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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-17
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Bessemer. October 1s.-(Special.)-T grand jury which has been in session since October has adjourned and the re- port is as follows:
 Hon. J. c. B. Gwin. Judge of the City
 Court of Bessemer.
 We, the grand jury impaneled by your honor on the 7th day of October, 19i2 beg leave to report as follows;
 We have examined 237 witnesses, have found 6S true bills, have docketed 95 cases and we believe that we have about com pleted our iabors. and beg leave to be discharged. Very truly yours,
 TT. R. CARGILE. Foreman"
 At 11:30 o'clock last night Chief of Po- lice R. J. McCabe succeeded T. B. Wal lace. who has been connected with the police department of this city for nearly 20 years. The chief gave instructions to the men and each left the city hall for his beat. There were six or seven changes made this year and a number of new faces will be seen on the streets in blue uniforms
 On October the Pleasant Hill school opened with an enrolment of no. At the present time the enrolment Is 135, the growth having been rapid. This is one of the oldest schools In Jefferson county, and number of prominent men of Ala bama in bygone days attended this school
 The Fifth ward, formerly Jonesboro will have water connections. line has been surveyed from Bessemer to Jones' boro for a water pipe line and work has been started by the Bessemer Water works company. As Jonesboro is without fire protection at the present time the work will be rushed and 1t is believed that before the winter sets in Jonesboro will have water supply and Ire protec- ton.
 It has been announced by Mrs. J. E.. McAdory that another lot of crosses of honor will be given to Confederate vet erans on January ls. as there are a num- Der that have not yet been awarded. All Confederate veterans who desire to have cross are asked to have their appli- cation filed before December 15 with MT. T. P. Waller.
 A box supper will be given Friday night. October is, by the Ladies All society of the Pleasant Hill church, when the public is cordially invited to attend.
 The girls basket ball team met at the Athletic club last night. and was re- organized. Last year the girls had an excellent team, and played num- Der of interesting games. The team promises to be much stronger this. year and already several games have been arranged. Among those who will make the team are: Misses Mary Smith, Mary |Tinklepaugh. Lena Hatcher. Berney iGillen, Ethel Gillen.- Nell Kirkpatrick Genie Frasier and Jessie Bumgardner The girls are requested to meet at the Athletic hall Thursday night for prac- tice.
 The Jonesboro School Improvement association will give Tom Thumb wed ding Friday evening, October IS, at the school auditorium. Little Miss Eudora
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-17
REGISTRARS SHOW
 1907 VOTES IN PERRY
257 Have Died During Past
 Ten Years
SURVEY NEW RAILWAY
Resolution Deploring Roosevelt's Ac- cident Passed by Board of Trade. Patrick Goes to Newton to
 Solicit Funds

Marion. October 16.-(Special. )-Perry county board of registrars have com pleted the work of revising the list of voters in the county The result shows 1264 white and 4S negroes, a total of 1907 voters. The report further shows that 257 voters have died during the past ten years, or about 9 per cent of the total voting population at the adoption of the new constitution have died. In Marion beat, which has the largest voting strength, 59 have died during the past ten years. This fact coupled with the 1910 census report for Marion, which shows or ratio of to 1, gives an excessive death rate among the men and may be given as a possible reason why so many Marion men have located elsewhere; since the registrars show 65 voters have left the precinct in the past ten years.
 Schrank Condemned
 At a meeting of the board of trade, held Tuesday, a resolution was adopted condemning the assault on ex-President Theodore Roosevelt and expressing the hope that he may suffer no inconvenience from the wound. This resolution was ordered wired to the Chicago headquar- ters of the bull moose party
 A committee was also appointed to at once secure the necessary funds to make the locating survey for the new railway from Marion to Brent via Heiberger. It also developed at this meeting that a well known railway was ready to finance this road as far south as Hieberger, if the promoters would agree not to extend samo to Marion.
 Patrick Goes to Newton
 Secretary R. G. Patrick of the educa- tiona1 commission has gone to Newton, where he hopes to secure sufficient funds to relieve the present needs of the New ton institute, in order that he may get fully into the field while the Baptist as sociation Is being held In the different counties.
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TWO NEW CONTENDERS FOR
 WORLD BASEBALL HONORS TO
 APPEAR IN OCTOBER, 1913
Howe Cannot See Either New York Boston RepeatngEx pert Declares That Snodgrass Now Ranks With Merkle in That He Also Has Cost His Club Pennant
 Bedient the Surprise
By IRWIN M. HOWE

