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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
YOUNG MEN IN
 MINSTREL SHOW

Mrs. ChappeII cory submits the foI- lowing:
 The attention of the general public and of the United Daughters of Con-
 federacy is called to the minstrel show
 which is to be given April 29 at the
 Jefferson theatre This entertainment is by 25 of Birmingham's most splen- did youg men in the first circles of so-
 ciety and is given for the benefit of
 the fund for dependent and suffering veterans in Jefferson county. These young men have been practicing for
 weeks and the entertainment prom ises to be unusual, full of fun and frolic and of surprising situations. These young men and the cause they espouse should fill the Jefferson theatre the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
MIR. AND MRS KOENIG
 HOSTS AT DINNER

In celebration of the sixth anniversary
 of their marriage MT. and Mrs. Harry Lee koenig entertained a few of their friends last evening at the Country club. Their table was extremely pretty and with It's Easter lilies and roses and it's fluffy bows of tulle might have been a brides table. The place fayors were sus- gestive of a bridal event too, with hearts and wedding rings introduced to heighten the decorative effect.
 Those who were seated about the table were MT and Mrs. Koenig, MT and Mrs. John T. Yeatman, MT. and Mrs. Wilbur
 F. Kelley, MT. and Mrs. Robert Hood,
 Mir. and Mrs. owen Gilespy, and MT. and Mrs. Hunter Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
GUILD OF MERCY
 GIVES EASTER PARTY

The Guild of Mercy of the St. Mary's- on-the- Highlands and including 35 young society folk will give an Easter egg hunt tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mir and Mrs W. T. Under- wood on Ridge Park avenue for the benefit of the little children whom they are so beautifully assisting toward health and happiness. The hour is 1 o'clock and the price of admission very small indeed.
 The president of the guild Is Miss Clara Lee Woodson, the vice president, Mrs. Val Nesbitt, and the secretary, Miss Fannie Dunn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
CABANISS-M
 CARDS ARE OUT
as been re-

The following invitation has been re- | ceiyed:
 | MT. and Mrs. John Mark Cartwright request the honor of your presence at | the marriage of their daughter, Mary l Elizabeth Morris, to MT. Jelks Henry Cabaniss, on the evening of Wednes- day, April IT, at 9 o'clock, Highlands Methodist church, Birmingham, Ala An enclosed card states: Mir. and Mrs. John Mark Cartwright request the pleasure of your company
 on the evening of Wednesday, April r..
 at 9:30 o'clock, 917 Twentieth street, south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
MIR. AND MRS. GRAY
 HOSTS AT BUFFET

One of the loveliest of the pre-nuptial affairs which are occupying the attention of society will be the buffet supper given this evening by MT. and Mrs. Henry Gray in compliment to MT. Alburton Martin Throckmorton and Miss Mary Kinney, who is to be his bride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
MISS AMELIA JACK SON
 A BIRTHDAY HOSTESS

Miss Amelia Jackson celebrated her ninth birthday Friday afternoon with an
 Easter egg f,lnt. The occasion was en- loved tv a number of her little friends.
 She was assisted in receiving by Miss ! Elizabeth N-oodall, Miss Edwina Thasard
 and Miss Ann Weatherman of Memphis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
EASTER SERVICE
 AT ST. ANDREWS

The Easter service at St. Andrews Eleventh avenue and Central street, this
 year, will be very beautiful and will begin with the celebration of the holy
 communion at 1880 a. m., with the rec
 tor, Rev. Willis c. Clark as celebrant. There will be another celebration of the holy communion at II o'clock, at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

write this very day for your copy; don't delay. Here is what you have long sought Why seek elsewhere? Write today, later may be too late. I offer s500O in casb if fail to prove my great drueIess treatment anything but safe, quick and harmless in fat reduction. Write today for my free book.
 MARJORIE HAMILTON. S52 \, c. B.
 Bldg, Denver, Colo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
LITTLE JOK FRS
 WITH MRS. PHILLIPS

The Little Jokers will resume their meetings this week after having discon- tinued during Lent. Mrs. Walter Chew Phillips will be the first post-Lenten hos tess entertaining Friday at l o'clock, instead of Thursday as customary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

O clock. The trustees are especially de- srous of large attendance on this oc- casion.
 Pettus-Roden chapter, U. D. C., will hold a meeting Wednesday afternoon at the Old Ladies' home.
 Mrs. J. NJ Toler of Chattanooga is vis- iting her sister, Mrs. J. E. Austin, in Norwood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
A. E. 0. CLUB
 TO GIVE A DANCE

| The A. E. 0. club will give dance
 Friday evening, April 19, at the Knights of Columbus hall. A limited number of guests will be invited by the members. who are 24 in number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
MISS MARTHA MILNER
 TO WED DIR. BENEDICT

