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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
NEGRO DIES FROM
 FRACTURED SKULL
Coroner Spain Declares. Negro Was Murdered By Parties Unknown to
 the County Officials

Sol Mcconnell. negro. died at the Hill man hospital yesterday from the result of a wound inflicted by another negro who, 1t is alleged, hit the deceased In the head with a brick. The fact that the negro died as the result of a felonious attempt on his life by another led Coroner Spain, who was notified by the hospital authori- ties of the death, to investigate and try to find out whether or not the negro who killed Mcconnell had been appre- hended According to a statement made by Coroner Spain, the negro was struck in the head and his skull fractured by an- other negro at Alton, 12 miles from Blr- mingham, last Friday night
 Had it not been for the hospital au- thorties informing me of the death of the negro, said Coroner Spain, no one of the county or state antiquities would have known that murder had been committed with 12 miles of Birmingham. The county officials knew nothing of the affair and no effort as far as I know, has been made to find out who was responsible for the murder. This Is a typical incident of the looseness that prevails in Jefferson county when it comes to taking human life. I intend to go to the bottom of this case, although l am in no position to do so on account of the state and county making no provision for defraying my expenses to look into these matters"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
NEWS OF ENSLEY

Prof. Stephan Allsopp director of the
 T. C. l. male chorus. has issued cal, to all members of the chorus to meet at the club rooms on Tuesday night. September $. for the purpose of reorganization and eiection Of officers for the coming season.
 All young men desiring to join the chorus
 are invited to be present and give tn their names to the secretary. Following the usual custom the chorus suspended for the summer months and on Tuesday night Will reorganize and plan out their work TOT the coming season. The big event in sisht Is the joint minstrel entertainment
 to be given by the male chorus. the Ems ley Elks, and the T. c. l. Concert band Tor which rehearsals will begin at once
 It is planned to make this the best and biggest amateur entertainment ever given Tn the south and 1t Is stated that with the three organizations putting forth their best efforts 1t is sure to be d sue cess.
 Funeral services over the remains of Mrs J. J. Woodall. who died yesterday afternoon about o'clock at the family residence. 1500 Avenue J, following a lengthy illness. will be conducted this aft ernoon at 2:30 o'clock from the residence. lnterment will be held at the Oakland cemetery The Rev. T. B. Waits pastor or the Ensley Methodist church, will off- ciate The deceased Is survived by her husband and three children.
 Capt. M. J. Donlon of the Ensley police precinct states that great deal of complaint Is being turned into the Ensley police department about automo- bilists running with their mufflers open He states some of the doctors of this district have asked that the offenders be arrested as they annoy their patients considerably, especially when they pass the hospitals. It is stated that since the scouts have been taken off number of automobiles are running with their mufflers open and Captain Donlon has instructed his men to keep q sharp outlook for such violators and arrest them promptly.
 The regular meeting of the Ester chapter, Order of Eastern Star. will be held Tuesday evening at 9 o'clock in the Masonic hall on Avenue E. Several matters of Importance will be taken lp and all members are requested to be present.
 Joe McCul1am, negro reported to the police department yesterday that he had been held up and robbed by two negroes of SlO in cash near the Southern yards at Thomas. He claims they threw a gun in his face and compelled him to hold up his hands while they searched his pockets
 Mrs. J. T. Harpe of Pensacola is wis., fling Mrs. John Angwin of this city.
 The two banks will be closed today and practically all of the stores in this citr will close for a half holiday in observ- ng Labor day The postoffice will ob- serve holiday hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF INTEREST
 TO IRA YELLING SALESMEN
PERSONALS ABOUT SALESMEN

Jesse Wright was a pleasant visitor at room 15 last week. Come in again, Jesse, you're always welcome.
 
