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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Died as Hision Prophesied.

Night came on, the dead were carrie
away, and later Eggleston received this le;-
ter from confederate officer:
Before we We're ordered to charge Ber-
nard Poland requested me, in the event of
his death, to write to you Il description ct
the spot on which he fell saying: Mr..
Eggeston will remember all about it,
The letter to this day is m, priced by
the Eggleston family of Indapi.
The civil war abounds in similar events.
Remarkable warnings of danger and prem J.
nitions of mothers and fathers regarding the
death of their soldier boys are numerous an1
inexplicable.
Thousands of charms, mascots, and keep
sakes were given to the soldier boys of the
American revolution, Mexican war. civil war,
and the Spansh-American war, in the hope
that they might protect rescue them. The
Eighth Wisconsin had a live eagle. as Is
mascot, and how gallantly the boys fought
under this charm and how safe they all felt
as long as "Old Abe the war eagle. how
cred above their colors.
Napoleon admitted he was superstAous
and he was constantly getting some defni-
tion from every flower, bird. and creature
in his path of blood. At one time he re-
marked
" If there is one within my ranks who. does
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05

is an element of superstition in every person,
inherited impulses, and that If one believes
superstition eradicated he will, on close ex-
animation of himself, find strange images
and things peeping from every part of his
being
Our own James Russell Lowell, that calm
scholarly poet, tells us that g mythology
or superstition broods us in cradle
and mingles with the lullaby of the nurse
it is in the winter evening legends of the
chimney corners and is never entirely eradi-
Gated"
From the earliest recollection of the first
rehearsal Of the "boge man" down to the
day when your sweetheart plucked the petals
from the flower, saying, He loves me, he
loves me not there has been strange,
though at times an illogical sequence to things
coupled with superstition.
What politician and candidate would not
accept bunch of four leaf clovers from
maiden and feel convinced that fortune
smiled upon him? We would like his name
and we would wish to see his photograph.
What bride whether of cottage or castle,
but would feel sighted if her friends did
not shower her with rice as she was helped
into carriage or automobile? And what
bridegroom. whether of low or high brow,
would not feel scorned If the old shoe were
not flung at him as he drove away with his
bride?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05

ute to the goddess Superstition in their we'd
ding gifts to their brides
Abraham LINCOLN was given more or less
to the superstitions of his day. He had his
own Interpretation of the signs and was con-
stantly giving new definitions of these signs
to his friends, be the latter cabinet ministers
workmen. Lincoln lived to prove that
he could see things-at least he had better
vision than Jefferson Davis, who, seeing the
signs, did not interpret them properly.
Lincoln could penetrate the tomorrows
quite as readily as a powerful microscope
can discern the erevices of glistening granite.
1t would require too much space to detail the
innumerable instances in the life of Lincoln
where he relied on the warning of a dream
and other superstitious indicators
But a mirror incident is significant. Lin
coin had just been elected to the presidency.
He was lying couch taking nap Sud-
beheld two distinct views oe his face-the
one life tinted and healthful outline the
other a worn, pale, and faded face. He re-
lated this vision to many and several times
while in the White House attempted with
, the same mirror to get the same result but
failed.
The vision worried Lincoln, and finally
Mrs. Lincoln asked him to define the vision.
Lincoln then, in the presence of a number
of people, including Hill Lamon, one of his
bographers, began in a serious manner to
say:
Well, believe it means that the healthy
face stands for my first term as PRESIDENT
will succeed and save the union. But the
pale face means that will be elected to
second term, but will not live to see its end,
for will be assassinated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
He Loves Me He Loves Me Not.

