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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-05-01
~ The News of Somersefs Busy Towns Il

years he has been superintendent of
the Sunday school held at the Emer-
son school house; and was also lead
er OF the NJ. E. class in this place for
long time. He Is enjoying very
good health this spring and has the
best wishes of his many friends.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-05-01
SHARKS

Edgar Day of New Sharon was in
town Monday.
Wild Remick sheared sheep for G. G.
Greenleaf, Monday
Miss Minnie Greenleaf who has
been teaching school in West New
ton the past year Is visiting her moth
er. Mrs. A. II. Waugh, for a few
weeks.
Mrs. J. b. MacWilliams has gone
TO kents Hill to work.
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Vile. Sadie Harville. Hazel Russell,
Lana Nottage, Alta Young and Beryl
Reed with Bernce Titcomb at the
piano. Next meeting will be observ-
ed at Arbor Day.
Rubber stamps East Madison,
Maine" with linking pad for use with
same. 35c. Independent-Repo
0fTirp
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ST. ALBANS

st. Adams Grange at the last meet
ing conferred the final degrees fol-
lowed by harvest supper. A large
number were present and good time
enjoyed Bro. Verne Merrill was
elected overseer In place of NJ. E. Nc
Pheters resigned and Bro. Charles
Leach gate keeper in place of Mr..
Smith.
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STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO.
LUCAS COUNTY. m

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of tn Arm of r. J..
civ S ro Sed doi ceunsy sna 10 .
aforesaid, and that said arm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case Of Catarrh
halrs Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In my prsssence this 9Th day Of Decem-
A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Int err
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo. o.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
NEW YEAR
SERVICES CLOSED
Activities Resumed Last
Night at Sunset-Dr.
Newfield breaches

With the blowing of the ramshorn at
sunset yesterday afternoon the ceremo-
MES attendant upon Yom Kippur. the
most sacred day in the Jewish calen-
dar. came to a close. The services be-
gan at sunset Friday evening and con-
tinued throughout yesterday.
Congregation Emanuel held its
services Friday evening and all day
Saturday in the South Side Baptist
church and they were very interesting.
Rabbi Morris Newfield filled the pull
| pit and Mrs Gussen directed the double
quartet in the choir loft. The oldest
known piece of music, "Kol Nidre," was
first played by the instruments and
then sung by the choir and proved a
most beautiful composition.
DR. Newfield took for his subject yes
terday morning, What Does Atonement
Day do for Us?" At o'clock in the
afternoon the children's services under
the direction of Leroy Jacobs began and
the memorial services were held at $3.50
o clock. At this service all the Jewish
dead were prayed for, as was also all
the great men of the world who died
during the past year. The blowing Of
the ramshorn concluded the celebra-
tion.
Practically every Jewish merchant in
Birmingham closed his doors at 6
o'clock Friday night and did not re-
open them> until 6 o'clock last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
SHORTAGE OF MEAT
CAUSES CONCERN
Agricultural Department
Expects to Issue Bulle-
tin to Farmers

Washington October u.-Shortage of
meat in the United States and the way
to increase the supply are discussed by ex-
perts in the department of agriculture in
special bulletin issued today TO the
farmers of the country That there is a
decided meat shortage is explained by
James NJ. Pickens of the bureau of animal
industry. while George NJ. Rommell. chief
of the aninal-huspandry division, urges
maintenance and increase in the meat
supply by revival of beef cattle raising in
the corn belt, its extension in the eastern
states and increasing the production Of
beef cattle and hogs in the south.
THE high cost of meat is serious
reality says Mr. Pickens, '.and 1t is
now obvious that the rise in prices In
recent years is the natural result of ac-
tuaf shortage In production. The condi-
tion is reflected in the per capita con-
sumption of meat in the United States
which is said to have fallen off 10 pounds
in four years. 1t Is evident that the
country is facing an era of short produc-
tion of meat and that some constructive
means must be adopted If the American
appetite for this class of food is to be
supplied
The bulletin points out that In the last
six years the number of beef cattle in
the country apparently has fallen of
over 30 per cent. while the population has
increased Department estimates show
the number of beef cattle in the country
on January l, 1907 was o1.566,000, and at
the beginning of the present year only
36,030,O 600, while the number of dairy cows
remained practically stationary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
TWO CONV|CTS ARE
TAKEN TO ASYLUM
Two Life Term Prisoners.
Oakley and Nabors, Com
mitted to Tuscaloosa

