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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
NASHVILLE PARTY
 IS COMING TODAY
To Be Met by Former Nash vile Men and Committee
 From Civic Chamber

Owing to the large number Of those identified with the commercial and financial life of Birmingham who for meriy resided in Nashville. special contingent of -Nashvillians' win greet the .sBoosfers." who arrive in this city this afternoon at 2.2o o'clock al the Louisville and Nashville depot in com pany with the Chamber of Commerce. reception committee. which they have been invited fo join
 Since 1t became known the Boost ers' would visit here on their tenth annual trade winning tour com mittee of three. composed of Henry F. Beaumont, J. H. Edmondson and A B. White, has been working to muster as many former Nashville people a, possible.
 Among those who have promised tc be in the local party are the follow ing.
 R. M Gooda11. c. M Brown. Rev w. B. Holmes, Vine Street Presbyterian church: Charles sharpies. James sharp les. F. D. Fuller. Jr.. E. Alden Thomp- son. Roy Thompson. Hex Thompson Alfred Fuller, Eli T. Morris. J. G. Nor ris. Fulton B. Clark. Overton Clark Earl McLan, Charles Caldwell. Brom- field Ridley. James IT. Edmondson. A B. White, Wilson Ssarfght. Lee Mills Paschal q. Shook. James II. Barr. J Knox Fleming. Thomas Bcwron. Ira Armstrong. Robert H. Wharton. Oscai c. Turner. William Bow1ss. James E Campbell. John c. Lnsk, James B. Hill Pryor Plumiee. Robert Jordan. Leon Trouscale. Joseph W. Dilitn. Joseph w Df1lin JE. Henry F. Beaumont
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
OVER $7OOO PLEDGED IN
 EVERY MAN CANVASS"

tor, the Rev M. R. Barnweil, and the church officials, and yesterday afternoon was selected as the time to make the visitations. Each parishioner had been requested through the mail to stay at home Sunday afternoon to receive the committee sent to secure pledges. The weather conditions of yesterday helped things along and about two-thirds of the members of the church were personally interviewed with the above gratifying re- suit.
 Yesterday the volunteer" teams mot at the parish house at 2 o.oioclS with 26 au- tomobiles that had been loaned for tho purpose of the canvass. The teams were sent to the several dis>rcts of the city and covered every foo, Of 1t from Roe buck Springs to Ensey The teams made very satisfactory reports and stated that they had been welcomed at every place they had called and that there were no kicks" everyone responding to tho ap- peal according to their means s
 The committee in charge was the Rev. M. s. Barnwell. A. R. Graham, John Chisholm. Robert Totsen, H. 10. Shrop- shire, Jr.. and Ed West
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18

or tide but whe in an incredible short space ef time has literally carved his way to fortune, If not to fanie.
 Harry B. Groom, the subject of thls article, graduated In law almost be- hanging out his shingle" he decided to loolI over the situation with view of locating at the most advantageous pelnt He heard e a new mining com pany heins organized te operate In Honduras, and after due inquiries de- eided to throw his lot with it He was sant te Honduras with the machinery that was ta be Installed at the new mines. and before the mines were put In operation he had gained iynewiedge of the country and had gained the con- fidenee of the Honduran offseialn of the place In which he was located, He learned that the locality and sur rounding territory was hountifully en- dowed with hardwood timber Thls gave him an ldes and he proceeded te carry 1t out. Hnlistlns the assistance of a Hondurian of high stsndoins officially and socially he petitiened the Hon. durian government fer the eNelueive right to cut and ship hardwood iron, the government lands, The concession was granted, how and why is hest known to MT, Groom and his associates, but sufficient to know that 1t was ao-
 quired.
 MT. Groom has with him the grant from the Hondurian government duty
 signed, sealed and delivered" and stopped over In Birmingham en route to New York to purchase camp outfits and iogging machinery with which te commence operations.
 He states that practically the known
 werld supply of hardwood Is located in Honduras, the varities being mahoa-
 any, cedar ebony, septilla thard yellow
 pine), grandedella Cred waod) and other hardwood. The plan of the company Is to cut the logs and ship them to the
 United States
 It Is difficult to estimate tho value
 of the concession. 1t will cost large
 amount of money to market the prod uet. Many difficulties and dangers lie
 in the way, but one must give this young beardless boy. for he is still in
 the early twenties, the credit for talk ing up such q great undertaking. liar " B. Groom Is built of the material that knows not fail" and his native
 energy. pluck and perseverance will win him the success he so well de-
 serves. MT. Groom Is well known in the city. his recent marriage to Miss
 Grambs. daughter of Prof and Mrs.
 Fred L. Grambs. Is remembered as one of the society events of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
CHURCH OF THE ADvENTS
 UNIQUE PLAN IS VERY SUC- CESSFUL-COMMITTEEs COv- FRED THE CITY BY DISTRICTS

