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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
Hinton Wins Medal

Prattville. August A.-(Special)-The
contest for this county under the aus
pices of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union in defamation was held at
the high school building last night at
s o'clock before crowded house of in
terested listeners.
Those actually taking part In the con-
test were Cecil Alexander, Graham Dunn.
Martin Hinton and Holley Moncrief.
Martin Hinton won the prize, a silver
medal. which is given through the ma
tional organization of the Womans Chris
tan Temperance union.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15

story concerned Judge Lane. I bowed.
lis he going away7" he asked.
Il think So ] replied. for he and
Governor o'Neal were talking about a
little journey to the capitol only an hour
ago.
II could see that he was becoming deep
ly interested, so 1 added:
Something was said about the supreme
court
Then he whistled and said: I bet
Dowdell is going to resign
This gave me new tack, and l
added:
something was said about Dowdell.
1 remember hearing that name.
THAT was all he required. He leapt
from the office. Fearing that he would
do what he really did do. I ran after
him. When he halted 1 told him that
1 had been joking all along and that
as far as | knew there was nothing
of truth in what had been said.
you should have seen him. He smiled
one of the wisest smiles you ever
saw.
"Ah. you have lost your nerveS he
declared. But the cat is out of the
bag.
"Thereupon, listening not at all to
my statements of correction, he left
the building. I did not believe that he
would write concerning the matter We
had gossiped about and did not dis
turb myself further. You can imagine
my surprise, however, when that night
saw what he had done. And al
though l was a trifle worried, | could
not refrain from smiling just little
bit"
As matter of history, Justice Dow
dell, who was visiting his son-in- law,
w. A. benson, corrected through The
Age Herald the following morning the
mistake of the afternoon previous.
with the exception of a tinge of re-
sentiment on the part of Justice Dow
dell in that he had been unwittingly
made a member of the down nd-out'
society, no harm was done, and the In
cident passed off with general though
guileless smile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
GOVERNOR PAROLES
MOBILE PRISONER

Montgomery. August 14.-(special)-
Governor ONeal paroled c. F. Kelley,
who was sent up from Mobile county two
years ago TO serve five years In the pen
ttentiary for granddaughter. Kelley's
parole came as a surprise to him.
He had just finished a visit of two
weeks TO his home In Mobile county. for
which he had been granted a temporary
parole by the governor, and had stopped
at the capitol to offer his thanks to the
chief executive for his clemency. when
the convict was told that his parole had
been made permanent.
Kelley's delight when told that he was
free was Understandable. He declared that
ho was the happiest man in the world,
and thanked personally every man in
the convict department and all other offi-
Gals to whom he felt under obligations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15

is to be organized and petitions-to whom
it is not stated-are TO be circulated for
a monster mass meeting to be held at
u o'clock on Friday. August 80.
Both meetings are to be held at the
same place. on the same date ana With
intwo hours of each other.
From those who are in position to
know. it was learned that it is the
intention of the republican nominees to
resign their nominations as Taft re-
pubicans in the event the progressive
movement proves very strong and IL 10
a foregone conclusion-and one well
understood-tha the same nominees
are to be nominated by the progress
sive mass meeting. There is no doubt
but that the Roosevelt sentiment in
this county is FIVE to ten times strong
er than the Taft sentiment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
LET CONTRACT FOR
MARION COUNTY JAIL

Hamilton, August 14.-lSpecial.)--
The board of commissioners of Marion
county let the contract today for the
erection of a brick jail to the Pau!y
Jail and Building company of st. Louis.
The contract price, which was the low
est bid, was s1399O. The plans are
modern in every detail and have been
approved by DR.. Oates, state jail in
spector. .A, 4
During a heavy thunderstorm last
night lightning struck the two story
residence of Circuit Clerk r. n. Ter
rell and did considerable damage to
the roof and walls of the house. The
family was stunned for few sec
onds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
BULLDOG VOTES IN
PLACE OF NEGRO

Washington. August IA pedigreed
bulldog was voted in place of a negro
voter in the election of Representative
j. A. Hughes, republican, of West vir-
ginia, according to the report prepared
by the House committee investigating
Hughes election. The republicans will
enter franchise in Hughes district.
1t is said.
Rights of Representative Hughes.
Representative Crage, republican. of
Pennsylvania, and Representative Will
son, republican. of Illinois, to their
seats will be sustained.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
Crime Ayerted

