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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-31

of prairie section, 10 per cent damage
4. Two weeks ago cotton crop was very
promising, but has gone off 10 per cent
in last IS days Cotton opening very
rapidly. General conditions fairly good
and improving yearly.
Houston-1 Favorable weather will
give us fair cotton crop. Last week
good for picking old cotton, pad on
Young cotton; fields full of both kinds
young and old.
q Finincial conditions fairly good
and slightly better than last year.
Young cotton seriously damaged by re-
cent drouth. which was broken on 22d
inst. but too late to do cotton much
good.
Jackson. Money close. demand
great. Merchants and farmers badly IN
debt.
2. oats and hay 10 per cent better
than last year.
Jefferson-1. Bool weevil has ap-
ueared but damage slight, except in
some fields where no attempt was made
to destroy.
2. Alabama should make crop sec
ond Only to 1911. Staple is well ma
tured.
g. Rains have been local and insult
ficient but watermelons and canta-
loupes will make up for loss in corn
and hay. People seem to have as much
money as usual.
4. Notwithstanding the usual unfa-
vorable August reports now coming in
we think Alabama promises cotton
yield of 100000.
LAMAR. Farmers badly in debt
2. We are having a great demand for
money, but deposits are sincreasing
some. Farmers will be able to meet
their demands as we'll as usual when
cotton begins selling
Lauderdale-- l. Financial conditions
normal
2. oats. peas and hay about 60 pei
cent of last year.
3. Cotton prospects good and people
hopeful of good busines conditions.
Lawrence. Oats, peas and hay q
per cent off from last year.
2. Farmers very much behind in 1911
and 1912. We look for good collections
this year and a good reduction On old
balances.
Lee-1. Oats and hay about an aver
age crop.
2. Financial conditions about the
same as usual at this time Of year
More building and improvements here
this year than for many years past.
Limestone--1. Oats, peas and hay bad
ly off as compared with last year.
2. Have had two weeks hot and dry
weather, top corn is all gone.
8. Drouth of last three weeks has
cut cotton and corn and forage cror
materially shorter than they had prom
ised in greater part of the county, but
some localities have had rain
Lowndes-1. Crops have fallen of
considerably in past 10 days. Cotton
yield will be much smaller than ex-
pected.
Macon--1. Large amounts were car
ried over from last year. therefore in
debtedness greater than usual. -
Madison. Oats and hay 100 per cent
of last year.
2. Financial conditions good.
3. Farmers are short of cash, but
conditions excellent. due to good crops
and high price of all live stock. Farm
ers credit excellent
Marengo--1. Drouth has cut off cror
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-31

of oats, hay and alfalfa, probably %
per cent.
2. Financial conditions will be good
If present prices for cotton hold Mer-
chants have advanced cautiously on ac-
count of boil weevil. Cotton crop will
move freely IL price is above II cents.
3. Cotton opening rapidly; picking and
ginning general. A fair crop will be
made, but not heavy yield. Boil Vice.
vii has not done much damage in this
county, except 10 per cent in western
part.
Marion--1. Money is somewhat closer
than in former years, on account of
smaller outside financial backing. Ag-
gregate Indebtedness about normal
2 Average crop of oats, peas and
hay
Marshall. Financial conditions
good.
2. Expect collections to be good. Both
cotton and corn better than last year.
Mobile. Financial conditions rs per
cent better than last year; 900 per cent
increase in acreage oats, peas and hay
with conditions so per cent better than
last year.
Montgomery. Good demand for
money. Prospects for fall trade fair
ly good
q The cotton crop has deteriorated
greatly, but we still think it will be
on the average better than last year.
g. Fair crop of oats, but little peas
and hay. Financial conditions very fair
for this season of year. We believe
crops will be very fair considering the
long drouth we have had. Some of the
territory adjacent to Montgomery will
have better crop than other sections.
Morgan--1. Drouth has damaged both
cotton and corn to some extent.
2 oats and hay not near as good
as last year.
Monroe. Bool weevil so far has
done very slight damage. say per
cent
Perry-1. Dry weather doing great
damage at present. Cotton opening very
rapidly and immature.
2 Money matters easy at present. II
cotton rules low, farmers will be In bad
condition. Greatest damage to cotton
has been in last 10 days.
j. Very little rain In this section since
June and the crops have suffered great
ly for want of MOISTURE
Pickens-1. A few boil weevil are re-
ported, but no damage is expected this
year.
2. Banks have loaned more heavily
than usual, but In a general way our
county is in good condition financially.
People appear to be prospering.
). Deposits highest in history of our
business at this season-50 per cent higher
than last year Loans somewhat higher
than ever before at this season. Pros
poets are very promising for fall and win
ter business.
Pike-1. Money has been in big demand
from farmers and merchants during the
crop growing season, on account of
scarcity of corn and hay for home con-
sumption.
O. Cotton crop suffering very much for
rain and showing much deterioration
during the past 10 days.
Randolph. Good crop of oats made.
Very little peas and hay.
g. Financial conditions are better than
last year. Demand for money not as
great here Believe If conditions hold
out and the price of cotton is good, win
get on a good basis again.
RUSSELL. Money a little tight Our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-31
EASILY REPAY
OUTLAY IN OTHER CITIES