Over 5000 in pledges was the result of the ''Eyery Man Canvass'' made under direction of the officers of the Church of the Advent yesterday and 1t is estimated that total of nearly s1o,ooo will be reached when all tho reports arc made and all the parishloners have been in- terviewed. The Every Man Canvass" was suggested at the meeting of the of flcers and leading members of the church several weeks ago. Tho plans were that the city be divided Into districts and that every member of the church be visited and asked to make a pledge for tho church expenses for the coming year.
 The plan met the approval of the rec
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
JONES ID OPPOSE LEWIS AND BULGER Announces His Candidacy for President Pro Tenn
 of the Senate

In respect to the rare for president pro tem of the state senate there is an other Richmond in the f1elM G. Ernest Jones of Barbour announces himself q candidate for that honor
 Aareahy in the field and haTinE the adxantage of an carly sstaTf- are CDl Thomas Bnlgpr of DadTvi1le- and Oscar Lewis Of Tnskesee- AS to whether Mr. Jones Will sncure sufficient strength to crmplit:n1s matters, refnHrns to be seen
 Ths Ra1iwIV county stnrs1or-elsu:t an nuunped his candidacy fn s letter to The ASe- Herald He is a young man who has axanired reputation in -aouth Alabama He WIRE elected to the ssrrate on plat fur1n which decfa1ed fnr school books a4 af.t.upl crst fur Alabs<rsa children. This pslarik wdn be urged fur a1pgft7rm by him in the sssrrs1e He is inc fIsd serzstpu to tqsclare wsrr1Bre on the SD Ga1led '-'schup]- buok tf'uff" of tine stHdH..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
ENCOURAGEMENT ID
 FINANCIAL MARKET
Steel Trade Authorities Ex- pect Better Things
 Soon

New York. May 17.--Encourage- ment came to the financial community last week from several sources. When the advance in stocks halted there was little disposition to give ground. The sustained prospect for crops of record. better feeling in the steel trade and hope of avoiding further entanglement in Mexico were main features. Behind the day to day condition of crops lay growing realization of the results achieved by scientific farming and wide increase of acreage.
 Steel trade authorities based their new-found hopefulness on anticipation of better things rather than on actual tangible basis to go on, but the stock markets decisive response to the sem timent worked back to confirm 1t In the trade. Near expiration of important con- tracts reused hopes of an early buy ing movement. Relief came from patch ing up of weak positions in the Lon don market. There were intimations of the early issue of $4oo, o,00o,0o0 French government loan. which has long been awaited TOT preakinS ueclSiVely the deadlock on foreign investment mar xets. Outgo of gold from New York IS an aid to that end Also, it is called for by the heavy shrinkage in the ex- cess of merchandise exports over inn ports, by the sluggishness of demand for commercial purposes and by the re- duction of legal bank reserve require ments in the new federal reserve and state laws. Any considerable gold out flow might be expected to carry with i1 n downward settling of commodity prices. with an ultimate shift in the current of the international commodity movement Concurrent wage rendjust- mentz might be forced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
Building Burns

Jackson Miss, May 17.-(Special. } Sparks flying from A fire engine, as 1t
 was being tested at the request of two representatives of the Fire underwriters- arsOci1tion- @ alleged to have ignited the roof Of twO-saOsy brick buildinE on Smrsh Sf2te street. and almost com plete1y d<s1rUyed ii before it cruad bn cumtrclled- Am old cistzsn in taa imnie,- diade nelEhhcrhOcd of the building xsz fe1nx used fr the tessr and fire sna- dsnlT blaz1d from the rurf of the build
 nlg nat 6D feet away The building was slmanE q cumBlste lrss and Was paz11y tawvHeA hy msufSrR-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
BILL POSTERS ID MEET HERE TODAY Will Be in Session Two Days at the Hotel
 Hillman

