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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-06
Spaghetti and Maearoni Sale

Monday and Tueday March and ,, we will sell our regular 15c pack age of Spaghetti or Macaroni for 1Ge
 Always OH Hand
 Doles Pineapple Juice,
 Snider's Tarhato Catsup,
 Cracked Haminy,
 "Shaker" Bread. THE HOWELL GROCERY COMPANY Main St Store Phone 574. Lakeside Store Phone 1927
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-06

The hat in the drawing is one of the new things Gut away from the front, it flares wider and wider at the back, like a longshoremans sou'wester, or a fireman's oilskin This hat is made of chip in natural color with wide band of velvet which is edged top and bottom with straw fringe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-06

-s15.50 for a genuine Bucks Gas Range or for a 9X12 best Administer Art Square at Reap & Crawfor1 Furn. Go. Ii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
ANOTHER SON FOR THE ASTOR FAMILY Day Old Child Is Heir to $3,000,000 of AstOr
 Wealth

New York, August I.-Mrs. Madeline Force Astor. survivor of the Titanic steamship disaster in which her hus- band, Col. John Jacob Astor, lost his life, gave birth to a son early today. The baby has been named John Jacob Astor for it's father The baby becomes direct heir to sS,OoO.oOO of the Astor wealth.
 News of the arrival of the baby was issued by pr. E. Cragin attending physi- elan. The missve says: Mrs. Astof has q son, born at S:15 a. m. His name is John Jacob Astor. Mother and son thriving" The fact that his father proved himself hero in the steamship Titanic disaster and that the wife from whom he then parted was his bride of only a few months. coupled with the large fortune which was provided for 6 pOsthumous child. have added eStraordi- nary interest to the arrival of the young est Astor.
 The baby will be one of the few ehil- dren ever born with a fortune as large as $s.0000oo in it's own right. Colonel As tor had provided that whether the child was a boy or girl 1t should receive $3,OO0,- dGo Even if the stork had brought more than one child. Colonel Astor's will "cov- cred that contingency" It says: T be- uueath such number of separate sums of ss. .00c, ,000 each as shall be equal to the number of my children who shall survive ne. other than my son William Vincent Astor and my daughter, Ava Muriel As- ter" The latter children are by Colonel Astor's first wife. Mrs Ava Willing As tor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
PATRICIA WINS

Chicago, August 4.-The Canadian sloop Patricia today won the international championship of the great lakes from the American yacht Michicago. Today's vic tory made in row for the Canadian. The American boat was the first race of the series, Patricia won today by 8 minutes 8 seconds. The contest was to windward and eeward four miles and half to the right.
 Csameness and smart work won for the Canadian crew. AIiehicago went into the lead at the start, but suddenly the Ca radian crew saw the wind was shifting and they worked into it and drew away rom Michicago rapidly.
 In motor boat races Baby Reliance TIT won the 15-mie race which was the second heat of the 26 foot motor boat class in 2e:46 or at the rate of A miles an hour.
 The second race 20 miles, included Dis turber III" the new boat did better than expected, but before finishing she was out of the race.
 The race for boats up to 40 feet in length. Baby Reliance H. 26 footer, won 1t at an average of slightly less than rA miles an hour. Disturber III developed engine trouble and failed to finish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
CONTRACTS LEI FOR LARGE STRUCTURES Plans Completed for Sixteen Story Bank Building in
 Birmingham

