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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
John w. Thomas, Jr.

John w. Thomas, Jr., president of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis railway, is dead at his home
in Nashville. He is the third execu-
tive of southern system to die within
month, the other two being Mr..
Finley of the Southern and Mr.. Emer-
son of the Atlantic Coast Line. All
three were warm friends Of the people
served by their lines, and each strove
earnestly for the upbuilding and de-
velopment of this section.
Mr.. Thomas was a college man,
but when he entered the railroad
field he decided to start at the bot
tom. He served in the machine shops
and then became station agent. He
was in turn dispatcher, purchasing
agent, assistant general manager,
general manager, general manager
and president.
Mr.. Thomas was the inventor of a
pneumatic switch and signal system
which has done much for the promo
ton of safety in travel. In manner
he was genial and kindly, and held
the respect and esteem of the en-
ployes of his company and the general
public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Great Thrift IN Anpiston

Admission is very busy city said
Thomas e. Kilby. a prominent Annistonian
and successful banker, and an unopposed
candidate for lieutenant governor.
Ihis year has witnessed exceptional
prosperity in my home city. I think that
1t IS safe to say that never in its history
mas Admission been quite so prosperous as
at the present time. We have diversified
industries and our pay rolls are growing
steadily. Anniston's population is in
creasing right along, and it is probable
that we will get into the next census with
something like 25,0OO."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
SAVAGE JACK RARBIr
From the Danville Cva.) Register.

From the Danville Wa.) Register
Baron Munchausen. Theodore Roosevelt
and other prominent members of the An
anias club who have occupied a niche in
the hall of fame sank into oblivion, out
played in every feature of the game Gas
the sporting writer's would say before the
story related in court yesterday before
Mayor Wooding by resident of the
Northside named Henry Warf. Briefly, he
declared that he was attacked by a jack
rabbit not. 100 yards from West Main
street, and was obliged to slay the animal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
CONDEMNED IN THE INDEX
ON the Cincinnati Enquirer.

That Bible of the European noble aris-
tocracy and of the American Goldfish aris-
tocracy. the Almanach de Gotha, in its
latest edition deprecatingly announces
that the recent marriage of Miss Nancy
Leishmann of the United States army to
the Duke Of Croy is not "a union of per-
sons of equal birth" Miss Nancy was
warned in plenty of time about these de-
generated dukes and she'll have to make
the best of her poor bargain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
pPRECIATIoN OF PAUL COOK.

From the Admission Star and Hot Blast
Paul Cook, The Age-Herald poet, has
been operated on for appendicitis. Until
he RECEIVERS, We trust that Miss Fancy
The Age-Heralds elephant. will furnish
the poetic fancies for that sheet. Read
ers of "P. C.'s' column, however, hope
this will not be long. He furnishes food
for the paper poets from Maine to Cali
fornia and numbers his friends by hun
dreds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
10 ECAUSE the names of John and
Lawrence Washington are con-
~ stantly repeated in all the genera
tions of Washington for centuries, it has
been a difficult task to trace the English
ancestry of George Washington, the first
President of the United States. The
American ancestry of the great general is
clearly established. but the mooted points
in his English ancestry not long ago led
to a scholarly research by Henry r. Wa
ters, A. M. whose findings are generally
accepted.
George Washington was the son of Au-
gustine Washington the latter being the
son of Lawrence Washington, who was
born in Virginia. The great-grandfather
of George Washington was John Washing
ton, who emigrated to America about 1867,
aged "a, and became a planter in Virginia.
This John was accompanied to America
by his brother, Lawrence, aged %, who
founded another branch of the Wash
ington family in Virginia.
These two young Washingtons were sons
of Lawrence Washington, rector of Pur-
leigh, in Essex county, England From
this Lawrence Washington one investiga-
tor believes that he has been able to trace
George Washingtons ancestry as far back
as John Washington, of Whitfield, in the
time of Richard III.
To explode fictitious history that has
once gotten into print is, indeed, a diff
ficult task. After all Colonel Chester s
mastery researches into the Washing
ton pedigree. the mistake of tracing the
PRESIDENT from the Washingtons of
Northamptonshire. England, is still from
time to time repeated.
In the short synopsis of Colonel Ches-
ter's immense genealogical labors it is
known that of the two brothers John and
Lawrence Washington, who are stated in
Bakers pedigree to have emgrated to
America about 1857, John was knighted
and Lawrence became a clergyman in
81 and the latter SO years of age.a
IF, says Colonel Chester they were
the Virginia emigrants, the one must have
abandoned his knighthood, and the other
rejected his surplice and bands; for the
actual emigrants were never known in
Virginia except as esquires' or gentle
men, and by the latter appelation they
described themselves in their Wills. For
either of these reflections there could have
been no possible cause, as Virginia was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