retiring about $4,000
of the We
spend brings direct return
Has
exposition 15l conventions
handling
Francis Chamber of Commerce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-31
SAN FRANCISCO DOES NOT
THINK MILLION DOLLARS
TOO MUCH FOR BUILDING
New Auditorium Will Seat 900 Will Be Able to Entertain
Conventions of Any Size CharacerOffers Birmingham
Assistance in Working Out Plans for New Structure

There doubt but what San Francisco Call receiving
advertising than any city in the entire United States at
this time There live in these United States
but when to real hsng few compare with San
Francisco As is we'll known 80 per of this advertising
due to the coming Panama exposition and when San Francisco
out many competitors the site this great world
show was proof that there in the metropolis of the
Pacific coast who know how pul with long pull and pull
all together
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-31

Birmingham auditorium is nothing unusual un-
less could claim that description from the fact that appears
far behind similar other cities of the
try It is not idea, it is not experiment not leap
without look The value of auditorium long
ago been proven by other cities Now Birmingham merely
following the path that they have bazed This been
busy doing other big things that far merely
looked the auditorium proposition.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
EVERY STREET IN MENA
Has It's Share of Proof That Kidney
 Sufferers Seek.

Backache? Kidneys weak?
 Distressed with urinary ills?
 Want a reliable kidney remedy?
 Don't have to look far. Use what Mena people recommend. Every street in Mena has its cases.
 Here's one Meua mans eXperi- ence.
 Let Samuel Hopp, of 6O6 Seventh street. tell it.
 Says Mir. Happ; Sometime ago 1 was suffering from a severe attack of lumbago and kidney complaint. The trouble came without any ap- parent cause, and one day ! suffered so intensely from pains in my back that I could hardly Straighten. My whole back seemed to Gche and 1 was in bad shape A friend advised me to Give Doan's Kiney Pills a trial and I did, One and a half boxes cured me. The trouble has not returned"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,. Pulfalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doa1s- and take no other.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
HE IS WORTHY or RECOGNITION
Ham Lewis Wants July g Set Apart
 as Fathers Day"

Washington. July 30.-Senator J. Hamilton Lewis has come to the conclusion that the "old man. of the family has not received proper recognition from a grateful cOun- try, although the nation has hon. ored the mothers of the American household. As a result he an nounced today his intention to in- troduce a bill setting aside July 29 as fathers day" Already there is a mothers day and "children's day"
 Why should we not do some thing for the old man? demanded the senator with Virtuous indigna- ton. He pays the bills, and on cold winter mornings lights the fire. In summer they make him do the work of a horse in moving the lawn in the blazing sun, His lot altogether is not exactly happy one. He deserves recognition.
 Senator Lewis intends to intro duce a bill at thj, session, but will not press it for consideration un- til. the regular session beginning in December. If prompt action Is not taken on it then he threatens to make a speech.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
HUSBAND RESCUED
 DESPAIRING WIFE

l had gotten so weak l could not stand, and l gave up in despair.
 At last, my husband got me a bottle of Cardui, the woman's tonic, and l com menced taking it. From the very first dose, l could tell it was helping me. l can now walk two miles without its tiring me, and am doing all my work"
 If you are all run down from womanly troubles, don't give up in despair. Try Cardui, the woman's tonic. Ithas helped more than 2 million women, in its 50 years of continuous success, and should surely help you, too. Your druggist has sold Cardui for years. He knows what it will do. Ask him. He will reeom- mend it. Begin taking Cardui today.
 Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladies' Advisory Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn. for Special Instructions on your and 64 page book, Home Treatment fer Women, sent in prln wrapper. J-6s
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
THINK WIRELESS STOPS RAIN.
SayVille, \. I., Suffers From DrOuth
 and Appeals for Relief.

