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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
AT THE HOTELS

T. E. McElrath of Goodwater, Ala, Is registered at the Metropolitan.
 T c. Matthews of Sylacauga is among the arrivals at the Metropolitan. T. NJ. Derickson of Piper, Ala. Is at the Metropolitan.
 A. ". Jones of Atlanta is stopping a the Morris.
 r. c. Call of childersburg is at the Morris.
 J. o. Brown of Pulaski is registered al the Morris.
 P. c. Kelton of oneonta is registered at the Florence.
 J. 0. Benton of Gadsden is at the Florence.
 R. c. Hill of Sulligent is stopping at the Florence
 R. B. Wienkirk of Atlanta is reg isteree at the Birmingham
 k. 0. Stealing of Blossburg is at the Birmingham.
 J. K. Wiekfeld of Chicago is reg istered at the Birmingham.
 " A Fucker of Atlanta is stopping ct tho Hllman.
 leo Wellhouse of Meridian, Miss, is registered at the Hillman.
 L. Gerssn of New Orleans is among those registered at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yesterday in the probate office showing the follow Ing transfers of real estate, the consider ation being sl00o or more:
 s1S70-Mrs. J. B. Rupnow to W. R. Ham, ilton. lot ?, in block ?, according to the survey of Kingston.
 slsoo-Lena Ford Alexander to Eula Ford Clark, lot IS. in block 6, according to the survey of the Woodlawn Realty companys first addition to Woodlawn.
 $1o0i--W. ]. Vines and wife to Cleo Hooks. lot 1. in block 91. according to the survey of the Ensiey Development com pany 4 s2oco-David H. Blumberg to T. C. Young, the south 36 feet of lot s, in blocl, ], according to the survey of Inez B. Jones.
 s54o0-The Ardis Land company to J. $. Marks. Jr., lots and ,, in block A" &C., oording to the survey of the Ardis Land company.
 se5oo-J. A. Hardin and wife to the In gram Realty company, lot 9, in Mrs. O. w. Woods, Jr subdivision of Woodlawn. slo@-Mrs. Nora White to Chester Witty and J. D. Stewart. lot 19, in block 1s. of the Woodiawn Realty companys first ad- dition to Woodlawn
 s5150-Berfram Jacobs to- Mrs. J Ken nedy. the north half of lot and the north half of lot 9, in block of the Henry X Copeland map.
 s550o-Eugene Yancey Conklin and Ella C. Conklin, to Sidney NJ. Pelisreen. part of lots and s, in block 696, of the sur vey of the Elyton Land company.
 S27o0-Annie F. Kirk to R. J. Strick- land. lots and ?. in block 276. according to the survey of the Elyton Land com pany.
 $l50o-Ada W. Grover to Sarah Dixon, lot 24, in block F of the Highland Lake Land companys survey.
 $1910- William Lively and wife to George Tribhle, lots E and IA, in block ,. ac- cording to 0. w. Wood. Jr., subdivision of Woodiawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
MINISTER M.F. EGAN
 GOES ID ATHENS Visitor Inspected a Number of Birmingham Diaries
 Yesterday

Minister Maurice Francis Egan was the guest of the Chamber of Commerce yes terday, and was taken over the city in trip number of Birmingham dairies were visited. At l o'clock yesterday afternoon Minister Egan attended the luncheon of the Birmingham Ad club, where he made short talk.
 Minister Egan is touring the south under the auspices of the Southern Com mercial congress, and is addressing the people on the dairy and farm life of Den mark While in Birmingham he addressed an audience at the Hotel Hillman Monday night. He left Birmingham yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Athens. Ga, where he is scheduled to talk tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
$10,000 Investments Exempt For First Ten Years
 After Locating
MUST EMPLOY 20 MEN
 EIGHT MONTHS A YEAR
Passage of Ordinance Is Result of Conference Between Commission CTS and Chamber of Com-
 merce Committee