MT. Henry Key Miner announces the engagement of his daughter, Martha, to Dr. Samuel Ravaud Benedict, the wedding to occur May 21 at the Church of the Advent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Womans Missionary society of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church will be at home to their friends Monday aft ernoon, April s. at o'clock, at the resi- dence of Mrs. c. E. Lewis, 1909 South Fifteenth street. The invitation includes all the societies of the church. num- Der of prominent women of the city will tako part on the programme.
 Pelham chapter, U. D. C.. will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Miss Nellie Merritt on Highland ave- nue.
 The Holy Innocents' Hospital associa- ton will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

Miss Mary McCaskey, organist. Assisted at this service by Miss Irene Jenkins and Miss Flora Jones, soprano; Miss Edith Bain and Miss Margaret Merrill. contraltos; Mir. w. l.. WoodaIl and Ma. w. L. Riddle, tenors; MT. F. J. Sheppard, bass r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
LADIES' AUXILIARY
 OF THE A. o. H.

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians will have an Easter entertainment at Knights of Columbus hall Monday night. There will be cards and dancing. The affair promises to be most enjoyable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
BETTER GET RID OF FAT BEFORE FAT GETS RID OF YOU. 1

have printed a book. entitled Weight Re- duction Without Drugs" which I send free and prepaid, so that you may know of my successful treatment and be able to reduce your weight, se- cretly at home with out harmful exercises, starvation diet, drugs or medicines. This inter- esting book is free to all fat persons, so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

let me tell you how to reduce fat "Na- lures Way the true way, my way
 It is astonishing the thousands of grateful letters I am receiving. J. E. Boi- selle, Box 422, Great Bend. Kan, writes he lost fifty pounds with my harm
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weight, you must do as l did. | FOUND THE CAUSE THE REST WAS EASY. Before I succeeded. I tried ev- erything within and some things beyond req son. It was maddening, disgusting, alarming.
 All l had to do was to remove the cause, and I swear under oath, that by my simple treatm ent, without drugs, medi- cine, nerve wrecking exercises, or starvation diet, reduced my enor- nous weight perman- ently, quickly and posi- lively without harm to myself while taking treatment or after wards, and l guarantee that you can reduce as little or as much fat as you desire. with my Treatment just as l did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
TRUE SUCCESS

With my safe, sensible and natural treatment quick and permanent results are pleasantly obtained without straps, electricity, soap, salts, pills, oils. ca Greatest I treatment the world has ever known. If you are interested in your Happiness, health and figure, you will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
THE JOY OF LIVING IS THE HERTZ AGE OF THE LEAN-I WAS STOUT,
 KNOW

My friends were charitable and called 1t obesity; others said l was STOUT, but I know, 1t was just bulky fat. was miserable, and so are you if too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

less treatment. w. l.. SchmitZ, Montevidep, Minn., lost thirty pounds fin thirty days. Mamie McNelly, Desloge, Mo, lost sixty-five pounds. Mrs. Daisy Smith, Los Angeles, lost 164 pounds safely, and 1 can refer to thousands of satis- fled customers.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
APPLE CROP A WONDER.

The great apple crop of this sec
ton is now glowing In all the beauty
of ripening colors.
In many cases the trees more re-
semble rounded heap or fruit than
a specimen of tree. SO laden are they
with apples.
Had the episode of the Garden of
Eden been postponed until this day
Eve would have been comm ended.
rather than condemned, for filling
Up on these delicious apples. The
scrubby desert fruit of that time
was probably not as good as our
Delta county crab apples.
Going back to our orchards. one
only has to go half mile out OF Del
ia to begin to get view OF them.
In North Delta vista of apple laden
boughs greets you after crossing the
Gunnison bridge. On Garnet mesa
one Quickly enters a labyrinth of or
chslrds whose limbs are bent to the
California mesa are some fine or
chards. All the way up the Black
cancn and beyond. one passes or
chard after orchard. Over the Sur
face Greek, clear into the cedars you
traverse miles and miles of orchards.
The North Fork. its valleys and
mesas. including the Hotchkiss and
Paonia sections, form an apple or
chard empire which is a marvel of
marvels.
The same story of fruit laden
trees and immense acreage Is told II
all our orchard sections. The yield
will be SO great that even an ap-
proximate estimate can scarcely be
Lazzarded.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
How They Kept Their Word.

