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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-05
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124 Colored BATISTE-Romany Mills
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15c and 1Sc Colored VOILES-with and
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zoe SERPENTINE CREPE-All colors-
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15c HYDE-GRADE GALATEA-SaIe
Price II CTS. I'd.
1sc Amoskeag FEATHER TICK, "C'
grade-Sale Price IL CTS. I'd.
zoe Amoskeag A c A FEATHER TICK
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10c Unbleached 40 inch SEA ISLAND
sale Price Z CTS. I'd.
SC A A A BROWN SHEETING 81 CTS. I'd.
123c SHIRT MADRAS-Short lengths
Sale Price 8 CTS. I'd.
12Ac BROWN DRILLING-SaIe Price
CTS. I'd.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-05

TABLE LINEN,
TOWELS, SHEETS
THE MOST STAPLE GOODS AT GREATLY
REDUCED PRICES ------
25c Mercerized and Red TABLE DAMAsK
Extra values-Sale Price 10 CTS. I'd.
soc Mercerized TABLE DAMASK-Looks
like Linen-New designs-Sale Price
Csc Unbleached TABLE LINEN, 6s inches
Wholesale Price 43 CTS. Yd.
S5c Bleached and Silver Beached TABLE
LINEN ~ inch-All Linen-Sale Price
68 CTS. Yd.
$1.OO and $3.50 TABLE LINEN-New
patterns-Sale Price 10 CTS. and $1.O9.
NAPKINS TO MATCH
ALL GREATLY REDUCED.
sc HUCk TOWELS-two to customer
Sale Price 21-2 CTS. Each.
Sale Price 5 CTS. Each.
SC Turkish BATH TOWELS-Extra value
Sale Price 4 CTS. Each.
1Sc TURKISH TOwELS-Extra good
quality-Sale Price II CTS. Each.
Csc TURKISH TOWELS-extremely large
size-Sale Price 10 CTS.
soc 75c and s1.00 TOWELS
soc Full Size Bleached sHEETS-Sale
Price 33 CTS.
75c SHEETs-These cheap at S5c-SaIe
Price 4S CTS.
Price 6S CTS.
123c PILLOW CASES-SaIe Price CTS.
1Sc PILLOW CASES-Rival Brand-Sale
Price 13 CTS.
All WHITE oUILTs-Reduced 20 Per Cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
TAX COMMISSION
 COMING MONDAY Will Reset Cases Thrown
 Out by Board ALLEN MAY GET FEES Jesse Stallings and Frank s. White Will Represent the State in the
 Hearings Which Are to
 Be Held
By HUGH w. ROBERT

Greenville. August S0-(Special. )-In obedience to the instructions of Governor O'Neal. the state tax commission will reach Birmingham Monday night. and on Tuesday will begin the process of reset ting the tax cases which the Jefferson county board of revenue recently turned down.
 Chairman Lee Long made announce. ment to this effect this morning The members of the commission held contrary views to those held by the governor and his legal advisers. and are confident that when appeals are taken to the courts the courts will throw the cases out.
 However. stated MT. Long, ''the gov ernor has instructed us to go to Jefferson to undertake the job, and we will reset all the cases the increases in taxttion of which were turned down by the board of revenue.
 When asked as to whether or not the state would endeavor to obtain a change of venue as result of the claim that so much prejudice has been aroused that 1t will be impossible to get an unbiased jury, Mir Long stated that that matter would be attended to by the counsel of the state The state will be represented. incidentally, by Jesse F. Stallngs and Frank s. White.
 Chairman Long announced also that he had just received a long distance mes sage from Will Lloyd, clerk of the com mission, that the attorney general had rendered an opinion to the effect that the fees which would have gone to Joe " Allen, back tax commissioner of Jeffer- son, had his cases not been thrown out by the board of revenue, would go to him if these same cases when reset are de- cided in favor of the state.
 Long states that the stay of the com mission in Jefferson will be indefinite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
WILLIAM KENNEDY GOES ID WETUMPKA Begins Life Term for COm- plicity in Relatives Mur-
 der in Calhoun