 The city commissioners have joined hands with the Chamber of Commerce in the efforts to secure the location of new industrial manufacturing plants in the city of Birmingham.
 By the passage of an ordinance at the commissioners meeting yesterday all bona fide manufacturing plants repre- senting a local investment of s1o,000 or more, and which will be In operation at least eight months of each year, will be exempt from city taxation for period of ten years The passage of this ordinance was the result of a conference between the city commissioners and the committee on the location of new industries from the Chamber of Commerce, who for some duce new industries to locate in this dis trict.
 In Vogue in Other Places
 The commissioners informed themselves that a similar exemption was in vogue in many other cities. The ordinance is as follows:
 An ordinance to encourage the loca- tion of certain new industrial manufac- turing plants in the city of Birmingham by exempting same from municipal taxa ton for period of ten years.
 The Ordinance
 Be 1t ordained by the board of com missioners of the city of Birmingham that any new bona fide industrial manu- featuring plant. locating In the corporate limits of the city of Birmingham on or after May 1, 1912, and which shall make a local investment of s10000 or more in such plant and which shall give To- cal employment to 20 or more em- ployes in said city for not less than eight months in each tax year, shall be exempt from municipal taxation for a period of ten years from the time of so locating. But, in order to obtain the benefit of such exemption such plant shall file a written statement with this board during the month of September of the tax year, in which such plant is so located, showing the name, capital, date of location of such plant and the number of men locally em- ployed by said plant and each September thereafter during the period of said ex- emption such plant shall file a statement with this board showing that 20 or more men were employed as aforesaid for not less than eight months of the then cur rent tax year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
GRADE CROSSINGS
 TO BE DAYS TOPIC
Weekly Luncheon of Chamber of Com. merce Will Be Held at
 O'clock

The weekly luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce will be held today at o'clock in the Gold Lion tea room. The subject up for discussion is the grade crossing problem in Birmingham. The speakers will be City Engineer Kirkpat- rick and J. D. Moore.
 There have been number of mass meetings about the grade crossing prob lem and the public is very much wrought up over the dangerous crossings in the city. The matter of erecting viaducts and subways has been discussed, but it ap- pears that nothing definite has ever been done on the subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
Public Policy Committee Meets

The public policy committee of tho Chamber of Commerce held meeting yesterday afternoon In the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Although there was no special business at the meeting, the committee indorsed tho I cent postage proposition and also indorscd bill for the maintainance of homes in for eign lands by the United States gov ernment. This bill will be sent to Con- gress later in the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
LIFE NEARLY
 EBBED AWAY
But Daughter Helps to Restore Sick Mother Again to
 Health and Duty

Highwood. Mich.--'1 was in serious condition and my life was nearly gone writes Mrs. Clara Avery of this place but I am feeling well now as the re- suit of having taken cardui. the wom- ans tonic.
 My sufferings extended over many years and were made up of female troubles, such as backache. pain in my side and dreadful dizzy spells.
 was all run down and hardly able to drag around when my oldest daughter got me a bottle of Cardui.
 had no faith in 1t. but took 1t never theless, and before I had finished half a bottle, I got, better. Now 1 am well and able to do my work"
 Women who have to drudge away at their own homework often have 10 suffer from the results of overstrained worpanly organs.
 It should be comfort for them to know that for such pains and weak ness there Is at hand, on every drug eist's shelf, a remedy in Cardui, the Womans Tonic.
 This successful tonic. prepared from natures harmless herbs, aids nature in building. up strength for the worn-out womanly frame.
 It relieves the symptoms. It reaches the cause. It helps to make you well.
 Try Cardui.
 N. B.-Write tor Ladies' Advisory Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co.,. Chat tanooga. Tenn. for Special Inptruc- lions, and Ss page hook, Home Treat ment for Women sent ln plain wrap
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01

|. (. V. REUNION, MACON. CAMPS FROM ENSLEY,
 BIRMINGHAM, BEssEMEJs, EAST LAX F., <WOODI.AWN AND AvONDALE WILL
 LEAVE MONDAY AsO0 4. M. SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
nECEIYER,s sAI.E

THE REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE BANK OF PRATT CITY, IN- GLIDING THE BANK BUILDING. FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, WILL RE SOLD BY THE RECEIVER AT PRATT CITY, MAY 2, AT i2 O'CLOCK NOON AT PUBLIC OUTCRY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
vedrines' Condition Critica,

