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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
RUN-OFF FIGHTS ID BE VERY CLOSE
Candidates to Exert Strenu4 ous Efforts During the
 Next Few Weeks

Montgomery April (Special.) Judge John Purifoy lacks 5704 votes of having majority for secretary of state, his lead over James II. Nun melee. his nearest opponent being near ly 3o,00O.
 The vote cast for secretary of state, nearly every county in the state was as follows Purifoy 6o,O74, Nunnelee S2,S42, Cobb 2o,045, and Greer 19,O9S.
 Judge Purifoy received a majority over all his competitors in 26 counties. a plurality in 23 counties
 In the run-off the race will be be- tween Judge Purifoy and MT. Nun melee, with chances strongly favoring the nomination of the former. How ever it is understood that the strength of the other two candidates will large ly go 10 MT. Nunnelee, though it is doubtful if he would be able to get a sufficient number of votes to give him the nomination.
 It has been definitely ascertained that the race for state treasurer is be- tween Brooks Smith and R. L. Lan- caster and the fight promises to be one of the most interesting in the sec ond primary. Both candidates will eX- ert their most strenuous efforts in be- half of their cause during the next few weeks and indications are that the fight will be exceedingly close.
 The run-off in the race for commits sioner of agriculture will be between pr. A. A. Persons and w. H. Seymour or J. A. Wade. It has not been deter mined whether Seymour or Wade will be in the run-off with Dr. Persons, though the latest reports indicate that the race will be between the Birming- ham and Montgomery candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
STUDENTS PRESENT
 PLAY AT TUSCALOOSA
"She Stoops to Conquer" Ably Pre- sented by the Blackfriars
 Monday Night

University. April 14.-(Special,) 1.-The Blaclfriars last night gave their first public presentation. of Goldsmiths com edy, She Stoops to Conquer and scored complete success. The play was fully up to the standard of excellence set by the Blackfriars in previous years.
 Collectively and individually the play CTS caught the spirit of comedy run ming through the play and they in- terpreted the situations and the char acters with such fine insight as to take away all semblance of amateurishness from their work and to give the scenes an atmosphere of reality. The effec- tiveness of the play was greatly in creased by the handsome costumes of the eighteenth century period which were ordered from Philadelphia espe- cially for the production.
 While all of the players acquitted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
TALKS ON TRIFT
THRIFT-THE MAINSTAY OF THE
 NATION

'When he threw himself so energetic ally into the movement for the conserva- ton of her natural resources, Theodore Roosevelt, with statesmanike pertinacity, compelled the nation to heed his warning and by dint of persistent reiteration awoke the public conscience to a realiza- ton of conditions that were fast leading to bankruptcy and ruin."--The Literary Digest.
 Thrift in the individual and thrift in the government are more closely related than is often realized
 Here is a great truth> truth which it was high time several million people were beginning to realize. They cry for econ omy for the elimination of waste in government, and they do not practice economy. they do not eliminate waste in their business or in their private affairs. Only as we as a people become individ- ually more thrifty-that is, more saving, more economical, more conserving-can we expect our councils, our legislatures, our Congress to be likewise.
 Consider thrift in it's relation to the in- dustries of the country.
 If everybody should spend his entire in- come every year there never would be any capital for investment beyond that which is already invested no new enterprises could be fioated, and improvements of all kinds, public and private, would be at an end. The worlds supply of new capital Is simply the margin between the world $ income and it's expenditures.
 If we had more thrift we would have more temperance. How genuinely useful the money spent for the 70,000,0o0 gallons of whisky we drank in the last half of 1913 would be if turned into construc- tive industry now
 Nor are the benefits of thrift to be meas ured wholly in terms of economies. The steadiness, the industry, the sobriety. the respect for property. which are fostered among thrifty and frugal people are po- litical virtues that make her stability and permanence of government.
 The habitual spendthrift is menace to tho community and the nation: the care ful citizen, guided by a sense of the true value of property is q safeguard to ou1
 institutions. Habits of extravaganza tend to make trouble in the family, the com munity, the nationl.
 An "American Society for Thrift has been organized in Chicago with the avowed purpose of '.promoting nationally the in dividual thrift which is the basis of good citizenship and community prosperity. Men of prominence, including governors of several states, are back of this move ment. which aims to advocate a broad and sensible view of economy, pointing out to the people that as a great English statesman said. Thrift is not meanness, but management
 The continued rise in the cost of living. unaccompanied to any great extent by a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15