 Double A. Shaw was seen in town last week but his automobile CD was not. Shut up, now.
 J. P. Oliver spent very pleasant two weeks visiting northern and eastern points recently and is looking better than ever. MT. Divers eyes are not in tho best of condition. and he did not stop over at Atlantic City.
 Ben Heck seems to like Birmingham more than ever. To make long jump in to spend the night and right back on the road next morning must mean the Dutch boy is on warm trail. One of the boys tells the following story on Ben: Recently Mir Heck was enjoying a dance at one of the towns he makes. The even ing was very warm and. of course, he per spired profusely. The lady with whom he was dancing with asked him to use his handkerchief, fearing her gown would be soiled from contact with his moist hands. Ben stopped. removed his hand kerchief. applied 1t to his nose, emitted q prodigous blow" replaced the handker- chief in his pocket apologized to the lady and resumed the dance. He doesn't know yet why she refused to give him another dance that evening
 
 Charlie Campbell says business is pick ing up. Glad to hear it, Charlie Keep up the good work
 There is a smile on the faces of numer- ous statesmen in this district Those Ford checks are coming in handy.
  R. K. CGranddaddy'o Kennedy is some- what like his friend Harry Jones, In his partiality for Redwood park on Tues days and Fridays
 Frank Bridges and Grover Thaxton con template another trip to Ashevllle before the season closes. There Is always some- thing stirring when that pair gets to- gether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
LETTERS TO EDITOR
"Red Bugs" Are White Bugs"

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 l became interested this morning In the article in The Age Herald, copied from the Shreveport Times, about 'chigger" or as have known them from earliest childhood, red bugs" They are not red bugs at all, but a minute white" bug. The red as we see them Is s'blood which they have ac- quired after hooking on" to us Moth ing is better to kill them than butter or 1ard-the salt in either one of these ooing the work. After they have been on for sometime however. the poison from them certainly takes hold and what Is best for that l am unable to say. Only a week or so ago I was troubled with one and the place of in lection annoyed me for about two weeks. CHARLES ROBERTS.
 Birmingham, September 4, 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
NO REAL VALUE
 IN CONCESSIONS

Paris. September 6.-(5:& D. m)-The Temps believes that real value of con- sessions made by Germany to the United States regarding submarine warfare now may be Judged in a true light, asserting 1t would have been dangerous to place faith in illusions that the German gov- ernment had been smitten by tardy re- morse. It says however. that 1t is be- lievable the concessions constitute fav- orable sign, and that President Wilson may cause Berlin to yield more com pletely. sf
 The paper contends there is nothing yet to permit the affirmation that Germany has resolved to modify its submarine war fare unless 1t be true that Admiral Won Tirpitz is leaving his post
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
ARE YOU IN BOOK
 LOVERS CONTEST?

Have you written your essay for the booklovers contest? You should do so at once The contest closes at 12 o'clock, Wednesday, September 15.
 The prizes are valuable and well worth the effort. First prize. one set of encyclo- pedias; second prize six sets of books, in- cluding the following authors: Shake speare, Dumas. Hugo. Stevenson. Dickens and Kipling; third. fourth. fifth and sixth prizes. one set each of the books above mentioned.
 Maybe you can't write a story or a senario that needs imagination, but an es- say is easy and may be just in your line. At least here Is chance to make a try.
 The booklovers contest is open to all persons over 16 years of age Choose your own subject from one of the above mentioned authors or take any phase of the works, or any character in the book.
 To win one of these prizes your essay must be at least 700 words long.
 Send your essay to the Bookloyers' Contest Manager. Age-Herald. Birming- ham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
 |COLUMb|A MAN l GAINS 3O POUNDS ON FIVE BOTTLES Does Not Look Like the Same Man Since Taking
 Tanlac

