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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
FARMER SPEAKS TODAY Will Address Ramsay Class This
 Morning

The meeting for men at the Jefferson theatre this afternoon at 8 o'clock will be one of unusual interest. The address on this occasion will be by Tom Farmer, O former member of the Jesse James gang. a man who was taught in his early boyhood to steal, went from bad to worse. and became a bandit and fugitive from justice. About 12 years ago he was con- verted at the Jerry McCalley mission in New York city and has been active in religious work in this mission and the colleges and universities of the east since his conversion. His subject Sunday aft ernoon will be "From Prison to Pulpit, and in this address he will tell the story of his life.
 This meeting is free to the men of Bir- riingham The doors will be open at 2:30. A special musical programme has been arranged and the meeting will be interest," ing and helpful.
 MT. Farmer speaks to the Ramsey class at 930 this morning at the First Metho- dist church. Tho mon of the city are invited to attend both meetings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
LOTHIAN FAIR ID
 OPEN TOMORROW The City Is in Gala Attire For Its First Ex-
 position

Dothan, October 24. Especially Flags are fiuttering, bunting is stream ing along Dothan's white way and the city is in gala attire for the opening of the first annual fair of the Southeast ern Alabama Fair association here Mon- day morning.
 While this is Dothan's first fair, and tffe price of cotton Is the lowest 1t has been in many years. indications are that the fair will be successful in every re- spect and that the attendance will be very large. The association has ex- pended $25.000 on the buildings, grounds, track, premiums purses, free acts. etc, and have made the fair one of the best shows in the state.
 The race track. the only regulation half mile track in the state, has been pronounced by horsemen now here training, one of the best they have ever seen. A large number of horses will enter the races.
 The live stock exhibits are feature of the fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
SERVICES CLOSE TONIGHT
Revival at Walker Memorial Most
 Successful in History of Church

The most successful revival meeting in the history of the Walker Memorial Meth odist church will close with today's serv- ices. The meeting has been In progress for two weeks, and manifestations of interest have been visible at each service.
 large class of new members will be received into the church at Il o'clock to- day, which will be conducted by the pas tor. the Rev. Robert Echols. At p. m. rally day for men and boys will be held, which will be conducted by the presiding elder Dr. l.. c. Branscomb. The meeting will close with the services tonight. beginning at 7:SO o'clock.
 The full membership of the church is urged to attend both the morning and cvening services today. and help make this the greatest day of the year for the church. Good music will be rem dered by a full chorus at all the serv- ices.
 MT. Echols is closing his first years work as pastor of this church, and thus far he has had about 140 accessions The pastor will carry to the annual confer- ence a full financial report
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
OPELIKA NEWS

Opeli1sa, October 24.-(special)-A recent editorial in The Age-Herald urging farm CTS to SOW wheat struck a keynote here Hundreds of farmers in this county will plant some wheat this fall, if nothing more than few experimental acres. In many instances the land to be sown to wheat is being prepared and IS soon as a light frost falls the grain will be put into the soil. There will also be large crop of oats sown. In the event enough wheat is grown in the county next year to warrant it. capitalists in this city will erect a first-class flour mill here
 Preparations are being made to pave First avenue from Eighth to Seventh street. Avenue A is now being paved from Seventh to Fifth streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
MARYLAND CROWDS
 CHEER PRESIDENT

Cumberland, Md, October 24.-Returning from Pittsburg to Washington today through Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland, President Wilson was forced to give campaign atmosphere to the trip by crowds which gathered at every stop ping place and cheered until he appeared on the platform of his car The President spoke briefly at McKeesport, Braddock, Pa, Connellsville, Pa, and other towns but did not touch on politics. He ex- pressed pleasure at the news of the ad- journment of Congress.
 MT. Wilson shook hands at every stop until the train pulled out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Fire Chief Arrested

Asheville, N C., October A.-(Special.) ) While responding to fire alarm in the heart of the business section tonight, Fire Chief James H. Wood had his auto mobile stopped by traffic policeman and was ordered into police court Mon- day morning charged with exceeding the speed limit. The policeman alleged that the fire chief was going at 70-mile per hour clip. No bond was required and after making the arrest the traffic po- liceman allowed Chief Wood to proceed to the fire Fire Chief Wood is also district passenger agent in Asheville for the Southern railway. and is well known in Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
KELLER TO ADDRESS GOOD ROADS CONGRESS