Y,ha Sputhern Pusters asssoriatnn VIII mextt fhis muning in annual sEssiiun at the HDtRl HfI1nmn, with .abort HH Ml9nn- beIS rum thu several sDufhHrn states In afttzanilEmH. Ths a5HpsfatfrEn will fR In sHsffixm twD dnJsh thH1 of tuifHy bRins larEHW crmfnHd tD the business of the Rzssnrinfim. Tnmur1:ow mourning onErers 1sr the ansuing yHBr Will he .electHd Rnd f1ntafffsA, affr which xfe dt:lsgHtHs will te tnken sm a tour over the city, which vim include a visit in the several indus triBl piHutE.
 The convention win he called to order by President V- R. Rogers of Memphis fhiE murnfng at ID 6'clpck and the reEu- lar business of the session Will he taksn un. The 1yicRl ctmmitteR of arrangements, of which Ben & Thefss is chairman. has made arranEemmf1 fu the en1HrtaizunAnt ef ths xiaifu1A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
Made His Opportunity
Harry Groom In Early Twenes Owns Valuable Concession In Honduras-Will Cut Hardwood On Lands and
 Export to the United States
ny CHARLES H. MANDY

lis said that opportunity hheks once at the door of every man. which may be true but.prehahis the greatest successes have been made by men who did not wait for opportunity to knock but who made their own opportunities. Slang hies be inelegant but It Is very ex- efessive and the bhrases 'It is up te sen," covers the whole gamut in the scale ef individual endeevsss lt Is up te you and mp to me, and up te ell ef tH, az ta whether we made success or net.
 faeeess Is rarely attained without nhassi effert of course there are "fes= tunes faverte," who seemingly acquire success without particular effort, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
Metcalfe Arrives Today

Chief Deputy Walter |. Metcalfe with Willard Carpenter, the negro slayer of John T. Camp, president of the Camp Transfer company, will arrive in Bir- mingham late this afternoon from Pine Bluff, Ark, on the Frisco railroad The police and sheriffs office will have sufficient officers at the Terminal sta tion to prevent any demonstration against the prisoner.
 From telegraphic dispatches from Pine Bluff. Willard Carpenter admits his identity and also confesses to the killing of John T. Camp. Rewards to- taling $250 have been offered by the city and Mrs Camp for the appreehn- oion of Carpenter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18

for every ono of thls class who get In the limelight for the very reason their success Is unusual, there are thousands who fall by the wayside in an honest and conscientious effort to acquire fame and fortune.
 Last week there came to Birming- ham young man well and fsyorably known to many of the younger oiti- zens. who stands as a shining example of the man who waits for neither time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
ADJUSTMENTS
At The Lyric

A vaudeville bill fun of fea1ureB 1s offered al the Lyric this week. Morris Cronfn and his English entertainers in a great novelty of music. dancing. jug gling and singing; Mcconnell and 5iInp- son in a comedy. -The Right Girls" Ban and Vert in A-Sinee the Days of 61- and Cole and Denahy- San Francisc0s favor lie daprnx. are among the features
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
At. the Majestic

Mexican war pictures. taken by repre- sentatfves of the Associated Press. and showing scenes during fopr of the great est battles of the war. as well as scores of others related to the fights and the Mexican situation win be presented at the Ms1ewt1c this week. wfrb matinee from to o'clock and performance from : to 1o.so o'clock daily The pictures are tn fpur rsels
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18

For We4AnRWs - LAD a9 AppetlxH
 The Old EtanAnrA general s4renEthen- ing tonic, CRUVES TASTELESE chill TONIC dR4res Sut MAlAn1A and budl6s ID the NUsfzR- "A tzuD tnn1e and snre A1pstt1eE- Fur adu11s sn1 -d11drxm- 6DH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
Nexrn SrriuuHly Stahhe1

Ar TAnnegin. a nsx1u. wRB sez1uns- 1y stabbed yeEteruay a1Dut noon by an- other nexrs. Eubiss Hehnzn. who es- capped The cutting orrmTea st GA Narth stxtssnth strssf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18

ALTHOUGH almost every busi- nfss IS dependent for its very life on fnel, few mHn know the .actnal fnel eundltaEns of the country There are many things about hard and SufI cnal. cnkn rua4rnlu1rrp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-18
Fuel Conditions

etr-, wairh shnmld be definitely known by every buslMeSs man-
 Fne1 Is une of the far1ors which Is regularly txsa4ad in Our Mmthly Digest of Trade Cunxfi- tagHR
 Get yuur na1ne em uur mailing list fzr the June rspc1f, befue Saturday,, May 30, as Ii will issne at noon on that day.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
THE FREELY.