Admission, August IA warrant was
eworn out today by Sheriff Brook for
the arrest of Dave Gentry. white man.
charged with assault on lo-year-old
white girl in this city. The crime is said
70 have been witnessed by two white
men. who came TO the assistance of the
child.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
EXCURSION TO
NORTH CAROLINA

50 round trip to Hendersonville. Lake
Toxaway and Asheville on Saturday, 18th.
trains leave 800 p. m, $50 p. M: through
sleeping cars; make reservation now If
YOU want lower berths. Southern Rail-
way city ticket office, ground floor En-
pire building. Telephone 1867.
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prominently as If instead of rumors. facts
or official information was published
II remember distinctly what occurred.
The reporter asked me If there was any
news. ] told him. in a spirit of fun, that
big things were on foot When he urged
me to tell him details I shook my head,
because knew of no better way further
to mystify him. Then he asked If the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
Campaign Money Received

The Mountain Home. the daily news
paper, proposes to receive and forward
all contributions to the national demo-
cratic campaign. Up to date the list
contains six names and the funds received
aggregates $50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
Weather Forecast

Washington, August 14.-For Alabama
Mississippi: Generally fair Thursday and
Friday
Georgia Tennessee: Generally fair
Thursday and Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
KENNEDY APPEARS
VERY INDIFFERENT
Takes Little Interest in Trial
at Admission
DYER BECOMES MIXED
Work of Constructing New Second
Presbyterian Church Progresses
Rapidly-Veterans' Reunion
in Georgia-Mule Killed

Admission August 14.-lSpecial.--Tht
trial of William F. Kennedy for com
plicity in the murder of his son, Shelf
Kennedy, and his grandson, Sarge Ken
nedy, which was begun Monday after
noon. is progressing very well. The aged
defendant sits apart from his attorneys
and being of very dull hearing, gives
little attention, seemingly, to the trial 60
ing on,
The feature of the William T. Kennedy
trial Tuesday was the contradictory
statements by the states chief witness,
Leon Dyer, who grew more emphatic
than on former occasions and swore posi-
lively to conditions and occurrences
about which he had previously been I'M
certain.
New Presbyterian Church
The work of constructing a new church
building for the Second Presbyterian
church at the corner of Eighteenth street
and Gurnee avenue is progressing rapid
ly. At present, however, only the Sun
day school department of the contem-
plated building is under process of con-
struction. This part of the building is
45x50 feet in dimensions and will contain
Ia class rooms and an auditorium with a
capacity to seat $50 persons. The build
ing is of brick veneer and when COM
pleted will occupy a lot fronting on Cur
nee avenue 40 feet and on Eighteenth
street 1876 feet. The lot has been graded
so as to conform to both streets and the
general contour of the surroundings.
Veterans Reunion
l.. G. Jones will leave today for Lyn-
dale Ga, to attend a reunion of Con-
federate veterans of which Mr. Jones'
father, Colonel r. II. Jones of Carriers
vile, Ga, is the commander.
Mule Killed by Auto
According TO information received in
Admission last night, a collision between
an automobile and a wagon pulled by
three mules injured a Mr.. Mitchell, a
farmer living near Oxford, killing one of
the mules, yesterday about noon near OK
ford.
The automobile. 1t is said. was the
property of John Adkins of Hefln. and a
son of Mr.. Atkins was in the motor car
When the auto struck the wagon, the
wagon tongue was rammed through the
body of one of the mules, killing the ami
NAL. Mr.. Mitchell was also injured, but
the extent of his injuries could not be
learned He lives near what is known
as the Mashburn place, about six miles
from oxford.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
Sylacauga Leads

One hundred and six names have been
added to the poll list of voters by the
registrars who have just adjourned. Eight
negroes only registered. Sylacauga reg
istered the largest number and McFall
beat followed with the next biggest tally.
The city of Talladega registered only
eight new voters
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
Mrs. Addie Loveioy Buried

