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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
WHAT ONE NIGHT
 BROUGHT ABOUT

Nashville. April ao.~George W. Rose of MeMinn county, who was under sentence to hang at daybreak today for the ai- legged murder of James Miller. promi- nent farmer of that county. was resplted for one month during the night by Goy- error Hooper. Roses wife is now on trial at Athens, charged with compile fly in the tragedy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
ASSOCIATED PRESS
 OPERATOR DEAD

Charleston, $. C. April 20--J. C. Penny. Associated Press telegraph operator. was found dead this morning with q bullet wound in his room at the Young Mems Christian associstion building. He is said to have been Respondent for some time. He was about 2s years old and was q native of Abbevile. $. C. He came here about five months ago. The coroner will hold an inquest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
Marion Wins Series

Marion. April Especially p-.Marion in sttute defeated Millsaps college by q score of to in a seven and half in- ming game today, winning the series. This was the best game of the week. Marion getting F hits and made but one error The visitors secured eight safties aud made three pebbles. Batteries: Marion Walters and Hairston Millsaps, Condres and Cassibery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
Humane Officer Active

c. D. Poland, president of the Anniston Humane society. has made q number of cases for i'll treatment of animals since the society was recently organized and another meeting is to De held at his home on Leighton avenue Sunday afternoon for the purpose of planning an extension of his camnaiEn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
HARDLY ABLE TO
 WALK.
T Took Peruna and It Has Done Wonders for Me-"

Mrs NJ. P. Curry, F. O. B O x6 615 . P e tersburg Ills, writes: T have been troubled with Internal ca tarrh since my girlhood. and was sick in bed three m O n t h S . When I wa S able to get up l was so weak and thin 1 could hardly walk. What l a [ e disa- g r-e ed with me. I Ina q stomach and liver trouble, and my feet a n q i m bs were swollen so could scarcely drag around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
FREE PILE REMEDY

Cut osst this coupon md mall to the IPYRANiD DRUG CO.,, 43t Pyramtd BIdg.. ,MnrsbnII, Mich., with your full un me md address, on n slip of paper. tt sample Of the great Pyramid Pile will then be sent you Ht once
 Iby mail, FREE, In pIntns wrapper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
Talks to Farmers

Roland Turner, agent for the cotto neul- ture department of the Southern railway, addressed two large audiences Saturday. One fthe meetings was at Friendship and the other at Pleasant Ridge, He dis cussed the corn crop and it's prospects this year. urging that the cotton crop be crrtaflad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
GAS, PETROLEUM, GOAL, THEIR RELATIONSHIP,
 FORMATION AND PRIORITY
ARTICLE NO. 2
By R. H. LEINAD

Those of us who have watched the progress of the American Trust bank building, corner First avenue and
 Twentieth street. know how deeply the steel columns are anchored-how firm ly they are encased in cement concrete and how far below the basement floor hey extend We have seen story after
 story added and as the days. have gone by we have seen the floors. like earth's stratums put in place; and with unflaging interest we have gazed on the ornamental pieces that are designed
 to enrich and beautify the building put in place.
 Just as this grand building has been
 built up section by section, so too was this earth home of ours constructed. First of all, the materials the Creator designed to use for the purposes in- tended then we should understand
 something of their composition in or
 der that we may know of their won derful adaptability-how they perform
 ,heir work as gases, as liquids or as solid matter when so needed. We should
 know why the earth assumed a glop-
 ular form, that it was by virtue of His laws that controls all liquids no matter whether it be the tiny drops
 of dew or the falling drops of rain or the myriads of planets, suns and stars that make up our stellar universe. verse.
 Then it was that our atmosphere was made; and 1t also is susceptible of change-it is changing now-mueh de- bends on the gases that mingle with l it and upon the electric energy that Is diffused through it. Atmospheric
 changes with powers of transformation
 could only result from scombfnation of gases that had great adaptability The air must be so combined that ii would be essentially valuable for ami nal and plant life-there could not be two atmospheres in the same place at the same time; and yet ours pos sesses dissimilar qualties-animal life
 inhales 1t and abstraeting what is l needed, gives out an atmosphere not much unlike that which in all.proba- Utility spread all around our earth dur ling it's. carbon-f forming stages of growth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
FinIayson Will Recover

