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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
QUIET WEDDING AT
 SYLACAUGA SUNDAY

Sylacauga, September 30.-tSpecial) Yesterday morning while the brides parents were at church. Miss Monnie Mathews of this place and Wade Gyther of Birmingham were quietly married at the Rex hotel Rev. l.. F. Parish performed the ceremony. The couple left at once for Birmingham. fhom which place they will go to Bra gil, in South America.
 Interest in the revival services be- ing conducted by Rev. Frank Frozer of Atlanta, Ga, continues and at each service the large tent will not hold those attending. Today all the business houses closed doors during the preach ing hour and attended the services. All ready many haze conneeted themselves with the various churches of the town.
 At Saint Joe Methodist church. near Itewn yesterday, a .district Sunday school convention for district No. l was held. Nine out of 10 schools in the district were represented and all had, good reports,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice to Contractors


 Sealed proposals addressed to G. L..
 Holley. secretary. will be received by the
 Highway Commissioners of Supervisors District No. of Prentiss county, Missis- sippi, until 10 o'clock a. m, on the 14th day of October, 1912, for the permanent Improvement of approximately twenty (25) miles of roads in said district. Novaculite, chert or gravel will be used for finishing surface, and is to be com pacted with roller. Alternate bids on sand clay surfacing will be taken. Concrete will be. used in the construction Of smaller bridges and culverts. vitrified pipe to besused where practicable. Bids are invited for doing the entire work. or any division thereof separately, consisting of grading, bridging, surfacing and furnishing all material necessary to complete the above mentioned roads. 1 Plans, profiles and specifications are on l file at the office of the Chancery Clerk
 of Prentiss County, at the office of Xavier A. Kramer, engineer, Magnolia, Miss. and blank forms for proposals will be fur
 nished upon application to the engineer or the commission.
 Each bidder must accompany his bid with certified check for s1000 made pay able to Highway Commissioners of Su- pervisor $ District No. l. of Prentiss
 County, Mississippi.
 | The right to reject any or all bids re- served
 This is a readvertisement for same
 work advertised September H. and for which all bids were rejected. w. P. EMS, c. M. McCARLEY, G. L. HOLLEY, Secretary, Highway Commissioners. 1 District No l, Prentiss County, Miss. 9-29-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
WHAT IS A DECOMPOSED EGG?

Washington September So-Is decom- posed egg within the meaning of the pure food act of 1906 the same as decayed egg under the common law? Upon the decision of that question by the supreme court of the United States is said to hang a far reaching dispute in regard to the federal pure food law. Egg conlmis- sioners are attacking the department of agriculture seeking to enforce the law in relation to arbitrary and unreasonable standards, while officials of the depart ment are defending their course as in- volving the most valuable features of the legislation against improper foodstuffs.
 The controversy arose over the seizure in Jersey City. N. J., of AS cans of frozen eggs packed in Topeka, Kan, by the Seymour Packing company upon the order of the H, J. Kicht company. The pure food law provided that an articl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01

At a meeting of the officers and heads of committees of the order Kokoal heid 9yesterday final arrangements were made Ffor the convention of that mysterious order that will be held in the city October 10-11. At this convention the coal operators, shippers and dealers of seven southern states will meet and discuss mat ters pertaining to the trade, also other matters that are not for publication at this time. In other words the Kokoals are social animals, all men are, given the time, the place and the-but that has nothing to do with the case, as Gilbert would say. The Oder Kokoals bears the same relations to the coal trade that lthe Bankers association is to the tinan- ciers, the Black Cat to the lumbermen; or the Shriners to the Masonic fraternity consequently 1t can readily be supposed that on the days of october 10 and Il there will be something doing
 The Order Kokoals (notice the of is omitted; when you are a Kokoal you will know why) has been in existence about seven years. and boasts today 7e00 members It is national in it's scope anu mas been d IdtlOi III piHiSiiS dbout a better understanding among all those who \lnine or deal In the "dusky diamonds, . the mineral that has been among the ksreatest factors in the development of
 he civilized word
 At the convention to be held in the
 ity this month it Is expected that at least 450 delegates will be present. There may be more, for the hospitality of the citizens of Birmingham and the fame of | 3the city have been heralded far and wide, Aand every one that is interested in coal will be present, for everybody knows that coal dealers are fabuiously wealthy, or at least they ought to be if the 'humorists are to be believed.
 At the meeting yesterday two commit tees were appointed; a finance committee tmoney firsD, and a committee on ar arrangements. The members of the finance committee are: J. F. Rushton, s. P.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
At the Orpheum