Montgomery, October 24-(Special.) Engineering Supervision of Road Con- struction'' will be the subject of an ad- dress which w. S. Keller state highway engineer, will deliver before the Ameri- can Good Roads congress, which meets in Atlanta November 9-14 The congress at Atlanta will mark the fourth annual meeting of the association.
 The programme of the Congress includes addresses by leading speakers from all parts of America, the highway depart ments of nearly all the states being rep resented. Other Alabamians who will t:Ike part on the programme. in addi- ton to Engineer Keller, are United Statec Senator John H. Bankhead, who will speak on National Legislation and Capt. John Craft of Mobile, president of the Alabama Good Roads association
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Selling Beef Cattle

Jackson, Miss, October A-(special) ) Armour 6 Co. has just paid W. J. Davis & Son. proprietors of Lavernet Stock farm. near this city. $ls.62 per 100 pounds beef on foot-this being the highest price ever paid so far as known here The animals were Hereford steers, one being about year old and the other seven months. The first weighed 91O pounds and the calf 4So. They were shipped to Chicago. slaughtered and refrigerated and expressed back to Jackson for beef. MT. Davis has but recently returned from several western states, where he exhibit ed his cattle and brought back many blue ribbons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
KITCHENER URGES THAT ARMY BE
 KEPT IN TRAINING

London, October 24.-(2:15 p. m.) Lord Kitchener, secretary of war, so- day issued an appeal to the public in which he emphasized the imp ortance of keeping the army now in training iu good condition. He urges the public, both men and women, to refrain from treating soldiers and by appointing committees in neigh hborhoods where sol- diers are stationed to impress them with the need of temperance and as- sist them in avoiding temptation.
 Lord Kitchener was today unani- mously elected lord rector of Edin- burgh university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

mon schools of his county, and at the Fcnville High school in Tuscaloosa. He served for four terms as superintendent Of education of Tuscaloosa county. He is Baptist and a democrat. but is not member of any secret order or fra ternity
 Taxation, education and good roads, '' MT. Bealle says, Twill be the most inn portant matters to come up for consider ation by the legislature in next regular session.
 He then proceeds to declare in favor of further legislation in regard to the l!ouor traffic and to register himself as opposed to the woman suffrage propagan- da. He states that he would not be ex- tremely radical in the movement to take the convicts out of the mines and put them to work on the highways He says, however, that he would very prob ably vote to require the state to turn back to dependent families of convicts fraction of the earnings of convicts. He is against the fee system, and will vcte to abolish that system throughout Alabama. He indicates that he would support call for a constitutional com vention only in the event that he. is made certain that such a convention is neces- sary.
 He does not commit himself positively in regard to the creation of a public utility commission to have general super vision over public utility corporations of the state. When asked if he would sup rort bill having the creation of such Q commission in view he replied:
 Maybe so.''
 On several questions propounded by The Age-Herald, he declined to commit himself. He holds that on several i'm nortant issues, 1t may be possible to convert an individual from a position which without having heard all argu- ments, he had previously assumed Tn this he Is wise.
 Tomorrow. Marion H. Sims of TallR- dcGa, who will represent the Eighth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Will Glover Takes Friends . Advice and Now Gan Eat as He Pleases and Sleep
 in Comfort

Will Glover of Watson, Ala. suffered for long time from the most painful of stomach troubles. He could not eat and if he did his irritated stomach would not let him sleep.
 He tried just one dose-a sample of Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy. That one dose did wonders. Read what MT. Glover has written of his experiences:
 '.I had been suffering for long while and tried all kinds of medicine. advised me to try your Wonderful Stomach Remedy. Before you sent me the free package I could not sleep and was afraid to eat When ate would have heaviness In my chest, and my stomach would swell and I would have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Commission Postpones Session

Montgomery. October A.-(SpeciaL)- account of the fact that the general cleo tion takes place on November 8, the next regular session of the state railroad com- mission, which was scheduled for No vember 2, has been postponed until Thurs day, the 9th of the month. Announce ment to this effect was made at the of flee of the commission today. The No- vember docket, while comparatively light, will probably consume more than one day, and fnasmuch as there will be number of people present from other parts of the state, it would prevent many of them from reaching home in time to vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
BELGIAN ARMY
 IS STILL INTACT

washington. October N.-The minister from Belgium, F. Havinith. received to- light the following cablegram from Havre signed by the Belgian minister of for eign affairs:
 ''The Belgian army, after tho retreat from Antwerp, has concentrated on the left bank of the Yser from Dixmude as far as the North sea. Since October Is it has been attacked on all the front by considerable forces. It not only has resisted all attacks. but delivered several successful counter-attacks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
WOULD ESTABLISH
 RAILWAY "GROUPS''