Mathewson richly deserved better fate. It was his fortune to have his packers fail him In two of the three combats in which he engaged. it is unlikely that he will appear again in another series for the games greatest honors. His indomitable nerve and masterly skill will long be re- membered by those who have seen these games.
 Conspicuous among those who made good in this series are Harry Hooper, who, in the fifth, made one of the great est catches ever seen. and Yerkes, Speak CT and Wagner for the Red Sox. With out Wagner the team would find it's proper place in the second division of the American league. Herzog and Murray played phenomenal ball for New York from start to finish Doyle and Meyers were dangerous, but not quite up to their standards.
 Wood, Bedient, Marquard and Mathew son all pitched well. Tesreau was lucky on Tuesday, and O'Brien very unfor- tunate Monday. The performances of Lewis, Gardner Snodgrass and Fletcher were distinctly disappointing. while merkles bonafide failure in the last round was crushing blow.
 Snodgrass will now take his place in baseball history with Merkle. They hav- ing each deprived their team of a cham pionship already won.
 The umpiring was uniformly good from beginning to end.
 Unless the large majority of critics are wrong there will be two new contenders for the honors in 1913
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ENTERPRISING CHAP

Fort Deposit, October 16.-(Special.)-- Joe H. Gillian, one of Lowndes county s hustling farmer boys who Is only Il years old, and resides few miles east or Fort Deposit, has by his own efforts and unassisted made and harvested from one acre of land 90 bushels and 1 peck of corn. This corn was gathered and meas ured in the presence of justice of the peace and several sworn witnesses. This young leader among farmers has also picked 1900 pounds of seed cotton from one acre, and thinks he will gather at least 3OG hounds more. This boy farmer rented the land from his father did all the work himself and as a result he has a nice bank account.
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FALLEN OVERHEARD BECKER AND WHITE
 TALK IN THE TONES

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STATE BANKS MUST
 GIVE STATEMENT

Montgomery, october 16-(Special)- Superintendent of Banks A. E. Walker has issued call to all the state banks in Alabama to furnish him with state ment of their financial condition at the close of business October 15. This is the second call that has been issued this year. the first having been sent out on March 20 It is expected that Superin- tendent Walker will receive replies from the various state banks within few days.
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The Jonesboro School Improvement association will give Tom Thumb we'd ding Friday evening. october IS, at the school auditorium. Little Miss Eudora
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.~~~~-~~-~~~>~-~~~ Becker got out and went into the plant, testified Aversi
 He stayed 20 minutes there and then Sullivan, Becker and myself went to For ty-second street and Sixth avenue" con- tinued witness. That was about 10:s0 a. m. We dropped Jack Sullivan there and I drove Becker home"
 On cross examination Aversi testified Becker had often driven in Colonel Stern berger's car. He added that John r. Hart, Becker's lawyer. had driven up to Ninth street on the night Of July 15. with Becker. They left Hart at his home in Ninth street and Becker went on to Mad ison Square Garden he testified
 Pollock Takes the Stand
 Harry Pollock, at whose home Jack Rose hid after Rosenthal was murdered was the next witness. He said he knew Rose and Becker and had known Rosen- thai. Rose came to his house on July IS and remained there until the morning of the 18th instant, he said. Witness said he saw Becker at police headquarters next day and told him Rose was at Pol locks house. He said Becker said ''all right, tell him to stay there" He said Becker asked for the telephone number Becker said he would communicate with Rose, he testified.
 Did you communicate with Becker after that" asked counsel.
 'Yes''
 .'How?"
 Witness said he went to Hart's office, but did not see Becker.
 Mary Staer, the Swedish maid in Roses household, was then sworn. She said Becker was accustomed to call almost every day and that she frequently served him breakfast The girl declared that she was present on both the occasions on which Miss Gletner and Miss Rose had testified that they had seen Becker at the house.
 Edward 10. Coe, next witness, said he had breakfasted with Rose one oc- casion when Becker was there. Bardnard Rudiger, waiter at the Union Square hotel, said he had frequently seen Rose and Becker together in the dining room at the hotel.
 Did you see any money passed be- tween them?'
 q saw money passed twice. he said s'Rose passed it to Becker"
 Prison Conversation Shown
 When court convened for the after noon session James D. Hallen testi- fled that last August while he was an Inmate of the Tombs, he heard a con versation between Becker and Detec- tive White. formerly of the Becker "strongarm' squad. White had been locked up on a charge of framing ID" Jack Zelig.
 White said" the witness testified. ~'Chief. I have been looking for you. have it straight that they have ar
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Cruiser to Leave Nicaragua