A good bill of vaudeville with no par ticularly featured act was presented at the Orpheum last evening to a good sized
 audience which semed to enjoy the show.
 Savo, the comedy juggler. was all sprightliness and vim and balanced furni- ture, such as a heavy davenport. field plow and a huge stepladder. on his chin with the utmost ease to the bewilder- ment of the audience. Haley and Noble,
 as opponents of comedy, proved tliverting.
 MT. Haley makes up humorously and his antics caught the fancya of the audience.
 Miss Noble sang one Of the latest rag time songs in fine style and presented a very winsome appearance. Barlets bulldogs presented four of that canine species in poses, while the mechanical makeup sur rounding them was operated back of the stage in manner to make it appear as if the dogs were actually moving their forelegs in their various scenes. The act was distinct novelty and was well re ceived. George Wilson. dark face min stre, started off in his monologue very poorly, but towards the end he improved wonderfully and closed his act amid great applause. Mir Wilson must have nodced the coolness of his reception for he got
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
NEWS OF THE TURF

Columbus, O., September 30-World s record pacing by Braden Direct was done this afternoon at the opening of the sec ond week of Columbus grand circuit rac- ing. He set the record for 4-year-old pacers at 2:03A, and followed that heat up with miles in 2;O3a4 and 2O4. The race, the King stake. was not won in straight heats. Don Pronto won the first trip in 2:05l4. The judges held no attempt had been made to win with Braden Direct Branham Baughman and Sadie Hal. Ac- upon Drivers Egan, Cox and Snow. Don Pronto had been backed off the boards for the heat All bets were declared off Don Pronto tried hard for the second heat and was but half a length back of Brad en Direct at the finish The contenders in the last two heats were passed over to Branham Baughman.
 The 2:1S pace was won by Carna G in five heats.
 Cheney, like Braden Direct and Carna G, was winning favorite. The Texas mare had the easiest race of the programme. three heats in 2:0SA. giving her the Co lunbus stake for 2:Os trotters. Summary
 The King stake, 2:06 pacers. three in five. 5000:
 Braden Direct, blk. C., by Baron
 Direct (Egan) ................... 1 Don Pronto, blk S., by The Di-
 rector General, Durfee) ..... l : Branham Baughman, br. h.
 (Co0 ......................... Sadie Hall, blk. m. (Snow) .. 8 4 3 2 Longworth B, also started.
 Time: 2:05l4; 2:OSA; 2:O3% 2:04.
 The Columbus stake, 2:09 trotters, three in five, $30OO
 Cheney, b. m, by Medium Line
 tJ. Fleming) ..................... l 1 l Jack London, oh g. (Murphy) 3 2 Myrtle Granett, blk. m. (McDonald 2 5 Helen Stiles, b. m. CDurfee) ..,.. 3 1
 Aroma Mckinney and Major Chimes also
 started.
 Time: 2:0s4; 2:OSA 2:OSK.
 2:-s class pacing, three in five. purse sl900:
 Carna G, b g., by Alerteen
 tGarfisonl ..........,.,........ 3 , Addition, hr. g.. by The Ex-
 pert t3ell-Valentine) ... S2 I l La Restina, b. m. tCox) ...... ' 3 ? 3 'Argot Patch, ell. 2. tDunn) ... 10 4 4 Luoiie Brooks, Grace dickson, Hiram II Pawnee, The Kinsman and Timber Jim also stated.
 Time 2loia; 2.os,a; 2:O714; 2:ioA .s2:os,s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
GEORGIA TROOPS
 HAVE BUSY TIME Battalion Ordered Out to Attend the Trial of
 Negroes