Columbus Ga, August 14,-(SpeciaL)-- The Industrial Index says this week:
 Plans have been completed for 16 story bank and office building to be erected at Birmingham, Ala.
 A contract has been awarded for the construction of F story bank and or fee building at Atlanta, Ga. Plans have been completed for 16 story office build ing in Atlanta and plans are being pre- pared for a three story store and ware house structure, 42ox100 feet, to be erected in that city at a cost of $2O0,oo0.
 "A nine story bank and office building Nill be erected at Augusta, Ga. by newspaper.
 "A five story office building is to be erected in Savannah, Ga, at a cost of Soo.- GOO. and a site is being cleared for an other bank building.
 "A permit has been issued at Dublin, Ga. for the construction of a seven story ssoo0O bank and office building.
 "A s1,0O0,0o0 corporation Is preparing to establish extensive woodworking plants near Punta Gorda, Fla.
 "A contract has been awarded to con siruct the first of four great river dams for water power development in Alabama "A total of 32 new corporations have Leen formed during the week.. with min iInum capital stocks aggregating S.421,en. Among the items of construction work to be done, as reported this week, are: Apartment house, Tampa. Fla. church | building, Birmingham and Ensley, Ala, | and Sylvania. and. two, Madison. Ga. courthouse addition. Tavares. Fla: hotel | buildings Lakeland and New Smyrna,
 Fla: sS5000 residence, Birmingham. Ala | armory, Savannah. Ga; steel bridge, | ClaESe county. Georgia; paving, Pensaco- la Fla; waterworks and sewers. Fort | Meade Fla. and Thomson. Ga; water 1 works extension, Columbus, Ga: con- tracts have been awarded for construc- | tion of the following: Auditorium and hotel. near St. Augustine Fla; three steel
 bridges. Barlow county. Georgia; road | improvement s170o0. Butler county, Ala
 hama; college building, Morganton. Ga. Industrial plants will be established as | fellows: Fertilizer, McRae. Ga.; ice, New | smyrna, Fla. brick, Apalachicola, Fla .ng. Eutaw, Ala: pumping station, Pen | sacola, Fla. Route has been selected fol | electric railway between Birmingham Ala and Chattanooga. Tenn.
 Banks will be established at Falco anf | Madrid, Ala. and Bethlehem and Syl | yania. Ga.
 Fort Laude,siale, Fla, voted s400oo o Improvement bonds. and Pooltr. Ga, Slo GOO. Dade county. Florida, will vote or s300 GOO of bonds: St. Johns county, Flori
 da, on s200.c00. and Mobile, Ala. on $loo onG.
 "A Jacksonville Fla. corporation ha
 increased it's capital stock to s4,ooo,poo''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
TENNIS TOURNEY

Southampton. L. l., August 14.-N. w. Niles of Boston worked a sensational up- set here today in the fourth round of the Meadow club cup tennis singles by de- feating T c. Bundy. of Los Angeles Bun dy won the cup last year. A. s. Dabney the partner of Niles In the doubles, elim- mated II. W. Slogan, the former national champion.
 The doubles were started in the after noon, NJ E. Mclaughlin and T. X. Bundy, Pacific coast challengers for the national title winning ? matches.
 w, J. Clothier and C. r. Garder. the recent winners of the eastern doubles appeared in the first round. winning from II. Torrance. Jr., and NJ. Hamilton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15

and letters are at once written to the prospective victim The scheme is pre- scented and developed in a very plausible way and many of our fellow countrymen have bitten promptly and cheerfully.
 Under the Spanish laws felony must be consummated before the police may act. and mere attempt to obtain money by false pretenses does not appear to warrant arrest. The money must be ac- tually paid over and the prosecuting wit ress must be present in propria persona to testify: otherwise prosecution would be useless.
 Variations in Letters
 Recently the letters written to the dis tan. relative have varied somewhat from the original: the political prisoner having become a noted Russian banker who ab- seconded. leaving a deficit of some millions of roubles, killed in quarrel in England anc ther Russian. and finally took refuge in Spain, where he was apprehended and charged with manslaughter.
 This change of character. however, is mmateria and in the future more new characters will probably be introduced by the gang The scheme Is the same. and the public Is warned to place no ere dence in such or similar letters.
 Every effort has been made by the department of state and it's representa- lives in Spain to unmask these scoun- drels and bring them to justice, and the Spanish authorities have also been active and several members of the gang have beer apprehended and held for trial, but so far no convictions have resulted, ow- ing probably to the pecularity of the Spanish law referred to in the report of the consul general at Barcelona"
 One or two Alabama members of Con- gross have received letters that lead them to believe that this gang of swim dlers has been trying to vctimize cer- tain Alabamians. and for fear that there might be others they hope that the peo- pie may be warned.
 If anyone wants to separate himself from his money, for goodness sake pat ronize home industries and don't fal 1or go cd trick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
REMARKABLE FALL OF FULLER

in referring to his fortune. and those I believed my friends got most of it. In two years l spent s250ooo. Now I am absolutely down and out. without even cent to hire counsel l have appealed to friends. but they won't help All that I have left is a bad leg, which put me out of the riding business when Witfull feil with me at the Excelsior in 1905.
 During hfs prime Fuller was rated as tEe successor of Tod Sloan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15