New York, July 30.-The fact that the Long Island village of SayVille has been deprived of the recent thunder showers which have wis ited this vicinity is attributed by some of the disappointed truck gardeners to the effect which the large wireless station there may have upon atmospheric conditions There has been no rain at SayVille for more than six weeks. and a whitening drouth is reported, while towns all around there have had several heavy doWnpours.
 The wireless plant at Sayville is one of the most powerful in the world, having a main shaft 800 feet high, to which are attached hun dreds of wires Farmers have in- quired of the radio inspection bu- reau of the department of com merce and labor as to whether wireless plants defect thunder showers, saying if such is the case, the instance at Sayville is the first time it has been reported.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07

sessed a real enthusiasm for any thing? She looked back along the twisted avenue Of years. Had any thing really stirred her profoundly? rom the bags of gold her glance strayed up and over to Ryanne. Love? Love man so weak that he could not let be the bottle? She had a hor- TOT of drunkenness, the inane giggles, the attending nausea; she had been through 1t all. Had she loved him, or was 1t because he loved her child !? Even this she could not tell.
 We could have taken every dollar from the vault" said Wallace cheer. fully.
 But We couldn't have made our get away with it." observed the butler, holding his empty glass toward Ry- anne, who was acting as master of ceremonies.
 "A clear, unidentified million" :" unused Ryanne. Into the cars with 1t; over to Jersey City; on to Phila- delphia; but there for Europe; quiet ly transfer the gold to the various Continental banks; and in six months. who could trace hair or hide of it?" Ryanne laughed
 Its all right to laugh" said the Major. "But are you sure about Jones? He could have arrived this afternoon"
 Impossible! He left Alexandria for Naples on a boat that stopped but thirty hours. With Fortune on his hands he could not possibly sail be- fore the following week, and maybe not then. Sit tight. I know what l am talking about"
 ''He might cable"
 50 he might. But if he had we'd have heard from him before now. I'm going to tell you a secret My name IS not Ryanne."
 "We all know that" said the Major.
 Its Wadsworth. Does that tickle your mind any?"
 The men shook their heads. Mrs. Chedsoye did not move hers.
 Bah! Greatest joke of the hour. I'm Horace Wadsworth, and Arthur Wadsworth, president of the Mer- chant-Mechanic Bank, is my beloved brotheri"
 "Ay, damnable wretch,"
 A shock ran through them all. Tn the doorway leading to the rear hall stood George, his revolvers leveled steadily. Peering white-faced over his shoulder was the man who had spok- en, Arthur Wadsworth.
 Continued in Next Issue)
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
GOVERNOR ABSENT,
 POLICIES REVERSED
Oklahoma Executive HurPieS to State to Prevent Further Up- hPavaI-Lieutenan Issues
 Four PardOnS.

Oklahoma City, Aug. 3.-Lieut. Gov. J. J. McAlister's first act yes terday as acting governor during the vacation of Gov. Lee Cruce, consisted of issuing four pardons and signing all of the book con- tracts made by the old state school board
 The lieutenant governors act un- does what Governor Cruce has been more than two years doing, name ly, holding up contracts made by the old board of education, which board he was instrumental in re- moving.
 A feature of the situation is the hurried departure of Governor Cruce from Kansas City at g o'clock last night to head off any further acts of the lieutenant governor which might not be in accord with his policies.
 The Kansas City train reaches NeWklrk, OK, the llrSt station north of the Oklahoma line, at 5:20 Sun day morning. From there the gov ernor is expected to telegraph to Oklahoma City that he is in the state and in every sense of the word and law the governor of the state of Oklahoma.
 The lieutenant governor yester- day pardoned B. H. Updike, nephew of eX-Governor Haskell, confined in the McAlester penitentiary in con- nection with a killing at Oklahoma City, and George Crump, Jr., in the penitentiary on a seven years term for alleged frauds in an Indian land sale: J. w. Dobbs, sentenced for 10 years on a charge of manSlaughter, and Ben Bonds, sentenced on a charge of attempting to bribe a dis trict judge.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
FIRST TIME IN YEAR
 STATE NEETSPAYRO
Going Dry" Act Will Cut Out ESQ., 900 Jan. and Cause Consider able Financing to Meet
 Obligations.

