any elaboration 1t
fame has been greatly enhanced
! throughs stage dramati2ation and
therefore, this photo production
makes it worthy of serious consider
alton. AS a drama it was made eX
| tremely popular decade ago ~
| Miss Blanche Bates, who scored :
| prodigious International success il
the stellar role of "Cigaret," the VI
vandiere attached to the Franc
Antique corps Of chasseurs.
Under Two Flags was played
the local opera house in 1902 by t.
Bennett Williamson "Cairo's ON
Stock Company" with Miss Caro-
Arden as "Cigaret" and Frank
Sylvester as BERTHE Cecil"
Under Two Flags has been ma -
nificently staged by the Thanhouse e.
company amid the semi-tropi'
scenes TO be found in Florida in ID
dition to being acted in superb and
artistic manner throughout
Under Two Flags" is in two reel
pf ono fhrreopI Faat aonh
opening with the introduction OF
Lieutenant BERTHE Cecil, his younse"
brother and Lady Nenetia The rae.
course scenes are remarkably Wei
taken, full OF life, action and excite
ment
Then the self-assumption OF dis
grace Of BERTHE is shown when ne
sacrifices himself to save his younec,
brother from the crime of forgery
The second reel takes up the mar
rative following Bertie's escape froa
England and his enlistment in tn
African corps of the French chas
seurs and "Cigaret" falling in Low
with him. This reel is replete wit
the liveliest kind OF action. TIL
desert scenes are pictured with mar
velous accuracy. The Bedouins ar
picturesque in their make-ups, ar,
costumed magnifcently and thei
horses are just what one expects n
see in the sand of Africa The skirm
ishes between soldiers and Arab
are exciting and exceedingly well
while the sand storm is on,
OF the finest effects ever photograph
ed by the motion camera.
The death of "Cigaret" is d 'amati
cally acted without being overdone
the climax of the story 'followin
closely the novel.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-18
HOUSE MEMBERS
COINCIDE WITH
SENATORS VIEWS
Concluded from Page One.)
FUTURE CITY
SLOW TO RECOVER
FROM RECENT FLOOD

Future City has been slow to re-
cover from the recent food, but has
recently regained new life. Within
a few weeks all the houses that were
left standing and intact will have
been put in shape and evidences of
the flood will have been almost en-
tirely removed. Martie Futrell
whose house was foated off the lot
and wrecked found another in its
place and purchased 1t yesterday.
Several trades have been made amone
the residents who found 1t much
easier and less expensive to pur-
chase homes that were near their
DTS than to move them over for
several blocks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-18

| Alderman Magner moved the
iport be received and ordinl
placed on second reading. The |
ton was adopted. The ordin.
was then placed on second rea
and read at length.
Alderman Neff moved the a.
ton Of the ordinance as read
recommended. The motion
adoMed by the following vote:
Cox, Ferguson, Flack, Fry, q
ney, tlurd, Kelly. Magner, Mic
son, Neff. Saup, Serbian and w.
--l3. Nay--None.
The building committee repoI
recommending that permits
granted as follows.
/ q. E. Handy, to erect a ST,
cottage of six rooms to cost all
SlSo0.oo on lot IS, block
Feuchter K Lansden addition.
Alex. Sexton, to erect one-st
business house 23x9S, metal shes
ing outside and Ishingle roof.
20, block -, first addition,
Gath street.
Petitions.
Building petitions were read
follows:
james Meehan, to erect an az
ton loXl1 II it, high to be u
for buggy she'd on rear of lots
ana 81. block SO. city, 1922 Fl
street.
Mrs. Thresia Blotkin, to erect
addition Of two rooms and porch
her dwelling to cost about $40
on lot 81, block Il. fourth ad
ton, s26, 23rd street.
On motion Of Alderman Saup
pelltlonS were "cterred to the hui
ing committee.
Resolutions and Motions.
Alderman Greaney introduced
following resolutions
Resolved: That the city attorr
s hereby instructed to prepare
ordinance for cement sidewalk
feet in width ON both Sides of E
street from 33rd street to 81
street.
Alderman Magner moved t
adoption OF the resolution. The n
lion was adopted.
Alderman IIurd moved to adjoul
The motion was adopted.
Che council then adjourned.
ROBT A. HATCHER.
City Clei