Take Pope Plus y. He on the 18th OF
April asserted TO his ecclesiastical company:
My life has been strangely ruled by the
figure D. For nine years schoolboy at
Reise for nine years student at Padua,
for nine years c,rate at Tembole, for nine
years priest at Salzane for nine years q
bishop at Mantua, for nine years cardinal at
Venice, and now pope--as long as God Wills
possibly nine years.
The pope is profound student and man
of broad experience, yet he fingers at the
figure 0, believing it to have special influ-
ence in his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05

not feel the awe of other worlds and ua-
seen images, push him deeper into the fight
and school him for his destiny"
!: s.
Cant Be Educated Out of Fears.
One of the Americans who swayed a
power over the@ land was Oliver Wendell
Holmes. One Of his Harvard classes once
asked him regarding supersttions, and the
professor, who had dissected not only the
human body but literature aud history rs
well, was pleased to remark
" We are all tattooed in our cradles with
the beliefs of our tribe the ;ecord may seem
superficial, but il is there and ndelible. 1ou
cannot educate a man wholly out of the
superstitious fears which were implanted n
his imagination matter how utterly his
reason may reject them
Another learned professor, being asked
whether he was superstitious. replied:
=" There is not super titious disk in my
blood, those lakes were strained from onf
family during the reformation"
One of the group then asked him how his
rheumatism was behaving and he answered:
Well. ever since ! have been carrying
two horse chestnuts in my pocket | declare
| have quite forgotten the twinge.n Then
how the boys did laugh!
Ask any salesman at large jewery
store whether Americans are superstitious
about purchasing rings or precious stones.
They will tell YOU that the birth month and
the character Of the setting, well rs the
form of the design constantly brought
into the purchase or manufacture. The riea,
the poor, the high stationed or the low. all
have their peculiar superstitious IDEAS rs %
what will be lucky and what will assume ths
position of protectorate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05

His hearers were shocked, but he added
have told you just what that mirror
vision means''
1t came true. Why should he have said
so often, 8 will be- <assassinated,' when no
such tragic death had ever befallen any other
of the presidents? He frequently became so
morose upon contemplating his assassination
that it was with difficulty he could be cheered
up Often he sent for friends to free him
of the morbid thought by enga gng in some
enjoyable conversation The theater was
often his refuge-it proved to be his death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Most Everybody,
Big and Little, Is
Superstifious. Here
Are Some Notable
Instances.
Instances.
By DIR. B. J. CIGRAND.


- oct men. In countless cases the pow
erful and the talented of the earth
have foreseen in visions events which
mad an important effect on not only the in
dviduals themselves but on communities
and even nations.
We have just celebrated the hundredta
anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner
Fow people have had the supposed unlucky
number 13 follow them more than Wagner.
Bnt he believed it lucky number, and his
life demonstrates that it figured in the luck
lest events of his life. His name has thir-
teen letters, he was born in 1913, and if
You add these figures, / plus 8 plus 1 plus
3, you get 10.
At the age of 13 Wagner decided to take up
music. He could hear musi4 everywhere and
saw strange figures beckoning him to prepare
the dreams and dramas of humanity, and his
music has all the charm of these visions. In
1881 he entered the university to acquire a
philosophers training. If you add these
figures in 1881 you again have his 13. He
wrote thirteen dramas, and his favorite one,
Meistersinger," has thirteen letters. Three
others he gave titles containing thirteen let
tcrs. He wrote: " l have this 18th day of
April completed Tannhauser' This great
play went on the stage ON March 13. Wag-
ner died on the 18th of February and there
have been thirteen biographies written of
him.
Figures of a certain kind frequently fo-
low some people all through their lives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Dickens Sap Appariiions.

There was Charles Dickens, vvho under
stood humanity and was familiar with the
popular superstitions of England. He be-
lieved in many of them and gave consider
able space to them in his writings. Dick
ems even saw apparitions, which may be
called the thirty-second degree in the order
of superstition.
The great German poet Goethe said there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
At q WAGNER Decided to rake Up Music.

Suddenly the report of Il cannon warned his
company that a battle near, and as they
rode to the top of the hill, sure enough an
engagement ensued Eggleston recalled the
vision and muttered to himsef
The same place, the same scene, and the
actual battle. | wonder where Bernard Po-
land is"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Lincoln Predicted His Oun Death.