Little Rock, Aug. l.-FOr the first time since the first of the year the state of Arkansas was able to meet the monthly payrool Thursday. This was due to the fact that for the past month the sherilIs and collectors have been making their annual set dement's, and all but ten have paid up. Persons who had been holding warrants against the state for months hurried in to have them llquidated, and the golden flood from the 15 counties slipped out of the treasury almost as quickly as it came in.
 However there was enough left over 10 pay the salaries of all state officials and the bills for the Vari- ous institutions this month, leaving for the time being a clean account.
 But here comes the most signiti- cant part of the story. When the old and current months bills were cleared up there was very little left in the general revenue fund. With only few more counties to settle, it is now a question. of what the state is going to do about the gen eral expenses until time for the next payment of taXes-a long year from now. There will be no income to speak of until next January when the insurance tax money is due, and when the liquor license fees are regularly paid in. Should the state go on being dry" as in dicated under the Going act, then the liquor license money will stop, cutting off about SSO000 per year from the general fund.
 In the meantime, general bills will be accommodating, and by the time next January rolls around there will be lots of warrants on the waiting list" It is doubtful if even the policy of borrowing from the future" which has been in- dulged in during the past four years. will be able to put the state over without some mighty tight places before the next legislature meets.
 This, of course, has reference to the general fund only. All the oth- er funds are in prosperous condi- ton and take care of themselves.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
WROTE As SANK WITH SHIP.

Sturgeon Bay, Wis, July BOA message supposed to have been written by Capt, Charles Nelson of the Rouse Simmons, the Christmas Ship" which went down with all on board in Lake Michigan last No- vember was found yesterday by Frank Lauscher, the son of a fish erman. The message is dated No- vember g, and reads as follows:
 "These lines were written at 10:30 D. m. Schooner Rouse Simmons ready to go down about 20 miles southeast of Twin River Point, be- tween 10 and 20 miles off shore. All hands lashed to one line. Good bye. Capt Charles Nelson"
 Lauscher was playing on the beach several miles north of Sur geon Bay when he found the bottle The notes, written roughly in pen cil, was inside. Local marine men believe that the note is the last word from the i'll fated ship.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
is FOOT BALLOT IS TOO
 BIG FOR LARGEST PRESS

New York, July 30-The il-foot ballot which came in for so much ridicule during the election pri- maries last fall, has been outdone by one IS feet long, which will be used in the Democratic primaries in the Twenty-third assembly dis trict here this fall. There is no press in New York big enough to take the ballots at a single impress sion. They will have to be printed in siX-foot sections and pasted to- gelher like circus bills.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
BATTLE OF BACSAC
 AHORRIDLE AFFAIR
Sixteen Hundred MOros Are Said to Have Been Killed, Including Hun dredS of Women and Children
 News Was Censored.

San Francisco, Aug. That l,6OO Moros were slain by American troops in the recent battle of Bag sag in the Philippines, was the story brought here today by pas sengers from the Orient on the lin- CT Persia. They declare no quarter was given the natives, who used women and children as shields against American bullets.
 John Mclean, a civil employe of the United States quartermaster, declared Brig. Gen. Pershing, in charge of the Moro expedition, maintained a strict censorship and arrested newspapermen who tried to get the details of the Bagsag en- gagement.
 The details were horrible, Me Lean said. The Moros, making their last stand, were shot down to a man. When the Americans made their final assault on the Moro po- sition in the crater of an extinct volcano, he said, many of the na- tives held women and children in front of them. In this way 196 women and $40 children were shot to pieces.
 It was believed that every Moro who took part in that battle was killed by Pershing's troops. All of the bodies were burned.
 The American and Philippine of licials allowed only the most mea- ger reports to be sent out of JOlo while the treacherous Moro ban dits were being exterminated,' said Mclean. Three correspondents who managed to reach the seat of war were arrested on orders of Brig Gen. Pershing and when I left the islands they were in dan ger of being imprisoned for at tempting to violate the censorship.
 Brig Gen. Pershing is a Mis- sourian who has been praised by the war department for his gallan- try in this and previous campaigns.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
Good Reason for His Enthusiasm.