It is now believed almost beyond doubt that Hal Finlayson. who was stabbed to the heart few nights ago. wiii recover, although it will be some time before he will be able to leave the hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
PILES CURED
 AT HOME
Quick ReIief-TriaI Package Mailed
 Free to AII-in Plain Wrapper

Free to AII-in Plain Wrapper
 Many cases of Piles have been cured ny n trial package of Pyramid Pile Remedy without further treatment. When it proves it's value to you. get more from your druggist. at 0 cents a box, and be sure you get the kind yous ask for. Simply clip out free coupon below and mail today. together with your name and address on a slip of paper. Save yourself from the surgeop's knife and It's tortureS. the doctor and his bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
May Duplicate Battercake Year

The year 1S3S was known throughout this section as "battercakeN year. sac- cording to Mrs. Caroline Draper, who re- gently celebrated her nintieth birthday. and she has asked the question if this IS not to be another year or that kind, on April L. 1S4S, act Ording to Mrs. Draper, who possesses a remarkable memory, q heavy snow fell. as a result of which. the wheat crop was killed and a very small cotton crop was raised As a further re- suit, however, good cotton. crop was raised, she says, and this resulted in,the popularity of battercakes, from, which the designation was derived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

Water like air, surrounds us. no matter where we go. We see 1t ift the oceans. seas gulfs. lakes, rivers, creeks and springs, as well as In the falling rain The Mosaic account tel.s~ Ig ofs a time when no rain had fallen on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
O'Neal Accepts Invitation

Gov. Emmet O'Neal has accepted the in vitaton of President C. Ag Daugette Of tho Jacksonville Normal college for. him to speak at the annual commeneemenst exercises there this summere and he will deliver the baccaaureate address. The preparations for commencement this year are being made on bigger scale than at any previous time in the schools his-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

Hydrogen is the lightest of known gases. It Is 141s times lighter than common air. and 11,00O times lighter than water. It has also the greatest heating power of any known substance, |ones gram yields SQ,0oo heat units. When, wood or coal are burned the residium Is a mineral ash; when hydro zen is burned the residue Is water.
 Nitrogen is. widely sdiffused in na- ture. It is also associated with other clements. It Is an essential part in an- imal and vegetable substances and in their development. Nitrogen Is a light Ter than oxygen; it. is IA times heavier than hydrogen. It serves as n balance wheel or as a brake by dilutins oxygen. thus preventing undue chem lcal activities. tat4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

We have examples of atmospheric effects in the southwestern part of the United States. The civilization that fourished when the cliff dwellers titled the southwest was more than likely stricken as at Pompeii or Martinique -growing trees as large as those 5n our forests were changed to stone that resemble onyX-there they stand to- lay. mute witnesses of a change wroughtaas quickly as Paul was con Verted-chpnged by atmospheric con- ditions alone fN
 Later on gases united to form wafer and the water that falls from the clouds or that comes to us from springs, like all else in nature, is not only suscep- tible of change, but does change by additions. by subtracting and by di- vision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
SECOND PRIMARY IN
 CALHOUN MONDAY.
Believed Large Vote Will Be
 Cast in County
INTEREST IS SHOWN
Chief Interest in Race fer Judge of County Probate Court-Woman Worker to .Speak-Governor
 0'Neal Accepts Invitation