CHARLTON in the proceedings at Como, has
asked for an elucidation of the charges
against his client 1t seems that Porter
dering his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Reports from Washington say that the
republican national campaign committee
is trying to make the south the goat Z,
Such action is merely one of retaliation
on the part of the republican committee.
as the south played an important part in
making that party the goat" during the
last presidential election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
A.PossIBLE REASON

From the Boston Transcript.
Boreleigh cat 11:4o in the evening" i
love that dreamy look in your eyes.
have never seen it in any other girls.
Miss Bright (stifiing a yawn)-Perhaps
you don't stay as late with them as you
do here,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
The Holiday Number

Il have been much complimented on
the Christmas number of The Dixie Home
Magazine, recently issued" said j. A.
Rountree, the publisher.
''The Illustrations are varied and the
full page picture of Senator Bankhead,
Father of Good Roads, is being especial
ly admired. 1t is a very fine half tone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
TAKE BRIGHT VIEW
m the Richmond Virginian.

From the Richmond Virginian.
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clews are
two men who do not view the future with
alarm. They do not see the country going
to rack and ruin because a democrat oc-
cupies the White House. The ranks of
the pessmist are being depleted daily.
Andy never really belonged, but Clews'
conversion is interesting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Harry Thaw is quiet at present. Maybe
it is lull before the storm. 1t is hardly
to be supposed that the Matteawan fugi-
tive will allow Huerta and Mrs. PanA-
hurst to keep his publicity light under a
bushel for any length of time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

1t is reported that ]. Weldon Bailey will
retire from the horse breeding business.
In the light of Mr.. Bailey's numerous
designations from the Senate, the rumor
may be looked upon as premature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
ROADS AND RAILROADS.

From the Washington Star.
In addition to the original purpose of
good roads the problem of good railroads
looms up in various parts of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

The country is going to the eternal
bow-wows," say the opponents of the ad-
ministration currency bill. Yet reports
just issued show that the last crops were
large; that automobile sales have IN
creased in wonderful volume, and savings
accounts nearly doubled The howlers Of
calamity and ruin are un~against it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

A suggestion to all "spugs:" Send
Christmas cards to friends and relatives.
That is inexpensive even though useless
except for the written expression of kind
wishes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

The republicans have just met and reor-
ganized for the coming defeat in 1916. It is
well to take all precautions even when
beaten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

One resolution to do good before the
holidays is sometimes worth a page CT
them on New Years day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

One reason why some girls give photo
graphs for Christmas presents is that 1t
is about the only way to avoid evident
discrimination
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Senator Root says he has no presidential
aspirations. But that need not prevent
him from accepting the republican nomi-
nation If rendered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Some prohibitionists are even urging
that pure water be used in christening
battleships instead of champagne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Many persons in complaining of the
laws delays and the frequent miscar-
riage of justice IN this country, have made
a comparison with English law and ju-
dicial methods in favor of the Mother
country. The prevalent idea has been that
the English courts were perfect models
Butt London dispatch tells that the
royal commission appointed some time
ago to investigate the chronic delay in
the progress of cases in the law courts
has made report in which it recon-
mends among other things stricter ad-
herence to daily hours, the curtailment
OF the long vacation by II days and the
establishment of arrangements for try
ing pressing cases during the vacation.
Further recommendations are that the
judges shall be retired at the age of 72
or If they have been absent from the
bench for six months. The abolition OF
grand juries is also recommended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

1t begins to look as If the time is rap
idly approaching for Huerta to attach his
name to a vaudeville contract
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Pay your preacher if you can, and your
editor when you can, says weekly ex-
change. Hard to tell just which creditor
is in the worse position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

The deans of II womans universities
will discuss the tango. Better to discuss
1t, perhaps, than to dance it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Fireworks banned by the commission"
But the commission itself might proceed
then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

What about Christmas in Mexico? Is
General Villa to be the gift of Huerta ?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Emperor Menelils has died again. But
that is an old, old story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Santa Claus has been suggested as the
All-American comeback
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
LEONANIE.