When a man has suffered for seV- eral days with collie, diarrhoea or other form of bowel complaint, and is then cured sound and well by one or two doses of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy, as is often the case, it is but natural that he should be enthusi- atsc in his praise of a remedy, and especially is this the case of a se- we're attack when life is threatened. Try it when in need of such a rem edy. It never fails. Sold by all dealers.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
After Four Years of DiscOuraging Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave Up in Despair. Husband
 Came to Rescue.

Catron, Ky.-ln an interesting letter from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes as follows: 'I suffered for four years, with womanly troubles, and during this time, could only sit up for little while, and could not walk anywhere at all. At times, would have severe pains in my left side.
 The doctor was called in, and his treat ment relieved me for a while, but was soon confined to my bed again. After that, nothing seemed to do me any good.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
Remarkable Cure of Dysentery.

T was attacked WiLh dysentery about July 18th, and used the doc tors medicine and other remedies with no relief, only getting worse all the time I was unable to do anything and my weight dropped from ll5 to i25 pounds. I suffered for about two months when l was advised to use Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. l used two bottles and it gave me permanent relief" writes B. w. Hill of Snow Hill, N. C. For sale by all dealers.-AdV.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
CANNON SMOKED ON.
Uncle Joe" Didn't Even Lose a
 Stogy in Motor Mishap.

Danville, Ill., July 30.-Former Speaker Joseph G Cannon did not relinquish his grip on the stogy he was smoking when his automobile plunged down a steep bank and landed right side up in a small lake in Spring Hill cemetery last night. Uncle Joe" was out riding with his daughter, Mrs. k. X. Lesuer, when at a sharp bend in the roadway his chauffeur missed the brake and the car leaped off the l0-foot bank. Neither Mir. Cannon nor his daugh- ter suffered injuries.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07

When you yawn good deal in the daytime, feel dull, achey and want to stretch frequently, it is an unmistakable symptom of malaria, and unless you do something at once you are booked for a spell of chills. HERBINE is chill medi- cine that will prevent or cure the disease. It drives out the impuri- ties on which the malarial germ thrives, strengthens the liver and cleanses the bowels. Price soc. Sold by McNerney's Pharmacy Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
COAT OF TAR FOR \ DRUNK.
EaSt0n, KaS., Has Unique Plan to
 Enforce PrOhititory Law.

Leavenworth, Kas., July 3l.-Hen- derson Nasty, a resident of Easton, was given coat of tar several days ago after he was found lying be- side the road in an intoxicated con- dition, it became known yesterday. He was carried to a livery barn, stripped of his clothes, his face painted, and after the tar was ap- piled he was thrown into the hay 10 sober up.
 Although the affair was the sen sation of the little village, all resi- dents were sworn to secrecy.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07

Constipation is the starting point for many serious diseases. To be healthy keep the bowels active and regular. HERBINE will remove all accumulations in the bowels and put the system in prime condition. Price soc. Sold by McNerney's pharmacy.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior,
 U. s. Land Office at
Camden, Ark, June p, 1913. NOTICE is hereby given that

OdIlueu. AIh., ullt 1O' I5lo' NOTICE is hereby given that
 LAURA LONG formerly Laura Leins, of Baker Springs, Arkansas, who, on January l5. 1907, made Homestead Entry No. 30326 Serial No. 0976) for the WIZ SWA, and the S1a NWH, Section l5, Township S., Range 30 w., 5th Prin. Meridian. has filed notice of intention to make final five-year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Circuit Clerk of Polk County, at Mena, Ar kansas, on the 8th day of August, 1913.
 Claimant names as witnesses: Frank J. Leins Robert E. Wilson, w. Riley Watkins, Benjamin F. Me Cauley. all of Baker Springs, Ar kansas.
 H. G. Friedheim, Register. Star-First Pub July 3. Last Pub. Aug. '.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-08-07
pnriland Maine.
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A man lay with his mouth wide open. snoring so loudly that the windows rattled. His wife nudged him with her elbow and suggested: William. you would make less noise if you kept your mouth shut" Sod you" replied William, half awake.-EX.