Paris. April 3o.--Jules Vedrineh yesterday was eapsized while f1yir St. Denis. a suburb of Paris. Is sf critical condition. but the surgeoni tendance think there Is some hopel recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
Let Us Write Your Business

This strong Southern com pany will cover your surety or Casualty risk fully and settle your claim promptly.
 And you will be helping to keep money at home with which to build up your own section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued at the probate office yesterday:
 J. s. Morse of Birmingham to Miss Mary Earle Newton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01
!. Three Employes at First

The firm which started in 1887 with three employees now numbers among it's em- ployes 500 people. During the course of their business careef Loyeman. Joseph & Loeb have graduated some of the best
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04
Obituary.

f. V. Thorn, for many years pro-
prietor of the Yokohama Box of Gu
rios, the foremost weekly publication
of the Far East formerly of San Jose,
California died at the general hospital
yesterday morning after a very short
illness, with Brights disease. The
body will be embalmed and sent to
Yokohama for burial MIR. Thorn ar
rived on the Manchuria last Wednes-
day on a business and pleasure trip.
Shortly after his arrival he was taken
i'll and forced to 90 to the hospital,
where he was attended by Dr. Strong
and DR.. Musgraye Mr. Thorn was
sixty years old and has been a resi-
dent of China for a quarter of a cen
fury. He leaves a son in Yokohama
and a married daughter in New York
Ernest c. Stelton, an employe OF
the quartermaster's department and
former officer in the constabulaTy
died at the general hospital Friday
night of acute nervous trouble, after
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04
Stearns' Mine of cd Liver Extracl

Than any other medicine checks
o Eon 5neles the blood restores flesh to the macaed and
news u'a
is pleasure Get at druggists be srEARNs
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
ADJUSTMENTS
William Hodge in .The Man From
 HOme.S

Mark Twain's '1nnocents Abroad brought up to date and little be
 ord, would be an apt description
 the two young Americans from Aolscmo, Indiana, whom "The Mai From Home" depicts floundering amid unfamiliar foreign waters The play is rich in the humof and the sat re of their butterfly chase for it es. International alliances are held up to the broad score they deserve The sharp point of the glittering hook IS expected wKh thoroughness that brings it's own awakening. The vrile Americanism of Daniel Voorhees, like, attorney at law and guardian
 If the innocents, played by William 1e lge, is the backbone of the play .Fhich in thsse days of phenomenal stase successes has made a Mara ien record all it's own. For one e it ran in Chicago, for two years it ran in New York, and now it's pro- 1ucers, Liebler & Co.,, will invite che inspection of the country at large. Pine Bluff is particularly fortunate 70 witness it in the fifth season of Us triumph. MT. Hodge appears at the Elks Theater tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
Distribution of Prizes
Two Flander Automobiles.

| To the contestants having the high est number of votes in the city dis tricts will be given one Auto, and tc the contestant having the highest vote in the country districts will be given the Other machine.
 typ9 sas The Pianos. se The Two High Grade Remington Pianos will be awarded one to the city and eone49to the country distSicts to the contestants standing highest after the' Alrsos have been awarded. ; B6e sfi The Diamond Rings. <, Will be, awarded. one tct a district, to the contestants standing first in each district, after the Grand Prizes have ben awarded. e4ss
 The Suites of Furniture.
 Will be given, one to a q stF;et. to the contestants standing second in each district, after the fdiamonds have been awarded .,asg H5a4g4
 '9'o The Scholarships. ''is'@
 Will he given, one to "a district to each of the six contestants standing highest after the suites of furniture have been awarded.
 In Case of :, Tie.
 In case of : tie for any Or all of thes above prizes, those so tying will receive prize of equal value. s..s.
 Remember the closing date, April 4.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07


 life. In the country district it's com ing is eagerly looked forward to as tie one cfowning event of the sum- ber, and it's tentsd field is the mecca to which pilgrims come from near and far. And yes, the inner life of the circus is as little known to those who bask in it's tinsal glitter and it's tadry pomp and the ancient life of the Etruccans might be. Mar- garet Mayos tender little play, 'Pol- ly of the Circus" permits a glimpse into the penetralia of the circus. It is through 9 window whose panes are rose-tintsd with romance, but the atmosphere of the sawdugs ring and the dressing tent sfs' so we'll produc- ed, and hs~ clever acoadjutor, Frederic Thompson, wizards cf stage craft and effects, that the romance and the sem timants seem real and grateful. sPel. y Of the Circus" come 70 the Elks .oon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
CREosoTED BLOCKS >ts1 &3ti HAVE ARRIVED