Washington. October 1e~-It was an- nounced at the navy department today that the cruiser Cleveland. which car ried marines to Nicaragua probably would leave Central American waters next Tuesday for Mare Island navy yard. California, stopping for two days' visit at Salina Cruz, Mex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-17
Diaz Junta Formed

Fl Paco. Tex. October 16.-A Felix Diaz rebel junta has been organized here It is generally admitted today among refugees here that the nephew of the former President of Mexico would be most acceptable to the revolutionary ele- ment as a provisional president
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Boston, October 16.-(Special. )-A S30,- GOO huff by Fred Snodgrass of an easy fly lost the championship of the world for New York in the tenth inning of today's game
 The Giants had scored run in their half of the tenth on clean hitting. Engle came up in place of Wood to open the Boston half of the tenth. After the Giant center fielder had dropped his fly, Hooper lined fierce drive to deep center, which Snodgrass caught. Yerkes was passed and after Merkle had failed to reach q lazy foul, Speaker tied up the game with single to right. scoring Engfe and putting Yerkes on third. Lewis also walked. Gardner hit fly out to Devore in right. Yerkes scored the winning run.
 This series established a new record for games played and illustrates how evenly the teams were matched. No great credit as a team is coming to the Red Sox for winning, but young Bedient is worthy of all praise. He was as steady as rock during the game and refused to "blow" when Wagner erred in the first round, and Larry Gardner mussed up two easy chances in the second. He was much greater puzzle to the Giants than Wood. who came on in the eighth.
 A remarkable feature of the game was the fact that two pinch hitters. neither of them heavy batsmen. decided the game and all the honors that went with it.
 
 Saunders will be the bride, while Mas ter Judson Carlisle will act as groom. The bridesmaids will be Reba Laurence, Rachael Wilson, Edna Lovelace and Doris Finch; the sroomsmen will be J. B. Gable. Herman Whisnant, Perry Barnett and J. D. Martin, Jr. Grace Finch. Edith High, Margaret Alvison and Margaret Briggs will be the flower girls Fred Carlisle will be the off ciating minister. The children have been rehearsing for some time, and the entertainment promises to be very fn- teresting. Already large number of tickets have been sold
 The Woman's Christian Temperance Union met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. Haffner on Second avenue. The present officers were re- elected for the ensuing year as follows; Mrs. A. Haffner, president; Mrs. M. F. Reynolds, secretary; Mrs. w. H. Ham, corresponding secretary. Mrs. T. R. Hill, treasurer A full report of the state convention which was held at Opelika, was made by Mrs. w. H. Brannon. The Alabama White Ribbon, the official organ of the Woman's Christian Tenn perance Union will publish the report.
 Mrs. P. F.. Gwin was a delightful hostess this afternoon when she en- tertained the members of the Wednes- day Music club at the home of her mother, Mrs c. w. Allen on Eighth avenue. The lesson for the day was the life and work of Chopin, and Miss Dora Winters was the leader. Mrs M. K. Thornton read very interesting and instructive paper while Mrs. Brown
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eral songs and piano selections were rendered by Mrs. D.. l.. Huey, Mrs James Trotter, Miss Orrie Keith and Miss Florence Huey. At the conclu- sion of the programme Miss Kate Lacey and Miss Willie Allen served a deli cious salad and ice course.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-05-23
Rainfall and Consumption.