Everybody in Columbia and Maury
 county knows r. c. McGavock, who owns
 and operates large dairy business in
 that city.
 If there ever was believer in Tan
 lac" said R. M. Smiser, the well-known
 Columbia druggist, it is MT. McGavock
 as he talks about it all the time. But he
 has right to talk, as no medicine has
 ever helped anyone as much as Tanlac
 has helped him. He really does not look
 ike the same man." Here is Mir. McGav-
 ock's statement:
 T have now taken five bottles of Tam
 lac and have gained 90 pounds. If you
 don't believe it, right here I am, come
 and look at me. I don't know what my
 trouble was but I was all run down and
 vas unfit for work; think, though, it
 must have been my stomach, as I had no
 appetite and nothing seemed to agree
 with me. I was also nervous and could
 not sleep good. l just kept going down | hill and losing weight right along, and nothing sdid me any good until Smiser,
 he druggist, told me about Tanfac. T tried it on his recommendation and
 It helped me from the first few doses. The medicine seemed to take hold right 1t once, and I began to eat better, sleep better and feel better right from the start. If anybody wants to know what I | think of Tanlac, just tell them to come and see me, am right here in Colum- oia. Tanlac has simply made a new man of me, and I expect to tell all my friends about what it has done in my ease.'
 Referring to the above statement G. F. |Willis. southern distributor of Tanlac. Iaid:
 .sTanlac, the preparation I am person. |llly introducing here, is, without ques- lion, the greatest medicine of it's kind Ion the American market today. The ex- |treme popularity of Tanlac can only be Accounted for by the extraordinary merit |pf the medicine The system, besides be- Ing purified by Tanlac. is toned up and |lnvigorated, as the preparation, aside |from cleansing the blood revitalizes the overcoming, as it quickly |seems to do, nervousness, indigestion assimilation of the food, headaches, |dizziness and other troubles that are so |common in cities like Birmingham" Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclu- |sively by Jacobs drug store and Patton Pope company under the personal su- pervision of the Tanlac representative. It lis also on sale at Bessemer by Pegram- Patton Drug company and in Ensley by ID. w. Morris Drug company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06

else In a news dispatch and shuns at tempts at fine writing" Mr. Bovnton himself, had the faculty of brevity of expression, directness of thought and iirhness Of purpose, which won for him the admiration of really great men of analrs with whom he had daily deal lnes. By his colleagues he was beloved as a sympathetic and kind friend, char tapie almost to a fault He had no re- gard Tor shirkers and ingenious persons who from time to time sought to further 'heir own personal interest through the medium of wires under his control had cause to remember his penetration.
 Born In Massachusetts
 MT Boynton was born in West Stock bridge Mass, September 30, 1886: the son of the Rev. CharIes B. Boynton and Marla Van Buskirk Boynton At seven years old he moved with his father and mother to Cincinnati. where his father published the Christian Nation. His brother, the late Gen. Henry V. Boyn- ton, worked with him. assisting his fath- CT. After being educated at Woodward college in Cincinnati and Knox college In Illinois, Charles Boynton went tnto the banking business, remaining but n snort time and then entered the sery- ice of the Western Associated Press in 1870 and never left the 6ews profession afterward
 lie is survived by widow Maretta Hudson Boynton, a son, Charles Hudson Boynton, New Y fork broker and n daughter, Miss Meta Boynton of Wash ington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Lyric

Today is Labor day and one of the chief attractions of the day will be the open ing of the Lyric theatre with a Labor day matinee, Everything is in readiness 10 take care of record breaking crowd and Manager Semon has arranged a bill that Is sure to please the large crowds. The Lyric will present three performances daily and two shows weekly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
Veteran of The Associated Press Was a Leading Fig
 ure In Journalism
HAD RETIRED FROM
 ACTIVE SERVICE
Began Newspaper Work Soon After the Outbreak of the Civil War. Was the Friend and Confi- dant of Many Presidents
 of United States