New York August 14.-Ranled when a boy as the premier jockey of the Amer ican turf, win earnings of s5o,000 a year, Grover Cleveland Fuller. who is still only 20 years old, limped before Judge Grain in general sessions today, penni- less and friendless, to plead to an indict- ment charging theft of watch.
 Its gone; every cent of il" said Fuller
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
COL. ROOSEVELT WILL COME ID TENNESSEE

Chattanooga, August 14-(Specal)- Leaders of the bull moose party in Hamil- ton county have received assurances from Roosevelt himself that he will speak in Chattanooga in the approaching presi- dential campaign. 1t Is understood that the strenuous Theodore will speak in Memphis, Nashville. Chattanooga and Knoxville. but the exact dates for his appearances in these respective towns have not yet been announced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15

St. Joseph, Mo, August 14-"Battling
 Nelson and Steve Ketchell were matched today for fifteen round bout here the afternoon of Labor Day. The boxers will make 13s pounds at 10 a. m. Septem- Der 2. ffl J.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
Captain Patillo Paralyzed

Prattville, August 14-(Special.)-It has been learned here that Capt. Luke Pat tillo of Billingsley, one of Autauga coun- tvs most prominent citizens, business man. farmer and capitalist, has just arr rived from Battle Creek, Mich, where he suffered from paralytic stroke of a serious nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
Burns Laughs at Sharkey.

Calgary, Alberta August 14-"That's a joke,'' said Tommy Burns. ex-champion heavyweight boxer today discussing an Associated Press dispatch from New York last night relative to Tom Shar- keys ambition to get back into the ring and meet Burns.
 "Sharkey was great man In his day." continued the former champion, Hut you can't always be great. I might meet him if the financial inducements were strong enough. At that would not care to box in public for the public don t care much for one sided bouts. Even Jack Monroe beat Sharkey when the New Yorker tried to ''come back before.
 q may so Australia about Christmas to meet Sam Langford."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
Cotton States League
STANDING
Battling" Nelson to Fight

At Columbus: Columbus 2-7 Greenwood 3-1 (First game 19 innings.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15

FOR RENT-sEvERAL SPLENDID OFFICES IN CLARK BUILDING. FOR OCTOBER |. STEAM HEAT, WATER AND JANITOR SERVICE. LOUIS V. CLARK & COMPANY, 4TH AVE. AND 2OTH ST. PHONES 607.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15

New York, August 4-(Special) )-The Iron Age will say tomorrow:
 The iron and steel situation could hard ly develop more satisfactorily to the pro queer and the outlook has seldom been better either for volume of business or fer prices yielding a profit. The past week has established higher prices for pig iron, though the volume of buying was probably somewhat less than in the week preo eding. Added to 1S0,000 tons of rails reported last week are one lot of 25,000 tons and another of 15.0o0 tons placed for next years delivery and other rails con tracts are under negotiation
 While a note has been sounded here and there against too rapid advances steel manufacturers seem to be facing the prospect of higher prices with entire conplacency.
 Plates structural shapes and bars are the lines in which most of the reported offers of premiums have%,een made. Con- struction work that cannot wait has pro- duced most of them.
 AS a rule steel manufacturers are not selling for next years delivery apart from rails. bu. some late contracts with manufacturing buyers run into the first quarte rof 1913.
 A more acute scarcity in semi-f1nished steel has developed In the past week and as high as S22 50 has been paid for bilets and S23.50 for sheet bars Pittsburg mill, " nile at Youngstown 50 cents higher has been secured. Foundry pig Iron has ad- vanced rather sharply in the Chicago market, where furnaces are now quoting s1550 as against sl5 last week. Buffalo reports greater activity with sales above 75. COG tons In the St. Louis district /one large interest, with plants there and else where. has closed for about 35,o00 tons of pig iron.
 Southern furnaces could make sales for 1913 at si2.50 for No. 2, but are disposed to hold for a higher price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
Pleased With Prospect