Montgomery. october 11.-tspecial.)
Will g. oakley, who killed his step
father, P. a. Wood. in the state capitol
last October was transferred from the
penitentiary to the state hospital for
the. insane at Tuscaloosa Saturday He
was declared insane by lunacy COM
mission early in the week and was or
dered confined in the hospital by Gov
ernor O'Neal. =
ID. J. Nabors. serving a life sentence
for murder committed In Shelby county.
was carried to the hospital with Oak
ley. He was adjudged insane by a lu.
macy commission this week. The con-
victs We're transferred by j. F. Irwin,
state transfer agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

is of concrete and steel, the support
is being built on solid rock. The bridge
will be 30 Ia feet wide and will be
four spans in length. each span being
Il 1-S feet It is being erected on the
site of the old bridge.
The bridge will hold 20 pounds to the
square foot, the steel will stand a ~
pound tension and the concrete 500
compression. The bridge was de-
signed and drawn by Assistant City
Engineer A. b. Hargis, and the work
is being done by the Central Contract
ing company of Birmingham. They ex-
pect to have the bridge completed in
about three weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Church Services

The Ensley Baptist church will have
Bible school at 9.45 in the morning. Morn
ing service at Ii o'clock and the evening
at 1880. The Rev A. K Wright will take
as his subject, The Rescue from Death
in the morning, and 1.-THE Religion that
Won't Rub OFF, for his evening sermon.
The Baptist Young Peoples union meeting
hour has been changed to $50 O o'clock
owing to the change of the evening serv-
ice. The Rev Wright will speak on
Gods Will Revealed to Man" On Mon
day the Ladies' Aid Builders will meet
with Mrs M. L. Flowers in Pratt City.
The Methodist church will hold Sunday
school at 9:45 and morning services at
II o'clock. The Rev. G. E. Boyd will speak
service and Religion. What 1t Isl at
the evening service. There will be a spe-
cial song service in the evening, at which
Isaac Morris will sing a solo.
The First Presbyterian church will have
Sunday school at 9:45 and morning serv-
ice at II o'clock The Rev. Hayes will
take as his subject, Follow Me-" for
the morning aervice. There will be no
service in the evening on account of the
Gipsy Smith service.
The Rev. S. A. Ebinger, pastor of Bir-
mingham, will conduct services at the
Christian church on Avenue f and Twen-
ty-first street this afternoon at 3 o'clock
The subject of the sermon will be, 1.-The
Souls Greatest WISH
Personal and General
j. A. Deputy and ]. M. Donaldson will
leave today for Tuscaloosa to spend a
few days.
Miss S. c. Williams of Jasper is visiting
Mrs. A. C. Davis on avenue G and Twen-
tieth street.
w. w. burden and w. NJ. Deremus left
yesterday for Jones for few days.
Mrs. I. Keller and two sons of Gads-
den will leave for their home tomorrow
They have been the guests of Mrs. Henry
Keller on Twenty-second street and Ave-
nue. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
HEAR WITNESSES IN
RATE CASE MONDAY
State Is Making Effort to
Have n, C. & st. L. Re-
duce Passenger Rate

Montgomery, October Especially
Witnesses in the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and st. Louis railroad rate hear
ing will be cross examined by attor-
neys for the state Monday. Direct tes-
timony in support of the railroads con-
tentions that cents is reasonable
charge for passenger travel on its line
in Alabama, was given several weeks
ago and cross-examination was post
poned until this month.
The railroad was cited to appear and
show why a reasonable" (2h cent?
passenger rate should not be ordered
established by the railroad commission.
The case is one of the original ones
entered by the railroad commission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
ARTHUR FLETCHER
FINED 100 DOLLARS

New York. October 11.-Instead OF
being fined $50 yesterday, Arthur
Fletcher. New York shortstop, was
fined 500 by the National baseball
commission for having addressed in
sulting remarks to Umpire Connolly at
the conclusion of Thursdays game at
the Polo grounds because Connolly had
called Shafer out on close play at
second.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Cotton Picked in Steel Citv