Washington, September 5.-CharIes A. Baynton, one of the veterans of the As- socfated Press, and one of the best known newspnpermen of the last 25 years. died here today, age a years. He had not been in active service since 1909. He will be buried here Tuesday. Charles Augustus Boynton was news paper man all the mature days of his life, the last 40 years of which were spent in the service of the Associated Press. He stood among the best known newspaper men of the last 25 years and had been factor in one of the great est developments of American journal ism-the extended cooperative distribu- tion of news by leased wires
 In 1870 he became New York corre- spondent of the Western Associated Press, which was one of the contribut- ting parts to the Associated Press of today. Reconstruction days were on. the country was growing in the new enthu- siasm following the civil war, submarine cables and development of the telegraph had made it possible for the Americans HeWspdperS 10 record the world events day by day.
 The cooperative system of news gatk- ering and distribution by which the lit- tie country journal is enabled to share the worlds news with the great metro politan newspaper, which is the founda- tion rock of the Associated Press, was the fruit of MT. Boyntons day and he had a part iu its growth
 Goes to Washington
 MT. Boynton went to Washington first as correspondent of the Western As sociated Press and later when the leased news wires had spread extensively throughout the south he became the first superintendent of the southern division of the Associated Press, post which he filled until June. 1909, when he re- tired from active service but in an ao- visory capacity continued his connection with the organization.
 During his years of work in Waehing- ton MT. Boynton won the personal friend ship of several Presidents and a score of cabinet members. News of the high est importance to the American people found it's way to the public by the agency he represented. During the Spanish war and the Portsmouth peace conference and during many noteworthy sessions of Con gress and political campaigns the great CT number of American newspaper read CTS received their intelligence from the national capital through dispatches which bore the imprint of his work.
 Of school which puts facts above all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
Leave Us Alone

London, September 5.-6:2s D. m.)-A Reuter- dispatch from Amsterdam says: Commenting on the reported German peace proposals through the medium of the pope. the Cologne Gazetter remarks: Americans would do well to leave these things alone So long as they merely are champions of Germany's enemies. no one of us will recognize them as honest me6iators. Moreover, American papers should first publish the pope's letter to Cardinal Gibbons before speaking in an oracular manner of It's contents. which obviously are unknown to them."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06

n IG AJAX DAVIS left last week with his several trunks for seil-
 - ing trip through Georgia and Mis- sissippi. The big fellow will return to Birmingham October in order to be on hand at the big rally of the United Com mercial Travellers here
 It does not take an unusually observ- ant person to note the large number of sample trunks coming through the local railroad stations, and this is one of the best auSuries of good business that has yet been seen in the south. George Plais- anee in August showed one of the largest percentages of increase in business yet mad, and the business in his territory showed larger percentage of increase than in any other territory covered by salesmen for the company he represents This is not only a tribute to MT Plais- ance as salesman-everyone knows he is one of the best in the United States but it is an excellent barometer of re- turning prosperity.
 Extensive preparations are being made by Birmingham council, No. 172, for the entertainment of w. D. Murphy and Bob Somerville, big guns in the national or- ganlzatlon, upon their visit here Oc- tober ?. "A U. c. T. rally will be held. and it is expected one of the largest class Of neophytes on record will be ready for initiation
 Gene Hawkins and Tom Epperson were oehghted spectators when Nashville trounced the bold Barons one day last week Both these boys hail from the tennessee capital, and their enhtusia sn, TOT that city can be easily overlooked.
 Have you seen Charlie in his new suit7 me popular salesman will cut more ice than ever. Go to it, Charles,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
NEW YORK LOSES
 PLACE TO CHICAGO

Washington, September 5-New York lost its place to Chicago last year as the leading city in cost of building oper- atons. Statistics made public today by the United States geological survey show Chicagos 1914 building operations have cost ss32 ITO. while New York's total was $74.03O2 241. New Yorks de- crease compared with 1913 was S33. .074, ,466.
 San Francisco showed the greatest in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
At the Majestic

Are you going to the Majestic today? This is Labor Day and the Majestic is pre- pared to take care of large Labor Day crowds. This pretty little theatre will have its formal opening with a matinee today and all Is fin readiness for the big affair The Boyle Woolfolk musical com edy, "The Time. the Place and the Girl l" will be the attraction There will be three shows daily at the Majestic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
$5O,0OO ANNUALLY
 FOR MERCY HOME

Montgomery, September 6.-(Spe- cia1.)-The senate committee on finance and taxation today reached the determination to report favorably the bill appropriating S50,0O0 annually to the Mercy Home at East Lake, Jeff ferson county. The bill passed the house yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06

crease of any city with s7.14o. 2ss more than in 1913
 During the year there was m apparent general decrease in building operations throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
Weather Conditions

Summary of observations made at United States weather bureau stations during the 24 hours ending 8 D. m., 75th meridian time. September 5, 1915:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

washington. September 5.-Forecast for Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi: Generally fair Monday and Tuesday.
 Tennessee: Fair Monday and Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06

ROTOGRAvURE! ROTOCIsAyURE! ROTOGRAVUREs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
Local Data

For the "A hours ending at D. m. Sep-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-06
Stations and

Weather at 8 D. m.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10
GETS 2-CENT MONEY ORDER
Two-Cent Balance 10 Paid Through Ex-
press Company by Kansas
Woman.