Anniston April 20.-(Speeial)-The sec ond democratic primary will be held in Calhoun county on next Monday. and owing to the cold and wet weather of Saturday. which will further retard the work of farmers. it is believed that there will be a very large vote cast in the coun- try districts.
 The farmers have been exceedingly busy during the past week in preparing their lands for cultivation and if the weather had remained fair it would probably have had the effect of decreasing the voate. As it is however. it is believed that the vote will be equally as large as that cast at the first primary on April l.
 Chief interest in the election centers in the race to be run off between Judge J, J. Arnold of the county probate court and w. H. Cooper, by whom he is op- posed They are seeking to become the successor of Judge Emmett F. Crook, who recently resigned the office on ac- count of ill health, Judge Arnold being appointed as his temporary successor siln- til an election could be held. He wiil hold the office until next January Both men have been in the state legislature and are we'll known over the state, Judge 3AIuOiu DtlnS~ SSpStidliy Soi ilt iidN AiiS pSSH mentioned very prominently for speaker of the lower house. &
 Considerable interest has also been manifested in the race between H. F.. Montgomery, incumbent. and Worth Whiteside of Oxford for the office of county tax collector. MT Whitesioe led by a considerable plurality in the rast race
 Messrs. Cooper and Whiteside are pro- nounced prohibitlonlsts and the race mas been, given additional interest on account of this fact, although neither of the others has been aggressive against prohi- bition as straight issue. Judge Arnold was very active local optionist in the last legislature and spoke against the amendment. However it is not known whether or not this will have any effect on the vote in this election or not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

Carbon is found nearly pure in SUI gar, charcoal and pure in the dia'- mond. There are two oxides of car oon that we should know of in or Ger to better understand the subject we are disclssing--Carbon monoNi1e and carbon dioxide. The monoxtde IS a colorless gas, poisonous and trifle lighter than air When it is burning the excess of gas will pass through the cast iron plates of a stove-if tho iron is sufficiently heated to become red one per cent of il in our at mosphere Is fatal to life The dioxide seems to be necessary for plant growth. iron furnaces generate thousands of tons of this gas annually.
 All of the named gases and many others, apt sreferrc9lr- -ftof are general cd within sthe earth. Morlea in leiatnrgs aborafory" never ceases We iiaye many reasosss te induce' belief that the great. power, honse of nature oper- ates deep down in the earth; that the electric dynamos that generate energy sueh as is needed to give our earth
 it's impetus the force required in it's movement, and to supply plant and animal with electricity, without which all life ceases, are within the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
Woman Worker Speaks

Mrs Etta Nunn, field worker of the Na- ttonal Christian Woman's Board of Mis- sions speaks at the Church of Christ in this city Sunday morning in the interest of that organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21


 Natural gas. one of the gases re- quired in making petroleum and to
 rapidly transform vegetable substances into coal is a hydro-carbon gas, and k a compound gas, as It's name in
 dicates. It belongs to the marsh gas
 series It's effects can be seen in the
 bubble that rises from marshes when or where the temperature is above 60 degrees It Is known as fire damp when 1t escapes from our coal mines; and Is dreaded alike by the miner and operator We first found it escaping from crack and erevasse Today we
 bore in the earth. sink wells, pipe 1t
 to homes and cities to heat our homes to illuminate our streets or to dis piace coal In generating power. In drilling it Is found from 800 to 5O0O feet in depth. In all eases, whether
 at the mouth of a well or from crev- asse or near the crater of a volcano this gas has preponderance of car bon dioxide. The average of known analysis Is as follows: Marsh gas, Sl ethylene gas 12. nitrogen gas ,, oxygen gas 1, with varying quantities of cac-
 bon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Almost all of our primary gases hava been produced in our laboratories and for time 1t was assumed without a shadow Of evidence that nature must IitiAt llldut lllN aSdat9 tiT w iii'N' ihN'tAf but today gases are produced in very tniany ways in chemical laboratories. That natural gas' Is more than lai.undant in eari1l's, reservoirs is un- Inogbtedly true. and that Il can be found in many fields heretofore thought
 10 be destitute or barren. So long as man believed that oil and gas were derived from coal the field for oy- rloitation was. very narrow. Later on when scientific n1en taught that oil Was In product of the graveyards of the Hong ago: that is, oil was derived main
 Iy' from the marine fossils in our lime stone forma tions. and that by and ltnrough the agency of compression the oil vas pressed out as we press oil
 by hydraulic pressure from certain
 shales. then the field of opportunity
 was widened: then scientists taughc
 that oil was product of marine veg
 ataion; then the oil and gas field was
 gain greatly enlarged s
 IL was assumed at first that 1t came from coal, and was called coal oil, and because oil could easily be extracted
 from some forms of coal Then when it was noticed that oil fields were found where limestone was abundant. and the lmicroscope revealed the remains of mollusks and hundreds of marine fos- lsils-then fl was assumed that their bodies were oil producing and dead or alive when they sank Into the cs-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