Ii is simple scheme, but presented in such a plausible way that almost any unsuspecting distant relative of Euro bean extraction would be more or less deceived by the glad prospect of falling heir to the agreeable custody of darling fourth interes- therein as an additional recompense.
 Naturally, the first impulse of the dis tant relative is to ask lawyer or a judge or some authority what course he ought to pursue in the premises, but as he thinks of doing this his attention is taken by the warning in the prisoners s letter beseeching him not to mention tho matter to any living soul lest the secret of the valise and the hidden receptacle be lnd.soreetly betrayed.
 The valise, after aI, with it's con- cealed certificate of deposit. is the key to the situation and possession must be taken of it before anything can be done or said. This (so cunningly set forth by the prisoner is very evident to the dis tant relative, and so he quite frequently preserves the secret intact and instead of consulting a lawyer or writing to the American consul general at Barcelona he quietly sends draft for the sum de- handed to the good priest and awaits results. Of course he waits in vain, and the poor. dead prisoner and the good priest and the darling daughter in the course of time pass out of his life for ever. leaving him only an uncomfortable m;mory of the money he so cheerfully contributed to the confidence game.
 For nearly 20 years these same knaves have been practieing their swindle, and it is needless to suggest that they are very carefully organized; they have con federates not only in the United States but in most other countries. The confed crates in question select a man and flni out all they can about him: they get hold of family names. family origin, and family characteristics. This information is transmitted to the rascals in Spain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
JOHNSON TO FIGHT
 WITH JOE JEANNETTE

Chicago. August 14.-Jack John son today signed articles to fight Joe Jeannette 10 rounds before the St. Nicholas Athletic club of New York on September 25 Johnson is guaranteed half of the moving pie ture earnings. Jeannette's sigma ture to the articles was obtained several days ago. What his share will be was not announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
Large Mill Business

Jobbsrs and mills which are able to make prompt deliveries are doing large business at handsome profits. Eastern mills are shipping plates and shapes hun dreds of miles and frequently obtain from s6 to S ton premium. Premiums are sometimes being paid on shapes also. Many jobbers are unable to give deliv- cries from their stocks in less than week, and are finding their stocks of some sizes depleted. Volume business sent to it's mills by one large independent con- cern in Pittsburg district was heaviest in it's history. Price advances in finished products have not been general, but were usually due to individual initiative and gradually extended throughout trade
 The structural material market is re- marhable for the very large number of small projects. Very few enterprises re- quiring heavy tonnage are In prospect. Orders on the books of coastship yards are more numerous than any time since the Spanish American war Work on hand will involve an expenditure of fully s10o,OO0,oO0 and will call for a large ton mage Of steel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
Followed By Other Letters


 The above Is generally the first letter of the series. It is quickly followed by another in which the prisoner patheti- cally states that his strength is rapidly failing and the end Is near He be- seeches his dear distant relative to as- sume the trust and be loving father to the darling daughter. The third let ter Is from the good priest himself, who in brief and touching particularly touch- ing) terms ard hopelessly bad English announces the death of the unhappy pris- oner; the good priest adds that the darling daughter is under his care He is ready to put his promise into execution and start for the United States as soon as he shall have received the necessary funds from the distant relative. The good priest frequently incloses a bogus new spaper clipping announcing the death m prison at Barcelona of the famous Gu ban patriot (sometimes called Augustine Lafiiente); the newspaper notice also speaks cunningly of the confiscated valse ana the darling daughter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
P|G IRON STOCKS SHOWING DECREASE Expect Continued Prosperi- ty During Next Year LARGE MILL BUSINESS Jobbers Are Doing Good Business at Handsome Profits When They
 Are Able to Make Prompt
 Deliveries
LARGE MILL BUSINESS

Cleveland O., August 14-tsreeial.)- The Iron Trade Review tomorrow will say: The iron trade Is already looking forward with confident expectation of prosperity continuing in next year. Be- lief in future activity is striklngly Illus trated by greatly increased interest of pig iron consumers in covering for their requirements for the first half of 1913 Furnaces are however, very cautious about selling into next year except at substantial advances Pressure for de- livery of finished materials continues ex- tremely strong and premiums are paid with aacrity by many consumers who are unable to get deliveri on contracts fast enough to meet their needs.
 With stocks of all kinds, pig iron is slowly but surely declining and with the melt of foundries gradually increasing the position of the seller of pig iron is strong A very significant feature of the pig iron market is the appearance of leading eastern Pennsylvania consumer of basic. asking prices for it's requirements for first quarter of 1913 for which period 1t needs about 45,000 tons. This company is at present enjoying great prosperity and evidently expects continuance of fa- vorable conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
The Prisoners Story