corresponding increase of individual in comes, Is making many an American fam fly right-about-face in the matter of per- sonal and domestic economy.
 Perhaps the new tariff will reduce the cost of living eventually. but it hash t yet. Possibly governmental Investigating commissions may lead to that consum- nation, but there are no signs of it yet. And no other panacea has been found for 1t. Apparently, therefore. for the pres ent at least. there is no hope of abating the steady rise in the price of everyday necessities, and, so far no way has been found to beat the high cost of living ex- cept to stop living so high.
 Is fl not quite possible that in good old fashioned thrift may be found the solu- ton of the difficult problem of living up to modern standards under modern condi- tions? T. D. MACGREGOR.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
THIRD HOMICIDE OF
 YEAR IN DALLAS

Selma, April 14- Special 1.-The third homicide of the year was registered in Dallas county when Charles Adams, a ne- gro, died at local infirmary Monday as the result of injuries inflicted by Llewllyn GoldsbY, another negro, at his home near the corner of Sylvan and Voge- lin streets, in the northern section of the city, early Sunday morning. Goldsby found Adams in his home and attempted to shoot him, but his pistol did not work, and he beat Adams head into a pulp with the butt end of his pistol. Godsby made his escape, but if arrested he will undoubtedly enter the .,unwritten law plea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
SEVEN ARE KILLED IN FIRE WHICH WRECKS
 APARTMENT HOUSE
Five-StOry Brick Building Destroyed in Boston. Number Rescued by
 Fire Laddies

Boston, April 14.--Seven lives were lost in a fire which wrecked the Mel win. five-story brick apartment house, at Commonwealth avenue and Long avenue in the Aston district, early to- day. It was feared that one other oc- cupant of the building also had been burned.
 The dead:
 MT. and Mrs. J. Raymond Power and their 2-year-old boy.
 Mrs. Alice Shackelford.
 Mrs. Edith c. Bemis
 Young woman about ' years of age, probably Mrs. Powelrs maid.
 Unidentified woman
 Many others among the 125 persons living in the house had narrow escapes and several were painfully burned The loss was s60,oOO
 Mrs. Memis sister Mrs. F. c. Be- harrell, and Miss Eileen Hazel, are missing. The unidentified woman may be one of them.
 Mrs. Shackelford and Mrs Bemis met death by jumping The bodies of the other victims were found on the fifth iloor, two hours after the discovery or the fire. All had been suffocated.
 The fire started in the basement and the flames shot upward rapidly in a waste paper chute and elevator we'll conduit. The whole building was on fire when the firemen arrived
 Miss May Boyd. living next door, was the first to discover the fire. She rushed into the burning building and rang the bells in all the suites. The occupants were quickly aroused. Many were able to escape by the stairways. Others used the fire escapes in the rear until flames made this impossible.
 The firemen carried a number of men and women down ladders Several persons jumped from upper floors into t fa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
Howard Track Team
 Will Meet Alabama
 Squad on Saturday

The Howard college track team will leave Saturday morning for Tuscaloosa. where during the afternoon a dual track meet will be held with the University of Alabama track squad. This will be the first intercollegiate track meet for the Baptists and much interest is being dis played over it.
 Among those who will represent Howard Saturday will be Fred Gallant, Acton. Vir- gil Roach, Tisdale, Causey, Kingery and Newman.
 The Howard boys have been hard at work during the past two weeks and are now in fairly good shape for the contest with Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
(Advertisement) Walter D. Seed on B. B. Corners Candidacy