earth. Science tells to us the same story There was time when the earth was without form and void.'
 Then there was no water to flow in fstreams: no water toyroH and surge in
 old ocean, or to come to us in gentle
 rains.
 If you accept the atomic theory or
 the nebular hypothesis, or any crea- tive view4there comes to us the in- evitable conclusion that in the econ omy of world building there was a time when there was no place for wa
 ter. when the gases had not yet com
 bined to form water--it had not yet
 been needed.
 If. as most scientists teach, th.s earth was once mas sof flaming fire, sending forth scintillations of heat and | fire just as our sun now does-if this earth was cooled by revolving in space -jnst as slag is cooled at your fur lnaees--then there could not have been Iany water as 1t exists today. Go with me to any of our large fur lnaces. watch the liquid iron as il runs from the furnace; sec the golden col ored stream as 1t flows into the beds; rotice the mist as it rises, and then recall this fact That no matter what may be the condition under which hy- drogon is burned in air the sole and oIly product is water.
 Air is composed of gases. So Is wa | ter. We have stated the elementary gases and their proportions in air Wa ter is formed by union of oxygen
 and hydrogen. We can see it as solid when ice Is brought to our door; as , liquid when we use 1t to slal1e our thirst; as a gas when it arises as vapor in steam. It Is made up of two
 volumes Of hydrogen and one aof oxygen | ierh ma and
 one of hydrogen.
 oxygen is the most abundant of all elements that compose the earth, and
 is the most widely diGused One-third
 part of the solid crust of the earth is lcxygen: 'efght-ninths of the water of
 this globe is oxygen, and one fifth or 1 the air is the same gas-ToXygen. IL IS
 aot found In meteoric masses that come I to earth from the planetary worlds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

South Highland Presbyterian.T Highland Avenue and Twenty-first Steet-2The
 Rev. J. Ernest Thacker will begin a meeting al this church this morning Dr' Thacker is well remembered in Birming- ham and this will be great opportunity for the community to hear the great evan geIist. pr Pilinket will preach this morn- ing on Returning to Bethel" The even
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-05
MINUTES OF MEETING OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
December 2, 1912

December 2, 1912.
The Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Sumter coun-
ty met in regular monthly meeting,
Monday, Dec. 2, 1912. Present: Frank
Sheffield, chairman; T. B. Hooks, A.
F. Hodges, H. ]. Webb and J. F.
Bolton, clerk.
Minutes of the last regular meeting
read and confirmed.
Resolution was offered and approx
ed by the board that a committee COM
posed of the majority of the Board Of
Commissioners be authorized to ex-
anime and approve the bonds of the
county officers, when presented in
proper form
Motion made and carried that Mr.
Maynard, county attorney, be author
lied to make settlement with Mr.. and
Mrs. Spradley in a claim brought
against the county for damages claim
ed to have been sustained at a wash
out on the Oglethorpe road, not to eX-
coed 800.
Mr.. r. G. Christian came before the
board asking for donation for Miss
Kate Ross, to enable her to live. After
consideration she was awarded $500
per month.
Mr.. Fate Falls came before the
board asking for help, being broken
down Confederate soldier, and afflicted
with rheumatism to such an extent
that he is not able to make support.
The beard awarded him $500 per
month.
Messrs. Buchanan and Webb came
before the board asking the working
of the road from the Buchanan farm to
Sumter, which matter was referred to
H. T. Christian, superintendent, with
authority TO act.
Upon the request of neighbors, Mrs
Jane Starnes was awarded S. extra
from her regular appropriation for the
month of December.
Bids for supplies for the month OF
December were read and carefully con-
sidered, and awarded to J. H. Poole
& Sons.
There being no other business to
come before the board after passing
p,,O,, onnrovod bilIe to tho amount of
s6,7473S, the board adjourned until
its next regular meeting, January s,
1918. ]. F. BOLTON,
Clerk of Board.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-05