A study Of the influence Of rain
bearing winds upon the prevalence Of
tuberculosis has been made by DR..
William Gordon. physician to the
Royal Devon and Exeter hospital.
After classifying several Devonshire
parishes according to their exposure
to rainy winds. DR.. Gordon searched
out In precisely which parishes the
deaths from consumption during So
ries OF years had mainly occurred. He
found that the death rate In the par.
ishes exposed to rain bearing winds
was generally twice as high as that
Of the parishes sheltered from them.
Further investigations were conducted
In many other localities. among them
the city Of Exeter. Tho result was
the same. DR.. Gordon declares that
the important point to consider in the
choice Of a residence for consumptives
is the matter Of shelter from the rain
bearing winds Of the locality, exposure
to which Is q more serious matter than
altitude. character Of soil, or even tho
amount Of rainfall.-Youth's Com.
panion.
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quietly. There Is no use In telling
you that your imagination Is running
away with you, for In your present
state Of mind you would not believe
me. l will speak to Maxwell, but
Will say nothing to implicate you. In
the meantime. rs you are terribly
tired. the best thing you can do is to
60 to bed. Trust me, and will get
TO the bottom of this mystery for you.
But you must obey me now"
"How kind you are," she murmured
gratefully. Il had to tell some one.
l will lie down now and leave It all
to you"
She pressed my hand and glided
away. AS soon as she had gone I
hurried to the ballroom and sought
Mrs. Joliffe. At my gesture she arose,
and accompanied me outside.
II have bad news for you," I said
gravely. "Your daughter inherits your
malady. Tonight she gave way to an
aggressive form Of the madness which
at intervals wrecks your life"
'Tmpossible!" exclaimed the wretch.
ed woman. She stared at me with
glitterlng eyes. ] gave her faithful
version OF the incident which had
Just trapspired. When had done
speaking she covered her face with
her hands.
HAS all my suffering and self.denial
been In vain then?" she cried.
Have not all the years OF loneli.
ness. Of horror. sufilced to avert the
curse?"
"Try to calm yourself" I said. Mrs.
Joliffe, ! do not think this marriage
ought to be allowed to 90 on"
She faced me deaantly. ut must"
she cried. II can think Of no one but
Laura, and yos are bound In honor
not to betray me. know, none bet.
ter, tho workings Of the insidious NAL.
ady. Have not gone through It all?
Laura feels badly tonight. but tomor.
row In all probability sho will be her
own happy self. The attacks at first
are always light. II she gets shock
now. she will be maniac for life. DR..
Halifax. I hold you to your PROMISE -
There was little sleep for me that
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LEGENDS OF
CHURCH BELLS

Legendary lore is filled with strange
stories OF bells, many Of them pecu-
liar mingling Of myth and truth.
Within the last century spot at
Brenckburne. In Northumberland. used
to be pointed out by old people, who
said they had been told when they
were young that great treasure had
been buried there. When at last this
treasure" was exhumed 1t proved to
be the fragments Of the bell Of the
prlory church. which stood in ruins
near by. According to the legend
and 1t Is one which may well be true
the BELLS last resting place can thus
be accounted for: A party OF moss
trooping Scots. bent on plunder. were
seeking far and wide to discover the
priory. But It lay In cleft between
the wooded banks OF the Coquet, con.
cealed from view from the higher
lands about It. The mosstroopers. OK.
ceeaingly wroth. at last give up the
search In despair. and the monks.
deeming themselves safe at last, by
way Of Thanksgiving for their deliver.
ance. rang peal upon the bell. I'm.
luckily, the sound Of the bell reached
the. Scots In the forests above. and
with this as guide they found the
priory, which they sacked and burned.
The priory bell presumably fell to the
ground during the connagration. and
was eventually buried.
To this day the choristers Of Dur.
ham cathedral ascend the tower. on
the &e OF the feast Of Corpus Christi.
and sing the Te Deum. This cere.
mony Is In commemoration Of the
marvellous extinguishing Of a fire on
that night. In the year 1929. four hun.
dred and eighty.three years ago. Al
midnight the monks were at prayer
when the belfry was struck BY light.
ming and set on hre. All night the
flames ragged and until the middle OF
the following day. But for all that
the tower escaped serious injury, and
the bells were not damaged at all.
These bells are not the same a. those
which now call the Inhabitants Of the
city to worship. for In the registry Of
the Church Of st. Mary.le.Bow. Dur.
ham. which records the burial Of one
Thomas Bartlett In 1882. q note Is add.
cd to the effect that 'thys man did
caste the abbey bells tho summer be-
fore he dyed"
Buried somewhere beneath the soil
Of the graveyard OF Etchingham
church. In Sussex. lies, according to
the legend. . peal Of bells intended
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Force. Of LIoh..