In challenge to Conner, Walter D. Seed, erstwhile candidate for governor of Alabama, said, in regard to B. B. Conner:
 "One candidate. while already wealthy. during his former term as governor, made such a strenuous effort to steer cotton mills from bankruptcy as to yeer suf- ficiently far the other way to justify in- vestment in another S00.000 mill. Thus while governor he controlled legislation so as to earn profits so large that he is now enabled without burden to fill the news papers with advertising matter in an eff fort to secure a new lease of power.'- Walter D. Seed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
Mondays Storm Does
 Damage in Chiffon

Clanton, April 14.-(Special.) 1.-The storm of Monday night was severe, and the cause of much damage to roads and farmers. The small streams all over Chiffon county were flooded and the overflow did considerable damage to land and crops in the creek bottoms.
 On terraced lands the dtcihes in many places broke, and the water flowed down the hills and cult it's way to levels.
 The roads are in bad condition which makes teaming, especially heavy hauling, very annoying. Rural route men had hard time of it Tuesday in making deliv- cries of mail matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
Damaged Goods"

Damaged Goods is coming to this city April 22-23, with matinee. at the J efferson theatre, with some of the most remarkable inducements ever re- ceived by a play produced in this coun- try. In fact, in every city in which 1t has been seen it has had the active support of some big sociological or scientific organization. In New York city the sociological fund was respon- sible for its production. and subse- quently it was indorsed by the Wom- ans Legislative league, the Federation of Women's clubs of New York city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
ADJUSTMENTS
Otis Skinner in "Kismet"

The seat sale for Otis Skinner and company in "Kismet,'' at the Jefferson theatre Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee, begins at the box of flee this morning. Owing to the length of the programme the curtain Friday and Saturday nights will rise promptly at o'clock and at o'clock at the mati- nee. Edward Knoblauch's gorgeous Arabian Nights play, "Kismet,' is pro- duced and managed by Klaw & Erlan- ger and Harrison Grey Fiske.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Kindness and Liberality

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 There are no qualities more elevating and ennobling than kindness and liberal 1ty. and certainly they are to be admired. What pity that all of us do not possess thelh. There is living here in Birming- ham man born and brought up in Jef- ferson whose fidelity to family makes his lift both gracious and beautiful His wife
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
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Loveman,ja@ ja@stph Z Loeb

themselves well, especial praise is due l.. B. Lilies Young. Marlow, Mortz Frohlich as MT. Hardcastle. John Bibb as Tony LumplSin. and Miss Anna Bou- let as Kate Hardcastle.
 The play was given under the direc- ton of L. B. Lilies of Birmingham, pres ident of the Blackfriars.
 This afternoon the players left for weeks tour of the state, which will include Ta1ladega, Gadsden, Birmng- ham and other towns. <E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
At the Orpheum

The novelty of company of girls offering a minstrel show. the undis- puted cleverness of several of the prin- cipals in the show. the good songs and the copedy of the two "only' men in the show are the features that are en- tertaining the crowds which are at tending the s"Petticoat Minstrels" at the Orpheum ,theatre this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
At the BiiOu

Little Emma Bunting has not offered Birmingham better play than The Wishing Ring this weeks attraction In every particular and every detail it is a splendid part, and the production is elaborate and beautiful. The stage director deserves special credit for the manner in which he has staged this play for stock organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
Ruth St. Denis

Ruth St. Denis. the famous dancer who appears at the Jefferson theatre Monday night, April 20. has been hailed with delight al lover the world where she had appeared. In Paris and London she scored especial hits. The seat sale for the performance here begins Fri day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
Understandable

No happier combination of vaudeville has been presented at the Lyric thea- Ire this season than is to be found there this week, with Bay Cox, Arthur Dea- gon, the illiputians the Stan Stanley Trio and Bedford and Winchester run ming race to see which is the most popular and the other two acts well up to standard. Miss Cox is probably scoring the greatest hit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15

Miss Maude Crane and C. Fowler Were married at the residence of the brides father Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Tiffin, pastor of the Methodist church. Miss Crane is the daughter of w. B. Crane, a prominent merchant near Hamilton. MT. Fowler lives in Fayette county and is a teacher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-15
NEW COAL COMPANY FORMED IN MARION South Brilliant Coal Mines Organized With Capital
 Stock of S10,000