The cotton patch that Is in the heart
of Ensley on Avenue f and Nineteenth
street was picked last week and it bore
400 pounds of cotton the first picking.
The patch is about one-fourth of an
acre in size and the stalks are about
six feet high.
NJ II. Mcdowell, who had the planting
done, said that he expected to get
nearly 1000 pounds off of the patch
This ground is one of the vacant lots
that Ramsey and Mccormick have
fenced in, on which is sowed clover
witch or rye to make the lots more at
traetive than when overrun with weeds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Sugg Returns From Fishing Trip

d. F. Sugg, recently appointed post
master for Ensley. expects to assume
his new duties about the first of the
month. He and several friends returned
yesterday from Florida where they spent
week fishing on Perdido bay Mr. Sugg
stated that they caught 800 pounds Of
''cavalia" supposedly fish and that their
combined catch of trout, red fish, snakes
and aligators was over 1000 pounds.
Two Negroes Injured
Hubert Martin, negro. while riding a
motorcycle down Avenue e yesterday
monring about Sis O'Clock, ran into a
grocery wagon owned by the Ensley Co
operative Mercantile association and was
thrown against the curbstone. He sus-
tanned a broken jawbone 1t is so badly
shattered that the doctors think that they
will have to take the bone out. He re-
ceived other injuries about the face and
body.
John Barrow, negro, was badly
burned all over the body by a gas explo-
sion at the open hearth pots yesterday
about 2:30 o'clock. 1t seemed that Bar
row went into the pit with an open light
and that the explosion imrnedia tely fol-
lowed. He was rushed to the Cunning
ham hospital by the Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company's ambulance and
was given attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
w. X. Little

Leeds, October 1t Especially K.
Little, one of the oldest pioneer citizens
of the county, died yesterday at the
family residence at Leeds at the age
of S3. Until short time ago he was
hale and hearty. but the infirmitives
of old age came upon him and during
the past few months he has been in a
feeble condition. He is survived by
Mrs. John DeShazo of Birmingham,
Mrs r. E. Lee. Mrs. Rupert Whltmire
and Rufus Little of Leeds. The funeral
arrangements will be announced later.
Mr.. and Mrs. DeShazo will attend the
funeral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Mrs. Lucy Barnett

Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Lucy Barnett. aged 35 years. who
died Friday at her late residence, 2S12
Thirty Eight avenue north, were con-
Quoted from the family residence yester-
day morning. Interment followed in
Mount Pinson cemetery. The deceased is
survived by her husband mother and
father and several brothers and sisters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Mobile Came Warden Appointed

Montgomery. October 11.--tspeciaf)
s. e. Edwards of Mobile was appointed
game warden of Mobile county by John
H. Wallace, Jr., state game and fish
commissioner. Saturday. He will sue
eeed Hugh Gills. whose term has ex-
pired. Mr. Edwards is deputy sheriff
for Mobile county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
James S. Vildibill

Funeral services over the remains of
James S. ~Vildibill. aged As years, who
died in local infirmary Friday night.
will be conducted this afternoon at 3
O'Clock from the late residence of the
deceased, Forty-eight street and Fifth
avenue. Woodlawn. Interment VIII fol-
low in Forest Hill cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Veteran Buried

Mountain Creek October 11.-(Special }
c. P. Wyckoff, veteran of Company e,
Third Alabama. was buried here today.
The funeral services were conducted by
Captain G. M Simpson, chaplain. A
large number of the veterans attended.
Some Mobile friends sent lot of hand
some flowers, which were placed on the
grave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Her Pet Aversion

From Judge
Sarah-The Bible speaks of people who
strain at a gnat and swallow camel
Clara-Well, 1 think I'd rather swallow
camel myself. just hate bugs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
r. l.. Stone

| Funeral services over the remains OF
Richard Lewis Stone, aged 45 years, who
died last Thursday night in a local in
firmary, will be conducted this morning
from the residence of the deceased at 500
North Twenty-third street. at $3.50 o'clock.
At 1920 o'clock the remains will be sent
to Carrollton for interment by Lige
Loys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
woodruff's Condition Serious