Atlanta, September 30--After a confer ence with Judge Newel Morris. who vii preside at the trial of four negroes foi murder at Cumming, Ga, this week Gov ernor Brown today instructed Adjutant General OBear to call out a. battalion oi troops to protect the negroes and prevent a renewal of the race riots in Forsythe county, Fighting between the races took place about three weeks ago after the murder of two white women by negroes.
 Judge Morris has set the case lfor Thursday and the negroes will be taken from Atlanta to Cumming Wednesday night, accompanied by three companies of soldiers under command of Mai. I. T Catron of8he Fifth regiment.
 Martial law will be declared in For sythe county on Thursday it is stated and each man entering the court room will be searched for weapons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
AUTO HITS COLLINS;
 PROBABLY WILL DIE

and fatally wounded by an unknown automobile last evening about 10 o'clock at the corner of Avenue B and Twenty-second street. Officer Ivey, who was on the scene, sent the negro to the home of G. Thomas, a colored doc tor, who lives near Twenty-second street It is not expected that the in- jured negro will live through the morning. There was no one on the cor ner at the time of the accident who could give the officer a description of the car and its occupants or the license number.
 Collins lived at 1900 North Fifth avenue and worked for local iaun- dry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
"The Goose Girl"

A ''The Goose Girl" a dramatization of Harold McGrath's popular novel by the same name. won distinct favor from a fair house at the sBijou last night. Several members of the cast are well known in Birmingham, having appeared in the same production here last year.
 Pretty Virginia Alderman. in the role of Gretchen, the Goose Girl. is always a favorite with local audiences and sher delightful acting of a rather difficult part was excellent. Victor Sutherland ai Carmichael, the American consul at the throne of Ehrenstein, Is the life of the play. Sutherland gives an excellent DOT trayal of the American of McGrath S novels and has an excellent stage appear ance. Robert Ellis as the Prince of Jugendheit. disgusting as a young vintnei In order to make love to the Goose Girl, carries out verys difficult role with re- niarkable ease. James H. Lewis gives a very pleasing portrayal of Hans Grum- bach. a German-American. on whose tes- tim6ny the plot of the play hinges, The other members of the company are good enough to carry the action along. while the four leaders are off the stage. AL zora verton in the role of the Princess RildegarSde was rather disappointment and appeared to have the idea that her work was through when she had finished speaking her lines. As an actress she dis played little ability
 The scene pf the plot IS laid in mythical Ehrcnstcin, supposed to be situated some wherssin that part of Europe from which iLe American novelist finds SO many ir- terestins occurrences The vintner who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01

Auburn, N. r., September 30.-With the end today of the class A drafting season announcement of the following drafts of players was made by Secretary Farrell of the National association of professional baseball leagues:
 By Baltimore-Gleichman from Ander- son, S. c.
 By Topeka-Merchant from Johnson City, disallowed. ~
 By rovidence-Merchant from Johnson City, cancelled
 By Memphs-Roy Green from Roanoke.
 By Atlanta-Dobard from Dayton.
 By New Orleans-Gene Moore from Gal weston; Berger from Greenwood, Miss, disallowed; Snedecor from Greenwood,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
STOCKHOLDERS, MEETING
North Birmingham Land Company, Suits 716-17-1s Brovn-Marx Bldg.

Birmingham, Ala, September 25, 1912
 Dear Sir: You are hereby requested to attend the annual meeting of the stock holders of the North Birmingham Land company, to be held at the office of the company in Birmingham Ala. on Thurs day, the 12th day of October 1912, at Il clock, a. m.
 should xou be. unable to attend please execute the attached proxy and forward to me, as it is desirable to have full representation. and It is especially de- sirabe to, have enough stock represented to constitute a quorum. Respectfully,
 FRANK NELSON. JR., President.
 9-27-St-eod
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
vBessenner NeWs