II you happened to be in the towr
OF Scituate and should see two mer
engaged in an ordinary conversation
with the exception that they were
standing back to back and looking di
rectly away from each other, yor
may be sure that they are the Litch
field brothers. And the wherefore oi
their strange relative positions origi
mated many years ago. when botf
were young and lived at home with
the old folks
A bitter quarrel resulted in the mu
tual declaration that Il don't never
want to look at ye ag'in."
And although the passing years
have obliterated the "casus belli,
they still adhere to this traditiona
show Of carrying out the letter o
their passion fraught resolution.-Bos
ton Record.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
MEXICO MAY VOTE $50 ooo, 900
WAR LOAN FOR MADERo

1t is anticipated in Mexico that be
fore the end of this week congress
will authorize the twenty million pesos
war loan requested by President Ma
dero.
One prominent government official
said that he believed that the end OF
the revolution was not far off and that
a crushing blow would be dealt Oroz.
co this week.
The same degree of optimism is not
shared by the general public. Off.
cial reports made public Monday in.
dicate less Zapatista activity in Nor
clos and Guerrero, but this is more
than offset by their increased hostili.
ties in the state of Mexico and by the
appearance of new revolutionary
movement in the state of Vera Cruz.
where General Aguillar is operating.
In the states of Michoacan and Du.
range, the governors report conditions
improving but press messages con.
tinue to tell of rebel raids on ranches
md villages.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
BACHELOR IS EXPOSED
TWO SPECIES, THE TRocLoDYTE
AND BUTTERFLY, KNOWN.
Their Unnatural Civil Condition Re
qarded by Woman az Reproach
to Her Claims and Refiec-
tlon on Her Skill.

The bachelor is a man living in ),
singular and unnatural state; social
buccaneer, fawned on and followed
by dowagers, feared and feted by
daughters; whose type in all the ages
has been considered a danger to So
ciety, threat to civilization, a scan.
dal to his race, man to be chased,
captured and chastened.
There are two species Of bachelors
the troglodyte or hard-shell bache-
lor, and the butterfly or temporary
bachelor. The former has his lair In
a fiat, his habitat in club. and his at.
mosphere is smoky, alcoholic and
cynical; the latter is a flutterer in
drawing rooms. an habitue at four
o'clock teas and assemblies, smiling.
elusive, sartorial male creature, who
is netted and hobbled in due season,
There is large and negligible
genus of male creatures who are mere
ly quasi-bachelors; men who are re
luctantly single, and are captured and
led away by any petticoat who hap
pens along.
The bachelor is the pursuit an6
prey of woman, who regards his civil
condition as a reproach to her charms
and reflection on her skill; and hel
aim is to snare him and lead him into
captivity to the end that she may
acquire house, home, husband
and helot to harry, hector, humble
and humanize To survive long in
freedom a bachelor must be gifted
with unusual wisdom and unwonted
WEAKNESS. The female of the species
camps on his trail eternally wise
willy and wistful, attentive, attractive
and alluring, smiling in his face, prais
ing his talents, Turing him into corners
where dangers lurk and traps are
sprung, and where the helpless ole
he bachelor is hypnotized, held
hooked haltered and harnessed, and
where he speaks instead of holding
his peace. Then in the meshes OF
his slim, silken, soft-eyed feline cap
tor the bachelor is led away to the
church, tied up in knot and reduced
to serfdom. Then is his glory depart
ed. The chase done, the quarry
seized, he becomes merely a payer OF
bills, hooker of waists. a scalI
hanging at slender belt, pitied by
those who chased and failed and stig
matized as silly old fool as he is
led around by the Diana who hunted
and haltered him.
AS bachelor he was the envy oi
his sex, the desire of women. the vel
coined of spinsters. the sought-after OF
mothers, the cynosure of eye, the in
spirer of sighs, lion among the
ladies. AS benedict, none is SO pool
as to do him reverence; he is an oz
in the yoke, a broken broncho. hold
er of hats. carrier of cloaks, but
toner of gloves, a shadow in the pro
cession, a mere married man Sic
transit gloria bachelorum.-Life.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
The Story of Scotch.