Distinguished statesmen, poets, painters,
orators, inventors, and merchants have at
tested their consideration of the popular s,l-
perstitions of marriage, and have raid trib-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05

not feel the awe of other worlds and IA
seen images push him deeper into the fight
and school him for his destiny
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05

Supers tition
Broods Over
Us in Our
Cradle and
Mingles with
the Lullaby
of the
Nurse.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
Afford Free.
Jury at Trenton Acquits
the Killer of w. S. C0uI-
ter, but Must Stand
Trial for Killing the
Younger Man.

The Jury at Trenton, Gibson
county, last Friday, after being
out but a short time, acquitted
j. A. Afford. the Rutherford fur
.niture dealer, for the killing Of
w. S. Coulter, the Dyer attor-
ney, at'the Trentonlrailroa sta
tion, on the second Monday in
last August. At the next term
of the court, Afford will have to
stand for the killing of Harry
Oaulter, at the same time and
place. Following the verdict Of
the jury, Afford was congratu
lated BY many friends who made
quite a demonstration. Afford
gave bond for $4,000 when the
case against him, charging the
murder of Harry Coulter, was
called.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
Cotton Ginned
Increase Of Half a Million
Bales up to Dec. l3, Over
Same Period Last Year.

Papers carrying the associated
press service last Saturday and
Sunday had the following from
Washington:
The seventh cotton ginning re-
port Of the Census Bureau for
this season, issued at lOo'clock
this morning, announced that
12,S23,6O6 bales Of cotton, count
ing round as half bales, Of the
growth Of 1918 had been ginned
prior to December 13, to which
date during the past seven years
the ginning averaged S9.5 per
cent Of the entire crop. Last
year to December 13 there had
been ginned 12,O39, ,O38 bales, q
92.2 per centof the entire crop
in 191l to that date 12,770.72l
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

He is known to many Of the pe0
pie of Tennessee in connection
with the construction of the
Lewisburg Il Northern railroad.
He is a Virginian by birth and
has had extended experience in
railroad work.
\ The meeting Of the board Of
directors this morning had been
called by Maj. X. @. Lewis, chair
man of the board, on account Of
the death Of Mr.. John w. Thom.
as. In view Of the fact that the
newly elected president would
net be able to serve until April
II, Major Lewis consented to fill
the position until that time. The
following directors were present
Maj. Il. 9. Lewis, chairman
w. r. Cole, A. H. Robinson, j
K. Washington, 4. W. Thompson,
j. Horton Fall, Fl. w. Buttorff
w. w. Berry, Milton II. Smith
Of Louisville, N. 0. Collier O.
lMurfreesboro, j. M. sShofner oI
Shelbyville and j. H. Ambrose
SECRETARY. - Nashville Banner
10ths inst.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
give it's reasons. 1t can require
rediscountsat rates of interest to

give it's reasons. 1t can require
rediscountsat rates of interest to
be fixed each week by the feder-
al board. 1t can take possession
of federal reserve bank and ad-
minister The bank during a per
lod of suspension. In fact, the
board'will exercise general super
vision over all federal reserve
banks, and, indirectly, of course,
over the entire banking system.
These reserve board members
will be required to give all of
their time to the work, and will
be given travelling expenses in
addition to salary. Members Of
congress are not to become men,
bers of the federal reserve board.
We do not believe the president
will consider party lines in choos.
ing the members Of the board.
The currency reformwill make
it possible for the, country to
realize the benefits Of the tariff
legislation. 1t is intended to
make movements Of money more
flexible and to prevent monopoly
in finances. The president has
guided the course Of the legisla-
i 81
tion as skillfully as he guided
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