Five carloads Of a shipment of twelve cars of crecsoted blocks to be used in, the cemetery paving district arrived over the Cotton Belt yester- day and the rest of the shipment is expected within few days The blocks are from the plant Of the h. ternational and creosote and Con- struction Company, of Texarkana and are inspected by an expert from tha Pittsburgh Laboratory and Testing Company. Of Pittsburgh. The report of the expert is made to Major W. ]. Parkes, engineer for the paving dis tr-ct. The specifications call for % pounds Of oil per cubic foot of wood and tests by the expert slow that the specif. cations are complied with.
 Contractor I. P. Shelby will start the work of paving in about two weeks and if weather conditions are favorable it is expected the contract will be finished hy August 1.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
"The Three Twins,

Eancing, although a gift of the ancient Greeks, is today more of an American amusment than it is in any other country, civilized or barbaric on the Globe. No matter how small .he city, there are several dancing 'cs denies and at many summer re- 90. is dancing is the sole entertain me nt. This according to Frederick jo:ng, the exceedingly capable dane. T who will be seen at the Elks Thcater on March 7th with the New Ycrk Herald Square Theater musi- cal comedy success Three Twins announced as a carnival of dancing, 5 why American women are the most graceful in the world Englis.l women ride and walk great deal, but neither exercise is as beneficial as terpsichore.
 "To me, said Miss Going, the other night, dancing means gracefulness, health and happiness. am never i'll and l attribute my glw of health and good spirits entirely to dancing More than anything 1t frees she mind from all worry. When you dance you are another self. The most Tractical person becomes dreamer F T lreamsr of youth. Indeed danc. ing is the only fountain of youth ws lave found thus far. To me it is 'ifas isselfs .ss Miss Going's opinion may well be
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
Opera Popular if the Real Thing.

Joseph F. Sheehan, the great Am- :riean tenor who comes to the Elks T.ieaasr Saturday, evening, March IS with his alI-star icompany, for a per- formance Of Balfe's popular opera the Bohemian Girl,' ill a recent iIl- tervisw, replying to question as to why he weRs on a, tour undergoing the hardships of travel on one night stands when he could instead spend the entire season in TWO or three cities, said: as5sy .o e4 a'
 Some years ago my attention was called to numerous companiss @ usually consisting of five or six pso- pie going around the country undcc the name of Graad Opera Companies. In1tead of giving a performance of an opera thesa so-called companies would give a few numbers of this opara and few of another, etc. The
 suit was that people going to these performances and being unable to make head CT tall .out of what was going on were disgusted and wrong impression wass formed regarding grand opera Tn the past few years 1 am happy 70 say the most. of these companies, were, driven out of bus.- ness as the public, through our eff fos ts having had a taste of the real thing, lisfusied to bite and now in sist 1apon hearing asa opera when they pay th5ir moneyfinstead of extracts from a half dozen. .ajf,al sge.f
 -i'This enc thing has repaid nie fer Ill the hard wSTkg'I have donerand ! will feel that my efforts have been success when the putlic will 1de- nand a. reputation rand real per foEmance before upatronizing opyrasrf
 A company. would notadare advep. tiaesa drama and give half an act from some playsas quarter from eoine other,s a whole Actsfrom a third. and 90 on. Why, shplild thsy be allowed to do jt wiSh opera
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County


 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J.. Cheney & Ce., doing business in the City of Toleda, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
 FRANK ]. CHENEY Sworn to before nle and subscribed in my presence, ais 9th day of Dec ember, A. D. 1886.
 A. W. GLEASON, tSeaL) Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter- nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. '. F. J. CHENEY 6 CO. Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75e Take Halls Family Pills for con- stipation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
c 0 T T ON
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New Orleans Cotton.