Scotch was a short-nosed collie
with slight strain OF shepherd blood
and had a face that was exceptionally
expressive and pleasing. When grown
he was trifie larger than the average
dog and was surprisingly agile and
powerful for his size. His coat was a
shaggy, silky black. with feet, tip OF
tail, and breast of pure white.
Talking to animals appears to make
them gentler and more responsive
Scotch never tired of listening to me
and / often talked to him as though
he were child. He came to under
stand many of the words used. II ]
said "hatchet," he hastened to bring
it; il fire" he at once endeavored tc
discover where it was. Cheerfully and
intelligently he tried to help me, and
early became efficient in driving cat
tie, horses or burros. Instinctively he
was heeler and with swift heel nips
quickly awakened and gave direction
to lazy or unwilling critters.-Country
Life in America.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
"A Great Friend Of Mine"

Why Is It that when people who are
rather superior or distinguished are
mentioned that phrase "a great friend
of mine" Is attached to them? Turn
your thoughts to the best-bred people
you know. the people in whose society
1t is real privilege to he included; /;
do you notice how seldom they refer
to people whom you don't know?
After all, their intercourse Is with you
and naturally well-bred people think
of the interests of those they talk to
and have no desire to drag in their
private affairs and friends for the
sake of forming an impressive picture
in their friends minds.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
EDITORS BOOM LAW TO CUT
INITIATIVE COST DOWN

The executive and campaign com
mittees of the Colorado State Editorial
association have outlined a vigorous
campaign urging the adoption Of the
proposed law to reduce the cost OF
printing constitutional amendments
and initiated and referred bills. This
proposed law will have seventh place
On the ballot in the list of initiated
bills. 1t reduces the number of publi-
cations to one publication in two pa
pers of opposite political faith in each
county. Four insertions in newspapers
are now required.
The campaign committee intends to
conduct a campaign OF education thru
advertisements and news articles In
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
Ed. konetchy.

they don't care rap for the science
of it. I'll let them call me a bone
head every day If l can win ball
games by 1t.
We were playing the Chicago club
early in 1911, and fighting them on
their feet in the series. / think It
was the third game of the series. 1t
was a fierce fight all the way, as every
game of the series was, and the score
was close when we came down to the
end. We were tied, and neither had
scored many runs, but late in the
game Chicago got runner to second
base with one out, and we were bat
Ting to keep them from scoring the
winning run. Holman was at bat and
/ was watching closely to see what
our pitcher was handing up to him,
and playing little bit closer to the
speed in coming down to first. He
hit the ball a mile minute, almost
over the corner of the base, and as 1
saw 1t coming knew 1t was up to me
to stop that ball or the game was
gone. 1t didn't look as If anyone had
a chance to reach the ball, but
Jumped over and made slap at 1t
with my mitt. The ball jumped up
Just in time to hit the edge of the
mitt hard. and knew l had blocked
Its force and that 1t was only base
hit instead Of the triple it would have
been had 1t passed the mitt. l really
didn't know where the ball was, but
saw 1t rolling slowly back OF me into
right field.
That far I had made a nice play
ball, and in doing SO / must have lost
my head. knew the runner was Ger.
tain to beat the ball to first. He was
ahead Of Sallee, who was coming over
to cover first, when / picked up the
ball, and there wasn't chance to
catch him. My play, without doubt,
was to get that ball back to the plate
to prevent the running from second
trying to score, and If I could hold
him at third. which ought to have
been easy, we still would have q
chance to cut off the runner at the
plate or to try for double play.
was 30 anxious and ratified that
1eaped on the ball and cut loose al
full speed to first. Sallee was cover
ing as fast as he could, but the way
threw he couldn't have caught the
ball any more than he could catch q
cannon ball. The ball went past him
like a flash, struck the dirt, bounded
straight into the catcher's hands, and
the runner who was trying to score
from second was out by ten feet al
the plate.
game. We tied in eleven innings that
day. tied when We tried to play It Oh
and we finally won It late in Sep
tembsr.
Copyright. 1918. by ". q. Chapman.l
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04