be not partisan, and Republican policy
has always insisted that this be So
no appl intment by a Republican
president has ever endangered Re-
publican majority on the supreme
bench.
Now why should Democratic pres
ident assume the necessity of main
tanning a Re publican majority on the
bench of the supreme court? If our
4rty has distinctive views, why is it
not the duty of the head of the Demo-
cratic party as of the head of the Re-
publican party, to give effect by every
lawful and proper effort to such dis
tinctive views of the constitution? If
there be Republican majority on the
bench, why should not a Democratic
president fill vacancies with Democrats
at least until balance has been re-
stored? We admit Mr.. Taft's fitness
freely and gladly; shall it be said that
our party cannot furnish equal fitness
and ability?
I'VE hope President Wilson will al
ways be courteous to a friend and
foe, but we deny the proposition that
he has the moral right or should have
the desire to be courteous at the cost
of the party he leads or to the danger
of cause he has been chosen to rep
resent"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-05
WELDON FOR COLLECTOR OF IN.
TERNAL REVENUE

Frank Weldon, of Georgia, is a can
didate for the office of Collector of
Internal Revenue for the state of Geor-
gia under the incoming Wilson admin
istration.
We say weldon of Georgia" advis-
eddy. 1t is true he has his domicile at
Atlanta. A man must have perman-
ent, fixed abode somewhere. But that
doesn't interfere with the fact that he
is Georgian-at-large, known all over
the state, esteemed all over the state
and thoroughly at home all over the
state. He is statewide in his char
acter and his friendships. and that
peculiarly fits him for a Federal office
that is essentially state-wide in its
nature.
There is no one who would fill the
Office of Collector of Internal Revenue
more satisfactorily than Mr.. Weldon
would. He has the ability, he has the
energy, he has the integrity of char
aGter that combine to make an ideal
candidate for such an important post.
lie is an old newspaper man, trained
in Baltimore, being a native of Mary
land, managing editor of the Savannah
Times some twenty odd years ago, then
associated with the Atlanta Constitu-
ton for some years, then editor and
proprietor of a well known Georgia
railroad journal, then identified with
some of the biggest events in Allan
ta's history, manager of the grand OPP
era seasons that were such pronounc-
ed successes in a business way, of the
auto-runs around-the-state and other
affairs requiring sagacious judgment,
indomitable perseverance and the ca
pacity to handle men generally.
All over Georgia Weldon has friends
who would hail with great personal
satisfaction the news that he had been
appointed to the office of Collector OF
Internal Revenue for this state. His
administration of the Office would re-
fleet credit upon himself and upon the
party. When President Wilson assumes
the reins of government and the
placing of staunch, honorable, pro-
gressive Democrats in office is under
consideration he will make no mistake
il he writes the name of Frank Wei
don opposite the Office referred to.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-05

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Chicago Record-Herald.)
Now let us hastily proceed
To find out how they dress their
hair,
Whose poems they prefer to read,
And where they buy the hats they
wear.
What do they think
Of Maeterlinck,
And when was each one born and
where?
Is Ibsen one whom they admire?
Does any of the lovely three
Think Kipling has the sacred fire?
What may their chief diversion be?
Oh, who We pray,
Can tell if they
Take milk and sugar in their tea?
How tall is each and what's her weight
Please name the colors of their
eyes;
Do they consider Wagner great,
Are they demure or otherwise?
Please forward news
About their shoes
And be specific as to size.
Repeat at once all they may say.
And pass the word from zone to zone
Let there be not the least delay
In having all their actions known;
They must prepare
To cease to care
To sometimes just be let alone.