Kansas City, October 24.-Establish : ment of railway "groups," somewhat after the manner of regional reserve banks, each group to be governed by a board of directors on which the gov ernment would be represented. was urged as the solution of the problem of railroad operation by E. P. Ripley, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway, in an address here tonight. MT. Ripley said the idea was his own.
 '"rhe present system Of management cannot last It almost may be said to have broken down already" said MT Ripley. with the government having one or more seats on railway boards and the power of absolute veto all economies incident to common owner ship might be practiced."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
FELL TAKES STAND IN BANKRUPTCY SUIT

New York, October 24-S. H. P. Pell. head of the suspended cotton broker age firm of s. H. P. Pell Co.,, took the witness stand in bankruptcy proceedings todav and told the court that his firm s debts totalled ss.SSs, ,361, and the asests ss,- S3S,906
 Of this indebtedness, he said, 60 per cent was owing on cotton exchange transac- ticns, $3, 300, ,0000 to Col. Robert M. Thomp- son and the rest to stock exchange and commercial creditors. A committee of creditors was fighting the Thompson claim. he said, on the ground that Colonel Thompson was partner and should be included in the bankruptcy proceedings.
 The sole cause of the firms failure, Pell testified, was the war. which caused a convulsion of the cotton market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
BLOUNT FARMER
 SAYS WAR AMYTH Thinks Foreign Countries Took Advantage of
 Free Tariff

oneonta, october 24.-(special.) )-shelby county is not alone in having men who deny the existance of war in Europe. By mum Bros. bought a bale ofscotton from a man living 10 or 15 miles north of Oneonta this morning who said there was no more war in Europe than there was in Oneonta, and that it was stated in certain paper that foreign countries had shipped 6,0O0- 000 bales of cotton into the United States under the free tariff basis, and sold it at 6 cents. He charged 1t all to MT. Wilson. He promised to bring the paper contain ing the above statement to MT. Bynum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Weather Forecast

Washington, October 24.-Forecast Alabama Local rains Sunday, slightly cooler in north; Monday unsettled. probably rain, fresh north winds on the coast.
 Mississippi: Local rains and cooler Sunday; Monday unsettled. probably rain, fresh north winds on the coast.
 Tennessee: Unsettled and cooler Sum day, probably local rains Monday part ly cloudy.
 Georgia: Partly cloudy Sunday; Mon day unsettled, probably local rains, moderate north to northeast winds.
 Florida: Local rains Sunday and probably Monday, moderate northeast winds, probably increasing Sunday night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Haul Presents Free

Montgomery, October 24-(Special. )-The iailroad commission has received a let ter from the Pennsylvania Railroad com- pany announcing that 1t will haul free to New York up to and including Novem- Der 30, all Christmas presents to be sent to Belgian orphans and refugees of the European war. The railroads offer in- cludes such commodities as colthing, food and other useful articles. which will be taken by the company from all parts of the country to New York free of freight charges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
GREENvILLE

Greenville, October 24.-(Special.) )-This week has been an ideal one for the But Ter county farmers who have hay to har- vest. There has been no rain and many tons of hay have been gathered. The hay crop this year has been big help to the farmers and many are expressing themselves in regard to next years crop and they state that more hay will be grown.
 county syrup will be carried to market have been received in Greenville this week. These cans were received by one dealer and other dealers of the city will receive shipments in the near future Last year it is estimated that fully 25 per cent increase was noted in the pro- drction of pure cane syrup In Butler county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
CANADIAN TROOPS
 SENT TO EGYPT

London, October 24.-(655 D. m.)--A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam says the following message has been received at Berlin from Constantinople:
 According to news from well informed quarters the British government during the last few days has sent numerous Canadian troops to Egypt. Fourteen thousand men have been stationed along the Suez canal. The greater part of the Indian troops landed in Egypt a short time ago proved unreliable and were withdrawn
 "In Turkish diplomatic circles concen- tration of British troops in Egypt Is de- clared to be an infringement of neutral ity'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
JAP BATTLESHIP
 CAPTURES VESSEL