New York, October 11.-Timothy L.
Woodruff. former lieutenant governor.
was still unconscious early today His
condition was pronounced critical. Mr..
Woodruff was stricken with partial pa
ralyss recently at political mass meet
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Deaths and Funerals
Alfred Pullman

The remains of Alfred Pullman, aged
q years, who died Friday in local in
Urinary, were sent to Grand Bay yester
day morning for internent by Johns. The
deceased is survived by his grandparents
in Grand Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Quite So

Are you superstitious ?" asked the bach
elor.
WELL" replied the father of a large
family, wearly, II certainly think it's
unlucky to have 13 children" E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
PERSONAL

Miss Lila Killibrew of Newton is the
guest of her sister. Mrs. w. E. Wood,
2S01 Highland avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
FRACTURES SKULL
IN FALL FROM LOF I
Son of r. L. Williams Is
Seriously Injured
COTTON is PICKED
Mcdowell Expects to Get Nearly 1000
Pounds Off Patch in Heart of
Ensley-Work Progressing
Rapidly on Bridge

Yesterday about 10 O'Clock Merren
Williams, the 10-year- son OF Mr..
and Mrs. R L. Williams, living on the
pike between Helena station and the
Oakland cemetery, while playing in
barn behind mis- home, fell distance of
about 10 feet from the loft. He struck
his head on one of the rafters and sus-
tanned q factured skull, and, it is feared
injured his brain. He was rushed to the
Birmingham infirmary at West End and
was operated on at once. 1t seems tnal
he and some other boys were playing
In the barn and that they went up into
the loft where he lost his balance and
pitched headforemost to the ground. He
was reported as resting as well as
could be expected late yesterday even
Ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

Work Progressing on Bridge
Work Is progressing rapidly on the
new bridge over Village creek on Ave-
nue. F below Center street. The bridge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

LICE 10y. Undertakes. Phone -
SHAW. tho Undertaken. Phone
JOHNS Undertaking Co. Phone 1907.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-07-11
ODUS DAVIDSON TO
HANG AUGUST II
Governor Futrcll Fixes Date for Exc
cutiOn of Ella Bar.
hams Slayer.

Little Rock, July 10.-Odus David
son, unless some action is taken by
the Supreme Court of the United
States to prevent, will hang on Mon
day. August II, in the county Jail at
Harrison for the murder of Ella Bar
ham, Gov. Futrell fixed the date for
the execution on Thursday afternoon.
The Davidson case is one of the
most notorious in the criminal annals
of North Arkansas. The young girl
was found murdered and her body dis
membered. She had also been assault
ed. Davidson was soon afterwards ar
rested and convicted. To prevent a
lynching, he was sent to the Jail al
Berryville and was not present when
the jury returned it's verdict at Harri-
son. He sought to escape punishment
on the plea that his absence from the
court room at that time made the con-
viction illegal. The supreme court
held otherwise Attorneys for. David
son declare they will take this ques-
ton to the supreme court of the Unit
ed States.
Davidson maintains he is innocent
He has been incarcerated in the Jail at
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-07-11

determine the responsibility for a
boiler explosion at mine near that
place, which resulted in the loss of
life of the engineer. He will then go
to Bonanza, where mine was shut
down by the inspector, and see what
the equipment complained of amounts
to. Commissioner Clary will then go
to Jenny Lind, where another mine
has been closed by the state inspector.
and while there will look into com.
plants of unsanitary conditions.
The question Of unsanitary mining
camps has been taken up with the
State Board OF Health by Commissions
er Clary, and he will report his find
ings to that body. Commissioner
Clary says he will go merely for the
purpose of Investigating, and not to
antagonize the interests of operators
or miners, believing that if changes
are necessary to make the mines safe
the operators will make them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-07-11
PECULIAR PRAYER TO COURT
Error Of stcno9rapher Responsible for
Few Mere Gray Hairs in
Head of Lawyer.