The smallest money order ever made
out by the agent for the local express
company was given to a woman to pay
on an account owed to mail-order
house, according to a Blackwell story
printed In the Ardmoreite. The WON.
an had received letter from the mail
order house notifying her that she
owed the Arm two cents. Indignant
and unable to realize the spirit that
would prompt any one to mail bill
for two cents. the woman decided that
post ONCE stamp would not suffice
and that only q money order would do.
The fee or the order was three cents
and the postage stamp necessary tn
carry 1t cost two cents more. So that
with the two-cent postage stamp that
carried the bill to the woman seven
cents was expended in collecting .
two-cent debt.-Kansas City Journa..
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10
HE NEEDED PLENTY OF ROOM
And Was Willing to Pay for Two
a. One Didn't Seem to
Serve.

During the run Of a play at the
Cohan theater in New York last win
ter wobbly person teetered up to
the box Office one Saturday night
when the place was packed and de-
manded good seat.
Nothing left except standing ROOM"
sand the box office man. Sell you
standing room for a dollar
The wavering one produced a dollar
and went inside. But so many general
admissions were grouped at the rear
that, over the intervening hedge of
heads he caught only vagrant glimpses
OF what went on upon the stage.
He foggily considered the situation
for spell. Then he socked his weav-
ing way back to the box ONCE window
and put second dollar on the shelf.
Gimme nozzir one of them standin'
rooms" he ordered cant see the
show at all II you only got one. Sat
urday Evening Post
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10
10000 con.cIsnca Fund

Ten thousand dollars was added /,
the treasury departments conscience
fund the other day when special de-
livery letter from New York, contain
ing that sum in currency, was received
at Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoos
ONCE.
While the sender has paid double
to the United States the amount he
stole, yet his conscience Is not salts
fed. and here's another payment" read
letter accompanying the contribu-
ton.
This is the third largest contribu-
ton to the conscience fund. Some
contributions are as low as q penny.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10

Senator, l wish you would give
me job as your private secretary"
oh. my boy responded the oily
senator. don't get mixed up with the
government service Nothing to It,
Ruins young man. Besides, / have
promised that position to my n
Kansas City Journal.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10
An Empire Ranch

We hear often Of captains OF in
dustry,' 'Napoleons OF finance" and
land barons," but what title is i'm
posing enough to fit the Australian
cattleman who owns or controls 28,-
100000 acres Of ranch land-a domain
as large as Pennsylvania ?-Youth's
Companion.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10
Man Worfh While

Quite company of notables seem
to be gathered here"
Yes. The kindly old gentleman in
clerical garb is \ famous marrying
parson.'
And the spry little man talking to
him."
That's Lawyer Bicycles. our best
known separator"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10
Points Of Similarity.

That match was the union of nat
ural mates"
in what way?"
She was dove-eyed and he was
pigeon-toed"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10
Willing to Oblioe.

Nora said the mistress to the
new servant, we always want our
meals promptly on the hour"
'Yts. mum. An If | miss tn first
hour shall | wait for tn next?"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10

The trouble with Diogenes was not
that there were no honest men. but
that he tried to find them with Ian
tern.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10

Sweden is increasingly using kero.
sene and gasoline motors.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10

Don't kick because your neighbor
gets bigger salary than you do. He
Is probably worth more to his boss.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10
Window Boxes.

Before putting earth in window
boxes whitewash the inside of the
box. This not only keeps a wooden
box from rotting but prevents insects.
-McCalis Magazine.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-09-10
Drink Denlson's Coffee,
For your health's sake.

Australia and New Zealand are the
greatest wool-producing countries.