Honolulu. October 24.--In sight of the marine observers at the mouth of the harbor. the Japanese battleship Hizen captured today a small German steam schooner supposedly from the Marshall Islands The Hizen has at no time entered the territorial waters and 1t was not possible to learn the prizes i1a pla
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Feagin Returns

Montgomery, October 2z.-(Special) ) of Education William F. Feagin returned today from At lanta. where he attended on Thursday a meeting of the joint committee of the Southern Education association and the conference for education in the south for the purpose of discussing plans looking to the consolidation of the twe organizations. There were pres ent at the Atlanta meeting 8 dozen or more prominent educators from all parts of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
ANNISTON

Anniston, October 24.-(Special 1.-The Alabama Presbyterian college now has a first class gymnasium. The equipment for the new gymnasium consists principally or that which was formerly in the Audi toriun-Armory building which is to be remodeled for use as public school. Tho equipment is in good condition and new material has also been purchased.
 Red Moore, an x-Washington-Lee foot ball star. is organizing an all-star college football team to play the Anniston Preds on the local gridiron Wednesday. The team which Moore will put against the Preds will be composed of ex-college men who were stars in their day.
 President o. P Ford of the Alabama Farmers union, returned last night from Montgomery where he attended the meet ing of the Farmers union and the Ala bama State Good Roads convention.
 Many needed Improvements have been made to the Young Woman's Christian association building on Ninth and Noble streets by A. H. Sheppard, clerk of the city court of Anniston, who represents the Kaplan estate.
 Arrangements are being made for the observance next Sunday of the World S Temperance Sunday, by all of the Sunday schools in the city. The local Woman's Christian Temperance union has pre- pared a programme which will be carried out at each of the Sunday schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Bell Surrenders

Dothan. October A.-(special)-W. J. Bell. . wealthy citizen of Dothan, who Is said to have killed W. A. Ott. citi- zen of Columbia, at the latter place Fri day afternoon. has surrendered to Deputy Sheriff J. R. Baker at Columbia. His preliminary hearing has been set for Tuesday, October 21 before Judge A. c. Crawford st Dothau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Local Data
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, October 24.-7. D. m.)-The barometric pressure is relatively high over most of the country, the principal center being over the western plains. There is a shallow depression in the west ern gulf of Mexico that Is drawing the winds down from the region of high pressure, and causing decided fall in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, October 2.--(Special )--That ruin awaits the cotton farmers of the south unless they reduce their acreage next year, is the opinion of W. F. Garth, a prominent capitalist and planter of this city. who has just returned from visit He was convinced that Alabama has pro- duced q record breaking crop of cotton this year. MT. Garth's estimate of the Madison county cotton crop this year is 25,oo0 bales. the largest ever grown be- fore.
 The fall term of federal court will be convened here next Monday by Judge W. l. Grubb. The term will last a week and there is a large docket of cases to be dis posed of in that time.
 A telegram from Cincinnati last night announced the arrest of Louis Gibbs, who was here last summer as the representa- tive of the American Prepay Fan com pany, and who has been indicted by the grand jury here on a charge of embez- zlemcnt.
 The Athens Agricultural college football team went to Fayetteville yesterday and met defeat at the hands of the strong Morgan team by a score of 26 to 0.
 All previous records in the number of new buildings and amounts invested in new houses have been broken in Hunts vile this year. All contractors and build- CTS are busy and have work for months ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
New Company Oreanized

Moulton. October 24-(Special.)-The Courtland Bonded Warehouse company, Is a newly organized business concern at Courtland. in this county. It has .s- sued 500 shares of stock at $25, or . capital of S20.000. Cotton warehouse receipt forms and negotiable one-bule warehouse receipts are being printed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Montgomery Market

Montgomery, October 24.--(Epecial.) Spot cotton was quoted hero today as follows: Strict mfddling, exc; mtd- ding. Sc; market very quiet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Federal Court Adjourns

Dothan. october 24-(Special.) )-Federal court for the southern division of the middle district of Alabama, which has been In session here for two weeks, has adjourned. A large number of cases were on the docket, most of which were for distilling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

Tomorrow. Marion H. Sims of Tolla- dcGa, who will represent the Eighth senatorial district in the legislature.