The prisoner is rich. He has fortune In cash on deposit in the United States, hut the certificate of deposit is concealed m secret receptable of his vaise; the Vanse itself has been taken possession of by the court at Carthagena, which tried and condemned him, and will be held until the prisoner or his representa- tive has satisfied the costs of the trial. The priosner has an only daughter, dying in his prison, his sole thought is of this Spain to whose care he can commit her.
 In this emergency his thoughts turn to
 the distant relative in the United States
 whom he has never seen and of whom he
 knows only through hearsay the fami-
 ly tree. Will the distant relative assume
 the guardianship of the darling daugh-
 ter and the darling daughters fortune of about 80 GOO? If the distant relative &C.,
 corts the trust one-fourth of the pris-
 oners entire fortune will be the material
 reward The good priest will go at once
 to the United States and take the darl-
 ing daughter with him. There is but one condition: The ready money which the prisoner brought with him to Spain has haen exhausted; the distant relative therefore, Is requested to send enough to liberate the valise containing the secret receptacle and the certificate of deposit | This money Is to be sent to the good priest at address indicated, and hay | ing received it, the good priest will at once secure the yalise and start for America, the land of the free and the home of the brave'' with the darling daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-15
But So Far as Known They Have Not Sent Any
 Real Money
LETTERS WRITTEN
 BY RICH PRISONER
He Has an Only Daughter With a Large Estate for Whom He Is Trying to Find Kind
 Guardian
By c. E. STEWART

Washington. August 14.-(Special.) )- There is an old saying that there is a sucker born every minute and sometimes two, and we might add that all of them are not born outside the state of Ala bama.
 There is an old gag a get-rich-oulck scheme, swindle, so ancient that 1t has whiskers as long as Populst senator that from pretty good evidence some of Alabama's s good citizens have fallen for but fortunately, so far as is known they got wise before they were "stung"
 1t Is being worked throughout the en- tire country, by band of swindlers in Spain, who make a practice of writing persons In the United States respecting the Imprisonment of relative and the guardianship of child
 According to information received by the state department from our consul general at Barcelona, the alleged prisoner generally describes himself as a political The prisoner has an only daughter, dying ot death and has but one friend-the prison priest through whose good of- fces he is enabled to smuggle an occa- slonal letter out Of the prison fort
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-19
F. & A. M. GRAND
 LODGE IN SESSION

Little Rock, Nov. 19.-The Grand
 Lodge, F. and A. M., convened today
 at 10 o'clock, for a two days session, closing Wednesday afternoon. One of the important changes will be the election of grand lecturer to succeed Hon, John M. Oathout, who has held the office consecutively for the last 20 years, and who will on January 13, become state auditor.
 The grand chapter of the Order of Eastern Star convened Monday and concludes it's work today The grand chapter, Royal Arch Masons, meets Thursday, also the Order of High Priesthood, the Grand Council of Roy al and Select Masters convenes Fri day.
 The fall reunion of the Scottish Rite will convene next Monday, No vember 25, for three days session in the new, Or remodeed Consistory, the work having been done at a cost of about S125,000. It is one of the largest and most commodous lodge homes of the southwest
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-19
CHADWICK.

Farmers are about through with their crop gathering and marketing, and the products have all brought a good price
 The trade has opened up in this vicinity. D. G. Harrison has sold his store to MT. Bouey and J L. Harvill has bought out J. R. Dupriest's mill and gin and will take charge of it Thursday
 Pearl Smith and family are out for a day or two from Argenta visiting Mrs. Smiths father and mother.
 J, w. Wagoner is going back to the convict business again. He has been away for year or more.
 They are going ahead with the new church, but we think it will be cold day when they get it completed.
 J. L. Harvill and wife made trip to Vilonia Friday and Saturday.
 November 19.