Anniston, August 3o.-( Special. )-With no relatives at hand to bid him farewell or giving him a parting caress, William Kennedy. the aged man recently convicted of complicity in the murder of his son and grandson, Shelt and Sarge Kennedy. has been taken from the county Jail and in the custody of the state transfer agent, C. c. Lindsey, to the state pententiary at Wetumpka. According to Jaler Weatl- erly. the old man stood the strain splend- idly and did not break down when the transfer agent called for him. He ex- pressed the hope, 1t is said. that some ar arrangements would be made to have him removed from the state penitentiary. as he wishes he would not have to stay there long William Kennedy was one of the principal actors in the Pearce- Kennedy feud
 Referring to the proposed extension of the Seaboard Air Line to Anniston. where the road already has terminal property valued at about sl0o,0co State Senator Thomas E. Kilby has said: It has been rumored that 1t is the intention of the road to build such line, not only for the purpose of opening to new territory, but to connect with the South Alabama and Florida line of this division.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
BANDANNA BOTHERED THEM
Fasteners Did Not Know the Expert
 Tie
From Chicago Dispatch to the Boston Herald

From Chicago Dispatch to the Boston
 Herald
 The red bandanna, which for some req son is the Roosevelt emblem, was in evl. dence everywhere Somebody in Illinois tied the bandanna around the American flag and got a cheer. Men knitted their bandannas around their necks and stood up to yell.
 Most of them did not know how to do if The western cowboy doesn't knot his handanna around his neck for ornament. he does 1t for use. When he Is riding across desert on a cayuse he wants 10 wipe the precipitation off his face, and consequently he knots his bandanna so that 1t will hang down in front of his chin and that he can raise it and wipe of the sweat.
 But people who have read dime nov els don't know that, and they imagine the right way to knot your handker- chief Is to let it flow down your back The Pennsylvania and New Workers did that, somewhat 1udicrously, today, and Film was especially conspicuous Tn a bandanpa that flowed over his spinal column Instead of his chest. The Texas and Arizona men. of course. wofc their bandannas the right way.
 There was a hat surrounded by a ring, which was raised at intervals above the heads of the crowd and never failed to get cheer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
The Courtesy of Moses

From the Louisville Herald.
 There is ofte nsomething luminous about a chtid's definition said Sum- day school teacher in Harrisburg.
 What can you tell me about Moses?' once asked d pupil.
 He was q gentleman, was the some what startling reply I got from ths youngster.
 "A gentleman exclaimed What do you mean oy that2'
 '' 'WellS ma am. explained the young ster, when the daughters Of Jcthro went 10 the well to draw water. and when the shepherds came and drove them away Moses helped the daughters of Jethro, he said to the shepherds. Ladies first. please, gentlemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
An Incident of the Road

From Harpei's Neekly-
 Stop" cried the man in the road You are exceeding the speed limit"
 That's all ncnsense" retorted Binks, bringing his car to a standstiiI
 That's what they all say. said the man in the road. climbing into .he car. You can tell your story to tho magis- trate at Hinktown-just seven miles up the road Start along. please
 They drove on in silence to Hinktown, where, as the car drew up in front of the courthouse, the man got out.
 Much obliged for the ride" said he. You can settle that matter of speed with the mag gistrate if you want to. As stranger in these parts. I don't think my word would 80 for much"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
CALHOUN ROADS ARE BEING IMPROVED IN PERMANENT MANNER

of that municipality. This makes beau tiful smooth driveway F miles long be- tween the present and former city seats.
 D. B. Lacy x Sons built about three- fourths of a mile on the Alexandria road in the vicinity of Leatherwood station. and Goodrich x Crinkley have completed about mile and a quarter adjoining the Lacy bit. County Engineer R. H. Cobbs has stated that work will be start ed at once on a stretch of new road in the Choccolocco valley. To this work had been appropriated between s1S,00O and sl9, GOO and the construction will start at White Plains and work in the direction of Choccolocco and DeArmbanvile.
 The road. after being graded, will be cherted instead of macadamized, and En- gineer Cobbs anticipates that a piece of road nearly 10 miles long can De con structed with the amount set aside for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
Apache Slang Paris Fad
I1e New York Times