essemer, September 30.-(Speciali-
 s afternoon, T. A. Weller, special
 nmitteeman from the Birmingham
 amber of Commerce, as well as chair
 an of the committee appointed by the 3essemer Board of Trade. which is com posed of E. l.. Lopez, T. T. Huey. George b. Rutledge John T. McEniry and See 'etary w i. Gum. met this afternoon n the Board of Trade rooms on Nine teenth street for the purpose of giving and receiving all possible assistance in Eetting up the data for the proposed rsnHoose canal from the Warrior river Bessemer. which Is to be forwarded ho NJ. & Craighill, United States engl- yIievr-af Tuscaloosa. It will he remenl- Dbered that MT. Craishill has been ordered to make an investigation as to the num- ber of industries that would probably .nse the canal, the tonnage and how the ypeople of the district feel about the proposition.
 In the police court this morning Fan nie Walker, the negro woman charged with the killing of Ella Tucker, another negro, near the pipe works a few days ngo. was bound over to the grand jury under a sioOO bond
 Vincent Reed, negro, was bound over to the grand jury under a $500 bond on q charge of burglary and grand larceny. The Roberts School Improvement as sociation mas elected the following of ficers for the ensuing year: Mrs. Mur- ray Jones. president, to fill vacancy made by the removal of Mrs. J. Fred AEobertson from the city; Mrs Gwylym 4Jerbert. vice president; Mrs. J. s. Win [ers. secretary treasurer; Miss Weiis, custodian. to fill tue vacancy made by |the resignation of Miss Ella sapp; Mrs. SAususta Robertson. vice custodian. Meet { Ing will be held once a month and the first work to be taken up will be the furnishing of rest room and the com pletion of the play room which was be- gun last winter.
 Yesterday the District sunday School conference held an interesting all-day session at the Hopewell church. Rev. Eugene Lee. president of the convention. presided over the meeting. Mrs. Moore d well known sunday school worker of Birmingham. was present and made an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01

should be deemed adulterated when de- composed. In the trial that followed the government called a number of chemists in who testified that the correct method of telling whether an egg was decayed was to count the bacteria in the egg sub- stance. The Keith company contendsd Congress had not defined what it meant by ''decomposed. . The courts must go back to the common law for a definition
 Under the common law it contended q decomposed egg was a rotten egg,' and so Congress must have meant to leg islate against rotten eggs or produce un- wholesome The Kansas company at tacks the government as acknowledging that everything in the world is more or less rotten and that 1t had to adopt the can in Kansas and its standard of de composition in order to make the law en- forcable.' The Secretary of Agriculture
 forceable." The Secretary of Agriculture
 foodstuffs, particularly cheese, subject te seizure and destruction under the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
ADJUSTMENTS
Al G. Field

The criticism of the press in every city where Al G. Fields Greater Minstrels have apepared is most favorable. The Atlanta Journal said:
 With the big company this season are better voices, more expert dancers and | better line of songs and jokes than thea tregoers are accustomed to hearing at a minstrel performances Bert Swor, John ny Dove. Governor Brown and Charles Reinhart made decided hits with their jokes and clever dancing. while Jack Richards, Herbert Willison, Charles Reinhart and Walter Sherwood. rendered and numbers of good songs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
BARONS GET FIVE YOUNG
 RECRUITS VIA DRAFT ROUTE

Miss; Warren from Missoula, Gruder from Cleveland, Tenn; Evans from Dal- las, disallowed.
 By Omaha-Applegate from Paris, Ky; Vance from Maysville Ky. disallowed.
 By Mobile-Hogg from New Bedford. Corbett from Spartanburg, Efird from Roanoke, Berger from Greenwood, Miss; Martin from Fort Wayne, OConnell from New Bedford, disallowed.
 By Birmingham-Herndon from Albany. Ga Fittery from Anderson, s. C.. Sloan from Keokuk, Hook from Elmira, Lage from Monmouth, III.
 By Chattanooga: Mccullough from Hastings, Neb., disallowed; Merchant from Johnson City, Start from Duluth, James from Vancouver Wilson from Seattle, Massey from Savannah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
Doubtful States