"They say that lawyer has been
saved by his stencgrapher," said an
attorney, at a recent lecture. That
Is true, undoubtedly, because law
yer's stenographer, who is observing,
gets many points of law out Of her
work
but there is another side to it that
must not be overlooked, and that is
The mistakes that q lawyers stenog
raphHr makes. The law terms are SO
technical that ii is not within reason
to expec, the stenographer to get ev.
sryth.ng exactly right.
"Ons of the most amusing errors
that l have ever heard of in connec
ton with stenographic errors, if may
call II that, occurred in a certain law
office the other day The case was a
divorce action, in which the plaintiff
alleged cruel and inhumap treatment
Plaintiff, being woman with all
the common law disabilities. prayed
the court for temporary alimony anG
suit money. The prayer was dictated
20 The stenographer and she wrote 1t
out AID mailed it to the court.
Shortly afterward, the lawyer
CHANGED 70 read copy and found to
his horror that the stenographer haG
ciade the prayer one for aiimony and
soup money.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-07-11
PRESERVE DEMOCRACY.

The Democratic Central Committee,
by vote of 10 to s, on last week, de-
clared Hon. Geo. w. Hays, of Cam
den, the Democratic nominee for gov
ernor of Arkansas.
When the highest power in the par
ty speaks it is the duty of all good
Democrats to acquiesce.
1t is absolutely essential for party
supremacy that the power of decision
must have final lodgment, and in
the Democratic party this power has
ever been confined to the State Cen
tral Committee, when no Democratic
conventions were to be held, so far as
state officers are concerned.
1t is true that the Brundidge forces
made allegations of fraud; but the
Central Committee dismissed their
complaint for lack of proof, and it's
decision is just as final along party
lines as is that of the supreme court
when it comes to decision upon the
law.
For defeated candidate to make q
Charge of fraud is very easy matter,
but the proof of it is quite different
thing. In this particular case. the
Central Committee has said that the
Brundidge charges of fraud were not
sustained by the proof.
The authority and right to pass up
on the question was delegated to this
committee by the Democracy of Ar
kansas, and by that decision the stall
wart Democrats will adhere. To do
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-07-11
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otherwise would be to disrupt the par
ty and turn the government of the
state over to our ancient enemies, the
Republicans. No good Democrat is
willing to do this The official count
showed that Hays was elected by
something over 900 votes, the state
Central Committee declared this vote
to be honest and fair This should be
sufficient for the Democrats of Arkan-
SaS.
The Monticellonian is a Democratic
paper, and since Judge Hays carried
Drew county by decided majority
and carried the state, and has been
proclaimed the nominee by the high
est power in the party we hoist his
name at the head of our paper, and
ask all good Democrats to support
him on the 23rd of this month-Mon-
ticello Monticellonian.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-07-11
STRIKE LEADERS
WILL STAND firm
DO NOT BELIEVE THAT OFFICIAL
INTERFERENCE WILL STOP
IMPENDING STRIKE
Conductors and Trainmen Decline to
Confer With President Wilson on
Monday at Washington.

New York, July 10.-The leaders of
the Conductors and Trainmens' Union,
here arranging for strike on East
ern roads, admitted today they would
decline the invitation to go to Wash
ington Monday and discuss their
grievances with President Wilson and
Secretary OF Labor Wilson.
Without meaning to show disre-
spect for the President of the United
States | say frankly it is not for us
to move our present position an
nounced w. G. Lee, of the Trainmen.
AS there is no counter opposition
from the railroads what is there to
arbitrate? 1t seems little late for
the government to interfere. We
talked the matter over in Washington
last week, but now the House has
reported bill amending the Erdman
Act, which is neither satisfactory to
us Or the roads,
President A. B. Garretson, Of the
Conductors, said: 1--WE have no Of
ficial knowledge of what is going Oh
in Washington and will not be in
| fluenced. We shall proceed with the
| strike arrangement since the rail
roads have not changed their attitude
| concerning our demands for an in
| crease in wages"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-07-11
SUIZER NOW
NAMES LYNCH
Typographical Union President Chos-
Ell for New York Labor
Commissioner.

Albany, N. Y, July 1O-After hav-
ing been unsuccessful in three at
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, made state labor commits
sioncr, Governor Sulzer has sent to
the senate for confirmation the ap-
pointment of James M. Lynch of SYRIA
cuse, president of the International
Typographical Union, to the position.
Mr.. Lynch is now completing his
seventh two-year term as president of
the typographical union.