New Orleans, March 6.-Cotton-Fu- lures opened steady. March, 10.64G 10.65c; April 10.66c nominal; May, 10.73@10.f4c; July, 10.7G1078; Au- gust, 10.7101073c; September, 1o.6s @10.73c; September, 10.69010.7lc; October, 10.67@1069c; Decembe", i, 10.70@1071c.
 Futures opened steady at an ad- vance of 405 points on good eables and another unfavorable weather nap. Tn the early trading it was
 ,stly weather market. Privase
 ssages from Liverpool said that
 aorts there were nervous over th@ continued unfav5rable conditions Ill the cotton region of this country Messages from the interior of the belt told of much rain and delay in new crop preparations. Bulls offered good support and at the end of the first half hour prices were 9@10 points ov- CT yesterdays close.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
New York Cotton.


 New York, March 6.-cotton-Fu- tures opened steady. January 1O.670 10.68c;. March, 1O.26@10.37c; Ma, 10401042c; June 10.47e bid; July, 10.53010.54c; August, 10.51 O 10.52c, September, 1O.54@1o.56c; October, 1o.63@1o.64c; December. 1O.7o@1o.71c.
 Futures opened steady at an ad- vance of 1@6 points and sold about 7@10 points net higher on continu- ation of yesterdays buying and re- ports of unfarorab'e weather in ths south.
 Local traders were inclined to at tribute the new crops strength U continued complaints of delayed farm work. Realizing by scattered longs checked the upward movement and caused reactions of Ser 4 points du~- ing the middle of the morning but there was enough buying to give the market a steady undertone.
 The market continued fairly active late In the forenoon with prices some 80f0 points higher on bull support short covering and fresh buying in- spired by unfavorable reports as to new crop respects
 Spot, quiet. Middling uplands, 10.45c, nominal.
 The gossip of the morning was the spot interest were good buyers Around the middle of the morning shorts covered freely. Spot broker. said that the demand for actual cot ton was better, but that the interior vas offering little, and that little at 5 higher basis. Later longs realized Heavily and their offerings finally weighed on the market At noor prices were 3@5 points over yeste'. days close.
 Futures closed barely steady. Tho range:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
accepted as she is undispltsdIy ack- nowlsdged as one of the best danc-

accepted as she is undispitsd1y ack- nowledged as one of the best danc- CTS on the American stage. Some time ago in fact she was known to the. public, as Dancing Frederick 7 The principal roles in Three Twins" require exceptional dancers and af- ter consulting with nearly every dancer and every manager who eIi- ages dancers it was decided that Miss Going was by far the best, and SC she was persuaded to accept the patte in Three, Twins" It is claim cd by .hoss who know that she is much better than her predeea assor as besides being nimble on foot, She is a comedienne of unusual ability and possesses a good singing voice, two things that Bessie Mccoy could not boast
 She is the personification of grace and is probably the only woman dancer in America who has gained the knack of using her feet az though her ankles We're disiointed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07

2; A. Clossner. 24 Ontario St.. Rochester. N r.. has recovered from q long and severe attack of kidney trouble. his cure being due to Foley Kidney Pills. After detailing his ease, he rays: q am only sorry i ate not iearn sooner of Foley Kidney ' FIJI. n 2 few days time my back. aelte mpletely left me and I feK AR Rsetly impfoved. My kidneys be- anAye atyonger. dizzy spells left me
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07

The household goods of J. H. Stanford, negro, were sold at auc- tion to the highest 5idder recently by Sheriff Edgar Brewster. The goods were scld to pay delinquent taxes, which have been due since 1907. The negro had been given every oppor- tunity to pay his taxes but continued to neglect the matter. .f7k
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
How Gold Causes Kidne, Disease.

: Partly by driving blood from the surface and congesting she kidneys, and partly by throwing too much work upon them. Foley Kidney Pills strengthen the kidneys, give to1e to the urinary organs and re- store the normal action of the blad- der. They are tonic in action, quick in results. Trv them w L. De- woody & Go. 5ass1 tS