SAididuetPOLlo lNSWS, 4t4 lIaI
Through the last week above the
green grass OF the lawn. the night. has
been filled with twinkling lights as
though there was search being made
with lanterns for some insect felon by
the little guardians OF the lives and
properties Of bugdom. These flashing
lanterns are carried by strange little
beetle. the lightning bug. or freely.
which emits from the underside Of tho
body an intermittent phospllorescent
light This beetle Is little more than
half an inch long. The aristocratic
members Of the family are the large
tropical species. two inches long; the
frefiies .of the West Indies and 81
Central and south America These
have two elltptical eye-like spots OH
the underside Of the body that ars
phosph0descent and omit, 1t 80 said.
light enough TO enable one to, read
thereby. This q the illuminant which
Cuban ladies' sew into gaHye and use
=. ornaments for their dresses and tor
lk0OAE
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
THREE STRAIGHT
FOR THE LIZZIES

Fort William. Ont, June 25.-
southpaw Hawkins was master of the
situation last night when the .Canucks
made baseball history in this city by
getting three straight over Superior.
Hawkins famed ten, including Glass
twice, and held the visitors to six
scattered hits and did not issue a
walk. Two Canucks scored in the third
when Rhoades missed Lizzette's in
field fly and Benrt,d dropped throw
to the home plate. Burmeister held
q conference with the local directors
this afternoon and Manager Lizzette
will be given full charge of the team.
Conrad will hereafter be a silent In
terested stockholder. The score:
Superior ...... 900 900 ooo-o 6 4
Fort William. 002 900 000--2 S 2
Batteries-Rhoades and Benrud !:
Hawkins and Chapman
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
THE SUPPLY OF BABIES.
Git Bits.)

1t has been computed tina: about
36,00O,000 babies are born into the
world each year. The rate of pro-
duction is therefore about seventy
per minute, or more than ono for
every beat Of the clock.
With the one-a-second calculation
every reader is familiar, but 1t is not
every one who stops to calculate what
this means when it comes to IL years
SUPPLY. 1t will, therefore. probably
startle good many persons to find,
on the authority Of we'll known sta
tistician, that, could the infants Of a
year be ranged in line in cradles, the
cradles would extend around the.
globe.
The same writer looks at the mat
ter in more picturesque light. He
imagines the babies being carried past
a given point in their mothers arms.
one by one, and the procession being
kept up night and day until the last
hour in the twelfth month had passed
by. A sufficiently liberal rate is al.
lowed, but even in going past at the
rate Of twenty minute, 1900 an
hour. during the entire year, the re-
viewer at his post would have seen
only the sixth part of the infantile
host.
In other words. the babe that had
to be carried when the tramp began
would be able to walk when but a
mere fraction Of Its comrades had
reached the reviewers post. and when
the years supply of babies was draw
ing to close there would be rear
guard. not Of infants, but of rofnping
6~year-old boys and girls.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
Additional Sports.
W|NONA DEFEATS
WINNIPEG Team
Early Lead by Champions is
too Much for Maroons !: !.
and They Lose. J.

Winnipeg, Man,, June 25.-slim'
Myers stepped in and stopped a sixth
inning rush by the Maroons at the
River Park plaza last evening and the
Champion Winona, Pirates secured an
even break in. the four game series by
tight squeeze. of. 81 to S. with only
one hand down and four runs already
over the plate and an anxious Maroon
on first base. long-legged Myers was
called to the rescue of Magician Kel-
lar, whose magic had forsaken him
In the sixth. and the bean boy retired
the side without a ,run. Manager Da-
played deep forSNthe hard hitting
Swain, who lined out terrific drive
to right field in the seventh, with a
man on first base and pulled down the
ball when 1t looked like a sure homer.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
VIRGINIA THROWS
BOLT INTO ENGINE


Duluth, Mimi, June 25.-virginia
walked all over Duluth yesterday aft
ernoon, treating three Wigglcrs so
rudely that they left the box, and Vir-
ginia won by score of 13 to 4. The
long string of victories for Duluth, 12
in row, came to an end. Ineffective
pitching was mainly the fault that
combined with errors and wild base
running. broke up the defence. Vir-
ginia hit savagely in the pinches,
mostly when the bases were iammed.
and it was easy picking. Duluth rail-
lied in the fifth and seventh, but was
unable to bring enough runs across
the approach the total of the enemy:
The score: r. H. e.
Duluth ...... 100 900 300 4 z 3
Batteries: Wright and Agnew;
Blanche, Schenck, Sharon, Sweeley
and Edmunds.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
A LITTLE JOURNEY.
(Jackson, KY, Hustler.)