FTOm tTle NeW fOrk Tlmes.
 Paris.-The slang of the Paris Apaches is the latest fad taken up in socity cir cles here. Not only French people, but also foreigners of the fashionable set here, are now wing with each other in picking up the largest stock of words and phrases of argot spoken on fortifica- tions and in the outer slums.
 Slang dictionaries are sold to tourists at the boulevard kioshs, and society women are taking lessons in argot. for which. of course, high fees are charged by the instructors.
 Several American women are among these taking lessons. and 1t is believed to be one of them who originated the idea. The fad is thought to have arisen in consequence of the intense interest taken in the Paris underworld through the exploits of the motor bandits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31

Anniston, August So.-(Special)-Al- though the people of the county did not seem ready some time ago to vote an issue of bonds to make permanent roads throughout Calhoun county, the county commissioners are quietly going ahead and improving the roads in permanent manner. a bit lat time. and 1t will not be long, at the present rate, before there will be something like 25 or more miles of macadamized or cherted roads. proper ly graded and drained.
 A few weeks ago Goodrich & Crinl<ley finished a six mile stretch from the city limits of Jacksonville south to Cane creek, where it joined the stretch all ready improved by the county. Since that time this firm mas completed the macadam road into Jacksonville aDout a mile and a quarter, at the expense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31

tine, who edited the Florence Herald for a number of years, was married 70 Miss Ernestine Bainbridge at Inde- pendence, Mo, on August 2l They will make their future home at Kansas City, Mo.
 The United Daughters of the Con- federacy will hold their first fall meet Ing at the chapter rooms next Tues day at the courthouse. Much business is on hand as the work for the win ter Is to be projected.
 pr. ]. T. Fowler, state convict board physician, was in Florence making in- vestigations in regard to the condition of the convicts. who are employed by tho Thole-Phlllips Stove and Range company. He found the convicts were treated well. Four out of the 60 wero affected with tuberculosis and will be removed at once to Wetumpka.
 The Volunteers of America, who have headquarters at Florence have done good work during the past six months in succorng those who had meu with misfortune. At present they have a number of orphan children who seem happy and eontented In their new quar- ters and the people of Florence give them financial backing to further this work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
NOCE[EBRAT|ON| IN ANN|ST0N MONDAY Will Observe Labor Day in
 General Way GOING TO TUSCALOOSA Strickland Has Preliminary Hearing s Assault Charge and Makes Bond-Lusk Improving-Mad
 Dog Scare in Anniston

Anniston, August 30.-fSpecial)--- = RFor the first time in 12 or 15 years the 4 4local unions of Anniston will let Labor \ Day go by without general celebra- Ition and rendition of a programme. due to the fact or to a great extent on account of the recent farmers Convention in this city taking place on Labor Day in a way.
 The postoffice will observe Sunday hours and the banks of the city will be closed as the day is legal hol- iday.
 Strickland Makes Bond
 Will Stickland, who was arrested Saturday night, charged with assault and attempt to murder on the person of Policeman Rutledge, was given preliminary hearing before Justice Green Thursday and bound over to await the action of the grand jury. Judge Green fixed Strickland's bond at $500. which he readily made. Strick- land was then released from custody.
 Lusk Is Improving
 The condition of Wallace Lusk, 45 years of age, and resident of tha section near Piedmont. whose right arm was crushed by a Louisville and Nashville train at the Fifteenth street crossing Thursday night was report ed to be favorable Friday morning at the CtltiS flOcpitdis II N'ihPiA>hhacit do not set in it is thought the in- 1ured man has good chance to re- cover.
 Smith Will Move
 Howard L. Smith of this city will move on September l to Tuscaloosa to enter the law firm of Oliver. Werner and Rice. MT. Smith, who has lived here practically all of his life, is con- sidered one of Anniston's brightest and most active young business men. For several years he has held the po- sition of court reporter of the seventh judicial circuit
 Mad Dog Scare
 Many people have been alarmed in this city for fear that they would be bitten by mad dog and mothers have issued warnings to their children to keep cut of the way of suspicious look ing caninef One woman and num- her of children were bitten by a mad Q dog in Oxford several days ago and are now at the Pasteur Institute in Montg emery for treatment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
Keller Goes to Cullman

Montgomery. August 30.-tSpecial)- State Highway Engineer w. s. Keller left tonight for Cullman county, where he will award the contract for the con struction of state aic road in that coun- ty The contract will call for the expen- allure of $S000, and the road will be com- pleted within the next few months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
Mad Dog Scare
Cheer Up!