bales or 8S.5 per cent; in 1908 to
that date II, 1904, ,269 bales or 81 o
per cent; and in 1905 to that date
IL, ,l2,7S9 bales or S5.6 per cent.
Included in the ginnings were
81, ,683 round bales, compared
with rs, ,772 round bales last year,
E92,79O in 1911, 1O6, 4SG in 1910
and 14O,02 il 1909.
The number Of Sea Island cot
ton bales included we're 93,0l2,
compafed with 60,445 bales last
year, 98,035 bales in 1911, S5, 1T
bales in 1909, and SO,3l6 bales in
ll9OS.
| Ginnings prior to December 1a
by states, with comparisons fol
last year and other years and lie
percentage Of the entire croI
ginned prior to that date 10 those
4 years in Tennessee, follows:
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

hastily patched-up affair. On
the other hand, it was as. thor
ough as expert testimony and
prolonged study could make it.
The records do not show undue
haste. The bill has been amend
ed and reamended. The details
have not been forgotten. Mr..
Glass's second bill amended his
first In 1874 particulars. The sec
ond was amended in 81 particu-
lars before it reached the senate,
and over $40 additional amend
ments were made in the senate.
These amendments were pro-
duced by deep study and wide
sweeping hearings on the bill.
There will be a strong fight for
the federal reserve banks, which
will be the cogs in the new finan-
cial machinery. Each of these
banks Will be required to have
capital of not less than $3,000,-
900. The federal reserve board
will provide positions for six
men. in addition to the ex officio
mbership of the secretary of
1.-THE treasury. The members OF
/ the board will be appointed by
the president, and he has signi,
fed his intention of selecting the
brainiest men for the positions
to be found in the country. This
board will have tremendous
power, being given authority tc
suspend or remove any officer 81
a federal reserve bank in it's dis
erection, being merely required
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
LEXINGTON TENNESSEE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2o 1913
John II. Peyton
WillBecome President OF
NJ, G. s st. l.. Ry. April
|, 1914, Succeeding j.
w. Thomas.

At,asmeeting Of the board Of
directors ofsthe Nashville, Chat
tanooga 4 st. Louis Railway to
day, Mr., John Howe Peytop wa'
elected general mapager, effect
i've April /, 1914.
He was elected director to fl
the vacancy caused BY the deatl
|of ]. w Thomas, 'Jra effective
January |, 1914, and preslden,
effective April /, 1914.
The delay in making the ap
pointments Of director and presi
dent effective is caused by a pro
vision in the charter Of the com
pany which makes it necessary
that a director must have been {
bona fde stockholder for at least
ninety days.
To provide for the interim
Maj. E. 9. Lewis was elected
president to serve until April /
1914, the date the election ol
Mr.. Peyton becomes effective.
Mr.. Peyton is at present chic
engineer cf Construction of the
L. 4 N. Ry. Co., and assistant t.
the president of that company
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
The "Unloaded" Gun.

Dover, Tenn, Dec. 20.--The
old case of the "unloaded gun,
was a factor In another fatal &C.,
cident in the family Of James
Biggs here'today. Mr.. Biggs had
an old single barreled gun hang
ing on the wall supposed to be
empty. While Mrs. Biggs was
absent, his6 year-old son climbed
up and took the gun down and
while he was playing with it it
was discharged in some manner.
The entire load of shot struck
Mr.. Bigg's 3-year-old daughter in
the head, blowing her head al
most completely off and killing
her instantly.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

the tariff bill, and when he Z signs
the measure, probably Mon, oay
or Tuesday, he will add the fin 81
chapter to the second grea.s
achievement of the democratic
congress.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
The Currency Bill.

OF the Currency Bill which
passed the Senate by majority
of twenty on last Friday, the
Chattanooga News says:
The administration bill, as
passed by the senate, was not a
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

Big line Xmas. postcards,
tags, seals, bells. fancy box sta.
tionery aud. perfume. Trade
early and get choice-Wa atson.
McHaney Drug Co. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-08
REBELS PUT TO DEATH
MANY PRISONERS
Gen. Alvarez and Staff Among
Those Executed on The
Capture of Torre0n.