The funeral services of Mrs Addia
Lovejoy, which were conducted by the
Rev. J. M. Thomas, pastor of the First
Baptist church, took place this morning
from the residence of w. r. McCary.
Mrs. Lovejoy died at ripe age widely
helnNed and respected.
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Local Data

For the "a hours ending at p M, Au-
gust IA.
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Heavy Police Court

Tuesdays and Wednesdays session of
the police court lasted three or more
hours each. The fines assessed on the
first day aggregated $500 Gaming and
violations of the prohibition law were
the principal charges. Disorderly conduct
came in as good second.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-15
ROBERT HARD|E
DIES IN TALLADEGA
Uni0ntOwn Citizen Has
Paralysis
HEAVY POLICE COURT
J. w. Allison, Grocer and Meat Dealer,
Makes Assignment at Talladega.
Mrs. Addie Lovejoy Buried.
Funds Forwarded
HEAVY POLICE COURT

Talladega, August 14.-(Special.) -Robert
Hardie of Uniontown, who was SPEND
ing the summer at Clairmont Springs,
was stricken with paralysis on Saturday
evening last. He was brought to the
hospital In the city Sunday and expired
Tuesday afternoon. His body will be
conveyed to Uniontown today.
Grocer Assigns
j. w. Allison, a grocer and meat mar
ket dealer, filed a general assignment for
the benefit Of all his creditors Tuesday
evening, naming r. G. Nickles of the
Wholesale firm of Hawley,s Nickles Co,
as the assignee. The assets of the bus
mess amounted to about s10oo the labili-
ties aggregating $780, 1t is thought that
under the management of the assignee
the creditors will be paid in full.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-25

outsife tho London dock gates each morning may
witness some narrowing sights In darkness before
GAVIN hundreds OF crowd together little
and passages rby. waiting for the yates open
AS tho hour draws near. huge chains stretched
across the dock prevent men rush
ing the approaches. Is during brief wait Just
before tho opening that tho place
Starving men who have waited all nght-seeping on the
pavement without any hight AFFORDED
by piece OF ne~slaperHil battle other for
place in the line Il IS here the literal
Application OF the adage that the 30 wall
Not infrequenty tho walls themselves bespat-
tered 10y the blood tho toers. often indulge in
herce encounters for The picking up couple OF
night for place IN the Inc gates. and finally
mere chance to obtain shilling. For many o.
the men who work the docks families 10 support
How with wife four children" remarks
Mir NoT;hrop. can subsst on shings yyeek-payins
shliines room those mysteries only the
people themselves solve dookers family whom
know consists Of children-yyo girls aged and
and three boys. all Every morning at o clock
the eldest girl and the eldest boy from Newtons
Rents near Whiechape, to bakery Strand
or the purpose Of obtaining scraps Of given out
by humane baker The Two children also before
and again given pieces consisting over bits OF
meal ana odds ana ends % food those
p"'.is OF me mop Who have cleaned up plates
Sofne days the children OF the dock lRborer alluded
10 get no pieces OF bread whatever. threa-miie
Walk on empty stomachos in the early hours OF tho
morning unrewarded
III the himself has been unsuccessful IN hs
nnIH-iuoi- ana upward Of thousand
.,~ay c@cn morning from The sateshen prac-
as as the bakery tho cook shop hands nut another
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SHEARING THE VICTIMS