LeOndnle-AnBelS fidneu Hef
And they took the light
OF the laughing stars, and framed her
In a suite of white
And they made her hair of gloomy
Midnight, and her eyes of glowing
Moonshine, and they brought her to
me
In the silent night.
In solemn night of summer
When my heart of gloom
Blossomed up to greet the conner
Like rose in bloom:
All forbodings that distressed me
| forgot as joy caressed me,
Lying joy that caught and pressed me
In the arms of doom.
Only spake the little lisper
In the angels tongue
Yet l. listening, heard her whisper;
Songs are only sung
Here below, that they may grieve
you
Tales are told you to deceive you
So must Leonanie leave you
While her love is young"
Then God smiled, and it was morning
Matchless and supreme,
Heavens glory seemed adorning
Earth with its esteem;
Every heart but mine seemed gifted
With the voice of prayer, and lifted
Where my Leonanie drifted
From me like dream.
E. A. P.
Who was the mysterious poet? Was II
not Riley, Jim" Riley as his chums
knew him?
Jim had a friend and confidam whc
was hard headed, practical fellow, and
he took the same view of the young mans
poetical aspirations as did Jim's father
and knowing how sorely the lack of ap-
probation was hurting his young friend
he tried to coax him, and that failing, tc
badger him into abandoning the muse
He said that Jim's poetry was mo good
there was nothing in it, etc. Jim main
tained that he did not claim his work was
great, but he did think it fully equal to
much that was used over the names OF
writer's of more or less reputation TIC
prove this, under the sting of his friend
taunts Jim formed a plan for the sole
purpose of working a sell on his badger.
ing friend, never dreaming of the effect
it would create aside from hoodwinking
this doubter.
"At Kokomo, Ind, he had two friends
and associates, Samuel Richards, who
has since gained some fame as an artist
Che lives now, believe. at Denver, Coli
and the editor and proprietor Of the Ko-
komo Dispatch, Oscar Henderson, who Is
at this time auditor of the state Of In
diana.
ITO these two friends he confided the
scheme he had formed and enlisted them
in the plot.
|. .IIis plan was to write something aft 81
the style of some we'll known author, at
tribute the article to him. and by its being
accepted as genuine and copied by repu-
table publications show the unfairness oi
those who held the portals to literary rec
ognition, while things with less merit
were welcomed If they came with a well
known trade mark. Accordingly he wrote
a poem entitled Leonanie.' which he at
tributed to Edgar Allen Poe, and caused
to be published in the Kokomo Dispatch
the paper owned by his friend, Mr.. Hen
derson. The story went that this poem
had been written by Poe. but 1t had sim
gularly never been discovered. and now
saw the light for the first time. The poem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

A. ]. Eaton. Jr.. and o. E. Young are
the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives of The Age-Herald in its cir
culation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. $500
Daily and Sunday per month. h..--.. ~
Daily and Sunday. three months. 200
Weekly Age Herald. per annum.. =. so
Sunday Age-Herald. 200
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18
From the Atlanta Journal.

From the Atlanta Journal.
T HE Journal is indebted to Mr.. f. NJ.
Britton of Atlanta for the privilege
i of publishing the following rarely
known poem ascribed to James Whitcomb
Riley, together with the accompanying
story taken from an old scrapboolx;
In the house of a gentleman in this
city, says the Kokomo, Ind, Dispatch,
we saw a poem written on the fiy-leaf of
an old book. Noticing the initials "E.
A. p" at the bottom, it struck us that
possibly we had run across bonanza.
The owner of the book said that he did
not know who was the author of the
poem. His grandfather, who gave him
the book, kept an inn in Chesterfield
county, Virginia, near Richmond. One
night young man who raped at the
door asked if he could stay all night and
was shown to a room.
That was the last they saw of him.
When they went next morning to call him
to breakfast, he had gone but had left the
book, on the fy-leaf of which he had writ
ten these verses:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala.
postoffice as secoLd class matter under
act of Congress Marcn 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

TELEPHONE
Bell (prfvate exchange connecting AL
eepsrtments), Main 1000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

then loyal colony and the established
religion that of the mother country"
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18
Strengthen Weak kidneys.