From the New York Sun.
 We are not so bad off after all. Here are few things culled at random from the news in the Sun yesterday: Wheat dropped cents a bushel The harvests promise to be unusually good
 The price of copper is high.
 The coal trade is brisk.
 serious car shortage is promised owing to trade activity and the crops Europe owes us a huge trade balance. Congress will adjourn within . month.
 And
 It will be lawful to shoot Bull Moose full of holes on November 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
In the Future

From the Louisville Courier-J5urnal.
 Why does your wife make those pe- cular motions?'
 "As a girl she was leader in number of hy-swatting crusades She was a champion fly swatter before she married me and settled down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
How to Begin

From the Washington Star.
 What is the first step toward rem edying the discontent of the masses?'
 'sThe first step.' replied the energetic campagner Ifs to get out and make speeches to prove to them how discon- tentel they are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
Fraternal Benefits

From the Washington Star.
 Did dat man offer any Inducements to git you to buy dat mule?''
 '.Yass. indeed" replied Mir. Erastrs Tinkley. He give me his membership in a sociation dat pervides han'soms funeral for anybody dat belongs to it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
FLORENCE CITIZENS DEMAND
 BETTER TRAIN SERVICE

Florence, August s0-( Special. "A mass meeting was held recently to con sider matters in regard to the upbuild- ing of Florence at which Murray Campbell was elected chairman. The principal matter for discussion was the best way to induce the Southern rail way and the Northern Alabama to run their trains through Florence Messrs: H. c. Gilbert, Murray Campbell, NJ w, Camper, R. l.. Glenn. John Houghston and R. T. Simpson made talks in favor of this project, which should be taken up at once with the authorities, as Florence has been taken out of the guide book and time tables of the rail- ways because the trains do not pass directly through the city. The advan tage of putting freight and passenger depots right in the heart of the town would add to the material prosperity and upbuilding of Florence more than anything else right now and traffic that goes across the river could be kept right here.
 The members of the Normal college faculty are reporting for duty The dean Is now classifying local stu dents. Prot A. E. Wood of the de- partment of natural science is at the college overhauling all the apparatus of his department. Prof. G. L. Bales has returned from North Carolina and has his work ready for the opening day. He has prepared a handbook of the college and the city of Flor ence that will be valuable adjunct to pushing the interests of both. II is 32 pages and the front cover Is a work of artistic merit. The commercial club advanced most of the finances and feels well repaid for the investment Prof. F. T. Nlsbet has been doing some spe- cial work in the manual training de- partment of the teachers school in New York. He returned for duty last Fri day.
 The Lauderdale county republicans have issued a call meeting to all the members of that party to assemble in the courthouse at Florence, Saturday. August 31 at 2 o'clock D. m. This meet
 ing is for the purpose of nominating men for the various county offices and discussing any business that may como up.
 Wiliam Bunting former Floren-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
Grounds for Affection

From London Punch.
 Plain buI Wealthy Spinister (to in1- pecunious sutor.g as they walk through q portion of her great estate). Do you truly love me. ciarence2"
 Clarence: T worship the very ground you walk on."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
Stock Day Planned

A number of business men and stock men of the two Decaturs are advocating estock day for the Decaturs. The plan is to set aside day for the farmers to come to the Decaturs to bring their horses and mules here to sell and 10 trada
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
SLAUGHTER FAMILY
 IN ANNUAL REUNION

Lanett, August 3O.-(Special.)-Thi week the Slaughter family, with all their relatives, enjoyed a delightful barbecue county a few miles from Lanett. There were about one hundred and nineteen people present, of whom one hundred and four were members qf the family, or closely related,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31

Next week the Chambers county cir cult court will convene in Lafayette. the county seat. There is an exceptionally heavy docket this session and a large number of criminal cases were continued from last court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
Teachers Adjourn
Church Sued

The law firm of Vert X Lynne have brought suit against the Colored Metho- dist church of Decatur for S125 for al- legged attorneys fees due them, and which are unpaid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
BOY ACCIDENTALLY
 SHOT BY BROTHER Deplorable Accident Occurs
 Thursday in Opelika GUN WAS "UNLOADED" Children of Evangelist Chalker Were Playing When Accident Occurred.
 Elbow Shattered-Prospects
 Bright for Fall Trade
GUN WAS "UNLOADED"