The coupeur. arriving in small town like ouimpers
hangs out huge handkerchief doorway selected
best for beng noticed passing girls The reaper
may he a man. may be woman the results arc
the same In either case. Word spreads that reaper
is ready. and those who resolved TO sell
their hair VIII hasten the shearing while others who
nave as firmly resolved shorn, stop out OF
curiosity The bargaining actually the small
ness Of the the peasant girls receive Many OF
them give ~ their hair for nothing duplicate
OF the handkerchief that is reaper's sign
1t may not be worth more than cents Others
have exceptionally handsome hair, tempted with
couple OF the cheap and gaudy kerchiefs or,
doesn't win them. with Partisan petticoa
IS cents and is priced 81 Many of those who have
vowed never never to let the
victims OF the general fever Of ksrohef bargains
one coupeur may harvest many half hundred
heads day
The reaper's prohts. in comparison with his risk and
labor, are enormous especially when
ally fine scalp He sell golden hair long
for so cents an ounce; but when n light
YARD In length 1t brings the Partisan hairdresser
- ana ;S an ounce. AS for genuinely white hair that
goes beyond the average length a a half
mere s no price whatever to he quoted at Paris
an Ola woman willing to let her head be shorn of lot
OF mar mat IS really imposing in It's whiteness
ienStn, may not receive hundredth value
himself back In the port OF Paris. hair
specialist and offer that scalp by
ounce but by the oehirtieth of ounce
as the most costly drugs are vended
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ouyers Paris made quite cleanup IN the white and
eo crops 90 Limoges this It's succeeded
~ CARRYING away ton When remembered tina,
Limoges ana IT'S neighborhood must have brough,
from @p 20 500 gray and red haired victims to the
shearers ono can understand only the economical
naos OF The French but also horses
nave neen disappearing from tho Of the world
h7u, Limoges IS only d o the population I'm
france that contributes to this in human
vanity Tho real bulk OF crop comes from
the countryside and the small couple OF
;rcts. Brittany and AuvcrEne-two sections where
poverty scrares living ont of conditions would
oaunt the closest and shrewdest OF Normans.
The Bre,on is famous for It's pictIresauen but
would oe understood in its Significance
that 1t covers mul;itudes given due
weight u IS In Brittany aud In Auvergne that the
coupeuFs or reapers. they France make
iheiI most p.ohtabie harves,s the
smallest returns for their chief adjunct to
their beauty. The spring early bring the
countryside Tho harpes who collectors greedy
fars where more than 500 workers hair
be kept going with the material their trade
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Where Life is Down to Farthing an Hour

rU<IIERE London declares b.
Northrop. author Wealth Want" who
u work a farthns
'Al great cities" Mr. Norhrop observes. have their
slums and black spots but In London tho stricken
appear deeply dyed in poverty dense
ceners q population. In joval France and sunny Italy
les miserabies' wear their with difference TEN
permanent hesscs them with breezy optimism amid all
their squaior ana degradation
Tie English moor however, take their poverty as
the other classes take taer seriously
1t Is hat the tragedy OF poverty in London %
gray, somber. unreleved kind that. seen. drives
tho iron OF pity through the soul. leaving
scared
London has had its exhibitions sweatcd industries
but practically tho same conditions today when
tho first agitation started thirty There
hundreds of women. and also shaving
toned In government report. abandoned work
because She only receiving farthng hour. shs
found 1t starve.
I'm the neishborhood Fenian Barrack.'-one Of
the most appalns!y dismal Of London East
f-nd-there children assisting parents SO in
oessanty that their young are N,erally being
crushed out by toll one brave little boy. aged rises
every morning AZ and after delivering milk round
starts out with round OF His earnings
rounds bring him Just shilling after
work in the cheerless dawn he begins study school
az " Anotnet boy OF rouses fifteen wo.kmen
work This lad IS enviod by less fortunate com
leNtors. any OF whom would be GLAD work
the trials ana responsibilities parents ,uiic as
ketnS as ne grown folks witness only the
father. 20 ''S
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ooscured the Importance Of others associated with
them in the work. But Germany has now come TO
recognize that it possesses in Frau Eta villa
an architect OF minor talent its very cities are
destined to bear the impress of her creative brain
Two women editors whose influence Is now and
has long been marked progress their sex are
Fraulein Helene LANCE DR.. Gertrude Baeurner
Their journal is termed Die Frau'-"Woman"; and II
informs and guides the Intellectual OF their sex
IN all sections Of Germany. Most consider the
JOB or editor about all hearty male can handle. and
II is. in the strenuous United States where \ live
editor feels like dead about o'clock every
morning after he has closed up edition.
German Journalism Is hardly In its demands
on brain or nerves and only when a Macmillan Won
Harden starts undertaking in the interests morality
and bigger circulation does it approach the Amer
lean l20 horsepower speed Yet ii
ness OF phrasinE and thoroughncss treatment which
afford compensations The way of hard ana earnest
work and woman's journal there is exception
the rule of excellence along lines which every
German clientage expects. SO neither OF the two
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Naturally, Paris could he expected overlook
the nearby crop especially unusually fine head
OF mar VIII bring $40 there before 1T is worked up into
any artificial form Whatever all European hair
Is so priled ina, II sells Ike gold by the instead
OF BY tho pound. Paris the great first hand consumer.
has created regular scaring markets other Of
france where girls and women come to the scissors Ike
so many sheep and them annually for
they possess the rarc fortune continual hair
producers always growing crop when their heads
have been relieved OF the former one
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companions was more pronounced in the case OF Frau
iiey than In that Of the Countess Helene. which was
perhaps little unfair. for the countess has shown
truly exceptional abilities organizer and has
done much to stimulate the ambitions of
throughout Germany.
The broad grasp OF affairs displayed by these two
notable women and the extraordinary history OF
business success which lay behind pubc-spiritcd
enterprise OF Frau Heyl-she has conducted and en-
largcd an extensive manufacturing concern which she
Inherited from her husband-for the time being
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Al5nS4>'A9 ZS12a=29 0oDuS II NlSQe /tsvoA1s