Don't suffer longer with weak kid
neys. You can get prompt relief by
taking Electric Bittors, that wonder
ful remedy praised by women every
where. Start with bottle today,
you will soon feel like a new woman
with ambition to work, without fear
of pain. Mr.. John Bowling of San
Francisco, writes: Gratitude for the
wonderful effect of Electric Bitters
prompts me to- write. 1t cured my
wife when all else failed" Good for
the liver as we'll. Nothing better for
Indigestion or biliousness. Price, soc
and s1.00. at the C. d. Smith Drug
Company.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18
Great Actiuitg
in Nearby Mine

News has come from the Copper
Prince" mine, said 10 be the richest
carnotite mine known, and which is
located on Rock Greek in the ex-
treme northwestern corner of Mont
rose county, that the ere there is ever
increasing in richness. o. Barlow
Wilmarth of Montrose who has Just
inspected the property says that there
are thousands of dollars worth of ore
on the dumps and that large num-
ber of new claims have been staked
of late and that it will only be a mat
ter of year or two until the rail-
roads realize that they will have to
build branch to that section.
The mine mentioned is three miles
from the Utah line and is not far
from the Doak ranch in Sinbad val
ley.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18
LEO VINCENT OUT
FOR PEARCE'SS JOB
(By DELL ;. COBB.)

Denver. Sept. 1S.-The 1914 state
campaign promises to be a lively one,
IL the stir some of the prospective
candidates of all parties is to be tax
en- as a criterion.
The democrats, republicans and
bull-moosers will each have a score
in the field for offices ranging from
justice of the peace to governor. The
latest aspirant is Leo Vincent. who
today announced publicly that he
will be on the bull-moose or progress
sive ticket for the office of secretary
of state. He ran the last election on
the same ticket and received about
10000 votes.
Speaking of his candidacy today,
Mr.. Vincent declared that he would
be able to poll double his 1912 vote,
no matter how many candidates
there might be in the race. He ex-
poets to secure the united support
of all third-party people in the state,
besides many others whom he says
are friendly to him.
Thus far it is not known exactly
who will be on the democratic ticket
for secretary of state, but several are
being spoken of in this connection.
Within the next few weeks their
names probably will be made public.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18
Smith Exhibits
Gigantic Pears

Charles A. Smith, better known as
Il poultry fancier than as fruit
grower, stopped his car in front OF
the Sentinel office this morning with
a packing box full of the most gi-
santic pears that have been seen in
the city in some time. They are of
the Dwarf Duchess variety, a pear
grated on ounce tree root, and of
the finest kind of flavor. Mr. Smith
was very proud of the pears and says
he will have ten or twelve boxes OF
them. They weigh about a pound
each on the average, and are almost
as large as an egg plant. They are,
without question, the elephants of the
pear species and attract attention
wherever they are seen. Mr.. Smith
says they are bringing $3.50 per
packing box.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18

IN every department-matters not how Sc
we're and extreme your demands-mattcrs
not whether they be great or extremely mod
est-the goods are here and we want your
business, and qualities and prices are SO at
tractlvely interesting we believe the satisfac-
ton will be mutual. The many departments
of this store offer such an extensive variety
OF merchandlse-yo will always save
yourself steps as well as money if you first
enquire here
BLANKETS--Rugs, China, Trunks,
Suit Gases, Kitchen Goods, Rich Cut Glass
Toilet Articles, are abundantly represented
in the Basement Department, as we'll as an
immense array of Fine Aluminium Ware pur-
chased for September business lit is very
much under usual price-so very much so
there's no reasonable excuse for not possess
ing many pieces of Kitchen Aluminium Ware
IN THE EAST AISLE DEPART
MENT-there are some special things
deserving special mention, for at the price,
they will last but day. or two-there are
many Others besides these--space permit
ting the mention of a few only
KIMONO CREPE Ioc the yard
this is very exceptional value-Ioc.
CEILDREN'S COMBINATION
SullS-at 15c; the sizes are for years
LADIES Union sUITS-at a5c
"a regular soc value and well worth 5oc
tho special price is 25c.
LADIES VESTS-some splendid
25c values at I5c-t's like handing you
dime for every one of these Vests you pur-
chase.
SILK GINGHAMS-at 1oc-do
you notice hat?-Sill Ginghams easily
worth 25c-now Ioc the yard
KITCHEN TOWELS Sc
get many of them at Sc while they last and
you purchase wisely.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18
THE T AIR STORE
The ATTRACTIONS At THE FAIR STORE ARE THE LITTLE PRICES
The New Fall Merchandise is Here