LAREDO. Tex. October s. = Federal
Gen. Alvarez and his staff and 125 fed
eral soldiers were executed yesterday
In Torrecn, Mexico. under orders =. OF
Gen, Francisco Villa of the eonstitu-
tionalist forces according to informa-
ton from reliable sources brought here
today. With the city of Torreon, the
rebels captured practically all Of the
federals' arms and artillery. The battle
lasted four days. with heavy losses to
both sides.
+. DOUGLAS, Ariz, October S.-The con-
stitutionaiists captured Torreon. Mex,
by clever ruse, said an official report
transmitted through Douglas last night.
Gen. Choa OF the insurgent forces told
Of 1t In making his report to Gen. Caraza
at Hermosillo and also puts a new aspect
on the capture Of Santa Rosalia.
While the federals were lighting with
what they considered the main rebel
force at Santa Rosalia, Chihuahua, the
major group of insurgents took Torreon
and La Paz. The town of Sierra Mojeda
also fell into rebel hands Thursday. the
message said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-08
PROVIDES FOR "HONOR MEN"
Proposed Change in Method of Sc
Letting West Point Cadets.

Important changes in the method OF
admitting candidates to the West Point
Military Academy are embodied in a bill
introduced in the Senate by Senator
Chamberlain. chairman of the committee
on military affairs. It proposes that the
President shall have power each year
to appoint to the Academy ten "honor
men, from ten educational institutions
having officers Of the army detailed for
military instruction. The list Of ''honor
schools from which the selections could
be made would be prepared each year
by the War Department.
The Chamberlain bill also proposes that
when the annual examinations have failed
to ill all vacancies in the academy from
the list of regular appointees candid ties
shall be selected on the merit principle
from the whole list Of alternates in
stead Of being restricted to the alternate
from the district where the principal has
failed. Cadets thus selected would be
credited to the United States at large
and not to any Congressional district or
state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-08
FINED S. FOR ASSAULT.
7. ]. Iglehart, Contractor, Says He
ONLY Shook Complainant.

Thomas ]. Iglehart. building con-
tractor, was fined So on a charge OF
assault by Judge Pugh in the Police
Court today.
Iglehart was arrested some time ago
by Policeman L. Downs OF the first
precinct on warrant sworn out by
Harry Mccormick. charging assault.
Mccormick. when he took the stand
today, said that he and Iglehart had
some words in the latter's Office about
some money matter, and declared that
the contractor knoSked him down and
then knocked some bottles on top of
him
Iglehart said he would scorn to strike
a man so much smaller than he and
added that he merely took him by
the coat collar and 'shook him as he
would child
Judge" Iglehsrt said to Judge Pugh,
'if a man came to your house and
practically insulted your wife, you
would do the same thing as I did.
II might" Judge Pugh answered
hut / would be willing to pay for
lit Wasn't IT worth paying for to
shake this mani"
"WelI," Iglehart answered. ct guess
IL was worth something, bat I don't
think 1t was worth $40. didn't hit
"shaking him." the judge said
"ought to be worth S."
IgIehart said he guessed it was worth
that much. and the Judge fined him
/ that amount
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-08
hsnFrSL NE:Ws SERN g

each talked with the President on the
currency situation, and assured him that
they would assist in the program of OBJ
tanning an early report on the bill.
A delegation from New Orleans, headed
by Representative Estopinal. called on
the President today to ask him to visit
New Orleans when he goes to Mobile the
last of this month. The President re-
GREETED that he will not be able to make
the desired stop.
Marshalship Is Settled.
J. A. Herring of Madismville, Tex, is
to be named United States marshal for
the southern district of Texas. That was
settled today when Senator Sheppard call
ed on the President regarding Texas pa
tronage. This is one of the few Texas
positions about which there was no dis
pute.
Walter Tuckerman, president of the
Harvard Alumni Association of Wash
ington, talked with the President to-
day and asked Mr.. Wilson to accept
the inequalities Of the association on
some occasion that is convenient. to
him. :
The President said that as he had
been compelled to decline invitations
from the Princeton and similar asso-
Citations he would be compelled to de-
cline this also.