Hamilton. April 4.-(Special.) )-Notice Nas been received of the organization of the South Brilliant coal mines with cap ital stock of $loco0, incorporated by A. A. Griffith and George H. Parker of Gull man and O. s. Goodwin Machinery has been purchased to develop the mines.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-10
Gez9 WHICH Y6E272J AE OH
eL4PHZEESE L2IZ2LL2

Most young people familiar with the ca
narybird flower or common canary creeper and
here again find that the unusual form of the
blossom is due to insect visits. The blooms OF
this group of plants seem especially designed to
meet the needs of long-tongued MOTHS which
seldom or settle the flower. but hover
in front of It. lightly poised their rapidly.
moving wings. While in this position the tongue
is unrolled and thrust far back into the spur"
of the flower where the nectar is stored Mean
while the head or body Of the moth comes into
contact with the pistil or stamens. and pollen is
deposited or removed, as the case may be-
A very curious plant. which has been famous
since ancient times. is the "Scythian lamb
otherwise known as the vegetable lamb" by
the Chinese as the 'golden-haired dog" 1t looks
remarkably like animal. and In early days
popularity supposed to combine in some mys-
terious way the attributes of animal and plant.
The belief was that It sprang from seed and
turned on its root until It devoured all green food
within reach. whereupon II perished of starva.
tion. As a matter of fact, II is merely the root
stock of a plant which, densey covered with
soft, goden.brown hairs suggests a likeness to
a quadruped.
known as the vegetable sheep" because of its
woollike foliage In fact. the vegetable kingdom
offers an almost endless variety of curious mita-
tions. The seed-pods of the common garden
snapdragon look exactly like small human heads
arranged on the stalks like poles of skulls
such as are set up in certain countries where
head-hunting Is n popular amusement These
show not merely. the head and face. but dried
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-10
DICTATOR HuERTA TO FLEE
As New Ruler Goes Into office, 10
Report at Washington.

washington.-Advice reaching here
Sunday night said that Pedro Lascu-
rian, former secretary of state IN
President Maderos Cabinet, would be
chosen to succeed General Huerta as
President of Mexico and that Huerta,
resuming his former post as chief OF
staff of the army, would be dispatched
to a foreign post-probably to France
II was admitted that the voters In
Sundays election would be few. only
those who reside in the District OF
Mexico City participating. Candidates
for the presidency, besides Lascour-
ain. were said to be General Retugio
yelasquez and General Garcia Pena.
Whoever might be elected was re-
ported to be ready to turn over the
presidency to a provisional govern
meut. and General Huerta is willing
to leave the country on the order oil
his successor, thereby saving his face.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-10
TELLS OF DFOWNING ELEPHANTS

door or window out of the flood. They acted
like human beings than beasts. and it was
almost as pitiful to them go down under the
muddy waters. one by one, as 1t was to see a
human being washed from roof.
Il shall never forget their dying cries as they
sought the safety which could not be found in
that fiat country, where the whole surface of
the earth submerged.
Back in the big circus menagerie. however.
there even more tragic scene. When the
water came up into the cages of the animals
they all became frantic from fear.
Lions and tigers roared and dashed them
selves against the bars of their cages till 1t
feared they would escape and swim to places of
human refuge, where they would destroy many
lives
Iron bars were bent by the beasts in their
fury and as the water rose higher their terror
and their strength increased. When 1t was seen
that nothing could be done and that lives of per.
sons in the city were being endangered. the
manager OF the menagerie went from cage to
cage with rife and shot after another of
the nonarchs of the jungle till all dead.
1t cost the circus fortune, but many human
lives were saved"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-10
RATES FOR BIG FAIR IN 1915.
Different Railroad Lines May Be Used
to Panama-Pacific Exposition.