'''f' t-'bisf t'p-ND.
The cry, Of Delta, in the County of Delta.
edges itseIf to owe, and hereby promises to pay
70 bearer hereof the sum of FIVE hundred dollars
ssov.eol IN lawful money of the United States of
said tity, on the fret day of July A. d.. 1882
subject to prior payment at the option of the
city ten 40 years after the date hereof with
interest at the rae Of five and one haif per
centum per aDnum. payable semi niiually on
"a the INST days OF January and July in each y.nr,
the banking house of L. ii. Rollins K sons In the
City and state of New York, upon presentation
severally become due
This bond is issued for the purpose OF refund-
ing ine valid outstanding and unpaid bonded
Indebtedness Of the city which has matured by
virtue OF and in pursuance OF chapter 1903 Of the
Session iaws Of the State of dorado for 1871,
entitled An Act to Enable Cities and Tow ms OF
the State, Whether Incorporated under the
ienernl Law or under Special Charter, to Re-
MatuIed, or May Hereafter Mature, or Has or
May Hereafter Become Payable, at the Option
o. o. said ity or Town, BY Issuing Refunding
nent OF Principal and Interest. and the Regis.
tratinn thereof. and Repealng Chapter IiU of
onfiicting Acts. approved April ;sjth. IgUI and
an ordinance of the City Council duly passed.
approved, published. and made a law Of said
IL is hereby certified that every requirement
oil law relating to the Issue hereof has been duly
authorized at election of the qualified eiecor,
VINO had PAID tax upon property assee-ed To
them in said city for the year Immediately pre-
ceding said election, duly called aud held prior
TO the issuance of this bond
IL ~ Iurther certife.i that the indebtedness OF
the city has not been increased by the issue
hereof. and that this bond and the Indebtedness
hereby refunded are within every debt limit and
other limit prescribed by law and by the Con
stitntion Of the State Of Colorado
~ WTTNESs WHEREOF. the said City OF
Delta has caused its seal to be hereunto aiiixed
and this bond to be signed by its mayor, attested
by It's city clerk and countcrsigned by its treas
urer ana the interest coupons hereto annexed
to bear the Autographed FACSIMILE signature
OF It's treasurer this first day OF July. A. D. 1912
=.
ATfhsr' Mayor.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
papers over the state and thru per

papers over the state and thru per-
sonal work.
When the direct legislation princi-
pie was before the people two years
ago the extreme cost of publishing the
proposed measures was one of the
arguments against the enactment. I'm
der the old plan wherein only constitu.
tional amendments submitted by the
legislature were advertised the cost
was comparatively slight. Under the
new plan where all submitted meas.
ures must be advertised the cast was
considerably increased. but the editors
realizing that this increase would act
as a detriment to the submission of
proposed bills, have initiated the pro
posed amendment. a
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
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MMAJOR LEAGUE DIAMONDS
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ANmlEWLERZ0W
BY ED. koNETcHY,

First Baseman ST. Louis Cardinals,
who Is Considered by Many Ex-
perts as the Best First Base
man in the Game Today.
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04

You may think it odd. but the fact
is that l won a ball game by what ]
think was the worst mistake l ever
made. Maybe wouldn't admit that II
1t had lost the game, except to fet
lows 1 know we'll enough, but it was.
Lots of times l read how someone
makes boneheaded play when know
1t was a good play, and lots of times
I read about them making good plays
that are good plays only because they
get away with them. Any play is a
good play as long as it is help to-
ward winning game, and any play
is rotten play If it loses a ball game.
The fans want to win, and II you win
The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
BUSINESS LOCALS

+. +. Mckee. Transfer and bag
gage. Colo. phone. Garne, i061.
For Sale-For 800, one share in
Delta Rod and Gun club property.
Cost $3.50 last year. Apply at Inde-
pendent office
For Rent-Furn,sh room for
school girls. 1853 Main street. Phone
Garnet 1861.
For Saie-Desirable Residence
property in Delta. Best OF locations.
Inquire at this office.
First Class Dressmaking. Mrs.
l.. o. Strawbecker. 935 Meeker
Horse for Sale-Good saddle or
work. Perfectly gentle. 9years old.
Phone Delta 534 for particulars.
Lost-Gold watch fob bearing old
English letters ~. II. A." Liberal
reward at this office.
Wanted to Rent-Good three or
four room house with bath. In
quire this office.
For Sale or rcnt--on easy terms,
7-room house built only 3 years. To-
Gated S54 Palmer street. Address
Mrs. G. ID. Bowker. Phoenix. Arizona,
or inquire of Welch & Merrill.
Protect your home against fre
by insuring with Stephan Il Obcrt.
For that moving job. call on F.
+. Mckee, corner Fourth and Main.
For Rent-For a choice steam
heated home for family, or apart
ments and rooms for light housekeep
ing. call at 304 east Seventh street.
Delta. Corner Seventh and Grand.
Wanted-To rent desirable hay and
grain ranch for from i to s years.
by middle aged man with small fam
lily; no objections to place with
some fruit, but want one with prin-
cipally hay; possession at any
time. Address p. o. box Al, Read.
Colorado.