Jackson, KY, HuStler.)
The other morning started out for
a stroll among the hills of Breathitt
I found some hands repairing up the
Big Woods railroad on the johnson
Fork Of Frozen who told me the Tay-
lor Hurst Camel coal mines were
soon to be opened. Going on up to
Dave Vests where the Paxton post
office is kept, and finding that Dave
was gone to Jackson and Aunt Fanny
was the postmistress and everybody
was busy l went up to Will Shack's,
the sewing machine man. Will and his
aunt. Zevilda, entertained me for a
while. l then crossed the hill to the
home of w. l.. Lawson. who had an
organ he wanted repaired. got of
from thereon my return before two
o'clock Back ut Dawes l examined
the new Splendiz organ belonging to
his son, Claude Vest. and there spend
ing the remainder of the day and
night and was royalty entertained by
Mr. and Mrs. Vest and their excellent
family. Next morning we returned
home and found everybody busy
planting corn.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
WHY THE women
OUGHT TO VOTE
Mrs. Lulu Sheppard to Speak
at Tonight's Meeting of
w. c. T. U. Gathering

Mrs. Lulu Loveland Sheppard of
Salt Lake City. Utah, will give the
principal address at tonight's session
of the annual convention of the dis
trict Woman's Christian Temperance
union. The convention opened at the
Plymouth Congregational church this
afternoon, when a business session
was held.
Mrs. Sheppard will speak on why
the Women of North Dakota Should
Have the Ballot" The lecture will be
given at the Congregational church
and will begin at $50 o'clock.
Following the registration this aft
ernoon, short devotional services were
held. The business session followed.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
VILLAGE GOVERNMENT IN ENG.
LAND.
Pathfinder.

Some fifteen years ago Major Poore
6htillned p ossrssion of the old village
q: Ninterslov, and some o. Il, cnv.r.
"ns wear London. There ne re.est;;5-
l.sh"d local government a;,nnst ilcn-
zeal IL that maintained by The Saxors
1000 years before. Persol j. noted for
industry rather than for wealth were
chosen at the outset to have charge Of
the civic affairs of the village. Lands
We're allotted to heads Of families by
the village hundred" Under the
contract with this primitive Legislature
these lands were to be paid for with
in a period extending from SO to 100
years. The plots so parceled out sur
rounded large common belonging to
the village. the grazing right of which
the villagers hold in perpetuity
The village has now grown 10 be a
community and though
originally started as sort Of charity.
it has become financial success. All
OF the people of the village are free
men in the old Saxon sense Of the
term and on this assumption Of equal
ity the political life of the place Ia
based. The success of the idea has
interested leaders of government land
reform schemes and they will inspect
the community to the end that ideas
OF value In their work may be OBJ
tafned. X
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25

Summary-Two base hits, Fautch,
Altermatt, Tackle. Swain: three base
hit, Collins: home run. Fautch; stol-
en- base. Aftermath: sacrifice hits. Da-
Wis. Weigant. Schneider, Myers: bases
on balls off Kellar 1. Myers L; struck
out. by House 1, Boly 8, Kellar 4,
Myers 1: hits off House, s in 2 innings.
Kellar in 1-3; hit by pitcher. by
House l; left on bases, Winnipeg Z,
Winona 5; time of game. hours;
umpire, Elliott.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
NIGHT HAVE SHOT AN ANGEL.
-tt.E. NAu VnrL pcose \

The judge in q western town had
declared he would stop the carrying
OF firearms on the street. Before him
appeared for trial a tough youth
charged with getting drunk and firing
his revolver in a crowded street.
Two dollars and half and costs ''
said the judge.
sci for the prisoner. my client did
not hit anybody
why. you admitted that he fred
the gum"
"Yes, but he fred 1t into the air."
explained the lawyer.
''The fine stands" said the Judge.
HE might have shot an angel
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25

The reports of the officers and depart
ment superintendents were presented.
Mrs. J. d. Scott of Gilby, gave an in
teresting address on How the Ballot
Will Benefit the Farmers Wives in
North Dakota" and Mrs. Lille b.
Smith of Thompson, spoke on 1.-The
Onward March of the Temperance
Movement"
The convention here is for the six
teenth district, comprising Grand
Forks and Nelson counties. 1t will be
ended tomorrow afternoon.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
Child Iniures Eve.

Margaret johnson. aged 2, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John johnson, sus-
tained an injury to her right eye
Wednesday when a meat cleaver with
which she was playing fell from the
kitchen table, striking her in the
face. 1t is feared that the child will
lose the optic permanently.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-25
Give J1s q Trial

We want a feather pillow, comfort
er. and blanket from every family in
the city or country. If our work does
not please you. there will be no
charge. Our prices are. pillows csc,
comforters 26c. blankets. single, 26c,
double wool soc. All we ask is trial.
Model Steam Launlry. Both phones
179-Ady