The late Arthur McEwen, a famous
journalist of San Francisco and New
York. was once engaged in a political
tight in the California city in which
the better element was arrayed
against the bosses and their followers.
and the better element was getting
decidedly the worst Of 1t.
On election morning McEwen met
the bishop Of the Episcopal diocese
and the Catholic bishop on the street,
both Of whom had been active in the
movement. The Episcopal bishop ask.
ed McEwen how things looked.
Every bad!" said McEwen. T don't
think we have a chance. under.
stand they are paying "a apiece for
votes against US down in some OF the
districts. I guess we're beaten!"
Both bishops were properly aghast
at this iniqulty and proceeded on their
ways. Presently the Catholic bishop
met McEwen again.
Don't be discouraged. Arthur, me
boy!" he said. Though 1t may be
true the forces Of darkness are pay.
ing 81 for votes. have reliable in.
formation the forces Of light are pay.
Ing 35!"-Saturday Evening Post.
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and whom do you think / have
brought with me? No less person
than. my best man and greatest friend
DIR. Halifax"
Il have heard Of you, Of course, and
/ am glad to meet you." she answered.
raising shy eyes to my face. She was.
l saw at q glance. her mother In minia.
ture, but with a sort Of halo cast over
her. Under her wonderfully brilliant
eyes there were somewhat dark
shadows. which seemed to throw up
and intensity their expression, adding
to the etherealness and fragility Of the
delicate face. She began to speak to
me In a low, sweet voice. At times /
fancied that her brows knit as II in
momentary pain; now and then her
lips drooped slightly: and once felt
certain that I intercepted a startled
light Of perplexity, almost terror, In her
eyes. / said to myself. however. that !
was prejudiced. that the knowledge Of
the mothers history made me read
more than ! ought In the daughters
face.
The dance that evening was a par.
ticularly brilliant one. Many guests
arrived. and the grounds we're lighted
with Chinese lanterns and other va.
rIed forms Of decoration. Soon after
ten o'clock I was standing on the
south terrace. when the young bride
elect approached me.
Can speak to you. doctor?" she
asked.
Her voice was very low. and almost
unnatural In tone. Even by the arti.
flcIal light l could. see that she was
pale, and her lips trembling.
you are cold and trembling" I
said. what seems to be wrong7"
81 do not tremble from cold" she
replied. "Dr. Halifax. must confide
in some one: II Is all too horrible!
You are Lucian's best friend, but even
you do not know him. He is not what
he seems. Bend down. for l must not
speak aloud. Mother must not learn
the awful truth. Luclan's love for me
has changed. He is trying to poison
me. He must have lost his senses.
Only half an hour ago. Doctor, / saw
him put poison powder into the
champagne he asked me to drink. oh.
1t is terrible! What will become OF
me?"
took my cue In an instant. "You
are excited and overweight" said
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part is to obey my directions implicit.
ly. II you refuse, shall consider my.
self absolved from my promise, and
will tell Maxwell the entire truth"
II will do anything you wish.' she
whispered hoarsely.
This box which I have brought
with me from town." continued. "con.
tains capsules. These capsules are
made Of gelatine. and each Of them
holds certain dose. The medicine
is Of new and important kind. In
my opinion and that OF DR.. Everard
1t acts directly upon the higher nerv.
Gus centers. There Is q strong posi-.
bility, Mrs. Joliffe. that within this
box there lies the cure Of your daugh.
ter's ailment. She must take three OF
these capsules daily. Get her to prom.
ise you this. Give her one when she
wakes In the morning. give her an.
other before she leaves here with her
husband. Make her vow that she will
not omit to take three daily"
IT will do so." she answered. God
bless you. DR.. Halifax. Have you any.
thing more to say?" t..
"Yes: Miss Jolifie must also furnish
you with her address. There are
enough capsules In that box to last
her exactly month. II they do any.
thing for her. she will probably be
obliged to continue the cure for sew.
eral months. I must be placed in a
position TO be able to supply her with
more capsules: the whole thing 10 an
experiment, and 1t may fall. but It ID
the best can do."
The tears sprang to Mrs. Joline's
eyes.
"You are q good man." she said.
"You shall be obeyed In every partic.
ular."
The next day Laura and Maxwell
were married. The wedding ceremony
took place without a hitch. and no
bride ever looked more lovely. ] was
standing In the hall when the bride
and groom went away. Maxwell had
forgotten something. and had to run
upstairs. For moment the bride and
I found ourselves alone. She came
quickly to my side.