Opelika, August 30.--(Speciall l-The gun that was thought to be unloaded caused a near tragedy in this city yesterday morn- ing when 11-year-old John Chalker ac- cidentally shot his 9-year-old brother in the arm and side with a shotgun. The deporable tragedy occurred in I room at the home of their father, the Rev. l. W. chalker, evangelist of the Alabama con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal church. south. opposite the county high school. There was no one at home except the two boys and a playmate. It is said that the older boy secured a shotgun in the house. and, thinking it unloaded, playful ly pointed it at his brother, pulling the trigger.
 The gun was loaded with buckshot and the shot poured into the little fellows right arm, and caused a flesh wound in his side. The injured boy. showing re- markabe grit, ran across the street to a neighbor's and told them to call a doctor. Physicians soon dressed the wound and, although the arm did not have to be ann putated, part of the elbow was terribly shattered and an operation was neces- sary.
 It Is thought that unless complications arise, the injured boy will regain the use or ms arm The mother reacneu nome few minutes after the accident and was nearly prostrated. MT. Chalker was in d distant city holding a rivival, and was immediately wired of the accident.
 Trade Prospects Bright
 Prospects are bright for an excellent trade among the merchants of Opelilla this fall. This is one of the best cotton mar kets in the state and with a fair crop predicted the business houses of the city are making preparations for a big trade There has been no dull times talk here as all the year new homes have been built and others in course of erection. Takes Pasteur Treatment Miss Josie Boazman of near he city went to Montgomery yesterday to the Pasteur institute. Wednesday n mule was pronounced as having rabies by Dr. Mo- Adory of the veterinary department of the Alabama Poytechnical institute and the animal was killed. Recently q dog had been acting strange and it is be- lieved the brute had hydrophobia and bit the mule. Miss Boazman, on whose farm this occurred, had been near the mule, while it was sick and fearing possible infection went to the Pasteur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31

During the first of the week, a party of automobiles from LaGrange, Ga. passed through here advertising their city, and while here accidentally run over a small child with one of the cars The injury is considered serious and probably fatal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31

The new county road from Lafayette tc I-anett is now an assured fact, and the probate judge has advertised for bids to do the work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
DECATURS ENJOYING BUILDING ACTIVITY Hotels and Other Structures
 Being Erected SHOPS RUN FULL TIME Auto Destroyed by Fire on MoultOn Turnpike-Colored Teachers Ad-
 journ--Church Sued for
 Attorneys Fees
SHOPS RUN FULL TIME

Decatur, August S0--(SpeciaL)- Is doubtful If there is another city in Ala bama of like size that can show as great a growth as the two Decaturs are enjoy ing at this time. There are under con struetion practically three hotels-the new 500O0 Lyons hotel the new sSo00 Polytln- sky hotel and a 35 room addition to the Echols hotel. Sam W. Irwin is erecting a two story brick business block on Vine street; Smith Bros. of Birmingham are building a large 1ouring and gristmill, the large band sawmil of the II. II. Hit Lumber company has just been completed and Is now in operation; a new cotton seed oil mill has been located here and will be ready for operation this fall; B. l.. Malone is building a large two story brick business house on Second avenue New Decatur
 The American oak Tanning company is rebuilding the oak extract part of its plant which was destroyed by fire few years ego. It will require 100000 brick for this job alone
 The great shops of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company are running or full time, and are employing about 25el with monthly pay roll of over sl0O,00O. Auto Burns An automobile belonging to local auto mobile company was almost destroyed by fire last night, caused by the gasoline tank exploding. The accident happened about nine miles west of the city on the De- catur and Moulton turnpike.
 Teachers Adjourn
 After a week s most successful meeting the Morgan County colored School insti- ute came to a close here this afternoon. The institute was presided over by Prof. P. A. oden. county superintendent of ed- ucatlon for this county. The institute was attended by many prominent negro school teachers, not only from this county. but from other counties as well.
 The negro schools of the two Decaturs will compare favorably with any in the | state.
 Cburcb Suods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31

William Bunting, former Fioren-