MT McNeel puts only eight or 10 states in the doubtful column Among those states are Illinois. Wisconsin. Mime sota, Vermont New Hampshire, Massa- chusettes, Washington, Oregon and Call fornia.
 This is how MT. McNeel sums up the situation. He thinks some of the New England states will probably go to Taft, but if not to Taft, then to Wilson. If Roosevelt does not carry Illinois, he be- leves that state will go to Wilson, md he says the same condition will obtain, in his opinion, in Wisconsin. He re gards Taft stronger than Roosevelt in Minnesota, though thinks that state will go to Wilson if the republicans fail to carry it. Washington, Oregon and Cali fornia, he thinks are about evenly di- vided between Taft and Roosevelt.
 T rarely ever hear a suggestion of Wilson's defeat" declared MT. McNeel. "The people with whom l have come in contact in New York and Chicago cur ing the past month are confident that tine democrats will win in the November election. Most of them also think that Roosevelt will receive larger vote than Taft, though much depends upon the re- suit of the next few weeks.
 Tn my opinion, Wilson will receive not less than 400 electoral votes, and a larger popular vote than both Taft and Wilson combined"
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is the heir to the throne of Jugendheit, IS love with the pretty Goose Girl, but di- plomacy demands his marriage to the Princess Hldegarde of Ehrenstein. The prince dsguises as the vintner and pur- sues his love in peace-until discovered. Jugendheit and EhFenstein become some what embroiled when the prince cannot be found to marry the princess. The American consul Is in love with the prin- cess, but his station in life puts a wet blanket on his ardor. And then appears the German-American, the saviour of tue entire troup. He was formerly in the service of the Ehrensteiners, and when a youth had stolen the princess and given her to band of Gypsies. He has made fortune in America as a plumber-queer as the novelists have so many for eigners do and has returned to the land of his nativity to right the great wrong he has done to his country. He sees that the princess on the throne is not the right one. discovers that the pretty Goose Girl is the rightful princess and the Gypsy that has been captured previously brings out the fact that the Princess Hide garde Is the daughter of the Chancellor of Ehrenstein, who engineered the deal to steal the true princess years before so that his daughter might have the power. Of course everything is righted, the low CTS are all united and the two countries are satisfied.
 A large goose. utterly oblivious to the intrigue and affairs of state that surround him. struts about the stage during the first act
 '.The Goose Girl will continue at the Bijou all of this week with natinees on the regular afternoons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
Will Probably Return Thursday

MT. McNeel will probably return to Chicago on Thursday of this week, where he will remain until the time of election. He is engaged in organizing the business men of Chicago in behalf of Wilson and Marshall, as well as in the collection of small contributions.
 He left Montgomery about three weeks ago and went to New York, but was shortly transferred from that city to Chi cago, where he was given larger and more important duties
 General Bibb Graves, who has also been engaged in the Wilson and Mar shall headquarters In New York city, is still in the city, but he, too. will prob ably return to the field of activities dur ing the present week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
Fordyce Charges Next Week

Washington. December 30.-Charges by S. W. Fordyce, counsel for the ,Waters-Pierce oil company, that tho Standard oil company of New Jersey is violating the spirit and letter of the decree of dissolution will be con- sidered by Attorney General Wicker
 sham next week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
Spaniard Killed in Mutiny

Tampa, Fla, September 3o.-Jose Bella do, Spaniard, was killed$ and Juan Ranellero and Jesus Martinez were fatal ly wounded in what is supposed to have been mutiny on board the steamship Brunswick this afternoon. The Bruns- wick is bound for New Orleans.
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to work and made a speech, tsuf- fragette speech, that was scream for it's sheer ridicuousness and it gave the feminine portion of the audience an un- comfortable five minutes. The male con- tingent applauded uproariously.
 The Lavine-Cinnamon Trio proved good acrobats. The young woman in the com pany did some pretty dancing and was a clever contortionist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
M'NEEL PREDICTS VICTORY FOR WILSON Believes He Will Receive 400
 Electoral Votes 8 DOUBTFUL STATES Is of Opinion Wilson Will Get Larger Vote Than Taft and Roosevelt Combined-McNeel Sums Up
 the Situation

Montgomery, September 9o.-tSpecia1D- That Woodrow Wilson will receive 400 electoral votes is the opinion of John D. McNeel, private secretary to Governor O'Neal, who has just returned from Chi cago and New York, where he has been engaged in the Wilson and Marshall ealn- paign headquarters of those cities.s
 Not only does MT. McNeel think that Woodrow Wilson will receive 400 cleo tora1 votes, but he is of the opinion that he will get larger popular vote in the November election than both Taft and Roosevelt combined. Were the election held now, he feels confident that the democratic nominee would receive a larger vote than the two other candi- dates combined, and he does not be- lieve that conditions will change during the next five weeks.
 According to MT. McNeel, Woodrow Wilson is certain to win. Even with one opposing candidate In the field there would be absolutely no doubt of his sue cess. With Roosevelt out of the race, MT. McNeel thinks Wilson would receive 60 per cent of the votes that will go to the former President, and with Taft out of the race, he would receive 75 per cent of the votes that will go to the re- publican nominee