ROYAL WAISTS Tailor Made
Waists that fit as if made to order-Royal
Waists are all man-tailored cut on sys-
tematic and exact measurements; therefore
the set and fit of them is always perfect
they are priced from SI.oo and sligo and
upwards
SUMMER WASH FABRICS-ths
balance OF the stock of Strictly Summer
Wash Fabrics-FabricS worth in this store
25c to 40, and that means from &c to soc
in other stores-the balance of the stock
of Strictly Summer Wash Fabrics at Ioc the
yard.
MEMS HATS-New Fall Hats at
$500 and so and SI.5o and SI.oo-
you may pay more for hats and that is all
you can do-you cannot get better value;
the styles, quality, variety and finish of Fair
Store Hats are absolutely correct to the min
ute-the principal difference between
$500 hat from some other store and $500
Fair Store hat is simply difference of two
silver dollars on the reverse side of your ,
bank balance.
MEMS SHIRTS special purchase .
of Mems Shirts for September business.
They are made of excellent quality madra.
and cheviot-made to retail from sI.oo
to splendid business shirts
special price, 69c. Also some high-class
shirts among them for youths at 49c.
SWEATERS-fo ladies and misses
Ia great line of them-all the correct
ideas among them, including the Big Ruff
Neck kinds for school and college wear
they are made just like mems sweaters and
are the correct thing for the young ladies
this season.
FINE KIMONOS - Fine Persian
Border Satin kimonos-another lot of re-
markable values-they are priced at S. 90
and they look like the $1,000 kind.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18
CURRENCY BILL
IS UNCHANGED
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. lS.-The ad-
ministration currency bill passed the
house today by a vote OF 2S6 to 81.
II was practically unamended in es-
sentials.
The final vote brought a number
OF republicans to the support of the
measure. Twenty-four republicans
voted for the bill and three demo-
Gratis against it.
The final fight on the amendment
re-affirming the policy of the gold
standard caused some defections from
the democratic ranks.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18
MAY AVERT STRIKE
OF ENGLISH WORKERS

Associated Press.
London, Sept. 1S.-The executive
committee of the National Union of
Railroad Men discussed today the
question of national strike; but
not statement of the result will be
issued until this evening.
1t was stated unofficially that "the
executive committee is anxious to
avert a strike, but that the men have
gotten out of hand"
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18
PROVE ACQUAIHTAACESHIP
WITH DENTIST WAS old
Associated Press.

New York. Sept. 1S.-Although
Ernest Muret, the dentist, claimed
to have known Rev. Hans Schmidt
only since last winter, when the lat
ter called on him to have some dem
tai work done, the police today dis
covered documentary evidence to the
contrary. This consist of a promis-
sorry note for $500 that was given in
April, 1911, by Muret to John b.
Schmidt, name which was fire.
quently used by the priest.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18
Associated Press.

Washington, Sept. 1S-The cur
rency bill today reached the end of
the first stage of its legislative ca
reer when it reached a final vote in
the house practically unchanged in
essentials. Some are inclined to dis
approve of the amendment, adopted
last night at the suggestion of the
banking committee, which declared
that the bill was not calculated to
repeal the law of 1909 prescribing
the gold standard or to disturb the
parity of money
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-18
How to Cure sick Headachc.

C. e. Mustoe, of Fresno, California,
has adopted the correct treatment for
sick headache. He says: Il have
used Chamberlain Tablets for sick
headache and constipation for the
past two years. | have never found
any preparation so satisfactory in ev-
cry respect for this trouble For
sale by all druggists. $3.50