San Francisco.-Round trip fares
from Eastern points to San Francisco
for the Panama-Pacific exposition in
1915. as fixed by the railroads OF the
Eastern Trunk Lines Association have
been announced by the exposition 'traf-
fic department.
They are: New York city, s9i.30;
Philadelphia, s92.95: Washington, ID.
c., s92.30. The going and returning
trips may be made on different lines.
The fixing Of these rates concludes
the present special 1915 excursion re-
ductions, the other chief ones already
determined being Chicago, s62.50;
Pittsburg, sS1.2o: Buffalo, $3.50; De-
troit, s73.5O: Cincinnati, s71.10. 1t is
announced that further reductions are
likely to be made later as conditions
warrant.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-10
YEARS RECORD GOLD FIND.
Discovery Of Big Five at leadviiie
Runs from $50 to 5000 Ton.

Iseadville. Colo.-One of the best
gold ore strikes made in Leadville this
year is reported from the Big Four
mine, operated by the Big Five Mining
Company, of which Preston Gibson,
Washington, d. C.. is president.
Details of the discovery are lacking.
but the find was made at consider
able depth. The ore body is said to
be between three and four feet wide.
eighteen inches of which will run s2O0
per ton. while the balance will aver
age $50.
The Big Five company assumed
charge of the Big Four the first of the
year. The mine is one Of the best
known in the Leadville district and
has been producing for twenty years
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-10
spiri, of 177e is Need of 1914.

Philadelphia.-Advocating the mod
erning of the declaration of independ-
enct by applying its principles TO the
business. the politics and the foreign
policies of America, President Wilson
thrilled a huge crowd assembled at In
dependence Square within a rev feet
OF where the original declaration was
signed. The President touched on
Mexico, the Panama tolls repeal con
troversy, his antitrust program, bust
ness conditions and his ideas of mod
ern patriotism
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-10
Costs Railroad $4,000. 900.

Washington. - With the Supreme
Courts decision sustaining the Inter
state Commerce Commissions inter-
mountain rate order. the way is opened
for shippers to recover sums esti-
mated as great as s1O,00O,000 from
railroads, which have been charging
the old rates while the case was be-
ing fought through the courts. Re
paration, If any, and the amount. will
have to be decided by the commission
in separate action.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-10

Did you ever hear the ter:orized tt, uDeting
of a herd of drowning elephants" asked w j.
Williams of Peru. Ind. at the Willard IT you
never heard the piteous cries of dying beasts.
you have escaped one of the most hearttendinS
experiences that comes to civilized man. |
was In Peru during the flood of 1913, when the
Wabash river rose to unknown heights. causing
tremendous destruction Of property. Peru is the
winter headquarters of the Wallace and Hagen
back circus, and when 1t was found that the
water was coming higher than had ever been,
known before. the fourteen elephants in the cir
Gus we're unclaimed and let go TO take care or
themselves. Three of them managed to reach
small mound where they stood in the water with
their trunks elevated till the end of the Hood
but the other eleven were drowned
with the water rushing through the Streets
and the people of the city marooned In the sec
ond stories of the houses, the elephants swan
around for hours trumpeting in terror and stick
ing their trunks into the open windows of the
houses in their efforts TO find some spot OF safe
ty They cried like children and one could al
most understand their language as they pleaded
for the help which could not be given them, for
not one of them could be taken in through a
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-10
ove Held the superior of Eusenies.

Atlantic City, N. LESS eugemcs
and more old-fashioned love is wha'
the race needs, said Dr. j. Richey
Horner of the Cleveland Homeopathic
Medical College. who read a paper on
sex hygiene before the bureau OF san
itary science of the American lnsti-
ture of Homeopathy. "Eugenics ana
education go hand in hand" DR.. Hor-
ner said. Children should, however,
be given instruction before the age OF
nine. and the instruction should De
given individually rather than IN
classes
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-10
No Race Suicide in Church.

Chicago.-Race suicide is not pre-
valent among church members. ac-
cording to statistics presented at the
triennial convention of the lnterna-
tional Sunday School Association. In
three years since the last convention
at San Francisco 347.261 babies have
been added to the "cradle roll.' bring
ing the total membership of this de-
partment in sixty-seven states and
provinces of North America to 1887
S37.