But while this is the retail market for a very
big percentage of the worlds crop and while China
has been of late almost overwhelming whole
sale market because of the coming of the republic
and the universal sacrifice of queues, the fine hair
markets still exist in Europe the charming, quaint
romances of GROWING glories given up for moneys
sake are as many ever. And the money that
buys them has to be i'll much larger quantity, the
minute their original owners have parted from
them, than it was ever before
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one OF those markets city of Limoges. where
regular January fair is held, every Young
ing 10 the sacrifice who has made up that she
needs the money than she They
paid about francs. ST. hair OF good
length and quality; but anything in the way OF
shade extraordinary length. the combined is
liable rise S. $40
: hard to secure either white or red hair So the
girls ana tho old who enough he
producers of either color the human sheep who
envied by their neiEhbors caioled
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shades remains still one of the incest of arts in
Europe and the United States. The woman of today
who owns head of plenteous hair, especially if it
happens to have turned white amid her of
fortune, possesses am asset that will keep her
from hunger for quite while, if she chooses to
any large city OF the United States.
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BROADLY INrELLEcruAL

Not that thet afe al hnpzowiyoa. ana not mat
they arc an lnarrrd rd rlotners There are slnele
Women among them ltl iev who coulant bake
angel rise aIn.t ioi4to saind ,vith ,nonar
parsley Sprint. nut tiaIf common. s ittu,it ia
OF admiration aid n.e roauect ron chose noi,-t
Virtues Their kaiser declare ais all they're Mt for
And your ~ Germany uhu Is icnrnot ia, th,
lsvn or e. arehiteetnre or h.fnons ana counter
i,pint viii acknowledge "a. 4ilh Qualifications f
mother VINO r4aNes pretons. DO culture or art be-
ond me ordinary, but shoD .!ats of riris WIN,
prospective German uiatrons how TO run p HON.
scientific ard economical prime paa She too ranLs
a brieadicr
So widespread is this feeling intolectial recos
iltlou thai levels rank-ard tfat ln f;,rr,,
where nobNty's prerogatives anu .n,ineuce are
lsld 90 with the clutch OF grim aeat f th, presence
~ growing socialism. a pinin tNed Woman s1si
.s Tie famous Iedwig III s ft whose brnlis.,
initiative the womans eNposi6 mainly owen a.
eNistence. nnds herself accepted tto cotse,,e 80
Countess Helene Harrach. ~ pfes.dcnt u the
Womens Lyceum club in Germany, without any MINI
az PATRONAGE Of anything except THAT they arc ,,
women. holding each others ahnu.e Sd fout,.r
respect have together operate for fi,
welfare ~ theig sex. More tnan that Frau l4cyi.
when the exposition naueuratcd. was tho r.e
cat ~ those informal attentions which women So
nigniy prize from bearers OF The highest tes I'M
ing e- with Difference to her achievements witch
eliminated evory OF that confederation sghlch
foyalty painfully employ whom Is ienlous OF
tbe fame that goes ordinary uortals III anythfne.
the respect that was shown BY the ana her